Chapter 137: Surprise Attack
Yan'an Mansion City is two hundred and thirty miles away from Qingjian County, and the cavalry of the Zheng family army arrived in one day, and there was no problem at all.
After more than a month of training, the 1,800 liukou recruited, the mental outlook has changed greatly, they know the harshness and ruthlessness of the military regulations, and they also know that the honor of the army is higher than one qiē, what they are even more unexpected is that in addition to being responsible for the life of each sergeant, the Zheng family army also has a monthly salary of two taels of silver, which is really in hand, without the slightest deduction, these are all things they have not been exposed to before, and there is one point that makes them the most convinced, that is, the strength of the officers who train them, Three or five Gui Liukou attacked, and under the move of the Twelve Bridges of Hongquan, they were defeated badly.
Of course, it will take a certain amount of time for them to completely change so that they become an extremely strong army, and these people's nutrition before was also insufficient, but after joining the Zheng family's army, their bodies really recovered and became stronger.
Zheng Xunrui has no time, the situation he got from Li Panlong, Zijin Liang Wang Ziyong may lead 5,000 people to kill from the direction of Yongning Prefecture in Shanxi, the time should be the end of October or the beginning of November, that is to say, Wang Ziyong may have already started to act, 5,000 people is not a small number, and now Wang Ziyong is following Wang Jiayin to wander in Shanxi, and the number of rogues under Wang Jiayin has reached more than 20,000 people, which has caused a great shock in Shanxi.
You must quickly rush to Qingjian County, find Li Mu, the magistrate of the county, and inquire about the situation of Yiqiē, and besides, Li Mu is greedy for so much silver, grain and grass, how can he let him transport these things away and escape.
After thinking carefully, Zheng Xunrui decided to personally lead a thousand soldiers of the Zheng family army to Qingjian County, including 600 cavalry and 400 foot soldiers, the cavalry rushed to Qingjian County in one day to control the situation, and the foot soldiers arrived in Qingjian County within two days, once the situation was confirmed, he would have to fight a good battle in Qingjian County.
October 26, Deuteronomy.
The sky gradually darkened, and the 1,000 soldiers led by Zheng Xunrui set off from Fucheng.
There is no need to worry about exposing your whereabouts along the way, there are almost no people in the villages and towns, most of the people in Yan'an Mansion are in the city, and there are very few people near the city, so this situation will not change in a short time.
But for the sake of secrecy, Zheng Xunrui still decided to set off at the time of Shen and rush at night, which is also a training for the cavalry, in fact, the cavalry of the Zheng family army has long been accustomed to marching and fighting at night.
Li Panlong followed the army to move together.
Yang He and Hong Xinyu followed to Qingjian County, while Zheng Jinhong and Hong Xingui stayed in Fucheng to stabilize the situation.
The scouts had been sent out two days earlier to reconnoiter the surrounding situation, especially the situation along the road from Wubao to Qingjian County, and Wang Ziyong had to pass through Wubao and Qingjian County when he set out from Yongning Prefecture to go to Yan'an Fucheng.
The scout's reconnaissance information came, and there was nothing unusual around, so Zheng Xunrui decided to set off.
At midnight on October 27, 1,000 soldiers of the Zheng family army arrived outside the county seat of Qingjian County.
During this period, everyone only rested for an hour and a half, marching at night, and the speed was so fast, which surprised Li Panlong, who followed the army, and what made him even more unexpected was that the prefect did not have any problems, but he was the champion of the palace test, and it seemed that he was really a genius in both civil and military affairs.
At midnight, the door of the county seat opened.
After the scouts took control of the city gate, Zheng Xunrui took a hundred elite cavalry and hurried to the county office.
When Zheng Xunrui entered the second hall, Zhao Mu was working in the second hall.
Zheng Xunrui clarified his identity, Zhao Mu's face turned a little pale, and his body trembled slightly.
Following Zheng Xunrui was Li Panlong.
After Yang He took control of the county government, he quickly took people to the backyard.
Hong Xinyu took the soldiers to control the garrison of the county yamen.
When he came to Santang, Zheng Xunrui still had a smile on his face.
"Lord Zhao, this official came to inspect and see that you are still very diligent."
"The lower official didn't know that the prefect was coming, so he didn't go to greet him, and asked for your forgiveness."
"Did the officer disturb you?"
"No, no, the adults came to Qingjian County so early, presumably because they were tired and rushing, the lower officials will prepare a banquet to wash the dust for the adults, and after eating, the lower officials will report on the many situations in Qingjian County."
"I don't need the banquet for the time being, this official has a few questions, I want to ask you."
Zhao Mu had already sensed that something was wrong, and the sweat droplets on his forehead began to come out.
"Don't get mud Zhang Cunmeng attacked Mizhi and Jiazhou, Shen Yikui attacked Ansai County, if this official is not mistaken, Shen Yikui turned out to be the garrison of Qingjian County."
"Shen Yikui rebelled, and the lower officials didn't expect it, and the lower officials were ashamed that they didn't find out about such a big thing."
"I can't blame you, it's just that this official is very strange, Shen Yikui, as a garrison of Qingjian County, why did he go far and not directly attack Qingjian County, but chose to attack Ansai County, Lord Zhao, can you explain."
"This, the lower officials really don't know, the gods are rebellious, and the lower officials are also surprised."
Zhao Mu's mouth was very hard, and although his face was pale and his body trembled slightly, his voice was still peaceful.
Zheng Xunrui had already made a judgment, the first time he saw Zhao Mu, he found an abnormality, Zhao Mu was too nervous, his heart was empty, although he could keep calm when he spoke, his face and body could not deceive people.
It was also at this time that Master Xingming and Master Qian Gu were brought in, and the two knelt down when they came in.
Master Xingming's face was like ashes, and his body was like sifting chaff, Master Qian Gu was much better, dark and free, because when he saw Li Panlong, he knew what was going on.
Zhao Mu couldn't stand it anymore at this time, his body began to sift the chaff, and the color on his face began to turn black.
"Lord Zhao, you are a scholar, and you are also a person, it is not easy for the official to read you to study to achieve fame, if there is something, you take the initiative to say it, the official takes into account your identity and does not want to implicate your family, if you are unwilling to say, then don't blame the official, this collusion is a big crime of the nine clans."
Zhao Mu finally couldn't help it and knelt on the ground.
"The adults spare their lives, and the ghosts of the lower officials are obsessed......"
Zhao Mu began to tell, this time it was a bamboo tube pouring tofu, and everything was said, Zheng Xunrui's face was still smiling at first, but in the back, it also became iron-blue.
Zhao Mu served as the magistrate of Qingjian County, but in five years, the silver of greedy ink reached more than 100,000 taels, and the stored grain reached more than 20,000 stones, what kind of concept is this, it can be said that the people of Qingjian County rebelled, and they were completely forced out, and Zhao Mugou in order to be able to preserve the property of greedy ink, colluded with the rogue, secretly ventilated the news, and led the imperial army to fail to encircle and suppress several times.
After Zhao Mu finished speaking, he collapsed to the ground with no strength in his body.
"Zhao Mu, what kind of crime are you, this official doesn't want to say more, presumably you also know, if these crimes are exposed, it is not just your personal matter, this official gives you a chance, you immediately write a letter to the King of Zijin Liang for your own use, just say that the first day of November to the fifth day of the first month of the first month of the month of the first month of the first month of the first month of November to Qingjian County, you will send a special person to contact him, the place of contact is in the Qingjian Cliff where Suide Prefecture and Qingjian County meet, if you do this well, this official guarantees that your family will not be implicated."
Zhao Mu seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, and quickly stood up.
"If you write it, you will write it right away." ……
"Hong Xinyu, take my order, quickly rush back to the mansion, find Zheng Jinhong, tell him, mobilize all the Zheng family army sergeants, and rush to Qingjian Cliff in Suide Prefecture within three days."
"Li Panlong, this official ordered you to temporarily preside over the affairs of the county government of Qingjian County, this official will recommend to the imperial court, let you be the magistrate of Qingjian County, you have to remember, the first thing is to clean up the sergeants guarding the yamen, since Zhao Mu has been able to control Qingjian County for such a long time, any whereabouts have not been exposed, he will definitely completely control the garrison yamen, among those sergeants, there are many of his henchmen, if they can't clean up the garrison yamen, there will definitely be chaos in Qingjian County."
At the same time that Zhao Mu's letter was sent, the rectification of Qingjian County began in an all-round way, mainly to rectify the garrison yamen, and at this time, Zhao Mu did not have any concealment, and confessed all his henchmen, who were escorted out and killed immediately.
The sergeants led by Yang He began to clean up Zhao Mu's money and food.
These things are too important to Zheng Xunrui, with this money and food, especially food, he can let go of his hands and feet to do some things, but he can't take them all away, after all, the county government's treasury is empty, and the rats can't see it.
"Li Panlong, this official left you three thousand stone grain, three thousand taels of silver, I hope you use these money and grain to completely stabilize the situation in Qingjian County, now it is the end of October, Zhao Mu did not organize people to plant winter wheat at all, you have to quickly organize people to replant, there is still time in time, the sowing of winter wheat involves next year's stability, and it must not be delayed."
"The garrison yamen has been cleaned up, and the remaining more than 200 sergeants can still be trusted, and the county yamen has also carried out a comprehensive cleanup, and there is no problem with the people left, don't increase the personnel for the time being, try to save expenses, and if the situation improves next year, we will consider other issues."
On October 29, Zheng Xunrui led 1,400 soldiers in the direction of Qingjian Cliff, including 1,000 cavalry and 400 foot soldiers
There are still 1,200 foot soldiers, who are coming in the direction of Qingjian County.
The scouts had already drawn a map of Qingjian Cliff and had chosen the best ambush location.
A big war is about to begin, this is a real battle, if he can win a complete victory, Zheng Xunrui can guarantee that Yan'an Mansion can win a long period of stability, so that he can do other things with peace of mind.
After rectifying Qingjian County, presumably other places will also be shocked, which will also play a vital role in completely stabilizing the situation in Yan'an Prefecture.