"What the hell are you here for?" Song Jingang's tone was very stern.

Song Wulun took out a letter from his arms and put it on the table, "This is a handwritten letter from Manager Yang to the third uncle. ”

Song Jingang stared at the letter for a long time, and after a while, he picked up the letter, only to see that the letter was written on the cover, 'Yang Yuanqing, the chief of soldiers and horses in Fengzhou of the Great Sui Dynasty, and the Duke of Chu, sent a letter to the righteous Song Gong'.

Song Jingang took out a sharp dagger and carefully cut the fire paint from the side, for fear of destroying the envelope, he slowly pulled out the letter, the content of the letter was very simple, hoping that he could persuade Liu Wuzhou to cherish the people and organize the army to settle the fields in order to be self-sufficient in food.

With just such a short piece of paper, Song Jingang's brows furrowed, and he asked his nephew again, "Does Yang Yuanqing have any other messages?" ”

"Chief Manager Yang asked his nephew to tell him that if the third uncle can replace Liu Wuzhou and cherish the people, maybe he and the third uncle may have an alliance."

Song Jingang sneered, Yang Yuanqing actually used a counter-strategy, he thought about things too simply!

Song Jingang stuffed the letter back into the envelope and asked his nephew, "What position do you hold in the Fengzhou Army?" ”

"Back to the third uncle, my nephew is the captain."

"Not bad! Actually promoted to lieutenant, it looks like you don't plan to come back to help me. ”

Song Wulun shook his head, "My nephew thinks that he can have a future in Fengzhou, and my nephew knows in his heart that after fighting Liu Wuzhou's army, the Fengzhou army will definitely expand, and at that time, my nephew can at least be promoted to Eagle Strike General." ”

Song Jingang was very depressed, and even his nephew refused to help him, so it can be seen that Liu Wuzhou's rebellion was not favored, in fact, he originally felt that Liu Wuzhou had the full support of the Turks and could become bigger, so he rushed to defect, but the Turks were defeated by Fengzhou, and they collapsed, so that Liu Wuzhou lost his backers and aid, and now he can't even beat Taiyuan City, and the army food is not continuous, and it is declining day by day. Song Jingang also lost confidence a little.

Song Jingang sighed, and no longer forced his nephew, "Okay! You tell Yang Yuanqing for me, I understand his kindness, but I won't accept anything other than his kindness, so don't be delusional. ”

"Nephew understands, farewell!"

Song Wulun gave a deep salute. Withdrew. Song Jingang ordered his own soldiers to send him out of the camp, and Song Wulun looked at both sides as he walked. Seeing that many soldiers on both sides were looking at him, Song Wulun smiled and asked his own soldiers, "How much do you get paid for a month as a soldier?" ”

"Stop dreaming. It's good to have something to eat, and what kind of military pay is there to talk about. ”

"The salary of our Fengzhou army is very high, like I can get 20 yuan a month, and the grain has one stone of rice, if I can't eat it, I can give it to my family, and if I enter the war, I can get 40 yuan a month, all of which are good copper coins, and I have more than enough to support my family."

Song Wulun's voice was very high. Unconsciously spread far away with the night wind, and many soldiers heard that the Fengzhou army could get twenty yuan a month, one stone of rice

Song Jingang naturally couldn't hear his nephew's self-boasting, he paced back and forth in the camp with his hands behind his back, still thinking about Yang Yuanqing's words in his heart, 'If he can replace Liu Wuzhou'

Song Jingang is not a good type. When he took refuge in Wang Basu, the king of Mantian, he wanted to replace Wang Basu, but Yang Yuanqing, who was the governor of Youzhou at that time, did not give him this opportunity, and directly exterminated Wang Basu, and he later wanted to rebel on his own. was preempted by Wei Dao'er, and he could only come to Liu Wuzhou. Song Jingang's idea was that after Liu Wuzhou became bigger, he could be separated from Liu Wuzhou and stand on his own.

But the current situation shattered his hopes, Yang Yuanqing entered the north of Taiyuan strongly, Liu Wuzhou was like a grasshopper after the autumn, there were not a few days to jump, where should he Song Jingang go?

In fact, Song Jingang and Liu Wuzhou also have a deep contradiction, Liu Wuzhou is to loot to maintain the army and the regime, while Song Jingang advocates to raise the army with the people, not to exhaust the water and fish, and finally force themselves to a dead end, this is also after a few years of rebellion, the reality in front of everyone, everything to plunder for a living rebels almost disappeared, and the survival and growth of the forces are to raise the army with the people, such as Dou Jiande, Wagang Army, Li Yuan, Xiao Miao, Du Fuwei, these are the people to raise the army to grow.

Song Jingang persuaded Liu Wuzhou more than once, but both sides broke up unhappily, and there were differences and contradictions, but the contradictions between the two sides were better concealed when there was no crisis, and now that the crisis has appeared, the contradictions and differences began to be unable to hide, and Song Jingang had a different heart

Liu Wuzhou's army had already occupied Yulin City, but Liu Wuzhou did not continue to chase, he also knew that this was very likely Yang Yuanqing's trick to lure his troops, and he knew that if he didn't chase after him, Yang Yuanqing would probably turn around and fight with him.

At this time, Yulin City was already an empty city, there was no resident, Liu Wuzhou ordered his 50,000 Imperial Forest Army to enter the city, and the food and various materials carried by the army were also put into the city, at this time, Liu Wuzhou got an unexpected information, and there was still some grain in a granary in Yulin City that had not been moved.

This information made Liu Wuzhou overjoyed, and he immediately rushed to the granary to inspect.

Yulin City is the logistics center of Fengzhou army hoarding materials, there are ten warehouses built, located in the northwest of the city, close to a canal connecting the Yellow River, this is the common feature of all cities in Fengzhou, the warehouse must be by the river, easy to transport, Fengzhou makes full use of the Yellow River, inland river transportation is extremely developed.

The ten warehouses of Yulin City are located in the city, there are water gates to separate the canals inside and outside the city, and in addition, the ten warehouses are built with high warehouse walls and guard towers, so that the warehouses become a city within the city, which is the most heavily guarded place in the whole city.

At the same time as Yang Yuanqing withdrew, he also transported the grain and materials in the warehouse, perhaps because of the hasty withdrawal, and some grain was left in one of the granaries.

Liu Wuzhou hurried to Cangcheng, which was surrounded by soldiers, numbering thousands of people, and was extremely heavily guarded, and this Cangcheng was also temporarily used by Liu Wuzhou as a place to store food and supplies.

He was led by his generals to a brightly lit warehouse flanked by soldiers.

Liu Wuzhou walked into this empty warehouse, only to see that the warehouse was extremely spacious, at least 50,000 stone of grain, most of the place was empty, but in the northeast corner there were thousands of bags of grain neatly stacked, Liu Wuzhou stepped forward and patted the grain bag, the grain bag was very real, and it was seen from several holes that it was full of wheat.

He nodded and asked the officer next to him, "How much grain?" ”

"We have counted all these grains, which are almost a bag and a stone, a total of 5,200 bags. That's five thousand two hundred stones. ”

Liu Wuzhou said proudly to the soldiers: "This is a gift that Yang Yuanqing left us with embarrassment. ”

All the soldiers laughed, and Liu Wuzhou immediately ordered everyone: "Move all our grain in, take care of the warehouse, and kill anyone who is abnormal!" ”

The soldiers agreed and ran to carry the grain, at this time. A guard trotted in. whispered a few words in Liu Wuzhou's ear, Liu Wuzhou's face changed greatly, and he asked urgently: "Where is the person?" ”

"Brought to the Imperial Palace!"

Liu Wuzhou can't take care of food anymore. Immediately walked out of the warehouse, turned over and ran towards his palace.

Liu Wuzhou's palace is the Yulin County Ya, which is the best building in Yulin County. Liu Wuzhou galloped all the way, and ran to the county government in a moment, and he jumped down without waiting for the war horse to stop, and ran to the steps.

This statement spread loudly, the army's heart was shaken, and Liu Wuzhou also heard it. It made him extremely uncomfortable, because this was probably true, and Song Jingang persuaded him to go south more than once, but he refused to listen.

Liu Wuzhou strode into the room, and a soldier in the room knelt down, "See Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Wuzhou sat down and asked, "Song Jingangzhen and Yang Yuanqing are secretly in contact?" ”

This soldier was Song Jingang's personal guard, but not one of his twenty personal guards. is just a peripheral guard, he was bribed by Liu Wuzhou to monitor Song Jingang for Liu Wuzhou.

The guard immediately nodded and said, "Just this evening, Song Jingang secretly met with a visitor, and he inquired about it. This person is the nephew of Song Jingang and a captain of the Fengzhou Army. ”

"Are you sure?"

"Inferior functions are determined. The lieutenant later boasted to the brethren about his income in the Toyoshu Army, and many people heard about it. ”

Liu Wuzhou was stunned for a long time, and then asked, "How long have they stayed in the tent?" ”

"About half an hour, his nephew was excited when he left."

'Bang! With a loud bang, Liu Wuzhou slammed his fist on the table, his eyes shot a beast-like fierce light, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The traitor dares to betray me, I must kill him." ”

On the third day after Liu Wuzhou's army went north, rumors spread in Shanyang County:

Liu Wuzhou's army has been besieged by 300,000 troops in Fengzhou, and the entire army is about to be destroyed. ’

'The Fengzhou Army has sent 50 troops to various parts of Mayi County and Yanmen County to take stock of the ownerless farms, and all the ownerless farms will be confiscated as official property and rewarded for meritorious soldiers as trophies. ’

More and more people believe that this is true, and the people in the city who were forced to move to Shanyang County began to worry about their homes and land, and the soldiers were extremely war-weary, everyone knew that Liu Wuzhou's fall was imminent, and no one wanted to die for Liu Wuzhou anymore.

Rumors spread more and more, and there was constant commotion, people fled the county town and rushed back to their homes, and the soldiers hid their weapons and became deserters.

Although the garrison general Liu Zimiao ordered the city gate to be closed, there were still soldiers who opened the city gate without permission to let the people and deserters out of the city, and the wave of escape caused by rumors became more and more intense, and in just two days, half of the soldiers and civilians in the city fled, and the 10,000 defenders were only 4,000 people left in just two days.

On the morning of the third day, an army appeared outside the city of Shanyang County, the team was neat, the spears were like a forest, the armor was distinct, the red Dasui flag fluttered in the wind, and on a big flag, the red flag was printed with a black goshawk, spreading its wings.

This army is 10,000 people, led by the generals Qin Qiong and Yang Wei, the army did not attack the city, they continue to put pressure on the city, encourage the soldiers to lay down their weapons and surrender, more and more soldiers drop their weapons and flee into the city, the defenders of the city are getting thinner and thinner, this Fengzhou Sui army stood outside the city for less than an hour, and the defender Liu Zimiao finally couldn't bear the huge pressure and opened the city gate to surrender.