Chapter Eighty-Eight: Wan Minbian
He really didn't want to see his own people fighting each other anymore, Tang Liang adjusted his internal breath and shouted, "Brothers in the city, listen, the King of Han is in the city at this time, Jiao Jing has rebelled and surrendered, don't continue to be obsessed, quickly return to Jingdezhen!" ”
Zhong Lin looked at the people on the city wall with a puzzled look, and explained with a smile: "This is to disturb the hearts of the anti-thief army, don't take it seriously!" ”
"Whoever gives us silver, we will die for whomever we want, so that it doesn't matter if you are an official or a thief?"
"Right...... Whoever gives the money we will fight for! ”
There was a sparse echo on the city wall, and he was not interested in whether Li Yunzhong was in the city at all.
Seeing that the two of them were indifferent, Jiao Jing pulled out a big knife and threatened: "You can't attack or not!" If you delay any longer, don't blame me for being ruthless. ”
Wang Jinwei also knew that there was no turning back, if they waited for the arrival of reinforcements from the King of Han, they would be a dead end, and the general said: "Are the two generals afraid, and you will be suspicious and dare not attack if you put up a flag in the city, they say that Emperor Xianfeng is inside, and you also believe it?" ”
Although the shouts on the city wall came clearly, Zhou Peichun and Ge Yaoming looked at Jiao Jing and looked at the city wall again, and felt that what Lord Wang said made sense, and said: "The two adults will retreat for the time being, and we will attack the city immediately!" ”
Wang Jinwei pulled Jiao Jing, who was still threatening the two of them, back to the rear together.
Ge Yaoming asked in a low voice, "What should Brother Zhou do now?" If you still want to attack the city, you would rather believe it than believe it, if the king of Han is really in the city, we will die and will not be redeemed! Why don't you just do it like yesterday and besiege the city just for show? ”
"It's a safe way to avoid desperately attacking the city. Instead, he caused a catastrophe, and the messenger sent should have arrived at Jiaodudu. You can come back tomorrow, and the surrounding Qing army will not be able to protect itself. Moreover, Jiang Zhongyuan is not in Nanchang City, how can he be in a small county like Poyang County? I heard that Zhejiang is being attacked, and it will not appear here, I guess there must be something wrong with Jiao Jing! Zhou Peichun's brutality subsided, and he began to seriously analyze the current situation.
"Brother Zhong, please put a rope, I will go down to persuade them, such cannibalism is harmful to our Han army, I hope they can get lost!" Tang Liang saw that the rebels below were reorganizing the team again, and thought of a whimsical method.
Under the city of Hangzhou. Zhong Lin saw Tang Liang leap onto the city wall single-handedly, and the Qing soldiers who killed him turned on his back, and finally made the first contribution to conquering Hangzhou, and now he is the instructor of their foreign gun team, and he didn't want him to take risks, so he persuaded: "Instructor think twice, even if the rebels under the city attack the city, I also believe that Poyang County will be as stable as Mount Tai, in case the general goes down and is killed by them." It was really difficult for the last general to explain to the king of Han, and besides, what the general shouted just now, the rebels in the city had already heard it, since they did not repent. Continue to besiege the city, proving that they do not believe that the Han King is in Poyang County, or that they have been bought by Jiao Jing. It is to break through Poyang and murder His Royal Highness the King of Han, and the instructor is still to protect His Royal Highness at a critical juncture. Don't take risks lightly! ”
Tang Liang looked at Zhong Lin, who was talking eloquently, with one hand behind his back. Nodding and smiling, this big man is full of talents, any captain who commands a hundred people has such vision and talent, just now His Royal Highness also saw him methodically commanding soldiers to guard the city, it seems that this person's future is limitless.
"What Brother Zhong said is reasonable, the safety of King Han is the most important, I will go back to protect King Han in the future, Brother Zhong take care."
Zhong Lin sent Tang Liang away, and then turned his attention to the rebels under the city, analyzing their every move.
Zhou Di and Li Guoguo led a group of squires to walk in the front, and the small people in the back beat gongs and drums and carried a plaque covered with red cloth, followed by the lively people, and a group of people walked towards the county government in a mighty manner.
It turned out that yesterday the squire of Poyang County, under the leadership of the county commander Hu Kuan, climbed the city wall to reward the defenders, and saw the dense figures under the city, and they were terrified, and they all felt that they could not hold Poyang by relying on these thousands of people in the city, and they went home to arrange the aftermath in despair, waiting for the moment when the city was broken.
Who would have thought that the thieves would attack the city for a day, and the people killed by the defenders would turn on their backs, Li Guoguo and several people discussed, and in order to make Li Yunzhong work harder to defend the city, they came up with this idea of sending Wan Minbian.
Hu Kuan heard the gongs and drums outside, and thought that someone was doing a happy event, but he didn't care, and when he heard the master report the truth, he hurriedly came out to greet him with a smile.
"Folks, what do you mean, I have no merit and no virtue, how can I receive this great gift, you better carry it back, wait until you repel the thief, and then send it away!" Hu Kuan wants to refuse to return the favor, this is the rule of officialdom, and he must refrain several times before he can accept it, as long as he has this Wan Minbian, it will be a great merit when the officials inspect it.
What the hell is this Huzhi County, we didn't say that Wan Minbian gave it to you!
Li Guoguo laughed and said: "This General Li can be in the county office?" On behalf of the people of the city, I came to thank General Li for his generosity, without General Li, our Poyang County would have been in ruins, and General Li would be our reborn parents! Please also ask the county lord to ask General Li to come out and receive the gift! ”
Hu Kuan made a big red face, and secretly scolded these squires for not knowing how to lift, they had just been extorted half of their family property by the guerrilla adults, and now they shamelessly offered Wan Minbian! I, Hu someone, am honest and honest, and I am loyal to my duties, and I haven't seen anything you have sent me? What a bunch of cheap bones.
"Everyone, wait a moment, Hu will ask the general to come out and receive the salute."
Li Yunzhong had already heard the movement outside, and thought that it was a dead person, and a person died of old age in his hometown, so he did it as a happy event, playing gongs and drums, and later heard that they stopped at the gate of the county government, and felt that something was wrong, so he took Tang Liang out to investigate.
"Don't bother with the county magistrate, I heard that they are going to give me a gift? Where is this gift? ”
Zhou Di stepped forward and pointed to the plaque and said: "The general saved the people of the city from fire and water, we are also talking about our hearts, please smile at the general!" ”
"Please smile, General!" The squires all chimed in.
Li Yunzhong was not interested in these vanities, so he stepped forward and lifted the red cloth, only to see four big characters written on it: Benefit one party.
"Ha Lu Ha...... Li is ashamed of it, but since it is a piece of your heart, I will accept it. ”
Li Guoguo took back the words of persuasion, and for the first time had a new view of this domineering general, this General Li is informal, decisive, and rare is to be able to deal with the thief, and the future is great, why don't I befriend him, and I will have a good relationship in the future, and I can earn back several times the amount of 100,000 taels of silver.
"General Li is an honest official, loyal to the country, we have always admired him, the general rest assured, when the thieves retreat, we will definitely recommend the general to the imperial court."
Zhou Di and the others thought that he was saying the opposite, and they all laughed in agreement. (To be continued......)
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