Chapter 75: Black Cauldron
When Yang Qi received Zhou Ping's battle report and saw that their surprise attack on Nanyang Mansion City was successful, he was very excited, and many plans could be implemented. I saw that the granary of Fucheng was burned, and the fire was fierce, and we couldn't extinguish such a big flame.
Tie Qing's face was blue, his eyes were gloomy, and he couldn't wait to order Liang Xuanfeng to be killed at all costs, these scholars were too vicious.
Soon, I thought of an idea to levy grain, who asked you to burn grain too much!
At this time, Liang Xuanfeng had already escaped from Nanyang Mansion City, although he fled very embarrassed, he still fled with part of the official army, and in a limited time, he ordered them to gather the remnants of the army and supplies.
At this time, Liang Xuanfeng's confidant Wei Changshi, seeing that everyone was in a hurry, covered with black smoke and dust, and looked like a wolf, immediately ordered to rest on the spot, urged to cook on the spot, and was busy for an hour before counting the remnants of the collected soldiers and lighting the stove.
At this time, they all quieted down, and saw that the six officers had quickly washed their uniforms, dried them on the fire, and gobbled them up with rice porridge.
After using it, he stood in a row, staring at Liang Taishou in the distance, waiting to be summoned.
After a long time, Liang Xuanfeng's voice came: "...... Come on! ”
Then one of the guards came out and walked towards them, with no expression on his face, and said, "Come and see them!" ”
The six officers walked over in unison, saluted together, and said in unison, "Meet Lord Taishou, I don't know what is the important matter of summoning us?" ”
"It's an extraordinary time, so there's no need to be polite!" Liang Xuanfeng's face was pale, his expression was gloomy, he raised his hand and shouted, and the first thing he asked was, "How many soldiers have you collected?" How much food does it bring?! ”
Wei Changshi glanced at Liang Taishou, who was full of sorrow, bowed down and said: "Lord Taishou, a total of one hundred and seventy-five four people have been gathered, and there are always six generals and captains above the rank of the team, all of whom are here. ”
"Most of the food was burned, and I barely had some food with me, which was only enough to eat for three days now, and as for weapons, there were even fewer weapons, and only fifty-one people still carried sabers with them."
Liang Xuanfeng was completely awake at this time, although his face was pale, he still listened to the words without moving, and sighed: "I can't blame you, no one can imagine such a surprise attack, disguised as an officer and soldier?!" ”
Wei Changshi was Liang Taishou's person, and he said immediately: "My lord, what he said is extremely true. ”
Liang Taishou stared at this person, suddenly tired, waved his hand, and said at the moment: "You go and find materials and people again, and rectify the remaining soldiers!" ”
"Yes!"
"So be it!" Liang Xuanfeng waved his hand to make this person retreat, but his eyes were a little worried.
At this time, Wei Changshi sighed, he was Liang Xuanfeng's cronies, he had never seen him like this, and immediately said in a low voice of comfort: "Lord Taishou doesn't have to be sad, fortunately he escaped in time, this is a great luck." ”
Liang Xuanfeng listened, nodded, and sighed.
At this time, the bonfire outside, the soldiers and officers were roasting the fire, drinking hot porridge, gradually recovering, and arranged for the sentry to patrol the surroundings, but everyone was silent, with a sad face on their faces.
In such a fiasco, most of the brothers in the same camp were killed or fled, and they may never see each other again.
After a long time, Wei Changshi asked Liang Taishou where he was going now.
Liang Xuanfeng didn't dare to go to Anshan County, maybe Lan Bowen was about to put him in prison and was about to kill him to sacrifice the flag, so he wouldn't throw himself into the net.
"Go south, go to Rinzai Province, where the governor is my friend for many years, and he is a classmate, so he will not embarrass me."
"Yes, my lord," Wei Changshi left to give the order.
Since Liang Xuanfeng fled without a fight, Zhou Ping and the others quickly quelled the resistance in the city.
By the afternoon, Yang Qi had already led 100,000 displaced people into the city.
Yang Qi was in the Taishou Mansion in the capital city and summoned all the generals to discuss things.
When Yang Qi saw Zhang Wuwu for the first time, he praised him, and Zhang Wuwu was a little flattered and vowed to overthrow the empire by the rebel army.
Yang Qi once passed by the granary, and the fire burned down the beams of the granary, and sparks and flying ash were all over the sky, Yang Qi barely collected his mood and asked: "What are you going to do with your plans now?" ”
Although this side has taken Pingcheng and Si County in a row, and obtained the grain of the two counties, although the consumption is also amazing, it can still be supported for a while and a half. But if you count the 100,000 people in Nanyang Mansion, the food supply on both sides is very tight.
After seeing the fire in the grain depot, Zhou Ping obviously thought about the same problem, and said murderously: "Since the grain depot can't be counted on, there is only one way——"
"Go east ahead of schedule!"
The original plan was to take Nanyang City as the foundation, recruit troops and horses to run it, and then march east to sweep Ansan County. Now, more than 200,000 stone of grain in Nanyang Mansion has been burned, and they have no capital to fight steadily, so they can only launch an attack before the food runs out, and then use the newly grabbed grain to support the army to continue to occupy more territory.
This method of warfare is exactly the same as that of the exile army of previous dynasties. At the beginning of the uprising, there was often no opponent for hundreds of miles, but as long as it was defeated, most of the time it would be doomed.
The grain in the treasury was completely destroyed after burning for a day and a night. Although there are still hundreds of thousands of imperial gold coins in the treasury, and the family has divided half of it, it is far less important to the righteous army than food. Not to mention that it is very cumbersome to carry, and more importantly, they have no channels to spend it now.
When the money is paid, it can be used to boost morale.
was finally pitted by Liang Xuanfeng, which had a great impact on Yang Qi's righteous army. But after the initial tone subsided, how the rebels should develop still had to continue. With full control of Nanyang Fucheng, under Yang Qi's order, the rebels once again carried out the move they had done - forcibly requisitioning grain.
But this time, something is different.
The rebels have a man who helps carry the black cauldron.
All the rebels who went out to collect food were required to memorize the words. Every time I went to a house to collect grain, I would tell the other party: It was Liang Xuanfeng, the Taishou of Nanyang Fucheng, who burned the grain depot before escaping, and the rebels were forced to collect grain in desperation.
In intentional inducement, a very simple logic emerges.
If Liang Xuanfeng didn't burn the granary, the rebel army with enough food to eat would not have robbed their family's grain - so the rebel army was also forced, and it was all Liang Xuanfeng's fault!
In all fairness, before the rebel army entered the city, Liang Xuanfeng's official reputation was still good in Nanyang Mansion. But after the rebels began to act, in just one day, the people of Nanyang Mansion who were full of resentment began to scold their mother. Although they also bring the rebels with them when they curse. But the main hatred and firepower were aimed at the imperial government and Liang Xuanfeng, and the rebel army that came out to grab food became incidental......