Four days passed quickly, and Zhou Long's men let Zhuang Rou go on the first day, and they were smashed by stones and their heads were bleeding, losing two teams of men. By the time the two lieutenants recover from their injuries, I'm afraid that even the people on the throne of the capital will be replaced.

Zhou Long, who had come with the majesty of the elite division, suddenly looked like a wine bag and rice bag in front of the miscellaneous soldiers of the guard.

In order to deter the soldiers and stabilize the morale of the army, he was so angry that he punished Song Fengyi and Xu Chun with twenty military sticks each. Although the three strategists had the intention to dissuade them, they did not dare to speak at all, so they could only look at me, and I would see that you would not speak.

If Song Mingqiu hadn't died, he would never have let him punish the two deputy generals, but if he hadn't died, it wouldn't have happened.

The people in the guard didn't know what he meant by punishing his deputy general with a stick as soon as he came, but it was really scary.

They all beat their own people, and none of them in the guard house were accidentally beheaded, and everyone was extra careful when walking on thin ice, for fear that they would hit their heads.

Zhou Long's original intention was not like this, but it unexpectedly made everyone Wei dare not think twice, which can be regarded as saving him a lot of trouble.

Song Mingqiu died, and he could only give Xu Chun the matter of arresting Zhuang Ding to fill the army. In addition to the military stick on his buttocks, Su Fengyi also had a head injury to treat, and he didn't have so much energy.

Afraid that Xu Chun's buttocks would be injured and he would be unable to move, he threw all three strategists to him, Zhou Long wanted to see the performance of several of them, and if the conscription was good, he could receive it and use it around him.

But if you don't have any real skills, and you just eat mixed rice, then when will you find a reason to cut it off, you can also use it to clean up military discipline.

Su Fengyi was aggrieved, but he could still recuperate well. Xu Chun couldn't say how bitter he was, he lay on the bed all day long, and his buttocks couldn't be covered with medicine, so he was naked enough to let the sergeants and strategists go in and out, and his mood was bad enough.

He vented his anger in other places, and sent people to arrest the village chiefs of various villages and towns and other local powerful people, and shared the affairs of handing over the strong men. Each village and town will produce a certain number of strong men according to each person, and if there are few, their heads will be cut off.

Suddenly, Hongzhou was full of chickens and dogs, and now if you want to flee with your family, you can't leave, the checkpoint has been closed, and you can only enter but not leave.

Zhou Long took his thousands of elites and began to attack those counties that had not surrendered, and he wanted to defeat these counties.

After the death of Yang Rong in the guard, the power grabbing was serious, and there was no tough leader, and there were 23 large and small counties in Hongzhou, and they only won the sixteen counties below 10,000 people. There are also 70,000 large counties that have closed the city gates, and they can't defend the army that is waiting for the imperial court.

These counties have money, food and people, and the county government can still transfer some manpower out, although there is no guard who should protect them, but it is not to be underestimated to gather some strength to come out.

Zhou Long didn't want to attack Hongzhou City wholeheartedly, there were still these people behind his ass doing trouble, and he had to defeat them all and make Zhanzhou the king. This is the foundation for his future struggle for the throne, and he can't let these foolish people be ruined.

On the third day of arriving at the guard, he went out to attack the city after punishing the military sticks, and only then did he go to the city to call for a battle to persuade him to surrender, and the grain and grass transported in the rear let Zhuang Rou kill it halfway and burn it.

The county seat to be attacked had to walk for three or four hours from the guard station, and the small counties next to it had already been robbed, so they gave the people a few mouthfuls of miscellaneous grain to survive. In order to collect grain from the people, the guard office pulled all of them back, and now they don't want to collect grain in the surrounding areas.

Zhou Long was furious, and he had to eat when he was attacking the city, how could he fight when he was hungry. had to be stationed outside the city, sent a team of men and horses to pursue Zhuang Rou everywhere, and sent fast horses back to the guard station to let them send food again.

To prevent Zhuang Rou from coming out to make trouble again, he asked for 500 people to escort the grain and grass, and each person also brought buckets and fire extinguishing materials.

Just because of a woman, she has to work hard to deliver grain and grass on her own territory, which is annoying, and she just wants to find her and stab her to death as soon as possible. But she was like a loach, burrowing into the mud and couldn't find a place to hide.

When the military rations arrived, the siege dragged on for another day, which made Zhou Long very unhappy, and he wanted to kill the Quartet when he attacked the city.

Unexpectedly, seeing that he was preparing to attack the city, the county commander actually opened the city gate and welcomed them into the city with the people beating gongs and drums, looking forward to their coming.

This suppressed Zhou Long's anger stiffly, he can kill you when he resists you, this leads the people of the whole city to welcome you and kill you, do you still want to fight the world!

I don't know if it's pretended, many people are still cheering all the way, and the county commander led the officials to cry with joy, and they have already prepared their property and food, saying that the people are going to donate it as military funds.

In the face of this extremely dog-legged, everything is for you to think of the county order and the people of the city, Zhou Long really couldn't find an excuse to slaughter the city, so he had to hastily send someone to take over the county.

At this time, the capital already knew about the rebellion in Hongzhou, and the Wei Institute led the displaced people to rebel, which was incredible. Naturally, some people linked this matter to Nioh, who had been missing for many years, but was refuted by the uncle faction.

They advocated peace and peace, and they also said kind-heartedly that the common people were just living too badly and not having enough to eat. And it's not good for the sergeants, so that they have no way out, and they are saying that the emperor is incompetent and useless, which caused the current rebellion.

However, the military generals have not fought for a long time, and many people are in urgent need of military merits, and they have stood up to demand war instead of peace.

The two sides quarreled so much that no one could convince anyone.

The emperor didn't say a word, but sighed that King An is now trapped in Hongzhou City, and he still has a large family, and if he doesn't solve the siege as soon as possible, he will have to starve to death at such an old age.

At that time, I am afraid that only by finding and rescuing the powerless people and giving the funeral to King An's family can the Empress Dowager's grief be relieved.

With these words, the queen mother's bedroom was full of ministers, all begging the queen mother to come up with an idea to save King An, whether it was war or peace, it all depended on her old man's meaning.

Zhuang Xuewen came out of the palace very late, he was not too worried about the lives of the people of Hongzhou, their people had already gone to the counties last month, and they had thought of a comprehensive way to save their lives for this matter.

As long as there is no massacre, it will not hurt the people too much. But when it really happens, it's unavoidable.

And Hongzhou has been handed over to Chu Xia with full power, whether there will be a slaughter of the city can only depend on how he deals with it. Zhuang Xuewen also wanted to see how far he could go.

The emperor wanted to discuss state affairs with him, so he left for dinner, and when Zhuang Xuewen returned home, Liu Mi hurriedly greeted him, "Young master, a pair of brothers and sisters came today, saying that they came from Hongzhou, with a letter from the eldest lady. Seeing that they had nowhere to go, I temporarily let them live at Grandma Tao's house next door. ”

Zhuang Xuewen was a little surprised, he received a flying pigeon from Mo Zuo a few days ago, saying that Zhuang Rou ran away from him and didn't know where to go. The reply letter Zhuang Xuewen had already sent it over, asking Mo Zuo to leave it alone.

Now someone has brought a letter over, and calculating the time seems to be the aftermath of her departure from Mo Zuona.

He said, "Call them to the antechamber to meet me." ”

Liu Mi also wanted to know how Zhuang Rou was, I heard that there was a rebellion over there, and it was better for the young lady to come back early, "Okay, young master." I'm going to call them over now. ”