Chapter 105: The Fall of Baling (End)
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At this time, the frightened Xiao Mo Fang realized that he had been cut off from all retreats by the Mo family, unless he wanted to retreat to the Song Valve's sphere of influence.
Finally, at this time, the three religions began to launch his public opinion offensive, attacking the so-called unrighteous war of the Mo family, in a vain attempt to suppress the Mo family's troops in public opinion, but it is a pity that Ce Tianfeng alone criticized the various remarks of the three religions in Jiangdu, and even proposed that the so-called righteousness is the righteousness of the people, and has nothing to do with the gate valve, no clan, or even a doctrine.
And the Mo family's actions did not hesitate for a moment, and with the capture of a place, they exercised the Mofeng policy, promoted the children of the poor families, supervised the power of the poor people, and returned the cultivation to the people, and soon firmly controlled the captured territory.
For a time, Xiao Mo tried in vain to contact the gate valve forces in the captured area, and the plan to launch a riot and wait for the opportunity to regain the lost territory had failed before it was launched, because all the soldiers and soldiers of the gate valve forces were forcibly disbanded and became civilians, and the heinous gate valve was beheaded, and the others were also imprisoned in the reform camp, and for a time the civil atmosphere in various places was clear.
Ce Tianfeng sat and looked at the battle report from the direction of Baling, and thought to himself: Chu Mengli has done a good job, this person still has some ability, the gate valve has indeed suppressed too many talents, no wonder there were so many talents in the imperial examination in the early Tang Dynasty.
"However, we rely on recommendation and self-recommendation to find talents, after all, it is not a way, and a large-scale official examination is on the agenda." Ce Tianfeng looked at the officials in the room who were listening to him.
"But Juzi! It's still wartime, and we don't have that much time and energy to train talent. At this time, a young scribe stepped forward and questioned.
"Okay, I know what you think, self-recommendation and recommendation we will not stop for the time being, but the cultivation of talents is also urgent, only if there are enough people who understand what we do, our ideas can be truly implemented in the future, and there will be no so-called imperial power not in the countryside." Ce Tianfeng said slowly.
"Our Mo family is different from all the forces in the world, we don't need to be foolish to the people, the people are wise, and the people's health is our goal, education must always be put on the front line, understand?"
"Yes! Juzi. The young scribe who asked him bowed and stepped back.
"Then the policy will continue, all talents still need to study in the Mojia Academy for at least two months, and only after understanding my Mojia's thoughts can they be released, and then the Mojia School and the Mojia Martial Arts School need to be established to cultivate talents."
"As for Baling, tell Chu Mengli, one month! I'll give him a month to completely take Xiao Mill down! Then Ce Tianfeng waved his hand and walked out of the room first.
The rest of the people glanced at each other, and they all knew in their hearts that this was a test for Chu Mengli, and if he could complete it, it would be beneficial to his future career, but I don't know if he could complete it.
And Chu Mengli, who was dealing with various ink policy issues and military decisions on the front line, was shocked at first, then closed his eyes and thought for a long time, his eyes flickered, and then he secretly clenched his fists.
At this time, the Buddhist sect threatened by Xiao Milling finally dragged together 10,000 monks and soldiers with equipment blades and gathered under Xiao Mill's command, and Xiao Mill also trained this unit well, ready to use it as a dark chess game as a hole card to turn defeat into victory.
But I didn't know that these messages had already been probed by the Mo family people into the hands of the preacher Chu Mengli, Chu Mengli looked at the secret report in his hand, but he was not worried at all in his eyes, and said secretly: Xiao Milling, Xiao Milling, Xiliang died in Buddhism, and you will also fall into the hands of this group of monks and soldiers.
At this time, although the Mo family was in the process of repairing, it was not inactive, and the waterways blocked all the external information channels of Xiao Miao, making it extremely troublesome for him to obtain material supplies, especially horses and armor in the north.
On the land route, the Mo family used accurate intelligence to sneak attack the axle heavy troops sent to the front line by Xiao Mo from time to time, increasing their supply lines and supply costs many times, and although the rations of the soldiers on the front line were not cut off, they also began to be limited.
Especially in the area under the control of Xiao Mill, there are already a lot of poor mountains and bad waters, and the ethnic minorities are fierce by nature, seeing this kind of opportunity, they also harass Xiao Mill's department from time to time, and for a time Xiao Mill's state can be said to be worse, and the appearance of defeat has been revealed.
At this time, Xiao Jingzhen was secretly betrayed by his subordinates and said that he was preparing to surrender Du Fuwei, Xiao Mill was furious after hearing about it, regardless of Zhang Xiu's defense on the front line, and sent him to capture Xiao Jingzhen and kill him under the city of Chuyang, for a time Zhang Xiu's prestige in the army increased greatly, Xiao Mill was slightly dissatisfied in his heart, but because the wartime enemy could not attack, he immediately transferred Zhang Xiu back to the front line against the Mo family.
However, Xiao Mo was also afraid that Zhang Xiu would become bigger, no matter whether the Mo family won or lost, he was afraid that it would be difficult for him to sit firmly as the boss of the Baling forces, and after thinking for a while, he finally sent the monks who had been trained for a long time to Zhang Xiu's men, one was to increase the front-line combat power, and the other was that the monks were not under Zhang Xiu's jurisdiction, and if things changed, Zhang Xiu could be killed to prevent a military mutiny.
However, if it could be used well, it would be a good measure of checks and balances, but it was expected by the Mo family in advance, and Chu Mengli also sent the Mo family's forces at this time.
Seeing that the monks and soldiers with high martial arts and training came to help Zhang Xiu, of course, he was overjoyed, but he was a sergeant, and when he had enough military strength in his hands, he designed several battles, and took back several small county towns in the direction of Jiangxia, Xiling, Xiyang and other places at once.
In particular, the newly arrived monk soldiers showed superb combat power, and defeated the Mojia troops, which can be called a strong army, and although they did not kill many enemies, they were frequently reported for a while.
Several monk leaders were happy for a while, you think these monks can be said to be the backbone of Buddhism, but also an important reason why Buddhism has such influence in the world, this shot has an extraordinary harvest, but it can greatly increase Buddhism's voice in the world.
Moreover, these monks and soldiers are obviously monks, but they are only some bandits in name, and the strong who can't eat enough, as well as the rogues, deserters, etc., gathered in the temple for training, although they are brave on the battlefield, but in fact, the inside is also mixed.
Not many of these people relied on their strength to win battles repeatedly, becoming more and more arrogant, and even Zhang Xiu's personal soldiers were a little ignorant.
At this time, the Mo family intensified the blow to the axle heavy troops on Xiao Miao's side, and for a while, the front-line side could not replenish the salary, and all the sergeants began to limit food, and Zhang Xiu's other troops had suffered this kind of suffering before, so they could still accept it.
But the monks and soldiers don't do it, the reason why they are willing to enter the Buddha Gate is not because they can at least eat a full stomach after entering the Buddhism, especially how the people who practice martial arts can stand the pain of not having enough to eat, and they are indignantly troubled, and a few leading monks and soldiers are not easy to stop, so they can only turn a blind eye, so the monks and soldiers rushed directly to the food accumulation place under the provocation of someone, and grabbed a lot of food back to the camp by themselves.
This news spread quietly, which made Zhang Xiu's other troops angry, why don't you go on a diet and rob us of our food? For a while, anger ignited in the barracks, and many sergeants put on armor and weapons and were about to go to the monk camp to settle accounts, but Zhang Xiu, who heard the news, ordered his own soldiers to forcibly suppress them.
But because of this, the contradictions between the two sides began to get deeper and deeper, especially when the hungry sergeant looked at the monks and soldiers who were eating red, and the anger in his eyes could not be concealed at all.
Under such circumstances, the axle heavy troops were delayed, and the grain and grass officer's food was getting scarcer and less.
"General, you can't go on like this, the food over there is full of red light, and the other brothers are about to starve to death!" A personal soldier beside Zhang Xiu who had been with him for many years complained to him.
"Hey" Zhang Xiu sighed and said to the old man: "I know it too, but what can I do?" The grain went into the hands of those monks and soldiers, do you think I didn't go to ask for it, and people didn't care about me at all. ”
"But the other brothers are almost hungry and have no combat effectiveness, in case, the Mo family fights, we are afraid that we will not do it," the pro-soldier worried.
"I can only hope that the aid from the rear will arrive soon, if it doesn't work anymore, I can only go to the monks and soldiers to force a little, after all, they can't watch the brothers really starve to death!" A hint of helplessness flashed in Zhang Xiu's eyes.
"Oh no, no, General!" At this time, another pro-soldier ran in: "Second battalion, someone died, I heard that he was starved to death!" ”
When Zhang Xiu heard this, his mind was like a thunderbolt slashing: "It's not good, I'm afraid it's the discord trick used by the Mo family, go with me!" ”
But I didn't know that it was too late, as soon as the news of starving people came out, all Zhang Xiu's sergeants exploded, and many people ran towards the place where the grain and grass were piled up, just to eat more, no one wanted to be starved to death.
More people were coerced by public opinion to run to the location of the monks, and many people felt that it was because the monks and soldiers grabbed food that they could not eat enough and were starved to death.
Immediately, I don't know whether it was the monk or Sergeant Zhang Xiu who threw a stone first, and then the two sides began to fight, and after Zhang Xiu stopped the sergeant who robbed the food officer's office from mutiny, he came to the monk camp and fired two shots of real fire.
At this moment, I don't know if the sergeant was really hungry for too long or the monk didn't stop his hand, a sergeant's head was broken alive, and his brain was scattered on the ground with white flowers.
Both parties were stunned all of a sudden, and then the real battle began, and it was useless for Zhang Xiu to dissuade him, and at this time, the Mo family, who got the signal, also began to send troops.
Three thousand fine horsemen like a tiger into the flock of sheep, effortlessly captured Zhang Xiu's sergeants and monks who had already fought a battle, Zhang Xiu could only rely on the five hundred guards beside him, embarrassed to flee back to Baling, since then Xiao Mo has no power to turn the tables.