Several people slowly rode their horses together, and Zhang Chengdou said softly: "Father-in-law, Lord Cui is not a good person, I heard that this person is very resentful, Lord Cui is polite now, I am afraid that it is the enemy soldiers outside the city who are on the side, so I am so polite to my father-in-law, I am afraid that it will be difficult to be a father-in-law in the future." ”

Zhang Shu taught: "I also know, but state affairs come first, even if I know that he has the intention to retaliate in the future, I will beat the exile militia away first." Besides, I am a first-class festival general, holding a silver order arrow, the watch seal can go directly to the heavens, and he can't stop me, after this battle, we will return to Liaozuo, and he can't control our heads at that time. On the other hand, a few righteous sons also nodded, after this battle, they could return to their hometowns, and those ones didn't want to.

Zhang Chengdou lowered his eyebrows slightly, and taught Zhang Shu: "Father-in-law, I'm just afraid that Lord Cui won't think about it, I don't know what the situation is when I meet you today, what did Master Cui say? Among the sons of Zhang Shujiao, Zhang Chengdou is the most resourceful and often comes up with ideas.

Zhang Shujiao's face glowed red, and he said with a smile: "For so many years, the first time I saw a civil official, I didn't kneel, but when I met today, Master Cui actually stopped me from kneeling, and I thought that my face was also bright." A look of joy appeared on his face as he spoke.

Zhang Chengdou's face was ugly, and he said, "What else did you say to Master Cui?"

Zhang Shujiao said with a smile: "I just offered a strategy, opened the city gate, and stationed the Liao soldiers, Yan soldiers, and local Mao soldiers in the city, and the city wall to support each other, this is also a few days ago I and several general soldiers, staff and generals agreed, today I saw that Lord Cui was in a good mood, so he said it, of course, Lord Cui is also very good-tempered, I can't see unhappy." ”

Zhang Chengdou's face became even more ugly, and he finally stopped his horse, and when he got off the horse, several people were stunned, not knowing what Zhang Chengdou was going to do? Zhang Shujiao also stopped his horse and said, "Dou'er, what are you going to do?" Zhang Chengdou walked to Zhang Shujiao's horse, and suddenly knelt down with a "porphyry" sound.

Zhang Chengdou said: "Righteous you, the child please go to Tai'an quickly, according to the father-in-law, this Lord Cui will either use our army as cannon fodder, or will plot against the father-in-law, he is doing this today, it is clear that he is paralyzing the father-in-law, and then suddenly attacked, this is a common technique used by civil officials, the father-in-law does not remember, decades ago, several university scholars suddenly attacked the generals of the Governor's Mansion, and it was also this method, first paralyzed with good words, and then suddenly turned his face to start, this Cui Guiyuan, it is clear that he has the intention to put his father-in-law to death, father-in-law, please leave quickly. As he spoke, he kowtowed a few times on the ground, ignoring the astonished gaze of the passers-by on the side.

Zhang Shujiao also got off the horse, helped Zhang Chengdou up, and said: "Wu'er is worried about my safety, naturally it's good, but the strong enemy is in front, I fled from the enemy, it's really not like words, there is no need to say this again, don't let others hear this, if you let Master Cui hear it, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you, hurry up." Zhang Chenglu, who has always been the most impulsive, also shouted: "That is, if that dog official dares to do this, I will lead the troops to attack the governor's yamen, those pacesetters, all like soft-footed shrimp, how can they go into battle." "I was content when I spoke.

Zhang Shujiao helped Zhang Chengdou up and said: "I listened to what you said, but now the state affairs are big, and the private affairs are small, Chengdou, you don't say these words again in the future, in case people hear it, Chenglu, you don't want to be so arrogant, you look at Tai'an's Wu Chuanyu and Zhang Jiayu, they support the army but never make trouble, do not make trouble, this is why Geng Qiangji and they can achieve a combination of civil and military affairs in Tai'an, if you can catch up with them, I will rest assured." ”

Zhang Chengdou got on the horse, and several people rode to their own military camp in the city, although Zhang Chengzhi was worried, many words were not said by the generals in front of the civilian officials, such as the strategy of using troops, Zhang Shuijiao said it in front of Cui Guiyuan today, and in Cui Guiyuan's ears, it was clear that Cui Guiyuan was accused of not using soldiers, and several other generals in the city did not dare to say it in front of Cui Guiyuan, but they colluded with Zhang Shuijiao to say that they were also afraid of Cui Guiyuan, but at this time, Cui Guiyuan was offended.

In the next few days, the militia no longer has the ability to launch the next attack, and several times Cui Guiyuan ordered Zhang Shujiao to put the cavalry into the city, and asked the cavalry to dismount to guard the chopping mouth, Zhang Shuijiao also refused arrogantly, Cui Guiyuan did not say anything, but Zhang Chengdou was extremely worried in his heart, this calm, often covering the undercurrent.

Cui Guiyuan ordered a strict defense after the last siege of the militia, and once even wanted to put down the boulders to block the four gates, but later someone said to Cui Guiyuan that if the four gates were blocked, the first-class militia would come in, and the four gates would be blocked, and they would never be able to escape.

More than ten days later, this day Zhang Chengdou is patrolling the city with several brothers, since a few days ago Zhang Shujiao returned from Cui Guiyuan's mansion and preached with all the righteous sons, although there was nothing to do for a while, Zhang Chengdou was uneasy in his heart, and he also quietly asked the men of the governor's yamen for money, and quietly inquired about Cui Guiyuan's news, but Zhang Chengdou usually had no savings, and he didn't have much money, and he didn't hear any additional news about Cui Guiyuan.

Zhang Chengdou and Zhang Chengzhong were at the head of the city, looking at the city, only to see the dilapidated scene outside the north gate was still the same, the rogue militia threw down a large number of siege equipment, trestle bridges and hook ladders were thrown on the ground, no one came to collect them for a few days, and it was already stained with mud, at first some of the rogue militia wanted to clean up these things, and the defenders of the city under the instruction of Long Shizhong used bed crossbows to shoot these rogue militiamen who cleaned up the old things, although they did not shoot much, they were so frightened that they threw down the equipment, and they did not dare to clean up again.

Many corpses outside the north gate are also thrown on the ground, it is summer now, mosquitoes have already flew, bursts of stench rise, carrion in more than ten days of exposure and rain under the sun, has exposed a lot of white bones, Zhang Chengdou and Zhang Chengzhong two looked down from the wall, they saw that the sporadic soil is full of flashing white light, these miserable white colors are like stones exposed in the mud, I am afraid there are tens of thousands of people.

That day of siege, only thirty percent of the people who died under the swords and guns of the officers and soldiers, seventy percent of the people were trampled on each other and died, that battle, not only burned the siege equipment carefully made by the militia, but also greatly consumed the combat power of the militia, the prisoners died almost, and the militia also died a lot, which is why the other party no longer attacked the city, just under Zhang Chengdou's eyelids, he saw that the barbs under the root of the city wall were full of rogue militia wearing red turbans and white cloth clothes, some of these rogue militia also wore leather armor, and occasionally there were individual heavy armor soldiers, and their bodies were not collected。

Zhang Chengdou turned to the side and said: "Why don't you collect the corpses, if you don't accept these corpses, I'm afraid there will be an epidemic." The little colonel respected these Liao soldiers who broke the siege very much, and said: "This is a strict order from Lord Cui, no one is allowed to open the door, and those who violate the order will be beheaded, so we can't stand the smell of corpses all day long." ”

Zhang Chengdou looked at the camp of the militia in the distance, many of these corpses were displayed at the gate of the camp of the militia, but he did not see them collect it by themselves, Zhang Chengdou knew Hu Quan and others who were the commander of the militia, and he did not even know about the epidemic prevention in the army, but he didn't know why the camp of the militia did not accept these corpses that were close at hand, could it be that the militia was not worried about the epidemic. “

Zhang Chengdou stared twice, the flag of the militia camp was floating, but there was no one to see for a long time, only one person occasionally came out to walk around, the whole camp was very quiet, the silence was extraordinary, it seemed to be unpopular, this was by no means like the atmosphere of the army stationed.

Zhang Chengdou turned his head and shouted: "Open the city gate quickly, the militia is only afraid that they will all withdraw, they are worried that I will take advantage of the victory to pursue, so I will retreat, but I am afraid that it has been a few days, open the city gate quickly." The little colonel on the side also showed suspicion on his face, and naturally there were other people guarding the city gate, and it was not his turn to speak.

Zhang Chengzhong on the side shouted: "It's better to let go of the blue and put our two brothers down to check, what do you think?" As soon as the little colonel heard this idea, he did not violate the governor's strict orders, and he also respected these Liao soldiers in his heart, so he agreed.

The soldiers at the head of the city crowded to this area to watch, the school officer guarding the city hung a blue with a winch on the crossbow bed, put the two in the blue, and slowly put it down, the guards on this section of the wall heard the news that the wandering militia may have withdrawn, and they all crowded over to see, all looking nervous.

In the nervous looks of the soldiers at the head of the city wall, Zhang Chengzhong and Zhang Chengdou covered their noses, passed through the large cemetery, each took a weapon in his hand, and slowly arrived at the gate of the camp of the militia, and in the eyes of the soldiers defending the city, they moved into the camp of the militia step by step.

Not long after, the flag in the camp of the militia was suddenly pulled down, and the guards at the head of the city saw the two of them pulling the big red flag of the militia, shouting and rushing out of the door of the camp of the militia.

At the moment, Long Shizhong, who was guarding the door, immediately ordered the cavalry to rush out, reconnoiter the situation, and found that the four gates of Licheng were left, and there were only some fake accounts left, fake camps, the original militia had already withdrawn for nearly two days, leaving only a very small number of old soldiers, raising the banner every day, creating momentum, and the army had already returned to Feicheng.

At the moment, the four doors were wide open, and the scout rode south, and found that the brigade of the militia was already nearly eighty miles away, after the scout came back to report the situation, Cui Guiyuan confirmed that the situation was correct, laughed loudly, and was extremely entertaining, this time he held Licheng, and naturally he could report his merits, and at that moment Zhang led the troops to pursue the militia, Cui Guiyuan didn't want to, so he refused, and now the credit has been received, of course, there is no need to take risks.

At that moment, the officers and soldiers defending the city and the people Zhuang opened to clean up the corpses under the city, and a number of tools filled in several trenches, and at the same time sent the field army out of the city to prevent the other party from suddenly killing back.

Cui Guiyuan sat in the study, his eyes were closed, as if he was thinking about an important matter, and the little guy on the side stepped forward, but saw Cui Guiyuan in front of him a playbook, which was written uprightly "Ten Dang Chop" pressed with a paperweight made of use, the wind blew, Cui Guiyuan grabbed the pen, ate the ink, and began to write.

The little guy was lightly moved, stepped forward to grind the ink, but turned his head away, to see what his adult wrote on the notebook, only to see that the rice paper was written uprightly: "You have ten crimes, you know it? On the authoritarian side, the money and grain of military horses are not subject to the core, and they should be beheaded. The crime of the ministers is to bully the king, and they will repay the deception, kill the refugees and take the merits, and the two should be beheaded. If there is no general, the general will be punished. Er's performance has a herding horse calendar city to take the gods are like a backhand, a big rebellion, three should be killed. Hundreds of thousands of silver per year, not to give soldiers, three and a half of the three buckets of rice per month, stealing military food, and four should be beheaded. Unauthorized opening of the horse market, fornication with the soldiers, five should be beheaded. Thousands of people in the ministry assumed their surnames, and the pawns and husbands were all killed. Since Tai'an, he plundered merchant ships, and he was a thief, and he was beheaded. forcibly take the children of the people, do not know the discipline, the subordinates follow suit, the people are uneasy, and they should be beheaded. Jin Jingshi, worship the traitor as his father, and the crown is like in the army, and he should be beheaded. The defeat of Tai'an, the loss of the army is not calculated, covering the defeat is a success, and ten should be beheaded. Leading the army to the south for two years, he can't regain an inch of land, wait and see to raise the enemy, and he should be killed. ”

The little guy only felt his brows jump, the date of this piece was a few days ago, but it was not sent out, and the adults of his own family naturally wanted to attack Zhang Shujiao.

Cui Guiyuan stood up, put together the recital, and asked in a low voice, "How is the news from Tanma? ”

The little guy lowered his eyebrows and said: "Master, just now I visited the Malay report, and now the militia has gone a hundred miles away, and they are going to attack Tai'an City, and now it has been confirmed that they will not come back." ”

Cui Guiyuan straightened his body, looked at his own complement clothes, and said: "Take my Shangfang sword, and order the pacesetter battalion guerrilla Jiang Guodong to see the official, and tonight's celebration banquet, you must say goodbye to the army, all more than a thousand generals, must arrive, if there is one less, it will be done by military law." The little guy answered, bowed his head and went out.

The little guy came out of the arch, and saw a few maids looking at him by the flowers, with a charming smile in their eyes, holding a handkerchief in their hands, and wanted to step forward and say, this little guy is a person who has been serving Cui Guiyuan all the year round, of course, he is a celebrity around Cui Guiyuan, and of course he is the object of a group of people.

The little girl smiled and smiled, and smiled at a few maids: A few sisters, don't blame the little ones, today the master ordered that there was an emergency, and he didn't bring the pastries he wanted for a few sisters to eat, forgive me. A maid smiled on her face, took a few steps forward, and said, "Xiaohuanzi, if you give yourself to your sisters, you can also make up the number." The little guy smiled and said: "Sister is joking, Xiaohuanzi has an urgent matter now, and the matter entrusted by my sister will reply to my sister after Xiaohuanzi has made the master's order." "It's not for these women** between the words.

After saying that, he walked this heavy yard, and opened the small door in the corner of the backyard, a few maids were still laughing behind him, and the little ring walked away with the smile, flashed out of the courtyard door, and then gently closed the corner door, and saw a man dressed in black under the willow tree at the door, this man seemed to be an idle man on the street, not eye-catching, the small ring looked at no one on the left and right, and quietly handed over a note, and said in a low voice: " General Zhang is kind to the little ones, and the small ones can only do this, please tell General Zhang that there is still hope for them to escape quickly. The man in black raised his head, it was Zhang Chengdou, but for some reason he was dressed like this.

Zhang Chengdou said softly: "I will go back to persuade righteousness, the kindness of the little brother, my Zhang family father and son will never forget." The little guy looked left and right, and said, "The little one is gone, please cherish yourself." Zhang Chengdou also hugged his hand, the two quietly said goodbye, and the little ring flashed, opened the corner door, and quietly entered.

Zhang Chengdou raised his head and sighed: "It is also the merit of the father-in-law on weekdays, if it weren't for the parents who saved this little ring among the refugees, I am afraid that I would die in the hands of this Cui Guiyuan now." He lowered his head at the moment, covered his head with Fan Yangli, looked left and right, and went to his own camp head along the corner of the governor's yamen.