Chapter 253: Breaking the Back Road

The first loot was delivered to the three counties at the same time as Liu Qi arrived. When Liu Qi was still walking with Ouyang Chao's temporary headquarters of the county government, three men took an ox cart to intercept and pull down an old woman from the cart. A soldier came to report: "Caught Zhong Xiang's mother." ”

"Can you prove it?" Ouyang asked.

"Zhong Xiangzhi's mother is not in good health and has been watching Langzhong in Yuezhou. They said that they were from the four counties, begging for a living in Yuezhou, and when they heard that there was a reward for spies, they stole Zhong's mother out. The soldier handed over a letter and said, "There is also a letter left by Zhong Xiang to Lang Zhong." promised a lot of money to ask Lang to take care of his mother. ”

Ouyang nodded and said, "Zhang San!" ”

"In!" Zhang San clenched his fists.

"Five hundred for one person."

"Yes!"

Ouyang instructed: "Li Si, send someone to send Zhong's mother to Jiangling to take care of her life, and she is not allowed to die." ”

"Yes!"

Liu Qi smiled bitterly: "When you are with adults, you know what it means to kill people with money." ”

"The first batch of more people spread the news, and Shang Ying's law change also paid a lot of money to ask people to move bamboo poles. I don't think I need to fight much, Pseudo Chu is already panicking. Ouyang smiled: "But if I fight a few more battles, I can only smash the official seal for money." ”

"Report!" A vanguard forbidden army rode over, dismounted and saluted: "General Liu, Lord Ou." The defenders of the four counties numbered 8,000 and said they were willing to surrender, but asked for money. ”

"Do I really look so much like the God of Wealth?" Ouyang smiled bitterly, after the publicity of the Royal Daily, Ouyang was the first person in Song to throw money. In addition, the forbidden army is mighty once, and then there are overwhelming rumors of traitors, and then Zhong Xiang shrinks his troops, and there are no reinforcements to send. The four counties can't hold it at all. As soon as the defenders of the city saw this situation and were about to escape, the dog-headed military advisor immediately suggested that the city be sold to Ouyang and leave for a profit. Ouyang asked, "How much did he offer?" ”

"He didn't make an offer." The forbidden army replied: "He said that he would not sell it, and asked the adults to give the price." ”

"A small county, 8,000 stragglers and half-bandits." Ouyang pinched his fingers and said: "A thousand guan bought, Zhang San, you accompany him on a trip, if they can help us persuade the five counties, another thousand will be rewarded." ”

"Yes!"

Ouyang sighed and said, "It feels good to be rich. ”

"Haha!" Liu Qi smiled: "It should be a good feeling to send troops with adults." ”

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"My mother was arrested?" Zhong Xiang was shocked.

The soldier sent to Yuezhou to pick up people said: "Back to the King of Chu, when we arrived in Yuezhou, the Queen Mother had been taken away by a few unwanted descendants. I heard that each of them took a bounty of five hundred yuan. ”

"How can it be!" Zhong Xiang was furious: "My mother is not a thing, how can she insult me like this?" Ouyang, deceive people too much. ”

"Master, it's not good." A person dressed as a family member appeared: "The sixteenth young master has been arrested. ”

"What's going on?"

"The nurse told me that a few people in the house bathed the sixteenth young master, drowned the sixteenth young master, and then escaped from the house with the body. His whereabouts are unknown. ”

"Report." A soldier came in and said, "The commander of the Yuezhou cavalry battalion will bring three hundred war horses from the headquarters to surrender to the enemy." The soldiers in Yuezhou City fled one after another. ”

Zhong Xiang asked in disbelief, "How is it possible?" ”

"Back to the King of Chu, the city of Yuezhou is full of heads. The officer who led the team said that each person who surrendered would take 200 yuan and leave, and those who did not surrender would leave their heads. Yuezhou sent a small one to ask for reinforcements. ”

"Report!" One soldier said, "The sergeant sent to herald Yang Mo will come back alone, and the others will be killed." said that Huang Zuo left a message for Yang Mo, and asked the king of Chu to do it himself. ”

The worst fears have happened. The old mother and child are trivial, but Yang Mo's backlash is very terrible, Yang Mo occupies the base inside Dongting Lake, which is where Zhong Xiang retreats. Fearless things also happen, and people are panicked because of the heavy reward. For example, several subordinates who think they are very credible have betrayed themselves, who else can be trusted? Zhong Xiang glanced around to see if anyone was suspicious. Zhong Xiang has been shocked by Ouyang's financial resources, and wishful thinking that Ouyang will pay a huge amount of money to buy his subordinates. Zhong Xiang quickly calmed down and ordered: "Order all the departments of Yuezhou to withdraw to Tanzhou and strengthen the Yuanshui Water Village." Hum! I see that Song Jun is not powerful when he is in the water. ”

Without spending a single soldier, the bandit suppression command took back Yuezhou City. Ouyang followed the list to find merchants registered with the Chamber of Commerce, but without exception, all of them were empty, and the walls on the ground were stained with blood. The rich have become the first target of everyone's attack. The Confucian students in Yuezhou City and others who were blacklisted also died. Ouyang ordered people to dig up mass graves and bury them separately. This move was strongly supported by the civilians of Yuezhou.

Compared to the city people, the countryside is much more resistant. This is also a problem that Ouyang is currently facing. Because the fields have been distributed, the landlords are dying and fleeing. It is certainly not possible not to take over the land, because it will condone and encourage, but if the land is collected, there will inevitably be large-scale disputes. After Ouyang met with the patriarch and others, it was decided that according to the distribution of strong labor, one strong laborer could get one acre of land. Without strong labor, the family gets an acre of land. The surplus land will be sold to Ouyang for 500 wen per mu, and Ouyang and others will be auctioned publicly after the situation is stabilized.

There are those who are convinced, and there are those who are not cooperative. There is a village called Hongxing Village that is the most vicious, they think that Zhong Xiang's land to them is to give them all, and the landlords are all dead, and the government should not interfere. The whole village was reluctant to cooperate under the leadership of several juniors. The forbidden army patiently did its work, but was wounded. In a fit of rage, Ouyang sent soldiers to cut off a few heads, triggering a large-scale ***. Eventually, the army marched in, and the village of Red Star disappeared from the face of the earth. All the land Ouyang took for himself.

Ouyang believes that Hongxing Village has used its banditry to fight for land. And the strong laborers cultivating one acre of land is already a relatively high proportion, and the Yangping strong laborers are only seven points. took the thief's stolen goods as his own, thinking that the law did not hold the people accountable. Ouyang knew that these people didn't think he looked like an executioner. To be honest, Ouyang didn't want to kill either, but if he didn't kill, the land policy would not be implemented.

The effect of slaughtering the village is remarkable, coupled with the soldiers' patient persuasion, for example, the proportion of one acre of land is already a very high proportion in the Great Song Dynasty. Each village accepted and selected the head of the village and the head of the household to help implement the management.

On the other hand, the damage is very serious, and one of Zhong Xiang's purposes is to burn the city. Although the city was not completely destroyed because of its concentrated population and the ease of recruiting troops, it would take at least ten or even a hundred times the strength of the destruction to restore the city.

The situation in Tanzhou is relatively grim, and a military report has been received. All five counties and one prefecture in Tanzhou were burned down. The rebel munitions lived in the water villages, or in the mountains and forests. Break it into pieces and prepare to fight a guerrilla war with Ouyang.

Guerrilla warfare is an inhumane form of warfare, and it is a flexible operation under the cover of civilians, and the greatest number of casualties comes from civilians. China has often criticized other countries for how old their children are to fight, and in fact China itself organized scouts during the war years. For example, the familiar Wang Erxiao herding cattle is to lure minors into the war, and it is not *** people who kill Wang Erxiao, but the Eighth Route Army to be exact. At least *** is still more humane in this regard, at least they catch strong men.

Ouyang knew this tactic, but he had never studied it, and Liu Qi obviously had no experience in this area, and both of them felt that the Tanzhou form was a little tricky. This is where the spy group plays a huge role.

The spy came to report: The members of the mutual aid association of 800 people in XX Township are going to hold a meeting at XX place.

So it was left in a litter, and the captives did their work and were put back. Other places did not dare to take in these people, and at the same time, they were afraid that they had conspirators within themselves, so they were afraid that they could not live all day. After all, today is not a spy, tomorrow I feel that the days are too hard, and it is difficult to say that I will be a spy. The heart is separated from the belly.

Although it took a little more time, the bandit army marched steadily, and with the help of spies, the resistance forces were eliminated everywhere. In the end, the Tanzhou puppet Chu army fully retreated to Dingzhou under high pressure. According to reliable sources, more than 100,000 puppet Chu troops were assembled in Dingzhou. Except for the city of Dingzhou, all the counties in Dingzhou were burned. Dingzhou is retained because Zhong is commensurate with the king and is used to give orders.

During the occupation of Tanzhou by the forbidden army, Zhong Xiang sent people to attack the counties from the waterway. But it didn't work much. Either because the plan was leaked, or because the strength of the people was too strong. The returning landlords and merchants joined forces to defend their homes. In addition, there were 200 forbidden troops in each city, and it was difficult for non-large-scale military campaigns to achieve results. And large-scale military operations will inevitably be known to the main forces of the forbidden army. Even if the city can be captured, the losses will be very heavy.

With the support of the Chamber of Commerce and the efforts of the landlords, the states established self-defence forces. And with the momentum of the rebel army was suppressed. The states of Jinghu South Road began to force Dingzhou from the south. Jingling Road to the west of Dingzhou is also gathering, and there is a trend of moving towards Dingzhou.

"Message received." Liu Qi said to Ouyang: "Yang Mo wants to touch the fish, and he has been stepping on the spot recently." "They are now in Tanzhou, and because the city has been destroyed, they are now temporarily stationed in a small town.

"Although Yang Mo has tens of thousands of people, his combat effectiveness is relatively concentrated and he is good at water warfare. I heard that he invented the car and boat. The people on the boat can hit the water and move forward by stepping on the wheels, and they can fly like flying, and they are surrounded by slapping rods to strike the enemy ships. Quite talented. ”

"Yes." Liu Qi said: "This person is young, has a high reputation, and has military talents. ”

"Kill it!" Ouyang Dao: "Song Jiang, didn't they go to Jiangling?" Let them pick up the pieces. It's good if we take Dingzhou, anyway, Zhong Xiang can't swallow Yang Mo's soldiers and horses now. ”

"It's a pity!"

"yes, alas."

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How to kill? Assassination, naturally. The most dangerous person is not your enemy, but your friend, the person around you. There are spies everywhere, although there are relatively few in Yang Mo's army, but in order to prevent people from plotting, Yang Mo brings his life and death brother when he goes in and out. However, he was still killed. The names of the people who killed him were: Huang Zuo, Yang Qin, Huang Cheng, and Zhou Lun. These four people are all old brothers who have followed Yang Mo for many years, and they all have their own subordinates. They were also captured by Ouyang in the three counties. The difference is that they are all willing to surrender, and none of those who are willing to surrender are alive to accompany Yang Mo back. (Historically, it was these four who turned against the water.) ）

Xia Cheng and Liu Heng were in turmoil, and internal contradictions broke out directly, and the powerful generals and leaders attacked each other, or killed traitors, or framed them. The soldiers didn't know who said it was true or who said it was false, and everyone followed their boss and slashed it around.

After hearing the report, Song Jiang said: "My brothers are fratrinal. How could a bunch of snobs succeed. ”

Wu Jialiang clenched his fists and said, "Big brother, fuck it." Lord Ou said, if we take these two water villages, we will be the heroes of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Song Jiang loves to listen to this sentence, and he has been very aggrieved all these years. Don't look at it as a five-rank military attaché, but there is no army under his command at all. After receiving the order this time, I ordered all the old brothers and veterans. If this battle is fought well, you will be able to have your own small gang in the future. Being able to take charge of such a heavy task on the front line of the Dihe River is what Song Jiang wants. Song Jiang shouted: "Send a signal." ”

When Huang Zuo and the others saw the sound of the cannon, they immediately ordered their subordinates: "Find a cloth and tie it on your left arm." Reinforcements came, open the water gate. ”

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There is no doubt that the two water villages, which are said to be natural hazards, were easily taken down by Song Jiang. After Song Jiang took it, he immediately repaired the local defense of the water village. The ability to narrow down the activities of the Dingzhou Naval Army. And this news naturally spread to Dingzhou, and Zhong was sad for Yang Mo's death for a long time, or he felt sad for himself. There are enemies on three sides on the land, and there are enemies on the waterways, and Zhong Xiang can feel that he is doomed.

"The most wrong thing Zhong Xiang did was that he killed too many people, and as a result, there was no mass base, and it was difficult for a *** without a mass base to be sustainable." Ouyang Dao: "Even if you kill officials, even Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddha must be killed, that is, you will bring about your own destruction." ”

"Indeed." Liu Qi agreed and asked: "My lord, even so, why are so many people joining?" ”

"Who doesn't want to be a human being." Ouyang said: "Zhong Xiang painted a cake, although it was painted, it was very tempting. Who doesn't want to live like I do, with money and women, and at ease. But they can't do it, not even the rich people. If they can't read, they hate literate people, thinking that wouldn't be great if everyone couldn't read? When they are exploited, they hate those who exploit them. They just wanted society to adapt to them, and never thought about adapting to society. It is true that there are many people who are very helpless, but I believe that more people can change their lives with their own hands. ”

Liu Qi smiled and said: "My lord is joking, how can these people who face the loess face the sky ......?"

"No, this place is the land of fish and rice. Leaning on the lake and the mountains, there are fields, water and land. Ouyang said: "It's that they don't want to change the trajectory of their lives, but want to change others." As Yohei does, set the field. One village people can put the fields together for the designated people to cultivate, and the idle laborers can go to the city to work, and the other can work together to fish to earn some extra money. Look at what they're doing? ”

Liu Qi and Ouyang led the horses to disperse, and they could only sigh when they saw and heard. Folk gambling is the most serious, followed by drinking. A table of gambling, young women and children all crowded to watch and join in the fun. Modern Ouyang spent the New Year in the countryside in the mainland, and the enthusiasm for gambling really made Ouyang ashamed. The parks in the county town have become gambling spots, and police patrols are helpless. But after all, it is a county seat, and it has converged a lot. It was hard to get to the township level, and a long table was placed from the street to the end of the street. Playing mahjong is the most gentle among them, and there are all kinds of pressure points, fraudulent gold flowers, heaven and earth bars, and dice. Children can't help but gamble, and it's really a sport for men, women, and children to participate in. Not to mention the Mark Six lottery, which is always playing, the old woman sold two eggs, and it is not uncommon to discuss the zodiac with great interest. I remember one year when the Mark Six lottery had nearly 20 consecutive green waves, which led to the Great Depression of the rural economy.

As for the kindness of rural people, in fact, there are relatively few of them. The driver's friend knows that if you hit a chicken, you have to pay for the price of a pig, and it is the most unlucky to hit the vegetable field. If you accidentally hit a motorcycle...... Ouyang advised, run quickly, a hit-and-run is more cost-effective than you staying.

Ouyang has always believed that knowledge and morality are directly proportional. Of course, you can't always talk about well-dressed beasts. There are scum in every class, and the president of the United States has extramarital affairs. But these are social problems, as Li Han said, the amount of money needed for universal literacy education is astronomical, and many people would rather let their children do some work than let them go to school.

Ouyang said: "I have to go back to the table, but if there are children who are literate, they can collect less food." ”

Liu Qi smiled and said, "Shouldn't adults tell them why they want to levy grain?" ”

"I went and told them that I would take your food to raise soldiers for war, and to build bridges and pave roads. And when they take care of you, they will know that you have taken my bread. Ouyang said: "When Yangping developed, I couldn't move the countryside. In the end, it is still up to the development of the county to drive them to literacy. Don't believe it, Yang Ping spent a lot of money on literacy and 5 million yuan. ”

Liu Qi was surprised: "So many? ”

"Of course, if you don't give them a place to live, they won't come. If they are not fed, they will not come. Let them buy pen and ink, and they won't do it. Later, I forced it to go down, and the salary for the illiterate was less than that for the literate, but I didn't think that there were still people who would rather get a lower salary and had no intention of being literate at all. And what reason do I know? Literacy headache! I had the heart to kill myself. Ouyang smiled: "But this is a very long-term process, and it is not something that our generation can complete." ”

"Adults think so much." Liu Qi said: "Instead of being distracted by this kind of thing, it is better for adults to think about how to lay down Dingzhou." ”

"I have thought about it, Dingzhou is dependent on water on three sides, and it is impossible for us to run off food or water in the short term." Ouyang said: "Bring heavy artillery to bombard." ”

"Haha!" Liu Qi couldn't help laughing and said: "When will adults become so direct." I have a plan. ”

Ouyang said: "When you said that you had a plan, my heart was a little cold. What's the meter? ”

"Poison!"

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Poisoned? Where's the next? There is no shortage of food, it doesn't matter what you wear, and there is something to drink. But there is one thing that must be lacking, although the population of the city of more than 100,000 people is small in comparison, but the daily consumption of salt is amazing. Salt was not only a source of tax for the Song Dynasty, but also became one of the strategic materials.

If you don't eat salt, insufficient sodium salt intake will make the osmotic pressure inside and outside the cells of the body lose balance, promote water into the cells, and produce cerebral edema of varying degrees, and the mild ones will have consciousness disorders, including drowsiness, fatigue, trance, and coma in severe cases; If the intake of salt for a long time is excessive, the serum sodium content is too low, which can cause neurological and psychiatric symptoms, loss of appetite, weakness of limbs, dizziness and other phenomena; In severe cases, symptoms such as anorexia, nausea, vomiting, rapid heart rate, weak pulse, muscle spasms, blurred vision, and decreased tendon reflexes may occur.