At midnight, the morning light is faint.

After eating Leng Su Tuanzi, the Taishan army launched an attack on Mu County in front.

The three hundred-man team selected by Dian Wei, Li Damu, and Yu Ban, when Mu County had not yet woken up, either took a lock hook or moved a ladder, and rushed through the moat with flying steps, all the way to the city of Mu County.

Mu County is also an earthen wall, no more than three zhang high, and some places have been broken, and I don't know why the county magistrate here did not repair it.

Dian Wei's song general Xu Xi was the first to ascend to the top of the city.

Xu Xi is a light man of Yanzhou Shouzhang, and he was hired by Zhang Miao to come to Taishan County to beg for thieves together with Wang Han. didn't think that he himself would become a thief, and he accidentally got mixed with a Qu general who could lead 200 people, for him, the son of the head of Qian, it can be regarded as a glorious ancestor.

Naturally, the person who is a confidant dies, and Qu Kui Zhang Chong appreciates him, so he Xu Xi will die with Qu Kui.

But Xu Xi was still a little uncomfortable, he heard Zhao Pet say that Wang Han, who was a ranger with him, seemed to be about to rise. I heard that many generals went to Li Damu's general Wang Han and asked him to be their deputy general.

This makes Xu Xi a little unbalanced, this thing is afraid of comparison, and what is even more afraid is that this is more than you lose.

Feihuang Tengda, who originally had a similar background as himself, already made Xu Xi uncomfortable. What's even more frustrating is that in this night march, their troops fell behind the most.

The above has already told the general of the Dian Wei Department that this time they must be ashamed, otherwise they can only be downsized later.

At that time, Dian Wei's face turned red, and he directly issued a military order in front of the confessor:

"I, the Wei Department, must be the first to climb the head of Mu County. No, behead me. ”

Then Dian Wei wanted to lead the team in person, but Zhao Pet and Xu Xi stopped him and admonished:

"Diantou, Qu Kui was disgusted with the fact that the generals were ahead of the ranks, isn't it more wrong for you to go?"

Dian Wei had no choice but to order the more brave Xu Yi to lead the elite 1,000 to the headquarters first.

And in the end, he Xu Xi finally lived up to his expectations, and only relied on a grappling hook rope to climb up to the head of the city, and planted the banner of their right C department on the head of Mu County.

Wang Han of Li Damu's department and Chang Feng of Yu Ban's department were the first soldiers, but they were still one step slower than Xu Xi and lost the first place.

At this time, I saw the difference between Wang Han and Chang Xuan, when Chang Xuan was cleaning the military station at the head of the city, Wang Han had already led the troops straight down to the city, and after killing a wave of sleepy-eyed Mu County soldiers, he directly opened the city gate.

Then Chang Feng saw the soldiers of his headquarters continuously entering from the gate opened by Wang Han at the head of the city, and he regretted it so much that he slapped his brain.

Mu County, broken.

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"The city is broken, and the thieves have entered."

When the patrol ran all the way to the county temple, they saw that the ground was full of messes, and the nobles were lying in the hall, snoring like thunder.

He finally found the county lieutenant among these drunks, but no matter what he called, the county lieutenant just wouldn't wake up. In desperation, the patrol took a tile of water on the eucalyptus table and splashed it to wake up the county lieutenant.

Li Yi was agitated by the water, and immediately woke up, and just about to scold, he heard what the soldier in front of him said, the city was broken, and the thief had entered. He didn't believe it at the time, and was about to reprimand, but he saw that there were constantly remnants of soldiers pouring into the county temple all the way, shouting:

"The city is broken, and the thieves have entered."

At this moment, Li Yi's only remaining wine was gone, and he immediately turned over, but his feet were weak and he fell to the ground again. When I wanted to get up again, I found that not only could I not move my body, but even my mouth was crooked, and I could only leave a lot of saliva when I wanted to speak.

But Li Yi's consciousness was sober, he kept glaring, and motioned to those patrolmen to quickly pull him up, but unfortunately, as soon as he was paralyzed, those soldiers dispersed in an uproar.

It's over, it's over, the county lieutenant has also had a stroke, so let's go with our lives.

Only the county lieutenant Li Yi was left, constantly squirming in the mess, and tears of remorse were left in the corners of his eyes:

"Just one day, just one day. I really drank this meal for nothing. ”

In the end, Li Damu's department occupied the granary, the county temple was laid down in the forbidden department, and the arsenal was occupied by the Dian Wei department, and then the streets were cleaned up and the people were blocked.

From time to time, you can see a team of Taishan soldiers patrolling the streets, and all the rangers and evil teenagers who dare to take advantage of the fire to rob will be captured and killed.

After that, Zhang Chong, who was outside the city, took his headquarters into the city.

At this time, in the houses on both sides of the road, from time to time there were people looking at this strange army through the crack in the door, with a sad face.

Looking at Xiao Suo's street, Zhang Chong and He Kui walked in front of the army, and they were also instructing:

"Shulong, although we have broken through Dongpingling before, we have not occupied it, so this Mu County is the first city we occupy, and the reputation of our Taishan Army is the first time, we must do a good job."

He Kui also bowed his head in agreement on the horse, and he said in passing:

"In the last years of the new mang, the world was in chaos. Guangwu sent Deng Yu into Hedong, and Qiu did not commit any crimes, and won the hearts of the people in one fell swoop. On the other hand, at that time, the remnants of the righteous army in the world were only more than the official army, how could this win people's hearts. This leader is the joy and peace, and whoever can bring them peace, they will support him. Therefore, the first step to calm people's hearts after entering the city is to strictly order the military order, do not commit any offense in autumn, sacrifice to the sages, and honor the celebrities. ”

Zhang Chong pondered the last six words of He Kui.

"Sacrifice to the sages, honor the celebrities?"

Of course, He Kui understood Zhang Chong's attitude towards the Haoqiang, so he explained one more sentence:

"The so-called sacrifice to the sages and celebrities is not to govern with the county's heroes, but to protect the hearts of the county's people. Although the Qianshou and the powerful are different, they also respect the moral and noble people. If we can worship the ancestors of the Tao, we will pay homage to the moral masters. That is undoubtedly to tell the people of the county that our Taishan Army is not an ordinary thief, but a righteous army that acts for the heavens. ”

Zhang Chong understood that what He Kui meant was that this initial image still had to conform to the current mainstream moral values. He had no opinion on this matter, and motioned to He Kui to do it.

Then, Zhang Chong instructed the three generals Yu Ban, Dian Wei, and Li Damu who followed on the side about other things.

After these generals finished explaining what they were doing, they had already come to the city gate to welcome Zhang Chong into the city, and they would all follow Zhang Chong.

The three generals respectfully fell behind Zhang Chong's horse and listened to Qu Kui's instructions:

"A very important goal for us to lay down Mu County is to raise grain. The grain that was prepared for the mountains before had already been eaten, and the army would be unstable without food, so this food problem was the top priority.

The rice warehouse and arsenal you have laid down should be found by the original warehouse officials as soon as possible and arranged for them to take inventory. It is necessary to ensure that how much money is in the warehouse, how much millet is in the warehouse, and how much armor is in the arsenal must be recorded. ”

Then he specifically instructed Yu Ban:

"In addition, Wen Ze has captured the county heroes and township heroes in the county temple, and they must be carefully tortured. If they want to resist their own army, they will naturally be prisoners. The treatment of the captives was to confiscate their family property. You have to pay more attention to this, these people's families must have more money and food than the county treasury. Be a good copy. ”

Zhang Chong added a few more words:

"These heroes also have their own troops. You have to learn to break each one and arm it. Let these powerful family masters first order their own troops to abandon their weapons. If there is resistance, annihilate it on the spot, and then pass the head, it is necessary to let these tribes know the fate of resistance. It must be fast, it must be ruthless. You don't have to worry too much, I'll let Dong visit the collar team to help you. There is no cause for concern that the various parts have not been connected in series. ”

Yu Ban nodded hurriedly, ensuring that the order was completed.

The team into the city walked for a while, and when they passed through the South Street Grass Market, they saw more than a dozen human heads hanging on several bamboo poles, Zhang Chong signaled, what is this?

Yu Ban hurriedly stepped forward to report:

"Qu, these people are ranger evil boys who took the opportunity to make trouble when the army entered the city. When the GIs arrived, they tried to resist in vain, and they were ambushed. ”

Zhang Chong nodded:

"This kind of fortunate people have to be killed, but this way has been dealt with. Gather their families, and let them bring back their heads, and bury them. ”

Yu Ban received orders.

Directly Zhang Chong said to Li Damu again:

"It's useless for these market scoundrels to just kill, and many of them are forced to live. After a while, you will set up a banner of recruitment, so that those who can't survive in the city will come to the army, and the Taishan army will give them a way to live. ”

"How much?"

"Recruit a thousand first, and call it Mucheng Camp. After all, this Mu County is to be guarded by the people of Mu County. ”

Li Damu received the order.

He Kui said on the side:

"Qu Kui, let's set up a recruitment flag, I'm afraid no one will come."

"It's okay, those who can't survive will naturally enter. If you don't want to enter, you don't force it, that is, it's a casual thing.

But there is one thing that Zhang Chong cares about, and he is about to discuss it with He Kui.

"Shulong, I've always thought. There will be grass within ten steps, and there will be heroes within a hundred steps. There has never been a shortage of talented people in this world, but whether the superior has the vision to choose people, the determination to employ people, and the guarantee to retain people. There are more than 10,000 people in this Mu County, and there are many things to be afraid of. I would like you to write a merit-seeking order to seek talents in Mu County. Those who are literate and hyphenated, who know geography, and who are divided by numbers, as long as I have a talent, I will use it. ”

He Kui understood, and only asked what was the point of the book. Zhang Chong only said one sentence:

"Meritocracy is the only way to do it, and to use it."

He Kui is clear.

He didn't advise Zhang Chong to be a moral person this time, because they knew that there were no moral people who would take refuge in them now. Even if there are really moral people, who come to vote for them, that is no longer the case.

Let me ask, what kind of moral person would be a thief?

In the end, Zhang Chong and the generals concluded:

"We are in Mu County, and there are only three things. That's 'fair', 'fair', or 'fair'. Adultery and plunder, let us judge. Clever and robbed, we have no production. If there is no food, we will feed. If you don't have clothes, let's give clothes. If there is no future, let's give it a chance. Those who have made meritorious contributions, we will give rewards. I just want the people of Mu County to understand one thing, when our Taishan Army comes, there will be the word fairness. ”

The generals commanded, "Oh." ”

After that, the generals took their respective tasks and left. There are those who are on duty at four gates, there are those who clean the streets, there are those who count the money and food, and there are those who go to wait for riding. In short, each in its place, properly.

In this way, the first entry of the Taishan army into the city came so steadily.

Waiting for the crowd to leave, Zhang Chong asked He Kui:

"Haven't you come back with the flag yet?"

He Kui shook his head.

Zhang Chong looked at the northeast again and sighed.