Chapter 167: Attacking the City and Plundering the Land
Relying on Zhao Hu's help, Qi Jiao finally succeeded in winning the Shishou Pass, because this pass was lost too suddenly, there were still many materials left on the pass, food, weapons and armor, which made Qi Jiao very happy. He was ordered to stay here with his soldiers after taking this pass, and with these supplies, the defense here could be strengthened a lot.
Unlike Shan Fu's way of dealing with them, for these captured officers and soldiers, except for those who were willing to join the Flying Eagle Society, the rest were killed by Qi Jiao's order. Many bandits couldn't understand his way of dealing with him, but Qi Jiao knew in his heart that none of the officers and soldiers who had seen Zhao Hu's group could stay.
"Shishou Pass has been won, it's time for us to make the next plan." Seeing the report coming back from the front, Zhuge Ying said to Ye Ying with a smile.
"I'll go in person this time, you are stationed in the cottage, and wait for the good news to come!" Ye Ying also smiled, through the contact of these days, this old and young have formed a great tacit understanding.
Chi Shangwu, the county commander of Montenegro County, stood on the city wall, looking at the dense bandits below, and couldn't help but look like earth.
The bandits surrounded Montenegro County, armed with a variety of weapons and dressed in different ways. But there is also something in common, everyone is in high spirits, staring at the people in the city.
In the rear of the bandits, a cyan flag was held high, and several big characters were written on it: "Fuhu Mountain Flying Eagle Society". On both sides of this big cyan flag, there are several slightly shorter flags, all of which are written with the words "Equal wealth and poverty, divide the land, and eliminate the clan bullies".
These slogans were determined after careful discussion between Ye Ying and the leaders of the Flying Eagle Society, since it was determined to occupy the surrounding three counties, it was no longer considered a bandit, and now it should be counted as a rebel army, so it had to have its own banner in order to recruit more people to complete this goal together.
Chi Shangwu is a civilian official who has never experienced any war, and he didn't expect that he, who is already over the age of six, would have the experience of being besieged by a large army. This made him panic all of a sudden, and he didn't know what to do.
"What should I do, these heavenly bandits, how could they think of besieging my Montenegro County, I have never offended them." Chi Shangwu was like an ant on a hot pot, and said anxiously to the county lieutenant standing aside.
The county lieutenant is a military attaché who has also been on the battlefield, and he is a little timid, at least not as masterless as Chi Shangwu. But his face was grim at this time, there were 5,000 bandits surrounding the county seat, but the county soldiers and errand soldiers in Montenegro County combined were less than 1,000, and the disparity in strength was too great.
"Master Chi, this battle can't be fought, let's surrender, in this case, I don't think the court will pursue it." After thinking about it for a while, the county lieutenant turned his head and said to Chi Shangwu.
"Okay, let's surrender." Chi Shangwu said weakly, this time he lost Heishan County, the court may not punish him, but most of this official can't be done, he has worked hard all his life in his career, but this is the end.
However, between losing his official position and losing his life, Chi Shangwu still chose to leave his life and took a group of officials from Montenegro County out of the city to surrender.
After successfully occupying Montenegro County, Ye Ying immediately took action, gathered all the people of the entire county together, and first announced the takeover of the county seat. Next, it was to ask the people to list all the landlords and old fortunes here, and began a vigorous action to suppress the local tyrants and inferior gentry.
Through this series of actions, the Flying Eagle Gang confiscated all the property of these landlords, and together with the representatives elected from among the people, the land of the whole county was re-measured, and the land was distributed to each household according to the number of people in each household.
All the people did not expect that this Montenegro County had changed overnight, and they who had farmed for the landlord family all their lives now have their own land. Although you still have to pay some taxes to the county government every year, it is very small compared to the land rent paid in the past.
The people who have land, of course, will be very grateful to the flying eagles who have given them land, and whenever they walk around the streets of the county town, they can hear the sound of welcome and see the grateful eyes, which makes these flying eagles extremely proud, and even feel particularly energetic when walking.
Of course, there are also some frustrated people, that is, the landlords and old fortunes in the county town, who have lost their property and land, and hate the people of the Flying Eagle Society. But this is only a minority, and the Flying Eagles have won the hearts and minds of the majority of the people.
Next, Ge Yuncai, the military advisor who temporarily acted as the county commander of Montenegro County, issued the latest announcement, recruiting and openly recruiting officials and errand officers at all levels in the county town among the common people, and this kind of recruitment is completely different from the previous direct appointment by officials.
According to the needs of various positions, Ge Yuncai organized two assessments, the literary examination and the martial arts examination, and those who had outstanding results in the assessment could serve in the county no matter what their previous status or status was.
This has greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of the people in the county, and people with civil and military specialties have enthusiastically signed up, and after three days of civil and military assessments, many talents have been recruited for the county government. These officials, who have come out of the people, are the ones who understand the people's sufferings best, so they can truly serve the people.
A large number of officials were recruited, and the government affairs of the county town had to be smoothly implemented, and the people saw that many of the new policies of the new county government were really considered by the majority of the people, so they quickly recognized the new regime.
The construction of water conservancy, the development of agriculture, the importance of commerce, and the encouragement of the simultaneous development of various industries such as agriculture, animal husbandry, and fishery are a series of policies promulgated by the new county of Montenegro, which were implemented after consultation between Ye Ying and his subordinates.
Ye Ying attaches great importance to the development of these aspects, because he knows that only when the economy of these aspects is developed can the newly established regime be consolidated, and the food, clothing, shelter and transportation of so many members of the Flying Eagle Club can be guaranteed.
Of course, it is still very difficult to feed the tens of thousands of people of the Flying Eagle Society just by occupying this small Black Mountain County, so he set his sights on the nearby Yuhe and Caoping counties.
When the army came to Caoping County, it was found that all the officials and servants of the county had left, and even all the landlords and rich households in the entire county had gone.
After looking at the people here, I learned that after the officials and wealthy people here heard about the incident in Montenegro County, they were afraid that they would be liquidated by the Flying Eagle Society, so they chose to move out with their families.
Fan Lingyan, who heard the news, was not in a hurry, these officials and rich people couldn't escape too far, because the Yunshan Pass and Shishou Pass at both ends had already been taken by Shan Fu and Qi Jiao, and they couldn't leave these three counties.
"It seems that Chen Gang's guy is in trouble again." Looking at the county seat of Caoping County, where the four doors were wide open, Fan Lingyan thought with some schadenfreude.
After Fan Lingyan occupied Caoping County, according to the predetermined candidates, he failed to cross the river battle, and Du Kuian, the former military division of the Suzaku Army, who was dismissed, served as the county commander of Caoping County.
Due to the precedent of Montenegro County, Du Kui'an also went a lot smoothly in Caoping County, all the rich people here ran away, and the land and property left behind were naturally confiscated.
The people of Caoping County have long envied the people of Montenegro County for having land, and now their county has also ushered in the Flying Eagle Club, of course they are very happy. With the active cooperation of all the people, Du Kuian also followed the example here and distributed land to all the people.
Similarly, in the selection of officials, Du Kuian also used the method of Montenegro County to select some available officials through the civil and military examinations, so that the various government affairs of Caoping County began to proceed smoothly.
Just as Fan Lingyan expected, Chen Gang, who was in charge of attacking Yuhe County, was in trouble, and a series of actions of the Flying Eagle Society in Black Mountain County and Caoping County had already spread to Yuhe County.
The county magistrate of Yuhe County and the wealthy people in the county were unwilling to lose the assets they had earned with their conscience for so many years, so they organized themselves and prepared to defend the county seat and wait for the imperial court to come and suppress the bandits.
When the officials and wealthy families who left from Caoping County found that Yunshan Pass and Shishou Pass had been occupied by bandits and all their belongings could not be taken out of the three counties, they simply all came to Yuhe County and prepared to defend the city with the officials of Yuhe County.
At the same time, there is also a force gathered in Yuhe County, that is, these landlords and old fortunes who have had their property confiscated in Heishan County, and they hate the Flying Eagle Society now. Hearing that some people were organizing against these bandits, they also rushed over actively, preparing to assist Yuhe County in defeating the bandits and recovering their land and property.
In this way, a large number of people gathered in Yuhe County, except for the original county soldiers in these three counties, all the rich families sent their families out, because these rich people knew that once the city was destroyed, they would have nothing.
This time, under the pressure of the Flying Eagle Society, the officials and rich families of the three counties became very united, everyone had money to pay, and some people paid people, and soon, a ragtag army of four or five thousand people was organized, although the combat power of these people was not strong, but it was barely enough to defend a county seat.
Chen Gang led more than 5,000 people of the White Tiger Army, and when he came to the outside of Yuhe County, he looked at the soldiers guarding the city standing densely on the city wall, and his head suddenly became bigger.
The combat strength of these bandits under his command should be stronger than these miscellaneous troops on the city wall now, but the other party is about the same number as himself, and with the city wall as a backing, it is really not an easy thing to forcibly capture this county seat.
In desperation, Chen Gang had no choice but to organize his soldiers and try to carry out a siege operation, but he was strongly resisted by the soldiers defending the city, worried that his brothers of the White Tiger Army would lose too much, so he had to order the withdrawal of his troops.
After discussing with the military advisor Jiang Jin, he did not find the best plan to capture the county seat, if he wanted to forcibly capture the county seat, he would have to pay a heavy price, and it was not Chen Gang's combat concept to achieve victory through the casualties of a large number of soldiers.
"Commander Chen, Jiang really can't think of a way to break the city, but there is a person who is resourceful, I think he will definitely have a good plan." Looking at Chen Gang's sad face, Jiang Jin said on the side.
"Who is this man? Go and get him over at once. Hearing Jiang Jin's words, Chen Gang immediately said excitedly.
"Who else can there be, the most intelligent person in our Flying Eagle Society, of course, only Zhuge Military Division." Jiang Jin said with a smile.
Hearing Jiang Jin's words, Chen Gang slapped the back of his head fiercely, how could he not have thought of such a simple question?
"I'll send someone right away...... No, I immediately rushed back to Fuhu Mountain in person and went to Zhuge Junshi to ask for an idea. Chen Gang was a man who would do what he said, and after saying this, he quickly took two entourages and rode towards Fuhu Mountain.