Jia Baoyu is very irritable now.

This was the first time he had led his troops to fight, and before the battle was fought, he encountered so many bad things.

No wonder the book says that mercy is not in charge of soldiers, righteousness is not in charge of wealth, and the summary of the ancients is very in place.

Sometimes, generals have to be ruthless, otherwise there will be a big mess.

Early the next morning, the team sent out by Li Xinjian returned with a full load.

One by one, they wore red and green, led cattle and sheep, and brought back several carts of grain.

At the back of the line, there were a dozen or so ragged women, all unkempt and unkempt.

But looking at what they were wearing, they must have been subjected to inhuman treatment last night.

This group of soldiers swaggered past in front of the camp of the Left Guard, as if to show off: Look, you don't need to borrow grain, Lao Tzu can get food himself!

The soldiers of the Left Guard watching this scene will grit their teeth.

Because they had to go to class every night, it was a literacy class, and Jia Baoyu taught them to fight for dignity, to fight for their own nation, and to see the common people as their brothers and sisters.

And these mischievous breeds in front of them, not to mention the appearance of the army, and they also kill innocents indiscriminately.

Wang Baoxu's eyes erupted with fire, and he said to his squad leader: "Squad leader, let me go out and slaughter this group of beasts!" ”

Squad leader Yuan Hai said lightly: "Your current identity is a sentry, what is the duty of a sentry?" ”

Wang Baoxu roared: "Be alert to the enemy! ”

"Very well, continue to fulfill your duties."

Yuan Hai's class was arranged to stand guard and keep vigil today.

Not long after, there was a burst of cheers from the barracks next door, and it seemed that Li Xinjian's soldiers were very satisfied with the robbery.

Cao Youyi's soldiers were ready to move.

Li Xinjian is quite good at doing things, and part of the stolen food was given to Cao Youyi, who praised him a few words.

Cao Youyi did not have any criticism of his connivance with his subordinates to steal grain.

The army continued to march and soon came to the front of the city of Qingxian.

On March 20, the 14th year of Longqian, Jia Baoyu stood on the edge of the canal in Qingxian County.

In early spring, the water flow in the canal is not very turbulent.

There is a bridge on the river, and across the bridge is the county seat of Qingxian County.

Qingxian is a big county in the south of Tianjin, the scale is about the same as Jinghai County, the terrain in Qingxian is gentle, high in the west and low in the east, because it is close to the canal, it can be called a natural granary.

There is also a famous snack in Qingxian called winter vegetables.

That is, the cabbage is cut into cubes, mixed with salt and garlic between dry and wet, and sealed and stored in a magnetic crockpot.

The city wall of Qingxian County is six meters high, which can be regarded as the height of the city and the depth of the pool, such a strong city, if it is not for the spies to open the door from the inside, even if it is known as the invincible Jiannu, it is not easy to attack the city.

However, the essence of Qingxian County is outside the city, outside the city wall to the east, there are many dwellings, especially on the road from the east of the city wall to the wharf, merchants gather, shops are lined up, and it is not worse than Tianjin at all.

After the rogues occupied the city, they sent troops to plunder the merchants and households, and concentrated all their property in the county seat.

These poor people have lost the desire to continue the attack, and now they are lying in the county seat of Qingxian and looting, they drive the rich out of the house, sleep with their women, play with their wives, not to mention more moisturizing.

Yan Xiaoer is occupying the mansion of the county lord at this moment.

As for the county magistrate, as early as the day he broke the city, he jumped from the city wall of Qingxian.

The rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the loss of cities and land, are the responsibility of the county and the prefect.

Therefore, the county seat was broken, and the magistrate either chose to be a thief, or he could only die for the country.

If you are a thief, your wife and children will be implicated, and you will even be disgraced by your family;

committed suicide, he died one, and everyone was happy.

Xu Housheng is now a thousand households, with 500 old thieves and 3,000 elite soldiers, counting the homeless, the number has exceeded 5,000.

On the way back, he sprinkled all his anger on those towns, robbing more than a dozen towns in a row, not only making up for his previous losses, but also making a lot of money.

Because of the few beautiful girls who were sacrificed, Yan Xiaoer promoted him to be his deputy Qianhu.

Nowadays, the forces that break through the sky are getting bigger and bigger, and the internal contradictions are also very prominent.

Yan Xiaoer and Chu Fei each have ghosts, and they already have the ambition of setting up another mountain.

"Where are the officers and soldiers?"

Yan Xiaoer turned out of the backyard of the county office, and just now he was fortunate to be the daughter of a local gentry, and wiped his mouth unsatisfied.

Xu Housheng hurriedly said: "It's almost under the city, and the subordinates are exploring the horses to report that the officers and soldiers are cutting down trees, and it seems that they are preparing to attack the city." ”

Yan Xiaoer said with a smile: "Give me to strictly guard the four city gates, and don't let the people approach, and if there are disobedient people, kill them on the spot!"

The county town of Qingxian County has high walls and thick walls, don't say that he only has 10,000 people, even if there are 50,000 people besieging the city, we are not afraid of him! ”

These days, Yan Xiaoer has been fighting with the official army a lot.

At the beginning, they were worried that they were rogues, not opponents of the official army.

But as they fought, they found that the officers and troops on the other side were worse than themselves, and they were about to collapse at the first touch, and they were not their opponents at all.

After winning several battles in a row, Yan Xiaoer and the others no longer take the officials and soldiers very seriously.

Outside the city.

Cao Youyi was recruiting people to dismantle their houses for siege.

Because the Liukou entered the city too quickly, many houses in the east of the city were still intact, and the Liukou came to Qingxian, seeing that it was so rich, he didn't want to leave, and wanted to occupy this place as a stronghold.

Anyway, there is grain in Qingxian County, and more than a dozen boats carrying grain on the canal have been robbed by them, and the grain is sufficient.

The rogues now have food and people, and they are not afraid of the siege of the city by the officials and troops at all.

The civilians whose houses were demolished were indignant.

The rogue didn't demolish the house when he came, but the officers and soldiers had to demolish the house when they came.

In fact, it's not that the rogue doesn't demolish the house, it's really that Qingxian is too rich.

There are many high-ranking families in the city, and there are not a few people who make a fortune by relying on the canal, Yan Xiaoer can't grab it, where can he take care of the group of poor ghosts outside the city.

Li Xinjian said: "Lord Commander, the magistrate of Qingxian County has been killed in battle, Qingxian County has fallen into the hands of thieves, we can only capture the county at all costs, is the right way." ”

Cao Youyi also had a staff member by his side, and retorted: "Master Li's words are wrong, there are only more than 30,000 thieves, and the county seat of Qingxian County is so big, there are not too many thieves."

If we attack the city desperately and cause the people to suffer, there are many gentry and people in the county seat of Qingxian.

When the time comes, they will definitely write a book to impeach us. ”

Li Xinjian said angrily: "Then what do you say you should do?" ”

The staff thought for a while and said: "You can wait and see if the imperial court will send troops, if more generals can come, even if the siege fails, everyone can take responsibility together." ”

"Wait? We don't have that much food with us, and if we wait any longer, the soldiers will all go hungry, and by then they will all run out! ”