Jiyang County.

Shen Tuo stood in the middle of the military formation in armor, holding a clairvoyant mirror and looking at the city wall in the distance. I saw that there were many people on the head of the city, and there were thieves and soldiers in all kinds of clothes.

"General, according to the news that the night is not collected, there are about 30,000 thieves in Jiyang County, but most of them are rabble, and the real old bandits are one or two thousand."

Shen Tuo nodded, and said to the three guerrilla generals Guo Rong, Teng Jianghe, and Yu Qian beside him: "I heard that the cavalry battalion has taken most of Dongchang Mansion and is clearing out the remnants of the enemy, and the right battalion has basically cleared out the remnants of thieves everywhere, but on our side, there is still a city to attack, and it is lagging behind!" ”

Teng Jianghe said with a smile: "It's just a group of rabble, I look at Jiyang County!" ”

Yu Qian shook his head and said, "It's not easy to build a city?" The bird can cover with his hand, and the sword and shield hand can step forward and blast open the city gate with earth-shaking thunder. But what about the people of the city? Our army should try to avoid casualties among the civilian population and see if we can come up with a solution. ”

"What's the solution?"

Teng Jianghe asked: "There are no eyes on the battlefield, and it is inevitable that the people will be injured. Now only by ending the war as soon as possible and allowing the people to recuperate as soon as possible can we truly be benevolent! ”

Guo Rong saw that the two had different opinions, so he looked at Shen Tuo and said, "General, what do you think?" ”

Shen Tuo's brows tightened, and then he suddenly laughed and said, "Maybe you can let the thief live." ”

"What!"

Guo Rong, Teng Jianghe, and Yu Qian were dumbfounded.

Then Shen Tuo ordered the whole battalion to retreat, and left a team that did not collect at night, and ordered everyone to shout and deliver messages to the thieves in the city.

On the top of the city

, the leader of the thieves, nicknamed Sai Yuntian, is a tall and thin person, with thick eyebrows and small eyes, and a gloomy face, and the leaders of the thieves around him are very afraid of this thief leader.

At this time, everyone looked at the soldiers of the middle battalion who were forming a formation and moving away, and they all showed a relieved smile on their faces.

"Haha, the general is mighty, and he actually forced back the famous new army in Qinglai Town!"

"From today onwards, the prestige of our righteous army should spread all over Shandong, and heroes and heroes from all over the country should gather and follow!"

All the thieves said the words they knew, and they all pasted them on Sai Yuntian's body.

But Sai Yuntian just smiled, and didn't get carried away: "Don't be too happy, I think it may be that those new troops don't have artillery and other equipment, and they don't want to attack the city, maybe they will kill again one day." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone saw a group of new troops rushing to the city at night, and there were basically no bows and arrows and firearms in the thief army, and a few archers could only pull their bows, and they couldn't talk about any accuracy, so they had to watch the night not collect their horses and approach.

"Look, general, they're going to shoot arrows!"

Everyone was startled and retreated.

I heard a sound of breaking the air, and a feather arrow was nailed to the arrow battlement at the head of the city, and there was a letter on the shaft.

A quick-eyed thief soldier hurriedly stepped forward, pulled out the arrow, and presented it to Sai Yuntian as if he had made a contribution.

Nasai Yuntian was originally a businessman in Qingcheng County, Jinan Prefecture, and he liked to make friends with wanderers, bandits, gentry, etc., and also read some books. In this catastrophe, Sai Yuntian almost lost all his capital, so he simply sold the rest of his family business and pulled up a team of people

The thieves who came and went from Yuntian came to vote one after another, and soon became the largest group of thieves and horses in Jinan Prefecture.

At this time, Sai Yuntian opened the letter, and after reading it, he sneered and said, "Hmph! The general of the new army wrote that they were in a hurry to go back to provide relief to the victims, and as long as we were willing to leave Shandong and go to Beizhili, they could let us go, and provide us with money, food, and boats to cross the Yellow River. ”

Everyone suddenly burst into discussions.

"And such a good thing? Can the words of the officers and soldiers be trusted? ”

"It would be nice if I could really go to Beizhili, Beizhili is full of money and grain, which is much stronger than Shandong, which has been hit by disasters."

"The Beijing division is in Beizhili, we make a bigger noise, heroes from all over the country gather, maybe we can take the Beijing division in one fell swoop, and our general will also sit on the dragon chair, how about it?"

"Good!"

Everyone applauded, Sai Yuntian was also quite moved, after smiling, but he was still a little worried, so he looked at the figure of Ye Bu in the distance, and said: "The official army in the letter gave us two days, as long as we don't harm the people within two days, the agreement will be valid, let me think about it first." ”

"Huh! Let's have fun, how do the officers and soldiers know? ”

"That's it, let's be happy tonight, take care of him!"

Sai Yuntian stopped everyone and said in a cold voice: "From today onwards, within two days, all departments will not harm the people!" Although the official army was withdrawn, it was difficult to ensure that there were no spies from the government in the city. What if we really go to Beizhili at that time, and the generals of the official army see the people being killed and tear up the agreement halfway? ”

"It's only two days, I can't suffocate you, give me honesty, and those who don't obey orders, kill!"

The crowd was afraid, and they were divided

Commanded.

Early the next morning, Sai Yuntian was dragged to the north city wall by his subordinates, only to see more than 200 carts outside the city, full of bags of grain, enough for the army of thieves in the city to hold out to Beizhili.

Sai Yuntian was overjoyed, and said to the subordinates around him: "It seems that the general of the official army is really talking about it, this discussion is credible!" ”

Later, Sai Yuntian sent someone to contact the officers and soldiers who came to transport the grain, and replied that he was willing to go north to Beizhili, and he would set off tomorrow.

Then the thieves and soldiers transported all the grain carts into the city, and after careful inspection, they were indeed all grain, and some of the carts had some meat and soju on them, and more than 30,000 thieves and soldiers were thunderous with joy.

Sai Yuntian immediately ordered the whole army to let go of eating, eat meat and drink wine and rest for a day, and then the whole army went north to Beizhili.

That night, the thieves and soldiers in Jiyang County opened the meat, and each of them was given some meat, although it was not much, but it was extremely delicious. Even some of the bandit leaders still have soju to drink, so the thieves can eat enough food to survive, which is more comfortable than the New Year.

In the middle of the night, more than 30,000 thieves were full of food and drink, except for hundreds of thieves who were still on guard at the city head and at various city gates, most of the remaining thieves fell asleep soundly.

Suddenly, a scream pierced the night, countless thieves covered their stomachs, sweating profusely, and many people were in severe pain, directly excreting feces and urine, and even pulling off the force, and fell down on the side of the road.

In a short period of time, the entire Jiyang County was filled with a foul smell, and more than 30,000 thieves vomited and diarrhea overnight.

That Saiyuntian is even more so, he has eaten a lot of wine and meat at night, and at this time his face has been scorched and angry.

The body is yellow and white, and the stench is disgusting.

At the same time, Shen Tuo led the various units of the Central Battalion to light countless torches, blocking the four city gates of Jiyang County and preparing to attack the city.

Shen Tuo looked at the city in the dark night, and the wailing and moaning of the army of thieves continued to be heard in his ears, and more than 30,000 people had diarrhea together, such a scene was spectacular, and the soldiers of the new army could smell the smell even outside the city.

So Shen Tuo frowned, and said to himself: "I really can't imagine that croton, rhubarb, castor seeds, and morning glory seeds are all ground into powder and mixed together, and mixed into grain, wine and meat, it has such great power!" ”

Yu Qian, who was on the side, said with a strange face: "Where did you learn this strategy from the general?" Thousands of soldiers in the battalion went out to look for a few things, and it took a lot of effort. People pacify the thieves and robbers, and they all defeat them, and they have a light on their faces when they say it. But even if we take Jiyang City, we're embarrassed to say it, this good news is all with a strong flavor! ”

Guo Rong and Teng Jianghe also felt the same way, and they all looked at Shen Tuo strangely, not knowing how the general came up with this method.

Shen Tuo laughed and said, "Don't care what the method is, as long as you can win." ”

Seeing that the time was almost up, Shen Tuo ordered: "Okay, let's start attacking." ”

"Yes."

The various departments of the middle battalion sounded the horn one after another, and then the sword and shield hands of each department brought a large number of earth-shaking thunders, piled up at the gates of various places, and after igniting, four violent explosions sounded one after another, and the four city gates of Jiyang County were suddenly blown up.

More than 12,000 soldiers in the middle camp roared and rushed into the city, but then all the soldiers were killed

The scene in front of them was shocked, and then everyone retched, and many people held weapons in one hand and covered their mouths and noses with the other, their faces full of disgust.

At this time, there was feces and urine everywhere in the city, and the streets were even still gathered into "yellow soup streams", and when the soldiers of the new army passed by, they were like stepping on the river water, splashing on the clothes and armor of the soldiers.

"What is this called?"

Teng Jianghe led his troops into the city, and at this time, his legs were full of filth, and he said angrily to his subordinates: "I'm really convinced!" The general's strategy should be written in the progressive military drill code, so that the martial arts students in the military academy can see it, this fucking trick through the ages! ”

Shen Tuo also took a group of guards to prepare to enter the city, but when he walked to the city gate, he was stopped by a foul smell, and then his face was entangled for a while, and he said to his subordinates: "This general is sitting outside the city, so as not to escape the leader of the thieves." ”

The guards nodded vigorously, all breathing a sigh of relief.

In the blink of an eye, early the next morning, the people of the city rose up and washed the streets, although the soldiers of the new army captured more than 30,000 thieves and saved the people of the city, but they did not get the support of the people.

Those soldiers of the new army who passed by in groups would be disliked by the people in the city, and some brave people would even point fingers at the soldiers of the new army and say no less than good.

In this regard, the officers and men of the new army generally expressed their understanding, after all, the price of winning this battle was a bit large, and almost the entire Jiyang County was turned into a huge dry toilet, and it is estimated that this strong smell will not dissipate in three or two months.

It's also appropriate for people to have a little temper, but instead of yes

It's the same for everyone.

In the big tent of the Chinese army in the middle camp outside the city, Shen Tuo wrote the good news with a smile and sent someone to send it to Liu Yan in the city of Jinan Mansion.

Two days later, Liu Yan laughed out loud after receiving the good news, and said to Yan Jizu, who had just come over to talk about things: "This subordinate of mine is really imaginative, and he actually used this method to take Jiyang County. ”

Yan Jizu also laughed and said: "The whimsical ideas of the soldiers under the command of the governor are all famous generals. Yesterday, the cavalry battalion of the new army pacified the thieves in Dongchang Mansion, and the right battalion of the new army also pacified the thieves in Jinan Prefecture. ”

Liu Yan nodded in agreement, and compiled a good news on the same day and reported it to the imperial court.

On the same day, the officials of the shogunate arrived at the city of Jinan, and Liu Yan immediately convened all parties to discuss the matter.