Chapter Forty-Seven: The Siege of the City
Feng Qingluan asked Kou Jingyu and Shao Donglai to take a thousand soldiers and horses to attack Tanyang City.
The mountain roads are rugged.
"How do you think we should attack Tanyang City?"
After all, Kou Jingyu and Shao Donglai were locals, and they knew what the terrain of Tanyang City was.
"Brother Feng, I don't think it's difficult to attack Tanyang City!"
Shao Donglai seemed to be very sure.
"I want to hear about it!"
"Tanyang City is actually built along the river, there is no city wall on the bank of the river, we can swim in from the upper reaches of the Tanyang River and attack Tanyang City by surprise!"
Shao Donglai whispered.
"That's a good idea, but we're going to pick someone who can swim!"
Kou Jingyu said with a smile: "Where in our Tianshuo County there are no people who can't swim in the water, take Cangqing Mountain as an example, there are many streams on the mountain, converging into a river, we all grew up in the water!" ”
"That's good, I've inquired, Tanyang City is remote, the county seat is not big, there are at most two or three hundred villagers, we have thousands of people, and it is no longer a problem to take Tanyang City!" Feng Qingluan was very confident.
Everyone was moving forward, and Wei Ziwen rushed over panting.
"Feng Qingluan, I'm also going to attack Tanyang City!"
"How can that be, you're a girl!" Shao Donglai deliberately teased her.
"You don't know as much about Tan Yang City as I do!" Hearing her say this, Feng Qingluan was a little puzzled and asked, "You cook for charcoal burners all day long, why do you know Tan Yangcheng?" ”
"My family is in Tanyang City, my eldest brother has been locked up in Tanyang City prison for six years, when I escaped from Tanyang City, it was my godfather Zhang Lao Liu who took me in!"
Listening to her words, Feng Qingluan knew that she must have a secret.
"Who is your eldest brother, who have you offended, and why have you been locked up in prison all the time?"
Feng Qingluan asked rhetorically, he thought: "If Wei Ziwen's eldest brother is not an ordinary person, Shao Donglai and Kou Jingyu will definitely be able to hear of his name!" ”
"My eldest brother's name is Wei Tianhe!"
As soon as Wei Ziwen's words came out, Kou Jingyu and Shao Donglai exclaimed at the same time.
"Do you know her big brother?" Feng Qingluan asked.
"Of course I know, Wei Tianhe was a guard in the inner part of the year and has been in Tianyang City. Later, the world was in turmoil, he came to Tanyang City, he saw the officials and gentry oppressing the people, so he served justice for the people, but he didn't expect to offend the government and was put in prison, and it was rumored that he had been assassinated by the government a long time ago! ”
Shao Dong came to say, Kou Jingyu said: "We admire Wei Tianhe's courage!" ”
"Since you say so, we will definitely capture Tanyang City and rescue Wei Tianhe!"
Wei Ziwen had tears in her eyes and said, "You don't have to worry, my eldest brother must still be alive!" ”
The sergeants climbed several mountains in succession. Shao Donglai pointed with his hand.
"Brother Feng, that is Tan Yang City!"
Feng Qingluan raised his eyes and saw a small city not far away. The small city was built along the river, and sure enough, there was only the river bank and no city wall along the river.
"Kou Jingyu, where there are no city walls in Tanyang City, have no bandits ever made up their minds?"
After listening to Feng Qingluan's question, Kou Jingyu replied: "Although I have been to Tanyang City, I am not very familiar with this place, and I have not heard of anyone attacking Tanyang from Tanjiang!" ”
"My idea is actually a hypothesis, from a distance, the turbid current of the Tanjiang River is rolling, and I am afraid that people will jump into it and be washed away!"
Shao Donglai was also unsure.
Feng Qingluan looked from afar, and saw that the water of the Tanjiang River was high and the waves were high, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to cross the water.
"It seems that it is absolutely impossible to enter Tanyang City by the water!" Feng Qingluan frowned.
"There are only more than 300 people in the city, there are many of us, it is better to storm it!" Kou Jingyu said.
Feng Qingluan shook his head and said, "Jingyu, look at the gate of Tanyang City, there is only one post road to enter, if we attack from this post road, we are afraid that we will not be able to use it, and besides, we don't have siege equipment!" ”
"I have a way!" Wei Ziwen said.
"Is there any way you can enter Tanyang City?" Feng Qingluan asked.
"Let's put on our wings and fly into Tanyang City!" Wei Ziwen said with a smile.
A word to wake up the dreamer. Feng Qingluan immediately remembered the scene when He Qiuting attacked Yanshan City in Guishui County.
The terrain here is similar to that of Yanshan City, and the surroundings of Tanyang City are also high mountains.
"We can really put on wings!" Feng Qingluan said with a smile: "Look at these mountains, we can rush to Tanyang City along the mountain!" ”
He told the story of He Qiuting's attack on Yanshan City that day.
"This method is good, I can enter Tanyang City!" Kou Jingyu said: "It's just that Bu Fan didn't land for a while!" ”
"There are people in the south of Tanyang City, and the people in the cottage make a living by spinning linen and weaving, and the linen cloth they weave is just right to come in handy!" Wei Ziwen said.
"You haven't been here for years, I don't know if the Yiren Cottage is still there?" Feng Qingluan asked.
"Of course, the Yi people don't know how many years they have survived there, where can they easily move out?"
"In that case, let's go to Yiren Cottage to buy some linen!"
Feng Qingluan gave an order, and he asked Wei Ziwen and Kou Jingyu to take a few more to buy sackcloth. He and Shao Dong came here to study how to break the enemy.
"Han Yuliang, Han Yuliang!" Wei Ziwen shouted in a low voice.
Feng Qingluan heard her call Han Yuliang, and only then did she know that Han Yuliang was also here.
Han Yuliang ran over and hurriedly saluted Feng Qingluan.
"Han Yuliang, since you are in our Chuxia National Salvation Army, why don't you come to recognize me?"
Hearing Feng Qingluan say this, Han Yuliang's face turned red.
"What's strange about this, I asked him not to recognize you in the Chuxia National Salvation Army, because I wanted to protect you quietly!" Wei Ziwen said in a low voice.
"Then let Han Yuliang be by my side!" Feng Qingluan said with a smile.
"Not for the time being, you have to know that Han Yuliang is a person in Yiren Cottage, so it's best to go buy sackcloth, and ask him to take us there?"
Hearing Wei Ziwen say this, Feng Qingluan hurriedly asked: "Han Yuliang is a person in the Yiren cottage, why did he become a charcoal burner?" ”
Han Yuliang interjected: "I escaped from our cottage because I hated weaving, so I became a charcoal burner!" ”
Feng Qingluan knew that there must be a reason, so she didn't ask anymore.
Wei Ziwen and Kou Jingyu took Han Yuliang to take the order.
Feng Qingluan and Shao Donglai continued to study how to attack Tanyang City. Then the sergeants were ordered to tie the twigs and rattans into the skeletons of the cloth sails.
Wei Ziwen and others went for a long time and brought several large bundles of linen.
The sun is setting and the sky is getting late.
Feng Qingluan and Shao Donglai had already chosen where to fly into Tanyang City from there.
The sergeants sewed the sackcloth onto the skeleton they had just tied.
Night falls.
Kou Jingyu said in a low voice: "Brother Feng, Brother Shao, I will lead people to attack Tanyang City, you will answer outside the city, and when we open the city gate, you will lead people to rush inside!" ”
The two agreed.
Kou Jingyu had already selected dozens of strong people.
"You rushed into Tanyang City, it is a great achievement, and when someone writes Tanyang County Chronicles in the future, you will definitely be able to go down in history!"
Feng Qingluan did a pre-war mobilization.
Kou Jingyu said in a low voice: "We must live up to expectations!" ”
Dozens of people picked up the finished cloth sails. Shao Donglai had already rushed to the city gate with the rest of the people.
Wei Ziwen stepped forward and snatched a sergeant's sail.
"I'm more familiar with Tanyang City than you, I'll attack Tanyang City first, count me in!"
Kou Zhenyu was just about to dissuade him. Feng Qingluan said: "Since you are familiar with Tan Yang City, you will follow them!" Then he said to Kou Zhenyu: "Kou Zhenyu, you must ensure that Miss Wei is safe!" ”
Kou Zhenyu agreed. He was the first to raise the sail and dash down the hillside, and then the sail was full of wind, and he flew all over.
Wei Ziwen also opened the sails.
The rest of the people also followed their example and flew towards Tan Yang City.
Feng Qingluan hurried to the gate of Tanyang City.
When he arrived at the city gate, the gate of Tanyang City had been opened by Kou Zhenyu and others.
Shao Donglai led his men and horses to attack it. The defenders of Tan Yang City would never have dreamed that the Chu Xia National Salvation Army would fall from the sky.
The three hundred villagers are all rabble, and they are vulnerable.
The Chuxia National Salvation Army occupied Tanyang City in only half an hour.
The people in the yamen of Tanyang City didn't know that the Chuxia National Salvation Army would attack them, and they were still asleep, so they became prisoners.
Wei Ziwen was the first to rush into the prison.
She cut open the cell door and said to the prisoners inside: "Everyone hurry up, the Chuxia National Salvation Army has come to save you!" ”
The prisoners cheered and rushed out.
She found a prison for the prisoners.
"Where is Wei Tianhe?" She asked aloud.
"He was on death row, but he was on death row for six years, and he was not killed!" The little jailer said.
"Where is the death row, you hurry up and take us there?" Wei Ziwen said urgently.
The little cellkeeper said yes and rushed to death row with them.
Wei Ziwen cut the iron rope of death row. shouted loudly: "Wei Tianhe, Wei Tianhe, where are you?" ”
I only heard a faint voice reply, "Little sister, I'm here!" ”
Wei Ziwen rushed in, only to see an unkempt middle-aged man lying there, although he was tortured and skinny, Wei Ziwen recognized him at a glance, it was the eldest brother Wei Tianhe.
Now that you have captured Tanyang City, you have to think of how to gain a foothold here.
Feng Qingluan found many poor people and let them be the masters of their own affairs. Naturally, the bully Lao Cai has become the target of the attack.
All of a sudden, Tanyang City was booming, with a new atmosphere.
Wei Ziwen brought a lean middle-aged man to see Feng Qingluan.
"Feng Qingluan, this is my eldest brother Wei Tianhe!" Wei Ziwen said.
Feng Qingluan saw that Wei Tianhe had cut his hair, although his body was thin, his eyes were bright.
"I also want to join the Chu Xia Salvation Association!" Wei Tianhe said.
"Of course you can!" Feng Qingluan said, shaking hands tightly with Wei Tianhe.
Kou Jingyu said to Feng Qingluan: "Wei Tianhe has a lot of prestige in Tanyang City, since he has joined the Chu Xia Salvation Association, it is better to let him be the president of the Chu Xia Salvation Association Branch in Tan Yang City!" ”
"That's a good idea!" Feng Qingluan said.
Led by Shao Donglai, a conference attended by people from all walks of life in Tanyang City was held.
Feng Qingluan announced: "Wei Tianhe is the president of the Tan Yangcheng branch of the Chu Xia Salvation Association. ”
Then, a few poor people were selected to assist Wei Tianhe in his work.