Although Zichuan County is not as good as Yidu, there are more than 60,000 people in the city.

Killing is definitely not killing, after all, these officials are still needed to do errands.

If you don't do it, he won't do it, you can't let me, an official, go on an errand in person, right?

Li Yu then persuaded: "Besides, this is very likely to be a discordant plan of the thief, if you rashly attack the officials, you will be in the hands of the other party." ”

Yang Jingde muttered: "Even if you don't kill, you still need to be strictly guarded." This official thinks that he can use the method of continuous sitting to divide the government officials into several squads, and one person will rebel and kill the squad! In this way, the officials can be supervised by each other. ”

How to sit!

These three words made Li Yu frown: "Yang Zhizhou, is this too harsh." If you persecute the officials like this, you may feel resentment. ”

"When it's special, do a special way."

Yang Jingde said coldly: "Is it possible to put our lives in the hands of the officials?" ”

"This ......"

Li Yu was speechless for a while.

Although Yang Jingde's handling was a little radical, it was not unreasonable.

The officials are all cunning people who deceive the superiors and subordinates, how dare he use his life to gamble on the discipline of the officials.

To put it bluntly, Li Yu didn't believe in Xu in his heart.

Without him, it is really the anti-thief Han Zhen, and the conditions given to the officials are really good.

Thinking of this, Li Yu echoed: "Then according to Yang Zhizhou, the method of joint sitting will be implemented!" ”

Yang Jingde raised the notices in his hand and said, "By the way, these notices must have been posted by anti-thieves, indicating that there are many anti-thieves hidden in the city. ”

"Indeed, thieves lurking in the city are a scourge after all, and they need to be found out as soon as possible. You can send fast soap workers to search from house to house. ”

"No!"

Before Li Yu's voice fell, he was interrupted by Yang Jingde.

I saw him glance at the soap official outside the door, and said with a cold face: "In order to prevent the officials from colluding with the thieves and covering them up, I ordered Hu Xianzhao to send the soldiers of the Xuanhua Army to search the city and arrest the thieves!" ”

"Good!"

Li Yu nodded in agreement.

As several orders came out of the government, the officials were in an uproar.

They already have a low status, they are like cattle and horses in front of the officials, and they even sit down, which makes the officials extremely cold.

At the same time, Hu Xianzhao was overjoyed when he got Yang Jingde's order.

Hunt down the anti-thieves, there is a big article to be done.

After a long time of suffering haha, if you don't take advantage of this time to reap the benefits, when will you wait?

So, Hu Xianzhao took his soldiers and soldiers to bully men and women and extort money in the name of searching for anti-thieves.

The wealthy businessman has just been extorted 200,000 yuan, and now the thieves and the army have come to the door to extort it.

Do you dare to give?

If you don't give it, there will be a thief at home.

Therefore, the wealthy businessmen had to swallow their anger, gritted their teeth and gave money, and they hated the government officials and the Xuanhua Army in their hearts.

This is true of the rich and large merchants, not to mention the ordinary people in the city.

Hu Xianzhao eats meat, and Qiu Ba under his command will naturally drink soup.

Big households don't have the courage to blackmail, but ordinary people and small traders are not at will?

For a time, the city was full of complaints, boiling and boiling.

……

At this time, it was the second day that Han Zhen stayed in the Xuanhua Army barracks.

He still had no intention of sending troops to attack Zichuan, but reorganized the army unhurriedly.

Nie Dong knew that the county magistrate had a strategy, but he couldn't stand the pleading of his subordinates.

These officers and soldiers of the Qingzhou Army really want to make meritorious contributions.

One by one, I sharpened my knives and couldn't wait.

Nie Dong was overwhelmed by his subordinates, so he had to find Han Zhen and asked sideways: "County magistrate, the last general heard that there will be a blizzard in a few days, and I don't know how long it will rain, and there is not much firewood left in the barracks." ”

The meaning of the words is obvious, it is about to snow, and if you don't do it, you will have to delay for a while when the blizzard comes.

Attacking a city in the snow is a taboo.

Not to mention the slippery wet roads, it will also have a certain impact on firearms.

Han Zhen glanced at him and asked, "Can't hold your breath?" ”

Nie Dong sneered and replied truthfully: "The last general knows that the county magistrate has his own strategy, but the soldiers are full of fighting spirit, so he can't resist their urging, so he has to come and ask." ”

Han Zhen patted him on the shoulder and asked, "If you attack, how many lives do you plan to use to fill it?" ”

Although the Xuanhua army is eroded, but when the armament is complete, relying on the high city and thick pool, even if it can be taken, it will kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800.

"This ......"

Nie Dong was speechless for a while.

As a western army, how could he not know that there was no trick to attack the city, and it was completely filled with the lives of soldiers.

The Song army has been fighting with the Tanguts for so many years, and if you count the battle results, you will actually have more wins and fewer losses.

But why was the Northern Song Dynasty always on the defensive?

Because the victory is basically a defensive battle based on the city, the field battle is almost never won.

So later, Yang Weizhong invented the tactics of walled forts, and built stockades and fortresses in the northwest, and the Western Xia was completely out of recruitment.

There are not so many bells and whistles in siege warfare, and whoever comes, they have to honestly fill in with their lives.

You must know that in the Battle of Hongdu, Chen Youliang's 600,000-strong army besieged Zhu Wenzheng with 20,000 people, and he fought for 80 days, but he didn't take it.

Is Chen Youliang a waste?

Apparently not.

Mongolia was invincible in the field at the beginning, and it took six years to fight Xiangyang and 36 years to attack Diaoyu City.

This is still because Mongolia has a large killing weapon such as a return cannon in its hands, otherwise Mongolia may not be able to shoot it down for several decades.

Unless there is a new breakthrough in the firearm in Han Zhen's hand, which is powerful enough to blast through the city wall more than ten meters wide, everything will be in vain.

Compared with the 100,000 people of the Western Army, the Qingzhou Army was already at a disadvantage in numbers, and unless he had a bad brain, he would choose to attack Zichuan.

There is obviously a better way to break the city, why do you need human lives to fill it.

"Remember, our opponent is the Western Army, and there is no need to waste the lives of soldiers in such places. Don't be in a hurry, let the arrows fly a little longer! ”

Han Zhen said, looking in the direction of Zichuan County.

Let the arrows fly a little longer?

Nie Dong scratched his head, only to feel that the county magistrate was now speaking more and more profoundly, and his brain couldn't keep up.

Although Han Zhen was surprised with his use of soldiers, his strategy was extremely positive.

Since beating him and rebelling, he has never used conspiracy, and what he has done is an upright conspiracy.

Because in his opinion, although the cost of conspiracy is low and the benefits are high, it is also high-risk.

Once recognized, your efforts will be in vain, and you will fall into a passive situation.

However, Yangmou is different, it is placed in front of the other party openly, you know what I am going to do, but there is no way to avoid it, you can only accept it.

To put it bluntly, conspiracy is to weaken the opponent and make the opponent make mistakes.

And Yangmou is to make yourself stronger and maximize your benefits.

Although the end goal is the same, the process is very different.

What Han Zhen used this time seemed to be a conspiracy, but in fact it was still a conspiracy.

If it was a conspiracy, he only had to order Qiu Niu to quietly present the evidence of the spies' contact with Xu Zhi's letters to Yang Jingde and Li Yu.

succeeded, Yang Jingde and Li Yuhui decisively raised the butcher's knife and attacked the government officials.

Without the officials, the government will immediately be paralyzed, and under the pressure of the army, there will be chaos in the county, so as to achieve the goal of weakening the opponent's strength.

However, there is a risk of failure in the conspiracy, if Yang Jingde and Li Yu have the idea of employing people without suspicion, or if they see through the conspiracy, then all the efforts made by Han Zhen will be in vain, but it will expose the intelligence point of Zhuo Lou, and unite the whole county.

Therefore, Han Zhen chose Yangmou, who would not fail and had higher returns!

Not only does he want to weaken the opponent's strength, but he also wants to use the officials for his own use.

As soon as this notice came out, the entire Zichuan County knew from top to bottom that there was a thief named Han Zhen, who wanted to share the world with the officials!

This is the general trend, even if Yang Jingde and Li Yu know that it is a strategy of anti-thieves, it will not help.

Cancel the hereditary succession of Xu officials, improve the status of Xu officials, improve the Xu officials, break the upward channel, and Xu officials can also be officials!

Empathy, if Yang Jingde, as a Xu official, can resist such treatment?

Therefore, there will inevitably be suspicion of Xu officials.

Once suspicion arises, it doesn't matter what the officials think.

Even if these officials didn't want to rebel at all, they had to rebel in the end.

……

Another three days passed.

Han Zhen summoned Nie Dong and ordered: "Lead four thousand foot soldiers to attack the city." ”

"Huh?"

Nie Dong was stunned for a moment, thinking that he had misheard.

"It's just a feint, a blunt-headed arrow, and these unmears into the city." Han Zhen pointed to a wooden box under his feet.

When the contradictions within the city intensify to the point that they cannot be reconciled, they generally look for external conflicts to divert the conflicts.

Anti-thieves are a good target.

But Han Zhen would not give Yang Jingde and others this opportunity, so he chose to continue to add fuel to the fire at a critical juncture.

"The last general obeys!"

Although he didn't understand Han Zhen's intentions, the soldier's temperament still made Nie Dong not ask much.

Soon, Nie Dong rode his war horse and led four thousand foot soldiers out of the military camp and went straight to the county town.

The defenders on the city wall looked horrified when they saw the anti-thieves attacking.

However, when the Qingzhou army came closer, the Xuanhua army defending the city showed doubts.

There were only 4,000 thieves, and there were no people to carry their burdens, and there were no siege equipment.

Unusual!

"Advance!"

Nie Dong rode on top of the war horse and ordered in a loud voice.

Hearing this, the shield bearers in the front row erected large shields, connected them into a shield wall, and marched towards the city wall with neat steps.

When he was a hundred steps away from the city wall, the Marquis of Du Yu on the city tower roared.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Swish!

A rain of arrows rained down from the walls.

However, all of them were blocked by tall and wide shields, and no one was injured.

When the rain of arrows was over, the crossbowmen hiding behind the shields got up one after another, raised their crossbows, aimed at the interior of the city, and came with a round of projectiles.

"What are they doing?"

Looking at the rain of arrows flying overhead, a Xuanhua soldier was puzzled.

The soldier on the side shook his head blankly and replied, "I don't know, Xu is stupid in the brain." ”

How can there be such a siege?

After shooting seven or eight waves of arrows in a row, until he finished shooting all the posts, Nie Dong waved his hand: "Mingjin retreats!" ”

Bang Bang Bang!

With a piercing and rapid sound of golden drums, the four thousand Qingzhou troops faded like a tide.

The Qingzhou army came and went faster, leaving the Xuanhua army looking at each other on the city tower.

However, there was a boiling in the county.

"I've been hit by an arrow, I've been hit by an arrow!"

A man with an arrow stuck in his back kept crying and wailing.

The woman wiped her tears on the side: "If you are in charge, if you go, how can I live!" ”

Crying and crying, she suddenly realized that something was wrong.

How is it that no blood comes out of the garment?

Thinking of this, she wiped the tears from her face and said, "Master, don't move yet." ”

"What's wrong?"

The man looked puzzled.

The woman grasped the shaft of the arrow with one hand and drew it with a gentle pull.

Looking at the arrow again, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said happily: "Don't be afraid, this is a blunt arrow!" ”

Blunt-headed arrows?

The man stopped crying, took the arrow and looked at it carefully, and found that the arrow was almost smoothed out, and it was like an iron lump.

The reason why it can penetrate the clothes is also thanks to the powerful power of the Divine Arm Crossbow.

"Damn, I'm scared to death!"

The man pursed his lips and was about to throw away the arrow in his hand, when he suddenly found that there was something tied to the shaft of the arrow.

After removing it, it was found to be a post.

The man was illiterate, so he had to ask his mother-in-law for help: "Huanniang, what is written on this?" ”

The woman's father was a framer, and although he had never gone to school, he knew some words.

After receiving the post, the woman said with a happy face: "The master, this thief said that he was born a poor peasant and knew the suffering of the people. The reason why the siege was delayed was because of the fear of hurting innocent people. He also said that when the city is broken, he will give me money and food! ”

Hearing the distribution of money and food, the man suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly asked, "How much?" ”

"I didn't say that."

The woman shook her head.

The man rubbed the position where the arrow hit his back, pouted, and said, "It's all shadowless, and the thief can't believe what he says." ”

The woman retorted: "I think it's credible, but the blunt arrows that people deliberately use are afraid of hurting us." ”

"You know a ......"

The man was about to scold, but saw his next-door neighbor Wang Er sneaking over.

Seeing this, the man frowned and said, "What are you doing here?" ”

The main reason is that this Wang Er has a bad reputation, and he always likes to do some voyeuristic widow things.

Wang Er didn't care, but he lowered his voice and said, "Have you heard about the old Li Tou's family at the end of the street?" ”

The woman was interested, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with Old Li Tou's house?" ”

"Lao Li Tou's youngest daughter was ruined by the Xuanhua Army's Qiu Baba, and she was at home, in front of Lao Li Tou!" Wang Er's tone was full of indignation.

Lao Litou's youngest daughter was born quite handsome, he had been greedy for a long time, but he didn't think about it, but he was ruined by the thieves and the army.

It's a pity.

"Huh?!"

The woman's face changed, and she said indignantly: "Can you report to the official?" ”

"Hey!"

Wang Er sneered: "There is a fart for reporting to the official, those officials only care about making money, how can they care about our life or death." Poor old Li Tou, not only was his daughter ruined, but he was slandered for hiding and being a thief, and he was taken down from prison. ”

"How can it be like this, how can it be like this!"

The woman's feet stomped in popularity.

Hearing this, the man was puzzled: "I remember that Lao Li Tou didn't have a relationship with Xu Dutou, why didn't he find Xu Dutou to intercede?" ”

Wang Er sneered: "Xu Dutou is now difficult to protect himself, he was beaten yesterday, where can he still care about others." ”

After chatting a few more words, Wang Er, who shared the gossip, left satisfied.

The man sighed: "Hey, now this group of Qiu Ba is becoming more and more arrogant, and I don't know when it will be a head these days." ”

"Humph! Tell me to say, it's better to let the thieves enter the city and kill those corrupt officials and thieves with the army! The woman said angrily.

The man was so frightened that he quickly covered his mother-in-law's mouth and scolded: "Be quiet, listen to those Qiu Ba, and we'll be finished." ”

……

The anti-thief Han Zhen, who was born in a poor peasant, did not want to hurt the people, and only punished corrupt officials.

When it is in, it will also give money and food to the people in the city.

This information gradually spread among the county town with a rain of arrows.

If the officials were not restrained, the unveiling post would not have been spread at all.

After all, although the Divine Arm Crossbow is powerful, it can only shoot more than 300 paces at the farthest, so only the people who are close to the city wall know about it.

The response is timely and it is fully capable of sealing.

But because of suspicion, although Yang Jingde did not take action against the officials, it also greatly restricted their actions.

(End of chapter)