In the quiet of the night, the stars flickered, the streets were filled with bloody slaughter, the heavy figures of the soldiers were projected on the city walls, and the sound of military drums in the distance was low and shocking.

"Stop, stop."

Cui Shuang, Sun Meng and others hurried over to stop the people who were fighting in the city.

However, the people of the three parties have already gone crazy, and when the people saw Cui Shuang bringing people here, they thought that they were here to suppress them again, and rushed to the outside of the city even more desperately.

"Don't let your people stop yet." Sun Meng saw that there were more and more people falling, including Sanwei's men and horses, and couldn't help urging Cui Shuang.

Cui Shuang only felt that his scalp was numb, so he hurriedly took the two of them to find his subordinates and asked them to stop.

Knowing that the people were rioting again, and it was now a three-party scuffle, Cui Shuang's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly retreated from the crowd of scuffles, and said: "General Sun, no, now on this battlefield, there are not only our people, but also the people who are rioting, we need to make the people on both sides stop to stop." ”

Sun Meng's face wrinkled, but he also realized the seriousness of the matter, and while asking people to go back to inform Chen Shuai, he shouted: "Beat the drum, beat the flag." ”

"No."

Soon, a rhythmic drum beat sounded in the city, and with the constantly dancing order flag, Zhang He, who was guarded by Shen Yong in the middle, suddenly pricked up his ears and looked in the direction where the sound came from.

The rhythm of the drum and the language of the flag are the basis that the brave guards and the guards of the trap must master, and only by mastering these can we understand the specific orders conveyed from above on the complex battlefield.

"Change the formation, change the formation!" Zhang He hurriedly shouted: "Retreat to the city gate and turn into a fish scale array." ”

The fish scale array was the military formation of the troops under Lu Yonggang's command at the beginning, and after the general Shao Jinneng surrendered to Chen Mo, Sanwei naturally learned the fish scale array.

The Fish Scale Array is concentrated in strength, good at attacking and defending, and the most important thing is that it is easy to shrink, which is very suitable for the current situation.

The order is prohibited, and the upper line is effective.

As the order came, the three guards who were fighting quickly retreated and lined up at the city gate.

"Drink!" The shield bearer stands in front of him for defense, and the pikeman behind him pierces his spear through the gap between the shields.

With the drumming in front of him changing again, with the flag, Zhang He hurriedly ordered: "Stop, defend." ”

"Whew!"

"Whew!"

"Whew!"

The three guards blocked the city gate, shouting in unison, and the majestic momentum shocked everyone to dare not step forward.

Cui Shuang jumped on the roof, and he was letting the Heavenly Master Sergeant stop, and when he saw such a neat and orderly Sanwei people, he couldn't help but be shocked.

In this group of people, he saw the shadow of the Qingzhou Army at the beginning.

Compared with the stoppage of the Sanwei people, the Heavenly Master Army had a lot of trouble on their side, and it was only when Cui Shuang killed more than a dozen people in a row that they stopped.

The people on each side of the three sides held one side, and their faces were solemn and panicked.

The people sent back by Sun Meng to report met Su Wen, and several of them returned the same way.

……

In the treasury, with Chen Mo's experience, he estimated that these weapons can arm at least 5,000 people and horses, and the only thing missing is armor, if there is armor, it is not a simple fortune, it is equivalent to a poor guy inheriting a net worth of hundreds of millions.

However, this is also normal, even the regular army of the imperial court is difficult to achieve 100% armor, let alone the Heavenly Master Army.

"Chen Shuai is not good." At this moment, Su Wen hurriedly ran into the warehouse and came to Chen Mo.

"What's wrong?" Chen Mo frowned.

Su Wen glanced at Zheng Guozhu, and then whispered in his ear.

"Go find some carts, load them with copper coins, and follow me to pacify the people." After thinking about it for a while, Chen Mo looked at the abundant weapons in the warehouse and had an idea in his heart.

"No."

After a short time, Su Wen found four carriages, and then loaded the copper coins in the warehouse with baskets and loaded four carriages.

"Su Wen, you bring a few people to watch here, you, come with me." After Chen Mo finished speaking, he pointed at Zheng Guozhu.

"No." Zheng Guozhu hurriedly agreed.

……

At the east gate of the city, the three parties were still facing each other, Zhang He stood on a high place, learning from Chen Mo's appearance of calming people's hearts and appeasing the people.

Before Chen Mo came to the east gate of the city, he first went to the Tianwang Palace, took Yang Minggui's head, and then came to the east gate of the city under the guidance of Zheng Guozhu.

Chen Mo rode a horse and walked in the front, and Zheng Guozhu fell half a position behind.

Behind it, there were four carriages full of copper coins, all of which had been dismantled, and the copper coins in the baskets attracted everyone's attention.

The houses in the east of the city are dense, and the chaotic fighting just now has made this place a mess, and some houses have even ignited raging fires.

Under the reflection of the firelight, Zhang He saw Chen Mo coming at a glance, and said to everyone: "This is our Chen Shuai, rest assured, our Chen Shuai is not a person who kills indiscriminately, but has mercy on everyone."

Pingting County, as you know, is the county seat under our Chen Shuai's rule, and so far, it has accepted tens of thousands of people and allowed them to live a new life and a stable life.

Now that Chen Shuai is here, you can talk to Chen Shuai if you have any demands. ”

After that, Zhang He walked through the crowd and came to Chen Mo, and said with a little nervousness: "Chen Shuai, are you okay?" We're stuck here, we can't get in at all. ”

Chen Mo waved his hand: "I'm fine." ”

Zhang He breathed a sigh of relief.

Cui Shuang saw Chen Mo coming, and hurriedly said to the soldiers of the Heavenly Master Army: "Now that Yang Qushuai and the military division are dead, Chen Shuai will be our commander in the future, why are you stunned, why don't you salute Chen Shuai quickly." ”

Hearing this, the soldiers of the Heavenly Master Army glanced at each other, and some looked at each other, but looking at the soldiers of the three guards who were eyeing each other, as well as the rioting people opposite, they hurriedly knelt down on one knee and faced Chen Mo:

"Meet Chen Shuai!"

Thousands of people rang out in unison, making the faces of the people change greatly, and they exclaimed in their hearts that it was not good, this group of people was also the Heavenly Master Army, and they were in the same group as the people of Xia Lin City.

One by one, their faces suddenly became panicked.

Chen Mo stepped forward, and with a wave of his hand, a personal soldier carried Yang Minggui's head and threw it in front of the people.

Chen Mo has roughly understood some of the things that happened to the people, and said loudly: "I know that you are all forced, first you were oppressed and exploited by the imperial court, and then this person built the Heavenly King's Palace for his own selfish interests, and then enslaved you, etc., and now he is ambushed, you are liberated." ”

As soon as the words fell, the people were shocked, but they didn't fully believe Chen Mo's words, they had been suppressed several times before, and each time they were suppressed, Yang Minggui would deceive them with good words, and after they calmed down, they became even worse.

They were worried that Chen Mo would do the same.

"I know you don't believe it, and I understand you, but I, Chen Mo, swear here, let you go free, not only that, but also give each of you the same money, and after receiving the money, you can leave."

After speaking, Chen Mo clapped his hands, and the soldiers behind him moved the baskets of copper coins on the carriage one by one.

And at Chen Mo's signal, he fell in front of all the people.

"Divine Brave Guard, Divine Warrior Guard, and Trap Guard listen to orders." Chen Mo shouted, and the pro-soldiers below passed it on one by one.

"Get out of the way." Chen Mo continued.

The three guards listened to the order and hurriedly removed the fish scale array and made a way.

"Alright, you all line up in turn, and each of you receives the usual copper coins, and you can leave here." Chen Mo said.

Wow!

Chen Mo's move immediately made all the people explode, and they all couldn't believe it, and their hearts were shocked.

But no one dared to move.

Seeing that everyone was stunned, Zhang He frowned slightly, and shouted: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you get the money quickly, Chen Shuai has mercy on you and others, don't be ignorant." ”

"How do you speak?" Chen Mo frowned and kicked over.

But kicking on Zhang He's body doesn't hurt or itch.

Hearing this, the people who organized the riot among the people glanced at each other, and then walked over in turn, picked up the copper coins from the pile of money, and walked towards the gate of the city.

Seeing that several people left from the city, but no one stopped them, the people were in a commotion, and began to line up in turn, collect money and leave.

"Go, these copper coins are not enough, and then go to the warehouse to transport a few truckloads of copper coins." Chen Mo Sun Meng commanded.

"No." Sun Meng called Zheng Guozhu and asked him to lead the way.

After all the people left with the usual money, Zhang He couldn't help but say: "Chen Shuai, just let them leave, isn't this money spent in vain." ”

In the past, money was issued, either to recruit soldiers, or to recruit workers to develop the county, or to increase the population.

But now, the money has been sent out, but nothing has been gotten away, and the people have left.

"Think long-term." Chen Mo looked out of the city and looked into the distance.

The Qingzhou Army was harmed enough by the Heavenly Master Army.

They were arrested by Yang Minggui as people's husbands, basically their families were ruined, and now they are gone, and they have nowhere to go, give them money, and they have nowhere to send it in Qingzhou.

Even if it can be used, the money will not last long.

In the end, there is a high probability that you will still go to Pingting and Qingting counties.

Instead of forcibly letting them take refuge in themselves, it is better to let them take the initiative to defect.

The effect is very different.

After dealing with the people, the next step is to count the casualties and reorganize the army.

By now, even if they didn't need Chen Mo to speak, Sun Meng and the others knew how to take prisoners.

It is nothing more than to break up and merge into the trap guards.

In this siege, Chen Mo suffered more than 1,000 casualties on his side, and the main loss was the trap guards, and dozens of people were killed and wounded by his own army.

This time he came to Xialin, Chen Mo brought 8,000 people, and there were more than 6,700 people left.

However, when they were incorporated into this group of Heavenly Master soldiers, the troops could instantly swell to more than 11,000 people.

At noon the next day, the inventory of the warehouse was preliminarily completed.

There were more than 6,000 spears and ring-headed knives, 1,200 strong bows, 50,000 arrows, 11 catapults, 3 siege vehicles, and 36 ballistas.

530,000 copper coins.

At present, 210,000 stone of grain has been counted, and the inventory is still being carried out.

(End of chapter)