cite Han

Chapter 409
"The long history also knows that I used to be a merchant. General Meng never gave up. I was pulled out in the market and given the task of driving. The general is tolerant and tolerant, knows people well, and doesn't think I came from a humble background. He was promoted to the prefect of two thousand stones. send."

Speaking of this, Wang Qiang paused for a moment, and then continued: "In today's world, apart from the general, who else would trust a person of my background so much? So, even if everyone in Yu Lin betrayed me , I am the only one left, and I, Wang Qiang, will never betray the general!"

Wu Dang's expression softened when he heard the words. Indeed, there might only be someone as different as Liu Jing in the world who would let a person from a merchant background serve as the prefect of Two Thousand Stones.

The Han people regard a county as a state, and two thousand stone prefects, in ancient times, were princes of one side. No matter how many families have struggled for generations, it is difficult to match.Thinking of him, the Wu family is also considered a big family. Counting from the ancestor Wu Ba, in the past 300 years, there have been two thousand stone prefects that can be counted on one hand.

"Currently Zhang Jin is coming with a whole state of people, Yu Lin is up and down, people are rebellious, I don't know Chang Shi's intentions, so I speak out to test."

Wu Dang immediately put the sword back into the sheath, pulled up his clothes and bowed down, and pleaded guilty to Wang Qiang: "It's the lower official who blamed the Ming government. The lower official was so angry just now that he couldn't help himself. His words and deeds were full of meng waves, and he still looked at Ming." Don't blame the government."

"Those who don't know are not guilty." Wang Qiang hurriedly stepped forward to help Wu Dang, and then smiled with lingering fear: "I just didn't expect Chang Shi to be so loyal and strong. If I hadn't explained it in time, I'm afraid blood would be splashed on the spot today."

Wu Dang is indeed a loyal and staunch man. Historically, Sun Quan clashed with Liu Bei over the ownership of Jingzhou and sent troops to attack the three counties in southern Jing.When Wu Dang was the magistrate of Ancheng County in Changsha, he refused according to the city. , also refused to give in, and returned to his hometown of Jiaozhou after the defeat, and did not serve the Sun family for life.

Wu Dang sternly said: "When a man lives in the world, only loyalty and filial piety cannot be abandoned. "Zuo Zhuan" says: "Sagely upholding the festival, following the festival, and disobedience." , live up to the general’s entrustment, and will never lose moral integrity to surrender the enemy.”

"Well said! Chang Shizhen is a real man." Wang Qiang couldn't help but clapped his hands in praise. "With Chang Shi as one with me, no matter how powerful Zhang Jin is, why should I be afraid?"

The two sat down again, Wu Dang leaned forward and asked, "I don't know if the Ming government has a strategy to defend against the enemy?"

Wang Qiang already had a plan in mind, and said: "What Shicai said is certainly to test Chang Shi's heart, but it is also a way to defeat the enemy."

Wu Dang came to his senses immediately, and said, "Is the Ming government trying to deceive Zhang Jin by feigning surrender?"

"That's right." Wang Qiang nodded and said, "Zhang Jin is the lord of Jiaozhou. Now he is leading his army into the country. Wherever he passes, he will look forward to the wind and surrender. The journey will be smooth. When he arrives at Mount Bu, he will have a proud heart and regard me as a The meat of Zushang, if he pretends to surrender at this time, Zhang Jin will definitely be fooled."

After hearing this, Wu Dang also felt that this plan was feasible, and that false surrender was the cheapest but most effective method.

After the feigned surrender is successful, if the enemy relaxes, they can send surprise soldiers to attack them. If there is no chance, they can also delay time.

Wang Qiang looked at Wu Dang with piercing eyes, and said: "I can't go out to see Zhang Jin in person, or the false surrender will turn into a real surrender, and the person who can replace me is none other than Chang Shi. Chang Shi is the deputy of the county, and he is A celebrity in the South China Sea is enough to win Zhang Jin's trust, but he doesn't know how Chang Shi dares to risk himself and go deep into the tiger's den?"

"Why don't you dare?" Wu Dang naturally knew that Wang Qiang was provoking him on purpose, but he didn't take it seriously, and stood up and said, "As soon as Zhang Jin arrived, the subordinate officials would enter his camp in person to pretend to surrender, and promised that Zhang Jin would not Suspicious."

"Excellent! Long history!" Wang Qiang praised happily.

The two discussed for nearly an hour before they walked out of the toilet. Wang Qiang immediately ordered the gate of Bushan City to be sealed off, not allowed to enter, let alone to go out. Anyone who dared to try to cross the city would be killed on the spot without notification. .

While Wang Qiang and Wu Dang were making various preparations for the upcoming battle, Zhang Jin led an army of more than [-] troops, drove straight along the Yushui River, and appeared in the western suburbs of Bushan Mountain a few days later.

Wang Qiang and Wu Dang stood on the west wall, observing the Jiaozhou Army with solemn expressions.

As the saying goes, "When there are 1 people, there are no boundaries." There are more than [-] Jiaozhou troops, plus thousands of Yulin Hanyi who have recently defected, the total number is close to [-]. A bit imposing.

But Wang Qiang had already hidden all the elite in order to show the enemy's weakness. The guards on the west city wall were all old and weak soldiers, which caused the Jiaozhou army outside the city to point and laugh.

Wu Dang slowly looked away, and bowed to Wang Qiang: "Mingfu, the Jiaozhou Army has arrived, there is no time to delay, I will go see Zhang Jin right now."

Wang Qiang took Wu Dang's hand and said solemnly: "Chang Shi must be more careful during this trip."

"Promise." Wu Dang bowed again, then turned around and walked down the city wall, leading [-] soldiers and hundreds of civilian husbands, with fine wine, rice and meat, opened the city gate and marched towards the Jiaozhou army.

Zhang Jin was not surprised that Bushan came to work in the army. Before that, Wang Qiang had written him an extremely humble letter of surrender, saying that as long as Zhang Jin could continue to appoint him as the prefect of Yulin, he would raise the city. And down.

When Zhang Jin went north to fight Liu Jing in Quanling (Lingling County) the year before last, Wang Qiang was stationed in Baqiu and did not participate in the battle. Wisdom wins, so the reputation is not obvious.Zhang Jin is very unfamiliar with Wang Qiang. He only knows that he is a merchant who has traveled to and from Jiaozhou to sell goods.

When Zhang Jin heard about this for the first time, he almost couldn't believe his ears. A merchant, unexpectedly became the prefect of two thousand stones.It's a joke in the world.

In Zhang Jin's eyes, Wang Qiang surrendered without a fight, but it was very reasonable.Merchants have always been greedy, mercenary, loyal, filial and righteous, and propriety, righteousness and shame are worthless in the eyes of such people.

"Do you still want to continue to be the prefect of Yulin?" Zhang Jin couldn't help sneering in his heart. Liu Jing is not afraid of being laughed at by the world, he is very scary. If he continues to use Wang Qiang as the prefect of Yulin, he will not be ridiculed to death by Xu Jing, Yuan Hui and others ?

As soon as he entered Bushan, he immediately deprived Wang Qiang of his position as prefect. If he was obedient, he would be allowed to act as a guide for the army going north. If he was not obedient, he would be killed directly.

Zhang Jin looked at the soldiers of Yu Lin who came to work in the army, and saw that they were all strong and well-equipped with armor. At first glance, they looked like elite soldiers, which formed a sharp contrast with the old, weak and weak soldiers on the city wall.

"Could it be that the elite soldiers in Bushan City were all sent by Wang Qiang?" Thinking of this, Zhang Jin couldn't help laughing and shaking his head.

Wu Dang was led to Zhang Jin's car, bowed down and said: "Wu Dang, Yu Lin's chief history, pays homage to the envoy. The official heard that the state army was coming, and came here to work with cattle and wine."

Zhang Jin sat upright in the car, smiled and said, "Uncle Wu Mountain in the South China Sea is under your feet? No need to be too polite, please get up quickly."

Wu Dang pretended to be grateful and said: "I don't want you to have heard of my name."

Zhang Jin nodded and said: "Uncle Shan is the most filial piety to his mother, and he is a talented man in Jiaozhou who is familiar with Poetry and Rites. He is an uncle of the state alone. How can he not know." Speaking of his deeds, he was not known at all before.

Zhang Jin also said: "It is said that Wang Zijian is a rough man and ignores government affairs. The political affairs in Yulin County all come from Shushan."

Wu Dang nodded and admitted: "The Lord of the Wangfu used to sell goods in his early years, and later worked in the military. He lacked experience in governing the people and governing the government. He is the deputy of the county and has the responsibility of assisting the prefect. He should share his worries for the Lord of the Wangfu."

Although Wu Dang spoke respectfully, he faintly showed disdain for Wang Qiang. Zhang Jin was not surprised. Anyone who worked under Wang Qiang, a merchant, would not be convinced.

Zhang Jin said with a smile: "From my point of view, Shushan is more suitable than Wang Zijian to be the prefect of Yulin."

Wu Dang sighed and said: "I am not a close friend of General Anyuan, so I was deprived of the position of county magistrate and sent to Yulin to be a long history. Under the command of General Anyuan, I am afraid that I will never make it. It was only after he came here that he privately encouraged the prince of the palace to dedicate the city to his submission."

"It turns out that Prince Jianju asked to surrender the city because of Shu Shan." Zhang Jin suddenly said, "Shu Shan is my friend and has outstanding talents. He has made great achievements this time, so he must be of great use."

"Thank you, Ambassador..." Wu Dang immediately thanked him with a happy expression on his face.

Zhang Jin then asked the question that had lingered in his mind for a long time: "Why did only Shushan come to work in the army, why didn't Wang Zijian come?"

Wu Dang and Wang Qiang had discussed this issue a long time ago, and replied calmly: "General Anyuan started in the market, and he has always been considerate of his servants. Therefore, there are many officials in the city who are unwilling to surrender, and the king of the palace needs to stay in the city and watch them. , dare not go out easily, lest they wait for a rebellion to seize the city."

"So that's how it is." Zhang Jin didn't doubt him. Although the two sides were enemies, he had to admit that Liu Jing was indeed a hero of the generation.

After showing off his power under Bushan City, Zhang Jin drove the rebels who took refuge and the surrounding people to build military camps in the wild.

Since Bushan had already surrendered, the Jiaozhou army barracks only dug a shallow layer of trenches, which was completely coped with, and the periphery was simply fenced with wooden fences.

In the afternoon, Zhang Jin ate the soldiers with rice, meat and fine wine from Bushan City.

It took more than a month for the Jiaozhou army to go all the way from Jiaozhilongbian to Bushan. The soldiers had traveled a long distance and worked very hard. Now that Bushan surrendered and there was no need to fight, they were all overjoyed and let go of eating and drinking.

Wu Dang sat in the big tent of the Chinese army, holding a wine glass in his hand, watching all the Han generals and barbarian generals, yelling and yelling, and making the banquet turn upside down, but Zhang Jin, who was sitting in the main seat, didn't like it. Nevermind.

Wu Dang had heard before that Zhang Jin was a small police officer, not powerful enough to control the arrogant soldiers below, but today, it seems that it is not a false rumor.

Zhang Jin didn't know that Wu Dang was criticizing him in his heart, and seeing him stop drinking in a daze, he urged: "Shu Shan, don't be dazed, keep drinking..."

"No." Wu Dang raised his head and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.He doesn't usually drink alcohol, but now he has a heavy responsibility, so he can only risk his life to accompany him.

"Drink again, drink again..."

As night fell, the Jiaozhou army camp became brightly lit, and the banquet lasted until late at night, and the soldiers were all drunk and fell asleep.

The situation of the Jiaozhou army's camp has been reported back to Bushan since the banquet began. Wang Qiang saw that the Jiaozhou army only cared about eating and having fun, and had no intention of guarding, so he immediately decided to attack the camp at night.

When the Jiaozhou army camp gradually returned to tranquility, Wang Qiang began to wake up the sleeping soldiers and gathered at the Emperor Shun Temple in the north of the city.

Emperor Shun visited the south in the past, died in the field of Cangwu, and was buried in Jiuyi in the south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, there are many temples of Emperor Shun in the south of the Yangtze River.

The Shun Emperor Temple in Bushan not only has Emperor Shun alone, but also worships Qin Shihuang, and the two emperors share the same temple.This is not a unique phenomenon in Bushan. In fact, it is the case in many places in Jiaozhou.

After Emperor Qin Shihuang unified China, he sent 50 troops to attack Lingnan. Suppose Xiang, Nanhai, and Guilin were three counties. Guilin was the predecessor of Yulin County.

The same is true for Kuaiji County in Jiangdong. When Wang Lang was the prefect of Kuaiji, he saw people offering sacrifices to Qin Shihuang.

There were [-] soldiers in Bushan City, Wu Dang took away [-], and [-] old and weak soldiers. Therefore, there were only a little over [-] soldiers that Wang Qiang could use.But now that the decisive battle is imminent, one more person means more strength, so Wang Qiang even summoned the old and weak soldiers together.

The only ones who knew about the night attack plan were Wang Qiang's cronies who brought them from Changsha, and Yulin people, including the generals, were kept in the dark. Already vaguely guessing its purpose, I feel uneasy.

Wang Qiang looked around at the crowd and said slowly: "I, Wang Qiang, was originally a man in Changsha. Now I am the prefect because of the trust of the general. Zhang Jin came here with a large army. The enemy is outnumbered and we are invincible. Therefore, we Set up a plan to feign surrender, win the enemy's trust, and lighten their hearts. Zhang Jin was really fooled, and now the Jiaozhou army is drunk, and if they attack at night at this time, they will definitely be wiped out."

As soon as Wang Qiang's words fell, Yu Linbing was in a commotion. Although he didn't dare to raise any objections due to Wang Qiang's usual arrogance, his expression was terrified and he had no fighting spirit at all.

There are tens of thousands of Jiaozhou troops, but they only have [-]. Unless each of them can fight ten against one, there is absolutely no possibility of victory.

Wang Qiang knew that he must give them the confidence to win, which is why he gathered his soldiers in front of Emperor Shun's temple.

Just when Yu Linbing was uneasy, a black-robed witch Zhu slowly walked out of the temple of Emperor Shun, and he came to the soldiers and threatened: "The Ming government asks me during the day, and wants to attack the bandit army outside the city. What will be the outcome? I prayed all night in front of the two emperors, and the two emperors have taught me, so this battle must be won!"

Lingnan has always been superstitious, Wu Zhu's words are far more useful than Wang Qiang's words, Wu Zhu said that this battle must be won, then he will definitely win, Yu Linbing suddenly changed his depression, and his morale was greatly boosted.

Seeing that the morale was available, Wang Qiang immediately distributed rice dumplings, dried meat, and good wine to make the soldiers have a full meal. Then he left a hundred people to guard the city gate, and he sent 700 people out from the north gate, and made a detour to the back of the Jiaozhou army camp in the dark. .

(End of this chapter)