Delong

Chapter 195 Raising Arms (8)

At noon on the tenth day of the tenth month, Jiyin County, Jiyin County opened the city.

Before that, Song Yi, Song Chang's son, escorted his grandmother, mother, and father's corpses out of the city. Dingtao Ling Liu Ben also gave up going home or went to the funeral instead.It is said that unlike the magistrate who fled in embarrassment and the resident Hei Shou, the two vowed to wait until Mrs. Song and Mrs. Song are safely sent back to their ancestral home, and then the prefect of Song is buried. They must write a blood letter to the court to ask for a battle. Then they will join the army and come to revenge .

This is a typical loyal minister and filial son.

In all fairness, it is rare, especially after the Tang Dynasty went south. In the past few hundred years, it has basically been said that there is no lower limit for who is better than the other, and there is a sense that the strong and the strong are the best. Moral decline, control chaos, Ethical disorder.

It is precisely because of this that people's minds are fixed and their minds are unified.

Think about it, the two emperors of the Great Wei Dynasty could survive for decades by ruining the people outside Guanlong like this, so why?It is nothing more than a unified statement that makes people feel that destiny belongs to them.

Therefore, this scene also made several big leaders and leaders below Xiong Bonan feel a little bit emotional.It's just that, after entering the city, most people's attention was turned away by serious business.

Besides, it was not until this time that the rebels outside knew that Song Chang had no choice but to go out of the city... It can even be said that the conceited conjectures of Bing Yuanzheng, Yang Defang and other leaders yesterday were not exaggerated, because the county soldiers who were born locally in the city were really strong. It is impossible to work for the sheriff.

Is it a lie that the court of the Wei Dynasty did not take the lives of the common people in the old land of the Eastern Qi Dynasty seriously?
One mu of land is treated as two mu of land to collect land taxes, and one family is forcibly divided into three households to collect taxes. Isn't it the government's doing?
The dignified prefect of Song Chang had to use tricks to get some of the county soldiers back through some middle-level officers that day, which already shows the problem.Liu Ben's abandonment of the city and the tactical application of staying in a small group of troops are mostly due to this.

And when the reinforcements of the rebel army arrived and the morale was greatly boosted, it was only natural that the command of the city, from the county soldiers to the powerful to the grassroots county officials, would not be able to move.

But this in turn seems to reflect the absurdity of the Fang brothers' entrusting the big ones... Originally, they just had to do nothing and just sit back and watch Shang Huaizhi wear yellow flowers and set off a mutiny, but they spent the most precious resources of the rebel army here forcefully. a few days.

Turning back to the front, after entering the city, Li Shu and Zhang Xing each had a tacit understanding. Li Shu dispatched the unified troops to prepare to sweep the remaining four cities in the morning, but Zhang Xing started his own way again:
To release grain, open the treasury, set half of the grain according to the storage, and calculate the approximate amount of grain per person according to the population statistics, and then openly release grain in and outside the city to relieve the people.

As a reward, take out [-]% of the money and silk in the treasury as a reward for the rebel army outside the city... But this time Li Shu and several leaders are here, Zhang Xing saves trouble, and just strokes the money and silk, and ignores it.

Then naturally there are debt burning, establishment of sub-rudders, and recruitment of quota new troops, which can be regarded as Zhang Longtou's aftermath.

The so-called effective or ineffective, let's talk about it first with a few awls.

Of course, things are different from things. Some things can be done step by step with familiarity, and some things can’t be handled by oneself.

"Does Mr. Li have any ideas about the division of the helm?" In the evening, Zhang Xing, who had been busy all afternoon, turned back from the warehouse with a few assistant leaders, and immediately came to the county mansion to meet Li Shu, and in front of him was talking with the other party. In the face of the leader who negotiated the marching route, he asked a sensitive question without hesitation.

"I don't, we said it earlier, I attack you and defend, I go east and west, Zhang Longtou can handle the affairs here in Jiyin by himself." Li Shu showed his generosity and trust again without any surprise.

But this kind of generosity and trust always makes the big bosses and leaders below feel surprised and amazed, and then let their imagination run wild... Among them, there are naturally 1 people who don't believe it. Like; some people have gradually been convinced, and feel that these two are really great people.

Of course, looking back, what Li Longtou said was nice, but Zhang Longtou couldn't handle this matter by himself.

"Then I'll be straightforward." Zhang Xing was not polite, he only looked at a person with a gloomy expression in the seat, and continued to speak. "Although I am the leader, I can help Lisu to focus on the unity of the upper and lower, and consider the situation and righteousness. For example, if the local helm is divided, you have to talk about the adhesion of a native place, experience, and meritorious deeds... Then according to this theory, what does the leader Shang say? With the big leader or the leader? If it is with the leader, he must be the one who divides the rudder in Jiyin City, but if it is the big leader, he will naturally go out to lead the army, so it is not easy to be the leader of the rudder... Do you want us to do this matter? The two of them closed the door with several big bosses for discussion?"

Li Shu glanced at Shang Huaizhi who got up awkwardly, and then looked at the other two who were drooping their heads, that is, the "rescued" Fang brothers, why didn't they know what the other party meant?
At any time, personnel matters are the most troublesome and fundamental issues. Whether you are really united, whether you are really generous and trustworthy, depends on this after all.

But now, what about Shang Huaizhi seems a bit meaningless, because he has really lost his prestige and lacked merit. The key is that since this matter is to be discussed, what about the Fang brothers?
"Indeed, we are about to go eastward in a big way, and there are some things that must be explained." After thinking up to this point, Li Shu agreed wholeheartedly.

"Then please ask King Xiongtian and the four chieftains Shan, Wang, and Fang to stay, and the rest to go out and wait in the courtyard. Let's have a discussion here." Zhang Xing simply waved his hand. "It's very simple, just a moment."

The leaders immediately stood in awe, and more than a dozen civil and military people, including Fang Yanshi among the Fang brothers who were regarded as the parties involved, and Shang Huaizhi were also not eligible to stay, and went directly to the outside yard to wait.

However, they soon discovered that when they were standing in the yard, they could hear the words spoken in the hall clearly.

This is a personnel meeting where they are allowed to sit in but not speak.

"I think Chief Shang is a bit biased, but there is a reason for the incident. Song Chang and his son went against the trend. At that time, Chief Fang was here. The key is who is in charge of the matter and who believes Song Chang's rhetoric... "

The first sentence that came up shocked the spirits of the people outside - this third master is not pretending!

"This matter..."

"Do you want to find someone to confront this matter, so as to avoid too many people talking about it and not being able to talk about it?"

"No, it's true that I trusted Song Chang credulously in this matter, so that it ruined the situation. It has nothing to do with Chief Shang and my younger brother Yan Shi."

In any case, he is still a daredevil... People outside can't help but slightly raise their evaluation of Fang Yanlang, the eldest of the Fang family brothers, and at the same time look at Fang Yanshi and Shang Huaizhi, but the latter two are just Standing in silence, he stared in a daze at the lobby door which was completely blocked by a row of soldiers.

"If this is the case, I have an opinion. Fang Yanlang, the leader of the left wing, should go to the position of leader, and the leader of Shanghuai Zhishang can make up for the left wing with the merits of the soldiers of Jiyin County, and become the leader of the left wing. Li Gong, Xiong What do you think about Heavenly King, Chief Shan and Wulang?"

Although the people in the courtyard listened with pricked ears, they didn't open their mouths from the beginning to the end, but they still gave people a sudden and quiet feeling at this moment, because no one thought that Zhang Longtou would be so straightforward, and he could even be called a straight-forward one.

Even in the hall where the door is half-closed, why isn't there such an atmosphere?

"I thought... Chief Shang could be a great chief, but chief Fang didn't have to..."

"Xiong Tianwang! We are going to rebel! If there is reward, there must be punishment, and if you can go up, you can go down... If you count on a group of harmony to do things, even the Liangshan Juyi who entered Juyeze will not be able to hold on to the situation! Going up the mountain is also a must!" For dinner!"

"I agree with what Mr. Zhang said!"

Li Longtou actually agreed directly?Under Zhang Longtou's sharp and direct offensive, he agreed!Many people in the courtyard were greatly disappointed, and there seemed to be some people in the hall who were also a little disappointed.

"I agree."

"Hey... I will naturally listen to the two leaders..."

"The responsibility for this matter lies with me. The reason why I don't want to speak up and ask for a downgrade is because I am worried that the situation has not yet unfolded. Mr. Li... Mr. Li and Mr. Zhang still have arrangements and appointments for me, so we are silent for a while... Now that If both of you say that, I am naturally willing to obey.”

"Since the two...the five all said so, I, Xiong Bonan,... have nothing to say..."

"That's good...the matter is urgent, please let the head of the house go out first, and call the boss Shang to lead in, because we still have one thing to discuss."

"What else is there?"

"It's okay, Brother Fang, let's go out first. It just so happens that Chief Shang also has a saying. I am going to have a discussion with Mr. Zhang and Chief Chief Shang face to face."

"Alright."

Although the people outside were also surprised at the haste, they couldn't help watching Fang Yanlang walk out of the cracked queue of soldiers with a slightly sullen and serious look, and then made a speech to Shang Huaizhi without saying a word. He made a gesture, and then watched the obviously uneasy and agitated former Jiyin captain trot all the way in.

And soon, they heard a topic that seemed more meaningful.

"Boss Shang, we are waiting for you."

"Li Gong...and Zhang Gong...the two leading deacons are fair, wise and magnanimous, but their ambitions are incompetent, and they can't properly hand over Jiyin to the rebels. It is useless to delay righteousness, and they are ridiculed..."

"What's the matter with Chief Shang? If meritorious service is not rewarded, fixed rewards and fixed punishments cannot be equal, what righteousness do we hold? Why not be a county guard and a servant in the Wei court from the beginning, and pay attention to the favor of the emperor... Maybe we can meet again in Nanya in the future."

"Boss Shang, I really have something to ask you... Mr. Zhang, listen carefully."

"Mr. Li, please speak."

"Why don't you let Shang Datou lead you into the right wing and put it at your disposal? Why do you want to fill in the left wing? With all due respect, you also said before that when we do things, we should pay attention to the integrity of the upper and lower, and take care of the situation and righteousness. It is brother Yanlang's fault that leader Shang is the leader, and letting leader Shang fill brother Yanlang's position will not make them feel bad in the future?"

"I have absolutely no..."

"I was about to talk about this too..."

"Oh?"

"Li Gong." After a while, the sun was already setting outside, and the hall looked a little dark, but Zhang Xing suddenly became serious, and stood with his hands behind his back in the dimly lit hall, staring at the other party. "It doesn't matter whether Chief Shang belongs to the left wing or the right wing, the key is that we can't deceive ourselves..."

"What is self-deception?" Li Shu was puzzled for a while.

"Balance between left and right." Zhang Xing responded positively.

"How to say it specifically?" Li Shu frowned, obviously becoming serious.

"We originally divided the left and right wings so that the two of us could divide our way, spreading out the forces of the Dragon Gang everywhere as much as possible, but then the situation became too fast. Here in the East, everyone wanted to turn against him. Damn, let's act righteously... After the righteousness, things are very hasty, and no one knows where the situation is going. It's one thing to do one thing, and one hole to fill a hole... Yes Neither?"

"I dare not say it's fake." Li Shu twitched his beard and sneered for a moment.

"But now, Dongjun and Jiyin are basically all taken by us. Next, we will not make small troubles, but will gather tens of thousands of people from the two counties and make a big move. At this time , Li Gong, can we still be perfunctory about the left and right wing matters?" Zhang Xing continued to ask.

"What kind of perfunctory attitude?" Li Shu finally asked back.

"From the perspective of outsiders, even many of us inside feel that our kind of left-wing and right-wing side-by-side is already a huge hidden danger to the success of the Dragon Clan..." At this point, Zhang Xing's tone accelerated, grabbing The other party continued to speak. "I'm still the point of view when we discussed with Duke Wei before raising the matter that day. The matter of raising righteousness is difficult, and we don't know when the big waves will hit... But at this point, we really shouldn't have any reservations."

"You mean to abolish the left and right wings and take out a gang leader?" Li Shu, on the other hand, reacted extremely quickly and suddenly raised his voice.

"Is Li Gong willing to let Xian?" Zhang Xing couldn't help laughing.

"If you don't want to, you really can't!" Li Shu immediately ignored it and responded generously. "Zhang Sanlang, although you are extremely talented, the scholars in Hebei can't convince you, and many local officials who have been demoted can't convince you, even the few big leaders in the upper reaches of Jishui can't convince you all, you Saying this at this time seems to be for the sake of the overall situation, but it is actually destroying the foundation!"

These words are extremely serious. In fact, from the time when Zhang Xing first said that the left and right wings could not be maintained, Shan Dalang's expression has changed. When Li Shu mentioned the abolition of the left and right wings, Xiong Bonan was even more shocked. Almost jumping up, Shang Huaizhi also felt chills in his heart, thinking that he was already thinking about who to help when he encountered a fire incident.

There is only one Wang Wulang, who is surprisingly open and calm.

"How could I not know what Li Gong said?" At this moment, Zhang Xing suddenly sighed, but turned around and pointed to Wang Shuyong beside him. "To tell you the truth, Li Gong, Wulang and I hit it off immediately, and we became close friends. When we came here last night, we slept with him and talked about many things... After thinking about it, we all feel that the current situation of the left and right wings is certainly already let The leaders in the middle thought about it, fearing that it would have a bad influence on Dongzheng. On the other hand, after thinking about it carefully, I felt that the left and right wings between you and me are originally from different teams, and they are incompatible with each other, but it is you again I brought together a few big leaders..."

"So?" Li Shu seemed to realize something, and his tone became a lot gentler.

"So Li Gong." Zhang Xing stepped forward and stretched out his hands. "I want to make an appointment with you as a gentleman in front of several big bosses..."

Li Shu recalled the words he had with Du Caigan last night, he came to his senses, and without hesitation, he held the other's hands on the spot: "Don't hide it from Mr. Zhang, I also have the same intention."

"That's good." Zhang Xing's words were extremely serious. "What I mean is very simple. If the Dragon Gang can't hold the big river and water to run through the eastern border for a day, then the left and right wings will be established fairly. If one is left, one will be promoted to the right. From the big leader to the leader, both sides should be fair and aggressive. Except In addition, in the middle wing, the number of left and right should also be magnanimous and substantial. The key is to clearly define the word balance, and only in this way, the king is on the left, and I am on the right, so that we can be impartial and cooperate seamlessly. "

At this point, Zhang Xing hesitated for a moment, and took the initiative to say: "If Li Gong feels that Wei Gong is irritable, it is not impossible to discuss it, but we can only replace it with Xiong Tianwang... Moreover, I think the system must be respected after all. , don’t shake the chief easily.”

"Wei Gong doesn't need to be replaced. I still have some tolerance, but I have to add one more." Li Shu answered seriously. "That's not only what to do when the dragon gang is successful, but if one side encounters unfavorable battles, unlucky years, and when things turn upside down, the other side should also abide by the agreement of a gentleman, give full support, and maintain balance... so, There is a chance for great things to happen.”

"I knew that Li Gong is someone who can be entrusted... I will do everything I can." President Zhang breathed out. "There is still a long way to go for the Dragon Gang, we have to support the Dragon Gang step by step from left to right!"

"I agree too." Li Shu could not help but smile wryly. "But even so, I'm walking, and I'm walking on thin ice, every step is startling, but Zhang Sanlang is as hard as iron, and every step is like a lotus."

"The outside is as hard as iron, but the inside is as flustered as sand." Zhang Xing also simply smiled wryly.

"A real man only cares about actions, not thoughts." Li Shu nodded, and finally let go. "Let's see how the two of us work hard."

Zhang Xing also let go, but the two of them looked at the other people in the hall together, what else could they do?These two chattered in a hurry, leaving almost no room for others to intervene, and the leaders outside were all listening, Xiong Bonan has always been a united person, Wang Shuyong is one of the masterminds who knew about it a long time ago, and the newcomer Shang Huaizhi He only felt relieved, but hurriedly bowed his hands together under the leadership of Xiong Bonan as a sign of obedience.

Even Shan Dalang routinely recognized the situation, put away his thoughts, and bowed down without hesitation.

In the courtyard outside the hall, the setting sun was setting, and more than a dozen civil and military leaders listened in a daze. Many of them were relieved, and even some shallow-minded people really thought that the two of them were going to live and die together, so they couldn't hold back. I kept talking excitedly, but was preempted by one person.

"Everyone."

Fang Yanlang, who had just been rolled down, suddenly turned his head and lowered his voice to warn. "The two leaders are frank in the hall and spread it in the courtyard. Although we know some things, we should not make a noise and break the tacit understanding of the hall... According to me, you might as well keep silent, do things with peace of mind, and wait for the east."

The rest of the leaders naturally understood what they knew, and those who didn't understand or simply felt that Fang Yanlang was pretending to be a ghost, all unexpectedly expressed their approval, and they just said yes.

The next day, the news came that Xu Dalang acted incapable and paralyzed first, and then suddenly attacked Pancheng at night, easily captured Fengqiu, beheaded Fengqiu Ling, and the entire Dongjun County succeeded in righteousness.

In another two days, Wang Wulang and Shan Dalang took down the four counties of Zhouqiao, Shanfu, Chengwu, and Jinxiang respectively. The two county magistrates of the four counties all surrendered, and the two county magistrates abandoned the city together.

So far, the Dragon Gang has officially taken down 21 counties in Jiyin and Dongjun counties, plus Lei Ze and Chanyuan obtained by accident, a total of [-] counties.

The two counties in the upper reaches of Jishui River have all fallen into the hands of the rebels.

On October [-], after carrying out a series of urgent, even negligent and inevitable aftermath, they began to mobilize the new army in each county one by one. The so-called small counties kept [-] out of [-], and large counties kept [-] out of [-]. , For example, the four famous counties of Baima, Puyang, Jiyin, and Waihuang honestly paid three thousand.

Simple and crude, but effective.

Therefore, after gathering Shan Dalang, Wang Wulang, and Xu Dalang who had returned to the division, and organizing them according to the large and small counties, a total of [-] people were inspected by the Jishui River!
Of course, nearly 9000 of them came from the original county soldiers and private soldiers led by each leader, and more than [-] people came from these [-] or [-] counties that could be recruited, and they were newly recruited soldiers.It is really a mixed bag of good and bad.

Immediately afterwards, the troops rested here for another three days, and carried out a rough, rough, and intense reorganization, which was finally divided into eight parts.

Among them, Zhang Xing and Li Shu each took one leader, each with more than [-] people, Xiongbo Nanyuan expanded to [-] people, and the remaining Xu, Shan, and Wang each had more than [-] people. The leader Shang Huaizhi had [-] people, and Zhai Qian, who was promoted to the leader of the left wing because of the merits of the white horse, also led [-] people.

With this division, it is obvious that the two leaders still cannot suppress the three upper reaches of Jishui with their own soldiers and horses. Even the newly promoted Shang Huaizhi and Zhai Qian have no choice but to respect their old divisions.

Even the leaders of the three big tycoons' respective subordinates are still their own subordinates, and they can't move at all.

However, this situation is not the result of Zhang Xing and Li Shu's semi-public, semi-secret, semi-candid, and semi-performative political commitment, and then they acted in unity and successfully suppressed several local tycoons again?

Although each of the [-] soldiers is theoretically still under the leadership of the leaders of the counties, after all, there is a military force under direct command.

It seems inaccurate to say that, because Zhang Xing originally had two hundred people... But it seems that they also borrowed from Niu Da.

The [-] people, after the reorganization, immediately crossed the Jishui River to the north in a mighty way, and at the same time dispatched the counties to store food and lay out the logistics, but to openly raise the banner to cross the river to Puyang to rescue the soldiers who were still in Puyang Niu Da who resisted the enemy of Ji County.

However, on the twenty-seventh day of October, the weather was still not about to cool down. Before the army reached Puyang, the Jijun soldiers and horses on the other side of the river retreated.

Obviously, they got relevant information.

It's just that the officers and soldiers of Jijun probably didn't know that before that, 2 people turned around halfway to the east, left Lishan Mountain, and then went straight to Yuncheng, the capital of Dongping County... There is a county there, In addition, there is a Ju Yeze who hides an unknown number of defeated soldiers and civilian husbands.

In other words, Zhang Xing and Xu Dalang were the only ones who were about to arrive in Puyang with three or four leaders, and there were only [-] troops left in their entourage.

But soon, the self righteous Zhang Xing and Xu Dalang were slapped in the face.

Because they had just arrived in Puyang, the officers and soldiers of Jijun came back again, and they increased their troops, and led the navy to block the Dahe River, only to encircle Chanyuan with water.

"There must be a stable intelligence route in Puyang City." Xu Dalang's face was extremely ugly. "And it's an expert who sits in charge, and there may even be a traitor!"

"The first sentence is inevitable, but the latter sentence is not necessarily. It may also be that there are heroes in the army of Ji County who can quickly make judgments based on intelligence." Zhang Xingyi said.

"You can't be suspicious of me, can you?" Taoist Wei suddenly asked, staring at Zhang Xing. "Why don't you just replace me? Fuxiong Heavenly King go up, it won't delay the overall situation anyway!"

Xu Shiying was startled for a moment, but didn't say anything.

On the contrary, Zhang Xing frowned, and immediately came to ask: "Wei Gong, who taught you some words?"

Daoist Wei smiled, sat down and picked up the teacup, drank it in a sip, and then answered calmly: "It was King Xiongtian himself who flew here the day before yesterday and told me in person that he didn't have that kind of thought. Unite with sincerity, let’s see how the Dragon Clan is united as one, soaring upwards.”

Zhang Xing also laughed.

In the hall of Puyang City County Government Office, there was a happy atmosphere for a moment.

But immediately, Zhang Xing became serious: "Wei Gong, isn't it good to be sincere and united?"

Taoist Wei wants to speak.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xing's tone was hurried, and he pressed over directly: "Is there anyone in the gang who is sorry for you? New clothes every day, do you still remember the aura of baring your toes outside Jiyang City that day?"

Wei Xuanding was at a loss for words for a while.

"Wei Gong, the leader of the bull is hanging alone in Hebei, surrounded by a group of people, so he is angry. Could it be possible to have an attack at this time?" Xu Dalang suddenly asked.

Taoist Wei can only restrain his tolerance.

However, the three of them sat for a while, thinking about it, but they were helpless.

PS: Thanks to the new lord who is infinitely similar to the transparent Master Xing...greetings to the master.

(End of this chapter)