Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 318
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Liang Zhongshu, Wang Taishou and others looked down the city, their legs almost gave way!
There are tens of thousands of horses lined up densely under the city!

Ordinarily, [-] troops is actually not too much, and Liang Zhongshu and Wang Taishou can be regarded as people who have seen the world, so they definitely wouldn't be so helpless.

But the key point is that these ten thousand troops are all horse troops—the elite horse troops, whether it is the discipline of the sergeants, the equipment of the men and horses, or the strength of the horses, all of them prove that they are the best in the world!
Moreover, there has never been a horse army to attack a city, so this horse army must be followed by an infantry army-the infantry army will never be small in number!

As a result, there are at least [-] to [-] soldiers and horses attacking Daming Mansion this time!
Liang Zhongshu and Wang Taishou thought at the same time: "The Daming Mansion is in danger!"

Li Cheng observed for a while, and asserted: "This is definitely not a bandit from Erlong Mountain!"

Wen Da also said: "That's right, Erlong Mountain is absolutely impossible to have such elites. The [-]-horse army below may not even be able to compare with the Western Army."

Liang Zhongshu looked at Li Cheng and Wen Da, and asked, "Are you two sure?"

Li Chengdao: "The horses under their crotch are mostly Beidi horses. There are not so many such good horses in the imperial court. How can there be so many in Erlong Mountain?"

Wen Da said: "According to young general's knowledge, apart from Liao Kingdom and Jin Kingdom that can have so many Beidi horses, there is probably only one place that can have so many Beidi horses."

Liang Zhongshu had already guessed what Li Cheng and Wen Da wanted to say, but he still asked, "Where?"

Li Cheng and Wen Da said in unison: "Korea!"

Wang Taishou couldn't help but said: "You mean, the soldiers and horses below belong to the governor?"

As soon as these words came out, Wang Taishou regretted it!

Li Yan's identity is too special.

He is Zhao Ji's most dazzling achievement.

He is the pride of the Han people.

Who dares to say that Li Yan is a traitor, and who dares to force Li Yan to rebel?

Don't you die?

Liang Zhongshu, Li Cheng, and Wen Da all remained silent.

Seeing this, Wang Taishou quickly shut up!

Soon, the [-] horse army under the city was divided into four, one of which remained in place, and the other three all roared around the Daming Mansion. Without looking, Liang Zhongshu and others could guess that the three The horse army must have blocked the other three city gates.

Not long after, the conjecture of Liang Zhongshu and others was confirmed—the Daming Mansion was locked.

Liang Zhongshu became angry from embarrassment!
How could anyone do this?

Do you understand siege?
I don't know if there are three gaps in the encirclement, leaving a gap for the enemy to break through?
Have you read "The Art of War"?
Sun Tzu said, the master must be surrounded!

This "que" means "gap", which emphasizes leaving a gap when encircling the enemy.

You don't even leave us a gap, how can we run?
At this moment, a grown-up man galloped out on his horse and said loudly: "I am Chao Gai, the heavenly king of Erlongshan Tuota. In the Song Dynasty, officials are in power, corrupt officials dominate the power, beat good people to death, and burn the people. Lu Junyi is loyal and righteous." Heroic man, I asked him to go up the mountain to do justice for the heavens together, but he refused, so I sent him down the mountain, how could he commit adultery, bribery, and kill kindness? Li Gu, a servant of his family, took the opportunity to occupy the owner's property and murder the owner's wife, heinous Now I order you to donate your money, women, and adulterers, and arrest the relevant corrupt officials and hand them over to us for disposal, and then send Lu Junyi out of the city with eight sedan chairs, and I will not disturb you; , eradicate treachery, exterminate stupidity, heaven and earth help, ghosts and gods bless, talk and laugh into the city, there is no light forgiveness, all wealthy and nobles will go to the public trial stand for public trial. In addition, righteous husbands and wives, filial sons and grandchildren, good righteousness and good people, clean Be cautious of officials, don't be alarmed, each has his own job, and I, Erlong Mountain, will not disturb good people."

"Chao Gai?"

"Are these people from Erlong Mountain?"

Liang Zhongshu and the others looked at each other in blank dismay!
Liang Zhongshu whispered, "What should I do?"

Wang Taishou is a kind and cowardly person. After hearing Chao Gai's words, he said first: "Erlongshan is a strong army. How can our county's strength resist it? It would be too late to regret at that time! If the officials are foolish, we might as well send them away as an expedient first, and then write the form and submit it to the court; The soldiers and horses of the prefectures and counties will defend Beijing, so that nothing will happen to Beijing and the soldiers and civilians will not be injured."

Liang Zhongshu asked with a half-smile, "What expedient plan does the magistrate plan to implement?"

Wang Taishou bit his head and said: "Then Li Gu is a villain, and Jia's family is a rich woman. The death of the two of them is not a pity. Lu Junyi has been protected by his people from Erlongshan. I might as well give him a favor and let him go." leave, as for the officials he wanted..."

Wang Taishou raised his eyes to look at Liang Zhongshu's smiling face, and said, "I can catch a few dirty officials and send them to make up for it, and by the way, I can also give my Daming Mansion a bright future."

This time, Liang Zhongshu smiled really brightly, and said: "Since the prefect's order is so clear, then please ask the prefect to talk to the bandit on behalf of our Daming Mansion."

Wang Taishou's face turned pale when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "Your official..."

Liang Zhongshu didn't give Wang Taishou a chance to refuse at all, and said directly: "Come here, send the magistrate to negotiate with the bandits."

After listening to Liang Zhongshu's order, Liang Zhongshu's confidants immediately came up, detained Wang Taishou, and then sent him out of the city.

Wang Taishou is so angry, not only angry with himself for talking too much, but also angry with Liang Zhongshu for going too far. He is the prefect of a county after all, and Liang Zhongshu treats him like this!
But thinking about Cai Jing, who is in such a high position, Wang Taishou finally endured it!
Raising his hands high, he came to the front of the formation, and was escorted to the main account of the Chinese army by two sergeants.

Prefect Wang knelt down on the ground in an eye-catching way, and said, "Your Majesty!"

Li Yan didn't ask Wang Taishou to get up, and asked directly: "How many soldiers and horses are there in the city?"

Wang Taishou said without saying a word: "Nine battalions of horse troops, four battalions of infantry troops, nearly a thousand yamen servants, four or three thousand Xiang troops, and more than 1 civilian husbands."

Hearing what Wang Taishou said was similar to what Shi Qian and the others found, Li Yan asked again: "How many horse farms are there in your Daming Mansion, how many horses are there, and where are these horse farms?"

Wang Taishou hesitated for a moment, and said: "Not counting the five or six thousand good horses ridden by the Nine Battalion Horse Army, there are three horse prisons in our Daming Mansion, divided into the first, second and Mingzhou prisons. The first prison releases horses. From [-] to [-] horses, from [-] to [-] horses in the second prison, and around [-] horses in the Mingzhou Guangping Horse Prison... The Eighteenth Square Horse Prison of the Great Song Dynasty has nearly [-] official horses. The government accounted for nearly [-]%..."

Li Yan asked again: "How many soldiers are there?"

Wang Taishou said: "The Jiazhan depot of this government is responsible for the supply of the entire Hebei Road Imperial Army. At this time, there are about [-] sets of armor in reserve, and countless weapons, bows and crossbows..."

Li Yan asked: "What kind of armor, what kind of weapon, and what kind of bow and crossbow?"

Wang Taishou said with a little embarrassment: "This... the little official doesn't know, this matter is not under the control of the little official."

Li Yan didn't continue this question, but asked again: "How much food is there?"

Wang Taishou said: "There are less than 300 million stones in the official warehouse."

Li Yan asked: "How much is less than 300 million stones? Also, if you talk about official warehouses, is there any other warehouses?"

Wang Taishou said: "There should be about 260 million shi in the official warehouse. In addition to the official warehouse, there are many private warehouses in the Daming Mansion, and most of the big households in the city also have food in their homes."

Li Yan smiled and thought, "This cunning guy must have guessed who I am."

This is indeed the case.

Seeing Li Yan for the first time, Wang Taishou guessed who Li Yan was.

Listen to these questions asked by Li Yan again.

Wang Taishou decisively left the purpose of leaving the city behind.

joke!

Li Yandu came in person and asked about the reserves of the Daming Mansion. If it was not clear that Li Yan was bound to win the Daming Mansion, how could he climb to the position of prefect?

So, let's all live in peace.

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(End of this chapter)