Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 9 Occupying the County
Before you know it, it's dawn!

The morning temperature in the twelfth lunar month of winter is very cold, but the morning of this day is still very mild. The sun in the winter finally showed a small face, and the bright sunshine is like a thin layer of gold spread over the entire Wuyin County. Above, people have a lazy feeling.

In the city, it was unusually quiet, with every household shutting their doors. Cao Bing, the assassination team that patrolled the streets to maintain order, was gone.

On the city wall, Mu Shan stood at the highest point, looking at the county seat, with complicated lights flickering in his eyes, this should be the second time he has occupied Wuyin City.

"Master, we have found the county government's granary!"

"Is there any food?"

"Yes, I haven't counted them, but I've seen them. At least a thousand shi or more are all high-quality rice. If you save a little, it will be enough for us to eat and drink for half a year!" Zhao Ping suppressed his excitement and said: "And the warehouse There is not only food in it, but we also found a lot of weapons, all of which are sophisticated weapons!"

"How is the county government?"

"Lei Gong has already beheaded the military lord guarding the county government, and the army guarding the county government has been wiped out, but the officials of the county government, he has not moved, just surrounded them!"

"I'll go meet Cai Mengting for a while!"

Mu Shan rode his horse and headed for the county government.

The county government mansion.

At this moment, the county government has gone through a battle, and the bloodbath after the battle, corpses are flying everywhere, and the strong smell of blood fills the entire county government.

Hundreds of young men around them held spears, and surrounded the entire county government mansion with three steps, one post and five steps, and all the young men were wearing yellow silk scarves around their necks.

Above the lobby, more than a dozen officials from the Wuyin county government gathered, each of them trembling.

The head of the county magistrate Cai Tu was ashamed.

All these changes happened so fast that he was a little overwhelmed.

Yesterday he confidently dispatched [-] soldiers to exterminate Mushan, all he wanted was to wait for the good news so that he could feel proud in front of the prefect Zhang Zi. Four hundred soldiers were borrowed from the wealthy and squire families in Zhongshan, and a total of [-] soldiers were dispatched for this battle. Even if it is the worst, they should be able to drive these bandits out of Nanyang.

But he never thought that the entire army of the county soldiers would be wiped out, and the county town would also fall into the hands of the bandits overnight.

"Zhengfang, what's the situation outside?" Cai Tu took a deep breath, calmed down, and asked.

"My lord, the thieves outside have surrounded the county government. Marquis Han Congjun led his army to resist, but he was beheaded by Lei Gong, and all his subordinates died. They surrendered and all the troops in the county were lost. , we basically have nowhere to go!"

The chief bookkeeper Li Yan gave a long sigh and answered in a low voice.

He also underestimated this group of bandits. He didn't expect that they not only annihilated the entire army of the county soldiers, but also opened the gate of the city by fraudulent means, so that the county changed hands overnight, and they didn't even have a chance to regroup their troops.

"God will kill me too!"

Cai Tu's face was extremely pale: "I regret not listening to Zheng Fang's advice, and today's disaster will happen!"

Tatata! ! !
At this time, the sound of footsteps outside was approaching step by step. The sound of these footsteps was very heavy, but among the officials in the lobby, it seemed to be the footsteps of death.

"Cai Mengting, long time no see!"

With blood under his footsteps, Mu Shan stepped in, looked up at Cai Tu, and Xiao Sha's eyes were abnormal.

He is no stranger to Cai Tu. Back then, he had fought against Wuyin City once, and took down Wuyin County, drove Cai Tu out of Wuyin, and occupied Wuyin. At that time, he had eight thousand troops. , was invincible, but later the Yellow Turbans were defeated. He was besieged by the Nanyang Han army and defeated Mushroom Mountain. During this battle, Cai Tu led the newly formed Wuyin County soldiers to intercept him once, causing him to retreat too late and break out of the encirclement. More than half of the remaining thousand soldiers and horses were injured. In the end, he fought madly. He was hit by seven arrows, but he forcibly killed a bloody path. Mushroom Hill.

So he hated Cai Tu very much.

Cai Tu wanted to wipe out his scourge all the time, and he also wanted to cut off Cai Tu's head all the time to pay homage to his lost brother Erlang.

"Mu Yuanzhong!"

Cai Tu raised his head, his eyes were cold, and he gritted his teeth: "You are so ruthless to lure me into being fooled!"

With his intelligence, he can already figure out the whole story. Lei Gong's so-called surrender is 100% false surrender, and his purpose is to lure them out of the city to fight. He still wants to kill Mu Shan, prove himself, and get rid of Zhang Zi's suspicion, so Only then did he fall into the trap of Mushan.

The most important thing is that in order to let Lei Gong gain his trust, Mu Shan actually cut off one of Lei Gong's ears, and he can attack his own people, how cruel.

"Win the king, lose the bandit!"

Mu Shan is so indifferent: "When I was forced by you and almost lost my life outside Wuyin City, I thought, one day I will come back, if you can't take my life, I will take it!" took your life!"

"Hahaha!"

Cai Tu suddenly laughed wildly: "You, Mu Yuanzhong, are just a rebel, and you are talking nonsense here. I don't know what it means. Back then, even Zhang Jiao was no match for the court's Tianwei. The Yellow Turban Army was already the imperial court The ghost under the sword, you are just a remnant of escaping your life, even if you can kill me today, you are still a traitor, you don’t need the army of the imperial court, you only need the army of the county to arrive, you must be dead without a place to die land!"

Mu Shan was a little silent when he heard the words, and he spoke after a long time: "You are right, the Yellow Turban Army was defeated. Today is different from the past, and I am just a lost dog, but I won this battle. The war is only for food. As for killing you, it’s just incidental, and you won’t be able to see whether I’m defeated or not in the future!”

"Kill if you want to kill!"

Cai Tu became a little fearless, he knew that he had fallen into Mu Shan's hands and had no chance of life: "A certain official of the imperial court received the imperial salary and managed one party. Today he fell into the hands of thieves and could not protect the people of Wuyin. Facing His Majesty and the imperial court faceless, death is a matter of course."

call out!
Mu Shan withdrew the first knife from his waist with his backhand, the knife was shining brightly, full of killing intent.

"Master Mu, please wait a moment!" At this time, among the trembling officials, Li Yan, the youngest person in charge, came out and said in a deep voice: "Master Mu is a thief, we are soldiers, and we want to suppress the thieves." , Master Mu wants to rob, you are superior, wiped out our soldiers and horses, and occupied the county seat, we have nothing to say, but if Master Mu kills our county lord, wouldn't it be a bit too much!"

"Who are you?" Mu Shan said coldly.

"I'm the head of the county yamen, Li Yan, with the word Zhengfang, and I greet Master Mu!"

Li Yan bowed his hands in salute without being humble.

"You are soldiers, and I am a thief. You can kill me, but I can't wait!" Mu Shan has a good impression of this young man who can stand up at this time. Life and death are in danger, but he stepped out to block his sharp blade, this person is a bit arrogant.

"Kill it!"

Li Yan took a deep breath. He was actually very scared. As the saying goes, a scholar meets a soldier. It makes sense.

He said in a deep voice: "Mu Dangjia will naturally kill me and everyone else, but Mu Dangjia has thought about his current situation. If Mu Dangjia only plundered the county, at most it would only trigger some plans from the prefect's mansion. Although the county soldiers are strong , I can't find the place where the head of the Mu family is, so naturally I can't find the head of the Mu family. If the head of the Mu family kills the county magistrate, the meaning will be completely different. Killing the official of the court is a capital crime. The head of the Mu family can imagine how angry the prefect is. At that time, the county soldiers will definitely come out and pursue frantically, I don't know if Erlang under Mu Dang's family can bear such casualties!"

"Why is a certain family afraid of Zhang Ziye!"

Mu Shan's hand holding the handle of the knife still trembled, and when he said that, Li Yan actually mentioned the worries in his heart.

He has been keeping a low profile all along, deliberately not wanting to attract the attention of the Nanyang prefect, because he knows that with his current strength, once the Nanyang soldiers get serious, he will have nowhere to go.

To kill Wuyin county magistrate is to kill officials and rebel. If it is just to plunder the county seat, it can only be the plunder of ordinary bandits, which has a different meaning.

"The Mu family is not afraid, of course I know, but as far as I know, there are more than a thousand old and weak women and children under the Mu family, aren't they afraid?" Li Yan's eyes were sharp, as if he wanted to see through Mu Shan's heart, Aggressive between words.

Mu Shan's expression was as gloomy as ice.

"father!"

At this time, a young man walked in from outside the door, it was Mu Jing, and beside him was a burly young man, this young man was Lei Hu, and now this guy had been conscripted by him as his personal guard.

After Mu Jing walked in, he glanced at Li Yan, the chief bookkeeper. He had been listening to the conversation outside for a while, and was quite curious about this young man. This young man was called Li Yan. A capable minister Li Yan, isn't he this guy?

"Father, everyone has already said that. We are seeking money, not life. Put down the knife first!" Mu Jing said with a smile.

"Jing'er, didn't my father ask you and your uncle Zhang Gu to guard the prisoners and escort them back to Mushroom Mountain?"

After listening to Mu Jing's words, Mu Shan still put down the knife, but he frowned slightly and asked.

After the Battle of Guandao, [-] county soldiers were captured. They, young and strong, wanted to continue to attack the county seat, so Zhang Gu and Mu Jing, led by many old and weak women and children, were asked to guard them and escort them back to Mushroom Mountain.

The Yellow Turban Army itself was a peasant army, and the reason why it was able to gather a large army quickly was that all the people were soldiers. These more than 1000 old and weak women and children were armed with weapons. They might not be able to fight, but they would definitely be able to escort [-] prisoners.

That's why he continued to attack the county seat at ease, otherwise he would be unable to move at all with the seven hundred captives and the hundreds of young men under his command.

"Father, I thought about it. Now that Mushroom Mountain has been exposed, there is no point in going back. It is better to give up Mushroom Mountain and take this opportunity to occupy Wuyin County. Therefore, Uncle Zhang Gu and our people from Mushroom Mountain are suppressing The captives have entered the city!"

Mu Jing grinned, revealing two small canine teeth.

(End of this chapter)