marquis of jingan

Chapter 976 Capture the city!

Since they have already surrounded them, it is naturally not difficult to deal with these more than 3000 people.

In fact, not only Shen Yi sat firmly in the tent of the Chinese army without moving, even Su Ding did not lead the army, but Xue Wei alone led more than ten thousand soldiers and horses to take care of these Qi people.

While Xue Wei was still cleaning up these Qi people, in the big tent of the Huai'an Army, Master Shen's gaze was always on the map.

After he pondered for a while, he asked Jiang Sheng to call Su Ding, and the two discussed together around the map for a while, then Shen Yi pointed to an unremarkable mountain on the map, and said, "Ling Su is here now. "

Su Ding made gestures on the map, and then said: "General Ling is only about forty miles away from Xuzhou."

Shen Yi nodded and said, "We are only about sixty miles away from Xuzhou."

He looked up at Su Ding and asked, "What's going on with Xue Wei, is there any news?"

"A messenger soldier came back and said that most of the Qi people have been surrounded. Now they are processing it. It is estimated that they will be able to return to the division tomorrow afternoon."

Master Shen rubbed his temples, and said: "We are too close to Xuzhou, the officials and people in Xuzhou may be frightened, and they will close the city gate early. If the city gate cannot be opened, then we will not be able to take Xuzhou by force. , then we can only go back to Huai'an and look for another opportunity."

Having said that, Shen Yi paused, and continued: "It's just a rare opportunity."

He said silently: "Next time we come back, the people of Qi must be more prepared. At that time, if we want to take Xuzhou again, we can only use human lives to fill it up."

Su Ding also nodded silently.

Like Ling Su, he was born in a military family, relatively speaking, he is more knowledgeable about military affairs, and he naturally knows how difficult it is to conquer a big city.

If a big city like Xuzhou is serious about fighting, there are only two ways to take it down. The first is to use human life to grind it down.

The second way is to besiege the city with an absolute advantage on the battlefield, boil the city until there is no food, and naturally open the city and surrender.

But now, Shen Yi has no way to do these two methods.

Master Shen sat in his seat, closed his eyes and thought about it, and said in a low voice: "This time we forced back the Qi people in Haizhou, making them think that our goal was to ambush them, but this can't scare them how long…"

"With a few more days, not only the Qi people in Haizhou, but also the Qi people in Suqian may support Xuzhou. We can't wait."

"Get ready to do it."

Su Ding immediately stood up, bowed his head and cupped his fists and said, "Mr. Shen, give me your orders."

Shen Yi asked: "How much food did our army bring?"

Su Ding lowered his head and said, "Almost ten days' worth of military rations."

Shen Yi thought for a while and said, "Too little."

"Forget it, this little food is not enough to pay for it, and it is troublesome to transport it there, and it is easy to attract attention, so don't do this kind of thing."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi was silent for a while, and said: "My people in Xuzhou City sent me information. The current defenders in Xuzhou City should be about 6000 people."

Su Ding frowned slightly: "So much?"

A city should not have defenders, at most there should be some militias, but Xuzhou is a big city, and Shen Yi and other "Southern bandits" are making trouble, so Pan Zhizhou of Xuzhou asked the Southern Army for four thousand soldiers and horses , together with the original militia in Xuzhou City, guarded Xuzhou together.

Even if the reinforcements are not counted, only the [-] defenders, Shen Yi's [-] to [-] Huai'an troops, can't be eaten for half a month, and they will fill it with their lives!

The tall and thick city walls are too decisive in this era.

Shen Yi breathed out a turbid breath, and said: "It is precisely because of so many, we can only play tricks, and it is impossible to attack by force."

He looked at Su Ding, and said in a deep voice: "I will immediately notify the internal response in Xuzhou City, and let him start preparing for the attack. I need General Su to send a thousand...well, five hundred elites."

"Casual dress and rushed to a town in the north of Xuzhou City."

"Call the newspaper to the mansion."

Su Ding lowered his head and cupped his fists, and said, "The subordinates will prepare immediately."

Speaking of this, he looked at Shen Yi, hesitated for a while, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Shen, if it is to seize the city, this subordinate will personally take 500 people there."

Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "I don't need you."

He said quietly: "Our army is still here, entangled with the people of Qi, you send someone to tell Xue Wei, let him clean up more slowly, and make more noise in the battle."

"We need to call the Qi people in Xuzhou City and tell them clearly that we are still far away from them."

Su Ding got up immediately, bowed his head and said: "Your subordinates will make arrangements now!"

Shen Yi nodded and watched Su Ding leave. After Su Ding walked out of the handsome tent, he clapped his hands, and a young man came out and came to him, respectfully: "Si Zheng."

Shen Yi looked at him and said softly: "Notify Lin Sheng and Luo Yong to start working."

The young man bowed his head.

"Subordinates obey..."

………………

Two days later, in the evening.

The west gate of Xuzhou City was quietly opened, and grain trucks one after another were quietly entering Xuzhou City.

Pan Zhizhou still sat in the town in person, watching the grain trucks enter Xuzhou city.

During this period of time, Pan Zhizhou found several granaries in Xuzhou City to store grain, and he filled up his own granary.

Even if there was grain in Zhizhou Yamen, Pan Zhizhou asked people to record the accounts, indicating that it was the private grain of businessman Shen Ping, and temporarily stored it in the Yamen's warehouse.

Yuanwai Shen still stood behind the master Zhizhou, lowered his head and said, "My lord uncle, it's too hard for you to come and watch in person in the middle of the night. It would be nice to have a son-in-law here to watch."

Master Pan shook his head and said, "Recently, the southern bandits are making a lot of trouble. I heard that they are fighting fiercely in the east of our Xuzhou. I have to watch here personally. If there is any movement, I will close the city gate immediately. To avoid any trouble. leak."

Member Shen was very impressed, bowed his head and said, "Master uncle is really conscientious, my son-in-law admires it."

Speaking of this, Shen Yuanwai paused again, and said: "By the way, uncle, the door is open during the day today, so we can just bring in food during the day, why do we have to bring in at night? The folks who transport the grain are not happy, and they have to pay them extra money before they are willing to do it."

"Add a shit salary."

Master Pan scolded with a smile, glanced back at Shen Ping, and said, "Jun Shan, you are good at everything, but doing business is too honest, and those gangsters are lucky to be able to use them, and dare to ask for it." Processing money?"

"Tomorrow, if they dare to ask you for money again, you can tell uncle. Uncle will send a few yamen servants to frighten them, and they will be honest immediately!"

Shen Ping nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Tomorrow, I really have to bother my uncle. In the past few days, hundreds of people have been used to transport food, and a lot of money will be spent just for wages."

Master Pan stroked his beard and looked at the carts of grain at the gate of the city with a smile.

"This time, the southern bandits made a big fuss."

"After tonight, it will be difficult to open the city gate again, lest some villains will be jealous and write to me."

Having said this, Master Pan glanced at the convoy transporting grain below, and asked, "Jun Shan, when will the grain be shipped out?"

Officer Shen took a look and replied: "There are more than 200 vehicles in total, and it is estimated that they will be shipped out by midnight."

Pan Zhizhou looked up at the sky, and it was about an hour before midnight, then he nodded and said, "Then let them hurry up, there are many people in the city who are recruiting the Southern Army, and they will come to the Zhizhou Yamen today to say, To take over Xuzhou city defense, my uncle dragged it on for a whole day because of your food, so he didn't agree."

Member Shen was sincerely grateful, bowed his head and said, "Thank you uncle!"

He just lowered his head when he suddenly heard someone yelling: "Close the city gate! Close the city gate!"

Member Shen turned his head and saw someone running towards him. While running, he said, "The southerners are coming, close the city gate, close the city gate!"

Pan Zhizhou took a look at the person coming, stroked his beard and said, "It's General Du from the Southern Army."

He sighed, looked back at Shen Ping, and sighed: "Jun Shan, it seems that today's grain shipments are endless, and the southerners are coming so fiercely that we can only close the city gate."

Member Shen was a little anxious: "Uncle, there are dozens of hundreds of carts of food outside, and they were all bought by my son-in-law!"

"If it is robbed by the southern bandits..."

Pan Zhizhou frowned slightly, shook his head and said, "There's nothing you can do about it, Jun Shan, you've made a lot of money in this business anyway, you have to know how to be content, look at uncle, it's calm..."

You didn't contribute a single penny, so it's naturally calm and breezy!
Yuanwai Shen's face was a little ugly, but he lowered his head and did not attack.

Pan Zhizhou poked his head out, and was about to ask the soldiers below to close the city gate. Before he could speak, Shen Yuanwai grabbed his sleeve.

Member Shen said in a low voice: "Uncle, listen to my son-in-law's last words!"

Pan Zhizhou turned his head and glanced at Shen Ping, a little unhappy: "Jun Shan, it's not that uncle is talking about you, you are a businessman, and you have to change your appearance as a philistine."

Even though he said that, he was still dragged by Shen Ping and walked to a slightly remote place on the side. With a straight face, he was about to continue to reprimand the niece and son-in-law when he suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

He lowered his head in some doubts, and saw a white and red knife growing out of his chest!
Master Pan's eyes widened, and then he suddenly raised his head and looked at Shen Ping. There were three parts of doubt and three parts of shock in his eyes.

He opened his mouth wide, and before he could make a sound, Shen Ping covered him.

Shen Ping, or Lin Sheng, the secretary of the eighth group of Dibao Siyuan, turned the handle of the knife in his hand expressionlessly, and said in a low voice: "I could have saved your life, but it's a pity that you didn't cooperate."

"My uncle."

After saying this, Shen Yuanwai threw the knife aside, and then ran down the tower and ran to the edge of the city gate. He was covered in blood and shouted: "The soldiers of the southern army rebelled! Already!"

"Rebellion!"

"They killed Master Pan and wanted to rob food!"

"Rebellion!"

Following Shen Ping's shouts, the city gate immediately became chaotic.

The general surnamed Du had just rushed over, and before he could react to the situation, he shouted loudly, "What nonsense!"

"What happened to Pan Zhizhou!"

Member Shen paid no attention to him, ran to a grain truck in a panic, stumbled and threw himself on a civilian husband, then swallowed hard, his voice trembling.

"Hands on..."

"Grab their weapons!"

(End of this chapter)