Water Margin farming to become powerful

Northeast of Datong Prefecture, adjacent to the Liao Great Wall, there is Tiancheng County established by the Liao people.

Early in the morning, there was a large group of soldiers shouting outside the county town.

Wang Huanzhi, the county magistrate of Tiancheng County, huddled on the city wall and was helpless.

Although this place is called a county town, there are actually only more than [-] residents. It is more like a military castle.

The county magistrate of Tiancheng County, Wang Huanzhi, was originally an official of the Liao Kingdom. After the arrival of the Song Dynasty, many county officials had been replaced by Song people. However, because Tiancheng County is close to the border between Song and Jin, few Song people were willing to come here to serve as officials. Official, so Wang Huanzhi was retained.

Being left as an official in his hometown, Wang Huanzhi initially thought it was his luck, but after working for a few months, he realized how terrible it was to be an official in the Song Dynasty.

After the Song army entered Datong, although they said they would treat the people here as Song people, in fact they did not give preferential treatment and instead imposed various exorbitant taxes.

Especially for the local powerful people who had various connections with the Khitan people, the officials of the Song Dynasty imposed strict rectification. Once these Han powerful people had the intention to resist, they would be charged with disobedience to the king. A large group of new recruits from the Song Dynasty Officials were happy to confiscate all their property.

After all the troubles, even in the small Tiancheng County, people with a little financial resources were full of resentment towards Song Dynasty.The Supervisory Committee forces took the opportunity to infiltrate into Tiancheng County and even almost set up a Supervisory Committee organization in the county.

Wang Huanzhi was among these people, and his work was particularly difficult. He had to obey the orders of Song officials, appease the people, and be on guard against the Supervisory Committee.

When the Jin people were about to arrive, the situation became more dangerous. People in Tiancheng County were panicked, and various forces were also surging undercurrents.

A few days ago, news came from Datong Mansion that the members of the Supervisory Committee had a pass on the Jin people, which would make Wang Huanzhi's work much easier.

Under the threat of the Jin people, many people in the Song Dynasty who originally only listened to the orders of the Supervisory Council turned to support the Song Dynasty and were willing to give money and food.So Wang Huanzhi actively helped the court with affairs. Within a few days, Tong Guan led the army through Tiancheng County.

Wang Huanzhi also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Tong Guan and his army appearing around the county.

Among the Han people of the Liao Emperor, there was a legend that the Song people had no intention of resisting the Jin people. As a small border town, the people in Tiancheng County were naturally more frightened. The appearance of Tong Guan finally gave everyone reassurance.

Therefore, although Tong Guan's army was not very disciplined, Wang Huanzhi still successfully persuaded the people in the county to provide Tong Guan's army with everything they needed.

Tong Guan's army marched through the county seat in a mighty manner and headed towards the Great Wall defense line.

Wang Huanzhi originally had a glimmer of hope in his heart. Such a deterrent army could probably resist the Jin people for a while, right?
As a result, just after seeing off Tong Guan and others in the afternoon, a large army came to ask the county to open the door that night.

Wang Huanzhi quickly led people to greet him. Looking from afar in the dark night, Wang Huanzhi felt something was wrong.

The returning troops were in disarray, and many had even lost their weapons. It looked like they were defeated.

Wang Huanzhi became more and more like this. He didn't dare to open the city and asked the city gate to be closed. He just threw some food down to these Song troops.

And these Song Jun were only focused on running away. After scolding for a while, they didn't have the courage to break into the city, so they grabbed food and fled south.

Wang Huanzhi didn't learn the news until the next day.

Tong Guan and the others told Datong Mansion that the Song army suffered heavy casualties after a great battle, leading to a complete rout.

But people like Wang Huanzhi who were close to the border could clearly see why the Song army under Tong Guan was in a hasty battle and was in disarray and retreated?The tens of thousands of troops simply collapsed without a fight!
Wang Huanzhi just wanted to curse. This group of Song people had just eaten and drank in Tiancheng County at noon. In the afternoon, they actually met the Jin people and they were already in a mess without even attacking the front line.

The next day, Tong Guan's army passed by Tiancheng County and fled south. Wang Huanzhi watched from a distance as Tong Guan's car fled without a trace.

What made Wang Huanzhi even more stunned was that this group of Song troops not only collapsed without a fight, but also a large number of Song troops who failed to escape directly surrendered to the Jin people, and then acted as an accomplice and brought the Jin people to Tiancheng County to harass them.That's right, the people shouting and cursing outside Tiancheng County now are not the Jin people, but the surrendered Song troops.

Tiancheng County is just a small place, and it is not worth the efforts of the Jin people at all. It is simply left to the surrendered Song army to occupy it.

And those Song troops who surrendered were willing to do such things for the sake of glory and wealth. They did not regard Wang Huanzhi and other Liao Han people as Song people, and now they just wanted to go to the city and grab a fortune.

Wang Huanzhi and others were on the verge of tears. There were only more than 2000 people left in Tiancheng County. How could they resist the thousands of Song troops outside the city?

"Wang County Cheng, if it doesn't work, let's surrender in Kaicheng!"

The Song Dynasty did not even send the county magistrate. Now Wang Huanzhi is the highest official in the county. Listening to the words of his subordinates, Wang Huanzhi's face is full of bitterness.

"If these Jin people and Song people enter the city, won't they plunder all the people in our city? They will definitely kill people. Everyone in our county is still the old team from the past. They were all born and raised here. How can we local men bear it? Are you going to let the countryside suffer from this military disaster?"

Hearing this, his men and horses also had grim expressions on their faces.

"But even if we want to, we can't do it..."

"Alas!" Wang Huanzhi nodded heavily and couldn't help but cursed, "Fuck Song Jun, screw Tong Guan, they are all a bunch of pigs and dogs!"

Wang Huanzhi only regretted that he had listened to the Song people's deception and actually handed over all the food, grass and baggage in the city to Tong Guan's army.

Listening to the shameless scolding of the Song general Tian outside the city, Wang Huanzhi felt miserable. He knew that the food in his city could feed and drink more than 2000 people, and famine would break out in less than three to five days.

At this time, he finally understood that the Datong Mansion was still claiming that the Supervisory Committee had passed the Jin people, but you, the Great Song Dynasty, had not passed the Jin people. You were defeated in the first battle and gave them all the baggage in Tiancheng County in vain. He also brought these things back to attack Tiancheng County.

Even the traitors who are really connected with the Jin people are not so efficient!

"Anyway, Kaicheng's surrender will mean suffering, and the defense will also suffer after all. It's better to fight with these people!"

Wang Huanzhi gritted his teeth and spit out these words.

"The Song people are intolerant of hard fighting. Maybe if we show our intention to hold on, they will go elsewhere if they can't break through after a few days of siege."

Although Wang Huanzhi said this, he actually didn't believe it in his heart. He knew that there were so many people leaving the city outside the city, and they were standing around for a long time unwilling to leave. It must be the Jin people who gave them death orders.

Otherwise, they are ordered to capture Tiancheng County, or they are not allowed to go elsewhere, and their small county will probably not be able to escape.

Wang Huanzhi regretted in his heart. If he had voted for the Supervisory Committee earlier, there might be a force to help him fight now. It would be better than trusting the Song Dynasty.

"My sons, we will fight the enemy to the death. We will never give up Tiancheng County until the last person dies!"

Just as Wang Huanzhi said these words with a tragic face, he suddenly heard a burst of commotion outside the city and the crackling of gunshots.

Wang Huanyi was stunned, and the people around him pointed to the plain northeast of the city, "Wang County Cheng, is that an armed force with a gun that is killing these Han people... Bah, what Han people, traitors!"

Wang Huanzhi looked in surprise and saw that just as Nadutou said, a small army from the northeast corner of the city was quickly coming towards Tiancheng County, firing guns as it came, and instantly caused a chaos among the surrendered Han troops outside the city. (End of chapter)