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Chapter 233 0230 [Let the bullets fly for a while]

Although Zichuan County is not as good as Yidu, there are still more than [-] people in the city.

Killing is definitely not allowed, after all, these subordinate officials are still needed to run errands.

If you don't do it and he doesn't do it, you can't let me, an official, go do the errands in person, right?

Li Yu then tried to persuade him: "Besides, this is most likely a plan to alienate the rebels. If you attack the subordinates rashly, it will play into the opponent's hands."

Yang Jingde pondered: "Even if we don't kill, we still need to keep strict supervision. I think we can use the continuous sitting method to divide the subordinate officials into several teams. If one person rebels, kill the team! In this way, the subordinate officials can be killed Mutual supervision."

How to even sit!
These three words made Li Yu frown: "Yang Zhizhou, is this too harsh? If you force a subordinate official like this, you may feel resentful."

"In special times, do special things."

Yang Jingde said coldly: "Is it possible to put our lives in the hands of subordinates?"

"This……"

Li Yu was speechless for a moment.

Although Yang Jingde's treatment was a bit extreme, it was not unreasonable.

Subordinate officials are all cunning people who deceive superiors and deceive subordinates. How dare he risk his own life on the integrity of subordinate officials.

To put it bluntly, Li Yu didn't believe in subordinate officials from the bottom of his heart.

Without him, it was the traitor Han Zhen who offered too good conditions to his subordinates.

Thinking of this, Li Yu agreed: "Then we will follow Yang Zhizhou and implement the method of sitting together!"

Yang Jingde raised the notice in his hand and said, "By the way, these notices must have been posted by rebels, indicating that there are many rebels lurking in the city."

"Indeed, the rebels are lurking in the city. They are a scourge after all. They need to be found out as soon as possible. The police can be sent quickly to search from house to house."

"inappropriate!"

Before Li Yu finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yang Jingde.

He glanced at the Zao official on duty outside the door and said with a cold face: "In order to prevent the subordinate officials from colluding with the rebels and covering them up, I ordered Hu Xianzhao to send officers and soldiers of the Xuanhua Army to search the city and arrest the rebels." !”

"it is good!"

Li Yu nodded in agreement.

As several transfer orders came from the government office, the subordinate officials were suddenly in an uproar.

Their status is already low, and they are like oxen and horses in front of officials. Even if they can't even sit down, the subordinates are extremely disappointed.

At the same time, Hu Xianzhao was ecstatic after receiving Yang Jingde's order.

There is a lot to be done in hunting down rebels.

I have been suffering for a long time. If I don’t take advantage of this moment to gain benefits, when will I wait?
As a result, Hu Xianzhao led his soldiers to bully men, dominate women, and extort money in the name of hunting down rebels.

A wealthy businessman had just been extorted of 20 yuan, and now an army of thieves came to extort him again.

Dare not to give?
If you don't give it, there will be rebels in the family.

Therefore, the wealthy businessmen had no choice but to swallow their anger and pay the money, hating the government officials and Xuanhua Army in their hearts.

This is true for wealthy businessmen, let alone ordinary people in the city.

When Hu Xianzhao eats meat, his subordinate Qiu Ba will naturally follow suit and drink soup.

They don't have the guts to extort money from big business owners, but ordinary people and small traders can do whatever they want.
For a time, the city was filled with complaints and boiling.

……

At this time, it was already the second day that Han Zhen moved into the Xuanhua Army barracks.

However, he still had no intention of sending troops to attack Zichuan, but instead organized his army unhurriedly.

Nie Dong knew that the county magistrate had a plan, but he couldn't stop his subordinates from pleading.

These Qingzhou Army officers and soldiers really want to make meritorious deeds.

One by one, they were sharpening their knives and couldn’t wait.

Nie Dong was helpless by his soldiers, so he had to find Han Zhen and asked insinuatingly: "County magistrate, I have heard that a heavy snowstorm is coming in a few days. I don't know how long it will last. There is not much firewood left in the military camp." .”

The meaning behind the words was obvious. It was going to snow. If we didn't take action, we would have to wait for a while until the blizzard arrived.

Attacking a city in the snow is a taboo.

Wet ground and slippery roads will also have a certain impact on firearms.

Han Zhen glanced at him and asked, "Can't you calm down?"

Nie Dong laughed sarcastically and replied truthfully: "The general knows that the county magistrate has his own plan, but the soldiers are very motivated to fight and cannot resist their urging, so I have to ask."

Han Zhen patted him on the shoulder and asked: "If we attack by force, how many lives do you plan to use to fill it?"

Although Xuanhua's army was in ruins, it had complete weapons and the city was tall and thick. Even if they could capture it, they would only kill one thousand enemies and suffer eight hundred losses.

"This……"

Nie Dong was speechless for a moment.

As a member of the Western Army, how could he not know that there is no trick in attacking a city, it is all about taking the lives of soldiers.

The Song army has been fighting with the Xixia people for so many years. If the results are detailed, the victory is actually more than the loss.

But why was the Northern Song Dynasty always on the defensive?
Because the wins were basically in defensive battles based on the city, and there were almost no wins in field battles.

So later Yang Weizhong invented the fortress tactic and built fortresses and fortresses all over the northwest. Xixia was completely out of options.

There are not so many bells and whistles in siege warfare. No matter who comes, they have to pay their lives honestly.

You know, in the Battle of Hongdu, Chen Youliang's 60 troops besieged Zhu Wenzheng with 2 troops. They fought for eighty days and failed to capture him.

Is Chen Youliang a waste?
Obviously not.

Mongolia was invincible in field battles. It took six years to conquer Xiangyang and 36 years to conquer Diaoyu City.

This is because Mongolia has powerful weapons such as the Huihui artillery, otherwise Mongolia may not be able to defeat it if it is given decades.

Unless Han Zhen had a new breakthrough in the firearm, which was powerful enough to blast through a city wall more than ten meters wide, everything would be in vain.

Compared to the [-]-strong Western Army, the Qingzhou Army was already at a numerical disadvantage. Unless he lost his mind, he would choose to attack Zichuan.

There is obviously a better way to destroy the city, so why do we need human lives to do so?

"Remember, our opponent is the Western Army. There is no need to waste the lives of soldiers in such a place. Don't be impatient and let the arrows fly for a while!"

After Han Zhen finished speaking, he looked in the direction of Zichuan County from a distance.

Let the arrow fly a little longer?

Nie Dong scratched his head and felt that the county magistrate was talking more and more profoundly now, and his brain couldn't keep up.

Although Han Zhen's tactics were strange, his tactics were extremely upright.

Since his rebellion, he has never used any conspiracy, and all he has done is upright conspiracy.

Because in his view, although conspiracy is low-cost and high-yield, it also has high risks.

Once you are seen through, your efforts will be in vain and you will fall into a passive situation.

However, conspiracy is different. It is placed openly in front of the other party. You know exactly what I am going to do, but you can't avoid it and can only accept it.

To put it bluntly, the conspiracy is to weaken the opponent and make the opponent make mistakes.

Yangmou, on the other hand, is about making oneself stronger and maximizing interests.

Although the final goal is the same, the process is completely different.

What Han Zhen used this time seemed to be a conspiracy, but in fact it was still a conspiracy.

If it was a conspiracy, he only had to order Qiu Niu to secretly present the evidence of the spies' contact with subordinate officials to Yang Jingde and Li Yu.

After succeeding, Yang Jingde and Li Yuhui decisively raised their butcher knives and attacked the government officials.

Without the subordinate staff, the government office will immediately be paralyzed. Under the pressure of the army, there will be chaos in the county and city, thus achieving the purpose of weakening the opponent.

However, there is a risk that the conspiracy will fail. If Yang Jingde and Li Yubing insist on using people without suspicion, or if they see through the conspiracy, then all the efforts made by Han Zhen will be in vain, and the information about Zhuolou will be exposed. point, and let the whole county and city unite as one.

Therefore, Han Zhen chose a conspiracy that would not fail and would be more profitable!

Not only does he want to weaken the opponent's strength, but he also wants to use subordinate officials for his own benefit.

As soon as this notice came out, the entire Zichuan County knew from top to bottom that there was a rebel named Han Zhen who wanted to share the world with his subordinates!
This is the general trend. Even if Yang Jingde and Li Yu know clearly that it is a strategy to rebel against the thieves, it will not help.

Abolish the hereditary inheritance of subordinate officials, enhance the status of subordinate officials, increase the salary of subordinate officials, break the upward path, and subordinate officials can also become officials!
Putting yourself in another person's shoes, if Yang Jingde was a subordinate, how could he withstand such treatment?

Therefore, one must be suspicious of subordinate officials.

Once suspicion arises, it doesn't matter what the subordinates think.

Even if these subordinate officials had no intention of rebelling at all in the beginning, they would have to rebel in the end. …

Three more days passed.

Han Zhen summoned Nie Dong and ordered: "Lead four thousand infantry to attack the city."

"what?"

Nie Dong was stunned, thinking that he heard wrongly.

"It's just a feint attack. Use blunt-tipped arrows to shoot these stickers into the city." Han Zhen pointed to a wooden box at his feet.

When conflicts within the city intensify to the point of being irreconcilable, they usually look for external conflicts to divert the conflicts.

Rebellious thieves are a good target.

But how could Han Zhen give Yang Jingde and others this opportunity, so he chose a key node to continue to add fuel to the fire.

"The last will obey!"

Although he didn't understand Han Zhen's intention, Nie Dong still didn't ask any more questions due to his military nature.

Soon, Nie Dong mounted his war horse, led four thousand infantry out of the military camp, and headed straight for the county town.

The defenders on the city wall looked horrified when they saw the rebels coming.

However, when the Qingzhou Army came closer, the Xuanhua Army guarding the city looked confused.

There were only 4000 rebels, no civilian supplies, and no siege equipment.

Surprising!
"Promote!"

Nie Dong rode on his war horse and shouted orders.

Hearing this, the shield bearers in the front row raised their large shields and formed a shield wall, advancing towards the city wall in an orderly manner.

When they were a hundred steps away from the city wall, Du Yuhou on the city tower roared.

"Fire arrows!"

Swish!
A hail of arrows shot down from the city wall.

However, they were all blocked by the tall and thick shield, and no one was hurt.

When the round of arrow rain ended, the crossbowmen hiding behind the shields stood up one after another, raised their divine arm crossbows, pointed them at the inside of the city, and launched a round of projectiles.

"What are they doing?"

Looking at the rain of arrows flying overhead, a Xuanhua Army member looked puzzled.

The soldier on the side shook his head blankly and replied: "I don't know, maybe my brain was frozen."

There is no way to attack a city like this.

After firing seven or eight waves of arrows in succession, Nie Dong waved his hand and said, "Call the gold and withdraw the troops!"

Dangdang Dangdang!
Accompanied by a harsh and rapid sound of golden drums, the four thousand Qingzhou Army faded away like a tide.

The Qingzhou Army came and left even faster, leaving the Xuanhua Army alone on the tower, looking at each other.

However, the county town was in a state of excitement.

"I've been hit by an arrow, I've been hit by an arrow!"

A man had an arrow stuck in his back and kept crying and mourning.

The woman wiped her tears aside: "If the head of the family dies, how will I live?"

As she cried, she suddenly realized something was wrong.

Why is there no blood coming out of the clothes?

Thinking of this, she wiped away the tears on her face and said, "Master, don't move yet."

"What's the matter?"

The man looked puzzled.

The woman grabbed the arrow shaft with one hand, pulled it out gently, and pulled out the arrow.

Looking at the arrow again, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and said happily: "Master, don't be afraid, this is a blunt arrow!"

Blunt arrow?
The man stopped crying and took the arrow and looked at it carefully. He found that the arrow was almost worn flat and was just an iron lump.

The reason why it can penetrate clothes is also thanks to the powerful power of the divine arm crossbow.

"Damn it, I'm scared to death!"

The man curled his lips and was about to throw away the arrow in his hand, when he suddenly found something tied to the arrow shaft.

After taking it off, I found it was a sticker.

The man couldn't read, so he had to ask his mother-in-law for help: "Huan Niang, what is written on this?"

The woman's father used to be a framer. Although he never went to school, he could still recognize some words by being influenced by his ears and eyes.

After receiving the notice, the woman said with joy on her face: "Master, this rebel said that he was born as a poor peasant and knew the suffering of the people. This time he attacked the city, he would only kill corrupt officials and not hurt us. The reason why he has not attacked the city for so long. , just for fear of hurting innocent people. They also said that when the city is destroyed, they will give me money and food!"

When he heard that money and food were being distributed, the man immediately became energetic and asked hurriedly: "How much?"

"It didn't say that."

The woman shook her head.

The man rubbed the spot on his back where the arrow had hit him and curled his lips and said, "These are all unfounded things. You can't believe what the rebels say."

The woman retorted: "I think it's credible. They used blunt-tipped arrows on purpose, probably because they were afraid of hurting us."

"What do you know..."

The man was about to scold him when he saw his next door neighbor Wang Er sneaking over.

Seeing this, the man frowned and said, "What are you doing here?"

The main reason is that this Wang Er has a bad reputation and always likes to do things like spying on widows.

Wang Er didn't care. He lowered his voice and said, "Have you heard about what happened to Mr. Li's family at the end of the street?"

The woman became interested and asked quickly: "What's going on with Mr. Li's family?"

"Old Li Tou's little daughter was raped by Qiu Ba of the Xuanhua Army, right at home, in front of Old Li Tou!" Wang Er's tone was full of indignation.

Old Li Tou's little daughter was quite handsome. He had been coveting her for a long time, but unexpectedly, she was ruined by the thieves and his army.

Pity.

"what?!"

The woman's expression changed, and she said indignantly: "Have you reported it to the official?"

"Hey!"

Wang Er sneered: "There is no point in reporting to the official. Those officials only care about making money and don't care about our lives. Poor old Li Tou, not only his daughter was ruined, but he himself was slandered for harboring traitors and was taken away. After being sent to prison, I'm afraid the odds will be worse."

"How can it be like this? How can it be like this!"

The woman stomped her feet angrily.

Hearing this, the man said doubtfully: "I remember, isn't Old Li Tou related to Xu Dutou? Why not intercede with Xu Dutou?"

Wang Er sneered and said: "Xu Dutou can't protect himself now. He was beaten up just yesterday. How can he care about others."

After chatting for a few more words, Wang Er, who shared the gossip, left with satisfaction.

The man sighed: "Hey, these Qiuba are getting more and more arrogant now. I don't know when this day will end."

"Hmph! Tell me, it's better to let the rebels rush into the city and kill all those corrupt officials and thieves!" the woman said angrily.

The man was so frightened that he quickly covered his mother-in-law's mouth and scolded: "Keep your voice down, if those Qiuba listen to her, we will be doomed."

……

The rebel Han Zhen was born in a poor peasant family. He did not want to harm the people and only punished corrupt officials.

After the invasion is completed, money and food will be distributed to the people in the city.

This information gradually spread in the county and city with the rain of arrows.

If the subordinate officials were not restrained, the announcement would not be spread at all.

After all, although the God's Arm Crossbow is powerful, it can only shoot more than [-] steps at its furthest, so only the people close to the city wall know about it.

The response was timely and the sealing was completely achieved.

However, due to suspicion, although Yang Jingde did not take action against subordinate officials, he also greatly restricted their actions.

(End of this chapter)