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Chapter 265 0262 [Dead end! 】

After leaving two hundred Qingzhou troops to garrison the county, Nie Dong led the army and left in a hurry.

Watching the army leave, Li Sheng looked strange: "It's strange, they don't want money!"

"What do you know!"

Qian Jiang scolded, and then sighed: "Only by not being moved by small profits can we achieve great things. It seems that we really made the right bet this time!"

After he mentioned this, Li Sheng suddenly said: "That's the truth."

Qian Jiang turned around and ordered the subordinates: "Everyone, please keep your hands and feet clean, and don't touch things you shouldn't take. Otherwise, even if I miss my old friendship, the swords of those soldiers will not be touched." No mercy.”

Following his gaze, he saw two hundred Qingzhou troops wearing black mountain armor, striding toward the county seat with neat steps.

For a moment, everyone nodded in response.

A scribe said: "Qian Yasi is relieved, we understand."

Li Sheng scolded: "What the hell, it's time to call Master Qian!"

The clerk smiled and changed his words: "Yes, yes, Master Qian!"

hiss!
The sound of Master Qian's voice made Qian Jiang feel extremely comfortable and his whole body felt as if he had downed a large bowl of ice-cold braised plum juice in the dog days of summer.

Qian Jiang pretended to be calm and waved his hands: "Don't be like this, it's just a temporary replacement. I don't know if there will be an official to replace him in a few days."

The clerk complimented: "Master Qian, please don't be humble. Didn't the general just say that as long as you do well, you will be promoted to a regular position. With Master Qian's talent, it is not easy to get promoted."

"I am here today thanks to your joint efforts. You all work hard. When I have established myself, I will definitely recommend you to County Magistrate Han."

Qian Jiang waved his hand and said loudly: "Tonight at Wangyue Tower, I will be the host. All of us will go. We won't come back until we get drunk!"

At this moment, his mood was agitated, but in the end he still had some clarity and was not carried away.

Knowing that he would need the help of these subordinates to become a full-time official, he simply made a big hemorrhage and hired Wangyue Tower.

Wangyue Tower is the largest restaurant in Pingyin County. In the Northern Song Dynasty, as long as the word "restaurant" was mentioned, there was no reason to be cheap.

A meal costs two or three guan at least. This kind of reservation costs hundreds or even thousands of guan, so there is no way it can be done.

"it is good!"

"Master Qian is benevolent and righteous!"

"No wonder I can be the chief clerk, I do things with dignity!"

All the subordinate officials applauded.

Qian Jiang ordered: "You will first follow my officers to appease the people in the city."

A group of subordinate archers gathered around Qianjiang and returned to the city and began to appease the people.

If you kill officials and rebel, your government will not be in chaos and it will still be able to function normally.

This is the power of sharing the world with subordinates!
Don't underestimate this point. Only by maintaining peace and stability can a steady stream of demographic dividends be generated.

Otherwise, people like Zhang Wanxian, even if they capture Shouguang, they can only occupy one city, so what's the use?
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But it was said that after Nie Dong left Pingyin County, he led an army of [-] people and rushed to Dong'a County non-stop.

Han Zhen only gave them fifteen days, so after discussing with Yu Jun, Nie Dong chose to divide his troops into two groups.

Yu Jun led an army of [-] troops to conquer and attack Qing Mansion.

The fifteenth day seems very tight, but in fact it is extremely reasonable.

First of all, the Dongping and Xiqing Imperial Guards had suffered a disastrous defeat outside Jieshou Town, with more than [-] people captured, and there were no troops available at this time.

The officials who defended the city had to recruit some brave civilians from the countryside.

Secondly, the Qingzhou Army defeated the Western Army. The officials and people of the two governments were already frightened and their morale plummeted.

In addition, Han Zhen raised his arms and called for sharing the world with the subordinate officials, which attracted countless subordinate officials to respond, kill officials and rebel, and open the city gate to welcome the king!
With the combination of multiple factors, fifteen days is really not a short time.

at dusk.

The army rushed to Dong'a County.

Seeing that the county gate was closed, Nie Dong sent out scouts to investigate.

Not long after, the scout came back and reported: "Capital, the east and west gates have been closed, and there are about a thousand soldiers guarding the city."

Nie Dong ordered: "The whole army will rest where it is. After an hour, attack the city at night!"

After defeating the Western Army, countless siege equipment was captured.

Equipped with firearms, if he still cannot capture a county town held by more than a thousand people, then Nie Dong can commit suicide to apologize.

An hour later, the army pressed on the border.

Dozens of catapults, three-bow crossbows, and thousands of divine arm crossbows are ready to go.

Nie Dongduan sat on his horse, looked at the figures on the tower, and said loudly: "Attack the city!"

Boom boom boom!
The war drums sounded slowly.Dozens of catapults were launched together, throwing out a shower of boulders.

Rumble!
In just one round of throwing, the defenders on the tower suffered heavy casualties.

These defenders were all government archers and conscripted warriors from the countryside. They had never encountered such a scene before.

Before the god's arm crossbow could fire, it was already in chaos.

Seeing this scene, Nie Dong was not surprised at all.

The infantry of the Qingzhou Army went crazy, setting up ladders and scrambling to climb the city wall.

This is the first achievement!

Although it is only a small county town and there are not many defenders, the first to climb is the first to climb, and at worst there will be dozens of rewards.

In this current situation, it is simply picking up money for nothing, how can they not be active.

Not long after, two city gates opened from the inside.

From the siege to the end, it takes less than a cup of tea.

When Nie Dong rode his horse to the county government office, the magistrate had committed suicide by swallowing the gold, and the chief clerk was captured alive.

After some interrogation, we found out that the county magistrate was worried about the rebellion of his subordinates, so he resorted to various methods to arrest Kong Mu, Yasi and others in the county government and imprison him in jail in advance.

Without a leader, the remaining subordinate staff became a piece of loose sand and were left to be manipulated by the officials.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages to this matter. Without those heads, there will be no one to control the recruited village warriors and the three squadrons of yamen servants.

The county magistrate and the chief registrar were also people with no military knowledge, so they dispersed after being hit by catapults.

"killed!"

After killing the chief clerk, Nie Dong ordered people to release the subordinate officials from the prison and ordered them to appease the people in the city.

After resting for a day in Dong'e County, Nie Dong sent his troops south again, aiming directly at Xucheng County.

On the other side, the right army led by Yu Jun was equally unstoppable.

The subordinate officials in Xianyuan, Laiwu, Sishui and other counties killed officials and rebelled, welcoming the king's division into the city.

In just seven days, except for Xia County, the county seat, Xiqing Mansion had fallen into the hands of the Qingzhou Army.

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"On the eighth day of the first lunar month, subordinate officials in Pingyin County rebelled by killing officials and welcoming the rebels into the city!"

"On the same day, Dong'a fell, the city was destroyed, and the county magistrate Liu Jun swallowed gold and died!"

"On the ninth day of the first lunar month, Fengfu County Magistrate Lang Chengen abandoned the city and fled!"

"On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, subordinate officials in Laiwu County rebelled by killing officials and welcoming the rebels into the city!"

"The twelfth day of the first lunar month..."

Battle reports one after another were delivered to Tokyo like snowflakes along the inn.

Song Huizong was frightened three times a day and had not slept soundly for several days.

Too fast, too fast!
Originally, he had expected that it would take two or three months for the rebels to capture Dongping and Xiqing mansions.

As a result, in just a few days, except for the county towns in the two prefectures, all other county towns fell into the hands of the rebels.

What frightened him the most was that subordinate officials spontaneously killed officials and rebelled, welcoming the rebels into the city.

[I, Han Zhen, share the world with my subordinates! 】

When he first read the crusade in the Di newspaper, Song Huizong sneered at the sentence and dismissed it.

Subordinate officials are of low status, they are all deceitful, cunning and lazy people, how can they be of great use?

But now, he finally realized the power of these words.

The power of a subordinate official is so terrifying.

There are more than a million subordinate officials in Zhao and Song Dynasties. If this is the case, then the world...

What made Song Huizong desperate was that he knew that Han Zhen was wooing subordinates all over the world, but he had no means to counterattack.

What can he do?
Increase the salary and remuneration of subordinate staff and cancel the official status?
Millions of subordinates have their salaries and benefits increased, so how can the state treasury get so much money?

Open up the promotion path for subordinate staff and let them become officials?

Don't be ridiculous, if he dares to make such a decree, believe it or not, he will be drowned in the spit of countless courtiers tomorrow.

Scholar-bureaucrats were the foundation of Zhao and Song Dynasty, and they were naturally in opposition to subordinate officials. He could not and did not dare to touch the profits of scholar-bureaucrats.

After much thought, Song Huizong discovered that this was actually a dead end!

(End of this chapter)