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Chapter 617 Xu Yuanlang's thoughts

"The Son of Heaven was furious, and laid down millions of corpses."
After Xu Shiji saw the imperial edict written to him by Li Chongjiu, he said this and passed it on to Wang Bo and Meng Haigong.

Meng Haigong was naturally illiterate, and only Wang Bo read the edict and pinched his beard and smiled and said, "Xu Yuanlang really doesn't know how to take the heads of Xu's father and son within ten days."

Wang Bo just said this lightly, but Meng Haigui, the younger brother of Meng Haigong, said: "It's not just wishful thinking, it's just a snake's heart."

Jiang Shanhe and other generals also nodded in approval and said: "I would like to lead my subordinates to be the vanguard in this attack."

After Jiang Shanhe opened his mouth, Meng Yigui and other generals in the tent agreed one after another. This scene made the generals under Xu Shiji's command confused.When did these people become so brave? Doesn't it mean that the combat effectiveness of this gang of adapted rebels is not good enough?

Meng Haigong had a wry smile on his face, thinking that these people usually fight with their families hidden in their hands, and push back and forth when attacking the city.They are so active today, obviously seeing that they have won the position of county king now, they also want to fight for a future for themselves with the new master.

Old, old, Meng Haigong couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

At this time, Meng Haigong looked over, but he also showed helplessness when he saw Wang Bo.Meng Haigong finally showed a little happiness in his heart, the two have always been at odds.Seeing Meng Haigong's expression, Wang Bowai snorted lightly and stopped talking.

Xu Shiji said: "Everyone, there is no tricky way to attack the city. Yanzhou City is not easy to attack, so let my guards go first."

As soon as Xu Shiji finished speaking, Jiang Shanhe and the other generals shook their heads, as if they would not agree, and continued to challenge Xu Shiji.

Finally Xu Shiji smiled and said: "Well, if Xu pushes back like this, the hearts of the soldiers will be chilled. I saw Yanzhou City yesterday. This city has been run by Xu Yuanlang for many years. If we want to attack by force, we must find its weak point."

Meng Yi ghostly said: "General Xu, I think the east side of this city is relatively short and the city wall is relatively old. Can you invest your troops here for a strong attack?"

The general under Xu Shiji's command said: "General, our army's eight-pointed cannon and the Funiu crossbow have all arrived yesterday, and I will deploy them in the east city, but Xu Yuanlang knows the weakness of this city, so he must deploy heavy troops to defend the east city..."

Xu Shiji nodded.

Xu Shiji looked at Meng Haigong and asked, "What's the best opinion of the county king?"

Meng Haigong rubbed his palms together and said with a smile: "I don't have any good ideas, I'd better follow the general's orders."

Xu Shiji smiled and said: "Mengjun Wang heard that you and Xu Yuanlang had a good relationship in the past, didn't they?"

Hearing this, Meng Haigong got up from his chair, with cold sweat on his forehead, and said, "General, we only met a few times when we moved to Shandong. Who remembers the broken friendship? Loyalty to His Majesty, but who is it?" We all know."

Xu Shiji smiled and said, "Don't worry, Prince, it's not easy if you don't know Xu Yuanlang well? Are you old with Xu Yuanlang, Prince Linzi?"

Wang Bo smiled, and said calmly, "Borrowing a boat from Xu Yuanlang when he was crossing the Yellow River to fight in Hebei, it must be regarded as a friendship. I don't know if he still remembers it after all these years."

Xu Shiji clapped his hands together and said with a smile: "It seems that this matter still needs to fall on the King of Linzi."

As night fell, the city of Yanzhou was lit with torches, and soldiers from the Xu family at the head of the city patrolled back and forth with torches.Everyone knows that this battle is a matter of life and death, so they dare not neglect it.Especially on the first night of Zhao Jun's camp, it was difficult for Xu Jun's new soldiers to fall asleep, and they were worried in their hearts, for fear that Zhao Jun would come to attack at night.
A team leader led his men to patrol a section of parapet wall, and after checking that the tripwires hanging on the wall were correct, he said to the soldiers behind him: "Come on, everyone, watch closely, if there is a war tomorrow, If a team of three chases one person, the whole team will be killed; if a team of nine chases two people, the whole team will be killed... wait a minute!"

When the leader gave an order, all the soldiers under his command raised their guns, and some timid ones swayed their calves.

"I seem to hear the sound of water under the city!" As soon as the captain finished speaking, the worried soldier suddenly lost his grip on his gun.

"Zhao Jun... must have come to attack at night."

"Shut up. Silence me."

At this time, a voice came from the bottom of the city: "I am Wang Bo's secret envoy, I beg to see Director Xu, put down the hanging basket quickly."

Xu Jun's soldiers listened to each other and peeped at each other.

"Who is Wang Bo?"

"Idiot, it's Tomoshiro! Find the hanging basket quickly."

In the middle of the night, Xu Yuanlang hadn't fallen asleep yet, thinking about the matter of surrendering Zhao, he couldn't help hesitating in his heart.Xu Yuanlang was originally from Yanzhou, a young man from a poor family. He was wanted by the government for stealing the cattle of the landlord in the village, so he went to the mountains as a thief.One year, the Yellow River flooded, and the imperial court suffered a disastrous defeat in Liaodong, and people in the county were in panic.

Xu Yuanlang immediately led a group of bandits down the mountain to attack the landlord's house, to avenge the old enemy.When Xu Yuanlang broke through the landlord's Wubao and killed the landlord in front of him, he was overjoyed and embarked on the road of rebellion.

When Xu Yuanlang thought of this, a beautiful figure suddenly appeared in his mind. It was the woman he liked when he was young, and she was the daughter of the county magistrate of this city.When I was young and poor, I had delusions.On the day when he breached the county government office, he witnessed the other party committing suicide by drowning himself in front of him.Although Xu Yuanlang will find all kinds of women in the future, they will never be able to make up for this youthful regret.

Apart from this regret, in Xu Yuanlang's memory, he kept killing people, officers and soldiers, rebels, civilians, and disobedient subordinates.Later, I had power and territory, but I got tired of killing people.Later, he took refuge in Li Mi, and Li Mi and himself killed too many people, so he needed to restrain himself.

Xu Yuanlang had just met Li Mi, and he admired him so much, so he listened to Li Mi's words and began to restrain himself.Xu Yuanlang also learned from Li Mi to recruit some scholars to work for him.Following the opinions of his subordinates, he also learned from the Wagang Army to reduce taxes and exempt food to gain the support of the people.After Li Mi was defeated by Wang Shichong, Xu Yuanlang was also in Yanzhou, and Dongping gained a firm foothold.

At that time, Wang Shichong intended to attack Yanzhou, but seeing that Xu Yuanlang had a strong army and horses, Wang Shichong ordered Xu Yuanlang to be the general manager of Yanzhou to decide the matter of Shandong himself.After Wang Shichong killed the young master and proclaimed himself emperor, Xu Yuanlang saw that Wang Shichong was unreliable, so he changed his family frequently, defecting to Li Yuan and Liu Heitai.

Although Xu Yuanlang was superficially a fool on the wall, he changed his court just to keep Yanzhou independent.Now that Li Chongjiu's soldiers and horses had reached the city of Yanzhou, Xu Yuanlang was unwilling to surrender from the bottom of his heart.

Xu Yuanlang thought of this, but he heard his subordinates report: "The envoy of Zhao Junzhi Shilang sneaked into the city in the middle of the night."

Xu Yuanlang was taken aback.

Jiang Shanhe in the manager's mansion lowered his body and said to Xu Yuanlang: "The manager's incident happened like this. Zhi Shilang couldn't understand Li Chongjiu's treachery, so he sent someone down to remind the manager to be careful."

Xu Yuanlang crossed his hands in front of his chest. He recovered from the shock just now. He never thought that Li Chongjiu would not even be willing to give him a king.

Xu Yuanlang sat down again and said: "It is indeed not the first time that Li Chongjiu has been shameless. He thought I was Wang Shichong. A mere edict could trick me into offering the city, and then turn around and kill me Xu Yuanlang. Hmph, but... But I have no friendship with Zhishiro, why should he take such a risk to remind me."

Jiang Shanhe said: "What does Manager Xu think? At the beginning when the Zhao army attacked Qi County and the soldiers came to the city, Yu Shinan, the envoy of Zhao State, said that if Zhi Shilang didn't surrender, the whole county would be flattened. It would be fine if the city was broken uprightly on the battlefield. If you have to cheat and surrender, then betray your trust and slaughter the city. No one with a conscience would do such a thing, so Zhi Shilang decided to tell the general manager, don't fall into Li Chongjiu's trick .”

Xu Yuanlang listened to Jiang Shanhe's words, he remembered that when he attacked Yuncheng, the prefecture of Dongping County, the city was attacked for three days and three nights.

The soldiers of the county in the city resisted tenaciously, and many of their own troops were killed and injured. The soldiers all cried and begged Xu Yuanlang to retreat.Xu Yuanlang also knew that he had no energy left to attack the city again, but he pulled the banner to the base of the city and confronted all the defenders above the city, swearing that if the city surrenders now, he will only take money and food, and keep the people in the city safe.And if the city doesn't surrender, he will slaughter the city after the city is broken, leaving no men, women, old or children behind.
There was no sound in the city, Xu Yuanlang remembered that it was the most difficult moment for him, as long as another quarter of an hour, he would ride away with his subordinates, waiting for him to be either killed by Zhang Xutuo or annexed by other rebels .

Xu Yuanlang waited for a long time, and the city gate finally opened.Jun Cheng came out with the city and country guards holding his head in both hands, and Xu Yuanlang chopped off Jun Cheng's head.Then Xu Yuanlang's subordinates rushed into the city, killing everyone they saw, causing blood to flow down the street.

Xu Yuanlang has done a lot of treachery, so Li Chongjiu also believed in Thaksin.The other party is a more unscrupulous person than him, and whoever is in this position is not like this.

"Chief."

Xu Yuanlang recovered his senses, looked at Jiang Shanhe and said, "Thanks to Zhishilang for reminding me, otherwise I, Xu, would have become a ghost under the sword."

Jiang Shanhe took a step forward and said: "Director Xu, since Li Chongjiu is unkind and unrighteous, we might as well cooperate from inside to outside."

"This." Xu Yuanlang's eyelids twitched, but he didn't speak.

Jiang Shanhe took a step forward and said: "Director Xu, this is our only chance. The Zhao army outside the city is powerful, and there are eight-pointed cannons, oxen crossbows and other sharp weapons to destroy the city. Although Yanzhou's city wall is strong, it can withstand it for a few days. Responding from the inside to the outside is the only way out, and in this way, Zhi Shilang can act without looking at Li Chongjiu's face."

After hearing this, Xu Yuanlang asked, "Where's Meng Haigong? How did he plan?"

Jiang Shanhe sighed and said: "Meng Gong is determined to follow Li Chongjiu, and a mere county king will buy him off. Zhi Shilang dare not tell him, for fear that if he speaks out, it will ruin the big thing."

After hearing this, Xu Yuanlang cleared up his doubts a little: "It seems that at this moment, only Zhishiro and I, Xu, are unwilling to be dogs. But it's not that I, Xu, are paranoid. In fact, I still can't trust Zhishiro."

Jiang Shanhe said angrily after hearing this: "Mr. Xu, Zhishilang ordered me to report the letter with good intentions, but you can't believe it. This is too disappointing Zhishilang's kindness. How can you be a person who does great things?"

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