Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 75 My Fourteen Gold

When the guards dispatched by Wang Zhao found Duan Zixing, Duan Zixing, the county magistrate with a sense of responsibility, was inspecting the breakfast and meals of the defenders. Cao Xuli, the householder of the meal, was arrested and taken to the county temple for questioning.It happened that the people sent by Wang Zhao found Duan Zixing, and Duan Zixing changed his mind again, and personally detained the unlucky subordinate who had withheld food, and rushed back to the county temple to meet Wang Zhao.

After temporarily detaining the unlucky subordinate under the hall, Duan Zixing found out that something was wrong just as he entered the hall of the De County Temple. Wei Lufang stood aside with his eyebrows lowered and pleasing to the eye, when he nodded and smiled to himself, the smile seemed a bit unfriendly.And when Duan Zixing stepped forward to salute Wang Zhao, Wang Zhao didn't even bow his hand in a polite manner, and immediately shouted: "Duan Zixing, where did you go last night?"

"Where did the officials go last night?" Duan Zixing was stunned, and then he answered truthfully: "Reporting to the county lord, the officials were worried about thieves taking advantage of the dark last night and lived in the county temple all the time. I went up to the city twice to inspect the night defense situation, other than that, the officials never went anywhere."

"When you came to the city, what did you do besides patrolling the city?" Wang Zhao asked again.

"What else did you do?" Wang Zhao tried his best to recall, and it took him a long time to answer: "Reporting to the county lord, the servant reprimanded a boss who was lazy and dozed off, and he didn't do anything else."

"Really?" Wang Zhao sneered, and suddenly said: "But how did I hear that, Wang Xiancheng, you still quietly shot an arrow at the outside of the city, and there are no thieves outside the city? What are you shooting arrows for?"

"Your official shot arrows at the outside of the city?" Duan Zixing was a little dumbfounded, and asked in surprise: "Xianzun, who said that the official shot arrows at the outside of the city? How come I don't know about this?"

"How dare you pretend to be an official?!" Wang Zhao was furious, and slapped the table again, shouting: "Come on, let me take down the jokes!"

"No." The servant in the hall of the county temple was very obedient, and immediately came up to arrest him, but Duan Zixing was shocked and angry, and hurriedly shouted: "Wait a minute! The county official, what crime did you commit? Take down the officials?"

"Take it!" Wang Zhao didn't answer, but sternly urged the officer to take him again. The officer in the hall didn't dare to be negligent, and hurried forward to copy Duan Zixing with both hands, and pressed it hard. Picking up the arrow book that Lu Fang sent earlier, he shouted and asked: "Since you didn't release arrows on the city last night, where did you get the arrow book written by yourself?"

"The arrow book I wrote with my own hand?" Duan Zixing almost suspected that his ears had heard it wrong, and hurriedly said: "Xianzun, when did the official write the arrow book with his own hand, why didn't the official know it? What was written on it? Can't let the officials see it?"

Now that Duanzi Xingren has been restrained, Wang Zhao also gave him this opportunity to pout at his only confidant in the officialdom, Lu Fa. Get it in front of Duan Zixing who has reprimanded him more than once, and let Duan Zixing watch the contents of the arrow book.The result was the same as Wang Zhao before, he could only roughly see the handwriting on the arrow book, and Duan Zixing was also taken aback immediately, secretly said: "It really looks like my handwriting, but when did I write this letter?"

After carefully looking at the contents of the letter, Duan Zixing finally understood why Wang Zhao ordered him to be taken down angrily. It turned out that this handwriting was very similar to the letter written by Duan Zixing. Xiang Kang, the chief general of the army, got in touch and said that Duan Zixing had long been dissatisfied with his boss Wang Zhao's cruelty, greed and incompetence. Xiang Kang, in exchange for Xiang Kang's acceptance and appointment.It's just that Duan Zixing was worried that Xiang Kang would not believe his sincerity in dedicating the city, so he made an agreement with Xiang Kang that if Xiang Kang agreed to accept his surrender, he would ask the young commander to send someone to the city today to signal with three blank flags to tell himself You can do it, and then I will quietly open the east gate of Qulu at the third watch tonight to welcome the young commander into the city.

Duan Zixing was dumbfounded after reading this serious and nonsense letter. It took a little effort for Duan Zixing to come back to his senses. The purpose of the letter is to frame the officials, to drive a wedge between you and the county official, please ask the county official to check it out, please ask the county official to check it out!"

"When things have come to this point, of course you say it's a lie." Wang Zhao sneered, and said very sadly: "Duan Zixing, Duan Zixing, I have worked with you for many years, even if there is no personal relationship, you have an old friend, right? Unexpectedly, you You are rich, greedy for life and afraid of death, and even tried to slander this official to the thieves, and even tried to dedicate the city and the head of this official to the thieves. You said it yourself, what should you do?!"

"Injustice! Injustice!" The unlucky Duan Zixing hurriedly shouted for injustice, and said loudly: "Xianzun, you should check clearly. This letter is really not written by the official. Although the handwriting on it is very similar to the handwriting of the official, but There are obviously a lot of traces of forgery, as long as you compare the previous documents of the next official, you will be able to find out the truth immediately!"

"No need to compare." Wang Zhao sneered, and said: "This is really your brilliance. You deliberately wrote some words slightly different from usual, and then even if the letter accidentally falls into the hands of the official, you can still rely on it." Deny this point! Say it yourself, isn’t that the case?!”

Duan Zixing was about to cry, but he never expected Wang Zhao to have such a god-like reasoning—the handwriting had traces of forgery, and it turned out to be his deliberate doing, which he was going to use as an excuse to deny his account!But it's a matter of life, Duan Zixing still struggled and shouted: "Your Majesty, I am wronged, the officials are really wronged! The officials are loyal to the Great Qin court, how could they secretly contact the rebels, and prepare to take the city of Lulu?" Dedicated to the thieves? Please investigate clearly, please the county magistrate, you must investigate clearly!"

"Of course I will investigate clearly." Wang Zhao sneered, and then shouted: "Send Duan Zixing to the prison, and after I find out what happened and get the ironclad evidence of his collaborating with the enemy and treason, he will be punished as a warning. Xiaoyou!"

According to Wang Zhao's order, the guards escorted Duan Zixing and left. The innocent and wronged Duan Zixing yelled, but it didn't work.Fortunately, Duan Zixing's luck was not bad. When he was just pushed out of the lobby, Bao Wen, the right lieutenant who happened to have a good relationship with him, came in from the county temple. Duan Zixing hurriedly shouted to Bao Wen for help. Bao Wen saw his friend He was also taken aback when he was detained, so he hurried over to inquire about the reason. After Duan Zixing hurriedly told the story to Bo Wen, Bo Wen was even more shocked when he heard that, and hurriedly said to the guard who escorted Duan Zixing: "Wait a while, I will go in and replace Duan Zixing." The county magistrate begs for mercy, see if the magistrate can take back his order, don't be in a hurry to put Duan Xiancheng back in prison."

Bao Wen came from a wealthy family in Qulu, and the influence of the family in Qulu City was considerable. Of course, the guards escorting Duan Zixing did not dare to give him this face, and they immediately nodded in agreement.But it is a pity that Bao Wen argued with Wang Zhao for a long time after going to court, and even had a quarrel, but in the end he returned to Duan Zixing dejectedly, and said helplessly, "Brother Duan, I'm sorry, I tried my best, but The magistrate doesn't listen to anything, and you know his temper, I really have no choice but to wrong you and spend a few days in prison."

After finishing speaking, Bo Wen hurriedly comforted: "But don't worry, no matter what method I think of, I will return your innocence, and I will definitely not let you be wronged or suffer."

I have known for a long time that Wang Zhao's bear temper is stupid and no one can stop him. Of course, Duan Zixing couldn't blame his friend for his ineffective rescue. He could only groan in pain: "Who did I offend? Who hates me so much?" Me? Arranged such a poisonous scheme to frame me?"

"There are only two people who can do this." Bo Wen said with a gloomy face: "The first is Lu Fang, who has always been at odds with us, and the second is Xiang Kang, the leader of the thieves outside the city. He took advantage of chaos to attack the city to create opportunities, so he deliberately designed to frame you."

Duan Zixing thought about it carefully, but Bao Wen sighed again, and said with a wry smile: "Look, the excitement is still to come, you may not know it yet, the reason why I came here is because of that traitor Xiang Kang, sent Many of our worried soldiers went to the city to surrender, and advised our soldiers to open the city gates and surrender to him. They also advised our soldiers to kill the county magistrate directly and take the head of the county magistrate there in exchange for a big reward. If someone really wavers, there will be big trouble."

When Duan Zixing also smiled wryly, Wang Zhao and Lu Fang had already led a team of guards out of the lobby in a hurry. Seeing that Duan Zixing was still not taken away, Wang Zhao was of course furious, and the guards had no choice but to rush out of Duan Zixing. He was sent to the county prison for detention.And then, Lu Fang found the unlucky subordinate who was greedy for ink and food and grass who was escorted by Duan Zixing. After asking the reason, Lu Fang just casually begged for his subordinates, and Wang Zhao immediately waved and ordered him to be released. Bo Wen was furious watching from the side, and simply left in a huff.

The reason why Wang Zhao and Lu Fang came out in a hurry with a team of guards was because Xiang Kang sent troops to surrender under the city. Wang Zhao was worried, so he decided to go to the scene to check for himself.And when Wang Zhao led the people to climb up to the east gate of Qulu in a hurry, outside the city gate, there were indeed dozens of Qulu soldiers shouting loudly, desperately persuading the defenders of the city to rebel against Xiancheng. Angry, he immediately ordered the defenders to shoot arrows to expel them, but the distance was too far, and the effect was not great. Even if the soldiers outside the city were forced to flee, they soon turned around and shouted again. Wang Zhao was furious. , but there is nothing to do.

Xiang Kang sent soldiers to the city to persuade him to surrender. No one knows whether it will be effective or not. However, when the news that Duan Zixing, the governor of Qulu County, was detained and imprisoned by Wang Zhao gradually spread, he quickly picked up the troops of the defenders. The soldier's stroke caused a commotion, especially after seeing the ink officials who had deducted their own rations swaggeringly returned to the kitchen and continued to take charge of distributing the rations of the guarding soldiers, the soldiers were even more furious. Resentment renewed.There are even many soldiers who are worried about thinking that Duan Zixing offended Wang Zhao because he fought for rations for them, so Wang Zhao put him in prison!And when such rumors gradually spread among the Qulu army, the morale of the Gulu defenders inevitably became even lower. Quite a few people had the idea of ​​dropping their weapons and surrendering as soon as the young commander broke through the city.

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On Xiang Kang's side, there is no God's perspective, and the city wall prevents them from sending people to inquire. Of course, Xiang Kang doesn't know how to worry about the change in the mentality of the defenders, let alone that his plan to disrupt the enemy has already succeeded. The army just stood firm in the city and did not send scouts out of the city to investigate the enemy's situation. Even if Xiang Kang wanted the young generals to grab their tongues and ask for a confession, there was no chance, so another fake book written in advance was temporarily useless.

"Why didn't you even send out a scout? I don't know the situation in the city, what should I do next?"

Walking slowly back and forth in the large tent of the Chinese army with his hands behind his back, Xiang Kang was thinking about how to break through the damned city wall and enter the city to seize the county seat. At one point, he wanted to launch the siege in an upright manner in accordance with the principles of military strategists, but considering the poor combat effectiveness of the young marshal and the morale of the army affected by the setback of the siege, Xiang Kang had already taken a long time to formally siege the city. Can't make up my mind.He hesitated in his heart, hesitating to the extreme.

I was a little anxious at first, but Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Sheng led the Xiang family's children to rush to urge their lives, and they all said to Xiang Kang: "Young commander, when will you launch the siege? How to fight this siege? Isn't it time to make up your mind? We only have seven days of food and grass left, if we don't hurry up and find a way to attack the city, we may not have enough time."

After hesitating for a while, Xiang Kangcai asked: "Brother, if you are asked to lead the army to attack the city, how sure are you of taking the city?"

After discussing in a low voice, Xiang Zhuang opened his mouth and replied: "We are not sure about [-]% sure, but we think we have to give it a try, otherwise, if we just sit around like this, we will definitely never be able to take Lucheng down." , the only hope is to try.”

If it was replaced by other army commanders, nine out of ten would have agreed to the suggestion of trying, but Xiang Kang is just one of them. He believes in not fighting uncertain battles, and he is even less willing to take the precious lives of soldiers. To take risks at will, so Xiang Kang is still hesitant, saying that he is unwilling to take the risk of attacking the city without being sure.After thinking about it for a long time, Xiang Kang asked again: "What is the reaction of the soldiers below you?"

"The morale is very high, and they all hope to rush into the city to make a fortune." Xiang Zhuang replied: "Especially those relatives who are worried about surrendering in the city, they all hope to rush into the city and rescue them. Relatives here."

The morale was available, and Xiang Kang was more or less confident in his mind. After thinking about it again, Xiang Kang replied: "Go back and tell the soldiers, and tell them to get ready, raise their spirits and prepare to fight the enemy. Within three or two days, we There will be a siege."

The members of the Xiang family agreed one after another, and then they left together, and after all the members of the Xiang family had left, Zhou Zeng who was next to him said, "Young commander, our generals and soldiers are all eager for a battle, and their morale is available. Don't you need it?" Too many worries, try to attack Qulu City head-on."

"It's because of my high morale that I can't take any risks." Xiang Kang replied, "This is the first city we have formally attacked since we raised our troops. The first time we attack a city, we must not make any mistakes. Otherwise, our soldiers will die if we lose the battle." It will be afraid of siege and fortified battles, which will not help us attack other Tyrant Qin cities in the future."

"But we have no other way but to attack directly?" Zhou Zeng said, "Letters instigating the defenders to rebel have already been shot into the city, and schemes to separate and disrupt the enemy have been used, but because of the barrier of the city wall, , the enemy didn’t send scouts out of the city to patrol the city and couldn’t catch the prisoners, we don’t know what kind of effect we have received, what else can we do to continue to win by surprise?”

"Wait!" Xiang Kang replied very directly, and said, "Anyway, it will take some time to rush to build siege weapons. Let's wait a little longer, and I won't believe it. , will always hide in the city and never leave the city! Wait a little longer, when I find a way to find out the enemy's situation, and then it will not be too late to attack the city!"

After deciding on this idea, Xiang Kang issued an order to send three teams with drums and gongs to sneak outside the gates of the three east, west and south cities of Qulu at night, and beat the gongs and drums every once in a while to disturb the enemy, so that the enemy would not sleep at night. Rest in peace, exhaust the enemy's mental state, and try to lure the enemy to send troops to expel them, creating a plan for the self-army to grab their tongues and ask for confessions.At the same time, Xiang Kang arranged three garrison teams for the three drum and gong teams, and told them that once an enemy leaves the city, no matter what method they try to catch them alive, even one is fine!Catch one, bounty fourteen!

After Xiang Kang's signature tactic of disturbing the enemy was used again, the defenders on Quli City were of course in bad luck that night. Standing up to guard against the young commander's army taking the opportunity to steal the city, and because he was afraid that the young commander's army would suddenly appear one of the real reasons, he did not dare to take it lightly every time, and had to stand up and prepare for battle every time. Wang Zhao and others in the temple also couldn't sleep, for fear that the young commander's army would suddenly launch an attack on the city, and everyone up and down was in great pain.

Then, just as Xiang Kang hoped, when he really couldn't bear the harassment of the young marshals, the guards at the south gate quietly put down about [-] people with ropes, and suddenly ran to the moat to knock them down. The Young Marshal's squad with gongs and drums launched an attack, and the Young Marshal's squad was attacked and fled. The furious Qin Army soldiers followed closely, and were led away from the city by the drums and gongs of the Young Marshal's army without knowing it.Seeing this situation, Xiang Kang arranged for the garrison team responsible for supporting the drum and gong team to take the opportunity to attack, roaring and killing the enemy.

This small-scale contact battle ended quickly, and the weak Qin army quickly collapsed under the impact of the young marshal's garrison, and fled to the south gate of the city in a panic, grabbing the rope and rolling He took the climber to the city and fled for his life, but the young marshal's army not only killed two enemies in the fierce battle, but also successfully captured two wounded and surrendered prisoners of the Qin army!

"I surrender, I surrender, don't kill me."

When they threw their weapons and knelt on the ground to surrender, the two wounded soldiers of the Qin army were hoarse and trembling, fearing that the red-eyed young commander would end their lives with a knife, but let the two To the surprise of the soldiers of the Qin army, not only did the young generals around them not rush up to hack and kill them, but they rushed up like perverts seeing beautiful women, hugged them directly, and were very excited. Shouting loudly: "Fourteen golds! Fourteen golds! My daughter-in-law! There is hope for me to marry a daughter-in-law!"

"Heroes of the Young Marshal's Army." The two soldiers of the Qin Army all lost their souls together, scrambling to be the first and howling: "We are men, we are men, we can't be your daughters-in-law, we can't be your daughters-in-law!"

(End of this chapter)