The king behind the empress

Chapter 396
After the Yuzhi Army occupied Yining City, the family members of Yining City did not stand still and waited to die, but gathered thousands of people, preparing to fight to the end.

Unfortunately, in the face of the overwhelming strength of the Chiyan Dragonriders, these thousands of people did not make much noise at all, and were wiped out by Yang Yanzhang.

As one of the patriarchs in the city who supported Hu Ming the most, Feng Jinxiong was naturally the first to be wiped out, but when he was defeated and killed, Feng Jinxiong felt unwilling.

If the late emperor hadn't restricted these families, any one of them could pull out tens of thousands of troops. If that were the case, how could a dozen or so families gather an army of hundreds of thousands, and how could they have suffered such a miserable defeat.

It's a pity that no one cared about his unwillingness. After Yang Yanzhang killed the man, he copied the Feng family backhandedly. After counting the property, he sent it directly to the county guard's mansion where Mo Zizai was staying.

"My lord, all the rebellious families in the city have been wiped out. Those who did not resist, according to their past crimes, were also dealt with at the discretion of the county guard Liu Ruqian. Now there are no resistance forces in the city."

General Yang Yanzhang talked about his situation, and then he opened his mouth to report the wealth obtained from the house raids, "As for money, the Feng family is the richest, and they have stolen more than 500 million taels of cash. As for other families, it is slightly less, about 400 million taels. If you count them all, there is a total of about 600 million taels of cash."

"These are all secondary. The most important thing is to search for a large amount of food from Yining City. Originally, the head of the Feng family wanted to burn all the food in his family. Fortunately, we arrived in time, and the loss of food was not big."

"Defeated and want to burn food?"

Mo Zizai couldn't help but frown when he heard this. Now that there are disasters in many places and the food production has been severely reduced, this person actually wants to burn the food. It's really cruel, "Cut his whole family down, as a warning to others. "

"Next time there is someone who wants to move food, don't need to ask for instructions, just kill the whole family."

Food is now the lifeblood of the imperial court, and to some extent it is even more important than silver. If you dare to touch his food, you are touching his life. This is not all cut off, just keep them for the New Year.

"Here."

Yang Yanzhang responded, not too surprised, he thought for a while, and then said: "My lord, now that Yining City has been destroyed, the rest of the resistance forces in Yuanling County can't make a difference, or they will leave for a while. Come on, go and take down those county towns."

"Well, yes."

Mo Zizai nodded, and said, "Those who volunteered to donate the city will be dealt with lightly by the forces in the city, and those who resist in the corner, just kill them all after breaking the city."

"You have a number in your mind about these things, and you can handle them at your own discretion."

According to regulations, if Mo Zizai is not present in other cities, Yang Yanzhang can dispose of them at will according to the wartime regulations, but now Mo Zizai is in Yining City, so according to the procedure, Yang Yanzhang needs to ask Mo Zizai for instructions before disposing of those people.

But Mo Zizai didn't care about these things. With the accelerator in his hand, he didn't worry about Yang Yanzhang's great achievements, so he just let him deal with it.

"I will understand at the end."

This is what Yang Yanzhang was waiting for. Although he knew in his heart that even if he did Mo Zizai without asking for instructions, he would not argue with him, but the rules are the rules. When the war is urgent, he will not say it, but in normal times, Mo Zizai You can ignore it, but he can't ignore it.

After receiving Mo Zizai's authorization, Yang Yanzhang didn't stay any longer, and went directly to lead troops to pacify those forces that had not yet been attached.

On the other hand, Mo Zizai divided up a team and asked them to transport all the silver and other property obtained from the house raids back to the capital. With this money in the treasury, Tang Weiyi would be able to deal with political affairs with a lot of money. No matter how tight the province is, it will be used.

Just half a month after this batch of money was sent back, a group of people came from the capital to send a large amount of ordnance to Mo Zizai, and at the same time brought a piece of not-so-good news.

The person who came from the capital was Kou Xing, the commander of the guards of the Habayashi Army. He brought 5000 people from the capital to escort the ordnance, and because the Habayashi Army of the three counties had also withdrawn, the strength of the capital in the capital is not enough. Why is there a shortage of soldiers and horses, so he came this time and didn't plan to go back.

"Those families, are they going to unite?"

Mo Zizai looked at Kou Xing. Although he had expected this in his heart, he was still a little surprised when he heard the news from Kou Xing. It was only half a month since he took down Yining City, and those families had united Get up, this speed is too fast.

Therefore, Mo Zizai guessed in his heart that the union of these aristocratic families must have been connected by someone long ago, but it was only after he captured Yining City that those people made up their minds.

"That's right, my lord."

Kou Xing nodded, and said: "According to your Majesty, the seven counties in the south of the Yangtze River, and the seventeen counties in Liuren County, Luanshan County, and Dingyang County to the east are already in contact with each other. The possibility of an alliance is very high.”

"Seventeen Counties..."

Mo Zizai couldn't help shaking his head when he heard the words, the Great Zhou only had 36 counties in total, and now almost half of the Great Zhou has been rebelling, and I really failed as the emperor... Oh, wait a minute, I don't seem to be emperor.

But it's not bad, although Weiyi is the emperor, but those people are against the throne of their own family, there is no difference.

It's just that although half a big week might be about to rebel, Mo Zizai didn't take them to heart, saying that it was the seventeen counties. In fact, it would be good if there were ten counties that could really send troops, and most of the rest were just forced Because of the situation, it's just to stand up and put on a show. As long as your side wins, you don't need to do anything to them at all, and those people will surrender.

What's more, the imperial court still has prestige among the people, and these people's foundations are not stable. As long as they can win on the battlefield, this rebellion that seems to have swept through half a week will naturally be resolved.

As for whether he can win against these coalition forces, Mo Zizai has never doubted it. The first thing to fight in a war is military strength, and the second is economy.

I am now sitting on half a big week, and have confiscated two counties. With the implementation of the New Deal in the rest of the counties, many people who are unwilling to implement the New Deal have been ransacked. These people continue to contribute the wealth they have accumulated for generations. , the imperial court is not short of money at all.

As for the military strength, you have acceleration in hand, you tell me the military strength?Believe it or not, I can flatten you all with the Scarlet Flame Dragonrider alone?

Therefore, Mo Zizai, who had confidence in his heart, did not panic at all, united and united, which is also a good thing, and saved himself from fighting counties and counties. When these coalition forces are resolved, Da Zhou's internal troubles will naturally be resolved once and for all.

Moreover, these people's hearts are not in harmony, and it is not possible to talk about it in two or three sentences if they want to unite. Among other things, just the question of who is in charge is enough for these people to talk for ten days and a half months.

As for the joint dispatch of troops, we have to wait. If the dozen or so counties do their best, it is estimated that at least hundreds of thousands of troops can be assembled. With such a large number of troops, they should be assembled first and then used jointly. This matter does not take two months , it will definitely not be completed.

If their movements were a little more sluggish, half a year might have passed, and with this time, it was enough time to pull up another large army, and then they could hang and beat them with their eyes closed.

"What does the court say now?"

Mo Zizai asked Kou Xing, now all disobedient people in the court have been cut off, so the rest are people who do things. Now that such a big thing happened, they will definitely come up with some regulations.

"Returning to the prince, the ministers in the court mean to suggest that the prince should take the initiative to send troops, and it is best to defeat them before they unite."

Kou Xing first said what the ministers meant, and then said: "As for His Majesty and Elder Yang Ge, there are some differences of opinion. They don't think it is necessary to take the initiative to attack. It will not be too late for them to gather their troops before they do it."

"However, in the near future, His Majesty specifically told him to let the prince decide whether to fight or not. If he needs any supplies, the court can call them at any time."

"Oh, it's normal to have different opinions."

Mo Zizai nodded slightly. Those ministers in the court didn't know that he had an accelerator, so they hoped that he would take the initiative to attack and defeat those families one by one before they unite.

As for Tang Weiyi and Yang Weishang, they know the magical effect of Mo Zizai's accelerator, and know that the longer he delays, the stronger the troops under his command will be, so they hope that after a period of delay, they can directly defeat these coalition forces with crushing strength, so as to achieve once and for all The effect actually coincides with my own thoughts.

"Since this is the case, let's not fight for now and let them unite. I want to see if they can unite and produce any results."

Mo Zizai settled the matter, and then stopped discussing it, but asked Kou Xing about the ordnance he brought, "What did you bring with you when you came from the capital this time?"

"Returning to the prince, it is the bow and arrow of the Red Flame Dragon Knight."

Kou Xing saw that Mo Zizai made the decision not to fight so easily. Although he thought it was a bit hasty, he didn't talk too much. After all, this kind of strategic level event is not something that he, a small guard commander, can participate in.

Just talking about the bows and arrows brought this time, Kou Xing couldn't help being a little jealous, because these bows and arrows were specially forged by Mo Zizai, and each of them can be called a treasured bow handed down from generation to generation. Even their Bows and arrows are all specially made, which can be said to be of great value.

As for such precious bows and arrows, Mo Zizai actually asked the imperial supervisor to build more than 5000 of them in one go. You must know that when their Habayashi army followed the prince Mo Congyi in the east, they were considered a relatively generous army, but even In that way, even his commander could not get such a fine bow, let alone the soldiers below.

But now Mo Zizai actually equipped the Red Flame Dragon Knight on a large scale. He really armed the Red Flame Dragon Knight to the teeth.

"Oh? Are the bows and arrows ready?"

Mo Zizai couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard the news. The Red Flame Dragon Riders are all elites, and they are naturally good at bows and horses. It's just because they are too strong that ordinary bows and arrows can't show their strength, so Mo Zizai didn't equip them at all. Bows and arrows, but spent a lot of money, so that the imperial prison specially built a batch.

However, because the speed of making bows and arrows is too slow, the Red Flame Dragonriders did not bring bows and arrows this time, otherwise the battle would be easier.

"Bring me a bow, and I'll see the effect."

"Here."

Kou Xing responded, and quickly asked the people below to send over a bow and a pot of arrows.

"It looks good."

Mo Zizai was a little surprised when he first saw the bow. He originally thought that the bow made by the imperial supervisor should be something that looks ordinary and durable, but he didn't expect it to look unexpectedly good-looking.

The bow body is made of metal. I don't know what kind of paint is painted on it, or the metal is the same color. The whole body is matte, and it looks low-key and restrained.

And I don’t know if it’s for the sake of beauty or for other reasons. The hollowing process is used on the bow arm. With the shape of the bow body, the whole bow looks like two swimming dragons. With the arrow point as the boundary, it looks like two extensions. And the bowstring is just in the middle of the mouth of the two dragons, and the shape is extremely unique.

Mo Zizai stretched out his hand and fiddled with the bowstring, only to find that it was very tough, like animal tendons to the touch, but he couldn't guess what material it was made of.

He pulled the bow and arrow slightly, and felt that the tension was not bad. With his current strength, it would take a little strength to pull the bow open. It seems that the Imperial Priest spent a lot of effort to build these weapons.

After inspecting the bow, he picked up another arrow. Unlike ordinary wooden arrow shafts, these arrows are all made of metal, and the arrows don't have fancy barbs. The only feature is that they are sharp.

Mo Zizai took the arrowhead and tried it on the black armor, and found that this kind of arrow can actually leave marks on the black armor, which means that the metal made of this kind of arrow must be harder than black iron, that is to say, if If the strength is enough, this kind of arrow can break through the black armor defense.

Of course, this is only possible in theory. After all, the craftsmen of the imperial supervisor did not slacken when making these armors. The ink armors in the main parts are two centimeters thick. Even if the hardness of this bow and arrow is relatively high, if you want to There is not much hope of shooting through the black armor.

Unless the arrow technique is superb and shot to the extreme, if you shoot some weak points of the ink armor, such as the face door or joint joints, it is still possible to shoot through.

Looking at it as a whole, Mo Zizai felt that the bow and arrow cost so much money and it was not a loss. The imperial supervisor did not shoddy or cut corners because of rushing work, especially the material used for the arrow. This kind of metal must be relatively rare and the price must be extremely expensive.

Otherwise, what the Chiyan Dragonrider was wearing was not black armor, but these unknown metals.

Mo Zizai took the bow and arrow and walked to the courtyard, facing the mountain scenery a hundred paces away in the courtyard, drew the bow to half full, and then casually let go of the bowstring in his hand.

"Hey~"

The arrow branch made a slight piercing sound in the air, and then shot directly at the rockery under Mo Zizai's gaze.

The rockery that was shot just made a muffled sound, there was no explosion, and no other strange sights appeared. When Mo Zizai stepped forward to check, he only saw a hole that was transparent from front to back. The arrow unexpectedly made no sound. After piercing through the rockery several meters thick, and even after piercing through the rockery, the strength of the arrow branch was not exhausted, and it pierced through a wall in the Sheriff's Mansion before exhausting its kinetic energy and falling to the ground.

"sharp."

Mo Zizai picked up the arrow. He only had this power when he drew it half full. If it was fully drawn, it is estimated that ordinary heavy armor could pierce through several layers.

Looking at the bow and arrow in his hand, Mo Zizai suddenly felt great pride in his heart. He now has the best soldiers and equipment in the world. He really can't think of what the allied forces of the great Zhou family can use. against his armies.

When the allied forces of the aristocratic families gather and dispatch the army, it will be the day when the great Zhou aristocratic family will perish.

(End of this chapter)