Jiyang County.
Shen Tuo stood in the military formation wearing armor, holding a telescope to look at the city wall in the distance. I saw a lot of people on the top of the city, filled with thieves and soldiers dressed in various colors.
"General, according to the news from Ye Bu, there are about 30,000 bandits in Jiyang County, but most of them are mobs. The real number of old bandits is only one or two thousand."
Shen Tuo nodded and said to the three guerrilla generals Guo Rong, Teng Jianghe and Yu Qian beside him: "I heard that the cavalry battalion has captured most of Dongchang Prefecture and is wiping out the remaining enemies. The right battalion has also basically been wiped out. We have cleared away the remnants of thieves and bandits everywhere, but we still have a city to attack, so we are lagging behind!"
Teng Jianghe said with a smile: "It's just a bunch of rabble, I think Jiyang County is going to be destroyed soon!"
Yu Qian shook his head and said: "It's not easy to capture the city? The gunmen will take cover, and the sword and shield men will go forward and blast open the city gate with thunder. But what about the people in the city? Our army should try to avoid casualties among the people. Let's see. Can you think of any way?"
"Then what can be done?"
Teng Jianghe asked: "On the battlefield, swords and guns have no eyesight, and civilian injuries are inevitable. Now we can only end the war as soon as possible and let the people recuperate as soon as possible. That is true benevolence!"
Seeing that the two had different opinions, Guo Rong looked at Shen Tuo and said, "General, what do you think?"
Shen Tuo frowned, then suddenly laughed and said, "Maybe we can let the thieves have a way out."
"What!"
Guo Rong, Teng Jianghe, and Yu Qian were dumbfounded.
Shen Tuo then ordered the entire battalion to retreat, leaving one team behind all night, and ordered everyone to shout and send messages to the bandits in the city.
On top of the city
, the leader of the bandits, nicknamed Sai Yuntian, is a tall and thin man with thick eyebrows, small eyes, and a gloomy face. All the bandit leaders around him are very afraid of this leader.
At this time, everyone looked at the soldiers of the middle camp who were forming formation and leaving, with relieved smiles on their faces.
"Haha, the general is so powerful that he actually forced back the famous new army of Qinglai Town!"
"From today on, the reputation of our rebel army will spread throughout Shandong, and heroes from all over the world will gather to follow us!"
All the thieves' leaders were eager to speak out the words they knew, and they all stuck to Sai Yuntian's body.
But Sai Yuntian just smiled and did not get carried away: "Don't be too happy too early. I think it may be that the new army does not have artillery and other equipment and does not want to attack the city with ants. Maybe one day they will come again. "
As soon as they finished speaking, everyone saw a group of new troops rushing to the city without stopping at night. There were basically no bows, arrows or muskets in the bandit army. The few archers could only draw their bows, so there was nothing to talk about. It was accurate, so I could only watch Ye Buzai riding his horse closer.
"General, look, they are going to shoot arrows!"
Everyone was startled and backed away.
There was a burst of sound in the air, and a feather arrow was nailed to the arrow stack at the top of the city. There was also a letter on the arrow shaft.
A bandit soldier with sharp eyes and quick hands hurriedly stepped forward, pulled out the arrow, and presented it to Sai Yuntian as if he was dedicating his merit.
Nasai Yuntian was originally a merchant from Qingcheng County, Jinan Prefecture. He liked to make friends with idlers, bandits, gentry, etc. on weekdays, and he also read some books. In this catastrophe, Sai Yuntian almost lost all his capital, so he simply sold the rest of his family property and raised a team of people.
The thieves from all over the world came to surrender one after another, and soon became the largest band of thieves and bandits in Jinan Prefecture.
At this time, Sai Yuntian opened the letter, and after reading it, he sneered and said: "Hmph! The general of the New Army wrote it, saying that they were eager to go back to rescue the victims. As long as we are willing to go north and leave Shandong, go to Beizhili, You can let us go and provide us with money, food and boats to cross the Yellow River."
Everyone immediately started talking with a roar.
"Is there such a good thing? Can the words of the officers and soldiers be trusted?"
"It would be great if we could really go to Beizhili. There is money and food everywhere in Beizhili. It is much better than Shandong, which was hit by the disaster."
"The capital is in Beizhili. We will make a bigger noise. Heroes from all over the country gather here. Maybe we can capture the capital in one fell swoop. Our general will also sit on the throne. How about that?"
"good!"
Everyone applauded, and Sai Yuntian was also quite moved. After smiling, he was still a little worried, so he looked at Ye Bushuang's figure in the distance and said, "The officers and soldiers in the letter gave us two days. Within two days, As long as we don't harm the people, the agreement will be valid, let me think about it first."
"Ha! How will the officers and soldiers know if we are having fun?"
"That's right, we should have fun tonight, no matter what!"
Sai Yuntian stopped everyone and said coldly: "From today on, within two days, all troops are not allowed to harm the people! Although the government troops have withdrawn, there is no guarantee that there will be no government spies in the city. If we really go to Beizhi by then Slave, what should the officers and generals do if they see the people being killed and break the agreement midway?"
"It's only two days. If you can't hold it in, please be honest. Anyone who doesn't obey orders will be killed!"
Everyone was afraid and
Take orders one after another.
Early the next morning, Sai Yuntian was pulled to the north city wall by his subordinates. There were more than 200 carts outside the city, filled with bags of food, which was enough for the bandit army in the city to hold on to Beizhili.
Sai Yuntian was overjoyed and said to the subordinates around him: "It seems that the officer and general really means what he says. This proposal is credible!"
Then Sai Yuntian sent someone to contact the officers and soldiers who were transporting food, and said that they were willing to go north to Beizhili and would set off tomorrow.
Then the bandit soldiers transported all the grain carts into the city. After careful inspection, they found that they were indeed grain, and some of the carts also contained some meat and soju. More than 30,000 bandit soldiers cheered thunderously.
Sai Yuntian immediately ordered the whole army to let go of food, eat meat, drink wine and rest for a day, and then the whole army went north to Beizhili.
That night, the bandit soldiers in Jiyang County had a meat feast. Everyone was given some meat. Although it was not much, it was extremely delicious. Some of the bandit leaders even had soju to drink, so the thieves and bandits could eat until they were full, which was even more comfortable than during the Chinese New Year.
Late at night, more than 30,000 bandits had eaten and drank enough. Except for hundreds of bandits who were still on guard at the top of the city and at various city gates, most of the remaining bandits were sound asleep.
Suddenly, screams pierced the dark night. Countless thieves clutched their stomachs and were sweating profusely in pain. Many people were in severe pain, excreting and urinating directly, and even lost their strength and fell on the roadside.
In a short period of time, the entire Jiyang County was filled with a foul stench, and more than 30,000 thieves all vomited and had diarrhea overnight.
Sai Yuntian was even more like this. He had eaten a lot of wine and meat in the evening, and his face was already scorched and angry.
The body was covered in yellow and white, and the stench was overwhelming and disgusting.
At the same time, Shen Tuo led the troops in the middle camp to light countless torches and blocked the four city gates in Jiyang County in preparation for the attack.
Shen Tuo looked at the city in the dark night, and heard the wails and groans of the bandit army in his ears. More than 30,000 people had diarrhea together. Such a scene was truly spectacular. Even outside the city, the New Army soldiers could smell the waves. The stench.
So Shen Tuo frowned and said to himself: "I can't believe that grinding croton, rhubarb, castor seeds, and morning glory seeds into powder, mixing them together, and mixing them into grains, wine, and meat, there can be such a big result. The power of!"
Yu Qian on the side said with a strange expression: "Where did you learn this strategy, general? Thousands of soldiers in the whole battalion went out to look for a few things, and it took a lot of effort. People have defeated bandits in battles, and it will make their faces look bad when they say it. There is light. But even if we take Jiyang City, we would be embarrassed to say it, because this victory report has a strong flavor!"
Guo Rong and Teng Jianghe also felt the same way. They looked at Shen Tuo strangely, wondering how the general came up with this idea.
Shen Tuo laughed and said, "It doesn't matter what the method is, as long as we can win."
Seeing that the time was almost up, Shen Tuo ordered: "Okay, let's start the attack."
"yes."
The horns sounded from all the ministries in the middle camp, and then the swordsmen and shieldmen from each ministry brought a large number of thunderbolts and piled them at the city gates. After they were lit, four violent explosions sounded one after another, and the four city gates in Jiyang County suddenly Got blown up.
More than 12,000 soldiers in the middle camp roared into the city, but then all the soldiers were
The scene in front of them was shocking, and then everyone started retching. Many people were holding weapons in one hand and covering their mouths and noses with the other, their faces full of disgust.
At this time, feces and urine were everywhere in the city, and the streets even formed a "yellow soup stream". When the New Army soldiers passed by, it was as if they were stepping in river water, splashing on the clothes and armor of the soldiers. .
"What the hell is this!"
Teng Jianghe led his troops into the city. At this time, his legs were covered with dirt. He said angrily to his surrounding subordinates: "I am really convinced! The general's plan should be written into the military training manual for all the martial arts students in the military academy to read. Look, what a fucking conspiracy!"
Shen Tuo also led a group of guards to prepare to enter the city, but when he reached the city gate, he was stopped by the stench. His face was tangled for a while, and he said to his subordinates: "This general will sit outside the city to avoid Got away from the bandit leader."
All the guards nodded vigorously and breathed a sigh of relief.
In the blink of an eye, early the next morning, the people in the city rose up and washed away the streets. Although the New Army soldiers captured more than 30,000 bandits and saved the people in the city, they did not win the support of the people.
Those New Army officers and soldiers passing by in groups will be disliked by the people in the city. Some brave people will even point at the New Army officers and men and speak rudely.
In this regard, the New Army officers and soldiers generally expressed their understanding. After all, the price of victory in this battle was a bit high. Almost the entire Jiyang County was turned into a huge dry toilet. It is estimated that this strong smell will not dissipate in three or two months. of.
It's normal for people to have a bit of a temper, but instead
It's the same for everyone.
In the Chinese army tent in the middle camp outside the city, Shen Tuo wrote the victory report with a smile and sent someone to deliver it to Liu Yan in Jinan Prefecture.
Two days later, Liu Yan burst out laughing after receiving the news, and said to Yan Jizu, who had just come over to discuss the matter: "This subordinate of mine is really unimaginable. He actually used this method to capture Jiyang County."
Yan Jizu also laughed loudly and said: "The fantastic ideas of the officers and soldiers under the governor's command are all like famous generals. Yesterday, the cavalry battalion of the New Army pacified the bandits in Dongchang Prefecture, and the right battalion of the New Army also pacified the bandits in Jinan Prefecture. Now in China The battalion has recaptured Jiyang County, and all the bandit soldiers and horses in our Shandong territory have been wiped out, and we can report our victory to the imperial court!"
Liu Yan nodded in agreement and compiled a victory report that day to report to the court.
On the same day, personnel from various ministries of the shogunate arrived in Jinan Fucheng, and Liu Yan immediately convened all parties for discussion.
