On the night of September 25th, the night of the uprising, thanks to Xu Dalang's three cheers and Zhang Xing's Simiandong County song, the five cities of Baima, Puyang, Weinan, Waihuang, and Chengshi changed their appearance overnight and fell into Depose the hands of the Dragon Gang.
Among them, Liu Yezhong, the governor of Dongjun County, reached an agreement with the Qilong Gang, and in the name of the county governor, he ordered all the cities, towns, cities, and crossings in Dongjun to surrender to the Qilong Gang in exchange for the treatment of "gifts sent out of the country" for the whole family;
The three core lieutenants of Dongjun, Zhou Wei, the governor in charge of government affairs, formally surrendered, and Dou, the captain in charge of military affairs, was executed and passed down. Only Li Tingwen, the black ribbon of Jing'antai, who had the power of spies and high-level criminal cases, escaped;
Among the five county magistrates, the magistrates of Weinan, Waihuang, and Chengshi were attacked and killed immediately, while the two magistrates of Baima and Puyang chose to surrender.
The next day, the four cities of Kuangcheng, Lihu, Yuanju, and Jiyang fell into the hands of the Deposed Dragon Gang.
On the third day, Xucheng and Lingchang surrendered.
On the fourth day, Leize City Kaicheng surrendered.
Generally speaking, the progress is quite smooth, but compared with the original plan, there are still big deviations... Some cities are not in the step arrangement, such as Weinan on the first day, Jiyang on the second day, and Jiyang on the second day. Lei Ze on the fourth day was an unexpected gain.
Especially Leize, which is located at the junction of Dongping County and Jiyin County, was not even in the overall plan. It was just a feint attack with Xiahou Ningyuan and some bandits. However, the county captain actually came out of the city to suppress the bandits and was killed. After blocking the city gate for two days, The embarrassing scene of surrender forced Xiahou Ningyuan to take over the city.
At the same time, not to mention the huge loopholes that had been remedied, such as Niuda's father, on this day, the first huge and obvious obstacle was completely revealed - Jiyin County's governance of Jiyin City, not only It was not successfully removed as planned at the first time, but instead affected all the towns south of Jishui. Even the important town of Dingtao, located next to Jiyin and north of Jishui, still maintains the imperial banner.
In other words, half of the county was mobilized and began to strictly guard against the sudden outbreak of rebellion.
"The Fang brothers are trash!"
In the county government office in Puyang City, people were cheering for the release of grain outside. However, Taoist Wei, who had only returned for half a quarter of an hour, was already furious. Holding a letter in his hand, he almost spit on Li Shu's face. He was no longer like before. We were so excited when we showed up together outside to put food out.
This scene made several people from Xiong Bonan down, including Puyang Lingguan Xu, nervous, but they couldn't help but peek.
Zhang Xing, on the other hand, seemed to have expected this scene a long time ago and did not panic at all. Instead, he called Guan Xu to fetch the autumn grain and storage account books for accounting.
"I have great ambitions but little talent. I look down on this, and I look down on that, but in the end, I was played with and applauded..." Taoist Wei was obviously really angry. He didn't care that there were many people in the hall and continued to scold him. "Now it's better. What was once a controllable matter has been ruined by them. Now half of the counties south of Jishui are connected together, and they are backed by Liang County. What if reinforcements from Liang County arrive? What if? In a few days, the great Prime Minister Zhang will bring troops from Xingyang and attack our heart. What will we do? How can we make progress by then? Just waste it here!"
In fact, everyone was nervous, but they all understood that it was natural for Li Shu to be criticized.
First of all, everyone knows that although one of the Fang brothers belongs to the left wing and the other to the right wing, Fang Yanlang, who belongs to Li Shu, is the big leader, and he is the elder brother of the two cousins... There is no doubt who of the two is the leader. .
Secondly, according to the increasingly clear intelligence, the mistakes made by the brothers in Jiyin may be far from outrageous, but the obvious arrogance and arrogance in them, as well as the identity of the main person responsible, have been revealed.
It turned out that after the Fang brothers arrived in Jiyin City, although they did not directly take advantage of Jiyin Captain Shang Huaizhi, who had previously made an appointment with the Deposed Dragon Gang, they clearly had the intention of grabbing credit or acting on their own initiative.
At noon on the 25th, before Shang Huaizhi had controlled the county soldiers and was about to launch a military uprising, instead of staying to assist Shang Huaizhi, they first took the name of the Fang family, entered the county government, and tried to persuade the county governor to surrender alone.
That's okay.
Because Song Chang, the governor of Jiyin County, did immediately express his intention to surrender and join forces after listening to the advice and situation analysis of the Fang brothers.
Not only himself, the Song Prefect also offered to persuade the county magistrate, the county's resident Heishou and others to surrender together. He even suggested that Dingtao County Magistrate Liu Bi was known to be brave and loyal to the court. I'm afraid it would be very difficult. It was difficult to surrender with just a piece of paper, so he was willing to write a document that could not be more authentic and let Shang Duwei lead the county soldiers to take over Dingtao calmly.
Of course, Governor Song knew that doing this would make people worry about problems here in Jiyin, so Shang Duwei could leave half of his people and let the Fang brothers lead the city defense.
This seems very reasonable, especially since the Fang brothers devoted all their efforts to guarantee their meritorious service, especially since Song Chang himself publicly expressed his sincere thoughts on whether he could replace Wei Xuanding for his achievements... In fact, everyone Everyone knows that this is probably the real reason why Taoist Wei did not care about influence and unity and scolded Li Shu in public, because you don't need to think about it to know what attitude the Fang brothers adopted towards this idea at that time.
If they were Chief Wei, they would also be angry, okay?
In short, the result there was that after Shang Huaizhi, who was deceived and became lame, led half of his people to leave Jiyin and cross Jishui, the prestigious Song Chang immediately launched a counterattack, convinced the few remaining team members, and then counterattacked. He came to control Jiyin and imprisoned the isolated Fang brothers.
At the same time, he also sent his son Song Yi to ride out of the city alone, and crossed the river from the lower reaches before Shang Huaizhi to meet Liu Ben, the leader of Dingtao. He told Liu Ben the situation and told Liu Ben to guard the city.
So, when Shang Huaizhi arrived at the foot of Tao City, he was surprised to find that he was facing a tightly closed city with four gates, a mobile crossbow unit ready to go, and Liu Bi, who stood on the top of the city in awe and scolded him. With Song Yi. But when he had no choice but to withdraw to Jiyin, he found that he was still faced with the four closed gates, the crossbow team at any time, as well as Song Chang and the other two lieutenants in the county who stood on the top of the city in awe and scolded him.
Not only that, he even found that he and the family members of many county soldiers were also detained together with the Fang brothers.
After all this trouble, in order to prevent his subordinates with families from escaping, Shang Huaizhi had to retreat to the north bank of Jishui. After learning more about the situation from his subordinates who had escaped from the city, he immediately asked Puyang and Wang Wulang on his left and right. Sent a letter for help with Shan Dalang.
"The matter has reached this point. It is useless to say more. The key is how to remedy it."
Turning back to his eyes, Li Shu stood quietly and let the other party finish spraying, then calmly took the letter and hid it in his sleeve. "Song Chang is indeed brave, resourceful and capable this time. The Fang brothers will not be embarrassed if they fall into his hands."
"Yes, it's time for me to take a trip..." King Xiongtian sighed and hurried forward, not only to ask for a fight, but also to lighten the atmosphere.
What do you think the dignified chief and the big dragon are saying when they have such a quarrel?
"There are many brave and resourceful people. Magistrate Guan County is also brave and resourceful, but he did not delay Mr. Zhang to take action and take down Puyang City that night." Wei Xuanding spoke loudly and looked at each other coldly, which actually overwhelmed Cheng Dan. The master Xiong Bonan also successfully pulled Zhang Xing, Niu Da and Guan Xu next to him, causing a few people to be embarrassed for a while. "As for Fang Yanlang, he lost two cities in vain, ruined the situation of half the county, and even the overall situation, and also caused Shang Huaizhi to lose more than half of the county soldiers and family members. This is not something that can be explained without shame. .”
"I know that it will be impossible to explain to Shang Huaizhi if Fang Yanlang is not dealt with." Li Shu remained calm. "But their brothers are in the city. Even if they need to be dealt with, they should wait until the situation is restored... Isn't it a joke to rush to discuss crimes regardless of the overall situation?"
"That's true." Taoist Wei smiled, touched his clean new clothes and sat down, but then looked at Zhang Xing, who had been silent. "Mr. Zhang, you are younger, why don't I bother you to make a trip? The whole city is surrounded by golden rings, and suddenly I heard the song of the East County in all directions... I used to think that you were from the north, and you were a soldier who hung out with Jingantai. Yes, I am strong in military strategy and cultivation, but I didn't expect that the art of attacking the mind is so powerful. I still trust your methods more for this kind of thing."
Zhang Xing, who was sitting there looking at the account books, glanced at Wei Xuanding, then at Li Shu, and said calmly: "What do you say, Mr. Li? If you want me to go, I will go with King Xiongtian, and Mr. Li will go to Weinan and Baima." If Li Gong wants to go with King Xiongtian, I will go to Weinan and Baima to put grain."
"It's better that I go with King Xiongtian." Li Shu thought for a moment and simply responded. "In the end, Fang Yanlang is more at fault for this matter, and Fang Yanlang is the leader of the left wing... However, since we have to deal with this matter, Wang Wulang and others must be under my unified control."
"This is natural." Zhang Xing was noncommittal. "I'm going to Baima to feed grain, don't I have to do my best from Xu Dalang? Some things should be dealt with frankly..."
Li Shu nodded, and signaled to Xiong Bonan, who could no longer hold himself back, and wanted to leave together.
"However, if Mr. Li is leaving and I don't know when he will come back, some things will just take their own course, and some things should be asked first." At this moment, Zhang Xing hesitated and suddenly pressed the account book Called the other party. "How will Xu Dalang's father reward him? Has Mr. Li made a decision?"
"Ask Xu Dalang yourself!" When talking about this topic, not only Niu Da became embarrassed, but Li Shu himself was also a little anxious. "If he is willing, let his father be the leader and then take charge of Weinan, so as not to say that our rewards and punishments are unfair... And if he feels that father and son are upside down and does not want to accept it, then he will not accept it and let him make his own arrangements."
"Then allow his father to be a leader." Zhang Xingye said with a smile. "You can't just give him a big leader just because he is the father of the big leader, right?"
This matter is actually just a question.
Xu Shiying and his son themselves are not ignorant. After all, this situation that goes against common sense is caused by the choices of these powerful people... The father goes to deal with the government and be a good person, while the son carries a knife and goes about his business and becomes a thief. It's a survival strategy.
You can't say that now that it's officially reversed, your father values his son, so why should he use the name of father-son relationship to bypass the gang's internal system and directly rise to the top?
From a practical point of view, your Xu family is only worthy of a big leader. From a logical point of view, even the imperial court does not say that the relationship between father and son is putting the cart before the horse.
Especially at this time, Niu Da's father Niu Shuang has already decided to "recuperate" from illness. Do you, Xu Dalang, have to give your own father a reward or punishment?
"But what about the demoted officials and generals?" Zhang Xing continued to ask sensitive questions as if he didn't see Guan Xu beside him, just as if he hadn't seen Niu Da before. "Most of our people are careless, so we must use these people to support them. We can't just give them all to the leader, right?"
Guan Xu was half embarrassed, half nervous. Even Xiong Bonan and Niu Da were startled for a moment, and then remained silent and attentive. Wei Xuanding also stopped sulking and squinted to see... This was something fundamentally related to them. .
"Those who do good work will be given, those who are famous, capable and have good family background will be given. Those who do well will be given. Of course, the rest will not be given..." Li Shu glanced at Xiong Bonan who was beside him and almost blurted out. "Right now, in these counties, we can just make temporary arrangements according to local conditions. Mr. Zhang lives in the back. Why can't we arrange them properly? Why ask me?"
"Of course I know that in this place right now, it's okay to adapt to local conditions, but the problem is that there should always be something fundamental. Pay attention to it when making arrangements, so as not to slap yourself in the face tomorrow if you make arrangements today." Zhang Xing shook his head. "Mr. Li, do you think so?"
"What did Mr. Zhang say?" Li Shu heard this and simply turned around and frowned. "Is it necessary to forcibly separate the civil and military forces? Subdue people without commanding the troops? The gang will not manage the affairs? But if this is the case, both sides will be dissatisfied, right? And there are already many leaders in the gang who do not command the troops."
That's right, there are three in this room.
"What I mean is that gangs return to gangs and Ren returns to their posts. The status in the gang is the status in the gang, and the official position is the dispatched position..." Zhang Xing didn't seem to understand, and continued to answer seriously.
"Like an official and a noble?" Li Shu immediately woke up after hearing this, but he also immediately realized the problem. "It should be so, but there is still something wrong, because dispatch and appointment are the fundamentals. If there is no coordination, sooner or later the position of some leaders in the gang will become awkward...the leaders will also murmur."
Xiong Bonan was the first to nod. He had experienced enough of this kind of embarrassment in the past few days.
"That will happen in the future." Zhang Xing quickly corrected him. "The key is to establish a basic statement on the separation of Gang and Ren, and not to mix them up when announcing it. At the same time, I think it is also necessary to emphasize that Gang is Ren Gang, and the Deposed Dragon Gang is the general leader of these dispatches, and cannot be allowed to These assignments go beyond the gang system... For example, if you are a subordinate, you can continue to work, but it does not matter whether you are high or low. You must first join the gang as a guardian, and then set up a sub-ruler in the local area, appoint a helmsman, deputy helmsman, etc. Yes, let them do their work, so that we can be legitimate and continue to lead properly as the chief, leader, and leader of the gang."
Li Shu was silent for a moment, because he realized the possible disadvantages of this statement almost instantly... You know, there are others, but for Zhang Xing and him, the Deposed Dragon Gang is both a help and a constraint. If outsiders really want to take control of actual power and get rid of the constraints of people from the Dong Qi hometown, the best way is to recruit a group of people without local roots.
In this case, Jiangren is the best group to consolidate the power of the two.
if not? Why is that County Magistrate Guan so obediently following you, Zhang Sanlang? Because she sings beautifully?
Therefore, Li Shu simply does not believe that Zhang Xinghui is so stupid that he does not understand the things that he has figured out in an instant, so the answer is very simple... The other party is either testing him, or he has already realized that, regardless of the current situation, There is a Guanxian magistrate, but in fact, most of the core of the descendants should be Guanxi people and people from famous families. They should be more willing to defect to him, Li Shu, rather than follow the northern soldier Zhang Xing, so we must first make a decision. Rules to balance.
Logically speaking, he should object immediately, but now he has not wiped Fang Yanlang's butt. Even Taoist Wei can criticize him in front of him, so his words are naturally weak.
Moreover, with the leaders of Xiongbonan here, it is difficult to discuss in depth.
"This matter is too serious... It's better to wait until I finish dealing with Ji Yin's matter." At this thought, the Zuo leader of the Deposed Dragon Gang could only reply. "Of course, it's a temporary arrangement. Mr. Zhang has acquiesced in this principle in his heart. It doesn't hurt to follow it for the time being, because since I'm going to the other side of Jishui, it's your responsibility to do things here."
Obviously, he wanted to delay it and think about the pros and cons further.
"Indeed." Zhang Xing also nodded, as if it was just a temporary idea. "The military affairs are urgent. Duke Li will go on his own. Duke Wei and I will take charge of the rear."
After saying that, he lowered his head and continued to read the account book.
Li Shu also nodded and turned around again, preparing to go to Jishui to deal with the big trouble ahead.
However, at this moment, Chief Wei suddenly spoke: "Speaking of which, did Mr. Li tell Fang Yanlang the outline of what the three of us said that day?"
"What does Chief Wei mean? What kind of general plan?" Li Shu was confused and even a little angry... This Taoist Wei is not done yet, is he? It's simply shameless.
"That is, if the three counties are settled, Li Gong will advance eastward from Dongping County, and Zhang Sanye will control Jiyin, build defenses, and consolidate the rear?" Wei Xuanding asked seriously.
Before anyone else could react, Li Shu's heart was already cold, but he immediately waved his sleeves and said, "Chief Wei is overthinking."
After saying that, he couldn't wait and hurried out, which made Xiong Bonan confused and hurriedly chased him out.
As soon as the people left, Wei Xuanding turned back to look at Zhang Xing, the leader of the right wing, only to find that the latter was just looking at the account books and turned a deaf ear. On the contrary, Guan Xu, who had just surrendered, had a slightly changed expression, was twirling his beard and sneering, and shook his head. He took a long breath, then slowly walked out, and continued to watch the grain distribution.
As soon as the people left, the first person who couldn't hold himself back was Niu Da: "Third brother, what do you mean, Chief Wei?"
Zhang Xing glanced at Niu Da, nodded at Guan Xu, who was about to speak, and continued to settle accounts.
But Guan Xu was not polite and pointed it out directly: "Master Niu doesn't know, Chief Wei is hinting that the big leader named Fang may not be really arrogant and stupid. Maybe he was entrusted by others to deliberately give us Zhang Longtou is looking for trouble... because according to the discussion of the three of them, after the righteous cause is completed, Jiyin will be Zhang Longtou's territory."
"Is that so?" Niuda was half-awakened and half-astonished.
"That's definitely not the case." Guan Xu smiled. "In the case of Jiyin, it is obvious that Song Prefect's methods are better. With such methods, it is just a few days, how can he care so much? Besides, just looking at Li Longtou's embarrassment, he also knows that the chief of the house If he makes a mistake, he loses his prestige. How dare he let his confidants act like this?"
"Is that Chief Wei's instigation?" Niu Da became confused.
"It's not a provocation." Guan Xu Nianxu sneered. "This is the trouble caused by Li Longtou's subordinates. He lost his prestige for nothing, and also made Chief Wei angry... What should I do instead? Can he respond to this face to face? And Chief Wei is already angry, so naturally he doesn't care about anything. As for The two big leaders... I don’t dare to say what they will do, but they should definitely be careful.”
Niu Da sighed for a moment, then came to see Zhang Xing again, as if asking for a certificate.
"Wei Gong is smarter than others, but he is a little less generous." Zhang Xing finally spoke while holding the account book. "At this time, the most important thing is to judge people's situation... In fact, once you gain power, who doesn't have selfish concerns? The key is whether you can hide it under official business and public concern. Based on this, Mr. Li is still higher than Mr. Wei On the first level. I can only say that Duke Wei had a reason for this, and it’s hard to blame him. Anyway, I can’t add fuel to the fire. "
This was an undisputed statement, so Guan Xu and Niu Da naturally nodded repeatedly.
"So, the two of you must unite sincerely to unite the army and government in Puyang." Zhang Xing suddenly put down his account book and spoke seriously. "It should be noted that a difference of thought can make a world of difference... What I mean is that the gang will set up a sub-rudder in Puyang, with Niu Da as the leader and in charge of military affairs, Guan Xu as the deputy helmsman as the protector, and Niu Tou as assistant in administrative matters. The leader, to speak to the outside world, is the captain and the acting county magistrate."
The two of them were stunned for a moment, and even felt a little troublesome and awkward. But soon, Niu Da thought of what Zhang Xing and Li Shu had just said in the conversation, and immediately woke up. Then he looked happy and was about to salute.
Guan Xu, on the other hand, smiled bitterly for a moment and had no choice but to say yes... He has turned the world upside down, do you still expect to continue to be the county magistrate? And to be honest, having rules and regulations is better than having none at all.
"I'm in a hurry to go to Weinan and Baima to put grain. I won't interfere with the rewards for righteousness and the reorganization of troops and horses here in Puyang. When I come back, I will see you finish and review them, and I will also issue the first The military pay...the final number of soldiers should be based on the treasury and local population, plus city defense and other factors, the total number should not exceed three thousand." Zhang Xing stood up and responded simply. "In short, I leave the land of Puyang to you. I only want the people of Puyang to know that this is the righteousness of deposing the Dragon Gang, and after deposing the righteousness of the Dragon Gang, their lives will be better than before no matter what!"
"good!"
After Niu Da nodded, Guan Xu also cheered up... No matter how reckless their actions and how simple their system, these thieves and bandits are working hard on the whole, and they know how to tolerate, protect and urge each other. Moving the whole body, this made him feel a little strange when he was forced to surrender. "We must let the locals know the kindness and power of the Deposed Dragon Gang and Zhang Longtou."
Zhang Xing did not correct him this time. He just patted the shoulder of this man who was estimated to be seven or eight years older than him: "Vice-ruler Guan, it's a long road, so I'm sorry."
ps: Good night everyone.
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