The officers and soldiers quickly surrounded the city.
And Li Shu handled it well, and Xiong Bonan's appearance should be regarded as timely making up for the most dangerous shortcoming... The mask master on the opposite side did appear at the top of the city, but he encountered a situation that has become famous over time. The famous Purple Faced Heavenly King and two Chengdan masters fought in the air for a whole morning, but they were both decent men with martial arts, so naturally they attracted the attention of the whole city.
Li Shu also allowed his followers to watch.
Because after experiencing this big defeat, no one would make the mistake of underestimating the enemy again. In contrast, most of the defeated troops were depressed. It made them realize that it was a good thing that the Deposed Dragon Gang also had top experts.
It is worth mentioning that Shan Tonghai was not among those who were depressed. He struggled up to the top of the city, looked at it for a while, and then lost interest. The opponent was in the Chengdan realm, and he had already begun to think that it was simply inferior to his skills. He's just a human being, and once he improves his cultivation level, he may not be able to lose, and he may even be able to take revenge.
In contrast, the big leader was more worried that his military power would be completely wiped out.
But the leader Shan also understood that in such a situation, we must unite as one and work together to deal with the outside world. Unity of command is simply a must. Therefore, his actions were limited to moving around with lameness and internal injuries to comfort the wounded and retreat. Get information.
But after a turn, Shan Tonghai, who had not been too depressed in the morning, became completely powerless in the evening, because only three or four thousand of his 20,000 soldiers came back, and more than half of them were Jiyin Central Army.
In other words, the soldiers from Lu County and the military bandits from Juyeze were almost completely gone. They had attacked in the past few months and had nothing in exchange. Even the headquarters suffered heavy losses.
Returning to his residence, he had a dull meal. At night, Shan Dalang tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. However, he found Cheng Dalang, who was in the same hospital again... Anyway, the two of them could now be considered to have sympathy for each other, and they were brothers. .
At this time, Cheng Dalang can tolerate even if he is mean-mouthed, but even if others are polite, it makes people feel unhappy.
After knocking on the door, Shan Tonghai heard a reply from inside and dragged his legs in. He saw Cheng Dalang talking to the young man named Jia. When the latter two saw him coming in, they immediately shut up, and the young man named Jia also immediately shut up. Give up your seat and stand aside.
When Shan Dalang saw this, he didn't notice anything and sat directly over.
"Boss Shan, take care of yourself." Cheng Dalang responded coldly. "My leg is lame and I'm still running around, but I'm not afraid of people laughing at me."
"You have to walk around only if your leg is lame, otherwise others will just think you are dead." Shan Tonghai did not hesitate at all. "It's better than your Cheng Dalang side. Even if you want to walk around, there's nowhere to go..."
Cheng Dalang smiled, as if he was laughing at himself.
Shan Dalang glanced at the young man surnamed Jia who was standing on one side, and sighed more and more: "You have to thank Xiao Jia. If it weren't for him, there would be no trace of the hundreds of Qingqi you have left."
Cheng Dalang just didn't speak.
When Shan Tonghai saw this, he was not anxious at all. He just sighed and suddenly became serious: "Brother Cheng, you are older. I want to ask you a question seriously..."
Cheng Zhili then looked at the other party seriously: "What's the point?"
"Then what is it in this world that determines this country? Or what is the most powerful and fundamental thing?" Shan Tonghai answered seriously. "Is it more powerful in numbers, or is it more powerful in terms of money, grain, silk and silk? Or is it about cultivation that changes the world? Or is it about soldiers and horses?"
"I think it's a human being." Cheng Zhili answered sincerely. "Because people grow food, weave silk and fabrics, forge soldiers and armor, and even copper coins, gold and silver are dug out by people! Without people, even a country is meaningless!"
"Where is your cultivation?" Jia Runshi couldn't help but interrupt and asked.
"Cultivation is also cultivated by humans." Cheng Dalang glanced at Jia Runshi and continued to talk to Shan Tonghai, who listened attentively. "When I was young, I thought that as my cultivation level increased, I could do anything. After all, there is a Supreme Being and a Grand Master there, so why not whoever has the higher cultivation level has the final say? But then I thought about it, and I felt something was wrong. ...Because the higher you go in your cultivation, the more you have to talk about a truth. The Zhengmai is a dead skill. The Qi Sutra talks about a state of mind. When you reach the level of elixir, if you are visualizing something wrong, it is not consistent. The truth cannot go any further... But what is this truth? Isn't it God's will? And what is God's will? Isn't it about caring about people's thoughts? Look at the two Wu clan sinners and Hei Chi... …”
Shan Tonghai was startled and shook his head: "This statement is not new, but it does make some sense, but there is still something wrong."
"you say……"
"I also think they are human beings." Shan Tonghai answered seriously, holding his arms and legs crossed. "But it doesn't necessarily mean that there are more people... Are you ten good men the same as a hundred bad guys? The most obvious thing is that the three families of Guanlong, Hebei and Jiangdong fought for hegemony before. The battle was not about who had more people, nor who had more people. Who has more positive meridians, but whose family has more extraordinary scriptures, which family has more condensed elixirs, and more masters... If not for this, could Guan Long gradually come back and win in the end?"
Cheng Dalang nodded: "That makes sense..."
"People are different." Shan Tonghai tried to summarize. "Gold, silver, iron horses, cultivation, and manpower are all correct and effective, but you must know how to choose the big and give up the small, and choose the best... choose the big gold and silver, the good iron horse, the high cultivation, and the manpower. Choose someone who is honest and strong... you will gain wisdom after every experience, this is what I thought during the previous battle."
Cheng Dalang thought for a moment and immediately realized something was wrong:
First of all, we are in rebellion, so it would be nice to have one, so why is it your turn to pick and choose? It's like there are only half an acre of seedlings in a field. You can only remove weeds at most, but do you have to remove ordinary bad seedlings? It's right that you want to choose, but you have to make a choice.
Secondly, you are a big boss who has just fallen down, but you are not a leader. You are choosing from the bottom like this. Aren't you afraid that others will choose you like this?
As soon as he thought of this, Cheng Zhili wanted to speak to ridicule the other party, but after looking at the other party's appearance and thinking that he only returned seven or eight cavalry, his confidant armor cavalry, he had no idea.
Instead, he nodded hard: "Shan Dalang has some truth."
It does make some sense, who can say it doesn't make sense?
Shan Tonghai was relieved and nodded, and then asked, "What did you two just say?"
"It's Li Dalongtou's military order, asking Xiao Jia to do something. He came to me to ask for details." Cheng Dalang finally cheered up.
"Sure enough... Li Gong even wants to move your hundreds of horses." Shan Tonghai sighed. "But it is indeed saving lives. You have nothing to say. This is called being inferior to others. You deserve to be like this. I have already accepted it... There are only 4,000 new soldiers and 4,000 defeated soldiers in the city. I am really trapped in this city by the opponent." , we are really going to die."
Cheng Zhili was speechless, but Jia Runshi couldn't help but interjected and explained a little: "The leader Shan is overthinking... Li Gong wants to use Qingqi's scouting power and our local advantages to let me take advantage of it." Taking advantage of the enemy's siege and unable to fully lock down the city, we secretly took these hundreds of Qingqi back to Qi County to spread rumors..."
"Spreading what?"
"That is to say, Governor Zhang went abroad to suppress... He spent countless money and food to fight abroad. He is preparing to recruit corvees and transport food in Qi County, and he is also preparing to send more money and food for military supplies." Jia Runshi explained seriously. "I'm here to ask Boss Cheng where to go and how to say it."
Shan Tonghai was stunned and confused for a moment: "What's the use of this? Even if it's useful, water from afar can't quench the thirst of the nearer, right?"
"I asked about it. Although Xiao Jia was on the way, he was just a back-up. Before that, some scattered locals had brought gold and silver with them and went out ahead of the siege. They also wanted to spread rumors, but they were To spread in Lu County... It is said that the people from Qi County are here to fight and destroy the rebels, but the people from Lu County are required to pay for food and provide corvee services..." Cheng Dalang explained briefly. "I guess it comes in conjunction with the spring plowing. As long as the land is plowed immediately, Zhang Xuguo doesn't leave, and the defeated troops in the area cannot be consolidated and stabilized, it will have a miraculous effect."
Shan Tonghai is still a bit weird.
But it's hard for him... They are also powerful. Cheng Dalang is a powerful man who prefers manor farming;
Everyone's perception is different.
This is something that the other three people can understand a little bit, but it is completely in the blind area of Single Sea.
But on the other hand, Shan Tonghai's ability to play chess unscrupulously and expand his army, including his attitude of daring to fight and dare to fight, are incomparable to the other three, especially Cheng Dalang, who is obsessed with his own three-acre hometown.
The two continued to talk for a while, always talking about the affairs of the gang and the war at hand, and then imagined the queen and the palace treasures from afar... But unexpectedly, they did not talk about Zhang Xing and Li Shu again, nor what happened before and after.
Because the two of them who had been beaten the most were already vaguely aware of it. Just like the previous massive expansion, starting from the blow from this Qijun old man, the following days were probably going to be difficult. Talking about some things too deeply, On the contrary, it is useless.
The next few days were the most difficult. The defeated army was left in the city, and people's hearts were unstable. The officers and soldiers had repeatedly defeated the strong with the weak, and they had already taken on a new look. Their spirits were different, and they were becoming more organized in setting up camps and patrolling.
This contrast between internal and external spiritual energy reached its peak when Zhang Xuguo boldly divided his troops to capture Xuchang and Sucheng (both belonging to Dongping County) behind Pinglu, forming a situation where only 6,000 people surrounded 8,000 people. An extreme.
Everyone knew that this was a strategy to lure the enemy, but there seemed to be some conspiracy involved and they really didn't dare to attack.
But because of this, the middle and high-level people in the city began to panic.
In this case, someone suggested that Wang Wulang immediately return his troops to help, because the latter also occupied most of the county in Jibei, with tens of thousands of people. He could take advantage of the opponent's division of troops and fight hard.
However, this suggestion was forcefully rejected by Li Shu. Not only that, he also continued to take advantage of the enemy's division of troops to send out messengers, asking Wang Wulang to ignore this place and only go east to attack Qi County.
With Shan and Cheng's defeated generals, Li Shu and Xiong Bonan here, naturally no one could waver in the policy, so the strategy continued and persisted.
And this persistence soon worked wonders as spring plowing began.
Zhang Xuguo was sitting in the main camp, surrounded by generals on both sides, all with cold expressions, and all their eyes were fixed on a man in official uniform.
After a while, Zhang Xuguo made up his mind: "Drag him out to enforce military law."
"I don't accept it!" After hearing this, he saw the soldiers coming to drag him away. He knew that he was unlucky, so he shouted and asked. "Why should the governor of Qi County kill the grain officer of Lu County? No one is willing to transport grain to you, so why should you blame me?"
No one was moved at all.
When the man was dragged out of the tent, his tone changed again, and he cried and begged directly: "Prefect Zhang, it's really not that I didn't work hard, but the people just can't trust us, and they would rather be thieves than submit to conscription. I What can I do without soldiers? What can I do? Just spare my life..."
After crying for a moment, the sound suddenly stopped and everything became quiet again.
Until this moment, Zhang Xuguo pinched his gray beard and exhaled heavily... He never expected that he had fought such a beautiful battle quickly and liberated almost the entire Lu County, but he had not gained anything. Support and reward.
The soldiers of Lu County who had surrendered the thieves returned home. Instead of staying on their own terms, they helped the gangsters from the Dragon Gang to spread rumors all over the place. It seemed that the entire Lu County was in the state it was in now, as if it was all his fault.
Why can't local officials fulfill their duties?
Why can't people live and work in peace and contentment?
Why should you trust those gangsters from the Deposed Dragon Gang instead of yourself?
"The rebels of the Deposed Dragon Gang were released... Zhishi Army was also released." Jia Wugen hesitated and spoke carefully. "Junjun, the common people are short-sighted, should we also release grain?"
"In the past, when we put grain in Qi County, we put it out first when we had the grain." Zhang Xuguo sighed, but there was also a hint of anxiety. "But here in Lu County, the thieves and traitors have released half of the grain according to the autumn grain. Let's release it again, how much? If we release too much, how will we maintain the military rations? If we release less, I will be afraid and ungrateful. And... and after all, it is Lu County, not Qi County, it is my responsibility to put food in this county, so what does Lu County count?"
Everyone either sighed, got irritated, or didn't understand.
Then, Captain Fan Hu seriously reminded: "General, there is one more thing. Now that spring plowing has begun, and grain is released, the people are not willing to come out to work as servants. Even further down, the people of Lujun around will feel that... It’s us who delayed spring plowing and ruined our plans for the year.”
"If it doesn't work, forget it. Just capture some strong men." Yu Baimei was furious and was the first to give up thinking. "Replenish the military rations first."
"It's not that we can't capture strong men by force, but I'm just afraid that if we capture them by force today, when they leave tomorrow, they will become new thieves again." Jia Wugen said the truth with an expressionless face. "How afraid the people of the Eastern Territory are of joining the army in corvee service, do they still need to speak out?"
This sentence seemed to hit Zhang Xuguo's weakness. The Qijun Tongshou became increasingly frustrated, so he simply stood up without saying a word and walked out with his hands behind his hands.
Leaving the tent, he waited for the temporary rammed-earth general platform to be built. He ignored the corpses that had not yet been cleaned up, and then looked around... In the past, he usually only looked at the military arrangements of the enemy and the enemy on the city and the surrounding areas, plus the geographical situation. , but I rarely watched anything else today.
There was still smoke from the villages in his sight, but Zhang Xuguo knew that the people had long since disappeared from the villages, and they had all turned into camps where Qijun soldiers were stationed, and the soldiers were cooking. The hard surrounding ground that had been trampled on for a long time was actually cultivated land, but the fields and ridges had long been trampled flat.
Only some wheat seedlings that had just emerged under the camp stubbornly proved something...these messy wheat seedlings that had grown on their own because they had been harvested before were supposed to be pulled out and then plowed and sown again, but at this time, due to the stubbornness of the weather, Growing there, it seems to be mocking the soldiers and farmers in this place at the same time.
"Divide two thousand troops with Fan Hu to transport the grain in person, and recruit husbands from several cities. Specialize in recruiting scoundrels and merchants. Two or three thousand will be enough. It doesn't matter if the noise is louder." After watching for a long time, Zhang Xuguo Suddenly he turned around and gave instructions to the people behind him. "Let Fan Bao and the others slowly approach from Dongping..."
"You still divide your troops to lure the enemy?" Fan Hu was stunned for a moment.
"I'm just afraid that Li Shu is a wise man and won't fall into the trap." Zhang Xuguo responded seriously.
No one can tell the difference anymore.
However, time passed quietly, and in the late first month of the first month, when spring plowing was in full swing, Li Shu did not move... and the logistics of Qijun's soldiers and horses became increasingly difficult, and there was even an attack by a bandit team formed by a small group of previously broken troops.
Zhang Xuguo divided his troops three times and asked Yu Baimei to lead 500 people to sweep the place.
But Li Shu still didn't move.
At this time, the official document that riots had begun in Qi County arrived in front of Zhang Xuguo's case. The old man who had won many battles on the battlefield finally gave up his struggle and chose to retreat.
His military ability seems to have no room to display in front of Li Shu's few rumors and some gold and silver.
"What do you say?" Zhang Xuguo suddenly stopped at the bank of Wenshui River in the north of Gongqiu City, and then waited for Zhang Changgong's return.
"It didn't move." Zhang Changgong said. "The soldiers and horses in the city have not moved at all, and Xiong Bonan is still in the city."
Zhang Xuguo immediately shook his head... Obviously, he was ready to bite back and strike back, but unfortunately, Li Shu got the posture right and still didn't move.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Changgong hesitated for a moment and continued to report: "But that Cheng Dalang went out of the city alone, and he settled the case at our camp below the city."
Like everyone else, Zhang Xuguo was at a loss and asked: "What case did you decide?"
"Divide the land." Zhang Changgong answered seriously, and you couldn't see the expression behind the mask at all. "As soon as we left, farmers who had no idea where they were going came back in droves. The Qilong Gang took military rations to make seeds for them. They seemed to have saved some at home, so they started cultivating the land while selecting seeds... ...but we had set up camp to flatten the ridges before, and there were often disputes about who occupied whose land. Cheng Zhili was shot by an arrow from the commander, and his legs were not healed, but he still came out to judge cases and disputes. ...It is said that it is all about conferring land, and it is just a matter of redrawing the land."
Zhang Xuguo opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment, he just felt cold all over.
After a long while, he still didn't know that the queen was robbed by the Deposed Dragon Gang, and he made a final conclusion: "The disaster in the world only belongs to the Deposed Dragon Gang!"
After shouting, they had no choice but to order the entire army to go eastward along the Wenshui River and withdraw to Qi County.
"Do you think the world's disaster lies in the Deposed Dragon Gang or in Guanlong Neili?" Almost at the same time, thousands of miles away in Dongdu City, in the black tower, Emperor Cao's eyes were almost splitting.
Amidst the chaotic and noisy sound of wind chimes, the seven or eight red ribbons and a dozen black ribbons in front of the Grand Master were as silent as cicadas.
Can Uncle Cao be allowed to leave the Queen after being invited by Zhang Xing, chop off the hand of his second eunuch, defeat the three most elite patrol teams, clear out Liang County, and rebel against half of Liang County? You can still ask this question...of course there is a good reason.
It sounds funny, but it is true. In order to fight against the tyranny of Uncle Cao, the Guanlong clan chose to stop farming.
That's right, the military leaders of Guanlong, who probably occupy more than 60 to 70% of the land in Guanlong, and are the largest and most orthodox ruling group in the world, began to protest, and they adopted a non-violent and non-cooperative attitude... Spring plowing was approaching, but they refused to cultivate. Land, there are rumors that unless Uncle Cao stops snatching private slaves from them and sending them to the army, they will just wait for everyone to eat a few large warehouses of old grain.
Luokou Cang, Liyang Cang, and Guangtong Cang are full of grain. I don’t believe you, Uncle Cao, won’t distribute grain.
When Uncle Cao is in power, can people still starve to death?
Not only that, those people in the Nanya Assembly Hall were still urging Uncle Cao to send troops as soon as possible to remove the soldiers who were fighting against the rebellion in Nanyang and dealing with the Wu brothers to fight against Zhang Xing, the number one rebel in Jiyin.
Or maybe Emperor Cao could go there in person and crush to death the traitor who was said to have condensed his elixir.
Don't let him get away.
ps: good night
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