The acting magistrate of Sishui County, Yang You, was in his sixties, with white beard and hair, and kind eyes. He looked very approachable, and Su Yonglin naturally greeted him with a smile.
From the conversation with him, Su Yonglin learned that the county magistrate and county lieutenant ran away after he threatened them before, and the official forces of the Jin Kingdom also ran away. Now there are no Jurchens in the city.
Not only the people in the city, but also all the Jurchens in the villages outside the city were said to have fled. No one was left, and no one knew where they went.
It seems that Su Yonglin's annihilation of the cavalry team was such a deterrent to them that it made them feel fear and despair, so they voluntarily abandoned Sishui County and stopped resisting.
Since they all gave up the county seat of Sishui, there is no need for Sishui to be loyal to the Jin Kingdom. No one will know that they are loyal to the Jin Kingdom, let alone no one will care. The Jurchens have no time to take care of themselves, how can they still be grateful to a group of loyal and filial Han people?
Therefore, they decisively decided to surrender and accept the leadership of the Liberation Army. They only asked Su Yonglin not to kill anyone.
It was really scary that Su Yonglin directly led the Shengjie Army to kill all the Jin soldiers stationed outside the city.
"I also ask the general to be considerate of the people in the county and never use weapons. Otherwise, whatever the general wants, everything can be discussed. The people of Surabaya admire the general's martial virtue. If the general needs something, the people of Surabaya will do their best to provide it."
Yang You bowed and saluted very respectfully, keeping his posture very low.
This made Su Yonglin very happy.
As the saying goes, don't hit someone with a smiling face. Of course, Su Yonglin did not make them feel afraid. He treated them very kindly. He did not let the soldiers enter the city, but let them camp outside the city.
He accepted the military gifts from the people in the city and handed them over to the army for distribution. Then he brought a few personal guards into the city to attend the reception banquet hosted by Yang You.
At the banquet, all the celebrities in Sishui County were present. They looked familiar to Su Yonglin and gave him many gifts.
There was a lot of real gold and silver, a lot of copper coins, and a lot of food.
Su Yonglin returned the favor and appointed Yang You as the official Sishui County Magistrate, asking him to arrange other county positions, while he did not interfere in the specific government affairs of the county.
Of course, Su Yonglin is not here for charity, he still has to get what he wants.
Su Yonglin agreed with them that Shengjiejun was equivalent to their superior, and they needed to follow past practice and hand over the taxes paid to the superior government to Shengjiejun.
And he also proposed to transfer the land and village population controlled by the Jin people to the control of the Shengjie Army, and they were not allowed to interfere.
In front of the fierce army, everything was negotiable. Yang You and the celebrities in Sishui County agreed to all Su Yonglin's requests and asked Su Yonglin if there was anything else he needed.
Su Yonglin made a few more gentle requests, and they all agreed.
Su Yonglin was very satisfied with the people in Sishui County who were so easy to talk to and so reasonable. He felt that they were worthy of being role models. He praised them greatly and said that they could not station troops in Sishui County and leave everything to the people of Sishui.
The people of Surabaya express their gratitude.
The banquet of "Hello, Me, Hello, Everyone" ended happily like this. Su Yonglin was very satisfied with this group of wallflowers and felt that they were very professional.
But for another group of professional role models, Su Yonglin was not so satisfied, and even felt that they had no professionalism.
Under Qufu County, Su Haisheng and Han Jinggui led troops to surround Qufu County and demanded that they open the city and surrender.
However, Qufu County still refused to open the city gates, and requested a dialogue with the supreme commander of the Shengjie Army. The supreme commander Su Yonglin was not here, so Qufu County firmly refused to open the city gates.
Su Haisheng and Han Jinggui were afraid of the Kong family in the city and were worried that a forcible attack on the county would bring public pressure to Su Yonglin, so they did not dare to forcibly attack the city. They stationed troops here and contacted Su Yonglin to wait for news about Su Yonglin.
Su Yonglin learned about this in Sishui County and was very angry, so he led his troops and came quickly.
In the garrison camp, Su Yonglin scolded Su Haisheng and Han Jinggui.
"He said he wouldn't open the city gate if he didn't want to? He said he wanted to see me, so you really waited for me to come? Are you so obedient? Who is he? What qualifications does he have to treat Shengjie Army like this?"
Su Yonglin glared and became furious, making Su Haisheng and Han Jinggui feel guilty for a while.
Su Haisheng whispered: "Alang, after all, they are descendants of Confucius. If we attack the city by force, it would be a little inappropriate, right? Scholars all over the world regard them as gods. If we attack the city rashly, we will probably face a lot of criticism. Alang is a person who wants to do great things, and there must be no stain on him."
Su Yonglin laughed angrily, feeling that these guys really thought enough about themselves and were considerate enough.
But does he need it?
"Criticism? I put a knife across his neck, how dare he criticize? The Jurchens came to the Central Plains as a foreign race, does the Kong family have any criticism? Didn't they just honestly become the Yanshenggong of the foreigners? They really value criticism. ? Shit! They only care about profits!"
"But Alang, they are descendants of Confucius after all..."
"Descendant of Confucius? How many battalions of troops does he have?!"
"this……"
"What a heck he is! How can an army of more than 10,000 be bluffed outside the city and waste food? He can stop you from moving with just one word? What is that in your hands? It's a knife! It's not a Confucian classic!
You are not their disciples, why are you pretending to be filial sons and grandsons? What is Kong? He is an example of a superior person! The superior people tout them as saints, and a bunch of you cows and horses follow them to worship? madness! Have you learned all the things I taught you in the dog's belly? "
Su Yonglin stared angrily, so frightened that Su Haisheng, Han Jinggui and a group of officers did not dare to say anything.
"Send the order, attack the city! He won't open the city gate, I will open it for him!"
"Here!"
Su Yonglin gave the order, and the frightened officers immediately realized their mistake and made preparations immediately.
After a while, Shengjie's army immediately prepared to attack the city.
Through the captured Jin Army soldiers and siege equipment, the Shengjie Army already possessed large-scale siege equipment and siege capabilities.
So the Victory Army set up crossbows, trebuchets, trench bridges, ladders, watchtower trucks, dust trucks and other equipment outside the city. They also prepared a large number of throwing siege weapons such as stone bullets and firearms, and the entire army began to attack. City University mobilizes.
Su Yonglin sent someone to shoot an ultimatum into the city, requiring Qufu County to open within half an hour, otherwise the victorious army would directly attack the city, regardless of casualties!
This letter was quickly delivered to Kong Zheng, the ruler of the city. Kong Zheng was frightened after reading it. He also heard that the victorious army outside the city was in an siege posture, and he was very scared.
The magistrate of Qufu asked Yan Shenggong Kong Zheng to make a decision to save the lives of the city.
Kong Zheng felt very sad about this.
Although the defense power of Qufu County is better than that of ordinary county towns, it is still just a county town and does not have many troops. If there is really a fight, it will hold out for a day or two at most, and sooner or later it will be breached.
He had only thought about whether he could discuss the terms with Shengjiejun outside the city. Unexpectedly, Shengjiejun was very easy to talk to, so he made a few more requests, and the other party agreed to them. They didn't force him. He thought he had met a good friend. The army to deal with it.
So he thought about whether he could work out a self-protection agreement through diplomacy, so that they would not come to Qufu County to make trouble, and he would be in peace with them.
Why did you suddenly change your mind?
Concerned, Kong Zheng went to the city with his family's private soldiers to observe the situation outside the city. He saw that the troops outside the city were in good order, and large siege equipment had been pushed to the front of the formation. Many people were busy back and forth. It was obvious that No kidding.
This is really a siege!
"Mr. Kong, what should we do? These rebels really want to attack the city!"
The captain of the garrison at the top of the city was very frightened by this.
He was very aware of Qufu County's defensive strength and had no confidence in its defense.
Kong Zheng thought about it and felt that it could not go on like this, so he decided to send people out of the city to negotiate with the Shengjie army outside the city.
He sent his brother Kong Lao out to negotiate with Shengjie's army.
But Kong La was not very willing to go out of the city to negotiate with Shengjie's army.
"Brother, those are rebels. What if they hold me hostage and demand to open the city gate? We still have to hold on and wait for reinforcements!"
Kong La refused with a face.
Kong Zheng almost said the words "We will open the city gate even if you don't go".
"They are just outside the city. Why are we waiting for reinforcements? If they really want to attack the city, will you defend the city or me? We have to open the city gate. You just go and negotiate terms with them and ask them not to send troops into the city. , don't use the knife.
As long as they promise not to be rough, kill, or rob, then whether they want money or food is negotiable. The situation is stronger than the people. We can't let the rebels really attack the city, right? Moreover, we don’t know what the situation is on the front lines, so we’d better not mess around. "
