Dongning Prefecture, Sanyuan County.
At this time, the county town has long lost its peace and tranquility in the past, and is shrouded in the clouds of war.
"Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!"
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
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Under the cover of artillery fire from more than a dozen red-coated cannons, countless Fengzhou Army soldiers with high morale carried ladders, pushed rams and other equipment toward the county seat.
Since the Fengzhou Army attacked Dongning Prefecture three days ago, the offensive can be said to be overwhelming. Basically, it has not encountered any decent resistance from the Zhenwu Army. It took less than a day to defeat the county seat, and faced The Fengzhou Army's offensive was like a tidal wave, while the resistance of the Zhenwu Army in Sanyuan County seemed a bit weak...
They may all understand that no matter how bravely they resist, they cannot make up for the huge strength gap between the two sides. What's more, they have been abandoned by the top management and will not have any support, becoming a strategic abandonment of the Zhenwu Army. son.
In addition, Ye Mingsheng's massive rural offensive in the previous public opinion war has now also worked, triggering emotional resonance in the hearts of the vast majority of Liaoyang soldiers in the Zhenwu Army.
Therefore, in this case, although Li Changshan, the general who was assigned to defend the city by Wang Muzhi, was extremely anxious to supervise the battle, he constantly tempted the soldiers with money and used death threats to try to inspire the morale and will of resistance of his soldiers.
But it still didn't have a very good effect. The morale of the Zhenwu Army soldiers in the city was still very low. The arrows they fired were weak and sparse, and the rolling stones and trees they threw were aimless. It was difficult to attack the Fengzhou Army. The soldiers caused great damage.
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"
After wasting hundreds of artillery shells, the artillery of the Toyoshu Army finally adjusted their position correctly, and a round of intensive artillery fire blasted the heavy wooden gate of Miyuan City into pieces.
Seeing that the city gate had been breached, the morale of all the Fengzhou Army soldiers was immediately boosted. Yuan Song, who was in charge of the central army, also had a satisfied smile on his dark face. With a wave of his hand, tens of thousands of Fengzhou soldiers The soldiers all rushed toward the city gate in a frenzied manner.
At the same time, seeing the destruction of the city gate and the crazy influx of Fengzhou Army soldiers, it was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, completely crushing the Zhenwu Army soldiers in the city who were already on the verge of despair... ·········
Amidst the deafening slogans of "surrender without killing" from the Fengzhou Army soldiers, the remaining thousands of Zhenwu Army soldiers in the city were not resisting needlessly. They knelt on the ground one after another, threw away their weapons, and raised their hands to wait. .
Although the overall situation has been decided, it must be said that Li Changshan, who Wang Muzhi chose to defend the city, was still very courageous. He led the troops loyal to him and resisted bravely until the last moment. He himself was also among the soldiers of the Fengzhou Army. He was hacked to death during the siege.
Half an hour later, under the protection of his own soldiers, Yuan Song rode a tall horse and slowly walked into Sanyuan County with a victor's attitude.
As soon as Yuan Song entered the city, his warrior Zhang Meng brought him good news.
"General, Sanyuan County has been completely captured, and a total of more than 2,200 enemy soldiers have been captured!
"This is the head of the rebel general Li Changshan. Please take a look at it!"
After speaking, Zhang Meng happily took a ferocious human head from the hands of the soldiers on the side and showed it to Yuan Song to ask for credit.
When Yuan Song heard this, he looked at the head in Zhang Meng's hand. Although the head was covered in blood, he could vaguely see some familiar features. This made Yuan Song shake his head with emotion. He served in the Forbidden Army. Although I was not familiar with Li Changshan for more than ten years, I had met him several times in Luo'an, so we had a close relationship.
I never thought that we would be separated from each other by the time we meet again. This is really sad...
Although each of them has his own main battlefield and has no eyes for life and death, Yuan Song also wanted to give his former colleague the last bit of dignity and dignity and immediately ordered:
"You have done a good job. I will ask the Commander-in-Chief to take credit for you. Over there in the kitchen, pigs and sheep are being slaughtered to celebrate your success!"
"As for Li Changshan's head, find a tailor to sew his head and body together, and find a good coffin to bury him in!"
Although he was a little curious about why his general treated Li Changshan so favorably, Zhang Meng didn't care about it anymore when he thought about the good wine and food he would have. He immediately handed over his hand and accepted the order:
"Yes, sir! I will do it now!"
After Zhang Meng left, Yuan Song looked around at the dejected prisoners and awe-inspiring people, feeling a little more proud in his heart!
He and Lin Huaiwu sent troops at the same time to attack Sanyuan County and Fengshan County respectively. Now it only took him less than three days to capture Sanyuan County. He must have gotten ahead of Lin Huaiwu and got a good start!
Thinking of this, Yuan Song couldn't wait to order the people around him:
"Write a letter to the Commander-in-Chief saying that our army has captured Sanyuan County and will arrive at Dongning Fucheng in less than two days. Please wait for good news about our army!"
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On the same day that Yuan Song captured Sanyuan County, Lin Huaiwu also captured Fengshan County. Two days later, Ye Mingsheng led He Jingyun, General Guo Zhiping, and more than 20,000 Fengzhou Army soldiers to Fengshan County and returned to own hometown
Ye Mingsheng, who returned to his hometown, was listening to several staff officers report the news from the front line in his study.
"I would like to report to the Commander-in-Chief that among the generals of the Zhenwu Army, Fang Dawei, Zhu Lin and others are willing to surrender to our army. Especially this Zhu Lin, he wrote a personal letter to your Majesty, saying that he was in the city of Dongning Prefecture. There are five thousand soldiers and horses who are willing to open the city gates and dedicate the city after our army arrives at Dongning City!"
"In addition, Yun Hanjie of the Yun family also wants to visit you again, saying that he wants to capture Chen Dechang to make amends to you..."
Hearing the words of these people, Ye Mingsheng had a sneer at the corner of his mouth. Although he knew that these people were all just wallflowers who would go there when they saw the situation was good, he did not expect that these people's actions were so clumsy. , as soon as his side captured Miyuan and Fengshan County, these people hurried over and surrendered, kneeling and licking themselves.
Although he was a little disdainful and despised the faces of these people and their clown behavior, Ye Mingsheng knew that at this time he was only gaining the upper hand in the battle with the Zhenwu Army, and the overall situation was far from settled. , so at this time he still needs to make peace with these people.
After pondering for a moment, Ye Mingsheng opened his mouth and gave instructions:
"You draft a few handwritten letters in my name to Zhu Lin, Fang Dawei and them. The tone must be warm and intimate. As for their demands, as long as they are not particularly excessive, you might as well agree to them first!"
"As for Yun Hanjie of the Yun family, I will disappear and let General He go see him! Chen Dechang is a bad old man now. It doesn't matter whether he can be taken down or not. Don't try to fool me with this from the Yun family..." ·······”
The staff officers on the side recorded Ye Mingsheng's orders and distributed them, and then asked:
"Sir, what should I do with those who divided up the Ye family's land and property in Fengshan County and oppressed the Ye family members?"
After hearing the news, Ye Mingsheng also thought about it. When Song Wenhui was in office before, although he hated Ye Mingsheng with all his heart, but in order to prevent Ye Mingsheng from completely falling to Zhenwu Army, and to drive a wedge between Ye Mingsheng and Zhenwu Army. relationship, so instead of liquidating the Ye clan in Fengshan County, he also gave some benefits to the Ye clan.
But when the Zhenwu Army defeated Song Wenhui and the ruler Dongning and Ye Mingsheng were incompatible with each other, the Zhenwu Army could not do anything about Ye Mingsheng, so they could only be incompetent and furious, venting their anger on the Ye clan members in Fengshan County.
To be honest, Ye Mingsheng had thought about this problem a long time ago, so when he came to Fengzhou, he had the foresight to vacate the old house, leaving only a few old servants to guard Ye Mansion and the people in Fengshan County. Land, and then in batches, people from the Ye clan who were willing to go to Fengzhou for development were brought to areas controlled by Ye Mingsheng such as Fengzhou, and they were settled in and distributed with the means of production... ····
But after all, it is hard to leave the homeland. There are still some Ye family members in Yejia Village who are unwilling to leave and still choose to live in Fengshan County. Ye Mingsheng has all the good things to say to these people, but they are unwilling to move, and Ye Mingsheng also There is no other way. After all, he can't kidnap these people like bandits.
So this time, this small group of Ye clan members suffered under the rule of the Zhenwu Army. The Zhenwu Army not only distributed the Ye clan's properties, mansions, and shops to other families in Fengshan County, but also successively destroyed the Ye clan's properties. Many people were arrested in the village. If the Zhenwu Army had not been in charge of Dongning for a short period of time and the foundation was unstable, and they needed to pay attention to the influence of public opinion, they even planned to execute all the Ye clan members who stayed in Fengshan County. ·············
This time, Ye Mingsheng's Fengzhou Army had just returned, and some clan elders left behind by the Ye family ran out, crying and shouting for Ye Mingsheng to support them and recover all the humiliation and injustice that the Ye family had suffered, in order to appease people's hearts. Ye Mingsheng came forward in person to persuade everyone and promised to give everyone an explanation on the spot, so he persuaded these crying elders of the Ye clan to go back.
Ye Mingsheng rubbed his temples and asked Qi Dechao beside him:
"Have you made a list of those who oppressed the Ye family and divided up the Ye family's property and land?"
Ye Mingsheng admired Qi Dechao, a smart and courageous young man, so he kept him by his side during this period and trained him as a secretary. He also had time to let him do some clerical work.
Upon hearing this, Qi Dechao bowed and said apologetically:
"Your Majesty, according to our rough statistics, there may be thousands of people who were previously organized by the Zhenwu Army to oppress the Ye family and divide the Ye family's property and land. We have been actively counting these two days. But because the number of people is too large, it will take a while... Sorry, sir..."
After saying that, Qi Dechao looked at Ye Mingsheng with some worry. As a poor boy with no background, he was also eager to get ahead and change the destiny of himself and his descendants with his own efforts. Therefore, he cherished being able to stay and work beside Ye Mingsheng. Chance.
He really wanted to do the job assigned by Ye Mingsheng well, but unfortunately, sometimes, you may not work hard enough to complete the tasks assigned by your boss.
Hearing Qi Dechao's answer, Ye Mingsheng was angry at the Zhenwu Army but also a little helpless. As his relatives, he was also his strongest supporter. Ye Mingsheng also felt the persecution they suffered. Naturally, I want to support them and uphold justice.
But the problem is that there is an old saying in China, which is that the law does not punish the public. The Zhenwu Army people are really evil. They are laying mines for themselves here. Fengshan County has a small population, and the interpersonal relationships of thousands of people are enough to spread all over the country. The whole county.
If Ye Mingsheng dealt with all these people seriously, he would undoubtedly lose the support of the people and harm the positive image of the Fengzhou military regime in the minds of the people. This would definitely be detrimental to the implementation of Ye Mingsheng's next series of policies. Influence············
But if everything is not dealt with seriously, there may be some criticism from the Ye clan, which will have some impact on the Fengzhou Army. Like most ancient heroes, Ye Mingsheng also raised an army in his hometown and recruited many of his own tribesmen.
With the development of Ye Mingsheng's power, these people also grew up to become the backbone of the Fengzhou Army. They were also very excited about the experience of the Ye clan in Fengshan County. Reports have been sent to Ye Mingsheng in the past few days.
Because of this incident, the entire Fengshan County is now in panic. Many people are worried that Ye Mingsheng will go on a killing spree to avenge the Ye clan. Ye Mingsheng needs to make a balance and compromise between these two aspects to satisfy the demands of both parties. Reach a balance with needs.
After thinking for a while, Ye Mingsheng made a decision and told Qi Dechao:
"You should compile the list as soon as possible and then do some screening to pick out the principal culprits and the accomplices with more serious circumstances. Every one of these people will have their homes confiscated and beheaded!"
"As for other people with less severe circumstances who were bewitched and coerced by the Zhenwu Army, we can give them lenient treatment and give them a chance to order them to return all the land and property allocated to the Ye family within a time limit, and to punish the Ye family. A formal and sincere apology. If it is not completed within the deadline, we will be treated like the main culprit and our house will be confiscated and beheaded without mercy!"
"In addition, you pay a sum of money from the account of the General Military Mansion and send it to Yejiacun. It is a little thought from my mother and I to everyone. In addition, in terms of my schedule for these two days, you can find a period of time and I will Go to Yejiacun to express condolences to everyone!"
Regarding Ye Mingsheng's explanation, Qi Dechao quickly recorded it in writing, nodded and said:
"Sir, I know what to do, I'll go down and do it right away!"
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