Chapter 378 Urgent Report
Three days later, Zhao Zhen, Wu Yong and others were taking inventory of the harvest in Shouzhang County Yamen.
There are 63 villages in five townships in Shouzhang County. Because Shanglaozhuang Township was massacred by Li Erseng, after cleaning up the hidden households, the entire county only has more than 7,600 households. In addition to being larger, it is not as big as Go to Dulonggang.
After Shouzhang was completely occupied, Jingyang Town was to the west of Zhaodudu Township and Jingmen Town was to the east. Except for Dulonggang, the entire Liangshan Mountains are connected together. Zhao Zhen's territory suddenly expanded by more than half.
There is less than a thousand guan of money in the treasury, but there are plenty of cloth, grain and rice.
In addition, Zhao Zhen cleaned up the squires with bad deeds and either killed or punished them, and he had nearly 20,000 yuan. The confiscated property was picked up and taken away, while the bulky ones were sold at a discount. Properties, shops, and houses are all ready for rent or sale.
The Yellow River in Shouzhang is connected to the Liangshan water park, and there is also a spiritual fish in it. Every year, the county mobilizes fishermen to catch this fish for the purpose of offering sacrifices.
"The Book of Songs" says, "If it eats fish, it must be carp from the river." This fish is the Yellow River carp. It is also said that "Luo carp and bream are as valuable as cattle and sheep." Top grade.
However, this fish is extremely difficult to catch. Unlike the four-tailed carp that Zhao Zhen has seen, only ten or twenty fish of this fish were caught in previous years. The county prices this fish at 20 guan per fish and does not allow it. Private sales can only be sold to the government.
Zhao Zhen stayed in Shouzhang for many days, but no fisherman caught one.
There were only 78 acres of proven spiritual fields in Shouzhang County. Xiao Rang bought all these spiritual fields back, together with a piece of surrounding land, and used them as public land and hired special personnel to take care of them.
In every village, those with a household registration of more than 100 were selected to arrange a handwritten letter to publicize the official documents issued by Liangshan. Several nearby villages have placed three or five disabled sergeants to teach villagers and villagers how to be brave in their spare time.
Shou Zhang was stabilized and Li Ying and others were left behind. Zhao Zhen packed up his troops and horses, escorted his belongings, and set off back to Liangshan. The sergeants were arranged neatly, with the horse army going first, and the infantry escorting the chariots following. The end is:
The embroidered flags are like clouds and fog, and the steel knife is dipped in snow and covered with frost.
The luan bell rings and the war horse gallops.
The painting drums vibrate, and the conquerors are enthusiastic.
Let’s say that Zhao Zhen’s team had only walked for an hour. Before they left the Shouzhang boundary, they saw two fast horses rushing towards them from the opposite side.
Guo Sheng and Lu Fang, who were leading the way, quickly ordered people to kidnap the two of them off their horses. After asking, they found out that these two people were Liu Guang's confidants in Jingmen Town. Today they encountered a group of thieves who broke in. At Niutoushan, Liu Guang and Yang Zhi led their troops to confront him at the foot of the mountain.
There are many thieves on this road, about seven to eight hundred people. Fortunately, they are all infantry, and only the first few ride on the head. Seeing the 200 horse troops here in Jingmen Town, they did not dare to move lightly for a while, so they occupied the Taoist temple on the mountain and set up a rough camp.
Liu Guang only had 500 infantry here, and it was inconvenient for the horse army to go up the mountain, so he only besieged instead of attacking, and sent people for help.
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen quickly sent an order to divert to Jingmen Town.
On the way, after Zhao Zhen discussed with Wu Yong, he left Wu Yong to lead the infantry with Yan Shude, Lei Heng, Bao Xu, and Jiao Ting to lead the infantry slowly. Zhao Zhen led 300 cavalry officers and soldiers, including Zhu Wu, Bai Sheng, Lu Zhishen, and Guang Hui, and rushed to Jingmen Town on horseback.
The whole journey was very fast, and at dusk, Zhao Zhen and others rushed to Jingmen Town. The [pioneer officer] Li San in the town was dressed in military uniform and led a hundred or so armed sergeants, as well as the town warriors, to guard the town.
Meeting Zhao Zhen, Li San came forward to meet Li. Zhao Zhen asked: "What's going on at Niutoushan?"
Li San replied: "This group of people are still confronting the manager on the mountain, and they haven't fought yet."
Hearing this, Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "It seems that I arrived in time. Did I find out about the origins of this group of people on the mountain?"
Li Sandao: "The general manager has not sent back the news yet. Judging from the attire, it is disorganized and definitely not among the officers and soldiers." "
Zhao Zhen said: "It's late today. I've been on a journey for a day. Let's prepare food and supplies. The soldiers and horses have rested, so we can fight tomorrow." After that, Zhao Zhen called Lu Fang. The five of them, Guo Sheng, Liu Qi and Hu Sanniang, went to Niutoushan in front of them and met Liu Guang and Yang Zhi.
Zhao Zhen asked: "My dear, have you found out who is coming?"
Liu Guangdao: "Xian son-in-law, this group of people is only stationed on the mountain and does not come down to talk. Today, Yang Zhi brothers came forward to challenge, but the people on the mountain did not respond. We were supposed to drive the soldiers up the mountain, but the casualties would be huge. I see the mountain road There are not many ruts on the road, so this group must not have much food and grass, so we can surround this group first. When the group runs out of food, they will definitely come back to fight. I have a horse army here, so I am not afraid that I will not be able to defeat him. "
Zhao Zhen listened and said with a smile: "I have thought carefully, but I have to guard against stealing the camp tonight."
Yang Zhidao: "Don't worry, sir, we have made arrangements. Send a spy to monitor the gangsters on the mountain."
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "In that case, I will go back to Jingmen Town and rest for a night, and then come back to the mountain tomorrow to help. Patrolling the camp. "
On the morning of the second day, Zhao Zhen and his party had breakfast. More than 300 people mounted their horses and trotted towards Niutoushan. Smoke and dust rose into the sky along the way.
The bandits on the mountain looked at each other in shock when they saw it. This group of people wandered around and did not attack the county town. They only attacked villages. They did not want to encounter a hard problem this time. Looking at this posture, I'm afraid it won't be easy to escape.
The two leaders gathered together and stood on the roof of the Taoist temple and looked down. The first one was wearing chain mail, a phoenix-winged helmet, a red robe with a collar, and a big iron stick in his hand. This man's surname was Song, with a single Chinese character. He was originally Ma Kuaidutou in Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Province. Because he hated his superior, he accidentally beat him to death and abandoned his home and fled.
The one behind him is dressed as a monk. He does not wear any armor. He only wears a soap-colored robe. His name is Miao Kong and he holds a crescent shovel in his hand.
This Miaokong was very promiscuous. He was raising two girls at the foot of the mountain behind the abbot’s back. One day he was drunk and was caught and exposed. He simply killed all the monks in the temple, raped Xinrou, and set fire to the temple. , and has been living in the world since then.
Song Sheng robbed a place and met Miaokong. Seeing his strong martial arts skills, he invited Miaokong to join his group. The two of them joined together and recruited many poor people to settle down, moving around.
Just listen to Miaokong say: "Brother, look at this situation, this land is not easy to conquer."
Song Sheng said: "Brother, there are many horses at the foot of the mountain. If you don't kill for a while, you will frighten the people below. I'm afraid there is nowhere to escape. We should have made up our mind to evacuate overnight."
Miaokong said: "Brother, the food and grass on the mountain are enough for three to five days, why not take a day off today and go at night. Stealing the camp."
Song Sheng said: "That's fine, if it doesn't work, I'll go down the mountain to fight with him tomorrow. Most of these officers and soldiers have nothing but food and wine. As long as we kill the leader, we'll leave later. The gang will definitely not dare to pursue them. "
The plan was settled, and the two arranged for people to monitor the movements at the foot of the mountain. The rest of the troops rested in the tents and Taoist temples to recharge their batteries and prepare to rob the camp at night.
Zhao Zhen and others were provoking a fight at the foot of the mountain. There was a no-war sign hanging high on the mountain and they did not accept the fight.
After noon, Zhao Zhen and others had lunch in the camp. Liu Huiniang said: "Husband, looking at this situation, I'm afraid that someone from the mountain will rob the camp tonight."
As he said, Li San sent someone to report that Wu Yong and his sergeants had arrived in Jingmen Town and were on their way to Niutoushan.
Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "The people on the mountain have seen these many people and horses, and I'm afraid they won't dare to come tonight."
At night, Zhao Zhen made preparations here, but unfortunately the thieves on the mountain saw Wu With the troops and horses they brought, they did not dare to come down the mountain.
On the second day, Song Sheng and Miaokong did not dare to wait any longer for fear that there would be troops and horses coming. After cleaning up, the two led a group of gangsters down the mountain and formed a rough formation.
Miaokong rushed out of the formation first, carrying an iron crescent shovel, and shouted loudly: "Who is not afraid of death, come, come, let the poor monk save you."
(End of this chapter)