Chapter 151 Entering the City
At Mao hour, the morning light was faint.
After feasting on Lengsu dumplings, the Taishan army launched an attack on Mou County ahead.
Three hundred-man troops selected by Dian Wei, Li Damu, and Yu Jin, before Mou County woke up, either took lock hooks or moved ladders, and rushed across the chasm, all the way to the foot of Mou County.
Mou County also has earthen walls, no more than three feet high, and some parts are broken. I don’t know why the county magistrate here doesn’t repair them.
Dian Wei's general Xu Xi was the first to ascend the city.
Xu Xi was a light knight from Shouzhang in Yanzhou. He and Wang Han were hired by Zhang Miao to come to Taishan County to fight against thieves. Unexpectedly, he himself became a thief, and accidentally got a good general who could lead 200 people. For him, the son of the head of Guizhou, he was regarded as a great ancestor.
Naturally, if a scholar dies for his confidant, and Qu Kui Zhang Chong appreciates him, Xu Xi will follow Qu Kui wholeheartedly.
But Xu Xi was still a little uncomfortable. He heard Zhao Chong say that Wang Han, who was a ranger with him, seemed to be promoted. I heard that many generals went to Li Damu's general Wang Han and asked him to be their deputy general.
This made Xu Xi a little unbalanced. He was afraid of the competition, and what was even more afraid was that you would lose in this competition.
Xu Xi, who was originally from a background similar to his own, already made Xu Xi uncomfortable. What's even more annoying is that during this night march, most of them were left behind.
I have already told General Dian Wei that they must avenge their disgrace this time, otherwise they will have to downsize in the future.
At that time, Dian Wei's face turned red and he issued a military order directly in front of the visitor:
"My Dianwei tribe must be the first to climb to the top of Mou County City. No, behead me."
Then Dian Wei was about to lead the team in person, but Zhao Chong and Xu Xi stopped him and advised:
"Diantou, the leader of Ququ was originally disgusted with the fact that generals and generals were the first to ascend. Wouldn't it be even more wrong for you to go?"
Dian Wei had no choice but to order the more brave Xu Xi to lead one hundred elite troops to ascend first.
In the end, he, Xu Xi, lived up to his expectations. He climbed to the top of the city with only a grappling hook and rope, and planted the flag of their Right C Division on the head of Mou County City.
Wang Han of Li Damu's tribe and Chang Xi of Yu Jin's tribe both took the lead, but they were still one step behind Xu Xi and lost the advantage of being the first to ascend.
At this time, we can see the difference between Wang Han and Chang Xi. When Chang Xi was cleaning the military station at the top of the city, Wang Han had already led his troops straight down to the top of the city and killed a wave of sleepy Mou County soldiers. After the soldiers arrived, they opened the city gate directly.
Then Chang Xi saw on the top of the city that his troops were pouring in through the city gate opened by Wang Han, and he was so regretful that he slapped his head.
Mou County is broken.
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"The city is broken and thieves have entered the city."
When the patrolmen rushed all the way to the county temple, they saw the ground was in a mess. All the nobles were lying on the couches in the hall, snoring like thunder.
He finally found the county captain among these drunkards, but no matter how he called, the county captain would not wake up. Having no choice, the patrolman took a tile of water from the desk and splashed it to wake up the county lieutenant.
Li Yi was aroused by the water and woke up immediately. Just as he was about to scold him, he heard what the soldier in front of him said. The city was broken and there was an intruder. He didn't believe it at the time, and was about to reprimand, but he saw remnant soldiers pouring into the county temple in embarrassment, shouting:
"The city is broken and thieves are in."
At this moment, Li Yi's remaining drunkenness was gone. He immediately turned over, but his feet gave out and he fell to the ground again. When I wanted to get up again, I found that not only could I not move my body, but my mouth was also crooked. If I wanted to speak, I could only drool on the ground.
But Li Yi's consciousness was clear. He kept staring and motioned to the patrol soldiers to pull him up quickly. But unfortunately, as soon as he became paralyzed, the soldiers dispersed in a hurry.
It's over, it's over, the county captain has also suffered a stroke, let's go and survive.
Only the county lieutenant Li Yi was left, squirming in the mess on the ground, with tears of regret in the corners of his eyes:
"It's just one day, just one day away. I really drank this meal in vain."
In the end, Li Damu's tribe occupied the granary, Yu Jin's tribe captured the county temple, and Dianwei's tribe occupied the arsenal. After that, they cleaned up the streets and blocked the people.
From time to time, groups of Taishan soldiers can be seen patrolling the streets, arresting and killing any young ranger who dares to take advantage of the situation.
After that, Zhang Chong, who was outside the city, meandered into the city with his headquarters.
At this time, in the houses on both sides of the road, there were people from time to time holding open the door cracks to watch this strange army, with sad faces on their faces.
Looking at the desolate streets, Zhang Chong and He Kui walked in front of the army and also gave instructions:
"Shu Long, although we have conquered Dongpingling before, we did not capture it, so Mou County is the first city we captured. The honor of our Taishan Army lies in this first time. We must do a good job."
He Kui immediately nodded in agreement and said:
"In the last years of Xinmang, the world was in chaos. Guangwu sent Deng Yu to the east of Hedong, and Qiu was not violated. He won the hearts of the people in one fell swoop. On the other hand, the rebels in the world at that time only had more remnants than the official army. How could this win the hearts of the people? This Guizhou head is Le'an evil If there is chaos, they will support whoever can bring them peace. Therefore, the first step to calm people's hearts after entering the city is to maintain strict military orders, not to violate the law, and to pay tribute to the sages and celebrities."
Zhang Chong pondered He Kui's last six words.
"Sacrifice the sages and honor the celebrities?"
Of course He Kui understood Zhang Chong's attitude towards powerful people, so he explained one more sentence:
"The so-called offering sacrifices to sages and honoring famous people is not to co-govern with the powerful people in the county, but to protect the hearts of the people of the county. Although the leaders of Guizhou are different from the powerful people, they also respect people with high moral standards. If we To be able to offer sacrifices to our ancestors and honor them is to tell the people of the whole county that our Taishan Army is not just ordinary thieves, but volunteers who uphold justice for heaven."
Zhang Chong understood that what He Kui meant was that this first impression should still conform to the current mainstream moral values. He had no opinion on the matter and indicated that He Kui could handle it. Then, Zhang Chong gave other instructions to the three generals Yu Jin, Dian Wei, and Li Damu who were following him.
After these generals explained what they were doing, they came to the city gate to welcome Zhang Chong into the city, and they all followed Zhang Chong.
The three generals respectfully landed behind Zhang Chong's horse and listened to Qu Kui's instructions:
"A very important goal of our capture of Mou County is to raise food. The food we prepared before going out to the mountains has been eaten up. The army will not be stable without food, so this food issue is the top priority.
The rice warehouses and arsenals you have built must find the original warehouse officials as soon as possible and arrange for them to count them. How much money is in the treasury, how much grain is in the warehouse, and how much armor is in the arsenal must be recorded. ”
Then he gave special instructions to Yu Jin:
"In addition, Wen Zeyi must carefully torture and plunder the powerful people of the county and the families of the local tycoons captured in the county temple. If they want to resist our army, they will naturally become prisoners. The prisoners should be treated as family property. This is You have to pay more attention to the money. These people must have more money than the county treasury.”
Zhang Chong added a few more words:
"These powerful people also have their own troops. You must learn to defeat them one by one and disarm them. First, let these powerful family heads order their troops to abandon their weapons. If there is resistance, annihilate them on the spot, and then pass on their heads. If necessary, let them These tribes know the consequences of resistance. They must be quick and ruthless. You don’t have to worry too much. I will let Dong Gu lead the collision team to help you. It’s not a big deal.”
Yu Jin nodded hurriedly and promised to complete the order.
The team entering the city walked for a while. When passing by the grass market on South Street, they saw more than a dozen heads hanging on several bamboo poles. Zhang Chong gestured, what are these?
Yu Jin hurriedly stepped forward to report:
"Qu, these people are evil young rangers who took the opportunity to cause trouble when the army entered the city. When the soldiers arrived, they tried to resist, but they were killed."
Zhang Chong nodded:
"Such rebellious people must be killed, but this is a good way to deal with it. Find the families of these people and ask them to take their heads back and bury them."
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Yu Jin received the order.
Zhang Chong directly said to Li Damu:
"It's useless to kill these scoundrels in the city. There are many of them because they are forced to survive. After a while, you can set up a recruitment banner and ask those who can't survive in the city to join the army. The Taishan Army will give them a way to survive."
"How many will we recruit?"
"First recruit a thousand people and call it Moucheng Camp. After all, the people of Mou County must defend it themselves."
Li Damu took the order.
He Kui said:
"Qu Kuai, we are setting up a flag to recruit troops, but we are afraid that no one will come."
"It's okay. Those who can't survive will naturally join. If you don't want to join, don't force it. It's just a casual matter.
But there was one thing that Zhang Chong cared about, and he was about to discuss it with He Kui.
"Shu Long, I have always believed that within ten steps there must be grass, and within a hundred steps there must be heroes. There is never a shortage of talented people in this world, but it depends on whether the superiors have the vision to select people, the determination to employ people, and whether they retain people. Guarantee. There are more than ten thousand people in Mou County, and there are many things to do. I want you to write a request for talents in Mou County, who can read and understand geography. As long as there is a talent, I will use it.”
He Kui understood and just asked what the point of the letter was. Zhang Chong only said one sentence:
"Only those who have the talent, use what you have."
He Kui understood.
This time, he did not advise Zhang Chong to value moral people, because they knew that no moral people would join them now. Even if there are really moral people who come to vote for them, that is no longer the case.
Let me ask, which moral person would become a thief?
Finally, Zhang Chongjiu and the generals concluded:
"We in Mou County only have three things. That is 'fairness', 'fairness', and 'fairness'. We judge those who commit adultery and robbery. We have no property for those who plunder and plunder. We feed those who have no food. We feed those who have no clothing. Yes, we will give them clothes. Those who have no future, we will give them a chance. Those who have made meritorious deeds, we will give them rewards. I just want the people of Mou County to understand one thing. When our Taishan Army comes, there is a word for fairness." br>
The generals received their orders, "Here."
After that, the generals completed their respective tasks and left. There are four people on duty, some cleaning the streets and patrolling the streets, some counting money and food, and some waiting to ride. In short, everyone is in their place, properly and properly.
In this way, the Taishan Army's first entry into the city was settled.
After the generals left, Zhang Chong asked He Kui:
"Has Meng Ju not come back yet with the flag on his back?"
He Kui shook his head.
Zhang Chong looked to the northeast again and sighed.
(End of chapter)