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Chapter 58 Killing Shen Gouguan and robbing Qizhou City
a few days later.

On the first day of September, Huanggang County.

The original yamen of the magistrate of Huangzhou has changed a lot now.The front hall was dilapidated, the walls collapsed and no one took care of it, but the back house was magnificently decorated.

It is not accurate to say that it is decoration, because the putty on the wall is too lazy to re-scrape, but all kinds of silks and satins and curtains are used to cover the wall.Originally, the curios displayed by the wealthy households in the city were moved to the backyard of the government office and piled up randomly.

The man who lives in the government office now is Liu Xiyao, the leader of the bandit who is known as the "King of the World".

Liu Xiyao is also from Shaanxi, and the leaders of Gezuo Fifth Battalion and many other bandits are from Shaanxi.

After many years of tossing and turning, he formed a life style of being happy with the situation.No matter what city or mansion he occupies, he will use it like a big tent in the barracks and be ready to throw it away at any time.

Since it is not regarded as one's own permanent property, there is no hard decoration.Wouldn't it be nice to use everything as soon as you move it in and burn it as soon as you move it away?

In the past few days, Liu Xiyao has not been in a very happy mood, and it is hard to say where he is unhappy.So much so that the people who served him were cautious, because there were already several horsemen who had done wrong things and were beaten and whipped by Liu Xiyao.

Everyone also knew in their hearts that Marshal Liu was disturbed because he sent a secret agent to infiltrate Qizhou, but there was no news later.

Unexpectedly, there is still a little thought in my heart, and I still refuse to accept the reality until I finally believe it.

"Hu Jinna kills talents, and he doesn't send someone back to report whether he succeeds or not. It really misses the opportunity! If everything goes well, we will kill the door one day earlier, earn the city, and take away Shen Lin's bird family property, but the United States Very good."

It was meal time at this moment, and Liu Xiyao was munching on the case in the back house of the government office, thinking wildly angrily, venting all his depression on the big pig's hoof he was holding in his hand.

But today's pig's trotters are in a hurry, the cook didn't do it very badly, he just bit into the tendon of the trotter, which made the gap between his teeth itchy, very uncomfortable.

Just as Liu Xiyao was about to touch the knife and scold the cook, suddenly a confidant stumbled in and saved the cook's life.

"Your Majesty, something is wrong! One of the secret agents sent to Qizhou has escaped."

Liu Xiyao didn't know what to hear, and first dodged a scabbard: "Can you talk? I was surprised, it's a good thing to be back!"

The confidant was calmed down by the slap, and then he said in detail: "No, Your Majesty, they escaped after being spotted. Hu Jin and the others were all spotted and chopped up by the Shen dog officer! Only one sentinel escaped back. It’s still righteous, and secretly brought back the heads of the brothers who were displayed in public.”

Liu Xiyao was furious: "What? This Shengou official is so courageous. When I break through Qizhou County, I have to cut him up! As many brothers as he kills, he will be chopped off!"

After being angry, he is still the leader of the party, and he is still a bit of a city man.After calming down, he immediately summoned Liu San who had fled back, and asked about the situation carefully.

Fortunately, Shen Shuren didn't ask Liu San to do anything to lure the enemy. Liu San thought to himself that it would be the safest thing to do according to Master Shen's words, so he followed the plan completely.

"...Your Majesty, that thief Shen was extremely cruel and suspicious. He indiscriminately killed the country gentry who resisted his grain requisition when he was in Qishui, but he randomly bought the hearts of the poor and recruited them to serve him as soldiers. Even the nephew of the old thief Yuan Jixian was taken by him. Your Majesty's name was killed, and you were planted on your Majesty!

Just because he would rather injure than let go, and kill innocent people indiscriminately, our brother was obviously very cautious, but he was found out. People with unknown household registration backgrounds can't be soldiers with Shen Thief! "

Liu Xiyao had no doubts about these points at all, because the characteristics of killing innocent people indiscriminately and being suspicious gave him a sense of substitution, and he felt that those who were in positions of power should be like this.

The dog civil servants he met originally were coy and coy, but in his opinion, they were perverted.

"Although this Shen dog officer deserves to die, he is also a ruthless person, which is quite to my liking." Liu Xiyao actually nodded, and then pursued and asked, "Then how did you escape?"

Liu San bit the bullet and said according to the original plan. He only said that some gentry dared not speak out against Shen Shuren, so he wanted to leave more ways to escape, but he was afraid that Liu Xiyao would kill the rich and liquidate them, so he wanted to find out first. road.

Of course Liu Xiyao would not object to this, not because he was hasty, but even if the condition was false, he would not lose if he agreed to it, and if it was true, it would be a business without capital, no matter how you look at it, it would not be a loss.

He immediately said boldly: "What's the difficulty? This king will send an oath to the Yuan family and Xu family in Qizhou. If he dares to take the token, give him some tokens.

The king promises that as long as they are internal support, they will attack Qizhou and Qishui in the future, and will never plunder their family's property, and they will share [-]% of the property looted by burning and killing other people! "

When the word [-]% was just said, Liu Xiyao regretted it for a moment in his heart, as if the price was too bold.

But it was only for a moment, and then he quickly returned to calm—if he really could break the city, wouldn't he have the final say?When the time comes, give a little less, will those gentry still dare not accept it?
It's a promise that you don't even plan to keep, so it's okay to blow it up a bit, let's see the other party's reaction first.

After ordering the surrender policy, Liu Xiyao asked some more about the military situation: "Officer Shen Gou, how is the military equipment now, and the soldiers have the fighting spirit. If our army sends troops now, can the people turn against them?"

Although Liu San and the others failed to go undercover and win the city gate in the future, they have spent a few days in Shen Shu's army anyway, and they should have seen a lot of information, which is somewhat useful.

When Liu San heard the king's question, he was also a little scared: this was not the task that was given to them when they were sent there, the original task was just to lurk and make money when the time came.

But Mr. Shen also thought of it, Liu Xiyao would definitely retreat and ask him about the military situation, and taught him how to deal with the rhetoric...

"After you go back, Liu Xiyao will definitely ask about the information about our military preparations. If you tell the truth, he will definitely attack immediately, and he will definitely be your guide when the time comes. When the time comes, the sword will have no eyes, and I will be sure to destroy it." , you are doomed.

If you tell Liu Xiyao that our army still has a batch of military equipment yet to arrive, and lure him to be greedy for money and delay the attack, you will have time to escape slowly, or pretend to be sick, or flee.If you want to die or live, you can figure it out for yourself. "

These words were analyzed by Shen Shuren to Liu San before he was released.

At this moment, the question Liu Xiyao asked was closely related to Shen Shuren's prediction, and it was difficult for Liu San not to recall these warnings.

"Indeed, if you want to seduce the king to send troops immediately, I will definitely be the guide and be caught in the middle. Either I will be beaten to death by the officers and soldiers, or I will be killed by the king after passing through the gang. It is better to persuade the king to fight slowly and find opportunities for myself to escape. good……"

After making up his mind, Liu Sanyi gritted his teeth and said according to the lines he gave: "Your Majesty, although the Shen dog official is cruel, but because he suppressed the rich gentry and reduced the rent of the people, he really won the support of the ignorant people, and the morale of the new recruits was high.

As for weapons and armaments, Officer Shen Gou heard that he was from a wealthy family in Suzhou, so he brought a lot of swords, guns and arrows with him when he came, which should be indispensable for defending the city.

In addition... the wealthy gentry in the city heard about it, saying that it was Shen Gouguan who became more nervous when he found out that your majesty had sent a secret agent, so he wrote back to Suzhou to ask his father, who is a household doctor, to transport firearms and red barbarians worth a million taels The goods come to Huangzhou. "

Hearing this, Liu Xiyao raised his eyebrows, and immediately interrupted: "Wait, is Shen Gouguan so rich? Can someone send a million taels of Hongyi ordnance at random? He still has a way to smuggle with foreigners." No?"

Liu San had a rare chance to show off, so he said naturally: "Your Majesty, don't you know? It is said that Shen Gou's family is the richest man in Suzhou, and half of Ming's maritime merchants belong to his family. .I heard that the Shen dog official is here to use money to give credit for his achievements so that he can be promoted quickly."

So rich? !
Liu Xiyao's eyes were red.

After all, he is a thief, and the news was not very well informed at the beginning.He only knew that Shen Shuren was rich, but he still didn't expect to be so rich.

Poverty limited his imagination.

Suzhou is indeed an unimaginable paradise and rich place. The people there are so hateful. Why should we Shaanxi people suffer from poverty?

Liu Xiyao could only feel that the anger was burning in his chest, this thief God's allocation of resources was too unfair.

Along with the anger, a plan slowly took shape in his mind: Since the morale of Shen Gouguan's soldiers is temporarily high and the ordnance is sufficient, a hasty attack may not be beneficial, so it is better to delay the entry until the autumn grain harvest as originally planned. In this way, he is not afraid of Shen Gou's official cage city guarding to the death.

On the other hand, since we know how to deal with Shen Gouguan, this field of vision cannot be limited to the three-acre land in Huangzhou, but should focus on the foreign aid in the whole world.

Then, it becomes very important to send scouts to patrol along the north bank of the Yangtze River, along the Xishui and Qishui estuaries, to search for possible support fleets of the enemy in the future.

It is certain that Shen Gouguan can't get the overseas ordnance he needs smoothly, so that it will be difficult to attack the city in the future.

Instead, they had to send a small number of cavalry to intercept their supplies fleet after they entered Qishui and before they arrived at Qizhou County, and then the army chased up to encircle them and robbed the supplies!

This is the most perfect "surrounding the spot to fight for aid", not to mention that the "aid" is still in the nature of a food and logistics team, which is too cool.

Liu Xiyao has been a thief for ten years, and he has never eaten such fat meat!
Moreover, as long as the opponent's military supplies are intercepted, there is no fear that Shen Shuren will not open the city gate to rob in the field!At that time, the rebel army's shortcoming of lacking the ability to attack fortified cities can also be avoided!

No matter how you look at it, it's not a loss to do a good job of investigation while doing a good job of combat preparation.

The more Liu Xiyao thought about it, the more excited he became: "The order was issued to send out all the cavalry in the army and divide them into small teams to search the enemy's territory along the banks of the Yangtze River. If there is a large fleet on the river that is about to divert into Xishui and Qishui, they will come immediately. Report the letter and organize interception.

However, don’t fall in love with fighting. If Officer Shengou finds our cavalry and dares to go out of the city to expel them, don’t fall in love with them. Just retreat or seduce them. This king will send an army to fight with them and wipe out Shengou at once. official! "

……

Liu Xiyao's army immediately accepted the battle formation and began to act.

On Shen Shuren's side, relying on this non-existent "Foreign Aid Fire Fleet", the enemy was dragged back for a while, at least half a month longer.

Counting the days, it will take no closer than 20 days to travel from Suzhou to Huangzhou on the border of Henan and Anhui by taking the Yangtze River waterway.

At least 20 days later, when Shen Shuren's supply fleet did not come, Liu Xiyao would realize that he had been fooled.

Moreover, as long as Shen Shuren noticed that Liu Xiyao's cavalry had moved, he could deduce that Liu Xiyao was waiting for the fleet.

Then, even if there was no fleet originally, Shen Shuren could create one for him.

In the end, when the fleet arrived at Qishui, they should be more vigilant. As soon as they saw Liu Xiyao's cavalry scout troops intercepting them, they immediately gave up reinforcements, and the young master turned around and ran away.
Liu Xiyao didn't know what was on the boat, so he could borrow arrows from the straw boat.

(End of this chapter)