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Chapter 156
August 28.

time.

Zheng Yi, the commander of the left-behind division of Caizhou, led a sharp army of [-] soldiers and [-] pro-armies, a total of [-] sergeants, and entered the Tongshan boundary from the direction of Tongshan Dongjiebeidian.

Zhang Chunxiao, the conciliator of the Henan Road Economic Strategy who had been persuading for several days, stopped his pacification actions on this day. While writing to the imperial court to ask for reinforcements to come and suppress it, he urgently ordered the neighboring prefectures and counties to enter a state of war preparation to prevent the corruption in Tongshan from spreading to the surrounding area.

Now that the matter has come to this point, Zhang Chunxiao knows that Zheng Yi will not withdraw his troops obediently unless he seeks an explanation for himself.

Zhang Chunxiao was annoyed in his heart, first he was annoyed that Tongshan County didn't know what to do.

Originally, Zheng Yi obviously hesitated under his persuasion, but he didn't expect that Tongshan County actually published a so-called "Letter to all the people of Tongshan".

In fact, it was just a proclamation, which listed Zheng Yi's ten crimes and stripped his bottoms, so why didn't Zheng Yi get annoyed?

Zhang Chunxiao is annoyed that Zheng Yi regards the laws of the country as nothing, and regards the good words of Shangguan as fart.

Zhang Chunxiao even secretly hoped that this domineering soldier would have a big fall in Tongshan, but thinking of the strength gap between the two sides, he immediately put this unrealistic idea behind him.

Since that day, countless pairs of eyes have turned to Little Tongshan from the North Tang, Cai, and Ying Houses, Henan Road, and even the Xinyang Army and Guangzhou Army from the Southern Zhou Dynasty on the Huaishui River.
cross slope.

In the morning and noon of autumn, the breeze is not dry, and the sun is mellow and warm.

The markets and big hotels that have been bustling for several months are now quiet and empty, as if in the last days.

Go west for three miles.

Niutoushan.

Chen Chu, Liu Erhu, and Peng Erhu stood halfway up the mountain and looked into the distance.

On the official road, a team that stretched for one mile had just arrived at Shizipo.

"When did they leave?" Chen Chu asked suddenly.

"The news from brother Liang said that the sharp army broke out in the morning." Second brother Peng replied.

Chen Chu looked up at the sky, and said unsurely, "It's time now."

"It's the end of the day."

"It's only ten miles from Jiebeidian to Shizipo, yet they walked for two hours?" Chen Chu was surprised.

On the side, Xu Mingyuan explained Chen Chu's doubts: "A strong army in the past could march fifty miles a day, but this sharp army is walking on a flat official road, and has no luggage, and travels lightly. It is indeed a bit short of marching ten miles in two hours. "

Xu Mingyuan's face was pale and slightly chubby, and a suit of light leather armor stretched over his body, with small lumps of flesh protruding between the seams of the armor.

It looks a little funny.

However, Xu Mingyuan, who was the hundred commander of the Tongshan Signing Army, was the only one among the few who was born in the regular army.

As the largest organizational armed force in Tongshan County, the signing army was supposed to be assigned to Xu Mingyuan to command and defend the city. No way, this task was assigned to his subordinate and brother-in-law Zhang Bao.

This is the result of a compromise between several parties.

The signing army originally belonged to the Xu family's territory, if Xu Bang's son was to be the commander of the city, the other families would feel a little worried.

After all, the elites of Ximen's family and Cai's family stayed outside the city with Chen Chu, and all the women and children's family members remained in the city, including Maoer, Yunong, and Cai Wei, who were all staying in the city at this time.

And Zhang Bao had a close relationship with the fleeing household, so Chen Chu felt relieved as he was in charge.

"The sentries are scattered, and the marching ranks are loose. This Zheng's control obviously doesn't take us seriously."

Xu Mingyuan looked at the team winding north with a complicated expression.

At the foot of the mountain, the Shenrui Army paused for a while, and then sent a team of about 200 people to stay on Shizipo to monitor Luliuxu, and the large force continued to advance.

Chen Chu said, "Hehe, this is a good thing."

Zheng Yi did not take Tongshan County seriously.

In his mind, entering Tongshan this time was not so much a battle as an armed parade.

As imagined, the day when the sharp army of the gods approached the city of Tongshan was the time when the hearts of the people in the city collapsed.

At that time, the magistrate of Tongshan County must not be able to bear such pressure, and will hand over Ximen Gong and Chen Chu that Zheng Yi asked for, and then he, Zheng Yi, can also search for property and take the opportunity to occupy the Four Seas Trading Company.

Along the way, the villagers along the way have already escaped cleanly.

Zheng Yi, who had hardly made any mental preparations for 'meeting resistance', saw young and strong guarding the embankment wall when he passed by Luliuxu, so he left 200 symbolic guards behind.

As everyone knows, Zheng Yi has unknowingly committed the taboo of military strategists and underestimated the enemy.

Unity time.

It was dark.

Most of the Shen Rui Army finally arrived at the east gate of Tongshan County, but they saw that the city gate was closed tightly and there were only a few people on the city wall.

Zheng Yi ordered the camp to be set up, and then he drove forward and stopped more than two hundred feet away from the city gate for observation.

Zheng Ding, who was at the side, sneered, "What about Tongshan County? Do you still want to fight us?"

Zheng Yi frowned and said, "If they can't keep up, we'll really be in some trouble."

As the commander of the capital of Caizhou, Zheng Yi has four armies under his jurisdiction, but these Xiang armies must either be stationed in prefectures or counties, or stationed at the passes along the Huai River. The only one he can quickly mobilize is this sharp army.

However, it is impossible to storm a county town with more than a thousand soldiers, half of whom are old and weak, not even 'encirclement'.

Furthermore, he was unwilling to easily get the situation out of hand. After all, Daqi's official career was interesting, and defecting to the Zhou Dynasty was a last resort.

Therefore, it is inevitable to be intimidated.

"Second brother, let's send people to shoot letters into the city tomorrow, saying that we will only punish Ximen Gong, Chen Chu and other chief culprits, and the rest will be safe and sound. See if we can earn money to open the city gate. Some brothers pretend to attack the city to scare them."

Zheng Ding suggested.

"Alright." Zheng Yi nodded after thinking for a while, and then ordered: "Fourth brother, we only have rations for today and tomorrow, so arrange for someone to fetch some food."

"it is good!"

Zheng Ding clasped his fists and left.

This time Zheng Yi was privately dispatching soldiers and horses, and the envoy who was in charge of transporting grain and grass along the way certainly didn't dare to allocate grain and grass to him.

However, Zheng Yi was not too worried.

Firstly, Tongshan is densely populated, so it is completely feasible to eat locally.

Secondly, this place is not far from Langshan County, so it is possible to transport grain from his hometown, Yinmazhuang. However, the grain in Yinmazhuang is his private property, and Zheng Yi does not want to use his own grain as a subsidy unless he has to.

Third, and most importantly, in his original plan, I would be overwhelmed by the army if I stayed in Tongshan for at most two or three days. You officials in Tongshan are still not obediently submitting, are you really not afraid of death?
Tongshan County.

On the east gate wall, Chen Jingyan and his younger brother Chen Jingan stood side by side behind the piled wall.

Chen Jing'an, who had already learned about the marriage between elder brother and Chen Chu and the other five golden flowers, looked at the chaotic camp three miles away with a complicated expression.

Chen Jingyan, who also looked at that place, suddenly said: "Shouqian, how do you look at the Caizhou Xiang army?"

Chen Jing'an shook his head and sighed, "If Zheng Tongzhi's troops attack the city immediately after they approach the city, he can be regarded as a decisive man. But he threatened with words first, and then threatened the border with Chen Bing. Not only did he give you enough time to prepare, but he was also bad The Shangguan popularity.

Now that he has entered the city, he still wants to play the trick of using power to overwhelm others.Seeing small profits and forgetting life, doing great things is just like this person!There is such a general who should be decisive and does not know how to advance or retreat, I am afraid that innocent soldiers will be killed.”

As a close relative, Chen Jingan knew most of Chen Chu's plans through Chen Jingyan.

This Zheng Tongzhi is still thinking of coercing Tongshan County's handover at the minimum price, and then handing over the Sihai Trading Company, but Tongshan wants his life.
Zheng Yi made a serious strategic misjudgment. The root cause was the arrogance and underestimation of the enemy brought about by his self-belief. strength.

Hearing what his younger brother said, Chen Jingyan glanced at Chen Jingan with dissatisfaction, and said, "Erlang, where do you stand? The soldiers of the Shenrui Army are innocent? Have you ever thought that if our Tongshan County is destroyed, the people in this city will die?" What kind of misfortune happened?"

Chen Jing'an was silent for a moment, and did not argue with his eldest brother, but said: "Brother, this matter has reached today's stage, and there is no way out. You and Chen Dutou must never learn from Zheng's rule, but if you have a chance, you must kill Zheng. Brothers! Even if they are caught alive, they cannot be handed over to the Shangguan. If they want to be handed over, they can only be handed over to the dead."

"Shouqian, I know."

"Also, the current county town and Luliuxu are the corners of each other, and there are more than a hundred elite riders of Chen Dutou swimming outside. The strength of the Shenrui Army can't beat Tongshan County. But inside"

Chen Jing'an turned around and took a look at the brightly lit city, but there was obviously a tense atmosphere, and then said in a deep voice: "This city needs to be more careful! It is very important to use heavy codes all the time. Even if there are thieves stealing or rascals causing trouble, they need to be killed." Kill one or two people, make sure Xiaoxiao doesn't dare to cause trouble."

Due to the entry of the sharp army, a large number of women and children hid in the city, plus merchants who were blocked on their way home, the county town with a population of only four to five thousand people now has more than 1 people.

It does need to be handled with care.

"Shouqian, since you have nothing to do now, why not help Wei Wei deal with the resettlement of the people and the distribution of rations?" Chen Jingyan said suddenly.

Chen Jing'an thought for a while, and said, "Alright, who is doing this now?"

"Go, I'll take you to see it first"

Chen Jingyan led his brothers down the city wall and said, "Chen Dutou's wife is in charge of this matter now."

"Huh? Woman?"

"Well, there are a lot of women in the city at the moment. She is also convenient for women, and she does it in a decent way. Not only has she vacated her shop, which is beautiful and beautiful, to take in women and children who have no place to live, but also persuaded Some big families have borrowed a few idle homes to house refugees."

"You big families in Tongshan County are so talkative?" Chen Jing'an asked with a half-smile.

"Haha, Mrs. Chen earned some money with a few noble ladies, and she has some prestige among them. Two days ago, she also mobilized these women to make a pair of shoes for each of the city guards. Now, there are stupid women The foolish man rumored in private that this lady of the Chen family is Guanshiyin Bodhisattva."

When Chen Jingyan said this, he smiled and shook his head.

Chen Jing'an knew why his elder brother was laughing. Isn't this Mrs. Chen's behavior just to help her husband win people's attention.

These aristocratic families of them can naturally see through, so Chen Jingan asked with a smile: "Which aristocratic family is this lady Chen's natal family?"

"Hahaha"

Chen Jingyan laughed loudly when he heard the words, and then lowered his voice, "What a family, she came from a humble background, and her mother even did it."

Speaking of this, Chen Jingyan shook his head with a smile again, and said: "It doesn't matter whether people are behind the scenes, forget it, let's not talk about it."

Chen Jing'an didn't ask any further questions, they walked side by side to the gate of the county government office, only to see Mrs. Chen Jingyan's Mrs. Tan and Mrs. Chen Jing'an's Mrs. Cheng running out in panic with the help of the old servant.

Tan's eyes were red and swollen, and his face was full of tears.

Chen Jingyan had never seen his wife lose his composure like this before, and he couldn't help saying in shock: "Ma'am! What happened?"

Seeing her husband, Tan's legs gave way and she almost fell to the ground, but fortunately the old servant stabilized her body.

Cheng on the side also burst into tears, but was able to speak anyway, "Brother, official! Weiting, Ayu, and Yinglang are all gone."

"What do you mean by missing?"

"Early this morning, the three of them went out together. They said they were looking for Xu Zhiyuan from Xu Yuhou's family to chat about some poetry, but they haven't returned. I sent someone to Xu Yuhou's family to look for them, but Xu Yuhou's servants said. I went out early in the morning, saying that I came to see Wei Ting."

Hearing this, I knew that the brats were covering each other. If it was not a big deal in the past, it would be a big deal to go home and beat them up, but now.
Chen Jing'an couldn't help becoming nervous, "This morning? They won't run out of the city while the city gate is still open in the morning!"

If you run outside the city, it will be troublesome.

Chen Jingyan was anxious and angry, "That bastard Wei Ting is lying again! When I find him, break his legs!"

Tan, who was weeping sadly, raised her head and hesitated for a while, and finally said, "Ayu said it."

"." Chen Jingyan.

(End of this chapter)