When the bandits were rampant, the wealthy families were all astonished, but today they saw that the bandits were vulnerable. Some people advocated acting calmly, but there were also many people who couldn't wait to take advantage of the victory and pursue them, sweeping across the bandits west of the Baijian River as quickly as possible and wiping them out.
Banditry.
The township meeting that was originally scheduled to be held after noon tomorrow was also held overnight at the initiative of these people.
The inspection department's office is not spacious, and there are not many vacant buildings in the military camp. There are more than a hundred craftsmen living in them, including the post house, who are constantly building armor and weapons every day.
The governors and elders who came upon the call all arranged to live in Yuehong Building, which had long since been empty. Deng Gui also chose a spacious hall in Yuehong Building to hold a township meeting that night.
With the red candle burning high, Xu Wujiang, as the commander of the township camp and the direct commander of the attack on Hutiao Village, stood up and spoke in front of everyone:
"Xu Huai is a descendant of my Xu family. He has been very brave since he was a child, and he is also very capable with swords, guns and bows. However, he is more than reckless and lacks bravery, which makes him unable to take on big tasks. The victory of Tiaohutan was really a fluke. At this time, the streets and alleys
Everyone in the house thinks it is Xu Huai's fault, but they really don't realize the harm. I don't dare to take credit at this time, so I have to tell you the truth. From what I can see, today it is really Mr. Deng who beat this reckless guy for disobeying orders.
, after breaking into the enemy's stronghold, there is always the danger of overthrowing, and it is necessary to make a decisive decision and rush forward with the whole army to achieve a complete victory. Otherwise, this fool would not be able to escape the disaster of being destroyed when he breaks into the thief's stronghold from the north stronghold wall, and the rural camp is in the thief's stronghold.
It will also lead to a disastrous defeat, and the lives of thousands of people are at stake. Such a victory can be achieved once, but it cannot be repeated. I have asked Xu Huai to shut up and think about his mistakes, and I can no longer ask him to lead the army for the time being..."
The source of the banditry and people like Zheng Hui cannot be mentioned. If Xu Wujiang publicly advocated slowing down the war and paved the way for the construction of the city, he could only blame it on Xu Huai's recklessness, as Wang Zhen said.
"Xu Wujiang is still somewhat awake. Uncle Wu has seen all this clearly!"
Because of Xu's great efforts, Xu Heng and Xu Wuqi were able to sit on the inside with Xu Wufu.
Xu Wujiang's words surprised others, but Xu Heng thought it should be so, and whispered to his father Xu Wufu in a low voice.
Xu Wufu ignored Xu Heng and asked Xu Wuqi in a low voice: "Xu Wujiang, what does he mean? Does he not want to fight in a hurry?"
It is normal for Xu Wufu to think this way. From his point of view, even if Xu Wujiang realizes the uncertainty caused by Xu Huai's recklessness, even if Xu Wujiang is worried about the people who stir up trouble in the vest, he can just put restrictions on it secretly.
There is no need to expose oneself in public.
How can there be any reason to give up the great power of splashing the sky?
Unless he has other plans.
Xu Wuqi frowned and guessed: "I don't want to attack quickly, but I want to attack slowly. I hid Xu Huai's reckless guy in the snow, maybe so that he, Xu Wukun, Xu Wuliang, Xu Xin'an, Xu Sihu and others can lead more troops into the battle.
A chance to show your face, right?”
"That should be the case. Xu Huai, that reckless guy, can never be controlled by them forever, and he also knows in his heart that his foundation is still shallow. Are Deng Gui and Wang Zhen from Tongbai Mountain? Jingping and the local soldiers will be able to deal with bandits."
Returning to the field, he really doesn't have much qualifications to compete with me, so he doesn't hesitate to delay the war to fulfill his selfish ambitions." Xu Wufu thought that he and Xu Wuqi had discovered Xu Wujiang's plan, and his face became more and more gloomy.
Rural soldiers are summoned when there is something to do and return to the field when there is nothing to do. It is not allowed to call in without reason unless it is the autumn training season.
What do you want to do by summoning rural soldiers for no reason? Do you really think that there is no national law in Tongbai Mountain?
The major surname clans always have armed forces, mainly villagers, who need money and food to hire them.
Now we can see that the clan soldiers have been taken away by Xu Wujiang and others, but after the bandits broke out in Jingping and the village soldiers returned to their fields, Shangfang Xu had so many fields, houses and pastures in his hands, so he used money and grain to hire bankers from these people to help them.
It's all a matter of course.
At that time, they will be able to naturally regain control of the initiative in Yuhuangling.
Of course, if people like Xu Wujiang want to fight against them and even continue to suppress them after the banditry of Jingping, the only way is to gain a greater and stronger reputation so that they can continue to recruit a group of backbones after the banditry of Jingping.
Gather the backbone and solve their livelihood problems.
In the view of Xu Wufu and others, Xu Wujiang was delaying the pace of the war, but he was actually preparing for this...
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Deng Gui did not want to cause trouble, but Xu Wujiang had greeted him beforehand. This was because Wang Zhen was not only worried that Zheng Hui and others would not be underestimated, but also wanted to promote the construction of a city on the east bank of the Baijian River, so he could only cooperate.
Setting up a county did not bring much benefit to him. After all, after setting up a county, it was difficult for him, as an inspection envoy, to transfer to the post of county magistrate, which was mostly dominated by ministers, no matter how he made exceptions. However, if he really wanted to succeed in building a city and setting up a county, local will must
With Deng Gui's strong touch, it can't be said to be a disadvantage.
The key now is to persuade each family to come up with money and food.
Today, all the capitals and elders gathered together, and the first thing they discussed was that they complained openly and secretly that Deng Gui’s rewards for the rural camp were too heavy: the maximum reward for killing and wounding prisoners was seventeen guan, and the final number of the victory at Tiighutan has not yet been calculated.
The results are good, but the reward of five to six thousand guans has to be spread out.
The prefectures and counties will not recognize these rewards, and there is not much money in the small treasury of the Inspection Department. These include soldiers' pay and food in the rural camps, and they will eventually be divided among the big clans.
At the beginning of the township meeting, each family agreed to send someone to provide money and food, but when it came time to apportion the money, each family had its own ideas.
Deng Gui was very helpless about this. Faced with all kinds of rhetoric, he could only use coaxing and intimidation. Fortunately, he would not be led by the big family at this time.
In the past two months, they demolished houses and excavated earth outside the Huaiyuan market, and piled up a pile of earth, which was also seven or eight feet high. But they were too hasty before, leaving abandoned masonry, broken wood, broken tiles, and even beams and purlins.
It was all mixed with soil and buried, not to mention clearing out the foundation first.
At that time, the main purpose was to restrict the bandits from entering the market at will, and there was no thought of using the block building method to build a real protective wall.
Such an earthen wall is extremely unstable and can easily collapse, so it definitely cannot be considered a qualified city wall.
However, it would be extremely labor-intensive and material-intensive to clear this earth wall at this time. The only feasible way is to build thick walls with bricks and stones on the inside and outside of this earth wall.
The market is more than 300 feet wide from east to west and more than 200 feet wide from north to south, which is enough for a county city. However, firing so many city bricks and mortaring them requires at least 20,000 to 30,000 guan of money and food.
Not calling?
Deng Gui was also afraid of frightening each family, so he discussed with Xu Wujiang and decided to postpone the attack first and not build the city for the time being.
Xu Wujiang all stood up and said that today's victory was a lucky one. This caused the few radical people who clamored to send troops to the west bank of the Baijian River to sweep away the rebels. By early morning, Deng Gui was worried that various families would oppose the construction of the city.
It was also solved easily.
In the early morning, news of the fall of Shibaliwu reached Huaiyuan...
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Montenegro Tiger Gao Xiangzhong tore off a piece of silk from the woman's dress and wiped the blood on the knife.
Seeing the blood dripping on the bed, the young woman dying of anger, her white plump long legs exposed outside her dress, he also secretly regretted it.
He thought to himself, if you don't obey, then don't obey. The bite didn't break the skin, so why couldn't he restrain his temper and stab him to death?
It was not easy to find such a delicate young woman in Tongbai Mountain. He should lock her up and train her slowly.
Gao Xiangzhong felt sorry for himself for a while, threw the blood-stained silk cloth on the woman's body, and then opened the door. Seeing several of his subordinates and the messengers were in the outer room, he frowned and asked:
"The Tiaohutan camp has been lost? Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu, and Zhou Tian are all fucking shit eaters. Even if two thousand pigs were crammed into the camp, they wouldn't be killed like this? And this?
What time has it been? Lao Yin Crow and the others were killed in Tiighu Beach and suffered a huge defeat. How did the news come here? They were all killed?"
This is the human mentality.
If before the capture of Shibaliwu, he heard that Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu, and Zhou Tian were killed on the east bank of the Baijian River, and they were completely defeated, with only 2,000 soldiers and horses escaping, only 400 to 500 people escaped, Gao Xiangzhong would not have been frightened.
If you feel out of your mind, you will be so anxious that you stamp your feet and curse your mother.
They have now captured Shibaliwu. When Gao Xiangzhong heard this news, except for being furious and regretting that he accidentally killed the woman who bit him, he didn't lie at all. He just thought that Guo Jun was judging these things.
These guys are so damn incompetent that they can't handle any shit. They have to be bothered to clean up the mess and wipe their ass.
He was able to leisurely wipe the blood off the knife before opening the door and asking for details. He was obviously very general-like.
"Guo, Pan, and Zhou Zhou were all in Huangqiao Village, but it was no problem. The news reached Huaidu at noon, but Zheng Zihui detained everyone and prohibited others from entering and exiting Huaidu; it was not until Gao Ye, Zhong Ye and Da Da
After the news of the general's capture of Shibaliwu reached Huaidu, Zheng Zihui sent someone over to deliver the message," the messenger said.
"..." Gao Xiangzhong frowned, and after a while he sighed and said to several leaders, "This Zheng Zihui is quite famous. I don't know where Chen Zixiao recruited these people from -
Don’t rush to snatch the girls to play with. Hurry up and gather all the brothers and go to Huaidu first..."
The Tang family lived together in Shibaliwu, and there were several villages scattered in the valleys and mountains on the left and right. In addition to the three small villages they had pulled out before, the Tang family's main village in Shibaliwu was also captured today.
The most difficult one to conquer was the Wuzhai. The stone wall was more than one foot thick and more than two feet high, and the terrain was quite dangerous.
Even though a large number of members of the Tang clan fled from the back village to the other two small villages and the mountains and forests behind them, they were not afraid of any threats. The only pity was that they could not further expand their victory.
However, the situation is slow. Even if Gao Xiangzhong believes that Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu and others are too incompetent, the area east of the Baijian River is out of control, and the morale of the Huaiyuan soldiers and horses may be boosted, which is a reality they have to face.
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Therefore, at the moment, he still felt that he had to follow Chen Zixiao's order and take the overall situation into consideration, and immediately brought all the elite soldiers and horses back to the old Huaidu stronghold to make adequate preparations.
