In the west of Wuhu City, there is a small hill with a radius of less than half a mile. The locals call it the Holy Mountain. There is a village at the foot of the hill that has been occupied by the bandit army. Wang Zamao is lying on a mat in a house, listening to the sound of rain outside, and feels very depressed.
The city's ever-lasting regret for having lost its footing was getting more and more angrier when I thought about losing the city in vain, not to mention compensating the family wealth stolen along the way. I just waited for the rain to stop at dawn and immediately organized troops to attack the city. No matter what, I had to do it before Wang Tizhong arrived.
The city was destroyed! You can still atone for your sins, otherwise you will be scolded or even punished by the king. The most important thing is that you will never be able to straighten your back and be laughed at.
When the sky was slightly bright, Wang Zamao finally felt sleepy. He was about to fall asleep when his own soldiers knocked on the door: "General, there is something strange happening over there in the city."
Wang Zamao stood up in excitement: "What's wrong?"
"Just now our brothers discovered that some officers and soldiers had thrown something into the city. We chased them for more than ten miles and were about to capture them, but we were rescued by a group of nearly a hundred officers and soldiers. We lost four or five lives before we escaped."
The soldier said quickly, and Wang Zamao raised his eyebrows: "Where did you escape?"
"North".
To the north? Wang Zamao narrowed his eyes and walked around the room with his hands behind his back: "The officers and soldiers coming from Nanjing are definitely not the more than a thousand people in the city. It is very possible that Chen Dafa's bad behavior has not seen anyone alive or dead until now.
If the officers and soldiers carried them all together, it means that there are at least tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in the north!"
Wang Zamao unexpectedly calculated the strength of the officers and soldiers by mistake: "Damn it, the soldiers and horses of Nanjing City didn't come early, they didn't come late, they came now, and I've never heard of Nanjing's soldiers and horses being so capable of fighting.
How dare more than a thousand cavalrymen march in the rainy night to seize the city? Damn it!"
"General, then, what should we do?" The soldiers listened to Wang Zamao talking to himself for a long time, and felt fear when they heard that there were tens of thousands of officers and soldiers. They had never encountered such a big enemy all the way from the south.
Military strength.
"The water will come and the soil will cover the soldiers." Wang Zamao snorted coldly: "I don't believe that the officers and soldiers of Nanjing are so capable of fighting. Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses have been beaten by us like lost dogs. Those soldiers in Nanjing city have been beaten by us for a long time.
The officers and soldiers can't be so powerful. If they are really that powerful, there's no need to use so many fancy moves. Wouldn't it be more fun to just pretend to cross the river and launch a surprise cavalry attack to attract our attention and kill them directly with the army?"
"What the general said makes sense." The soldier breathed a sigh of relief: "Those Nanjing officers and soldiers know that they are not our opponents, so they can only make these crooked people dare not fight us face to face!"
"Huh, if we can't beat them head-on, we'll just play tricks. I'm going to force them to do it head-on this time!" Wang Zamao roared angrily: "He has tens of thousands of people and we have tens of thousands of people. It's hard to say who will kill whom."
He waved his hand and said, "I'm going to send an order to send more spies. I will know everything about any disturbance within twenty miles of Wuhu. I also asked Tang Hu to lead 500 brothers and 3,000 refugees to wait in the north. As long as the official is found."
The soldiers and horses can go straight to work without asking for orders. They are not allowed to enter within twenty miles of Wuhu. If there are no officers and soldiers, they will be killed and the horses will be explored carefully."
The soldiers took the order and left. Wang Zamao walked to the window on a cloudy day and found that the rain had changed. He was very happy and secretly prayed for a sunny day. Then he thought of something and shouted outside: "Dengqiu".
The thieves rushed over and asked, "What are your orders, General?"
"It's almost dawn, let the people hurry up and cut wood and build things, and attack the city as soon as the rain subsides!" Wang Zamao said coldly. Deng Qiu snorted and turned around to leave, but was pulled by Wang Zamao again.
When he came back, he whispered in his ear: "Send a group of brothers to the east to make some friends. If you go a little further, remember to silence them. It's best to blame the officers and soldiers."
In the county government office in Wuhu City, Jin Shenghuan handed Kuang Ren a small bamboo tube and said with a wry smile: "Master Kuang, we may be in trouble." Kuang Ren took it with some confusion: "Where did it come from?"
"What was shot in from outside the city just now should be the order of the little governor." Jin Shenghuan stretched out his hand to help Kuang Ren pull out the bamboo stopper and shook out a white juan. It read: Defend for three days, and the thieves will reward the soldiers with all their money and silk!
"It's a good thing, isn't it? I just saw that the thief has a lot of money besides food and grass!" Kuang Ren chuckled, but Jin Shenghuan couldn't laugh: "The more you give, the more difficult the task will be, otherwise it will be difficult.
There is no need to use the word "defend".
Kuang Ren put away his smile and nodded: "That's true, but Dangtu is only seventy or eighty miles away and the Lord Governor can help you at any time. Why do you want us to defend? Could something happen?"
"It must be so. I can't guess the details. Lord Kuang has been with Lord Governor for a long time, so maybe he can guess something?"
Kuang Ren smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Our Lord Governor is born with a heart of nine orifices. No one can guess his mind. However, since Lord Governor asked us to defend for three days, there must be reinforcements in three days. In three days,
No matter what happens, we can hold on."
"Whether we can hold it or not, we have to hold on, because we will stick to what the Lord Governor said." Jin Shenghuan sighed, picked up the teacup next to him and drank it all in one gulp: "Mr. Kuang, please tell me, it is said that the Lord Governor has no plans left.
Is it true that we haven’t failed yet?”.
Kuang Ren smiled, knowing that Jin Shenghuan was a little scared or unsure: "When I was in Taiyuan, I followed the Governor, guarding Beijing and Ningyuan, Baoding to stop the enemy from the Zhending War, and chasing the Tatars in Qingzhou thousands of miles away.
The war, and then here again, the Governor has never been defeated in the past few months, and I haven’t died in battle yet!”
Jin Shenghuan breathed a sigh of relief with a slight smile on his face: "The Governor of Wuhu City who worked so hard to succeed cannot easily give it away again. Lord Kuang is the Governor's confidant, and he cannot let you die easily, so...
…The best we can do is have a near miss.”
"No," Kuang Ren laughed loudly: "Instead of thinking about it, it's better to have a good sleep. As the rain subsides and the sky comes out, the bandit army will not stop, and we will have enough energy to fight them."
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"I'm afraid it won't be just one game," Jin Shenghuan chuckled, "I'm ready to do ten or eight games."
The bandit army harassed them all night and finally stopped when the sky was getting light and they all dispersed to recharge their batteries. Except for some cannon fodder wandering around Wuhu City, no regular bandit army could be seen. They all withdrew to the villages near the Shenshan Mountain in the west for repairs.
The storm was about to come, and the wind filled the building. It was always very quiet before a battle. The officers and soldiers in the city also felt the coming storm, and their hearts gradually became nervous. Although they had only been out of Nanjing for three or four days, they had already been fighting against the rebels.
After two battles, both physically and mentally, they were on the verge of collapse. However, they also knew in their hearts that they had to hold on. First, they could not make others look down on them. Second, if they could not hold on, they would die. Once the thieves outside the city rushed in,
There will never be a way for them to survive.
Wuhu was previously occupied by the rebels because the officials in the city surrendered and dedicated themselves to the city. In order to win people's hearts and establish political power, Wang Zamao did not kill these surrendered officials and restored them to their posts. After Kuang Ren made a surprise attack and captured the city, there was still no one.
To kill these officials, it's not that he didn't want to kill them, but that he had no right to kill them. Only Chang Yu had the right to kill them first and then kill them.
Of course, they had to be scolded by Kuang Ren, and then ordered to organize the people to transport war supplies to the city to atone for their sins. These officials worked very hard to atone for their sins, staying up all night in the wind and rain until they were exhausted at dawn.
He tilted his head and fell asleep in the city tower. As for the common people who had worked hard all night, they also heard the greatest good news in their lives: no one who helped in the battle would be rewarded with two taels of silver. At the same time, those who were willing to go to the city to help in the battle were recruited to be rewarded with five taels of silver.
, killing a thief can be exchanged for ten taels of silver, and surviving after the battle will reward you with ten taels of silver!
There must be brave men under the heavy reward! In a short period of time, thousands of young men were recruited. Jin Shenghuan's officers and soldiers felt relieved when they saw more help. Then they heard that as long as they defended the city successfully, they would divide the loot of the rebel army.
Morale was immediately shaken.
You need to be strong to fight. Not only do you need to recharge your batteries, but you also need to eat and drink well. Pigs and muttons are killed in the city to stew meat and make soup. The greedy people's mouths are watering. It's good to have white porridge these days. Eat meat and drink soup.
It's like a dream, but now Kuang Ren has spent a lot of money to fiercely defend the city and the villagers. Anyway, there is no shortage of money on hand. Of course, these pigs and sheep are not robbed but bought with money.
I still don’t believe it. With soldiers and money, how can we not hold out for three days?