What Chang Yu saw and heard all day long made him feel angry, and it would be unbearable if he didn't vent his anger. If a large army had been around, he would have ordered the massacre of the city, but now that there are only about ten people, he plans to take risks and fight with small things.
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Enter the Yamen of the state government and assassinate the leader of the bandits!
The government office seemed to be heavily guarded, but it was tight on the outside and loose on the inside. The thieves were so careless that they obviously didn't expect anyone to take the risk of pulling teeth out of a tiger's mouth.
After some discussion, the troops were divided into two groups. Chen Wangting led a few soldiers to take Nangong Yu out of the city to order Huang Degong to mobilize his troops. Two scouts stayed in the abandoned courtyard to respond, while Chang Yu led a group of masters from Wuzhong into the mansion to see what happened.
, Kill if you can, and retreat if you can't.
Chen Wangting and his party left the courtyard and left. They had to leave the city before the city gate was closed. This was not difficult, because at this time, Zhaozhou City was forbidden to enter and exit.
The two Chen brothers took a parting look and said, "Listen to the governor's order and don't do anything without permission." The Chen Suole brothers hurriedly agreed, but Chang Yu smiled slightly: "Don't worry, as long as the governor doesn't die, these two brothers will have nothing to do."
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Chen Wangting held Nangong Yu's hand and left.
Chang Yu asked the two remaining scouts to find some long ropes for backup, so that in case the assassination failed and the bandits closed the city for search, they could find an opportunity to escape from the city.
After some explanations, the young eunuch led a group of people to climb over the wall and enter the state mansion. They lurked in the bushes in the corner for a while. When they saw that there was nothing unusual around, they went to the front mansion in pairs.
This time they did not come empty-handed, nor did they come here to steal, but to kill people with knives. The knives were from the thieves they met when they rescued Nangong Yu. When they left, several soldiers took a few of them for later use.
This is when it comes in handy.
Jiang Fa was responsible for exploring the way. When Chang Yu and his party reached the back door of the front house, he had already returned from there and told them that nothing was wrong. Several people speculated that the three thieves killed in the woodshed had not been discovered. After all, those cooks
It's better to pretend that we don't know anything than to do less, and the two thieves who were knocked unconscious in the kitchen would not wander to the woodshed without any problems when they woke up.
Since that was the case, there was no need to be secretive. Chang Yu made a bold decision and told a few people. They thought it was feasible and washed their faces in the pool nearby. They were going to pretend to be thieves and come to kill people.
The Smiling Tiger Yang Tianba is a leader of the big thief Kou Ma Shiyao. He is sinister and cunning but always has a harmless smile. I heard that his original name was Yang Gao, but he changed his name to a mighty one after the thief. His human face
There was a terrible scar on his body. He said it was a medal of merit left during a fight with several officers and soldiers, but some people said it was a scar on him while escaping.
This man has no talent if he is not a man of letters but has a eloquent mouth. He is particularly good at deceiving people. Because of this, he was sent by Ma Shiyao to manage the refugees. He uses his mouth to encourage the refugees to be used as cannon fodder by the bandit army. It can also be said that
He is a pawn in the battle between Ma Shiyao and Liu Fangliang.
Liu Fangliang was a partial division commander, and his role was to distract Li Zicheng's officers and soldiers' attention and strength, while at the same time plundering resources to provide logistical food and fodder subsidies for the main force. Historically, he did this, and he did it very well.
Even though many changes occurred in history at this time, he was still prosperous, especially after Li Zicheng's main force was defeated in Taiyuan, which further highlighted his illustrious military exploits. He was in the limelight for a while, which naturally aroused the jealousy of other thieves.
Ma Shiyao and Ren Jirong were brothers and had a very good relationship. Historically, after the intruders broke through Taiyuan, they divided their troops and let them go east and out of Guyuan. They captured Zhending Mansion and met up with Liu Fangliang and then headed north. However, they made a slight change at this time.
After the defeat in Taiyuan, the two fled eastward with Li Zicheng, but still took advantage of Liu Fangliang's attack on Guangping Prefecture. They quickly advanced and surpassed Liu Fangliang and took the lead in occupying Zhending Prefecture. At the same time, he deployed his men in various prefectures!
Zhending Prefecture is located next to Baoding Prefecture. After the rebels moved north, the territory was filled with surrendered troops and refugees. Although the superiors felt that they were too burdensome to bear, the mountains under Li Zicheng still coveted these refugees, and everyone wanted to lure some of them to come over and serve as cannon fodder.
So Yang Tianba was sent to take charge of the matter. Later, when Zhou Yuji suddenly appeared in the territory, Ma Shiyao and Ren Jirong led their troops to pursue him, leaving Yang Tianba with full authority over Zhending Mansion.
Yang Tianba originally sat in Zhending (now Zhengding), Fucheng, with three thousand miscellaneous soldiers under his command. Later, because officers and soldiers appeared on the eastern border, Li Zicheng dispatched his troops and sent him to Zhaozhou. He thought that the officers and soldiers would not dare to go too deep.
, but unexpectedly, they suddenly crossed the border and advanced, and even received a request for help from Jizhou overnight, saying that the officers and soldiers had occupied Zaoqiang and were about to attack Jizhou.
After hearing the news, Yang Tianba sent a group of thousands of troops to Baili to rush for reinforcements. Of course, nine out of ten of these troops were cannon fodder for surrendering troops. However, when they just arrived at the end of the field, the officers and soldiers had already captured the city and sent two troops.
Men and horses went to meet them.
Almost without any surprise, the cannon fodder rescue team returned in defeat. Yang Tianba was slightly shocked. While sending a message to Baoding Mansion and deploying to fight, a bandit army broke up and fled to Zhaozhou, saying that Ningjin had fallen!
Jizhou and Ningjin are nearly a hundred miles apart. The officers and soldiers swept over in one day. The force was so domineering, which made Yang Tianba a little scared. Didn't the higher-ups say that the officers and soldiers did not dare to fight over, and in the past, the officers and soldiers were usually cowards.
Generally speaking, if you encounter a thief, you will lose. Why are these people so aggressive and not playing according to the rules?
Ningjin is only about forty miles away from Zhaozhou. It is reported that there are more than 10,000 officers and soldiers stationed there. There are also rumors that the refugees are scattered in the territory. There are more than 100,000 officers and soldiers coming from the east. In the near future, they will march westward to suppress the bandits and order the refugees to return home. Otherwise, they will be killed without mercy.
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This news made Yang Tianba both shocked and confused. Where did the more than 100,000 officers and soldiers come from? The three troops in Dezhou previously totaled only 50,000 people. Obviously, the 100,000 were blown out to scare people, but the senior officials
They all concluded that the officers and soldiers did not dare to advance westward, but they came here anyway, and they were so fast and powerful that it was rare. At this time, they were watching him dozens of miles away, so how could he not panic!
"Boss Yang, don't worry. The officers and soldiers don't dare to fight. This is just to create momentum and understand the difficulties in Baoding. This is called encircling Wei to rescue Zhao. It is not difficult for Jizhou soldiers to defeat them alone. But they definitely don't dare to attack.
Crossing the border and entering Zhaozhou is just a pretense.”
In the lobby of Zhou Yaqian Mansion, Yang Tianba hosted a banquet for several bandit leaders to discuss matters, especially Zhang Chenben, the bandit leader who escaped from Ningjin yesterday.
In his early years, Zhang Chenben worked as a master in a county government in Henan. Later, he became a small leader because of his illiteracy in writing. A few months ago, he led an army of more than a hundred thieves in Ningjin to cause trouble. Yesterday, he was frightened by Huang Degong and fled to Zhaozhou overnight.
There were all illiterate grass bandits here, but he was the only scholar whose words had weight. After hearing these words, Yang Tianba and others felt relieved, but they still did not dare to be too careless. They sent people to Baoding Prefecture to deliver the letter and stepped up their efforts.
Set up defenses and collect cannon fodder to block arrows.
It can be said that the gathering of the thieves leaders was a mess. At first, they could talk about the current situation and discuss countermeasures. After a few glasses of wine, they felt that they were more comfortable with the situation and relaxed, so they started to drink and talk about their heroic feats in various places.
From what I saw and heard, how many things were robbed, which country squire's wife was slept with, and the county lord's wife and daughter were taken away from each other. As they talked, the maids who were waiting next to them suffered a disaster and were immediately taken to the side room for treatment.
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There was a scene of excitement at the table, and the thieves were drinking and enjoying themselves without caring about outside affairs. However, there were already leftovers on the table, and the delay in the food and wine made Yang Tianba very annoyed, and he repeatedly called for help.
Unexpectedly, the fire broke out twice, and the food and wine still didn't come. I was so angry that I ordered the cook to be chopped down, but at this moment, someone came to report that something big happened in the city. (To be continued)