After receiving the generous gift of "Ding Hu's head" from Huan Hu, both the Prince of Chengling Zhao Shen and the Marquis of Anping Zhao Tan and other nobles of the Su-royal Party were frightened by this generous gift, which was like a soft threat.
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After all, since Huan Hu's men could quietly sneak into the commander's tent in the military camp and place "Ding Hu's head" next to the bed of Chengling King Zhao Shen, they could naturally take away Chengling King Zhao Shen's head.
So, just as Huan Hu expected, after receiving "Ding Hu's head", Chengling King Zhao Shen and others immediately gave up the idea of "attacking Suiyang after capturing Ji's family". They were killed by Huan Hu's
The method was shocking.
On the other hand, Nangong Chen, who was in Jishi County, also learned the news that "Ding Huzhong died in an ambush" at dawn, and was shocked and angry.
What was surprising was that last night, without telling him, Ding Hu actually led his army to attack Chengling King Zhao Shen's nobles' private Wei camp at night, and was ambushed midway, resulting in the defeat and death; what made Ding Hu angry was that Ding Hu, who had fled back to his clan, reportedly
According to the soldiers under his command, the enemy soldiers who ambushed them were very elite soldiers, and the enemy general leading the enemy soldiers was so powerful that he killed Ding Hu with one move.
Did Chengling King Zhao Shen's ragtag army really have such powerful soldiers and generals? If so, how could they have been so brutally killed by Ding Hu during the day yesterday? In the end, they relied on those powerful war weapons to save the defeat.
"...Huan Hu!"
Nangong Chen immediately guessed that Huan Hu occupied Suiyang in the south.
Nearby, only Huan Hu and his fierce general Chen Shou had more powerful force than Ding Hu.
Although Nangong Chen has not yet figured out why Huan Hu wanted to "righteously assist" Chengling King Zhao Shen, he is more or less certain: Huan Hu must have been waiting for the opportunity to ambush Ding Hu.
But now, Ding Hu, a fierce general, died in a meaningless battle. How will Jishi County ensure that it does not lose?
After getting angry, Nangong Chen paced back and forth in the study, thinking about countermeasures.
You must know that Ding Hu was not only the one he relied on to defend his family, but also his biggest reliance on counterattacking Suiyang and killing Huan Hu to avenge his father and younger brother. But what he didn't expect was that Ding Hu died so meaninglessly.
In fact, there are still several generals in Jishi County who are willing to follow Nangong Chen, but unfortunately, none of these generals are as brave and reliable as Ding Hu.
After much deliberation, Nangong Chen still couldn't think of a way to defend Jishi County.
After pondering for a full hour, he decided to abandon his clan and led his troops to move towards the east of Song County.
Although the eastern area of Song County belongs to the sphere of influence of the Beibo Army, some of his father Nangong Yao's old subordinates are also stationed there, including his uncle "Nangong Xi".
On the same day, the noble private army outside the city once again sent troops to attack Jishi County. They said it was an attack on the city, but in fact they copied the method of yesterday's siege, using the twenty catapults to bombard the city wall indiscriminately.
But this time, Chengling King Zhao Shen was smarter. He ordered his private soldiers to use repeating crossbows to break down the city gate. Nangong Chen saw with his own eyes that those repeating crossbow arrows, which were as thick as children's arms, actually connected with the city gate that was as thick as a foot.
Even if the gate could be penetrated, he was so shocked that he quickly ordered the city gate to be blocked with debris. Otherwise, before he could give the order to withdraw his troops, Jishi County might really be attacked by the private army of nobles outside the city.
Around dusk, the noble private troops outside the city slowly retreated. Nangong Chen took the opportunity to take away some gold and silver belongings from the warehouses in the city, and led some remnants of the Suiyang army who were willing to follow him, as well as the Jishi County garrison originally under Ding Hu's command.
, quietly evacuated from the east of the city.
After learning about this incident, the local wealthy families in Jishi County panicked and packed up their belongings and fled the city with their families.
The large-scale flight of these wealthy Ji clans finally alerted Chengling King Zhao Shen and others.
The other wealthy families of the Ji family who did not want to leave their hometowns took the initiative to send people to the Wei camp of the noble private army outside the city the next day to surrender to Chengling King Zhao Shen.
The Ji family surrendered voluntarily, which greatly surprised Chengling King Zhao Shen and other nobles of the Su-royal Party. So, on the tenth day of the sixth lunar month, the private aristocratic army outside the city officially took over the Ji family and took over the city defense.
After that, Chengling King Zhao Shen was responsible for writing a battle report back to the Daliang court. He inevitably added more water to the battle report and boasted about the difficulty of attacking the Ji family. Meanwhile, Anping Marquis Zhao Tan summoned the famous noble clans in the city and prepared to beat them hard.
A huge rip off.
Because he had asked Su Wang Zhao Hongrun for instructions in advance, Anping Hou Zhao Tan did not go too far. After taking away about 80-90% of the wealth of the noble families in Jishi County, he still gave the latter certain rights and interests.
For example, Jishi County has now become a "county protected by King Su's family", and there will no longer be any private armies from other princes' forces to invade. Furthermore, if there is harassment from thieves, rebels, etc., King Su's party will
The aristocratic private army came forward to protect the safety of the county and so on.
More importantly, for the gentry who are willing to hand over their family property, Prince Chengling Zhao Shen, Marquis Zhao Tan and others recommended these people to join the "Sushi Chamber of Commerce". Therefore, in layman's terms, the gentry of the family in Jishi County,
It's like spending money to buy a ticket to join the "King Su family" force, but this ticket is really expensive.
But no matter what, this is the best result for the wealthy gentry of Jishi County. After all, after Nangong Chen led his troops to withdraw, they alone are not enough to resist the private army of Chengling King Zhao Shen and others.
As for the common people who only have one household in the city, Chengling King Zhao Shen and other nobles of the Su Wang Party, it can be said that they have no choice but to do anything. Firstly, they have agreed to Su Wang Zhao Hongrun; secondly, the Su Wang
His Royal Highness has always been a man who sticks to his word and will never compromise because of certain behaviors within his power.
Wanting Su Wang Zhao Run to pay for the illegal behavior of some nobles in his own power like the former prince Zhao Hongli is just an idiot's dream. Su Wang Zhao Run is an extremely powerful highness. If he violates his will, not only will he have to do
Be prepared to be kicked out by His Highness, and even be liquidated by His Highness.
As a result, the common people of the Ji family who were frightened when the noble private army entered the city were surprised to find out half a day later that this noble private army from Wei State was simply a conscientious noble. They neither looted nor killed, just like they didn't see them.
It seems that how they lived in the past is still how they live now.
The only difference may be that there are random flags of noble families erected on the city wall, that's all.
Around June 10th to June 12th, Chengling King Zhao Shen and others were busy in Jishi County counting the property of the local nobles "Xianna". In addition, because Nangong Chen left in a hurry, there were still many warehouses in the county.
With little money for food, looking at the boxes of treasures being loaded onto the carriages, Prince Zhao Shen of Chengling and other nobles of the Su-royal Party couldn't help but blush.
Song County is really too rich!
Especially the county town that was once controlled by the Nangong Yao group.
On June 13th, Chengling King Zhao Shen and others left "Nanxi Hou Zhao Zi" and two thousand private troops to stay behind Jishi, while the rest of the army marched eastward. After receiving soft threats from Huan Hu, they gave up.
After attacking Suiyang, the next target was "Shanfu" County in the east.
In fact, between "Jishi" and "Shanfu" there are one or two small counties, as well as some villages and towns, which are composed of one or two local wealthy families and a dozen or dozens of civilian families.
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But in general, what can be harvested in these places is not as much as in large counties such as "Jishi" and "Shanfu".
After that, on their way deep into Song County, the aristocratic private armies of Chengling King Zhao Shen and others were also hindered by local forces. For example, some local wealthy families organized their servants and servants, and even hired local warriors.
, to protect the manor from being captured by the nobles' private armies.
But unfortunately, the troops of these local wealthy families can only support two to three thousand people, and their combat quality is worse than that of Chengling King Zhao Shen's private army. How can they stop the latter's army of up to twenty to thirty thousand people?
Faced with the resistance of these weak local forces in Song County, the private army of Chengling King Zhao Shen and others were making great progress.
The only troublesome thing is that as Chengling King Zhao Shen and others went deep into Song County, they gradually began to encounter resistance from the rebels of the Beibo Army.
It's not a large-scale counterattack, it's just harassment by a team of dozens or more than a hundred people, such as attacking the food roads of the noble private army, taking the opportunity to kill a few unwary private soldiers, etc. It's not a big problem, but it is really annoying.
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From mid to late June, several pieces of good news were sent to Daliang from Chengling King Zhao Shen, and the noble private armies of the other princes also gained more or less.
Gradually, the imperial court gradually recovered several large counties in the western part of Song County such as "Jishi", "Chengshi", "Chengwu", "Shanfu", and "Changyi", and more than a dozen other small counties.
Return to the court.
In this regard, the imperial court behaved quite calmly. Even at Chui Gong Hall, King Yong Hongyu, who was supervising the country on his behalf, only drafted documents and commended him in writing.
As for rewards, the court did not even mention them.
Of course, I believe that the nobles and nobles of the various princes will not mind. After all, they have already made a lot of money during the period of regaining Song County, so why would they care about the rewards given by the court.
It is worth mentioning that when the aristocratic private army of the King Qing Party approached "Rencheng", the aristocratic private army was attacked by the Beibo Army.
At that time, "Chen Si", the general of the Beibo Army, led two thousand righteous soldiers of the Beibo Army to sneak attack the private army of "Pingcheng Hou Li Yang" who was still looting in "Jinxiang" at that time, resulting in the defeat of Pingcheng Hou Li Yang.
His second son "Li Ping" and his family general "Bu Ying" were killed by Beibo soldiers.
This was the "Battle of Jinxiang". This battle suddenly ignited the flames of war between the noble private army and the Beibo Army, making the two sides truly determined to be "hostile".
After that, the Beibo Army in the eastern part of Song County increased its counterattack and launched a powerful counterattack against any private army of Wei nobles approaching the eastern part of Song County.
At this time, the Wei aristocratic private army discovered that the Beibo Army was not at all like they imagined. It was just a group of rebels from the countryside of Song County. The Beibo Army was not only organized and disciplined, but also well-armed.
They are more complete than the soldiers of the nobles' private army. In fact, these people even have controlled weapons such as "crossbows".
"(Beibo Army) is definitely not just a bandit army!"
A few days later, when the noble generals of the Qingwang Party gathered in Changyi, Li Yang, the Marquis of Pingcheng, said in anger and fear.