That night, the lights in Longhua Town were brightly lit. Ever since they learned that the puppet Tang bandits appeared on the edge of the mountain in the evening, the Ming army in the town felt like they were facing a formidable enemy. Diao Leixun had not rested all night, arranging his soldiers to reinforce the city defense.
fortifications.
Diao Leixun and the others have not forgotten that a few months ago, the puppet Tang traitor army robbed everything in Longhua Town. Although the puppet Tang traitor army did not enter the city in a big way at that time, the Ming army who defended the city at that time also insisted that the puppet Tang traitor army did not enter the city.
Did not attack the city.
The armories and grain depots in the city were on fire because of the gangsters' rebellion. The houses of many wealthy families in the city were robbed, and they were also robbed by some gangsters who took advantage of the chaos.
In short, they insisted that the puppet Tang bandit army did not attack the city, let alone looted Longhua Town.
Later, civil and military officials such as Su Jiakang and Diao Leixun pinched their noses and admitted this 'fact' in order to control the negative impact and avoid punishment from their superiors.
However, although this is what the official said, many people saw it with their own eyes. The Ming army defending the city tried to escape in a swarm, but in the end they were driven back by the puppet Tang thief army, and there were also plunderings later.
People saw the puppet Tang bandit army mixed in among them.
As for when the defenders in the city sent food, fruits and vegetables to the puppet Tang rebels outside the city, many people witnessed it with their own eyes.
Therefore, no one said anything, but everyone knew that the previous Longhua Town was indeed looted by the puppet Tang thief army.
Now that the puppet Tang rebel army has come out again, and will soon be approaching Longhua Town, the Ming army and even the ordinary people in the formation are naturally in a state of panic.
That night, many people who learned the news fled Longhua Town overnight. Some were preparing to take refuge in the countryside, while others were preparing to flee to Zhengtai County.
However, ordinary people can escape, but Diao Leixun, the master of Qianhu Station in Tong'an Qianhu Station, cannot escape because he has the responsibility to defend the city.
At the same time, Diao Leixun also had a certain degree of confidence in defending the city. The puppet Tang rebel army only numbered a few hundred people, and his own thousand-household household had more than 500 people. Plus the temporarily mobilized young and strong civilians, there were seven or eight
With a hundred people, he didn't believe that those god-damn pseudo-Tang thieves could capture Longhua Town.
In addition, Zhengtai County is only twenty miles away from Longhua Town. Once Longhua Town is in danger, the defenders in Zhengtai County can come over for reinforcements at any time.
In Zhengtai County, there are more than 400 people from the Fairy Shi Qianhu Station and two hundred households sent by the Fu Zun to recruit soldiers.
As long as the puppet Tang rebels dare to run to Longhua Town to attack the city, then I can completely hold them back, and then cooperate with the reinforcements coming from Zhengtai County to completely annihilate the incoming puppet Tang rebels.
The lights in Longhua Town were brightly lit, and when they were preparing for the war all night, Zhengtai County was not at peace. The county government office turned on the lights in the middle of the night, and then many civil and military officials were woken up by people sent by Su Jiakang and came over to discuss matters overnight.
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The lights in the county office were on all night, and by the next morning, many people in the city noticed that the atmosphere in the county was different from before.
In the schoolyard in the south of the city, Ming army soldiers were coming out one after another, and then stationed at various city gates, and began to strictly interrogate the people entering and leaving the city, so that many villagers who came to the city to sell fruits and vegetables in the morning were still unable to enter.
City, there were long queues at several city gates.
The people queuing up also saw several officers and soldiers riding horses out of the city. As soon as they left the city gate, they ran wildly. Looking at the direction, they should be heading to Longhua Town.
Many people were wondering, what happened? Everything was fine yesterday, so why did these officers and soldiers look like they were facing a powerful enemy overnight?
However, the news that the puppet Tang bandits were coming out was not concealed at all. Fortunately, in the middle of the night, the news was only circulated among high-level civil and military officials in the city, but in the morning, some wealthy families in the city also learned about it one after another.
Got the news.
It’s not yet past noon, but several grain stores in the city have started to raise the prices of grains in their stores with a tacit understanding!
The sudden increase in food supply in the city further aroused the suspicion of the people in the city. By the afternoon, the news that the puppet Tang rebel army had come out had spread throughout the city.
Various gossips have also begun to spread. It is difficult to tell whether the various news is true or false. Some people even say that the fake Tang thieves have thousands of soldiers. They attacked Longhua Town last night and have now captured Longhua Town.
Heading towards Zhengtai County.
Moreover, he said that my second uncle’s son-in-law’s eldest brother’s wife’s natal family is in Longhua Town. She saw the puppet Tang bandit army marching into the city with their own eyes. She said it with nose and eyes, making the listeners feel as if they were there, as if they saw the puppet army with their own eyes.
It was like the Tang bandit army entered Longhua Town.
Su Jiakang didn't bother to pay attention to the many messages in the city at first, but after hearing the reports from his subordinates, the messages became more and more outrageous. Many gentry in the city even sent people to the county government to inquire about the fake Tang thieves.
After wondering whether the army had really conquered Longhua Town, Su Jiakang finally couldn't sit still and immediately had people post a notice to calm the people.
It is said that Zhengtai County and Longhua Town are as stable as Mount Tai, but a small group of bandits has appeared. The officers and soldiers have prepared troops and will be completely wiped out in a few days. There is no need for the people to panic.
When the Anmin notice came out, Su Jiakang also sent people to arrest a few people who had no hair on their mouths and were spreading nonsense messages everywhere. They slapped dozens of people on the spot.
This allowed the situation in the city to calm down a little, but the people were still very worried.
No matter how you look at it this time, it doesn't look like only a small group of bandits showed up. If there were only a few dozen bandits, how would the government have such a big reaction? Not only were they scouting around and guarding the city gates, but even in the school grounds
The officers and soldiers all went up to the city wall. It was obvious from their appearance that they were preparing for war!
Many self-proclaimed knowledgeable people already thought they had seen through the lies of the government, and believed that the puppet Tang rebel army must be attacking in large numbers. The government concealed the news in order to prevent everyone from escaping and recruit young men to help defend the city.
"I heard that the puppet Tang rebels numbered in the thousands, and there are only five hundred soldiers in this county. How can we hold it? I'd better leave the city early and hide in Zhuangzi for safety!"
This is the idea shared by many wealthy families in the city, so even though Su Jiakang issued a notice to calm the people, many wealthy gentry households in the city began to drag their families and families out of the city.
However, these wealthy people who left the city had no idea that at this moment, the countryside outside the city was far more dangerous than inside the city!
Why, because the goal of the Tang Dynasty King's Division was not to attack Longhua Town or Zhengtai County at all. Their main purpose was just to contain these Ming troops, and their secondary purpose was to walk around the surrounding countryside to collect grain.
Recruit people!
At this moment, the Ming army and the rich families who escaped from the city had no idea that the Tang Dynasty King did not go to Longhua Town at all on that day, but went to several villages that had already been scheduled.
Among them is an old friend of the Tang Dynasty: Fengjiazhuang!