On the way from Wuxing County to Chenxiang, there were three hundred soldiers rushing to the road, carrying a Tang flag, and it was the Tang army team that left Qingxiang.

This is just a united Tang army, but only about 300 people have emerged from the momentum of thousands. Each soldier has a strict military appearance, full of spirit and a little bit arrogant in his strength.

The young general Ye Su was riding a red horse before the team. He covered his black armor with a red armor that only a middle warrior could use, and a red sheathed Tang sword that only a middle warrior could use, hanging around his waist, and he looked energetic.

According to the Tang army system, there are leaders of all the leaders, teams have team commanders, team leaders, regiment commanders, brigade commanders, brigade commanders, and battalions have battalions. The commander of the battalions, who was awarded the rank of military commanders, and was already an intermediate military officer.

Ye Su is the second group of rural tyrants. He participated in the battle to suppress the Pu family and the Conquest of Japan. He has been the general commander for a year.

The one who walked at the end of the team was Wanyan Dan, a joint supervisor riding a dark horse. As another chief officer of the wing, he was of course also a warrior, with a red armor and a red sheathed Tang sword.

Wanyan Dan was the second group of Jurchen immigrants. He participated in the encirclement and suppression of Han Gong and the Japanese. He was a joint prison for one year and was a good partner with Ye Su.

Seeing the three hundred teams moving slowly, Wanyan Dan was very satisfied.

I, the elite soldiers of Tang, are real tiger soldiers!

Well, in order to clear the countryside, the garrisons of various prefectures and counties were all mixed together. For example, although his unit only had 308 people, it was equipped with a cavalry (fifty people), a firearm, and a heavy step.

The Tang army has a characteristic: there are no pure sword and shield soldiers, spearmen, and archers. Because it is long-term professional training, every Tang army is an archer, and can also be a sword and shield soldiers and spearmen, which can be replaced by each other.

So, although it is just a couplet, there are actually two hundred people equipped with bows and arrows.

"Helping!" Wanyan dared to wave his whip, ran to the front, and walked with the general commander Ye Su.

"Brother Ye, our army only has two three-pound guns, not even six-pound guns, and cannon shells can only be fired for five rounds. If we cannot break Shenjiawu Fort, we will have to attack hard." Wanyan said.

Ye Su turned around, looked at the two three-pound light cannons pulled in the team, and nodded, "Brother Wanyan is worried that if he can't open the fort, he will have to attack hard. Once he attacks hard, there will inevitably be casualties."

Wanyan said: "There is another concern. There are many tenants around the Shenjiawu Fort Manor. If the Shen family ordered the tenants to guard the fort, our army's arrows and ammunition would be consumed by the tenants and killed many people."

Ye Su was also worried about this issue, and he could do it completely with the Shen family's style.

However, this was obviously a very decisive man. He said in a sharp tone: "If those tenants would rather guard the city and die for the lords they hated than dare to resist their lords, then die. The Tang Dynasty did not need such cowardly people."

Wanyan dared to laugh and said, "That's the decision. Anyway, the Qing Township must be implemented. Any obstacles, even the people who are suffering, must be cleaned up."

"But Brother Ye, don't be too disappointed. Although most of the tenants are pinching their noses to help the gentry and tribes, there are still many people in the countryside who are not tenants. How can they dare to support us 30%?"

The farmers in the countryside are divided into tenants and self-cultivated farmers. The tenants are controlled by powerful landlords and are forced to oppose the Tang army. However, although many of the self-cultivated farmers choose to be neutral, many of them have brave choices to support the Tang army. These people are also the source of the Tang army recruiting new recruits.

The brigade set off in the morning and finally arrived in Chenxiang at noon. At first glance, there were Shen's manors everywhere, which were really "a field that could not fly by crows". So there was no need to think that the Shen family must have "gold and silver that could not be moved by thieves."

In the fields and the waters under the mountains, there are mostly simple houses that have been disrepaired for a long time. It is okay to shelter from the wind and rain. It is definitely cool in summer, but in winter...

The people knew about the soldiers and had long known where to escape. So although there were many houses here, there were not many people. The only few were all old men with pale faces and ragged clothes.

Ye Su and Wanyan dared to stay on the side of the road, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Is this Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which is known for its wealth?

At this moment, a sound of gongs came not far away, and people were vaguely shouting: "Go and notify the great officials, the rebels are coming!"

Immediately afterwards, I saw a group of ragged people running towards the Shenjiawu Fort to the west.

Ye Su and Wanyan's bold expressions immediately became ugly.

"Damn..." A team couldn't help but curse, "These people are so ungrateful! They are so angry! Although the Zhao official family was not good at that time, these people could not escape the blame! Otherwise, how could the Tartars be in power!"

Wanyan Dan said: "Cang is solid and knows etiquette. They live like dogs and tired like cows. How can they be said to be bloody? Yao Team is so honest, don't be too demanding. Even if they are cowardly, it is thanks to the Zhao family, and the people... are not guilty."

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"The rebels are here! Hundreds of people! There are horses and armor!" Dozens of tenants with a look of despicable faces came under the huge and mighty Shenjiawu Fort with a gong.

"It was Cheng Laosi and the others who put down the bridge and let them come in to guard the fort!" On the fort tower, the head of the militia guarding the gate ordered.

Immediately, the suspension bridge on the trench was lowered, and the extremely thick gate of the fort was pushed open. Cheng Laosi and others rushed in, came to the militia leader, and said with a sweat on his face: "General Wang, they have hundreds of people..."

The "General Wang" was the chief of the Yuan army's defeated soldiers, and he actually had armor. He said impatiently: "Don't talk too much, pick up the hoe and prepare to guard the fort. What you said, the old officials and officials have known about it for a long time!"

At this time, the two-meter-high wall of the dock was already full of tenants, including men, women, young and old, and thousands of people were densely packed.

They held hoes, wooden sticks, and bamboo guns, crowded, noisy, and cursed. Although they were all pale and thin, they were a little excited at this time, the excitement arising from fear and expectation.

Fear...of course, fear is fear of death. So, what are you looking forward to?

Looking forward to the rewards from the Lord’s family.

When the Lord ordered them to enter the fort to guard, he spoke, saying that as long as they guard the fort, everyone would be rewarded.

Alas, what will the master reward?

Also, the master said that the rebels dared not attack the people in order to win the hearts of the people. Is this true?

If that's the case, it would be better.

After the six or seven thousand tenants guarding the fort, there were two thousand militias that were under the throne.

The militia was a temporary private army trained by the Shen family. They selected young and strong soldiers and defeated soldiers. The general was Chen Ao, the nephew of Chen Ye, who was appointed as Qianhu.

After the ten thousand households where Chen Ao were killed was annihilated by the Tang army, he fled back to the Shen family with more than 200 defeated soldiers. All of them became militia leaders and hundreds of soldiers, helping to train the army.

In addition, the Shen family has a great career, so it is still very fast to make spears and spears. So in half a month, two thousand militias were armed.

Because of the defeated soldiers as backbone, and after a while of training, the food was given enough, the Shen family militia was still somewhat powerful and not entirely a mob.

Chen Ao was covered in the iron armor of a thousand military officers, with two small braids hanging in his ears and a Mongolian scimitar on his waist. At first glance, he looked a bit like a Mongolian general.

The long-bodied people were all squid and braided, and this image actually added a lot of courage to the militia and tenants.

Chen Ao looked at the backs of the tenants and sneered.

Humph, what are you? You are just a group of lowly slaves. Are you guarding the fortress for my Shen family?

Let you come, just to kill you, consume the rebels' arrows and cannons, and destroy the rebels' attempt to win people's hearts.

Reward? Haha, let’s talk about your life if you have the fate.

"Old official, the official is here! Come and see you quickly!" Suddenly, a loud voice shouted.

The militia and the tenants roared, turned around, put down their spears and hoes, and bowed to Chen Yebuhua, who was wearing grandchildren clothes.

"I've seen an old official, a high official!"

Chen Ye's smile was much more kind than before, and he looked kind and kind.

"Oh, fellow villagers, please get up quickly, please get up quickly!" Chen Ye didn't help him, "Now the rebels are damaging the village, burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil! We can only build a village to protect ourselves, and we can have a way out!"

"It doesn't matter, don't be afraid. If the court destroys other rebels, they will be able to fight over soon. At that time, not only will the rebels die without a burial place, but even those who surrender to the rebels will be exterminated."

This is a threat.

Chen Ye was very satisfied with the taming of the tenants and continued, "When can the rebels be arrogant? The grasshoppers in the autumn will not be able to jump around for a few days. I really can't bear to see the villagers be deceived by the thief, go astray, and end up in a bad way."

The old thing continues to threaten.

"Fortunately, the villagers are all familiar with the truth. Everyone must understand the principle of the inseparable traitors. I will not say much." (Can the inseparable traitors use this way?)

"I put my words here. As long as I keep the fort, each person will have five dou of rice! I will never break my promise! I, Chen Ye, will not let the villagers be harmed by the thieves, nor will I watch you starve to death!"

What? Each person has five dou of rice!

The tenants were immediately excited, five dou of white rice!

It is said that the Tang army only came to only 300 people, not heavenly soldiers and generals. There were nearly 10,000 people in the fortress. What were you afraid of? Seeing that the fortress was solid and there were so many people guarding the fortress, the Tang army might retreat.

Did it!

Besides, it’s impossible not to do it. If they resist, will they still survive once the Tang army leaves and the Tartars come back?

Although the Shen family is so bad, and although the old thief Shen is vicious, it is true that he is a big shot with a 100-meter-long meter scattered person. He will not fart if he says in front of so many people.

The militia members took the opportunity to shout: "That's five dou of rice! Old officials don't worry, if we are there, there will be a dock here!"

The tenants were also surrounded by robberies and shouted: "The old official rewarded us with five dou of rice, can we not do our best?"

"Okay!" Chen Ye was very proud of the tenants seeing that they did not resist under their own coercion and temptation, and shouted: "I also have a saying of ugliness. If anyone surrenders to the thief or escapes, I will be blamed for being ruthless! The person comes, take Zhang Siqi!"

As soon as the words were finished, several powerful militiamen dragged a bloody man to show their attention in front of everyone.

Everyone recognized that this person was Zhang Siqi, who was also a tenant.

Seeing his mouth full of blood and his mouth was rude, he knew that his tongue was cut off.

Chen Ye pointed at Zhang Siqi with his cane and said heartbrokenly: "This Zhang Siqi was grown up by me, but I thought that I would secretly rule the rebels. I only had severe punishments and laws to serve as a warning to others."

Although Zhang Siqi's tongue was cut, his ears were not deaf. When he heard Chen Ye's words, his lungs were so angry that he was about to explode.

He didn't even know the rebels' situation, so he secretly contacted the rebels. Who did the rebels know him?

He just cursed the Shen family and was arrested and cut off his tongue. Now he actually said that he secretly communicated with the rebels and killed him and scared others.

"Kill!" Chen Ye gave the order, and Zhang Siqi's head fell to the ground, his head rolled out far away, and his eyes widened, and he was so nervous that he could not die.

"Zhang Siqi is the end of surrendering to the rebels!" The defeated Yuan army who killed Zhang Siqi grabbed Zhang Siqi's head and showed it to everyone.

The tenants were frightened and dared not look at it again. They were all cursing, but they did not dare to show it.

As soon as Chen Ye killed Zhang Siqi, he heard someone calling, and it turned out that the rebels had finally arrived.

In order to maintain physical strength, the Tang army's marching speed was not fast.

Chen Ye climbed up the high wall and saw that there was a team of black armored soldiers outside the Jianwu Fort. Although there were only about 300, they had a strict formation and a strong momentum. Especially a few people with armor and beautiful narrow swords were even more eye-catching.
To be continued...