Dakui led a dozen cavalrymen and continued the pursuit until they reached the foot of the suspension bridge in front of the city gate.
A general behind him urged him urgently: "General Zhang, don't go deep."
Hearing this, Dakui reined his horse and stopped in front of the city gate: "Well, I cut off the sling and occupied the city gate. When the large group of troops arrived, we captured Suzhou in one fell swoop." After the red scarf generals received the order, someone picked up a knife and struck.
Got the hanging lock.
Dakui led dozens of people to guard in front of the city gate. One man was truly invincible and invincible.
Dakui and others waited in front of the city gate for an hour, but no Yuan soldiers came to attack from the city. Little did they know that the chief and deputy generals of Suzhou and several side generals had all been killed in the battle, leaving more than ten thousand soldiers without a leader. The one who passed through
The escort officer in Baijia entered the city and promoted Da Kui's tough style. These soldiers, together with the family members and servants of the Sucheng garrison, followed the escort officer and fled from other city gates in a chaotic manner, abandoning the city.
Dakui waited in front of the city gate until it was almost dark, and then he saw the red scarf horse infantry arriving one after another. When Dakui led the troops into the city, he found that Suzhou was an empty city. Dakui, Yang Yonghuai and other generals gathered together and found a place to settle in the city guard's mansion.
It was already midnight when we came down. Yang Yonghuai set up city defenses at the four city gates and arranged patrol troops and horses in the city. Only then did he feel relieved. This battle was really exciting. More than 30,000 enemies were wiped out and countless weapons and equipment were seized.
There are more than two thousand horses.
Although everyone was very tired, the excitement was palpable. The red scarf soldiers set up pots and cooked on the street. Everyone wolfed down the food and then found a place to fall asleep.
The next day, when the morning rooster broke and the sky turned white in the east, Suzhou was in a state of excitement. The people rushed to tell each other that Suzhou was recovered. The excited people of Suzhou donated food, cloth and money, and the Red Scarf Army soldiers on the street were moved to tears.
But they all refused to accept any grain, rice, money or goods.
When Dakui and Yang Yonghuai heard about this, they were surrounded by a large group of people as soon as they left the city guard's house. Dakui was not good at words and made himself look disgraced. Yang Yonghuai was interested in seeing the joke, so he raised his voice and said: "This person next to me is General Zhang of the Song Dynasty.
General, if you need anything, please go to General Zhang." The people all carried rice, fruits, and other items in their hands. They stuffed Da Kui's arms one after another, but Da Kui refused. When they got annoyed, they yelled: "I don't want it.
." There was silence all around.
Seeing that everyone was silent and looking at him, Da Kui held it in for a long time before he said to the people around him: "Folks, I, Da Kui, am also a poor man. I used to be a woodcutter at home, and the land I farmed at home was rented. I can only make a living.
It’s good if you don’t die of hunger. I know it’s not easy for everyone. My brothers and I will never take a copper from the common people.” He paused and said, “I’m done.”
Yang Yonghuai held back his smile and said to the people around him: "Fucks, please leave, don't waste your livelihood." Seeing this, the people left in anger.
On the third day after capturing Suzhou, Dakui couldn't sit still. He went to Yang Yonghuai and asked, "Brother Yang, it's been so many days, when can we capture Xuzhou?"
Yang Yonghuai said: "General Zhang, if we go to capture Xuzhou now, who will guard Suzhou?"
Dakui scratched his head and said, "I never thought about this."
Yang Yonghuai smiled and said: "When I first entered the city, I ordered someone to tell the marshal immediately that he would send someone to take over Suzhou soon." Da Kui felt relieved at this.
At this time, they could only hear the commotion outside the door. Da Kui and Yang Yonghuai went out curiously, only to see more than a dozen people kneeling on the ground, crying out for injustice. Da Kui had encountered such a battle before, and hurriedly went over to help the people up one by one. One
The sixty-year-old man said with tears streaming down his face: "General Zhang has to make the decision for us."
Dakui said: "Old man, if you need anything, just tell me and I will support you."
The old man said: "The rebels entered the city a few days ago, and they did not commit any crimes against Minqiu. Unexpectedly, many people came to join the army, and there were actually many bandits from Fenglin Village. The old man's daughter-in-law was robbed by bandits from Fenglin Village a few years ago.
, my son was also beaten to death. The old man came to ask the general to avenge us." After saying that, the old man broke down in tears.
The people behind the old man also cried out about the crimes of Fenglin Village one by one, and Dakui was furious. Now that the Tatars are in power and exploiting the people, these bandits are still maliciously oppressing them. It is an unforgivable crime.
At that moment, Da Kui ordered all his troops to annihilate Fenglin Village. Yang Yonghuai hurriedly grabbed Da Kui and said, "General Zhang, please calm down. First, find these bandits who have surrendered to the army and ask them to find out the truth." He turned around and asked the old man again: "This old uncle, Mo."
Urgent, just wait and go back first. We will find out the truth and give you justice."
Dakui and Yang Yonghuai brought several soldiers to the recruiting station. When the general in charge saw the general arriving, he stood up to greet him. When Dakui met, he asked, "I heard that someone from Fenglin Village is coming to join the army. Where are they?"
The recruiting general said: "At the military camp in the south of the city." He took out a ledger, looked through it, and said, "There are twenty-three of them in total, and the leader is Wang Huailie." Da Kui did not greet Yang Yonghuai, turned around and left.
Da Kui, Yang Yonghuai and other people then found the military camp in the south of the city. They entered the military camp and found the captain in charge of the military camp and asked him to gather all the recruits together. Without waiting for Yang Yonghuai to ask questions, Da Kui shouted: "Who is Wang Huailie? Come out."
A soldier came out tremblingly, but before he spoke, Da Kui stepped forward, grabbed his collar and said, "Someone came to this general to cry and complain, saying that you were waiting to rob civilian girls and mutilate the people. Do you know your crime?" After speaking, he slapped him.
on the ground.
This soldier was none other than Wang Huailie. Wang Huailie stood up straight on the ground and knelt on the ground, kowtowing as if pounding garlic: "General, have mercy on me, general, have mercy on me."
Before Dakui could get angry, Yang Yonghuai grabbed him and asked Wang Huailie, "Please tell me the whole story in detail."
Wang Huailie said: "We were indeed bandits in Fenglin Village before, but we have never done anything like robbing women and oppressing people. It was all done by the leader of Fenglin Village. We know that the red scarf righteous men have occupied Suzhou.
Sneak out and join the army. If you say anything false, I will be punished by God."
After hearing this, Yang Yonghuai understood the general idea and asked: "Who is the leader of Fenglin Village?"
Wang Huailie did not dare to hide it, and said truthfully: "The name of the leader of Fenglin Village is Feng Biao. He is over thirty this year. He has strong martial arts skills and is good at using a sword. He is straightforward and open-minded. Liu Yishui, the leader of the second village, was originally a scholar. Later, the government canceled the imperial examination.
He went up the mountain to surrender to Feng Biao. There were three to five thousand men and horses gathered in the village."
When Yang Yonghuai heard this, he said to Dakui: "This matter has nothing to do with them. Let's discuss it in the long term."
Dakui said angrily: "If we gather ten thousand troops, I will flatten Fenglin Village."
Yang Yonghuai said: "General Zhang, follow me back, and we will discuss it slowly." He said to Wang Huailie: "Get up first and follow us." After that, he took Da Kui back to the city guard's mansion.
At noon that day, Wang Huailie took Yang Yonghuai and dozens of soldiers up to Fenglin Mountain. Along the rugged mountain road, halfway up the mountain, he saw the gate of Fenglin Village in the distance. When he arrived at the gate, there were men blocking the way.
When the subordinate saw Wang Huailie, he smiled and said, "Hey, isn't this Brother Wang? I heard that you went down to join the army, why did you come back again?"
Wang Huailie stepped aside and pointed at Yang Yonghuai and said: "This General Yang has an important matter to discuss with the village leader."
The subordinate looked Yang Yonghuai up and down for a long time before saying: "You wait here, I will pass the message." After that, he turned around and entered the stronghold.