Several gunpowder barrels exploded on the top of the cottage, and what was ejected were not poisonous nails, but thousands of surrender letters. Thousands of pieces of paper fell into the cottage like snowflakes.
'In the Great Song Dynasty, Yue, the envoy of Ezhen and the governor of Yuezhou, Commander Chen Qing, told all the soldiers in the Junshan bandit camp in Dongting: You and others must surrender before dark, and I will ensure their safety and hand them over to the envoy of Xuanfu. If you fail to surrender, you will not surrender.
Those who are killed will be killed without mercy!'
Yang Yao was furious and immediately sent three teams to collect the surrender letters. Anyone who dared to hide them secretly would be executed immediately, but nearly half of the surrender letters were still not recovered.
Chen Qing immediately deployed troops in three places and blocked the three roads going down the mountain. The soldiers of the Song Army patiently waited for dark.
Yang Yao also sent people to keep an eye on the soldiers and not allow any to go out and surrender.
As the sun gradually set, Yang Yao's guard relaxed. Finally, some soldiers seized the opportunity, escaped from the stronghold and surrendered. More and more soldiers surrendered. By nightfall, more than 5,000 soldiers had surrendered.
At this time, the Song army had already smeared a large amount of kerosene on the mountain forest. Chen Qing gave an order and thousands of rockets were fired at the woods at the same time. The woods at the foot of the mountain began to burn.
The fire was raging, the flames were raging into the sky, and the smoke was billowing. The fire was spitting out tongues of flames and crackling as it spread toward the mountain. The soldiers in the village finally reacted and were immediately frightened. Many people ran away down the mountain road, shouting for mercy.
This time Chen Qing restrained his murderous intentions to the maximum extent and did not order the massacre of the surrenderers. After all, he had promised Li Gang, and he did not want to offend Li Gang in this matter and worsen the relationship between the two.
He gave orders to accept all those who surrendered. No matter when they surrendered, as long as they put down their weapons, they would not be killed.
At the first watch, when the fire reached its peak, the entire mountain was engulfed in flames. Thick smoke shot straight into the sky. The flames rolled up dozens of feet high and were clearly visible on the walls of Baling County.
At this time, Li Gang was at the head of Baling County. He arrived at noon and asked Chen Qing for something important. Unexpectedly, Chen Qing led his army to attack Junshan. This surprised and delighted Li Gang. This was the first time that the Song Army
Killing Junshan once, Chen Qing achieved it only twenty days after he came to Yuezhou.
Yan Jun sighed and said to Li Gang: "As expected of the Western Army, they are indeed brave in fighting. They attacked Junshan in the first battle. They should be burning Yang Yao's Junshan stronghold."
Li Gang smiled bitterly and said, "I wonder if he failed to fulfill his promise to me, or that he killed all the prisoners of war?"
Li Gang seemed to be talking to himself, but in fact he was asking Yang Yuanqing, who was responsible for guarding Baling County next to him. Yang Yuanqing smiled and said: "If Chen Dutong agrees to be the Xuanfu envoy, he will definitely keep his promise. His humble position can guarantee that he will not kill anyone."
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"If that's the case, I'll be relieved!"
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At noon the next day, a heavy rain came unexpectedly and extinguished the still burning forest fire.
Chen Qing sent a scout team up the mountain to check. Half an hour later, the scout team came down the mountain with more than 2,000 miserable rebels and surrendered. Half of the village had been burned. They hid in the northeast corner and managed to escape the fire.
, but their courage was shattered and they completely lost their will to resist.
Upon discovering the Song army scouts who had entered the stronghold to check the situation, they immediately came out and surrendered.
"Let me report to the capital, there is no one in the stronghold anymore, I have received the news, Yang Yao may have escaped."
Chen Qing said angrily: "I blocked all the exits, how could he escape?"
"Capital, some surrendered soldiers said that there is a secret passage in the stronghold."
"Who said that? Find it for me!"
Not long after, the scouts all brought up a surrendering soldier. The soldier knelt down and said: "There is indeed a secret passage. The villain has carried supplies in it. The entrance is behind Yang Yao's Juyi Hall!"
"Lead the way immediately!"
Under the leadership of the surrendered soldiers, Chen Qing personally led 3,000 people up the mountain. The gate of the village had been burned down. Walking into the village, you could see the corpses of the rebel soldiers who had been burned to death and smoked to death everywhere. There were at least two to three thousand people.
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Chen Qing suddenly remembered something and asked the soldier leading the way: "Where are the people, women and family members of the traitors who were robbed in the village?"
"Reporting to the general, they were transferred to Changde Mansion a few days ago."
"No, the family members were not transferred there!"
The soldier was a little surprised. How did the other party know? He had to say honestly: "The family members were transferred to Changde Mansion at the beginning of the year. I was also a person who participated in the transfer. This matter is very secretive. The locals don't know that the new neighbor is Yang Yao's subordinate."
This is Yang Yao's usual method, and Cunning Rabbit has three holes to arrange a way out for the families of the generals."
"You are talking about the general's family, but what about the soldier's family?"
"Only a very small number of soldiers have families. They are growing vegetables on the outskirts. When the cottage caught fire, they were probably scared away."
Chen Qing nodded, "I want to know the warehouse. Where is the warehouse?"
The soldier pointed to a dozen rows of masonry houses in the distance, the exteriors of which were darkened by thick smoke. "That's the warehouse. It used to be surrounded by barracks and was heavily guarded. Now the barracks have been burned down, and the condition of the supplies in the back room is unknown."
how?"
Chen Qing ordered Yang Zaixing and Liu Cui each to lead a thousand troops to clear out the money, grain and supplies that had not been burned. He personally led a thousand soldiers into the main building. Half of the outer part of the main building was destroyed by the fire, and the other half was saved due to rain.
When we walked into Juyi Hall, the chairs on both sides were still there. It is said that this was Yang Yao's imitation of Liang Shanbo. Each chair was a leader of the rebel army, which happened to be thirty-six chairs. There were two wide-backed mahogany chairs directly above.
"The chair on the left is the chair of the former leader Zhong Xiang, which was later inherited by his son Zhong Ziyi. Zhong Ziyi died a few months ago, so the chair was empty. The chair on the right is Yang Yao's chair."
Behind the two chairs is an altar, with a huge sign erected on it, with four shining golden characters written on it, 'Walking for Heaven'.
The soldier pushed open the altar table, and a wooden door six feet high and five feet wide suddenly appeared below, "General, this is the entrance!"
"Deer expensive!"
Chen Qing shouted, and a general holding a single-handled copper hammer came over. This was Lu Gui, who served in the army in Linyou County. He had accumulated merit and was promoted to deputy commander. He was extremely powerful and was the only general in the army.
Next to Niugao, he holds a long-handled copper hammer weighing 40 kilograms.
"The humble position is here!"
Chen Qing glanced at the wooden door and said, "Use your copper hammer to smash it open!"
"Follow the order!"
Lu Gui took two steps back, picked up the copper hammer and hit the wooden door hard, and there was a loud cracking sound. The two-inch-thick wooden door was smashed into pieces, revealing a large black hole.
"Giant Shield, go ahead and go in and take a look!"
A commander and two hundred giant shield soldiers walked into the black hole with their shields held high and short spears in their hands. Someone in front raised a torch and it was quickly illuminated. After a while, someone shouted: "Du Tong, there is no one inside."
Got it!"
Chen Qing then walked into the cave. There was actually a long corridor in the cave. People did not have to lower their heads. After walking for dozens of steps, their eyes lit up. It turned out to be a hall. It was actually a large natural cave with piles of
There are many boxes and a lot of food.
"Du Tong, these things!"
The soldiers pointed at several pieces of furniture and said, "It's actually made of gold!"
In fact, the most important thing is a bed and a chair. Both are made of gold and are inlaid with precious stones and jade. The bed weighs two hundred kilograms and the chair weighs sixty kilograms. There are several chairs next to them made of ivory.
made.
It was indeed too extravagant. I probably wanted to carry it away, but in my haste I hid it in the hole before I could take it away. The box was probably also filled with personal property such as silver and gold, which couldn't be carried away.
Soon, Chen Qing knew the reason why he couldn't be carried away. A soldier came forward and reported, "The exit is to the west. The entrance is very small, so you can only climb out. There is an inlet below, and there may be boats anchored. They escaped by boat."
Already.
"Then leave it alone and move everything out!"
Chen Qing walked out of the cave and Juyi Hall. Yang Zaixing and Liu Cui had already cleared out all the money, food and materials. There were 130,000 taels of copper coins alone, 80,000 taels of silver, 5,000 taels of gold, and several pieces of cloth.
One hundred thousand horses. As for the grain, grass and other supplies, they have not yet been cleared. The grain is at least one hundred thousand dan, as well as precious wood, spices, medicinal materials, silk and satin, etc.
These were the properties looted from the Yangtze River Channel. Yang Yao came back yesterday just to move them away. Unexpectedly, he happened to be attacked by the Song Army. In the end, Chen Qing naturally got them.
At this time, a soldier ran up and said: "I am reporting to the capital that the envoy of Xuanfu is in Baling. Please return to Baling County immediately and let me know if there is anything urgent."
Chen Qing nodded and said to Zheng Ping and Yang Zaixing: "I will go back first, and then you will transport all the money, food and materials back to Baling County. The houses in Junshan will be destroyed, and all the cottages will be burned down. The rebels will not be allowed to return to Junshan."
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"I humbly obey my orders!" The two of them bowed and agreed.