After having their fill of cold millet dumplings, the Taishan Army launched an attack on Mou County ahead.
Three hundred-man troops selected by Dian Wei, Li Damu, and Yu Jin, before Mou County woke up, either took lock hooks or moved ladders, and rushed across the city chasm, all the way to the foot of Mou County.
Mou County also has earthen walls, no more than three feet high, and some parts are dilapidated. I don’t know why the county magistrate here doesn’t repair them.
Dian Wei's general Xu Xi was the first to ascend the city.
Xu Xi was a light knight from Shouzhang in Yanzhou. He and Wang Han were hired by Zhang Miao to come to Taishan County to beg thieves. Unexpectedly, he became a thief himself, and accidentally got a good leader.
A 200-man general, for him, the son of the head of Guizhou Province, he can be regarded as a proud ancestor.
Naturally, if a scholar dies for his confidant, and Qu Kui Zhang Chong appreciates him, Xu Xi will work with Qu Kui wholeheartedly.
But Xu Xi was still a little uncomfortable. He heard from Zhao Chong that Wang Han, who was a ranger with him, seemed to be promoted. He heard that many generals went to Li Damu's department to recruit Wang Han and asked him to be their deputy general.
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This makes Xu Xi a little unbalanced. He is afraid of competing, and what is even more afraid is that you will lose in this competition.
Xu Xi, who was originally from a background similar to his own, already made Xu Xi uncomfortable. What made Xu Xi even more angry was that during this night march, most of them were left behind.
I have already told General Dian and Wei that they must avenge their shame this time, otherwise they will have to reduce their numbers in the future.
At that time, Dian Wei's face turned red and he issued a military order directly in front of the visitor:
"My Dianwei tribe must be the first to climb to the top of Mou County City. If not, behead me."
Then Dian Wei was about to lead the team in person, but Zhao Chong and Xu Xi stopped him and advised:
"Diantou, Qu Kuai is already disgusted with the fact that generals and generals are the first to ascend. Wouldn't it be even more wrong for you to go?"
Dian Wei had no choice but to order Xu Xi, who was more courageous and brave, to lead a thousand elite troops to ascend first for his headquarters.
In the end, he, Xu Xi, lived up to his expectations and climbed to the top of the city with only a grappling hook and rope, and planted the flag of their Right C Division on the head of Mou County City.
Wang Han of Li Damu's tribe and Chang Xi of the Jin tribe took the lead, but they were still one step behind Xu Xi and lost the advantage of being the first to ascend.
At this time, we can see the difference between Wang Han and Chang Xi. When Chang Xi was cleaning the military station at the top of the city, Wang Han had already led his troops straight down to the top of the city and killed a wave of sleepy Mou County soldiers.
After the soldiers arrived, they opened the city gate directly.
Then Chang Xi saw on the top of the city that his troops were pouring in through the city gate opened by Wang Han, and he was so regretful that he slapped his head.
Mou County is broken.
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"The city is broken and thieves have entered the city."
When the patrolmen rushed all the way to the county temple, they saw the ground was in a mess, and various nobles were lying on the couches in the hall, snoring like thunder.
He finally found the county captain among these drunkards, but no matter how he called, the county captain would not wake up. With no choice, the patrolman took a tile of water from the desk and splashed the county captain awake.
Li Yi was agitated by the water and woke up immediately. Just when he was about to scold him, he heard the soldier in front of him saying that the city was broken and thieves were intruding. He didn't believe it at the time. He was about to scold him, but he saw people coming in one after another.
The remaining soldiers poured into the county temple in embarrassment, shouting:
"The city is broken and thieves have invaded."
At this time, Li Yi's remaining drunkenness was gone. He immediately turned over, but his feet gave out and he fell to the ground again. When he wanted to get up again, he found that not only could he not move his body, but he could not even move his mouth.
He was crooked and wanted to speak but could only drool all over the place.
But Li Yi's consciousness was clear. He kept staring and motioned to the patrol soldiers to pull him up quickly. But unfortunately, as soon as he became paralyzed, the soldiers dispersed in a hurry.
It's over, it's over, the county captain has also suffered a stroke, let's go and survive.
Only the county lieutenant Li Yi was left, squirming in the mess on the ground, with tears of regret in the corners of his eyes:
"It's just one day. It's just one day. I really drank this meal for nothing."
Finally, Li Damu's tribe occupied the granary, Yujin's tribe captured the county temple, and Dianwei's tribe occupied the arsenal. After that, they cleaned up the streets and blocked the people.
From time to time, groups of Taishan soldiers can be seen patrolling the streets, arresting and killing any young ranger who dares to take advantage of the situation.
Later, Zhang Chong, who was outside the city, meandered into the city with his headquarters.
At this time, in the houses on both sides of the road, there were people from time to time holding open the door cracks to watch this strange army, with sad faces on their faces.
Looking at the desolate streets, Zhang Chong and He Kui walked in front of the army and also gave instructions:
"Shu Long, although we have conquered Dongpingling before, we did not capture it, so Mou County is the first city we captured. The reputation of our Taishan Army lies in this first time. We must do a good job."
He Kui immediately nodded in agreement and said:
"In the last years of Xinmang, the world was in chaos. Guangwu sent Deng Yu to the east of Hedong, and Qiu did not attack him. He won the hearts of the people in one fell swoop. On the other hand, the rebel army in the world at that time only had more remnants than the official army. How could this win the hearts of the people? This Guizhou head is Le'an evil
If there is chaos, they will support whoever can bring them peace. Therefore, the first step to calm people's hearts after entering the city is to strictly enforce military orders, never violate the rules of autumn, sacrifice to sages, and pay homage to famous people."
Zhang Chong pondered He Kui's last six words.
"Sacrifice the sages and honor the celebrities?"
Of course He Kui understood Zhang Chong's attitude towards powerful people, so he explained one more sentence:
"The so-called offering sacrifices to sages and honoring famous people is not to co-govern with the powerful people in the county, but to protect the hearts and minds of the people of the county. Although the leaders of Guizhou are different from the powerful people, they also respect people with high moral standards. If we
To be able to offer sacrifices to our ancestors and pay homage to those with high moral standards will undoubtedly tell the people of the county that our Taishan Army is not just ordinary thieves, but an army of rebels who uphold justice for heaven."
Zhang Chong understood that what He Kui meant was that this first impression should still conform to the current mainstream moral values. He had no opinion on the matter and indicated that He Kui could handle it.
Then, Zhang Chong gave other instructions to the three generals Yu Jin, Dian Wei and Li Damu who were following him.
After these generals finished explaining what they were doing, they came to the city gate to welcome Zhang Chong into the city, and they all followed Zhang Chong.
The three generals respectfully landed behind Zhang Chong's horse and listened to Qu Kui's instructions:
"One of our very important goals in conquering Mou County is to raise food. The food we prepared before in the mountains has been eaten up. The army will not be stable without food, so the food issue is a top priority.
The rice warehouses, arsenals, and warehouses you have built must be found by the original warehouse officials as soon as possible and arranged for them to be counted. How much money is in the warehouse, how much millet is in the warehouse, and how many armors are in the arsenal must be recorded."
Then he specifically told Yu Jin:
"In addition, Wen Ze, the powerful people of the county and the relatives of the local powerful people you captured in the county temple must be carefully tortured. If they want to resist our army, they will naturally be captured. The prisoners will be treated as family property. This is
You have to pay more attention to the money. These people's families must have more money and food than the county treasury. You need to copy it carefully."
Zhang Chong added a few more words:
"These powerful people also have their own troops. You must learn to defeat them one by one and disarm them. First, let the powerful family heads order their troops to abandon their weapons. If there is resistance, annihilate them on the spot, and then report their heads. If necessary, let them
These tribes know the consequences of resistance. They must be fast and ruthless. You don’t have to worry too much, I will let Dong Fang lead the collision team to help you. The failure of various tribes to connect in series is not a cause for concern."
Yu Jin nodded hurriedly and promised to complete the order.
The team entering the city walked for a while. When passing by the grass market on South Street, they saw more than a dozen heads hanging on several bamboo poles. Zhang Chong gestured, what are these?
Yu Jin hurriedly stepped forward to report:
"Qu, these people are evil young rangers who took the opportunity to cause trouble when the army entered the city. When the soldiers arrived, they tried to resist and were killed."
Zhang Chong nodded:
"Such rebellious people must be killed, but this is a good way to deal with it. Find the families of these people and ask them to take their heads back and bury them."
Yu Jin received the order.
Zhang Chong directly said to Li Damu:
"It's useless to kill these scoundrels in the city. There are many of them because they have to survive. After a while, you can set up a banner to recruit soldiers and ask those who can't survive in the city to join the army. The Taishan Army will give them a way to survive."
"How many recruits?"
"We'll recruit a thousand people first, and we'll call it Mouchengying. After all, the people of Mouxian County must guard it themselves."
Li Damu took the order.
He Kui said next to him:
"Qu Kuai, let's set up a recruiting flag, but we're afraid no one will come."
"It's okay, those who can't survive will naturally join. Those who don't want to join, don't force it, it's just a casual matter.
But there was one thing that Zhang Chong cared about, and he was about to discuss it with He Kui.
"Shu Long, I have always believed that within ten steps there must be grass, and within a hundred steps there must be heroes. There is never a shortage of talented people in this world, but it depends on whether the superiors have the vision to select people, the determination to employ people, and the retention of people.
Guarantee. There are more than ten thousand people in Mou County, and there are many knowledgeable people. I want you to write a request for talents and seek talents in Mou County. Those who can read and digitize, and those who understand geography can help.
As for division, as long as there is talent, I will definitely use it."
He Kui understood and just asked what the point of the form was. Zhang Chong only said one sentence:
“Only those who have the talent can use it.”
He Kui understood.
He did not advise Zhang Chong to value moral people this time, because they knew that no moral people would join them now. Even if there were real moral people who came to join them, that would no longer be the case.
Let me ask, which moral person would become a thief?
Finally, Zhang Chong and the generals concluded:
"We in Mou County only have three things. That is 'fairness', 'fairness', or 'fairness'. Those who commit adultery and plunder, we judge. Those who plunder, we have no property. Those who have no food, we feed and those who have no clothing.
Those who have no future, we will give them clothes. Those who have no future, we will give opportunities. Those who have made meritorious service, we will reward them. I just want the people of Mou County to understand one thing. When our Taishan Army comes, there will be the word fairness."
The generals received their orders, "Here."
After that, all the generals left after completing their respective tasks. Some were on duty, some were patrolling the streets, some were counting money and food, and some were scattering and waiting for riding. In short, everyone settled in their place, properly.
In this way, the Taishan Army's first entry into the city was secured.
After the generals left, Zhang Chong asked He Kui:
"Has Meng Ju not come back yet with the flag on his back?"
He Kui shook his head.
Zhang Chong looked to the northeast again and sighed.