"If you are able to work hard to eliminate harm to the people, you will surely be rewarded. How can you forget about it?" [Zhang Zhongke Zuoban Dianzhi]
Not far outside Lantian County, the garrison troops who had been encouraged to rebel had already set up camp. Because the garrison troops often trained during the off-season, the camps they set up were all in order, which attracted Pang Tong, the commander of Lantian, and Xu Shu, the county lieutenant, who stopped to watch on the city wall and pointed.
Point: "This prince's uniform, I never expected that he could do so well in the position of Diannong Sima even though he is disabled."
"He was one of the first elites of the Northern Army. If he hadn't been seriously injured during the battle in Runan and couldn't wield a sword on his shoulder, he would have been a county lieutenant at least now." Pang Tong remembered that the prince's uniform often looked miserable.
With a deep hatred, he lamented the injustice of fate, and said with some emotion: "I don't know if I can save my life in the end if I am in the enemy camp this time."
Speaking of this, Xu Shu sighed slightly and said: "This time it is really strange. Although the soldiers in the field are half farmers and half soldiers, and their days are more tiring, they are not deprived of food and clothing. They are even exempted from all taxes except rent and taxes. Nowadays, there are wealthy people everywhere.
, the wealthy family started to cause trouble, and here it is, it’s the soldiers who are stationed in the fields! If they were making a fuss just because they missed their hometown, they wouldn’t have become like this.”
It turns out that Lantian County is close to the Qinling Mountains and there are not many households. In order to alleviate the contradiction between people and land in other places, the imperial court moved refugees from other places here and set up farms. It also developed counties and cities along the Wuguan Road to open an artery for economic exchanges between Guanzhong and Jingzhou.
Strategy. Precisely because most of the villagers in the county are outsiders, and most of them are former Feng Yi, refugees from Hedong. Perhaps affected by the external situation, coupled with long-term cultivation of mountains and forests, missing their hometown, almost under the eyes of Pang Tong and others
Under the banner, more than 500 households stationed in troops outside Lantian County launched a rebellion overnight.
In the past, the garrison soldiers were resentful towards Diannong Sima Wangzifu because Wangzifu only showed power but no morality. After the uprising, the garrison soldiers immediately controlled Wangzifu who had no time to escape, and semi-forced him to be their leader, and also coerced him
After gathering the wealthy people and refugees nearby, about one or two thousand people gathered outside the city. They were busy making tools for the past two or three days to attack the county.
"Captain Liu." Pang Tong suddenly asked a middle-aged man next to him. This man was Liu Xiongming, the captain of Diannong who escaped from the rebel camp alone: "Where do you need to pass on the way back to Feng Yi from here?"
Liu Xiongming didn't expect that he would be able to speak here. He thought for a moment and answered uncertainly: "Is it...Chang'an?"
"It's Chang'an!" Xu Shu said with certainty, holding his hands. He looked at Liu Xiongming with great interest and said, "Fortunately, Captain Liu escaped this time. Otherwise, a group of people would lead Captain Liu and enter Fuche Mountain again.
Isn’t it true that the imperial court has returned to the Chuping year?”
Liu Xiongming was stunned.
He once gathered as thieves on Fuche Mountain. Later, the imperial court sent Gaishun and others to send troops to attack him. This was the first battle after the establishment of the North and South Army. After Liu Xiongming returned and surrendered, he was placed in Feng Yi's farm. Because he kept his integrity and worked diligently, he gradually
After being promoted to captain, he went round and round and returned to Lantian County, not far from Fuche Mountain. This time, he was also smart and escaped before Zheng Gan, Wang Zhao and others took action. Otherwise, all his efforts over the years would have been lost.
It was destroyed in one fell swoop.
"It's a relief that Captain Liu didn't hang out with the traitors this time." Pang Tong said with a smile, which eased Liu Xiongming's uneasy heart a little, but then he said: "But when the incident happened, you didn't want to summon him
The men resisted, but only focused on escaping, which is somewhat unreasonable..."
Liu Xiongming's expression changed, and he hurriedly clasped his fists to accuse: "I...I just want to report the matter to Lord Mingfu as soon as possible..."
"The matter has come to this, it is useless to talk more." Xu Shu smoothed things over and said, "Now it is better to think more about how to defend the city and make mistakes."
Xu Shu pointed out a clear way to reduce the guilt and work to the death, Liu Xiongming naturally thanked him endlessly.
At this point, a soldier from the county suddenly walked up to the city wall and reported that there were two imperial students who wanted to see him.
"Do we still have Tai students here?" Pang Tong still didn't take care of things very much. Most of the daily chores were left to the county magistrate Xu Shu to worry about.
Xu Shu had no choice but to nod his head and said: "A few days ago, Chang'an Imperial College sent two imperial students here, saying they were 'trainees to train in Fanju', so I accepted them before I had a chance to say anything." Pang Tong looked disapproving.
, Xu Shu added: "One of these two people is called Lu Meng and the other is Ling Tong. They are both descendants of Jiangdong. Their father and brother once served Sun Ce...I heard that they were able to enter the Imperial Academy because of Zhou Gongjin's recommendation."
"Interesting." Pang Tong's eyes changed, and he suddenly became interested. He smiled and waved his sleeves: "Ask them to come up and see what they have to say."
After Lu Meng and Ling Tong meticulously saluted Pang Tong and others, they went straight to the point and said directly: "Pang Jun, this is the time for a man to make great achievements! Nowadays, the bandits outside the city are nothing more than a mob and are not worth killing. We have also gone to battle to kill the enemy in Jiangdong.
, Now that the bandits are arrogant, we would like to invite a hundred soldiers to go out of the city to fight!"
"Have these two boys become frivolous after seeing a battle array? Are you the only ones here who have experienced a battle array?" the county captain said with a ferocious look. He was originally an army commander under Huangfu Song, and he retreated because he lost an arm.
When Lan Tian heard Lu Meng's words, he immediately became dissatisfied: "Pang Jun, please let the last general go to battle!"
"Can you still use a knife with your left hand?" Pang Tong said softly. Seeing the other party's expression of confusion, he immediately said: "Besides, this cannot be solved by just showing off your bravery. There are only two hundred county soldiers in the city, how can we deal with the enemy?"
Formation, how to defend the city is the most important thing."
Pang Tong's words did not dampen Lu Meng's enthusiasm. He then asked for an order: "Please let me go to fight. I only need fifty men!"
The county captain was startled. He felt that the young man in front of him was telling lies. Among the more than a thousand people outside, there were at least hundreds of field soldiers who had undergone certain military training. How could fifty people charge into the battle? They really thought they were ten thousand men.
Improper courage? At this time, he didn't even bother to laugh at the other party for not overestimating his own abilities.
Pang Tong looked at Lu Meng carefully, and even looked at Ling Tong beside him a few more times, and suddenly said: "What are you trying to convince me with? Your status as a concubine? Or your lucky few experiences in battle?"
"Pang Jun doesn't know, but we are all students of the drama department of Taixue University." Lu Meng said, seemingly trying to use this identity to convince the other party.
After hearing this, Pang Tong suddenly glanced at the sky for no reason, then turned to look at Xu Shu, only to see Xu Shu looking at him with the same expression. Finally, he said: "The drama of treating troubles is a good subject. Learn a few more
If you pass the palace examination next year, you will be a county magistrate like me."
"We have learned almost everything about civil affairs and drama, especially farming and mulberry farming." Lu Meng said, "We have learned farming from old farmers. We know the farming season and how to watch it."
Looking at the dew in the sky, I know that there will be heavy fog tonight! When the fog comes, I will lead fifty light troops to attack in the fog, and I will be able to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop!"