Chapter 74 Moling County Offensive and Defensive Battle I
Moling County, Zhao Bancheng's home, has the prototype of the pavilions and pavilions of later generations in Suzhou and Hangzhou, the gentle and elegant architectural pattern, and the figures of a man and two women in the long red painted corridor. One man and one woman look at each other affectionately. This is
Zhu Kui revealed his loving gaze in front of Zhao Ying'er for the first time.
Zhao Ying'er was naturally also shocked by the sudden, affectionate confession. Her heart hit the tree stump, and her mind had already fainted.
However, Zhu Kui looked at Zhao Ying'er's slightly red cheeks, like red apples. Although it was not the first time he had seen it, he had had the opportunity to see it in the past few years, but today the shackles in his heart were gone, and he looked at it from a different angle.
, suddenly felt that it was so cute, really so cute.
Gently hugging her, Zhu Kui smelled the faint fragrance in his ears, stranded her hair on the temples, and said softly: "There are a lot of things going on recently and I will be very busy. I'll say goodbye first. I'll come back often when I have time.
It’s up to you, from now on we’ll start seeing each other as friends.”
Smiling slightly, he left step by step under the gaze of the two little girls.
"Xiaoqiu, what do you mean by what he said?" Zhao Ying'er said with a smile on her face, looking at the disappearing corridor.
"Xiao Langjun, it should be said that when he left the Zhao Mansion, it was the beginning of his relationship with the lady." Xiao Qiu behind him explained happily, and even changed his title.
"Ah, what kind of military disaster did he just say?" Zhao Ying'er turned around and came back, suddenly remembering what Zhu Kui just mentioned, and asked Xiaoqiu.
"It seems that there is a military disaster in Moling County and they asked us to go to Wu County to live for a while." Xiaoqiu thought for a while and replied.
"Military disaster? Where did the news come from?" Zhao Ying'er shook her little head, obviously unaware, and pouted: "Go and find out what's going on tomorrow."
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Yan Baihu's intention to loot Moling County has always been tightly blocked by the government. The only people who knew about it were the governor's office, the Lu and Zhang families, Zhao An, Zhu Kui, Gao Jiazhai and others.
"After all, paper cannot contain the fire. It is better to slightly polish the news and disseminate it in advance to try to gather the power of people's hearts first. Otherwise, when the bandits suddenly arrive, people will be panicked and it will be even more disadvantageous." Zhu Kui thought for a while,
After leaving the Zhao Mansion, he walked to the county government office. At this time, Ma Jun, the new county magistrate, should try his best to handle official business in the government office.
After discussing with Ma Jun and Kaohsiung, they decided to make the news public and make the people panic first. People are always such creatures. After the first panic, not long after, when Baihu Village really came, I was mentally prepared.
There will definitely be a lot less panic, and sudden changes will be avoided.
This decision was naturally made without telling the old county magistrate.
The next day, in the county government, Baihu Village was about to attack Moling County. The news suddenly spread in the market, and all residents in Moling County were immediately panicked.
Yan Baihu's cruelty was well known to passers-by, and many people began to prepare their bags and take their families with them to seek refuge in surrounding counties and cities. In particular, merchants in the city inquired about the news and began to transfer funds to other places.
Before the news was released, Zhu Kui had already seen that it would cause great panic in the city, and had already planned a good countermeasure with Ma Jun and others.
For the first time, Kaohsiung summoned all the gentry and wealthy households to the city tower to begin pre-war mobilization and speeches to calm people's hearts, distinguish between justice and evil, and make the people and gentry willing to defend their homeland. All pre-war details were prepared.
Generally speaking, a war has three points: food, grass, defense, and morale. Doing these three points well will not increase the winning rate by 100%, but it can at least increase the chance of winning by 50%.
"I believe everyone knows that the news that Baihu Village is coming to Moling County has been spread in the market these days. I have summoned everyone here to explain this matter."
"That's right. After checking with various parties, I have confirmed that there is an 80% possibility."…
"But please rest assured, although I am a new official, everyone knows about my background. My understanding of Yan Baihu is unparalleled, and I will definitely be able to protect the safety of nearly ten thousand households in Moling County."
The surrender ceremony of Gaojiazhai was held outside Moling City a while ago. Although it was only hosted by an official from the governor's office, it was still widely known. Both of them are bandit leaders, and his information is generally true. It is just that he vowed to defend the county. Everyone
Talking among themselves.
"Everyone be quiet, please listen to what I have to say." Kaohsiung raised his hands and shouted loudly: "Although there are nearly 20,000 people in Baihu Village, there are only 10,000 people who can actually fight. Our original soldiers in Moling County
Two thousand people, plus the five hundred brothers who have been with me for many years, there are 2,500 people stationed in the city. As long as everyone works together, the 23,000 people can hold on for two or three months. By then, other people will be able to defend the city.
The county town will definitely come to rescue us, and Baihu Village will be destroyed without attacking at that time."
In fact, in ancient times, a city was guarded by two thousand people. As long as the guard was not extremely stupid, it would not be a problem to withstand 20,000 to 30,000 bandit soldiers for several months. However, in the 400 years of the Han Dynasty, the mainland has been at peace for a long time, and bandits have repeatedly sacked county towns successfully.
Because the general was timid before fighting, the soldiers had no intention of resisting.
"Everyone, please take a look." Kaohsiung turned around and pointed at the 300 county soldiers on the tower. These were all water bandits from the Gao family who had been recruited. They had copper-colored skin, resolute faces, steel knives in their hands, and a murderous aura.
When the word spread, the rich and gentlemen fell in love with it.
"You are all soldiers of the Han Dynasty now. Come and demonstrate the majesty of our Han Dynasty soldiers."
With an order from Kaohsiung, three hundred county soldiers began to practice on the city tower, either cutting or hacking, with an overwhelming momentum and the spirit of an elite soldier.
"Hey..."
"Hi..."
Most of the water bandits in Gaojiazhai originally came from green forest heroes, and they all had good martial arts skills. When they had no way out, they fell into bandits. Those who survived the battle in Shijiu Lake were especially good hands. With a little time of orthodox training, they would be able to
The quality of superior soldiers.
"Stop." Kaohsiung looked at everyone who was thinking attentively and smiled slightly. Zhu Kui's method is indeed effective. Elite soldiers practice. Only if you have the strength to fight can people be convinced. Then he said: "If you are still worried, you should
But each family can send two or three servants to help in the battle, which can increase the fighting strength by hundreds. If you don't want to send servants, help us strengthen and heighten the city wall, or prepare some defense equipment."
"If the city is destroyed and bandits raid the city, even if you hide in other cities, the loss of your property will definitely be more beneficial than supporting the officers and soldiers."
After everyone made the calculation, they all felt that it was reasonable, and finally said: "We are willing to do our part to defend our homeland."
Two months passed quickly,
The Lu family brought news that something had happened in Gusu Mountain, and that Yan Baihu might have secretly left the mountain. They asked Zhu Kui and the others to get ready. At the same time, they borrowed Wang Chenglai to lead Lu and Zhang to attack the base of Baihu Village.
Zhu Kui agreed without thinking, and just asked him to do one thing.
Five days later, early morning, Moling City Gate.
Because the news of Baihu Village's attack spread, the city gate suddenly became much duller than before.
A caravan of a hundred people arrived a mile away, pushing a dozen single-wheeled carts. The county soldier guarding the city gate was named Gao Yi. He was in his thirties. He was one of the orphans adopted by Kaohsiung since he was a child.
To prevent the enemy from falsely opening the city gate, a Kaohsiung confidant was inserted among the original county soldiers to guard the gate together every day.
It's not that Kaohsiung didn't trust former Zhao An's men. The officers and soldiers were able to fight the water bandits because they were well-equipped, but their personal qualities were actually very low. Water bandits and bandits could easily smell each other, so they were careful to prevent the enemy from sneaking into the city.
"Hey, why did a big caravan come so early today? It seems there is money to be made."
A county soldier said. Then several people stopped him and began to question him. The leading middle-aged man came out and explained: "Master Jun, we are merchants from the north. The cars are full of leather goods, and we bring them to the city."
Boss Li will send it to you for convenience.”…
After saying that, he skillfully took out a copper plate from his sleeve and handed it over, and said flatteringly: "These are just a few small things to buy wine for the military master."
When the county soldiers saw dozens of copper coins in their hands, they all laughed and turned to shout to Gao Yi: "Brother Yi, it's okay. I've seen everything and you can let me go."
Gao Yi turned around and ran towards the city without answering. At the same time, he shouted to the top of the city tower: "Close the city gate quickly, there are bandits attacking the city."
It turned out that Gao Yi heard the leading merchant speak with a southern voice but said that he was a merchant from the north, and under the morning light, there was a reflection from the cart that just shone on his face. He who was used to handling weapons immediately discovered
It was the light of the sword, and at the same time, the air had a faint smell of salt and blood, which is a smell that can only be found in the people who live in the Kodong area.
In addition, Kaohsiung informed that Yan Baihu is likely to have been near Moling in the past few days. This caravan must be Baihu Village disguised as a warning.
"Do it."
The eyes of several county soldiers suddenly popped up when they saw a famous commercial vehicle guard pulling out a weapon from the vehicle and rushing towards the city gate.
However, the conspiracy was exposed and we had to attack by force.
The news of "bandits attacking the city" suddenly broke out in Moling County. After Zhu Kui heard the report from the visitor, he smiled helplessly. It was clearly that he had made up a story about Liu Bang's outsmarting the martial arts in "The Heroes of the Late Qin Dynasty".
The plot of Guan was plagiarized by Yan Baihu. Fortunately, Gao Yi was smart enough to discover Ni Duan early and warned him in advance.
Only then did they withstand the attack of hundreds of ruthless bandits at the city gate, and the city gate was closed in time after a fight.
When Zhu Kui arrived at the gate tower, the stewards of the four major families in Moling County, Zhao Bancheng and other famous people all arrived. Kaohsiung and others were the first to arrive at the gate tower to command.
The old county magistrate was the last one to arrive. Earlier, when old magistrate Zhao heard that Baihu Village was coming, he almost fainted due to a stroke. He must have been worried about his life and fortune, but he managed to recover and went to inform the prefect of the county and ask for reinforcements. However,
The prefect replied: "The reinforcements have arrived before the thieves moved. After hearing the news, the white tiger thieves will definitely not come again. Are they going to keep the reinforcements in Moling?"
Therefore, he refused to send reinforcements first, but he also promised that if Baihu Village really attacked the city, reinforcements from all counties would arrive as long as they held on for one month.
In fact, there is no way. A big bandit group like Baihu Village has some spies operating in various counties. If other counties send troops to Moling and fall into the trap of attacking from the east and attacking from the west, wouldn't it be too late?
At this time, everyone was looking at the city. Yan Baihu couldn't seize the gate, so he had to prepare his troops and horses for attack. It was even more difficult for the young horses in the south to form cavalry. This time, Baihu Village was almost entirely filled with infantry.
, there are about 10,000 men and horses, neatly arranged and equipped with wooden shields and leather armor. Yan Baihu is somewhat capable. From a distance, a group of bandits looks like a regular army. No wonder they can control the land east of the Yangtze River.
"Kaohsiung, Mr. Yan didn't expect that you would change your appearance in such a short period of time and become a member of the imperial court. But did you think that by joining the imperial court and having a backer, Mr. Yan would not be able to do anything to you? The people on the tower were listening to the quick exchange.
A person from Gaojiazhai, Yan came here just to avenge himself."
The tower suddenly exploded and buzzed, and no one noticed that Yan Baihu's voice was a bit sharp.
The old county magistrate shouted tremblingly: "An'er mistook me and didn't mention this matter to me. What should I do if Yan Baihu is cruel by nature?"
Although Zhu Kui had earlier suggested that Kaohsiung hold a military parade to demonstrate the defense of the city to calm people's hearts, the sight of tens of thousands of bandits gathering at once was immediately overwhelming. He slowly began to question whether stubborn resistance was the best option.
The rest of the people, including the county soldiers, were discussing whether to follow Yan Baihu's wishes and hand over Gaojiazhai in order to retreat from Baihu Village and protect everything in the county.
Yan Baihu's words may make all Gaojiazhai's plans come to nothing.