Chapter 373 373: Unexpected (three) [two in one]
The messenger of Luxia County looked at the "Lu" flag that was stained with dry blood and still stood firm on the charred half. After dismounting, he walked a few steps quickly. He ignored the dirty ground and fell to his knees. The dull sound made people''s knees hurt.
My eyes were red and tears could no longer stop flowing out.
He gave a big gift to the city wall.
I also thank God for his mercy.
The magistrate of Luxia County stopped and successfully dragged the reinforcements to arrive.
He sobbed and cried with excitement, but no one around him laughed at him for this - putting himself in his shoes, their emotions might be more excited than the messenger. You must know that before arriving at the capital, they all thought that the capital of Luxia County had fallen.
If it falls, haha.
As the actions of these refugees and bandits spread everywhere, who doesn’t know what they will happen to be targeted by these locusts?
Nine out of ten rooms are empty, and corpses are everywhere.
The **** means of massacre of the city are no less than Zheng Qiao''s back then, and it is even more amazing, which is astonishing.
You should know that in the eyes of a considerable number of outsiders, Zheng Qiao''s methods are not ruthless - because Zheng Qiao''s guy just instigated the soldiers to plunder and make money in the first seven days after the city was broken.
After these seven days, no evil will be allowed.
As for the massacre rumored by the outside world...
It is also because the common people do everything they can to protect money, and there are only places where they hide, and there is nothing they dare not hide. After conquering the city, the victorious side, in order to force them to spit out money, uses their heads to shock the common people in the city, and they must "kill the chicken to warn the monkeys". It depends on whether they think that things outside their bodies are important or the heads on their necks are more important.
There are too many people killed, which is almost like massacre.
Roasting women and children’s enjoyment can only be considered an “additional item”.
The name is -
"Reward" his brothers who followed him to fight south and north.
Only the lord who makes money and makes his mark with his brothers can win the support of the army and the loyalty of the soldiers.
This is basically a conventional unspoken rule - brothers stay away from their hometowns, follow the battles in the north and the north and fight for you, and put life and death in other places to fight, so you have to try something.
Who is willing to fight for the war without giving benefits?
Little soldiers are also human beings and have to support their families.
Is it that the military pay has been paid enough?
Or is there enough status and reputation?
That little military pay is not enough for the soldiers to eat, let alone send it home to adopt parents, wife and children.
The biggest income of soldiers is the "extra money" after siegeing cities and territories! Furthermore - blocking one''s wealth is like killing one''s parents, and other soldiers make money like this.
The so-called "not disturbing the people or robbery" are very few.
The "regular army" with military pay and rations supply is still the case, let alone those refugees who lack other things except for eating. In order to force out money and food from common people''s families, their methods of acting will only be more thorough, ruthless and decisive!
If the capital of Luxia County is lost, there will be no living person in the city, even a live chicken, duck, and earthworm will not be left behind. The eggs laid by the old hen must be taken away in his arms. Survivors who can survive are basically lucky people who have good luck and hide well.
The messenger''s relatives were all in the capital.
The place of governance has not been broken, and the family still exists.
Isn’t this worth crying for excitement?
This matter is not embarrassing.
The messenger cried and his voice was hoarse. The guards on the city wall also saw the vast crowd. They thought it was a refugee bandit who came to attack the city again, so they hurriedly sent the message. The messenger ignored the pain in his throat, and Danfu luck extended the sound to the entire city wall.
"It''s not the enemy!"
“It’s reinforcements!”
"Heyin, Tianhai, Shangnan and Yiru are here to help! Hunting is fortunate, so I beg Duke Lu to see him after leaving the city!"
Squeak—
Not long after, the dilapidated city gate with patches was opened.
Run out to guard the troops.
The defenders carefully observed the messenger, took the token of the Lu County Magistrate from the messenger, and immediately turned back to the city. After waiting for nearly a quarter of an hour, the governor of Lu County hurriedly drove out of the city under the **** of two teams. However, the other party''s face was a little dark.
Shen Tang rode on the back of the motorcycle.
He greeted with fists: "Duke Lu, we met again. Last year, Sibao County left, but I didn''t expect that the goodbye would be this scene. How good is the city? We rushed over after receiving the news, but we encountered tens of thousands of ambush troops in the middle of the journey, and it took a while to wait."
Shen Tang''s mouth couldn''t be idle.
In addition, she didn''t like to talk to others for useless scenes, so she spoke first and went straight to the point.
The governor of Lu County is also a tall and strong middle-aged man.
Halfed with a thick beard.
Only the eyes are slender, with the corners of the eyes facing downward, and the face is quite mean and vicious, which makes people unable to like it.
Shen Tang really doesn''t like it, and he has had an unhappy relationship with the Lu County Magistrate during the alliance. The other party favors a tough guy full of masculinity, while Shen Tang was short and beautiful at that time, which was exactly the type he disliked the most.
I will not talk about these grievances at this moment.
The governor of Lu County carefully identified Shen Tang and barely met Shen Tang with him a year ago, and asked, "Why are you here now?"
The tone was full of three points of dissatisfaction and questioning.
Shen Tang: "???"
Shao Chong said dissatisfied: "How do you speak?"
The person in charge of Tianhai and Yiru also had a dark face.
The most embarrassing one is the messenger of Luxia County.
More than 10,000 troops rushed to rescue and rescue. Not to mention being grateful or grateful, but at least they did not look like this. It seems like someone owes him. Is this a pity that the refugees and bandits are not attacking rapidly enough and want to change their opponents?
The subordinates at his side suddenly changed their expressions when they heard this. They hurriedly jumped out to smooth things over and apologized repeatedly to Chen Tang.
"Don''t blame Chen County Magistrate, Chen County Magistrate, my lord did not intend to offend him. It was just that he lost his young son in front of the battle today, and he was too sad and talked nonsense. Lord, Chen County Magistrate ignored past grievances and sent troops to help him for justice. He was the great benefactor of the thousands of common people in Luxia County... How could you say this? If it spreads, you will be ridiculed by heroes in the world..."
The status of the speaker is not low.
I guess it is still a relative of the governor of Lu County.
The magistrate of the subordinates in front of outsiders was just a darker face. He pursed a pair of thick lips with dry curly skin, as if anger was brewing in his chest and his cheeks were tight. However, in the end, I still suppressed my unnecessary emotions.
He exhaled a breath of turbid air.
He apologized to Chen Tang with a mercy: "The sad things in life are nothing more than white-haired people sending black-haired people. Today, my youngest son died. I am really... sad and heartbroken, tears are broken... I didn''t choose my words for a moment, and I would like to forgive the governor of Chen. Another day, I will hold a banquet and solemnly apologize to the governor of Chen..."
Then?
Then there was nothing, and the other person didn''t ask Chen Tang to come to the city to greet the wind and entertain reinforcements from afar... Is this the army going to spend the night outside the city? ? ?
Chen Tang claims to be a "good charity" and a "good old man", but whether she is kind or kind, it does not mean that she is a bun that everyone rubs and flat! She went through a lot of hardships to help - although she did this to block the refugees and bandits from Heyin, and she could let go of her hands and feet when she started a war in other people''s territory, and she would not feel sorry for her if she broke it. But no matter what, she was kind-hearted.
The surname of Lu, I am your big husband!
Chen Tang cursed in his heart.
Just as he was about to spray back, the subordinate of Lu County passed by the magistrate of Lu and said carefully: "It''s getting late. The magistrate of Chen and the generals have worked hard to eliminate the harm to the people. If you don''t dislike it, you might as well take a good rest in the city? However, the magistrate of Lu Xia has suffered from the robbery and there is nothing good to entertain everyone... Please don''t blame Chen County..."
Chen Tang felt sad.
She curled her lips and said a little displeasure: "Forget it, there is no shortage of this meal. Since the bandits have retreated and the crisis in the capital has been lifted, we are planning to stay outside the city for one night and search for the traces of the bandits tomorrow. If they have changed their route to another place, we will also go home."
When the subordinates heard this, they were immediately anxious and kept winking at the desolate Lu County Governor.
He stepped on his feet and said angrily: "Lord!"
The governor of Lu County said, "Slow!"
Chen Tang looked at him coldly.
The governor of Lu County took a deep breath, lowered his posture, and asked Chen Tang to enter the city in a tone of some pleading but reluctant to let him enter the city. Chen Tang was puzzled and felt a little alert, and said, "Since that''s the case, I''m working hard." After saying that, the tense and stiff atmosphere suddenly eased.
The governor of Lu County personally led Chen Tang into the city.
Chen Tang exchanged winks with Chu Yaokang in secret.
I always feel a little strange.
But I wasn''t sure.
Because when the Sibao County formed an alliance, the governor of Lu County saw that Chen Tang''s eyes were not eyes, and his nose was not nose-well, in fact, it was not just the governor of Lu County, but most of them were this broken attitude, which was said to be related to Chen Tang''s causing trouble after drinking.
Chen Tang said that he was very wronged.
She has bad wine, not bad character.
How can I kill you with one blow?
Besides, what are the bad things Chen Tang does when she is drunk? How much does Chen Tang have to do with her sober? If you don’t want to be a good person, you’ll be in a row!
Just looking at the traces of the city wall, I can''t imagine how fierce this battle was. Until I entered the city, I saw the corpses lying in the city cave and still had no time to clean up. Most of them were bandits wearing tattered gauze cloth, and broken door blocking stones and wooden pillars lying quietly... It can be seen that the bandits once broke through the city gate and entered the outer city... The city was in a hurry several times!
A rough estimate shows that there are hundreds.
The city cave is already like this, and the outer city is even worse.
Seeing Chen Tang frowned and looked compassionate, the servants said, "The fierce battle has stopped, and they have not yet sent someone to clean up."
Chen Tang waved his hand and signaled that he didn''t mind.
It’s just a pity that these people died inexplicably. If the world was not difficult, they would not have been forced to become bandits and die here. This scene also strengthened Chen Tang''s determination to protect the common people of Heyin. As long as she is still the Lord of Ha Yin, she will not allow these things to run to her territory and break up her stall.
Where can I find it? Where can I kill you!
The pit was found and drowned on the spot!
The governor of Lu County held a banquet to entertain several envoys from the family.
In addition, we brought good wine and food to entertain more than 10,000 soldiers. Chen Tang secretly ordered Bai Su to pay attention to the good wine and dishes to see if someone had tampered with it. Bai Su was puzzled: "Lord, do you mean that this Lu surname is the one who is in charge of us?"
But why?
They are reinforcements and are not here to attack the city.
If they are killed, the refugees and bandits turn around and attack the Luxia County District. Judging from the current garrison, the capital will not resist the next attack. Using conspiracy to deal with the alliance at this time is tantamount to giving yourself a crane to a red head!
Chen Tang said: "Be careful when you go out."
Be careful to sail the ship for a thousand years.
Although Bai Su was puzzled, he still received the order.
Chu Yao said, "Has the lord discovered the problem?"
Chen Tang nodded: "There is indeed a problem. You said, where is the city gate and city cave? That is the key to a city! Once attacked by the enemy into the outer city, why do you feel confident that the enemy who was defeated will not take advantage of their fatigue to attack again? The right way is to clear the corpses of the city cave as soon as possible, move stones, or even block the corpse of the door..."
But except for this problem, nothing else is wrong.
The governor of Lu County really has no motivation to harm others.
It’s all here. If you leave for this reason, it’s one of them to be alerted. Secondly, if there is no problem with others, it is simply killing without extra manpower to clear the city cave and deploy defense, Chen Tang will gain a bad reputation if he does this.
The previous rescue grace was also erased.
There are more enemies for no reason.
This information was also passed to the other three companies.
I still have to tighten my nerves tonight and don’t take it lightly.
If the food is fine, if you should eat or drink, just be meaningful and don’t let people see the flaws. When the sky is completely bright, make plans. Everyone had no objection.
For safety reasons, Kang Shi, Xian Yujian, Gong Shuwu and others did not attend the banquet and found an excuse to keep them.
Zhao Feng and Chu Yao followed.
Shaochong''s body had just been suppressed, so it was not advisable to appear in such an occasion. He only sent an official as a representative. Tianhai and Yiru families have similar arrangements. The Luxia County did not understand the situation of the troops in the four families and did not notice it.
It is said that life is difficult and poor, but the table used for reception is still acceptable. There is wine and meat.
The governor of Lu County also arranged simple singing and dancing, but he just lost his son and was in the mood to eat meat and drink wine, and replaced it with vegetarian dishes and tea.
Chen Tang also expressed his understanding.
After all, her alcohol tolerance is not good.
Both of them were drinking tea. Soon, news from Bai Su came that there was no problem with the rice and grain for entertaining more than 10,000 troops, and there was no suspicious person to follow the temporary camp where they were stationed.
Chen Tang digested this information calmly.
Is she too suspicious?
As the atmosphere during the meal warmed up, the others gradually let go of food and drink. Compared to the stinky face of the county magistrate of Lu County, the subordinate was very enthusiastic. I personally came down to persuade everyone to drink, but I could speak, and I could speak nicely.
Chen Tang was toasted the most.
A full pot of tea was poured.
She took advantage of the light of the candles in the room and saw other officials of the Lu County Governor, and asked casually: "Hey, Duke Lu, when the Sibao County formed an alliance last time, where did your aide go?"
The governor of Lu County asked: "Who?"
Chen Tang gestured, "A short, with two goatee beards, looking like a strategist in his forties..."
The governor of Lu County said with a dark face: "There is no such person around me, so Mr. Shen is afraid that he remembers it wrong..."
He admires the tall and mighty masculine man the most, such as his one, a real man. Anyone who is less tall than his neck and is as thin as a bamboo pole is considered a broken fake man in his opinion. You won’t even be appointed, let alone bringing it to such an important alliance. It just so happened that Chen Tang’s description was so clear that she must have missed it.
Chen Tang smiled awkwardly and apologized to the other party.
Murmuring in my heart: [This is not fake...]
The so-called "goat-husband" was naturally Chen Tang''s random tricks on the Lu County Magistrate. The other party''s reaction was natural, and it was obviously the original deity rather than a disguise method. Just as Shen Tang was about to gradually let go of her guards, she found that among the subordinates of Luxia County, the middle-aged man with a different identity and a strategist attire, his figure was not very consistent with the aesthetics of the governor of Luxian County.
Tsk tsk—
Chen Tang raised his vigilance.
With the action of drinking tea, Chu Yao and Zhao Feng gave Chu Yao and Zhao Feng the look of "You understand what I mean", and they understood the two.
The rest of the people were coaxed by the subordinate who could speak of goodness and drank one glass after another, but the drinking rate was not high in this era. One person drank three or five jars and was not drunk, let alone most of them were literary scholars and brave warriors. drink!
After three rounds of wine, and 5 flavors of food.
No matter how good the alcohol content is, it will be at a certain level.
As each person slammed and fell on the food table, Chen Tang was still talking to the governor of Lu County - she was talking, and the governor of Lu County was patient. When she heard the movement, she turned her head and raised her eyebrows and laughed: "Oh, just this cat''s alcohol tolerance, tsk tsk tsk!"
County Governor Lu: “…”
Although he didn''t say anything, his expression and eyes revealed everything. Chen Tang’s alcohol content is well known.
Is it a joke that people can drink several jars of them?
Chen Tang did not blush at all.
Until the talk was almost done, she suddenly asked the governor of Lu County: "Hey, don''t look unfamiliar with you. I haven''t seen him before... Hey, look at his appearance and you know he is a talent..."
County Governor Lu: “…”
He knew that Chen Tang was unrestrained, but he didn''t know that this guy could still be so nonsense in a serious occasion. He looked at Chen Tang''s gaze, withdrew his gaze lightly, and said, "Of course you haven''t seen him before. He hasn''t followed him to Sibao County..."
Chen Tang asked with a smile: "I wonder what his name is?"
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??This chapter adds another five hundred words.
Let’s see if you can add one thousand words tomorrow.
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(This chapter ends)