Qiming 1158

Chapter 56 Conquering the county seat
"Self-defense the city? Mingfu, this is not good? Right now, there are no thieves invading the border. If you rush to seal the city and guard yourself, it's fine if there are thieves who commit crimes.

Locking down the city is a big deal, and Si Jing felt that there was no need to do this step.

And to be honest, Si Jing actually always felt that Chen Binghe was a little too nervous.

Although he was quite nervous.

Since more than ten days ago, the news of a man-made counter-rebellion has spread, but they have inquired many ways and did not know what happened, or where the thieves made trouble.

Some people say Yizhou and Mizhou, some people say Dengzhou, some people say Jizhou, some people say Damingfu, some people say Yanyun, some people say Xixia invasion, and some people say Song Dynasty Northern Expedition.

All kinds of news flooded the entire Xintai County for a while, and every news was as if it was true, which made the officials panic.

A few days ago, his friend in Laiwu also wrote to him asking him if he was on the Northern Expedition of the Song Kingdom and if he needed to run away now, so Si Jing was also apprehensive.

But things like locking down the city and defending yourself...

Not so much, right?

"Is it not good?"

Chen Binghe himself was a little hesitant, and asked: "But the news of the rebellion is rampant recently, not to mention other places, Yizhou is so close to us, if something really happens, we will not be able to be alone, so we have to prepare early, I When you wait for the emperor's salary, you should share your worries for the emperor, and you can't be mediocre!"

Si Jing hesitated for a moment.

"Although this makes sense, but Mingfu, it is a big deal to seal the city for self-defense. If nothing else, rushing to seal the city for self-defense, and the residents of the city are not enough, it is quite dangerous. Picking time?
And there are also farmers outside the city, as well as the Mengan Moke households. If we leave them in the village and we close the city to protect ourselves, they will have opinions. When the time comes, there will be troubles, and things will get bigger, and the farmers outside the city will all go to the city. , we accept, or not? "

Si Jing said this, Chen Binghe thought it also made sense.

There are more people outside the city than in the city. A small county cannot accommodate so many people. Once the news of the city's self-defense is announced, it is difficult to say that the farmers outside the city and the Mengan Moke households will not enter the city collectively.

There will be great confusion by then.

Make such a big mess over an uncertain fact, something will really happen.

After thinking about it, Chen Binghe felt that he should prepare both hands.

While preparing for the closure of the city, sending a larger number of people to Yizhou to inquire about the news.

Then Chen Binghe arranged to count the inventory of the grain depot and arsenal in the city, and stepped up the reserve in case of emergency.

They also sent people to hire idlers, lepers, and beggars in the city to form a logging team to go to the hills outside the city to collect wood to store enough wood.

According to Chen Binghe's suggestion, Si Jing privately sent people to contact the Mengan Moke households who lived in the village, so that they could have a good heart.

In fact, this is also a shirk of responsibility.

I have told you the matter, what you want to do is your own business, you can enter the city, but if you don't, if something really happens, you are responsible for it.

In the face of Si Jing's warning, only a few villages sent the old and weak women and children from the village to the city to live temporarily, and most of them didn't move.

Right now is the spring ploughing season, which delays the spring ploughing and affects their harvest for the whole year. When they are hungry, no one will care about them.

So they did not go to the city themselves, nor did they let the Han serfs under their control go to the city.

The sky and the earth are big, and spring ploughing is the biggest.

The Jurchens who moved to the south and lived in the Central Plains gradually understood this truth and did not hesitate to do so at all costs.

In this regard, Si Jing and Chen Binghe both expressed their helplessness. Anyway, they have said everything they need to say.

In the next few days, Chen Binghe and Si Jing were divided into two groups, while stockpiling supplies and arranging military defense and intelligence exploration, all of which were not bad.

On the afternoon of the 29th, Sijing rushed to the county mansion with a person.

This person was one of the sentries sent by Chen Binghe to Yizhou to hear the news. He was injured and came back very weak.

Chen Binghe soon learned that this person was attacked when he entered Yizhou to investigate news, and all four of his companions died. He fled all the way to Tengzhou, and then passed through Yanzhou from Tengzhou, and was able to return after a large circle.

"The two counties of Yizhou have fallen, and the bandit army has taken control of Yizhou! The bandit army is huge, with thousands of people!"

Chen Binghe was shocked, and immediately looked at Si Jing.

"It really happened!"

Si Jing was nervous.

"Yes, something really happened, we have to report it immediately!"

"That's right! Report it immediately! Come on, give it to me right away..."

Before Chen Binghe could finish speaking, suddenly a loud noise came, Chen Binghe and Sijing were both startled and looked at each other, at a loss as to what to do.

Chen Binghe suddenly reacted and ran out of the county hall in a panic. Si Jing also stumbled out of the county hall and looked at the place where the voice came from.

I really didn't see anything for a while, but the noisy sound rushed to them like a raging ocean wave after wave.

Panic is panic.

The screams of women, the roars of men, and all kinds of high-pitched voices that ripped through their throats converged, stimulating the hearts of Chen Binghe and Si Jing, making their hearts beat wildly.

Something happened.

Su Yonglin had personally led the elite soldiers of the Shengjie Army into the woodcutter team arranged by Chen Binghe and rushed into Xintai County, capturing the city gate.

The whole operation went smoothly, but one of the guards, who was in panic, suddenly detonated a gunpowder weapon that Su Yonglin didn't know the name of, causing a huge explosion.

The sound of the explosion was really loud. Su Yonglin had already covered his ears in time and fell to the ground, but he still felt his ears buzzing, and it took a while for him to recover.

When he got up and looked around, he found that there was a place on the tower that had been blackened by smoke and had been fried in a mess.

Immediately after that, a pitch-black broken arm descended from the sky and landed right in front of Su Yonglin, almost hitting him, which shocked him.

Taking a closer look, Su Yonglin was taken aback.

Man, this firearm is not bad!

But he didn't have time to think about it now. After gathering the troops to control the city gate, he immediately rushed in, hurriedly attacked the various government offices in the city, and divided his troops to capture the remaining three city gates.

Now that it has been exposed, it is necessary to act more quickly, and there must be no hesitation.

On the road, anyone with a weapon will be killed, and anyone wearing an official uniform will be arrested.

Chen Binghe and Sijing organized the defense in a panic, mobilized more than 100 people who could be mobilized, and went to the west city with weapons in their hands, trying to control the situation and keep the county seat.

But they collided with the commando led by Su Yonglin before they had walked a long way.

When Su Yonglin saw a group of people on the other side, he immediately ordered the army to form a formation on the spot.

The elite soldiers of the Shengjie Army are now very familiar with forming formations. After quickly forming the formation, they rushed over without saying a word.

Before Chen Binghe and Sijing could react, the Shengjie army rushed in front of them, and a set of punches came down. This sparse temporary army was quickly defeated and completely wiped out by the Shengjie army.

Su Yonglin felt the thrill of the dimensionality reduction blow.

The army formed into an army formation is so lethal against this group of stragglers.

Su Yonglin saw that the two of them were well-dressed and knew that they were high-ranking officials, so he didn't kill them, just captured them alive.

The county government quickly fell, and the defense of Xintai County was completely defeated. Su Yonglin immediately took control of the four city gates, closed them, and divided his troops to kill the remnants of the Jinbing in the city. By dusk, he had completely controlled the entire county seat.

Afterwards, Su Yonglin ordered the issuance of an Anmin Notice, announcing the implementation of military control and a curfew on the city, but ensuring that Qiu of the Victory Jie Army did not commit any crimes, so as to temporarily calm people's hearts.

(End of this chapter)