Jinyi champion

Chapter 297 An Neng retreats the enemy?
The private armed forces in the manors of the landlords and gentry outside the city are all sweeping the snow in front of their doors and defending against bandits with high walls. They basically don't care about the affairs of the county.

Tang Yin only idealized that if the county is in trouble, people from outside the city should come to rescue.

That night, King Xing's Mansion held an emergency meeting with the state government. Tang Yin went to discuss countermeasures. When he returned to the city, the scouts informed that the bandit camp outside the city had been built.

"Where does this look like looting and leaving? Looking at this posture, it seems that the city must be captured... It's incredible..."

Zhang Zuo came to inquire about the situation outside the city, but when he learned of the movement of the bandits, he seemed very puzzled.

Tang Yin said: "The number of thieves outside the city should not be many at present. If you don't take the initiative to fight now, it will be difficult to go out of the city to fight later."

Zhang Zuo persuaded: "Mr. Tang, it is more important to defend the city now, and we must not put the nobles of the palace in danger... I am here to inform you, unless His Highness approves, otherwise... don't even think about taking the initiative to fight."

Originally, Zhang Zuo supported the palace to play a key role in suppressing the bandits, but now he has no courage.

The ghost knows that the thieves are more formal than the officers and soldiers. When they arrive in Anlu Prefecture, they are not busy looting, playing hide-and-seek with the officers and soldiers, and openly set up camps outside the city gate?
What kind of play is this?

Are you really not afraid that officers and soldiers will rush out to fight them decisively?
But the situation in front of me is...

From the state government office to Xing Wang's mansion in the city, they gave up the idea of ​​sending troops. Even if Tang Yin himself had the slightest intention to fight the bandits, he could only recognize the reality and give priority to defense at the moment.

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On the first day the bandits arrived outside the city of Anlu Prefecture, people in the city were panic-stricken. Before nightfall, the officials came out to block the main streets and completed the preparations before the curfew.

Zhu Hao took advantage of the chaos before the curfew to return home.

At this moment, Zhu Niang is directing the reinforcement of the door panels, and piled up a large pile of stones at the moon gate connecting the front shop and the back yard. This is to prepare for the thieves to enter the city, and the guardians can rely on the door for some defense. If the situation is unfavorable, retreat to the backyard, block the moon gate with a stone, and rely on the high wall to resist.

If the thieves just enter the city and leave, they must rob whichever one is weak in defense.

But if the thieves invade the city and occupy the city to fight against the officers and soldiers who are attacking... Basically, everyone is the same, "the rain and the dew are all covered", and everyone suffers together.

"Xiaohao, don't go back to the palace tomorrow, stay at home. Mother doesn't want you to take risks at this time." Seeing her son, Zhu Niang felt a kind of warmth and comfort that the whole family was finally in order, and she was afraid of losing it.

Zhu Hao said: "Mom, what about our business outside the city?"

Zhu Niang sighed, and Aunt Li next to her was relieved: "I made an agreement with the old horse earlier, and before the bandits came, I moved all the things that could be transported into the city, but now there are people guarding the ferry outside the city." If the thieves break through the camp guarded by the soldiers and horses of the inspection department and enter the ferry market, they will use boats to carry people and goods to the river...the thieves have no boats, so there should be nothing they can do?"

Zhu Hao smiled and said, "That's a good idea."

"Xiaohao, can you still laugh at this time?"

Looking at her son's cheerful smile, Zhu Niang somehow relieved the tension in her heart, but there was still a trace of complaint in what she said.

Zhu Hao suppressed his smile and said, "Mother, didn't you hear that the Zhu family came to the city? Are they okay staying outside the city?"

Zhu Niang explained: "The walls of Zhujiazhuangzi are very high, and there are blockhouses built at several village gates. The guards generally carry knives, and at least a few bows and crossbows. If you add the strong men of the tenants, you can pull them up in a short time. Armed with two or three hundred, it is not the same as ordinary gentry's house. I believe that even if the bandits want to rob, they will pick soft persimmons, and the risk of robbing Zhu's house is too great."

"Ah."

Zhu Hao thought about it, and it seemed to make sense.

After all, the Zhu family is also a military family, with the hereditary position of one thousand households of Jin Yiwei, and is qualified to support guards with swords and crossbows, which is simply incomparable to ordinary gentry families.

"Mother, there is only a curfew in the city right now. I'll go back to the palace tomorrow morning. You don't have to worry. The palace is much safer than at home. There are many guards in the palace. This time they didn't leave the city to fight. I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

Zhu Hao told the reason why he lived in Xingwang Mansion next.

Zhu Niang thought for a while, although she was reluctant to part with her son in times of crisis, but she thought that the palace would be restored if the city was destroyed and her son would be preserved, so the mother no longer wanted to have a family reunion at such a time.

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Nothing happened that night.

In the early morning of the next day, there was no one on the street, and every household was strengthening the doors and windows. When Zhu Hao went to Xingwang Mansion with Yu San and the others, they heard clanging sounds along the way.

Zhu Hao asked: "Little third brother, is your home settled?"

Yu San smiled and said: "Now all the family members have entered the city, it's better now, the house I bought with the money raised before is finally useful, unlike those who went to the city to seek refuge, they don't even have a place to live, this If there is a plague... maybe more people will die than bandits."

Zhu Hao looked at San with admiration.

Rough words are not rough.

At this time, a large number of people who have sought refuge in the city gather in the city, and it is a problem to eat, drink and scatter. Can the government guarantee that the people will not be able to gather the plague?
It coincided with the beginning of spring and the warmer weather, and the occasional cold spring came several times. After the people entered the city, they did not have a tile to cover their heads. When they were sick or hungry, someone needed to be responsible.

All the way to the west gate of the palace.

The open space to the west of the palace, except for the opera garden and its surrounding areas, has become a centralized resettlement point for refugees. Men, women and children are densely packed, and the palace sent a large number of people to maintain order.

Yuan Zonggao did a good job, that is, to take an attitude of compassion that the palace should have, and actively participate in the rescue of refugees.

Entering the palace, you can see strangers everywhere. They are eunuchs in charge of the village outside the city, school lieutenant, head of the village, companions and even ordinary tenants, temporarily settled in the outer courtyard of the palace.

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In the morning class, Fan Yikuan asked for leave because of his unwell health, and Tang Yin, another teacher, shouldered the important task of guarding the city, so he temporarily stopped.

Zhu Hao and Jing Hong stayed in their dormitory, Jing Hong leaned over his desk to read, Zhu Hao buried his head in writing, and they lived in peace.

When noon was approaching, Zhu Hao put away the manuscript and prepared to leave the palace.

"where are you going?"

Jinghong asked curiously, "It's so chaotic outside, it's very dangerous... you'd better wait until the thieves are put down before you go out."

Zhu Hao said, "I'm going to find Mr. Tang."

Jinghong asked curiously: "Isn't he defending the city?"

"Just look for him on the city wall... I have already told Lu Dianzhan that he will send someone to take me there..."

After speaking, Zhu Hao went out.

Under the guidance of the company guards, Zhu Hao and several servants of the palace went to the east of the city together.

Even the guards were usually laughing and joking, and always liked to make fun of people. Now when he was in danger, he was dressed in armor, and his eyes were sharp and firm, which gave people a sense of oppression. Zhu Hao felt a little uncomfortable.

When they came to the gate in the east of the city, even the guards took the handyman to the nearby kitchen to cook for the brothers who were on patrol at the top of the city. Zhu Hao was taken over by Lu Song, and the two went up the tower together.

"Mr. Tang, you didn't sleep well last night?"

On the second floor of the city gate building, Zhu Hao asked suspiciously as soon as he saw Tang Yin.

Tang Yin raised his head and glanced at Zhu Hao, his eyes were bloodshot. At this moment, there was no one else around except Lu Song, and he had nothing to hide. He closed a military topographic map in front of him, and sighed: "The thieves set up their camps and made troubles. The movement is not small, and now there are two groups of thieves outside the city...

"The scouts came to report that the main force of the three bands of bandits had already rushed outside the city and set up camp. They cooperated very tacitly, stationed outside the east gate all the way, ready to respond to officers and soldiers leaving the city at any time, and left part of the other two bands as forecast teams. The rest were broken into parts and looted everywhere in Changshou County."

Zhu Hao asked: "Then why don't you go out of the city decisively and fight with them? They blocked the east gate, so the other gates should be unimpeded?"

Tang Yin shook his head and did not answer.

Next to him, Lu Song said: "Master Zhu, the current situation is that in addition to the temporarily recruited civilians in the city, there are also officials from the prefectural and county yamen and a small number of soldiers from the inspection department...

"Commander Anluwei sent a message from the yamen, telling the counties to strictly guard the city and not rush into it, and play by ear. It takes time for the guards to gather troops and horses, and we can't take every precaution..."

Zhu Hao was stunned: "That is to say, neither the government nor the military will send troops, and with the power of the palace alone, there is no way to confront the bandits outside?"

"Ah."

Lu Song nodded.

While talking, the sound of boots stomping on the ground came from the stairs, but it was Luo An who came back from patrolling the city defense and was surprised to see Zhu Hao there, "Master Zhu is here?"

In the past, Luo An didn't take Zhu Hao seriously.

The situation is very different now. Zhu Hao is not only Tang Yin's disciple, but also the head of the county case. Hao and Shi Zi are both teachers and friends, and their relationship is irreversible, Luo An unconsciously felt a sense of awe.

"Mr. Tang, as you expected, the thieves are now looting various manors outside the city. Even the gentry and gentry whose main members have gone to the city to avoid disaster are now going to the state government to find Kuang Zhizhou, clamoring to send troops to quell the chaos as soon as possible... "

Luo An didn't have much friendship with Tang Yin, but before the two went to Jiangnan together, Luo An got to know more about Tang Yin along the way, gradually convinced by Tang Yin's talent and insight, and willingly made this friend.

More importantly, right now Tang Yin is the former commander-in-chief of the palace in name.

Tang Yin said angrily: "When this group of people gathered in the prefectural office to discuss sending troops, they all pushed back and forth. No one was willing to pay for food and money, and even I didn't let them send people...

"Now that the bandits are approaching the city, and their fundamental interests have been touched, they began to urge the government to send troops? The opportunity has been lost. Now that the bandits have set up camp and have defenses, it is so easy to send troops to destroy them?"

Luo An sighed: "That's true, but right now the palace is in the Wangzhuang outside the city, and I'm afraid that a lot of supplies will be robbed by bandits... Our people outside the city have basically moved to the city, and every Wangzhuang is undefended. .”

Lu Song stayed in the palace all the time, never went to the Wangzhuang outside the city to garrison, and didn't know much about the situation outside, so he immediately asked, "Didn't the grain stored in each village come into the city?"

Luo An said: "There are always those who are too late to get lucky, especially don't even think about those heavy belongings. The bandits are also like this, and they just lined up outside the city like this. Who is the official and who is the bandit?"

Zhu Hao smiled and said, "I'm both an official and a thief."

Several people turned their gazes to Zhu Hao at the same time. They ignored Zhu Hao's existence just now when they were discussing things.

Lu Song and Tang Yin suddenly realized that Zhu Hao's visit this time was definitely not for condolences, it was definitely something wrong, and they already knew how capable Zhu Hao is, maybe there is really a strategy to retreat from the enemy?

"how do I say this?"

Luo An didn't know much about Zhu Hao's ability, so he asked curiously.

Zhu Hao said: "Luo Dianzhan, why do you think these three gangs of thieves can gather together? There is a clear division of labor between them. Some defend and some rob. They use troops more disciplined than officers and soldiers? They dare to commit crimes with such vigor. Big, the officers and soldiers are on guard but they can't do anything, why? Are they just a group of ordinary thieves?"

(End of this chapter)