Water Margin begins as a captain in Yanggu County

Chapter 205 Xincheng, come on...

After reading the victory report, Tong Guan laughed: "Haha... fast, really fast!"

Tang Ke was also shocked: "Of the millions of thieves, only a small new city is left. How could it be so fast?"

Tong Guan immediately explained: "Mr. Tang, please take a closer look. His tactics are appropriate, his strategy is brilliant, and he has a good grasp of people's hearts. This Su Wu has already achieved great success!"

The official document was very long, covering every detail, including various deployments, plans, how to break into the city, how to capture people. In fact, the more important thing was who had accomplished what.

Su Wu reported seriously, and he also knew that after the victory report reached Tong Guan, it would have to be polished again before being sent to Tokyo by Tong Guan.

After reading it carefully, Tong Guan praised it again and again: "Good, very good!"

Cheng Hao, who was standing by, had already come over to watch. He obviously hadn't seen the details either. He said as he watched, "General Su is truly a famous general of the time!"

"Hehe..." Cheng Hao laughed.

"The war is about to end, which is good... It is really good. Once the war stops, the people can live in peace, which is very good..." Tang Ke said slowly, as if he had let out a sigh of relief.

He came to Hangzhou, obviously worried, worried about the war recurring, worried about Hangzhou being the front line, worried about his own job being unstable...

Tong Guan obviously knew this, so he smiled and said, "In that case, Mr. Tang, just rest assured in Hangzhou. However, I still have something to entrust to you..."

"Just as the Prime Minister ordered..." Tang Ke nodded.

"Su Wu... Well, I have some properties in Hangzhou, so I'd like to ask Mr. Tang to take care of them." Tong Guan bowed slightly.

"It's just a small matter, a small matter..." Tang Ke nodded.

Tong Guan was obviously very satisfied, so he said, "Since Mr. Tang has just arrived, I have already made arrangements. The government office has been redecorated inside and out, and the staff has been almost assigned. Mr. Tang will stay in the government office. Please pack up your luggage and start work tomorrow."

Tong Guan's methods can also be seen from the fact that the Hangzhou government office was originally empty, but at this time, Tong Guan had already deployed all the clerks and servants in the government office. When Tang Ke arrived, the stall was already set up and they just got to work.

In other words, everyone in this government office, inside and outside, was arranged by Tong Guanzhi...

Tang Ke bowed and said, "Then I will go and arrange for them first..."

"Go ahead, thank you for your hard work!" Tong Guan bowed slightly again.

After Tang Ke left, Tong Guan's serious expression suddenly changed, and he immediately laughed out loud: "Good Ziqing, good Ziqing! You did a great job on this!"

Cheng Hao, who was standing beside him, also smiled and asked, "Prime Minister, with such a great contribution, you should be promoted and given a higher rank when you return to the capital, right?"

"It's not easy to get promoted, but there is something more important than promotion." Tong Guan walked briskly to the table.

"Ah? Prime Minister, is there something more important than promotion?" Cheng Hao was puzzled.

"Of course!" Tong Guan had already picked up the pen, but he looked at Cheng Hao and put the pen down again.

Cheng Hao was still asking: "Prime Minister, what is that?"

"Background!" Tong Guan said.

Cheng Hao understood immediately, and when he suddenly realized it, he smiled happily: "If Ziqing can really have a background, then... then he will have a bright future!"

"No more words, come and hold the pen. I will teach you a skill, so learn it well. I say, and you write!" Tong Guan raised his hand and waved.

Cheng Hao immediately obeyed, sat down aside, spread out the paper, licked the pen and waited.

Tong Guan opened his mouth slowly and said, "I, Tong Guan, respectfully report to the emperor, begging for the emperor's well-being. At the beginning of the year, I led hundreds of thousands of troops to the south to suppress the rebellion. I traveled day and night, worried and sighed. I am grateful for your majesty's love and grace, and I dare not slack off in the slightest. I want to repay you with my death. Your majesty is so powerful and brave, and the generals and soldiers all fought bravely and died. In the end, the bandits were defeated and the rebel leader Fang La was captured in Qingxi. I beg your majesty again for well-being..."

Cheng Hao was writing furiously, but after hearing this, he didn't feel that there was anything he needed to learn. He was still confused, so he just listened to Tong Guan continue to talk, slowly...

Suddenly, the topic changed: "In the south of Huzhou City, the vanguard general Su Wu risked his life, but with only 7,000 men, he fought against 100,000 rebels. He fought bravely, but was attacked from both inside and outside. People were in panic, and defeat was inevitable. Only Su Wu faced the enemy alone, led the troops, and fought to his death. He was trapped in the enemy's formation several times, surrounded by dangers, and rushed out several times. He fought hard for three hours, with dozens of wounds on his body, but he still rushed in and out of the formation, and finally repelled the rebels, beheaded more than 43,000 people, and captured more than 37,000 rebels... He fought again, and the rebels came again with 200,000 people... Huzhou City was dead silent, but Su Wu... beheaded more than 73,000 people... and built a Jingguan outside the city, which frightened the rebels..."

Cheng Hao understood, this is the truth...

Tong Guan was speaking slowly, scene by scene, polishing it up slowly, and Cheng Hao suddenly felt as if he had really learned it...

Then it was Hangzhou, and then it was how he bravely went deep behind enemy lines, how he devised a myriad of strategies, and how he bravely took the lead...

After writing one article, there are more than ten thousand words...

After writing it, Cheng Hao had to copy it again. It was painful, but also happy. When this victory report was presented to the emperor, Cheng Hao couldn't even imagine what image Su Wu would have in front of the emperor.

He was full of wisdom and bravery, caring for the people, and uniting his colleagues. He was able to boost morale in countless times of difficulty and turn the tide in countless times of crisis...

Reporting work is a real art, and you really need to learn it! This paperwork is actually very hard work.

Tong Guan was also speaking until his mouth was dry. Even when he was copying, Tong Guan was staring at it, deleting and revising it from time to time, and carefully considering the choice of words and sentences. It can be seen how serious Tong Guan was about reporting his work.

Cheng Hao stood up frequently, and his back and waist ached, and his hands began to go numb...

Cheng Hao also laughed: "It's really not easy to be the prime minister..."

Tong Guan also laughed: "Everything in the world is difficult. How difficult it is!"

Here, they are fighting over documents.

Over there, in Xincheng, a battle is going on on the city wall.

Just looking at the top of the city wall, there are countless soldiers climbing up, but how can anyone really climb up?

Of course, the resistance on the top of the city was not small. Deng Yuanjue led the troops and went everywhere on the top of the city. The soldiers under his command were all brave...

This group of people was obviously different from other bandits. Although there were not many people under Deng Yuanjue who really dared to fight, there were only about four or five thousand.

It was these four or five thousand people who were blocking the top of the city. How could the soldiers from the capital, who went into battle with the mentality of taking advantage of opportunities, climb up easily?

Tan Zhen stood in front of the general's platform, already shouting non-stop: "Order the supervisory team to drive forward. Anyone who retreats will be killed immediately! Anyone who does not move forward will also be killed!"

There is nothing wrong with the military order. If it is in a disciplined army, there will be no problem with such military orders.

But at this time...

Su Wu on the podium also stood up and walked forward. He knew that if this military order was issued, there might be chaos.

The first question is, who are the members of the supervision team? Do they really dare to kill those who don't move forward? Have they killed anyone in the past?
The second question is, are there more people who advance? Or are there more people who don't advance? If there are more people who don't advance, can we kill them all?

The third question is, if there are too many people who refuse to advance, and if they really kill each other, and if internal strife and rebellion break out, what should we do?

Su Wu watched, and saw that there was indeed a supervisory team going to drive them away. Then the first problem occurred. The supervisory team really didn't dare to kill their own soldiers in the battle...

The second problem also arises. If we don't go up to the top of the city wall, won't many soldiers be crowded under the city wall? Let's not talk about whether to retreat or not, there is nowhere to go...

How could Tan Zhen on the platform not see it? He shouted again: "Come here, quickly tell the supervisory team, if they fail to supervise the battle, they will also be killed!"

Su Wu was stunned. Was he crazy? He also knew that Tan Zhen could not accept that he could not break the city today.

The third problem was about to occur. As soon as the military order was issued, some people in the supervision team really started to bite the bullet and act ruthlessly.

Then, internal strife broke out, and it was a mess. The supervisors rode on horses and tried to stab the person who didn't move forward with their spears. The person who didn't move forward turned around and also stabbed the supervisor on horseback with his spear...

Su Wu could no longer bear the consequences, so he reflected on himself again and thought deeply about the problem.

An army really needs to have a core thing, which can be described many times, such as military spirit, style, system...

In the final analysis, it is a kind of atmosphere. If this atmosphere exists, many things will happen naturally. If it does not exist, everything you do will be counterproductive...

This is what is happening right before my eyes.

Su Wu was also wondering what the atmosphere was like among his men.
What kind of state is the best state for an army?
What Su Wu was thinking about was the construction of ideological and political work in the army. He might not have thought about it in the past, but from now on, he would have to treat this matter as an important matter.

This city must be unbreakable.

Even Xin Xingzong, who was standing by, knew it and began to frown and lower his head.

Xin Xingzong also came to look at Su Wu, and Su Wu also looked back. The two looked at each other for a moment, but there was no words.

Tan Zhen was already jumping up and down, cursing, "You bastard, why are you so useless?"

It's probably what it means to be angry out of shame.

Su Wu also tried to persuade him: "Mr. Tan, these thieves in Xincheng are really different from those in other places. They are quite good at fighting."

Su Wu was speaking from the heart. He even knew that if he attacked Qingxi by force, it would be extremely difficult to completely break the city.

But to Tan Zhen, wasn't that just irony? He turned around and glared at Su Wu, saying, "You have a strong army in your hands, but you say it so easily..."

Su Wu didn't care about Tan Zhen's misunderstanding, so he said, "Mr. Tan, we can discuss this in the long run!"

Human life is human life, and the lives of the soldiers in the capital are also lives. On the top of the city walls, there are logs and rocks rolling, kerosene is burning, and arrows are shooting. The city cannot be attacked, and the casualties are in vain.

This matter cannot be blamed on the soldiers in the capital, nor on any individual. They are bricklayers and lantern makers. They can't even get enough food to eat in the capital. How can we expect them to fight bravely and die for the country?
Su Wu was really trying to persuade them. After all, they were husbands, sons, and fathers, and they had families waiting for them. Why bother causing unnecessary casualties?
Tan Zhen naturally didn't listen, and turned around and called out to Xin Xingzong: "Go, take your troops and go quickly, drive the soldiers forward!"

This means that Xin Xingzong is going to be a cruel and ruthless person.

Xin Xingzong had no choice but to obey the order and leave.

I wonder if Xin Xingzong would sometimes regret... regret his past decisions...

Xin Xingzong rode away on his horse. Not long after, he brought out two thousand men and began to drive away the soldiers. His methods were ruthless. The Xihe soldiers really wanted to kill people, and they would kill without blinking an eye.

You know what, it really works.

For a moment, the formation, which had been somewhat scattered, suddenly became tight, and countless soldiers from the capital were driven to the foot of the city wall, densely packed.

Some people are still climbing the wall, but they just can't get into the city and gain a foothold.

More people were crowded together under the city, and the arrows and stones from the city were not stingy...

Ugh……

Su Wu sighed...

Turn your head away and stop watching. It is so miserable and sinful for ordinary people to be born in this era.

I also think of the great defeat of Tong Guan in the Liao Dynasty. Not many of the soldiers were killed by the Liao people, but many were trampled to death by their own people...

So, the people and ordinary people cannot be blamed.

The sadness of the times and the failure of history, the ultimate responsibility must lie with the elites and the rulers, not the people or the military.

Xin Xingzong is trying his best to drive them away, can the city be taken?
Obviously not!

Tan Zhen was jumping up and down, shouting, yelling, cursing, and full of anger...

Straight bastard, idiot, idiot, parasite...

The footsteps jumped back and forth, and he kept cursing heart-wrenchingly. Tan Zhen was also tired and turned to look at Su Wu.

Su Wu remained silent...

"Mr. Tan, please sound the horn..." Su Wu no longer had the mentality to watch the fun.

This was still an internal war. If this was an external war, Su Wu could imagine that at this moment, even the attacking army would have already begun to flee...

Tan Zhen turned around and walked slowly over, sat down, looked at Su Wu again, and asked inexplicably: "How did General Su break the city?" There are many answers to this question, and Su Wu didn't know where to start...

Tan Zhen asked again: "Is it because the soldiers you lead are all elite, while the soldiers I lead are all incompetent?"

Su Wu had too many answers, but he nodded and said, "Yes!"

Tan Zhen waved his hands helplessly: "Sound the gong..."

The soldiers, who could no longer wait, ran forward at full speed, and the sound of the gong was heard immediately.

I don't know how many people were pardoned. The tide was receding. The one who felt it the most was Xin Xingzong. He breathed a sigh of relief behind the battle...

Tan Zhen suddenly asked, "How to strengthen the army?"

Su Wu looked at Tan Zhen. There were many answers to this question, but for a moment, where should he start?

Tan Zhen said again: "Su Wu, if I were in charge of the Privy Council, I would certainly use you and rely on you as my confidant!"

This is an olive branch, and it was extended to Tan Zhen when he was most disappointed and lost.

Su Wu said helplessly: "This is the way of human nature. If I agree to Prime Minister Tan now, how will people in the world see me? How will the soldiers under my command see me? This is what the soldiers think and where the army's heart is!"

Tan Zhen sighed and asked again: "If I were to meet Tong Shumi for the first time and I were to be cautious and careful in my dealings with him, would that make all the difference?"

Looking at Tan Zhen again at this time, Su Wu actually felt a sense of pity for him, but unfortunately, politics is not a joke.

Su Wu forced a smile and said, "Mr. Tan must be aware of the situation between Song and Liao. If Mr. Tan is really allowed to lead the troops to take back Yanyun, will he really not be worried?"

Unexpectedly, Tan Zhen said: "If you were my confidant, I would really have nothing to worry about!"

Su Wu smiled and said, "Sir, you think highly of me!"

Tan Zhen sighed, stood up and looked at the receding tide. Looking at the chaotic scene everywhere, he sighed and said, "Xincheng, come on..."

Su Wu stood up: "Then tomorrow... I will come!"

Tan Zhen nodded, his whole body showing a look of loss, but he said again: "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, Su Wu...you will regret it one day."

Su Wu smiled and nodded: "It's fate, whether it's left or right, it's beyond human control."

"Silly!" Tan Zhen still sighed.

"Maybe it's because I'm young and don't know how high the heaven is and how deep the earth is." Su Wu also replied.

"Hehe... It's good to be young. Come to think of it, I'm not old yet, and I'm still young..." Tan Zhen smiled, and his smile revealed a kind of dormancy.

"I wish Mr. Tan a bright future." Su Wu bowed.

"Hmph!" Tan Zhen turned and left.

Liu Yanqing, who was standing by, heard everything and stood up. After bowing to Su Wu, he followed Tan Zhen and quickly chased after him.

Su Wu also returned the greeting, nodded and smiled.

I come!

Su Wu stood up and walked to the top of the platform, looking left and right, the direction of the trench, the height of the city wall, and many other things...

After watching for a long time, Su Wu stepped down from the platform, mounted his horse and returned to the camp. Not long after, thousands of cavalrymen, divided into several groups, were running around the city.

The first thing we have to do is to prevent the thieves in the city from taking advantage of the chaos to leave the city and attack the camp. We are afraid that Tan Zhen’s camp will be attacked and that Tan Zhen will blow up the camp.

The second thing is to hold a meeting in the big tent.

Many generals gathered together, and Su Wu asked, "Tomorrow we will attack the city, Prime Minister Tan, teach me how to fight!"

All the generals looked happy.

The people who wanted to fight had already spoken, but none of them was as quick as Wang Xun, who simply stood up, clasped his hands, and said, "I am willing to be the vanguard!"

Su Wu nodded directly: "Okay, Wuzhou soldiers will go first!"

Before the tough move, Su Wu had a plan: "Tomorrow, push the prison carts of Fang La and his bandit leaders to the city walls. Let them watch the Wuzhou soldiers attacking the city, and let the Wuzhou soldiers watch them while they go first!"

"Good, it couldn't be better!" Wang Xun was very happy. Who among his subordinates didn't have a deep hatred? They were here for revenge!

Fang La's prison car was right outside the city watching, so how could their morale not be high?
Of course, Wang Yin, Pang Wanchun and others are not among them.

"Who are the people in the second formation?" Su Wu asked again.

Liu Guangshi had already stood up: "Fuyan Army!"

"Okay!" Su Wu nodded.

"Understood sir!" Liu Guangshi bowed and took a seat.

"Left wing?" Su Wu glanced around.

"I am willing to accept your request!" Wang Yuan said.

"Okay!" Su Wu nodded and asked again: "Right wing?"

Yang Weizhong also stood up: "I will obey your orders!"

Su Wu laughed: "Yes!"

This meeting was kept simple, without even going into details. It was very professional and there was no need to worry.

"The main attack will be on the east city, and the rest of the people will form arrays in the north and south to attack. Surround three sides and leave one side open, leaving the west city as a retreat route. The cavalry will not move. If the bandits escape, we will chase them." Su Wu glanced left and right again.

All the generals stood up: "Yes, sir!"

They dispersed and began to prepare. Along the river, many goods were also being transported to the camp.

Ordnance, ladders and the like had to be transported to Tan Zhen's camp, and many of them had been abandoned on the battlefield and also had to be collected.

Su Wu looked at the empty tent, and also went out to see the soldiers busy at work...

The battle was about to end, and Su Wu felt strange in his heart, as if he was reluctant to leave...

It seems like a thought of parting...

Early the next morning, Su Wu sat firmly on the general's platform, still sitting next to Tan Zhen, but today, Tan Zhen came to watch the battle.

There were also many people standing under the general platform. The generals from all the military units in the capital could only stand under the general platform at this time, and they all looked dejected...

Apparently Tan Zhen scolded them severely...

Tan Zhen looked at the deployment of the troops and asked, "Which unit is General Su's first to attack?"

Apparently he saw the difference, and Su Wu also answered: "Wuzhou soldiers."

"Wuzhou soldiers?" Tan Zhen was puzzled and asked again: "Where are the soldiers in Wuzhou?"

"There was a general in Wuzhou named Wang Bing. He led about 800 people and persisted in Wuzhou for three months. Later, when I arrived, he came to surrender and recruited some of his old subordinates. These days, he recruited many local warriors in Wuzhou, so he has more than 20,000 people."

Su Wu had nothing to hide.

Tan Zhen was surprised and asked, "With such an army, you let them go first?"

"Most of them are people who have hatred against the bandits, and they come here to take revenge!" Su Wu replied.

"Hmm?" Tan Zhen suddenly understood and said, "I should recruit some militiamen in Hangzhou..."

It was too late to regret it now. He thought that even the Hangzhou militia would definitely fight better than the army in the capital...

I really didn't expect that the army in the capital would be so useless. Before coming, all the generals in the capital were patting their chests and boasting in front of Tan Zhen.

Tan Zhen actually believed it at first! How could he not regret it now?
As soon as all the troops were in position, the Wuzhou soldiers were the slowest to get there. Even among the Wuzhou soldiers, there were differences. The armored soldiers in the front were in position very early, while those who were without armor at the back were indeed a little scattered.

That’s fine, just keep beating the drum.

Wang Xun personally carried the ladder and walked forward. The wall of the new city was not very high.

With hundreds of thousands of troops surrounded here, this new city is bound to be broken. There is no chance of accidents.

Fang La was on the prison cart and was pushed to the foot of the city.

How could Deng Yuanjue not see this? There were a large number of civil and military officials, and hundreds of prisoner carts were placed in front of them, just used as wooden shields.

Fang La kept shouting, "Marshal Deng, Marshal Deng, please stop fighting, please stop fighting..."

Deng Yuanjue cried out in tears: "Holy Lord, you and I are Chen Sheng and Wu Guang! If we die together today, there will be successors, there will be Liu Bang in Pei County, there will be Xiang Yu in Jiangdong!"

Fang La was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but shout: "Marshal Deng, brothers, go home, it's also a way to survive..."

"Holy Lord, we sacrificed our lives for righteousness. In the future, there will be a record of you and me in the history books!" Deng Yuanjue really has a kind of "awareness". This monk is really not afraid of death.

In the past, Fang La had been in life and death situations countless times, but the person he relied on the most was Deng Yuanjue. Even many of the innovative concepts of Manichaeism came from Deng Yuanjue, and many grassroots missionary work also relied on Deng Yuanjue.

The title of national teacher is never false.

Before the two of them could shout, the Wuzhou soldiers had already set up the ladders, and countless people were climbing up. Wang Xun was the first to lead the way, holding the shield.

Just looking at the expressions on the faces of the Wuzhou soldiers, they want to kill people, drink their blood and eat their flesh.

In fact, the three or four thousand trusted men under Deng Yuanjue had never done anything like rape or looting, but the hatred was directed at them. Who made them the same organization as the bandits?
On the one hand, they wanted to kill people, eat their flesh and drink their blood, and on the other hand, they wanted to overthrow the rule of Zhao Song.

While climbing bravely, Wang Xun was the first to reach the top of the city wall and stand firm, risking his life without a second thought.

One side has already been unable to survive, and every extra day of life is considered a gain. Killing one now does not lose money, and killing one more is a gain...

Such a fight is brutal, just look at that person before dying, holding the enemy tightly, biting and biting a few times...

Even if I bite off a piece of flesh from the enemy's face, I can chew it and swallow it into my stomach, for my parents, for my sisters, for my daughter, and for many, many others...

At that time, I was helpless and unable to resist, but now...

Even if I die, I will not be sad. Even if my mouth is full of blood, I can still grin...

I don’t know how many people were killed by Deng Yuanjue with his big Zen stick.

On the general platform, Su Wu said succinctly: "Add more drums, and the north and south should also attack fiercely. The second formation will press forward. If the city gate is opened, rush in immediately!"

Su Wu was not nervous. He just had to fill in the gaps in death.

Su Wu was not sad either. The soldiers of Wuzhou had their own pursuits. Deng Yuanjue was still resisting at this moment, so he also had his own pursuits. Su Wu did not delve into what Deng Yuanjue was pursuing...

They were all willing to do this... After this battle, those people from Wuzhou might be able to untie a knot in their hearts, right? They could live a more comfortable life in the future...

Tan Zhen was a little stunned. It was the first time he saw such a siege scene. Even in Hangzhou, he had not seen it with his own eyes. At this moment, he was really stunned.

Are there really people in this world who are ready to face death head on?
(Brothers, I am really depressed today. I feel listless and depressed. I have been feeling this way recently. My whole body seems to be very tired every day. Qingshan Jinmo advised me to go for a physical examination as soon as possible, saying that I might have hyperthyroidism... I really want to cry... I am still young...)
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