One Thousand Five Hundred and Twenty: Defeating Nieliang, Attacking Yang Tao, and Pointing the Sword to the World (59)

As mentioned earlier, the waters in Zhangzhou are developed and water bandits are rampant.

These water bandits who have been in business for many years seem to have a reckless origin, but in fact they have inextricable interests with county officials from all over the country.

If not, it would not have been so difficult for Yang Jianqing to pay the water bandits back then.

Of course, these relationships are not visible and can only be communicated in secret.

In order to keep the family business unaffected, some gentry also had interests entangled with water bandits, and these water villages even had their eyes and ears. Yang Si and others went fishing to enforce the law, destroyed many water villages, and recruited many young and strong water bandits, including eyeliners.

The gentry sent friendly messages to Fu Wang and others through these eyeliners, hoping to form a good relationship.

After thinking about it, Fu Wang and the others knew it was unreliable. They didn't know whether it was their own behavior or Yang Tao's instigation.

Fengzhen is from Anshan County, Zhangzhou, and since he is a nobleman, he still knows the routines of this circle quite well.

He said, "It's just a sounding board. No matter whether the lord can take Zhangzhou or not, it will be good for them."

If Jiang Pengji takes down Zhangzhou, they will have a natural advantage if they stand in line early, even if they only have a three-point favor.

If Jiang Pengji failed, and they didn't show any obvious behavior of standing in line, Yang Tao couldn't ask them to settle the case.

If there is one, there will be two. Yang Si couldn't help but sneer when he received envelopes from several companies for several days in a row.

"Yang Tao hasn't fallen yet, but they can't sit still, and they don't have half a cent of loyalty."

Feng Zhen shook his head and said, "It's just their instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages."

Fu Wang also said, "Such a villain, I can't believe it."

After all, Zhangzhou is Yang Tao's territory, who knows that there are no hidden stakes planted by him among these seemingly surrendered people?

Doubt is doubtful, the letter still has to be accepted, otherwise it would be a good thing to push the person into Yang Tao's arms, it would be better to hang on with an ambiguous attitude.

Seeing that the kindness they expressed did not receive a positive reply, some gentry felt a little flustered.

At this time, Fu Wang led the army to attack Dangfang in the south of Zhangzhou, and Qi Kuang was in charge of the naval division. The troops were divided into two groups, and the water routes advanced side by side.

Dangfang is a small place, because of its geographical advantages and convenient waterways from south to north, the business is relatively prosperous, and there are a lot of floating population.

As one of the gateways of Zhangzhou, Dangfang has a certain military weight due to the advantages of unobstructed waterways and intercommunication between the north and the south.

The county magistrate's surname is Xia here, and he was born in a wealthy local family. When he saw Fu Wang's army approaching menacingly, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

Feng Zhen thought about it carefully, and said with a smile, "This person likes to play around with the wind the most, and has a timid temperament. The general might as well scare him."

Fu Wang looked at Fengzhen, "How to scare?"

Feng Zhen said, "A secret letter, ordering them to open the city and surrender in three days, or they will slaughter all the people in Dangfang."

Yang Sibai glanced at Fengzhen, is this kid serious?

The massacre is criticized no matter what era it is placed in, and it is not easy to say it.

Fu Wang shook his head and said, "No, if this matter gets out, it will inevitably damage the reputation of the lord."

Feng Zhen said, "It's just to scare people, it's not really mobilizing troops to massacre the city, the general should relax."

Yang Si's eyes were almost rolled up to the top of his head, and he mocked, "Feng Langzi, can't you come up with some reliable ideas?"

Feng Zhen said, "You don't know that Dangfang is not Yang Jian's old forces. On the contrary, many local wealthy families still have some moderate conflicts with Yang Jian. Back then, Yang Jian led his troops to clear up the water bandits, and found several wealthy families in Dangfang. There is a business collusion with the water bandits. If someone is not trying to stop them, Yang Jian is afraid that they will kill them all. Knowing that there is no hope of defending the city, it is impossible for them to fill up their lives to defend the house for Yang Tao. If they can win here without bloodshed, it will be more or less impossible It can act as a deterrent. This is also a great encouragement to the morale of our army."

Yang Sidao, "There is always a contingency in everything."

Feng Zhen said, "If they don't want to surrender, then use soldiers to knock down the gate of Dangfang, and then spread rumors of the massacre to the county magistrate who defended the city. He said that he was afraid of our army's power and the people fleeing, so he deliberately released Gossip smears the lord,

It's a matter of a few words. "

History books are written by the winners, and the losers have no right to speak.

After hearing this, Yang Si showed an indescribable expression.

He cupped his hands at Yang Si, and said in a strange way, "I am convinced."

Feng Langzi became ashamed, almost comparable to the lord, he lost.

Fu Wang adopted Feng Zhen's opinion and issued a letter of challenge.

When Magistrate Xia saw Fu Wang's threat, his legs softened immediately.

According to the letter of war, Fu Wang led an army of 80,000 to point directly at Dangfang. If they didn't know each other, the 80,000 army could have trampled Dangfang down with one foot. If he resisted stubbornly, the result would be to lose his family's life and the lives of the people in the city in vain.

"This, what should I do? There are only 8,000 troops in the city, how can they beat 80,000 others?"

County magistrate Xia is really as Fengzhen said, he is a timid and fearful character, and he has no assertiveness when it comes to critical moments.

People in the world don't know the capabilities of Jiang Pengji's soldiers and horses in water warfare, but the siege battle is very impressive.

The aide asked, "Did Zheng Zegong send troops to reinforce?"

County magistrate Xia was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and couldn't help complaining, "Yang Tao's tent is in short supply of soldiers and horses, and there are gaps everywhere. How can he take care of the house? The letter has been sent out a long time ago, and the reinforcements will take seven or eight days at the earliest." Only then can we arrive. How can we withstand the ravages of those animals?"

Yang Tao also has Yang Tao's difficulties, but the county magistrate Xia will not be considerate, and instead complains.

"You said... Fu Wang and the others will really slaughter the city?"

Mu Liao said, "It's hard to say. Liu Xi was pinned down by the Nie family, and most of his troops were trapped in the north. It has been a long time since Fu Wang led troops to attack Zhangzhou, but he has not made any achievements so far. If he used the massacre to frighten all directions, Fu Wang would go south to attack Zhangzhou will encounter much less obstacles."

Zhangzhou is not of the same mind, the gentry have their own plans, and they are prone to quit when they see the limelight.

If you use massacres to show your own strength, maybe you can really scare the counties along the way to surrender voluntarily.

The magistrate Xia became even more flustered when he heard this.

The staff said again, "Whether the situation is favorable or unfavorable can be seen roughly. The strength of the two princes is even more so. Liu Xi's army is strong and the navy's combat power is also good. On the other hand, Yang Tao spent too much force in the south. In Sheng's alliance, how can you spare the strength to deal with Liu Xi now? In my opinion, even if the county magistrate is for the comfort of the people in the city, you should carefully consider this letter of war."

No matter how strong the house is, can it compare to the gates and cities that Jiang Pengji had broken open before?

In terms of military strength, the military strength is only 10% of the enemy's, and the reinforcements have not even seen their shadows. Even if they want to defend to the death, they will not be able to defend.

Instead of defending and losing the lives of the people in the city, it is better to surrender to the enemy.

Furthermore——

Yang Tao's father still had conflicts with Dangfang's wealthy families, and they might have deliberately delayed reinforcements.

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