Chapter 6 Fraud

(Chapter 4 is coming. Don't be annoyed. You have to explain the reasons for Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's appearance first! Ha ha! I'm exhausted! Take a break and update three more chapters tomorrow! Remember that tomorrow and Monday, the red tickets are all mine!)

Fengxiang Mansion soon received the news that a large number of devailed civilian troops were rushing towards Fengxiang. The magistrate Duan Youzhi was very worried. Although they received Chen Qiyu's Tangbao a few days ago, they learned that the leaders trapped in the carriage Gorge had announced their surrender to the government and planned to be good people and return to their hometowns to live in peace. From then on, they would no rebellion.

Moreover, Chen Qiyu also gave orders to all places that states, governments and counties should be responsible for providing food for these demobilized reformers for consumption in various places, so as to prevent these reformers from rebelling again because they have no food.

Although Chen Qiyu's order is clear, officials in various places still dare not believe these cunning mutants. In particular, most officials in all places are very worried about whether the leaders of the civilian army have been taken down in this Tang newspaper.

After all, Chen Qiyu is a Beijing official. At the beginning of the year, he was sent to the local government to serve as the governor of the five provinces. He was responsible for leading the soldiers and horses of the five provinces to suppress the civil army. Chen Qiyu did not understand the cunning of these civil army, but as local officials in all parts of Shaanxi, he understood the cunning of these leaders. If they were sincere this time It's a good thing to surrender, but if they cheat and surrender again this time, then there is no doubt that Chen Qiyu will accept the surrender of the civilian army this time, and all parts of Shaanxi will immediately fall into chaos.

As soon as Duan Youzhi heard the news that a large number of mutabulary troops appeared in Fengxiangfu, he immediately told the counties to be careful. If these mutabulent forces do not make trouble, once they find that they have changes, they must stick to the city and do not careless to let these cunning people take advantage of the loopholes.

Li Zicheng led the eight teams of soldiers under his command, did not raise the flag, did not show their weapons, and went straight to Fengxiang County all the way.

From afar, I saw that the gate of Fengxiang County was immediately closed as soon as I saw them, and a team of officers and soldiers rushed up to the wall like a big enemy.

Li Zicheng did not ride a horse. He ran all the way to the gate of Fengxiang County in stealth in the army. The soldiers of the eighth team immediately stopped outside the city.

And the officers and soldiers in the city immediately shouted with bows, "Those who come stop and report their identity, otherwise they will regard you as a riot army. Don't blame us for not being affectionate, we are going to fire!"

Li Zicheng stopped in the army and said to one of the generals who followed him, "Li Guo, you send someone to pretend to be a pacifier and call the gate, saying that we are the surrendered civilian army. By the order of Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, come here to get food, and let them open the gate and send food out!"

Li Guo is Li Zicheng's nephew. He was originally one of the first relatives to rebel with Li Zicheng. After so many years of war, Li Guo has grown into the most important general under Li Zicheng's command. He has gained the nickname of a tiger and fought bravely. In addition, he is quite calculating.

Li Guo nodded, immediately recruited a subordinate in officer's military uniform, and whispered to him. The man nodded repeatedly and agreed, strode out of the crowd, came to the gate, raised a waist card and a piece of paper in his hand, and shouted at the city, "I am the general flag under the account of Inspector Chen, Lao The son's surname is Liu. This is Laozi's waist card and the edict issued by the governor himself. These people are all the followers of the transformed civilian army who have defected to the imperial court. I was appointed to serve as the appeasement officer of these people. I happen to pass through here and need to get food here. Please send the grain out of the city as soon as possible. After we receive the food, we will naturally leave immediately! Governor Chen has an order first, and the appeasement is big. All places are not allowed to shirk the food. Once these mutans are forced to rebel again, no one of you can afford to offend!"

Seeing the clothes of this person who came out to answer, it was indeed the clothes of the officers and soldiers, but because it was too far away, he could not see the authenticity of the waist card in his hand on the wall at all, so the defenders in the city couldn't decide what to do, but they also heard of the chaotic army. The matter of surrender, so they didn't dare to believe whether the words of Liu Zongqi, who came out to answer, were true or false.

It was a general who guarded this gate. After listening to the words of "Mr. Liu" below, he hesitated for a moment, so he shouted at the "Mr. Liu" below: "It turned out to be the brother under the account of the supervisor. It's disrespectful and disrespectful! But I was ordered to guard the city gate and didn't dare to be careless. Now I ask someone to put down a basket, ask Brother Liu to put the waist card in the basket, and let me check it. If not, I will immediately notify the lord of the county and send the food out! Now please ask Mr. Liu to restrain these exiles first and retreat a little to avoid misunderstanding!"

As soon as the words fell, a soldier put a basket down from the tower with a rope. The "Liu Zongqi" had no choice but to wave to the "evacuated people" behind him. After seeing his gesture, Li Zicheng whispered a few words to the people around him, and his men immediately retreated slowly. A distance seems to be more in line with the greeting of the appeasement official.

Mr. Liu stepped forward and walked under the gate. He reached out and put his waist card in the basket. He was quickly pulled up by the soldiers in the city. He stepped back a few times and pretended to be impatient and shouted at it, "Hurry up! I came all the way from Hanzhong, and my feet were soaked with water. Now these people outside are as hungry as wolves. If I can't get food again, I really have to go back. Don't I have the first bad luck? Hurry up!"

When the waist card was raised on the city wall, the soldiers immediately presented the waist card and the order sealed with the blood-red seal to the general manager. He picked it up and saw that it was true, so he turned his head to an official standing behind them in a small miscellaneous blue civil uniform and said, "Lord Li, this waist card It's not true that the order and the warrant are not fake. I think the following people should not be disguised by the rebels! Will you open the door and let them enter the city for food?

The person wearing low-grade civilian clothes is Li Bingcheng, a magistrate of Fengxiang County. From beginning to end, this person stood at the head of the city without saying a word, and has been silently looking at the group of "dead people" gathered outside the city gate

After listening to this general reply, Li Bingcheng not only did not nod, but suddenly sneered: "Confused! I can conclude that this group of so-called exiles outside the city is not a surrendered army at all, and the people below are by no means appeasement officials. They must be disguised as bandits! This group of people are simply a chaotic army. They want to deceive me and wait to open the door! I want to seize the opportunity to seize the city!"

That person was always a little dumbfounded. He looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see anything strange. I don't know why Li Zhixian insisted that this group of exiles outside must be a chaotic army, so he explained, "But this waist card is really not fake!"

"I'm confused! These chaotic armies and the government have been enemies for several years. I don't know how many officers and soldiers have been killed. Isn't it a simple thing to find a few such waist cards? What's more, the chaotic army is surrendering to the imperial court this time. Who knows if it is fraudulently surrendering again? And it's not surprising that they got the warrant. How can they believe them!" Li Bingcheng continued to answer with a sneer.

"But if they are really the exiles who pass through this place, if we don't provide them with grain and force them to rebel again, they can't afford to bear the responsibility!" The general always hesitated and continued to say to Li Bingcheng.

"Hmm! It's absolutely impossible! Look, although they are in a mess on the surface, it is impossible for so many people to listen to the instructions of a small appeasement officer. In fact, they are secretly dispatched. Just now, you ordered them to retreat for the time being. In a short time, they will retreat together. If no one secretly commands, how can thousands of people Can it be done so easily?

Look again, the people in front of these people outside seem to be bare-handed, but looking back, there are many faint flashes. Isn't this flash their hidden swordsmen? If we believe them, as soon as the gate opens, we will rush in. I'm afraid we won't be able to make the decision at that time!" This Li Bingcheng is not a mediocre official, and his eyes are still very sharp. He pointed to those "disable people" outside the city and said to this.

This man always looked carefully along Li Bingcheng's fingers. He really saw that something flashed light from time to time among the exiles. As a member of the army, he naturally knew better than anyone what those flashes were. Even if he was in a cold sweat, he scolded, "These bastards and gangsters almost deceived me!" If they really have weapons, fortunately Lord Li saw their feet, otherwise, it would be a big trouble this time! Come on, get ready to fire, and the crossbowman is ready to bombard these damn bandits outside into scum! Damn it! If you want to lie to us, let them die!"

"Hang slowly, don't be reckless! Listen to me! Let's do this..." Li Bingcheng hurriedly stopped the boss and whispered to him, and the boss's face gradually slowed down, and then showed a treacherous smile.

Li Zicheng led the crowd to stand outside the city, waiting for the reply from the city, but on the other side, he began to secretly mobilize his subordinates and let his general Liu Zongmin secretly select one hundred and ten old brothers of the eight teams. These people were all very brave, making them hide their weapons and be prepared, as long as the city checked the waist card of the appeasement official. Without a mistake, he opened the door to deliver food to the outside, and immediately rushed to seize the gate, and then he led the crowd into the city and captured Fengxiang City.

But after waiting for a long time, there was no movement in the city. The "Mr. Liu" shouted under the gate again, "I said, the brothers in the city listened. I came all the way here and handed everything. When are you mother going to wait for me? I can tell you, if you don't send food out quickly, in case these people are forced to go back, none of you can afford to suffer! Hurry up, okay?"

At this time, a man on the tower stretched out his head, coughed gently, and then shouted to Mr. Liu below, "Be presumptuous! How dare you shout like this again! Is it possible that you think you are under the account of the supervisor, and I dare not condemn you? ......”