Chapter 29 Miser

After listening to Zhu Cai, he sat up straight and waved his hand to let the two beautiful maidservants retreat, and asked the regular waiter, "Oh? What kind of bandit? Isn't it a bucket of valley on the other side of Xiong'er Mountain? Their group of local thieves have been in this area for a year and a half. Where did a bandit come from? Is it a cava jar? Humph! What can they do when they come? Why do you want to discuss this kind of thing with me?"

"No! It's not a bucket of valley, nor the local thieves of the clay pot, but a group of thieves who have just flowed from Shanxi to be called the Xingtian Army. Compared with a bucket of valleys, this group of thieves are ten times more powerful! That's why Wuzhi County came to discuss countermeasures with Your Highness!" This permanent servant obviously has heard from Wuzhi County, so he is very nervous.

Zhu Cai nodded helplessly and asked Wu Dalie and other local officials to come in and talk.

Wu Dalie walked into Zhu Cai's hall in panic. Anyway, Zhu Cai had the name of a vassal king, so after he entered the hall, he immediately knelt down and saluted Zhu Cai.

Zhu Cai waved his hand impatiently and said, "Come on! Get up and talk! Tell me what are you going to do with me today?

So Wu Dalie told Zhu Cai about Xing Tianjun's entry into Yongning County. He heard that there were tens of thousands of thieves coming this time. Zhu Cai became a little panicked and hurriedly, "Since the thieves are coming fiercely, why don't you quickly summon the defenders and go to the city and come to me?"

Wu Dalie looked at Zhu Cai's posture of being out of the matter, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry. When is it now? Even if you are the prince, you can't sit idly by!

So Wu Dalie quickly said to Zhu Cai, "Your Highness, it's not that the humble people who have to come to you to discuss this matter. As a court official, although we have the responsibility to guard the land, the county has already been empty because of the construction of the city this year! The soldiers in the city have not been pay for four months, so they have been making a pay last month!

Now if they are forced to go to the city to fight against the enemy, if they don't give them a money, they will never contribute! What's more, there are less than 600 defenders in the city now. There are nearly ten thousand bandits from outside the city. The military strength is so different, how can they defend the county?

So this time I came to see the prince. I just want to ask the prince to take out some money for the time being, pay the pay money first, and then take out some of it to recruit some villagers to guard the city. Otherwise, in the present situation, the county can't be kept!

There are still some guards in the royal palace. Now I also ask the prince to go to the city to strengthen the defense of the city wall. If not, Yongning County is in danger. As the saying goes, there is a complete egg under the nest, and the prince is also in the city. Once the city is broken, the prince will be lucky to avoid it!"

After listening to Zhu Cai, his face suddenly changed greatly. The descendants of the Zhu family spread to their area. There was a common characteristic, that is, everyone cherished money like life. As soon as he heard that he was asked to take money to reward the army's money, Zhu Cai's heart suddenly jumped.

"Nonsense! The military pay should be paid by the court. How can there be a saying that the vassal king should pay the military? In the past few years, I have been even affected by the disaster in my fiefdom. You people can't even defend your own land, which has also caused my king's imperial village outside the city to be attacked, so that in the past few years, my income has not been able to cover my income! I haven't calculated this account for you yet. Now it's okay. Instead, you come to ask me for money. That's really unreasonable!

However, since you came to see me today, I also make a statement that there are still 500 bodyguards in my palace. I can temporarily leave 100 people to guard these people, and the remaining 400 people can let them go to the city to guard. As for the military service of the defenders in the city, I will not take it. The money came out!

My royal palace is not the only one here in Yongning City, and there are many rich people in the city! They should always have that money!" Even if Zhu Cai suddenly refused Wu Dalie's request, it was okay. When the bandits came, he asked me to take out the money. If there were many bandits in the future, would he have to pay every time? Therefore, this opening must not be opened easily, otherwise, it will not be easy to do in the future.

Wu Da is so angry that he jumps his feet. Now it's time that the King of Wan'an still holds the money in his family and refuses to let go. There are several big families in the city, but if the King of Wan'an doesn't take the lead in paying, how can other people take the money out?

Therefore, after listening to it, Wu Dalie and several officials in the county government office begged bitterly, stated their interests, and begged Zhu Cai to find a way to take out some money to help the county tide over this difficulty, even if it was lent to the county government office. For this reason, Zhu Cai finally reluctantly agreed to take out 5,000 taels of silver. Zi gave it to Wu Dalie and others to pay for the guards in the city, and also recruited the countryside in the city to help the battle.

Yongning County became lively. A team finally got the defenders who were short of pay for two months. They began to climb the city wall and looked nervously out of the city. Wu Dalie immediately sent a fast horse messenger and flew to Luoyang Henan Prefecture to report for help, hoping to support the arrival of reinforcements.

Xiao Tianjian raised the telescope and observed Yongning County. After putting down the telescope, he said to the generals, "This time we can't be the same as when we entered Yangcheng!" When we first arrived here, we didn't carry much grain, and we can't expect our hometown to provide us with too much grain, so the most important thing for us now is to get a batch of grain salaries in this area before we can gain a foothold here!

Our plan to go south this time is to fight Yongning first, and Yongning County has been relatively peaceful in recent years. All kinds of volunteers have not been able to defeat Yongning County. There is a Wan'an king Zhu Cai in the city. His family is very rich and has a large number of grain reserves, so as long as Yongning County is taken down and the grain money from Wan'an Wang Zhu Cai, We have a foothold of capital!

After controlling Yongning, we immediately attacked the Lu family. We firmly controlled these two places in our hands a few years ago, so that we can attack and retreat. It will be no big problem to gain a foothold in the west of Henan!

All kinds of local forces are intricate and complex. This battle should be fought quickly. After the Yongning County is first, otherwise, once the bucket valley of Xiong'er Mountain and the tile jar of Niuxin Mountain learns that we are here, they will inevitably come to grab the booty with us! Therefore, we will quickly capture Yongning County, and then clean up the surrounding area. We must establish a new order in this area before the New Year to prevent the large-scale invasion of the officers and army! The people in this area are really suffering! Without the food in the city, we can't stand here this winter!"

The generals nodded as soon as they heard it. Now thousands of them have gone deep into Henan, and there is basically no way out. Although they also brought a batch of grain this time, these grains and plants are not enough to support them for too long, so Xiao Tian Jian decided to take Yongning first and get a large amount of grain, which was crucial for their next step in Henan, so Luo Li rolled up his arms and immediately said, "General, just tell me!" Our second battalion is still at the top, isn't it just a county seat? What is this?"

Li Shuanzhu also said immediately, "Yes, the general, just give the order!" Since we have made up our mind, what are we waiting for?

Even Liu Yaoben rubbed his hands and clothes eager to try, waiting for Xiao Tianjian to order him to do it.

From giving up Mianchi to their killing to Yongning County, Xing Tianjun only took a day and a half, so Yongning County had no time to make more preparations.

The reason why Xiao Tianjian wants to hit Yongning County is that the terrain in this area has the same effect as that of Yangcheng, Shanxi. There is only one road to get to and from Yongning, and to the west of Yongning County is Lushi County, which belongs to the mountainous area of western Henan, which is very conducive to Xing Tianjun's foothold here.

And this area is the same as Yangcheng. There is coal and iron. Once it is controlled, you can use the ready-made craftsmen to be self-sufficient in this area and reduce the logistical needs of Shanxi. Moreover, there are relatively few officers and soldiers in this area. As long as he moves fast enough, with his current strength, he will definitely have a chance to make this area. It's in their hands.

So before leaving Shanxi, Xiao Tianjian had already made this plan. As soon as he defeated Mianchi County and obtained the first batch of combat materials, he led his troops to quickly kill Yongning County.

However, this battle is not as simple as Xiao Tianjian thought. Yongning County is the strongest city among the surrounding counties. This year, it has been rebuilt again. The city wall has been raised to a height of seven or eight meters. Although there are not many defenders, it is not easy to attack.

Otherwise, the local thieves in the mountains of Yuxi will not let go of such a piece of fat meat.

So although Xiao Tianjian had the idea of beating Yongning for a long time, he still had a headache after he really arrived at the field.

Fortunately, the morale of the Xingtian Army is extremely high, the quality of equipment is also very good, and the assigned arms are complete. If it is a strong attack, it may not be impossible to defeat it.

After examining the entire wall of Yongning County, Xiao Tianjian immediately ordered his soldiers and horses to firmly surround Yongning County, while Luo Li's second battalion was responsible for attacking the east gate of Yongning County, and Li Shuanzhu's third battalion was responsible for attacking the south gate. The two gates began to attack at the same time, requiring them to attack Yongning County within three days.

Liu Yaoben's teaching camp was used as a reserve team. On the one hand, it swept away the hostile forces outside the city, and on the other hand, it stationed troops in the east of the city to prevent the reinforcements from attacking from behind.