Chapter 310 Siege

After the Lantern Festival, Yunqing left Yuan Ying to guard Lanzhou City, and he led an army of 80,000 to attack Xicheng.

Yun Qing originally planned to spend a day to capture the West City, but he did not expect that the battle would be over in two hours. It was not Yunqing who captured the city, but someone in the city who opened the gate.

Yun Qing heard the city gate opened and immediately ordered to enter the city. Seeing this, Cui Mo said: "General, be careful of fraud." This fact is really suspicious!

Yun Qing glanced at Cui Mo, and said, "Chen Wei is not that stupid." Their army was overwhelming, and Chen Wei's only reliance was the strong defense of Xicheng. In this case, it is impossible for Chen Wei to open the city gate. Although Yunqing didn't know why the city gate was opened, he would be a fool if he missed this opportunity.

Cui Mo looked at Yunqing issuing orders, touched his head, and said that the one who was cautious was the general, and the one who marched into the city was also the general, and he didn't know what to believe.

Knowing that it was the soldiers from the Xicheng Guards Office who opened the city gate and let the Northwest Army in, Chen Wei bared his teeth and cracked his eyes: "Damn..." If the person who opened the city gate stood in front of him, he would definitely tear him to pieces. Unfortunately, there is no chance now.

The subordinate said: "General, let's go back quickly!" No one thought that the people in the west city would dare to rebel. If they knew, they would not have been allowed to participate in the battle. It's just that it's too late to regret it now, the most urgent thing is to leave West City and go back to Pick City.

Chen Wei said: "Let's go." Without a strong city wall, Yun Qing could not be resisted with his 50,000 people.

It's a pity that Chen Wei was not as lucky as Ji Xuan, he was caught up by Cui Mo when he ran halfway, and he cut off his head directly, and took it to Yun Qing for business.

Not long after Yunqing entered the city, he saw the people who opened the city gate to let them in, not all of them, only the leader. The man's name was Lei Xingmin, and he belonged to a hundred households in the Xicheng Guards Office. Baihu is also a sixth-rank official, and his official position is relatively high in a place like Xicheng.

Looking at Lei Xingmin, Yun Qing asked: "Can you tell me, why did you open the city gate and let us in?" Yun Qing really felt that this treason was really too easy. Lanzhou City has Sun Shaojian to assist, and this West City also has Lei Xingmin, but I don't know if there will be someone to assist when the time comes to attack Pickaxe City.

Yun Qing was very alert, and immediately threw this thought away. Although it was easy to break the city these two times, if he lost his vigilance and had such extravagant thoughts, he would not know how to die. It doesn't matter if he dies, his brother who conspired with him and his wife and children waiting for him in Yucheng will be implicated, so don't take it lightly.

Lei Xingmin blushed with excitement, and said, "Lei has always respected the general, but he never thought that he would meet the general in his lifetime." It was like saying that Lei Xingmin was a loyal supporter of Yunqing.

Yu Cong was secretly amazed, he didn't expect this person to open the city gate because of his admiration for the general, it's really unreal!

When Yun Qing heard this, instead of showing a smile, he said with a cold face, "You opened the city gate for this reason?" What kind of people did the imperial court support.

Although Yunqing rebelled, he was still a general, a general who led the army, and he hated this kind of behavior that was almost child's play.

Lei Xingmin shook his head and said, "Of course not. I heard that Lanzhou City, Wucheng and other places have posted notices, saying that there will be no need to pay exorbitant taxes in the future. In addition, people are encouraged to open up wasteland and farm land." Of course, this is only one aspect. , and Lei Xingmin didn't say anything.

Yun Qing is no fool, how could he believe Lei Xingmin so quickly. But Lei Xingmin did a great job opening the city gate and letting them in. In order to reward Lei Xingmin, Yunqing promoted him to be the deputy thousand householder from the fifth rank.

Lei Xingmin was very excited, and said excitedly, "Thank you, General." He became a hundred household at the age of twenty-five this year, and he believed that following General Yun, he would have a bright future.

Yu Cong looked at the back of Lei Xingmin leaving, and said with a smile: "General, I didn't expect that Lei Xingmin also worships the general!" Lei Xingmin opened the city gate so that they don't have to pay the price of casualties,

For an official from the fifth rank, it is considered a small one.

Yun Qing said: "You didn't hear him say that he opened the gate of the city because I ordered the exorbitant taxes to be reduced and exempted to encourage land reclamation? These things are not known by ordinary people. Let people check the details of this person." It's not like ordinary people.

It didn't take long for Yunqing to know the details of Lei Xingmin. Lei Xingmin is not the son of a commoner, his family is also the family of a general, his grandfather and father both served in the army. When his father retired, he was already the vice president, and he was also the second in command in Xicheng Yingwei. It's a pity that he was injured later and couldn't continue to stay in the camp.

Yu Cong said: "General, this Lei Xingmin's father has a very good reputation in Xicheng." As long as they didn't commit any crimes, they wouldn't move.

Yun Qing nodded and said, "Check carefully."

Yu Cong nodded and said, "I will." It is Yun Qing's own rule not to wrong a good person, nor to spare a wicked person.

After a while, Cui Mo came back. After Cui Mo handed over Chen Wei's head, he said, "General, luckily he didn't let him run away this time." Letting Ji Xuan run away is really a great shame to him.

Yun Qing smelled the smell, and frowned: "Next time, you don't need to bring the head into the house." If you kill it, you will kill it, and bring it over to make the house smell bad.

Cui Mo felt that since he got married to his wife, the general of his family has become very particular. However, he did not dare to resist, and nodded in response: "General, who is the person who let go of the city gate today?" eagerly welcome them into the city.

Yu Cong explained: "It's from a hundred households in Xicheng Yingwei, named Lei Xingmin. The general has already met him and promoted him two levels."

Cui Mo said: "Lei Xingmin, this name is quite interesting." I don't know, but I thought it was the hope that the common people would prosper!

Yunqing and Yu Cong didn't answer this stupid question.

Cui Mo didn't care, anyway, he just said it casually. Cui Mo asked Yun Qing a question, "General, when will we attack Maicheng?"

Yun Qing said: "Tomorrow." Seeing Cui Mo and Yu Cong's surprised faces, Yun Qing said: "The imperial court should have sent a large army to support Ji Xuan, we must make a quick decision and break the Pickaxe City as soon as possible." Pickaxe City cannot be breached as soon as possible. Once it is delayed until March, the northern exiles will attack by then. At that time, they will be attacked by the enemy. Therefore, it is necessary to take Pick City as soon as possible to occupy a favorable situation, and then send troops back to Yucheng.

It is more than four hundred miles from Xicheng to Maicheng. It took only two and a half days for Yunqing to arrive with the army.

Guan Tai was the vanguard. Seeing that there were not even a single soldier on the city wall of Maicheng, he immediately reported the strangeness to Yun Qing: "General, there is no one on the city wall? The city gate is also open."

Yun Qing didn't go directly to the city, but sent someone to check the reality. After confirming that there was no ambush in the city, Yun Qing led the army into the city.

The news that the Northwest Army killed corrupt officials and confiscated their wealth has long spread throughout the Northwest. Therefore, the money that Guan Tai confiscated in Xicheng was not a lot.

Guan Tai reported the number of gold and silver seized to Yunqing, and said: "General, these bastards heard us coming and ran away with the gold and silver treasures." Knowing that it was a dead end, those An official or a wealthy businessman would be a fool if he didn't run away after getting the news.

Yun Qing said: "Where can I bring a lot of money when I run away, let the soldiers search it carefully, these people must have hidden gold and silver and other things." Not to mention anything else, tens of millions were seized in Lanzhou City alone. However, in Yunqing's eyes, this money is really not much. You must know that the pension alone costs more than four million yuan! In addition, there is a need to purchase war horses and replace weapons and equipment. The combination of these cannot be handled without tens of millions of taels. There must be a lot of other messy expenses, and this amount of money is really not enough.

In the past, Yunqing didn't care about gold, silver and money, but ever since he became the chief general of Yucheng, he has been worried about money. In particular, Yuxi gave him all the dowry, which made him feel ashamed. A penny is hard for a hero, so save as much as you can now, this time the opportunity has passed, and there will be no such good things in the future.

Knowing that Yunqing is going to lead troops to attack Yongcheng tomorrow, Cui Mo said: "General, Maro Mountain is only more than 80 miles away from here. I will lead my troops to destroy them." Maro Mountain only has 2,000 troops. , he brought the cavalry over there, and it took half a day to wipe out those bandits.

If it was before, Yun Qing would definitely agree with Cui Mo's words, but after being talked about by Yu Xi too much, he also feels that he shouldn't kill them all.

Yun Qing said: "You lead your troops to Mount Maro, and just arrest Hong Feihu and the other leaders. As long as the other people don't resist and are willing to go home and farm, let them go down the mountain."

Cui Mo didn't quite understand, and said: "General, why?" They can completely kill the bandits in Maro Mountain now.

Yun Qing said: "Most of the bandits on Mount Maro are ordinary people who were forced to go up the mountain to become bandits by the government. In this case, we will give them a chance to survive." Since these bandits were forced to go up the mountain, then He takes their chances. If you don't cherish it, then don't blame him for being cruel.

Yu Cong beamed, and said, "The general is benevolent and righteous." If the bandits in Maruo Mountain are not killed, the other bandits will disband themselves if they get the news and don't need us to suppress them. Although it is easy for them to suppress bandits, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and no one can guarantee that there will be no casualties. It is a good thing that it can be solved without any effort.

If it was before, Cui Mo would definitely raise objections. But after experiencing what happened in Lanzhou City and Xicheng City, he felt that Yunqing's decision was right.

Cui Mo said: "General, don't worry, as long as they don't resist, I will definitely not kill them."

It was also because Ma Luoshan had collected tolls and robbed in recent years, but he would not kill innocent people indiscriminately, nor would he rob and bully the people around him, so Yunqing decided to show mercy. If it was a bandit who did many evils, he must be wiped out.

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