? Yang Jiamo and Xie Longwen were desperate, and even lived and boarded on the city tower.
Xie Longwen even took out all the goods and personally led people to distribute them to the soldiers, so as not to be embezzled by some ghost again.
It's a pity that he has only been the county magistrate for two and a half months. If he hadn't made a lot of money by expropriating autumn grain, he would not even have money to recruit soldiers. But there is still not enough money and food. There is no need to distribute money this month, but food is being consumed every day.
"There is almost no food," Xie Longwen said in a low voice, "It can last for two or three days at most, and the big households in the city are unwilling to donate food."
Yang Jiamo frowned and said: "These big households don't know that they will be finished after the city is broken?"
Xie Longwen sighed and said: "In the summer, the rebels came in once. A big household had no money, but maintained law and order and killed some who took advantage of the fire. The big households in the city are not afraid of the rebels. The rebels will take revenge."
The last time Huang Yao raided Fengcheng County, due to too few troops and during the war, he did not even force the big households to release their slaves.
? Yang Jiamo asked: "Which one of the grain merchants in the city has the most grain?"
Xie Longwen replied: "Zhou and Wan."
"These two families must have colluded with the rebels," Yang Jiamo said, "I will lead troops to search Zhou's house, and you will lead troops to search Wan's house. We will do it at midnight tonight."
Yang Jiamo said: "Don't leak the news. Among the county government officials, there are children of these two families. I have been in office for less than three months, and many relationships have not been clarified. I don't know which of the soldiers are involved with these two families. "
On the other side, the county magistrate, the master book, and the history of the classics are also discussing.
"This Yang Jiamo is too cautious, and he can't poison at all. He doesn't drink the wine sent, and only eats with the soldiers."
"Hey, my military power has also been taken away, and this guy actually let a few helpers lead the army!"
"The county magistrate still won't go down the tower?"
"I never went back to the county office, I only ate and slept with the soldiers in the tower."
"Why don't we just set the fire tonight? As long as the fire is started, there will be chaos in the city, and the rebels outside the city will be able to come in."
"It's not good to set fire to it. They are all neighbors. Once burned, there will be a large area."
"Otherwise, what else can we do? The three of us have been transferred away from the city gate. It is impossible to take dozens of confidants to seize the city?"
"Think about it again, what if the governor brings troops to save Fengcheng County?"
"The governor is coming, he has already come. It has been five days, and there is no sign of the officers and soldiers."
"Wait another day, if the governor still doesn't come to rescue, then we will set fire to the city."
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Outside the city.
Li Zheng and Huang Yao were injured, and Fei Yinggong was temporarily promoted to commander in chief.
Although Huang Shun and Jiang Dashan have more seniority, everyone knows that Fei Yinggong is the fourth uncle of Zhao Han and Fei Ruhe. Moreover, Fei Yinggong himself has abilities, and other generals are convinced.
"General Manager Zhao, there are rebels coming to vote!"
Fei Yinggong immediately walked out of the tent and went to meet the rebels in person. This was already the second call.
The people in Fengcheng County were miserable, and they were looted by officers and soldiers in turn in Xia Tian. Seeing the harvest of autumn grain, the new magistrate began to exploit again, not to mention the tenants, many small landlords could not survive.
At this moment, a scholar led thousands of peasants, and carried a lot of grain with animals, standing outside the camp and waiting quietly.
Seeing the generals of the rebel army come out, the scholar immediately cupped his hands and said: "Luo Gongqin in Fengcheng, I have seen all the generals. The court has no morals, corrupt officials exploited, and the landlords abused the people. I heard that the righteous division besieged the county, and I dared to kill the landlords and revolt. I am willing to sacrifice my life to follow Luling Mr. Zhao!"
"Everyone, please come in quickly!" Fei Yinggong said happily.
The rebel army with less than 3,000 people, after five days of besieging the city, its strength increased to 5,000, and it was all the people of the county who spontaneously raised their voices to vote!
Just as Luo Gongqin was settled, before Fei Yinggong had time to rest, another peasant army suddenly defected.
This time there were only more than a hundred people, but their identities were very strange. There were eight descendants of the clan, and they even dragged their families along.
Descendants of the Zhu family!
When they heard that there was a royal family joining in, including Fei Yinggong, they were very surprised, and they all came to watch in surprise.
The leader is Zhu Yirong, and the name was given wrongly, the last word should be next to "fire". As for the other seven clans, they don't even have typesetting generations, they all have names like Zhu Gui and Zhu Fu.
Huang Shun asked curiously: "Brother Zhu, you are the clan, why why did you come to rebel?"
?It is undeniable that these anti-thief leaders, let alone meeting a vassal king, even if they meet a down-and-out clan; He has no objection to the distribution of land, because the Tu family uses business affairs to make profits. At the same time, Tu Changhan is still a scholar with the ambition to help the world, and he appreciates the content of "Datong Collection".
After sleeping until midnight, Tu Changhan was awakened by the noise.
However, a fire broke out in the city. As soon as this thing burned a large area, the neighbors in the neighborhood took the initiative to run to fight the fire.
Tu Changhan took the opportunity to summon his slaves, raised his sword and shouted: "The imperial court has no way, and Mr. Zhao in Luling will win the world. You servants can also be favored by Mr. Zhao. Now that the city is on fire, you must act for Mr. Zhao's internal affairs, and follow me to seize it. Make meritorious service in the city! Everyone come and get a tael of silver!"
"Young Master, you can't," the housekeeper turned pale with shock, "Master's bones are not cold yet, if the Young Master acts like this, it will definitely bring disaster to the Tu family, and the master will not be at ease under the nine springs!"
Tu Changhan was furious: "If you continue to make noise, I will kill you!"
Not long after, Tu Changhan rushed to the gate of the city with more than 20 slaves holding sticks, shouting along the way: "The rebels have entered the city, the rebels have entered the city!"
"Don't panic, don't run away!"
Yang Jiamo and Xie Longwen, as well as Yang Jiamo's two remaining family members, guard the four city walls in the southeast, northwest, respectively.
However, Fengcheng County has twelve city gates!
Many city guards saw the fire in the city and were afraid that their own homes would be burned, so they wanted to go home to help put out the fire. Hearing the shouts one after another, they thought that the rebels had sneaked into the city, and they ran away one after another.
Yang Jiamo even beheaded several people, but still couldn't hold back and fled.
At this moment, before troops were even dispatched outside the city, these defenders were already terrified.
(My wife and children are back from a trip. My wife went out to do errands in the morning. The author was pestered by the children and couldn't concentrate on typing. The update is over, sorry. ?