On the fifth day of October in the second year of the Chonghe reign of the Song Dynasty, Sun Tu, the governor of the capital, returned to Qingzhou City, causing drastic changes.
At the end of the Yin Dynasty and the beginning of the Mao period, Sun Tu led his troops to enter the city without hesitation and easily knocked on the door and entered the city. He immediately rushed to the government office and captured 278 officials below the prefect Murong Yanchao.
Then the Xiang army troops came out in all directions and captured all the family members of an official's house. By the end of the morning, more than 700 people had been captured, and more than 500 officials and their families were all escorted and tied up in Qingzhou City. Cross street.
This act immediately attracted the attention of the whole city. After discovering that these officers and soldiers entering the city did not disturb ordinary people, many people had the courage to go out to find out the news. As soon as they went out, they saw a group of officials and their family members being forced to kneel on the ground. Behind each of them stood a soldier with a raised eyebrow and a sharp knife. It was obvious what they were going to do next.
Afterwards, several soldiers strode through the streets and alleys of the city, loudly announcing to all directions the various crimes committed by these officials: "Now, I, the officials of Qingzhou, have colluded with the bandits of Erlongshan to massacre. We, the officers and soldiers of Qingzhou, killed our people in Qingzhou. Fortunately, Sun Tu, the governor of Qingzhou, led the army in time to bring order to the chaos and thwart his conspiracy. Today, under the order of the governor, I serve as a warning to the world, to reassure the people, stabilize the morale of the army, and comfort the soldiers who died. , so 527 government officials and their family members involved in this matter were executed!"
When these words were passed word by word to the ears of the people in every household, the whole city was shocked, and many people could not believe their ears. Isn't this Sun Dujian too brave? He actually dared to kill more than 500 people at once? And many of them are officials from Qingzhou Prefecture
But the facts told them that Sun Tu really dared to do such a thing. After clearly declaring the charges of these people, and following his order, hundreds of soldiers in the Cross Street area raised their swords high, although those in front of them either cried and begged, or insulted, or some It's a curse, but these people don't hesitate at all. He quickly raised his knife and struck down.
Both the officers and soldiers of the Xiang Army and the people from Liangshan who later surrendered to Sun Tu were filled with hatred for these government officials who almost killed themselves. Especially for the former, many of their friends, Pao Ze, and even relatives died that night due to Murong Yanchao's plot and the assassination of government officials. Now that they have the opportunity to take revenge, they will naturally not hesitate at all, and even feel a little relieved.
Suddenly, blood burst out and the head fell to the ground. Hundreds of people settled accounts at the same time at this moment, including not only the families of officials who seemed to be implicated, but also several important officials in Qingzhou Prefecture, including Murong Yanchao, Tongzhi Fangping, and Tuiguan Shen. Bian…
In fact, before their heads fell to the ground, they still had a trace of luck in their hearts. They felt that Sun Tu did not have the courage to kill themselves and other court officials without authorization, and thought that he was just doing it for show and to intimidate everyone.
It wasn't until someone gave the order that they realized that Sun Tu was really determined to kill himself this time. This made Murong Yanchao scream in horror before he died: "Sun Tu, you dare to kill me without permission. You are so kingless and fatherless, and you will be despised by all generations. One day, the imperial court will wipe out your entire family, and you will not be able to do well."
He was unable to shout the last word of death because the sharp knife from behind fell down suddenly and sliced off his head. At the same time, other prisoners around him also collapsed as their heads hit the ground. The blood flowing out quickly spread and gathered together, and then slowly continued to flow towards the lower place in front. Soon,
It gathered into a pool of blood in a low-lying part of a street.
The pungent smell of blood lingered over the entire Qingzhou City for a long time, and the people were shocked. They truly understood the brutality of the officialdom battle, and also understood the ruthlessness of this young Sun Dujian. The famous Magistrate Murong is even more ruthless!
In fact, since Sun Tu came to Qingzhou in June and July, the disputes here have never subsided. The control of Qingzhou City also changed hands several times, and the government and the Xiang army clashed several times. In the end, the secret fight turned into an open fight, which eventually led to a series of tragic disasters.
Seizing military rations, breaking into government offices, killing Xiang troops, and finally the execution of officials all over the city... This kind of thing that no one dared to imagine in the past was actually staged one by one in just a few months, until it failed. One party eventually broke up and died. This brought too much shock to the people in the city, and finally made everyone understand the truth. Sun Dujian has truly become the master of Qingzhou City this time.
Qingzhou, I am the master!
A few days later, when all the corpses were processed and buried, the smell of blood in the city gradually dissipated, and some gossip spread among the people of Qingzhou that Sun Dujian was the reincarnation of Yama, and he came to cause massacres in the Song Dynasty. Not only here, many people died because of him in Jiangzhou and even Bianliang, Tokyo. He even had a name, Iron-faced Yama!
Sun Yanluo's name became popular among the people. Although no one dared to call Sun Tu this openly, secretly, even ordinary soldiers called him this. Of course, this does not mean that the soldiers have any opinions about Sun Tu. On the contrary, this behavior completely won the hearts of the entire army, including the newly surrendered bandits from the two mountains. They all also believed in this A young governor.
The emphasis in the military has always been on strength, and once a general not only has outstanding abilities, but can also think about what the soldiers think and worry about their needs, it will be easier to gain their love and support. As for Sun Tu, it is obvious that he has achieved the ultimate in both.
He dared to constantly fight against the prefect as a mere governor, and he would win every fight. He was able to lead the Xiang army to win consecutive battles and leveled two bandit strongholds that had been entrenched in Qingzhou for many years. Finally, he was able to lead his troops back to Qingzhou in time and regain the initiative... No matter who can do one of these things These things are already stronger than more than 80% of the generals in the world, not to mention that Sun Tu has accomplished them all in just a few months. Now in the minds of all the soldiers, Sun Dujian is already a rare famous general in the world.
What's more important is that Sun Tu puts the interests of his soldiers first and dares to stand up for his brothers. This time, in order to seek justice for those brothers who died, he rushed into the government office and killed all the people involved. This made the soldiers not only grateful, but also devoted to him.
So even though many people knew that this would lead to endless troubles, no one in the Qingzhou Army had the intention to betray them. They all believed that as long as Sun Dujian was here, the Qingzhou Army would not be able to disperse and they could still make everyone The man straightened his chest and stood proudly on this land of Qilu.
And when all this quickly spread to areas outside Qingzhou, the officers and soldiers there also developed a heart of respect for Sun Tu. How many officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty were wronged because of the imperial court's national policy of emphasizing civility and restraining military force, but they had no way to complain. Now that the incident in Qingzhou has naturally given everyone a glimmer of hope, many soldiers hope that their superiors, like Sun Dujian, can stand up to support them and take back what should have been
Everything belongs to them: property, dignity and reputation...
In ten months, Sun Tu's various deeds in Qingzhou have spread throughout Shandong, making him an alien and unstable factor in the eyes of many officials, and also making him a great hero in the eyes of many warriors. As for how it will be determined in the end, it still depends on the intention of the court.
Of course, all this will not be revealed until several months later. After killing all the government officials and completely taking control of Qingzhou, the next thing Sun Tu needs to do is to stabilize the military and civilians in Qingzhou Prefecture. At the same time, Be fully prepared to continue the campaign to suppress the bandits in Erlong Mountain.
However, this matter encountered big trouble at the beginning. On the night when Sun Tu killed all the people in the government office, a fire suddenly broke out in the government office's granary, burning a large amount of military rations that Murong Yanchao had forcibly taken from the military camp a few days ago. Got it clean...
When Sun Tu was woken up at night and hurried to the granary, there was already a fire there. No matter what means everyone tried, they could not put out the fire. In the end, they could only watch with regret as the granary and the thousands of stones of food inside were destroyed. All turned into ashes.
Sun Tu looked at the red fire, his eyes flashing with anger: "What on earth is going on? Isn't it such an important place that no one is strictly guarding it?"
"The general has found out his guilt and asked the governor to punish him." The commander of Battalion C, who was in charge of related matters, stood up and replied with a face full of remorse: "Because the army has been fighting continuously for many days, and it is already exhausted from rushing back to Qingzhou at starry night. Moreover, all the thieves in the city had been arrested and executed before, so the general thought that Qingzhou City was completely safe. When the general sent people back to camp to rest, only five people were left to guard the granary. But unexpectedly, they actually They were all killed, and even the granary was set on fire..."
Sun Tu's eyes swept over the people in front of him: "So, someone deliberately set this fire? You can probably guess who did it?"
"From the current point of view, there are only two types of people who dare to do such things. One is the remnants of Murong Yanchao's party, and the other is the bandits from Erlong Mountain. The latter is especially more likely. After all, they should also know very well that when our Qingzhou situation is decided, we will use troops against them. At this time, setting fire to our Qingzhou military rations will naturally buy them a lot of time." Huang Wenbing quickly gave own ideas.
At this time, Lin Chong added another point: "I heard those people from Erlong Mountain who surrendered say that the reason why they cooperated with the government officials and others that day was because the village leader Deng Long suffered from a remnant of the bandit named Han Benshan. Bewitched. But in the previous battle in Dongshixiao, he escaped first, so could it be that he took advantage of the chaos to sneak into our Qingzhou City and set this fire?"
Sun Tu nodded with a straight face and said: "These arguments all have some truth. The next thing to do is to impose martial law on the entire city. No matter what the background of the other party is, he can no longer be allowed to do whatever he wants. In addition, they thought they would let him go Will setting fire slow down my action to annihilate Erlong Mountain? I have decided to rest for half a month before sending out troops. This time, we will completely annihilate Erlong Mountain!"
"Captain, but the military rations have been burned, and we may not be able to provide for the next daily needs. How can we still use weapons rashly?" Huang Wenbing immediately frowned and said. Even a person who is not very knowledgeable in military matters understands the principle of moving troops and horses before food and grass are used.
"I have my own way of doing this." Sun Tu had a confident expression. He had something hidden for so long and it's time to take it out!