Magistrate Weng, who was controlled and tied up by several soldiers, was still making his final struggle, and shouted loudly: "Sun Tu, how dare you... This is not Qingzhou, and I have never had anything to do with the Jurchens. , you are really lawless for framed me like this, the court will definitely not let you off lightly!"
"Although this is not Qingzhou, it is the time when the Jin soldiers are invading. You should do extraordinary things in an emergency to keep the people of this city safe. As the Superintendent of Soldiers and Horses of Jingdong Road, I have the responsibility to protect each city! As for You, who in the city doesn't know that you have a close friendship with Zeng Nong and others from Zengtou City, yet you dare to deny it at this time?" Sun Tu immediately retorted, saying that these words were not actually addressed to Magistrate Weng, but to Other government officials were waiting around to prevent them from doing anything in a hurry.
In fact, even without these words, just the murderous aura of Sun Tu leading his army had already shocked the entire audience, and everyone in the government office did not dare to make the slightest move. Even when the soldiers came forward to take down their chief officer, none of these officers could protect him, and naturally they did not dare to speak at this time.
"You... you are making a false accusation and trying to incriminate... Then everyone in Zengtou City is a citizen of the Song Dynasty. How could they be Jurchens? That is just an excuse for your misdeeds!" Now Magistrate Weng can only hold on to the matter. This last straw saved my life.
When Sun Tu heard this, he smiled contemptuously, and with a wave of his hand, several soldiers escorted Shi Wengong, who was tied up with five flowers, out in embarrassment. He could hear clearly behind his back, and without Sun Tu asking questions, he took the initiative and said: "Prefect Weng, what happened is exactly as Sun Dujian said, Zeng Nongben was the one who sneaked into our territory of the Song Dynasty decades ago. The Jurchens, Zengtou City, had been conspiring with the Jin Kingdom before, and they had known about the invasion of the Song Dynasty for a long time... "
Although Shi Wengong has a foreign surname in Zengtou City, he has a high status because of his excellent martial arts. He has also had many contacts with Magistrate Weng, so his words naturally carry a lot of weight. After hearing these words, Magistrate Weng felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He was stunned on the spot and could not recover for a long time.
After a while, he screamed: "This is impossible! You are making random accusations. I don't believe it..." He knew very well that if it was as Shi Wengong said, he had been in contact with the Zeng family for many years, and he still wanted to Marrying him would be enough to make him a serious crime of being an outsider. Not to mention his official position, he might not even be able to save his life.
"Whether you believe it or not, this is the fact. Recently, Zeng Nong has been brought to justice, and all his sons and others have been arrested. By then, as long as strict interrogation and relevant evidence are found from the Zeng family, it will be enough. Let the court believe everything that happened in Lingzhou. And what I did was to protect the peace of Lingzhou and protect the people." Sun Tu calmly looked at the hysterical Magistrate Weng and said slowly He told the most cruel truth, and then just waved his hand and asked people to take him down.
In fact, Sun Tu had no intention of attacking the prefect when he entered the city. The most he could do was scare him. After all, he also knew that what he had done in Qingzhou over the years had given him a very bad reputation among the officials in the court. If he killed more civil servants in the court, there would be endless troubles. Don't really anger all the people in the court, leading to out of hand.
But after meeting Magistrate Weng, he saw that he was confusing right and wrong and abusing his power to arrest Chu Mingsheng.
Unable to bear it any longer, he immediately decided to kill him as a warning to other officials in Shandong so that they would be more honest in the future. And the good thing this time was that he did have sufficient personal and material evidence. Even if he didn't actually kill Magistrate Weng and just convicted him and handed him over to the court, it would be difficult for him to stand up.
And Sun Tu also believed that with this person's character, apart from having an unexplained relationship with Zengtou City, he would not be guilty of any other crimes? As soon as the news that he was taken down today comes out, the people with grievances and hatred will come to tell him. By then, all the charges will be listed together, which will be more able to block the mouths of the princes in the court.
By this time, Magistrate Weng had already believed what Sun Tu said. Although he struggled a few times symbolically, his appearance had long lost the momentum he had just now, and his whole person was like a deflated rubber ball. Let the soldiers take him away. And after seeing the prefect's end, everyone in the government office became even more silent, but they didn't even dare to raise their heads again.
Sun Tu had no intention of arguing with these little people, which was inconsistent with his current status. He just waved his hand and ordered them to continue to go around the city to publicize their victory and appease the people, and then let them go.
This was a great thing for the government officials. After busying themselves, they kowtowed and said yes, and then went about their business obediently. This time, they were more conscientious than ever before. They went almost door-to-door to explain everything that happened in and around Lingzhou, including the annihilation of Jin Bing, the arrest of everyone in Zengtou City, and the arrest of Magistrate Weng. take…
This made the people of Lingzhou both shocked and overjoyed. Soon, bursts of cheers sounded from all over the city, and finally the whole city was happy.
But for Sun Tu and the others, now is not the time to celebrate, because there is still a big problem that has not yet been solved - the granary in front is still occupied by those Jurchens who have sneaked into the city. This is related to the entirety of more than a thousand soldiers in the city. Year's rations.
After understanding what happened before, Sun Tu frowned unconsciously. Although he could immediately order an attack on the granary, and it might not take him a moment to break in and kill all the golden men inside, but it would be difficult to ensure that they would kill everyone and set fire to the grain. It's now time, and there's really no need to suffer such losses.
But how easy is it to capture them without losing food
Just when Sun Tu was in a bit of a dilemma, Chu Mingsheng stepped forward and whispered: "Captain, there is a way to do this humble job. We can use those Jurchen thieves to lure them to focus on the front. Then we can send elite troops to attack from behind, and we might be able to capture them in one fell swoop!" After a pause, he added: "In addition, I also know that there is a wall on the left side of the back door of the granary that is easiest to climb over, so you can climb it as quickly as possible. Enter it without being noticed." After seeing Sun Tu's domineering power, he was already willing to join in. This time he wanted to take the opportunity to show off his abilities so as to leave a good impression on Sun Dujian.
Sun Tu glanced at him, thought for a moment and then said: "This is a solution. It seems that Governor Chu knows this granary quite well."
"Haha, this is also forced by the situation..." Chu Mingsheng's old face blushed slightly. It is better not to explain some things unexplained - although this granary is for military use, it is not actually under his control.
This was in the hands of the Lingzhou Governor. This could be considered the norm in various government offices in the Song Dynasty. Military rations and other matters had always been controlled by civilian officials.
Although Chu Mingsheng was not as courageous as Sun Tu, he was not a peaceful person either. He had sent people to sneak into the granary several times before and transported a lot of grain to distribute to his soldiers. Precisely because he dared to do these things, he gained a lot of prestige in the army. Even Magistrate Weng could not suppress him for a while.
Naturally, it was impossible for Sun Tu to pursue this matter. After just saying something jokingly, he sent someone to make corresponding arrangements. The people who lured the enemy in front were easy to arrange, but those who attacked behind had to be real elites. Finally, he called Shi Qian and other people from the scout camp to him: "The injuries on your bodies are all okay, right? But you still have some strength left. Fight?"
"The governor only gives orders. As long as the golden dog is killed, none of our brothers will flinch!" Shi Qian replied immediately. Several brothers had died at the hands of the golden man before, leaving them all filled with hatred and in urgent need of venting.
"Okay, then you will be the main attacker, bringing the Liannu..." Sun Tu then made arrangements.
Now that he is the commander-in-chief of the Qingzhou Army, it is naturally impossible for the Jingdong Road Superintendent to be at the forefront of everything, so after some arrangements, he continued to stay in the formation, and others were able to carry out this series of orders.
"Listen to the Jurchens inside, your conspiracy has been completely exposed. Your leaders, Garukabo and Garukamo, have been captured alive, and the others are either dead or fleeing. If you are wise, come out and surrender quickly, otherwise When my army rushes in, I will make you wait for death without a burial place!"
A sergeant with a loud voice passed the words into the granary, and the expression on Wei Deli's face, who could understand Chinese, suddenly changed. When he translated to others, many people showed disbelief in this statement. In their minds, their hundreds of elites were invincible. A dozen of them could cause chaos in Lingzhou. How could the elites led by Hua Bo be defeated by the weak Song army
But Wei Deli showed some suspicion: "But their actions are indeed a bit strange. There were sounds of fighting before, but now it's quiet outside and they don't attack again. Have they already sent troops to fight with Hua?" Bo and the others fought? Also, how did they know the names and identities of Hua Bo and Bo?"
These words made everyone's hearts tighten, and an extremely bad idea came to mind. Everyone looked at each other in confusion. If what the Song people said was true, what would they do
Originally, they stayed here and guarded the warehouse because they received this order and must seize the warehouse and the food and supplies inside. But once there are no people outside to support them, and faced with the heavy siege of the Song army, they are in desperate situation and their lives are in danger.
After being silent for a while, someone gritted his teeth and said, "If this is really the case, we can't take advantage of the Song people!"
Wei Deli also nodded and said: "Yes, I will take two people over to see what's going on later, and a few other people will be guarding inside. As long as it is true as they said, we will set fire to the granary, and even if we die, we will let the Song Dynasty people Pay enough!"
The reason why the Jurchens are so strong is because they are ruthless, not only to their enemies, but also to themselves. At this point, they only wanted to hurt the enemy, and whether they would die painfully in the fire was no longer a consideration.