"Let someone go and count the soldiers who were injured and killed this time. Those who should be buried thickly, and those who should be appeased at home should be paid for comfort. Remember to ask someone you trust to do this." When such a thing happened, Fei added, "If anyone dares to do such a thing, there is no need to report it to the lord, I personally cut off his head!"
"Yes!" Du Jiu's heart moved, with excitement on his face, "Please rest assured, General, this subordinate will definitely handle this matter."
Ban Hua couldn't help but sighed when she saw him going out with vigour, and the female guard behind her looked at her worriedly, "County Lord, are you alright?"
The county owner has been spoiled since childhood. Although he learned the way of dispatching troops from the old generals, that was also a matter of many years ago. At that time, how old was the county owner. Where did he really experience the cruelty on the battlefield? Now with these soldiers all day long, they cannot eat well, wear well, and even use silk, satin, gold and silver jewelry. How could their county master ever suffer like this
"I'm fine," Ban Hua leaned back on the chair, closed her eyes and let the female guard squeeze her shoulders, "Jiang Luo acted brutally, if you don't overthrow him, not only will people all over the world have trouble sleeping and eating, but even everyone in my family will suffer. Can't live."
"But..." The female guard hesitated for a moment, "The birds are gone, Liang Gongzang, the subordinates are worried about the uncle..."
If the uncle is really going to be the emperor one day, although the master and the uncle are married, the people's hearts can change easily. If the uncle is afraid that the master has the blood of the Jiang family on his body, what should he do at that time
"Even if Rong Xia's relationship with me is gone, he is at least a good emperor, and my Ban family treats him well, he will never embarrass the Ban family," Ban Hua smiled, "As for the rest, worry about it so early. It's useless. In life, you always have to think in a good place, otherwise it's not worth it if you live unhappy every day."
"Your Majesty, you are in a good mood, and you can think freely," the female guard laughed at Ban Hua's words, "You are right, but your subordinates are too timid."
"There is a saying among the people, if you don't want to be cut all over, how can you pull the beauty off the horse," Ban Hua raised her head enchantingly, "Are you right?"
"The original saying of the people is not that you are willing to stab the emperor..." The female guard's expression changed and she said with a wry smile, "Your Majesty, you are teasing your subordinates again, and your subordinates dare not say this."
"What's there to say, we're not doing this kind of thing now?" Ban Hua said confidently, "It's okay, we'll talk behind closed doors, no one knows."
The female guards said yes, and they believed what Banyan said.
Qingsong County is a poor county under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou. The county is steep and the soil is not fertile, so agricultural products are not abundant. When the weather is good, the harvest is better, and it is barely enough to eat a full meal. , it is also possible to tighten the belt to live, and accidentally starve to death.
The arrival of Ban Hua did not make the local people feel hopeless, but instead gave them hope.
These soldiers did not burn, kill and loot, nor did they use it to embarrass them. It can be seen that these rebels really wanted to save the people from the disaster, so they had to rise up. Some people inquired who the young Jade-faced general who led the army was. After learning that he was the second-largest general in the army, some old ladies even began to care about whether the general had married.
After learning that they were married, many families who were considered prominent families in the local county were a little disappointed, but in the spirit of friendship, they donated some food and grass to the Rong family army. At such times, gold and silver are not as popular as grain. These noble families want to speculate on the one hand, and on the other hand, they are worried that these rebels are pretending, and with the mentality of not guilty, they will give them some benefits.
After receiving the food and grass, Ban Yu registered them all, and said to these prominent families: "The righteous deeds of the villagers have been remembered in my heart. After I defeat the ministers, I will be more grateful to you."
"The general's words are serious, dare not dare."
None of these wealthy and prestigious families dared to take this scene as one thing.
As soon as these people were sent away, soldiers came to report that the imperial army had appeared two miles away.
"It's finally here," Ban Hua stood up, "the archer is ready."
"Yes!"
Ban Hua picked up the helmet on the table and hurried to the city gate.
The marching speed of the imperial army was very fast. Ban Hua stood above the city gate and watched them write stone characters on the flag. He couldn't help but raised his brows.
"In Xia Shijin, I was sent by His Majesty to recruit all of you. As long as you surrender your weapons, the court will not hold you accountable for your fault." Shi Jin rode on horseback and looked up at the soldiers holding bows on the city gate. The soldiers raised their shields and stopped in front of him.
"What a loyal General Shi," Ban Hua said loudly on the city wall, "now that the country is not the country, and the people are not living, I can't bear the people not living in dire straits, even if we bear the historical infamy, we will never back down. General Shi is loyal to the emperor, and he is dedicated to serving the court, but he deserves to be praised by the historian for his loyalty."
These words sounded like praising Shi Jin, but the words were cruel, and Shi Jin's complexion was a little pale. When he saw who was speaking, his complexion was as pale as mortar.
"This minister has seen County Master Fule." He cupped his hands and bowed respectfully above, "You are the County Master appointed by the imperial court, why do you want to join forces with the rebels?"
"Emperor Fengning is not benevolent, and has put His Majesty and the Crown Prince under house arrest. As the county lord appointed by His Majesty, how can I bear to have His Majesty and the Crown Prince be treated like this?" Ban Hua said confidently, "If Emperor Fengning has no guilty conscience at all, why not let it be? I'm waiting to meet His Majesty and the Prince?!"
How could Shi Jin not know that what Ban Hua said was the truth, but the lives of hundreds of people in the main branch of the Shi family were all in Jiang Luo's hands, and he had to surrender.
The soldiers on both sides did not speak, and this silent confrontation became a psychological war between the main generals. Then Shi Jin felt ashamed, he didn't even dare to look directly at Ban Hua's face.
"County Master, if there is any misunderstanding, you can go back to Beijing and talk about it. Now that the involvement is very big, and the people are panicking, how can you bear it?" Shi Jin lowered his head and said, "You are in your position, and you are offended."
Ban Hua sneered, she put up a bow, shot the handsome flag of the imperial army with one arrow, and said, "If you go further, there will be such a flag!"
"General, good archery." Du Jiu took the bow and arrow from Ban Hua's hand, "I admire it."
"My archery skills are not good," Ban Hua shook his head, "I can't compare to an archer who has actually been on the battlefield."
Du Jiu thought to himself, this is not good, what is good
"Archer ready!"
"put!"
The sound of slaughter under the city tower was loud, and after being forced to stop by the first wave of arrow rain, the imperial army retreated a few hundred meters away. Seeing that the arrow rain finally stopped, they rushed up again.
"Brothers, they don't have enough arrows, hurry up!"
But before they approached the city gate, pots of boiling water and hot oil were poured down, and the soldiers who were attacking the city were crying in pain, and they didn't dare to come any closer.
"General!" Shi Jin's deputy retreated to Shi Jin's side, "The opponent is too cunning, they just attacked the city, where did they find the hot water and boiling oil?"
Shi Jin looked at the stalemate in front of him and thought of a possibility, that is, the people in this city are helping the rebels, so they can have so much boiling oil and boiling water. He raised his hand and said, "Stop attacking, don't make unnecessary sacrifices."
Ban Hua had been prepared for a long time, and they couldn't please him if they attacked hard now.
"Yes!"
"General, they have withdrawn."
A soldier pointed at the city in surprise.
"It's just a plan to slow down the army," Ban Hua narrowed his eyes. "In two hours, these imperial troops will never come again. You can rest on the spot and leave a few people to guard the city. Remember that the weapons cannot be left!"
"Yes!"
Ban Hua supported the mottled bricks on the city wall and looked at the distant direction of the imperial army with a calm expression.
She didn't know why Shi Jin was willing to bring troops to destroy the rebels, but he was a very calm person, and he didn't want to be easily irritated like the former Qingsong County garrison general, so she had to be careful and careful.
If she was Shi Jin, what method would she choose to attack the city
"General Shi, what should we do now?"
Shi Jin looked at the wounded soldier being carried on the stretcher, shook his head and said, "Give medicine to the wounded soldier first."
"General, the wound medicine is not enough, not enough."
"General, there are some problems with some of the weapons. I'm afraid they won't be able to use them normally when they are on the battlefield."
"General, the food that the imperial court sent to us is moldy and rotten, and the subordinates are worried that if these things are eaten by the soldiers, everyone's body will not be able to withstand it."
The more Shi Jin listened, the more silent it became. These worms in the imperial court, while asking them to kill the enemy on the battlefield, while giving them these things, is really hateful! Even though Shi Jin had a calm personality, he couldn't help but sunk his face. Why should he support such a court, such a royal family? !
"General?!"
Seeing the general's ugly face, the gang head soldier said cautiously, "Are you alright?"
Shi Jin shook his head: "Go and see what you can eat. Let everyone eat first. As for the rest... I'll find a way later."
The troopers withdrew from the camp, and Shi Jin reluctantly sat on the chair, rubbing his forehead and sighing.
In the middle of the night, the soldier guarding the food and forage took a nap, and when he opened his eyes, he hurriedly glanced around and saw that no colleagues noticed him, so he hurriedly shook his head to make himself more awake.
At this time, he saw a soldier walking out of a certain camp, murmuring something like diarrhea. He remembered the bowl of musty porridge he ate at night, and glanced at the soldier with some sympathy. With his tender skin and tender flesh at a young age, I am afraid he has never been on the battlefield before. These veterans have never eaten anything, not to mention the musty gruel, even grass roots, bark, mountain mice and hares have eaten a lot.
After a while, the soldier came back with his pants, and when he passed by him, he whispered, "Brother, don't you feel sick to your stomach?"
"What's this, a young man like you has never seen the world," the guard bragged to the young man for a while, and suddenly felt a little pissed, so he said to the little soldier: "You help me take a look, I will be back soon. "
"Brother, I haven't seen this before, you, hurry up." The young man looked around and saw that there were only a few soldiers guarding here, and he seemed a little scared.
"It's all on the battlefield, why are you still squeamish?" The guard saw that he was still afraid of the dark, so he couldn't help shaking his head and said, "Just stand here and I'll be right back."
When he turned to leave, he was still a little smug, these new recruits just didn't know the battlefield was not easy.
Ban Hua threw all the phosphorus powder hidden on her body into the back warehouse. After she stood a few steps away, she threw the lit paper ball into it.
"Bang!" As soon as the phosphorus powder met the spark, it ignited. A guard next to her noticed her movement. Before she could speak, she covered her mouth and knocked it unconscious, and then threw it to a place slightly away from the granary. .
"It's on fire, the granary is on fire." After Ban Hua shouted this, she quickly hid behind the tent next to her. After the other soldiers in the tent ran out, she squeezed in a hurry among the group of people.
"Quickly put out the fire, look around the Yan military camp, and don't let suspicious people run out!"
When Shi Jin heard the fire in the granary, he was not shocked at all. He walked outside the account and saw that the fire in the granary was quickly put out. He glanced around, "Have you caught any suspicious people?"
At this time, a soldier came to report that he had just spoken to a fair-skinned young man.
A fair-skinned boy
Shi Jin was secretly suspicious, could it be that Ban Hua made the shot himself
After the fire was put out, he found some unextinguished small fires emitting a faint blue light: "Is that... phosphorus powder?"
Phosphorus powder is something that jugglers can use, but these crafts are generally not rumored. Unless you raise such craftsmen at home, you can understand the inside story. It seems that this is really the work of Ban Hua. I know that the Ban family has raised a lot of jugglers.
But what is she planning, this fire can't burn the granary at all, this is a pile of grain, not a pile of flammable paper.
He was puzzled, and he returned to the main tent after the soldiers weary back to the tent to rest. As soon as he sat on the couch, there was a cold sword on his neck.
"Master, you shouldn't have come." He closed his eyes, "If I speak out now, you won't be able to walk out of this tent alive."
"What's wrong?" Ban Hua turned to him and said with a smile, "I believe that many people are sleeping deadly now, and even if they beat gongs and drums, they may not be able to wake up."
What she threw in the granary just now was not only the flammable phosphorus powder, but also the hypnotic powder. Anyone who smelled the smoke would feel sleepy unconsciously.
Shi Jin's expression changed slightly: "Is this your main purpose?"
Ban Hua smiled without saying a word.
Shi Jin opened his eyes and looked at Ban Hua who was dressed as a soldier. Under the dim candlelight, her face looked a little dim, but her eyes were as bright as stars. He looked away, "The county lord is a good way, but Shi is not as good as him."
"Didn't General Shi also send spies to sneak into the city?" Ban Hua smiled, "We are just each other."
Shi Jin raised his chin: "If the county master wants to make a move, do it as soon as possible." He hesitated for a while, "After the move, go out through the west camp gate, where the defense is weak, which is more beneficial to the county master."
"I want to kill you, and you have to help me figure out a way out?" Ban Hua couldn't help laughing, "You are really interesting."
She glanced at Shi Jin's face: "You look so good-looking, I really can't bear to do it to you." After speaking, she suddenly retracted her sword and smashed it on the back of Shi Jin's head, Shi Jin responded. And fall.
"The county master!" A soldier walked in, it was actually a gang leader in the barracks, "Let's go." After saying this, he and another soldier who looked inconspicuous put Shi Jin into a black cloth bag , and then carried the person out of the account.
The entire camp of the imperial army was silent, except for the intermittent snoring.
Ban Hua glanced around and said, "Surround this side, and take away all the weapons that can be taken away."
She is not a gentleman, nor is she a peerless general. If she can win easily with some means, she will never refuse. This guy is the grandson of an old general of the Ban family. He has nothing to do with the Ban family on the surface, but in fact he is the "connection" of the Ban family in the army.
As the eldest of the gang, no one is more suitable for drugging in meals than him. In addition, the food and grass have been moldy, even if there is something wrong with the taste of the food, everyone will only think that the food is not right, not that there is a problem with the rice.
The medicine of the gangster, plus the ones she threw in the granary, are enough for these people to get a good night's sleep.
I just hope that they will wake up tomorrow and find that they are naked and that they will not be too shocked when all their weapons have been confiscated.
After leaving the barracks, Ban Hua brought her personal guards back to Qingsong County, but before she entered the city gate, she immediately realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly raised her hand to tell everyone to stop: "All the torches are extinguished, there is a problem with the city gate."
The guards extinguished the torches one after another, jumped off their horses and ducked to the side, in case the archers at the city gate would shoot arrows at the place where they had been before.
However, there was no arrow rain falling on the city gate. Instead, someone lit a torch and stood on the city gate; "The person below... is the county owner?"
Ban Hua heard the voice a little familiar, like Zhao Zhong
She glanced at the guards beside her and motioned them not to move. She trotted and changed positions before saying, "It's me."
"Hua," Rong Xia suddenly appeared on the city gate, he appeared beside the torch, and said to the dark city gate, "I'll come and pick you up."
Ban Hua stared blankly at Rong Xia on the city gate, and soon the city gate opened wide. Rong Xia came over riding a white horse and wearing golden armor. The red torches illuminated his cheeks. Very festive.
Ban Hua stood up from the ground and looked at Rong Xia, who was looking around with a torch, and couldn't help saying, "I'm here!"
Rong Xia jumped off the horse, walked towards Ban Hua with a torch, reached out and touched her cold hand, "Come on, let's go in."
"Are you stupid, so rushing out will kill you?" Ban Hua allowed him to hold his hand, "If someone kidnaps me and deliberately leads you out, will you still be alive?"
"If they take you hostage, they take my life. If they die with you, it's not bad to be a pair of desperate mandarin ducks."
"Nonsense," Ban Hua couldn't help knocking on his helmet, "Come on, shake your head, let me hear the sound of water, is it water?"
After the group entered the city, Rong Xia noticed that two soldiers were carrying a huge black cloth bag in their hands.
It looks like a human
"Oh, I just kidnapped the general on their side."
Rong Xia was stunned, General... Shi Jin
"What's the use of tying him up, throw him away," Rong Xia said ruthlessly, "As long as he fails, he will be useless to the court."
"It's useless to the court, but it's useful to you," Ban Hua said sincerely, "This person has some ability, so it's good for you."
"No!" Rong Xia refused very directly.
Banyan:…
What's wrong with this
Fortunately, the husband and wife did not quarrel over Shi Jin. Ban Hua and Rong Xia returned to the temporary mansion. She took off her armor and lay on the bed with a yawn, "Why are you here?"
The original plan wasn't that he stayed to attack Yongzhou, so she came to Qingsong County
"The plan has changed," Rong Xia saw the slight bruises under her eyes, and touched her eyes distressedly, "Have you not had a good rest these days?"
"Isn't that right, my head hurts when I look at the roster and account book," Ban Hua kicked off the boots on her feet, and the shoes fell to the ground with a bang. She didn't even bother to take off her socks, so she said in a daze, "Come on here. I'm relieved." After that, he fell into a deep sleep.
Seeing that she was so tired, Rong Xia took off her socks and wiped her feet with hot water. She found two dazzling blood blisters on the soles of her white and tender feet, so she found a silver sterilized with alcohol. Needle, gently punctured the blood blisters, and only after taking the medicine did she tuck her whole body into the quilt.
At dawn in the morning, Rong Xia heard movement outside the door, put on her robe and walked out the door with her shoes in her arms: "What's the matter?"
Zhao Zhong was stunned when he saw that his robe was not neat and he was holding his shoes before saying, "My lord, Shi Jin is awake."
"I'll go see him right away."
After Shi Jin woke up, he found himself lying in a room covered with a clean quilt. He instantly realized that he was taken away by the rebels.
He moved the bed weakly and sat up, and before he could get off the ground, he saw a soldier push the door in, glance at him, and then leave in a hurry.
It didn't take long for footsteps to be heard outside the door, and Rong Xia pushed the door and walked in.
Seeing that it was Rong Xia, Shi Jin sneered: "Marquis Cheng'an is really good, but you have come to Qingsong County from the sky and the sea. But your greatest skill is not to come here without the King of Changqing, but to have a woman for you. Go to the enemy camp and take risks."
When Zhao Zhong heard this, he wanted to be explained by Rong Xia, but was interrupted by Rong Xia.
"On this point, I also admire myself," Rong Xia said with a smile, "If Master Shi is not used to it, I can only ask you to bear with me. My wife is so kind to me, and I can't do anything about it."
"Are you still a man?" Shi Jin was disgusted by Rong Xia's complacent attitude, "Rong Xia, if you are a man, you should protect her well, and don't let her take the risk of doing such a thing."
"Why should Master Shi take care of the private affairs between our husband and wife?" Rong Xia raised an eyebrow, "Lun Gong, you and I have different identities, and we don't have many personal friends in terms of private affairs. Don't Master Shi feel that he is a bit troubled? "
Shi Jin's face was a little ugly, and Rong Xia's words blocked him from opening his mouth.
"I also ask Master Shi to be cautious in his words and deeds in the future, and don't meddle in your own business," Rong Xia lowered her eyelids, "It's more appropriate for us to talk about business affairs."
His family was disobedient, and he tried to take risks. When she woke up, he would teach her well!
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