After the Lantern Festival, Yun Qing left Yuan Ying to guard Lanzhou City, and he himself brought an army of 80,000 to attack Xicheng.
Yun Qing originally planned to spend a day to capture Xicheng, but he didn't expect the war to be over in two hours. It was not that Yun Qing captured the city, but someone in the city opened the gate.
Yun Qing heard the city gate open and immediately ordered to enter the city. Upon seeing this, Cui Mo said: "General, be careful of fraud." This fact is suspicious!
Yun Qing glanced at Cui Mo and said, "Chen Wei is not that stupid." Their army is like a broken bamboo, and Chen Wei's only reliance is Xicheng's strong defense. In this case, it is impossible for Chen Wei to open the city gate. Although Yun Qing didn't know why the gate would be opened, but if this kind of opportunity was missed, then he was a big fool.
Cui Mo watched Yun Qing give orders, touched his head, and said that it was the general who was cautious, and the general who swept into the city was also the general, and he didn't know which words to believe.
Chen Wei knew that it was the soldiers from the Xicheng Guards Station who opened the gate and let the Northwest Army in, barring his teeth and splitting his eyes: "Damn..." If the person who opened the gate stood in front of him, he would definitely break the opponent's body into pieces. Unfortunately, there is no chance now.
The subordinate said: "General, let's go back!" No one thought that the people in the West City would dare to rebel. If they knew, they would not be allowed to join the war. It's just that it's too late to regret now, and the urgent task is to leave Xicheng and return to Gaocheng.
Chen Wei said, "Go." Without the strong city wall, he could resist Yun Qing with his fifty thousand people.
It's a pity that Chen Wei didn't have the luck of Ji Xuan. He was caught up by Cui Mo halfway, cut off his head directly, and took it to Yun Qing.
Not long after Yun Qing entered the city, he saw the people who opened the city gate and let them in. The man was called Lei Xingmin, and he was a hundred households in the Xicheng Weishou. Baihu is also a sixth-rank official, and in places like Xicheng, it is also a relatively high official position.
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 conspiracy was too easy. There was Sun Shaojian in Lanzhou City to assist, and Lei Xingmin ran out from the West City, but I didn’t know if someone would assist him when he attacked Ho City.
Yun Qing was very alert and immediately threw away this thought. 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 himself is dead, he has to hurt the brothers who rebelled with him, as well as his wife and children waiting for him in Yucheng, so you must not take it lightly.
Lei Xingmin's face flushed with excitement, and said, "Lei has always admired the general, but he didn't expect to see the general in his lifetime." It is equivalent to saying that Lei Xingmin is a loyal supporter of Yun Qing.
Yu Cong was secretly surprised, but he didn't expect this person to open the gate of the city because he worshiped the general. It was really mysterious to say!
When Yun Qing heard this, instead of showing a smile, he said with a cold face, "For this reason, you opened the gate of the city?" Who are the people raised by the court
Although Yun Qing conspired, he was still a general, a leading general, and hated this kind of almost childish behavior.
Lei Xingmin shook his head and said, "Of course not. I heard that Lanzhou City, Wucheng City and other places have posted notices saying that there will be no more levies and taxes in the future, and the people are also encouraged to open up wasteland and farm land." Of course, this is just one aspect. , Lei Xingmin did not say.
Yun Qing is not a fool, how could he believe Lei Xingmin so quickly. But opening the city gate to let them in, Lei Xingmin did a great job. In order to reward Lei Xingmin, Yun Qing promoted him to a fifth-grade deputy thousand household.
Lei Xingmin was very excited and said excitedly, "Thank you General." He became a hundred households at the age of only twenty-five this year, and he believed that following General Yun, his future would be very good.
Yu Cong looked at Lei Xingmin’s departure, and said with a smile: "General, I didn’t expect this Lei Xingmin to also worship the general!" Lei Xingmin opened the city gate so that they did not have to pay the price of casualties. The officials from the fifth rank are all considered small.
Yun Qing said: "You didn't listen to him. He opened the gate because I ordered the exemption of excessive taxes and taxes to encourage land reclamation? These things are not known to ordinary people. Let me check the details of this person." It's not like ordinary people.
It didn't take long for Yun Qing to know Lei Xingmin's details. Lei Xingmin was not a child of civilians. His family was also the home of military commanders. Both his grandfather and father served in the army. When his father retired, he was already Deputy Chief Qiang, and he was also the second in command in the Xicheng Camp Guard. It's a pity that he was injured later and couldn't stay in the camp guard anymore.
Yu Cong said: "General, this Lei Xingmin's father has a very good reputation in Xicheng." As long as they didn't commit crimes and crimes, they would not move.
Yun Qing nodded and said: "Check it carefully."
Yu Cong nodded and said, "I will." Don't wrong a good person or let a wicked person go. This is Yun Qing's own rules.
After a while, Cui Mo came back. Cui Mo handed over Chen Wei's head and said, "General, luckily he didn't let him run this time." It was a shame for him to let Ji Xuan run away.
Yun Qing frowned when he smelled the smell, "You don't need to put the head in the house next time." Kill it when you kill it, and bring it over to make the house smelly.
Cui Mo felt that since he married his wife, his generals have also become very particular. But he didn't dare to resist, and nodded in response: "General, who is letting go of the gate today?" Facts have proved that his general's vision is good. Opening the gate is not a trap, but true. Welcome them into the city eagerly.
Yu Cong explained: "It's a hundred households from Xicheng Yingwei, named Lei Xingmin. The general has already seen him, and he has been promoted by two levels."
Cui Mo said, "Lei Xingmin, this name is quite interesting." I don't know but I thought it was hope that the common people could prosper!
Regarding this stupid question, Yun Qing and Yu Cong did not answer.
Cui Mo didn't care either, he just said casually anyway. Cui Mo asked Yun Qing a question and said, "General, when will we attack Maicheng?"
Yun Qing said: "Tomorrow." Seeing Cui Mo and Yu Cong look surprised, Yun Qing said: "The imperial court should have sent an army to support Ji Xuan. We must make a quick battle and break the city of Pickaxe as soon as possible." It is impossible to break the city of Gao as soon as possible. Once it is postponed to March, the North Abductees will come by then. When the time comes, they will be attacked on their backs. Therefore, we must take the pickaxe city as soon as possible to occupy the favorable situation, and then send troops back to Yucheng at that time.
There are more than four hundred miles from Xicheng to Maicheng. Yun Qing led the army and arrived in just two and a half days.
Guan Tai was the vanguard. Seeing that there was not even a soldier on the wall of Maicheng, he immediately reported this to Yun Qing: "General, there is no one on the wall? The gate is also open."
Yun Qing didn't enter the city directly, but sent someone to investigate the reality. After it was confirmed that there was no ambush in the city, Yun Qing led the army into the city.
The Northwest Army's killing of corrupt officials and the confiscation of their wealth have long been spread throughout the Northwest. Therefore, Guan Tai did not have a lot of money found in Xicheng.
Guan Tai reported the number of gold and silver objects found to Yun Qing and said, "General, these ****ers heard us coming and ran away with gold and silver treasures." He knew that it was a dead end. If an official and a wealthy businessman didn’t run away after he got the news, wouldn’t he become a fool
Yun Qing said: "Where can you bring a lot of money, let the soldiers search carefully, these people must have hidden the gold and silver and other things." Apart from others, tens of millions were found in Lanzhou City alone. However, in Yun Qing's eyes, the money is really not too much. You know that the pension alone costs more than four million! There is also a need to purchase war horses, as well as replacement weapons and equipment. The total amount of these is not tens of millions and it is impossible to deal with them. There must be a lot of other messy expenses, and this little money is really not enough.
In the past, Yun Qing did not take gold, silver and money into his heart, but since becoming the head of Yucheng, he has been worried about money. Especially Yuxi also took out all the dowry for him to use, which made him feel ashamed. A penny stumps the hero, and now you can save more. This opportunity has passed, and there will be no such good things in the future.
Knowing that Yun Qing is going to take troops to attack Yongcheng tomorrow, Cui Mo said: "General, Mount Maruo is only more than 80 miles away from here, and I led my troops to kill them." Ma Luoshan has only two thousand troops. , He took the cavalry over, and it didn't take a long time to wipe out the bandits.
If it had been before, Yun Qing would definitely agree with Cui Mo's words, but Yuxi said too much, he also felt that he shouldn't be killed.
Yun Qing said: "You take your troops to Mount Maruo and capture Hong Feihu and a few people in the lead. As long as the others don't resist and are willing to go home to farm, let them go down the mountain."
Cui Mo didn't quite understand, and said, "General, why?" They can now kill the bandits in Maruoshan without leaving them.
Yun Qing said, "Most of the bandits in Mount Maruo are civilians who have been forced by the government to go up the mountain and become bandits. If this is the case, give them a chance to survive." Since these bandits were forced to go up the mountain helplessly, then He takes their chance. If you don't cherish it, don't blame him for cruelty.
Yu Cong beamed with joy and said, "The general is benevolent and righteous." If you don't kill the bandits of Maruoshan, if the other bandits get the news, they will disband themselves without us. Although it is easy for them to suppress bandits, it is time-consuming and laborious, 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 an objection. But after experiencing Lanzhou City and Xicheng City, he felt that Yun Qing's decision was all right.
Cui Mo said: "The general rest assured, as long as they don't resist, I will definitely not kill them."
It was also that although Ma Luoshan collected tolls for robbery in recent years, he would not kill innocent people indiscriminately, nor would he rob or bully surrounding people, so Yun Qing decided to show mercy. If it is a malicious bandit, it must be a clean one.
ps: The second one is around ten o'clock.