It stands to reason that the city is located in a remote place, so Song Yucheng shouldn't be known normally. But Huo Yinshan is well informed.
As early as when Yuanshen was granted the title of King of Rong by the emperor, and when Rongcheng was assigned to him as a fief, Huo Yinshan went to investigate Yuanshen's situation.
It was found that although he hadn't really been on the battlefield. However, in recent years, large and small bandit suppression wars have been participated in frequently. Coupled with his dandy temper and lawless arrogance, he is relatively well-known among generals.
It's just that whether this reputation is good or bad cannot be generalized. Therefore, after Huo Yinshan's investigation, he didn't pay much attention to Song Yucheng.
From his point of view, Song Yucheng was simply a stupefied young man who bullied some mob bandits with his five thousand cavalry and their excellent equipment. For a veteran like him, as long as he stretches out his hand a little, he can teach him to be a man.
Including this time, Huo Yinshan knew that Song Yucheng would come to fief the land, but Huo Yinshan still left very at ease.
Song Yucheng only had 5,000 cavalry in his hands, and the cavalry in mountainous warfare was naturally excellent in pursuit and raids, but they were much weaker in attacking cities on the plains. What's more, he has 50,000 soldiers in the city, is it possible that he is afraid of him coming to snatch it
It's nothing to worry about! Don't open the door for him, don't let him enter the city, and it's over.
But who would have thought that Song Yucheng would use such a shameless method to not open the door? fine! We will cry! I stood outside the city gate and cried, crying poor and miserable, just to waste my voice.
You are not afraid of losing face if you don't pay back the money you owe. What are we afraid of
Right now, the general guarding the city was holding the waist badge that Song Yucheng threw over to represent his identity, and the sweat on his head immediately came down. It's hard to say whether it was frightened or thundered.
But no matter what, Song Yucheng is the king of the county, and he personally led the troops here. If he didn't meet him, he could still say that he couldn't see him standing on the tower, so he was negligent. Now that we are face to face, we must follow the rules.
Otherwise, this young man has a bad temper. It is said that he just beheaded Rongcheng Zhizhou yesterday.
"The prince is well, you, why do you have the time to come to the city?" The general guarding the city said in a humble tone. But Song Yucheng didn't take him seriously at all.
"Don't gossip with me, I'm asking you, what about my military pay and food!"
"It's all under the control of the Armament Department. You see, I'm just a city guard..." the city guard general quickly explained. However, before he finished speaking, he saw Song Yucheng make a hand gesture, and immediately the soldiers burst into tears again.
"Heaven and earth conscience, the crow is reporting the funeral, and the general Huo of the city will not pay back the money he owes!"
"I can't live through this day! Those who owe money wear gold and silver, and creditors eat chaff and swallow vegetables. God, please palm your eyes!"
"Huo Yinshan, the bastard who suffered a thousand knives, if he doesn't pay back the money, we will all starve to death at the bottom of the city."
The cries one after another resounded through the sky again, and the suona also crackled along with it. The gate of the city has been opened at this time, and many people from the city are also joining in the fun at the edge of the city.
But Song Yucheng's soldiers are really not afraid of embarrassment. The more people watching, the more rowdy they can be. Later, various actors possessed themselves and formed a mutual help group to perform the "tragic" drama of "Don't pull me, Huo Yinshan's grandson won't pay back the money, I'm going to crash here, and use blood to learn from wrongdoing" .
In such a short period of five or six minutes, I wish that all the people in the city near the city gate would know that Huo Yinshan owed money and would not pay it back.
Although they don't know exactly what money they owe and how they owe it. But just looking at it like this, I feel that Song Yucheng and his group are really pitiful.
These days, if the country is rich and the people are strong, it is said that this place is remote, but that is also without worrying about food and clothing. Who would be willing to serve as a soldier if he could have a family and land? Not just for a full meal. As a result, these people in Rongcheng couldn't even afford to serve as soldiers. Thinking about it, it was extremely miserable.
Many people thought this way, and there was something wrong with the eyes of those guarding soldiers. The doubts on their faces were almost all substantiated, and they almost asked directly: "General Huo's family is so rich, why do you owe money?" Don't pay it back!"
"..."
Now, not to mention the general guarding the city, even the soldiers next to him couldn't help being scrutinized like this, they all blushed and their eyes wandered around, feeling that they had never experienced such a shameful scene in their life.
On the other side, Song Yucheng, seeing that the situation was almost over, raised his chin with a smile and asked again: "Would you like to have a good talk with Master now?"
"Talk, talk right away, Prince County, wait a minute, I'll invite our lieutenant to come over."
"Go as soon as you want to go. If it's later, I can't guarantee that these brothers of mine have any other grievances to tell. After all, you know, this person is feeling uncomfortable! Crying is secondary, and the main thing is talking more. "
"Yes, yes, you are right. Our brothers in Rongcheng have indeed been wronged in recent years. I will invite you later." The sentence that Rongcheng's brothers have been wronged can be said to be quite gnashing of teeth. The generals of the city were respectful on the surface, but in their hearts they scolded Song Yucheng bloody.
Hooligans, this is purebred hooligans. Fuck the emperor's relatives and relatives, I guess if you search through the history books, you won't be able to find a ruffian county king like Song Yucheng!
However, the guarding general's head was filled with smoke, and the lieutenant's side almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
In the conference hall, the lieutenant general's face was as dark as water. If he hadn't been concerned about the young man sitting in the main seat, he would have cursed immediately.
There is no doubt that Song Yucheng made such a fuss at the gate of the city. This time they are in the city, they are completely ashamed and humiliated!
However, after the young man listened to it, he changed his coldness just now and couldn't help laughing softly, his voice was deep and gorgeous, just listening to it like this made one's bones go limp. And his appearance is even more handsome to the extreme. Just seeing him raise his eyebrows and smile, it's like the spring is shining for ten miles, so beautiful that people can't recall it.
It was Chu Yunxi, Prince of Da'an, who ranked third among the princes. In the past at this time, he was supposed to be in Shangjing to help the emperor handle government affairs, but for some reason, he appeared in the city now, with only a few hidden guards by his side.
"I made you laugh. Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding. Your Highness, please wait a moment, and then go and deal with Rongcheng's affairs."
"Go." The crown prince didn't seem to care, but specifically asked: "My cousin has been spoiled since he was a child, and has a bad temper. Vice-general Xu still hopes to be accommodating when he introduces him."
This sentence obviously favored Song Yucheng. There was also more and more sweat on the top of the deputy general's head. In the end, he could only respond in a low voice, "Your Highness, you are welcome, it is because of our miscommunication." Then he hurriedly left.
But in his heart, he had already pulled out all eighteen generations of Song Yucheng's ancestors and scolded them severely.
Originally, the sudden arrival of the crown prince had already given him a great sense of crisis, and he was even afraid that Huo Yinshan's mess with the armament would be discovered. But Song Yucheng brought people to make trouble again. In a small city, unexpectedly, a prince, a county king, and two mountains were added at once.
In addition, Huo Yinshan is not around now, even if the general believes that his tail has been cleaned up seamlessly, he is still worried, for fear that something will go wrong.
I just hope that Song Yucheng can be dismissed as soon as possible, and then continue to deal with the prince when he comes back.
However, the deputy general didn't know that after he left, the crown prince in the conference hall also came out. It's just that he didn't mean to alarm others, instead, he changed into low-key clothes and mixed in with the crowd of spectators with his attendants. It seems that he wants to watch the riots at the other side of the city gate from a distance.
"Master, if you want to see it, why don't you go to the tower to see it?" The servant beside him frowned, feeling that it was too unsafe.
However, the prince smiled and shook his head, "I'm afraid I'll scare people away."
The prince's words were very meaningful, but the way he looked at Song Yucheng's direction revealed an indescribable tenderness and sadness.
After waiting for so long, it finally came.
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The crown prince enjoyed watching the play comfortably, but the deputy general wished he would go blind immediately.
When he arrived at the gate of the city, Song Yucheng's gang of soldiers had already made new tricks. It turned out that God Nima wrote a blood book of thousands of people.
From such a distance, I don't know if they used real blood, but the words on the white flag are clear, dripping with blood, and seeping through.
As for the content, there is no need to ask, let alone them, even those bosses can understand all of them. It's nothing more than "Huo Yinshan owes money and doesn't pay back", "Huo Yinshan has lost his conscience" and so on. But the latter "Huo Yinshan forced his men into prostitution" was too much. It is true that the soldiers were not paid, but they were not forced into prostitution either. With this group of soldiers, who are they going to force? Even if it's posted to the small shop, they don't want it!
But the hands were on the soldiers of Song Yucheng's side, and the flag was also brought by Song Yucheng's side. No matter how displeased the generals of Shaocheng are, they have nothing to do with them.
"What are you guys doing! Why don't you stop them? Just let them slander General Huo like this?" The deputy general went up and slapped the general defending the city. He was so angry when he heard the report from his subordinates before, but now he saw it with his own eyes. See, I almost spit blood out of anger. I just feel that Song Yucheng is a county king, he is clearly a shameless local ruffian.
But even so, he would not follow Song Yucheng's wishes.
If it was normal, he would have sent archers to the wall to drive these scoundrels away. What kind of county king is not a county king, there are no brothers in the battlefield, and they have not seen each other face to face, who cares who you are? But not today, His Royal Highness is also there. Therefore, no matter how depressed he is at the moment, he still has to do his best.
"You! Go over and talk to the other side of the armory, just tell me what I said, that room must be used if it should be used." Holding back his anger, he ordered his subordinates, and the deputy general hurriedly went down the tower and went out of the city to see Song Yucheng.
He had to end this farce, and let Song Yucheng and the others admit that Rongcheng came to fight the autumn wind, otherwise, the reputation of General Huo and the garrison of the city would be completely ruined.
Thinking of this, the lieutenant forced a smile on his face, and walked up to Song Yucheng to greet him.
"Prince Rongjun is well, the last general is General Huo's deputy general, temporarily leading the military affairs of the city, I don't know what you plan to come here today..."
"I want money!" Song Yucheng interrupted him directly, as if he was a little tired, he leaned lazily on the horse, his eyes were half-closed,
"I'm tired, I don't want to talk nonsense with you. Just one thing, the three-year military salary owed to us, do you plan to pay back the three-year military salary?"
"Yes, definitely, don't worry about it. But you see, now that General Huo is not here, and we don't join hands, can you tolerate it for a few days?"
"I can't be tolerant, my soldiers have nothing to eat now, if it's you, show me some tolerance!" Song Yucheng's words were extremely sarcastic.
And those distressed soldiers in the back also cooperated and increased their volume, but this time, it wasn't just Huo Yinshan who was arranged, the deputy general was also included in the arrangement.
It's still the utterly devoid of conscience, but it starts to change in the end. I guess it took me a long time to arrange it, but in the end, even the gossip about the lieutenant married a concubine and gave birth to a son was shaken out by them. Someone said that if the money is not paid back, the lieutenant will give birth to a son without an asshole. Three seconds shot.
This is too much! The lieutenant suddenly burst into anger, and his chest ached. However, considering the special situation, he suppressed his anger and tried to discuss with Song Yucheng: "Your Majesty, you are going too far. Talk as you say, aren't you playing a rascal?"
"Playing a rogue?" But Song Yucheng's arrogance was far beyond his expectations, and he saw that the moment he asked this question, he was whipped in the face by Song Yucheng, and then those crying soldiers did not After pretending, they all gathered around the lieutenant general.
"Grandson! What kind of status do you dare to accuse our father? I'm afraid it's because of your life!" As Song Yucheng stretched out his hand, he saw the two soldiers standing in the front, who were as fast as lightning, almost In the blink of an eye, he bypassed the soldiers around the lieutenant general, rushed directly in front of him, kicked him in the stomach, and then drew out the knife on his body and pressed it against his neck: "I'm afraid you ate the bear's heart!" Leopard guts!"
"What are you going to do?" Seeing that the lieutenant general suffered a disadvantage, the soldiers on the Gucheng side also became angry, but before they could get angry, they heard a loud eagle cry from Song Yucheng's army, and then everyone mounted their horses and formed an array. The murderous air rose suddenly, as if dark clouds were overwhelming the city, and the sense of danger instantly made people feel suffocated.
Human weapons!
The soldiers on the other side of the city immediately backed away in fright, as for the captured lieutenant general, he couldn't believe it at all, what he saw.
The group of soldiers Song Yucheng brought, at first glance they looked tattered, and their actions were full of hooliganism, but in fact, they were just appearances. Take off this pretense. Each of them has truly experienced on the battlefield. Looking at the formation alone, the city's garrison lost a lot.
"My lord, what are you doing here?"
"I want money!" Song Yucheng pointed to the messenger and asked him to spread what he wanted to say to the bosses in the city: "As long as Huo Yinshan doesn't pay back the military salary for a day, we will make trouble for a day. If we don't pay back, we will Just grab it!"
The messenger's voice was also outstanding, and with just such a yell, the ordinary people who had been watching the excitement at the gate of the city suddenly exploded!
It doesn't matter if you make a fuss, but the robbery has something to do with them! These days, it's not hard for anyone to save a little money. If Song Yucheng snatched this away, he would have to cry to death.
Now, the people who were just watching the fun also began to scold.
"It's not you, what's the matter with the garrison of the city! Why did you even catch the deputy general as you promised to defend the city?"
"That General Huo is not a joke. He usually looks dignified, but he still owes money. Look at how poor those people in Rongcheng are! Give what you need! It really drives people into desperation disciples, it is us ordinary people who suffer.”
"That's right, that's right, who did we provoke? Hurry up and pay back the money!"
The folk customs of the city are open, and these people are not afraid of those soldiers. It's noisy, it's really noisy.
Not to mention anything else, just look at the state of Song Yucheng leading those soldiers, it looks like a bunch of desperadoes. It's impossible to be reasonable. Once they get in, who knows what will happen to them
No one didn't want to live a quiet life, so they became more and more disgusted with the lieutenant's non-repayment of the money.
I can't wait to drown them all with one mouthful of saliva.
The lieutenant general was also completely cornered. In the end, I had no choice but to say to Song Yucheng: "Your Majesty, don't worry. It's not that the last general won't give it, but it's just that it's really not a coincidence. If you don't believe me, I'll take you to the armory. If you can get it in there If I find a piece of armor, I will immediately send my head to you as an apology."
"Really? Then go and have a look." He could hear that his words were tricky, but Song Yucheng still followed his wishes.
The messengers had checked it out before, and it wasn't that there was no money in the city, the military supply depot was full of things. And they came so suddenly. Song Yucheng believes that even if it is hidden, it will definitely show its feet.
However, after arriving at the armory, he fully understood why the lieutenant general was full of confidence. Just look at the huge warehouse in front of you, there is dust everywhere, and there is no place to set foot. Not only that, those old shelves, at a glance, are all empty.
"Master, something's wrong. I checked yesterday, and it's not like this here!"
"I know, but these dusts are impossible to fake."
"Yeah, what's going on here." The orderly was puzzled. As for the lieutenant general who brought them in, he and the quartermaster exchanged a clear look.
Song Yucheng noticed it by chance, and then narrowed his eyes, the atmosphere suddenly became condensed. However, at this moment, a vague voice suddenly entered Song Yucheng's ears.
"There is an agency, give me a piece of jerky and I will tell you!"
The author has something to say:
Song Yucheng: Darling, tell me where the mechanism is, and I will pack the jerky for you from the next city.