BaNovel Chapter 2828 Buying People's Hearts
Chapter 2828 Buying People's Hearts
Chapter 2828 Buying People's Hearts
Song Yuchan tsk-tsk twice, she didn't expect this stick to be so powerful.
Yan Qing was also surprised and praised, "After all, it is the master's magic weapon. It is really extraordinary."
Song Yuchan giggled, and hurried over to put the stick away, for fear that others would snatch it from her.
As soon as the Yin soldiers left, all of Gao Qiu's reliance came to naught.
He found an excuse to slip away in a hurry in the command camp, and handed over the front line to his subordinates to command.
At the same time, Lei Heng had already led a large army into the city, found hundreds of infantry under his original command, and hundreds of cavalry under Zhu Ding's command, and forced these people to rebel against the court with swords.
These people rushed into the inner city gate of the Wengcheng, and immediately fought with the defenders of the city wall.
Lei Heng rushed over, opened the inner city gate, and shouted at the defenders on the city wall, "Qizhou City has fallen, why don't you run for your life!"
The official army was already on the verge of collapse. Seeing that there were also bandit troops roaring in the city, they all collapsed in an instant.
All the soldiers panicked and scattered to both sides of the city wall.
The south city gate was attacked inside and outside, and it fell completely.
The rebel army rushed into the city from Wengcheng, quickly occupied the city gate, and then chased the deserters on both sides.
Before the siege, Song Gongming issued a death order to the rebels.
All those who enter the city shall not violate the common people.
Anyone who violates it will be shot to death.
The people in the city locked themselves in their homes, thinking that they could not escape the disaster of war.
Who knew that after the rebel army entered the city, they only searched and arrested the officers and soldiers, and they did nothing to the common people.
When some places caught fire, the rebels quickly organized to help the common people put out the fire together.
These things gradually reassured the people in the city.
Under the leadership of Lei Heng, the army contributed to the residence of Wang's family where Gao Qiu lived, and the magistrate's yamen where Tong Guan lived.
However, these court executives were escorted away by experts when the city was broken.
Only Wenbin's family, the magistrate, was arrested and guarded in the courtyard.
Song Gongming rode into the city on a war horse, and said with emotion in his heart, "I left Qizhou at the beginning, but I didn't expect to come back again."
Wu Yong said with a smile, "Brother is chosen by heaven, and he is protected by the gods in the dark."
"If there are gods to protect, why should I be a treacherous minister of the Song Dynasty?"
Song Gongming sighed, facing years of military disasters, he couldn't help feeling sad.
He took Wu Yong into the city, and after listening to his subordinates' report, he led people into the magistrate's yamen.
Shi Wenbin lowered his head, and when he saw him coming in, a gleam of light appeared in his eyes.
Song Gongming got off his horse and went over to order his subordinates, "Quickly put away the sword, how can you be so rude to the magistrate?"
He went over, helped Shi Wenbin up himself, clasped fists with him and said, "Brother Wenbin, I'm sorry, I surprised you."
Shi Wenbin said with a low expression, "You are a thief and I am an official, so there is no need to be polite to me. Kill me if you want, I am ready to serve the country with my own body."
Lei Heng said anxiously at the side, "Master, what are you talking about, brother Gongming met you once, how could he kill you."
Shi Wenbin and Lei Heng scolded, "You don't need to persuade me, I let you go out of the city to vote for an official, but you voted for a thief, wasting all my hard work."
Lei Heng said, "At present, the imperial court is corrupt and treacherous ministers are in power. Don't tell me that the Elder is not aware of this? If I vote for an official, I will end up like this?"
Shi Wenbin said seriously, "The imperial court treats me well. You can betray the imperial court, but this official cannot. You don't need to persuade me, I would rather die than serve you."
Song Gongming smiled lightly, "Brother Wenbin really misunderstood us. We never thought of killing you. I, Song, know what kind of person you are. In this way, you can now live in the mansion with peace of mind. I will let my subordinates withdraw , no one dares to disturb you anymore. I will come to have a good drink with you after I get my military affairs in order. At that time, whether you want to leave or stay, I will obey you."
With a wave of his hand, Lei Heng and his men retreated.
He and Wu Yong also resigned and left, causing dissatisfaction among the generals, "Brother, why do you have to be polite to a dog official? The officials of the court are working together, how can there be any good?"
Song Gongming taught, "We are against corrupt officials, not against all court officials. No matter which city you capture in the future, you must not be killed indiscriminately. Only when we unite our brothers, our enemies will It keeps getting less and less, and in the end we can win."
"promise!"
The generals under him were ashamed for a while, and dared not say anything else.
After the war, 30 to [-] soldiers and horses left the city from other city walls.
Tens of thousands of people died on the battlefield, and the remaining 20 soldiers and horses were all captured.
They were holding their heads, and being guarded by the rebels in the Wengcheng, they were all flustered for a while, thinking that their lives were not long.
After Song Gongming arrived, he asked people to distribute big white steamed buns to them.
After the soldiers were full, he asked them, "Is the big white steamed bun delicious?"
The soldiers didn't know what he meant, they thought it was the last meal, they knelt down in fright, and hurriedly begged for mercy with Song Gongming, "Master, please spare me!"
"We're just here to make a living, and we never thought that we'd be really against the master!"
"Master, give me a way to survive!"
"..."
There was a burst of wailing on the field.
Song Gongming and the others raised their hands, signaling for everyone to be quiet, and said, "Don't worry, everyone, I never thought of taking your life. The soldiers eat food for food, I understand everyone very well. Our rebels, there are Many brothers also come from the army. Everyone knows that the current court is full of corrupt officials. The rich have a lot of land, but the poor like us have no place to stand. I want to ask everyone, do you think this is fair? ?”
All the soldiers looked at each other, and shouted bravely, "It's not fair!"
"unfair!"
"unfair!"
"..."
Everyone shouted in unison, and Song Gongming said a word to his heart.
If it weren't for the lack of food, who would be willing to come out and serve as a soldier.
Song Gongming and all the soldiers shouted softly, "Yes, it's not fair. Therefore, our rebel army was established to solve this unfairness. I assure you that as long as you join the rebel army, as long as you make contributions in the army, you will be able to Enjoy all the rewards of the rebels. From now on, all rebels will be able to share a piece of land that belongs to you in the areas occupied by the rebels in Qilu and Shandong. The more contributions you make, the larger the area of the land you will get. It seems like this white flour steamed bun, you can eat it with your belly open."
"Dividing the land?"
"really?"
"You didn't lie to us, did you?"
"Can you really give us land?"
"..."
The hearts of all the soldiers were mobilized.
Song Gongming and the others continued, "Anyone who believes in me, Song Gongming, please stay and join the rebel army. Everything you want can be realized in the rebel army. If anyone doesn't believe in me, Song Gongming, they can choose to leave. We The rebels don’t kill prisoners of war, and they will distribute travel expenses to you. Everyone starts to choose now, those who choose to stay stand on the right, and those who choose to quit stand on the left.”
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not daring to move, fearing that if they made a wrong choice, they would be killed by the rebels.
At this time, a rebel army came up with a money box.
Open the lid of the box, revealing boxes of white silver and copper coins inside.
A general shouted, "Anyone who joins our rebel army will be rewarded with one silver coin on the spot. Anyone who leaves will be rewarded with five copper coins for travel expenses."
Only then did the soldiers gradually feel relieved, and someone took the lead and raised their arms and shouted, "I join the rebel army!"
Great Song silver coins, one can be exchanged for hundreds of copper coins.
Joining the Rebel Army, let's not talk about land distribution.
Even if you choose silver coins, you can make a fortune.
After someone took the lead, the soldiers moved into action one after another, separated and stood on both sides.
In the end, more than half of the people chose to stay, and only three to 4000 people chose to leave.
(End of this chapter)