Chapter 121 Attack but not occupy
The next morning, the gate of Yang County opened, and Bai Zheng and a few young and powerful people from the village entered the county town with the flow of people. Then many people entered the city one after another. These people were dressed in ordinary farmers, and even Bai Zheng couldn't tell which ones were his own.
"Brother Zhang family, have you noticed that why are there so many people entering the city today? I feel that at least one hundred more people than usual." The next yamen runner in the city gate said to another yamen runner...
"Whatever he is, they are all farmers. We can just stand in the class and get monthly money. These days are getting harder and harder!" Another yamen runner whispered. Although they are yamen runners, they also feel that their lives are getting harder and harder.
Originally, Anyang was just a small county, with only more than 3,000 households in the county, and the population of the whole county was less than 20,000, which was the last in Hanoi County. In addition, the population of a county was quite scattered during this period, and in fact, there were only more than 3,000 households in the county town. In addition, the weather was severely cold, and there were not many people on the street.
Among the county yamen, Anyang County Magistrate, Duwei and others sat around the stove and roasted the fire, talking about some topics about adults. As for the minor officials and yamen runners, they sat together in groups. In the winter, except for the city gate, who sent more than 30 yamen runners, the rest were staying in the county yamen, and there was not even a single patrol on the street.
Bai Zheng actually overestimated the garrison power of Anyang County, because there were more than 140 runners in the county yamen, but there were more than 20 resting every day. In addition to the more than 30 runners who opened the city gate, there are now less than 90 runners in the county yamen.
Bai Zheng and his party’s goal was these yamen runners, and they were not to deal with solemn yamen runners, but to disperse against unprepared people. When the agreed time came, Bai Zheng and his party all went outside the county yamen. Seeing the more people gathered, Bai Zheng nodded slightly, then pulled out a strip of linen from his arms and tied it to his arm.
As Bai Zheng made this move, many people outside the county yamen tied linen strips on their arms. At this time, the two yamen runners guarding the yamen also saw this scene. So many people began to appear and they didn't care, but such neat movements made both of them change their faces.
At this time, Bai Zheng and Scar had already stepped under the yamen gate several steps. One of the yamen runners said in a panic: "Who are you? What do you want to do?" The yamen runner probably had never seen any world. He was so panicked that he even recorded the weapons and iron swords on his waist.
"What do you want to do? We just want to find a way out for ourselves!" Bai Zheng said with his eyes narrowed, but he stabbed a sword in his hand without hesitation. This sword stabbed the yamen runner's left chest and penetrated his chest with one sword. When he pulled the sword out again, the yamen runner had already collapsed on the ground like a pool of mud, and then a stream of red blood flowed down the steps.
Just as Bai Zheng killed the yamen runner, Scar beside him also cleanly killed another yamen runner. Scar was even more ruthless in his action. He directly used the dog-slaughtering knife to slash the yamen runner's neck with a diagonal knife. After this knife, the yamen runner's head was almost cut off. Only half of his skin and flesh were left after one knife. If Scar used a better weapon, the yamen runner must have been in a different position.
"Brothers, follow me to kill you!" Bai Zheng stabbed out with a sword and stepped into the county government office, and then shouted to more than 200 brothers behind him. The sound of killing sounded at the county government office.
Because the county government was not prepared in advance, and the officials and runners in the county government government were scattered everywhere. Under the leadership of Bai Zheng and Scar, the group of people searched the entire county government almost at the speed of harvest. Everyone who saw it was almost killed by two people or beaten to death by these people afterwards. The entire county government seemed like the Shura hell.
"Scar, we will act separately. You go to the fire. Come with me, let's go to the arsenal." Bai Zheng didn't know how many people they killed in the county government, but when he killed one person wearing brocade robe and another person wearing leather armor, he acted separately with Scar. He estimated that these two must be the magistrate of Anyang County and the commander of Anyang.
The county government burned the county government to cause chaos in the whole county, and then let people outside the city successfully occupy the city gate. Although after the county government's killing, the entire county government should be unable to resist, Bai Zheng decided to follow the original plan for safety. In addition, the county government also has a small weapon warehouse, where all the weapons used by the yamen runners are stored, and these weapons are what Bai Zheng lacks the most at present.
"Brothers, brother has succeeded. Let's rush in!" The white soldiers outside the city hid in the woods not far from the county town. When they saw the flames rising in the county town, these people could no longer hold back and shouted and rushed into the county town under the leadership of the white soldiers.
Just a moment ago, most of the yamen runners guarding the city had been separated and returned to the county yamen. There were only a few people guarding the city gate. The formation of hundreds of white soldiers made these yamen runners silly, and they even forgot to close the city gate in panic.
Under the leadership of the white soldiers, nearly 600 people quickly rushed into the county town. The yamen runners at the city gate had already fled and scattered, but these people did not go far and were killed by the mob. The white soldiers left about two hundred people to guard the city gate and close the city gate, and then rushed towards the county government with the remaining people.
At this time, the entire county town was covered with shouts of killing and fire and smoke. Ordinary people had already seen the situation was not good and they all went home and closed their doors. Several large households in the county town also summoned slaves to close their doors, looking like they were facing a great enemy.
"Brother, I have already controlled the city gate. Now the entire Anyang is under our control. What should I do next?" Outside the county government surrounded by a raging fire, the white soldiers met Bai Zheng. At this time, the more than 200 people brought by Bai Zheng first were replaced with iron weapons. Scar had made leather armor from somewhere, and was fiddling with them on his body.
"I said the entire county is ours. Why not split the big families now and enjoy the women with rich clothes and food, hahahaha!" Scar couldn't hide his excitement and said with a lewd look on his face.
"Shut up." Bai Zheng turned his head without hesitation and scolded. The scar seemed to have been poured into a basin of cold water, and it was a lot of pain in an instant.
"Scar, take some brothers to open the granary, make a fire and cook immediately, and transport all the remaining grain to the village. Second brother, you immediately bring people to pass on the message and ask the rich people in the city to prepare money, grain and weapons. Tell them that if they cooperate, we will not violate it, otherwise we will kill them all. Also, tell all brothers that burning, killing and looting in the city is strictly prohibited. If anyone harasses ordinary people, I will chop him up with his own hands. Go and arrange it." Bai Zheng said several orders in succession, but these orders were almost contrary to the behavior of the bandits. I have never heard of bandits capturing the county town and not committing any crime to the people in the city.
"Officials, we finally managed to capture the county town, why don't you let your brothers enjoy it? The people in the village can also be brought to the city?" Scar suddenly felt resentful when he heard Bai Zheng's words, and even some other bandits felt very uncomfortable.
"Do you really think you can rest assured by capturing the county town? If you just want to be greedy, you can indulge in it. I will never stop you. Whether you die or live in the future has nothing to do with me, Bai Zheng." Bai Zheng stared at him and swept over the hundreds of people in front of the county government.
Bai Zheng is a very visionary person. He knew that if he led his men to seek temporary joy, then his destruction would not be far away.
"Abide by the order!" Bai Bing clasped his fists and took the order without hesitation, and then took a group of people away. Although Dao Scar was a little angry, he still followed Bai Zheng's order and took the people to work.
At this moment, there were only dozens of people who stayed by Bai Zheng's side. At this time, he was not idle, but called out a few more reliable people and ordered these people: "You guys go and take a few horses, and immediately go to Xiuwu, Yewang, Heyang, Shanyang, Wuyang counties, find several leaders of these counties and tell them that Bai Zheng has captured Anyang County. Soon, Wang Wenshu will definitely mobilize the forces of the whole county to encircle and suppress them, so that they can take the opportunity to seize these county towns."
When Bai Zheng burned the county government office, he had already led dozens of horses out of the government office. The place of Hanoi County is rich in horses. There may not be many horses in other counties, but there are many in Hanoi County.
"The head of the family, aren't we cheaper? We worked hard to capture the county town and attracted Wang Wenshu's army, but let others get the advantage." After the people who conveyed the news rode away, a small leader with good relationship with Bai Zheng asked in confusion. Bai Zheng asked these people just now to inform other bandit forces in the neighboring counties. In the eyes of ordinary people, this was simply a detriment to oneself and benefit others.
"We must evacuate the county town before dark. As for other parodies attacking the county town, it is just to make the situation more chaotic. Only the more chaotic we are, the safer we are. It is best to capture a few more county towns, so that Wang Wenshu will have no time to take care of us. With this buffer time, with our foundation and a little training, we may have the power to fight Wang Wenshu." Bai Zheng did not hide anything and expressed his ideas in his heart. No one would have thought that Bai Zheng would attack Anyang without taking advantage of it. However, from Bai Zheng's words, he could hear that what he was trying to do was not just this county town.
Chapter completed!