Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

There were a total of [-] Longxi merchants and big households present, all of whom were tightly strangled by Guo Ye, and none of them would be so stupid as to be willing to be the second He family.

Under the fear of throwing rats, everyone had to sign and draw a pledge on the spot, willing to contribute money to reward the yamen servants and young men who guarded the city.

The most people present will contribute three to five thousand taels, and the smallest ones will be one thousand and eight hundred taels, depending on personal financial resources.On this occasion, Guo Ye knocked away nearly 5000 taels of snowflake silver.

It's really a joy to come and a disappointment to return.

Seeing that the matter had been settled, Guo Ye ordered Fatty Zhu to be responsible for receiving the reward money, and what about him?

On the other hand, he hurriedly took Cheng Erniu to the gate tower of Dongcheng City to supervise the battle.

As the saying goes, the commander of an army is the soul. If Guo Ye, the spiritual leader of the two hundred yamen servants, does not come to the front line in person, how can the yamen soldiers who have not condensed their hearts at this time fight the enemy bravely, and how can they fight with Longxi? Coexistence and death of the county?

After leaving the yamen, Guo Ye and Cheng Erniu rode together and hurried to the gate of Dongcheng City. At this moment, if his little brother Guo stayed in the rear, the city would collapse on its own without the need for bandits to attack.

Guo Ye looked at all the battles in history where he won more with less, and all of them were won by the belief that he must win and the determination to never shrink back.

He must come to the front line in person, and he must stand on the top of the east city gate, because he is the banner that never backs down.

As long as his little brother Guo is around, the battle flag will not fall, and the brothers always have hope in their hearts.

Without him, the hearts of the people.

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Ten miles away, on the high slope, nearly a thousand people were scattered everywhere in darkness, making a fire, cooking, drinking and laughing, or grilling meat by the campfire, and the sound of laughing and laughing came from time to time.

Below the high slope is a wilderness plain, a flat river, without any obstacles from the mountains, and you can vaguely see the gates and buildings of the east city of Longxi just by staring at it.

That is to say, as long as you get off this high slope, you can ride your horse and swing your spear to attack Longxi County.

This high slope, also known as Ghost Horse Slope, is the first barrier for Longxi County to the outside world.

But today it has become a concentration camp for water bandits and bandits.

These nearly a thousand people are the army of bandits that jointly attacked the city by the Minjiang water bandit Zheng Sanjiang and the sunset mountain bandit Meng Laogui.

Nearly a thousand people may not seem like a lot, but for a small county with only two hundred yamen guards, it is another matter.

Thousands of thieves were resting in Guimapo, and several high-level leaders of the thieves army were also discussing how to attack the city in a temporary thatched hut.

There are four people in the thatched hut, one is Zheng Sanjiang, a water bandit from the Minjiang River, Meng Laogui, the leader of the Sunset Mountain bandits, and Zhao Jiuchou, the second leader of the Sunset Mountain bandits.

The last person was a middle-aged man wearing a gray and white robe, wearing a headscarf, and holding a feather fan.

The four of them sat around a large flat and smooth stone, on which a rough sketch was drawn with wood, which looked a bit like the sketch of Longxi County, and even marked the four gates of the four roads in the south, east, west, and west.

Zheng Sanjiang and Meng Laogui were about the same age, both in their forties, and even their bodies were about the same. The obvious difference was that Zheng Sanjiang had beards all over his face.

Although Meng Laogui has no beard, his face is full of wrinkles and creases, as if being pulled by a plow for plowing the field, criss-crossing.

As for Zhao Jiuchou, he is actually not ugly, on the contrary, he is very handsome. If he hadn't been sitting there with a big golden ring knife on his shoulder, he would definitely have mistaken him for a handsome young man with a white face. .

As for the middle-aged scholar waving the feather fan, his name is Guan Jiujiu, Guan Guanjujiu, Jiujiu in Hezhizhou, is the military advisor of Sunset Mountain.The name is elegant, even a bit feminine, but the person looks unsightly, with a pair of sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks and triangular eyes, as if he was reincarnated as a grandson monkey.

But this person is indeed a scholar, a real scholar, if he hadn't been working as a private school for a rich family to see the money, poisoned dozens of people in the owner's family, and fled to the sunset mountain to become a bandit.

Maybe it's a juren or a local official now.

The four of them sat around the stone, pointing at the sketches drawn with charcoal on the stone, only to hear Meng Laogui say to the military advisor Guan Jiujiu: "Military advisor, you are the advisor of our Sunset Mountain. You have the most goods in your stomach, tell me, which city should we concentrate our forces on?"

Hearing Meng Laogui praise him so much, Guan Jiujiu and You Rong Yan, the chicken feather fan shook more joyfully.

Then he held his chin proudly, knocked the chicken feather fan on the mark of the east gate on the sketch, and said, "Naturally, it is the east gate. Since ancient times, the east gate has been regarded as the main gate of the city. We can deter our opponents."

Meng Laogui couldn't help nodding his head when he heard this, saying that he was right.

Zheng Sanjiang, on the other hand, echoed Meng Laogui for no other reason than because Meng Laogui's Sunset Mountain bandits were strong and strong, accounting for 100% of the team of thousands of people. Now his Minjiang bandits have less than [-] people When the tiger falls into Pingyang, there is no place to express an opinion.

"I disagree!"

The one who spoke was Zhao Jiuchou, the second head of the Sunset Mountain.

Zhao Jiuchou shook his head repeatedly to deny Guan Jiujiu's idea, and said to Meng Laogui, "Brother, we are bandits and bandits, not the imperial court army, so why stick to any form? We just need to attack Longxi as soon as possible. After looting the county town and then quickly evacuating, the goal is achieved. You see, since the east gate is the main gate, the defense force is naturally the strongest. Instead of wasting time here, it is better to choose the south gate, the north gate or the west gate. It's a weak defense."

Uh?

Meng Laogui listened to Zhao Jiuchou's analysis, yes, that's the reason.

Bandits and bandits want to be intimidated, just go in and loot them and it's over.

Guan Jiujiu heard that Zhao Jiuchou, who was extremely at odds with him on weekdays, sang against him again, so he naturally quit.

"Humph!"

Guan Jiujiu let out a disdainful sneer, swishing his feather fan and said contemptuously, "What's the ugly guy thinking? Only by attacking the east gate, will the other three gates surrender without a fight. In this way, the reputation of our Sunset Mountain will surely be destroyed." Great vibes, famous in the whole Yizhou County. Besides, according to my military division, I sent people into the city to investigate, and the entire Longxi County has only two hundred yamen servants. No matter how easy it is to defend the east gate, it is still the opponent of my army of thousands ?”

Speaking of this, he no longer looked at Zhao Jiuchou whose face turned slightly red, turned to Meng Laogui, the leader, and said, "Master, we fought against the soldiers of the strong squad in Longxi a while ago, and how powerful are those people? I don’t know, it’s just ordinary chickens and dogs. Chief Zheng should still have an impression of this matter, right?”

Hearing Guan Jiujiu mention this, Meng Laogui thought of the feat of defeating Gu Dezhao's strong squad a few days ago, being able to drive away the regular army of the Yamen was really a matter of pride.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but nodded again in favor of Guan Jiujiu's idea.

On the other hand, Zheng Sanjiang had been hanging out with the Sunset and the others for a while, so of course he knew the difference between Zhao Jiuchou, the second leader, and Guan Jiujiu, the military advisor.

He is a discerning person, and he can see Meng Laogui's deep trust at a glance, and Zhao Jiuchou, apart from his good sword skills, has no accomplices in Sunset Mountain.

He has already distinguished which is more important, so he naturally chooses to be hugged by the thigh, and he chooses to lean towards Guan Jiujiu.

Then, he nodded in agreement without hesitation: "Guan Junshi's intention is very much in line with Zheng's mind."

Seeing this, Meng Laogui immediately made a decision and said, "Okay, I will follow the advice of the military advisor."

Hearing that Meng Laogui agreed to Guan Jiujiu's idea so rashly, Zhao Jiuchou was so angry that he wished he could draw out the big knife on his shoulder, and cut Zheng Sanjiang and Guan Jiujiu, two scourges, to the ground with one blow.

Then, Meng Laogui listened to the croaking of insects and frogs outside the thatched hut, and then looked up at the sky, the sky was already dim, with stars shining.

Then he asked, "What about the time for the siege? Military division, it's up to you to make up your mind."

Guan Jiujiu slapped the chicken feather fan proudly again, glanced at Zhao Jiuchou as if in a demonstration, and said, "We must be a little tired after a day's journey, and there is no such thing as a tired teacher to do the siege of the city." About the matter of the stronghold. Why don't you rest well tonight and wait for tomorrow morning to march down and break Longxi County?"

"I disagree!!!"

It was still Zhao Jiuchou who stopped drinking, but this time, unlike last time, he stood up abruptly and glared at Guan Jiujiu.

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