On the Importance of Finishing Work

The news from Quzhou was not true, it was just a group of mobs trying to get some benefits by making a name for themselves.

Not to mention beating Kang Jing, as soon as there are more people, new enemies and old grudges, internal quarrels will start first.The world is in chaos now, and those movements in Quzhou are purely normal. After knowing that the so-called "Qin Ming" name is just a gimmick, the attention quickly dissipated.

But here in Xuzhou, the prefect Peng Zhenliang was originally panicked by the series of disturbances that Zhao Xiushi made in the east of Xuzhou the year before.

But after Zhao Xiushi captured Guangping, he suddenly stopped moving. Peng Zhenliang guessed that he might have had to rest for a while because of excessive wear and tear.

——After all, the governor of Guangping was the tiger-fighting hero. It was not unusual for Zhao Xiushi to run into a wall on him, but it was a pity that he couldn't completely stop him.

At that time, Peng Zhenliang really wanted to take advantage of this to beat the dog in the water, but he knew a lot about the things in Quzhou earlier than Zhao Xiushi.

That is Qin Ming's Xizhou Cavalry!

Follow him to fight Kang Kyung, maybe you can get a piece of the pie.

— Kang Kyung!That's Kang Kyung!Why isn't it better than being in a poor and remote place like Xuzhou? !

Thinking this way, Peng Zhenliang simply gave up the idea of ​​attacking Zhao Xiushi, and rushed to Quzhou with most of his belongings, fearing that it would be too late if he went too late!

As a result, it is conceivable that Peng Zhenliang had a bad nose in that so-called alliance, and when Peng Zhenliang came back, it was himself who needed to rest.

After Peng Zhenliang came back, he began to criticize the idiot who dared to use Qin Ming's tiger skin as a banner. It was more than three meals a day.

But soon, he won't have this leisure time...

Zhao Xiushi, who had been silent for a whole winter, made another movement.

He started to attack the city again... This time, the action was much faster than the last time.

Peng Zhenliang was in a panic, and there was really no reason for him not to panic.

Between him and Zhao Xiushi, there is a layer of revenge for killing his father. If real soldiers come to the city, the other party may not even give him the chance to surrender.

But in a panic, he still made a very wise decision to mobilize the remaining army and keep people away from Chengsi.

After all, after Chengsi, Binglin Changzhi, which is the state capital of Xuzhou where he is now.

It was indeed a good decision, but it was too late after all.Before reaching Chengsi, the army was attacked halfway.

The speed of the opponent's march and the speed with which they conquered the city were beyond Peng Zhenliang's expectations. He never expected that in the blink of an eye, the opponent would attack in front of him.

——The line of defense he worked so hard to organize was like paper, and it was easily torn apart.

Peng Zhenliang couldn't figure it out, and he soon had no time to think about it.

The army besieged the city, and the generals of Changzhi gathered together.

Peng Zhenliang watched coldly. Some people were in a state of panic, some showed regret, and some had flickering eyes...

Peng Zhenliang couldn't help thinking: When he besieged Changzhi three years ago, was it the same situation here?

He knew why the man regretted it. He was the one who opened the city gate for him back then. He also knew why the man's eyes flickered. He must have sent an envoy to the army outside the city.

He looked at it for a while, lowered his eyes, and said in a flat voice: "Do you have a way to deal with it?"

No one answered.

Naturally, some people want to surrender, but everyone here knows the grievances between Peng Zhenliang and Zhao Xiushi, and those who have the idea of ​​"surrender" will naturally not say it on this occasion-after all, these words are equivalent to forcing Peng Zhenliang to die.

After a long time, someone said in a low voice, not coherently: "The city wall of Changzhi is strong, and there is still some food left in the city. If we stick to the city... maybe we can last for a month..."

The rest did not speak.

Peng Zhenliang looked around, and finally left without saying a word.

The rest of the people looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering whether they should go up and stop them.

Outside the city, Zhao Xiushi was riding alone in front of him in shiny armor. The black horse under him seemed to sense the mood of his master, and moved its hooves uncomfortably.

With a constipated expression on his face, Zhao Xiushi twisted in front for a long time, then took the rein of the horse and took several steps back until he was even with Shi Yue.

"elder brother……"

After one autumn and one winter, Zhao Xiushi's address to Shi Yue has successfully changed from "Brother Xu" to "Brother Xu", and finally "Brother".

If he could have such a brother, Zhao Xiushi would wake up with a smile in his dreams.

At first, he admired Xu Huaiji's martial arts, but later he respected and feared him because of the other party's advice on government affairs. For a while, he almost avoided Xu Huaiji.

However, during the attack on Peng Zhenliang during this period of time, seeing Brother Xu's various abilities of "predicting the enemy first" and "foreseeing the unknown", he rekindled his enthusiasm, and he really wished that he could stick to Xu Huaiji's side for twelve hours a day. Learn one and a half tricks.

——Even brother Xu's daily government affairs torture can't stop his enthusiasm.

"Brother, are we really waiting here?... You know the grievances between me and Peng Zhenliang...I think, I think...it's impossible for him..."

—Impossible to open the city gate and surrender.

Before Zhao Xiushi finished speaking, he heard movement from the city gate.

Under the watchful eyes of a group of soldiers, the city gate opened slowly, slowly, little by little.

Zhao Xiushi: ...

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He couldn't help but look at Shi Yue with undisguised reverence in his eyes: As expected of Brother Xu...he suspected Brother Xu just now, his brain was really kicked by a donkey!

——Peng Zhenliang will definitely not surrender.

However, his subordinates are not necessarily: it is a basic operation to surrender with the head.

Sooner, before dispatching troops, he sent people to contact many of Changzhi's generals.

——Warring is a technical job. It would be really stupid to just fight hand-to-hand on the battlefield and take human lives to do it.

Facts have proved that there is no corner of the wall that cannot be pried, only a hoe that cannot be swung well.

It's just... He obviously swung his hoe in front of Zhao Xiushi, but Zhao Xiushi actually asked "Will Peng Zhenliang surrender?"

Shi Yue: ...

This child still has less "homework".

Zhao Xiushi was heading into the city to accept the surrender at the head of the line, completely unaware of what kind of mountains of bamboo slips he would meet after entering the city.

Xuzhou's change of owner, if this matter was left in the past, it would be considered a small news, enough for many forces to take it to heart and weigh it.

At least the new prefect who is trying to test whether he is a stubble or a softie, there will always be such basic operations.

However, the occurrence of another incident made people completely have no time to pay attention to Xu Zhou's petty troubles.

Just before March, Fan Yu in Youzhou found a four-year-old child from somewhere. He said that he was a descendant of Queen Lingyang, that is, a member of the so-called royal family, and he supported this yellow-mouthed child to ascend the throne in Youzhou. For the emperor.

Of course, all political affairs and military affairs were handled by Fan Yu, saying that he followed the example of "An Guogong" back then.

Unlike the farce of "attacking Kangjing" in Quzhou last year, this time it is a real and real rebellion!up!

... After all, this time even a new emperor has been established.

The methods are different, and the reasons are naturally different.

Previously, when Quzhou wanted to attack Kangjing, it was under the banner of "crusade against rebels and take the side of the Qing emperor".This time about the matter of Yuzhou, even the emperor has been newly established, so it is not easy to say something like "the side of the Qing emperor", what he said is "the emperor is fatuous and cruel to the loyal and good"...

——As for the murdered Zhongliang?

Of course it was "An Guogong" who died suddenly.

Many people knew the inside story of An Guogong's death.

However, they all remained silent for various reasons. Some people bid farewell to the officialdom in despair, while others were still struggling to support themselves in the court, hoping to see the next miracle...

—— Greed for life and fear of death?Or are you afraid that the person's painstaking efforts to die calmly will be in vain?

It has been so long, many people have already forgotten the reason why they kept silent in the first place.

They just keep their mouths shut tightly, pretend nothing happened, pretend nothing happened.

Those truths are like sores buried deep in the flesh and blood, which hurt when touched.

——Then don’t touch it, let it slowly heal in the body...it will be fine...

They believe so.

But now, this time, Fan Yu's actions, no matter what his intentions were, were like a sharp dagger, directly cutting through the seemingly intact skin, piercing straight into the flesh and blood.

Pain, heartache...

Only then did they finally realize that the sore had never healed, instead it had festered and festered over time, and what flowed out after being hit by this dagger was not blood... but stinky pus ...

Yes, back then there was such a person who devoted his whole life to the country and family—helping the building in danger, turning the tide in the mountains and rivers, and at the end of the Dazhao period, he became the guide for all the people.

Such a person ended up with such an ending.

But they... are just silent, silent knowing all the truth.

How hateful...and how sad...

How many people cried bitterly when they heard the news, and how many people beat their chests and stamped their feet?

But unlike the dignitaries who vaguely knew the inside story, for ordinary people, this was really the first time they heard the news.

Fan Yu is really talented in some aspects, at least he is one of the few people in this era who recognizes the power of the masses.

Generally speaking, the so-called "announcement to the world" at this time is actually just a call-to-action for a small number of literati.

Fan Yu is really a capable person. Not only did he send out a proclamation, but he was also ingenious, composing music and making up stories. So An Guogong devoted himself to Dazhao, but in the end he was assassinated by the emperor and died...

This story spread all over the country in a very short period of time.

... The ditties with lyrics are so catchy that even ignorant children can sing a few lines; the stories of the storyteller are repeated in teahouses, and spread all over the world through merchants.

For a time, the world was shaken and the people mourned.