Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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When his father heard this, his face gradually turned cold, "What? Didn't pass the exam? How could you fail the exam? How did you do it? This time, the enrollment was expanded by 4000 people. How could you not pass the exam?

If you don't pass the college entrance examination, don't you still want to be like me, to be a businessman for the rest of your life?Although Lord Zongbing is kind, our life is getting better and better now, but if you fail to enter the university, what will happen to your future?

You are only now, are you just like me all your life, do not know a single word, and watch people's faces all day long? "

Hearing his father's scolding, Meng Yao's heart became more and more confused. He explained: "I was able to pass the exam, but I was too nervous during the exam, so I didn't finish the test paper."

"Excuses, you are all excuses. If you don't get into college, your life will be useless." Meng Yao's father was furious, pointing at Meng Yao and yelling loudly.

"It's not that there will be no more opportunities. The university will definitely expand its enrollment in the future. Maybe I will be able to pass the exam by then." Meng Yao said a little unconvinced.

"Hmph, who knows what will happen in the future? Forget it, I don't think you have much hope. From now on, you don't need to study anymore. From tomorrow on, you can set up a stall with me." Meng Yao's father stood up, sleeves With a flick, he walked outside without looking back.

Scenes like today's Sun Qingchang and Meng Yao are constantly being staged in Xuanzhen. Although it is cruel, there is no way to do it.

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At this time, Zhao Wen led the soldiers and horses to Yangqu County, less than a hundred miles away from Taiyuan Mansion.

It can be said that Zhao Wen's attack all the way has been smooth, and he has never encountered decent resistance at all.

After seeing the army led by Zhao Wen, those small towns and military forts surrendered without hesitation.

Even the towns and towns in Shanxi, with many soldiers and thick cities, can't bear it, let alone these small military fortresses.

At this time, Liu Wenzhong sent out, and those personnel who were going to Shanxi Town had already arrived in Shanxi Town.

After they entered Shanxi Town, they quickly began to take over the entire Shanxi Town.

Among them, the old officials sent by Liu Wenzhong were the main force. They spread all over Shanxi Town in a very short period of time and took control of Shanxi Town.

Because of their age and experience, these selected college students can only act as assistants to these old officials, gaining experience.

These people, together with the reserve troops brought in, began to govern the entire Shanxi Town in a short period of time.

The people in Shanxi Town were like a dream. In just a few days, Shanxi Town changed its dynasty.

The first thing these people do after taking control of Shanxi Town is to clean up the evil gentry and bullies and re-clear the land.

Redistribute confiscated land to landless farmers.

Because of this reason, the people in Shanxi Town returned their hearts quickly, and for a while, those people in Shanxi Town who got the land became grateful to Zhao Wen.

The regular army that Zhao Wen stayed in Shanxi Town quickly handed over the law and order to the reserve because of the arrival of the reserve, and at the same time kept chasing in Zhao Wen's direction.

At this time, Zhao Wen stationed his soldiers and horses five miles away from Yangqu County.

Zhao Wen stood in front of the camp, looked at Yangqu County with a binoculars in front of him, and murmured, "Is there any movement around Yangqu County?"

Standing beside Zhao Wen, Li Xiaosan pointed to Yangqu County in front of him, and said, "According to the report from Yebu, the guards in the nearby Juntun Fortress and the county seat of Yangqu County have been going to the Taiyuan Mansion for the past few days. and go.

From the looks of it, Taiyuan Mansion seems to have given up on Yangqu County, intending to use all its strength to defend Taiyuan Mansion.

The current Yangqu County can be said to be an empty city, except for some left-behind guards and a small number of young and strong, there are no other troops. "

"Since we have given up on Yangqu County, let's take Yangqu County directly. Depending on the weather, there is about an hour and a half before the sun sets. After an hour and a half, I will enter Yangqu County." Zhao Wen put down With the binoculars in his hand, he looked at Li Xiaosan, "Give me an order to let the fifth, sixth, and seventh thousand households attack, with 3000 troops, more than enough to take down an empty city."

"Obey!" Li Xiaosan clasped his fists at Zhao Wen, roared, and led several messengers to run to the rear.

Not long after, 3000 troops rushed out of the army formation and rushed towards Yangqu County ahead.

While the 3000 men rushed out, a dozen mortars were pushed out.

After a few rumbling cannons, explosions of flames appeared on the county seat of Yangqu County.

The few guards and young men on the city wall panicked. With no bullets from the officers, the defenders on the city wall began to collapse after only one round of shelling.

The defenders on the top of the city dropped their weapons, panicked, and fled towards the bottom of the city wall.

At this time, they were like Mianyang being chased by wild wolves, panicking.

The Qianhus of the three Qianhusuo looked at the scene on the city wall and couldn't help sighing.

The thousand households of the fifth thousand households looked at the chaotic city wall and cursed: "Is this a war or a house? This way, there is not even a decent resistance. It's really boring."

"Hey, my lord, isn't this just right, the entire county can be taken down without any effort." The guard who was next to Qianhu said carelessly.

Qianhu glared at the guard, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, don't talk about it, we are going to the city wall, concentrate."

At this moment, the city gate of Yangqu County was suddenly opened, and several guard soldiers in ragged clothes ran out, holding white flags, and knelt on both sides of the city gate of Yangqu County.

"Good guy, I surrendered directly!" Zhao Wen sighed, looking at the scene ahead through the telescope.

In fact, it can't be blamed that these guards surrendered without holding on for a moment.

After Chen Dehai ran to Taiyuan and told Shanxi governor Wu Zhen of Zhao Wen's true strength.

Wu Zhen made a decisive decision to give up all the places north of Taiyuan Mansion, and transferred the defenders in the counties near Taiyuan Mansion to Taiyuan Mansion.

In Wu Tong's plan, other places can be omitted, but this Taiyuan Mansion must not be lost.

Taiyuan Mansion is the provincial capital of Shanxi, and there are many princes in it.

Its importance is self-evident and cannot be missed.

The three thousand households looked at the city gate wide open, and rushed in without thinking.

The war horse stepped through the city gate and rushed into the city.

The guards holding the white flag knelt on both sides of the city gate, burying their heads very low.

Zhao Wen put down the binoculars, pointed at Yangqu County, and said to Li Xiaosan beside him, "Order the whole army to station in Yangqu County."

"Obey!" Li Xiaosan roared, and hastily passed on Zhao Wen's order.

After a while, the army began to move towards Yangqu County.

At this moment, in a small forest four or five miles away from Zhao Wen, several men in civilian clothes stood up from the ground and ran towards the place where the horses were tied.

After a few breaths, the fast horses galloped towards Taiyuan Mansion.

Just a few steps after they ran out, a dozen or so soldiers in armor and riding horses appeared on the spot.

"My lord has an order, don't hunt them down, let them go." The leading man looked at the fleeing people, turned around and shouted.

These people were Yebushou sent out by Zhao Wen, and they had already discovered these people.

It's just that because of Zhao Wen's order, they only monitored these people and didn't do anything to them.

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Chapter 391

Yangqu County is not too far from Taiyuan Mansion, and it won't take long to arrive there by riding a war horse.

It didn't take long when Zhao Wen led his soldiers to station in Yangqu County, and those who monitored Zhao Wen rushed to the gate of Taiyuan Mansion without closing the night.

"Hurry up and open the city gate. We are sent by the governor and will not be accepted at night. We have important military information, so hurry up and open the city gate."

The leader, Ye Bushou, rode his horse and stopped by the moat, shouting at the defenders on the wall.

A head protruded from the top of the city and shouted loudly: "What is the password today? Now that Bandit Zhao is approaching, we can't let you in easily. I dare to let you in if you can answer. If you can’t answer, then don’t blame us for being rude.”

The leader, Ye Bushou, shouted without even thinking: "Let all the soldiers in Taiyuan have a million soldiers, and smash Zhao's bandits into peace!"

"The password is correct, it is our people, put down the suspension bridge and let them in."

The defender on the top of the city retracted his body and hurriedly said to the soldiers behind him.

After a while, the suspension bridge above the moat was slowly lowered, and the city gate was also opened at this time.

The leader, Ye Bushou, led his men and horses, flicked the whip in his hand, and rushed towards the city wall.

Not long after, the leader Ye Bushou brought Ye Bushou under his command to the governor's yamen.

At this time, the hall of the governor's yamen was full of generals, and these generals were basically the defenders of Taiyuan Mansion and the counties around Taiyuan Mansion.

Now Wu Xuan has assembled them and is arranging to resist Zhao Wen.

"My lord, urgent military situation!" Ye Bushou rushed into the hall as the leader, and shouted at Wu Zhen who was sitting in the main seat.

Wu Zhen frowned, and hurriedly asked, "How's the situation?"

"Returning to my lord, the defenders in Yangqu County didn't last for a quarter of an hour. When the bandits Zhao sent troops to attack, it was only a round of shelling, and the defenders on the city wall held up white flags, opened the city gate and surrendered. "

"What? You didn't hold on for a quarter of an hour, so you just surrendered?" Wu Tong slapped the table next to him when he heard this, and roared angrily: "This group of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, have no eyes. Those who command are simply a disgrace to my Ming Dynasty, it is simply a disgrace.

Although Yangqu County is not as good as Yanmenguan Taiyuan Mansion, it is also much better than ordinary county towns.Although I didn't expect Yangqu County to hold off Zhao thief for a long time, I never expected that the remaining defenders in the city would surrender without even resisting. "

Wu Zhen stood up and walked back and forth in the hall, his chest heaving and falling because of anger.

"Damn it, really damn it, these people really deserve it." Wu Xuan yelled and cursed endlessly.

Chen Dehai, the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town, stood aside, and said to Wu Sheng with a gloomy expression, "Master Governor, Bandit Zhao is very powerful, and the weapon in his hand is even more powerful.

Especially his artillery can accurately hit the city wall from several miles away, and its power is also very powerful. Once fired, there will be no survivors within a radius of ten feet.

Even if it hits the city wall, the bricks covering the city wall will not last long under the blow of this kind of artillery.

It is normal for Yangqu County to surrender. "

After Chen Dehai fled to Taiyuan Mansion, Wu Sheng, the governor, did not arrest Chen Dehai, and even valued Chen Dehai very much.

After all, Chen Dehai was the only one among these people who had fought against Zhao Wen, which was of great help to Taiyuan's defense.

Wu Zhen let out a long breath, with a dejected expression on his face, "I know, I know what you said. I don't dare to expect the remaining defenders in Yangqu County to resist desperately, but I never expected that these defenders are all Some trash actually surrendered directly."

"My lord, now is not the time to think about these things. Our top priority now is how to defend the city of Taiyuan Prefecture." Li Tianhe, the commander-in-chief of Taiyuan Prefecture, dressed in iron armor, sat on the side of the hall and hurriedly said to Wu Sheng.

Wu Zhen came back to his senses and looked at Li Tianhe, "How many soldiers and horses are there in the city now?"

"My lord, since you gave the order to recruit soldiers and horses, a total of [-] soldiers and horses have been gathered in the city. According to your intention, a total of nearly [-] young and strong soldiers have been recruited." Li Tianhe thought for a while, and then said stand up.

Wu Xuan nodded. There are a total of 3 people guarding a Taiyuan mansion. They should be able to hold it. Even if they can't, they should be able to hold on for a little longer.

"But, but..." Li Tianhe's expression suddenly became a little hesitant, he looked at Wu Zhen, and couldn't open his mouth in some embarrassment.

Wu Zhen sat on the main seat and asked, "But what? Could it be that your number is false?"

"No, no, no, the number of people is absolutely fine, and the number of people is absolutely not false. It's just that the army has not been paid for three months, and this time it is time to resist the Zhao bandits. Many brothers in the army are clamoring for the payment of the army." Li Tianhe After hesitating for a long time, he finally asked the question.

Wu Tong looked at Li Tianhe in surprise, "You haven't been paid for three months? How did you become the chief soldier in Taiyuan?"

"It's not my reason either, it's a very normal thing for the imperial court to default on the military salary.

Even if I want to pay the army, I don't have any money in my hands. "Li Tianhe explained with a tangled face.

"It's definitely too late to ask the imperial court for military pay now. But if there is no military pay, the soldiers will definitely not defend the city with all their strength. In this way, the city will definitely not be able to defend it." Wu Xuan stroked his beard and pondered for a long time, then looked at Wang Gubo, Chief Secretary of Shanxi Province, who was sitting next to him, said, "How much money is there in the treasury now?"

Wang Gubo said bitterly: "My lord, the weather has become more and more drier in recent years, and the taxes in various places have become less and less. In addition, water conservancy and city walls have to be built every year. Now the remaining money in the treasury Not enough to pay the military salary.

A soldier's military expenditure is calculated at one tael and five taels of silver for one month, and four taels of silver for three months. Ten thousand soldiers need forty-five taels of silver just to make up for the arrears of military pay.This is not counting the silver for the recruited youth.

But now there are only 5 taels of silver left in the treasury, which is not enough at all. "

"5 taels of silver is not enough at all. Such a small amount of silver is only enough to pay the arrears of military pay, let alone the money spent by these soldiers when they defended the city wall." Wu Sheng's expression became tangled again.

As the saying goes, a penny beats a hero. Now it is not just a penny, but a shortfall of nearly 5 taels of silver. This does not include the money for hard work, An Jiayin, and reward silver used to boost morale.

If you bring all these things with you, plus young and strong, you may need even more.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and without military pay, even a powerful army will collapse one day.

What's more, these soldiers are not powerful soldiers.

These soldiers were guard soldiers from the nearby counties and Taiyuan Prefecture. They couldn't even get enough to eat on weekdays. Now it's impossible to make them work hard without giving them money.

"What should we do now? The distance from Yangqu County to Taiyuan Mansion is more than 40 miles and nearly [-] miles. Such a short distance, no matter how slow the speed is, it will definitely be there in one or two hours. Bandit Zhao died in Yangqu County to repair One day, the day after tomorrow at the latest, we will be able to invade Taiyuan Mansion, if we can’t get money in this time, I’m afraid Taiyuan Mansion won’t be able to hold on.” Wang Gubo, the chief envoy of Shanxi Province, showed a trace of worry on his face.

When Zhao Wen broke through the Yanmen Pass, he thought it would take at least a month for Zhao Wen to attack Taiyuan Mansion, but he didn't expect how long it had passed, even less than half a month. Under the city of Taiyuan Prefecture.

If the issue of the general's salary is not resolved as soon as possible, and the soldiers defending the city have no intention of defending the city, it may only be a matter of time before Taiyuan Mansion is breached.

The entire hall fell silent, and everyone was helpless, quietly thinking about how to deal with this matter.

The atmosphere in the hall was extremely suppressed, and no one dared to breathe loudly.

Wu Zhen was sitting on the chair, rubbing his forehead with his right hand, and stroking his beard with his left hand, with a worried expression on his face.

"In my opinion, we can only ask the gentry in the city for help. If the Taiyuan Mansion is not protected, the gentry in the city will end badly. It is rumored that Zhao Wen likes to rob the gentry the most. Let's give these gentry a sense of affection." In reason, maybe we can make up the required military expenses." Wu Zhen glanced at everyone in the hall, and suddenly said.

Li Tianhe said with some hesitation: "Master, can this work? Can these people provide us with military expenses for no reason? And this is not tens of taels or hundreds of taels, but tens of thousands of taels or even 10,000+ taels of silver."

"How can it be said that they provided us with money for no reason? Aren't they a member of Taiyuan Mansion? If Taiyuan Mansion is breached, they can still fall behind? Taiyuan Mansion is gone, they are just a group of fat sheep to be slaughtered , by that time, Zhao Wen won't let him go." Wu Xuan retorted.