Yanling Town is only more than 50 miles away from Danyang City, and it is an important town market on the way to connect Changzhou and other capital cities. Because of the geographical advantage, the town is quite prosperous on weekdays, with a population of more than 10,000, if it is not surrounded by city walls, it can withstand a small county town.

But all this is a thing of the past, since the beginning of the rebellion, the official army has been repeatedly defeated, and even Changzhou, Zhenjiang and other important state capitals are in danger of losing land at any time, this town is quickly deserted, and most of the people who remain here are old and weak women and children, difficult to migrate, so the local government quickly abandoned the town and the people inside, and it is impossible to know that the town has now given birth to a change.

While everyone's attention was focused on Jinling, Changzhou and other important places, an elite force of thousands of people had attacked the town of Yanling a few days ago, and after destroying all the people who remained in the town, they had become the masters of the town. After a few days, none of them noticed anything unusual.

However, the rebel army stationed in Yanling Town did not rush to act, but just lurked in the dark. It wasn't until the evening of October 27 that a guy dressed as a woodcutter came from the south and successfully met the sturdy and powerful general of the army through the secret outpost, and handed over a military report and warrant, that the general's eyes lit up and he laughed: "Brother Pang is really clever, after he made such a fuss, the Song army has turned all his attention elsewhere, so won't I be able to capture Danyang this time." ”

"What General Fang said is very true, Pang Shuai also said, once Danyang is taken, the Song army will be chaotic, and then you can lead the army to the north again, and he will lead the army to cooperate with you to attack Jinling. It was already an overnight matter to take the entire territory of Jiangnan. ”

"Haha, that's a good point. I've been hiding in this town for days, waiting for today. Let those Song Army Eagle Dogs know the power of our Ten Buddhas! The man was so excited that he laughed heartily, and then he quickly gave the order and gathered all the generals under him.

Fang La rose suddenly two years ago, and in a short period of time, his troops have swept half of the south of the Yangtze River, which has also greatly improved his power. However, such excessive development and expansion also made his new regime face a big problem, that is, a shortage of talents.

Because Fang La, he was able to get into trouble smoothly, relying only on the specious doctrine that fooled the people, so that most of the people who followed him from the beginning were ordinary people who had little ability and ability, or some relatives and friends who had a deep friendship with him. Although the Great Song Dynasty was very unpopular in Jiangnan because of the perverse actions of Zhu Mian and others, after all, it was the imperial court, and those who were talented and ambitious were naturally more willing to devote themselves to the official army to kill the enemy and serve the country, so there was a serious deviation in the ratio of talents between the two sides.

Even if Fang La has now established the country and become the emperor, and Zhu Mian has done many wrong things, the situation has only improved slightly. There are still only so many people who can really be used by Fang La's subordinates, among which the most useful among the generals is Pang Wanchun, who guards Suzhou, and the other is this Fang Shifo, that is, Fang La's brother.

Although this Fang Shi Buddha has a Buddha in his name, he does not have the slightest compassion that a Buddhist family should have, and in order to block the news, he actually slaughtered hundreds of old and weak people in Yanling Town. However, in addition to being cruel and easy to kill, he is also a rare general in the anti-army, not only his own combat bravery, but also the way of using soldiers, so he will quickly rise from hundreds of thousands of people and become one of Fang La's two most trusted generals.

After more than a dozen generals arrived, he first told him about the battle situation in front of him, and after everyone was happy, he asked solemnly: "What is the situation in Danyang City now?" ”

It is reported that there are 12,000 Song troops in the city, all of whom are elites who follow Zhu Mian. The people in the city were left less than 30%, and the others were either killed or driven out of the county. Just by listening to this clear answer, you can see that they have actually sent a fine work into the city, and they already know everything about it.

Fang Shifo smiled: "What kind of virtue is Zhu Mian, and his soldiers and horses are naturally the same." Then act according to the plan, Qu Feng, you will first bring three hundred dead soldiers into the city, and you must enter Danyang City within three days, and then you will join me inside and outside! ”

A young man in front of him with a dark face and a bitter and bitter appearance immediately responded with his fists in response, and then hurried away. And with Fang Shifo's order, his generals took orders one after another, and Yanling Town, which was originally quite peaceful, immediately became lively, and after a while, a team of three hundred people had left the town.

But if you look closely at this team, you will find that they are dressed completely different from the imaginary army that will attack the city, not to mention the ragged clothes, without any weapons in their hands, and even dozens of old men, children and women in the middle.

However, the speed of this team was much faster than that of ordinary evacuation teams, and it took them only a day and night to complete fifty miles, and on the evening of the 28th, they could faintly see the not too high city wall of Danyang County.

At this moment, a team of 100 officers and soldiers blocked their way, and an officer shouted vigilantly: "Where are you waiting for, Danyang County has a strict order, no one is allowed to approach!" ”

"Master Jun, we are the Yan clan people who fled from Changzhou, and they were ruined by the rebels over there, they killed people when they saw them, we really had no place to hide, so we hurried for days and fled here." An old man stepped forward to speak at this time, and just looking at his embarrassed appearance, it was really easy for people to believe his words.

But this was useless, and the officer only glared: "Even so, Danyang is not something you can enter, quickly turn elsewhere." Otherwise, I will take you and the others down as spies! ”

When the old man heard this, he immediately shouted anxiously: "Master Jun, help, I can't continue to run all the way, so I have to think about coming to Danyang to find some food and drink and then rest." We...... Our Yan family is also a well-known clan in Changzhou, and there are still children who are still officials in the court, by the way, my nephew Yan Yan is still a colleague of the general, please take care of us a little more for the sake of this situation. We are willing to pay for food, even if the price is high, we will never complain. So saying, he hurriedly turned back, and asked people to bring money and prove it. A young man hurriedly stepped forward and untied the package that had been holding his chest, revealing the pieces of gold ingots inside. Under the light of the torches on both sides, the gold ingots all reflected dazzling light, and the eyes of many soldiers were sparkling.

Originally, the officer still wanted to sternly refuse the other party's request, not to mention that he had never heard of it, even if he had a little friendship in the past, it was not a reason for him to be accommodating at this time. But after the other party showed the bag of gold, his originally firm mind began to waver.

Not only him, but also the soldiers behind him, at this time, all of them widened their greedy eyes, staring at the package of gold, as if they were about to pounce and snatch it at any moment. In fact, these people are not having a good time, and what the soldier wants is nothing more than to get rich, and now that such a big bag of gold is in front of him, who can resist the temptation?

"Generals, it's really pitiful to look at them, and the clansmen who are officials of the DPRK and China will definitely not have any problems, so it's better to let them into the city." A subordinate stepped forward and whispered a suggestion, but as he spoke, he couldn't take his eyes off the bag of gold, and the meaning was already very clear.

The officer was also moved, but said vaguely: "This is not a trivial matter after all, and it is not easy to deal with the brothers at the city gate alone." ”

The old man immediately understood, and immediately snatched the package from the young man's hand, and stuffed it into the officer's arms with a flattering smile: "General, these local products are a gift from our Yan family to you, as long as the general is willing to let us and others into the city, there will be heavy thanks later." ”

This time, the officer couldn't hold out any longer. This package alone is more than five hundred taels of gold, anyway, he is carrying a heavy load, if there is another entry, for them, even if one hundred and ten brothers are divided together, it will be more than ten years of soldiers.

"Damn, they all say that being an official makes a fortune, Lao Tzu didn't believe it much before, but now he can be regarded as having seen it. A family member of a Tobe Lang can come up with so much money as soon as he makes a move, but he is much happier than those of us who are bitter haha. As his mind turned, his attitude had changed greatly: "Since you are all family members of officials in the DPRK and China, then I can't really turn you away, and follow me into the city." Remember, don't wander around or ask about anything when you enter the city, or watch your head. ”

"Yes, yes, the little old man knows, and he will also restrain these nephews in the future." The old man was overjoyed when he heard this, and nodded his head again and again as if a chicken pecked rice, and then turned his head and instructed a few words of "son and nephew", and then slowly walked with the officer to the city gate.

With this team of officers and soldiers opening the way in front of the head, and then he scattered a lot of money to open the way, this Danyang City, which should have been tightly guarded and not allowed to be approached by outsiders, actually allowed more than 300 "Yan family members" to easily enter the city.

When Zhu Mian, an official who is in charge, is greedy and does not take the country's law and military discipline seriously, and only knows how to put money in his own pocket, how can he let the army under his command really carry out the order and prohibit it and not be taken advantage of by the enemy?

With this move to lure the wolf into the house, Danyang City will already face great danger, because dozens of miles away, an army has quickly killed......