"PS: Yesterday's second update."

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"Pingcheng Hou, please tell me what happened that day, as it is, from the time you first attacked "Jinxiang", remember, there must be no lies."

After signaling everyone in the hall to remain silent again, Zhao Yuanyan, the head of the sect, said in a deep voice.

"Yes." Li Yang, Marquis of Pingcheng, arched his hand and began to tell with a solemn face: "On that day, it should be June 21, when our side has conquered "Changyi", and Lord Wei Fu is counting in Changyi...... Well, counting the war losses, the Marquis of Humu (Sun Mou), the Marquis of Yuanling (Uncle Yu), and the Marquis of Wanlong (Zhao Jian) proposed to attack "Juye", while Xiaohou, Quliang Marquis (Sima Song), Kuangcheng Marquis (Ji Yan) and other adults were ordered to attack "Jinxiang...... Prepare for the future wave of the "Ren City". ”

Immediately, Li Yang, Marquis of Pingcheng, slowly recounted their attack on Jinxiang that day.

At that time, Li Yang, the Marquis of Pingcheng, Sima Song, Marquis of Quliang, Ji Yan and others, led about 6,000 noble private troops to Jinxiang County.

Jinxiang County, in ancient times, belonged to the territory of the "Jinguo", because the hills in the territory can dig out gold mines, and the reserves of gold mines are quite abundant, so it is called "Jinxiang".

Of course, the "gold mine" mentioned here does not refer to gold, but also to copper, iron and other metals that are in high demand in contemporary times.

After all, if they occupy a mine in Song County, even if this mine has to be taken back by the imperial court in the future, they can still vigorously mine and make a lot of money in the minerals before the imperial court takes it back.

After all, the main strategy of the imperial court at present is to recover the county seat in Song County, and as for resources outside the city such as mines, they cannot be exploited by the state for the time being in two or three years, and this gives the nobles the opportunity to exploit loopholes.

This is more profitable than collecting wealth in the county.

During the attack on Jinxiang, Pingcheng Hou Li Yang inevitably encountered some obstacles, mainly from the local clans and gentry in Jinxiang County.

But it is a pity that if the army of the aristocratic private army is a rabble, then the resistance forces gathered by those local clans and gentry are not even a rabble.

All in all, these two groups fought a battle in Jinxiang, which ended in the victory of Pingcheng Hou, Li Yang and others.

When it comes to the "first victory", Pingcheng Marquis Li Yang is obviously a little weak-hearted, after all, in the hall of this sect, there are Zhao Run, the king of Su, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, and other famous generals of the Wei State at this moment, and the degree of self-boasting in the good news they sent back to Daliang is not half a star.

Fortunately, no one cared about this, even Zhao Yuanyan, the Zongzheng of the Zongfu, did not ask about the real situation of that battle in detail, because he didn't believe that these domestic nobles could fight such an amazing victory - if these people really had such strength, wouldn't they be better at fighting than Zhao Run, King of Su, Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Southern Liang, and Zhao Yuantong, King of Yu?

"According to what you said, Jinxiang County was actually defeated?" Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan asked with a frown.

"Yes." Seeing that this lord of the sect did not debunk their meaning of 'false war report' in front of everyone, Li Yang, Marquis of Pingcheng, was really relieved and continued: "After conquering Jinxiang, I, the Marquis of Quliang and others led the army into the city, but that night, our side was attacked by the Northern Army...... At that time, we couldn't understand why the city gate was breached in a short period of time, because our army had clearly sent troops to garrison the city gate, and the Bei'an army that attacked our army did not carry siege equipment. Later, we learned that some of the Northern Soldiers had been in the city all along, mingling with those seemingly honest civilians. …… They attacked our army at night, causing a great defeat for our army. ”

When he said this, Li Yang, the Marquis of Pingcheng, showed a deep sadness on his face: "It was that night that the dog Li Ping was unfortunately killed by the anti-thief, and the family general Bu Baby, in order to cover the evacuation of Xiaohou, led people to break off, and unfortunately ...... Die. ”

Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan picked up a document from the desk in front of him, and after flipping through it, he said in a deep voice: "The Northern Gang Army that attacked you is Chen Yan, the canal general of Jinxiang County?" ”

Taking a deep breath, Pingcheng Marquis Li Yang Zhengse said: "This is what Xiaohou sent someone to Jinxiang to inquire about after the fact. …… According to Xiaohou's inquiry, not all of the Northern Gang Army was under the command of the traitor leader Song Yun, and it seemed that the local "Qu General" was the commander, and the thief leader Song Yun ordered these Qu Generals, and these Qu Generals commanded the rebels. There are thousands of people in large counties, hundreds of people in small counties, and so on. And the thief Chen Yan who harmed my son is the general in the Jinxiang area. ”

Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan exchanged opinions with Tang Zheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Xu Rong, the secretary of the Dali Temple, and then asked: "Then how did you know that these traitors were hiding among the local civilians?" ”

Hearing this, Li Yang, Marquis of Pingcheng, turned his head to look at Sima Song, Marquis of Quliang, who understood, and said, "Lord Zongzheng, this matter was discovered by Xiaohou and Lord Ji Yan after Kuangcheng...... At that time, after I was ambushed in Jinxiang County, I, Heisei Hou, Kuang Cheng Hou and a few others led the remnants of the army to escape from Jinxiang, and set up camp about 20 miles away from Jinxiang County, preparing to wait for the Marquis of Humu, the Marquis of Yuanling and others to conquer the wilderness, and then seek the support of those adults. …… However, during the period when we were building the barracks, there were often sneak attacks and harassment by the Northern Army, so we and a few others discussed using a team carrying grain as bait to induce the Northern Army to send troops to attack...... At that time, there was a group of Bei'an army, about 300 people, trying to attack the team transporting grain, but was ambushed and defeated by our army, after that, I led the soldiers, all the way in close pursuit, tracing the direction of the rebel army's escape, tracking to a village and town outside Jinxiang County......"

"The rebels fled into this town?" Tang Zheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, asked in surprise.

"Exactly." Quliang Marquis Sima Song nodded, and said: "At first, when Xiao Hou chased into that village and town, he just felt very suspicious, because that village and town was backed by Jinxiang Mountain, so Xiao Hou once wondered if those rebels deliberately led me to that village and town. But later, when Xiaohou inspected the village, he found that there were very few men in this village, and there were only a dozen men in the village of more than 200 households, and when those men saw our army, their expressions flickered, as if they were a little panicked...... So, Xiao Hou questioned an old man in the village, and the old man told me that all the young and strong people in the village had gone up to the mountains to hunt. I was a little suspicious at the time, so I ordered him to quickly inform the young people in the village and tell them to return to the village. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, and then continued: "I waited for more than two hours, and when it was nearly dusk, the young men in the village had only returned to the village in twos and threes, and I felt that something was wrong......

"What's wrong?" Tang Zheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, frowned and asked.

"Master Hui Shangshu, these men have more or less new injuries on their bodies." Glancing at Tang Zheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Quliang Hou Sima Song said in a deep voice: "At that time, I asked them why there were new injuries on their bodies, and they said that this was an injury accidentally suffered while hunting in the mountains, but I didn't think so, those injuries were clearly cut by swords and sharp weapons...... Therefore, I immediately ordered the detention of all the people in the village, and sent soldiers to search the houses of the village, and sure enough, from the cellars and beds, many swords, bows and crossbows were found, at least a hundred or so...... If it is an ordinary civilian, how can they hide sharp weapons such as swords, bows and crossbows? ”

Hearing this, the people who were listening lowered their heads and pondered.

Indeed, it is indeed doubtful that swords, bows, crossbows, etc., have been found in ordinary houses.

At this time, Xu Rong, the Qing of Dali Temple, said slowly: "This matter is indeed strange, but this alone is not enough to determine that the young man in that village is the pawn of the Northern Army. …… As far as the old man knows, the land of Song County has been in turmoil for a long time, thieves are rampant, and a village hides some swords, bows and crossbows in order to protect itself, which is understandable...... Qu Lianghou, do you have anything else to discover? ”

I have to say that the words of Xu Rong, the Qing of Dali Temple, are quite pertinent and objective.

Listening to Xu Rong's words, Quliang Hou Sima Song chuckled and said: "What Lord Qingzheng said is extremely true, so at that time, Xiao Hou was only suspicious in his heart, and he didn't dare to act rashly. On that day, I led my army to garrison that village, and at the same time sent someone to contact the Marquis of Kuangcheng and ask him to lead the army to come. The next day, Kuang Chenghou and I each led our troops to search the surrounding area, and found many clues, and even found the bodies of several soldiers of the Bei'an Army who had died due to serious injuries and excessive blood loss......"

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Kuangcheng Hou Jiyan, who understood, nodded and said to the three chief judges Zhao Yuanyan, Tang Zheng, and Xu Rong: "This is indeed the case. …… On that day, Qu Lianghou and I brought the corpses back to the village, and asked the villagers if they had these corpses, and found that the men and women in the village looked different, as if they were enduring their grief......

Speaking of this, he added: "Also, when our army suppressed those rebellious people, more than 200 rebels also came in from outside the village, and I suspect that these people were originally from the village, but because they were more or less wounded by swords, they were afraid that we would see the flaws, so they hid in the mountains, until the deeds of the village were revealed, and then they gave up everything and tried to die with us." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yuanyan, Tang Zheng, and Xu Rong exchanged opinions in private, and in the hall, everyone who was listening also had a lot of discussions about it.

According to the confessions of Pingcheng Hou Li Yang, Quliang Hou Sima Song, and Kuangcheng Hou Jiyan, that village was a stronghold of the Bei Bo Army.

"What about Jinxiang County?" When everyone was talking, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but ask.

As soon as he heard His Royal Highness King Su speak, the hall suddenly quieted down, and at this time, Zhao Yuanyan, the head of the Zongfu Sect, was about to stop the private discussion of the auditors, and when he heard Zhao Hongrun interjecting and asking, he was slightly surprised, and he simply didn't say anything, just waited for the answer of Pingcheng Hou and others.