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Five days later, Liu Cong and Deng Ai led a thousand soldiers into Jingshan Mountain.
Taking the Jingshan Trail was the result of discussions between Liu Cong and Deng Ai. From Yicheng to Shangyong, you must pass outside Xiangyang City. At this time, Cao Cao's army was repairing inside and outside Xiangyang City, so they had no way to take the official road.
What's more, if you want to use a thousand soldiers and horses to defeat Shangyong, you must outsmart and catch the opponent off guard, otherwise it is impossible to succeed.
The Jingshan trail is inaccessible and full of thorns. Although Liu Cong's troops were not many, they had 10,000 stones of food and grass. His mother Cai and Mrs. Deng also traveled with the army, so the march was very slow.
Liu Cong is at the forefront of the army. In his previous life, he had trained and performed many missions in the tropical jungle, so the difficulties he encountered now could not stop him at all.
Some of these soldiers were originally weak-minded, but when they saw the general Liu Cong leading the way, and Liu Cong's promise to double their salary, they were immediately encouraged, and they followed closely, and no one deserted.
Finally, after ten days of arduous journey, after climbing over one mountain ridge after another, we saw the plains below, and a river like a wide ribbon embedded in the valley. This is the Han River.
On the bank of the Han River, there is a city in front of you. This is Fangling City.
There are only three cities in Shangyong County. Fangling is closer to Xiangyang, Shangyong is closer to Bajun, and Xicheng is closer to Hanzhong.
"Deng Ai, order the army to camp on the spot!" After seeing Fangling City, Liu Cong finally breathed a sigh of relief and immediately gave the order to Deng Ai.
"No!"
A thousand soldiers quickly set up camp in a hidden place on the mountain ridge. After several days of traveling, the soldiers were a little exhausted, so they needed to repair themselves.
An hour later, after all the soldiers had eaten, Liu Cong called Deng Ai to discuss countermeasures.
"Shizai, do you have any way to capture Fangling?"
"My lord, we only have a thousand soldiers. No matter how few defenders there are in Fangling City, we can't take it if we attack it by force. Therefore, we have to use our wits. I will take a few people to the city to inquire about the situation first, and then discuss countermeasures!"
"It's better for me to go!" Liu Cong felt that no one was better than him at going into the city to inquire about the situation. "Are you leading the troops here?"
"My lord, you must not do this!" When Deng Ai heard that Liu Cong was going in person, he immediately stood up and said, "My lord is the commander-in-chief of the army, how can he leave so easily? To find out the information, I can just bring a few scouts there. ?¡±
"Don't worry, Shi Zai!" Liu Cong smiled at Deng Ai, "Inquiring about information, I'm more suitable than you, leading troops to fight, you are more suitable than me, this is called everyone doing their best! What's more, there are so many people, But it¡¯s not beautiful!¡±
"That's not OK!"
"Shi Zai, execute the order!"
"No!" Deng Ai had no choice but to salute Liu Cong, "My lord, be more careful!"
Fangling City is built on a mountain with only two gates. There are not many pedestrians going in and out, and the soldiers at the gate do not check each one one by one.
After Liu Cong entered the city, he took a special look and found that there were about five hundred soldiers guarding the south gate. In other words, there should be a thousand soldiers in the entire Fangling City. Although these soldiers were not veterans of hundreds of battles, they still had a lot of energy on their bodies. It showed a strong momentum, and its combat power was by no means weaker than that of the Jingzhou soldiers. Indeed, as Deng Ai said, if we attack by force, it is impossible to capture Fangling.
The city is large, but relatively depressed. There are very few pedestrians and businesses, and the people walking around in the city have dull eyes, listless faces and a disheveled look on their faces.
Liu Cong found a relatively large tavern, asked for a private room, then ordered a few signature dishes and ordered a bottle of wine.
The owner of the tavern took a look and knew that Liu Cong was a person of some status, so he immediately sent a waiter to wait on him.
Liu Cong threw a bunch of money to the clerk. The clerk kept saluting excitedly, "Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!"
"Xiao Er, who are the county magistrate and county lieutenant of Fanglingcheng?"
"If I go back to the young master, the county magistrate is Master Shen Rongshen, who is the nephew of Prefect Shen, and the county captain is General Zhang Heng."
"Is Taishou Shen Shen Dan?"
"Exactly! Could it be that the young master is a foreigner?"
"Yes, I am coming from Bajun to Xiangyang and passing by here."
"oh¡¡"
"Is this County Magistrate Shen a good official?"
"A good official?" After listening to Liu Cong's words, the clerk shook his head like a rattle, "Young Master is a good man. I'm not afraid to tell you that this County Magistrate Shen is the prefect.His nephew often oppressed the people in Fangling County and did all kinds of evil. His taxes were as high as those in Shangyong City, and passing caravans were often robbed by him. In addition, he is also very lustful. He will not let go of any woman he likes, whether she is from a large family or a small family, whether she is a married woman or a married woman. The county captain Zhang Heng is a bandit. Although Zhang Heng was responsible for his family background, the robbery of the caravan, and the rape of civilian girls, they were all instigated by Shen Rong. "
"There is simply no national law!" Liu Cong was furious when he heard this. In his previous life, he hated corrupt officials the most.
"National law? Young Master, these are troubled times. The emperor can't control it anymore. Who else can control it? The Shen family is in Shangyong and very powerful. Although the people hate them, they dare not speak out. Our tavern is profitable. Seventy percent of the total must be handed over to the Shen family!"
"This is simply unreasonable!"
"We Shangyong people all hope that the imperial court can remove officials from the Shen family, but now Shangyong doesn't care about Jingzhou, Yizhou, or Hanzhong. The people here are suffering!" At this point, the waiter looked like he was in trouble. Very sad, "My family has already starved to death. If my boss hadn't been kind enough to take me in, I would have been like them!"
"Don't worry, someone will take care of these corrupt officials!"
¡°Oh, I don¡¯t know how many years and months it will take!¡±
¡°You won¡¯t have to wait too long!¡±
Liu Cong paid for the food and drinks and did not stay in Fangling City for too long. On the way back, a plan was formed in his mind.
Early the next morning, at three o'clock in the morning, the county magistrate Shen Rong of Fanglingcheng was still crawling on the body of a concubine and was ecstatic, and the county captain Zhang Heng rushed in in a hurry.
Shen Rong reluctantly put on his clothes and came to the lobby.
"Zhang Xianwei, what's going on?" Shen Rong asked with a gloomy face.
"My lord, please forgive me, but I do have something important to report!"
"In this city of Fangling, this county is the sky, what else can we be so anxious about?"
"Sir, this is a fortune!" Zhang Heng showed a charming smile on his face.
"What wealth?" When Shen Rong heard the word wealth, all his sleepiness disappeared and his eyes widened.
"Sir, I just received news that a wealthy businessman from Yizhou is heading to Jingzhou with three thousand shi of grain, passing through Fangling!" Zhang Heng suppressed his inner excitement and said word by word. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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