At the same time, Xiazhou.
Li Jingang, who proclaimed himself the Grand Marshal of Fengtian, led 15,000 soldiers as the central army. The two Heavenly Kings, Niu and Ma, were the left and right armies, and the Heavenly King Hou stayed behind to guard Xiazhou.
The three armies, totaling 25,000 people, marched towards Hengshan City at the junction of Yuzhou and Xiazhou.
In the city was the army led by Tian Zun, the governor of Guannei Road, to suppress the rebellion, which was composed of troops from more than ten prefectures in Guannei Road.
After more than 10,000 troops to suppress the rebellion gathered here, Tian Zun delayed attacking and only asked the governor of Guannei Road to raise food for him.
At the same time, Tian Zun sent an express message over 800 miles to Beijing, requesting the Ministry of War to allocate military pay.
When Xiazhou rebelled at the beginning, Tian Zun did not intend to report it to the court, but only wanted to solve it himself first.
However, as Li Jingang's army grew like a snowball, Tian Zun reported the rebellion to the court.
The imperial court ordered him to gather troops from Guannei Road to quell the rebellion.
Seeing that the emperor not only did not blame him for the rebellion under his rule, but instead granted him military and political power and coordinated the supervision of the troops to quell the rebellion, Tian Zun suddenly became inflated.
After he assembled his troops and marched to Yuzhou, he not only asked the imperial court for money and food, but also collected "silver for suppressing the rebellion" from the local people.
Whether rich or common, everyone had to pay per person.
Anyone who opposes will be punished for disobeying the imperial order.
For a time, the people of Yuzhou were full of resentment.
However, Tian Zun and his captains enjoyed it very much, and each of them made a lot of money!
As for suppressing the rebellion, I put it aside for the time being.
Tian Zun felt that the rebels just needed to stay in Xiazhou and not run around.
Wait for the court to send military pay, and then go to Xiazhou to quell the rebellion.
Although Li Jingang had a large number of people, they were just a group of hungry civilians, and could not be compared with the regular army of the imperial court.
Putting down a rebellion is easy, but making a fortune under the guise of putting down a rebellion is the real deal.
"Sir Jiedushi, something bad has happened!"
"The rebels are attacking, and the vanguard is already five miles outside the city."
At this moment, Tian Zun was still in the city drinking and having fun with his men.
In the military camp, the upper beams are crooked and the lower beams are crooked, military discipline is lax, and the soldiers are lazy.
Even the city defenses were lax.
When he heard the scout's report that rebels were invading, the slightly drunk Tian Zun was still in disbelief. He wanted to scold the scout for talking nonsense and kick him out.
"Sir, it's true! This time the rebels seem to be out in full force, at least 20,000 strong!"
Then another scout came to report urgent military information.
At this moment, Tian Zun sobered up and immediately yelled:
"Quick, quick, quick! Close the city gates tightly, and all soldiers, get on the city walls and defend!"
The captains who were drinking heavily came to their senses when they heard Tian Zun's roar.
However, Tian Zun only said to defend the city walls, but did not clearly assign which captain's troops to guard which gate!
Because they never expected the rebels to attack on their own initiative, they didn't even do a defensive rehearsal.
Suddenly, everyone gathered their troops in a mess, and then rushed to the top of the city in panic, and the whole city was in chaos.
By the time Tian Zun finally arranged the captains' troops to the four city gates and hastily closed them, Li Jingang's army had already arrived at the city.
Li Jingang's army of 15,000 came all the way from Xiazhou City, and refugees continued to join them.
He recruited everyone into his team regardless of gender, age or status.
When he arrived at the foot of Hengshan City, there were 30,000 people, which was twice as many as before.
Thirty thousand people, as densely packed as ants, immediately surrounded the small Hengshan City.
Li Jingang's two kings, Niu Ma, each led 5,000 soldiers to clear the villages and towns around Hengshan City.
They headed south, cleared out the villages and towns within thirty miles south of Hengshan City, then circled back and cut off the main passage between Hengshan City and Yuzhou City.
Although Li Jingang was just a postman, he liked to listen to storytelling and read some military books, and he had some ideas about marching and fighting.
Dividing the troops into three groups to clear the area around Hengshan and turn Hengshan City into an isolated island was Li Jingang's plan before he sent out the troops.
I thought there would be some obstacles in the implementation, but it turned out to be unusually smooth, and Hengshan City was surrounded just like that.
"Hahaha! I told you Tian Zun is a idiot, greedy and lustful! Look at the flags on the city walls, they're in disarray, the soldiers are in disarray, it's easy to take over Hengshan City!"
Li Jingang had a sharp gaze and immediately saw the problem with Hengshan City.
"Pass the order down, rest for an hour and prepare to attack the city!"
Li Jingang gave orders loudly.
The team suddenly became busy, with the sound of clanging and dinging non-stop.
When Li Jingang came to attack Hengshan City this time, he had already brought all the siege equipment he could from Xiazhou.
He disassembled catapults, battering rams, ladders, siege ramps and other equipment into parts, and used carts, horses, and manpower to pull and carry them, and he actually brought most of these siege equipment.
Li Jingang ordered his men to rest for an hour so that they could quickly assemble the siege equipment.
At the same time, Li Jingang brought Yang Tianwang and more than ten guards to a safe distance outside Hengshan City, and sent someone forward to shout:
"Marshal Fengtian's army is here. Surrender the city immediately, or we will storm the city and leave no one alive!"
Hearing the shouts from the bottom of the city and seeing a man in a yellow robe not far away, gesticulating and acting arrogantly, Tian Zun became furious.
"You rebels, stop being so arrogant! Lay down your weapons and return home to the fields. I will forgive you and spare your lives!"
"If you continue to be stubborn and oppose the imperial court, you will die. Your entire family will be executed!"
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