Chapter 220 (1/2)

Seven days have passed since the beheading of Wu Junxi. On that day, after Wei Ran beheaded Wu Junxi. Only a few of the thieves returned to bianzhou city. Most of them were annihilated and captured by the officers, but most of them fled in large numbers. Although the officers were strong, they were not able to pursue them.

Then he attacked bianzhou City, but there was no strong attack. Even Zhang Zhen, a eunuch with weak ability to unify the army, knew that attacking the city was the best. Therefore, Li Chengye's strategy was adopted to attack the heart.

Build more barracks outside the city and make a look like building siege equipment to prepare for a strong attack in a few days. In fact, it is a plan for suspicious soldiers, and half of the barracks are empty.

When Wu Junxi was defeated in the city, spies were arranged to infiltrate the defeated army, enter the city and spread rumors and incitement for days. On the one hand, they boasted that the strength of the official Army was unmatched. On the other hand, they spread rumors that more than half of the 100000 bandits outside the City who surrendered to the official Army were willing to help attack the city. On the other hand, they publicized the benevolence of the official Army and avoided killing those who surrender.

For a time, people in bianzhou were terrified. However, due to the pressure from the officials and troops outside the city, many thieves still stick to the city, but the morale of the army is already unstable.

After three days of fermenting, Li Chengye put forward a proposal to persuade the emissary to go into the city to surrender, saying that the officers and soldiers can accept surrender, will not attack the city within three days, and will defend ten miles away from the city. Those who surrender first will be given preferential treatment.

Naturally, many faction leaders of the thief army did not believe it, but did not kill the messenger. Instead, they closed the city and still adhered to it. However, this news has been publicized by spies in the city and has been fermented everywhere.

In addition, the officers and soldiers did move away from the camp and withdrew far away, which greatly reduced the pressure on the city. Without external pressure, the internal contradictions among the thief army will become prominent.

Especially after Wu Junxi's death, there were several mountains in his army and many rebels who later took refuge in each other. Some people wanted to take advantage of the withdrawal of the army and abandon the city. Some wanted to stick to the aid and seek Wang Xianzhi's support. Some wanted to surrender to the army, but they didn't dare to say it.

In addition, the dead soldiers of government and military spies secretly contact those who are willing to surrender, and then provoke the hearts of the thieves at the bottom. Three days later, a scuffle took place in the city. In the scuffle, the spy dead took people to open the city gate, and the Shence cavalry lurking in many fake camps rode in. Bianzhou city went down on the same day!

Most of the bandits in the city had to give up their weapons and surrender, while some of them abandoned the city and fled, but they were caught up by the Shence cavalry who had long been in ambush and killed all the way, leaving few survivors.

Since then, Li Chengye suggested killing many thieves, and then let the thieves identify each other's crimes, so that the original people in the city can testify, so as to divide the interior of the thieves and make it difficult for them to trust each other.

Then beheaded all those who committed serious crimes and built them into a Beijing Temple to deter many thieves in Henan road. Finally, invite the incorporated thieves to the imperial government bureaucrats for arrangement. They can be sent to the border areas to work hard, or open up wasteland and cultivate land to rectify production.

Zhang Zhen thought it was too much trouble, and thought that since he had gathered a crowd to rebel, he should kill all the people and make an example! This is simple and crude, but there are many future problems. If you really want to do so, it will indeed frighten people, but it will also strengthen the resistance of many rebels in Henan Province. At that time, no one is willing to surrender, and the difficulty of insurgency will increase tenfold.

Li Chengye and the civil and military officials who knew the consequences of the incident strongly opposed it. Zhang Zhen had relied on the imperial power and didn't want to pay attention to it at all. He just wanted to transfer these people to the suburbs of Xingyang and kill them again. At that time, he would activate the evil array outside the suburbs of Xingyang, so that Zhang Zhen could become an equal or even better than the four great masters today.

However, Princess Shouning's warning ended all his plans. Princess Shouning clearly stood on the side of Li Chengye, looked at the problem with a rational attitude, prohibited the wanton slaughter of surrendered thieves, and reserved the right to send a fast horse to Chang'an for impeachment at any time.

Princess Shouning represents the attitude of another part of the imperial power. Even Zhang Zhen dare not disobey wantonly, otherwise the military power can be recalled at any time. Although he was unwilling, he could only hold his nose and implement the plan put forward by Li Chengye.

However, in this way, his hatred for Li Chengye was more profound, and he secretly planned how to kill his father and son with the help of the war.