Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 680
Before I knew it, it was the end of April of the second year of Jian'an.

On the green fields outside Jiangling City, Guo Yong, Huang Ye and others rode back to the city.

Feeling the warm wind coming from the south, Guo Yong looked up at the sky, Gu Pan smiled from left to right and said, "It's almost evening, and it was so hot the past few days that people were sweating profusely, and I didn't want to move at all. Get cooler."

"The sky is high and the air is refreshing, it's time to use troops."

Huang Ye stroked his beard and smiled and said, "It's also good for the weather to be cooler. At least, when the battle starts, the soldiers won't work too hard." After a pause, he continued, "Speaking of which, I heard the steward at home say yesterday, Maybe there will be rain again in a few days. If it does, it will be the best."

"Of course it's best if it rains." Guo Yongdao: "Now that the camp outside the city has been built, when it rains, firstly, you can get rid of the heat; secondly, after the rain, the roads are muddy, which may also delay the attack of the Yangzhou army a little bit. "

"What the prefect said is very true, and I think so too."

As he spoke, Huang Ye slowed down the reins calmly. He had been out of the city for a long time. After all, he was a civil servant, and he was too old, so he couldn't bear it physically. It hurts.

Guo Yong was the prefect of a county, so he was naturally at the front of the team, half a horse's head ahead of Huang Ye. Looking back at this moment, he turned his head and saw that he had a strange expression. It was a bit weird, and he immediately guessed something, he laughed, and was about to say something, when a sudden sound of horseshoes came from a distance, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

With the red flag rustling in the wind, Guo Yong drew back to wait and see, and saw that the two cavalry galloping forward were exactly the scouts he had sent before.

Those two scouts came rushing from afar, came to Guo Yong's banner, quickly rolled off their horses, ignored the dust on the ground, hurriedly knelt down, and shouted: "Report to the prefect, there are bandits' sentry horses [-] li away from the south of the city! "

South of the city?The Wu Niu tribe who invaded first was stationed in the east of the city. Naturally, it shouldn't be the case. Could it be that Huang Zhong's tribe, who was in charge of the Tang Dynasty, had already gone north?

Guo Yong quickly asked: "Did the thieves from Wuling enter the country?"

"No," the sentinel shook his head and said, "This group of bandits is another army that went to attack Zhijiang earlier."

An ominous premonition suddenly rose in Guo Yong's heart, and he couldn't help frowning: "Could it be that Zhijiang has changed?"

"Exactly, the villain and others have found out that Zhijiang was captured by bandits yesterday afternoon!"

As soon as he said a word, everyone in the field was shocked.

Huang Ye couldn't sit still, almost fell to the ground from his horse, quickly grabbed the bridle, stabilized his figure, forced himself to calm down, and turned his eyes to look at Guo Yong.I saw Guo Yong's complexion changed slightly, but he quickly returned to normal. I heard him ask slowly: "How many troops are there? Who is the general who leads the army?"

"The vanguard of the thieves is all cavalry. The villains dare not get too close. I saw that wherever they passed, the sky was full of dust, and the troops were endless. The length of ten miles. It is estimated that their strength is at least [-]. I saw their horses and horses from a distance, and they were dressed in armor, which looked like a trilogy of Yangzhou. There were two big flags in the front and back of the army, with the word "Gan" written on it and the word "Liang" written on it. .”

"Write Gan on the one hand? Write Liang on the other?"

While Guo Yongzheng was pondering, Han Fu, the county lieutenant at the side, stepped forward and said: "Prefect, one of the generals leading this bandit army is probably Gan Ning, the former traitor of our state. , is a powerful general, as for the other Wang Zheng with the surname of Liang, it seems that he has never heard of a general with the surname of Liang."

The surname Liang was naturally Liang Rui who was originally sent to attack Huarong. After learning that Guan Yu had appeared in Jiangling, Wang Zheng immediately changed his plan and sent a fast horse to summon Liang Rui to give up Huarong and go to help Gan Ning attack first. Xia Zhijiang, and then came to meet him immediately.

After the two armies joined forces, there were actually no more than 500 people, but because of Wang Zheng's order, Gan Ning and others not only brought all the prisoners from Zhijiang with them, but also deliberately bluffed, so that Jiangling's sentry cavalry misjudged their strength .

It was dusk, the sun was setting, Guo Yong was silent for a moment, and suddenly shouted: "Command!"

"Put the camps outside the city and Jinxiang City on emergency alert. If there is any shortage of supplies and needs to be replenished, immediately report to the military camp in the city. No matter what they want, we will do our best to satisfy them!"

Immediately, two of the personal soldiers received the order loudly, and immediately turned the horse's head around, whipped the horse fast, and rushed to the east of the city on flying cavalry, and delivered the order to two places in the west.

"Military order: Order all armies in the city to prepare for battle immediately, government offices at all levels quickly prepare to assist in defending the city, and immediately send someone to notify General Guan outside the city!"

"Military order: All the people outside the city are ordered to enter the city. I will give them three hours. Once the time is up, all the city gates will be closed immediately. No one has an official letter. No one is allowed to enter and leave without permission. Anyone who violates the order will be beheaded!"

"Military order: Put up my general flag and stand on the top of the city. Beat the drum to inform the whole city that bandits are about to invade. From now on, the city will act according to military law. There are those who disturb without reason, those who spread rumors, and those who take advantage of the opportunity Those who cause chaos and those who do not obey the military order, from the top to the common people, all will be executed!"

As he issued a series of military orders, people in the personal army continued to receive orders loudly and rushed away. Guo Yong glanced at Huang Ye beside him. Huang Ye understood, and immediately said: "Don't worry, the prefect. Ladies and gentlemen, all must be assembled before midnight today!"

Guo Yong nodded, "All the names on the registered list are not allowed to be missed! If there is any violation, not only the person concerned will be punished, but he will also be punished!"

"understand."

After a short pause, the group continued to ride forward, but the joy of the timely completion of the fortress outside the city earlier disappeared, and everyone's face was very serious.

The majestic city is approaching in front of you.Walking in front of the city gate, Guo Yong and Huang Ye turned their heads at the same time, and looked behind them from a distance. At the end of the vast green field, a round of red sun was slowly sinking to the west.

The resident birds return to their nests and flit across the evening sky. Their chirping sounds seem to be peaceful, but they seem to be desolate.The wind seems to be getting stronger, with a little dampness, and the clouds gather, as if the rain is about to come.Guo Yong and Huang Ye looked at each other, and from each other's eyes, they both read this sentence: "Ye, is coming."

Not only is the night coming, but the night rain is also coming.

Waves of raindrops, fine and dense, broke into Meng Xia's night quietly, drenched the sycamore tree in the courtyard, leaf by leaf, sound, dripping, falling on the empty stairs, like whispers , There is a cool wind blowing from time to time, making a "rustling" sound, every sound, a little bit, seems to be pulling everyone's heartstrings.

In the city of Chengdu, in the side room of Yizhou Shepherd's Mansion, when the wind and rain came in, Lu Su pondered for a moment, and suddenly did not answer the question: "I heard that there are four people working in Liu Yizhou Mansion, and one of them is named Chen Fu, but is that so?"

You also know this?Wang Lei's eyes were shining brightly: "The envoy suddenly asked Chen Zheng why?"

"Because I heard that the two are both engaged in the same business, but they also act very differently and have contradictory styles. Mr. Wang Lei is upright and solemn, and he is always in Chengdu, and even often stays in the government office. He Qianzheng, loves to laugh, and often travels in Sichuan, seems to be quite leisurely, why is that?"

Wang Lei was stunned, dumbfounded, and it took a long time before he replied in a deep voice: "Since the honorable envoy knows the name of Chen Zong, it is natural to know that Mr. Chen and I have different responsibilities. He also holds the positions of Dongguan and Facao. In this case, he can act in his own way." It’s different. As for the style of work, it’s normal for Chen to measure the mileage, check and record the history of various places, and often go out.”

The place where books were collected and published in the Eastern Han Dynasty was called Lantai, also known as Dongguan, so the position of Dongguan was to put it bluntly as a school secretary, and the importance of the position was far from that of Wang Lei's civil affairs and taxation.

Especially taxation, tax collection has been the foundation of the country in all dynasties, and tax evasion, tax avoidance, and even open tax resistance have emerged endlessly since ancient times. If an official in charge of taxation is not upright and strict, how can he do well Own errands?
After Wang Lei answered, Lu Su smiled slightly and said slowly: "My lord and Liu Yizhou act very differently, just as the prince said, they also have different responsibilities."

"Yizhou is located at the western pole of the Great Han Dynasty. In addition, it is covered with natural dangers and foreign enemies are difficult to invade. It is the posture of Cathay Pacific. Liu Yizhou can naturally concentrate on promoting business and governance, but my lord is in Xuzhou, but there are wolves around. If you don't start Wu Yong is in danger of being overthrown at any moment, how can he survive today?"

"Liu Tao has a saying that soldiers are weapons of murder, and saints use them as a last resort. My lord, Wang Zhoumu, is like that!"

This was not a lie, Wang Lei was silent, exchanged glances with everyone in the room, and said: "Please sit down a little, please be tired and retreat." After saying this, he turned and walked out of the room, and went to see Liu Zhang.

Langya County, Kaiyang.

The so-called Beihai may have a change is actually a sentence Gao Jin heard on the road, and it was also heard by one of his servants when he went to the countryside to ask for water.

According to what the servant said, there were two people who spoke at that time, both dressed as villagers, but they did not look like long-term farmers at all, but a bit like high-school children who were in trouble, and what the servant heard This sentence was said by the elders to the younger ones, and it said: "It has been agreed that after five days, I will enter my life at night."

As for who to make an appointment with, what to do in Pingshou, and even why "take advantage of the night", etc., I don't know at all.

It’s fine if it’s normal, but now that Wang Zheng is away, he has repeatedly told him that even though he has allied with Yuan Shao, he still can’t be careless towards Yuan Tan’s army in Qingzhou’s Qi County. Beihai is next to Qi County. On the day of hearing the news, he secretly ordered the government office, and notified the Benming Department of Xiapi, and mobilized a large number of manpower to start a secret investigation.

Under his personal supervision, Ben Mingsi got the first piece of information that night.In the following two days, pieces of information were sent one after another.Things gradually revealed themselves, and the original sentence has been expanded into thousands of words of intelligence content.

"After a preliminary investigation, we can draw conclusions. First of all, there are indeed many unfamiliar faces in the inner and outer cities of Pingshou, the capital of Beihai. Roughly calculated, the number of people has reached several hundred so far, and many of them are from counties and counties in Beihai. The children of the rich family, they either pretended to be villagers or businessmen, and some of them went to Pingshou openly and openly in the name of visiting relatives and friends."

"In Pingshou City, there are also many local nobles who keep in touch with them. These people were originally located in various counties and counties in Beihai, but they gathered in Pingshou almost at the same time. , although the mastermind has not yet been found out, but one thing should be certain."

Mi Heng asked, "What is it?"

"There must be a plan, and such a secretive, secretive whereabouts, hey, no matter what it is, it must be a bad thing!"

"Could it be that you want to cause chaos?"

Bu Zhi got up abruptly, his face changed in shock, and he hurriedly asked Ni Heng, "Sir, if these people really have unruly intentions, although there are not many of them, they are all high school students, which will have some influence on Pingshou. If you make a mistake, It will definitely become a serious problem, how should we deal with it?"

Beihai was originally guarded by the ban, but it had been transferred to Shouchun before, but now there are no generals and ministers. As the nearest Langya prefect, Ni Heng naturally has a duty to do so.

But Mi Heng didn't answer immediately, Bu Zhi looked over in surprise, at this time the candle light was dim, and the shadow of the candle was flickering, reflecting on the face of Mi Heng who was sitting firmly in the seat of honor, but his face was as sinking as water and calm.

Bu Zhi was stunned, and asked again: "Sir, the Ben Ming Division's information has been reported. What are you going to do next?"

Mi Heng still didn't answer, when a gust of wind swept into the room and blew out the candles.

"oops."

Bu Zhi frantically tried to light the fire again, but maybe it was damp, and the flint could not ignite after a long time of playing, only the sound of "cracking" lighting was monotonous and boring, breaking the silence and darkness in the pavilion.

Mi Heng coughed lightly, took advantage of the dark night, got up and went to the window.He opened the window, and the raindrops splashed all over his face, like cold moss, and soon wet his sleeves.

Looking outside, the deep night rain enveloped the entire Kaiyang, in the city with a radius of tens of miles, the civilian houses in the distance, and the nearby pavilions stood silently in the rain.Because it was already late, there were not many places with lights on, and they were sparsely populated, which seemed deserted and lonely amidst the sound of rain.

Bu Zhi gave up on lighting and came to the window, seeing Mi Heng staring at the night sky, he couldn't help asking: "Sir, what are you looking at?"

Mi Heng said calmly without looking back: "Look at today's sky."

"Celestial phenomena?"

Bu Zhi followed Mi Heng's line of sight, and saw a few clear stars shining through the cracks in the clouds where the rain was drifting at this time, and he was startled, "This is."

"Dark clouds and dew stars, its shape is like a rope, its color is green, this is the elephant of the Lord!"

Mi Heng's original Wenxiu face suddenly showed a ferocious look, and a terrifying murderous intent flashed in his eyes: "When the lord was out, there were thieves who had evil intentions and conspired to make trouble, hey."

"It should be killed!"

(End of this chapter)