The atmosphere in the barracks where everyone was happily eating bacon and potato rice was completely ruined by this urgent military situation.
Wang Chengen's face was ashen, and the faces of the deputy general, Qian Hu and others around him also darkened.
"I have to go to Beijing immediately to serve the king." Wang Chengen was quite loyal and patriotic. He wanted to leave immediately, but when he thought of Heyang's defense over the mountains and moons, he hesitated a little.
Liang Shixian was also thinking about the same thing: "General Wang, now that you are gone and there is no one to control you, won't you be even more chaotic? You are like a second guerrilla Li Ying."
Wang Chengen: "Alas!"
Liang Shixian continued: "If all the soldiers from the five towns go to Beijing to serve the king, what will happen to the rogue bandits in Shaanxi? Wouldn't they become even crazier?"
Wang Chengen: "Alas!"
He had nothing to say except "Alas" all the time.
After being stiff for dozens of seconds, he pressed Liang Shixian's shoulder heavily: "No matter what, the capital must be protected first, and I, the general, must go to the capital. I can't take care of the thieves in Shanyue and Shaanxi." In the coming time, the situation in Shaanxi will probably be very dangerous, so Mr. Liang, please take care of yourself."
Liang Shixian: "..."
Wang Chengen: "Send the order to the entire army to immediately rise and march back to Xi'an under starry night."
When his order was passed on, the soldiers were still eating delicious bacon and potato rice. When they heard that they were told to "pick up immediately," they couldn't bear to part with the rice in their hands.
Someone quickly stuffed a few tablespoons into his mouth.
Some people stuffed it in their mouths and grabbed two handfuls in their hands, eating as they walked.
Someone took out a piece of cloth, put the rice bowl on the cloth, wrapped it, and put it in his arms.
It was so fragrant and had diced bacon in it. They didn't know when they would be able to eat it next time.
After a period of commotion, Wang Chengen reluctantly left.
After Liang Shixian waved goodbye to them, he stood alone on the high city wall, looking up at the sky: "Tianzun, what should we do? There is no one to govern over the mountains and moons, so the trouble will definitely get bigger and bigger. All the soldiers from the five towns have come to Beijing. Shaanxi is even more neglected, alas..."
Li Daoxuan also sighed secretly in his heart: The history books say that Yang He, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi Province, first came to Shaanxi to suppress and appease the three sides. However, because the general soldiers of the five towns came to Beijing to serve the king, Yang He lost a large number of people. This important military force is unable to suppress bandits on a large scale, so the next step is to adjust the strategy and adopt a comprehensive appeasement policy.
As for how bad this comprehensive recruitment policy is, you only need to look at the last "returning bandits" and the current Heyang Defense Forces to know how bad it is.
Shaanxi is going to be even more chaotic!
Li Daoxuan took out a large piece of paper and showed it to Liang Shixian: "Expand the militia and protect yourself."
Liang Shixian: "I understand, we can no longer rely on the higher ups. We can only rely on ourselves. We can only form more militia groups. If we are in other counties, forming too many militia groups will make it impossible for the people to live normally. But in Chengcheng County, we have Fairy food, more men can take up arms.”
He quickly turned around and asked Master Shaoxing: "Where is Xi Bai Yuan, the chief instructor of the militia now?"
Master Shaoxing said: "Mr. Bai has been in Gaojia Village in the past few days, which is close to Heyang County. He may be planning to organize a group of Gaojia villagers to guard against Huanshanyue."
Liang Shixian: "As expected of Mr. Bai, I have already taken precautions and prepared my horses. I want to go to Gaojia Village in person to discuss with Mr. Bai how to defend against the enemy."
Master Shaoxing smiled and said, "Your Excellency, there is no need to prepare horses when going to Gaojia Village."
Liang Shixian: "?"
Master Shaoxing said: "The road from the county town to Gaojia Village has been built, and two dirt roads have been built, where buses can ride, and one is a train track. The villagers have leveled the road, and Tianzun personally put the car down Well, it’s very convenient for us to go to Gaojia Village. We can get there in a blink of an eye by taking the small train.”
Liang Shixian: "Huh? I see, then I want to give the Fairy Train a try."
Liang Shixian quickly took the Shaoxing Master and ten government officials to the "Chengcheng Railway Station". This railway station was built outside the northeast gate of the county. It is colorful and gaudy and is a typical "Tianzun style" building.
There are many such "Tianzun style" buildings in Chengcheng County now. Most people in Chengcheng County no longer feel strange about these strange buildings. Instead, they feel "at ease" when they see them. Feel.
They remind the people of Chengcheng at any time: "You are protected by the Heavenly Lord."
Liang Shixian also felt the same way. The little panic he felt just now was relieved a lot when he saw the colorful buildings.
After a while, the train came.
It was the first time for Liang Shixian to ride on this thing. He was frightened and cautiously got into the car. He sat on the window seat and stretched one hand out of the car window, feeling the wind blowing at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour in his palm. Huh? This... seems... to be holding something very special.
After more than thirty miles, we got on the train and arrived in a blink of an eye.
Liang Shixian jumped off the train and immediately asked where Bai Yuan was.
A passerby pointed him in the direction of the Gaojia Village barracks, and he led the government officials and ran straight over.
Still far away from the barracks, I heard the sound of "clinking" firecrackers.
Liang Shixian: "Huh?"
His expression suddenly became a little strange: "Fire gun?"
The Shaoxing master next to him nodded: "Yes, it's the sound of a firecracker."
"Ouch!" Liang Shixian said, "Isn't it right? Bai Yuan actually brought out all the muskets? This... this... this is a forbidden thing.
The master of Shaoxing said in a low voice: "Your Excellency, there is no need to make a fuss. In Shaoxing, when the Japanese pirates were in trouble, the rich families had dozens of muskets, so it was not a big deal.
Liang Shixian thought carefully about the chaos in Shaanxi now.
He continued to walk forward, and after a few more steps, there was another "bump" in the distance ahead. Then, he felt something falling from the sky above his head, and hit his official hat with a thud. Knocked his hat off.
Liang Shixian was shocked and quickly straightened his hat. When he took a closer look, he saw that it was a flying bird that fell from the sky and happened to land on his hat.
The bird had blood on it and appeared to be dead.
Liang Shixian: "Huh? What's going on?"
Master Shaoxing: "This should be the bird that was knocked down by the gunshot just now. It's so amazing that someone can actually shoot down a flying bird with a firegun."
Just as he said this, he saw a person running from far ahead, dressed in white clothes. It was Bai Yuan. He was laughing while running: "Hahaha, I hit the bird, hahaha, there is After fixing the rifling, the gun turned out to be much more accurate, hahaha... Huh?
Bai Yuan saw Liang Shixian and his party. Their faces looked familiar but they couldn't recognize their names, but their clothes, the official uniforms of a seventh-grade county magistrate, were easy to recognize.
He quickly put away his smile and bowed solemnly: "Your Excellency, what kind of wind has brought you here?"
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