I and others were hurrying slowly. They had just arrived at Lengshuiguan, but their buttocks were still hot, and they were driven away by the people of Xin'anwei to the stupid Jincheng Village!
When they heard the news, Daozi, Shisan and others were so angry that they almost turned around and left.
"Third brother, Secretary, what do you mean? If you don't want to see us, don't invite us here! It's better now. I didn't even get a good word, and I was chased away to some Jincheng Village like a dog!"
"If you ask me, let's just go and go directly to Zhang Bingxian. Once we tell him about the situation here, he can't blame us, right?"
"That's right!"
"that is!"
"Who do you look down on when you raise dog food?"
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"Shut up!" At this time, Qin Lie shouted, his face extremely gloomy!
He glared at everyone and said: "I have told you a long time ago, we are the regiment training soldiers supported by the young master with real money and money, not the water bandits who gather in the mountains and forests. The young master asked us to come to Lengshuiguan to help with the defense. That is the young master." What do you mean? If any of you don’t want to do it anymore, just leave on your own, I will never stop you!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present lost their temper and stared at their feet without speaking. But obviously, if it wasn't for Xu He's sake, these people would have left Qin Lie together.
Do you want to say that Qin Lie has no objection in his heart?
impossible.
At this time, he was the most popular one.
But these days, leading more than a thousand people step by step and doing everything in detail, Qin Lie gradually realized what responsibility and burden are.
Xu He put the family property on his shoulders. If something went wrong, how could he see the young master again?
At this moment, Zhou Bi smiled and said: "Brothers, actually, I think this is a good thing!"
After everyone heard this, they all looked at Zhou Bi.
Thirteen Weng said angrily: "Secretary Zhou, are you talking about a good thing? Do you know that Hefei has been occupied for so long, the rebels must be recruiting troops in the city, and the weapons depot of the guards near Luzhou Prefecture is located in Hefei City Here, for such a long time, if the rebels in Hefei do not take action, they will turn out to be tens of thousands of people armed with weapons!"
"We have about a thousand people huddled in some kind of Jincheng Village. The rebels don't even need a large force to come over. Just one partial army can crush us!"
Zhou Bi laughed loudly and said: "You are overthinking, Jincheng Village cannot be captured by a small group of rebels."
In the evening.
When everyone arrived at Jincheng Village, they discovered that the so-called village was just a ruined wall that had been abandoned for a long time.
Daozi immediately laughed angrily at the scene in front of him.
"You say this Lujiang County is really strange. There is no barrier at Lengshui Pass. There is no village in Jincheng Village. The terrain is not even as good as Lengshui Pass. It is just a small slope. How can one defend it!"
Everyone looked at Zhou Bi.
Zhou Bi said with a smile: "This place, like Lengshuiguan, was where Cao Mengde stationed his troops during the Three Kingdoms period. Cao Cao also built a city and a pond here, so it is called [Jincheng]."
Qin Lie pointed to the ruins all over the ground and said, "Is this built by Cao Cao's men?"
Zhou Bi shook his head: "Cao and Wei are so far away. This was during the Song and Yuan Dynasties. In order to compete with the Northern Yuan Dynasty to compete for Chao Lake, the Southern Song Dynasty built a city here again, but this city was demolished during the Yingzong period of this dynasty!"
"Demolished?" Everyone was stunned.
Qin Lie asked: "Why do you want to demolish it?"
Zhou Bi said with a smile: "Because there were people who were good at asking about pagodas during the Yingzong period, they saw that Jincheng stood out for several miles around, facing the water and backing hills. White Lake and Chao Lake controlled the north and south. It was deep and quiet, with towering trees and thousands of bamboo poles. , the blue clouds, green snow, lush greenery and shade do not mix with the folk houses, so we built the temple here."
"This temple is called Jincheng Temple!"
After saying that, Zhou Bi pointed to the edge with his hand. Sure enough, those with good eyesight saw that there seemed to be a large temple nestled among the shadowy bamboo forest.
Qin Lie suddenly laughed, and everyone laughed too.
Some may ask why these people suddenly laugh.
Because a temple like this in the wilderness is not actually built for monks to repair.
The reason why these people occupied this area was actually like staking out land in the early years, in order to obtain more temple land from Seng Lusi, and then distribute it to the villagers for farming.
As long as they live in a large temple like Jincheng Temple, the thousands of people don't have to worry about food and drink for the time being. Plus, with the food and grass they collect and dispatch from various states and counties along the way, they can completely stay in the temple. I don’t have to go out for two or three months.
When several people approached the temple wall on horseback, Shisan shouted excitedly: "Damn it, these thieves have made a lot of money! Look at how well this wall has been built, it's even stronger than my mother in the capital city of Huzhou."
Everyone looked, and sure enough, in the gaps between the walls smeared with yellow mud, they could clearly see large stones built up.
Moreover, temples at this time, especially those built outside the city, mostly had watchtowers on the four corners of the courtyard walls, which were used to prevent bandits.
Not long after they arrived, they heard the sound of a bell ringing in the temple.
Zhou Bi said with a smile: "The host knows that the guests are coming, no, we welcome them all!"
Everyone laughed.
Sure enough, after a while, the small door next to the temple gate opened, and several fat monks with sticks in their hands came out, looking at everyone eagerly and saying: "Who are you, and why have you circled our Jincheng Temple so many times? "
After saying that, the leader looked at the mounts under Qin Lie and others' butts with vigilance.
These days, if there is a group of people all riding horses, they are either officials or bandits. The weather is so beautiful, it doesn't look like a government official offering incense.
Qin Lie and others looked at each other, and finally everyone looked at Zhou Bi.
Zhou Bi smiled bitterly, stepped out from the crowd with his horse's belly, and said with cupped hands: "Masters, I am the secretary of the Haiphong Battalion under Huaiyang Coast Guard Road, Nanzhili. I am bothering you today because I want to see the host!"
When they heard that the other party turned out to be an official, although they couldn't figure out how the Huaiyang Coastal Defense Road ended up in Yangzhou and how they got to Luzhou, the monks still put down their sticks.
The leader clasped his hands and said, "Donor, wait a moment, I'll ask someone to invite the abbot!"
Sure enough, after a while, the abbot came out with a smile and said: "Is the Lord from Haiphong Road coming? Is it really too late to welcome him from afar!?"
As soon as the old monk with a gray beard walked outside and saw that there was only Qin Lie and a dozen riders, his smile became even brighter and he said: "My lords, let's go in and talk!"
When Qin Lie heard this, he turned around and winked at a brother behind him, and the man turned his horse's head and left!
As soon as I entered the temple, several people started to look at me dishonestly.
Most of the temples are courtyards and main halls built with stones.
Needless to say about the courtyard wall, at the back, stables, horse farms, barns were built on both sides of the main hall...
Seeing this scene, Zhou Bi smiled and said, "Master, does this Jincheng Temple still have horses?"
The abbot smiled and said: "These are bred from twenty-three horses donated by Master Xing Kuanxing, the champion of Wuwei Prefecture, when he was studying in this temple! Now there are seventy-three horses!"
Xing Kuan was ranked seventh in the court examination under Ying Zong. After the imperial examination, Ying Zong summoned him and asked about sacrifices and military affairs. Taught compilation.
However, it was obvious that Zhou Bi didn't buy the idea of Xing Kuan, who had died long ago. He turned to Qin Lie and said, "Call the brothers in!"
Qin Lie heard a whistle from the knife behind him, and the sound spread far away in the quiet mountains.
After a while, the monk who was looking upstairs was so frightened that he pissed himself and fell down from the stairs.
"Oops, someone is coming, a lot of people..."
