broken!
Liu Zheng felt bad.
This fat man is the county magistrate of Yangzhou City, his name is Lu Zhengyi. At this moment, he glared at Qin Changfeng and shouted: "What kind of thief is committing murder in the street? He is committing a heinous crime. Get him!"
More than thirty soldiers accepted the promise and forced them forward.
Qin Changfeng glared coldly, and the long knife in his hand trembled before taking action.
Liu Zheng didn't want this knight-errant to be accused of "anti-government", so he hurried out and said loudly: "Stop it, everyone stop it!"
Lu Zhengyi scolded: "Who are you?"
Liu Zheng laughed along with him: "Your Excellency, County Marquis, I am the son of Yinzhou County Marquis. If you have anything to say, please speak it carefully!"
Lu Zhengyi was stunned, and then said angrily: "Where did the Huangkou boy come from? When did Yinzhou have a county magistrate?"
Everyone laughed.
Although Yangzhou is barren, it is still quite arrogant and arrogant in front of the incurable land of Yinzhou.
Liu Zheng took out the customs clearance document and handed it to Lu Zhengyi and said: "Sir, please see, my father Liu Dahao, who is about to take office as the Marquis of Yinzhou County, is one family, one family!"
"It really is the seal of Liangzhou Prefecture!"
Lu Zhengyi confirmed the matter, but still sneered: "You, Marquis of Yinzhou County, want to take charge of things in Yangzhou, do you have longer hands? Please stay out of the way!"
Liu Zheng continued: "Sir, you must not do it. This ranger defeated the horse bandits in the street, and the people were happy when they heard about it. If you convict him, wouldn't it chill the people's hearts?"
At this time, many people came over and asked for Qin Changfeng's life.
Qin Changfeng sneered: "Why bother asking this dog official! It turns out that the soldiers in Yangzhou City don't know how to defend the enemy, but only know how to bully the people. What's the use of keeping such a county magistrate? Let me take his head!"
With that said, he shouted loudly and rushed into the crowd of soldiers.
This ranger is indeed very good, with amazing skills. Even when facing more than thirty people, he is like a dragon swimming across the sea. In a few rounds, the more than thirty soldiers were unable to touch him at all.
Everyone exclaimed. Lu Zhengyi's face was even more livid. His soldiers could not defeat a ranger, which really made his face look dull.
"Stop fighting, stop fighting!"
Liu Zheng was afraid that Qin Changfeng would accidentally hurt these soldiers or hurt people's lives, so there would really be no room for mediation in this matter.
"Stop it all!"
Lu Zhengyi drank.
More than thirty soldiers from the government retreated one after another as if they had been granted amnesty.
Qin Changfeng has an extraordinary demeanor.
The more Liu Zheng saw it, the more he liked it, and he thought he must take this person under his command.
Lu Zhengyi's face changed several times, and finally he sighed: "Strong men are good at martial arts, but do you really think that I don't want to defend against the enemy? In fact, there are only a thousand soldiers in the entire Yangzhou Prefecture, but there are three thousand horse bandits! Today you are attacking in the street It’s just a small team of them that retreated. The horse bandits have suffered a loss in Yangzhou today, and they will definitely attack in a big way!"
"You are a knight-errant, and you can leave in style!"
"But how can I, Yangzhou City, resist?"
"Excuse me, did you save the people or harm the people? I can only arrest you and bring you to justice, which also gives the horse bandits an explanation! After a while, I will let you go, and Yangzhou will be safe!"
"What?"
Lu Zhengyi's eyes were red, and he said this with helplessness and melancholy, and it didn't seem like he was lying.
Qin Changfeng and Liu Zheng were stunned at the same time.
Both of them just thought that it was the Yangzhou County Marquis's inaction, and they even suspected that he and the horse bandit were colluding with each other, which made them furious at Qin Changfeng's chivalrous and righteous deeds. Now it seems that this is not the case. The horse bandits are powerful and there are only a thousand soldiers in Yangzhou. They can only protect the people in this way and survive in these troubled times.
This is a tacit understanding in troubled times.
The horse bandits need to eat, and they don't want to destroy Yangzhou City. In that case, who are they going to rob?
The government can only balance it.
The whole thing reveals the infinite sadness of this troubled world.
As for why not recruiting troops?
It's very simple, you can't afford it!
Yangzhou's annual tax revenue is not enough to control natural disasters, so where can we find the money to recruit more troops?
"this……"
Qin Changfeng, a knight-errant, was used to being wild. He didn't know how difficult it would be to be a leader. He did something bad with good intentions. He shouted with shame: "I don't know that you care about the people. It's Changfeng's fault! When the horse bandit comes again, Qin Changfeng will definitely take the lead." Charge into battle!”
"What a man!"
Lu Zhengyi sighed: "It's just that if you think about the people, go to prison and rest for a few days..."
Qin Changfeng clenched his fists. I feel unwilling to do so, but that's probably all I can do. After all, there are three to four thousand enemies. No matter how powerful Qin Changfeng is, he is not a god descending from the earth.
Liu Zheng thought that the opportunity had come, and said: "Sir, how many people and horses do these horse bandits have, and what is their combat strength?"
Everyone looked at him with disdain.
Lu Zhengyi smiled bitterly: "Why, Master still wants to kill the horse bandit?"
Qin Changfeng immediately shouted: "If you have such an idea, Master, Changfeng will take the lead!"
Liu Zheng was overjoyed, all he wanted was your word! These days, a scholar will die for his confidant. He wants to conquer Qin Changfeng for his own use, but he can't do it by crying like Liu Bei. You have to show something special that makes him feel like he wants to follow you.
He smiled slightly: "It may not be impossible."
Lu Zhengyi still wanted to speak, but at this moment, a horse suddenly came galloping, and a man jumped down and rolled around: "Sir, a group of horse bandits gathered outside the city. It seems that there are three or four thousand people, clamoring for a siege. The situation is critical. !”
Everyone was shocked. Lu Zhengyi gritted his teeth and waved his hand: "The horse bandits are bullying people too much. Do you really think that there is no one in Yangzhou? I ordered you to go down and defend Yangzhou. If there is any retreat, kill them without mercy!"
"yes!"
Liu Zheng and others also ran to the tower.
Looking up, there are already crowds of people outside the city. Liangzhou produces horses. The horse bandits are actually one man, one horse and one sword. They are full of murderous intent. They are galloping around the city gate on horseback while shouting and taunting.
This scene made the Yangzhou soldiers tremble with fear. In terms of momentum, these horse bandits had the absolute upper hand.
It was the first time Liu Zheng encountered such a scene, and his scalp was numb.
Three to four thousand people, equivalent to a regiment in later generations, stood together so densely that it seemed like they couldn't even see the edge.
"Run!"
"The horse bandits are coming!"
The people in the city have long been panicked, and every household is packing up their belongings and planning to flee Yangzhou.
Lu Zhengyi immediately ordered the city to be closed to stabilize the people's morale. However, because some government soldiers went to maintain public order, the number of people defending the city was reduced sharply. There were only 600 people. Although it was easy to defend the city but difficult to attack it, looking at the opponent's ferocious momentum, it was difficult to find an excuse this time. It was obvious that they wanted to occupy Yangzhou City.
"Mr. Lu, how dare you let the thief hurt my brother? I won't give up until this person is punished!"
"If you don't do anything, open the city gate and let us go in and search!"
"Open the door!"
Three thousand people shouted in unison, the sound shook the sky, and they did not take Lu Zhengyi seriously.
"What should I do?"
Lu Zhengyi was extremely desperate.
Liu Zheng asked anxiously: "Master Lu, how many days can we hold out?"
Lu Zhengyi said: "Although we, the soldiers of Yangzhou Prefecture, are not afraid of death, we are outnumbered by the enemy and can only last for three days at most!"
Liu Zheng observed for a moment that although this horse bandit was a horse bandit, his horses, weapons and equipment were much better than those of the soldiers. No wonder these people are desperate.
This is simply not a level of combat effectiveness.
"I, Qin Changfeng, will go first!"
Qin Changfeng was ashamed and angry.
Liu Zheng quickly grabbed him and turned around to ask Lu Zhengyi: "Master Lu, is there a stone quarry in Yangzhou?"
"Stone field?"
Lu Zhengyi nodded: "Yangzhou is rich in bluestone, and the stone field is in the north of the city."
Liu Zheng was overjoyed: "Master Lu must survive three days. After three days, I will retreat from the enemy!"
"ah?"
Everyone looked dumbfounded, thinking it was a child's joke.
Liu Dahao was also sweating: "Son, don't joke, don't joke!"
Lu Zhengyi shook his head: "Colonel Luo!"
"exist!"
"Send the Yinzhou County Hou father and son and the ranger away with Ximen!"
"yes!"
Liu Zheng shouted: "Master Lu, you must trust me once! I don't need any soldiers or horses, just give me fifty years!"
Lu Zhengyi looked at him suspiciously. The son of Liu County Marquis looked like a well-dressed and well-fed dandy, but at this moment the war was about to begin, and there was no fear on his face, so he was not an ordinary person.
"We have prepared a lot of rolling stones to defend the city. Why are you going to the stone quarry? I believe you, but it will take three days at most. After three days, you must leave!"
Lu Zhengyi nodded.
He immediately ordered Lieutenant Na Luo to take Liu Zheng and three others on horseback to the stone field in the north of the city.
Liu Zheng looked at the stone field and his face was filled with joy.
It's been cloudy these past few days, and it looks like it's going to rain heavily. This heavy rain is the key to whether Yangzhou can defend the city! Rolling Stone?
hehe.
What if what was rolled was not stone, but lime?
