The small courtyard is not big, but the pressure it brings to Wang Chengwu is not small.
It was very quiet inside and outside, and no one could be seen. However, Wang Chengwu subconsciously felt that the people inside had an unprecedented aura. This was purely an intuitive feeling.
"Sir, Lord Wang is here." Heliande's "Sir Wang" title made Wang Chengwu's whole body feel hot, as if he had eaten the ginseng fruit of Immortal Zhenyuan, and his entire internal organs were suddenly clear from top to bottom, with thirty-six thousand pores. I suddenly felt relaxed and felt comfortable everywhere. The next step I stepped out, I actually felt a little swaying.
I am an adult too? Really?
Wang Chengwu couldn't help but bite the tip of his tongue, trying to use the tingling sensation to wake himself up. He was about to meet a noble person, and if he said the wrong thing, it would be a sin that he would regret for the rest of his life.
Lowering his head and folding his arms, Wang Chengwu took a deep breath and stepped in. The door was open, like a study room. From the corner of his eye, he could see the books and paper labels placed on the desk. Wang Chengwu did not dare to neglect and knelt down on one knee. "Wang Chengwu, a grassroots citizen, has met your Excellency."
"Get up. There is no need to be so polite. A man has gold at his knees. A warrior who has won a battle should be treated like this. Sit down."
"Sit down." Feng Ziying said again.
Heliande then gave Wang Chengwu a hint, "Sir Wang, if I ask you to sit down, just sit down and talk."
"You don't have to be so formal. I came to you just to have a good talk with you." Feng Ziying looked very calm and her tone was gentle and indifferent, which gradually calmed Wang Chengwu's anxiety.
"Returning to your lord, the ordinary people were ignorant before. Fortunately, Lord Helian reminded them, and they came to regret it. Now with your guidance, they can make some small contributions, and the ordinary people are very grateful." Wang Chengwu's eloquent words were also in the account. After training for a long time, I was stammering, but I finally shook it off clearly.
"No one is a sage, and who can have no faults? It's not too late now that General Wang can find his way back." Feng Ziying said with a smile: "The current crisis in Wubao County has not been completely reversed, and it still faces the risk of subsequent foreign enemy attacks from the north. , This is also the purpose of recruiting General Wang. I wonder what General Wang thinks about this?"
"Boyan Village and Baitang Village had less than a thousand people before setting off from Suide. Among them, cavalry accounted for more than 70%, and the rest were mainly mounted infantry. If it is such an army with strong mobility and strict military discipline, we will fight in the field. Even if we have one or two times more men and horses than him, we are still likely to fail, because our men and horses are far less well-trained than the other side."
"But Mr. Liu also told me before that they attracted a large number of small groups of rebels and disaster victims who joined them along the way. After Suide, it is said that the number increased to nearly 2,000 troops. Now they have captured Yihe City?" Wang Chengwu's mood Slowly calming down, his eyes became hot, "It is said that after they learned that we had eliminated Waitian Banner, they stopped at Yihe City to reorganize their army?"
"My lord, please don't be suspicious. This is the news obtained by the grassroots themselves." Seeing that Feng Ziying was suspicious, Wang Chengwu hurriedly said: "My subordinates also have some friends in Suide, and they have been communicating with each other..."
"Oh?" Feng Ziying became interested and nodded with a smile, "It seems that I got the right person, please continue."
"To tell you the truth, when the grassroots rebelled and brought a group of people from Qingcaowu to attack Wubao City, they actually got the news from Suide, saying that the people in Boyan Village and Baitang Village could not survive. After going down, there were several battles with the surrounding forts due to food problems, and there were wins and losses. Now they are reuniting and preparing to go south to find a way out. Suide and Jiazhou do not dare to go. Mizhi is too powerful and may be captured at any time. The Yulin Army is getting reinforcements, so the most likely possibility is that they are coming to Wubao to beg for food..."
"Your line also goes from the border fortresses in the area bordering Yulin Town in the north of Suide?" Feng Ziying asked carefully, "I don't see that your contacts are broad."
"Sir, the common people were ignorant when they were young, so they liked to make friends and wander around. At the age of fourteen, they went out with others, sold private salt, worked as a postman, worked as a boatman, and even went to Huichengzi and Baichengzi to sell sheepskins. ,…"
Wang Chengwu glanced at the young man sitting above him who was too young. Seeing that the other person had a curious look on his face and nothing unusual, he felt more at ease in his heart. "Every time I go back and forth, I have been in contact with those forts in the north of Suide, like We have dealt with Liushu Village, Yuerhe Village, Tumen Village, Mahe Village, Big Rabbit Falcon Village, and Boluosi Village, and private salt has also been sold to these places..."
"No wonder." Feng Ziying felt that she still had too little information about Wang Chengwu. These information were very important, but she knew nothing about them before. If Wang Chengwu had something to do with the Boyan Village\Baitang Village people, then what would happen? It is a serious problem, but it seems that it is not there yet. "So you are very familiar with these forts, and you also know Boyan Village and Baitang Village very well?"
"I have also been to Boyan Village and Baitang Village, but I am not familiar with them. Among these forts, the ones that the grassroots are more familiar with are Big Rabbit Falcon Village and Boluosi Village. They are in the west and next to Boyan Village and Boluosi Village in the east. Among the people in Baitang Village, only Yuerhe Village is familiar with it, but Yuerhe Village, Boyan Village and Baitang Village have always been at odds with each other and are old enemies." Wang Chengwu said honestly: "The grassroots news came from Yuerhe Village ."
"Yu'er Hezhai is not small, right? I have the impression." Feng Ziying asked in a deep voice: "Why didn't they go south? Are they still living a good life? Aren't they all suffering from disasters?"
"It's not that good either. Boyan Village and Baitang Village should be the two strongest among the dozen or so villages in the north of Suide. The number of people in both villages exceeds 3,000, and as far as I know there are more Hundreds of Mongolians who came from Hetao also joined them, so the number of people including the old, weak, women and children was quite large. The total number of people in the two forts could be seven or eight thousand, but those who could truly be called elites and could go out to fight. There won't be more than a thousand people, so this time only eight or nine hundred people can be gathered to go south."
"For example, Yu'er Hezhai is much smaller, with a population of less than 2,500, and the number of elites that can be gathered to fight is only 200 or 300. If we fight in its surroundings, we can probably have a little more than 100 or 200 people, but we have to travel hundreds of miles south. , it won’t work, so they are worried that if they really want to go south, there are not enough people and horses at all. If they encounter an army attack or people and horses from other villages attack on the road, it will be very dangerous, so they were still looking for people willing to go south together. There are other villages in the country, but the grassroots people have not received any other news yet."
"Oh, here it comes, let him come in." A clear and pure voice came out, which surprised Wang Chengwu a little at how young the voice was, and a little indescribably excited. He was finally about to "move over Tianyan". Feng Ziying was also there Looking at this person who has no reputation in history, maybe there is no such person at all, but in this time and space, he has jumped out, but these are not important. Wang Chengwu learned the expression in the play and watched the nose and nose. Observing his mind, his eyes were drooping, he stood up but did not move. Feng Ziying was a little funny. This Wang Ermazi's enthusiasm for being an official was really extraordinary. This is the best. With such motivation, he is not afraid that he will not work hard in the battle. Get Helian At De's reminder, Wang Chengwu sat down stiffly, with his hands on his knees and half of his buttocks sitting sideways, ready to stand up and reply at any time. Seeing this made Heliande feel embarrassed, but then he thought about it, he had been alone before Wasn't it the same when he met Mr. Feng? Not to mention Wang Chengwu, the leader of the rebel army with a rough background. Wang Chengwu already knew about the two rebel teams coming towards Wubao County from the north. They used to be Austrian aid, but now they have become The biggest threat directly threatens his future destiny. Liu Dingfeng also told him the origins of Boyan Village and Baitang Village. He also knew very well that in terms of combat effectiveness, the group of people under him would definitely not be able to defeat the main force. The soldiers and horses of the fortresses around the border wall, which were mainly Yulin deserters and rebels, could not be compared, but this battle was unavoidable. Wang Chengwu did not intend to avoid it. If he gave up at this time, his prestige in front of Lord Long Jinwei would be He would suddenly lose his temper, his impression would drop sharply, and he might even become increasingly marginalized like Gu Xiuzhong now. This is something Wang Chengwu would never tolerate. Wang Chengwu was very calm and stated his weakness without hesitation. Feng Ziying had no expression, just He nodded slightly and signaled the other party to continue. Feng Ziying didn't expect that the other party actually knew the news. He hadn't asked Liu Dingfeng and Heliande to tell the other party the news. This guy was probably timid, but it didn't look like him. He looked like this. Unexpectedly, Wang Chengwu, a scoundrel from Qingjian, actually had contacts with Suide. You must know that it is normal for people in this era to stay at home and never leave the county in their lives. Moreover, we have collected from the early stage The intelligence showed that this guy initially ran to Yanchuan with his troops, and only fled back to Qingjian after being defeated in Yanchuan. Logically speaking, he should have contact with Nanbian'er, but why did he end up with Suide? Is there a connection here? But it’s not to blame Liu Dingfeng and the others. They were not specifically interested in eating this bowl of rice. They were summoned temporarily by Li Guibao and the others before. It is commendable to be able to grasp so many situations in such a short period of time. Besides, if Wang Chengwu didn't tell the story about Wang Chengwu himself, or if the old brothers who followed him didn't tell others about it, I'm afraid not many people would know that he had sold private salt in Suide and went out of the border wall to go to the Mongols. Bian. Baichengzi and Huichengzi are the territories of the Tumut people, just outside the border wall of Yulin Town in the Hetao area, but that area is now mainly controlled by Su Nang Taiji. Feng Ziying used to be more responsible for counterinsurgency in Ningxia. He had more dealings with the fortune-telling Rabbit in the west. Wang Chengwu patiently explained that of course he would not hide anything from this Shangguan nobleman.
