Qingzhou Beihai County, Duchang County.
The Jin Army camp on the west bank of the Weishui River is where Beihai County soldiers camped.
In the Chinese military tent, Pei Jun, the governor of Beihai County, was summoning a man who had come to surrender.
This man is a small farmer on the Weishui River. He usually farms and fishes in boats during his spare time. He is tall and dark-skinned, with a pair of cunning eyes on his seemingly honest face. Originally, a Guizhou Cangtou with such a low status did not need to bother the county at all. Those who guard the great authority.
But the farmer who surrendered brought news that made the county governor very happy, and he made an exception and summoned the servant.
The farmer told the Beihai governor that all the ferries on the Weishui River had been confiscated and hidden. He knew the hiding places, and was willing to contact the governor and encourage the civilians who guarded the ferries to hand over the boats.
"What, you said all the boats on the Weishui River were hidden?" Pei Jun, the governor of Beihai, was a little surprised.
Pei Jun led the soldiers of Beihai County and the recruited Haoyou clan tribes totaling more than 10,000 people. Now due to the lack of ferries and pontoons, the army has been trapped on the Weishui River for three days.
"Who can have such great ability to seize all the ships?" Pei Jun asked.
"Reporting to the Lord, we are the Gao family, the Wang family, the Xu family and the Yan family from Xiami County." The farmer knelt down and returned respectfully.
"Why are these families like this?" Pei Jun was a little confused, and the scribe next to him hurriedly whispered into Pei Jun's ear.
Only then did Pei Jun realize that these families were originally from the faction of Sima Jiong, the former King of Qi, and had a lot of grievances with the faction of Sima Yue, King of East China Sea. As the prefect of Beihai County, Pei Jun was the wife and nephew of Sima Yue, King of East China Sea.
The scribe told Pei Jun that from the perspective of these wealthy families, if Pei Jun, the governor of Beihai, commanded troops to cross the border, they would definitely cause severe chaos in their territory, so it is not surprising that they tried every means to prevent the soldiers from entering. .
"Then what are you doing with the secret order? Why don't you stop the unruly bullies who obstruct the army and condone banditry? They don't even report it." Pei Jun was very angry with the secret order magistrate.
"The magistrate of Mi County probably doesn't know about this. After all, these families are powerful and right-wing families in this area. They are used to deceiving the superiors and concealing their subordinates. It is not difficult to block the hearing and hearing of an outside magistrate." The clerk helped to explain the secret order.
Because Pei Jun, the governor of Beihai County, was born in the Pei family of Hedong, Pei Jun was not good at poetry and calligraphy, but was obsessed with talking about Taoism and mysticism.
Pei Jun was appointed as the governor of Beihai County by his uncle Sima Yue, King of the East China Sea. In fact, Pei Jun felt that leaving the center of the imperial capital in Luoyang and taking such an official position in a prefecture and county was too unfair to his talents.
Therefore, after taking office, Pei Jun traveled around the mountains and rivers every day, visited magicians and immortals, or gathered for drinks and chats. He was too lazy to interfere with the government affairs of the county and basically left it to the scribes and assistant officials.
This clerk took the opportunity to receive many benefits from the various counties below. The magistrate of Xiami County was particularly generous, so I took the opportunity to say a few good words for him at this time, and thank him properly after the incident. Own.
After Pei Jun asked a few more questions, he quickly lost interest in the matter. If the farmer didn't inform him, he would have spent about ten more days rebuilding the ship, which was just a waste of time.
At this time, thinking that he would have a singing and drinking party later, and those fellow monks were still waiting for him, he handed over the remaining matters to the clerk, patted his butt and left.
The last farmer who came to report and surrendered happily returned to Weishuidong after receiving the promise of reward and promotion to contact the township party who were waiting for an opportunity.
At the same time, the troops led by Liu Yu were far away from the glue and were about to reach the vicinity of Xia Mi City.
Liu pre-selected a relatively secluded place and began to set up camp.
According to Liu Yu's personal investigation and survey, this place is less than half a day's journey from Xia Mi City.
After arranging the camp, Liu Yu led a dozen cavalry guards and began to cautiously move forward in the direction of Xia Mi City. The purpose of this time was firstly to detect the enemy's situation, and secondly to try to contact the Tianshi Taoists outside Xiami City.
The group walked for more than ten miles. Except for a few ordinary villages, there was nothing unusual on the road, and there was no sign of war at all.
In Liu Yu's opinion, even if the defenders of Xia Mi City had not received news of his arrival, they should have known that the Donglai Army had arrived on the east bank of Jiaoshui next door. Such a peaceful scene was really unreasonable. Donglai Army took it seriously.
Soon, it was evening when the sun was setting.
Liu Yu and his party could already see the city wall of Xiami County. The quaint city wall was not tall and looked peaceful. There were no cavalry or exploring horses outside the city.
Not far from the city wall, there are several large but messy thatched sheds.
Liu Yu guessed that those refugees should be refugees from near Jizhou. Since the war in Hebei, these refugees have left their hometowns and been displaced all the way.
After finally surviving the cold and hungry winter, they are now oppressed by the government and powerful forces. Years of hunger and hardship have left them with no strength to continue wandering.
These more than 10,000 people are like dry and exploding powder keg, with only one spark left to detonate them.
And Liu Yu is a huge torch. He believes that he can detonate this powder keg in the shortest time.
Liu Yu led the cavalry guards towards the nearest hut area. When they got close, Liu Yu found that each hut area here had simple wooden fences and walls, as well as several high-level sentry posts, and various A few lightly-armed men were patrolling and on guard.
"Stop, who are you?" shouted a strong man inside the wall.
The guards of these refugee camps had long seen Liu Yu and his party. This group of people on horseback were all fully armored and looked full of murderous intent.
"Let me ask you, are there any Celestial Master Tao brothers in this camp?" Liu Yu asked instead without answering.
"Why are you here looking for the Celestial Master?" Several strong men denied, "No, no, let's go quickly."
Now the entire Xiami County knows that there is a rebellion in the eastern counties, and it is thought that the Tianshi Taoist leader named Liu is the leader. Originally, Tianshi Taoism has many followers from high-ranking officials to ordinary people, but these refugees who depend on others are I have been ostracized and discriminated against, and I don't even dare to have anything to do with Tianshi Dao. If these riders are officers and soldiers of the imperial court, wouldn't they cause trouble?
Hearing these strong men say this, Liu Yuan was a little disappointed and was about to turn around and go to other refugee camps.
At this moment, a shout full of surprise came from the refugee camp behind him.
"Stay! Stay! Is the person coming Donglai Liu Jixing?"
A red-faced man with a long beard was waving his hand and walking quickly in Liu Yu's direction.
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