The Qinghe army passed dozens of cities from Ningguan City to Zidou Mountain. When the Qinghe army went south, Taichu officials did not know that Qinghe had betrayed the covenant. The Qinghe people had many privileges in Taichu. At first, most of the cities were not suitable for them. The Qinghe army did not react much when they crossed the border.
When the Qinghe army approached Zidou Mountain, the news of Qinghe's capture of the capital city of Taichu spread completely. Even so, most officials chose to remain silent. They dared to dominate in front of the people but did not dare to stand up and fight. burden of crime
Yin Tongjian of Xianghe County, Wanning County, is one of the different types. This person is not a disciple of the Xinghe Sect, but he is also different from those corrupt officials.
This guy was originally a bodyguard bureau owner. Originally, the country was peaceful and the people were at peace in Taichu, and the Xinghe Sect was frightening Jianghuxiao. The business of the bodyguard bureau was not easy, and he was just barely making ends meet.
The situation changed a few years ago. Under Li Boqian's mediocre rule, the imperial court in Taichu became increasingly corrupt, and people's lives were in dire straits. Many ordinary people were forced to become bandits and bandits.
Tong Jian was good at skills and righteous, and he was well-known in the world. He also had a group of trustworthy bodyguards under him. This group of practitioners was naturally more than enough to deal with bandits from commoner backgrounds. The worse the world became, the more chaotic the business of the bodyguard bureau was. The better, which allowed Tong Jian to accumulate a lot of money in his hands.
"Damn, I'm rich now. I'm going to buy a Guandangdang and let these corrupt officials see how I, old Tong, became a great master." Tong Jian happily left these words to his mother-in-law. He ran out of the escort agency and took a lot of gold and silver to deliver gifts to the governor's house.
The county magistrate was naturally happy when he saw the white money. There happened to be a vacancy for the magistrate in Xianghe County. The magistrate of Wanning County immediately recommended Tong Jian to the court. Not long after, Tong Jian, who was a bodyguard, took up the post. Xianghe County Yin.
Xianghe County is located at the southernmost tip of Wanning County, in the hinterland of Yingzhou. It is a prosperous place. However, because it is very close to the Xinghe Sect, most officials who want to make money are not willing to work here as officials. The hot job has kept many officials away.
Tong Jian is a good escort, but as an official he is a bit overwhelmed by this rough guy.
Tong Jian didn't want to make money. He really wanted to be a good official, but his skills were limited. Xianghe County was in chaos under his rule. In the end, the Xinghe Sect took action and sent two disciples to help Tong secretly. Sword, this stabilized the situation.
However, Tong Jian also developed a relationship with the Xinghe Sect. He was originally from a rough background, so he naturally yearned for the first sect. Under his intentional relationship, many members of the Xinghe Sect were not very good at being an official. I have a good relationship with Mr. Yin of the county.
Juye City is a special city in Xianghe County. This city is not a county seat nor a wealthy place, but it is a battleground for military strategists.
This city is built along the river, only a few miles away from the Xiang River. The Xiang River is wide and fast. To cross the river, you can only rely on the iron-locked bridge not far from Juye City or take a ferry.
After the Qinghe army arrived in Xianghe County, Tong Jian, a bloody man, immediately raised 5,000 city guards. These thousands of people were almost all the troops a county could provide, because most of the elite city guards had been transferred. Zheng Zheng, who went to conquer the Eastern Xia army
Tong Jian originally did not want to lead his troops to fight, but placed his hope on the Xinghe Sect. When he learned that the Qinghe army entered Xianghe County, Tong Jian hurriedly asked Song Yu, a disciple of the Xinghe Sect who helped him govern Xianghe County, to rush back to the sect. He asked for help, but it took time to travel, and there was no news of Song Yu as soon as he left.
As a bodyguard who once traveled north and south, although Tong Jian was sparse in government affairs, he knew the distribution of cities in Xianghe County very well. He naturally knew the importance of Juye City.
The opportunity to fight was fleeting, and he had no time to wait for reinforcements from the Xinghe Sect, so he rushed to Juye City with the five thousand city guards.
These five thousand city guards are not elite. When the elite were selected for the expedition, those who were dismissed were either old friends, sick, disabled, or unmanageable soldiers. Even the normal soldiers were responsible for the deployment of troops to Junji Temple. The officials can only stay if they pay for it.
Everyone lined up beside the Iron Suo Crossing Bridge on the Wei River. Tong Jian stood in front of the queue and looked at these dejected guys. He frowned and said loudly: "I know you don't want to fight, and to be honest, I don't want to fight either, but today I will lead you." You must fight this battle!"
The noise among the team was immediately remembered.
"Those are tens of thousands of Qinghe elites. What are we going to do with these thousands of people?"
"Isn't this a clear plan to let us people die? You're a piece of shit county magistrate, and you're not a dog official who uses the lives of soldiers to gain political achievements. Bah!"
"I spend so much money to stay in the county just so that I don't fight the enemy desperately. Whoever fights desperately is a fool."
Almost all the comments were against blocking the Qinghe people.
Tong Jian was not angry and continued to speak loudly: "You are right. Anyone who fights is a fool. Now the Taichu Dynasty is short of fools. I don't know if you heard it. This group of Qinghe people once attacked Ningguan City, but was defeated by Ning Guan. Guan Tieqi was defeated, and then they fled here."
"It's up to you, that's the Ningguan cavalry. Who are we? We don't even have a few war horses. How can we compete with the Qinghe people." A discordant voice sounded in the team. The voice was so high that the entire team could listen clearly.
"What I just said is not to tell you how powerful the Ningguan cavalry is. What I am thinking is that from Ningguan to Xianghe, there was not even a fool in the Taichu Dynasty. These dog officials were hiding one by one, for fear of being affected by the flames of war. "
The officers and soldiers in the team burst into laughter when they heard that the county Yin master called other officials "dog officials".
"You should also know that my level of officialdom is very average. To be honest, it is not average, it is very poor. Fortunately, with the help of Xinghe Sect, Xianghe County was not completely in chaos."
Thinking of the predicament that Lord Yin was in when he just took office, the soldiers burst into laughter again.
"I used to be a bodyguard leader, and I don't know how to be an official. None of you escorts are as good as me. In our bodyguard business, loyalty is the most important word. You and I have to be loyal to the Taichu court with our royal salary!"
"The people of Qinghe have betrayed their trust and are now running around in Taichu territory. No one from Taichu has stood up. These guys are all weaklings without belts. We are standing here today to tell those Qinghe barbarians that I, Taichu, are not There are no real men!”
As soon as these words came out, these city guards stopped smiling and became serious.
"I won't force you. If you want to do it with me, you can stay. If you don't, you can leave now." Tong Jian shouted loudly.
The city guard soldiers looked at each other, and only a few people left in the end.
After Tong Jian's lecture, the morale of the city guards became much more stable.
The preferred way of crossing the river by the Qinghe people was of course the Iron Lock Crossing Bridge. These Qinghe troops rushed towards the shore from the iron rope bridge. Just when the Qinghe people were about to reach the river bank, the ambush city guards decisively took action and blocked the Iron Lock River crossing. Cut them all off.
The Qinghe people did not expect that the Taichu army would dare to stop them. After the chain bridge was broken, a large number of Qinghe soldiers fell into the river, and many people were caught off guard and drowned.
Without the ferry bridge, the Qinghe people had to seize the ferry on the river. They took the ferry to cross the river in batches. Tong Jian led his troops to attack the ferry on the river bank. The Qinghe army once again lost a lot of troops and the ferry was destroyed. Some.
The two defeats made the Qinghe people red-eyed. They found a large number of ferries and launched a fierce attack on the other side of the river. The number of enemies was too large. Tong Jian and the five thousand city guards could not stop them. After leaving more than a thousand After the corpse, he retreated to Juye City.
After crossing the river, the Qinghe people were not willing to let go of these Taichu troops easily. Although Juye City had a giant character, it was not a big city. Facing the fierce attack of the Qinghe troops, the city was quickly breached. Tong Jian led the city guards again The army fought in the streets, and in the end they were outnumbered and the entire army was annihilated. Almost all the city guards became dead souls killed by Qing Herao's sword.
The Qinghe army was very cautious during the previous march and did not disturb the people. However, Tong Jian's resistance completely angered the Qinghe soldiers and made them more ferocious. The Qinghe army burned, killed, and looted in the city, committing all kinds of evil.
Tong Jian was hung on the tower, helplessly watching his people being bullied but unable to do anything.
He wanted to die and kept yelling and insulting the Qinghe soldiers passing by, but he only received ridicule and ridicule in return.
The Qinghe people did not kill Tong Jian in the end. After some venting, the Qinghe army left Xianghe County.
The two city guards who survived the street fighting saw that the enemy had left, so they climbed up the tower and released Tong Jian.
Tong Jian stood on the city tower and looked at the miserable scene in the city, then turned to look at the two guards of the city. With red eyes, he slammed his fist on the city wall, and his hands were immediately bloody.
The two city guards hurriedly stepped forward to stop them. Tong Jian shook them off. He opened his mouth to think of something but in the end he remained silent. After taking another look at the city, he jumped down from the tower.
When the two city guards checked, the county Yin had already died of anger.
Tong Jian used only 5,000 weak troops to block 80,000 Qinghe elites. Although he was defeated and killed, the Qinghe army suffered heavy losses. The Qinghe people became much more cautious in the subsequent march and no longer dared to look down on the Taichu army.
Shortly after Tong Jian's death, Song Yu came to Juye City alone. The reinforcements from the Xinghe Sect that Tong Jian expected did not arrive. Song Yu saw Tong Jian's body. He stood next to the body for a long time with a sad look on his face.
From beginning to end, Song Yu said nothing. After a long time, he touched something on his chest. It was a letter, an autographed letter from Huang Xin, but now this letter has no use. .
Tong Jian's body was already crowded with people. Except for the survivors of the city guard who respectfully guarded him, most of the people were people in the city who had lost relatives or were bullied. They looked at Tong Jian's body without any respect. Some are just deep hatred.
The common people pointed at Tong Jian's body and even yelled, but the city guards couldn't stand it. A fierce conflict broke out between the two sides. Song Yu took decisive action to stop the conflict between the two sides.
Finally, Song Yu carried Tong Jian's body and left Juye City, followed closely by the surviving city guards. On the bank of the Xiang River, there were still many corpses of city guards floating in the river and scattered on the bank.
Song Yu and others found all the corpses of the city guards and placed them all on the ferry abandoned by the Qinghe army, including Tong Jian's corpse.
The ferries loaded with the corpses of the city guards were set on fire one after another and pushed into the river. The ferries burned with blazing fire and floated rapidly downstream, like a navy sailing to another world.
During the whole process, everyone remained silent. They stood on the shore and performed a military salute in the direction of the ferry.
