"How could this happen? How dare he do this!"
Zhao Ting couldn't pretend anymore, his face turned pale and he muttered to himself.
"Kill!!!"
Outside the government office, there were faint sounds of killing.
All the officials were completely panicked.
"Quickly, retreat to the government office!"
Along with the shouting, there was a burst of rapid footsteps.
Immediately afterwards, dozens of people led by the chief of the government office rushed in.
Among these people were government officials and soldiers who were left behind to guard the city.
"close the door!"
The officials hurriedly closed the door and picked up the latch.
Zhao Ting called his head, pretending to be calm and asked: "What's going on outside?"
"I report to the state, there are many thieves, and they are fierce and cruel. We really can't stand it, and they are killed by the thieves and enter the inner city!"
Na's head was covered in blood, and there was a stab wound on his arm.
He even went into battle to fight in person, which shows how brutal the battle was.
Liu Mi took a step forward and asked anxiously, "Is the thief Han Zhen?"
Hearing his question, Zhao Ting's heart skipped a beat, knowing that Liu Mi had seen through his plan.
Other officials were confused and looked blank.
And Liu Mi couldn't care less about blaming him at the moment, as saving his life was the most important thing at the moment.
If the person coming is Han Zhen, there is still room for discussion.
But if not...
Du Tou dodges his eyes, glances at Zhao Ting cautiously, then pretends to be dumbfounded and says, "Young man, no... I don't recognize Han Zhen!"
Liu Mi was immediately furious: "You are such a shameless person, you are so desperate and yet you still don't tell the truth!"
These words seemed to be reprimanding Na Dutou, but in fact they were criticizing Sang Huai.
Zhao Ting felt his cheeks burning and said sternly: "It's better to tell the truth!"
Seeing Zhao Ting speak, Dutou replied truthfully: "My lords, it seems that it is not Han Zhen. According to the report from the city gate officer, there were two groups of people fighting outside the city before. One of the thieves entered the city. After that, they immediately lit fires everywhere in the city and then went straight to the inner city."
"ah?!"
Zhao Ting and Liu Mi both exclaimed.
The rebel who entered the city was not Han Zhen.
What should I do?
"Let's go!"
After coming back to his senses, Zhao Ting made a quick decision.
All the officials woke up from a dream and nodded in agreement.
"My dear sirs, please wait a moment. Let me explore first."
Na Dutou said and went straight to the side door.
But as soon as he opened the door, several daredevils rushed towards him. He was so frightened that he quickly closed the door and held it with the latch.
He ordered several government officials to guard the side door, and then they all returned to the lobby and said with a bitter smile: "We can't escape, there are all thieves outside the government office!"
Zhao Ting felt dizzy and shaky.
Liu Mi grabbed his collar angrily and said with a ferocious expression: "Look at what a good thing you did!"
The officials on the side saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to break up the fight: "Liu Tong is ordered to calm down. Why do this? It is an insult to politeness and politeness!"
After finally breaking free, Zhao Ting knew he was in the wrong and muttered guiltily: "I didn't know we would be in such a situation."
These officials are all human beings. From the conversation between the two of them, I can already get a taste of it, but I still don’t understand what happened.
Tonight's disaster is absolutely inseparable from Zhao Ting.
But knowing it was the same thing, no one dared to get involved.
Liu Mi dared to do this because he was the general magistrate of a state and not a subordinate of Zhao Ting. Strictly speaking, Tongsan is a position established to check and balance the magistrate and prevent one family from becoming dominant. The two restrain each other.
Liu Mi gasped and stared at Zhao Ting angrily.
"boom!"
The violent crash broke the atmosphere in the lobby.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw the gate of the government office trembling and shaking.
If it weren't for the government officials holding up the door, the door would have been knocked open just now.
Dutou yelled and ordered: "Go up and guard the door!"
Bang bang bang! ! !
The banging on the door became more and more intensive, and the two wooden doors kept emitting a sour whine.
Seeing that the gate of the government office was about to be knocked open.
"Destroy the enemy!"
Suddenly, there was a shouting outside.
Immediately afterwards, the banging on the door stopped abruptly.
Zhao Ting was stunned for a moment, then he was overjoyed: "Han Zhen must be here!"
call!
Liu Mi also let out a sigh of relief, pointed at Zhao Ting, and said bitterly: "I will settle the score with you later!"
…
In the inner city.
Nie Dong led his army to catch up with Shi Jian, and the two sides fought again.
After Shi Jian rushed into the inner city just now, he wanted to repeat his old tricks, preparing to order people to burn, kill, loot and create chaos throughout the inner city, but he didn't expect Nie Dong to arrive so quickly.
And the government officials in the inner city did delay it for some time.
The eight hundred Qingzhou Army still formed a fish-scale formation. In such a complex terrain in the city, the advantage of the Qingzhou Army's colorful uniforms was once again magnified.
The defeat just now frightened the Ganchi Army, and now everyone was filled with fear.
As soon as the two sides engaged in battle, they were retreating steadily.
No matter how much Shi Jian shouted, it was of no avail.
Puff puff puff!
The Qingzhou Army in the fish scale formation was like an efficient and stable machine, constantly harvesting lives.
By the light of the fire, Nie Dong could see the shouting Shi Jian at a glance, and concluded that this person must be the enemy chieftain.
So he took off the crossbow from his waist, drew the string and nocked an arrow, aiming at the opponent.
Then, he pulled the trigger hard.
Whoosh!
The arrows shot out with a harsh sound of breaking wind.
Shi Jian roared with a ferocious look: "If you die, fight with them..."
Before he finished speaking, an arrow shot towards him, accurately hitting his throat.
A stream of warm blood splashed on Shi Wenhui's face.
Shi Jian subconsciously covered his neck with both hands, his eyes full of horror, and wanted to speak, but the shot through his throat could only make a whooshing sound.
The next moment, Shi Jian's vision went dark and he fell to the ground on his back.
"God general, God general!"
The two guardians shouted in shock.
After killing the enemy chieftain with an arrow, Nie Dong looked happy and immediately raised his arms and shouted: "The leader of the thief is dead, and those who surrender will not be killed!"
The veterans of the Qingzhou Army were already proficient in this set of operations and immediately followed them.
"The leader of the thieves is dead, and those who surrender will not be killed!"
"The leader of the thieves is dead, and those who surrender will not be killed!"
Bang bang bang bang!
Hearing this, Gan Chijun, who had no intention of fighting for a long time, threw away his weapons one after another and knelt down to ask for surrender.
well!
Shi Wenhui sighed, threw away his knife, and knelt among the crowd.
Nie Dong ordered the weapons to be collected, gathered the prisoners together, and then ordered: "Hu Zhong, lead 200 people to search for the rebels in the inner city. If you dare to resist, you will not be killed!"
"Got the order!"
Hu Zhong responded with clasped fists and immediately ordered his men to disperse in small teams.
Soon, shouts of killing came from all over the inner city.
He stepped in front of the prisoner and asked condescendingly: "Is it the divine ape general Shi Jian who died just now?"
"Exactly!"
A guardian nodded hurriedly.
Nie Dong asked again: "Why are you here? Tell the truth!"
The protector poured out all the beans he knew.
"We received the order from the Immortal Duke... Zhang Wanxian, and made a surprise attack on the Linqu Horse Prison to seize the war horses. Today, the spies suddenly discovered that the Wuwei Army was dispatched. Shi Canjun said that Yidu County's defense was empty. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so we thought Come give it a try.”
Hearing these words, Nie Dong smiled secretly.
Linqu Horse Supervisor still had some crappy war horses, but Luo Sha had long since replaced them with bad horses and sent them to the Qingzhou Army.
Even if there hadn't been an accident tonight, this group of daredevils would have been working in vain.
Suppressing his laughter, Nie Dong asked again: "Who is Shi Canjun? Come forward!"
As soon as he finished speaking, many prisoners looked at Shi Wenhui.
Seeing this, Shi Wenhui laughed sarcastically, stood up bravely, made a standard literati bow, and announced his family status: "My name is Shi Wenhui, and I dare to join the army."
"Oh, I'm still a scholar."
Nie Dong chuckled and asked, "Do you have any fame?"
Shi Wenhui replied: "I passed the imperial examination in the autumn of the first year of Zhenghe."
The first year of Zheng He?
Nie Dong thought about it in his mind for a while, and said with slight surprise: "I won the imperial examination in the first year of Zhenghe, and am I still the same person today?"
Today is the fifth year of Xuanhe, and there has been a gap of twelve years.
The imperial examination was held every three years, which meant that Shi Wenhui went to Beijing four times to take the exam, but failed every time.
"Exactly."
Shi Wenhui looked embarrassed.
Nie Dong lost interest when he heard that he was just a judge.
In the Song Dynasty, there were as many candidates as dogs. For every imperial examination, there were at least 100,000 candidates rushing to take the exam.
The largest number was the imperial examination held in the second year of Renzong Jiayou's reign, with as many as 400,000 applicants.
Seemingly sensing the contempt in Nie Dong's eyes, Shi Wenhui asked, "You must not be officers and soldiers."
"Oh? Why do you see it?"
Nie Dong became interested.
Looking around at the Qingzhou Army, Shi Wenhui exclaimed: "I see that the general's soldiers are all strong and brave, showing the majesty of the Han and Tang Dynasties. We have fought against the Weizhou Northern Navy, and the Forbidden Army has long been eroded. How can it have such combat power?" . If the Wuwei Army had this ability, they would have killed Zhang Wanxian long ago, and would they still allow him to be so arrogant?"
One thousand against six thousand, it was a one-sided massacre from beginning to end. I am afraid that the frontier troops in the northwest were no more than this.
After a slight pause, he continued his analysis: "Besides, the general is indifferent to the government officials and obviously does not care about the lives of those state officials, so I made this guess."
"It's quite quick-witted."
Nie Dong smiled noncommittally.
How could he not know Shi Wenhui's little thoughts? They were just trying to show his worth and survive.
As time passed, the shouts of killing in the outer city and the inner city gradually subsided.
Not long after, Liu Qi led a group of soldiers and walked over quickly, cupped his hands and said: "Capital, all the rebels in the outer city have been killed, and the gates of the city have been guarded by troops."
"Um."
Nie Dong nodded.
Glancing in the direction of the government office, Liu Qi lowered his voice and said, "What should we do now?"
The county magistrate asked them to rob the granary, but now they captured Yidu County. Although he was excited, Liu Qi felt a little guilty.
He was still young after all, and his current state was rather like a child who had poked a hole in the sky and was at a loss what to do.
Nie Dong also smiled bitterly and said in a helpless tone: "A certain family doesn't know, so we can only report the truth to the county magistrate and ask him to make a decision."
"Then I'll arrange for someone to go back and report the news!"
After Liu Qi finished speaking, he turned around and ordered the three soldiers to go back and report the news.
Soon, three soldiers, each with three horses, left the county town and galloped towards Linzi County along the official road.
Creak!
Accompanied by a gritty sound of opening the door, the door of the government office was opened a crack.
An officer stuck his head out, took a quick glance, and then closed the door again with a bang.
This movement naturally attracted Nie Dong's attention.
He has always ignored the government officials because he didn't know how to deal with these officials and was worried that he would ruin the county magistrate's plan by making arbitrary decisions.
We will only make a decision after the county magistrate arrives.
At this moment, the gate of the government office opened again, and the man named Dutou walked out cautiously.
"Thank you all for your help, soldiers."
Dutou first bowed his hands and said thank you, and then said to Nie Dong: "Xiangong Zhao asked me to ask, are you Han Langjun's general?"
Nie Dong said coldly: "You go back and tell them to stay at the government office and wait until the county magistrate arrives tomorrow to make your own decision!"
Hearing this, a flash of horror flashed in Dutou's eyes. After nodding respectfully, he quickly returned to the government office.
(End of chapter)
