"You two Shangguan, please don't argue anymore. Yangqu and Taiyuan are only a day's journey away at most, so I would like to ask you two Shangguan to make some plans for Taiyuan City."
The county magistrate, who had never had much presence in the back office, saw that the two people were quarreling more and more fiercely, so he had to come forward to persuade them.
As the magistrate of Taiyuan, he still has the opportunity to sit back and watch if something happens in Yangqu, but Taiyuan City is about his black hat.
Pan Xiguang picked up the tureen on the table, brought it to his mouth and blew in the hot air inside.
On the other side, Mr. Jie Shigong also stopped for a moment and had a verbal conflict with Pan Xiguang.
"Two Shangguan, please think of a way, Taiyuan City cannot afford to lose anything!" The county magistrate bowed and saluted the two of them.
Pan Xiguang took a sip of tea and said, "Don't worry, Magistrate Yan. The imperial court has sent soldiers and horses from the Shenwu Guard to Taiyuan Mansion. I believe they should be able to arrive in half a day."
"That's good, that's good." The county magistrate secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and the worries in his heart calmed down a lot.
At this time, I heard Mr. Jie Shi said: "Please also ask Magistrate Yan to prepare dozens of fast horses for me. The war horses I have brought can be used in exchange."
"General Jie is leaving?" Magistrate Yan looked at Mr. Jie in surprise.
Mr. Jie Shigong frowned and said coldly: "What? What I am going to do still needs to be discussed with you, the county magistrate?"
"I don't dare, I don't dare. I don't mean it. Taiyuan City is really not as good as Yangqu. It's difficult to bring out dozens of war horses at once." Magistrate Yan explained.
Mr. Jie Shigong said coldly: "I didn't take the war horses from Taiyuan City for free. Didn't I say before that if I trade the war horses I brought with you, you won't suffer any loss. The war horses brought by me and my subordinates are all of the highest quality." horse."
"Yes, yes, yes, don't suffer, don't suffer." Magistrate Yan didn't dare to talk to a commander-in-chief, so he could only say it along.
Pan Xiguang, who was sitting on the main seat, suddenly said: "Magistrate Yan, just prepare as General Xie said, and prepare a carriage and some dry food for me."
"Futai is leaving too?" Magistrate Yan looked at Pan Xiguang hesitantly.
Pan Xiguang put down the tureen in his hand and scolded: "Go and get ready, there are so many problems."
"Yes, yes, yes, I will go and prepare now."
The first level of officialdom suppressed people to death. Magistrate Yan, a seventh-rank magistrate, knew that he could not afford to offend these two Shanxi officials, so he honestly bowed and left the houya.
As soon as he left, only Pan Xiguang and Xie Shigong and another deputy general were left in the houya.
"Didn't Fujun just say that the reinforcements from the Shenwu Guards would arrive soon? The general thought that it would be better for Fujun to stay and help Taiyuan City hold on for a day or two. Once the reinforcements arrive, Yangqu can be restored as soon as possible."
Without outsiders, Mr. Jie Shigong mocked Pan Xiguang unceremoniously.
After hearing this, Pan Xiguang knew that Mr. Jie Shigong had been unhappy because of his shirking of responsibilities. With the current situation in Shanxi, he could not help but be protected by military generals.
Therefore, he did not show any anger on his face, but said to Mr. Jie Shi: "The Shenwu Guard reinforcements are just words to appease the Taiyuan County Magistrate. You and I both know that the reinforcements will not arrive until five or six days."
"Fujun first abandoned Yangqu, and now he has abandoned Taiyuan City. Isn't he afraid that the imperial court will blame him in the future?" Mr. Jie Shigong said in an indifferent tone.
Pan Xiguang chuckled lightly and said: "I am naturally afraid, but as long as I do not fall into the hands of thieves and can rely on reinforcements to regain the lost land, I believe the court will naturally understand that the previous loss of land was not a crime of war."
"I wonder where Fu Jun is going to retreat next?" Mr. Jie Shigong was curious about where the other party was going after leaving Taiyuan City.
Pan Xiguang picked up the tureen again, picked up the lid and stirred the tea inside, and said lightly: "First to Yuci, then to Liaozhou."
"Why don't you go to Fenzhou via Qingyuan County? There is still a troop of soldiers and horses available at Puting Pass. Even if the troops and horses in Guanzhong are not enough to quell the rebellion, you can still refuse to defend the pass and wait for reinforcements." Jie Shigong gave Pan Xiguang a way to retreat. route.
He himself was planning to go to Putongguan, but now that he heard that Pan Xiguang was going to Liaozhou, he hesitated again.
Pan Xiguang took a sip of tea and said in a calm tone: "The bandits also have a group of troops entering Taiyuan Prefecture from Ningwuguan. The last time they received news, they had arrived in Linxian County. In the past few days, they have probably arrived near Fenzhou, and Liaozhou To the east, we can receive news of reinforcements from the Shenwu Guards in time, and we can retreat to Luzhou to get the soldiers and horses of the Luzhou Guards."
"The last general failed to stop the rebels at Tianmen Pass. I'm afraid the Luzhou Guard will be even more difficult to defeat." Mr. Jie Shigong frowned.
In the whole of Shanxi, he didn't think there was any other army that could rival Datong's bandit army.
Pan Xiguang smiled and said: "I know that relying on the Luzhou Guard alone is not enough, but the time it takes me to get to the Luzhou Guard is enough for me to wait for reinforcements from these three places: Zhending Mansion, Yulin Town, and Kaifeng Mansion. Rush to Shanxi."
Mr. Jie Shigong raised his eyelids and glanced at Pan Xiguang.
Suddenly he realized that he, a military general, could not see the long term as well as his opponent, a civil servant.
Pan Xiguang said again: "Why don't General Jie go with me to Yuci County?"
As a civil servant, he naturally hopes for someone to support him along the way. In his opinion, the commander-in-chief, Jie Shigong, is the best candidate.
The most important thing is that he and Mr. Jie Shigong are already grasshoppers on the same rope. If they cannot work with the court's reinforcements to recapture the state capitals that fell into the hands of the Liu bandits of Datong, both of them will inevitably be questioned by the court.
"Fujun, can you rest assured that you will take the last general with you?"
The two of them had just argued about the loss of the city in Taiyuan Prefecture, and now they had to cooperate sincerely. Mr. Jie Shigong was a little embarrassed.
Pan Xiguang pretended to blame him and said, "I don't mind anything. Could it be that General Jie still can't let go of his face? Is it possible that I still want to apologize to you?"
"The general is willing to go to Yuci County with the Fu army." Mr. Jie Shigong agreed.
It didn't matter to him whether to retreat to Yuci or Qingyuan in the past, but now after the other party's introduction, he also felt that it was best to go to Liaozhou through Yuci County.
A smile appeared on Pan Xiguang's face and he said: "On the next journey, I will definitely need the care of General Xie."
"Fujun is our governor of Shanxi. It is the general's duty to ensure the safety of Pan Fujun." Mr. Jie Shigong also showed a smile on his face.
As for life and death here in Taiyuan City, neither of them mentioned it again.
Because they knew that with less than a day's reinforcements from the imperial court, it would be difficult for Shanxi's state capitals to have a place to stop the invading army of bandits.
About half an hour passed.
Magistrate Yan of Taiyuan City returned to Houya.
"What the two superiors want, the subordinates have already prepared. I wonder when the two superiors will ask for it?"
Seeing that the county magistrate had prepared everything, Pan Xiguang and He Shigong immediately left the Houya where they were.
Magistrate Yan carefully accompanied him.
