Two days later, Liangzhou camp.
Here is the garrison of one hundred thousand Qin troops guarding Liangdi, just thirty miles outside Liangzhou City.
In the camp, the shouts and shouts of drills can be heard everywhere.
At the gate of the camp, there were not only soldiers standing guard, but also rows of soldiers with halberds patrolling back and forth, and they were heavily guarded.
Before he could get closer, someone shouted loudly:
"Strong military area! Stop anyone who comes!"
Liu Changqing and Qi Ying stopped. The former took out a token and handed it to the secret whistle: "Please forward it to the general of the army. I have something to ask for."
The secret whistle took it, looked at it suspiciously at first, and then was surprised, and immediately said: "Wait a moment, you two, I will report it right away."
In the military camp, near the school grounds, a Qin Army general was gesturing and shouting:
"You haven't eaten yet!"
"Stab again!"
"ha--"
All the soldiers shouted in unison and drew out their halberds.
At this moment, a soldier hurried over, clasped his fists and saluted: "General."
"What's the matter?" General Qin continued to point and shout without turning his head.
"Some senior officials in the palace said they had important matters to enter the camp," the soldier said.
After hearing this, General Qin turned around, took the token in the soldier's hand and looked at it, frowning slightly and said, "Liu Changqing?"
After a pause, he returned the token: "Invite him in."
"promise!"
A moment later, inside a certain camp.
Liu Changqing and Qi Ying were brought in by the soldiers.
Seeing him, General Qin first clasped his fists and then said, "I wonder what Mr. Liu is doing when he comes to visit today."
Liu Changqing's official position is not small, and he is also a minister of the court. The generals do not dare to offend easily, and their attitude towards him is quite respectful.
The latter did not mince words and said straight to the point: "I am here just to ask the general to mobilize troops for help."
"This..." General Qin suddenly showed a troubled look when he heard this, and said, "Your Majesty has already made it clear that no one is allowed to mobilize troops without authorization. Even if the Prime Minister comes, there must be sufficient reasons."
He was telling the truth. Just when Liu Changqing was about to say something more, footsteps came from outside the tent again, and then, Zhao Mu, who had received the news, walked in through the curtain.
"General." General Qin immediately raised his fists and saluted.
Zhao Mu nodded to him, then faced Liu Changqing, and said with a smile, "It turns out to be Mr. Liu, I haven't seen you for many days, and you still have the same style."
"Come on, General Zhao is polite." Liu Changqing returned the salute.
After the polite scene, Zhao Mu also asked General Qin for the reason, and then turned to Liu Changqing and said, "Master Liu also understands that it's not that I don't want to help, but that the military order is here."
"Then we can mobilize the troops, right?" Liu Changqing said and took out the King Qin Sword.
Among the generals of the Qin army, most of them followed Xiao Yuan in the north and south. It can be said that they are very familiar with the king's sword!
Now seeing Qin Wangjian, Zhao Mu's eyes widened immediately, and then he and the Qin general immediately knelt down on one knee.
Unexpectedly, he actually had the King's Sword with him. After Zhao Mu saluted, he had nothing to say. He stood up and said, "How many troops will Master Liu mobilize?"
"Thirty thousand infantry." Liu Changqing said directly.
"What!?" Zhao Mu was shocked. With so many people mobilized, are they going to fight?
Before he could ask, Liu Changqing said: "Liangzhou is too big. I need to completely blockade the entire Liangzhou city. Therefore, I have to ask General Zhao for help."
"My lord, the King's Sword is in hand, and I dare not neglect it. But first of all, if anything happens to the troops this time, it will be borne by Lord Liu." Zhao Mu said.
"Of course." Liu Changqing didn't hesitate.
"Okay!" Zhao Mu no longer had any doubts and immediately pointed at the Qin general and said, "General Han, you will fully cooperate with Lord Liu this time."
"General, take your orders!" General Han immediately clasped his fists.
After mobilizing the army with Xiao Yuan's sword, 30,000 Qin soldiers began to gather urgently, and it didn't take long for them to be in formation.
Outside the military camp, looking at the overwhelming black armor and red tassels, Liu Changqing nodded first, and then said: "Immediately, blockade Liangzhou, and at the same time send sergeants to notify all officials in Liangzhou."
"Understood!" General Qin responded, named a few soldiers, and then waved his hand: "Let's go!"
With an order, the 30,000-strong army began to march toward Liangzhou.
Seeing Liu Changqing making such a big splash, Qi Ying couldn't help but swallowed and asked tentatively: "My lord, are you planning to come to them openly?"
"Yes, the blockade of Liangzhou is not for officials, but to prevent the escape of stolen goods. As you said, where did the food go? It must still be in Liangzhou! In other words, it has been exchanged for gold and silver by them. This This move will expose those officials who have ulterior motives." Liu Changqing said.
That afternoon.
News one after another spread to officials at all levels in Liangzhou.
The content is the same. When the Liangzhou inspection envoy arrived, all officials were ordered to greet him at the south gate.
To put it simply, this Liangzhou inspector patrols the entire Liang region on behalf of the king. It can no longer be compared simply by official rank.
No matter how big or high your official position in Liangzhou is, you will never be bigger than this inspector.
For a moment, the officials who received the news were a little panicked, because this was a sudden news, and no one had any preparations.
In the Ruan Mansion, Ruan Ming was also startled, and his son Ruan Yang said: "Now that the inspector has suddenly arrived, something big must have happened. Father, it is better to go and greet him now, otherwise, the truth will be true."
"That's right, I've heard about this Liu Changqing too. Why did he come so suddenly?" Ruan Ming said, and then said quickly: "Quick, where is my official uniform..."
In the evening, at the south gate of Liangzhou.
Officials gathered, large and small, dozens or hundreds of people.
Everyone was wearing official uniforms, and when they arrived, they happened to encounter the army changing defense at the city gate.
A large number of soldiers ran forward, and all the officials stopped at the south gate to wait. Such movement naturally attracted countless people to watch. While pointing and pointing, someone commented:
"Here, what happened?"
"Who knows..."
"But looking at this posture, with so many troops and officials, someone big must be here..."
The people were talking in low voices, and a group of officials were also beating their drums in their hearts. Someone said in a low voice with a sullen face: "The army has blocked Liangzhou. Judging from this, Liu Changqing's visit is not a good one..."
"Let's act by ear..." some officials said.
Not long after, the large army arrived.
After arriving at the south gate, Liu Changqing immediately reached out and took the Wang Zhao from Qi Ying, unfolded it, faced the officials, and read aloud:
"The king has decreed that Liu Changqing is hereby appointed as the inspector of Liangzhou to take charge of all important military and political affairs in Liangzhou..."
