With Qi Zhen's ghost body and movement speed, let alone midnight, even during the day, if she deliberately hides herself, she doesn't have to worry about being discovered by these ordinary soldiers.
Qi Zhen's feet stepped on the roof ridge without making a sound, like a nimble civet cat. His body lightly jumped from one eaves to another. He kept his body low, like It was a shadow in the dark night, sneaking towards the target at an extremely fast speed.
The mental power detection in dreams is different from the actual mental power detection. When fully deployed, Qi Zhen can only perceive the land boundary of a few meters in radius, but it is enough here, not to mention he also has the Sharingan, and his vision is always It is much better than those patrolling soldiers.
In addition to the soldiers patrolling in the city, there were also lights on the towers in the distance, and soldiers were constantly patrolling. Even in Youzhou, which was resisting foreigners, Qi Zhen had never seen so many soldiers on night duty.
Qi Zhen became more and more puzzled as to why Nanyang City was in such turmoil. Could it be that there were still Yellow Turban rebels around?
Due to their understanding of the system, the consistent style is that NPCs never give useless information to players, and the two drinking men mentioned the Yellow Turban Army during the chat. Is it possible that these remnants are still so big? The power actually wants to attack Nanyang?
Thinking about these things, Qi Zhen has arrived at the center of Nanyang City.
Nanyang City is not big, so Qi Zhen spent almost no time. Under the cover of night, he hid his figure on the roof ridge and slowly moved a gap between the bricks and tiles under his feet.
The sound came from inside.
That's right, the place Qi Zhen came to was the governor's mansion in Nanyang County, and the room under his feet was the governor's meeting hall.
Yuan Shu and Yuan Gongjiu were sitting at the head of the hall, and all the civil and military officials were standing in the hall. No matter who it was, their faces were full of solemnity.
Yuan Shu is indeed just like in movies, TV shows and games, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, coupled with the two small black beards under his nose, he looks particularly vulgar.
At this time, he frowned and said slowly: "Let's all discuss, how should we decide this matter? You are usually jumping around for joy, how come you are all mute now?"
As he spoke, the knuckles of his hands continuously tapped on the desk in front of him, making a rapid drumbeat sound.
"I'm telling you, my lord, no matter whether the enemy troops are invading or not, I will charge into the battle as a vanguard for your lord, and I will die as a reward." He thought that the bearded general was marching out in armor and said with his fists clasped.
"Hey, General Ji Ling, you have a good heart, but I can't just let you, a polished general, lead thousands of city defense troops to line up to meet the enemy." Yuan Shu looked sad.
"Lord, don't worry, I will ensure your life is safe." Ji Ling continued.
These words almost made Yuan Shu's nose become angry. Yuan Shu pointed at Ji Ling and said, "You guys, we are discussing the strategy to retreat from the enemy. Why is my life in danger when I get to you? Get down quickly!"
Ji Ling slowly stepped back. He knew that he seemed to have said the wrong thing, but he didn't know where he went wrong.
"General Ji Ling is known to the world for his bravery, but if we want to defeat the enemy with force alone, we may not be able to do so. Now that we know the enemy is hiding, we need to think of a foolproof strategy." An old man among the civil servants stood up and said.
"Nonsense, if you civil servants are useful, do you still need General Ji Ling to express his determination? Yan Xiang, please tell me what you can do." Yuan Shu said scornfully.
Hearing the contempt in Yuan Shu's words, Yan Xiang's expression remained unchanged and he said: "If we had not asked Jizhou for help, Yuan Shao would have come to help my lord if he knew about this. By then, the disaster in Nanyang will have been solved."
"You don't understand my brother. He is an indecisive person. If he is not completely sure, he will not be able to send troops to help me. What's more, it is already on the eve of the crusade against Dong Zhuo. If he knows about my Nanyang The rear area is already in such a difficult situation, it's hard to tell what kind of hidden thoughts he will have." Yuan Shu waved his hand and rejected Yan Xiang's proposal.
"Yuan Shao is your elder brother. If you borrow troops from him in the name of pacifying the Yellow Turban Rebellion, I think he won't be too suspicious." Yan Xiang continued.
"No." Another middle-aged counselor came out and retorted.
"Yang Hong, please tell me." Yuan Shu looked at the counselor.
"Our biggest problem now is not that we need to defeat the enemy, but that we don't know whether this enemy is an enemy or not. In my opinion, we should continue to send people to deliver the message, and it is not too late to make a decision after asking for the reason." Yang Hong said in a deep voice.
"Still sending people?" Yuan Shu's voice became louder, "All the messengers sent out before have never come back, and now I can't even see them. I think these people are definitely going to rebel!"
"The general believes that we should send troops according to the previous plan. If the other party resists, it means that they have rebelled. If the other party still sincerely follows the lord, then they should accept Nanyang's soldier garrison and hand over the holdings in a down-to-earth manner. The tiger talisman of the soldiers." A general came out and said.
"Zhang Xun, you are right, but how many soldiers should be sent?" Yuan Shu chewed his teeth and said, "There are not enough soldiers. If the other party really wants to rebel, I'm afraid they will all be in vain. But if we send too many troops, I'm afraid Nanyang City will be empty and others will take advantage of us."
"I agree with General Zhang Xun's opinion, but I have some different views." Another general came out and said.
"Qiao Rui, what do you think?" Yuan Shu asked doubtfully.
"According to the general's wishes, my lord might as well lead the army to conquer in person, go out in full force, and secure a place as soon as it arrives. It doesn't matter if Nanyang City is left to them, they can just fight back again." Qiao Rui said loudly.
"Hey!" Yuan Shu sighed and said softly: "What the hell is this! Can any of you tell me how it became like this?"
This is the reason why there has been an awkward silence in the room. Everyone, including Yan Xiang and Yang Hong, remained silent with frustrated expressions.
"Forget it, you go down, let me think about it myself." Yuan Shu waved his hand a little tiredly.
After everyone saluted, they retired one by one, leaving only Yuan Shu sitting on the main seat, looking a little forlorn.
Qi Zhen, who was lying on the roof, looked puzzled.
What the hell happened?
Listening to the conversations between a few people, it seems that Nanyang is facing a huge problem now, and the soldiers that Yuan Shu can control now are only a few thousand soldiers of the Nanyang City Defense Army.
Of course Qi Zhen knew that this was extremely inconsistent with history. When the princes of the Eighteen Towns attacked Dong, Yuan Shu's soldiers were calculated in units of one hundred thousand. Otherwise, even with Yuan Shao as his eldest brother, it would be difficult for Yuan Shu to be in charge of the coalition's logistics. After the general.
Qi Zhen knew that she would not be able to come up with any clues, so she found a counselor who had just been discussing something in the hall and followed him from a distance.
Except for the bearded general named Ji Ling, no one in this hall really paid attention to Qi Zhen.
Yan Xiang is a bit old, and his legs and feet are not inflexible, but his walking speed is naturally not as fast as that of generals such as Zhang Xun Ji Ling.
After he walked back to the mansion, a servant, the housekeeper, was waiting with a lamp and welcomed him in.
Yan Xiang did not rest directly. It was almost dawn anyway, so he wanted to sort out the matter.
After returning to his study and sitting in front of the desk, Yan Xiang sighed in relief.
No one can answer the last question raised by Yuan Shu.
No one knows when the county governor's mansion lost control of its subordinate counties.
First, there was a problem in Jian County. For some reason, the county magistrate failed to pay the monthly taxes, so he sent someone to call for payment, but the person never came back.
Next came Duyan County. A spy came to report that there was an abnormal transfer of sergeants in Duyan County. The scale was not small. Duyan County had less cultivated land, but it was a major conscription county in Nanyang County. Eighty-nine out of ten households were there. There are many strong men in the family, and there are countless brother soldiers and father and son soldiers. Therefore, it is said that it is a widow's county every year.
Then there are Juiyang and Zhixian...
For some reason, the county governor's office inexplicably began to lose control of all the lower counties below, from far to near, like a terrifying encirclement. The more disobedient lower counties there are, the more uneasy the people of Nanyang City will be.
Those counties did not rebel openly, but they did not listen to military orders or government orders. Nanyang seemed stable now, but in fact, there was already an undercurrent surging secretly, and the status of the county governor's office was in jeopardy.
If before, the imperial court would issue decrees, and the county magistrates would listen to orders and either remove them, appease them, or send troops to conquer, in short, they would not be at this point.
However, since the new emperor ascended the throne, Dong Zhuo has controlled the government, and the court's control over the subordinate states and counties has already reached an extremely low level. Otherwise, the Yellow Turbans would not have survived and grown to such a scale.
The loss of control over the subordinate counties in a very short period of time made everyone in Nanyang City unexpected and frightened. How to solve it became the most important issue before Yuan Shu.
Before Nanyang County is stable, Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo are nothing. Once these lower counties are allowed to truly encircle Nanyang City, let alone military orders and government orders, I am afraid that the entire city will become an isolated island. By then, it will be called an island. The terrible result of the heaven not responding and the earth failing.
But in Yan Xiang's view, there is really not much time left for Nanyang City now.
In these troubled times, what is most important? Not gold and silver jewelry, not silk and satin, but soldiers.
The stronger the force of your subordinates, the harder your waist will be. No matter what the situation, talents are the primary productive force.
And the force Nanyang can control now is too little.
The sudden rebellion of these lower counties and military towns gave Nanyang City almost no time to react.
And the most incredible thing is that even now, the county governor still doesn't know whether these people rebelled or not?
