After the county magistrate Deng Kewei received the request for help from Yinma Town, instead of daring to send troops to suppress the bandits, he ordered the city gates to be closed tightly and sent out scouts to spy on the bandits.
At the third watch, the two scouts returned quickly and shouted loudly outside the city gate: "Open the city gate quickly, we have important military information to report to the county magistrate!"
With a "squeaking" sound, the heavy city gate slowly opened.
The two waiters rode into the city and rushed to the county office as quickly as possible to report to Deng Kewei: "Report to the lord, this bandit has a size of five to six hundred people, and under the banner of Wulong Mountain, they are marching towards our county. .”
"What? The bandits are coming towards our county?"
Deng Kewei, who had just woken up from his sleep, was immediately frightened and hurriedly ordered Inspector Luo and Chief Wang to be summoned to discuss countermeasures.
Hearing that this group of bandits numbered between five and six hundred people and were marching towards Jinping County, Inspector Luo was so frightened that his face turned pale.
He said to the officer who came to deliver the order: "Go back and report to the great master first, and tell me that I will be there later."
As soon as the officer left, Inspector Luo immediately packed up his belongings.
His wife and children are all in Guiyang, and only one of them works as a naked official in Jinping County, so it is easy to come and go.
"If Liu Gongfu was still in the county government, this battle might still be fought!"
"Wang Biao, a drunkard, is useless except for bullying the police officers. When the time comes, you will have to rely on me to command the militia to supervise the battle."
Inspector Luo carried Xiruan on his back and got on his horse, "There are 150 people in the militia and 120 people in the third squad of government officials. This battle cannot be fought, so I abandoned my official position and returned to Guiyang."
Deng Kewei was wandering around in the lobby of the county government office like an ant on a hot pot. He was waiting on the left but not Luo for inspection, and on the right was not waiting for the arrest of Wang Biao. He suddenly became anxious.
"Where did those bastards Luo Cheng and Wang Biao go? It's been half a fucking hour and they still haven't come?"
At this moment, the officer guarding the west gate came to report: "Sir, Inspector Luo left the city from the west gate carrying a baggage."
The officer who went to call Wang Biao also returned to the Yamen dejectedly: "Report to the lord, Mr. Wang is very drunk and cannot be woken up no matter what."
"They're all bastards!"
Deng Kewei was so angry that he kept jumping on his feet and scolding his mother. He waved his hand and drove all the servants away, "Everyone, please leave me!"
After the officer left, Deng Kewei immediately woke up his sleeping wives and concubines, took his son and daughter with him, took two carriages, and left the city through the west gate under the protection of seven or eight servants.
In just one meal, the news spread like wildfire in Jinping County.
I heard that a large number of bandits were approaching the border, that the county magistrate and patrol inspectors abandoned the city and fled for their lives, and that the leader of the third squad was drunk and unconscious. Suddenly, people were panicked and everyone was in danger.
The sixty-year-old Royal Lord was frightened and angry. He was so angry that he suffered from gangrene on his back. He vomited three liters of blood and died in the west.
I heard that the boss was angry to death again, and many merchants were so frightened that they took away their property and ran away.
For a moment, the gates of Jinping County were opened wide, and the police officers fled without a trace.
People on the street screamed, and there was an endless stream of carriages fleeing for their lives.
Zhu Renxia led the team to walk in the dark for half the night, and approached Jinping County at the fourth watch.
Scout Pegasus came to report: "Report to the mayor, the gates of Jinping County are wide open, and many wealthy gentry and merchants have fled."
After a while, another scout came to report: "The villain took the risk and sneaked into Jinping County, and found that there were no guards on duty at the city gate. I inquired again and heard that the county magistrate and the patrol inspector had abandoned the city and fled."
"Haha... Just now, Third Uncle was worried that Deng Kewei would lead his troops to attack us, but he didn't expect them to abandon the city and run away. It's really unexpected!" Zhu Renxia laughed loudly after hearing this.
The scout added: "This is not over yet. I heard that Royal Lord Bo was scared to death at home."
Jin Zhu immediately burst into laughter and said, "The officials of the Ming Dynasty are really greedy for life and afraid of death. Expecting them to protect the people is simply a fool's errand!"
Jiang Guanjun showed a self-deprecating expression: "Haha... This result is really beyond my expectation. If we really came to attack Jinping County, these dog officers would just run for their lives. Our army just passed by the city, and they were all scared. If Taizu Quanxia knew about it, he would be so angry that he would come to life!"
Zhu Renxia frowned slightly and thought: "Since all the dog officials in Jinping County have run away, let's go into the city."
"What does the mayor want?"
Jiang Guanjun showed a puzzled look, "You're not addicted to robbery, are you? Let's just rob Yinma Town, and don't disturb the people in the county anymore, right?"
Zhu Renxia smiled slightly: "I plan to follow Zhuge Liang's strategy of taking Jingzhou, pretending to be reinforcements from Jinping County, and falsely open the gate of Liping City."
"This plan seems to work."
Jiang Guanjun thought about it for a moment, and then immediately agreed with Zhu Renxia's decision, "However, it is too risky to enter the city, so let me take two companies of brothers into the city to explore the situation."
"Then there's Uncle Lao."
Zhu Renxia nodded in agreement, "After you enter the city, grab all the official uniforms and civilian uniforms from the county government, as well as official documents, order arrows, etc. for him."
"Third uncle understands."
Jiang Guanjun urged his horse to raise his gun and shouted, "First company, fourth company, follow me into the city!"
then.
While it was still dark, Jiang Guanjun led two companies into Jinping County with torches.
The streets were quiet, and the people closed their doors and turned off the lights. The leaderless police officers and civilians also took off their clothes and went home to hide.
All the officials have abandoned the city and fled for their lives. Anyone who stands up to work for his life has a defective brain. The monthly salary is only one or two and a half, there is no need to trade his head.
Jiang Guanjun led his team to the county government office without losing any blood. According to Zhu Renxia's instructions, he put all the clothes of the official servants and militiamen, as well as the county magistrate's seal ribbon, order arrows and other items into sacks, and carried them out of the city.
After dawn.
When they heard that there was no more noise from the thieves outside, the people gradually plucked up the courage to walk out of their homes, each and every one of them grateful to have survived the disaster.
After Jiang Guanjun led his troops out of the city, he met up with Zhu Renxia. The team continued to march westward under the banner of Wulong Mountain, with the front only pointing to Liping City.
Zhu Renxia then sent out scouts to the west to spy on Bozhou's troops and horses to see where the five thousand people led by Lu Xiong had gone.
If this guy suddenly changes his mind and suddenly leads his troops back to Bozhou, more than 400 people in Chang'an Town will be in danger. After all, Tian Zongren still has 2,000 troops in hand.
In the evening, the scout returned from the west and reported to Zhu Renxia:
"Report to the mayor that Yang's troops have passed through Xingxing Gorge and are still about 150 miles away from Liping City. They are expected to arrive at the city in the evening the day after tomorrow."
After a day and night of rapid march, the team from Chang'an Town had traveled more than 120 miles, and they were only a little over 100 miles away from Liping City.
Seeing that many of the people were tired, Zhu Renxia ordered the troops to camp on the spot and continue marching after dawn, hoping to arrive at Liping City at the same time as the Yang rebels led by Lu Xiong, so as not to be shot by Tian.
Although Zhu Renxia has great trust in the combat effectiveness of this team and believes that even if they face the two thousand fields of the clan, the Chang'an Town militia will not necessarily be at a disadvantage, but if they can avoid losses, then they should not make unnecessary sacrifices.
The team rested in the wilderness overnight and continued to advance westward after dawn. At the same time, they sent out scouts to pay close attention to the intelligence of Liping City and Bozhou Yang's army.
Two days later, this team of more than 400 people was only more than 30 miles away from Liping City.
The scouts sent out returned one after another to report.
"Report to the mayor that the four gates of Liping City are closed, and Tian clan soldiers have climbed onto the city wall to strengthen defense."
"Report to the mayor that the Yang army led by Lu Xiong has crossed the Xiaoqing River and is still about fifty miles away from Liping City."
Zhu Renxia's eyes flickered, and he immediately had an idea: "The whole army will rest on the spot, and we will make plans after I come back from meeting Lu Xiong."
At the moment, Jin Zhu, who was disguised as a man, selected more than ten astute followers, followed Zhu Renxia to leave the team, and headed west to find Yang Yinglong's army.
An hour and a half later, Zhu Renxia found the mighty Yang army.
At this moment, they were still more than twenty miles away from Liping City, and it seemed that they planned to go straight to Liping City and set up camp.
"I am Xia Renxia from Wulong Shanjiang. I have come to see General Lu on the orders of our General Yang."
Zhu Renxia rode his horse to stop the marching Yang soldiers and expressed his intention, "We are here to help General Lu attack Liping City. I hope brothers will spread the word."
"Hold on."
The leader of the team looked at Zhu Renxia and immediately sent someone to report to Lu Xiong.
After a while, the messenger returned: "General Lu asked him to come over and speak."
General Manager Ba nodded and made a gesture of invitation to Zhu Renxia: "The general is waiting for you, go ahead!"
