39. Facts
Wang Zhong listened to Yu Junyan's words, and asked Chi Wei to go to Chobei County to have a look, Chi Wei responded with sincere fear on the one hand, and secretly sent people to Chobei County overnight to plan the route and clear the obstacles. The next day, he personally took Wang Zhong on the road. As everyone knows, Yu Junyan and Su Yuheng have already mixed into the team accompanied by Wang Zhong in disguise.
Along the way, they walked according to Chi Wei's planned route in advance, and even the people on both sides of the road were disguised by Chi Wei's pre-arranged people, but they were calm and there were no accidents. After the defeat of Beixian, Gu Liang, as the magistrate of the county, should wait again to greet Wang Zhong, but Gu Liang was not seen at the entrance, Chi Wei sighed in his heart, he had obviously sent someone to inform Gu Liang that he was coming to greet Lord Wang, why didn't he come? This man is going to make some kind of moth?
When Wang Zhong's carriage arrived at the city gate, a middle-aged man in his forties stepped forward and said, "Uncle Liu, the master of Qibei County, has asked Lord Wang for peace." ”
Wang Zhong had already faintly sensed that something was wrong at this time, he was a patrol case, and Zhixian Gu Liangli should come to greet him in person, and now he sent his master over, what does it mean? Remembering what Yu Junyan said before, Wang Zhong asked quietly, "Why didn't Lord Gu come?" ”
Uncle Liu replied: "Lord Hui, Lord Gu is not in the county government now. ”
Chi Wei was shocked when he heard this, and secretly scolded in his heart: "This Gu Liang is deliberately unable to get along with this official!" I obviously sent someone to tell him that Lord Wang would come and let him wait in the yamen, but he actually went out at this time, is there still me in the eyes of Zhizhou?! It's just too much! This official will definitely not let him go! ”
Wang Zhong asked again: "Where is Lord Gu now?" ”
Uncle Liu said again: "Back to my lord, Lord Gu is rushing to the bandits in Hongye Village at this time. ”
As soon as Uncle Liu said this, Chi Wei's face immediately changed, and he secretly thought: "You are Gu Liang, you dare to put me together!" ”
"Bandits?" Wang Zhong frowned and asked, "What bandit?" ”
"Water thieves." Uncle Liu said, "Chobei County was built on the verge of the river, and it was harassed by water thieves all the year round, and the people were not able to make a living, and this time Hongye Village was severely affected, and Lord Gu had personally taken people to Hongye Village to suppress bandits, but it was just ......."
Uncle Liu was halfway through his words, and suddenly his cuffs pulled up his sleeves and wiped the corners of his eyes.
Wang Zhong hurriedly asked, "Just what?" Keep talking! ”
Uncle Liu sighed and said: "It's just that the strength of the water thieves is much higher than ours, and they have trained in water battles all year round to have a good water nature. ”
Wang Zhong's two thick eyebrows had been twisted into a dead knot at this time, and he asked sharply, "Chi Wei!" What the hell is going on?! ”
"This ...... Xiaguan ...... I ......"
Chi Wei's three souls and seven spirits were half blown away by Wang Zhong's roar at once, only to feel numb in his mouth, and his heart was bubbling out for a while, and he couldn't say a whole sentence for a long time.
Wang Zhong couldn't wait, and shouted: "Why don't you quickly mobilize troops and horses to Hongye Village to assist Lord Gu in fighting the bandits?!" ”
"Yes, yes! The subordinates and the subordinates will go to transfer troops, and they will go to ......"
Wang Zhong ordered the carriage to go straight to Hongye Village, where he saw a mess, the road was crowded with homeless refugees, and Wang Zhong finally understood what Yu Junyan had shown him, that it was the displacement and difficulty of the people under the illusion of peace and prosperity.
"You saw it." Yu Junyan, who was dressed in disguise, rode to Wang Zhong's carriage and whispered, "This is the hidden scene behind the prosperity." The prosperity of Yuzhou was just Chi Wei sacrificing the people of Qibei County for his own interests. ”
Wang Zhong gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Don't worry, when I return to the imperial capital, I will definitely report the matter of beheading Bei County to the emperor, and bring Chi Wei to justice!" ”
Yu Junyan pressed the brim of his hat and gently hooked the corners of his mouth, of course, this qiē was his arrangement, arranging for Gu Liang to go to Hongye Village, and arranging for the master to come to greet Wang Zhong, in order to let Wang Zhong see what the real Yuzhou was like, but there was another thing that gave him a headache, with the current strength, even if the soldiers and horses transferred by Chi Wei were added, compared to the water thieves, they still did not have an advantage in numbers, but the experience of fighting on the water was far inferior to that of the water thieves, so balanced, their chances of winning this battle were still slim. Unless......
"Wang Zhong, this king wants to ask you to bring a pen and write a letter for this king for help."
"Oh? Who to turn to? ”
"Jin Mu, General Jin."
"Well, that's exactly what the minister wants." Wang Zhong nodded and said, "Uncle Shi's Flying Tiger Army is in Fuzhou, which is adjacent to Yuzhou. ”
Wang Zhong knew that time was pressing, so he immediately ordered someone to take a pen and paper to write a letter for help, and Feige passed the book to General Jin Mu.
The situation in Hongye Village is exactly the same as what Yu Junyan thought, even if Chi Wei sent soldiers and horses, the Yuan army, which was not good at water warfare, was not an opponent of the water thieves at all if it did not have a numerical advantage, and in less than three days, more than half of the ships of the Yuan army had been damaged, and the water thieves used rockets to burn the sails, making it impossible for the ships to sail.
The wounded sent every day were lying all over the house, and Su Yuheng secretly treated them when no one was around, but because there were too many wounded and the supply of medicine was insufficient, even if he was skilled in medicine, he was unable to do it.
Yu Junyan has been secretly mentioning the combat methods of Gu Liang and Wang Zhong, and even took the lead in fighting with water thieves a few times, but he has never been able to reverse the current situation of the large gap between the strength of the enemy and us.
The only thing to be thankful for is that Chi Wei is a soft bone who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and he has not done anything else in the past few days except hiding in the room and thinking about when he can go back, and it also saves Yu Junyan and Su Yuheng from bothering to hide from him.
On the fourth day of arriving in Hongye Village, just when Yu Junyan was anxious, he finally heard a good news. The sentry standing guard came to report that a large group of men and horses were approaching from a few hundred miles away, and their handsome flag was painted with a tiger with golden wings. Yu Junyan knew that it was the banner of General Jin Mu's Flying Tiger Army.
As he spoke, the large group of people had already arrived at the entrance of Hongye Village, and the chief general was led by the soldiers to Yu Junyan. The man looked to be about forty years old, perhaps not yet, for the beard on his face seemed to have not been taken care of for a long time, which made him look a little old, and his skin was dark-skinned, and he was of strong build, and he walked with wind in his sleeves, and the little soldier who brought him in was almost running on two legs before he could barely walk side by side with him. The man walked up to Yu Junyan and knelt on the ground, and said angrily: "The last general, the Golden Eagle, will see the King of You'an County!" ”