Chapter 20: Digging a Pit
After Gao Shun asked the deputy general to go down, he asked people to pack up the heads of the ten leaders, put them in boxes, and take them to Zhiyang County.
Zhiyang County is not big, the city wall is not high, easy to attack and difficult to defend, and there are indeed a lot of families in the city, and because Liangzhou is rich in minerals, most of the families here are doing pig iron smuggling business, and colluding with the government to exploit the people, more than eighty percent of the people in the county have become their tenants, working every day, opening mines, but they can't fill the stomach of the family.
They had fun in the city, and they were not afraid of Lu Renjia breaking the city and raiding his house, because Lu Renjia was supported by them, and they only robbed and plundered the villages outside the county, so that when the rebellion was quelled, they could take the land and mines that did not belong to them through operation.
Gao Shun came to the front of the county seat, looking at the not tall city gate, as if he saw a man-eating tiger's mouth, and the work of the people made this tiger devoured cleanly.
Walking into the county seat, Gao Shun only walked towards the county government, and along the way, brothels, restaurants, and casinos were still open for business, and this rebellion did not affect the noble son's desire to have fun. It's just that there are no usual stalls and vendors on both sides of the street, and it looks like there is a sense of emptiness in the bustle.
"Go to inform the county order, Liangzhou counterinsurgency general Gao Shun came to visit. Before coming to the county government, the deputy general beside Gao Shun said to the guard in front of the county government.
"General Gao later, Rong Xiao went to Tongyu. The guard in front of the door saluted Gao Shun.
At this time, the county commander of the county government looked very surprised after hearing the guard's report.
"This Gao Shun is really hard, the ten leaders of the Ma family didn't kill him together. In his thoughts, the Ma family is omnipotent, so when he knew that he was going to ambush Gao Shun, he didn't even send anyone to inquire about the news.
"Let him in," the county commander didn't think about greeting Gao Shun. A defeated general.
After a while, Gao Shun and his guards arrived.
"My lord, General Gao has arrived. The guard whispered in the ear of the prefectural commander who was pretending to sleep.
"Oh, General Gao has arrived, I don't know。。。。。 The county commander opened his eyes and saw that Gao Shun was not wearing armor, but a black power suit, and he felt that he was thinking badly.
Although these children of the family may not all be outstanding in their talents, when it comes to the kung fu of observing words and feelings, they have all been practiced under the stick since childhood, and as long as the elders are unhappy, they will immediately hide. Therefore, the county commander saw that Gao Shun was neatly dressed, and he was not in a military uniform, so he didn't want to just get off the battlefield, so he immediately put away the previous appearance of hanging his son, and changed his words.
"General Gao, when I arrived, the official worked hard day after day, so that he neglected General Gao, and hoped that General Gao would atone for his sins. ”
"The county commander worked hard for the people, so that he didn't rest well, this is the negligence of the general, disturbing the county magistrate's rest, it should be the general to make amends to the county magistrate. Gao Shun arched his hand as he spoke
The county commander's face was not red, and he said, "This official is also busy with this little matter in Zhiyang County, and it is important for Nabi's Shanggao General to put down the rebellion for the people of Liangzhou." I wonder if General Gao is here today?"
"Oh, Gao came today because he wanted to ask the county commander, one is that Lu anti-thieves ambushed our army, and Zhiyang County is less than five miles away from the ambush, and the kung fu of the tea is easy, but why the county defenders have not moved at all. Gao Shun said.
"Oh, General Gao has misunderstood this official, the soldiers in the county are all in charge of the captain, I just want to help General Gao pacify the thieves, but I also have the heart but the power. The county ordered.
The governor of Zhiyang County is a child of another family in the city, although within a county seat, the two families also cooperate, but this does not prevent the county order from giving the county lieutenant eye medicine.
"Okay, then the county commander will explain this matter to the court like this, Gao doesn't care, as long as the lord can explain it to the court. Gao Shun said.
"General Gao, this ,。。。 "Although the military affairs in the county are under the responsibility of the county lieutenant, the county lieutenant is under the jurisdiction of the county commander, so the county order cannot be separated from this matter.
"The second thing is that the county commander will see if these people know each other. Gao Shun didn't pay attention to the embarrassment of the county order, but continued.
Gao Shun waved his hand after speaking, and the guards brought in ten boxes and placed them on the floor of the living room.
"General Gao, what is this??" the county ordered
"Lord Prefectural, open it and take a look. Gao Shun said expressionlessly.
"Come and open it," in fact, the county order probably guessed, Gao Shun asked him to recognize people just now, and now he has brought in ten small boxes, what is inside, it goes without saying.
When the waiter heard this, he opened the box and said "ah".
The waiter screamed, and although the county magistrate had some guesses, he was still surprised when he saw it.
The county commander glanced at the head in the box, and this time he was even more surprised. Inside is actually the four commanders of the Ma family's private army, because Zhiyang County is not far from Fufeng and Wuwei, so some of the Ma family's noble sons came to play, and the person in the box was the escort who protected the three sons of the Ma family's direct line last time, and he was the commander of the Ma family's private army of thousands of people.
"It's terrible... The county commander thought that this commander was the descendant of the next head of the Ma family, and he folded here, and their family and the established families had no good fruit to eat.
"Why, the county order adults know. Gao Shun said
"I don't know, I don't know, this official is an official of the imperial court, how can I know these little thieves," he swallowed his saliva while saying the county order, and his Adam's apple arched one by one, obviously very nervous.
"That's good, then the general will not disturb the county order to rest, retire first, and think about how to explain to the court first. Gao Shun said and got up and left.
"General Gao walked slowly. The county ordered. As for explaining to the imperial court, give an explanation.
Seeing Gao Shun walking away, the county commander hurriedly said to the waiter, "Hurry up and prepare the car, this official will go back to the clan, and inform the major families in the county to go to my house and discuss major matters." ”
Not to mention that the county order hurried home, but also said that Gao Shun returned to the camp and ordered, "The whole army is ready, rest for one night, and pull out the camp early tomorrow morning to continue to pursue the rebel Lu Renjia." ”
"Let Vice General Liu tell General Xiong that the first battle will be given to this Zhiyang County.
"General, although the county town of Zhiyang is easy to attack and difficult to defend, as long as you hold on and then ask for help, then the county soldiers of Wuwei will arrive soon, and we can't go far in a short time, this... Gao Shun's lieutenant said.
"What do you think, why am I going today, I hope that the status of those ten people is high enough, otherwise, we will have to change clothes. Gao Shun said.