Chapter 207: Where the End of the World Doesn't Meet
Since the expansion of the Seventh Division, this is the first battle fought. For the first time, he won a county town happily and neatly, and he was victorious, which was a good luck.
But after all, this world is not as simple as Pixel imagined - if you build a county seat, not only can you not be the county master, but there are also many troubles.
For example, there are only about 200 people in the Seventh Division, and even if all of them have three heads and six arms, they can't enclose a county town. At the three gates of the east, west, and north, there are probably officers and soldiers who have escaped after hearing the news. When they arrived at the capital city of Zhangzhou and reported the news, the Seventh Division was about to face the dilemma of a large army besieging the city.
The Seventh Division has just arrived, and the time and place are favorable, and it is simply wishful thinking to rely on more than 200 people to defend a county seat.
All commanded Song Yinting, the backstage, could not quench his thirst far from water. And if Zhang Chengtao's side is ruthless, he will cripple the Seventh Division first, and then talk about it, it will be good-looking.
At present, there are only two ways to avoid the risk: either block the deserters and prevent them from reporting the news, or withdraw before the Zhangzhou army rushes to help, first avoid its edge, and then die afterwards and refuse to admit it.
However, the local defenders are familiar with the terrain and want to block a large group of officers and soldiers, so they can still try, if the other party is reduced to zero, there is no way to start. Therefore, in Bu'an's opinion, instead of dividing the limited manpower of the Seventh Division to do this useless work, it is better to let them do something serious.
As for whether to avoid the limelight, it is not a matter that needs to be considered urgently at the moment.
Entering the gate of the county seat, Bu An first called Zhang Blind over and told him to restrain the people and horses, not to disturb the people, and to buy and sell supplies according to the price, and not to rob them. He also asked him to investigate who the officer and soldier who had just spoken out of disgrace was, who he was familiar with in the city, and what enemies he had.
As for controlling the various city gates and always paying attention to the movements around the county seat, there is no need for him to deliberately emphasize that Zhang Blind has already arranged it.
Everything was explained properly, and Su Su also went to the city wall to help, and Bu An dragged Song Shijin to the county office.
The county seat of Changtai is not too big, with a radius of six or seven miles, the streets along the way are empty, and the windows and doors on the side of the street are closed.
When the two came to the county office, You Ping hurriedly came up to report that as soon as the Seventh Division entered the city, it immediately took control of the place, and there was almost no large-scale resistance during the period. Several officials in the county government have been arrested, and the officers and soldiers have fled, tied up, and there is no hindrance, and now his blue battalion is responsible for taking care of this side.
Probably never thought that one day, he would tie up the dignity of a county, at this time, You Ping, his face was swollen red, his eyes were bloodshot, and he didn't know whether he was nervous or excited.
Bu An was a little suspicious, if he was impulsive and raised the anti-flag now, You Ping might follow without saying a word.
This thought only lingered in his mind for a moment, and then it dissipated without a traceβand now it was a blatant rebellion, which was tantamount to suicide. He didn't lose his heart, how dare he say such nonsense.
He sat down in the courtyard of the official residence behind the county office, and not long after, an official was escorted over. This man was fifty or sixty years old, with a thin appearance and a very nervous expression, and when he saw Bu'an, he said in a low voice: "This king, my Changtai County is so poor that I can't show much filial piety......
Bu Anxin said, this is really treating me as a bandit leader.
He shook his head and smiled bitterly, glared at You Ping, and scolded fakely: "I want you to invite the county magistrate, is this the way you ask for it?"
You Ping confessed very cleverly, and then led his men out of the courtyard.
The old county commander was a little confused when he saw Bu'an's style, and Bu'an didn't talk nonsense when he saw this, but just smiled and untied the rope tied to his body for him.
"You ...... Who the hell are you?" the old county commander muttered.
Bu An clapped his hands, patted the hemp rope crumbs on his hands clean, and then pointed to Song Shijin and said: "This Song Gongzi is the eldest grandson of the Song State and the nephew of Song Yinting, the commander of the Seven Fujian Dao. β
Song Shijin didn't expect him to be so direct, and he blocked himself as soon as he came up, but the matter had come to this point, and he couldn't deny it, so he had to snort coldly.
Bu An laughed and said: "The prince has come from afar, and the officers and soldiers in your city are going to drive us away without saying a word." β
The old county commander looked at Bu An suspiciously, and then looked at Song Shijin, still unable to believe it.
Bu An knew that there was no evidence, so he took out Song Yinting's talisman and put it on the stone table in front of him.
The old county commander naturally recognized this thing, opened and closed his mouth, his nose bulged for a while, and then fell again, obviously full of stomach and bad seizures - I have to say that Song Shijin's "hostage" is still very useful.
"If it weren't for the ruffians in the city who snatched our talismans, we wouldn't have made this decision and ...... to the Lord Haihan," Bu An explained lightly.
The old county commander frowned, and it took a long time to hold back a sentence: "Good and dignified, why do you want to take away your talisman?"
"What your lord said is extremely true!" Bu An suddenly said: "We only said that we were ordered by Song Yinting and Lord Song to come here to take turns to guard against the Moon Worship Cult." Unexpectedly, the ruffian suddenly snatched our talisman. I think there must be something strange in it! That's why I immediately took action to relieve that man of his military power, so as to prevent any changes in the county seat. β
The old county commander almost fainted when he heard it. As an official on the Qimin Road, he naturally knew that Song Yinting and Zhang Chengtao were inseparable, and they both commanded envoys to send people to Changtai County, and it was normal for them to be squeezed out by the defenders here. But the person in front of him, if he had to say that there was something strange in it, he couldn't refute it.
It can't be said that the defenders of Changtai County just don't like your Song Yinting's people, right?
And between the changes in the county commander's expression, Bu An captured some details: he didn't seem to have much anger except for being inexplicable, it should be said that he felt annoyed, not hateful.
Could it be that he felt a little upset that he was suddenly at the center of the conflict between Song Yinting and Zhang Chengtao? In other words, this county magistrate is not a person on Zhang Chengtao's line?
Yes, this person is mixed up at this age, and he is still a seven-grade county magistrate, so unwilling, of course he will not be Zhang Chengtao's person.
You must know that behind Song Yinting is Song Guogong and Qufu Academy, and Zhang Chengtao is a wall-riding faction between Confucianism, since the old county commander in front of him doesn't care about the struggle between these two...... That's kind of interesting.
Bu'an prepares to be tempted.
"Having said all this, I don't know the name of the adult. He asked with a smile.
"The contemptible surname is Chen. The old county commander's tone was a little cold. At his age, it is estimated that there is no possibility of advancement, and there is not much flattery. Even in front of Song Guogong's eldest grandson, he doesn't have a good face.
"Listening to Chen Zhixian's accent, it doesn't seem to be a Fujian person. Bu An smiled almost.
Chen Xianling smiled and said, "If it is a Fujian people's clan, it would be fine." Don't hide it from the little boy, the official is a native of Yongzhou, and he studied in Yuezhou in his early years......"
"Wait, Lord Zhixian is ...... Tianmu Academy?" Bu An said in surprise.
Chen Xianling smiled even more miserably, shook his head and said: "For more than 30 years, I have cultivated myself and governed the country, but I have achieved nothing, and I am ashamed of the academy." β
"Boss, it's really the end of the world where we don't meet! The younger generation is also from Tianmu Academy!" Although Bu An has only been in the academy for a long time, he can't help but be a little excited when he meets his fellow disciples.
"Are you...... Who are you teaching from?"
"Family teacher Tianmu Tu Yao. Bu An replied as he got up.
"Tianmu Tu Yao, that's my senior sister Tu......" Chen Xianling patted the case and said: "Among your fellow disciples, is there a junior brother surnamed Bu, whose name is Zhidao?"
Bu An bowed slightly, and saluted: "Uncle Chen, the disciple is Bu An Bu Dao." β