Changping Temple is in the north of Chang'an, backed by Jingshui, and to the north is Zuo Fengyi.

In the past, Guanzhong was called the land of three auxiliaries, namely Jingzhao, Fufeng and Zuo Fengyi. With Weishui and Jingshui and Chang'an City as the boundary, Chang'an as the central point, and Chang'an and its east to the south of Weishui as Jingzhao; north of Weishui and east of Jingshui is left Feng Yi; Finally, west of Chang'an and southwest of Jingshui is Fufeng County.

The county governance of Fufeng County is Huaili, and along the Weishui Road to the west, Huaili, Wugong, Yixian to Chencang are respectively.

Walk southwest from Changping Temple, pass through Maoling to reach Huaili, as the first city of Fufeng County against Chang'an, if Ma Teng is defeated, he will inevitably retreat to Huaili.

Therefore, if Liu Fan and others rest in Huaili, they will inevitably meet Ma Teng. And now, even if Ma Teng is defeated, he can easily deal with Liu Fan's more than 1,000 people, so for the sake of safety, Liu Fan directly bypassed Huaili and went all the way west along Weishui all the way to Wugong County.

And because Liu Fan's people didn't carry much dry food when they came out of Chang'an, although they were hastily replenished in the Ma Teng military camp later, but later due to the addition of Pang De's department, the three-day dry food originally prepared by Xu Huang was instantly reduced by half.

In addition, after a battle on the battlefield, all the soldiers were consumed greatly, and after withdrawing from Changpingguan, Liu Fan did not suppress everyone's move to use food to relieve mental pressure, resulting in the team of more than 1,000 people at this time has begun to run out of food.

After Liu Dan confirmed the grain reserves, he came to Liu Fan's side with an embarrassed face and was silent. Glancing at him, Liu Fan, as the main general, naturally knew the dilemma that the team was facing, and after a long time, Liu Fan asked in a deep voice, "How long can the remaining food last?" ”

With a solemn expression, Liu Dan responded in a low voice: "I am afraid that all the robes and Ze will only last for half a day, and then everyone will be hungry." ”

Turning his head reluctantly, he glanced at Xiaohuaili not far behind him, Liu Dan's eyes turned back and forth, and then he said in a low voice: "Brother, why don't I wait for the night to pretend to be a bandit and go to Xiaohuaili to rob, otherwise I can only go to Wugong County." ”

After a pause, he said again, "I have already confirmed, Wugong County is not rich, and most of the food in the pass is hidden in the dock fort now, and there is not much in the city at all, and if we attack the city, our department will also suffer heavy damage." ”

The eyebrows were solemn, and Liu Fan also knew that the current situation was not optimistic, but Xiaohuaili was too close to Huaili, and once they were targeted by Ma Tengjun, who had retreated from Changpingguan, it would be difficult for them to get out.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Fan said again: "The local wealthy martial arts family that asked you to inquire before, how did you investigate?" ”

"The local wealthy family of Wugong belongs to the Su family, which is a descendant of Pingling Hou Su Jian under the command of the general Wei Qing in the past, and its descendants settle in Wugong, and most of them regard themselves as martial artists."

His brows furrowed slightly, and Liu Fan's face became more and more solemn, "In this way, the Su family is also a first-class wealthy family in martial arts?" ”

"Yes, the Su clan has been in the martial arts business for many years and has its own dock fort, although it is more difficult to attack, but for us, there should be no problem." After that, Liu Danwu swallowed his saliva and said with some caution: "Brother wants to attack Su's Dock Fort?" ”

Looking at the front silently, Liu Fan did not respond to Liu Dan's inquiry, his eyes flashed, as if he was thinking about something.

Outside the city of martial arts, Su's Dock Fort

As a wealthy family that has been operating in Wugong for many years, the Su family has built their own dock fort here. In fact, the Su clan only lived in the village, but later in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, thieves from all over the country flocked up, and in order to ensure the safety of their own clansmen, the Su clan built a dock fort around the fertile fields for the clansmen to take refuge.

Over the years, the Su clan has also grown to a scale of hundreds of households and nearly 1,000 people, and there are many houses in the dock fort, and the security of the dock fort is also defended by the guards spontaneously organized by the young and strong people in the clan. Moreover, as a descendant of Pinglinghou, the Su family advocates bravery, and the contemporary patriarch also raised good horses in the dock fort.

Raising horses in Guanzhong is actually an extremely common thing in large families, and there are hundreds of horses in large families, which can also become a guarantee for the family. Even in the Fufeng area, it can be a little powerful, and Xiaoxiao does not dare to commit it easily.

And a big family like the Su family, each generation pays great attention to cultivating talents, and there is Su Ze in the young generation of the contemporary Su family, who is famous for his academic conduct in the township, and the county government has also recommended him as filial piety and Maocai, and the court recruited him to serve, but he did not go.

Now in the Guanzhong War, the Su family, as the first wealthy family in martial arts, and Su Ze, as a representative, was invited by the county order to the city to discuss the next response.

Wugong County Temple Office

Ma Teng Han Sui's army has been stationed under Changping Guan for a long time, and their big battle with Chang'an is inevitable, but no matter who wins or loses, this battle will inevitably have a far-reaching impact on Guanzhong.

If Ma Teng Han Sui wins, Guanzhong will suffer a great chaos, although Li Dao and Guo Yanjun are also rampant, but as early as the Zhongping period, Han Sui, who united Huqiang in Liangzhou to rebel, will not be a good person. For them, the people of Guanzhong did not hold out hope.

As for the victory of the Chang'an army, then after they expelled Ma Teng Han Sui's army from Sanfu, they would inevitably still loot it in Fufeng County, and without Ma Teng's deterrence at that time, they would probably be even more unscrupulous.

Therefore, in the face of such an embarrassing moment, the martial arts county order could not come up with a good idea, so he could only invite the big families in the county to discuss and discuss.

Everyone in the hall had a gloomy face, and for a long time, the first county commander sighed quietly, "In the past, when Dong Zhuo was here, the Xiliang Army didn't dare to be so presumptuous, I didn't think that he would die, the Xiliang Army was unrestrained, but it hurt the people of my Guanzhong." ”

At the moment, all the gentry in the hall were also depressed and a little helpless. People are like this, when the environment gets worse, they always remember when it was a little better before, and even then it was not as good as the peacetime it used to be.

After sighing with each other for a while, and seeing that no one could say any valid suggestions, the county commander had no choice but to look at the first young man with a solemn face, and said expectantly: "Wenshi, what do you think is good about this matter?" ”

The young man had a straight face, solemn eyebrows, and at first glance he was an upright person, looking around at the gentry who sighed and sighed, and at the moment, he said bluntly: "Even if you complain here until tomorrow, you will not have the slightest impact on things and change them.

Now, now that a great war has broken out, we should work together to come up with a solution. Instead of looking back at the past, the events of his time did not help the situation today. ”

"Then I don't know what the scholar thinks, although it is feasible, it is not impossible for us to respect the Su family as the leader to fight the enemy together!" Hearing this, a gentleman in the crowd immediately said.

With the Su family's energy and strength in martial arts, as long as he is willing to stretch out his head, Zhonghao Gentry is also willing to hide under his wing and enjoy protection. This is also the reason why the county order invited Su Ze to come this time, everyone knows that the Su family has strength, and Su Ze has just cleared his name, so they all think that the Su family can stand up and protect everyone this time.

Frowning and looking around at the gentry, Su Ze was a little unhappy in his heart, in fact, the Su clan, as the largest clan in Wugong County, has its own dock fort, if it is strictly defended, there will basically be no problem.

However, I don't know when it began, the Su clan is not only the Su clan of martial arts, but also seems to have become the Su clan of all the wealthy families in Wugong County.

Whenever they encounter any problems, the wealthy families of Wugong County will unite to push the Su clan to the front, in fact, as a martial arts family, the Su clan has the ability and capital to be the spokesperson.

But if these wealthy clans push you out every time they encounter something, and after they are fine, they are unwilling to give up their interests and let the Su clan, who has contributed to recover the losses, then over time, there will be complaints within the Su clan.

Now Su Ze is the spokesperson of the Su family, and the clansmen know that he is upright, so when he came, he specially told him that this time he must let all the wealthy families in Wugong County come up with something, otherwise, the Su family will stick to Wubao this time.

Taking a light breath, Su Ze looked around, his face was solemn, and his tone was deep, "As the leading wealthy family in Wugong County, whenever the people of the county need us, the Su family is naturally duty-bound.

But coming forward many times has also made the Su clan consume too much, this time facing the two major Xiliang warlords in Guanzhong, I mean that all the clans in the county can have soldiers and material contributions, in this way, when dealing with the thieves and soldiers in Koucheng, I will have more confidence! ”

And as Su Ze's words came out, the county temple fell silent again, and everyone remained silent. Seeing that the atmosphere had fallen into a solemn situation, he was bent on solving the matter, and he was afraid that the county orders of the various clans would directly pick the son, so he had to look at Su Ze with a sneer, and persuaded: "Wenshi, now that the enemy is present, why don't you discuss with the clansmen, starting with the Su clan first, and then the various clans will raise materials one after another?" ”

"County Jun, when the thief enemy attacked the county, it should be the county government that came forward to resist, not the children of our various clans, today I have discussed with you here, and I have already taken on the responsibility of my Su family as a martial arts clan, and please don't make it difficult for the county monarch to be strong!"

Su responded bluntly together, and directly made the county order silent.

And as he kept silent, this discussion about Wugong County's response to the siege of the Xiliang Army also broke up. Regarding the danger of the Xiliang Army mentioned by Su Ze, all ethnic groups just scoffed at it and ignored it completely.

Shaking his head and leaving from Wugong City, Su needed to go back to Wubao to explain the matter to the clansmen. This time, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Wugong County to unite together.

Out of the martial arts city, a few miles to the east is the dock fort of the Su clan, because the Su clan has been operating in the martial arts for many years, so the dock fort is built extremely stable, and it is difficult to capture it without several times the troops.

Therefore, Su Ze was actually not very worried about what kind of harm would be done to the clansmen in the dock fort. However, when he returned to the Dock Fort, the head of the clan handed him a letter, and after reading the letter, Su's face sank.

The letter said that they were the Praetorian Guards who had withdrawn from Chang'an, and that they did not carry enough dry rations, so they wanted to borrow some from Su's Dock Fort temporarily, and they would have to return them later.

In fact, in this era, the Hao clan was often intimidated by some foreign bandits in the dock fort outside the city, asking for grain, grass and wealth, but no one was like them, asking for food and grass in the name of the palace guards.

Usually it's a fight if you don't give it.

In this regard, Su Ze was quite surprised, and immediately recruited the chief of the central guard of the clan, and after asking, he learned that it was a general who shot on the gate tower of Wubao in the evening. Looking at the bottom of the silk silk, the fallen Zuo Zhonglang General Seal, Su hesitated for a long time, but decided to meet them.

Of course, this letter was projected by Liu Fan to Xu Huang to Su's Dock Fort, in fact, he had also thought about directly attacking the Dock Fort, plundering it and leaving, but then after thinking about it, Liu Fan still gave up.

After all, Liu Fan still knows what he needs, and what he needs now is fame. With his current strength and reputation, it is not enough to support him in Guanzhong, it is not that he has not thought of occupying the Eight Hundred Miles Guanzhong, but this operation is too difficult.

Not to mention that there are many Xiliang warlords in Guanzhong now, such as Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Ma Teng, Han Sui, etc., even Zhang Heng and Liang Xing, who rebelled with Ma Chao in the later period, are now holding thousands of soldiers and horses to occupy one side.

Instead of using these bandits here to fight for the barren Guanzhong, he might as well leave a wave of good name first, so that the people of Guanzhong can deeply feel how benevolent and loving Liu Fan, who once rebelled against Li Dao and Guo Yan for the Han Dynasty, after experiencing the pain of the Sanfu Rebellion.

Now he united Ma Teng to hold high the banner of righteousness and fight viciously with Li Dao and Guo Yan, although it has not yet spread, but when Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou and others begin to attack each other because of power, causing the people to live in poverty, everyone will think of him Liu Fan's goodness.

Thinking of the deeds of his Liu Fan's army even though they were hungry and cold, they were unwilling to attack Wubao privately, and at that time, it was the time when he Liu Fan swept through Guanzhong with the general trend.

Since Su Ze wanted to meet Liu Fan, he naturally quickly sent the head of the clan to contact them, and Liu Fan's silk letter also left the contact location, and they were on a small village outside Su's Wu Fort.

To be precise, they are not on the Zhuangzi, but outside the Zhuangzi. When more than 100 villagers in Zhuangzi found that a large number of cavalry soldiers had come outside, they were also frightened, and they thought that the thieves of the Xiliang Army were coming.

However, after they hid in the house in fear and concealed the grain, they found that these horsemen did not seem to have the intention of entering the Zhuangzi, but stopped outside the Zhuangzi.

So the three elders of the township, accompanied by the young people in the clan, came to contact Liu Fan and others, and after some conversation, they learned that these people were from the Janissaries of the Son of Heaven who came out of Chang'an.

Out of respect, the three elders called on the villagers to raise some dry food for the soldiers of the forbidden army for everyone to eat, but was rejected by their main general Liu Zhonglang, after some understanding, everyone knew that this Zuo Zhonglang general was the eldest son of the Han clan and Yizhou Mu Liu Yan!

At present, the villagers respect this benevolent army even more, and have organized to donate dry food and drinking water to help them solve their fatigue. In the end, Liu Zhonglang reluctantly accepted the villagers who were really unable to resist their enthusiasm.

And when Su Ze heard the news in the dock fort, he was also slightly stunned, and after a long time, a smile appeared on his face, and he decided to visit in person tomorrow.