To the west of the village, traces of fighting were found, blood remained on the ground, and it is estimated that at least a dozen people had been wounded in battle. Hoes, sickles, and other tools were also scattered on the ground, and a few of them were also stained with blood.

However, not a single corpse was found, and generally speaking, the robbers would leave the corpse behind after the invasion, and if there were villagers who had returned, they would not have seen the arrival of their officers and soldiers, but they would not have rushed to ask for help.

All kinds of indications indicate that the villagers should not have encountered ordinary bandits, let alone invaded by the Hu people, who must have destroyed their houses and nearby crops by fire.

While he was thinking about it, the scout suddenly came to report that several armed men were approaching.

Tong Yuan immediately gathered the whole army, after all, the Xiliang New Army was a regular army of the Han Dynasty in all respects, as long as it was not facing the pursuing soldiers, there was no need to turn to the wind and flee.

I saw more than a dozen people holding swords and wearing civilian clothes, coming to Tong Yuan, Hu Po'er and others, bowing their heads.

"General, our army's life is in danger, and it is for the sake of the Xiliang Army to save him."

Hu Lang'er stepped forward and asked, "How do you know that we are also from the Xiliang Army?" Who are you? ”

The leader said proudly: "I am the commander of Geng Qing's army stationed in Xiliang Army, Xiayang County, I can be equipped with so many vigorous Hetao horses, and almost all the whole army wears armor, except for our Xiliang Army, there is no second army in the world that can do it." ”

Hu Lang'er said, "Very good, our army is called Xiliang New Army, this is Captain Tong Yuan." If you have any situation, just tell the child school captain. ”

The plainclothes soldier had already seen that these people were already Tong Yuan, this Tong lieutenant was very young, but his bearing was extraordinary, and his sturdy figure was even more set off in a delicate fish scale armor.

So he bowed to Tong Yuan and said: "There are two county lieutenants in Xiayang County, one of whom is Geng Qing, the military commander of our department. I don't want Chang'an to be shocked, the county commander and another county lieutenant are both local scholars, and they want to take down Geng Junhou and become thieves to invite merit. As a result, the He family mobilized doormen, subordinates, and servants to surround the military camp. Geng Junhou asked me to escape and go to Chang'an to find General Xu Rong for help. ”

Tong Yuan said: "My Xiliang New Army can take Xiayang County and help your family's army." It's just that our army wants to avenge Dong Taishi, and it must be based on Xiayang, and has already contacted the 100,000 troops guarding the town, as well as the Qiang people in Hetao and the 50,000 troops of the Huns, to counterattack Chang'an and kill Wang Yun. Since your department is the Xiliang Army, you need to obey the order and follow us to take revenge. ”

What Tong Yuan said is true and false, if he wants to take Xia Yang, he has already contacted all parties, of course, he is full of nonsense and strengthens his momentum.

After hearing this, the man thought for a moment and said, "This is very good, of course my Xiliang Army can't be slaughtered by others." Don't say that Wang Yun will rule us in the future, even in the past few days, he has been sitting on pins and needles. It's just, how many of us are here in Xiayang? ”

Tong Yuan's heart is not good, and he is too few people and horses to easily show his feet, but after a little thought, he has a countermeasure.

"Your troops and horses plus our department, are you still afraid of the He family clan who are doing evil? How many of them are besieging you? ”

The tun chief replied: "There are only about 300 people in the elite tribe, and there are thousands of armed tenants and slaves and maids. Half of our soldiers and horses are not from Xiliang and have a neutral attitude. ”

He pretended to be calm and said, "I see, then there is no need to call for distant soldiers and horses to support. By the way, is there anyone else in the county who supports you? ”

The man replied: "The county is from a poor family, but he is quite rich and understands the way of doing business. The rest of the non-natives had a non-local attitude. …… Oh, by the way, just now there was a county official who opposed the seizure of land by the He family......" will explain what he has just done.

It turned out that after the He family's subordinates failed to arrest people, they called hundreds of people and directly destroyed the village. Zhang Ji and the lieutenant commander led people to evacuate urgently, and a small number of left-behind strong laborers withdrew after a slight fight. At this time, he had already taken people to Heyang Township, Nantou. Geng Qing's more than ten people joined him, but there was no other way, so half of them followed him to the south, and half of them came back to contact Geng Qing.

Of course, what the tun chief told was only a fragment, but Tong Yuan noticed two very important things.

First, he heard a somewhat familiar name, Zhang Ji. This person is a great figure in the Yongliang area during the Three Kingdoms period. Second, that is, Geng Qing and Zhang Ji are just in a hurry, and this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Xiliang New Army.

Tong Yuan did not hesitate, on the one hand, he sent people to lead a large group of men and horses to Haoyang Township to meet Zhang Jihe and the fleeing peasants, and on the other hand, he sent people to immediately report important information and this plan.

An hour later, Tong Yuan, Zhang Ji and others had already entered Haoyang. It turned out that Youyi in Haoyang Township had long supported the side of the He family's Shi clan, relying on the county seat and his own strong men in the early years, and did not let Zhang Ji and the villagers of Shili Village enter at all. As soon as Tong Yuan and more than 100 other heavily armored cavalry arrived, the Dong family fought as soon as they fought. Youyi in Heyang Township immediately fled for his life.

After everyone entered the city, Zhang Jilai met Tong Yuan and others. Fortunately, during the Han and Tang dynasties, there was a strong martial atmosphere, and if it was in an era when the civil army was strong and the military was weak, the middle-level officers who commanded thousands of people would probably have to be cautious when they saw the county officials in charge of the warehouse, and they did not dare to offend in the slightest.

I saw that this one was very young, seven feet four tall, with a solid and upright face in Chinese characters, and his demeanor did not have the slightest feeling of being lazy of a rich man, but had a bit of the killing spirit of a military person.

"Gaoling Zhang Ji, Zhang Derong, the current Xiayang County warehouse official, visited Captain Tong and thanked the Xiliang New Army for saving everyone in danger." Although they had known each other through Geng Qing's subordinates before entering the city, this was the first time they had officially met.

This is the third historical figure Tong Yuan has seen, Dong Bai and Li Su may be more well-known than Zhang Ji in later generations, but the first two only left a sentence or two in the history books. And the Zhang Ji in front of him is a character with a biography. Seeing such a talent, or just a county official, the opportunity really can't be missed.

Tong Yuan stood there in a daze like this, not to mention Zhang Ji, even Hu Lang'er, Yishan Zhen and others felt very abnormal.

After a while, he came back to his senses and said, "This is what I should do, the army eats the peasants, if you can't protect the peasants, then what kind of soldier is it?"

Zhang Ji felt that although this was popular, it was very suitable for his thoughts, so he said with a smile: "I think the Xiliang New Army is all elite, and I think Xiayang County will change hands soon." I wonder what the captain of the child school is going to do? ”

Tong Yuan smiled slightly, Zhang Ji was testing him, it was very interesting.

He replied: "Xia Yang is not trivial, this place belongs to the rich and stable Zuo Fengyi, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. However, since Huan Ling, the border plug has withered, and the rebels of various ethnic groups in Xiliang have entered Kou Sanfu; The Baibo Valley in the east of the river is in turmoil; The Hetao Xiongnu and Qianghu repeatedly invaded the south, and it was difficult for the people to live in society. Far from it, I think that when this place is the base, the two banks of the rich river, and the border of Anjun Prefecture, this can be described as the mission of our generation. ”

After Tong Yuan finished speaking in one breath, he felt very happy, and he didn't know if this one would be like in some novels, where the protagonist talked loudly and took the initiative to join his command.

However, Zhang Ji showed an embarrassed expression, feeling that he simply asked and did not answer.