That night, Xun Yi, the governor of the western region, took the letter of pardon issued to Zhou Hu by Li Min, the county guard of Yingchuan, and quietly left Xuchang City under the protection of several county guards, and galloped in the direction of Kunyang on horseback.

Although the sound of horses' hooves alarmed the rebel soldiers patrolling outside the city, Xun Yi and his party finally escaped, after all, the rebel general Xiang Xuan's Gongji only had less than 40,000 troops, although Xuchang County was surrounded, but these forces were not enough to completely trap Xuchang City, so that Xuchang City could not communicate with the outside world.

At this time, Xun Yi didn't know that Chen Miao, the commander of Jiangxia Yishi, had already released his goodwill to Zhao Yu, but this did not prevent Xun Yi from hurrying up and wanting to hand over the pardon to the latter as soon as possible.

On October 17, Xun Yi, who had been traveling day and night, was the first to arrive in Xiangcheng and entered the city to meet Wang Yong, the county commander of Xiangcheng County.

When he saw Xun Yi, Wang Yong was very surprised, and said in surprise: "As far as the lower officials know, the rebels have surrounded Xuchang, why did the post supervisor risk coming......

Xun Yi smiled and said: "Thanks to the letter from the prince a few days ago, the county guard learned of Zhou Hu's exploits in Kunyang, and finally promised to pardon Zhou Hu's past crimes, and ordered me to hand over the pardon to Zhou Hu......"

Probably because Wang Yong's text a few days ago did him a great favor, Xun Yi was also very polite to Wang Yong.

"Oh."

Wang Yong nodded, his eyes rolling slightly.

Of course, he knew that Zhou Hu wanted to get the county's pardon, and he was willing to help secretly, after all, he still had the handle in Zhou Hu's hands, if Zhou Hu always had the notoriety of 'thief', then he would naturally be implicated, after all, he had signed a confession of 'admitting collusion with the black tiger thief'.

However, compared to this matter, Wang Yong is most concerned about another thing.

I saw him arch his hand and ask Xun Yidao: "Superintendent Post, can you promise to send reinforcements?" ”

"This ......"

Xun Yi's face showed embarrassment.

He really didn't reveal it to Wang Yong, in fact, in the strategy of guarding Li Min, Kunyang, Xiangcheng, Runan and other counties had already been 'abandoned'.

It's not that Li Junshou is unwilling to send reinforcements, but he is really powerless, and the whip is beyond his reach.

Fortunately, the sudden rise of Kunyang and the restraining of the main force of the rebels under the leadership of Zhou Hu made Li Junshou change his previous resolute attitude and finally issued a letter of amnesty to Zhou Hu - which did not mean to use Zhou Hu to continue to contain the main force of the rebels and share the pressure for Yingchuan County.

And this also means that Yingchuan County will not send reinforcements, and whether Kunyang, Xiangcheng, Runan and other counties can be preserved depends on the counties themselves.

Embarrassed, Xun Yi diverted the topic and asked, "What is Kunyang's current situation?" ”

Seeing Xun Yi's embarrassed face and avoiding talking about 'reinforcements', Wang Yong also understood the county's attitude.

Fortunately, he is not desperate, because there is still a Kunyang and a Zhou Hu in front of him.

He didn't mention the reinforcements again, and said along Xun Yi's words: "Kunyang is still holding on, a few days ago, I joined forces with Liu Yi of Runan to help Kunyang break through the rebel camp in the western suburbs and lift the siege of Kunyang......

Xun Yi wanted to listen to Wang Yong's words of invitation, but he interrupted out of bad etiquette, and finally waited for Wang Yong to finish speaking, and he hurriedly said: "Since this is the case, Xun will go to Kunyang immediately." ”

"This ...... Well, the lower officials sent some county guards to protect the superintendent. ”

"Thank you."

After eating something casually in Xiangcheng to fill his stomach, Xun Yi immediately went straight to Kunyang again.

Xiangcheng is not far from Kunyang, and it takes less than a day to walk, if it is a ride, it only takes about three hours.

Considering that it was already past noon when he set off from Xiangcheng, Xun Yi was worried that he would not be able to reach Kunyang before nightfall, so he hurried his horse and whipped, so tired that the county guards sent by Wang Yong to protect Xun Yi could only chase after him on foot, which was miserable.

However, Xun Yi didn't care about this, after all, he wanted to hand over the pardon in his hand to Zhou Hu as soon as possible.

Around the time of Shen, Xun Yi and his party, who were in a hurry, finally arrived in Kunyang.

Considering the scorching battle situation in Kunyang, Xun Yi and his party were also extremely cautious, for fear of encountering the rebel patrol soldiers.

Fortunately, at this time, the rebels were no longer active on the west side of Kunyang, so Xun Yi and the others came to the north gate of Kunyang without any danger.

During this period, Xun Yi saw that the city flag of his Jin Kingdom was still hanging on Kunyang City, and he was really relieved.

I saw that he left behind the soldiers accompanying him, rode his horse and took the lead to come to the North City Gate, and shouted towards the North City Gate: "Open the door quickly!" I am Xun Yi, the governor of the western part of Yingchuan County, and I am on the orders of the county guard, and I have important matters to discuss with the leader of Zhou Hu Zhou. ”

"Xun Yi?"

Le Gui, the guard of the north city gate, saw Xun Yi on the tower of the city gate, and was very surprised, and immediately ordered his subordinates: "Open the city gate." ”

Not only did he give the order, but he also personally went down to the city gate tower to greet Xun Yi, after all, this superintendent was the county official that their big leader wanted to befriend, and Legui naturally had to give the other party enough courtesy.

"Why is Xun Du Post here?"

When Xun Yi rode in, Le Gui smiled and hugged his fists and said hello.

Xun Yi naturally recognized Legui, stepped forward to greet him, and said with a smile: "Xun came with good news this time...... Where is the leader of Zhou? ”

Le Gui clenched his fists and said: "The leader is in the county office, and I will lead the superintendent to the mail." ”

"County office?"

Xun Yi was stunned, but it was not easy to ask, nodded and said "yes", and prepared to get on the horse again.

However, at this time, Le Gui stopped him and said euphemistically: "The mount of the post superintendent, why don't you place it here, in the city...... Well, it is not suitable to ride in extraordinary times. ”

Xun Yi and the Black Tiger Thief are also old acquaintances, so naturally they will not suspect anything, so they nodded, ordered the entourage to place their mounts here, and immediately followed Legui to the north street.

At this time, Xun Yi understood what Legui's sentence 'extraordinary times, not suitable for riding' meant.

I saw that the streets and alleys of North Street were full of straw huts, and some old and weak women and children sat under the grass sheds.

How can this kind of road be ridden?

"These people are ......," Xun Yi pointed to the people under the grass hut on the side of the road.

"The people of the South City."

Le Gui did not hide it, and explained in a low voice: "According to the orders of the big leader, we will move all the people in the southern half of the city to the northern half of the city, and fight the rebels in the southern half of the city...... However, the superintendent can rest assured that Li Xiancheng has stepped up the construction of mud house cellars for the county residents to live in temporarily......"

Hearing this, Xun Yi's heart sank.

His understanding of the current situation in Kunyang was only from the text sent by Wang Yong to Yingchuan County in Xiangcheng County, and he learned that Kunyang had lost a city wall and was retreating to the city to fight the rebels at the moment, but he did not know what the specific situation was.

It wasn't until now that he heard Le Gui mention it that he realized that Kunyang had actually used the entire southern half of the city as a battlefield.

After looking around, Xun Yi frowned and said, "I never thought that the current situation in Kunyang would be so difficult...... Lebenmu, between you, this battle ......"

Looking at Xun Yi's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Le Gui, who understood what he meant, smiled slightly, and suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "Fellow villagers, we will eventually repel the rebels and defend Kunyang!" …… You say don't you? ”

Suddenly hearing Le Gui shouting, the people in the county on the street were stunned.

Immediately, under Xun Yi's incredible gaze, many people on the street actually smiled, and even responded to Legui.

"That's right!"

"Damn the rebels, they're going to get out of Kunyang!"

"I, Kunyang, will not give in!"

"I have Leader Zhou in Kunyang, how can those rebels be opponents?"

Smiling and waving to the crowd around him, Le Gui turned his head to look at Xun Yi and asked with a smile, "Does Xun Duyou still have any questions?" ”

"Unbelievable ......"

Xun Yi shook his head, indicating that he had no doubt.

Also, the morale of the people of Kunyang is still so high, what else does he have to worry about?

With excitement, Xun Yi followed Legui across the streets.

In the streets and alleys over there, Xun Yi saw a few children playing in the distance, and they were singing ballads: "In the north of Kunyang, there are mountain bandits." Defeat the rebel army and protect the people. ”

"That's the Black Tiger Thief, right?"

Xun Yi listened with interest, and then turned his head to look at Le Gui, he didn't believe that a group of immature and ignorant children could make up this kind of ballad.

may have noticed the narrowness in Xun Yi's eyes, Le Gui smiled awkwardly, raised his hand and asked, "Superintendent, there is the county government in front." ”

Xun Yi seemed to be smiling, and did not debunk the little tricks of the black tiger thief.

On the contrary, he agrees with the Black Tiger Thief's practice of trying to gain public support as much as possible, and in his opinion, if the Black Tiger Thief can really defend Kunyang, then Kunyang will really have no worries.

At least, the people of Kunyang don't need to think about the problem of thieves, because there is a group of extremely powerful bandits in Kunyang, and even the rebels have been blocked.

Although Xun Yi also knew that this was not his credit, he was also very excited to persuade Zhou Hu and the black tiger thief to be good.

With inexplicable excitement and excitement, Xun Yi and his entourage, under the leadership of Le Gui and others, finally came to Kunyang County.

At this time, Zhao Yu had learned the news, and he had taken Jingnu and Niu Heng to stand outside the county government and wait for Xun Yi, as if he was the owner of this county office, which made Xun Yi feel weird.

"Xun Du Post."

"Leader Zhou."

After greeting each other, Xun Yi asked curiously, "Why is Leader Zhou in ...... This way? ”

Zhao Yu explained with a smile: "Zhou originally commanded the war in my Black Tiger Yishe, but the war needs, the area around Yishe has become a battlefield, Liu Gong and Li Xiancheng considered Zhou's safety and allowed Zhou to command the war in the county office. …… Xun Du post, please. ”

Xun Yi was invited by Zhao Yu to the county ya, and was invited to the yaya hall in front of the county ya.

After questioning him, he learned that this yatang, which was originally used to hear and judge cases, had actually become the commander's office for Zhou Hu to command the war.

What's even more incredible is that it was still requested by the county commander Liu Bi and the county Cheng Li Xu, not by Zhou Hu.

Seeing this, Xun Yi immediately realized that that Liu County Ling and Li County Cheng were probably already convinced by the Zhou leader in front of him.

Of course, this is not surprising, after all, at the moment, only Zhou Hu has the ability to lead the entire city of soldiers and civilians to resist the rebels.

"Let's get down to business."

Without waiting to sit down, Xun Yi took out a silk silk from his arms, handed it to Zhao Yu, and said with a straight face: "Knowing that the leader of Zhou swore to resist the rebels in Kunyang, even if a city wall was breached, he still resisted to the death, and the county guard felt that the leader of Zhou abandoned the secret and surrendered to the light, and ordered me to send a letter of pardon, and decided to add a county lieutenant in Kunyang, which was served by the head of Zhou. ”

After that, he reminded Zhao Yu in a whisper: "Don't worry, it's true this time." ”

Looking at Xun Yi, and then at the silk silk in his hand, Zhao Yu took it with both hands and slowly unfolded it.

"Finally ......"

Looking at the words on the silk cloth and the seal of Yingchuan County Guard on it, Zhao Yu let out a long breath.

From today on, he and his black tiger thieves can finally get rid of the notoriety of 'thieves'.

I have to say that this matter is very crucial.