On September 19, a partial general named Ji Rong under Wang Shangde arrived in Kunyang with 2,000 Nanyang soldiers.

After arriving outside the city, Ji Rong ordered the rest of the soldiers to temporarily camp outside the city, while he entered the city with about twenty soldiers and went straight to the county office.

The county guard on duty at the city gate learned of Ji Rong's identity and didn't dare to stop him at all.

The commander has 2,000 soldiers, which is really not small, you must know that as the county lieutenant of Kunyang County, Ma Gai usually has only a few hundred people under his command, far less than this Ji general.

Therefore, Ji Rong's arrival immediately became a sensation in the county office, and many officials and county officials who had never seen generals in the army watched from a distance, secretly speculating about the purpose of these soldiers' coming, including Ishihara.

A moment later, Ma Gai, who learned the news, came forward to greet Ji Rong and invited Ji Rong to the study of the county commander Liu Bi.

As a county lieutenant, it is difficult to say which position he and Ji Rong, a partial general, is higher or lower, but Liu Bi, as the head of a county, must have a higher status than Ji Rong, so when he met Liu Bi, this general Ji Bi also had a little respect and courtesy.

I saw him clenching his fists and said to Liu Bi: "Liu County Order, the last general Ji Rong, this time on the order of General Wang, came to Kunyang to help Guixian encircle and suppress a group of bandits called Black Tiger. ”

Hearing this, Liu Bi and Ma Gai exchanged a look.

Regarding the news of Ji Rong, in fact, he and Ma Gai learned it two days earlier, because a few days ago, when Ji Rong set off from Wancheng, the merchants of the Kunye Mutual Benefit Association learned the news and hurriedly passed the news to Huang Shao, and Huang Shao immediately informed Zhao Yu, the leader of the black tiger thieves, and then Zhao Yu sent someone to inform Liu Bi and Ma Gai, so although most of the people in the city were surprised at the moment that an army of 2,000 people came to him in Kunyang County inexplicably, Liu Bi and Ma Gai were one of the insiders.

"It's that Lu Kuang again......

Looking at the deputy general Ji in front of him, Liu Bi scolded in his heart.

The previous time, Lu Kuang reported to the county, and the county sent two superintendents to investigate his Kunyang thieves, and finally sent the two superintendents through various methods to stabilize the county, but I didn't expect that Lu Kuang invited the Nanyang army again......

Brushing his beard, Liu Bi quietly tried to persuade the general in front of him to retreat: "General Ji, Liu doesn't know where General Wang learned about the thieves in our county, but General Wang overstepped his authority to send troops, I'm afraid this is a little inappropriate, right?" ”

It is undeniable that Liu Bi is right, Wang Shangde is the garrison general of Nanyang County, for some reason, he is now exercising various powers in place of Nanyang County, in a sense, Wang Shangde is part-time the power of 'Nanyang County Guard', although the imperial court did not give the exact title.

And the reason for this rare thing is that it is inseparable from the special status of the Wang family behind Wang Shangde in the court.

The same is true of the military market, at least Han Yan, one of the Five Tigers of the Chen Sect, who is equal to Wang Shangde in status, as the righteous son of Chen Taishi, he does not dare to do this.

The status and power of the Wang family in the court made Wang Shangde the ruler of Nanyang County namelessly, but the problem is that Kunyang County does not belong to Nanyang County, it belongs to Yingchuan County.

'Nanyang General' Wang Shangde sent troops to Yingchuan County and tried to meddle in the affairs of Yingchuan County, what is this not overstepping his authority?

Hearing Liu Bi's words, Ji Rong immediately put away the smile on his face, and said with a little ridicule: "Isn't it because your county has been unable to solve the problem of thieves for a long time?" ”

This person's face-to-face ridicule made Liu Bi very annoyed.

He had never seen such an impudent ...... Well, in fact, he has seen that a certain black tiger thief leader named Zhou Hu is even more rude, but this is not important, the important thing is that Liu Xianling is very unhappy with the Ji Rong Ji general in front of him.

He said in a deep voice: "No matter what, I will report this matter to the county and inform me as the county warden of Yingchuan County." ”

He emphasized the words 'Yingchuan County', which not only showed that he was not a subordinate of Wang Shangde, but also seemed to imply that this was not Wang Shangde's territory.

However, Na Ji Rong just smiled mockingly.

This smile made Liu Bi and Ma Gai, who felt despised a little annoyed, and scolded in their hearts: So arrogant!

But then again, the other party does have the qualifications to be arrogant.

I saw that Ji Rong said to Liu Bi with a smile: "Although Liu County Commander reported this matter to Yingchuan County, but before that, please cooperate with our thief...... When our army set out from Wancheng, they only received ten days of rations, and now there is not much left, so please allocate a part of the grain and grass for the use of thieves. Furthermore, please authorize the soldiers of our army to enter and leave Kunyang, I learned from Adjutant General Li Zhen that even in the county seat of Guixian, there seem to be thieves of black tiger thieves, and I will personally search for it......"

He unceremoniously made all kinds of demands, which made Liu Bi and Ma Gai even more angry.

And at this moment, Li Xu, the county magistrate, heard the news, and just heard Ji Rong's request, he immediately shouted: "No!" ”

Ji Rong frowned and glanced back at Li Xu and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Li Xu arched his hand and said: "Under Li Xu, he is the county ...... of Kunyang County."

The county......

Ji Rong nodded, and bowed with his fists: "It turned out to be Li Xiancheng." ”

Thinking about it, everyone present could see that Ji Rong's greeting lacked sincerity, but it was no wonder, after all, as a partial general, only Liu Bi was clearly higher than him in his position, and the rest of Ma Gai and Li Xu had no need for him to be treated with respect.

He's a general under General Wang!

This Ji Rong's arrogant attitude made Li Xu feel a little unhappy as soon as they met, but fortunately, Li Xiancheng also understood that most of the generals in the army were so virtuous, and he didn't want to worry about this matter, so he arched his hand towards Ji Rong, and said: "I understand that General Wang is out of good intentions, so I sent General Ji Bi to come to my Kunyang to help suppress the thief, but for the black tiger thief, in fact, I Kunyang has other plans......

He glanced at Liu Bi and saw that the latter had no objection, so he continued to say to Ji Rong: "The black tiger thief in our county, it is different from the rest of the thieves in the world, those people do not kill innocents indiscriminately, nor do they do things that hurt heaven and reason, considering that they will lose a lot of manpower by forcibly exterminating them, so our county intends to recruit them......"

"Recruit a thief?"

Ji Rong seemed to feel a little funny, laughed like no one else, turned his head and asked Liu Bidao: "Liu County Order, does your county really want to recruit a group of bandits?" ”

Liu Bi stroked his beard and said in an official tone: "My Kunyang County has encircled and suppressed the black tiger thieves many times, and the losses have been huge but there has not been much success, considering that this group of bandits is not hopeless, the county is indeed considering recruiting this group of bandits......"

"I see."

Ji Rong nodded, and said with a bit of conceit: "This may be a good idea, but now that Ji is here, your county doesn't have to think about this matter anymore, I will exterminate this bandit for your county......"

Li Xu was about to speak when he heard this, but saw Ji Rong raise his right hand and said meaningfully: "Although your county has your county's plans, Ji also has military orders...... Please don't make it difficult for the general. ”

After that, he looked at Liu Bi, Ma Gai, and Li Xu, clasped his fists and smiled: "Then ...... Let's talk about this, please ask Liu County Commander to give permission to authorize our sergeants to enter and leave the county seat. ”

After a little thought, Liu Bi wrote a permit and stamped it with the official seal of his Kunyang County Ya.

Ji Rong confirmed the permission, and seeing that there was no mistake, he turned his head to Ma Gai and said, "County Lieutenant Ma, you should know a lot about the Black Tiger Thief, right?" This time to suppress the thief, please help Ji. ”

Ma Gai pondered for a moment, nodded slightly, and then asked Ji Rong, "Does Ji Bi have any plans?" ”

Ji Rong thought for a while and said: "This time, Ji Mo was ordered to come, not only to encircle and suppress the black tiger thief, but the general also ordered me to thoroughly investigate whether there are any black tiger thieves' comrades hiding in Guixian County, so let's start with this matter......"

“…… Good. ”

Margay nodded.

"Please."

"Please."

At Ji Rong's request, Ma Gai followed the former and left.

At this time, Li Xu turned his head to Liu Bi and said: "Duke Liu, this general Ji Bi obviously doesn't know the situation of my Kunyang, and he doesn't know the situation of the black tiger thief, if you connive at his wanton behavior, I am afraid that it will arouse public resentment......

Liu Bi stroked his beard and said lightly: "Otherwise, what else?" This Ji partial general, he doesn't even have due respect for his own official, what else do you expect from him? Let's wait and see, if there is any trouble, you and I will report to the county according to the truth. ”

"But ......"

Li Xu wanted to speak and stopped, and finally sighed helplessly.

At this time, Ma Gai had followed Ji Rong back to the front court of the county office.

At this time, the headcatcher Ishihara took the initiative to step forward, clenched his fists and said, "Lieutenant Ma, you and this ...... Where is the general? Do you need to be followed by lowly people? ”

Ma Gai waved his hand and said, "No need......

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Ji Rong, who looked at Shi Yuan a few times and asked, "Are you the head catcher in the Yali?" ”

Seeing Ji Rong asking, Ishihara clenched his fists truthfully and said: "The lowly position is called Ishihara, and it is indeed the head catcher of the county government......

As he spoke, he glanced at the 'general' in armor in front of him, and asked cautiously, "I don't know who the general is?" ”

Hearing that general, Ji Rong was in a good mood, but he immediately waved his hand and corrected: "I am a partial general under General Wang, but I can't afford to be called a general......

Partial general?

Ishihara's eyes widened in surprise, after all, the position of general is indeed not small.

I saw him respectfully clasp his fists and salute, and asked curiously, "I don't know what you call it?" Why did you come to my Kunyang? ”

Probably seeing Ishihara's respectful attitude, Ji Rong replied: "My surname is Ji Mingrong, and this time I was ordered by General Wang to come to your Kunyang County to encircle and suppress the black tiger thief......"

"Black Tiger Thief?" Ishihara interrupted Ji Rong's words in surprise.

After thinking about it, he immediately straightened his attitude, hugged his fists and said, "General Ji, since you are here to suppress the thief, can you make a modest effort?" ”

"You?" Ji Rong looked Ishihara up and down, to be honest, he didn't look down on these county officials in the county office.