In the afternoon of that day, the news that the county magistrate, the county lieutenant and more than 100 counties had been ambushed in the upper reaches of Yishui came back, which made Yidao Xiaoyi nervous for a moment.

In the small county temple, the Qin officials above 100 stones were gathered together, and they were full of worries and discussions.

"Earlier, it was said that the two ministries fought for land and killed each other, and asked the county magistrate to mediate, but I never thought it would be a rebellion! You have to put down the rebellion quickly. The prison shook his head.

"Counterinsurgency? Now the county magistrate and the county lieutenant do not know whether they are alive or dead, only two county guards who went with them have fled back, and the road is empty, if the Ba people come to attack the city again, it is not known whether they can hold it, and what kind of counterinsurgency is ...... talk about."

As people in the government, they know the situation of Yidao, because the people of the household are only concentrated around the county seat, so the number of county soldiers is less than that of ordinary counties, and most of them have been lost.

At this time, the county man walked into the hall, and there was an official wearing a silk uniform, a plate crown, and a bronze seal and blue ribbon walking side by side with him......

The county Cheng said happily: "Second and third sons, the county guard knows about Yidao, and this left soldier Cao Shi is from Yiling!" ”

"The county found out so quickly."

When everyone heard this, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and asked Heifu one after another: "Dare to ask the officer, when will the reinforcements arrive?" ”

Heifu glanced at everyone: "The day after tomorrow." ”

"The day after tomorrow?"

An official saw that Heifu was young, and heard that the county soldiers had not yet arrived, and suddenly looked like a frosted eggplant: "The small walls of this Yidao city are low, and there are less than a hundred county guards left......

"You are?" Hefu could only see that the title of this negative element was doctor, but he did not know what the specific position was for.

The official said, "The subordinate is a Tian Qifu." ”

Heifu immediately lowered his face: "It's a two-hundred-stone master, in charge of Yicao's affairs, and now chaos will arise, but you don't want to protect the place, but want to hear the wind and escape, where is the prison?" ”

"The subordinates are here!" The officials who had just said that they would put down the rebellion as soon as possible hurriedly responded.

Heifu showed the gilt silver tiger talisman: "The county guard committee gave me the tiger talisman, and the soldiers of the Yi Dao can be adjusted, and all the military officials and county guards listen to my moderation." According to military law, those who honor the enemy and fear the crowd will be killed! Now is not wartime, but Tian Qifu has grown the enemy's prestige, destroyed my morale, and according to the old practice, dragged him down to thirty lashes! and record the crime, and let the county guard settle down after the chaos is settled. ”

His eyes swept over everyone: "From now on, there will be another offender in the city, behead!" ”

Heifu had fought hard in the army, and there was a murderous aura in his words, and everyone was awe-inspired, and no one dared to say negative things anymore.

After Tian Qifu was dragged down in a cry for mercy, Heifu looked at the county again: "The county guard gives me the right to act cheaply, the county is the county magistrate, and I am in charge of the county soldiers on behalf of the county lieutenant. ”

"At this very moment, there really can't be a person who has a reputation for being an enemy and a terrorist."

The county hurriedly responded: "The survival of Yidao depends on the left soldier Cao Shi!" ”

Qin's law is strict, and the local governor will be held accountable if he loses his guard, and the county doesn't want his whole family to accompany him to become a prisoner, and he doesn't know how to soldier, so he regards Heifu as the last straw.

Heifu said to all the county officials above 100 stones: "There are clouds in military law, since 100 people have gone up, there are battles and north, defend and surrender, and those who flee from the ground are military thieves." Not only will he die, but his family property will also be confiscated, and both men and women in the family will be reduced to subordinate concubines. The generals are like this, and the guards are the same, and most of the second and third sons came to Yidao from other places to serve as officials, but they don't want to hurt the whole family because of their timidity? ”

A sentence stabilized the hearts of the Qin officials, letting them know that they had no way out except to defend the city and fight, and then, Heifu summoned the officials of various official offices and asked them to go to the middle of the city, so that the Ding Zhuang of each family must come out and gather in the Yi arsenal!

At noon, Heifu asked people to chase after the county magistrate and the county lieutenant, only to see them being ambushed by the local Ba people "Yibu", after learning the news, he immediately showed the tiger talisman to the county Cheng, and went down to the barracks to check the county guards of Yidao, because half of them were taken away by the county lieutenant, so there were only a hundred left, most of them were lightly armed foot soldiers, and there were more than a dozen archers who could shoot arrows.

Although the number of people is small, fortunately, they are in a border county, and their training is passable, at least they have not suppressed the rebellion and suppressed the thieves.

Heifu asked the local generals to lead his soldiers to follow him and wait outside the county arsenal, and after a while, those small officials came from all directions, followed by young men who were still a little ignorant and did not know what was going on. Thanks to Qin Guojing's clear household registration system, most of the people who live in the city are Qin people, or the "Xia Zi" of Qin Yi mixed blood, there are more than 500 households in the city, and there are 8 or 900 young and strong men, plus county officials and officials, there are also thousands of people. The requirements for the quality of soldiers in defending the city are far less than those in field battles, and looking at this number, Heifu feels a little more down-to-earth in his heart.

Yidao County Cheng was still a little uneasy, and said in a low voice: "Zuo Bing Cao Shi, if you let everyone know about this, I don't know if there will be a lot of confusion in people's hearts?" ”

"Since the Yibu dares to ambush the county magistrate and the county lieutenant, it is only a matter of time before the city is attacked, and if only the county guards are relied on, they will not even be satisfied with a city wall, and the main force defending the city is still these young and strong people, and it is impossible to hide it from them."

The county's worries were not superfluous, and when Heifu succinctly informed them of today's events, the seven or eight hundred people were shocked.

"Don't worry, the second and third sons, we are just ordered to defend the city, and the reinforcements from the county guard will come soon!"

Heifu felt it in the last war, everyone would be afraid of being trapped in a lonely city, but if there is a rescue teacher outside, people's hearts will be much more stable.

After giving a glimmer of hope and reassuring the young man in Yizhong a little, Heifu threw out another bombshell news: "I heard that the county guards who went out of the city with the county magistrate and the county lieutenant this morning, except for two who fled back, the rest of the people were all slaughtered!" The governor of Yibu also threatened that if the Yidao City was destroyed, he would slaughter the city, kill all the men, and take the women away, and he would make the Yishui red! ”

This remark made the Qin people in the city stand on end, and they spit and scolded one after another, and the fathers and brothers of those county guards beat their chests and feet when they heard this, and they were angry.

Like the Ba people, the Qin people are also martial, and if these hundreds of people are instigated by Heifu, with the support of hatred and fear, they just hold the city for two days, it should not be too difficult.

After mobilizing the masses and distributing the long and short weapons in the arsenal to them, Heifu also found a pair of armor and hung up, picked up his weapons, and climbed the watchtower at the intersection of the west wall and the south wall of Yidao......

"I only hope that the combat effectiveness of these local Qin people who burst out under the fear of slaughtering the city can be compared to the rangers of Waihuang."

Heifu has never fought with the Ba people, but he also heard that this is a martial tribe, and he is very skilled in land and water attack, although he pretended to be calm in front of everyone in Yidao at this moment, but he was still a little apprehensive in his heart, after all, the art of war also said, I don't know the other and know myself, one wins and one loses.

"Why hasn't Ba Chung come back yet? Or will he ever come back? ”

After Heifu learned that the magistrate and the county lieutenant of Yidao were ambushed in Yishui, he and Ba Zhong acted separately, and he entered Yidao to prepare for the enemy's affairs, while Ba Zhong pretended to go to Wuluo Zhongli Mountain to worship his ancestors and go deep into the enemy territory to investigate the situation......

Although the Yidaoba people are reversed, this is only a special case, the Ba people in Ba County, at least their hearts are still towards the Qin State, who can win in the end, who can bring the greatest benefits to their family, this account, Ba Widow Qing should not be unclear.

As if in response to Heifu, at this time, a man on the road west of Yidao hurried back, but it was Ba Zhong and his cronies, the "Tiger Warrior" Danhu, although he was on foot, he was very fast, closely following his master's horse's buttocks.

When the people at the head of Yidao City saw Danhu dressed as a Ba person, they were immediately very nervous, and Heifu personally went over to let them stop their flags, put down their bows and arrows, and let the two of them in.

"How?"

As soon as Ba Zhong entered the city, Heifu went over and took hold of the reins of his horse, and asked hurriedly.

"Don't do anything!"

Although the noble status of Ba Chung's "son of Ba Shi" is there, coupled with their family's financial resources, no one among the Ba people dares to make things difficult for him, and he can leave calmly.

But his face was still a little pale, and after taking a sip of water, he said: "The gentleman of Yibu is called Fan Yu, and he is also one of the five clans in Ba in the past, he designed this ambush and coerced several small tribes to participate, and now the county magistrate and county lieutenant of Yidao are dead!" There is no way back for the princes, and I have found ......"

Ba Zhong looked at Heifu and said, "Among these Ba people, there is also a clan soldier of the Chu State Qu clan!" ”