"Meet the Tun Chief...... No, it should be called Youbi now, villain Zhongming, I heard that there will be a Youbi leading department to garrison today, so I am waiting here. ”

After separating from the five hundred lords, waiting for them at the intersection was a Qin army commander named Zhong Ming, a native of Hanoi.

Zhong Ming was very earnest, and after the two sides exchanged wooden slips to prove their mutual identities, he took the initiative to come over to help Heifu lead the horse, and said with a smile in Guanzhong dialect with a Hanoi accent:

"The subordinates originally followed the Hanoi army to besiege Jiyang, but after Jiyang was taken, Yangwu also surrendered, and the general was busy with the handsome army to Taoqiu to participate in the siege, so he only sent a few men and horses to receive it. This household (yǒu) township is a large township in Yangwu County, with a population of more than 10,000, but we only have ten people to garrison, but the subordinates are worried, but fortunately, you arrived in time......"

Heifu already understood what the situation was with this appointment, the Qin army's strategy for Wei was mainly concentrated in a few big cities, and the main force in Guanzhong led by Wang Ben had to watch the tens of thousands of Wei troops who resisted stubbornly and more than 100,000 Wei people in the city under the city of Daliang, and even the 100,000 Qin people who dug ditches outside the city to kill and sentence prisoners, so as to ensure the smooth progress of the water attack strategy.

The three main field forces that destroyed Wei: Nanyang Soldiers, Dongjun Soldiers, and Hanoi Soldiers, each with more than 10,000 people, attacked Suiyang, Taoqiu, and Jiyang, the second, third, and fourth largest cities of Wei, respectively.

Now that Jiyang has been breached, but Taoqiu has not been taken for a long time, so the Dongjun soldiers went over to assist, so that in April, the troops of the three counties surrounded Suiyang and completely occupied the strategy of Wei.

As for other small counties, such as Waihuang and Yangwu, just let the miscellaneous army take over and garrison.

The 1,000 people led by Yang Xiong, in the eyes of the coach, are miscellaneous cards with weak combat effectiveness, so there is no need to participate in the battle, just garrison nearby......

Yang Xiong himself took hundreds of people to stay in Waihuang, and asked Zhang Qi (yǐ) to take 500 people to defend Yangwu, perhaps because of the performance of Heifu's tun in the Battle of Waihuang, which left a deep impression on the two officers, and this time he was entrusted with the important task of acting as an agent in the largest Humu Township.

It wasn't an easy task, and Hefu didn't know if he should be grateful or complain.

It is now the middle of March, and the roads are lined with green fields of millet and wheat seedlings, and it seems that because Yangwu County has fallen without a fight, the spring ploughing has not been affected, which is good news.

Heifu simply got off the horse, led by himself, and talked to Zhong Ming in a slightly rusty Guanzhong dialect, since he was assigned such a position, he had to know more about the local area.

The different counties and counties of the Qin State have great differences in accents, and each speaks its own language, which can easily cause chickens to speak with ducks, and Hanoi dialect and Nanjun dialect are even more different, so Heifu and Zhongming have to rely on the "Mandarin" Guanzhong dialect in the army to communicate. In the past few months, he has been exposed to it and learned a little, although he is not very proficient in using it.

He guessed that the reason why the Qin army, who had passed through here before, left the chief of Hanoi for the follow-up troops was also due to the issue of communication.

Hanoi County was established decades ago, when the Qin State seized the Hanoi region of the Wei State, and the accent also belongs to the Liang Wei dialect.

Not long after, a township with a wall about a foot high appeared in front of him, and Zhong Ming pointed to it and said, "Over there is the township of Humu Township." ”

Heifu looked at the terrain on the left, all of which were endless plains, with few hills, and the township was located at the intersection of an avenue, so he asked: "Why is this place called Humu?" ”

The so-called Humu, that is, doors and windows, is usually used to describe Fangcheng, Xingyang and other dangerous passes, this place is called Humu, but there is no natural danger, so Heifu is a little strange.

"I also asked the local elders about this."

Zhong Ming said: "This place has been here for some years, hundreds of years ago, this is a small town of the Song Kingdom, close to the Zheng State, Zheng Shi entered the Song Dynasty when he entered the Song Dynasty, which is also equivalent to the gateway of the Song Dynasty, so it was named Humu ......"

"I see." The territory of Zheng and Song in the Spring and Autumn Period has now become the Wei State, and soon, the Wei State will disappear, and all the counties, counties and towns within the four seas will become the Qin Dynasty......

Although Humu Township is close at hand, the camp where Heifu and their garrison are located outside Xiaoyi, in fact, it is a small liju surrounded by wooden stakes, with a door in the north and south, and a two-zhang high guard tower has been erected, and there are Qin soldiers in armor and crossbows standing on it.

Zhong Ming shouted loudly, asked people to open the camp gate, and smiled at Heifu: "It's a little simple, but it's not possible, the city is a little crowded, there is no place for dozens of people to station, in case something happens, you can't get out, it's safer outside." ”

Heifu nodded, in the past few days in Waihuang, he has not felt the resentment and hostility of the local Wei people towards the "invaders", Humu has just surrendered, who knows how many disgruntled people are in the city? It would be safer to set up a separate outpost outside the eup.

He was not ambiguous, and as soon as everyone entered the camp, he asked his subordinates to assemble in the open space in the camp.

Except for the ten Hanoi soldiers led by Zhong Ming, the rest were Heifu's old subordinates, so there was no need to shout any slogans, but to give orders in an orderly manner.

"In addition to the few people who died and recuperated in the Huang battle outside the Wai Tun, there are still 45 people left in Bentun, plus 10 Hanoi soldiers including Zhong Ming, a total of 55 people, and the establishment of the army is still the same, from now on, at 12 o'clock a day, the north and south gates of the camp, each need a group of people to take turns to guard. Zhong Ming, can there be someone stationed at the south gate of Humu Township? ”

Zhong Ming responded: "There is no ...... yet"

"Xiao Tao." Heifu immediately ordered: "You immediately bring ten people who are good at shooting over and take over the defense of the township." ”

Although he didn't dare to stay in the city, but the control of the city gate, Heifu had to hold it firmly in his hands, otherwise if something happened in the city and the entrance was blocked, then he would be at a loss.

"Ji Ying, you were originally a postman, and the communication with the outside world was handed over to you, Bentun was assigned five horses, you took four people who can ride horses to practice diligently, and find time to go to Yangwu, Jiyang, Waihuang, Huangchi, and Daliang respectively, and be familiar with the road."

Heifu was thoughtful, once there was a big turmoil in Humu Township that they couldn't control by dozens of people, they had to immediately ask for help from several nearby places, although Humu belonged to Yangwu County, but it was the easternmost township of Yangwu, and it was separated from Yangwu County in the westernmost part of the county by nearly a hundred miles, and the far water could not save the fire. On the contrary, there are two places in Jiyang and Waihuang, and if the fast horse gallops, it is only dozens of miles and half a day's journey.

Then Heff announced a number of bans.

"During the garrison period, except for those who were ordered to inspect the township and guard the gate of the township, the rest of the people were not allowed to go out of the camp without authorization, let alone wander alone!"

"No!"

Heifu looked at everyone and said sharply: "Don't bully men and women, and do nonsense!" If there is any of the above circumstances, the light one will be punished, and the heavy one will be beheaded according to the law of war! ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was awe-inspired, and now it is still a wartime state, and the Qin army's method of war punishment gives the superior the power to kill the subordinates: even the chief has to punish ten people, the tun has to punish the chief, the general of a thousand people has to punish the length of a hundred people, the general of ten thousand people has to punish the general of a thousand people, the left and right generals have to punish the general of ten thousand people, and the general has to be punished!

Under the sound of a voice, Zhong Ming showed a look of surprise, Heifu not only has a high prestige among the soldiers, but also does things vigorously, maybe this errand that has given him a headache for many days can be passed smoothly under the command of Heifu?

Heifu couldn't help it, because this tour was different from the one in Anlu County, where he only needed to patrol the countryside, stop illegal acts, catch thieves, and maintain law and order.

He was an officer in the occupied area who was appointed by the line of fire, stationed in the enemy towns that had just surrendered and the local clans and people had a suspicious attitude, and not only had to exercise military control over the local area and guard against a possible rebellion at any time, but also searched for grain in the local area and sent it to Daliang in the future, so as to achieve General Wang Ben's goal of "feeding the enemy with food" and "feeding the war with war......

In the eyes of the Wei people, they were invaders, foreign occupation forces, and tyrannical officials who were heavily taxed and sucked the marrow, so this was not an easy job. While carrying out his duties, Heifu also had to watch out for the soldiers to clash with the people of the city, which could lead to mass incidents that could turn into rebellions......

Heifu was sure that if the more than 50 of them were caught in a sea of more than 10,000 people in the township, there would be no reason to survive.

You can't run, the Qin army's military regulations say: If a certain military official abandons the city and loses land, abandons the city and the soldiers and flees, it is a serious dereliction of duty, and will be considered a "military thief", and he will be liquidated after the war, and he will be executed to show the public, and the whole family will be sat down and punished to do labor for the government......

So Hefu can only be cautious everywhere.

Just after he had arranged everything and let everyone go down to perform their duties, the chief of the camp, Liham, who was in charge of guarding the camp gate, came to report that someone had come to see Heifu in the township of Humu......

"It's a soap-clothed person, he holds an invitation, saying that it is the newly appointed villager Zhang Jun, who has set up a feast at home and invited You to a party!"

"Townsman?" Heifu heard from Zhong Ming that in addition to him, there were also two local townsmen in Humu Township, who were appointed as local townsmen and three township elders respectively, which were said to be in recognition of their merits for taking the lead in surrendering to the Qin army......

Heifu pondered there, and because he owed Heifu two lives, Gongao, who had become his diehard, was furious.

"What kind of townsman, what Zhang Jun, it's just a local Wei people, he didn't bring people to kneel outside the city to greet him, it is already extremely rude, and now he invites You to the banquet, he dares not to come in person, but to send a person to deal with it? Who does he think he is? “

Gong Ao arched his hand: "You, it's better for me to lead the troops to catch the Sifu and teach him a lesson!" Let him know that the sky has changed! ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhong Ming changed color, and hurriedly got up to stop him: "You, you must not, this Zhang family of Humu Township in Yangwu County is different from the ordinary Wei Country Tycoon!" ”