Jingzhao Mansion Daotai Yamen.

"Master, master......" The manager of the Rong family's furniture warehouse hurriedly ran in.

At this time, the officials in Jingzhao Mansion who were turned over by Guo Qi with sweat medicine last night had been woken up, and Rong Zheng was lying on the bed at this time, and his dizzy head was big; Since Rong Zheng woke up, this bad news has continued, first someone came to report that the dozen or so horses in the backyard were gone, and even the horse groom head Ma Jiu and his family ran away.

Immediately after Cangcheng Ling went back, he came to report that all the good food and weapons in Cangcheng had been moved, and he almost didn't turn his back on these Rong Zheng when he heard this, so Rong Zheng rushed to Fortunately, these things were all public, not private by the Rong family.

"What's going on again, what do you look like in a panic?" Rong Zheng was lying on the bed, with a towel on his forehead, and said a little weakly.

After the steward came in, he said to Rong Zheng: "Master, something happened to our warehouse, a group of people came last night and broke into our warehouse, and after entering, they did things and emptied our warehouse." ”

Rong Zheng was furious: "Why don't you stop them? ”

"The villains stopped, they didn't stop, they have thousands! And the villain was tied up by them, sir, you have to be the villain! The steward knelt on the ground and said.

Rong Zheng struggled to get out of bed and kicked the steward's body, angry and furious; "Waste, rice bucket, why do you still have the face to come back, why don't you die or die, poof!" A mouthful of blood gushed out.

"Lord, lord......"

Everyone carried Rong Zheng to the bed, although he vomited a mouthful of blood, but Rong Zheng was not in a coma, and his mouth was chattering: "Guo Qi, Guo Qi, I will not let you go, I will break your body into ten thousand pieces......"

"Sir, sir; Something happened at the racecourse; All the horses were snatched away, and even the horses were gone......"

Rong Zheng, who was lying on the bed, only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he passed out directly.

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Guo Qi's convoy entered Weishui west of the East Weiqiao Bridge, and the mighty fleet headed west along the Weishui road; After three days of sailing, the front team led by Guo Qi passed through the valley and officially stepped into the boundary of Yongzhou; Since passing through Yixian, there have been no people on both sides of the Weishui River, and occasionally a village has been dilapidated, and some villages can even see bones that have not yet been buried in the ground.

"Lord Wang, we have already crossed the valley water, and we have officially stepped into the boundary of Yongzhou." Tang Bi stood behind Guo Qi and said softly.

Guo Qi stood on the bow of the boat and looked at both sides of the river, only the withered and yellow grass everywhere; This is Guo Qi's fiefdom, although Guo Qi has never heard of Yongzhou desolation all over the way, but hearing and seeing with his own eyes are two different things, seeing such a scene, Guo Qi even wanted to turn around and return to Luodu directly, and the original fiery heart has been half cold.

Yongzhou is located as part of Qizhou, and in the early years of Yuan He, Xirong attacked Longzhou, and the Qi army was forced to retreat eastward; In order to better resist Xirong's eastward advance, the emperor ordered Qizhou to be divided into two with Qishan as the boundary, Yongzhou to the west of Qishan, and Qizhou to the east of Qishan; At the beginning of Yongzhou, there were two counties, six cities and one pass, with 130,000 households and 60,000 garrisons.

However, with the two large-scale eastward advances of Xirong in the fifth and tenth years of Yuan He, Yongzhou, which was originally quite prosperous, became the main battlefield, and the two wars caused Yongzhou to be hit hard, and the surviving Yongzhou people moved east one after another in order to escape the war.

The Qi army lost 50,000 losses twice, and was unable to continue to defend Yongzhou, in addition to the drought in Yongzhou in the past two years, Xirong cavalry harassment for a long time, in order to avoid the Xirong Bingfeng Qi army has retreated to Qizhou, relying on strong terrain to build a pass defense, Yongzhou is equivalent to being abandoned, and after the Qi army retreated eastward, Xirong did not seize Yongzhou in time, but retreated to Longzhou, Yongzhou actually became a buffer zone between Xirong and Daqi.

"How far are we from Yu County now?"

"My lord, it's fifty miles away, and you can arrive before dark."

"Order all ships to dock in Yu County." Guo Qi ordered: "Tang Bi, you take people to Yu County first, and tell them that this king will arrive before sunset." ”

"No! Commanded by humility. After receiving the order, Tang Bi docked in a small boat and led more than 100 cavalry to fly west.

After a day's sailing, Guo Qi finally arrived at Yu County before sunset, but the scene in front of him really frightened Guo Qi, although the ship has not yet docked, but Guo Qi has seen the broken city wall of Yu County, which may not be called a city wall, more accurately it should be a broken wall, the highest part of the remnant city wall is no more than a zhang, and even the city gate is gone.

Guo Qi's ship docked at the simple dock, which could be seen to have just been built; On the shore, only Tang Bi and others were waiting, and there was no one else.

After Guo Qi went ashore, he asked Tang Bi, "Why are you alone!" What about the others? What about the people and the county order in Yu County? ”

"Lord Wang, where are there still people in this city! Not to mention the county order, there is not even a single common people. ”

"What? Not a single one. Guo Qi exclaimed.

"The prince is not only that there is no one in the city, but there is not a single family within a radius of twenty miles."

"What about Yongcheng? Did you send someone to see it? Guo Qi asked eagerly.

"Lord Wang, the last general of Yongcheng hasn't had time to see it yet." Tang Bi replied.

"Unload the ship's contents into the city first, and camp in the city tonight."

"No! Commanded by humility. ”

When Tang Bi arranged to unload the ship, Guo Qi walked towards the city with several guards, and the scene in the city could no longer be described as dilapidated, but desolate; The houses in the city have all collapsed, and there are yellow weeds everywhere, not to mention people, not even rabbits can be seen.

After taking a turn in the city, Guo Qi returned to the south of the city, climbed the broken city wall and moved forward into the distance; Looking at the surroundings like a wilderness, Guo Qi suddenly had a feeling of being loveless, just standing there blankly; There was no annoyance or complaining, Guo Qi understood that these were useless, Guo Qi was thinking about what he should do next; Even if this is the case in Yu County, it is estimated that Yongcheng in the north will not be any better.

"Lord Wang, it's time to eat, you've been standing here for an hour." Tang Bi walked up to Guo Qi and said.

Guo Qi turned his head and smiled at Tang Bi, patted Tang Bi's shoulder and said, "Let's go, let's go down to eat." ”

Guo Qi still sits around everyone to eat as before, and the meal can be said to be simple, that is, rice with old pickles; In fact, Guo Qi, as the prince, originally ate very well, but since he left Jingzhao Mansion, Guo Qi has always insisted on sharing weal and woe with everyone.

After eating, Guo Qi called Tang Bi and the three brigade commanders in front of him; Guo Qi said to the four of them: "Everyone has seen the situation in Yu County, and the brigade behind us will arrive in two days, and it will not be possible to station here at all;

The king of Ming Japan wants to go north to Yongcheng to check, and it will be handed over to Tang Bi and the three of you, and the three of you will all be left to the king of these three thousand horses, and the king will only take a hundred horsemen to Yongcheng; After the king leaves, you will take these 3,000 men to build a simple wharf and clean up the grass in the city, and the king will return every other day at most. ”

"No! Obey the king's commands. Several people commanded.