In the early morning, Cheng Qi woke up from his sleep again, and in the early winter weather, he was sweating profusely.

In his sleep, Huyang City was once again breached, and countless thieves wrapped in yellow scarves surrounded him and slashed and killed, he desperately ran and tried his best to hide, but he always couldn't dodge.

It's been more than a month, and he has been having this nightmare since the thief Marshal Zhou Cang led thousands of thieves to besiege Huyang. Zhou Cangdu retreated into Tongbai Mountain, and his nightmare continued.

Although Zhou Cang is gone, there are still countless thieves in Huyang County, and from time to time there is news that the village has been breached and the caravan has been slaughtered, which makes Cheng Qi, who is the commander of Huyang County, feel haggard.

Although he is a county commander, he only has two or three hundred county soldiers under his command, and there are no five hundred people in total with all the errands, so he is really helpless in the face of the current situation. In fact, Cheng Qi's decree could not even be issued in the county seat, and he had long lost control of the villages in the county.

Cheng Qi thought about it countless times, thinking about leaving the crisis-ridden Huyang as soon as possible and transferring to other places to become an official, but he was at a loss.

He was born in a poor family, and by chance he was appreciated by Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, so he got the position of Huyang Ling.

At first, Cheng Qi was overjoyed, but later he learned that the reason why this position fell on his head was because Liu Biao couldn't find a suitable candidate at all. Huyang is sandwiched between Xiangyang and Nanyang, belonging to the buffer zone of Liu Biao and Cao Cao, the territory is full of bandits all the year round, and there are often small groups of Cao soldiers to loot in the territory, it is too dangerous to be an official here, and no one in Xiangyang's family wants to come at all.

At the beginning, Cheng Qi still thought about doing a good job, clearing out the bandits, protecting the territory and the people, and governing Huyang well.

But soon, he gave up, because it was beyond his ability.

Huyang's position is too embarrassing, for fear of arousing the vigilance of Nanyang Cao's army, Xiangyang does not dare to send troops here at all, Cheng Qi only has two or three hundred old and weak county soldiers in his hands, and the total number of county officials and servants is less than five hundred, so he is not able to clear out the bandits. Even some big villages, Wubao, don't take the county's orders seriously, and Cheng Qi has nothing to do with them.

A month ago, the thief commander Zhou Cang led the crowd to attack the territory of Huyang, wantonly burned and looted, and the soldiers once pointed directly at Huyang City, which frightened Cheng Qi into fear, for fear that the thieves would break into the city.

Fortunately, at the critical juncture, everyone in the county soldiers fought bravely, and the people in the city also went to the city to support, so they held Huyang and forced the thieves to retreat. Since then, Cheng Qi has often had nightmares.

In a bad mood, I ate less rice, and after only eating three bowls of meat porridge, Cheng Qi put down her chopsticks, and the maid gave her a tea cup. At this moment, the main Bo Fei Cheng hurriedly came in.

"The county is overjoyed, the Gegang thieves have been destroyed!" Fei Cheng's voice was excited.

"Ahh Are you sure? Cheng Qi put down the teacup and asked in surprise.

The Gegang thief Du Liu Du Qi has been very arrogant recently, breaking through several villages one after another, robbing and killing several caravans, including even the caravans affiliated with the Xiangyang family. Xiangyang was very angry, and specially sent a messenger to reprimand Cheng Qi, asking him to exterminate Gegang's thieves as soon as possible.

However, Cheng Qi only has such a small number of troops in his hands, where can he defeat Gegang, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack?

So Cheng Qi begged hard and asked Xiangyang to send an army to help suppress the bandits, but was refused.

The envoy and Cheng Qi are acquaintances, looking at the past friendship, the explanation is very clear, now Cao Sikong is leading the army to confront Yuan Shao in Hebei, in order to prevent Xiangyang, sent the general Cao Ren to guard Nanyang. On the Xiangyang side, Cai Mao and Beijia Kuaiyue, the two important military advisers, did not agree to send troops, so Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao hesitated, at this time, he was afraid of misunderstanding the Nanyang Cao army, and it was impossible to send troops to Huyang to suppress the bandits.

Therefore, everything can only be done by Cheng Qi himself.

But where does Cheng Qi have a way, if he has a way, why did he come to Huyang to be the county magistrate?

When he was at a loss, he didn't expect Ge Gang to be exterminated, how could Cheng Qi not be surprised?

"Tell me, what's going on?" Cheng Qi urged impatiently.

Fei Chengdao: "I heard that it was done by a township soldier, it seems to be a township soldier of Sanshui Village." ”

"Sanshui Village?" Cheng Qi was stunned for a moment, "Is it the Sanshui Village near Dengyi?" ”

Fei Cheng nodded: "It should be, there is a Sanshui Village in Huyang." ”

Cheng Qi couldn't believe it: "How is this possible? ”

As the magistrate of Huyang County, he has also stayed in Huyang for more than a year, and Cheng Qi also understands the villages under him. Knowing that the entire population of Sanshui Village is only four or five hundred, and there is not even a wall, how can he be the opponent of the extremely vicious Gegang thieves?

Fei Cheng sighed: "When I first heard it, I couldn't believe it. All the men in Sanshui Village combined, there are not as many thieves as Gegang, how can they capture Gegang and kill Du Liu and Du Qi. But this matter has been spread with noses and eyes, and many people have seen the fire in Gegang with their own eyes, and they have seen the villagers of Sanshui Village leave Gegang, so they can't help but believe it. ”

Cheng Qi said: "Could it be that there are any great characters in Sanshui Village?" ”

Fei Cheng shook his head: "I know Zhang Yu, the patriarch of Sanshui Village, and it is not like an honest person who can do such a big thing. ”

Cheng Qi said categorically: "No matter what, it's better to inquire first." You personally take someone to Sanshui Village, and then send someone to Gegang to see what is going on. ”

"Yes, Xianzun." Fei Cheng hurriedly agreed.

"Come on, burn a chicken." In a good mood, his stomach suddenly became hungry, and Cheng Qi commanded loudly.

In any case, the Gegang thieves were suppressed, and he could be regarded as being able to deal with Xiangyang, so he would not be removed from this official position.

Although it is very uneasy to be a county magistrate in Huyang, it is better to have an official than a white body, there are thousands of scholars in Xiangyang City, and many people jump up and down every day, don't they just want to get the state pastor's appreciation to get an official and a half position?

If you become a magistrate for another year, get more money, and bribe the people around the state pastor, maybe you can be transferred out of Huyang and become an official in a stable place, such as the counties around Gangneung, where the land is fertile and the household registration is solid, but it is much better than this Huyang. At that time, if you can get close to a powerful family like the Cai family of the Kuai family, even if you marry a young lady who is a concubine, your career will be smoother!

Thinking of this, Cheng Qi is full of longing for the future.

The cook of the county government was very good, and the roast chicken was quickly prepared and served. Just as Cheng Qi tore off a chicken leg and stuffed it in his mouth, the footsteps sounded again, and he saw the master Bo Feicheng running in in a hurry.

"Didn't I let you go to Sanshui Village?" Cheng Qi said unhappily. This guy came too fast, and the roast chicken didn't even have time to hide.

"County honor, a lot, a lot of heads!" Fei Cheng's voice trembled.

"What head?" Cheng Qi was taken aback, and the chicken leg in his hand fell to the ground all of a sudden. He didn't care about pity for the chicken legs, and hurriedly asked.