It turned out that it was Ding Xi who came to Zhao Kang at this time, and he asked Zeng Yu for his life to lobby Zhao Kang again, at least to keep him neutral. At this time, he found that Zhao Kang's attitude had softened, and he was relieved, but he didn't show it on his face, but said calmly: "It's very simple, if the Zhao family wants to continue to survive in Anping County, in the next battle, you just need to remain neutral." ”

Zhao Dang didn't expect Ding Xi's request to be so simple, he thought that he needed to lead the family's private soldiers and even the county soldiers in his hands to fight back and help Zeng Yu. "Of course this is no problem, I can stabilize the two thousand county soldiers in the county seat, as for the family here, without my order, they will not attack. It's just that the Wang family, the Sun family, and Cui Yu have raised thousands of private soldiers, but I'm afraid that it will..."Zhao Dang was a little worried, he was afraid that if Zeng Yu failed, he would not be good at both ends at that time.

"You don't have to worry about this, my lord has been prepared. And you may not know it, one of the two county commanders you appointed has already been bought by Cui Yu. Ding Xi gave Zhao Dang a reassuring look, and then said.

"Huh? Seriously, I really know people and faces, but I don't know my heart. Zhao Dare said angrily, but he was helpless, but he didn't know if he was angry with his cronies or Cui Yu.

"There's a lot you don't know. For example, when my father-in-law came back from Luoyang this time, he was intercepted and killed by bandits, and it is speculated that Cui Yu should have hired him. However, he miscalculated, and although the robbers had the advantage in numbers, they were still killed by my lord's own soldiers with fewer blows and more killings. ”

"No wonder Cui Yu seemed to be facing a great enemy when he was looking for us today, it turned out that he had already made a move." Zhao Dang recalled the scene when Cui Yu was talking to them just now, and said thoughtfully.

"Even if he has more means, now my lord is also the Anping County Commander appointed by the imperial court, so please remember the promise made just now, otherwise it will not be good for everyone." Ding Xi reminded.

"Don't worry, you can also say hello to Lord Zeng for me, and I hope that Lord Zeng will give me more help in the future." Zhao Dang also saw that Zeng Yu, the lord in Ding Xi's mouth, must not be an ordinary person, although it is said that the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, but the other party is obviously a fierce dragon crossing the river, maybe there is a bigger background.

"Of course, Anping County also needs an influential family like the Zhao family." Ding Xi also knew that Zhao Dang would have a certain amount of worry in his heart, afraid that Zeng Yu would settle accounts after the autumn, so he gave him a guarantee to reassure him.

Sure enough, hearing Ding Xi say this, Zhao Dang's attitude was even more enthusiastic, after all, in terms of influence, his Zhao family is definitely second to none in Anping County. Even if Zeng Yu has soldiers and horses to successfully control Anping County, he still has to rely on a family like them to really govern it well.

Next, the two naturally talked happily and chatted until the third watch. Zhao Dare saw that the time was too late and wanted to leave Ding Xi to rest at Zhao's house for one night, but Ding Xi knew that Zeng Yu would bring people into the city after dawn, and he needed to go back and tell Zeng Yu the results of this lobbying, so he refused to accept Zhao Kang's retention.

Zhao Dang guessed that Ding Xi needed to go back to report, and asked the housekeeper to personally take someone to take the path to send Ding Xi out of the city. When Ding Xi returned to Lingyunzhuang, Zeng Yu and the others had already gotten up and arranged for the people in the manor to prepare breakfast for all the soldiers. Zeng Yu received a message from his own soldiers that Ding Xi was back, and asked him to hurry into the house, and after hearing him say that Zhao Dang promised to remain neutral, he was naturally overjoyed and praised Ding Xi greatly.

The reason why Zeng Yu is so happy is that on the one hand, the Zhao family remains neutral, so that they will face at least one-third fewer opponents, although he has the sharp battalion and the archer battalion led by Wang Qing and Wu Ming, but if they really face more than 10,000 people, the soldiers will definitely lose even more. The last time he had experienced a confrontation with the robbers, he had sacrificed a few of his own soldiers who had been with him day and night, and he was more serious about the damage in battle, hoping that every battle would be won at the least cost.

On the other hand, it is to see that Ding Xi has learned and can help himself. He understands the power of the Zongheng family, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there is a saying for the Zongheng family called "angry and the princes are afraid, and the world rests when you live in peace", Ding Xi grew up, and he could play a role in the disputes in the late Han Dynasty and Wang Qing's battlefield.

The light of dawn lifts the light veil of night and spits out the glorious morning.

All the soldiers had finished their breakfast and were ready to go. At the gate of the manor's mansion, Zeng Yu followed Wang Qing and Wu Ming, and Zhu Wen led fifty personal soldiers to follow in the rear, and after accepting Liu Neng's farewell, he strode to the school grounds, where two thousand five hundred soldiers from the Rui Shi Battalion and the Shooter Battalion were gathered.

Zeng Yu walked into the ring of the school field, at this time he was dressed in the official office of the county order, looked at the wolf-like soldiers below, and said: "Raise soldiers for a day, use soldiers for a while." Soldiers, today we are going to win our own future, can you do it? ”

"Always be ready!"

All the soldiers shouted, they already knew Zeng Yu's current identity, as long as they won today, they could become legitimate officers and soldiers, and get rid of the identity of bandits in the eyes of the world in the past.

Zeng Yu also knows that success or failure lies in this move, and if he wins, everything will be fine. If he loses and falls into the hands of Cui Yu, there are too many names in this era to let himself die young because of accidents or others, even if there is an official document appointed by the imperial court as the official of the Anping County Order, but the sky is high and the Yellow Emperor is far away, and the county order may also die because of an accident.

Taking a deep breath, Zeng Yu roared: "Let's go!" ”

Zeng Yu led the way to the outside of the manor under the escort of his own soldiers, and Wang Qing and Wu Ming returned to their respective teams, leading the Ruishi battalion and the archer battalion to the rear respectively.

Not far away, more than half an hour later, Zeng Yu came to the east gate of Anping County, and at this time there were already county soldiers guarding here. Zeng Yu and such a large group of people came over, which had already taken the centurion at the city gate by surprise, and the centurion in the team first sent a person to quickly report the situation at the city gate to his commander, and then came to the city gate in person, his eyes flashed and shouted to Zeng Yu: "Stop, who is coming." ”

Zeng Yu frowned suddenly, these county soldiers are too bold, his official uniform is enough to explain everything, they even dare to knowingly stop themselves.

As everyone knows, this hundred-person team is under the command of the commander who defected to Cui Yu, and they have already received a notice from their commander that they must try to stop Zeng Yu and prevent him from entering the city. If Zeng Yu can't even enter the county seat, then how can he take office.

Of course, these county soldiers are also a little weak about the county order, but the hundred-man team in the east gate are all local ranger bullies, and they also got the promise of Cui Yu himself, and after the matter is completed, he leaves with a heavy reward, which is enough to get away for several years.

"Bold, this is the newly appointed Anping County Order of the Imperial Court, you don't hurry up and get out of the way." Zhu Wen, who was behind Zeng Yu, stepped forward, took out the paperwork and said to him.

And Zeng Yu didn't stop, and walked towards the city gate.

Seeing this scene, the centurion took a step forward and shouted in a trembling voice: "Your Excellency, don't pretend, we have not received an order. ”

At this time, there were also many people who rushed into the city near the city gate, and when they heard Zhu Wen say that it was the newly arrived county order, they all began to discuss. Seeing that these county soldiers dared to stop the county commander, he was even more surprised, and the people with organic spirits had already guessed that this was Cui Yu who didn't want Zeng Yu to enter the city.

As soon as the centurion's voice fell, Zhu Wen behind Zeng Yu raised his hand and punched. Bang! The centurion rolled his eyes and fell backwards and fainted.

The people watching around were stunned, and they were still whispering, and they were suddenly silent! They didn't expect the guards around Zeng Yu to be so powerful, you must know that this centurion is notorious in the entire county, but they didn't expect to be knocked down by Zhu Wen with one punch, and they didn't even have a chance to fight back.

When the other county soldiers saw that Zhu Wen actually made a move, they subconsciously wanted to surround him.

"Whoever dares to come up will be punished for robbing and killing the court officials, and there will be no forgiveness for all of them!" Zeng Yu sighed.

The other county soldiers at the gate of the city stopped all of a sudden, not only because of Zeng Yu's words, but also because they saw Zeng Yu's personal soldiers behind him who had drawn their swords out of their sheaths and the soldiers who had already aimed at them in the shooter battalion.

"Chengyong, confiscate these people's weapons, then tie them up, and interrogate who instigated them later." Zeng Yu instructed Zhu Wen next to him, and he himself walked to the city gate, and the destination was the county government of Anping County.

He walked to the highest place at the gate of the city, turned around, swept the people, and said in a deep voice: "The county order has just arrived, these guards have evil intentions, ignore the edict, and want to block the county order, I haven't been afraid of anyone!" ”

Zeng Yu's voice was very loud, and the people around him heard it, and they couldn't help but be surprised, they had a sense of novelty about Zeng Yu's straightforwardness and sharpness, and this county order seemed to be different from others.

Seeing that Zhu Wen led his own soldiers to collect the weapons of those county soldiers, most of these county soldiers did not dare to resist, but some of them were extremely vicious people in Anping County, and when they saw that someone dared to come to collect their weapons, they actually tried to fight back and escape. As a result, he was directly put down by Zeng Yu's own soldiers, and made up for a knife, the resisting county soldier twitched on the ground a few times and then disappeared, so that the companions who saw it next to him were frightened, and they all handed over their weapons very cooperatively.

As for the surrounding people, most of them feel a lot of people's hearts, but they can't understand what kind of temperament this new county order is, and they don't have a background, but they look at Zeng Yu at this time, and they already have a slight trace of respect.

This is also the consequence of Cui Yu's usual recruitment of county orders without looking at character, the 100-person team guarding the east gate is usually a ruffian bully, they were not the whole team of guards before, they usually bully men and women in the entire county, and do all kinds of evil, many civilian families were separated by their forced wives, and even their families were broken. But they have the background of the government, and the people can't help them, so they can only swallow their anger, they were all taken down by Zeng Yu today, so that Zeng Yu suddenly won the initial recognition of the people of the county. If Cui Yu knew this, I don't know how he would feel.