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When Liu Xiu and the others first entered Weicheng County, they were quite wealthy, with horses and carts, and all kinds of food and daily necessities were also readily available.

As a result, just after the flood, not only were there no horses and carriages left, but even most of the food and daily necessities were lost.

Landing on the north shore of the river, people packed their luggage with the boat, and there was nothing but some food and clothing.

Looking at the people who were a little at a loss, Liu Xiu smiled nonchalantly, and said in a brisk tone: "If you lose something, you can buy it back in the future, as long as the person is okay." ”

Deng Yu said helplessly: "The next trip, I'm afraid we will be much more difficult." ”

There are horses and carriages to walk, and even if you are tired, you can still hold on.

Now they can only walk on two legs, and there is no problem with these strong men, the key is the female dependents, but I am afraid that they may not be able to survive.

Before Liu Xiu could speak, Shi Luo stepped forward and said, "Mr. Deng doesn't have to worry about the concubine, the concubine can persevere." ”

Deng Yu smiled at Shi Luo and didn't say anything more, some things can't be done by determination. Now in this situation, there is no choice but to take one step at a time.

Liu Xiu turned around and called all the boatmen over, and then asked Zhu You to take the money bag and distribute it to them, saying: "A few old brothers, thank you for saving me, the Tanxiang Army will not let you go, you should go to the county town with us!" ”

Several boatmen looked at each other, but they didn't go to pick up the money bag handed over by Liu Xiu, but bowed down one after another, and said, "We are all willing to follow Lord Liu, and ask Lord Liu to take me in and wait!" ”

Liu Xiu's original intention was to send them to the county town and let the county government settle their future lives, but he didn't expect them to be willing to follow him. Seeing Liu Xiu's hesitation, several boatmen knelt down in unison and said in unison: "Don't look at our age, but we all have the strength." We are willing to do things under the hands of adults, whether it is for adults

To be a soldier or a domestic servant, we are all willing, and we just ask the adults to take it in! Liu Xiu pondered for a moment, stepped forward to help several boatmen up one by one, and said: "Since you are all willing to follow me, then, you will do things by my side in the future

As long as you have a bite to eat, you won't be hungry and wait! ”

"Thank you, sir!" Several boatmen knelt on the ground again and kowtowed to Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu provoked the Danxiang army in Deng Village and fled all the way, although he lost all his horses and carriages, as well as a lot of things, he also accepted six boatmen as dependents.

There are many waters in this area of Huangze, there are Dangshui, Jiangshui, Huanshui, Weihe, Qinghe, etc., so many waters, the local land is naturally fertile, but at present, a large area of fertile land is deserted, and no one can see cultivating the land. The boatmen couldn't help but sigh again and again, shook their heads and said: "In the past, there were many villages here, but now the people have run out, if it weren't for the fact that we had a boat and could barely make a living, I'm afraid we would have left here a long time ago."

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The Danxiang Army is already terrible enough, but in the whole of Hebei, not to mention the rebel army of the Danxiang Army?

Today this rebel army came to ransack, just left, and tomorrow another rebel army came to loot again, and ordinary people could not live at all.

People can't live and want to live, what can they do? You can only go to the rebel army.

As a result, the size of the rebel armies grew rapidly, and the larger the scale, the more resources were needed, the more frequent the plunder, the more difficult the lives of the common people, and the more people went to refuge in the rebels.

The Hebei region has now completely fallen into such a vicious circle.

Liu Xiu has come all the way and has a deep understanding of this.

After Huang Ze, the next journey was much more peaceful, although the place they passed was still full of devastation, and the fertile land was deserted, but they did not meet the people of the Danxiang Army again.

It can be felt that the rebel army is still quite afraid of the county town, and the closer you are to the county town, the more difficult it is to see the rebel army's people.

To make a long story short, Liu Xiu and his entourage slept in the open and walked for more than ten days, and on this day, they finally arrived at Yecheng, the county seat of Weicheng County.

Since entering Weicheng County, Liu Xiu and the others have seen a decent city for the first time.

Compared with other places, Yecheng is much more prosperous, it is estimated that the population in the city, even if it is less than 100,000, but it is almost the same, in front of the city gate, as well as on the city wall, there are a large number of soldiers guarding.

The county government has already received news that Liu Xiu was ordered to patrol Hebei.

The Taishou of Weicheng County is named Wang Yi, and speaking of which, Wang Yi and Liu Xiu still have some origins. Wang Yi's predecessor Taishou, named Li Yan, was a master of prophecy and a top student of metaphysics.

Later, a fortune teller Wang Guo found Li Yan and said that he had read through the proverbs, today, it is 'Liu's is prosperous, and Li's is supplemented', this Li should be talking about you, Master Li.

After Li Yan heard this, he thought it was true, and then he wrote a book with Wang Kuang, predicting the bad luck of officials in the Xinmang court.

Not to mention, these two people are quite able to write, and the two of them have written a book of more than 100,000 words, almost predicting the bad luck of the court officials at that time.

Later, the deeds of the two of them were denounced, and Li Yan, along with Wang Guo, was beheaded by the imperial court.

And the person who reported Li Yan and Wang at that time was the current Taishou Wang Yi, and it was through this denunciation that Wang Yi was appreciated by Wang Mang, and was suddenly promoted to the position of Taishou by the county official.

Wang Yi is actually a wall-to-wall grass, very good at speculation, and he has indeed tasted the sweetness from it. Now Wang Mang is dead, the Great New Dynasty has been destroyed, and he has been replaced by Liu Xuan, the first emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Wang Mang is dead, the Great New Dynasty is dead, where will Wang Yi continue to be loyal to Wang Mang? After the fall of Chang'an, Wang Yi was one of the first local officials to submit a shun table to the Imperial Court.

Now Liu Xiu was ordered to come to Hebei to appease, Wang Yi attached great importance to it, heard that the officers and soldiers guarding the city came to report that Liu Xiu had arrived in Yecheng, Wang Yi immediately summoned the officials of the county government, and then personally took a cadre of county officials out of the city to greet him.

At this time, Liu Xiu and the others were quite embarrassed, one by one, they were dirty, and if they didn't look carefully, they couldn't tell who was who. Fortunately, the stick with the yellow cloth in Liu Xiu's hand was quite eye-catching, and Wang Yi saw it at a glance.

Wang Yi hurriedly stepped forward, knelt on his knees, kowtowed forward, and said loudly: "Xiaguan Weicheng County is too protective of Wang Yi, meet Marquis Wuxin!" ”

The people around Liu Xiu never called him Marquis Wuxin, and this title was simply a humiliation for Liu Xiu.

However, Wang Yi didn't know about this, and according to the rules, of course he had to call him Liu Xiu's biggest title.

Liu Xiu didn't show displeasure, he stepped forward, pulled Wang Yi up from the ground, and said with a smile: "Wang Taishou please get up quickly!" Wang Yi stood up and said indignantly: "Wang Mang rebelled and usurped the Han family, but fortunately, the British lord was born, and with the help of heroes like Wu Xinhou, it is a blessing in the world to set things right, kill the traitors, and recover the Han Dynasty, Li."

Lucky for the people! Every time the officials think about the evil deeds of the reckless thieves, they are all heartbroken, mourning the misfortune of the world and the hardship of the people! ”

Listening to Wang Yi's 'heartfelt words', Deng Yu, who was standing behind Liu Xiu, was almost laughed at angrily, people who don't know Wang Yi probably heard his words, and they can think that this is a great loyal minister of the Han family.

But who doesn't know about the that Wang Yi did at the beginning?

Liu Xiu said with a smile quietly: "Wang Taishou is so loyal to the Han Dynasty, if Your Majesty knows, he will definitely be happy!" ”

Wang Yi immediately hit the snake with the stick, and said with a smile on his face: "Xiaguan is far away in Yecheng, it is really difficult to see the majesty of the Son of Heaven, and I hope that Marquis Wuxin will speak a lot of good words for Xiaguan in front of His Majesty." ”

Liu Xiu smiled indifferently and said, "Wang Taishou is too humble, can we talk in the city!" ”

"Yes, yes, the lower officials have been given a banquet by the county government, and the Marquis of Wu Xin is invited!" Wang Yi nodded and leaned sideways.

Yecheng, the county seat of Weicheng County, is also the largest city in Weicheng County. On both sides of the street, there are many shops, and the number of pedestrians on the street is also large, compared to the desolation of other places, Yecheng can be called a fairyland on earth.

Liu Xiu and his party did not go to the county government first, but went to the post station first, and they were too embarrassed and needed to wash up first.

In the post station, after Liu Xiu took a bath, he changed into official clothes, and then, he left Xu Xiling, Xi Cheying, Shi Luo and other female dependents in the post station, and went to the county government with Deng Yu, Cho Period, Zhu You and others.

In the banquet of the county government, the rank of the participating officials is not low, and the most subordinate is also the level of Hu Cao and Bing Cao. Everyone first greeted each other, drank a few glasses of wine, and Liu Xiufang cut to the chase.

He said: "Since entering Weicheng County, most of the villages passed through are deserted, and bandits such as the Tanxiang Army are rampant and endangering the locality. Hearing Liu Xiu's inquiry, Wang Yi smiled bitterly and said: "Xiaguan can swear to the sky, for the bandits in Weicheng County, Xiaguan really wants to deal with them, but the bandit army from all walks of life has a large number of troops, and the county government is really more than enough."

Insufficient! ”

Commander Sun Ke continued: "Marquis Wuxin doesn't know, just the Danxiang Army, which often haunts Weicheng County, has more than 100,000 troops, and with the current strength of the county government, it is really powerless to compete with it. ”

After a pause, he said with a straight face: "However, the Danxiang army has come to attack our Yecheng several times, but they have been defeated by our army, and they have returned. ”

Liu Xiu did not doubt Sun Ke's words, in fact, it was true that the closer he got to Yecheng, the fewer people he saw the rebels, and the local people gradually increased, and the fields everywhere were also cultivated.

Liu Xiu asked, "Captain Sun, I don't know how many county soldiers there are in Yecheng?" ”

Sun Ke replied: "Back to Wuxinhou, there are 8,000 soldiers in Yecheng, and if there is an enemy attacking, you can also temporarily recruit about 4,000 strong men!" ”

In other words, once it enters a state of combat readiness, Yecheng can dispatch an army of 12,000 people.

After all, the Danxiang army is not a regular army, even if there are more than 100,000 people, it is not easy to storm Yecheng, which is garrisoned by more than 10,000 county troops.

Moreover, Weicheng County is closely related to Zhaoguo County in the north, once the Weicheng County Government is besieged by a large number of rebels, Handan, the county capital of Zhaoguo County, can send troops to reinforce as soon as possible.

At that time, the Danxiang army was attacked by the enemy, not only could Yecheng not be defeated, but it also had the risk of annihilation. Seeing that Liu Xiu was angry with the increasingly rampant rebel army, Wang Yi immediately exerted his ability to speculate, and he sighed and said to Liu Xiu: "At present, the Hebei thief army is rising everywhere, with the power of one county, it is really difficult to pacify, only by gathering the strength of all counties, can we eradicate the banditry!" However, the Jizhou pastor died, and now the Jizhou dragons have no leader, and the counties are fighting for their own battles, if the Marquis of Wuxin can re-establish a state pastor in Jizhou, the bandits in Hebei will be pacified! ”