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During the Xinmang period, there were 12 prefectures, 116 counties, 15 or 600 counties, and each county had a county seat and a number of villages.

In addition, due to geography, climate or other reasons, people sometimes migrate to a certain place to settle down, and will gather more and more, such a place is usually called a certain place.

For example, the Nan Ju, Xiao Chang'an Ju and Yiqiu Ju in Nanyang County all belong to this kind. This time, the place where Liu Xiu wants to set up an ambush is Yiqiu Gathering.

Yiqiuju is located on the northeast bank of the Tang River, in the upper reaches of Pingshi County, where the local people are more than 1,000 at most, and less than 500 at present, some of them make a living from fishing, and the other part makes a living from farming.

Because Yiqiu Ju is next to the Tang River, the water resources are very abundant, and the land is also fertile, when the drought in the world continues, it is less affected here, which is also the reason why Yiqiu Ju can gather thousands of people in the first place.

It's just that during Wang Mang's reign, especially in the later period of Wang Mang's reign, Wang Mang's mind was short-circuited, and he became more and more mediocre, and on the basis of various harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, new taxes such as salt tax and iron tax were added.

Those who do not pay taxes will be punished as serious crimes, and places outside the regular establishment such as so-and-so have become hard-hit areas for tax revenue.

Today the county government sent people to collect taxes, and tomorrow the county government sent people to collect taxes, and repeatedly levied harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and even when the crops were harvested, the people lived very poorly, and they would always go hungry.

Yiqiuju gradually became depressed under heavy taxation, and the population decreased rapidly, from the original thousands of people to the current 300 people.

Lu Zhi rested in Pingshi County for less than two days, and then took more than 500 surviving county troops to cross the Tang River from the Pingshi County Ferry, and marched along the banks of the Tang River all the way to the northwest.

In the evening of the same day, the procession marched to the vicinity of Yiqiuju.

Lu Zhi was walking forward, and a soldier ran towards him, and when he came to Lu Zhi's approach, he intervened and saluted, saying, "General, five miles ahead is Yiqiuju." ”

"Hmm." Lu Zhi looked at the scout who came back to report the news, and asked, "Is there anything abnormal about Yiqiu gathering?" ”

The scout bowed down and said, "General Hui, no abnormality has been found!" ”

"Got it, let's find out and report again!"

The scout intervened to receive the order, and ran forward again.

Lu Zhi was cautious, even if there were only about 500 remnants of the defeated army left, but when he was marching, he still had a clear eye, and before the army arrived, the scouts arrived first to investigate everything ahead.

The five-mile journey is just around the corner. Lu Zhi took a group of subordinates and entered the Yiqiu gathering.

Walking on the street, you can see that this place was once prosperous.

On both sides of the street, there are many shops, many of which are two-storey buildings, but now they are all dilapidated, and I don't know how long no one has been operating them, and some of the doors and windows of the shops are rotten.

Lu Zhi sighed secretly, and when he saw Yiqiu Ju, it was as if he had seen all parts of the country, which were originally prosperous and prosperous, but now, the wolf smoke was everywhere and he was depressed.

The imperial court is now like a broken ship full of holes, the water is constantly pouring in, and he can't finish it, and he is sinking with this broken boat.

It was not yet dark, and Lu Zhi suddenly stopped. The surrounding generals stepped forward one after another and asked puzzledly, "General, what's wrong?" ”

"Something is wrong here!" Lu Zhi looked around with deep eyes and said in a condensed voice.

When everyone heard this, they subconsciously raised their hands and held the saber under their ribs, while constantly scanning the surroundings. They didn't see anything wrong.

A general asked suspiciously, "General? ”

"It's just evening, why can't anyone see here?" Lu Zhi expressed the doubts in his heart.

After he said this, people suddenly realized, yes, it is not yet night, how can there be no pedestrians on the street? Even if Yiqiu Ju is down now, it won't be that all the people have run out, right?

A scout stepped forward quickly, intervened in the salute, and said, "General, there are jugglers performing in front, and the people of Yiqiu have all gone to see the jugglers." ”

"I see!" The generals looked at each other and smiled, and the hearts that mentioned their throats and eyes finally fell back into their stomachs.

Lu Zhi also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head forward, and said, "Let's go!" ”

More than 500 county troops led by Lu Zhi continued to advance. After walking for another quarter of an hour, sure enough, the front became lively, many people gathered around, and the crowd cheered one after another.

The soldiers of the county army couldn't help but stretch their necks to look around, and a soldier approached Lu Zhi and said with a smile: "General, why don't we stop here and rest?" ”

Lu Zhi pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said, "Continue on the road, we have to go back to Wancheng overnight, and we can't delay halfway." ”

Hearing this, everyone around was disappointed, but the general had already given the order, and everyone didn't want to say anything more.

Lu Zhi squinted his glasses, his face was vague, the reason why he was unwilling to stay in Yiqiuju and was in a hurry was only one thing, and the other reason was that he suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

He couldn't say what the problem was, anyway, he just felt panicked, and a cool breeze was blowing in his back.

This place is ominous! He said in a deep voice: "Pass the order, speed up, and leave Yiqiu as soon as possible!" ”

Everyone around also saw that Lu Zhi suddenly became nervous, and people looked around again, everything was calm and calm, and there was no abnormal situation.

Soon, the county army approached the crowd of people.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the people on the periphery turned their heads to look, and suddenly saw so many officers and soldiers, people were so frightened that they retreated to the side, and said in a loud voice: "Master Jun! "Master Jun!"

Soon, the people present all discovered this county army, and they all retreated to the side of the road one by one. As they retreated, the soldiers of the county army finally saw the juggling in the center of the crowd.

I saw a big man standing in the center of the field, bending down, his head downward, and on his back, there were three stone piers, each of which was not small, and it seemed that the weight was not light.

Two other youths were working together to carry the fourth stone pier, laboriously struggling on the man's back. Another stone pier was added, and the big man was only shocked, and there was no tendency to be crushed.

Although I can't see his face, I can tell from the green tendons that jump up so high on his neck that he is exerting strength at this time.

If a stone pier has hundreds of catties, these four stone piers must have more than 400 catties. One person can carry more than 400 catties of stone piers, which is also too scary.

Many of the officers and soldiers of the county army who passed by stuck out their tongues and their eyes were round. Lu Zhi also saw it, he frowned, and his pace slowed down involuntarily.

Even if he couldn't see the big man's face, he just felt like he had seen this person before.

Before he could remember where he had seen this big man, there was a sudden sound of laughter beside him, and a soldier said disapprehantly: "Fake! It's just a little trick to deceive people, I've seen a lot of it before! ”

In addition to this kind of trick, what kind of sword swallowing, spitting fire, and breaking a boulder in the chest are all deceptive illusions, and after knowing the trick, they are not worth mentioning at all.

The soldier's words immediately caused whispers among the surrounding people. In the crowd, someone said unconvinced: "The stone piers are all real, we mentioned it just now, and we can't mention it at all!" ”

"It's just, you haven't tried it, how do you know it's fake?"

Listening to the sarcastic words of the people present, the soldier stared, walked out of the queue, glanced at the people present, and asked in a deep voice, "Who is speaking?" ”

Seeing his fierce and vicious look, naturally no people dared to stand up and admit it, and people retreated one after another. The corners of the soldier's mouth hooked, walked to the field, looked at the big man who was carrying the four stone piers, sneered, he walked to a stone pier, looked around at the people, and said: "Today, the military master will let you open your eyes, this stone pier, I single."

Hands can lift it! ”

"Bragging rights, you!"

There was ridicule in the crowd of the people.

The soldier raised his eyebrows, didn't say a word, bent down, grabbed the handle of the stone pier, and lifted it up vigorously.

The stone pier did not move on the ground. Seeing this, the surrounding people all laughed, and even the soldiers of the county army who watched the excitement twitched the corners of their mouths, looking like they wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.

The old soldier's face turned red, he was able to move again, and suddenly lifted up, but the stone pier was still unmoved. The laughter around was louder.

At this time, the face of the military waiting could not be hung up, he held the stone pier with both hands, broke off, and used all his strength, but even so, the stone pier was only a little off the ground, and then, with a bang, fell back to the same place.

Yes? Junhou gasped, as far as the stone pier he was lifting was estimated to weigh no less than two hundred catties.

Look at the big man's back, the size of the stone pier is about the same as this stone pier, so he is carrying an 800-pound stone pier? How is this possible!

Jun Hou's eyes rolled, stepped on the stone pier, and said: "This stone pier is real, but the stone pier on his back is fake!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the two young men who were carrying the stone pier just now stopped working.

One of the young men said, "Master Jun, aren't you slandering people? The little ones go out, they rely on a handful of strength to eat, and the military master slanders us so much, isn't it a deliberate smashing of our jobs? ”

Another young man said: "Since the military master said that these stone piers are fake, then you can mention one and try it!" ”

As he spoke, he shook his head at his companion, who understood, and the two of them approached the big man and worked together to remove a stone pier from his back.

What everyone present didn't expect was that the two young men actually worked together to throw the stone pier towards the army.

Seeing that the two of them threw it casually, obviously it didn't use much strength, Jun Hou sneered in his heart, the corners of his mouth also raised, and he reached out to pick it up nonchalantly.

But the moment his hand touched the stone pier, he suddenly realized that it was not good, the weight of this stone pier did not have to be as light as he mentioned just now.

It's just that at this time, he wanted to dodge again, but it was too late, and he heard a muffled sound in his ear chakra, and the stone pier smashed firmly on the stomach of the military waiter, pressing him directly to the ground.

The soldier's face turned purple, his mouth opened, he didn't say a word, first spat out blood, and then sat on the ground and fell straight back.

Looking at him again at this time, his eyes are wide open, his mouth is wide open, his face is dead, where is there still a little breath? There was silence for a moment, and then someone let out a scream, "Oh no, it's dead!" Someone was crushed to death by a stone pier! ”