Guangwu came urgently with 3,000 garrison brothers and 3,000 base masters.

At that time, Guangwu thought that although the army and this Ji County had close contacts, Mr. Zhao Zi and this Ji County respected the secret contacts, the purpose of which was of course self-evident, especially the Qianhu, although it is now just an empty shell, but this person is quite aware of the time, and he is also willing to accept the current situation, and he has secretly contacted Guangwu a few times, and he has become a brother at first sight. When the two were drinking and talking together, they showed envy from time to time.

But the mind is the mind, envy is envy, after all, it is all the mind in the box, everyone does not explain, at this time suddenly he came with a large army, and he had to spend a lot of time, but at this time, the matter was urgent, if the other party did not let him enter the city, then he would have to use force.

But he didn't want to, when he came from the ice of the Yellow River with a large army and a large number of baggage, before he arrived at the city under Jixian County, the guards in the city who usually just made a show and looked at the scenery cheered when they saw it. When the army came to the city, the originally closed city gate of Naji County had already been opened, and dozens of soldiers stood respectfully on both sides of the door to warmly welcome, a hard brother, a mouthful of thanks, at that time, that expression, that look, absolutely as a member of the army.

When the large group of people entered the county seat and walked on the street, the people of Hecheng had already heard the wind and moved, and then they cheered, looking at the faces that were originally panicked, all of them were replaced with joy and stability, and some of the people who had been carrying their burdens and begged to open the city in the city gate, and were ready to flee, now they immediately went home, put down their burdens, and began to respond to the call of the propagandists of the army, helping the soldiers to carry the materials that were continuously transported on the other side of the Yellow River. The entire Ji County came alive and boiled all at once.

Guangwu was considered to have fallen to the ground in his heart, and ordered the military administrative officer and propagandist to organize the order in the city, and he strode to the Ji County Hall with two heralds.

When Guangwu strode into the hall of the Jixian County Ya, what he saw was the Jixian County Zun, Zhang Zhongchao's relieved expression, the Qianhu who had already dealt with him, the demeanor of the amnesty, the joyful appearance of those businessmen and young officials, the demeanor of those gentry and pedantry, and the heroic and powerful led by Du Ruhu were hideous with hatred.

As soon as Zhang Zhongchao saw Guangwu, he strode down the hall at that time, and he arched his hands from afar, and said loudly with joy: "Oh, labor to break into the army-" suddenly stopped, it seemed that under the eyes of everyone, it was a little inappropriate to call it so, so he quickly changed his words: "Labor Friendship Army-" is even more inappropriate, the army is a thief, and he is an official, how can this be a friendly army? "Labor—that, this." Zhang Zhongchao, who originally intersected with Zhao Zi and talked endlessly about the past and the present, was a well-educated Confucian, but for a while, he was stammered, his face was red, and he didn't know what to say.

At this time, the rough Qianhu strode forward, threw his hand at Guangwu, and then punched Guangwu's shoulder socket, laughing and said: "I will say that my Guangwu brother is righteous, and when I see my brother in trouble, I will definitely come to help, look, my brother is righteous." ”

Zhang Zhongchao was stunned when he heard this, but he was about to come to his senses, and quickly nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, it is the brother of the general of Qianhu, for the sake of righteousness, this county is very grateful, very grateful." ”

Guangwu hurriedly gave a salute to the two real local masters, but his mouth kept making amends: "Two adults, brother, I took the liberty of coming uninvited, but this is a big crime, please punish the crime." ”

"Brother rescued the county when it was in danger, it's too late to be grateful, where can I be punished?" Zhang Zhongchao was humble, but the thousand households were anxious, and grabbed the conversation and said: "Brother, there are many rogues outside the city, I'm afraid there are not hundreds of thousands, now our county's troops are limited, and they are not the opponents of the rogue at all, now, it's good that the brother is here, I will now entrust the safety of this Ji County to my brother, and my hundreds of brothers here will listen to the dispatch of the Guangwu brothers." ”

As soon as this remark came out, many people in the county government were surprised, this is a concession of power, not only to give up power, but also to hand over Ji County to the thieves, this decision is even more in exchange for some people's anger, some people's exhalation, so everyone looked at the supreme magistrate Zhang Zhongchao.

Zhang Zhongchao was just anxious at this time, in his heart, as long as Jixian County was not burned down by the Liukou Slaughter City and kept the people safe here, it would be handed over to the Chuang army, and it was not impossible, so he nodded again and again: "The big war is imminent, I am incompetent, everything is getting rid of the Guangwu brothers, and I will do some logistics supply for the Guangwu brothers." ”

The highest civil and military in this county have made a decision, that is, they have decided the matter of the defense of the process of breaking into the army, although those old scholars have gloomy faces, but think that if they can hold the county seat and keep the family business, it is always better than the slaughter of the city.

That Du Ruhu saw that his abacus was broken by the thieves, although he was very angry and resentful in his heart, but he knew his own affairs, and his own people and horses could still deal with the rogues outside, but how to deal with the thieves in front of him? That's to think that your life is long.

He Du Ruhu is not a foolish person, he knows that this is not the time to have a seizure, if he has a seizure now, then Guangwu can slash and kill himself according to the rhetoric of cleaning up the danger in front of the station, and at that time, he will die unjustly.

So, he had to suppress his anger, change his face to a smile, and stepped forward to meet Guangwu, "Brother Guangwu made a righteous move, and the old brother was also grateful, the old brother was not talented, and he also cobbled together more than 2,000 tenants, and also helped the Guangwu brothers to do their best, defend the city, and fight it." ”

Guangwu knew what this guy was, but now was not the time to turn his face, so he agreed with haha, but in his heart, he was full of wariness of Du Ruhu.

At this time, the young businessman who was the first to propose the petition stepped forward excitedly and arched his hand: "General Guang, I am the president of the county Chamber of Commerce, and now the Liukou is besieging the city, and the general has to rescue him when the situation is critical. ”

This proposal was immediately responded to by those businessmen who were eager to break into the army, and they stepped forward one after another, these businessmen walked in this troubled era, and every household had bodyguards to protect the courtyard, equipped with knives and guns, so this fifty, that hundred, after a while, actually formed a team of seven hundred people, which made Guangwu happy, although he was not afraid of facing 300,000 rogues, but the ants bit the elephant to death, and he had only 3,000 people and horses, and he had to set aside a section to guard the warehouse fortress opposite, which was really stretched, even if he added those masters who were transferred with the army, That's just 6,000, with 6,000 against 300,000, even if the rogue launches the tactics of the sea of people, and comes to the car ** battle, he will be tired to death, now it's okay, with the addition of these people, let himself more or less relieve the pressure, although these people can't fight in battle, but there is no problem in relying on the city wall to defend, especially, these people are really thinking about the base government, and their loyalty is absolutely reliable.

The young businessman said again: "Actually, we can still get together more manpower, and those manpower, all of them are elite soldiers, and above the battle array, they dare not say that they are one enemy, but they will definitely not retreat when they kill thieves." ”

"Really? This president, quickly give me some advice. Guangwu's eyes lit up, what he needs most now is to see the battle formation, see the bloody people, now it is Han Xin to order troops, the more the merrier.

"Haha, General Guang, in fact, in our Ji County, the business is flourishing, and the merchants around the country are like carp crossing the river, they are all with their families, most of them are with bodyguards to protect the courtyard, those strong men, but they are all adult and bloody soldiers fighting with bandits from all over the world."

was mentioned by this president, Guangwu suddenly realized, slapped his thigh, and applauded, but after applauding, he couldn't help but worry, breaking the rules of the army, not to forcibly recruit the people, let alone oppress the merchants, according to King Lu Shichuang's words, this is a soft environment for attracting investment.

Seeing Guangwu's embarrassment, of course the chairman knew the rules of breaking into the army, and knew that even if a lone soldier died in battle, Guangwu would not open his mouth to plead, so he laughed and said: "This matter, but there is no need for General Guang to be embarrassed, this matter is wrapped up in us people, and I will hand over to you a strong army of more than 1,000 before night." ”

Guangwu Daxi, this is the best. So he bowed to him deeply: "Please." ”

"But I don't dare, it's my duty."

At this time, Zhang Zhongchao's county commander also stepped forward and said excitedly: "Since there are so many strong men to help, our county will work with them with knives, guns and equipment, and make every effort to supply grain and grass." Looking at Guangwu, he said again: "At the same time, I will sign the authority to defend the city." ”

As soon as this proposal came out, even those old scholars and old gentry cheered together, which was right.

A businessman stood up and said impassionedly: "Since the adults sign the Ding, then they need grain and grass rewards, and we will pay for these needs." ”

"Yes, yes, everybody." Now, there is no scene where they are silent when they mention money and food, the reason is that the donation at that time will not be used on the blade of two layers, and now there is an intrusive army, and the one he takes out will definitely be used 100% to defend the city.

Another businessman squeezed up and said to Guangwu: "General, I am in Mr. Erlang's warehouse, and I have a lot of goods in my passbook. ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

"Everyone is generous, and I have a wide range of martial arts." Guangwu excitedly made circles around him, but immediately rejected everyone's kindness, "However, our three disciplines and eight points of attention are dead rules, and they must not be violated. ”

At that time, everyone was silent for a while, yes, this military discipline cannot be committed, and everyone does not want to see them committed.

At this time, the merchant slapped his thigh and said, "The war is raging, I have to hide quickly, but those goods are not good, what should I do?" ”

Everyone looked at him inexplicably and talked nonsense.

"Then I can only make a big discount with tears, jump off the building and bleed, in this way, General Guangwu, I will sell you the goods that I can't take away." looked at Guangwu, who was stunned, and immediately said with a bitter face: "I beg you to buy it, or I will go bankrupt." ”

"This—" Hiromu cried and laughed.

"Still." When the merchant saw it, he immediately said seriously: "But I am in a hurry to avoid the war, I want cash, and I want it now." ”

"Yes, yes, we all have to take refuge, and if we store it in this county town and in that warehouse, we will all sell it to General Guang at a loss, hurry up, write a sentence, and take the silver."

The tough guy Guangwu couldn't help but burst into tears when he saw the hands that were stretched out in front of him to beg for debts.

Seeing such a scene, Zhang Zhongchao couldn't help but sigh, we won this battle.