Chapter 22: Aftershocks (6)

Early in the morning, when everyone was still asleep, the barracks in Cangzhou City were already standing with rows of soldiers. As soon as the horn sounded, the army formation of 3,000 men and horses began to flow slowly, heading towards the outside of Cangzhou City.

After the army went out, the city gate was closed, and people from outside could not enter, and the villagers who entered the city one by one to catch the market were closed. If the people inside want to get out, you can, hang a basket from the city wall, and you take the "elevator" down.

In the city of Cangzhou, there is a street called Cangnan Street. It is not far from the city gate, if you go further inside, you will be able to detour for a mile to be the Thorn Mansion. At this time, Cangnan Street was piled up with a lot of forage. This is the horse grass collected from all over Xu Qing, and in order to facilitate transportation, it is piled up on both sides of the street, almost all of the streets.

Wang Shan, with five teams of state soldiers, that is, seven hundred and fifty people, as the front army, cattle grazing and the newly promoted battalion Zheng Chujiang, also brought five teams each as the left and right army, Xu Qing himself brought three hundred personal soldiers, and one hundred cavalry was counted as the middle army. The number of Chinese troops is small, but there are cavalry to suppress the formation, and the combat effectiveness is the most powerful.

If you use a metaphor, it is more than 2,000 people in Xu Qing, rushing to Haixing County like a storm. Whether it is a family or ordinary people, almost all of them believe that Xu Qing led troops to save Haixing County, and he has done a good job. There is only one person who does not believe, and that person is Huang Shimei.

In Haixing County, Wang Yi's body was originally placed in a coffin for mourning. But on the contrary, next to the coffin where Wang Yi was lying, he was singing and dancing, pushing the cup and changing the lamp.

"Lu Xiancheng, oh, no, no, no, it's time to call Lu County Ling, Lu County Ling, please drink this cup ......" A rich old man said with a smile. The Lu County Order in his mouth is naturally Lu Jing. After Wang Yi's death, he, the county magistrate, acted as the county magistrate.

Lu Jing was very much embarrassed by the title of "Lu County Order" in his heart, and suppressed his secret joy. Shaking his head, he replied: "No, no, no, please ...... first."

"Let's ...... together" The fat old man took a sip and was very happy. That annoying Wang Yi is finally dead, and this acting county commander is a very sensible person, and the clans of Duhaixing County breathe a sigh of relief. What's even happier is that the equally annoying Xu Thorn Shi is also about to die in Huangquan.

After a cup of drinking, singing and dancing, someone asked Lu Jing: "What is the future plan of Lu County Order?" ”

"What else can I plan to spend my old age in Haixing'an......" Lu Jing stroked his beard, saying so on his lips, but said in his heart: Such a small county town has to get rid of me? When I have enough money, I will turn around and go to Chang'an, no, Luoyang, just donate an official position.

When everyone present heard this, they all said, "It's the best."

"Come, make a big white ...... for Lu County"

"Drink!"

After half of the wine, a small servant brought a letter, Lu Jing took it and read it, and unfolded it to the people present, it was written that Xu Qing led troops to Haixing to support, Lu Jingkou said: "Xu boy is one step closer to death!" ”

"Hahaha, I've been waiting for a hundred years of clothes, how can his kind of cold door be able to shake the slightest?" The fat old man scoffed.

When everyone heard this, they all agreed: "Yes, the mantis arm is a car, and it is not enough to ...... yourself."

No one knew that Wang Yi in the coffin would not be blinded......

Wang Yi's death was not committed by bandits at all.

Here's the thing, because Wang Yi offended his boss just right, he went to Haixing County to be a county magistrate. When Wang Yi arrived, he immediately realized that the biggest danger to Haixing and even Hebei was the family, so he began to reform some of the bad rules tacitly agreed by the family.

Haixing County was poor, and the clan was not strong, so his reforms did not meet with particularly obvious resistance. Since Wang Yi is only a county magistrate and has little energy, his boss is still a family, so Haixing and these families are just disobedient to Wang Yiyang. Until the Cangzhou Thorn History appeared, Xu Qing came......

Some of Xu Qing's decrees and measures greatly encouraged Wang Yi and stepped up the process of reform, and the Haixing County family was very depressed, but they couldn't parry, and found the same depressed Haixing County Cheng, Lu Jing.

Since Lu Jing was demoted, he has been repeatedly unhappy. He used to be a speech official, and he was the best at finding seams on eggs, but he didn't know anything about mundane affairs, and he was even more unhappy with a righteous and strict boss like Wang Yi.

After coming and going, Wang Yi got into contact with the local forces in Haixing. When Xu Qing made trouble in Cangzhou City, and the entire Cangzhou family was unhappy with Xu Qing, he planned a plan of "transferring the tiger from the mountain and drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle" in a timely manner.

first organized private soldiers to besiege Haixing, and then assassinated Wang Yi, so as to lure Xu Qing to lead his troops to come, and defeated Xu Qing with ambushes, and another team of men and horses controlled Cangzhou City.

In this way, Lu Jing became the county magistrate and began to make money, and the clans also got rid of their henchmen, the best of both worlds.

Wang Yi died tragically, and Xu Qing was on the way to a tragic death, as if everything was planned...... But Lu Jing was still uneasy in his heart, just like before the girl came to the eldest aunt, there was a strange feeling, there was always something wrong.

Not at ease, Lu Jing quit the banquet and personally went to the mountain pass where the ambush soldiers were buried to check it.

The ambush soldiers are all private soldiers raised by the family, and they are a few points stronger than the bandits that Xu Qing exterminated before, both in terms of combat effectiveness and equipment. But they also have a fatal flaw, which is that they are internally divided and do not trust each other. The reason for the lack of mutual trust is that there are already grievances between the families, and second, because there is no leader who can suppress the contradictions. If there is no high level of mutual trust between comrades-in-arms, what can we talk about working hand in hand?

These private soldiers look strong, that's because there is a tiger in Xu Qing here, if Xu Qing's tiger leaves, then the conflict between them will be further intensified. In the past, they stayed at the top of the mountain and scolded each other in the air, but now that they have met, can they just scold?

In response to this, Xu Qing planned to come up with a serial plan.

The scouts of the Shi clan ambush soldiers summarized the movements of Xu Qing's troops one by one and sent them to Lu Jing, who anxiously analyzed the information. Walking around in the ambush array with a sword, he has the heroic spirit of a literati with martial arts. There is a piece of information in Lu Jing's hands:

"The officers and soldiers camped for the first thirty miles"

Lu Jing frowned, looking at the sky in disbelief, it wasn't too late, why did he set up camp? I was puzzled in my heart, and I only thought that Xu Qing was cautious and didn't dare to move forward rashly. Ordered his subordinates to strengthen their vigilance and continue to investigate.

What Lu Jing didn't know was that two meals had been cooked in Xu Qing's military camp, one was eaten, and the other was buried in the pot and heated......

On the other hand, the private soldiers of the clan have also quietly entered the territory of Cangxian County, and it is only eight hours away from Cangzhou City. This pair of private soldiers is obviously more united, looking at the one who led the soldiers, it turned out to be the eldest son of the Xia family, Xia Hao......

The Xia family is one of the three major families, and its eldest son leads the way, and the deterrent power is self-evident, so it is reasonable that this group of private soldiers is more honest. Originally, Xia Hao, as the sister-in-law of the Xia family, was not allowed to participate here, in case of failure, there would be one last veil, wouldn't he? But he couldn't stand Xia Hao's crying, making trouble and hanging himself, he stayed at home honestly for a month, and his wings were already itching, so the Xia family also sent him.

Xia Hao took a look at the team he led, admired himself for a while, and said in his heart that I Xia Hao deserves to be the first in Hebei, and the literature is not bad.

"Uncle Zhang, I think it's quite easy to lead the troops......" Xia Hao said happily.

This Uncle Zhang is a veteran, and the Xia family sent him to assist Xia Hao. He listened to Xia Hao's words, and was disdainful, but he still nodded on his face: "The young master is talented, and Wen Chengwu will not be a problem in the future......"

Xia Hao laughed when he heard it: "Hahaha, Uncle Zhang is a sincere person, unlike others, who say that I am the best in the world, and I will enter the picture...... Where am I so good? ”

Uncle Zhang sweated profusely in his heart, and returned: "The number one in the world is a bit untrue, after all, I haven't compared with them, right?" Hebei No. 1 is for sure......"

"Well, that's right, next time I'm going to visit the world and compete with the people of the world!" Xia Hao's bold words, when he heard it to others, he thought he was a person with great ability. Uncle Zhang had nothing to say when he heard this, and he didn't dare to offend, so he only said: "Young master, the forest is dense in front, I'll go check it out." ”

Xia Hao looked ahead, where was there any dense forest, it was just a dirt slope, and he was puzzled, only to see that Uncle Zhang rode in the dust and left only a back. No matter how stupid Xia Hao was, he understood what Uncle Zhang meant, and a disgusted expression appeared directly on his face. But in an instant, it was an evil. A lewd expression replaced him, and he was heard muttering:

"This Xu Qing, it's really lucky...... Tut-tut, especially this kid is not shallow, his wife, his maidservant, that little sister, hey, it tastes beautiful when you think about it, I don't know how many times he has enjoyed it. By the way, there is also the strong man surnamed Niu next to him! Tut-tut......"

Xia Hao turned out to be a man and woman who eats everyone! But he said again,

"It doesn't matter, I'm going to try one by one today, no, try the three together...... It's been a month, and today I'm going to regain my strength! ”

After speaking, Xia Hao took out a small bottle from his sleeve, and the evil smile on his face became even worse.

Xia Hao's way, with a total of 2,000 people, went straight to Cangzhou City. Five hours, in the middle of the night, Xia Hao was only seven miles away from Cangzhou City, and Uncle Zhang called him to stop:

"Young master, we've been marching for so long, let's take a break......"

Xia Hao didn't see the slightest tiredness, and returned: "Rest? Cangzhou City is close at hand, what are you doing resting, let me continue to walk......"

Uncle Zhang knew that Xia Hao was stunned, and explained: "It's night, and I'm close to Cangzhou City, I'm afraid ......of an ambush."

Xia Hao's stubbornness remained unchanged: "There are no more than three hundred people left behind in Cangzhou City, what can you use to ambush us?" Rush to Cangzhou City and attack the city immediately! ”

Seeing that it was useless to say the reason, Uncle Zhang played the emotional card again: "Young master, it's not good, the brothers are tired, have you prepared......"

Who knew that as soon as these words came out, Xia Hao spit out a mouthful of saliva:

"Bah, what brothers, you guys are my dogs, and you dare to call me brothers, attack the city immediately!"

Although it was a conversation between Uncle Zhang and Xia Hao, many people still heard it, and many people began to whisper, Uncle Zhang forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice:

"Young Master!"

Seeing that Uncle Zhang still wanted to speak, Xia Hao took out the ultimate nirvana: "You still dare to disobey the order, can you forget the power of my Xia family?!" ”

"Okay, siege ......" Uncle Zhang was helpless, the Xia family didn't dare to offend, so he had to agree. He thought that this time it should be possible, after all, there were only a few hundred people in the city, even if the casualties were larger...... Alas, people don't treat me as a human being! After finishing the work this time, I must leave this place of right and wrong and go away, anyway, I have a lot of savings......

Xia Hao was planning to attack Cangzhou City overnight, but Lu Jing received a shocking piece of information in his hand:

"The officers and soldiers disappeared, leaving an empty camp!"

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