Chapter 10: The Unexpected
The story of the Red Lady Sanpoqi County saving Li Yan was seen by Liang Zheng in the history books.
Although this is the twelfth year of Chongzhen, it has obviously not happened now, but Qixian is not as small as the small Yongning City, but it is a large county directly under Kaifeng Prefecture, and Kaifeng is near Luoyang, and Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu, is in Luoyang......
Therefore, the official and military defenses in this area are strict, it is completely conceivable, and the red lady can break through Qi County to save people, but I am afraid that it is not a simple character.
Seeing that everyone was gradually dispersed, Wu Dalie and Zhao Zhengyang were about to return to the county office, and he hurriedly stepped forward: "Lord Zhao, please stay." ”
Wu Dalie turned his head, thinking that it was another squire to ask, his expression was quite impatient, and when he saw that it was Liang Zheng, he eased his face: "It turned out to be Zheng'er, why are you here?" ”
For this nephew, he originally hated iron and steel, and every time he saw it, he always had no good color, but since the last time he dedicated his strategy to Yang Sichang, his teacher really praised him, so he was also impressed.
"Uncle Shi." Liang Zheng saluted Wu Dalie, and then turned to Zhao Zhengyang and said, "I thought that the adults rode into the Jigong Mountain lightly, but I was afraid that it would be too hasty." ”
"Oh?" Zhao Zhengyang raised his eyebrows and asked rhetorically, "How can you see it?" ”
Liang Zheng stretched out a finger: "That Jigong Mountain is the old nest of the red lady, he has been operating here for a long time, the terrain is skillful, and we have no geographical advantage." ”
Saying this, he stretched out his second finger: "Although the red lady is a bandit, she is quite chivalrous, and she has fooled some villagers, especially the area of Jigong Mountain is her root, and most of the people's hearts are hostile to the officials and soldiers, and we have no one to do." ”
Zhao Zhengyang glanced at him, but did not speak.
Liang Zheng said again: "So there is no geographical advantage, and there is no one to be harmonious, the adults have just arrived, and the light soldiers are rushing, and they are only afraid of ......."
"Liang Gongzi is too alarmist, right?" As if he couldn't bear it anymore, Zhao Zhengyang finally couldn't help but interrupt, "Zhao is in Shaanxi, how many bandits and thieves have been captured, what kind of scene have you not seen, what kind of bandits have not been suppressed?" Are you still afraid of a little girl? ”
"This, Lord Zhao can't be underestimated, I thought it was ......" Liang Zheng opened his mouth and wanted to persuade again, but the other party waved his hand impatiently, and directly interrupted his unspoken persuasion again.
"Liang Gongzi......" Zhao Zhengyang glanced at him with a somewhat strange gaze, as if smiling, "Why do you repeatedly raise the morale of others to destroy your own prestige?" ”
"I'm here for ......"
"I heard that Liang Gongzi likes women, and a few days ago he teased a blind girl on the street, didn't he see that the red lady was born beautiful, so he ......"
Later, Zhao Zhengyang didn't say any more.
However, this overly damaging remark still made Liang Zheng angry.
He kindly reminded him to pay attention, but he was labeled a "bandit".
He was about to step forward to theorize a few words, but Wu Dalie grabbed his sleeve.
"Alright, alright." Wu Dalie was busy playing the round, "Liang Gongzi is young and ignorant, and it is also a good intention to read him, Lord Zhao still doesn't have to worry about him, tonight the lower officials will set up a banquet in the back office, and wash the dust for the adults." ”
"There's no need to rush!" Zhao Zhengyang's voice was like a bell, "Master Wu just has to stay in the county government with peace of mind, and when Zhao mentions the head of the red lady, come and drink this glass of water and wine!" ”
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However, Zhao Zhengyang finally failed to drink "this glass of water and wine".
Five days later, Liang Zheng was talking to Wu Dalie at the county office, when he suddenly stumbled into a government official at the door:
"My lord! The red lady knocks on the city, the forward is only 100 miles away from Yongning County, and it will arrive tomorrow! ”
Of course, the Red Lady didn't knock on the city, in fact, it was just Peng Zhanzhen who entered Kou Yongning under her banner, but they didn't know the details, and when they saw the Red Lady's banner from afar, they thought it was her.
Wu Dalie jumped up suddenly: "What about Lord Zhao?" ”
"Lord Zhao was tied to the car shirtless, and he was sent back~!"
"This, this ......" Wu Dalie's face was as pale as paper, like a nightmare, and even the ability to speak seemed to have been lost, and he said after a while: "This ...... But how is it good! ”
"So far, the only way to do this is to send officials, catch fast and Ding Zhuang in the city to guard the city." Liang Zheng smiled bitterly and shook his head.
He knew ......!
At the beginning, Zhao Zhengyang was persuaded not to be reckless, who knew that this person was stubborn and self-serving-probably when he was suppressing bandits in Shaanxi, he didn't encounter such a hard idea as Li Zicheng, and he praised it to the sky......
It's good now, he was captured alive, and he was sent back with a lot of flowers, not to mention the majesty, it was tantamount to a heavy blow to the morale of Yongning County!
Even the "Shaanxi Bandit Hero Comrade Zhao Zhengyang" has become a bear, who else in Yongning City can stop the Red Lady?
"Send a servant to guard the palace?" Wu Dalie hung his head in despair, "That's the only way, it's just that Yongning has never had any troubles, everyone is used to living a peaceful life, and I'm just afraid of ......"
I can't go on with what I said.
Liang Zheng couldn't help but be silent.
"And the small walls of Yongning County are thin," after coming over for a long time, Wu Dalie spoke again, "The red lady is all bandits, I'm afraid that they will collapse if they rush casually." ”
Liang Zheng opened his mouth and was about to speak, when another official came to report that the rich families in the city gathered at the gate of the yamen, and asked the county magistrate for help.
The news spread so fast...... It's really a swing in the vestibule, and a fire in the backyard.
Wu Dalie couldn't help but have one head and two big, but there was no other way at the moment, so he had to go out hard, and came back after a meal, but his originally pale face looked even more ugly, his whole body seemed to be drained of strength, and his eyes showed a sloppiness that was almost confused.
"Uncle Shi......?" Liang Zheng asked with some concern.
Wu Dalie waved his hand, signaling that he was fine, but his face was like mourning, and after a long while, he raised his head again: "Zheng'er, you go home now and pack up and go out of the city overnight." How far and how far to go......"
"This ......" Liang Zheng couldn't help but be stunned, "What about you?" ”
"I can't go." Wu Dalie shook his head, "I am an official of the imperial court, a county parent, if I leave, I don't have to lose the face of the imperial court, what will happen to the people of the county?" ”
Liang Zheng: "......"
Wu Dalie: "But you are different, you have been given a soul detention order, 'under the soul detention order, there is never a living mouth', after you leave the city, you also need someone to drag you with a ringing horse." Otherwise, the red lady is fast, I'm afraid that you won't be able to go far and you will have to catch up with her. ”
Liang Zheng couldn't help but be stunned.
Although this uncle is usually very strict and sneering towards himself, he is willing to sacrifice himself to protect himself when disaster comes.
This alone can't help but be moved.
So......
"I can't go." Liang Zheng shook his head gently, but firmly.
It was as if it was just a normal thing, and it was as if he didn't notice how amazing his decision was.
"Zheng'er!"
"I'm the one who was ordered to detain the soul by the Red Lady. Even if you hide to the ends of the earth, it won't work, will it? Liang Zheng said.
Wu Dalie was stunned for a long time, and finally sat down on the chair in a dejected manner: "If you listen to my words and make less sins, you will not be able to do this!" Your Liang family is left with your lone seedling, if you have three long and two short, what face will I take to see your father under the nine springs? ”
As he spoke, he seemed to be ten years older.
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"Da-da-da-da-"
When Liang Zheng returned home, his heavy steps made a huge echo on the empty stone street.
The three big words "what to do", no matter how much he didn't want to, now turned into a hammer and smashed heavily in front of him.
The red lady is about to enter the city, and she is her target to kill......
The officials can't count on it, although the generals left by their father are elite soldiers from Guanning Iron Cavalry, most of them were brought to Guangzhou by Su Qinghe, and they don't know when they will come back.
Now all that's left around me are a few small guys with him.
What's more, even if they are all there, the Liang Mansion's family will only be a hundred or so people together, and without divine weapons, can they stop the bandit horse team of the Red Lady?
So what to do?
He walked all the way, thinking of various ideas all the way, but one by one he was vetoed, and he tried to find a feasible solution with his knowledge and experience that was hundreds of years ahead of the ancients, but he failed without exception.
The reason is very simple, the time is too tight, and he is not a "plug-in male protagonist" who crossed over with a machine gun and cannon, so he can easily win more with less.
So what to do?
Liang Zheng thought as he walked into his compound with heavy steps......
Then he froze.