On December 16 of the first year of Xiping (172), outside the county of Wu County, Taishou Zang Min and the officials in the city stood outside the city and waited. Suddenly, a group of men and horses came from far and near to the sound of Dada's hooves, and when they reached the crowd, Fang slowly slowed down.

Seeing this scene, Zang Min hurriedly led a group of officials to salute and sing: "Welcome angels!" ”

When the dust and smoke disappeared and the aftermath dissipated, Li Zhong, who was wearing dark dark court clothes, turned over and dismounted, looked around, and asked in a deep voice: "Where is Zang Min, the Taishou of Wu County?" ”

Zang Min took a step forward and replied in a deep voice: "Zang Min is here!" ”

Seeing Zang Min out of the ranks, Li Zhong nodded slightly at the body, and then a fully armored soldier came to him with a rectangular wooden box in small steps, Li Zhong took out the edict of the Son of Heaven from it, and his expression suddenly corrected: "Zang Min is ordered!" ”

"The edict of the Son of Heaven said: I have inherited the great position with my eyes in my eyes, and since I was ordained, I have been conscientious and conscientious, and I am afraid that I will lose the name of my ancestors and bear the hope of all the people. Today will be a thief, chaos in the place, this De Boye? I have heard that I am too brave and resolute, and I am free in military affairs, so I ordered Qing to act as the assassin of Yangzhou, supervise the military affairs of Wu County and Jiujiang, Lujiang, Yuzhang, Danyang, and Huiji six counties, and take the grand justice and suppression of thieves and the people as the task. ”

After listening to the edict, Zang Min hurriedly bowed, and then raised his head with both hands, and his voice was solemn: "Minister Zang Min receives the decree." ”

After receiving the order, Zang Min welcomed Li Zhong and his party into the city, and led them to the mansion that specially "invited" the big families in the city to vacate the house, and then apologized: "Wu Jun is contemptuous and inconsiderate, and I hope the angels will forgive me." ”

Li Zhong laughed twice, and arched his hand at Zang Min: "Taishou doesn't have to be so polite, he should focus on the king's affairs; As for us, let's rest here tonight, and we will return tomorrow. ”

Zang Min was shocked when he heard this: "Why are you in such a hurry? ”

Li Zhong said twice this time, but he didn't answer.

Zang Min knew that he had said something stupid at this time, this Wu County was not prosperous in the past, and now there are military disasters, it can really be called a ghost place, if you don't leave, are you going to stay for the New Year?

Subsequently, Zang Min sent the dots as usual, and when Li Zhong accepted it with a smile on his face, he turned around and went to the county government.

In the county government, the core officials of Wu County have been waiting for a long time, and Zang Min is not nonsense, and after the head sat down, he said straight to the point: "When the time comes, what should it be, please express your opinions." ”

Not long after the words were spoken, a handsome and martial man with a body length of eight feet, thick eyebrows and big eyes, stood up, hugged his fist at Zang Min, and said in a loud voice: "Zang Gong, I want to be a pioneer." ”

Seeing the young man stand up, Zang Min secretly praised in his heart, and even that urgent heart settled down a lot, this young man called Sun Jian, don't look at his eighteen years, but he is brave and brave, and his martial arts are extraordinary.

In the second year of Jianning, he was appointed by the imperial court as the county guard of Wujun in Yangzhou because of his outstanding political achievements in Xuzhou, coupled with the central shock in July of that year.

When he took office, Zang Min found that the situation in Wu County was far more complicated than he imagined, with difficult finances, lax armaments, serious annexation, and thieves...... If it were an ordinary official, in the face of such a predicament, he might retreat in the face of difficulties, or even join the same stream. But Zang Min didn't.

It is undeniable that since the peace of the Zhang, as the empire's power has deteriorated day by day, law and order have gradually tended to nothingness. Among them, there are people who have their own ideals shattered and are willing to fall; There are also people who have lost their restraint and run rampant; But there are also people like Zang Min who do not forget the old aspirations and have the world in mind, with the ambition of "to Jun Yao Shun" and "the rule of the three generations", they do everything they can with all their might, and struggle to "support the general of the building"!

Therefore, after arriving in Wu County, Zang Min did not slack off for a day, but fortunately, Wu County is a remote place in the south after all, and there is no big Haoqiang who can directly connect to the real power of the DPRK and China, so Zang Min suppressed Haoqiang, reclaimed the land, and clarified the criminal law...... It only took two years, and Wu County actually had some sense of prosperity, and for a while, the people in the countryside called him virtuous.

However, although the internal troubles have been settled, the bandits are difficult to settle. A group of thieves lurking in the earthquake on the west side of Wu County, with a scale of about hundreds of people, who specialize in robbing past business travelers, have made Zang Min unable to live in peace. This is not to say how powerful the water thief is, but it is really slippery and tight, and when he sees that the limelight is not right, he relies on his water skills and small boat lightness, and it only takes a moment or two to run away without a trace.

However, just in October of the fourth year of Jianning, when Zang Min was preparing to deploy troops to encircle and suppress the water thieves again, he received an urgent report from Qiantang County, saying that Hu Yu, the leader of the water bandits, was a young man.

Zang Min was very surprised, so he invited the young man to see him, and asked him about his name, origin and the process of the incident. After hearing this, he was even more amazed, so he promoted this Sun Jian from a county official in Fuchun County to the post of Sima of Wu County, specializing in the encirclement and suppression of water thieves.

Thinking of this, Zang Min smiled and said: "Wentai, sit down, this pioneer position will not be able to run away from you, a young tiger." ”

After that, several people discussed for a while, and Zang Min ordered someone to transfer Danyang Taishou Chen Kun to send troops, Danyang has always been in the name of strong soldiers, and Chen Kun has the hope of having "talents"; As for the other counties, Zang Min ordered them to recruit village warriors and consolidate the city, hoping that they would not cause trouble for themselves.

When the discussion was over, the officials and rafters of Wu County retired one after another, but Sun Jian was left behind by Zang Min, and when the people were gone, Sun Jian saluted Zang Min and asked with some doubts: "I don't know what happened to Zang Gong's Wentai?" ”

Zang Min said: "Wentai, you are a pioneer this time, I have one or two words to tell you."

First, although this Xu Sheng is a traitor, he is the king of his corrections, and his subordinates have a certain system of rules and regulations, which cannot be compared with the Zhenze water thieves you fought in the past, and you must not be brave.

Second, if the San'in has already gone down when you go, stick to it and wait for help, and don't be greedy and impulsive. ”

After hearing this, Sun Jian looked incredulous: "Gong Zang, you are too worried, it has only been a few days, how can Shanyin be broken so easily?" ”

Zang Min sighed: "I hope I'm too worried." Then he waved his hand to Sun Jian: "Wentai, you go down, go back and rest for two days, and the day after tomorrow you will send troops to Shanyin." ”

"No." Sun Jian was full of suspicion and ordered to retreat.

……

At the same time, under the city of Shanyin, Xu Sheng, the king of Yue, was commanding his army in the rear to attack the city wall one after another, and the soldiers defending the city were desperately resisting with all kinds of equipment.

At 19:30, the sun is hidden and the moon rises, the heavens and the earth are silent, the dark clouds are low, and a murderous atmosphere permeates the four fields, as if to pay tribute to the innocent souls who died in vain.

In the great camp, all the tents lost their color, but in the middle tent, by the light of eight large copper plates full of flames, it was like day.

At the top of the middle tent, Xu Sheng, the king of Yue, sat high, stroked his beard, and said to Xu He, who was sitting on the lower left of him, with a dissatisfied expression: "Prime Minister, it's been a few days, why haven't you captured this Shanyin yet?" ”

Hearing the dissatisfaction of the king, the general Xu Chang, the general Xu Yan, the general Jiao Da and other middle and senior generals of the Great Yue Dynasty hurriedly lowered their heads, as if there was something interesting there.

And Prime Minister Xu He was smiling bitterly in his heart, when he attacked Yan County for a long time, he persuaded the King of Yue to stay in Xu Ming for the time being, and led the army to attack Shanyin in the north, but the King of Yue stubbornly rubbed for a few days before he reluctantly marched into Shanyin: and then he thought that he had wasted a lot of time in Yan County, so he persuaded King Yue to march quickly, not to give Shanyin too much time to prepare, but King Yue put on the score of King Yue at this time, and shouted before and after, obviously it was only a few days away, and he walked for eight days.

When they arrived at this Shanyin, the enemy had already recruited good townsmen and soldiers, relying on this fortified city, and waiting for the battle, which could be captured in a moment and a half, and the soldiers were fast!

But this could not be said directly to King Yue, but he had to be comforted, after thinking about it, Xu He said: "Don't worry, the king. ”

Xu Sheng interrupted: "Don't be in a hurry, how can you not be in a hurry?" There are not many displaced people left to attack the city, and if this stalemate continues, it will have to lose the soldiers; If you want to say it, simply press him early tomorrow morning and catch him off guard. ”

As he spoke, Xu Sheng stood up from his seat, slapped his hands violently, and said, "Yes, that's how it should be." ”

Xu He was so shocked that he hurriedly stood up and shouted, "King, no!" ”

"Why not?" Xu Sheng looked at Xu He, his face was not good.

Xu He Zhengse said: "The enemy has a strong city as an obstacle, and his soldiers have been fighting for several days, and they know the military affairs, so it is difficult to plan quickly. ”

"Humph!" Xu Sheng flicked his long sleeves, turned around and sat down on the couch again, and said angrily: "This can't be, that's not okay, Prime Minister, you should tell me, how can you do it?" ”

"Return to the King." Xu Heji's chief bowed and said: "Today's plan is to quickly build cloud cars, nest cars, moats and other siege tools; the second is to show the enemy to be weak, and to make a feint to retreat, in order to indulge the enemy's heart; After that, when he was careless and neglected the enemy and relaxed his precautions, he would send troops to attack at night with the power of siege weapons, and he would definitely be able to break through Shanyin. ”

"Hmm-" Xu Sheng's brows tightened, his eyes fluttered slowly in his eyes, Xu He saw this, knowing that his king had moved his mind, and hurriedly said: "The minister is willing to set up a military order, if this plan fails, please behead me to show the three armies." ”

"Why do you say that!" Xu Sheng's voice suddenly raised a few tones, "The prime minister is a widow's humerus, so hasty with his own life, the people of the world still think that Lone is the king of the mean widow?" Okay, let's follow the prime minister's plan. ”

After speaking, Xu Sheng shook his head a little sleepily, and said: "Let's discuss here today, the hour is not early, and the widow is also a little tired, so let's go back to the camp to rest." ”

"Whoa." The high-ranking officials of Dayue responded one after another, and withdrew from the middle tent with the flickering firelight.