The county seat of Guchuan is the first city to enter the boundary of Kangzhou from the direction of Chengzhou, so both the people and the officials are basically Han Chinese, and the guard generals should also be the soldiers of the Kangzhou Prefecture under Yang Yi.

Yang Yi and the others looked from afar, and they could see that there were soldiers guarding the not too high city wall in Guchuan County, but the city gate was closed, and they couldn't see any people nearby.

Yang Yi looked up at the sunset, which was still between the two mountains, and his brows furrowed.

According to the traditional regulations of Daguang, the daily closing time of the city gate in the county town should be after sunset and before the sky is dark, unless there are special circumstances, such as wartime, the city keeper can officially close the city gate in advance or without interruption.

Yang Yining said: "Tie Niu, you go up and call the door." After thinking about it, he said: "Be careful, don't get into the range of the bow and arrow, and if the situation is not right, you will immediately retreat." ”

Tie Niu naturally sensed that something was wrong, nodded solemnly, and rode his horse in the direction of the city gate.

The soldiers on the city wall of the county town had already discovered Yang Yi and his party, and when they saw Tie Niu passing, they all set up bows and arrows and stared at Tie Niu cautiously.

Iron Bull stopped a hundred and twenty paces away from the city gate, a distance from which he could be sure that even if a bow and arrow could shoot down, he was sure to dodge.

I saw Tie Niu say loudly: "The commander of the Kangzhou Army has sent General Jia Baoyu to arrive, and quickly ask your officials to come out to greet him!" ”

The voice of the iron bull was very thick, and the people on the city wall were enough to listen carefully to the words shouted by the internal force.

The soldiers on the city wall seemed to be a little surprised, and one of the military marquis replied, "Is there a certificate?" ”

Tie Niu had already prepared, took out a letter from his bosom and said, "There is an appointment document, as evidenced by the letter written by Lord Thorn Shitao!" ”

The marquis hurriedly instructed the sergeant on the city wall to put down a bamboo basket, and asked Tie Niu to put the paperwork in the basket and pull it up.

Tie Niu also returned to Yang Yi and waited for the news above.

After about a stick of incense, the gate of Furukawa County slowly opened, and a middle-aged man in the uniform of the county commander walked out surrounded by soldiers.

Seeing this, Yang Yi waved his hand and led everyone to greet him.

The two sides approached, and the person who looked like the county commander came out and said loudly: "Dare to ask which one is General Jia Baoyu?" ”

Yang Yi gently drove off the horse with a horsewhip, and said, "I am Jia Baoyu!" ”

The man hurriedly bowed and said, "Xiaguan Guchuan County Commander Zhou Fu has seen the general!" ”

Seeing this, Yang Yi turned over and jumped off the horse, clasped his fists and saluted back: "Lord Zhou is polite." ”

Zhou Fu looked up at the dozen or so people behind Yang Yi, and bowed: "It's getting late, please follow the general into the county seat with the subordinates." ”

Zhou Fu raised his hand and made a gesture of please, Yang Yi nodded in return and led the horse to the county seat.

And when Yang Yi and the others passed by the ranks of the soldiers in the county, the surrounding soldiers stood solemnly, looking at Yang Yi and the others quietly, Yang Yi obviously felt that the eyes of these soldiers were a little strange, and they could not be said to be malicious, a little like they were bored and a little scared, which made Yang Yi very uncomfortable.

Monkey Jian'er and the others, who were also behind Yang Yi, also noticed that something was wrong, and they all raised their vigilance, and inadvertently turned into a seemingly random fan-shaped formation, isolating Yang Yi from the surrounding soldiers.

Yang Yi felt that this kind of county and these soldiers, including the county Ling Zhou Fu were a little strange, and he couldn't say what was strange, Yang Yi only felt that they looked at themselves as if they knew themselves, and they were still very unwelcome.

Yang Yi felt very familiar with this kind of look, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally remembered that when he had just crossed over to Daguang, and the people around him regarded him as a plague god, it was such a look.

Following Zhou Fu to the county government of Guchuan County, Yang Yi instructed Hu Shou to take people to settle the horses and bags, and Monkey Jian'er, Tie Niu and Tao Yingying accompanied Yang Yi and Zhou Fu into the county office.

Yang Yi was presented by Zhou Fu and sat down, and instructed his subordinates to make tea and pour water. Yang Yi is not humble, his official position is several levels higher than Zhou Fu, even if he is polite and does not sit on the main seat, Zhou Fu does not dare to sit.

Everyone sat down, but Zhou Fu didn't say a word at this time, just sat down with his hands furrowed and seemed to be thinking about something.

After waiting for a while, the subordinate brought tea, and Zhou Fu said: "The general's carriage is tired, please moisten your throat with tea first." ”

Yang Yi nodded and smiled: "Lord Zhou is polite." He picked up the tea bowl casually and gently used the lid of the bowl to catch the tea inside, but he didn't move his mouth to drink.

The atmosphere fell into silence again, and just when Yang Yi was full of doubts in his heart, Zhou Fu suddenly said: "General A came this time, but he came to supervise the battle?" ”

The teacup in Yang Yi's hand shook imperceptibly, but he smiled without change on his face: "Lord Zhou... What do you think I'm going to do here? ”

Zhou Fu paused for a moment, and then sighed: "The war is unfavorable, the general should naturally be angry, but the subordinate still doesn't understand the significance of the general's doing?" ”

Zhou Fu is actually very inappropriate to speak like this, how can the lower official speak to the upper official in a questioning tone?

Yang Yi minded, put down the teacup, and asked calmly: "Lord Zhou, has there been any changes in the war recently?" ”

Zhou Fu replied with a solemn face: "Ten days ago, my lord ordered the Kangzhou army to destroy the Huobu village of the Di tribe in Lin'an County, and the leader of the Ji tribe, Shama Naigu, led the tribal army to engage the Kangzhou army in a large-scale battle. About four days ago, Shamanaigu's tribal army had occupied Liangcheng County in the south of Kangzhou Prefecture, and now it is reorganizing its clan army and preparing to attack Kangzhou Prefecture. ”

Yang Yi's face did not change much, but his heart was already cold to the extreme, such a big thing happened in the Connecticut Mansion, but there was no news in the Chengzhou Mansion at all, and even he, the commander of the Connecticut Army, did not know about it, this is simply a ridiculous joke.

Now Yang Yi finally knows why he didn't meet a person on the way to Connecticut Mansion, he is sure that the road out of Connecticut has long been blocked, and I am afraid that he can only go out. In an era when transportation and communication were extremely rudimentary, it couldn't have been easier for Tao He to block the news in the mountains.

The blockade must be somewhere along the way, Yang Yi and the others were not discovered, it was obvious that they were deliberately put in by Tao He, and at the same time, Yang Yi was basically sure that it was impossible for them to return to Chengzhou Mansion now.

Yang Yi looked up at Tao Yingying, who was standing aside, only to see that he didn't speak, and the indifferent expression on his face already showed that he had already known about it.

In the next conversation with Zhou Fu, Yang Yi finally understood why Tao He wanted him to be the commander of the Connecticut Army, Tao He had already set him up before he accepted Yang Yi's fate, and now Yang Yi stepped in steadily.