Zhao Lei, the personal guard of Zhao Mincheng, the Taishou of Geshan County, sighed and said to Zhao Hanzhi, the commander of Quyang County: "Seventh master, just 4 days ago, a group of tens of thousands of rogues suddenly besieged Cangyuan City, and Ge Peng, the general under the command of the head of the family, led 600 cavalry and 3,000 foot soldiers to fight, and returned defeated, not only lost nearly 400 cavalry and almost 2000 foot soldiers, but even General Ge Peng was beheaded by one of the generals of the Liukou, and now the Liukou has attacked Cangyuan City for three consecutive days, and the soldiers in the city have suffered great losses. The head of the family had no choice but to send more than a dozen of our guards from the West Gate to fight their way out of the siege of the Liukou at night, and to the counties of Geshan County and the state capital of Anhui Prefecture to ask for help. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

At this time, one of the staff members beside Zhao Hanzhi of Quyang County asked in a deep voice: "Do you know the name of that rogue?" ”

"It has been ascertained that the bandit leader of the Liukou is Zhang Ding, the dragon of the sky!"

Hearing that the leader of the Liukou is Qingtian Dragon Zhang Ding, Quyang County Commander Zhao Hanzhi and several staff and generals around him, they can't help but gasp, you must know that Qingtian Dragon Zhang Ding is among the Liukou in Wanzhou, but he is a famous person, and there are more than 15,000 people under his command alone, and last year he also broke through a county seat in Wanzhou, and slaughtered the family of the county commander and all the powerful families in the county.

The governor of Anhui sent 5,000 imperial troops to clean up the dragon Zhang Ding, but he was ambushed by the dragon Zhang Ding, and the 5,000 imperial army did not survive, but let the dragon Zhang Ding capture a large number of weapons, armor, bows and arrows and war horses, and his strength did not decrease but increased.

Quyang County ordered Zhao Hanzhi to say to Zhao Lei, the personal guard of Zhao Mincheng, who guarded Zhao Mincheng: "Cangyuan City is the foundation of our Zhao family, and there must be no mistakes, this official will raise troops and horses as soon as possible and go to Cangyuan City!" Zhao Lei, go down and rest first! ”

"Yes, Seventh Master." Zhao Lei was immediately taken to rest.

Zhao Hanzhi sighed and said to the civil and military officials under his command: "Cangyuan City must be saved, as for the reason, I won't say, everyone knows in their hearts that if Cangyuan City is lost, maybe our Geshan Zhao family will be scattered." ”

At this time, the staff member just now said in a deep voice: "Lord, we only have more than 1,000 soldiers, even if we add the soldiers and horses of the twelve new captains of the Haoqiang family in the county, it is only more than 3,000 years, and Quyang County still needs to be guarded by soldiers and horses, so that our Quyang County can send up to 2,000 reinforcements, and in addition to our Quyang County, only Lingcheng County will definitely send reinforcements, as for other counties, the chance of sending reinforcements is not great." ”

After the Great Jin Dynasty promulgated the decree of the state pastor, taishou, and county orders to form local armies belonging to the prefectures, counties, and counties, the Zhao family, as the largest family in Geshan County, can fully control the place, in addition to the county capital Cangyuan City and Quyang City, there is also Lingcheng, the county seat of Lingcheng County, and the county order of Lingcheng County is the principal of the Zhao family's three rooms, ranking fifth in the generation of Zhao Mincheng and Zhao Hanzhi.

Another staff member said at this time: "Lord, the reinforcements that Lingcheng County can send may be about the same as us, two thousand people is already a big mark, with the reinforcements of our two counties, it is not so easy to relieve the siege of Cangyuan City, not to mention the rogues who besieged Cangyuan City, or Qingtian Dragon Zhang Ding!" ”

Quyang County made Zhao Hanzhi frown and said: "Of the 5 counties to which Geshan County belongs, the other 3 counties are controlled by the hands of the 3 families, although these 3 families are usually respectful to our Zhao family, but at this life-threatening moment, they will definitely not risk rescuing Cangyuan City, as for the state capital and other counties in Anhui Prefecture, I don't think it is possible to rescue Cangyuan City, after all, our Zhao family and that Sun Zhou Mu have always had a deep contradiction, now let's talk about it, is there any other way?" ”

"Lord, don't we have thousands of soldiers and horses outside Quyang City now? If we can let this army of soldiers and horses who went to the border of Qianzhou go to rescue Cangyuan City together with our soldiers and horses from Quyang County, then the certainty of relieving Cangyuan City will be much greater. One of the staff members suggested.

Quyang County Commander Zhao Hanzhi nodded, and said to one of his cronies: "Zhao Jie, you hurry out of the city to invite the general of this border team, just say that I will hold a banquet in Mingyue Tower tonight, and ask him to appreciate the light." ”

Mingyue Tower is the largest green building in Quyang County, and even in the whole Anhui Prefecture is very famous, it is one of the best places in the whole Anhui Prefecture, and the Red Fragrance Pavilion in Beining City, the capital of Anhui Prefecture.

At this time, a staff member under the command of Zhao Hanzhi said to Zhao Jie: "You can disclose the news of the siege of Cangyuan City to the generals of this border team, so as not to arouse unnecessary suspicion among him." ”

Zhao Hanzhi nodded, after all, he didn't let his family enter the city, but now he has nothing to do to invite people to the banquet, there is no reason, people may not go to the city to go to the banquet, who knows if you have any bad intentions!

After Zhao Jie left, Zhao Hanzhi ordered the other 2 cronies to immediately reorganize their troops and horses and prepare to rescue Cangyuan City, and at the same time let the 12 new captains of the 12 Haoqiang families in the county immediately dispatch troops and horses to set off to rescue Cangyuan City.

Next, Zhao Hanzhi turned his head to one of his staff and asked, "Mr. Sun, how much benefit do you say we have to pay to impress the general of the border team?" ”

The staff surnamed Sun hesitated for a moment and said: "Lord, at this time, I am reluctant to let the child trap the wolf, and my subordinates suggest that the lord directly prescribe the benefits of 50,000 taels of silver, if the general of the border team is not satisfied, we can add some more benefits, and now Cangyuan City is the most important thing for us." ”

"50,000 taels of silver?" Zhao Hanzhi's brows furrowed all of a sudden, you must know that 50,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, even if he Zhao Hanzhi can take it out, it is very distressing.

The staff surnamed Sun continued: "We don't need to give this silver immediately, presumably once we can relieve the siege of Cangyuan City, Dafang will definitely take out this silver happily, even if we give the border general a higher promise, as long as we can relieve the siege of Cangyuan City, Dafang will definitely admit it." ”

Zhao Hanzhi's brows relaxed, "It's not that the official is reluctant to give up the silver, but in order to expand the more than 1,000 local troops these days, the official has already produced a lot of silver, if the official really asks the official to take out 50,000 taels of silver, then our Quyang County's next army expansion plan will inevitably be affected." ”

During the more than 400 years of the Great Jin Dynasty, the recruitment system has been implemented, whether it is the border army, or the forbidden army, as well as the local army stationed in various places to maintain local security, the method of recruitment is generally adopted, as long as the soldier has a salary, but the forced capture of the husband into the army is also widespread in the Jin army, and now the Great Jin Dynasty court let the local state pastor, Taishou, and county order to form a local army, and it is more common to forcibly capture young and strong men into the army, but even if it is a strong young and strong man, after being incorporated into the army, he must also give silver.