The wind was strong on the seaside, and the smoke from burning things on the inside of the city wall was blown away by the wind before it could rise, and the people outside the city naturally could not see it, but they waited under the city, but they never replied, and there was no one to see from the city.

No matter how they shouted and scolded below, there was no movement above, these people finally realized that something was wrong, but they still couldn't believe it in their hearts, and the two guards were even more wide-eyed, and they didn't even dare to say it clearly, and said in shock: They are all Qiu Dashuai's subordinates, so dare to hack us!

It was really guessed by them, the rapid and low sound of the horse's hooves sounded again, and the cavalry of the Jiaozhou battalion chased after them, listening to the rhythm of the horse's hooves, they knew that the Jiaozhou battalion did not run the horses quickly, but had been controlling the horses rhythmically, counting the time of these people in Dengzhou, the cavalry of Jiaozhou may have rested for a while.

The officers and soldiers on horseback under the city could only curse these defenders in Rushan County, and then continued to pull their horses and gallop wildly, and then dozens of miles forward, there was Haiyang Qianhusuo, and there were also some soldiers and horses in Dengzhou on guard.

However, the consequences of Fang Cai's galloping horses have already appeared, and the horses are almost out of strength, if Fang Cai does not stop under the city, and still fights the horses and gallops, the horses may be exhausted, but they can be kept without excess, and maybe they can really reach Haiyang.

But now the horses have stayed under Rushan City for too long, and if there is no timely replenishment of water and forage, they can't run at all, and a few horses were whipped hard, and they immediately twitched and fell to the ground, and died there directly.

And the Jiaozhou horse team, which had shortened the distance, began to slowly increase at this time, narrowing the distance little by little, and these so-called elites from Qixia and Laiyang were finally desperate.

It's just that Rushan City is on the side, as long as you enter it yourself, you can be safe, but the gate is closed but you can't enter at all, not to mention the despair. There was a little courage to shout:

"Let's fight. How can it be a death! ”

The two guards didn't have this momentum, and the ancient guards said with a crying voice:

"It's all the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, maybe it's a misunderstanding, let's beg for mercy, we won't be embarrassed after all."

They ran too fast to see how the wolf-like axe and spearmen of the Jiaozhou battalion dealt with the soldiers who knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. A group of people left their horses tremblingly, and knelt beside the roadside, shouting in a jagged voice:

"We have fallen, we have descended."

The horse team of the Jiaozhou battalion also saw those people kneeling on the side of the road, although it was slowly, and some people asked the horse team commander in front of him and said:

"Head, it seems that these waste bags in front of me have fallen, how to dispose of them."

The general who was running in front on horseback said coldly:

"I made it clear before I came. What else can be done. “

After this answer, the cavalry of the horse team put away their weapons one after another, and the officers and soldiers who knelt on the ground over there, watching the other party's horses slowly slow down, became more and more apprehensive in their hearts, although they knelt, they still kept looking. Seeing that the other party put away his weapon, he was relieved in his heart.

But it is not difficult to put away this weapon and take it out again.

When they arrived, the two guards had not said anything respectful, and the cavalry on the ground of the horse team drew their weapons again, first at such a close distance, they couldn't run if they wanted to, and the two or three pro-soldiers who reacted faster stood up wielding knives and axes, and then they were easily chopped melons and vegetables by the condescending cavalry.

The gates of Rushan County are always closed. The soldiers at the head of the city were chatting and resting there with their backs against the city wall, and they received a clear order not to worry about things outside the city, so even if someone heard the screams, they regarded it as a rumor passing by, and had nothing to do with themselves.

Master Zhao, who burned the fire under the city, is a big family in Rushan City, there are mountains and seas on this side of Rushan, not to mention fertile land, and there are not many fields that can be cultivated. However, seventy percent of these fields are in the hands of this old man Zhao, and I heard that there is a younger brother of this old man Zhao who has set up a village on the nearby mountain, and there are more than 200 outlaws under him, which is really a rich and powerful character.

Rushan County wants to be safe in the territory, and the taxes are collected more or less. Then I want this old man Zhao to take care of it. As for that Wang Qianzong, there are hundreds of people under him. If you really pull it out and fight, there are not as many strong men as that old man Zhao, and it is even weaker.

At this time, in Zhao Yuanwai's mansion, the general manager Wang Qian and the county commander stood there politely, while Zhao Yuanwai was sitting in the master's position, and the county commander's master bowed down and said with a smile:

"Please rest assured, my family will write a submission to the prefect tomorrow, the surrounding Rushan County is very unstable, and there are even bandits who are swaggering during the day, so the imperial court soldiers should be exterminated."

Zhao Yuanwai snorted and said slowly:

"Mr. has a heart, some fresh specialties from the sea have been prepared by the next person, and they will be sent to the gentleman's house, and the county commander also has a copy, please bother to speak."

Hearing this, the master was suddenly overjoyed, shrimp and crabs are like rotten cabbage in Rushan near the sea, but the fresh specialties taken in Zhao Yuanwai's house are all silver and copper coins, which are the most affordable.

On the side, Mr. Wang Qian watched the master who had left happily leave, and couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva, his attitude was even more respectful, and he nodded and said:

"Master Zhao, I have arranged everything you have ordered today, are you still satisfied!"

Zhao Yuanwai's voice almost came out of his nose, and his attitude was even more arrogant, and he said coldly:

"Mr. Wang Qian, I saw your sincerity, and I will definitely convey it to you, and the silver will not be missing your land, and I also said over there, you are waiting for the past, at most you are a captain of the salt ding land, and the rules over there are also big, but it's not sheep herding, do you understand?"

After hearing Zhao Yuanwai's words, Mr. Wang Qian couldn't see his eyes with a smile on his face, and said in a loud voice:

"It's all saved, to be a thousand in this Rushan, the people below don't have any money, and I don't have it here, and I have to be scolded, saying that I drink the blood of the soldiers and go to the head of the salt ding, and one or two hundred taels of silver a year is always accumulated, which is not much stronger than working hard here."

"It's good to figure it out, wait for the news, what the county order will tell you to say, you just need to know the proportions."

After speaking, this Zhao Yuanwai waved his hand, and Wang Qianzong retreated with great gratitude, looking at the room where Zhao Yuanwai was left alone, and walked out of the back hall A capable man, this man was wearing the thick cloth clothes of ordinary civilians, and he looked very simple, but as soon as Zhao Yuanwai saw this person come out, he immediately stood up from the chair with agility that was not similar to his fat body, and said politely:

"Uncle Huang, what the villain just said is right, the tea and snacks are still satisfactory, and the maid is still happy."

In the face of the condescending people in the official mansion, the arrogant Zhao Yuanwai was incoherent at this time, and he stammered there wholeheartedly, and the "Uncle Huang" had an impatient look on his face, waved his hand, signaled him to shut up, and then said:

"In a few days, Jiaozhou will send someone over, there are still some ways to choose the site of your small salt farm, you have to take care of this salt field in the future, the general said, if you know the righteousness, you can be regarded as a meritorious person, and this salt field will account for two percent of the profits!"

After saying this, Zhao Yuanwai's face was ecstatic, his knees were soft and he almost knelt down, his small salt farm couldn't sell salt at all, and he had to worry about the salt in Jiaozhou Camp every day to kill his head and destroy the door, and now he is not close to expanding, and he has to share the profits, which is equivalent to entering the private salt sales system of Jiaozhou Camp, just waiting for money, although it is two percent of the profit, but this money, is it better than the current production of these lands!

"General Li's great kindness, Uncle Huang's great kindness..."

This Zhao Yuanwai was incoherently thanking, but was interrupted by the impatient Uncle Huang stretched out his hand, and continued to say coldly:

"Your brother, my family also has a placement, take your men to Jiaozhou Guting Town to check the soldiers and horses, if you are lucky, there will always be a new soldier, if you don't go, wait for the army to come, the first to destroy is him."

The leader of the cottage of hundreds of people went to Li Mengjun to be a leader, and there was no guarantee whether he could do it, it looked like a very harsh condition, but Zhao Yuanwai couldn't stand at this time, knelt directly on the ground, and said gratefully:

"There are two brothers in our family, the second one just wants a chance to serve the court, this is a great kindness, the Zhao family really doesn't know how to repay, tomorrow I will send someone to send a letter to my brother who is not a weapon, so that he can go to check the soldiers and horses as soon as possible and get on the right path."

The man surnamed Huang smiled silently, nodded and said:

"Zhao Yuanwai knows the general situation, is this good day still to come?"

On 12 February, the Laiyang County Commander sent someone to the Dengzhou prefect to send an urgent report, saying that the soldiers and horses guarding Laiyang had suddenly disappeared, and now that bandits were rampant in Shandong, and the thieves were taking advantage of the danger of entering.

On February 15, Rushan County sent a letter to the prefect of Dengzhou, saying that a large number of bandits were crossing the border outside the city, and the people were panicked, and asked for additional troops and horses to guard the town to reassure the people.

Qixia County Order February 13......

Dengzhou suddenly became a pot of porridge, Shandong General Qiu Lei arranged in Dengzhou Mansion to manage a general, looking at the fire everywhere in Dengzhou Mansion, already a little panicked, that Laiyang is the gateway to the place, compared to several other places are the most important, had to mobilize 5,000 soldiers and horses to rush to Laiyang, and at the same time urgently ordered to garrison Da Songwei, Haiyang Thousand Households, Jinghaiwei of the three places of 3,000 people and horses rushed to Rushan County.

At the same time, the soldiers and horses of the Jiaozhou battalion were also rushing to Dengzhou......