Since the subordinate officials were all withdrawn by Zhou Shixiang to replenish the war barracks, Liao Ruixiang, the new representative of the county, has really become the county of Guangzhu, if it weren't for the old man in the yamen who brought the fire from his hometown by the former magistrate, he would not even have a person to talk to every day.

Without his subordinates, he couldn't go to the city to help, and it was not his turn to take care of the affairs of the back camp, so Liao Zhixian became the only idler in Xinhui City, and the old man who burned the fire still had something to do, which was to cook for him, the county lord. His county is good, and there is nothing to do.

For life and death, Liao Ruixiang has actually seen through, when he was reported to write anti-poems and put them in prison to prepare for the autumn queen, half of his heart died, and he saw too much life and death in prison, and gradually saw through everything, and his neck shrank and was ready to wait for that knife. I never thought that the sky would not stop him, and the Taiping Army would exchange him from prison!

What happened next made the old man Liao, who was already dead, a little more energetic, especially after being appointed as the new county magistrate, the old man was really spring, and he devoted himself to the affairs of the county government like taking an aphrodisiac. After the Qing army attacked the city again and again, and the Taiping army repelled the Qing army again and again, but was still besieged in the lonely city of Xinhui, the mentality of the old man Liao changed slightly. This time, it is not regret or fear of life and death, but a kind of negativity -- a negativity without hope.

When Song Xianggong found Liao Ruixiang, he was playing chess with the old man who was hiding in the backyard.

Liao Ruixiang was born in Xiucai, and although his family is not rich, he is also wealthy. Readers, good qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, if you can't learn anything else, you must be able to play chess, so no matter whether it is Go or chess, Old Man Liao has drilled very deeply. Previously, in order to cooperate with the Taiping army to defend the city, the county government had to maintain order in the city, so the old man was very busy. I didn't have much effort to find someone to play chess. After he was free this time, he was thinking about finding someone to kill two games. In the old man's opinion, the only opponent in the city who is worthy of his opponent is Song Xianggong, but he is the general affairs of the Taiping Army, how can he have time to play chess with him, an idler? Helplessly, his eyes could only be on the old king who he thought was also an idler like him.

After briefly asking the old king if he could play chess, the old king nodded decisively and said that he could kill a few games of rooks and horses. This answer disappointed Liao Ruixiang but was still pleasantly surprised, because he thought that the old king didn't know a single word. I definitely can't play chess, who knows that people can play, although it's just chess played by ordinary people in the market, but it's also chess!

Gossip aside, Liao Ruixiang hurriedly pulled the old king head and found the backyard to put on the chessboard to kill, it is strange to say, I don't know if this old king is extremely talented or has heard about it in the county government for many years, and he can be inseparable from Liao Ruixiang, and he has also given a county lord to the army in several games. The old man Liao is anxious and happy. I couldn't take care of eating, so I fought with the old king on the chessboard all day long.

The sudden arrival of Song Xianggong made Liao Ruixiang come back to his senses from the chessboard, the old king has been in the county government for so many years, and naturally has a vision. Seeing that Song Xianggong's face was not good-looking, he hurriedly retired.

Liao Ruixiang was also a little apprehensive, he didn't know what Song Xianggong was looking for him, and how he looked at him. OK. Song Xianggong did not scold him for being discouraged, nor did he teach him a lesson with his identity, after all, he was about age. Liao Ruixiang is a round older than Song Xianggong, and Song Xianggong is not a harsh person by nature, so he naturally does not care about his leisurely life.

After roughly telling the Lord Qianhu about the military and civilian conference, Song Xianggong asked Liao Ruixiang to hurry up with him to prepare.

As soon as he heard that there was something to do, Liao Ruixiang also knew the importance of it, whether this city could be defended is still unknown, but if he can do something, he really can't hold it, and he doesn't regret that he didn't do anything that day.

There are so many open spaces in the city that most of the Xinhui City has been demolished, so it is easy to find a venue that can accommodate thousands of people.

The venue was determined to be more than a mile away from the east side of the county office, where there used to be a vegetable market where beheadings were chopped, which would have long since become a ruin, and it would be a good place to find some people to clean up a little.

After the venue was determined, Song Xianggong and Liao Ruixiang went their separate ways, the former went to find the elders of the rear camp, and the latter went to organize the remaining Xinhui residents. Considering that Liao Ruixiang is now the county leader of Guanggang, Song Xianggong thoughtfully divided the team of soldiers he brought with him 30 people, so it was more convenient to do things.

The rear camp implemented a semi-militarized system as early as the beginning of the camp, and the camp people were responsible for the camp elders and camp managers, whether it was daily life or marching transfers, there were corresponding manpower to organize and maintain order, so Song Xianggong of the rear camp was only a brief notice, and the camp elders and camp managers implemented it, and brought the camp people to the designated lot of the venue to assemble.

Liao Ruixiang took a lot of trouble on his side, firstly, the young and strong men among these Xinhui residents were all taken out to supplement the Taiping Army, and secondly, the management of them was not as meticulous as the rear camp, so it took more than half an hour to gather people in batches. Almost all of them are old and weak, women and children, crying and crying along the way, and the noisy and noisy are really a headache.

Because the top priority was to convene a military-civilian conference first, Song Xianggong put the matter of selecting an army envoy later.

By the time all the residents of Houying and Xinhui had gathered at the venue, the time was already about one hour of Shen (about 3:20 p.m. in the future). Thousands of people gathered together in a dense manner, which is rare in the past, just maintaining order is enough to make people anxious to scold their mothers. At present, because most of them are organized post-camp people, although there is still some chaos, they can generally remain quiet, and the battalion elders, camp managers, and a team of soldiers transferred by Song Xianggong from the Zhenyu camp are trying their best to maintain it.

After receiving the notice, each battalion was ordered to assemble at the meeting place, except for a team of soldiers on each side of the city wall who led a team of soldiers to monitor the movements of the Qing army outside the city.

Because I don't know what happened, and rumors about the breakout have been spreading in the past two days, everyone in the venue is secretly muttering, whispering about the purpose of the thousand households to gather everyone.

Song Xianggong only didn't know about these private discussions, but if anyone dared to shout or speak loudly, he would immediately suppress them.

Time passed little by little, the Xiongwei Battalion stood on the east side of the venue under the leadership of Shao Jiugong, the Zhenyu Camp stood on the south side of the venue under the leadership of Ge Yi, the trapping camp stood on the north side of the venue under the leadership of Tie Yi, and the Hujie Battalion stood on the west side of the venue under the leadership of Qin Zhisheng. The campers and residents stood in the gap between the camps, and in the middle was the high platform where the head was cut off at the entrance of the vegetable market.

Zhou Shixiang arrived at the meeting venue on time at three o'clock in the morning, and he arrived with the officers and soldiers of the Guards Battalion. Baihu Jiang and the sword attendant stood behind Zhou Shixiang, and on his left, stood Li Fuguo, who looked puzzled like most people. (To be continued.) )