"I, Wang Rou, am a virtuous minister of the Han Dynasty, and I will not succumb to Liu Mang's obscenity, no, I will not ......" Wang Rou made the last struggle, maintaining the last trace of dignity.

"That's right. The prince does have a good name, and the Wang family of Taiyuan is famous, but Jinyang and the whole Taiyuan may face the disaster of swords because of the stubbornness of the prince. Prince, you are about to bear the infamy of the ages, and the good name of your Taiyuan Wang clan will also end today, in the hands of the prince! ”

"Nope! No! Don't, don't......" Wang Rou said hoarsely.

He is a celebrity today, and death is not terrible for him, but he can't afford to be infamy.

He cried helplessly, and his feeble struggle gradually turned into a plea.

If the reputation of the Wang clan is destroyed in his hands, he will have no shame to go to the ancestors of the Wang clan.

It's time.

Li Yan leaned forward. "Prince, don't you want to listen to the conditions that Liu Taishou gave you? The conditions that can save the lives of your Wang clan, the conditions that can maintain the virtuous name of the Taiyuan Wang family, and even the tradition of your Wang family being able to observe filial piety and honesty for generations, and the tradition of ruling Taiyuan. ”

"Huh?" Wang Rou raised her head suddenly, her cloudy eyes seemed to see a glimmer of hope!

Can you keep Wang's name? Can we continue the tradition of filial piety? The tradition of ruling Taiyuan?!

Wang Rou was unwilling to give up Taiyuan to Liu Mang, and these are the things he did!

If you can keep your name and traditions, then ......

"Doesn't the prince want that?"

Wang Rou didn't want it, he didn't believe it......

……

"Quick! You must rush to Yangqu in time! ”

In order to motivate his subordinates, Li Xiucheng dismounted and ran on foot with his subordinates.

The task of Li Xiucheng's troops was to occupy Yuxian and other places, hold the Jingcheng Pass, and prevent Yuan Shao's army from Jizhou from entering the state.

Yu County is a key pass of Jingcheng. Nearby Yangqu, Wolf Meng, and Yuxian are horns of each other, as long as these three places are kept, even if Jizhou has thousands of troops and horses, it will not be able to enter the state smoothly.

Li Xiucheng's troops must occupy the above three places and deploy them before the news of Jinyang arrives before noon on 19 August.

Yangqu, which controls the banks of the Tuo River.

At noon, some farmers are busy in the fields, picking up the grain that has been scattered in the fields after harvesting.

The rushing procession did not attract much attention from the peasants. In their eyes, as long as it is not the Huns who attack, no team is more important than the grains in the ridges.

The team quickly controlled the two gates of Yangqu County, and the brigade rested outside the city and stood by, and Li Xiucheng led a small team to follow him and rushed to the county office.

"Hey, who's trespassing......"

An errand officer who was walking out of the county office shouted loudly, and before he finished speaking, he was twisted aside by the Yanmen soldiers.

Li Xiucheng strode into the county office.

Yangqu County Ling had just taken a nap when he heard someone shouting outside, and was about to go out to check, when he almost collided with Li Xiucheng.

"Are you the county magistrate of Yangqu?"

Li Xiucheng is not tall in rank and very short, but the momentum he exudes is unusual. Especially a pair of cold eyes, the Yangqu County Commander couldn't help but panic for a while, and nodded subconsciously.

Li Xiucheng shook out a piece of paper and read it aloud: "I am ordered by the new Taiyuan Liu Tai to take over Yangqu." ”

"Wait, what Liu Taishou?"

"The new Taiyuan County Taishou, as the commander of a county, don't you know?"

The county order is on fire. "I only know Wang Shuyou Wang Taishou, where did Liu Taishou come from, oh ......" The county magistrate patted his forehead, and he also heard some rumors, "You mean Yanmen Liu Jiangtian, right?" ”

"Bold! Dare to call it too name-guarding! Hand over the seal! Li Xiucheng didn't have time to talk to him much.

It's good to say that it's good to discuss, and as soon as you come, you have to seal the letter, this is the rhythm of seizing power!

How could the county order agree, twisted his neck, and sneered: "Wang Taishou has not yet stepped down, what right does he, Liu Jiangtian, have to give orders in Taiyuan County?" ”

"Hand over the seal!"

"No ......"

Swish!

Burst......

Li Xiucheng had already drawn a knife in his hand and stabbed it into the stomach of the county order.

The dead body was pushed to the side, Li Xiucheng waved his hand, and the sergeants rushed to all parts of the county government and detained all the subordinates of Yangqu County to the main hall of the county government.

Seeing that the county order had died tragically, all the Peng subordinates were frightened like sifting chaff, and they were as cold as cicadas.

Li Xiucheng once again read out the order to take over Yangqu, and no one dared to raise objections.

Asked everyone about their official positions one by one, and the main officials such as the county clerk and the chief bookkeeper were all old and unusable, only the chief secretary in charge of the documents was younger, a small man, and looked quite clever.

"Give your name."

"Mu, Mu, Mushan......"

"Are you willing to take the orders of the new Liu Taishou?"

Mu Shan was already trembling with fright, trying to control his body, and nodded his head as if a chicken pecked rice. "Willing, willing, willing...... Brother ...... wanted to say something nice to save his life, but his tongue had long since stopped obeying, and he stumbled and shouted "brother".

Li Xiucheng patted him on the shoulder and nodded. "Very good, if you call me brother, I will recognize you as a brother first."

Li Xiucheng pointed to Mu Shan and said to the rest of the subordinates: "He is the county commander of Yangqu, you all listen to his arrangement, do you understand?" ”

How dare Zhong Peng's subordinates say a word.

"General, the county lieutenant of Yangqu is here!" Li Xiucheng's 100 men escorted the county government tied into zongzi to the lobby.

"Temporarily imprisoned, waiting for the release!"

"No!"

"You!" Li Xiucheng pointed at Mu Shan, "Your task is to ensure that all government affairs in the county operate as usual, if there is a mistake, the previous county order is an example!" ”

"Ah...... Got it......"

Li Xiucheng summoned the hundred generals over and said to Mu Shan: "He is the new county lieutenant of this county, if someone dares to disobey the order, he will help you solve it." As long as you do a good job, in front of Liu Taishou, you will be promoted as an official county magistrate. ”

Mu Shan and other small officials, even if they stayed up all their lives, they were afraid that they would not have the opportunity to become county commanders, and suddenly had the opportunity to fly over the dragon gate, and Mu Shan was overjoyed. "The villain must serve his life! Thank you, brother! ”

There was no time to stay, and he ordered the hundred generals to lead their subordinates to a hundred foot soldiers, strictly control Yangqu, and Li Xiucheng led the brigade to rush south.

If you want to successfully control the Jingcheng Pass, you must rush overnight today to arrive and control Yangqu at dawn.

……

August 18, evening.

Taiyuan County South, Qi County, Qiaojia Zhuangzi.

Qiao Zhiyong clasped his hands in front of his chest, watching the housekeeper organize the house slaves to hang the cart, and at the same time receive the people who came to deliver food one after another.

Qiao Zhiyong's heart is like the busy crowd in front of him, a little chaotic.

In Qi County, the status of the Qiao family is higher than that of the county government.

Qi County is located in Zhaoyu Zedong, with fertile land and high grain production. It is also located in the southernmost part of Taiyuan, and is rarely disturbed by the Xiongnu, so the life of the people here is relatively rich, and each family has some surplus grain.

Qiao Zhiyong was entrusted by the young master Liu Mang to collect grain, and the price was nearly two percent higher than normal, and the credibility of the Qiao family was much higher than that of the government, so as soon as the grain collection notice came out, the farmers in the county rushed to sell the grain.

Collecting grain, for Qiao Zhiyong, there is no difficulty. But another thing entrusted by the young master Liu Mang really made Qiao Zhiyong nervous.

"Don't be in charge, the guests are coming."

"Ahh Qiao Zhiyong subconsciously fought a cold war, and soon returned to normal. "Uh...... I'll go over ......."