Hearing that Chen Shiqi, the governor of Sichuan, had sent troops, Yang Ming immediately rushed back to the county government and canceled the trip to the Han family to lecture on martial arts.

At the same time, the officers of the Han Army's four-standard team and above, as well as the newly established gendarmerie team leader Chen Daharizi, the chief secretary of the Jinyi envoy Bai Qian, the president of Xilin Academy, Liu Hede, the director of the Han family ordnance institute, and the responsible persons at all levels of the Han army and the military and administrative system of Dongxiang County, such as Chenggui Chongchun, the chief bookkeeper Zhang Youcai, and Dian Shi Lan Liangshan, also immediately stopped their affairs and gathered at the county government early the next morning.

"I called everyone here because there is one thing to notify, that is, the imperial court has sent troops", as soon as Yang Ming's words came out, there was an immediate uproar below.

"What can I do if I send troops so soon?"

"What can I do, just repel them, it's not that I don't know the virtues of this group of officers and soldiers, there are a few opponents of our Han army."

"Don't talk yet", Yang Ming clapped his hand and said, "Bai Qian, you tell everyone the latest news." ”

"Yes!" Bai Qian responded and stood up first and told everyone present why the imperial court suddenly sent troops, how many soldiers and horses were dispatched, and when it was estimated that it would arrive in Dazhou.

The people in charge who had just been quiet for a while made a commotion after listening carefully to the news that Bai Qian said, some of them were sad and sad, some of them threatened to fight to the death, and some of them proposed to immediately go back to Hanjia Village to form a village to protect themselves.

Only Gui Chongchun and the others, who had newly joined this group, were silent, they were now regarded as enemies, and the imperial court would not forgive them, so they were now in the same boat as Hanjia Village, but they knew in their hearts that although this group of thieves was not as simple as other thieves, they could not stop the tens of thousands of officials and soldiers of the imperial court, but they did not dare to speak out, for fear that they would be laughed at as soon as they said it, so they did not speak.

"Now the situation is very critical, it is already an urgent matter to resist the official army, and we are just on the right track, the recruit training has not yet reached half a month, the second phase of the martial arts hall has not yet been enrolled, the Xilin Academy has not been open for a long time, and the Han family ordnance institute has just been established, even the military government still has many systems that have not been perfected, but time waits for no one, and the imperial court will not wait for us."

"Therefore, we have to do all these things well before the imperial army comes, especially the training of new recruits, the manufacture of weapons and the hoarding of grain and grass, which must be done quickly, from now on, Dongxiang County implements a blockade policy, prohibiting all materials and non-special personnel from going out, in addition, make preparations for transfer, transfer the important materials of the county to Hanjia Village, and increase the number of recruited people to build a defense system centered on the three positions of Dongxiang County, Hanjia Village, and Zhangjiachang."

"You don't have to worry too much, although there are 20,000 imperial court officers, but it is just a guard army, its combat effectiveness must be familiar to everyone, and Bai Qian has just said that the imperial court officials and troops will enter Dazhou at the earliest, and it will be more than enough for us to train an elite soldier in three months, so in any case, this anti-encirclement and suppression is sure to win, do you have confidence!"

Yang Ming saw that some of the newly joined leaders and even some officers of the Han Army were also full of worries, so he cheered him up again after speaking.

"Yes!" Most of the Han Army officers responded loudly, but many remained silent.

"After all, it is 20,000 officers and soldiers, even if you add 5,000 recruits, it is only more than 5,000 people, how easy it is to repel it, I would not have done it with this group of thieves if I had known that I would not do it with this group of thieves," Ma Jiwei, who has now been appointed by Yang Ming as the ambassador of the tax department, said very worriedly to Sun Hao, the new county school teacher.

Sun Hao also nodded, and also sighed and said: "Yes, how is this good", and at this time, a person walked over with a smile: "The student has seen two teachers, I don't know how the two teachers are recently?" ”

"Guan Zhen? Didn't you go to Ying Tianfu? "The person who came was Guan Jiaren's brother Guan Zhen, Ma Jiwei was Guan Zhen's Mengxue teacher, and Sun Hao used to be Xuezheng in the county school, so Guan Zhen called these two teachers. It's just that what makes Ma Jiwei and Sun Hao strange is how this Guan Zhen suddenly appeared here.

"Hmph, it's not a good thing that the Yang thief did, that day I just left Zhangjiachang with the front foot, the Yang thief broke into my Guan house and killed my brother and confiscated my home, not only that, but this Yang thief also blocked the county, so that I couldn't go out, and finally turned over Luzhou Mountain and told the news to Lord Ge of Kuizhou Mansion, and Lord Ge reported the news to the governor and the governor, and now the court army arrives, I can take revenge!"

"Be careful!" Ma Jiwei hurriedly covered Guan Zhen's mouth with his hand, and asked, "Why are you back again, I don't know if Dongxiang County is under martial law again?" ”

"The two teachers don't have to worry, even if this Yang thief builds a wall to block the entire Dongxiang County, I can go out and get in", said, Guan Zhen said in his ear: "Now that the imperial court has sent troops, and the Yang thief can't be arrogant for a few days, why don't the two teachers take advantage of this to gather their families to recapture the county seat, and then it can be regarded as a meritorious service to the crime of being a thief?" ”

"This?"

Sun Hao and Ma Jiwei glanced at each other, although the two of them intended to move, they did not dare to act rashly, Guan Zhen saw this and knew that these two people were cautious people, they would not take the risk of doing this without giving them enough confidence, so he continued: "I can't hide it, the student has secretly contacted Yu Qianhu in Taiping County, he has promised to send troops to attack Dongxiang County as soon as he gathers enough food and grass for a month, in addition, I have instigated the head of the Han family army to use it for my use, he is now guarding the south gate, waiting for the army of Yu Qianhu to arrive, We can take the county seat in one fell swoop and capture the Yang thief! ”

"Is this really foolproof?"

"Absolutely foolproof!"

"Well, there is nothing good to end with these thieves, so it is better to take a risk!"

"Okay, please rest assured that the two teachers will ask Lord Ge for the merit of the two teachers, and now please ask the two teachers to go back immediately to gather the family, as soon as the army of Yu Qianhu arrives, as soon as the gate of the southern city opens, the two teachers will immediately surround the county government, and the first merit of catching the thief will belong to the two teachers! Ha ha! ”

Ma Jiwei and Sun Hao are both big families in Dongxiang County, and they also have a lot of family members at home, and they also know that the county government only has a gendarmerie team of dozens of people, and it is not impossible to capture Yang Ming alive.

Here, although Yang Ming didn't know that there were already people in the city who were ready to move, he didn't really believe that everyone would be loyal to him Yang Ming, and Guan Jiaren's incident had already made him realize the importance of internal intelligence investigation, otherwise he would not have set up a spy organization, and as early as when he was in Hanjia Village, he began to secretly train secret agents, but before he could put it into practice, Guan Jiaren took advantage of the loophole, and now that he has established the Jinyi Messenger, he has already sent these spies into various key places, Including the newly appointed officials and officials.

Just when Sun Hao and Ma Jiwei were going home, Bai Qian came to Yang Ming: "Childe, as you said, there are already people who are restless, do you want to do it now." ”

"Don't worry, I was forbidden to go out of the city at that time, the Sichuan authorities still knew the news so early, it seems that not only Dongxiang County has spies from the imperial court, but I am afraid that there are also people in my Han army who are not strong-willed, we have to put a long line to catch big fish", Yang Ming said and said: "You continue to send more people to investigate, including our Han army officers above the rank of chief." ”