Ge Qizuo, the commander of the patrol of the eastern Sichuan sub-division, sat on the rattan chair very leisurely, humming a small song while turning the wrench on his hand, and said: "Shang Governor's Mansion, you can go back to sleep with confidence, this official guarantees that within half a month, the Han army occupying Dongxiang County will definitely be wiped out, and when the time comes, I will ask the governor to write your name on the merit excerpt, so that you don't have to worry about being impeached by the imperial history because of the thieves."

"What my lord said is that if you forgive that thief, you can't make much waves, and if you exterminate the thieves, the lower officials don't dare to be greedy, as long as you can continue to be loyal to the country and serve the people."

After saying with a smile, the prefect of Kuizhou said with a smile, and when he saw Ge Qizuo pursing his lips, he poured a cup of tea and handed it over: "My lord, please use it." ”

But before he could hand it over, he saw Ge Qizuo's most trusted staff member hurriedly walking over with a calm face, and muttered beside Ge Qizuo for a while, but as soon as he finished muttering, Ge Qizuo suddenly stood up and asked in shock: "Is the news accurate?" ”

"It was an official cavalry who ran back to report that all the five thousand elite cavalry were annihilated in Tanjialing, the news should be accurate!"

Bang!

Shang Daoxing was so frightened that he dropped the teacup directly on the ground, and muttered, "This, this, what's going on?" How could Tan Huan's five thousand elite cavalry be wiped out? ”

"Panic what!" Ge Qizuo couldn't help but reprimand when he saw Shang Daoxing like this, and then said: "I didn't expect this Han thief to be so powerful, he actually swallowed my five thousand fine horses, but the situation should not be so bad, you quickly send someone to inform General Zeng and General Zhao, be sure not to underestimate the enemy, be careful of the enemy ambush!" ”

As Ge Qizuo was speaking, he saw a military attache covered in mud forcibly breaking in: "Oh no, Lord Daotai, our garrison was killed by the Han thieves, and more than 5,000 officers and soldiers were also killed by the Han thieves, that group of thieves is really powerful, the firearms in their hands are really powerful, oh, no, they are not thieves at all, they are stronger than the elite soldiers of the Zhang thief!" ”

"What! Li Zhanchun was also killed? ”

At this moment, Ge Qizuo couldn't calm down, and really took a few steps back before stopping and spit out a sentence in surprise.

Here, the Shang prefect was also busy saying: "Lord Ge, the lower officials remember that you said that among the 20,000 official troops that suppressed the thieves this time, Tan Huan's cavalry and Li Zhanchun's firearms battalion were the most proficient at fighting, but now all the elites of this official army have been annihilated by the Han family thieves, I am afraid that this group of thieves is not so easy to deal with." ”

Ge Qizuo didn't know how to tell the prefect of Shang for a while, but before he could speak, he heard a knock on the door frame again, and Ge Qizuo, who forcibly suppressed his anger in his heart, was suddenly furious: "What happened again!" ”

This time, it was not one person who broke in, but a group of officials wearing cyan round-necked regimental robes, and they were all very embarrassed.

"Xia Guan is the commander of Daning County, Shi Xinhe!"

"Xiaguan is the county commander of Kaixian County, Liu Kaiwen!"

"Xia Guan is the commander of Dachang County, Guo Yang!"

……

This county order and that county order made Ge Qizuo stunned, and he almost fainted to the ground.

"According to this, Liangshan, Kaixian, Qianxi, Daning, Dachang, Wushan and other counties have fallen into the hands of thieves, and the thieves have become bigger, basically unstoppable?" Ge Qizuo couldn't believe this result, and after saying that, he angrily kicked the county orders in front of him who fled back to the capital one by one: "It must be you officials who abandoned the city and fled, fearing that they would be punished by the imperial court, so they put all the blame on the thieves!" ”

"Master Ge, it's really a thief who is too powerful!"

These county magistrates who fled in embarrassment were telling how brutal the thieves were, how fierce they were, when they saw Luo Fengjie, the county magistrate of Fengjie County, running in.

"Oh no, Lord Ge, there are a lot of thieves outside, they have already surrounded Fucheng, and they have also controlled the water division of Qu Tangwei, and they are about to attack Fucheng, you should think of a way!"

"What! This, this can't be, this can't be! Ge Qizuo was very puzzled, and he even had some doubts about whether these people were deliberately exaggerating the news, so Ge Qizuo ran directly out of the yamen, grabbed a horse and ran straight to the city tower.

The Shang prefect who came with him saw that there were indeed thieves downstairs in the city, so he was very panicked and suggested: "Lord Ge, I didn't expect these thieves to come to surround Kuizhou Mansion, according to the lower officials, it is better to send someone to inform Zeng Ying and Zhao Ronggui and ask them to return to Kuizhou immediately!" ”

"The prefect is right, but the lower officials feel that Liu Linchang and Tan Wen, who stayed in Wanxian and Yunyang, should also come to the rescue of the county seat, after all, keeping the capital city is the most important thing!" Luo Xianling on the side suggested.

However, Ge Qizuo suddenly calmed down and said, "No, you can't let the officials and soldiers come to help, this is a trap for thieves!" You see, these thieves numbered only a few thousand, but instead of rushing to attack the city, they practiced their boating skills on the banks of the river, and they must have pretended to surround the city in order to force us to send our officers and troops back to help, and then they could take advantage of this to go south along the river and choose an ambush site at will to annihilate all the officers and troops! ”

"Shang Governor, you immediately organize the soldiers and civilians in the city to go to the city to stop the enemy! Luo County Order, you immediately send someone to inform General Zeng and General Zhao, and let them attack Dongxiang County immediately, if this official is not bad, these should all be the main force of thieves, and the current Dongxiang County should be an empty city! Ge Qizuo quickly made a decision, and patted the battlements and said: "This group of thieves is really cunning, I am afraid that its ambition is not small, and the governor must be advised that this matter should be notified to the court immediately!" ”

Ge Qizuo's decision was quickly sent to Yang Ming's hands, and Yang Ming couldn't help but look solemn when he saw this: "I didn't expect this Ge Xundao to see through my plan, and I notified it, immediately give up the waterway march plan, stop practicing the skill of driving a boat, and order each battalion to immediately go to nearby counties and towns to open warehouses and release grain, and recruit displaced people to form a temporary army, so as to create a situation of a large army besieging the city, I want this Lord Ge to know that there are not only thousands of people besieging Kuizhou Mansion, but we are not besieging it!" ”

After that, the Han army immediately took action, opened warehouses in Wushan, Fengjie and other counties, recruited displaced people, and gathered 100,000 displaced people within three days.

According to Yang Ming's orders, these displaced people will be formed into a temporary army, and will be sent to the city to make a large army to crush the city.

For example, the first battalion would organize thousands of people to go under the city wall every day to wave their flags and shout, the second battalion would shoot at the city wall from time to time, the third battalion would simply try to attack the city gate several times, and the fourth battalion would also directly greet the officers and soldiers on the city wall with Han guns.

Although the Shang prefect and other officials were so frightened that they wanted to pack up and flee, Ge Qizuo was still unmoved: "It's just a bluff, although there are tens of thousands of troops just recruited by the villagers, as long as the people in my city work together, the thieves will not dare to attack the city." ”

"I can't imagine that this Lord Ge is really Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and his face does not change, pass the order, give me a siege tomorrow, attack the city seriously, let this Lord Ge see, whether I, Yang Ming, am here to play!"

After Yang Ming said angrily, he directly ordered the distribution of the captured firearms, cannons and other weapons, and also brought out the seized gold and silver, learning from Li Zhanchun's methods to encourage these homeless people to attack the city with money.

"Master Ge, these thieves are really going to attack the city, they have all brought out the silver, you should quickly think of a way!"

"Yes, Lord Ge, there are only 2,000 officers and soldiers in the city, I'm afraid I can't resist it, you better send someone to ask for reinforcements!"

"Lord Ge, it's not good, the thieves are starting to attack the city, there are too many of them, more than ants, the brothers can't resist it!"

"Master Ge, the artillery fire of the thieves is so fierce, and they still have very powerful firearms, we are afraid that we will not last long!"