After the news of the annihilation of the garrison Zhang Dade's Zhongfu army came out, all the well-known figures in Deqing County gathered at the county office, and they didn't need to know that Lu Gongming of the county apportioned it, and each family made up 5,000 taels of silver to reward the young and strong, organize the righteous and brave defense of the city, and almost shed tears when Lu Zhixian was moved.

Under his leadership, in just half a day, all the big families in the city organized more than 700 young people to go to the city to guard, plus the young people who were levied by the county government from the street, and there were as many as 2,000 young people on duty in the city at the moment.

There are so many young and strong, compared to Luoding, which is hundreds of miles away, it is really a heaven and a land, and it is worthy of being a treasure land where water and land pass through the thoroughfares and merchants gather.

"The city is broken, the city is at home!"

In order to motivate people, Ye Jinglian even put down his words, as long as he can keep Deqing, even if he is bankrupt, he will admit it!

"There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, Lord Lu will go to issue a notice, young and strong, but he can guard the city for a day, and he will be rewarded with an additional one or two silver, if he can kill the enemy bravely when the thief comes, he will be rewarded with ten taels!"

"Tell the people that if this city is broken, no one will be able to escape, and if some of the floating wealth in the family will not be taken out, when will it stay? Do you want to leave it to the thieves?"

"The thieves came from afar, and after a vicious battle, they must not attack the city for a while, take this opportunity, the adults quickly send people to the house to move rescue soldiers, as long as they can guard him for a day or two, the thieves will retreat!"

"In order to prevent thieves in the city, the yamen must organize people to patrol the streets, and the streets must be banned at night.

"Defending the city is not better than a field battle, the emphasis is on the equipment, the gold juice must be boiled more, the wood must be prepared more, and the stones must be piled up everywhere, and the hook knife must be made, so that the thieves will not climb the city, oh, by the way, the lime should also be prepared, and the thieves should use it to sprinkle their eyes when they climb the city. On top of that, hot oil is indispensable."

Ye Jinglian screamed one thief after another, incompatible with his status as a former politician, without the slightest discomfort or embarrassment, and his indignant appearance made everyone ashamed of themselves.

There are no less than ten people in the city who are famous in the Ming Dynasty, but Lu Gongming, the magistrate of the county, does not dare to put a little bit of a parent official in front of them, but is respectful and polite, no matter who speaks, he must make a picture of listening to the ear, regardless of whether he is right or right, he must praise: "This law is very good!" ”

The reason why this is so is because the Qing Dynasty recognized the fame of the Ming Dynasty, and all those who were officials in the Ming Dynasty were willing to go out of the Qing Dynasty to be officials, and they could even be one level higher than the officials of the Ming Dynasty. Besides, if he wants to be stable and firm, he has to count on the help of these gentry and offend them, and it will be difficult for him to protect the top belt of the seven grades.

It is still a little different from other people, Ye Jinglian is so hostile to the Ming army outside the city, there is another reason, that is, his son Ye Shunlin will be on an errand in the yamen of the governor of Guangzhou, last year when Li Dingguo played Xinhui, his father and son secretly communicated with the Qing army, and privately sent a lot of information about the Ming army to the Qing army, when Li Dingguo's soldiers were defeated and retreated, he organized a regiment to intercept and kill the defeated soldiers of the Ming army, so once the Ming army broke the city, others may be able to avoid it, but his Ye family will definitely not be able to escape, so Ye Lao Ye can't let the Ming army break the city anyway, In that, he told all the methods he had seen to defend the city back then, and he was not afraid of being useless, but he was afraid that he would not be fully prepared.

Finally, he said: "As a county parent, Lord Lu has the responsibility to defend the land, and the enemy should set an example for the people at present, so that the people will be bold and no longer frightened by thieves!" ”

"The boss has taught me a lesson, this official will go to the city!"

Where is Lu Gongming, who is afraid of seeing blood when he kills chickens on weekdays, is willing to go to the city, but Ye Jinglian wants his parents to set an example for the people, and he can only go to the city if he is unwilling. There will be a county Chengwu longevity in the city, this person is a pawn, and he has led the troops to suppress bandits several times, and he is quite a soldier, but he is also a candidate who can rest assured.

"Everyone, please rest assured, this official will live and die with Deqing!"

When he raised his feet, Lu Gongming did not forget to express his determination again, and everyone hurriedly got up to see each other, and as soon as he arrived at the yamen, an errand came to report that someone saw that Tang Sanshui, the head of the green camp, had come back and had just been hung by a hanging basket to the city.

"Oh, Mr. Tang Qian has fled back?" Lu Gongming was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered the officer: "Go and invite Lord Tang to the yamen, go quickly!" ”

The officer answered and went to call for someone.

Tang Sanshui is a military attache who is serious and a thousand generals, and he is definitely much stronger than Wu Changshou, a county who has only fought bandits, but it is much safer to have him back to be in charge of city defense. Thinking of this, Lu Zhixian subconsciously stopped Shangcheng's thoughts, and arched his hand towards Ye Jinglian and them: "Since Mr. Tang Qian is back, I will ask him about the details of the thief, so that he can know himself and his opponent, and if there is any deficiency, he can make up for it in time." ”

"It's rare that Tang Qian always kills and runs back, and the matter of city defense has to be discussed with him."

Ye Jinglian has no opinion on this, it is rare to escape back to a person who knows the inside story of the Ming army, of course, he has to ask, but he used a "kill run" and returned, it sounds much more decent than escaping back, everyone heard the strings, and couldn't help but echo it, and the good student praised Tang Qian's bravery.

Tang Sanshui, who had just entered the city, couldn't even drink saliva, and after explaining a few words to the two subordinates who came back together, he hurried to the county office. On the way back first, he had already calculated the accounts clearly, if this transaction was successful, he would at least earn a small thousand taels of silver, and he could also report a credit, why not. And God knows this, as long as the thief doesn't reveal it, who will know the cat inside, and what if he knows? If it weren't for him Tang Sanshui judging the situation, this Deqing would have been able to keep it!

As soon as he entered the county office, he saw that all the big families in the city were there, Tang Sanshui was stunned, and then secretly rejoiced, all the people were better, and he began to intimidate at the moment, and he said angrily: "It is Li Dingguo's newly established Taiping Camp, and the leader of the troops heard that it is a general under Li Dingguo, what is it called?"

"But Gaozhou's Le Tongwu?"

"Yes, this is the person!" Tang Sanshui slapped his thigh, made a scared look, and said with palpitations: "Good guy, that soldier is dense, you can't see the end at a glance, there must be thousands of people to say the least, there are hundreds of people riding horses and wearing armor, my good man, I'm afraid that the Manchurian soldiers can't stop it!" If I hadn't run fast, I'd have ended up with the garrison!"

After speaking, I went to look at everyone, but I found that everyone changed color, and the face was uglier than the other, and Lu Gongming, the county magistrate, had blue lips, and he didn't move even more when he bit it.

"Tang Qian always sees it clearly, is it really Li Dingguo's soldiers?"

Ye Jinglian's face is also very ugly, he really came to Li Dingguo's soldiers, and the arrangement of the first step can make people laugh and lose their big teeth, with this little Deqing City and some young people, can he stop Li Laohu?

"If it weren't for Li Dingguo's soldiers, we could have been defeated so badly?" Lu Gongming was polite to these gentry, but Tang Sanshui was not polite, glared at Ye Jinglian with his eyes, and said angrily: "Why, you don't believe what this official said?" ”

Ye Jinglian pressed the anger in his heart, and didn't care about Tang Sanshui, a martial artist, and said in confusion: "Where doesn't the old man believe what the lord said, it's just that Li Dingguo only retreated back to Guangxi at the beginning of the year, why did he come here again in just a few months?" ”

Tang Sanshui said angrily: "How does this official know that the use of soldiers is impermanent, and this official is not a roundworm in his Li Dingguo's stomach, how can he know what kind of heart he has?" If you don't believe it, you can go out of the city and see if what the official said is true or not! ”

Ye Jinglian was suffocated when he heard this, where did he dare to go out of the city, thinking that if it was really Li Dingguo's soldiers, he was already panicked in his heart, and Fang Cai's impassioned vow to live and die with Deqing was like two people.

A gentry said with a bitter face: "If it is really Li Dingguo's soldiers and horses calling, this Deqing is afraid that it will not be able to hold it!" ”

"The old thief is very powerful, the two princes of Guangzhou are afraid of him, where can our little Deqing stop it, everyone quickly dispersed, and packed up and ran before the Ming army came!"

"That's it, this city can't be defended, everyone hurry up."

There was a commotion in the hall, and all the gentry and big families who were shouting just now that you would pay for me would be panicked, and a few of them even pulled their legs and left.

Lu Gongming was also panicked, he didn't know how to deal with it, and looked at Ye Jinglian as if asking for help: "Boss, the enemy is current, we can't mess up, and please ask the boss to come forward to stop them, otherwise there will be chaos in this city!" ”

"Hmm"

Ye Jinglian got up hesitantly, and then suddenly arched his hand towards Lu Gongming, and said: "Lord Lu, there is still something in the old man's house, say goodbye first, and please worry about the matter of defending the city." ”

"Boss?"

Lu Gongming was dumbfounded, it was not to stop, it was not to stop, he watched Ye Jinglian leave the hall, and then looked at the hall, except for Tang Sanshui and the two subordinates, the others had long since disappeared, and his face turned pale in a hurry, and he sat on the chair with his ass, his heart was full of bitterness.

The gentry can run, but his parents can't run! The imperial court decree is very strict, losing land and abandoning the land is a capital crime that should be beheaded, the sky and the earth are big, where can he run!

"What can I do, how can I do this!"

Lu Gongming's body was cold, and his legs and feet didn't obey the call, "That's it, that's it, it's okay, it's the matter of eating the king, the matter of loyalty to the king, this official and this official will live and die with this Deqing!" He raised his hand and motioned to the two subordinates who were still standing stupidly in the hall, "The two of you help the official to the back hall, and the official wants to explain a few words to his wife." "But he made up his mind to die with his wife, so as not to insult his wife's chastity after the Ming army entered the city, but as for his daughter, he also had to go together.

"Sir!"

The two subordinates stepped forward to support the county master in fear, but the calf and stomach were also swinging.

After taking two steps, he remembered that Tang Sanshui was still there, and he turned around with difficulty and wanted to entrust the Deqing City Defense to him, even if he was invincible, he also had to do some personnel, but he didn't want Tang Sanshui to go up and signal him to take away the two subordinates, and after the subordinates withdrew, he lowered his voice and said: "Don't hide it from Lord Lu, this official actually didn't flee back, but let him go." ”