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The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has more than 140 kilometers flowing through the territory, until the middle of the 19th century, Dezhou is an important transport channel to BJ from the nine southern provinces (Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi).

In order to avoid the future reunion of the troops, when he was in Zhuozhou, Zhao Guohua consciously selected more than 2,000 children from the north who were willing to follow back to the south to join the loyal and brave corps, and these people even had more than 5,000 family members, plus 6 or 7,000 people from the loyal and brave corps, all of them had already exceeded 10,000.

With so many people entering the Texas Mansion, some people had already gone to the yamen to report the news.

"Huada, according to my scout's report, there is a large force of more than 10,000 people entering the territory of Texas, and there are some civilians mixed in this team, what should we do?" Texas Guard Commander Qi Xinren said.

Hearing this, the Texas prefect Hua Runze was startled, his legs trembled a little, but he asked calmly on his face: "Who are they?" Did you find out? ”

He said in his heart: "With so many people coming to Texas, if it weren't for the official army, it would only be rogues and horse thieves." ”

"Look at the clothes are not officers and soldiers, and they don't look like horse thieves. But there were thousands of cavalry. Qi Xinren replied.

Hearing that it was not an official army, but it didn't look like a horse thief, Hua Runze was puzzled, thought for a while, and said loudly: "General Qi, for the sake of safety, I suggest that Mingjin close the city gate quickly." ”

"Good. That's what I thought, too. Qi Xinren agreed and went out to decorate.

Soon, there was chaos in the city, and a large number of people outside the city also cried and flocked into the city, and under the beating of the soldiers' clubs, a space was finally vacated in the hole of the city gate, and the heavy thick iron-clad city gate was closed with difficulty in the tooth-squeaking sound.

"It's finally closed." The prefect Hua Runze said, breathing a sigh of relief.

Seeing that the city gate was closed, he walked up to the city wall accompanied by Qi Xinren.

Looking at the tall and thick city wall, Hua Renze finally calmed down a little in his heart, and thought to himself: "More than 10,000 people can't capture Texas." As long as I stay up for a while, when the new prefect comes, I can go to HN Yueyang to take up a post, this north, the official is too difficult to be. Tartar didn't come this time, so maybe he will come next time. Or the south is stable. ”

"Let's hope this team is passing." His voice trembled a little.

Qi Xinren was still a little timid, and after listening to Hua Renze's words, he didn't speak, but just quietly watched the team that was gradually approaching. Looking at the huge team of mixed horsemen, the soldiers defending the city were short of breath and nervous, and two of them nervously dropped the knives in their hands to the ground.

"Pick it up, it's useless, be careful that Lao Tzu cuts you." Qi Xinren scolded sharply.

The two hurriedly picked up their knives and stared closely at the city.

The loyal and brave team got closer and closer, and looking at the team approaching under the black pressure, the atmosphere in the city became more and more tense and depressing.

The mixed cavalry march came quickly, walked two miles from the city, and stopped at the sound of "tick-tock, tick-tock." On either side of the line were cavalrymen, in the middle were pikemen and musketeers, and pikemen and musketeers were lined up on one side, and the ranks were very neat.

"This team is elite." Qi Xinren said with a solemn expression.

He knew that there were only six or seven thousand defenders in the city, plus more than 20,000 people, and the other party only had more than 10,000 people, two to one, and he should be able to hold Texas.

"General Qi, I don't know what kind of team this is, why is there no general flag, and there is no trumpet flag?" Zhixian Hua Runze asked puzzled.

Qi Xinren didn't pay attention to this matter, he only paid attention to the other party's formation and number.

"I don't know." Qi Xinren replied

Seeing the solemn appearance of the city, Zhao Guohua smiled, and in order to avoid misunderstanding, he said: "Lu Qing, you go over and tell them our intention." ”

"Yes." Lu Qing agreed and rode over

Seeing that the other party was just coming over alone, Qi Xinren and the prefect Hua Runze thought that they were here to persuade them to surrender, but they didn't care.

"Brothers in the city, don't let go of the arrows, I have something to say to your prefect." Lu Qing shouted as he walked. He was also afraid that if a daredevil in the city gave him an arrow, he would die unjustly.

"No arrows! No arrows! Listen to him. The prefect Hua Runze hurriedly shouted. He didn't want to cause a disaster with an arrow.

Riding a horse and slowly walking to a distance of sixty steps under the city wall, Lu Qing said: "We are not bad people, we are the Ming Loyal and Brave Corps passing by your land, we need to buy some vegetables and food, please don't be nervous." ”

"The Ming Loyal and Brave Corps? I've never heard of such a name. The commander Qi Xinren said, bowing his head and thinking. He had to wonder if he had the name stored in his head

The prefect Hua Runze looked at the city, rolling his eyes and thinking about the name. At this time, something suddenly flashed in the mind of the master next to him, Bei Sangui. So he said a few words to the prefect Hua Runze.

"Huh? You say that they are the militia that defeated the Tartar attacks many times in Zhuozhou? Hua Runze asked in surprise.

A few days ago, he just learned about this from the imperial court's newspaper, and at that time, he and his master Pei Sangui also discussed this matter.

"Looking at their clothing and momentum, it should be, but now they have given the name of the Ming Loyal and Brave Corps." Master Pei Sangui said with a smile.

Hua Runze pondered for a while, and for the sake of insurance, he poked his head out of the battlement and said loudly: "This official is Hua Runze, the prefect of Dengzhou, in order to prove your identity, please pass the waist card and the body from the basket to the official for verification." After speaking, Qi Xinren said, "Put a basket down." ”

Seeing that a basket was put down, Lu Qing had to turn back to see Zhao Guohua.

After reading Zhao Guohua's silver unicorn waist card and official notice, Hua Runze and the commander Qi Xinren finally put their minds at ease.

Hua Runze said loudly: "Come on, open the city gate, and return to normal." ”。

With the heavy sound of "squeak, squeak, rattle", the old Texas city gates opened again.

A young man with a good appearance walked in with a few people.

He made a trumpet shape in his hand, and said loudly as he walked: "Fathers and villagers in Texas, we are in Zhuozhou to defeat the Tartar Ming loyal army, now after the battle to go back to the south, need to supplement some vegetables and grain, chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep, soybeans and horses, the price is preferential, everyone needs to sell it to quickly take out of the city, we only stay here for three days at most, we will leave after three days." ”

"Ahh There is such a thing, old woman, hurry up, pick all the chickens in the house and sell them, and sell them to these southerners for a few more money......" said an old man selling chickens to an old woman.

"That's right, I'll also go to the field and chop a few loads of weeds to sell." A middle-aged man also said happily.

Soon, groups of people poured out, carrying burdens, baskets, carts, baskets and eggs, all heading towards the camp of the Loyal and Brave Corps.

In the PY County Government Office, a group of officials are on both sides of the main hall "mighty!" Mighty" sang Tang Wei, the officials held a black and red water and fire stick in their hands on the ground "dong dong" pestle, after the government office in the middle of the case, sat on the cost of buying officials not long after the pry county Cheng Yang Rui.

Because the magistrate has not yet returned, Yang Rui temporarily assumed the responsibility of the magistrate.

Yang Rui wore a black sand hat and sat in the green robe of an eight-rank official embroidered with yellow orioles, listening to the hall and looking at the service on both sides, he was full of ambition and ambition.

"It's really good to be an official, and you can be majestic and rich," he secretly proud.

In less than ten days since he became an official, he has already received bribes of 1,000 taels of silver, including those sent by the Pingyang squire, and those who sued and wanted to win or lose the lawsuit, as well as the money extorted by the Ya.

At this time, he felt that it was still cost-effective to spend 100,000 taels of silver to buy a county cheng.

"My lord, Zhang Bad has occupied Xiaomin's wife, and asked the adult to be the master of Xiaomin." An honest man in his thirties knelt on the ground and cried.

At this time, a man in his forties wearing a foreign hat and a tuanhua money official robe, with a fat face and a thick waist, and a beard on his lips, knelt down and raised his head and said: "My lord, don't listen to his nonsense, how could I occupy his woman, obviously it was my fourth concubine who was forcibly occupied by him to make his wife when she went to make clothes, and then she ran back by herself." ”

The man who filed the complaint is named Zhang Sixi, Chinese New Year's Eve, a tailor, who married a wife from other places last year, named Yang Caixiang, who is very beautiful and can do a good needlework. The fat man's foreign name is Zhang Yu, who opened a rouge pollen shop in the county, has a family fortune, and has a wife and three concubines in the family.

A month, passing by Zhang Sixi's tailor shop, I happened to see Yang Caixiang, so I made an idea, and made a set of women's clothes in Zhang Sixi's tailor's shop, and asked Yang Caixiang to send it to his house, when Yang Caixiang sent clothes, he gave her some rouge pollen and made clothes several times in a row, and every time he also asked Yang Caixiang to send it, every time he went, Zhang Yu would seduce her and send her money, Yang Caixiang was also a greedy and vain woman, and soon, Yang Caixiang threw herself into Zhang Yu's arms.

finally married a beautiful wife, but ran away with someone, Zhang Sixi couldn't swallow this breath, and came to sue yesterday. Because he had to wait for Zhang Yu to give a gift, Yang Rui used the excuse of trying it three days later and let it go. Sure enough, that night, Zhang Yu sent one hundred taels of silver to the county office, so Yang Rui told Zhang Yu a plan, and after Zhang Yu heard it, he nodded again and again and left happily.

"My lord, you have to be the master of the small people." Zhang Sixi cried.

Glancing back at the lively people under the county government hall, Zhang Yu knelt on the ground and arched his hand: "My lord, he said that he was reasonable, I said that I was reasonable, in front of all the villagers and neighbors, I took out the documents that Yang Caixiang's parents had paid her debt to my house back then, and let everyone see who was reasonable." "This document was forged by Yang Rui three days ago.

"It's good to be polite. Present. Yang Rui said loudly.