Qiu He stood for a long time, he was from a military background, and he saw that the garrison of the big camp was at least more than 10,000 people, could it be that Lingwu County had been occupied by Yang Yuanqing? In this way, what is the point of him coming to be a taishou?

The third son, Qiu Xing, who escorted his father to take office, was forgiven, he waved his lance and shouted: "Lang Lang Dasui in the world, he openly rebelled, I will ask them!" ”

Qiu Xinggong turned his horse and ran a few steps, and Qiu He shouted, "Stop me!" ”

Qiu He knew that although his son was in his thirties, he had a violent temper and acted impulsively, and if he was not strictly restrained, he would cause a catastrophe, so he rushed forward and slapped him and scolded: "Fool! Are you going to kill me? ”

Qiu He glared at him fiercely, and said angrily: "Even the Holy Lord doesn't dare to use troops to attack, what are you, if you are reckless and cause a catastrophe, I will have to kill you." ”

Qiu Xinggong lowered his head, with hatred in his heart, but he didn't dare to say anything more, at this time, a group of cavalry rushed from a distance, and shouted from afar: "Is it Qiu Taishou?" ”

Qiu He was stunned, looked back, and saw more than 20 people coming, led by a man in a civil official robe, in his thirties, he recognized it at once, isn't this Li Jing, the son of Li Quan?

Qiu He and Li Jing's father Li Quan have a deep friendship, Li Jing also instructed Li Jing in martial arts when he was young, but after Li Quan's death, there was less contact between them, and Qiu He had not seen Li Jing for seven or eight years.

He knew that Li Jing was recommended by Yang Yuanqing as Sima of Youzhou, and later Yang Yuanqing defected to Fengzhou, and Li Jing also followed, so Li Jing did not come to reminisce this time.

Qiu He instructed his son a few more words, and he urged him to step forward and smiled: "Nephew Li Xian, I haven't seen you for several years." ”

Li Jing bowed down on the horse, "Uncle Shi is in good health, which is gratifying. ”

Qiu He smiled slightly: "Lao Ji is still able to lie down, I should serve the court and share the worries of the saint, how can the virtuous nephew be here?" ”

"I'm from Fengzhou, and I'm here to see Uncle Shi on the orders of Chief Yang."

As soon as Li Jing said this, personal relations became a public matter, Qiu He nodded, "Then follow me into the city for a while!" ”

Li Jing saluted Qiu Xinggong, but Qiu Xinggong was silent, Li Jing smiled, disappreciated, and walked side by side with Qiu He, Qiu He pointed to the army camp in the distance, "Li Sima, what's going on?" ”

"Bai Yusa bandits invaded Lingwu County not long ago, the county soldiers are few, and they can't deal with it, so they ask Fengzhou for help, and General Manager Yang sent 10,000 cavalry to protect Lingwu County, temporarily stationed here, will not enter the city, please rest assured. The domain name of this site"

This is not a question of whether to enter the city or not, Qiu He was silent, he didn't know how long Yang Yuanqing's temporary stationing would last?

The county town is quite lively, the flow of people is like weaving, bustling, and the business is prosperous, and it has not been affected by the garrison outside the city at all.

The group came to the county office, under the auspices of the county Cheng Xu Han, a simple ceremony was held, Qiu He officially became the Taishou of Lingwu County, he didn't have time to chat with the county Cheng, so he invited Li Jing into the guest room to talk.

They had already entered the topic along the way, and at this time, Qiu He no longer greeted, and asked straight to the point: "Li Sima will say it clearly!" What does Yang Yuanqing mean? ”

Li Jing was not in a hurry to take out the gold, he smiled lightly: "What Chief Yang means is actually very simple, I hope that Qiu Taishou can continue to abide by the joint defense agreement of the six counties signed by the predecessor Wei Taishou, and this is the only requirement." ”

"What about the garrison outside the city?" Qiu He continued to ask.

"If Qiu Taishou agrees to abide by the agreement, and Qu Tutong's army also leaves, then the 10,000 garrisons will evacuate Lingwu County."

Qiu He has been training in officialdom for forty years, and he has already become a master, he pondered for a moment and said: "I haven't read that agreement yet, so be it!" Let me take a look, understand the situation, and then I will reply to Li Sima in three days, how about it? ”

Li Jing stood up and smiled: "Then we'll talk about it in three days!" ”

On the same day that Qiu He arrived in Lingwu County, Qu Tutong, the ambassador of the Guannai Raid and the general of Zuotunwei, also led an army of 50,000 to Hongde County in the north of Honghua County, which is a hilly area in the upper reaches of the Maling River.

Qu Tutong is also a veteran of the Sui Dynasty, about fifty-six or seven years old, has been on the battlefield for many years, has rich combat experience, this time he led the army to the Guannei to suppress bandits, the real intention is to drive Yang Yuanqing's forces out of Guanbei, but Qu Tutong got the holy will, ordered him to try to avoid war with Yang Yuanqing's army, as a general, this kind of order made him feel humiliated, he must see Yang Yuanqing's face to march.

Humiliation is humiliation, but he has nothing to do, and he must respect the will of God.

"General Tiller, Hongde County is already ahead!" A soldier stepped forward to report.

Qu Tutong also saw that a city wall appeared in a basin in the distance, which was Hongde County, close to Malingshui.

"Pass my order, the army will be stationed in Hongde County!"

The army of 50,000 went to Hongde County, Hongde County is a small county, the circumference of the county seat is less than ten miles, the population in the city is less than 1,000 households, after several Bai Yusa bandits, the county people or fled or were killed, there are only more than 200 households left in the city, even the county order was taken away by the rebels, life and death are unknown, there is only one county lieutenant surnamed Zhang in the county, with more than 100 men guarding the city.

Hearing the arrival of the imperial army, County Lieutenant Zhang was so frightened that he hurriedly brought people to greet him, and County Lieutenant Zhang knelt down in front of Qu Tutong's war horse, "Zhang Ping, the county lieutenant of Hongde County, see the general!" ”

"Why didn't your county magistrate come to see me?"

County Lieutenant Zhang wept and said: "The county order was kidnapped by bandits two months ago, and I don't know if I live or die so far?" ”

Qu Tutong was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Have the bandits been here recently?" ”

"Returning to the general, he has not appeared since the abduction of the county order."

After a long silence, Qu Tutong asked him, "Do you know the recent situation in Lingwu County?" ”

County Lieutenant Zhang shook his head, "The last time I went to Lingwu County was a year ago, and recently the people of the county have only fled and have not returned, so I don't know about my humble position." ”

Qu Tutong was in a bad mood, so he ordered: "The army is stationed on the spot!" ”

50,000 Sui troops began to camp with large tents erected, thousands of soldiers dug trenches around the camp, buried antlers, and groups of scouts scattered.

At this time, it was already dusk, Qu Tutong took more than 100 personal guards, rode to a nearby hill, and looked down on the camping situation from top to bottom, this is his style, he likes to inspect the camp from a high place, so that the vision is broader.

The remnant sun gradually set in the west, the afterglow was sprinkled on the hills and military camps, and the earth was smeared with a layer of red blood, which made Qu Tutong have a hint of foreboding in his heart, his eyes looked to the northwest, he wanted to enter Lingwu County, and an intuition told him that Yang Yuanqing's army was very likely to have robbed Qu Tutong let out a long sigh, and his heart was full of worries about the future of the Great Sui Dynasty......

The next day, Qu Tutong received information from the scouts, Yang Yuanqing had sent 10,000 cavalry to Lingwu County, and the 10,000 Fengzhou cavalry in Yanchuan County were also in a state of combat readiness.

Qu Tutong had no choice but to order the army to march east into Yan'an County.

Huile County, Lingwu County, there are more than 1,000 people gathered in front of the military warehouse in the west of the city, 800 county soldiers guard this large granary that stores 300,000 stone grain, there are four grain warehouses in Huile County at present, the smallest is the righteous warehouse, only more than 20,000 stone of grain storage, followed by the county official warehouse, there are 50,000 stone of grain and then followed by the county official warehouse, there are 100,000 stone of grain, but the largest is the military warehouse with 300,000 stone of grain.

At this time, the thousands of people gathered in front of the military warehouse were divided into two factions to confront each other, on one side were the 800 county soldiers defending the military warehouse, and on the other side were the new Tai Shouqiu and more than 200 county officials.

It wasn't until three days after taking office that Qiu He deeply realized the profound meaning of the mutual defense agreement, the so-called county soldiers of Lingwu County are no longer under the command of the county, and the command is taken away by Yang Yuanqing, so that the control of the city gate, the management of public security in the city, the control of the river, and the thousands of acres of military grain fields in Lingwu County are all controlled by Fengzhou, and half of his power as a taishou is taken away, and he can only try cases and manage civil affairs, even if he manages civil affairs, a large part of the power is taken away, such as the requisition of people, without the assistance of the army, They simply can't do it.

Qiu He was extremely frustrated in his heart, he wanted to inspect the military warehouse today, but was blocked by the county soldiers and did not allow him to enter, which made Qiu He a little annoyed and angry.

He immediately transferred 200 soldiers to prepare to break through, but the soldiers of Shoucang County did not show weakness, and immediately reinforced 500 county soldiers, becoming 800 against 200.

Qiu Xinggong rode on the war horse, brandished a long lance and prepared to lead the army to rush in, at this time, hundreds of county soldiers raised their crossbows and aimed at Qiu Xinggong, and the captain of the military warehouse shouted: "If you dare to attack, I will shoot you into a hedgehog!" ”

Qiu He saw that there were thousands of county soldiers coming to support here, so he knew that he could no longer enter, so he had to sigh secretly and said to Qiu Xinggong: "Don't make any more trouble, go back to the county office!" ”

At this time, Qiu Xinggong was surrounded by thousands of soldiers, and aimed at him with bows and arrows and crossbows, and Qiu Xinggong had nothing to do, so he was forced to follow his father and leave the military warehouse.

"Father, Yang Yuanqing is too deceitful, report to the imperial court!" Qiu Xinggong said hatefully.

Qiu He shook his head, he sighed and said to his son, "You will go back to Chang'an tomorrow!" I can handle the affairs of Lingwu County myself. ”

Qiu Xinggong was stunned for a long time and said, "Does my father want to submit?" ”

Qiu He smiled bitterly, "People are under the eaves, they have to bow their heads, Lingwu County is the eaves of Fengzhou, can I still straighten my waist?" ”

"But how can my father explain to the saint?"

"Confession?"

Qiu He glanced at his son and sneered: "If I lose Lingwu County and are directly annexed by Yang Yuanqing, then I can't explain to the saint, you can go!" Stay here and you'll get me in trouble. ”

Qiu Xinggong's eyes shot a look of hatred, and he slowly lowered his head.

The group returned to the county office, and an entourage rushed down to report: "Taishou, Fengzhou Li Envoy Jun is here again, waiting in the guest room." ”

Qiu He nodded, three days had come, and he also wanted to have a showdown with Li Jing.

In the room, Li Jing stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, he knew in his heart, with Qiu He's person, he should know what to do?

At this time, the door opened, Qiu He walked in from the outside, Li Jing turned around and smiled: "Has Uncle Shi thought about it?" ”

"You may be seated!"

The two sat down, Li Jing hadn't taken out five hundred taels of gold yet, he felt that he didn't need to give Qiu He any bribes, he would obey the same, Li Jing smiled and waited patiently for Qiu He's answer.

Qiu He sighed and said, "I can renew the agreement, but I have two conditions. ”

"Uncle Shi, please speak!"

"One condition is that the cavalry outside the city should be stationed fifty miles away, and the other condition is that there are three city gates in Huile County, at least one city gate will be given to me, otherwise, I have a feeling of imprisonment."

Li Jing groaned and said: "I said that the garrison is only temporary, as long as Uncle Shi is willing to sign the agreement, as long as Qu Tutong's army retreats, the Fengzhou cavalry will naturally withdraw, as for giving up a city gate, I can agree." ”

After speaking, Li Jing took out the mutual defense agreement of the six counties and put it in front of Qiu He, "Uncle Shi, please sign it!" ”

Qiu He picked up the pen, very helpless in his heart, if Qu Tutong's army entered Lingwu County, he might not sign, but Qu Tutong's army went to Yan'an County, which means that Qu Tutong also gave up Lingwu County.

Qiu He had to sign his name behind the agreement.