At this point, both parties here basically got the answers they wanted, and it was over.

Sending Li Boran and others out of the county office, Li Zheng returned to the house and sat down on his knees.

Li Zheng didn't care about the food and salary they promised, whether they had it or not, whether it was more or less. What Li Zheng cares about is Li Boran's sentence 'I can't wait to ask what the general wants to do'.

With this sentence, Li Zheng can let go of his actions, so as to master Lingzhou quickly. If there is no such promise, the local heroes in Lingzhou will secretly use their hands and feet, and they will inevitably face each other with swords and soldiers at that time. Although Li Zheng is not afraid, at the beginning of the incident, if he can avoid it, he will avoid it. Furthermore, in the final analysis, this Lingzhou City is still supported by these people, without these people, Lingzhou is basically a ruin, and it is useless to come.

The next day, many scholars came to the county government one after another to apply for subordinate officials. Li Zheng was very happy, and he was assigned a position in terms of talent, and as for other side matters, Zhou Lin was in charge.

Most of these scholars who came to apply for the job were children of poor families. The title of the children of the Han family is not only because of their origins, but also because of their cultural process.

In this era, the essence of Chinese civilization is basically monopolized by the big families, such as Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai, who are as poor as them, are rare. The real talents are really from the big families.

What's more, this small county in Lingzhou, a small county in the border area? These children of the poor family, after some assessment and inquiry, can only serve as county officials, and there is no real talent.

However, in addition to these poor disciples, there are also two or three of them who are a little interesting, and if you ask carefully, they are all Li Boran's disciples.

In Li Zheng's original plan, he actually didn't want to select talents from the wealthy and powerful households in Lingzhou.

At the beginning of the rise of power, Li Zheng felt that it was better to remain pure.

The children of the poor family have no foundation, and when they get on Li Zheng's boat, they can only follow Li Zheng all the way to the dark. This is not the case with the wealthy and powerful families, who have families behind them, and the first consideration is to strengthen the family power. If it is beneficial to the family, they will do it, and if it is unfavorable, they will immediately abandon it.

In Li Zheng's view, these are the grass on the wall, a time bomb.

If he was infiltrated by these people at the beginning of his power, in the end, Li Zheng himself would probably not be able to deal with it.

So when he saw that all the children of poor families came to apply, although his ability was not very good, Li Zheng was still happy. But he didn't expect that Li Boran would send a few disciples.

The wealthy and powerful households in Lingzhou all stood by coldly, and did not make any practical support except for the promised food and salary. In this case, Li Boran did the opposite, which made Li Zheng have to think secretly.

But no matter what, Li Zheng couldn't keep these people out.

Talent is one aspect, and on the other hand, it is necessary to give Li Boran some face. Moreover, these people are actually from ordinary people's families, although they have a close relationship with Li Boran, they are much better than those from the powerful family.

The personnel were in place, and within a day, the management of the county government was set up.

With the orderly operation of the management agency, Li Zheng gradually lifted the ban, but after three days, Lingzhou was completely calm again.

In these three days, in addition to building the management and stabilizing Lingzhou, Li Zheng also asked Zhang Shan to recruit troops in Lingzhou City.

To fully control the power of a county, it is necessary not only to manage it effectively, but also to have absolute power. Most of the soldiers and horses brought over this time will be taken away to rescue Fu Xie, so at that time, Lingzhou's defense force will be insufficient, and more soldiers must be recruited.

Now he has a large amount of grain in his hands supported by the big families in the city, and he has ready-made weapons and equipment in the county government treasury, so he can quickly pull up a team of 1,000 people.

Because Li Zheng's conditions were very generous, a thousand soldiers were quickly recruited.

Sent people to the grassland to transfer Wang Laohu over, presided over the training of these thousand recruits, and left Zhang Shan to have an overview of the overall situation, Li Zheng was ready to leave Lingzhou and go to Hanyang to rescue Fu Xie.

To go to Hanyang to rescue Fu Xie, the first thing Li Zheng needs is a map.

Maps are such tall objects as they are precious in this era. There is not even a county office, maybe there is, maybe it was taken away when the county order abandoned the city and left.

But fortunately, Zhou Lin gave Li Zheng a surprise.

Perhaps unwilling to completely abandon the ancestral foundation, when the Fu family moved away, there were still some people left in the Fu family's fort.

The head of these people turned out to be Zhou Fei.

And the map that Li Zheng needed was what Zhou Lin got from Zhou Fei.

Come to think of it, the county government may not have a map, but a big family like the Fu family must have this background.

Unlike the maps that Li Zheng saw in that era, this map is entirely hand-painted. The map is seven feet long and four feet wide, encompassing the entire state of Liangzhou.

Among them, the division of mountains and rivers, desert lakes, roads, cities, and counties is clear at a glance.

When he got this map, Li Zheng was overjoyed.

After studying it carefully at the moment, and having a plan in mind, he did not procrastinate, immediately gathered his leaders and generals, and after giving some instructions to Zhang Shan and Wang Laohu, he left half of the elite infantry just in case, and immediately took all the cavalry, fifty heavily armored spearmen, and fifty light foot archers, and left Lingzhou overnight and headed south.

The so-called soldiers are fast, and there is a saying that saving soldiers is like fighting fire.

In mid-April, Geng's army was defeated, and it was almost two months ago. Although limited to the problems of transportation and communication in this era, maybe two months is nothing. But Li Zheng was very worried about whether Hanyang County had been lost and whether Fu Xie was still alive.

If he loses, his plan will basically fail.

Therefore, it is necessary to rush to Hanyang as quickly as possible.

A group of more than 60 horsemen and 100 foot soldiers walked in the sparsely populated wilderness in order to hide their tracks. There are only three hours of rest every day, and the rest of the time is in a hurry, eating, drinking, and most of the problems are solved in the run.

In just three days, he walked hundreds of miles, starting from Beidi County and crossing Anding County. In the early morning of the fourth day, we arrived at Shengtou Mountain in Longdi, on the border of Anding County and Hanyang County.

Ascending to the top of the mountain, Li Zheng spread the map on a flat stone, and while watching, he stared and pondered.

The white wolf and Nuro couldn't help, so they only guarded on the side.

After a while, Li Zheng's brows spread, his face was excited, he punched his palm, and said to the white wolf and Nuro: "I intend to divide the troops here." ”

The white wolf and Nuro listened with pricked ears.

"I led the cavalry to Jicheng, accompanied by the white wolf. Nuro, leave a hundred light and heavy foot soldiers to your commander. After I leave with the white wolf, you will lead your troops to camp here!" ”

As he spoke, Li Zheng pointed to the map and said, "Look, not far from this mountain, there is a thin valley. You lead your men to set up camp beside the valley, dig more pits in the valley, prepare enough things to light fires, and prepare for ambushes. ”

Although Nuro didn't fully understand Li Zheng's plan, he also had some understanding in his heart, and he didn't hesitate to hold his fists and take his life.

"The specific time is difficult to define, and if you want to rescue Fu Xie, you have to find an opportunity. The time is not right, but it is never. So you can wait here with peace of mind, don't be impatient, and don't show your tracks and be noticed, you know? ”

"My subordinates know."

"Well," Li Zheng bowed slightly: "You are more stable than the white wolf, so this task will be entrusted to you." When the time comes, I'll send someone to inform me first. ”

After speaking, his solemn face was like ice, and he smiled: "This continuous march for three days, people are sleepy and tired, from now on, let the soldiers rest well, and then act tomorrow night." ”

After marching hundreds of miles in three days, to be honest, Li Zheng was already very satisfied with the soldiers under his command.

This also proves from the side that the physical fitness of the soldiers in this era, of course, Wang Laohu's credit cannot be erased, and the high-energy food of the grassland is also the key.

In the process of marching, Li Zheng introspected himself and found that he lacked experience in commanding troops - needless to say, the cavalry was more difficult to walk in the mountains than the foot soldiers. The Qingjia war horse is better, after all, its comprehensive quality is far superior to that of ordinary war horses, and it can still withstand it when it walks on rugged grounds. But this is not the case with light riding war horses, although because of the nourishment of high-energy food, the physical fitness of the war horses in the Shenzhou grassland has also reached the peak state of ordinary war horses, but after all, war horses are just war horses, even if they are green armor war horses, the mountains are not their home field.

Therefore, Li Zheng was already thinking in his heart that after returning to the grassland this time, he would definitely synthesize a war horse suitable for mountain marching and fighting.

But this time there is no way to do it, who called the development of Shenzhou grassland just started? There are blue-armored battle horses, and it is already good to be able to produce first-order armor suits.

After resting for nearly a dozen hours in Shengtou Mountain, it was dark the next day, Li Zheng took the spirit of Yiyi cavalry, separated from Nuro, and took advantage of the night to go directly to Hanyang County Zhiji City

Weishui originates in Shouyang, Longxi, flows through half of Longxi County, crosses Hanyang County, and then enters the right Fufeng, brushes over Chang'an to the east, and finally joins the Great River.

The Hanyang County Governance Office of Jicheng is located on the south bank of Weishui.

Because of the erosion of Weishui, the north of Jicheng is full of gentle terrain, and it is difficult to hide the traces. In order not to be exposed, Li Zheng had to lead his sixty-seven horsemen (Zhang Shan stayed in Lingzhou), detoured dozens of miles to the east, and then crossed Weishui and went around to the south of Jicheng.

In the south of Jicheng, there is a mountain, called Zhu Yu Mountain, here, there is a very famous place, called Shooting Tiger Valley.

Twenty years ago, the late Poqiang general and Taiwei Duan Cheng broke through the Dongqiang tribes here, a total of more than 180 battles, beheaded nearly 40,000 ranks, captured nearly 500,000 cattle, sheep and horses, and more than 400 sergeants were killed in the battle!

Because of this battle, the Tiger Valley is remembered, and even on the map, there are special marks.

Li Zheng and his entourage went out day and night, and it took two days to arrive at the Tiger Shooting Valley.

Standing on the top of the mountain, looking at the Tiger Shooting Valley below, Li Zheng thought of General Duan's great achievements, and couldn't help but feel excited. Although it is said that General Duan later became a vassal, he became a lieutenant, which discredited his reputation. But Li Zheng was upset for him!

In his early years, General Duan first broke the Xiqiang tribes, and then broke the Dongqiang tribes, which lasted more than ten years, hundreds of battles, and every time he put on armor and went into battle in person, often winning more with less. For more than ten years, he has been framed, but he has worked hard and pacified the Qiang people who have been in turmoil since the beginning of the century and have made the court scratch their heads for decades.

This is simply unreasonable!

In the end, this brilliant general and lieutenant was slandered by gossip, and finally died of grief!

What kind of sadness is this?!

Li Zheng tasted the reason.

Because General Duan was born in a poor family, he was not accepted by the scholar class of the big family, and in the end, he had to stand with the eunuchs!

Taking a deep breath, Li Zheng couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

The world is in chaos, and General Duan is a lesson from the past!