Half an hour later, the main gate of Zhou Xu Mansion in Zhenyuan County came out. Mao Yujie, the head of the house waiting on the street outside Xu's mansion, stepped forward and took Huang County Cheng back to the county office.

On the way, Director Mao looked like he wanted to talk and stopped.

Huang Xiancheng saw the demeanor of Chief Mao in his eyes, stopped and asked: "You and I are masters and apprentices, there is nothing wrong with talking." ”

The teacher took the initiative to ask, and it was not easy for Mr. Mao to hide it, and when he saw that there were few pedestrians on the street, he had a lot less scruples in his heart, and said: "The student has something unclear." ”

"Speak."

"The teacher tries to teach the students, the people who are the ministers speak up, the loyal and patriotic, the public service, the upper is worthy of the sky, the lower is worthy of the earth, and the middle is worthy of the people." Director Mao said, "The students are stupid, but looking at Lord Xu's recent behavior, recruiting troops and buying horses is not the way of a minister, or he has a heart of disobedience." Why did the teacher turn a blind eye? Let it grow? ”

Huang Xiancheng was stunned, looked at Master Mao fixedly, his expression changed, sometimes confused, sometimes angry, sometimes ashamed, and stood there without saying anything for a while.

Director Mao saw the teacher's appearance, but he was also a little panicked, he was lonely since he was a child, it was Huang Daozhou who took pity on his life experience, took it with him, and taught him carefully, the relationship between the two has long surpassed that of teachers and students, but more like father and son. Director Mao was young and vigorous, and after seeing Xu Liang's dismissal, he actually recruited soldiers and horses on a large scale, and almost single-handedly covered the sky in Zhenyuan City, doing whatever he wanted.

Director Mao saw it in his eyes, and didn't say anything on the surface, but in his heart he was very upset about the teacher. Seeing that the teacher actually turned a blind eye to Xu Liang's actions, today he personally came to the door to ask Xu Liang to send troops to relieve the siege of Jingzhou. The dignified county Cheng actually wanted to whisper to a civilian who had dismissed the official, and Master Mao was very angry, and wanted to persuade the teacher a few words along the way, but he was afraid of hurting the teacher's heart, so he hesitated to go all the way without pleasure.

When Huang Xiancheng took the initiative to ask, Director Mao said everything in his heart like pouring beans into a bamboo tube. After saying it, I saw that the teacher was stunned on the spot, only thinking that I was really reckless this time, which hurt the teacher's self-esteem, and I felt guilty in my heart, so I ate and said: "Well, teacher, the student criticizes the teacher in vain, and he doesn't choose what he says, and I ask the teacher to forgive." As he spoke, he slammed to the ground.

Huang Daozhou came back to his senses, and hurriedly helped Mao Yujie up, looking at Master Mao's eyes with some relief. Huang Xiancheng nodded appreciatively to Master Mao and said, "Yujie, you dare to say these words to the teacher today, and you have made great progress compared to the past. I don't blame you for being a teacher, I'm happy for a teacher. It's just that...... Today's practice for teachers also has considerations for teachers. ”

Huang Daozhou let go of his hand, looked at the direction at the end of the street, and said in a desolate and helpless tone: "The teacher is forty and three years old this year, and he has already passed the year of not being confused. And for the past few years of mediocrity as a teacher, nothing has been accomplished. Now that he is trapped in this desolate place in the northwest, if there is no chance, I am afraid that he will have to live in this small county of Zhenyuan for the rest of his life. ”

"But I'm not reconciled!" Zodiac Zhou sighed: "I think I have been studying hard for more than 30 years, and I have to achieve fame and become an official in the court when I am close to the age." I want to be full of wealth, but there is no place for it, you teach me how to be willing? ”

Director Mao quietly followed behind Huang Xiancheng, listening to Huang Xiancheng's story, he was also teary-eyed. The teacher is amazingly talented, and he was deeply appreciated by the first emperor Emperor Tianqi back then, how could Mao Yujie, as a student of Huang Xiancheng, not know? In the middle of the year, he was suddenly demoted from the Hanlin Academy to the original small county of this town, although Huang Xiancheng didn't say it, Mao Yujie could fully feel the pain and helplessness in the teacher's heart.

"Teacher, you just haven't had the opportunity yet, the pearl is dark, and there will always be someone who appreciates you in the future." Mao Yujie didn't know what to say, so she could only say such a dry word of relief.

Huang Xiancheng shook his head with a wry smile, waved his hand and said, "I can't wait, the first emperor who knows me best has already returned to heaven." ”

Director Mao was stunned, caught up with Huang Xiancheng, and carefully persuaded: "Even so, teacher, you shouldn't get too close to Xu Liang and these people, Xu Liang's move is like a rebellion." This is very detrimental to the teacher's reputation. ”

Huang Xiancheng glanced back at Master Mao, his lips twitched, and he wanted to tell the bold idea in his heart to the proud disciple in front of him, but after a long time, he finally sighed, waved his hand and said: "You don't understand, for me, I don't even have a road, what's the use of having a clear reputation." ”

The two of them were walking when they heard the sound of hooves on their horses behind them. The two flashed to the side, looked up, and saw Xu Liang, who was dressed in silver-gray armor, taking the lead, roaring past with a team of cavalry, and the horse team passed by, and the dust was flying.

Xu Liang's voice gradually drifted away: "Huang Xiancheng, Lao Tzu is going to relieve the siege of Jingzhou......"

Xing Zhongshan's battalion of Liang soldiers and horses were stationed in an alley by the south city gate, and Xu Liang led a team of personal guards to the entrance of the alley, turned over and dismounted. The soldiers of the Liang Army who were guarding the entrance had already rushed in to report.

Xu Liang strode in, Dai Yingying followed closely, and she asked as she walked: "Xu Liang, do you really want to go to relieve the siege of Jingzhou?" ”

Xu Liang didn't stop, nodded and replied, "Hmm...... That Zodiac Zhou is so reasonable, I can't refute it. Whether it's good or bad, let's see it in Jingzhou. ”

The two entered a courtyard through a small door, and Xing Zhongshan, who had received the news, and a general of the Liang army greeted them and saluted with fists. Xu Liang did not say polite words, and immediately ordered to gather troops and rush to Jingzhou.

Xu Liang took nearly 3,000 Liang officers and soldiers of the first battalion of Xingzhongshan, and joined Huang Ziren's 600 soldiers from the Inspection Division, and immediately set off to attack Jingzhou. Along the way, he ran non-stop, running for hundreds of miles, and even so, it was already dark outside Jingzhou City.

The flames in Jingzhou City were soaring, and there was a faint sound of shouting and killing. Xu Liang's army rested in a forest outside the city for half an hour, and then led people close to Jingzhou City to inquire about the situation. The scouts captured a few Jingzhou people who escaped from the city, and after inquiry, they learned that the defenders of Jingzhou held out until dark, and seeing that the reinforcements had not come for a long time, the army's heart was shaken before the thieves Shangtianlong opened the gap and attacked the city.

At present, the defenders of Jingzhou and the thief army of Shangtianlong are fighting in the streets of Jingzhou City, just looking at the fires in this city, it is estimated that the defenders in Jingzhou City have also been almost wiped out.

Xu Liang sighed secretly, it was still too late. Xing Zhongshan Jianyi took advantage of the fact that the thieves had not yet completely occupied Jingzhou City, and immediately entered the city, taking advantage of the chaos to kill the thieves by surprise. Huang Ziren also followed suit and agreed.

Xu Liang looked at the fire in Jingzhou City, and there were not many thief soldiers on the city wall, thinking that there were still shouts of killing in the city at this time, it was estimated that there would not be many thieves who attacked the city, otherwise the defenders in the city had just been cleared. Xu Liang was also greatly moved, and immediately ordered Huang Ziren and Xing Zhongshan to lead thousands of people to enter from the north gate and take advantage of the chaos to attack the city.

Huang Ziren and Xing Zhongshan gathered their men, shouted, and led more than 2,000 Liang officers and soldiers like a black dragon to the north gate of Jingzhou.

Xu Liang watched from a distance, and saw that the Liang army was not discovered by several thief soldiers at the head of the city until he was close to the city, and in a panic, he was killed by a round of arrow rain from the Liang army who rushed to the city before he could even sound the gong. Immediately, the Liang army broke through the half-burned city gate and entered the city. Soon, the sound of killing in the city shook the sky.

Seeing Huang Ziren, the two thousand Liang troops led by Xing Zhongshan had already entered the city, patted his buttocks and stood up, and smiled at Dai Yingying behind him: "The rabble of thieves, Ziren, they will be able to defeat them in one fell swoop." It's time for us to do something about it. The order went down and hurried to the direction of the South City Gate. ”

Dai Yingying asked strangely, "What are we going to do around the South City Gate?" ”

Xu Liang said with a smile: "I estimate that the leader of the thieves will flee to the south gate when he sees the officers and soldiers entering from the north gate." Let's go and beat the water dogs now. ”

Xu Liang brought out more than 3,600 people from Zhenyuan City, Huang Ziren and Xing Zhongshan took 2,000 people, and he still had 1,600 people. When Xu Liang was about to go around to the south gate to intercept the thief army, but before he was halfway there, he just arrived not far from the west city gate, and saw the west city gate wide open, and countless thieves rushed out of the west city gate, fleeing like a lost dog.

Xu Liang saw that this was the case, so he didn't have to go to the south city gate first, so let's clean up this gang of thieves first. Xu Liang laughed, pulled out the saber at his waist, and shouted: "Brothers, go with General Ben to kill the enemy!" Come on! Then he took the lead and went straight to meet the thieves who had escaped from the city. The officers and soldiers of Liang behind him saw that the main general was so brave, and they shouted and followed, killing together with the thieves who rushed out of Jingzhou City.

In fact, the group that rushed out of the West City Gate earlier was not the main force of the thieves on the Heavenly Dragon, but mostly some family members, old and weak soldiers, these people followed the main force of the thieves into the city, and they were so excited that they scattered in all directions to find food and money. I didn't go far before I heard the sound of killing in the direction of the north city gate, and then in the confusion, I don't know who shouted in panic, "The official army has entered the city!" ”，

This shout is really a stone to stir up a thousand waves, these thieves are old and weak, how many have been on the battlefield, some guts, but the family is different, their combat effectiveness is almost zero, but the energy to spread rumors is not small, hearing the news that the official army entered the city, they immediately exploded, one by one, as if they had just died of their father, they fled in a panic in the direction of the nearest city gate.

At this time, they had not yet arrived in the direction of the South City Gate, and ran to the nearest West City Gate. Only then did he meet Xu Liang, who was just in time.

In the face of such a group of thieves who only know how to hold their heads and run around, Xu Liang was caught in a group of thieves and killed. He rode on a high-headed horse, and the steel knife in his hand was a specially built long knife, and he used the simple and effective killing moves taught by Dai Yingying, and the knife technique was introductory to the eight styles.

The main general is like this, and the soldiers of the Liang army below are similar, scattered in the wilderness outside Jingzhou City, chasing the families of the thieves who fled for their lives.

Xu Liang slashed and killed for a while, and when he looked up, he saw that the thieves and the Liang army had been mixed together, and the more than 1,600 Liang soldiers he brought in were scattered like a plate of scattered sand, and it was difficult to gather in a short period of time.

Xu Liang secretly said that it was bad, after a burst of slashing and killing, Xu Liang also reacted that most of the people he blocked were the family members of the thieves, he had long heard that the thieves in the northwest were fighting, and it seemed that there were many people, but the real main force was not much, and most of them were the families of the thieves. This is different from the official army of the court, the thieves fight with their families, what are the fathers and mothers of the seventy and eighty, the pregnant wives, the children who can just walk, they will bring what they can bring, because even the leaders of the thieves themselves do not know where the next stop will be.

Xu Liang was about to order the assembly of the team, when he suddenly heard a heavy footstep at the gate of the West City, and then saw a group of thieves with spears rushing out of the city, and behind the pikemen, a carriage full of large boxes and small bags was slipped. The leader of the thieves, who rushed in front of the pikemen, glanced at the place where Xu Liang was standing, pointed his spear, and shouted, "Kill!" ”

The pikemen behind him rushed towards Xu Liang like a tide.

Xu Liang laughed, raised the knife in his hand, and rushed over. Dai Yingying was taken aback, and Dai Yingying could see at a glance that this time it was not a family of thieves who were easy to bully, most of them were the main force of the thieves, and more thieves and soldiers in the West City Gate were rushing out in a steady stream. Dai Yingying and the guards hurriedly followed.