Xu Liang heard Huang Ziren say this, and couldn't help but be curious about this Jingzhou magistrate, and secretly said that this Jingzhou magistrate is not all a bad seed, and he has to see it. So he instructed the few remaining officials of the county government to lead the way to visit the magistrate of Jingzhou.

Jingzhou County Ya is the top priority of Jingzhou City, the thieves who attacked the city last night first attacked here, killed the guards and turned the county Yali upside down, the valuable things in the county Yali were looted by the thieves, and the tables, chairs, pavilions and platforms were destroyed a lot. Fortunately, Xing Zhongshan and Huang Ziren immediately led their troops to kill, and the county government was saved from the fate of being set on fire by thieves.

After Lin Jialuo, the magistrate of Jingzhou, was rescued, several loyal officials hastily cleaned up a room and placed him on a bed to rest. Xu Liang, Xing, and Huang had just entered the inner courtyard, and Lin Zhixian rushed out of the door when they heard the news.

Xu Liang raised his eyes and saw a young man in his thirties, with three or four thick cotton jackets on his body, and he was dressed bulgingly and swollen, looking like a full cotton ball at a glance.

Xing Zhongshan pointed to this person and introduced to Xu Liang: "General, this is Lin Jialuo, the magistrate of Jingzhou, Lord Lin." ”

Lin Jialuo listened, knowing that the young general in front of him, who was wearing silver and gray armor, was Xu Liang, the former governor of Zhenyuan County, and hurriedly hugged his fists, but he was too bloated, and it took a lot of strength to barely hold his left hand and his right hand, and said sincerely: "In Lin Jialuo, the county governor of Xiajing Prefecture, I have seen Lord Xu." As he spoke, two lines of snot flowed down, and Lin Zhixian was so panicked that he wiped it with his hands.

After Xu Liang and the others returned the salute, they looked funny, but they also knew that laughing out loud at this time would inevitably embarrass Lin Zhixian, and it was very hard to endure it.

Lin Zhixian's face turned red, and he said embarrassedly: "This time the thieves went to the heavenly dragon soldiers to commit Jingzhou, and Lin was incompetent and failed to defend the city. Fortunately, Lord Xu arrived with reinforcements and recaptured Jingzhou City from the thieves. I am grateful to all the people in Jingzhou. It's just that Lin is ill and inconvenient to receive him, so when he recovers in the future, he will thank the three generals for saving his life today. ”

After saying this long word, the clear snot in Lin Zhixian's nostrils was about to flow to his lips again, and when he dried it again, he said sorry, wrapped his coat tightly, and shrunk his neck back to the house.

Xu Liang and the three of them walked out of the inner courtyard, and they all laughed when they thought of Lin Zhixian's embarrassment. Back in the main hall of the county ya, another official stepped forward to report: "The county lord Lin called the small report to Lord Xu, now Lord Lin is unwell, it is inconvenient for the director, if Lord Xu has an arrangement, he can make his own decisions, and the county government will obey it." ”

Xu Liang nodded again and again when he heard this, and secretly said that this Lin Zhixian also had some eyes. Thinking of bringing troops to Jingzhou this time, there are more than 300 soldiers killed in the Liang army, and after returning to Zhenyuan, the pension alone is a large amount of money, and this money is definitely not done if you want to pay it yourself.

After an hour, the soldiers reported that the Jingzhou County Treasury had already been looted by thieves, and the treasury was empty, and the warehouse ambassador and the library ambassador were killed by the thieves, and the gate of the county treasury was destroyed.

Xu Liang and the three of them glanced at each other, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded, this Jingzhou County is so poor, it seems that most of the post-war pension money has to be paid out of their own pockets.

Thinking of the dozen wagons of gold and silver treasures that the thieves transported out of the city, Xu Liang gritted his teeth with hatred, and couldn't help but sit in the hall and sulk. Suddenly, the soldiers came to report.

"General, a Jingzhou squire received wine and meat to eat, and came to the county government to thank the general."

When Xu Liang heard this, he hurriedly walked out of the county government with Xing Huang and the others, and saw five squires in cotton clothes standing at the gate of the county office, a row of eight flat carriages behind the squire, and the carriage was tied with a large altar of wine and meat, rice in large wooden barrels, steamed buns, and dishes in large pots, and the aroma of the food on the carriage was mixed with the rising steam and rushed straight to the tip of the nose, which made the Liang soldiers who had been tired all night salivate.

Several squires saw Xu Liang and stepped forward and said: "Last night, Lord Xu led my Ming soldiers to break the thieves to the heavenly dragon, recapture Jingzhou City for the court, and protect the lives of 30,000 people in Jingzhou City. On behalf of the people of Jingzhou, we gathered these truckloads of wine and meat to eat, and came to comfort Lord Xu and many soldiers, and asked Lord Xu to smile. ”

Although Xu Liang didn't get any tangible benefits in the war, and even looked at these squires in brocade clothes a little unpleasant, but there is a way to reach out and not hit smiling people, and now they have brought wine and meat to work in the army, and there is no reason to refuse them. At that moment, he smiled and thanked several squires and the people of Jingzhou, and ordered the soldiers to distribute wine and meat to all headquarters and teams to enjoy.

The five squires also asked people to set up a banquet in the county office, and invited Lin Jialuo, the magistrate of Jingzhou, to feast Xu Liang and the three of them. Xu Liang and others were tired all night, they were hungry, and they were not polite at the moment, and Lin Jialuo, the magistrate of Jingzhou, and five representatives of the squires sat around a table and drank heartily.

Everyone was eating, and another Liang army soldier guarding the city came to report: "General Yu, General Long Feng, the guard of a thousand households in Andong, is outside the south city gate, asking to enter the city." ”

Xu Liang was stunned and asked, "Which one is this Dragon Peak?" ”

Lin Zhixian saw that Xu Liang was not very clear, so he explained: "Lord Xu has just arrived in Zhenyuan, and he may not know the origin of this Dragon Peak. There are Andong Zhongwei guards in Pingliang Mansion, and the commander of the guard is Ye Yanqing, and this Long Feng is a thousand household officials under Andong Zhongwei. Saying that, Lin Zhixian sneered: "This dragon thousand households came in time, and the thieves arrived in Jingzhou as soon as they were peaceful, as if they had calculated the time accurately." In his words, he was very disdainful of this dragon Qianhu.

Xu Liang listened to it, and secretly thought that this Lin Zhi County and this dragon thousand households had most of the past holidays. But that's a matter of the two of them, and as an outsider, he doesn't have to get involved. Immediately thought that this Qianhu official is a military general of the five grades of the central government, and his rank is not low, and he should be regarded as a high-ranking military general in Pingliang Mansion, and it is not a bad thing to take the opportunity to get to know him.

To be an official is to strive to make the friends of the DPRK and the Central Committee get as many as possible, and the enemies to get few, so that the official can do it for a long time. So Xu Liang got up and said: "Since it is the Thousand Households of Anton Zhongwei, you should all go outside the city to greet you." ”

When Lin Zhixian and the others heard this, their expressions were a little disapproving, but because it was Xu Liang's suggestion, it was difficult to refute, and they accompanied Xu Liang out of the south gate to meet Long Qianhu, who was fishing for shizi.

Xu Liang and his entourage came to the gate of the south city and saw the Longfeng Qianhu outside the city, Xu Liang saw that he was dressed in armor and neat, with a national character face, a beard, and a majestic riding on a high-headed horse, and saw that there were about 500 Ming soldiers standing crookedly behind him, and he was expected to be the guards of the Thousand Households of Anton Zhongwei. Just looking at the standing posture of the formation, I guessed that most of them were troops who had not trained for a long time.

Long Qianhu saw Xu Liang and his party walking out of the city, Xu Liang walked in the front again, looked carefully but his face was tight, he didn't know him. I looked up again and saw a row of guards standing up straight like a benchmark at the head of the city, seeing that their military uniforms were not the same as the regular Ming army uniforms, I was puzzled, and asked Xu Liang in a loud voice: "Stop, where are you an official?" Where are the soldiers in this city? ”

Xu Liang smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "Lord Yulong Qianhu, the young general Xu Liang is the commander of the Zhenyuan Liang Army, yesterday I learned that the thieves went to Tianlong to besiege Jingzhou, and hurriedly waved down the Liang army to help, fortunately not dishonored, and the thieves were killed by the Tianlong. ”

"Uh......" Long Qianhu listened to the name of Liang Jun, and thought in his heart for a long time that he didn't remember which way the Ming army was called, thinking that the current northwest army is in chaos, and it is not uncommon for the court to form an army again. As for the name of this Xu Liang, I have never heard of it. Long Qianhu arched his hand and said, "It turned out to be General Xu." So the thief Shangtianlong has been killed by General Xu, and Jingzhou City is already safe? ”

Xu Liang said: "Exactly." The young general and Lin Zhixian, several Jingzhou squires were eating wine in the county government to celebrate, and the general came just in time, please go into the city to celebrate. ”

This bearded Longfeng Qianhu heard that there was wine to drink in the city, laughed happily, jumped off the horse, greeted a few greeting people, and ordered the five hundred Ming troops to camp outside the city, and brought a dozen or so personal soldiers to Jingzhou County to drink with Xu Liang.

Several people returned to the Jingzhou County Ya, and Lin Zhixian saw that the dishes in the hall were already cold, so he ordered the officials to withdraw and reopen the banquet.

The hot wine and food were served again, and several people ate for a while. Lin Zhixian toasted a glass of wine to this Long Qianhu, and asked with a smile: "I have heard the name of Long Qianhu for a long time, and I am fortunate to see it today." But I don't know that Long Qianhu has come to my small county in Jingzhou today, what are you doing? ”

Long Qianhu was stunned when he heard this, and his face was slightly red. In fact, he was ordered by Ye Yanqing, the commander of Andong Zhongwei, to lead his troops out of the city to Jingzhou to relieve the siege. However, there are more than 1,000 soldiers in the thousands of households under the jurisdiction of Longfeng, but the actual soldiers are less than 600 people, and more than half of the old and weak soldiers over 50 years old. Although this Long Qianhu looks rough, he is very shrewd, and he knows that Commander Ye has long seen that he is not pleasing to the eye before he sent his own group of men out of the city to relieve the siege of Jingzhou, but he can only send his subordinates to death. It was because he left Pingliang Mansion that he ordered to slow down the march and slowly rush towards Jingzhou. I didn't go outside Jingzhou when it got dark. Stationed outside the city for 30 miles for one night, waited until dawn to rush to the outside of Jingzhou City, sent spies to check, but learned that Jingzhou City was still in the hands of the Ming army, and was very surprised, so he personally led the troops to the south gate of Jingzhou and asked someone to open the city gate.

Hearing Lin Zhixian's meaningful question, Long Qianhu was silent for a long time, unable to answer for a while.