Chapter 53: Yuxian (End)

And Xu Ji is also facing a lot of trouble at this time, or this is the trouble that Xu Ji must bear, after all, everything is developing according to his plan.

Gao Shun was trapped by the fact that there were only three hundred soldiers under his command, so he gave up the entire ancestral hall and only guarded the hall where Xu Ji was, fortunately, Gao Shun was full of elites to maintain the defense line that had been supported for so long and was still stable, but both Xu Ji and Gao Shun understood that they could not continue to consume like this, after all, they were at a disadvantage, and there was no capital at all. In the face of a steady stream of soldiers from Yuxian County, Gao Shun also began to bear more and more pressure than before, although because of the rotation of the garrison, the hall can still be held, but according to the intensity of this confrontation, once a fight breaks out, Gao Shun can only try to ensure that he can guard a stick of incense, and after a stick of incense, even if Gao Shun himself can still fight, but the soldiers under his command are probably unable to continue to support no matter what, fortunately, at this time, Chen Zhi's support finally arrived.

There are about five or six hundred guards in Yuxian County who besieged the ancestral hall, in addition to the dozens of people who were solved by Gao Shun when he broke into the front and the losses that hit Gaoshun's defense line at the beginning, there were no less than five hundred people, but because Xu Ji held Liu Xian as a hostage, this big killer made these soldiers in Yuxian County dare not let go of the attack, although the guards of Yuxian County repeatedly threatened Gao Shun to hand over Liu Xian, but this will inevitably fail to force Xu Ji to hand over Liu Xian, and this also led to a stalemate between the two sides, and the Yuxian guards and Gao Shun have a tacit stalemate, Although the casualties on both sides are not large, but both sides are under great pressure, Gao Shun's soldiers are the garrison after all, although they can take advantage of the geographical advantage, but the number of people is always the biggest problem, in this situation Gao Shun is really difficult to do more. In the face of Chen Zhi's attack, these soldiers quickly chose to surrender under the cooperation of Chen Zhi and Gao Shun, after all, Chen Zhi and Gao Shun's two troops together must be more than these Yuxian guards besieging the ancestral hall. And this also marked Xu Ji's official entry into Yu County, and Liu Xian realized his failure since he fell into the hands of Xu Ji.

The only thing Liu Xian didn't expect was that Xu Ji and Chen Zhi had a secret hand, and if there was no Chen Zhi and this department, then Xu Ji would not be able to force Liu Xian into such a situation no matter what, so Liu Xian would naturally be invincible. And Liu Xian really didn't prevent Xu Ji from having such a move, but this is indeed not his fault, let alone his negligence. This is Xu Ji's backhand that he has been preparing for a long time, and even Xu Ji's backhand that he planned after the victory of Changshe, how can people prevent such a method? And this is the reason why Xu Ji can have the confidence to compete with Liu Xian, precisely because this is a move that no one expected, and it is also Xu Ji's most reliant back, and now it has been proved that Xu Ji's preparation has never been in vain. He always finds a silver lining when it's impossible.

Liu Xian asked Xu Ji when he ordered him to be detained: "It is a good means to supervise the post, but can Zhiyuan ask the superintendent a question?" ”

Xu Ji chuckled: "But it's okay to talk about it. ”

"When did Lord Postmaster start planning, and how did he quietly affirm that Zhiyuan would attack you? And when did this part of the people lurk? ”

Xu Ji smiled again: "Wen Lie doesn't know when the county lieutenant will do something to me, but since Wen Lie arrived in Yu County, he knew that the county lieutenant of Lu Dao would definitely not allow Xu Ji to be in Yu County, and the plan began at that time." As for Uncle Zhi's people? Since Wen Lie joined the battle array, it has been unknown to others at that time" Liu Xian sighed when he heard this: "Lord Postmaster is really far-sighted, so Lord Postmaster, Zhiyuan still has a question, whether Zhiyuan will want Zhiyuan's life regardless of whether Zhiyuan is subordinate to the Postmaster or not?" ”

Xu Ji shook his head: "There is no need for the life of the adult, but in this county, there can only be one master after all, and the adult and Wen Lie can only leave one person after all." ”

Liu Xian sighed and said: "After all, it is not as meticulous as the post superintendent's calculations, Zhiyuan deserves this defeat, and Yu County will be in charge of the post superintendent from today on." After saying that, he stopped talking and retreated in frustration, and the soldiers under Gao Shun escorted away. And Xu Ji also sighed, in fact, how can it be so easy, every step he takes is a risk, and as long as there is a mistake in one step, it is a situation of no return, this is far from being as freehand and relaxed as he said, and it is naturally not so casual that Liu Xian thought he could calculate him to death. Even Liu Xian almost won, as long as Xu Ji had a slight hesitation before, then the person who was escorted down today was not Liu Xian, but he Xu Ji.

But no matter what, Xu Ji solved the problem that bothered him the most so far, and Yu County was finally successfully controlled by him. And then Xu Ji must integrate Yuxian County and make it his rear, so that he can patrol the town and Chen Liu's rear guarantee, otherwise he will be like a rootless duckweed in Chenliu, and it will be difficult to gain a foothold in Chenliu without a foundation, and if it is difficult to gain a foothold in Chenliu, then it is impossible to talk about his previous huge layout plan.

And the current situation, Xu Ji can obviously only hand over everything to Mao Jie, he can't stand in front of the stage immediately, if he has a little mistake, it is likely to lead to serious problems, if he accidentally makes Zhang Miao suspicious of himself, finding someone to restrain Xu Ji, or making Xu Ji turn Chen Liu, it is not the result that Xu Ji wants, and once he stabilizes his position in Yu County, it will not be so easy for Zhang Miao to move Xu Ji again. Xu Ji could not accept Zhang Miao's orders, and Xu Ji was sure that once he gained a firm foothold in the south of Chen Liu, Zhang Miao would never risk turning his face against him. After all, he controls almost the same power as Zhang Miao as the governor of the southern part of Chen Liu, and it is impossible for him to take a huge risk to tear his face with Xu Ji.

Fortunately, Mao Jie's did not disappoint Xu Ji, after Xu Ji captured Liu Xian and his henchmen, he quickly pacified the people of the riots in Yu County, and the original guards of Yu County also chose to disarm and surrender under the pressure of Liu Xian himself being captured, after all, there is no need to continue to waste efforts for a person who has lost power, not to mention that these soldiers may not be so willing to serve Liu Xian, and Xu Ji's remaining problem is to solve the problem of a wealthy family in the city. But this is a problem that is even more difficult to solve than Liu Xian.

There are no particularly famous families in Yu County, which makes Xu Ji less troublesome, after all, compared to the Hao family, it is undoubtedly more widely implicated, not that Xu Ji can do it if he wants to do it, not to mention that Xu Ji is not yet able to gain a firm foothold in Yu County, and these families rooted in the local area cannot be said to be asking for hardship, and the Hao family is much easier to do, most of these Hao families are exploiting the people to have today's net worth, so Xu Ji will naturally not encounter too much backlash from the people of Yu County. And the family will not openly confront Xu Ji because of the wealthy family, the only problem now is that these wealthy families have a large number of private soldiers in their hands, these private soldiers are only afraid of far exceeding the county soldiers, after all, this is the most powerful family to rely on, there is no reason not to spend a lot of money to build, and Xu Ji's command can easily solve the county soldiers but may not be able to solve the private soldiers of these wealthy families as easily.

And for Xu Ji's idea, Mao Jie also agreed, he has been an official in Yuxian County for many years, and he sees the moth-eating behavior of these wealthy clans more clearly than Xu Ji, but he also understands that these wealthy clans must not be too hasty and violent, the best way is to divide and control in his hands, no matter how bad it is, he must be gentle, first calm his heart and then slowly try to it. Of course, Xu Ji also agrees with Mao's strategy, but it is difficult for Xu Ji to grasp how much time he has, he can't wait too long, and he doesn't have time to wait too long, Zhang Miao will inevitably focus on himself after solving the trouble in the north of Chen Liu, and then his space will inevitably become very small, and he will definitely not be able to have such a large space as he is now, and Zhang Miao will definitely not allow himself to act so recklessly against the wealthy family, after all, he is the representative of the family.

Mao Jie's worries about Xu Ji are understood, he is actually not a child of the world, and he does not have the kind of awe of ordinary people for the world, but it is precisely because of this that he can see more things, and the reason why the world and the wealthy family can override the common people and even sometimes the royal family is nothing more than mergers and monopolies, the world monopolizes academics, and the wealthy family monopolizes wealth and land, and in this way, what else is left to tens of millions of people in the vast Central Plains? It can only be exploited. It is precisely because Mao Jie saw this that he supported Xu Ji's decision on the Hao family. Only by getting rid of these moths can we bring changes to the big men who are now rotten to the bones.

But both men understand that this matter will not be solved in one moment, and this may not even be a problem that can be solved in one generation. At the same time, there is not only this problem in front of Xu Ji, but also the problems of the remaining counties in the south of Chenliu, and the Yellow Turban Yu Kou will inevitably need him to solve it, but now Bo Cai is seriously injured, and he can solve the Yellow Turban for himself The reliance cannot be used for the time being, and the foundation of Yu County is not stable, and he can't be too anxious to take action against the rest of the counties immediately, especially the soldiers in Xu Ji's hands are indeed stretched, and even if Xu Ji has the heart, he has no spare strength to take care of the affairs of the other counties in the south of Chen Liu.

And because of this, this also made Xu Ji have to settle down to rectify Yu County, after all, only a strong enough rear can support his attack, and this is also Xu Ji's top priority. Xu Ji's current primary goal has changed again, because all the planning and layout of Xu Ji at this time must be established under the premise of the stability of Yu County, Mao Jie's order is naturally to start busy immediately, his affairs are currently the most among the people in Yu County, as Hu Cao Pengshi, his own duty requires him to worry about civil affairs, and he also has to temporarily control all aspects of Yu County, Xu Ji is not suitable to come forward to control, otherwise it is easy to be realistic. And Bo Cai, who had sorted out the evidence of Liu Xian's crime with him before, was still unconscious due to serious injuries at this time, which means that Mao Jie had to sort out the evidence collected before by himself, and how could the people of Yu County not know these things? These things are nothing more than things that Xu Ji sent to Zhang Miao to prove why he captured Liu Xian, and Liu Xian would never live to that time, let alone wait for Zhang Miao's fate to him. Because Xu Ji knew too well how Zhang Miao was willing to let him kill a county lieutenant so easily? Not to mention that he is still the head of a wealthy family. As a representative of this class, Zhang Miao will definitely not agree to Xu Ji's behavior.

And Liu Xian naturally knows the Tao, so he was ready to die when he was captured, because whether it was in accordance with the law or not, Xu Ji would never keep his life, just like if he captured Xu Ji, he would definitely not let him live for too long, and he would definitely find a reason to kill him immediately. Because whether Xu Ji is to Liu Xian or Liu Xian is to Xu Ji, he is an existence that is enough to become a scourge, and such an existence is bound to not be kept, and there is no reason to keep it.

And Xu Ji apparently did the same. Liu Xian died in prison that night, claiming that he committed suicide in fear of crime, of course, this is just an excuse to deceive the ignorant people, but even if a discerning person sees it, what can he blame? In front of the evidence provided by Mao Jie, no one can have the courage to speak for Liu Xian, and jumping out to defend Liu Xian at this time is tantamount to putting himself on the opposite side of Xu Ji, and now Xu Ji has taken Liu Xian's prestige into the county, no one dares to provoke him at this time, after all, no one dares to guarantee what the temper of this postmaster is, and no one wants to be the guy who doesn't know whether to live or die to test the depth of the postmaster, because no one can guarantee what price he will pay, and he dare not challenge the bottom line of the postmaster.

And in such a situation, Xu Ji seemed to be calm, but in fact, the situation of the dark tide was surging, and he took over Yu County. Mao Jie's participation in Xu Ji's command is logical, this is a matter of certainty in the princes of Yu County, after all, he is the one who took out Liu Xian's incriminating evidence immediately after Xu Ji became the master, so in the eyes of the wealthy families in Yu County, it is obvious that he is loyal, and then Mao Jie's responsibility as the temporary county lieutenant was also successfully formed. But who would have thought that Mao Jie had already planned to get rid of Liu Xian in Xu Ji?

And these can not change the reality that Xu Ji took over the defense of Yuxian County, Xu Ji's original army of less than 800 expanded to nearly 2,000 people through this campaign, of course, the combat effectiveness of these nearly 1,000 people may not be stronger than the 800 people under Xu Ji's original command, after all, the backbone of this army is still the old subordinates under Xu Ji's command, Gao Shun also said that it will take at least three months to form combat effectiveness, which is only the initial ability to go to the battlefield, and if you want to reach the hundreds of people under your command, I am afraid that there will be no training and real battlefield fighting for a year and a half. Xu Ji naturally knows a lot about this, just looking at the harsh conditions for Gao Shun to select soldiers, but fortunately, Gao Shun is still wearing the identity of Xu Ji's personal guard, and no one can say anything if he is strict, but Xu Ji also laughed at Gao Shun and said: "Are you picking a lady or a soldier?" ”

And Gao Shun's answer was even more absolute: "It is enough for the mother-in-law to give birth and raise, but the soldiers have to lick the blood on the battlefield, how can they survive if they don't choose the best quality?" Besides, now that we need to protect the safety of the Lord, how can we be careless? ”

These words have also become a creed that every general of Xu Ji's guards will remember in the future, and every guard is also proud to be a guard, because they are the best.