Zu Zhao and Li Xin led Xu Wuxian 400 volunteers to go south along the official road, because the horse team and the foot team walked together, the journey was not as fast as before, even though it would travel for more than eight hours during the day, but it was only after a whole day that it arrived at Wuzhong County. As early as the beginning of the departure, Li Xin had already sent his subordinates to report along the way in front that Wuzhong County learned that it was Xu Wuxian who bravely crossed the border, and specially arranged for the county volunteers to come to greet him, and he also settled outside the county seat to rest at night.

The team from Wuzhong County to help the county government had to arrive earlier than Zu Zhao and Li Xin, and they should have arrived at the county government at this time.

After settling down and camping bravely, Zu Zhao and Li Xin were invited by Ding Shang, the governor of Wuzhong County, to come to the pavilion closest to the camp to drink a glass of light wine. Ding Shang is over 40 years old and conscientious, but he has never done much. He prepared some light wine in the pavilion and burned a pot of dog meat, but unfortunately when Zu Zhao, Li Xin and others moved the chopsticks, they found that the so-called dog meat in a huge cauldron was pitiful, and more were some radish, cabbage, leaf roots and the like.

The world is restless, it is good to have some fishy smell, Ding Shang can be so gracious, and he can also see his generosity.

The light wine pushed the glass and set it up, and everyone's conversation gradually returned from the edge of the sky to the current turmoil in the county.

Ding Shang told Li Xin and Zu Zhao that there were originally many Taiping Dao followers in this county, and there were no special restrictions in the county before, so they connived again and again. Fortunately, however, these Taiping Dao members did not make any major disturbances in the county, and in early February, they almost agreed to set off for the south of the county en masse. Presumably, at this time, they are also following the thieves of Junnan Zonghai, Deng Mao, and Yu Hu to attack the county government.

Zu Zhao and Li Xin both thought that this matter must have been premeditated, and it was obvious that there was a close connection between Taiping Road in the county and Changcheng Zhangwan, otherwise it would never have been so coincidental.

Ding Shang was very worried about the current situation in the county, and he used the most simple way to analyze, after all, there are too many poor people in the county, and as the so-called call is echoed, Taiping Dao is the first to cause a wide range of reactions. Zhang Wen, the general of the chariot cavalry, originally came to Youzhou to recruit troops, and he had already recruited many young and strong, and the government in various places was too frequent, and many people would rather hide or even join the uprising than enlist in the army. Therefore, now not only is there a lack of troops in Beiping County, but I am afraid that the situation in the entire Youzhou is very worrying.

Li Xin believed that Lu Longsai, who was stationed at the border, would inevitably transfer troops to Youbeiping County to quell the rebellion later, but unfortunately, although Lu Longsai was a force close at hand, he had no choice but to be an official army. According to the official system of the Han Dynasty, local prefectures and counties did not have the right to transfer officials and troops, and only orders from the imperial court were feasible.

"It's only a matter of time before the court gives an order." Zu Zhao slowly took a sip of wine, and said in a profound tone, "It's just that I live above the temple today, and my ears are blinded, I'm afraid it will take a while to know that the situation is serious." ”

Although Zu Zhao's words were true, after all, when it came to sensitive topics, everyone present could only listen to them and did not dare to comment more. After a while, Ding Shang raised his glass to invite wine and let the matter stop.

The head of this pavilion followed Ding Shang's invitation to drink, changed the topic and said: "I heard that the thieves besieging the county government are far more than 4,000 people. ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Xin, Zu Zhao, Zu Cheng, Han Dang and other Xu Wuyi Yong all turned their eyes to the past.

Li Xin was surprised: "When I set off from Xu Wu, I heard that there were nearly 4,000 thieves, how could there be more than 4,000 at this time?" It's only been a few days, where did so many thieves come from? ”

The pavilion chief sighed, slowly shook his head and said, "What is the situation, I am also hearsay. The team that rushed to the county government to help our county was conscripted, and I heard that they couldn't enter the city at all. After all, Wuzhi is a small place, and he didn't recruit a few people before and after the New Year's Preparation, but this time he went to three hundred people at once, and he was already doing his best in this county. It's just that...... Alas, these three hundred heroes went to the county government and faced countless thieves outside the city, and they were simply ...... Alas...... That's called a useless thing. ”

Li Xin was silent, he knew that there was no reason for the pavilion chief to talk nonsense at this time, and it was only half a day's journey to the county government at the end, and it was reasonable to receive the news from the county government. He subconsciously glanced at Zu Zhao, only to see that Zu Zhao's expression did not have much turbulence, but a kind of contemplation.

Zu Cheng sighed slightly, and said with a little worry: "The eldest prince, the thief is so powerful, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to succeed with the righteousness and courage of our counties alone." ”

Zu Zhao glanced at Zu Cheng, and said expressionlessly: "Before setting out on the expedition, we should make this preparation." The way to use troops is not to win by many, although the thieves are powerful, in the end they are just some rabble. At present, the thieves are gathering to besiege the county government, this is a solid trend, we have few people, but it is easy to wander and change by skill, and we will be able to defeat the enemy with skill. ”

Although these words did not say any substantive context, they were refreshing to everyone present.

As Zu Zhao said, on the surface, the thieves are huge, and they dare to openly attack the county government. But on the other hand, the county government has successfully contained most of the thieves in the county. The traitors would not dare to retreat and would not easily retreat, otherwise they would most likely be scattered. After all, these people are a rabble, without strict discipline, and the reason why they responded to the call was nothing more than hoping to have a bite to eat.

Comparatively speaking, there are few volunteers in each county who rush to the county government, which is convenient for transfer, flexible and clever, but it is not easy to have a frontal and direct encounter. In this way, it can not only ensure that the volunteers of each county will not be used as a team to die, but also play a certain role in the flank battlefield. It really responds to everyone's heart.

Li Xin was the first to nod in agreement: "What Brother Zu said is extremely true. There are not many soldiers, but refinement. I believe that the counties are prepared for thieves and bravery, and they are all perennial to deal with robbers, even if they are not as good as the officers and soldiers in the county, but they are more than enough compared to the rabble such as Taiping Dao and Zhang Play Rebellion. There's no need for me to be too frustrated. ”

Han Dang, who was sitting on the periphery, also bowed his head and echoed: "That's right. Based on the plan of the ancestor Gongzi when he dealt with the thieves and bandits before, I will never do nothing when I go out this time. ”

Hearing the words of Li Xin and Han Dang, Zu Cheng knew that he was a little too embarrassed, and hurriedly explained to himself: "Yes, yes, it must be so." No matter how difficult the road ahead is, my ancestors have a reason to retreat. ”

Ding Shang picked up the wooden bowl, slowly took a sip of the steaming dog broth, and said with a sigh of relief: "Alas, no matter what, this rebellion in the county really depends on you hot-blooded boys. When the day of victory will come, it will also be the time of success, and then we old fellows will be able to touch your light. ”

Everyone laughed at Ding Shang's tone for a while, and then raised their glasses to drink a glass of light wine.

Coming back from Tingyi, Zu Zhao discussed with Li Xin, Han Dang, Zu Cheng and others. Long before setting off from Xu Wu, he had already dispersed all the scouts first. The most important thing in marching operations is to grasp the intelligence and completely expose the enemy, so that we can wait for the opportunity to find a flaw and then turn the situation on the battlefield in one fell swoop. He hoped that after receiving the information sent back by the scout team, he must focus on fighter planes and must not solidify the march.

Han Dang and Li Xin agreed, but Zu Cheng and the others had nothing to say.

[Tragedy, in order to pretend to be X in front of the girls in the broadcasting class, I owe the bank 7,000 yuan to buy a Steadicam, ah! 】