"I've seen Master Hou!" Jiang Jian came to the room and immediately saluted Lu Rui.

"Well, get up, don't be polite, Jiang Yin, who are these two?"

"Back to the Hou Ye, these are the two clan brothers, one is Jiang Wen, who works as a knife and pen officer in Tianshui Reservoir Mansion, and the other is Jiang Wu, who is a captain who patrols the streets in Tianshui."

"Jiang Wen, Jiang Wu, meet Master Hou!"

"Okay, let's all get up, the three of them will do things for Lord Sikong, and after the matter is completed, Rui will definitely go to the court and add officials to the three of them."

"Thank you, Master Hou!"

"Jiang Yin, what is the situation in Tianshui City now?" Lu Rui motioned for the three of them to come and talk back.

"Back to the Hou Ye, the main forces of Ma Teng and Han Sui are facing off against Lord Sikong in Chencang, the defense in the Xiliang area is empty, as for Tianshui City, there are only 1,000 defenders, and the entire Tianshui County is 3,000 defenders." Jiang Jian replied to Lu Rui respectfully.

"Well, Jiang Yin, let's talk about it carefully."

"Yes, Master Hou!"

"Master Hou, there are 1,000 soldiers in Tianshui City, 100 soldiers in each of the four gates, there are 300 soldiers guarding Ma Teng's general's mansion, and the remaining 300 people are the city patrol soldiers in the city."

"Hmm!" Lu Rui nodded, according to this situation, it should not be a problem to raid Xiliang, but how to go after taking Xiliang must be planned carefully.

"Jiang Yin, in your opinion, there are only three thousand soldiers in the entire Tianshui County, if our army captures Tianshui, what will be the reaction of the rest of the counties?"

"My lord, if our army's raid on Tianshui is successful, the rest of the counties will definitely take a wait-and-see attitude and see how the Qiang people react."

"The reaction of the Qiang?"

"Yes. Hou Ye. Please listen to Jiang Jian tell you carefully. ”

In the vicinity of Cheonsu-gun. There is a Qiang tribe that is relatively strong, and the leader is called the old Qiang king by the Qiang people, which is one of the oldest tribes of the Qiang people.

However, the Qiang people are an organization that dominates the mountains, and each tribe in the Qiang nationality occupies a mountain, supports troops and stands on their own, and attacks each other.

This old Qiang king and the Ma clan made a secret covenant to defend each other. If the old Qiang king sends troops, Tianshui County will have variables.

"Is this old Qiang king the titular king of the Qiang people?"

"Yes, Master Hou, this old Qiang king's surname is Jiang, his name is Wentao, and his name is too duke. It is rumored that he is the descendant of Jiang Taigong, and he is the nominal king of the Qiang people, but the kings of their respective mountains all support their own troops, and this king is probably just an honorific title. ”

"I see!" There are names and surnames. There is also a font size. It seems that this Qiang king has a heart for sinicization, so that there is a chance to win over.

"Jiang Yin. Can you introduce this old Qiang king? ”

"If the Hou Ye wants to get together with the old Qiang King, he can arrange it on his behalf, but whether it will be successful in the future, I dare not guarantee it. Because this old Qiang King is much more resourceful than the Roast Goose King, and there is no careerist like Yu around him, I am afraid it will not be easy for him to give up the Ma family and throw himself into Lord Sikong. ”

"You don't have to worry about this, this marquis will act on his own."

"Yes, after the raid on Tianshui, my subordinates will introduce the old Qiang king to the Hou Ye."

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you."

"Jiang Wen, you are the captain of the treasury, before we raid Tianshui, you have to assist our army to burn all the military supplies in the treasury, and as for the money and food, distribute it to the people of Tianshui."

"Jiang Wu, you are in one place, you must be absolutely safe, tomorrow I will summon the scholars who are not satisfied with the Ma clan and the Han clan."

"No!"

At this time, the largest restaurant in Tianshui City, on the Tianshui Tower, the scholars of Tianshui were gathering in the box to discuss how to fight against the Ma clan.

"Yang Gong, Ma Chao is too much of a thing, he actually broke my Han system, now my clansmen are in the army and in the yamen have been liquidated, Ma Chao wants to use his set, what is the main text of the Qiang people, the main martial arts of the Han nationality, it is at all, and it is not to control us?" A young scribe, the more he spoke, the more excited he became, and his mouth foamed.

"Brother Zhao, don't be so excited, we all know Ma Chao's intentions, but Ma Chao now has a heavy army and the support of the Qiang people, I'm afraid we won't be so easy to move to him, so we still have to act cautiously."

"Cautious?"

"Yang Gong, no matter how cautious we are, we will all become the meat in Ma Chao's mouth, now Xiliang's defense is empty, Tianshui is only a thousand soldiers, and the other county troops are also insufficient, with our family soldiers, we will definitely be able to control Tianshui, copy Ma Chao's back road, and see what else Ma Chao can do!"

"Brother Zhao, don't forget, there are still the soldiers and horses of the old Qiang king near Tianshui, if there is any problem in the city, as soon as the old Qiang king's soldiers and horses come out, we can resist the guards?"

"This?" The head of the Zhao family has nothing to say, and the soldiers of Tianshui are not afraid, but the soldiers and horses of the old Qiang King have to be considered, that is an army of 20,000, even if the soldiers in the city are mobilized to defend it, I am afraid it will be a mantis arm as a car.

"Master, master, good news, Jiang Jian has returned to Tianshui City." Suddenly, the old housekeeper of the Yang Mansion hurried over and told Yang Gong Jiang Jian the news of his return to Tianshui.

"Oh? Is this news serious? Yang Gong leaned on crutches and quickly stood up.

"Seriously, the old slave has already heard clearly, Jiang Jian returned to Tianshui with more than 100 people, to see his family."

"Good! Good! It's finally here. Yang Gong smiled and stroked his long beard.

"Yang Gong, what are you?"

"Brother Zhao, don't you know, Jiang Jian is already a person of Lord Sikong, and now that Cao Jun and Xiliang Army are facing Chen Cang, Jiang Jian must have a plan to return to Tianshui at this time, it seems that Lord Sikong is going to do something to Tianshui, this is the time for us to show our merit."

"Yang Gong means that Lord Sikong is going to raid Tianshui?"

"Yes, Jiang Jian will return to Tianshui, and he will find us soon, with Cao Jun's support, it will be easy to take Tianshui."

"Yang Gong Gaojian!"

On the second day, Lu Rui was led by Jiang Jian to a courtyard in the city, where Yang Gong and the head of the Zhao family were waiting.

"Brother Jiang is coming from afar, my brother is unwelcome, forgive your sins, forgive your sins!" As soon as Jiang Jian and Lu Rui stepped into the mansion, Yang Gong greeted them on crutches.

"Gong Yang, Brother Zhao, it's been a long time, and I want the two of you to come out to greet you, I'm really ashamed." Jiang Jian hurriedly returned the salute.

is another old man who is difficult to deal with, why are all the old men who are difficult to deal with surnamed Yang? Lu Rui was observing this Yang Gong from the side, this Yang Gong obviously guessed Jiang Yin's intention to come, and he was an old fox.

"Jiang Yin, who are these two? Why don't you introduce me to my son? Lu Rui stared at the two of them, typical family heads.

"Brother Jiang, who is this?" Seeing Lu Rui calling Jiang Yan's name, Yang Gong was stunned for a moment, could it be that the person in charge of Cao Jun this time was this young man?

"It's the younger brother who is reckless, Yang Gong, Brother Zhao, this is the adopted son of Lord Sikong, the general of Zhengbei, Lu Rui, the Marquis of Qi, the current commander of the tiger and leopard cavalry, and the younger brother is just a small member of the army." Jiang Jian hurriedly introduced Lu Rui to the two.

"It turned out to be Hou Ye, forgive sins, forgive sins, the villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, please Hou Ye Haihan!"

"Yang Gong doesn't have to be polite, let's talk in the house!" (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you for your great support!