After Wu Shigong left the county office, he came to the teahouse next to the county gate, waiting for the return of Foreman Jiang. He sat alone at a table, ordered a pot of tea, and drank it without a sip, and his heart was sullen.

Suddenly, there was a servant on horseback who let go of his horse's hooves and rushed out of the county seat. He suddenly saw Wu Shigong's guards waiting outside the teahouse, so he quickly grabbed the reins and jumped off the horse. The official confirmed to Wu Shigong's guards, and after Wu Shigong was in the teahouse, he hurriedly ran into the teahouse.

As soon as he saw Wu Shigong, the official knelt down with a "plop", and with a cry in his throat, he told Wu Shigong: "Wu Qianhu, there are rebellious people who want to attack the county seat!" The county asked Wu Qianhu to go to the county government to discuss matters! ”

The official shouted loudly, Wu Shigong didn't react, and when the other tea guests in the teahouse heard it, they all scattered home with a "boom".

Wu Shigong listened to the officer's advice, and his whole body was excited. Could it be that the chaos in the world has just begun? Could it be that he, a thousand households, will bear the brunt of the chaos in the world? Wu Shigong shook his head vigorously and sobered up. He immediately stood up. He thought to himself: "Don't say anything, go to the county office to understand the situation first." ”

When he returned to the county office, Wu Shigong saw that the people in the county town on both sides of the road were scurrying like headless flies. It seems that there is no secrecy in this county, and it is estimated that at this time, the news that the chaotic people are going to attack the county seat has spread throughout the county.

After arriving at the county office, Wu Shigong immediately rushed into the county office. As soon as I entered the county office, I saw that in the lobby of the county office, the Qi county commander was spinning in circles in the lobby, and a person dressed as a military attache was standing next to the Qi county order.

Hearing Wu Shigong's footsteps coming in, Qi County Ling and the military attache all looked at Wu Shigong. Wu Shigong also looked at the military attaché, and when they saw it, both of them lost their voices.

"Commander Lee."

"Commander Wu."

That military attache was none other than Li Lu, Wu Shigong's predecessor when he was in command of the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Command Division.

After seeing Li Lu, Wu Shigong's face changed. In his memory, Li Lu went to Nanyang Mansion to be a garrison. In the middle of Nanyang Mansion and Guide Mansion, there can be Runing Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion, which are separated by each other. Could it be that Nanyang Mansion, Runing Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion are all in chaos?

It turned out that the garrison official position arranged by Wei Zhongxian for Li Lu was completely squeezed out by Wei Zhongxian for Li Lu in the face of the British duke. There was already a general in Nanyang Mansion who was responsible for guarding the palace, and there was no need to arrange another garrison.

However, due to Wei Zhongxian's orders at that time, the military department still squeezed out two counties from the eastern part of Nanyang Mansion and became Li Lu's garrison area. However, the number of Li Lu's soldiers was definitely not as good as the ordinary garrison.

In the Ming Dynasty, the garrison was generally between 1,500 and 2,000 people. However, Li Lu's garrison only had 800 troops.

However, Li Lu obtained this official position as a garrison, but it was an unexpected joy. His leg is already lame, and it stands to reason that he can't be an official at all, let alone a military attache who wants to lead troops into battle. Therefore, Li Lu no longer cares about these.

Besides, Li Lu's ambition has been exhausted with his disability. He only thought that his wife would work peacefully in this garrison official position for a few years, earn a little silver, and then return to the capital to retire.

Therefore, although according to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers under Li Lu could only receive fifty percent of their military salaries after being divided by the yamen at all levels every year. However, Li Lu saw that there was nothing wrong with his defense area, and the surrounding defense area was also peaceful. Therefore, Li Lu only raised 300 soldiers who received 30% of the salary, and raised dozens of personal soldiers who received 70% of the salary as his guards. He put the rest of the salary into his own pocket.

After being stable in Nanyang Mansion for more than a year, Li Lu healed his scars and forgot the pain, and his heart was ready to move again.

A few days ago, Li Lu hooked up with a good family again. So, two days ago, Li Lu went to the good family's house and made another firewood. After the incident was over, Li Lu would take his dozen or so personal soldiers and leave the town where the good family was located.

The town where the Na Liang family is located is at the junction of Nanyang and Runing. To be exact, it should be in Runing Mansion. After all, Li Lu had left his own defense area, so it was still relatively sneaky for him to enter this town. However, when he left, he didn't need to hide it like that.

However, Li Lu's appearance caused a chain reaction. That town happened to be an important rebel gathering point for the Holy Spirit Society. Seeing Li Lu's dozens of officers and soldiers suddenly appear, those people of the Holy Spirit Society, thinking that their attempt to rebel had been discovered by the officials and soldiers, immediately started an incident and wanted to kill Li Lu and these people.

Li Lu and the others were caught off guard and several people were killed. However, after all, they all rode horses and had certain military skills. So zuihou, most of them still broke out of the encirclement.

However, after escaping from the town, Li Lu was a little panicked. Originally, he should have gone back to his defense zone. However, that town was the only way for Li Lu to return to the defense area. Therefore, Li Lu wanted to take a detour and try to see if he could return to the defense area.

But as soon as they detoured to the path, Li Lu and the others found that the situation was not right. Each other seems to be in a mess. Li Lu and they don't care about the south, south, west, and north, they have no choice but to flee wherever there are few chaotic people.

In the process of escaping, Li Lu and the others also inquired that these rioters had gathered and opened several villages in the countryside. And the route of the march of these chaotic people is exactly the direction in which Li Lu escaped.

Li Lu wanted to cry without tears. He thought to himself, "Am I just playing a good family?" You rebels, do you need to chase after me? ”

Li Lu and the others did not dare to pass through the place where there were many chaotic people, and approached several nearby county seats. They urged the horses to run wildly all the way, and after exhausting a few horses, they finally ran to the county seat of Qi County after running for a day.

But then again. Although Li Lu's defense area is in the easternmost part of Nanyang Prefecture, and the county seat of Qi County Order is in the westernmost part of Guide Prefecture, the distance between the two places is about the same as the distance between the county seat of Qi County and the city of Guide Mansion. However, Li Lu could travel from Nanyang Mansion to Runing Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion to Guide Mansion in more than a day. It shows that Li Lu's lame man's escape kung fu is indeed first-class.

Qi Xianling and Wu Shigong carefully understood the situation of those chaotic people. Of course, Li Lu will not tell the ugly thing about his hooking up with a good family. However, Qi County Ling and Wu Shigong basically didn't get any useful information from Li Lu's mouth.

At that time, Li Lu and those people only cared about escaping. Therefore, Li Lu can only say: It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of these rioters. They are killing in the direction of the county seat of Qi County. However, how far are they from the county seat? When will it arrive? Li Lu couldn't say why.

After listening to the order of Naqi County, he scolded his mother in his heart: "I have served as a zuihou in this county for one year, is it a ghost?" First, there was a drought, and now the people are about to attack the county seat. ”

Qi County Ling and Wu Shigong didn't know that these chaotic people organized by the Holy Spirit Society, although they were mainly people from Runing Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion. But there is a reason why they are killing in the direction of Guide.

That's because, although few of these people in the Church of the Holy Spirit have military literacy. However, after all, they have been operating in Henan for a long time and know where in Henan the army is the least and the defense is the weakest. And Guide Mansion is the emptiest place in the entire Henan army.

As we already know, Guide Mansion is surrounded by large armies, so it seems to be very safe. Moreover, in the Ming Dynasty, the arrangement of the army was also exquisite. With the exception of military locations and major transportation routes, the rest of the armies were basically placed near the domains of each vassal king. The main purpose of this arrangement was to prevent the feudal kings from rebelling.

In Henan, although there were eight vassal kings, it was also the province with the most vassal kings in the country. But it is precisely the Guide Mansion, and there is no vassal king in the domain. Therefore, in Guide Province, except for a Guide Guard, which is a local guard station, there are no soldiers at all.

As for the combat effectiveness of the current Dewei, looking at the performance of the old man Zhao Ming, everyone can also imagine it. That is, the more than 5,500 soldiers who are under the regulations of the German Guard, can they be drawn out of the military households of the German Guardian at this time? That's certainly not possible.

And the county seat of Qi County happened to be on the way for these chaotic people to go to Guide City. Therefore, it is no wonder that Qi County Ling and Wu Shigong are unlucky.

Just when Li Lu explained the situation to Qi County Ling and Wu Shigong, the big and small officials in the county government and the local gentry outside Yao Yuanwai who got the news rushed to the county office. Seeing that all the people had basically arrived, Qi County Ling thought: "Don't say anything, let's arrange how to defend this county seat first." ”

The officials in the county government were very eye-catching, and they had already moved chairs and placed them on both sides of the lobby, so that the officials in the county government and the leading figures in the county could sit down. Qi County Ling also sat down behind the big case.

After seeing that these people had already sat down, Qi Xianling coughed twice, making the lobby quiet. He opened his mouth and said: "My colleagues and fellow villagers already know that the rebels are about to attack this county. Don't talk nonsense, the official will arrange how to defend the city first. ”

Then, the Qi County Commander turned his face to Wu Shigong and ordered Wu Shigong: "First of all, Wu Qianhu immediately sent someone to bring all your soldiers to the county seat. ”