If Tong Ruo returns and wants to fight with the thief army with his life, even if he dies, he will have to kill a few more thieves to relieve the anger in his heart.

At this moment, I could only hear the sound of the city gate opening open, and then I heard a shout: "My lord, enter the city!" ”

This desperate vitality came too suddenly, Tong Ruo vaguely felt that this voice was very familiar, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly led the troops into the city.

Yuan Geng chased to the city, saw that the city gate was closed, and scolded: "Straight to the mother, Fan's county order for Lao Tzu to come out, there is your good fruit to eat!" ”

Yuan Geng didn't see a personal response for a long time, and scolded a few more times, he was very distressed but had nothing to do, so he had to lead the thieves back to the mountain.

Tong Ruo picked up a life, looked at the surrounding sergeants, lost their armor one by one, and thought: "I just heard others say that the Fanshi County Order colluded with the bandits to be immoral and incompetent, it seems that what he said is not true, I must thank him well." ”

"Are you alright?" Following the voice, the person who spoke was none other than Tian Shao's father and son.

The father and son stepped forward to bow their hands, and Tong Ruodeng immediately dismounted and saluted back: "If I have suffered this great calamity today, if I have not been rescued by you, my life will be at rest." ”

Tian Shao replied: "It's serious, adults have their own natural appearance. ”

Tong Ruo looked sideways: "I don't know which one the county commander of the Fan clan is?" I am very grateful for the grace of Hon. ”

Tian Zan snorted, his face turned grim, and said, "That guy has been killed by me, this shameless dog official!" ”

Tian Shao's face sank when he heard this, and he said in a low voice: "Huh! Signaling not to say anything more, and then said: "My lord doesn't know, my Tian clan is quite prestigious in the county, and all kinds of news are also transparent, today I received the news that the thief Yuan Geng bribed the county magistrates in the county with a lot of money.

On weekdays, Yuan Geng had a lot of dealings with county officials and held their control, so he asked the counties to send troops to help. I knew that this matter was not trivial, so I went to the county government to discuss with the county commander, and just in time for him to send troops, I advised him not to help the thief.

I don't know that the county commander scolded: 'I am still in charge of this county!' After speaking, he was afraid that I would be embarrassed, and said: "Don't blame Tian Lao, I am crusading against the rebellious army at the will of the county guard, and I can't help myself." ’

This dog official is mediocre and immoral on weekdays, and the people and sergeants have long hated him, and when I saw that he couldn't persuade him, I thought to myself that it would be better to plan the plan. Kill the dog officer, and let my son lead troops to help you. ”

Tian Zan said proudly: "The dog officer is greedy for life and afraid of death, and when he saw that I was going to kill him, he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and I thought to myself that if he promised not to send troops, he would let him go, so he asked him, 'I can't bear to kill you, if you have faith in your word, promise me not to send troops, I can spare you this time', he immediately kowtowed after hearing this, but as soon as I walked out of the door, he sent someone to kill me, so I turned around and hacked him to death in the hall. ”

Tian Shao said: "What did he promise you?" Don't believe the nonsense of such a small man", after a pause, he said: "I wanted my son to lead the army to help, but I didn't expect to set off to see the adults being chased here by the thieves, and I saw that the adults were in a precarious situation on the city tower, so I shouted: 'My lord, enter the city!'" Now that the adults are fine, I can rest assured. ”

When everyone heard this, they were all impressed, and Xie Wenyan muttered: "I thought that there would be today, but I didn't expect that the collusion between officials and thieves could reach such a point!" ”

Tong Ruo bowed his hand again and said: "It's really a loss to the two of you, it's really hard to repay the great kindness!" ”

Tian Zan said: "Don't thank you, my father was robbed by thieves that day, it was a family matter, and my lord still wanted to rescue him. ”

Everyone secretly thought: "Although this Tian Zan is from a wealthy family, he has no slightness on his body, which is really commendable!" ”

"Today I killed the county commander to occupy this city, the county must not be left without an owner, and I hope that the lord can serve as the county commander and take us to continue to suppress thieves!" Tian Zan clenched his fists with both hands, stepped forward and said.

After that, the surrounding people also petitioned.

Tong Ruo glanced at Xie Wenyan, saw him shaking his head to himself, and thought: "Without the imperial edict and seal, if I make a county order without authorization, wouldn't I be able to confirm the name of the thief!" ”

Immediately responded: "The Suibo army is under the enemy's back, and there is nowhere to go, so it is only temporarily stationed, and the affairs of the county are decided by Tian Lao." ”

When everyone heard that they wanted to let the Tian family be in charge, no one dared to object, but Tian Shao gave in several times, but Tong Ruo refused to accept it.

The Suibo army then set up camp in an open space in the county, and there was no offense against Minqiu, and there were many people who sent money and food.

In the past few days, the Liaodong county guard learned that the Fanshi county commander had died, so he sent officials to take office, but they were all driven away by the guards.

Tong Ruo knew that Fanshi County was not a place to live for a long time, but he had no choice but to be trapped in the city because he was outnumbered and surrounded by enemies on all sides.

In the depression, he took a break in the city, only to see that the city wall of Fanshi was in disrepair for a long time, mostly broken walls, the smoke curling in the city, the pedestrians on the road were geometric, far from being as prosperous as the Central Plains, the feeling of depression was heavier, and there was a trace of the end of the road in my heart, and I couldn't help but think of his father and child, the past, and I felt a lot.

Xingzhi City Station, there is a notice in the notice board with a little yellow spots, Zhao Yan, the Thorn History of Qingzhou, was demoted to Liang Xiang of Liang State of Yuzhou, and Jiao He was appointed as the Thorn History of Qingzhou.

Tong Ruo pondered: "Zhao Yan, the history of Qingzhou Thorn, is famous in history, once placed an urn in front of the hall, and threw the letters of dignitaries and dignitaries into the water in the urn, so as to show that he is honest and honest, and now he doesn't know what mistakes he has made and has been degraded, but even if he is wrong, he will not collude with thieves like Liaodong County Shou and slaughter Zhongliang!" ”

Tong Ruo thought of this, tilted his head slightly, as if he had an understanding, suddenly clapped his hands, and said to himself: "That's right! I'll also go to the court, can't it! Now that the imperial power is falling, the ten permanent servants are in charge, and the border war table is not allowed, which is a good opportunity for the above table to participate! ”

Tong Ruodeng suddenly became stunned, and the gloom on his face faded a lot. Immediately went to the government to discuss with Tong's father and son, and said that this plan was feasible, so he prepared a chapter, wrote Liaodong County to guard many crimes, and sent Cao Shi to Luoyang to make a table, in order to seek stability, and let Tian Zan carry a lot of money with him, which was used to deal with the upper and lower levels.

It is said that Liaodong County Shouzhi Tong Ruo settled in Fanshi, and was driven back after repeatedly sending officials to take office, and he hated Tong Ruo inexplicably, like a fish in his throat, so he sent a county lieutenant to lead 2,000 men and horses to attack the city and get rid of this thorn in his heart.

The county lieutenant led the troops to the north gate of the Fan clan, Tong Ruo and the others stood up and looked at the city, only to see that the leader was dressed in red iron armor, which was the enemy general who attacked Qingfeng Village that day.

The lieutenant shouted to the people in the city, "I have come on the orders of the county guard, and the traitors will not open the gates of the city before they are killed!" ”

Tong Ruo was angry when he heard this, and the county soldiers and bandits had made them suffer for several days, and they had nowhere to vent their worries.

Tong Ruo said awe-inspiringly: "The big black mountain thieves are causing trouble to the people, and in the fish and meat township, you are an official of the imperial court, but you don't do things for the people. Now I respond to the people's wishes, raise troops to fight the thieves, and I have not made a single outrageous move, how can I become a rebel, but you and others collude with the bandits, what is the intention! Who is the rebel and thief, justice is in the hearts of the people! ”

What a fair and comfortable heart! The county lieutenant's scalp was numb, and the county lieutenant wanted to say more, but he was speechless.

The soldiers under his command also bowed their heads and frowned one by one, their embarrassment was overflowing, and they all thought in their hearts: "If Tong Ruo begging for a thief is a benevolent and righteous act, we still blindly block him, how can we have the face to face the fathers and villagers in my hometown." ”、

As the saying goes, "those who have attained the Tao have much help, and those who have lost the Tao have little help", these county soldiers' parents and wives have been deeply affected by the bandits, and now they do not please the thieves but help the thieves, isn't they lifting a stone to shoot themselves in the foot, what is the meaning of this battle, and they will have no will to fight at all.

Seeing that morale was low, the county lieutenant had no choice but to set up camp three miles outside the city.

In the past few days, the county soldiers are also depressed, the battle is out in extremely cold weather, the north wind is bleak, the county lieutenant is also very depressed, hidden to retire the army, thinking: "It's not a way to do it like this, even if the county guard is punished, I will retire tomorrow!" ”