Deng Yi came to Xu's house, and the guards at home took Deng Yi to the Xu family's outer study to wait, which made Deng Yi even more annoyed, and even if he didn't go out to greet him, he took him to the outer study. The outer study is a place to meet elders and subordinates.

The servant served tea and left, Deng Yi waited for half an hour before he saw Xu Qishan coming.

"The Virtuous Nephew is Coming"

"I don't know what Uncle Xu Shi's order is to call his little nephew here" Deng Yi's attitude was extremely respectful, and he gave Xu Qi a junior salute with a smile on his face.

Xu Qixu helped him and said.

"Nephew, please take a seat"

After the two of them sat down, Xu Qicai slowly spoke.

"The newly appointed Wang Zhoumu in Bingzhou, I don't know what the virtuous nephew thinks of this person"

Deng Yi also probably guessed the reason why Xu Qi came to find him, and he also thought a lot along the way, and he was not surprised to hear Xu Qi ask himself directly.

"It is no accident that Wang Zhoumu is young and promising, and he is in a high position at a young age. Now that he has married the county lord, there are many people in the court who support it, although it is rumored that he is at odds with the general, but he has already occupied one side, and his momentum has become "

Xu Qi fell into deep thought after hearing this, he also knew Wang Gang's experience, and he also knew that Wang Gang was not something that a little person like them could provoke. But there was always a hint of luck in my heart.

"That virtuous nephew, as for the price of grain, should we lower it a little, so as not to upset this state pastor," Xu Qi asked tentatively.

Deng Yi sneered in his heart, this old thing wants to continue to sell at a high price, but he is afraid of angering the new state pastor. That's why I brought myself over to discuss.

"There are frequent wars in the state, the supply of grain exceeds demand, the price of grain is determined by the market, what do we have to do with the two of us, even if he is a state pastor, he cannot suppress the price of grain at will, we will wait and see how the new state pastor makes a move, and then make plans. As long as the food is still in our hands, then we don't have to worry about not being able to sell it."

Xu Qi had a smile on his face, this was the same as he thought, to maintain the status quo first.

"Regarding the purchase of tenant farmers, Wang Zhoumu has warned him, do you want to continue," Xu Qi asked again.

"The tenant farmer's affairs should be slowed down, maybe this new state pastor is just doing it, and if the price of grain is not suppressed in a few days, it proves that he will turn a blind eye to the sale of human beings, doesn't he like his reputation, there are hundreds of thousands of refugees in the city, and the grain he bought today will not last for a few days, and then our two families will send some grain. I'll let him go."

Deng Yi was right, the grain that Wang Gang bought from the Xu family today couldn't eat for a few days, and at that time, it was Wang Gang who begged them, and he didn't believe that Wang Gang had so much copper money.

The two discussed for a while before Deng Yi said goodbye and left.

The night in Taiyuan is relatively cold, although the snow on the road has melted, but the cold wind in the wild still blows people's cheeks. An army of more than 1,000 people braved the cold wind and marched quickly on the official road.

This is the spearman led by Wu Zhao, advancing towards Jingcheng Pass overnight. Jinyang City is more than 180 miles away from Jingcheng Pass, and the normal march will take at least three days, but the time given by Wang Gang is until noon tomorrow, and he can only march overnight, fortunately, they are all official roads, and the soldiers are all elite, and at dawn, the outline of Jingcheng Pass can already be seen.

Gradually, merchants' carriages appeared on the official road, and they also cast curious glances at this army, and they stopped to the side and stopped to watch. The speed of the army's march gradually slowed down, and they stopped a mile away from Jingcheng Pass to rest, and sent two cavalrymen to Jingcheng Pass to inform Zhou Hu.

After a while, the two cavalrymen came back to tell them that Zhou Hu did not agree with them to garrison Jingcheng Pass, and asked them to go back where they came from, so as not to be embarrassed here.

Where can Wu Zhao endure this, he originally wanted to salute first and then soldier, who knew that this Zhou Hu didn't take Wang Gang's appointment and dismissal seriously at all. Then he led a thousand spearmen to the pass.

Jingcheng Pass is a large pass, there are two city walls in the east and west, two miles apart. The two city walls are not divided into primary and secondary, they are more than three zhang high and more than ten zhang wide. Repair the arrow tower, watchtower, beacon and flint are all available.

At this time, on the west city wall, Zhou Hu coldly came from a distance, and he was even more disdainful in his heart. Send more than 1,000 soldiers to garrison their own Jingcheng Pass. I have to say that this new state pastor is really stupid and naïve.

Bringing people in, Zhou Hu couldn't help but be furious, this is the little general who humiliated himself a few days ago, if he doesn't give him some color today, he Zhou Tiger is really easy to provoke.

"Zhou Hu, General Zhenbei ordered me to garrison Jingcheng Pass and quickly open the city gate"

"General Shao Na Zhenbei said that if you have the ability, you will attack the city, and if you don't have the ability, you will get out of the way for Lao Tzu" Zhou Hu carried the big knife on his shoulder. Said without a hesitation.

"Are you trying to rebel?" Wu Zhao was angry.

"Rebel against your uncle, don't you want Jingcheng Pass, come on, little brat" Zhou Hu didn't believe it, Wu Zhao really dared to attack the city, if he really used the sword soldiers, he would not be able to explain.

"Siege," Wu Zhao yelled.

Although they did not carry siege equipment, the walls of Jingcheng Pass were not very high, and as long as the ropes were hooked to the walls, the soldiers could quickly climb up.

Zhou Hu didn't expect Wu Zhao to really order the siege of the city, but seeing the spearmen rushing over, he couldn't allow him to think about it, so he hurriedly ordered.

"Shoot the arrows. Hurry up and release the arrows"

Dozens of archers, you look at me, I look at you, there is hesitation in my eyes.

"Shoot me the arrows"

The archers were helpless, and dozens of archers opened their bows and shot towards the city wall, and a rain of arrows fell. The accuracy was so poor that the occasional arrow that hit the spearman's side was picked off by the spear, and did not cause the slightest damage to the spearman.

These county soldiers, stationed in Jingcheng Pass, only think about making money and exploiting business travelers on weekdays, so how can they have time to train. It's good to be able to pull the longbow out.

The spearmen rushed to the bottom of the city, threw ropes, hung on the walls, and quickly climbed upwards. The guards of the city wall also received an order from Zhou Hu to swing their knives and cut the ropes. The spearman climbed halfway and fell. But fortunately, the city wall was not high, and one turned over to unload the gravity and stood aside, covering the spearmen around him to climb up.

But it is not realistic to rely on these ropes to climb the city wall, after all, as long as you swing a knife to cut the ropes, the soldiers below are helpless, which is also Wu Zhao's lack of experience.

Wu Zhao was so angry that he rode a horse and rushed to the city wall thirty paces, throwing out the spear in his hand, and the reed leaf spear flew towards the city wall like a meteor, so frightened that the guards on the city wall lowered their heads and dodged. But seeing the sound of the reed leaf gun, the city wall was tightened, and there was still a distance of more than a foot from the city, Zhou Hu just wanted to mock, this accuracy was too bad.

But he saw a figure suddenly appear on the spear, and then jumped and climbed the city wall. Wang Gang held the reed leaf gun and looked at Zhou Hu coldly. Zhou Hu retreated in fright, and ordered the soldiers to step forward to stop Wu Zhao.

Wu Zhao's spear swept and knocked the soldiers who rushed up one by one, but did not kill them. With Wu Zhao covering the city, in less than a moment, more than 100 spearmen climbed the city wall and surrounded more than 200 defenders.

The gate of Jingcheng Pass was also slowly opened, and all the spearmen outside the city entered the gate, and the east city wall was quickly occupied.