The army left Xining City and marched for nearly seven days, and finally entered the boundary of Gaodong County in the early morning of the seventh day.

Unlike the endless plains of Liaobei County, Gaodong County is a hilly area, and the roads are far less easy to walk than Liaobei County.

At the same time, Gaodong County is connected to the main vein of the Yunling Mountains in the east, and the branch veins of the Yunling Mountains are also intercepted in the north, and a natural semi-encircled structure forms a natural barrier, so that Gaodong County only needs to be close to Liaobei and Nanyang to the west, and to the south near northern Jiangsu.

In the past, when the border between Tatar and the Great Song Dynasty was still in northern Liaobei, every time the Tatars broke through the pass in northern Liaobei, they either went straight to Nanyang or directly entered Guanzhong.

On the contrary, Gaodong County, there is no need for Tatars to enter at will.

Because that place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is not very suitable for cavalry attacks, whether it is to go to Nanyang to reach Bianjing, or to enter the customs to raid the hinterland of the Central Plains, the benefits that can be grabbed are far greater than those of Gaodong County.

Moreover, if the army entered Gaodong, the Song people only needed to block Nanyang in northern Liaobei, and the Tatars would be cut off from the back road, as for the northern part of Jiangsu, that place was in the southern zone, and the waterways were vertical and horizontal, so it was not suitable for cavalry charging at all.

Therefore, Gaodong has always been the safest county in the northeast of the Great Song Dynasty.

It is also one of the main grain producing areas.

But because it is so safe here, the family power here has been inherited for a long time, and one of the oldest families in the Great Song Dynasty is also located here, and that world has been inherited in the Central Plains for nearly two thousand years, regardless of the change of dynasties, he can be treated well by the rulers of all dynasties.

This is all because they are the descendants of the spiritual leaders of the scholars, and all the scholars in the Great Song Dynasty today are the descendants and disciples of their ancestors.

Their family's every move has a deep impact on the entire Song Dynasty literary circle!

The Confucian family in Fuxian County, the only two-thousand-year-old family at that time, the top family among all the families, transcendent and independent.

Sometimes, even the emperor won't let go of their eyes.

In the entire Fu County, the Kong family is the emperor of the soil!

In addition to the Kong family, the entire Gaodong County also hides countless families, large and small, which can be said to be the county with the most families in the entire Great Song Dynasty.

It's just that compared with the Confucian family, these so-called families have only been inherited for a few hundred years, and they are not considered to be well-established families.

The really well-established families have all moved out of Gaodong County, because this is the territory of the Kong family, and if you want to get the family closer, you must leave the sphere of influence of the Kong family.

The Kong family is so domineering, this is the confidence of the two-thousand-year-old family!

Not long after entering Gaodong County, after about three or two days, the army finally came to the first city after entering the country after a long journey.

Lecheng, the first county seat in the east of Xining Prefecture, is also one of the gateways of Gaodong County in the direction of Liaobei County.

It is one of the largest castles in the east and west of the entire high school.

During the period of the Liaobei defensive line, it was the first barrier against the Tatar invasion of Gaodong.

The city is tall, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Although it is only a county seat, its scale is indeed imitated by Liaoyun Pass, and it is not much more than Nanyang City.

Lecheng County Ya.

Lecheng County Ling Yu Hong is a middle-aged man with two mustaches and a goatee under his chin, with a pair of small eyes that are like mice.

Every time you turn around, there are always some crooked ideas.

With the decline of the northern Liaobei defense line, the once important military city gradually became an ordinary county seat.

Although the city wall is tall, it is no longer heavily guarded by the heavy soldiers it once had, on the contrary, there are two or three big cats and small cats standing lazily at the head of the city every day.

When it was time to close the city gate, it was clear that there was still half an hour before the time, but they couldn't wait to start closing the gate.

It was a quarter of an hour's class, and Yu Hong didn't want to pay more than that, but the county commander Yu Hong didn't care about it.

Anyway, he doesn't give these soldiers a full salary, at most a tenth, so naturally he won't ask for more.

What if their upper and lower duty hours were strictly regulated, and the group of big-headed soldiers asked themselves what they were missing?

Fortunately, it is better to be like this, Guan will be early, if it weren't for keeping these few people to deal with the above, and constantly urging them to allocate military salaries to be corrupt, he would have driven away these idle eaters a long time ago.

Some time ago, the imperial court suddenly sent a batch of military rations, which made him happy, isn't it a coincidence?

The money box that has just been built at home is just more than half unfilled.

According to the usual rules, I found a local Chen Ji grain shop, and sold it so unknowingly, and after a little profit up and down, this batch of military rations turned into white silver and fell into my cash box.

As for what the court said about the supply of grain and grass to the Ping Wei army, what does it matter to you?

What is the Ping Wa Army? Haven't heard of it!

What?

Is there a will of the imperial court?

Do you have to dial?

Is that okay? Delay it for ten days and a half a month, anyway, I'm not in a hurry!

Do you have to be in a hurry?

It's even better! It's easy to start a fire with so much grain piled up in the granary!

It's normal for this fire to run out of food, right?

This food is gone, you can't ask me for it again, right?

You don't have anything to eat? What's the matter with me?

It happened that the granary was burning, and he continued to write to the court to allocate money to repair the granary.

When the silver comes down, the granary doesn't need to be repaired too well, just repair the appearance, anyway, it won't really be used, maybe it will burn again.

It's just logical to take another sum of silver, Meizizi!

Just as Yu Hongmei was thinking about how many of his money boxes were full, the door of the scholar's room in the backyard of the yamen was suddenly opened, and a thin middle-aged man with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks walked in slowly.

This startled Yu Hong, and when he looked up and saw that it was his master, he immediately scolded angrily: "Zhou Yan! Didn't you come in and knock first? Scares the county!

I'll tell you there's a next time, believe it or not, I'll deduct your money for the year! ”

The master named Zhou Yan suddenly smiled bitterly when he heard this: "My county honor, alas, the student's Yulu this year has already been deducted by you!" ”

Yu Hong was stunned for a moment, and then immediately changed his words: "Then deduct next year!" ”

"It's all over next year."

"Then the year after that!"

"It's also ...... in the back"

"Wait! How many years have you been deducted? ”

"Lord County, the student's ten-year income has been deducted by you!"

"Uh...... That deducts you eleven years from now? ”

Zhou Yan: "??? ”

……

Getting back to the point, Zhou Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head, if he didn't rely on Yulu to live at all, who would want to be his master with this deduction method of his own county order!

Fortunately, the benefits that can be obtained by this identity are far more than those of Yulu, and if Yulu is gone, it will be gone.

No longer entangled in the question of the year and year, Zhou Yan hurriedly said his intention: "Lord County, there is news from the west gate of the city that the Pingwei army from Yunzhou County has arrived outside the city, and the general who led the army has called someone to come to Yamen to ask for food." You see......"

As soon as Yu Hong heard that he wanted food, he was anxious and said directly: "What? Want food? Tell him, no! Not a single one!

This county is a poor county, there is no food for him, not a single grain, let him find those rich counties to go to! ”

Zhou Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head. Then he reminded: "Lord County, they have a holy decree, and the holy decree stipulates that they can ask us for food, and didn't the imperial court transfer a batch of military rations a few days ago?" ”

"What military rations this county doesn't know!

Also, it's great to have a holy decree, can you still conjure it up for him if there is no food in this county? ”

"Alas......"

Zhou Yan sighed and continued: "Lord County, after all, that is a holy decree, and if you disobey the holy decree, you will be killed!" ”

Yu Hong's face suddenly turned blue and white for a while, and he said after a long while: "Tell them that there is too much food, and the county is short of manpower and needs time to prepare, so let them wait a few more days." ”

As soon as Zhou Yan heard it, he understood what his county order was trying to do, and after following him for so long, he knew what it tasted like if he was a fart, but the leader gave an answer, and he didn't want to say anything more, so he had to reply: "The student understands." ”

Then he went out and went to the gate of the county government to find the soldiers sent in by Li Dingguo and told him the reply of the county order.

The soldier didn't talk nonsense after hearing this, and ran back to the outside of the city and informed Li Dingguo of the county government's reply.

When Li Dingguo heard this reply, he immediately raised a smile and muttered: "I also said that these officials in the customs have changed their temperament, but I didn't expect that it was just that Ma Deng and his brain were pumped."

Looks like it's going to work! ”

After thinking about it, Li Dingguo called the deputy general and whispered a few words, and waited until the deputy general left to make arrangements.

Li Dingguo immediately ordered the whole army: "Camp on the spot a hundred steps away from the city!" ”

"No!"

The army responded in unison, and soon began to camp a hundred paces away from the walls of Lecheng.

Before leaving the city wall, Li Dingguo turned his head to look at the eight-meter-high Lexian city wall and the city defenders on the city wall who were about to die as if they could be blown down by a gust of wind, and the corners of his mouth slowly hooked.

That's it?

Dare to do things, I don't know whether I live or die!

I'll take you under the knife!

For those in the back, try if the general's knife is sharp enough!

……

(End of chapter)