On the open ground outside the south gate of Jiangzhou City, Yin Quan, the king of Pingxi, immediately raised his head and was talking to Jin Dazhong, the county guard standing at the head of the city.

Jin Dazhong looked down the city, only to see that the king of Pingxi was wearing an armor made of red gold, holding a red gold horsewhip in his hand, and a sword with a shark skin sheath hanging from his waist, each side of the scabbard was inlaid with seven gems, arranged in seven colors, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Under Yin Quan's crotch is a jade rabbit and white horse from the Western Regions, plus the face is like a crown of jade, it looks very capable and spiritual.

Jin Dazhong sighed secretly, Yin Quan's equipment alone is worth more than 10,000 gold. Looking behind Yin Quan, there are five hundred sturdy black-armored cavalry in order, which is the famous black cavalry of the Pingxi Wangfu Guard, and the five hundred cavalry are all hanging standard sabers and carrying standard bows and crossbows, which are really mighty and majestic.

At the head of the tall city, the county guard Jin Dazhong was wearing an official uniform, with his nephew Jin Yunzhang beside him, and behind him were several large and small officials and dozens of soldiers in the county. Jin Dazhong faced the arrogant and domineering Yin Quan, still neither humble nor arrogant, and asked with a smile: "Xia Guan has seen the prince of Pingxi, but I don't know why the prince crossed the border with his troops and came to Jiangzhou?"

Yin Quan raised his head and said loudly: "Jin Dazhong, there are thousands of rebels and mountain bandits in my southwest province colluding, falling into the grass for the coward, and it has been a few days since the southwest road, this gang of thieves has about 15,000 people, the day before yesterday has been killed in Tong'an County, Jiangzhou, this morning I got the news again, saying that this gang of robbers has crossed Tong'an County and killed to the hinterland of Jiannan Road, so the widow led his troops to chase all the way, vowing to exterminate this gang of thieves and eliminate harm for the people, and today I specially borrowed the road from you to Jiangzhou!"

Jin Dazhong smiled all over his face, and said again: "Lord, it's not impossible for you to lead troops across the border, but you need to have a document from the Ministry of War or the emperor's holy decree, or a transfer order from King Wei Chitose, otherwise, cough cough ......" Jin Dazhong knew that Yin Quan didn't have these three things, so he coughed twice intentionally and made a look of embarrassment.

Yin Quan was furious when he heard this, raised the red gold horse whip in his hand and pointed at Jin Dazhong, and asked sharply: "Jin Dazhong! The widow led the troops to suppress the bandits, that is also for the imperial court, the soldiers are the soldiers of the imperial court, and they will be the generals of the imperial court, and the widows are just taking them to suppress the bandits, and they have borrowed Jiangzhou from you, what kind of documents and holy decrees are you fighting with the widows?"

Jin Dazhong smiled slightly, "Oh, my lord, the lower officials are also doing things for the imperial court, it is the duty of the lower officials to protect the territory and the people, and it is also the duty of the lower officials to abide by the law, the prince does not have the documents of the military department, the emperor's holy decree, and there is no order to transfer troops from the king, how can the lower officials dare to let the prince enter the city and transit the border privately? If he does that, the lower officials will have to be beheaded all over the house! Moreover, the lower officials have already mobilized thousands of elite soldiers and rushed to rescue Tong'an. Besides, those thieves have already entered the territory of Jiannan Province and should be handed over to the local officials of Jiannan Province to deal with, how can the prince cross the border to kill without following the edict?"

Yin Quan said angrily: "The widow's surname is Yin, and the thousands of miles of the great businessman's country are also surnamed Yin, and the widow should contribute to the Yin family's country! Besides, some of these thieves are rebels and bandits who defected from the Southwest Road, how can the widow not control it?"

Jin Dazhong said with a smile: "Lord Wang, although you are elite with these hundreds of cavalry, how can you defeat the thieves of more than 10,000 people? The ancients, the son of a thousand gold, can't sit down, and besides, the prince is a noble man of the imperial family, and the body of a thousand gold, how can he risk his life? This matter of suppressing bandits should be the business of captains and generals, what does the prince think?"

Yin Quan rode on his horse and said proudly: "The widow did not only bring these hundreds of cavalry, but there are more than 10,000 people and horses behind him who are blocked by the Yuluan River, and they are now trying to find a way to collect civilian boats, and they will cross the river soon.

Jin Yunzhang next to him took a step forward, bowed at the head of the city and said, "Lord, according to the regulations of the Great Shang Sect, the vassal king is not allowed to leave without permission

Fiefdom, now the prince not only left the fiefdom without permission, but also crossed the border with more than 10,000 elite soldiers, people who know say that the prince led the army to suppress bandits, and those who don't know still think that the prince is going to rebel, Xiaosheng is only afraid that the rumors in the market are not good for the prince! Since the prince is a relative of the emperor, he should take the lead in abiding by the law of the country, please think twice!"

Jin Dazhong's face sank, and he shouted to Jin Yunzhang: "Animals, don't be rude! In front of the prince, where is your right to speak? The prince is the imperial nobleman of our big business, and can you also blame him? If it weren't for the large number of princes and the kindness of the house, you would have to fall to the ground, and you should quickly apologize to the prince!"

Yin Quan already understood that Jin Dazhong would never open the city, so he held back the anger in his chest, and asked with a feigned smile: "Jin Junshou, who is the scholar next to you?

Jin Dazhong said with a smile: "Lord, this is the canine nephew Jin Yunzhang, a little prisoner, talking nonsense, insulting the prince to listen, please don't be like this little animal! Animal, what are you still doing in a daze? Why don't you quickly give the prince a sin for the crime!"

Jin Yunzhang pretended to be reluctant, bowed down and saluted Yin Quan again, "Lord Wang, Xiao Sheng just said a few words of nonsense, and now he knows his mistake, please forgive the prince, don't be like Xiao Sheng!

Jin Dazhong was furious, stepped forward, and pulled the collar of Jin Yunzhang's clothes, "Little beast, the prince has forgiven you, you dare to continue to talk nonsense!

Jin Yunzhang deliberately pouted and said, "What is fierce, I was telling the truth! As a prince of a big businessman, isn't he more law-abiding?"

Jin Dazhong was stunned angrily, waving his hand to fight, "You beast! you dare to talk back!" Jin Dazhong turned his head, looked at Yin Quan and said with a flattering smile: "This little beast doesn't know etiquette, I'll go back and teach him a good lesson! The prince is angry! The prince walks slowly, and the lower official will not send it!" As he spoke, he pushed Jin Yunzhang to leave the city, but Jin Yunzhang still looked unconvinced, wanting to argue about something.

Outside the South City Gate, Yin Quan snorted coldly in his nose, waved the red gold horse whip in his right hand, and said loudly: "Withdraw!" He turned the horse's head first, patted the horse and left. The five hundred black-armored cavalry made a neat U-turn and followed Yin Quan. Wang Xihua, the commander of the guards, immediately whipped up behind him, caught up with Yin Quan, and asked puzzledly: "Lord Wang, let's just withdraw like this?"

Yin Quan smiled coldly, "What if we don't withdraw? Could it be that we are waiting under the city to eat ashes? If he Jin Dazhong does not open the city gate, will the widow still have to personally lead the people to attack the city? The widow has come to suppress the bandits and quell the rebellion, and it should be the law and order of the country! No one in this office can say that the widow has ignored the bandits, right? The widow has personally led the troops to quell the rebellion! Hmph, do you think that the widow really doesn't know that he Jin Dazhong will not open the city?"

Wang Xihua thought for a while, and suddenly laughed, "Lord Wang, you said that if he is timid and really opens the city gate, what should you do?"

Yin Quan smiled treacherously, "With the widow's understanding of him, he will not open the city to the widow! However, if he really wants to open the city gate, of course the widow will lead troops into Jiannan Road to suppress bandits! However, when the time comes, the thieves from the two places will join forces, the king of Pingxi will be defeated, and the king of Wei will also die in the chaos, and at that time, Jiannan Road will change hands, but it is not the king's fault! This king has come to suppress the bandits, but who said that the king must win? Is this the truth?"

Wang Xihua was stunned for a moment, and then stretched out his thumb and praised: "The prince is wise!"

Jiangzhou County guards the yamen, the inner house study, the two uncles and nephews of Jin County who have just finished singing double reeds laughed, and let the arrogant and domineering King Pingxi eat deflated under the city, what a happy thing.

After laughing, Jin Junshou took out the document on the transfer of troops from the Yamen who had just arrived.

After looking at it over and over again, he asked with a suspicious expression: "What does this mean? Dispatch 3,000 men and horses from Jiangzhou County to Luye City to suppress bandits? There are no more than 15,000 men and horses in Luye City, what bandits can't be suppressed? You still need to go to Jiangzhou to transfer troops!"

Jin Junshou was holding this corner of the troop transfer paperwork, and he was uncertain, but he saw his master Gu Sen coming to the study with a smile on his face, and arched his hand: "My lord, the head of the Tong sect has returned from Tong'an!"

This Master Gu is a native of Yanzhou County, Jiangdong Province, in his thirties, gentle and elegant, and a talent who is not the first, a few days ago, he happened to have something in his hometown, and he went home to deal with things, and he came back after three or four months, so he missed meeting Tang Jiusheng and others, and he has always been a pity. After Gu Sen came back, he became friendly with Tong Liang and others, often went to the regimental training office to play chess with Tong Liang, and often lingered in the Qinglou with Tong Liang and others.

When Jin Dazhong heard that Tong Liang had returned from Tong'an, he was overjoyed, and said repeatedly: "Please, please!" There was not much time, Master Gu brought Tong Liang into the back house, and Jin Dazhong and Jin Yunzhang were already waiting at the door of the study. Tong Liang was followed by Dou Yannian, both of whom were dusty and dusty.

Tong Liang and Dou Yannian both saluted to the county guard, Jin Junshou stepped forward, grabbed the two, and let them into the study affectionately, Tong Liang explained the war in Tong'an to Jin Junshou. It turned out that Hao Zhengtong, the general of Mingwei who underestimated the enemy, failed to defeat Tong'an, so he had to bypass Tong'an and go straight to Jiannan, Tong Liang, Dou Yannian, and Li Dazhui led the troops out of the north gate to chase and kill for a while, and then retreated.

The baggage that the thieves threw outside the city was captured by Tong Liang and his people into the city, and the battle was a complete victory. Seeing that Tong'an was safe, Tong Liang left with Dou Yannian, and asked Li Dazhui to assist Luozhi County in guarding the city when he left. Tong Liang and Dou Yannian had just left the city less than two miles, and the 3,000 reinforcements led by Gongcao Song Shiqing and the school captain Chen Yong and others also arrived outside Tong'an City.

Jin Dazhong took out the transfer document of the Jingluo Yamen and handed it to Tong Liang and Gu Sen, and after reading it, the two were also confused, because Luyecheng had sufficient troops, and there was really no need for the Jingluo Yamen to transfer troops from Jiangzhou. Tong Liang pondered for a long time, and suddenly said, "Could it be that our master Niu wants to support the army and stand on his own?"

Gu Sen thought for a while, shook his head and said: "After King Wei arrived in Jiannan Dao, Lord Niu's position is indeed a little embarrassing, it is said that there are two kings in Jiannan, King Wei and King Niu, but even if he has tens of thousands of soldiers, what can he do? Once the imperial court runs out of food and salary, how can it last for a long time by relying on the land of Jiannan? Besides, King Wei is also here, how can he sit back and watch him sit in Jiannan?"

Jin Dazhong said with a smile: "But now that his dispatch documents have been issued, ordering me to send 3,000 men and horses to Luye City within five days to rush to Luye City to suppress the bandits, I can't disobey the order, right? Within five days, even if I want to ask King Wei, as long as I don't need to rush more than 600 miles, I won't have time to go back and forth to King Wei's Mansion! Besides, how can this matter be used to report to the palace with 600 miles in an emergency? Lord Niu can't be mad when he finds out? So this official has a headache for this!"

Tong Liang smiled disappreciatively: "Lord County Guard, you can dispatch troops now, let the messenger wait here, just say that you need to prepare military supplies, and then on the morning of the fifth day, send the army to Luye City." Greet the generals in advance and let them walk slowly on the road, anyway, he didn't stipulate any date that he must arrive! Send fast horses to the Wei Wangfu to ask for instructions, if the situation is not right, just send fast horses to chase the army back!"

Jin Junshou thought about it, slapped the table, nodded and said, "Good idea, then do it!"

Master Gu added with a smile: "If the situation really changes, let's act according to the specific situation, and these three thousand men and horses can also occupy a county in Luye City and wait for reinforcements!"

Tong Liang clapped his hands and smiled: "Old Gu, sure enough, there is you! At that time, our master will be easy to please the gods, and it will be difficult to send the gods!" In the study, the four of them laughed loudly.

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