Chapter 613: Empty City
In the middle of the night, the rain thundered and the wind carried it, and it was pitch black.
A whirlpool appeared on the water surface of the east pier of the county town again, and the star tunnel opened, rushing out of three thousand horses, and the two thousand horses in front were shrouded in a layer of red glow, which was the military spirit of a pure Taoist soldier, condensed like a substance, and even rain could not soak into this army.
Follow-up thousands of horses, horses' hooves on the fishy water of the pier, like a long wind and waves, lined up on both sides of the white waterline.
Ten thousand foot soldiers greeted them, they did not have the treatment of waterways, they came first.
"Go to the city gate at once!" As soon as the three thousand cavalry left the dock, they rushed towards the east gate without stopping, and the oil-soaked torches shone in the black rain curtain.
Seeing this, there were five Dao torches spinning backwards and then spinning at the head of the city, and the creaking sound was clear in the middle of the night...... The city gate officer on duty at night opened the city gate directly.
"So obedient......" Hong Zhou muttered, regretting that he didn't have a chance to throw thunder and break the city.
Ji Caizhu smiled, this person has been practicing qi for several years, and he has also had a thin second-layer Dao of Qi cultivation, at this time, he was cautious to confirm with his divine sense, and turned his head to Ye Qing and said: "Lord, this is the shadow that our people have contacted, and the county city has leaked like a sieve, we can enter any city gate...... Of course, for the sake of prudence, please also ask the lord to send someone to check so as not to fall into the trap. ”
The one guarding the door was a team leader, and at this time he called over, and hurriedly smiled and saluted: "I've seen the Grand Duke!"
Ye Qing stood at the door, groaned slightly, and said, "I remember your name, you are Gao Meng, you are the team, take a credit!"
Gao Meng couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "With such a heavy rain, do you want me to lead the way?"
"You can keep up, this city is guarded by my people!" Ye Qing said with a smile, and saw Gao Meng's happy look, and hurriedly led the way in front - this is the party leading the way.
At this time, although the rain was a little lighter, the sky was dark, and the divine sense swept through the city, and saw that the popularity of the city had shrunk by half, like an empty city.
However, when he slept in the middle of the night, it was when his popularity was dormant, Ye Qing frowned a little, but he knew that it was normal, so he led the cavalry to rush into the city gate, slowing down in time, and the sound of horses' hooves sounded crisply on the bluestone streets, drowning in the sound of the roaring rain and waterfalls, which did not disturb many people in the dream.
It is conceivable that when you wake up tomorrow morning, you will find that the flag at the head of the city has changed overnight, and many citizens will be surprised...... Or maybe it's not surprising or not.
When he gradually arrived at the county government, Gao Mengyu, the team that took refuge, was introducing the situation: "The county guard ...... Oh, Yu Chengen only took away his own soldiers, some officials in office, and some elites, and the county guards disliked it...... The strange thing is that some of the Yu family's private soldiers were split, some of them escorted Yu Chengen to leave first, and some of them were included in a cavalry army in the west of the city...... It's raining, and it's night, and I can't see the number of people, but it's not small......"
Ye Qing's eyes flashed, and he was a little interesting: "It seems that Yu Fan is back...... He also took with him a lot of craftsmen, weaver girls, and family members who moved with him, right?"
"This ...... The subordinates only heard that the families of some colleagues were taken away, and the rest were not very clear. "This team is Gao Meng is very puzzled, as a soldier eats the emperor's food...... Oh, it's the bread now, and who would ask about the whereabouts of those lowly craftsmen?
"This county is the most famous in the weaving and wine industry, and the value is half ......of it," Ye Qing said, and stopped, the county government was already in sight.
The majestic stone lion still stood at the gate of the mansion, staring coldly at the late-night visitors, the two red doors were open, and the courtyard inside was empty, letting the rain wash away, revealing the coldness.
The two low-grade officials had been wandering inside for a long time, and when they heard the noise outside, they immediately ran out, holding a few books in their hands, with a smile on their faces: "Shaodudu, you are finally here, the house has prepared hot soup for you, and the room has been cleaned up, do you want to rest?"
The books are all household registers, field books, financial accounts, and grain books...... It can be clearly seen that it is a recent temporary copy, although it is not the original, it is rare to have the heart to make it these days, needless to say that these are also secretly refuge.
"Well done, rest doesn't have to be ......"
Ye Qing looked at his eyes and saw that the financial plan and the grain book were empty, although it was not surprising, there was a cold light in his eyes...... Do you want me to take the people of a county to drink the northwest wind?
In contrast, the seal of the county guard engraved by the imperial court was taken away, which didn't matter, but the looting of people, property, and food was absolutely unbearable, so he would not give up at this time, and put away the booklet: "I only ask you, how long has Yu Fan been gone?"
I know that Yu Fan is in charge...... The two officials glanced at each other, and they all felt that the value of their undercover agents had greatly shrunk, and they didn't dare to use slippery tricks to raise the price: "The latest team walked for an hour, going to the north, it is not easy to march on a rainy night, or less than thirty miles." ”
Jiang Chen also led the infantry into the city later, and couldn't help but say: "The enemy's palace must be cavalry, and at this time, it may speed up to Ban'an County in the north, which is Yu Fan's new base." ”
"New base? I'm afraid it's still a springboard, Yu Fan has a lot of thoughts......
Time was pressing, Ye Qing did not dismount, and looked back at the formation of troops in the square in front of the county capital.
There is no smoke and dust on rainy days, and the simple rain curtain is conducive to the water veins and the real person's consciousness is open...... Of course, it is beneficial to the Wude Spirit Pool, so this time I didn't bring the Rain and Hate Cloud and the Golden Jade Pavilion again, and it was not appropriate to participate in the civil war between the people.
Also inappropriate for the civil war is Ye Huolei, after handing over as the reciprocal responsibility for the interests of the ten-year Universiade, he must abide by the relevant rules for the use of Ye Huolei.
At this time, the divine sense swept through the rain curtain, and he clearly counted the total number of 13,200 people, 3,000 cavalry, and 10,000 archers, without carrying a baggage.
Only their own army, and some core alliances, after this incident, finally distinguished the team, this elite is reliable, and the number is not large - Guy is close to rebellion this time, the imperial court dragon qi for three hundred years, I don't know how much influence has accumulated in the local area, even in a border state like Yingzhou, where the emperor is far away, it is also considerable, so there are not many people who join, and the alliance has shrunk tenfold.
In the future, it is natural to divide the treatment, and even liquidate.
Of course, this may be a good thing, the more people there are, the more variables will accumulate, and who can't tell what problems will arise.
Now the first battle is to compress the variables, only the essence is expensive, not much, and several allies have already been requisitioned, but they are required to catch up with the guò waterway...... The passage of the guò waterway is convenient to control their entry and exit movements, and the follow-up is to stabilize the situation after the initial war, and there is no need to worry about the impact of their defection, so that they can calmly gather people to resist the follow-up political influence of the imperial court.
At that time, the institution directly under the control of the Heavenly Court still had a rear hand, so he didn't say much at this time, and immediately ordered: "Leave a thousand people to stay in the county seat, and the main force will pursue Yu Fan, and the cavalry army and the first-class magician regiment will go first." ”
"Yes!"
The sound of horses' hooves roared out of the West City, and with the blessing of hundreds of magicians, they suddenly increased their speed, galloped away in the wilderness, looking back in the rain, on the West City Gate, the Cai Dynasty Yellow Dragon Banner did not tear it down, but the frog flag of the Shaodu Governor's Mansion was slowly rising.
A kind of green intent was faintly born on this land, and Ye Qing felt the cordial pulse and laughed.
Finally took this step, and the newborn Aoki Jiaoqi can grow slowly, no longer duckweed, and no longer wasted!
Qianqian also led the sorcerer group in the middle of the team at this time, and her Qingmai Lingchi clearly sensed it, and after thinking about it, she sent a voice and asked, "Is it true that Fujun is just chasing people's food?"
"Oh, tell me about it. Ye Qing raised his hand at her and motioned for her to come closer.
Qianqian rode over to the head of the team, casually laid down the soundproof cover, took the booklet handed by her husband and looked at it, and blinked: "I guess yes or no...... Chasing people and food is the bright side, the county government is full of people's fat and people's ointment, taken from the people, used for the people, and now it is swept away by the Yu family, and there is not even a single grain of relief grain left in the regular closing warehouse, leaving a mess, the Yu family is a good idea, but how can my family suffer this loss?"
Ye Qing said very frankly: "Yes, people can go, give me a clean body, craftsmen, weaver girls, property, and food...... Intercept them all, and don't even think about taking any of them away!"
Qianqian chuckled, rolled her eyes, and said: "There is also a dark side, I am afraid that we must try to eliminate the influence of the imperial court in this county, the heavier the old order falls, the more stable the rise of the new order, the old wood is immortal, and the new sprouts are difficult to emerge, this natural reason, isn't it?"
This is naked, the core generals behind the side, including Zhou Feng, Zhou Ling's brothers and sisters, and Zhang Fangbiao, all turned their eyes to Ye Qing for a while, and when they saw Ye Qing being silent for a while, they nodded: "It is impossible to kill, and there is no need, even if you actually control a county, or even a state, nominally, it is still the world of the Great Cai Dynasty, this is the bottom line, and it must not be moved." ”
This is the experience of the previous life, you can actually control the prefecture and even build your own system, but you must nominally obey the Cai Dynasty, and you can't lower the dragon banner of the Cai Dynasty.
In his previous life, Yu Fan killed the governor and received some backlash, but it was not fatal, and the princes who openly declared rebellion and self-reliance did not end well.
Ye Qing didn't have such great wisdom, he could see the red lines of the heavenly court and the imperial court, but after history, everything was understood.
"I do have the intention of humiliating Yu Chengen to demonstrate, if I can bump into Qin Lie, I can kill him, Qin Lie is not on the protection list...... Break the branches and leaves of the governor first, so that he can disappear and rise, and then he can cut off his old roots in one fell swoop. ”
"Husband, didn't mention Yu Fan?"
"It's best to be able to destroy, but Yu Fan is very good at running, the most important point...... Yu Fan is not the governor's minions, he is a wolf, and when he comes back from a circle of wilderness on the grassland, he must know better that weak prey is better to attack. ”
Ye Qing squinted, after he broke the Yin Army, the sea and the sky were wide, whether it was Taoism or the system, it was enough to fight in the ring with the state city, far from being comparable to Yu Fan.
"But the strength and weakness will eventually come out, Yu Fan and I have been enemies for a long time and can see it, but Qin Lie may not have this vision, you see Yu Fan deliberately went to Ban'an County, saying that he was leaving, and he didn't go simply, it didn't fit his style, it was very interesting." ”
Zhou Feng was stunned when he heard this, and he was a little incredulous: "He is calculating the lord and the governor, in order to let us fight with the state capital?"
"This is one of Yu Fan's calculations, if necessary, he will personally play to weaken the strong side between us, I can see that he wants to switch to heaven, but he started two beats slower than me, and now in the embarrassing situation between me and Yan Shenyuan, there is not much way to go. ”
"In the history of the lower soil, Liu Bei contributed to the fight between the Cao and Sun families, and the strategic intention is the same......