Chapter 2066 Guizi scroll with bold ambitions, enter Longtan alone

  Xia Zhiling stood in front of the window with a pale face.

  The tips of hair wet with sweat fell off stickyly on his forehead, and the sour smell of sweat from not taking a shower for many days was lingering.

  With his originally clean temperament in the past, he could no longer bear it, but now everything doesn't matter.

  Your life is almost gone, do you still care about this?

  The people in the hall outside were still clamoring, but he remained indifferent.

  Short-cuts and tricks!

   A bunch of idiots who only know what food they have in their troughs. Only when the rebel army rushes into the city with knives on their necks, will they realize that anyone who has an agreement with them at that time is just a piece of waste paper!

   I don't even think that these chaotic troops will hold back when they see Caihuo?

   Really think that Waving the Sky Flag can be banned if it has a little reputation outside?

  Joke, even the frontier army can't do it, can he do it? Even if he could do it, what about the people under him? Can he restrain himself?

   What about the other rebellious armies that are not under his control?

  Thinking of this, Xia Zhiling couldn't help but want to look up to the sky and sigh.

  The number of rebels outside is increasing. In fact, they are not rebels, but disaster victims, refugees, and hungry people from all over the world!

They attacked Suide City, were repulsed, attacked Mizhi City, were beaten to pieces, went to Jiazhou, and were chased by the frontier army, but their own Wubao did not have such good luck, nor did they This is a good condition.

  These rebellious soldiers and civilians heard the news that Wubao City was about to be breached, and came from all directions, just to beg for a bite of food and fill their stomachs.

  Jiazhou, Suide, Mizhi, Qingjian, and even those who risked being swallowed by the Yellow River came by sheepskin rafts from Linxian County, Shanxi Province, and the number of them was increasing day by day.

  Xia Zhiling also couldn't figure out why even the refugees from Shanxi ran here. The situation in Shaanxi is much worse than that in Shaanxi.

  Probably came here for this terrible situation. Only when everything is smashed and messed up can these victims have a chance.

  Thinking of this, Xia Zhiling's face became even more ugly.

Although Suide, Jiazhou, and Mizhi are also in chaos, at least their prefectures and counties are still stable, and they are still firmly in the hands of the government, but Wubao hangs alone on the bank of the Yellow River, and the other surrounding counties are too busy to take care of themselves. At that time, when Yan'an Mansion was helpless, everything could only be relied on by oneself, but now it seems that it is difficult to solve the current disaster with one's own strength.

  Relying on the yamen servants and minzhuang in his hands, and uniting with the domestic servants and family members of the gentry who fled into the city, when the rebel army outside the city launched an attack, Xia Zhiling gritted his teeth and led the whole city to fight two battles.

Xia Zhiling also knew that he commanded poorly. He was originally a literati, and he had never practiced martial arts. He relied on his blood and courage to muster everyone's fighting spirit to defend the city. Fortunately, these disorderly troops outside the city The performance was even worse. After two battles, the rebel army left one or two hundred corpses and retreated. They have not launched any more attacks for the past two days.

  According to well-informed people in the city, they should be discussing and coordinating how to jointly attack, and they are still waiting for more chaos and disorderly people to arrive.

  Thinking of the latter, Xia Zhiling felt even more desperate.

  He has already sent distress letters to Yan'an Prefecture, Yulin Town and Shaanxi Dusi.

  The problem is that he has no hope for the latter at all. It was just a display. The situation of the guards in the province under training is a mess, and Xia Zhiling himself doesn't believe it.

  The former two are also a little far away from the feeling of being unable to quench thirst.

  Yan'an Mansion is far away in Fushi, and is also facing the threat of rebellion troops in Fuzhou, Luochuan, and Yichuan.

The Yulin Army seems to be the only one they can rely on, but the Yulin Army seems to be satisfied that the surrounding lines of Jiazhou, Mizhi, Suide, Anding, and Baoan are not threatened, and they are unwilling to cross this line easily. Jiazhou, Suide, and Wubao south of Mizhi are not within its defense range.

  The noise outside mixed with the cicadas shouting outside the window made people more and more disturbed. Xia Zhiling had imagined that the new governor could quickly rush to Shaanxi to turn the tide, but now it seems that he can't make it to that time.

  He is from Guangshan. Although he is an official in Shaanxi, he received a letter from Lian Guoshi from his former hometown, Yongcheng, saying that Feng Keng is very likely to be the governor of Shaanxi.

  He didn't know much about Feng Keng, but he also knew that he was a new political star rising like a comet across the sky.

It is said that he is also the leader of the young scholars in the Northland. Not only did Lian Guoshi highly praise him in the letter, but the Hou brothers, who are also from Henan, are not quite right with Feng Keng, but when Feng Keng is mentioned in the letter, he must Admit that this person is an all-rounder in both civil and military affairs.

  If you talk about it, I can barely be regarded as a young scholar in the Northland, but I am about ten years older than Feng Keng, and I am also one subject earlier than Feng Keng, Yonglong two years.

  However, he was unlucky, the top three were hanging at the bottom, and his personality was not liked by Shangguan, so he was disliked by others when he was watching politics, so he was kicked here after watching politics, and he has been suffering in this remote place.

Originally, I hoped that I could survive until Feng Keng took office, and that I would perform well and earn a living. Who would have thought that the drought in Shaanxi would be so severe, and the chief envoy's inability to deal with it would make the whole situation chaotic. Yan'an Mansion is the most important thing, and Wubao County, which drags him down, will not be spared.

   "My lord, there are guests outside asking to see you." The staff came in with a look of ashes on their faces.

   "At this time, who are you going to see? No!" Xia Zhiling glanced at his staff impatiently, "How is the quarrel outside?"

"That's not the case. I refuse to gather everyone together, especially the gentry in the city. They should have been in contact with the rebels outside the city long ago. They found a way out and wanted to keep themselves out..." the staff His face was dull, his eyes were dull, and he was obviously helpless with the current situation.

  Xia Zhiling gritted his teeth.

  He knew that his prestige was not enough to overwhelm these gentry and merchants. It was entirely because of the imminent threat of the rebellion that the gentry who fled into the city barely helped him repel the rebellion.

  But these urban gentry are different from country gentry. Most of their properties are concentrated in the city, such as shops and goods. Unlike country gentry, their manors in the country have already been looted.

  These gentry hated the rebellious army already, and the gentry in the city thought they could still leave by buying the rebellious army outside, and then fled to Shanxi.

It should be said that this is not impossible. Some merchants have escaped from the city in this way before, but Xia Zhiling knows that if he wants to leave with a large amount of money, it is purely wishful thinking. No one will let such a large sum of money go. Goods left.

   "My lord, I will refuse the outside guests." The staff sighed, and then suddenly remembered something, "By the way, my lord, the outside guests said they came from the east..."

   "East? Shanxi?" Xia Zhiling was still not very interested. He was not interested in anyone at this time. "What are you doing? What do you want me to do?"

  The staff member shook his head, "The visitor won't talk too much, just say that you will know when you see it."

Xia Zhiling suddenly became interested. At this time, someone still came to see him, and he was still mysterious. After thinking for a while, he said: "Then meet and see, when these people continue to quarrel, if the boring people Play tricks, just throw them out."

  Feng Ziying and his party waited outside for a long time before being taken to the backyard.

   There was endless noise in the front hall, and there was also chaos outside the gate of the county government office. There was still some important matter being discussed here.

   After entering the gate, both Li Guibao and Liu Dingfeng were forbidden to enter. Apparently Xia Zhiling was also afraid that the assassins sent by the rebel army would take the opportunity to create chaos.

  Of course Li Guibao refused to agree. Who can tell what happened when he was about to go in?

  Feng Ziying made a compromise, and asked Li Guibao to stand outside the backyard door. The partition wall could be heard, and the two sides agreed.

From the moment the other party stepped into his flower hall, Xia Zhiling knew that the person in front of him was definitely not a merchant and gentleman, but an official just like himself, and the vigor shown by the other party's gestures was not at all because of the dark complexion of the other party. But the impact, on the contrary, made the opponent a little more domineering.

  Suddenly, Xia Zhiling's thoughts changed suddenly, he couldn't think of who the other party was, could it be a general of the Yulin Army?

   It's a bit similar, but there is a bit of elegance among warriors, which is really rare. This kind of person is rare in the frontier army, and he has never seen it before.

  Here from the capital? Is it possible? How could those **** be in danger because they were greedy for life and afraid of death? And how useful would they be?

   Could it be that the Hexi soldiers were prepared? But I should have seen it before, newcomer?

   It’s not like that either, why do people in Hexi Bingbeidao need to be so sneaky?

   Qingyang, where the Hexi Bingbei Road is located, is too busy to take care of himself, and he can't take care of Yan'an Mansion at all.

  This man is so imposing, it is impossible for him to be an ordinary person. If he is in charge of the military affairs, then he is a member of the council. How can this person be a member of the chief envoy or the procurator?

  Suddenly Xia Zhiling thought of something, his face turned pale and then quickly turned red, he stood up straight, and wanted to salute, but Feng Ziying waved his hand to stop him, and gestured with his eyes.

  Xia Zhiling came back to his senses, and said to his staff in a deep voice: "You go out first, I have something to talk to this gentleman."

  The aides were baffled. From the looks of it, Dong Weng probably didn’t know him. Why did he suddenly want to talk privately?

  Seeing that Dong Weng looked serious, he didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he hurried out with his hands clasped.

  After the staff went out, Xia Zhiling suddenly bowed his hands and saluted. Feng Ziying supported him with a smile, "I didn't expect that Master Xia would recognize me at a glance because we have never faced each other."

"Junyu and Ruogu Ruomu both wrote to me, mentioning your lord, and Junyu wrote to me a month ago, mentioning that your lord may be the governor of Shaanxi. Seeing your lord's heroic appearance today, I am sure that this waiter dares to break into the tiger's lair alone. Yes, only adults can do that."

  Xia Zhiling's words were sincere. Anyone who dared to enter Wubao City alone at this time would not be able to do it without a little courage.

  (end of this chapter)