Chapter 2066 Gui Zijuan is bold and ambitious, and enters Longtan alone

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

The ends of her hair, which were wet with sweat, fell off in a sticky mess on her forehead, and the odor of sweat from not taking a shower for many days lingered on her body.

 His clean temperament in the past would have been unbearable for a long time, but now it doesn't matter anymore.

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

 The people in the outer hall were still noisy, but he was indifferent.

 The vertical part is insufficient and resourceful!

A bunch of idiots who only know what little food they have in their own trough. Only when the rebels rush into the city with knives on their necks will they realize that anyone who has made an agreement with them is just a piece of waste paper!

Don’t think about how these rebels would be able to hold back after seeing the property?

　　Do you really think that Waving the Sky Flag has some credibility outside so that he can impose bans?

What a joke, even the border troops can’t do it, but he can do it? Even if he can do it, what about the people under his command? Can he restrain himself?

 What about the other groups of rebels 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 victims of disasters, refugees, and hungry people from all over the world!

They attacked Suide City and were repulsed. They attacked Mizhi City and were beaten to a pulp. When they went to Jiazhou, they were chased away by the border troops. However, their own Wubao did not have such good luck. This is a good condition.

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

 Jiazhou, Suide, Mizhi, Qingjian, and even those who risked being swallowed by the Yellow River water and floated over on sheepskin rafts from Linxian County, Shanxi Province, the number of people is increasing day by day.

Xia Zhiling also couldn't understand why even the refugees from Shanxi were running here. The situation in Shaanxi was much worse than that in Shaanxi.

Probably they came because of 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 firmly in the hands of the government. However, Wubao hangs alone on the bank of the Yellow River, and several other surrounding prefectures and counties have too much time to take care of themselves. At that time, Yan'an Mansion was even more helpless and could only rely on itself for everything, but now it seems that it is difficult to solve the current disaster with its own strength.

Relying on the government servants and minzhuang in his hands, and then uniting with the servants and servants who fled into the city to join the gentry, Xia Zhiling gritted his teeth and led the people in the city to fight two battles when the rebel army launched an attack outside the city.

Xia Zhiling also knew that his command was poor. He was originally a scholar and had never practiced martial arts. He relied on his passion and courage to inspire everyone's fighting spirit to defend the city. Fortunately, these rebels outside the city The performance was even worse. After two battles, the rebel army retreated leaving behind one or two hundred corpses. They did not launch another attack for the past two days.

According to well-informed people in the city, they should be discussing how to coordinate a joint attack and are still waiting for more chaotic troops and civilians to arrive.

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

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

The problem is that he has no hope at all for the latter. It is just a decoration. The training of the provincial guards is in such a mess that Xia Zhiling himself does not believe it.

 As for the first two, there is also a feeling that water cannot quench the thirst.

Yan'an Prefecture is far away from Fushi, and is also facing the threat of the insurgent armies from Yanzhou, Luochuan, and Yichuan. The insurgent forces in the south are more powerful, and the Yan'an Prefecture's little guard force is not enough to protect itself.

The Yulin Army seemed to be the only one it could rely on, but it seemed that the Yulin Army was only satisfied that its surrounding lines of Jiazhou, Mizhi, Suide, Anding, and Baoan were not threatened, and was unwilling to cross this line easily. Jiazhou, Suide and Wu Fort south of Mizhi are not within its defense range.

The noise outside mixed with the cicadas screaming outside the window made people more and more upset. Xia Zhiling had imagined that the new governor could rush to Shaanxi quickly to turn the situation around, but now it seemed that he would not be able to survive that time.

 He ​​was from Guangshan, and although he was an official in Shaanxi, he had received a letter early from his former fellow villager Lian Guo Shi in Yongcheng. The letter stated that Feng Keng was very likely to be the governor of Shaanxi, and Lian Guo Shi and Feng Keng were classmates and friends.

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

It is said that he is also the leader of the young scholars in the North. Not only does he highly praise the practice of state affairs in the letter, but the Hou brothers, who are both fellows from Henan, and Feng Keng are not on the same page, but when Feng Keng is mentioned in the letter, they also say Recognize that this person is a versatile person in both civil and military affairs.

If you think about it, I can barely be regarded as a young scholar in the North, but I am more than ten years older than Feng Keng, and one subject earlier than Feng Keng, in the second year of Yonglong.

But he was unlucky. He was a low-ranking official, and his personality was not liked by the superiors. He was disliked by others when he was in charge of government, so he was kicked here after he was in charge of government. He has been suffering in this remote place.

Originally, I had hoped that I could wait until Feng Keng took office, perform well, and earn a living. Who would have thought that the drought in Shaanxi was so severe, and the chief envoy was unable to deal with it, making the whole situation such a mess? Yan'an Prefecture is the top priority, and Wubao County will not be spared from dragging him down.

"Sir, there are guests outside asking to see you." The staff member came in with a dead look on his face.

"What kind of guests are there at this time? Not seen!" Xia Zhiling glanced at his staff impatiently, "How are they noisy outside?"

"It's not like that. They refuse to gather everyone together, especially the group of gentry in the city. They must have been connected with the rebels outside the city a long time ago, found a way out, and are focused on keeping themselves out..." Staff His face was dull, his eyes were dull, and he was obviously helpless about the current situation.

 Xia Zhiling gritted his teeth.

He knew that his prestige was not enough to overwhelm this group of gentry and merchants. It was entirely because of the imminent threat of the rebel army that the squires who fled into the city barely helped him fight off the rebel army.

But these city gentry are different from the country gentry. Most of their property, such as shops and goods, is concentrated in the city. Unlike the country gentry, their manors in the countryside have long been looted.

These country gentry have long hated the rebels, and the gentry in the city thought they could still leave by buying off the rebels 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 property, it is purely wishful thinking. No one will let such a large amount of property go. The goods leave.

"Sir, I will reject the outside guests." The staff member sighed, and then suddenly remembered something, "By the way, sir, 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? Why do you want to see me?"

The staff member shook his head and said, "The person who came here didn't want to say much. He just said that he would know it when he saw it."

Xia Zhiling suddenly became interested. At this time, someone actually came to see him, and he was still mysterious. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Then let's meet. Wait until these people continue to argue. If they are boring people, Just throw them out of here if you are making a fuss."

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

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

 After entering the door, Li Guibao and Liu Dingfeng were not allowed to enter. Apparently Xia Zhiling was also afraid that assassins sent by the rebel army would take the opportunity to assassinate and create chaos.

Of course Li Guibao refused to agree. Now that he was about to go in, who could tell what accident might happen?

Feng Ziying compromised and asked Li Guibao to stand outside the backyard door, where the sound could be heard through the wall, and both parties agreed.

Xia Zhiling knew from the moment the other party stepped into his flower hall that the person in front of him was definitely not a merchant or gentry, but must be an official like himself, and the sharpness shown in his movements was not at all due to his dark complexion. And the influence made the other party a little more domineering.

Xia Zhiling's thoughts suddenly changed. He couldn't figure out who the other party was. Could it be a general of the Yulin Army?

It's a bit similar, but there's also a bit of elegance in a warrior, which is so rare. Such people are rare among the border troops, and he has never seen them before.

Here is someone from Dusi? Is it possible? Those losers are greedy for life and afraid of death, how could they put themselves in danger? And how effective can they be?

Is it possible that the troops in Hexi are preparing for the road? But I should have seen him before, the new one?

It doesn't look like that either. Why do the people in Hexi's military preparations need to be so sneaky?

Qingyang, where the Hexi Bingbei Road is located, is too busy taking care of itself that it can't even take care of the Yan'an Prefecture.

This man is so powerful that he cannot be an ordinary person. If he is in charge of military preparation, he is a counselor. How can this person be a counselor of the Chief Envoy or a counselor of the Chief Envoy or the Procuratorate?

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

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

The staff was confused. It seemed like he didn't know Dong Weng, so why did he suddenly have to have a secret conversation alone?

 Seeing Dong Weng's serious expression, he didn't dare to ask any more questions, and hurried out as soon as he handed over his hands.

When the staff left, Xia Zhiling suddenly raised his hands in a salute. Feng Ziying supported the other party with a smile, "I didn't expect that Mr. Xia could recognize me at a glance even though we have never met."

"Both Jun Yu and Ruogu Ruomu have written to me, mentioning Your Excellency, and Jun Yu's letter to me the month before last mentioned that Your Excellency may be the governor of Shaanxi. When I saw Your Majesty's heroic appearance today, I was convinced that this kind of guard would dare to enter the tiger's den alone. Yes, only adults can do this."

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 some courage.

 (End of this chapter)