Linqing County is one of the top counties in Daliang. The rank of the county magistrate is from the sixth level, which is one level higher than the ordinary county magistrate. In addition to the county government, there is also a capital army stationed in the county.

The only one among the counties under Quang Binh Province.

There is no difference in the military system among the states in Daliang. The Lingzhou Guard Army is under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office. According to the roster, there should be 12,500 soldiers, that is, one guard, five armies, and twenty-five capitals, each with 500 people. They are stationed in

Linqing County is the fourth capital of the Lingzhou Guard Zuo Army. The guerrilla general is named Yu Zheng, who is from Qingyuan County, Guangping Prefecture.

Yu Zheng was born into a poor family. He joined the Southern Border Army at the age of seventeen. Because of his bravery in combat, he was promoted to sentry officer and commanded a hundred-man team. Nine years ago, he withdrew from the Southern Army for some reasons and asked for connections to return to Lingzhou. He served in the Xiang Army.

Got a guerrilla position

, leading the fourth capital to be stationed in Linqing. In fact, with his qualifications and military exploits, he can definitely be promoted. Even if he cannot be the commander of the left army, he is very promising as a deputy commander. After all, the Xiang army cannot compare with the frontier army.

, the requirements for promotion will not be too high.

But for Yu Zheng, not to mention deputy commander, even if the governor Xue Tao really wanted to promote him to the commander of the left army, he was unwilling in his heart. In terms of wealth among the counties in Lingzhou, Linqing is the undisputed number one. Here

Because of the richness of the land and the development of commerce and trade, the county magistrate has always been an extremely sought-after official position in Lingzhou officialdom. Naturally, he, a garrison guerrilla, is also a popular figure.

It was a hot summer day and the guerrilla mansion was very quiet in the afternoon.

Thirty-six-year-old Yu Zheng was lying on a wicker chair, enjoying the gentle caressing of the maid while humming a melodious tune.

A few days ago, the Yan family sent someone to deliver several boxes of silver, and promised to leave him a share in the briquette business after the coal mine was mined there. They only hoped that he would turn a blind eye to what was happening outside the city.

Although Yu Zheng was a soldier, he had stayed in Linqing for nine years and was no stranger to the officialdom of the state government. He had inquired about briquettes and knew that this was a game between the governor's office and the imperial envoy from Kyoto.

Guangping Prefecture

Can't come forward, let alone a low-level general like him who has no foundation? The so-called stock is just a listen. If it can be done in the future, he will be satisfied if he can drink soup from it. The most important thing is that the Yan family keeps sending him

silver.

"My lord! My lord! Something happened!"

The clerk from the Fourth Capital almost crawled into the flower hall, shouting loudly.

"Where's the mourning? Did your mother-in-law steal someone?" Yu Zheng frowned and scolded, waving the maid to leave.

The clerk's face was extremely panicked, and he didn't care about the second half of the joke at all, and kept saying: "Sir, a team of thousands of people appeared outside the city, as well as hundreds of cavalry! It's only two or three miles away from the east city gate!"

Yu Zheng stood up suddenly and glared at the document with wide eyes.

"Sir, my subordinates have ordered the city gates to be closed and all soldiers have been mobilized. Please go to the tower immediately." The clerk was sweating and his eyes were panicked.

Yu Zheng swallowed his saliva subconsciously. He knew what the Yan family wanted to do. It was just a trick of the evildoers to complain first. In fact, there had been movement in the city since the day before yesterday. There were nearly a hundred scholars and more than 2,000 people, mainly descendants of the Yan family.

Even though there was little movement outside the city, it was impossible to hide this guerrilla from him. I thought that relying on these people could create some trouble for the imperial guards who were watching the coal mines outside the city, but now it seems that they have failed.

But the question is, where did the hundreds of cavalry mentioned by the clerk come from?

At this moment, Yu Zheng still didn't know how powerful the five hundred elites who were guarding the imperial envoy were.

The straight-line distance from Xingyang City to Linqing County is about 260 miles. Even if the imperial guards outside Linqing County sent people back to Xingyang to deliver a message when they were besieged yesterday, they would not be able to wait for reinforcements in a day and night.

At least in Yu Zheng's knowledge, this kind of marching speed is impossible, even if the safety of the horses is not considered at all.

Could this be a small group of cavalry from Western Wu?

Thinking of this, Yu Zheng felt that the hairs all over his body stood on end, and he quickly grabbed the paperwork and hurried out.

He hurriedly arrived at the east city tower, but the scene he had imagined along the way did not appear. Although the city gate was closed and caused discussion among the people, no people from Xiwu came in, so the situation was generally calm.

But when Yu Zheng climbed up the tower and looked towards the east plain outside the city, his pupils suddenly shrank.

Standing at the front were the scholars from Linqing County, followed closely by more than 2,000 ordinary people.

Two centuries guarded the left and right, and hundreds of cavalry at the back.

Yu Zheng immediately recognized these cavalrymen as imperial guards.

He realized that trouble had befallen him. Although these imperial guards had noble status, they should not have the courage to treat the people like driving cattle and sheep, not to mention that there were nearly a hundred distinguished scholars among them. There was only one explanation for this situation.

, the leader of these guards is extraordinary, most likely the young powerful man who dared to fight against the bandits at the age of fourteen.

"Open the city gate! Follow me out to meet the imperial envoy!"

Yu Zheng is indeed very greedy, perhaps because his ancestors have been afraid of poverty for generations, so he is not merciless at all when collecting money.

But after all, he had served in the border army, and he was not a fool who sat in a well and watched the sky. If the Pei Imperial Envoy had really arrived in Linqing County, and if he dared to openly stand with the Yan family, he would probably end badly.

While leading his men out of the city, he sent someone to the county office to inform the county magistrate. At this time, it was better to drag someone into the water alone than to face the young imperial envoy alone.

The team outside the city stopped when they were still half a mile away from the city gate.

Yu Zheng ran out quickly. Only then did he notice that the cavalry in front of him was a man with two horses. He suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the incident happened yesterday and that the cavalry appeared outside Linqing City today.

"I, General Lingzhou Guard Zuo Army's Fourth Capital, guerrilla Yu Zheng, was ordered to station in Linqing County. May I ask who your department is and why you are detaining the scholars and people in this county?" At this moment, he has confirmed that the Imperial Envoy Pei must be here.

, because as far as he knew, there were only 500 imperial guards in total, so they should be all in front of him.

After hearing his voice, the scholars and common people suddenly became commotion. However, they could only hear the cavalry on the left and right swinging their whips in the air, and everyone fell silent.

Yu Zheng frowned and said loudly: "Please ask the person in charge of your department to come out and speak!"

Behind him have gathered his own soldiers, also 500 people, but the opponent is cavalry, and his side is only infantry. What's more, the gap between the armor and weapons of the two sides is too big, and the difference in momentum is like clouds and mud.

There was still silence on the opposite side, with only the north wind blowing in the summer, barely dispelling some of the afternoon heat.

At this moment, there was a burst of noise from inside the city gate, and then a large group of people appeared in a hurry. Yu Zheng turned his head and looked around, breathing a sigh of relief. The person who came was Linqing County Magistrate Mo Qingyun.
Chapter completed!