Long County, named because it is located to the east of Long Mountain, is a small border county under the rule of Qizhou. It is connected to Chencang in the south and Qingshui in the north. It is an important thoroughfare to Sichuan and Hexi. It was originally an important pass for trade and was once prosperous.
However, since the Taiping War, the commercial routes from the Central Plains to the Western Regions and to Sichuan have been partially abandoned, and Long County has gradually declined. Moreover, due to the mountainous terrain and poverty, the land is only capable of producing horses. However, it is deeply troubled by the horse administration, and the people are displaced.
Everyone, by the 16th year of Hongxuan, the huge Long County had a total of ten townships, six towns and one county seat, but the actual population was only over ten thousand, not even as large as the population of a town near Zhongdu.
Obviously, those who serve as officials in such frontier areas are basically down-and-out officials with no future. Unfortunately, Longxian County Magistrate Wang Peng is such an unlucky guy. However, people from this place naturally have few things to do.
It's just a small amount, but I can still have some leisure time. No, just at the end of the day, the Wangxian Taiye who was chatting was already lying on the desk in the lobby and fell asleep. But at this moment, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves.
The sound suddenly rang out, which disturbed Mr. Wang’s dream. Before he could understand what was going on, he saw a burly sergeant forcefully blocking the way of a group of government officials and rushing into the lobby. Wait.
The menacing situation frightened County Magistrate Wang.
"How outrageous! Who are you, who dares to barge into the lobby?" Mr. Wang County's sweet dream was disturbed, and he was already angry. When he saw that the person's clothes were just that of a corps leader, he immediately picked up the county's clothes.
The master's airs were strong, he slapped the gavel suddenly and let out a loud shout, which was quite impressive.
"This is the royal guard of Prince Xiang's Mansion. May I ask, sir, are you the magistrate of the king of Long County? My young prince has an urgent message here, and I would like to ask the magistrate to have a look at it." The visitor came here on Xiao Wei's order.
When Wang Peng, the bodyguard who asked for help, saw Wang Peng acting like a county magistrate, he didn't take it seriously at all. He took out a letter from his arms and reported the report loudly.
As soon as he heard that it was someone from Prince Xiang's Mansion, Wang Peng couldn't stand it any longer and stood up quickly. He didn't let the officials go to receive the letter. He stepped down from the big seat in person, took the letter from Wang Shu with both hands, and said
He said politely: "Ah, I've got to use the king's guard. Can you please let me read the letter first and then discuss it in detail?" [
"Wang County Magistrate, please." Although Wang Da was impatient, he couldn't say anything to urge him, so he could only nod in agreement.
"Ah..." Wang Peng opened the letter with a smile on his face. As soon as he took a look, he was immediately dumbfounded. The smile on his face froze and he didn't say anything. The hand holding the letter was trembling like chaff. He couldn't reply for a long time.
God comes.
"County Magistrate Wang, my young prince is in danger. Please send reinforcements quickly for reinforcements." When Wang Peng didn't respond for a long time, Wang Da became anxious. He hurriedly stepped forward, cupped his hand, and loudly asked for orders.
"Um..." Wang Peng rolled his eyes and did not pick up Wang Shu's topic. Instead, he asked: "Wang Guard, may I ask where the young prince and his party are camping now?"
Wang Di didn't understand Wang Peng's real intention in asking this question, so he hurriedly replied: "Returning to Mr. Wang, my young prince has now set up camp in Yanziling. The bandits are bound to arrive day and night. I beg Mr. Wang to send troops to help as soon as possible."
Wang Peng rolled his eyes and laughed and said: "It's in Yanziling. Alas, I'm afraid this matter won't be easy to handle. That Yanziling is under the jurisdiction of Yixian County, and I am acting across the border in accordance with the law. Besides, I
There are only less than 300 militiamen in Long County, and they have the responsibility to defend the territory. They must guard against the "Three Bandits of Guanzhong" taking advantage of the opportunity to seize the city. I am afraid that the subordinate officer on the other side of the young prince is too determined, so I would like to ask the guard Wang to go back and say some kind words.
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"You...you, a bitch like you, dare to put my young prince to death, how brave!" Wang Tie is a guard of the palace and has always been arrogant. When he heard what Wang Peng said, he was furious and ignored him.
He couldn't show respect to others, so he started to curse.
"Humph, you know a rude man. I am eager to protect you and will not argue with you. Come and see the guests off!" Wang Peng immediately turned his face when he heard Wang Shi's scolding. Although he did not dare to do anything to Wang Shi, he could
Not wanting to listen to Wang Bo's insults anymore, he flicked his sleeves and ordered a group of government officials to drive Wang Bo out of the county government office.
"Old man, you dare to die without saving me. My prince will not let you go!" Although Wang Ji was furious, he couldn't stand the push of all the government officials. He was driven out of the county government hall. He was so angry that he couldn't calm down.
He pointed at the lobby of the county government office and started yelling curses. People on the street heard the noise and gathered around him one after another, on three floors inside and outside to watch the excitement.
"Hey, man, is your prince Prince Xiang?" Just as Wang Shu was scolding, a burly man led several young men out of the crowd and shouted.
Seeing that the visitor had an extraordinary appearance, Wang Cao did not dare to be rude. He raised his hand and said, "Yes, the prince of a certain family is His Highness King Xiang. Who are you?"
"It's Lin Chongsheng from Long County. I heard what you said earlier about the young prince being trapped in Yanziling. Is it true?" The strong man bowed his hands and bowed in return.
Wang Shu said angrily: "It is true. My young prince went out of Guanzhong on official business according to the imperial decree. The 'Three Bandits from Guanzhong' gathered bandits and plotted against my young prince. They were ordered to come to Long County to ask for help. Wang Peng, that dog official, actually made false excuses.
It's really shameful that people from such a large Long County dare to fight?"
Wang Shu's words were really harsh. Lin Chongsheng's face immediately darkened and he snorted coldly: "Huh, don't underestimate people. Prince Xiang is a hero of the world. If his son is in trouble, I should go and save him."
Why do you need to say something to provoke me? If you are a man, just follow him!" As soon as he finished speaking, he led several of his subordinates to line up the crowd of spectators and walked out, regardless of whether Wang Shu followed him or not.
After a while, I finally led my horse to follow... Yanziling is actually just a small hill, located on the left side of the Anxi Ancient Road. It is no more than thirty tents high and is not considered steep. It is spring, and the vegetation is quite lush.
, however, for a caravan with nearly two hundred camels, it is not possible to completely hide in the mountains. Most of the camels can only abandon the mountains and only carry the goods up to the camp on the top of the mountain.
, the heavy workload really made everyone in the caravan very busy.
As the master, Xiao Wei naturally would not move the goods himself. He just looked at Fatty Tang with a cold eye and ordered him around, while in his heart he was repeatedly calculating the possibility of winning or losing this battle - Xiao Wei
I have never fought in a war, but I have actually learned a lot of military strategies from Mr. Shu, and I can barely talk about soldiers on paper. However, no matter how Xiao Wei calculates, he always feels that the certainty of this battle is really high.
Not going anywhere - In terms of military strength, we only have three hundred bodyguards who can be considered capable of fighting. Although the rest of the caravan's guys are in their early five hundred years, they are just ordinary people. Even if there are some good soldiers, they are not seen.
It is very valuable not to cause "chaos" in the real seal. Besides, in addition to the royal guards brought by himself, Xiao Wei did not dare to trust those people in the caravan that were summoned temporarily. God knows if there are any enemy spies there.
Inside, although we have a geographical advantage, it is really hard to say whether we can defend it when faced with the siege of a large number of "Guanzhong Three Bandits".
Although Xiao Wei didn't care much about the affairs in Jianghu in the past, he had put in a lot of effort in order to get out of Guanzhong this time. He had some understanding of the various forces in Guanzhong and even outside Guanzhong. As far as Xiao Wei knew, this place in Guanzhong
There are as many big and small grass bandits as there are cattle, and the three largest among them are the "Three Bandits of Guanzhong" - Liu Mingqi, the "Bloodhand" of Chen Cang, who is known as having more than a thousand men; Chen Huainan, the "Iron Wolf" of martial arts, is known as having a thousand men
There are more than 500 people; Tongchuan "Angry Tiger" Ximen Haiyun has nearly 2,000 people. Although these three are collectively called the "Guanzhong Three Bandits", they are not actually a group. Each has its own territory and is very different from each other.
They rarely interacted with each other, but now they actually joined hands, which really made Xiao Wei feel "honored".
There is something wrong, there is definitely something wrong inside! Our party has just entered the pass, and these three bandits have already joined forces. It is obviously the result of someone planning in advance. As for who is causing trouble, Xiao Wei has no way of knowing at this time, and he is too lazy to bother.
Thinking about guessing, Xiao Wei is only concerned about how to survive this battle - not counting the small bandits brought by the three bandits, the three bandits' troops and horses alone are already four thousand.
There are five hundred people, but our own side is only a little over eight hundred at full strength. Such a small number of troops is really pitiful. If they fight head-on, it is not enough to put a gap in people's teeth.
I have a headache, I really have a headache. Xiao Wei's head is spinning a few times as he thinks about it, but he can't come up with a good idea. As for whether he can hope for reinforcements from Long and Yi counties, Xiao Wei actually has no idea.
Too much hope. After all, Guanzhong is now very desolate. It is no longer the prosperous Qinzhong before the Peace. The defense of the militia in each county is only at the level of guarding homes and nursing homes. There is no combat power at all.
If the garrison troops in each county were so capable, how could Guanzhong be full of bandits? Xiao Wei did not dare to place his hopes on those capable county magistrates, but he only had such a few cards in his hands.
I really don’t know how to come out.
We can't hold it, we absolutely can't hold it! After analyzing the time, place, people, people and other factors in his mind for several times, Xiao Wei has already made a rough calculation. He knows clearly in his heart that with just these few troops, even if the whole army is united, it will be impossible.
The Absolute Method has lasted for more than three days. It is obviously a dead end to rely on waiting for help. The only feasible way is to win by surprise to have a chance of survival! When he thought of this, Xiao Wei could no longer sit still and stood up.
I was pacing back and forth on the top of the mountain, racking my brains to think of ways to defeat the enemy. I seemed to vaguely remember something, but I couldn't grasp it, and I was so anxious that I was sweating profusely.[
Calm down, calm down! Xiao Wei was so upset that his mind was in a mess. He had to stand still, took a deep breath, looked up at the sun that was gradually setting in the west, and suddenly
An idea came out of my heart, my eyes lit up, and I couldn't help shouting: "Yes!"