It's not to blame that the soldiers have low moral standards. This is actually the first time they have encountered such a conspiracy. \%_%Original_Creation%_%\ In the past, they fought with Huang Zhong in an upright manner, but they have never encountered this kind of situation.
Therefore, the first reaction of the soldiers was that Huang Zhong was indeed defeated, so he was at a loss.
"Wait a moment, I'll report it to the county guard." After a long time, the uncle came to his senses and said to the "defeated army" under the city.
"Please hurry up. We have been running around for a day and we are tired and thirsty." "Lu Feng" pretended to be tired and thirsty and replied.[
"Okay." Uncle Dub said hello, and then immediately turned around and went into the city.
In the study room of the Sheriff's Mansion, Meng Jian was reading.
However, Meng Jian was not very focused, and it was obvious that his mind was not on the book.
Meng Jian has been the county governor for some time. Although he has no previous political experience, he has managed Xiangyang City in an orderly manner and has initially demonstrated his ability as a civil servant.
As time went by, Meng Jian became more and more aware of the responsibilities of the county guard, and all the affairs in the county were taken care of. Not only did this busy official work not make Meng Jian tired, but Meng Jian enjoyed it quite a bit and felt very relaxed.
Meng Jian felt from the bottom of his heart that it was right to join Liu Feng.
But with the beginning of the war, Meng Jian's life became difficult. Huang Zhong divided his troops into three thousand and went south to harass Nanjun. Although the road was unstoppable, he forcibly opened a road.
Originally, Meng Jian was very happy. It was a huge defense system with 35,000 soldiers and 15 strongholds. Huang Zhong actually successfully broke through it, so fierce.
But since then, Meng Jian has become more and more irritable.
Due to insufficient troops, although Huang Zhong opened the road, he did not occupy it. After Huang Zhong passed by, those strongholds and cities were occupied by the scattered Jingzhou soldiers.
This creates difficulties in communicating with each other.
Just like now, Meng Jian doesn't know what happened to Huang Zhong, whether he has arrived in Dangyang, whether he has built a defense system in Dangyang for defense, or whether he plans to go crazy and attack Jiangling City.
Meng Jian didn't know anything about all this.
How does this make Meng Jian not irritable?
"Sir, there is a group of soldiers outside the city calling the door. They claim that the general has been defeated and they have scattered back." At this moment, a soldier went straight into the study and reported.
This soldier was the uncle who asked questions at the city gate. In extraordinary times, this uncle was qualified to go directly to the prefect's house to see Meng Jian.
"What did you say?" Meng Jian was not very attentive and was irritable. After hearing this, his hand shook and the bamboo slip in his hand fell to the case with a snap.
Although Meng Jian had zero political experience and zero war experience, it was inevitable that a newbie would be inexperienced when entering the battle. But as a scholar, his hands shook and he dropped the book. This was something that had not happened in more than ten years.
It can be seen how shocked Meng Jian was at this moment.[
Uncle Dub had no choice but to repeat what he just said.
"Huang Zhong failed, Huang Zhong failed." Only then did Meng Jian believe what Uncle Du said, but then even greater annoyance rose in Meng Jian's heart.
After all, Huang Zhong was also a famous general in the four counties of Xinye, and there were no strong generals in Jingzhou, so Meng Jian never thought that Huang Zhong would fail.
Fortunately, Meng Jian's qualifications were pretty good. After the blow, he quickly adjusted. After taking a deep breath, Meng Jian straightened his clothes, stood up and said, "Lead the way, come with me to the top of the city to take a look."
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"No," Dub said in agreement.
Not long after, Meng Jian rode a carriage and hurried out of the prefect's mansion towards the south of the city.