Chapter 2066: Gui Zi Scroll: Daring and Ambitious, Entering Longtan Alone
Xia Zhiling stood in front of the window with a gray face.
The tips of her hair, which were wet with sweat, fell off stickyly on her forehead, and the odor of sweat from not taking a shower for many days lingered on her body.
In the past, with his clean temperament, he would have been intolerable long ago, but now it doesn't matter anymore.
Your life is almost gone, why do you still care about this?
People in the outer hall were still noisy, but he was indifferent.
There is no shortage of tricks and strategies!
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!
I don’t think that these rebels would be able to hold back after seeing the property?
Do you really think that Waving the Sky Flag can be banned if it has some credibility outside?
What a joke, even the border troops can't do it, can he do it? Even if he can do it, what about the people under his command? Can he restrain them?
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 rebel armies and civilians heard the news that Wubao City was about to be breached, and came from all directions just to get a bite of food and fill their bellies.
The number of people from 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 in Shanxi Province increased 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.
They probably came because of this terrible situation. Only when everything is destroyed 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 no time to take care of themselves.
At that time, Yan'an Mansion was 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 of 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 and coordinating a joint attack, and are still waiting for more insurgents 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 still a feeling that water cannot quench the thirst.
Yan'an Prefecture is far away from Fushi, and it is also facing the threat of the insurgent armies from Yanzhou, Luochuan, and Yichuan. The insurgent forces in the south are even more powerful, and the little guard of Yan'an Prefecture is struggling to protect itself.
The Yulin Army seems to be the only one it can rely on, but the Yulin Army seems to be only satisfied that its surrounding Jiazhou, Mizhi, Suide, Anding, and Security lines are not threatened, and is unwilling to cross this line easily, while far away
Jiazhou, Suide and Wu Fort south of Mizhi are not within its defense range.
The noise outside mixed with the screams of cicadas outside the window made people more and more upset. Xia Zhiling had originally imagined that the new governor could rush to Shaanxi quickly to turn the tide, but now it seemed that he could not survive that time.
He was from Guangshan, and although he was an official in Shaanxi, he had long received a letter from Lian Guoshi, a former fellow villager in Yongcheng. The letter stated that Feng Keng would most likely be appointed governor of Shaanxi, and Lian Guoshi 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 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 have to say
It is recognized that this person is a versatile person in both civil and military affairs.
If we talk 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 I studied one subject earlier than Feng Keng, in the second year of Yonglong.
However, he was unlucky. He was in the top three, and his personality was not liked by the superiors. He was disliked by others when he was in charge of government. Therefore, he was kicked here after he was in charge of government, and he has been suffering in this remote place.
I originally 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, and the whole situation became such a mess.
Yan'an Prefecture is even more important, and Wubao County will not be spared from the drag on it.
"Sir, there are guests outside asking to see you." The staff member came in with a dead look on his face.
"What other guests are there at this time? Missing!" Xia Zhiling glanced at his staff impatiently, "How are they noisy outside?"
"It's not like that. They refused 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 were obsessed with keeping themselves out..."
The staff member's 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.
However, these city gentry are different from 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 gentry had 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 sighed, and then suddenly remembered something, "By the way, sir, the outside guests said they came from the east..."
"To the east? Over there in 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 won't say much. He just said that he will know when he sees him."
Xia Zhiling suddenly became interested. At this time, someone actually came to see him, and he was still mysterious. After thinking about it, he said: "Then let's meet. Wait until these people continue to argue. If they are boring people,
Just throw him out 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 it was also a mess outside the county government gate. Some important matter was still being discussed here.
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?
It was Feng Ziying who compromised and asked Li Guibao to stand outside the backyard door so that the sound could be heard through the wall, so 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 businessman 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 actually 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 touch of elegance in a warrior, which is so rare. Such people are rare among the border troops, and he has never seen them before.
Someone from Dusi? Is it possible? Those losers are greedy for life and afraid of death, how can they put themselves in danger? And how effective can they be?
Is this someone from the Hexi Bingbei Road? I should have seen him before, he is new here?
It doesn't look like it. Why do the people in Hexi's army 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 were in charge of military preparation, he would be a councilor. How could this person be a councilor of the Chief Envoy or a minister of the Procuratorate at such a young age?
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.
Only then did Xia Zhiling come 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 puzzled. It seemed like they didn't know Dong Weng, so why did they suddenly have to have a secret conversation alone?
Seeing Dong Weng's serious expression, he didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he handed over his hand and hurried out.
When the staff left, Xia Zhiling suddenly bowed his hands and saluted. Feng Ziying smiled and supported the other person, "I didn't expect that Mr. Xia could recognize me at a glance even though we have never met before."
"Both Jun Yu and Ruogu Ruomu have written to me, mentioning Your Excellency. In addition, 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 such a 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 so without a bit of courage.