Cui Yi shouted loudly, which frightened the defenders on the city wall to swallow their saliva.
The momentum of the Xiaoqi battalion coming towards the formation just now really shocked them, and they were unable to reply for a moment.
County Lieutenant Zhao Yong even had weak legs. If he were not on the city wall, he would have to turn around and run away.
He opened his mouth and said in a wavy voice: "You...who are you? What are you doing here?"
Zhang Zhao covered his face, it was really embarrassing, this coward had completely lost the face of the fox slaves.
Cui Yi sneered disdainfully and said in a loud voice: "According to the order of the prefect, we reinforce the fox slaves, open the city gate, and welcome someone into the city."
Zhao Yong finally recovered.
"It's reinforcements. Please wait a moment. Someone will inform the county magistrate. All actions will be decided by the county magistrate."
Cui Yi did not urge any more. He believed that he should not be anxious at this time, for fear of being found out, so he divided a few teams to guard the surroundings to prevent enemy sneak attacks. Although he did not think that the group of refugees dared to sneak attack on them, but they should be vigilant.
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County magistrate Zhang Yong quickly arrived at the city wall. When he saw the Jiaqi outside the city, he was overjoyed. He knew the reputation of Yuyang Jiaqi. His uncle finally sent someone to rescue him. He felt that his back was strong again.
It's about to get hard.
snort!
Anyone who has offended him in the county will be punished one by one, and it will not work without a heavy gift of apology.
Zhang Yong seemed to see the light of gold and laughed so much that his mouth watered.
After checking the seal of the token, he quickly ordered someone to open the door and welcome the knight into the city.
However, County Lieutenant Zhao Yong stopped the people and said urgently: "County Magistrate, it is better not to enter the city. This Yuyang army has been infected with the plague. If the disease is spread into the city, it will be a serious problem."
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He didn't want Jia to enter the city. The county magistrate Zhang Yong relied on the prefect's power and raided a lot in the past. He even took his wife Ji and his concubines to the mansion. This was because the county magistrate didn't have any soldiers and didn't dare to do it.
Too much.
If the Yuyang army enters the city and the county magistrate has soldiers in his hands, who knows what could be done? Will he suddenly disappear? Will all the lords in the city suddenly be slaughtered by bandits?
Anyway, he wanted to prevent Yuyang's army from entering the city.
Afterwards, he could use this to ask for money from the various government lords, compensate for the losses caused by contradicting the county magistrate, and buy some concubines.
The two had their own thoughts and refused to give in to each other, arguing endlessly on the top of the city.
Cui Yi was a little dumbfounded. What was this situation? No one doubted his identity, but he still couldn't enter the city. This was different from what he expected.
He originally thought that either no one would suspect him and he would successfully enter the city; or someone would see through it and he would lead them to retreat.
In this situation, he didn't know what to do. Should he advance or retreat?
This dog magistrate is also useless, even his subordinates can't control him.
He shouted impatiently: "The epidemic has been cured by Liu Cao. You don't have to be afraid. Open the city gate quickly and welcome the prince to the city to rest. Otherwise, the princes will not serve you, and you will deal with it on your own."
Yellow turban bandits."
But Zhao Yong still refused to let go. He only said that the plague was serious and who dared to vouch for it? He was willing to send someone to camp outside the city for Jia Qi, and he would rather die than be allowed to enter the city.
Zhang Yong was also a little hesitant. He just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to collect some money. It didn't matter whether he entered the city or not, but he couldn't let go of his dignity. He was contradicted by his subordinates and his dignity was ruined. He had just taken office not long ago, he had few close friends around him, and he couldn't win the county.
Lieutenant.
The two were still arguing.
Zhang Zhao looked on beside him and became anxious. He either let people into the city or quickly sent people to camp outside the city. What was going on with the endless quarrel? But the others were so quiet that they couldn't get a word in, so they could only worry.
Cui Yi also had no idea. He couldn't advance and was unwilling to retreat. This was different from what he thought. Why was it not pleasant at all to meet such a birdman?
He summoned his own soldiers and ordered in a low voice: "Report the situation here to the lord immediately and ask the lord if you want someone to retreat temporarily, or to attract the defenders here and paralyze their will, so that the subsequent army can attack the city.
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Several military princes and the village chief came over to discuss: "Let's just shoot them to death with arrows. The two birdmen have been quarreling forever, so there's no point in just waiting."
Cui Yi said impatiently: "Fart, we are still within their shooting range. If we fire our bows and others fire theirs, our brothers will die unjustly."
"Then let's retreat and wait until all the troops arrive to capture the city."
Cui Yi shook his head: "No, the master asked us to open the city gate in a false way. If someone sees through it, we can just retreat. No one doubts us, so we just leave like this. I am not willing to give up. You are willing to give up the great achievement of seizing the city?"
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"I'm sure you won't give in, but are you just going to waste your time? Lifting your neck and listening to those two birdmen spitting?"
Cui Yi was even more annoyed.
"Shut up, everyone. I want to know what to do. I hear you guys grinding your teeth here. Go figure it out and stop nagging so and so. I'm getting bored to death."
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When Liu Xiang received the summons and rushed to Hunu, Zhang Yong and Zhao Yong were still confronting each other at the top of the city. They probably had all their talk.
The two men had been arguing at the top of the city for more than an hour, and they had done nothing serious.
With this kind of thing, you can also promote talented people, promote filial piety and integrity to become a third minister, and buy an official to govern a country.
After they had been plundering for a few years, another group of third ministers who had bought official positions took over and continued their plundering.
Liu Xiang sighed secretly, the Eastern Han Dynasty court was rotten to the core, and there were rules and regulations for buying officials.
There is no doubt that in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Ling was not the only one who sold his official positions, and it was a rule.
Not just any landowner or rich man can buy an official position. First, he must buy a place in the Imperial College. In the Imperial College examination, he may buy or obtain a "A" grade assistant or a "B" grade assistant.
Then buy a recommendation quota for a local governor. In the Han Dynasty, the election system was the inspection system. According to the population of the county, there are one to two recommendation quotas every year. A county with a small population only has one quota every two to three years.
After you are promoted to Maocai or Xiaolian, you will then go to Luoyang and be called to Luoyang, the capital of the country. You will be appointed as a lieutenant in the five departments, a minister in the left, and a servant in the right. These people are called the three ministers.
Only in this way can you get in and be qualified to spend money to buy an official position.
Liu Xiang recalled the process of buying an official position and drove his horse to the city gate. There was no moat. There were some ordinary people's houses scattered outside the city wall. Most of them were vacant. They probably hid in the city or were kidnapped by the refugees.
He looked up at the bewildered defenders on the city wall and said loudly: "You ignore the prefect's order and keep the imperial army at bay. Do you want to rebel?"
Everyone on the city wall was shocked. They did not dare to admit the crime of rebellion. They all said that it was not a rebellion, but a misunderstanding. It was the county captain Zhao Yong who blocked the army from entering the city.
Ignoring the excuses of everyone in the city, Liu Xiang continued: "The master culprit will punish the nine tribes, and all the followers will be beheaded. Those who are unwilling to follow the thieves will behead the thieves before they come to see them. Otherwise, the army will attack the city and kill them all regardless of good or bad."
Liu Xiang doesn't bother with them. This is a farce. You say you are right and he says he is right. He doesn't bother to listen to their nagging.
He is not here to listen to people's reasoning. He wants to cut through the mess quickly and take down the city gate first.
Zhao Yong in the city was shocked. How could a random person be convicted just by saying something? He didn't want to rebel, and he didn't dare to rebel.
The people around him looked at him wrongly and were about to chop off his head. He quickly explained: "I didn't rebel. That's slander. Don't listen to other people's slander."
He then leaned his upper body out of the battlements and shouted to Liu Xiang: "Who are you? Why are you slandering me? I am not rebelling."
Liu Xiang ignored the chaos in the city, waved his hand and led the Xiaoqi camp out of the crossbow range.
When everyone in the city saw that the armored cavalry began to retreat, they finally panicked. Are they preparing to start a war? But they had never thought of rebellion. How could they be so unjust?
Zhang Zhao was also panicked. He saw Liu Xiang just now and wanted to reminisce with him and ask about the situation outside the city, but Liu Xiang ignored him and accused them of being rebels after saying a few words?
Everyone was scared and angry, and they all looked at the county captain. It was this man who refused to bring reinforcements into the city, and it was because of him that things became like this.