In the Qu'a County Office, Ji You sat in the court wearing a white coat, and sitting opposite him was Ma Mingma, the county magistrate. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

There are many books and account books on the bamboo bookcase, Ma Ming is fiddling with the abacus to calculate quickly, until half an hour later, this young man who was born in the Shen family's youth camp and is weak raised his head, and said with a somewhat gloomy expression: "Ming Mansion, if you really pay according to the request from the other side, the grain in the county may be exhausted......"

When Ji You heard this, his expression was also a little ugly, and he thought for a long time before he said in a deep voice: "Give it to them." ”

After hearing this, Ma Ming was ordered to get up, and led the county officials who had been waiting outside the court for a long time to leave in a hurry, and went to contact the Liyang army captain who came to ask for food.

"Wei Zhou, Wei Zhou, how long do you want me to wait!"

Ji You walked to the pavilion and sat on the Hu bed, looking at the sky outside the wall, his face was quite melancholy.

Earlier, when Shen Zhezi left, he told Ji You to compromise to preserve his strength, and not long after the Shen family left, the Liyang army came to cover up and defeated Wang Shu in a battle in Langya County, and then rushed into Qu'a by land and water. Although there are still many unwillingness in his heart, even Wang Shujun, the only organized army in the suburbs of Beijing, has been defeated, and with the remnants of the guards in his hands, he really has no confidence to resist, so he can only hand over the table to express his obedience.

Perhaps because of his commendable attitude, and his family is a deep-rooted old surname of Dan**, after returning to Shun, Ji You's official position was not moved, and Su Jun even increased his original inheritance of his father's title by 500 households, and by the way, he was given a fifth-class light car general rank, and he was allowed to appease the homeless people in the territory and guard the remnants.

Based on the deep-rooted concept of loyalty in his heart, Ji You was disdainful of Su Jun's courtesy. But from this, he also felt more and more that Shen Zhezi said that Su Jun's army was indeed fighting with Zhongshu, and the northerners were fighting among themselves, rather than being enemies of the world. Now that Yu Liang is dead, I don't know who the righteous name of the imperial court will belong to, and they really don't have to be too enthusiastic to throw their heads, spill blood, and make senseless sacrifices.

After the fall of Qu'a, Su Jun's general Zhang Jian led the crowd to sweep the county. In order to preserve the vitality of the villagers here, Ji You had to travel with the army and go to the house to persuade those who were motivated to defend the territory to give up the senseless resistance.

This process was naturally ridiculed and even scolded by many critics, but with Ji You's efforts, there were not too many fights in Qu'a after all, and there were almost no strongmen who took advantage of the chaos to wreak havoc in the township, and finally maintained a stable situation.

Because of the Ji family's hometown prestige and Ji You's own cooperative attitude, Liyang generals like Zhang Jian did not make it too difficult for him. The Liyang army did not wreak havoc too much in Qu'a, and Zhang Jian only asked Ji You to levy a group of people to build some barracks and other military facilities in the county, and of course, he also asked for some money and food.

Ji You also cooperated with these things, and even took the initiative to hand over a batch of ordnance carried by the guards earlier, and the barracks and fortresses that were originally built for stubborn resistance were also vacated, and also helped Zhang Jian to reorganize the remnants of those guards.

Such a cooperative attitude made Zhang Jian suspicious, and he did not accept the remnants of the guards, but let his subordinates lead the placement in Jurong.

Next, Zhang Jian led his troops eastward, and thus completely cut off the news exchanges between Qu'a and Jingkou. Replacing Zhang Jian as the commander of Qu'a was the Liyang Military Administration and Commerce Department, which was much more greedy than Zhang Jian. The name of Qu'a has long spread on both sides of the river, and after the merchants moved to this place, even the lion opened his mouth to ask for goods, and even connived at the soldiers to plunder in the village.

In the face of this situation, Ji You's earlier compromise has had an effect. The big clans in the county did not lose much in their own strength, and in the face of such a small invasion and plundering of the Liyang Army, each family did not lose much, but made Qu'a's originally stable atmosphere suddenly become tense.

The manager was very angry about this, and forced Ji You to mediate, otherwise he would gather troops to plunder the Qu'a countryside. By now, Ji You also has an understanding of the logic of Liyang Army's actions, so he simply directly mobilized the county officials to guard the county office and did not go out. The manager led the crowd to shout and curse outside the county office for several days, but after all, he still did not dare to commit unscrupulous murder.

The confrontation between them continued until Zhang Min left Jiankang and was appointed as the military governor of Danyangdong, and he intervened to mediate, and the atmosphere between them eased slightly, and no military incidents were caused.

The steward led the crowd to live honestly and unceremoniously in the Yunyang Manor left by the Shen family, and wreaked havoc on many of the Shen family's workshops and industries in Yunyang Township. Ji You knows what kind of temperament Shen Zhezi is, as long as the Liyang Army can't eradicate the Shen family, no matter whether they succeed or fail, what the business manager does will be remembered by Shen Zhezi, and sooner or later he will be hated because of it.

Because of the bad relationship between them, although the merchants were stationed in the county, they asked for goods and goods, and Ji You did not cooperate. By now, he also knows almost the details of the Liyang Army, although its soldiers are brave, but they do not dare to plunder the township too much to provoke a civil uprising. The chaos in other places is mainly due to the fact that the wealthy families in their respective townships took advantage of the chaos to make trouble and act for the tiger.

The calm in the early days of Qu'a gave Ji You the confidence to hook up with the township and confront the Ministry of Commerce and Management. Moreover, there are many remnants of the Su Guards who have been incorporated in the Guan Shang army, and many of them are old Ji family, which also makes Guan Shang dare not persecute Ji You too much, but he led the people to plunder in the countryside and loot wealth.

Even if Ji You has the heart to protect him, he is powerless to do anything, but fortunately, he has tried his best to evacuate or concentrate on the villagers earlier, and the harm is not too deep.

When I got the news from Jingkou again, it was already a few days after the heavy rain. Several rangers from Daye Pass quietly infiltrated Qu'a County, bringing the latest information on Jingkou and the great victory the day before yesterday. This naturally made Ji You feel very excited, in the past period of time, it can be said that he has never been depressed in his life, although he is still calm on the surface, but in private he is sharpening his sword, and the blade of the sword has been thinner by a few points!

He thought that Shen Zhezi was going to cover up this big victory in one fell swoop, but he didn't expect that after the big victory, the Dongyang Army would return to Daye Pass, which made Ji Youkong happy. He and Shen Zhezi are also good friends, family friendship, and know a lot about their temperament. Even if there was no interview, he could guess a little bit of what Shen Zhezi was thinking.

Although Zhang Jianbu is the main force of the Liyang army in the east of Jiankang, the strength of the other divisions is not weak, and there are nearly 2,000 Liyang troops here, plus a similar number of guards and stragglers. In Honghui, to the north of Qu'a, there are also more than 3,000 elite and stragglers, and there are also thousands of people in Langya County a little west, not to mention the thousands of Yuzhou troops in the Jiangling camp in the suburbs of Gyeonggi.

Since Shen Zhezi's troops were able to defeat Zhang Jian, they must also be a strong army, and if they came all the way with a big victory, they might not be able to reach Gyeonggi directly. After the victory, he retreated, seemingly cautious and almost dull. But for Ji You, who was familiar with Shen Zhezi, he soon realized the deep meaning of Shen Zhezi's move, that is, the gains outweighed the losses.

Now that the Jingkou side has been established, Shen Zhezi has no reason to pay a great price to go straight to Gyeonggi. The long-distance attack of the Liyang army to capture Jiankang can be described as a miracle, and if you want to repeat this miracle in such a short period of time, you will have to pay a great price if you succeed or fail. And even if Gyeonggi is captured at this time, it does not have enough strength to defend it, but it is possible that Su Jun will turn around and kill him in the city.

According to Ji You's understanding of Shen Zhezi, he must still be waiting for an opportunity, such as the Jingzhou Army East to attract the main force of the Liyang Army. For Shen Zhezi's decision to weigh the pros and cons and be calm and abnormal, Ji You is also quite admired. If he is replaced to take charge of the army, and he wins such a big victory, even if he can't counterattack Gyeonggi, he will always chase after the defeated army and shout.

The arrival of the Daye Pass ranger, in addition to delivering the latest news, also conveyed Shen Zhezi's meaning. He hoped that Ji You would be able to move and plant a seed of discord for the various departments of the Liyang Army.

After receiving this order, Ji You felt a little embarrassed, on the one hand, he was not good at agitating his tongue to cause discord, and on the other hand, he really didn't know how to approach those Liyang warriors.

However, just when he was at a loss, the opportunity was sent to the door by himself, and Zhang Jian, who returned from defeat, did not return to Qu'a directly, but stayed in Jurong, and privately sent someone to see Ji You, hoping that he could help mobilize some military food supplies.

Faced with this situation, no matter how stupid Ji You was, he also understood that Zhang Jian was jealous and even resentful of Qu'a's businessman, so he contacted him privately.

After pondering for a long time, Ji You still decided to help Zhang Jian, and Shen Zhezi instructed him to go to the Liyang generals, naturally hoping that these people could attack each other. Now that Zhang Jian has been defeated, the supply of soldiers is exhausted, and he may be swallowed up by others at any time, so he naturally has to pull it up. Besides, Ji You's sense of Zhang Jian in his heart is still better than that of the manager, Zhang Jian is at least measured, but the manager is simply a glutton. If you sit back and watch the stewards swallow Zhang Jian and sit big, it will not be a good thing for Ji You.

Now Qu'a's grain reserves are not sufficient, and the 5,000 grains that Zhang Jian asked for have almost exhausted Ji You's family. Originally, this was still scattered and hidden in various parts of the county for the purpose of counterattacking, but now in order to complete Shen Zhezi's explanation, he had to take it out, just hoping to achieve the desired effect.

Ma Ming and other county subordinates led Zhang Jian's subordinates to bypass many eyes and ears and travel around the county for a long time before they could be regarded as gathering all the rice and grain. Thanks to the convenience of the Qu'a waterway, coupled with the rise of the water level after the heavy rain, after the delivery stopped, Zhang Jian's hundreds of subordinates escorted the tightly covered grain boats, avoided the waterway arteries, and traveled day and night, until Jurong left.

At dawn the next day, the grain ship had already arrived at the border of Qu'a County, and as long as it turned the previous river bay, it arrived at its destination. After worrying for a long time, seeing that the mission was about to be completed, Zhang Jian's subordinates raised a fire at the bow of the ship.

But at this moment, there was a sudden noise in the fields on both sides of the river, and many torches were shining, and there seemed to be hundreds of people hiding on the shore, and the boats realized that they had been followed.

"Zhang Zigao, I know that you are near the left, obediently tie your hands, I may spare your life!"

Surrounded by a string of firelight, there was a person who was slowly walked out by heavy armor, and it was Qu A's general who was in charge of business. At this time, the steward was full of smug smiles, looked at the sparkling river bay and laughed: "The dog thief bravely ignored me, several humiliations, and now you yourself have returned defeated, and you have become a lost dog, I will take down you as the general of the defeated army on the orders of the lord!" Haha, Zhang Jian dog thief, I didn't expect you to have today! ”

Before Guan Shang's words fell, an extremely piercing sneer sounded on the high post behind him: "The thief takes his own humiliation, and he dares to speak wildly in front of me!" Coincidentally, I am also on the orders of my lord to kill you, a cowardly thief! ”

Zhang Jian stood on Gaogang Mountain, his eyes fixed on the stewards below who were already stunned on the spot. The reason why he didn't return to Qu'a and show weakness was on the one hand to reorganize the remnants of the Suwei army in Jurong, and on the other hand, it was also to let Guan Shang lightly attack the enemy. If it weren't for this thief's deliberate misappointment, how could he have suffered such a fiasco!

"Kill!"

With Zhang Jian's roar, the hundreds of parts behind him all roared and rushed down, rushing straight to the manager! As for the more than 2,000 guards, they quickly dispersed to defend the battlefield and completely surrounded the place.