Yongning County and Guling County are very far away from Chengdu, and the official documents to and from Chengdu will be delayed on the road for more than ten days at the earliest, Zhao Zhen will delay Yan Yan's official documents for a few days, if Zhao Wei's side can successfully complete the plan, then Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang will get Yan Yan at the same time to expose the Guling Yan family's misdeeds and Zhao Wei's Yan rebellion has been suppressed, Yan Zhan's official document from the head of the Yan family, plus the forces behind the two of them contributed at the right time, then Liu Zhang had to acquiesce to reality.

In this way, Zhao Wei can regain the power of the county, and he will be very kind to Zhao Zhen and Liu Qi, which will save a lot of trouble for coming and going in Guling County, the east gate of Yizhou.

It's a pity that Zhao Wei's success fell short, and the generals in the army had already been bought a lot by Yan Zhan, although Zhao Wei was on guard and controlled all the generals in advance, but the news was still spread by the fish that slipped through the net, and as a result, Zhao Wei, who didn't know it, led the troops to swagger into Yufu County, but found that the opponent had long been ready for battle, so the two sides fought.

Some of the low-ranking officers in the army who had been bribed turned against the counterattack at a critical moment, and the officers and soldiers who had not entered the city were quickly defeated by the enemy, so Zhao Wei and the remaining soldiers were wiped out by the Yan clan who had been prepared for a long time.

Zhao Wei was captured alive, Yan in his name or lobbying or attacking, just a few days to occupy most of the area around Yufu, at that time did not enter the Yufu soldiers and the number of sailors was too small, resisted for a few days and finally withdrew to Quren, on the one hand to the state of the governor Liu Zhang and Linjun for help, on the other hand, in the city of Quren to gather troops to hold on.

The situation was messed up by Zhao Wei, who was not successful enough to lose, not only did he himself go to prison, but also smashed Liu Qi's wishful thinking.

The only good news is that although the rebels have a large number of sailors, they are not the opponents of the official army, so although the rebels are besieged, they can still transport supplies by water, and the morale of the army is still stable, and there is no need to worry about the risk of breaking the city for a while.

And Gao Hong and Liu Hong never went to Yufu, and now they are leading troops to defend the city in the city of Qu Ren County, while Gao Tai, who returned to Qu Ren to report the news, fell three horses in a row on the mountain road due to rain, so they were delayed for two whole days, and the result was just in time for Zhao Wei to block the city gate, and he never found a chance to go out of the city.

Fortunately, Gao Hong and Liu Hong are safe and sound, which is also a great luck in misfortune.

There are more than ten miles of mountain roads between the ferry and the county seat of Quren, and the rebels have been trying to capture the ferry to cut off the connection between the county town of Quren and the outside world, forcing the defenders in the city to break through or surrender, but because of the dangerous terrain, they have been counterattacked by the defenders in the city several times and suffered considerable losses, and the naval army is not the opponent of the official army, so it has never succeeded.

The navy had just contacted the defenders, and was about to transport grain and grass to the city, and after reporting Gao Hong's name, Liu Qi and others successfully entered the county town with the soldiers who carried the grain.

Thanks to Liu Qi's hand to sword Zhao Quanfu, the leader of the Yellow Turban thief, Gao Hong has now been reinstated, if it weren't for Yan Tong's strong obstruction, how could he have been promoted to lieutenant!

Thinking of this, Liu Qi hated the root of his teeth, and scolded Yan Zhan's eighteenth generation ancestor in his heart, and when he asked the state government for credit, Zhao Wei had to take care of Yan's name and had to put Yan Tong's name in the second place, and Liu Qi, who had no reputation, just piggybacked, and the result was that Liu Zhangbiao was too shou Zhao Wei as the Marquis of Qianling Pavilion and General Jianwei, and Yan Tong was the general of Kou, and Gao Hongguan was reinstated, and Liu Qi was only a small official engaged in the thief Cao (the main county guard) of Yufu County, and he was barely the deputy director of the previous police station.

Liu Hong's letter once mentioned that under the strong recommendation of Gao Hong and Liu Hong, Zhao Wei originally wanted to give him a military position of a thief captain, although it is impossible for him to really be in charge of the military of a county, but after all, he has a senior military position, which satisfied Liu Qi's vanity at that time, but now the level gap is so big that he can't help but be angry.

According to Liu Qi's understanding of the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, high-level positions such as marquis or appointment of generals only need to write a report and go through the form, and the imperial court at this time has almost no control over the appointment of local officials, and Yizhou has severed ties with the imperial court when Liu Yan was the state pastor, like an independent kingdom.

An inconspicuous position as a lieutenant was rejected, and it must have been Yan Tong's jealousy that could get in the way.

In fact, during the Three Kingdoms period, the general was arbitrarily sealed after Dong Zhuo's death, and his subordinate Li Dao Guo Yan caused trouble in Chang'an, and the gold content of the title and military position at this time was quite high, so in the eyes of others, Liu Qi was a little unbelievable, no matter how good your background is, now you are just a cloth cloth, and it is rare to be a thief Cao Cao at such a young age, do you still want to ascend to the sky in one step?

When he saw Gao Hong, he was a little tired, the rebels were numerous, and the pressure on the city defense was still very great, and the city was full of dying wounded soldiers and people who lost their houses or died in the fire and wept, which showed the tragedy of the war.

Gao Hong finally waited for Liu Qi to be very excited, Liu Qi's clever plan to break the thief in Jiangzhou made Gao Hong full of a sense of achievement, such a talent in the world was discovered by himself!

Gao Hong, who was swept away, strode forward and grabbed Liu Qi's arms tightly, and laughed: "Ziyuan, so that the foolish brother is worried!" ”

Liu Qi felt a little guilty in his heart, Gao Teng and Cheng Guan almost lost their lives because they were seriously injured by covering themselves, one was Gao Hong's henchman, and the other was his brother, which made Liu Qi feel that it was really difficult to explain to Gao Hong.

Gao Hong felt strange when he saw Liu Qi's face, and was about to ask when he suddenly saw the thick strip of cloth on Liu Qi's shoulder that showed the wound bandage, and he was immediately taken aback, turned his head and looked at Gao Tan and Gao Jing behind Liu Qi and asked, "How did you protect Ziyuan?" How did I explain before I left? ……”

Gao Tan Gao Jing knelt down with a face full of shame and replied tremblingly: "It was our poor guards who caused Mr. to be injured, and I am willing to be dealt with by Sima!" ”

"Brother Zhenxiang, no!" Liu Qi hurriedly grabbed Gao Hong and told him about the whole story, and Gao Hong was also scared when he heard it.

Gao Hong hurriedly helped Gao Tan Gao Jing: "I blame you wrong, get up quickly." ”

Liu Qi pulled Gao Hong to Gan Ning and the others and introduced to Gao Hong: "This is Gan Ning Gan Xingba, this is Guan Zhao Guan Shuran, if it weren't for their righteous help, it would be difficult for us to see Brother Zhenxiang again." ”

Gao Hong took a deep look and said: "Gao Hong is grateful for your kindness, please accept Gao Hong's worship." ”

Gan Ning didn't dare to return the salute, Liu Qi grabbed the two and said excitedly: "Brother Zhenxiang, Brother Xingba has promised to go to Jiangdong with us, with the help of a good general like you, why worry about a big thing!" ”

Gao Honggan laughed a few times and said: "In the future, I will be close to all of you, uh, Ziyuan, where is filial piety, take me to see him." ”

Guling and Yongning originally belonged to Ba County, Gan Ning was a well-known water thief in the county, of course Gao Hong knew his name, but because Gan Ning rescued Liu Qi and had to say a few words, he was a little disdainful in his heart.

Liu Qi only regarded Gao Hong's anxious injury, so he naturally didn't notice anything different, but Gan Ning noticed Gao Hong's coldness, he had experienced a lot of this kind of thing after many years of wandering outside, he could see the close relationship between Gao Hong and Liu Qi, and couldn't help but faintly have some worries.

After all, his reputation in Yizhou is not very glorious, these people in the clan will inevitably look down on themselves, Gan Ning can only silently hope that Gao Hong will not embarrass himself in the future, otherwise even if Liu Qi values himself, he will inevitably take care of other people under him, and internal discord will not benefit anyone.

Suddenly, a pro-soldier came to report that a rebel army of three or four thousand people appeared in the southeast outside the city and might try to attack the ferry again, Gao Hong hurriedly comforted Gao Teng and Cheng Guan a few words, and asked the pro-soldiers to quickly go to the various military marquis of the subordinate department to quickly gather men and horses to prepare to meet the enemy, and then pulled Liu Qi to his camp.

As soon as he heard that the rebels were going to attack, and there were three or four thousand people, Liu Qi remembered the scene when the thieves poured into the city when he was fighting with the Yellow Turban thief Xu Xibu in Jiangzhou, and couldn't help but say a little nervously: "Brother Zhenxiang, Brother Zhenxiang should go to meet the enemy as soon as possible, and we can go to Mr. Ji Xiu to settle down." ”

Gao Hong replied with a smile and disdain: "Ziyuan, don't worry, it's just a group of rabble, the Yan thief claims to have 100,000 elite soldiers, but in fact, there are only more than 30,000 people at most, and most of them are temporarily recruited farmers, businessmen and Yi people, and the soldiers who can fight are only two or three out of ten. ”

There must be a bluff on the part of the warring parties, which can not only embolden their soldiers but also deter the enemy, and the most elite in Guling County is the Dongzhou soldiers of the garrison, and the main force of the rebels is the county soldiers secretly recruited and trained by the Yan family, and the number will not be too much, and the rest will all come from temporary recruitment, and the combat effectiveness is naturally low.

However, although Gao Hong said it very lightly, Liu Qi seriously doubted the combat effectiveness of the official army of Qu Ren, as early as when he first arrived at the ferry, Liu Qi asked Gao Tan Gao Jing and the familiar sailors to inquire about the current situation between the enemy and us, and the situation was not optimistic.

First of all, the number of Dongzhou soldiers was not much, Liu Zhang sent 3,000 men to Zhao Wei under the pretext of crusading against Liu Biao in order to transfer Zhao Wei away, plus the local recruitment and training in Guling, the original elite officers and soldiers were only seven or eight thousand, and most of them were naval troops.

Zhao Wei and Liu Biao have been fighting for a few years, but they have lost nearly half of their men and horses, plus the loss of Yufu this time, there are now less than 2,000 Dongzhou soldiers left, and half of the 2,000 people are sailors.

That is to say, there are no more than 10,000 defenders in the city of Quren County, including only 2,000 veterans with combat experience, and more than 2,000 people are now under the command of Zheng Xiong, the supreme commander of the city of Quren, who is over sixty years old, and has long been unwilling to stay in the place of Guling, so he asked Liu Zhang to resign a year ago, so that Liu Zhang's kind words persuaded him to stay.

As a result, now when encountering the unfortunate misfortune of the rebel army besieging the city, the old man's regretful intestines are green, this counterinsurgency can be said to be half of the benefit to him, relying on this little force of the forbearance to hold the county even if the sky blesses, if you want to counterattack, you can only wait until the county sends troops to help, so how much credit can you get in the end?

And which rebellion has not been quelled in three or five years, can I survive this old bone until now?

Now the rebels are unpredictable, if they can't wait for reinforcements to be broken through the county, it will be even worse, the evening is not guaranteed, and the name of the first generation will be ruined!

But you can't just walk away like others, now that the eyes of the whole Yizhou are staring at him, how can you resist for a while, otherwise when you go back, Liu Zhang will definitely put the responsibility of losing the city and land on top of his head, although it will not cost him this old life, but this family of dozens of people will not be better, and how can he be embarrassed to go out to meet people in the future?