19 The army and the people of the city are united
Although Xie Yixiang didn't want to pay attention to these battles in the political situation, seeing that the Hengwang rebels were in such a posture, he didn't know what the situation was in Ningyi City now. It's a pity that just as the Yang Zhutou of Shaoxing Mansion said, the imperial court is already too busy to take care of itself, and how can there be troops to come to the rescue of this Ningyi city thousands of miles to the south? I really don't know where this Ningyi city will go in the face of the 30,000 rebels besieging King Heng this time, and how this war will end.
Then everyone passed through two checkpoints all the way, and although the Hengwang rebels who set up the checkpoints did not stop everyone, they reprimanded everyone, telling them to persuade the Taishou Fang Tieyi to open the city and surrender after entering the city, so as not to continue to suffer the people in the city. When you turn two more hills, a large plain has appeared in the mountains in front of you, and a lonely city stands in the middle, and the two big characters of "Ningyi" are engraved above the city gate.
Xie Yixiang went all the way to the north and south, naturally also saw a lot of cities, compared with the northwest Jiayu Pass, Yumen Pass and Jinling Imperial City, this Ningyi City undoubtedly seems a little stingy, but in fact, the real comparison, the scale of this Ningyi City is not small, not inferior to Huzhou and Shaoxing when it came, it can be regarded as a big city on the border of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. At this time, the gate of the entire Ningyi City was closed, and the city wall was overgrown with weeds, which looked old and dirty, and the crossbow arrows and catapults set up by the guard sergeants could still be seen on the head of the city, all of which were in tatters, and there were no sergeants stationed there, looking lifeless. Looking at the four sides of the city, at the foot of the mountains surrounding this plain, there are dense camp tents everywhere, among which the flags are waving, the swords and helmets are bright, and the soldiers are even more energetic, one by one, which is in sharp contrast to the appearance of the Ningyi city in it.
At this time, Xie Yixiang had already followed everyone through the rebel camps on both sides, and cautiously came to the gate of Ningyi City. Among them, the young man raised his voice to call the door, saying that everyone in his companions was Ningyi people, and when he heard that Ningyi City was in trouble, he rushed back to visit his relatives, and at the same time, he also wanted to help Lord Taishoufang. After half a ring, a gray-faced head poked out of the city, wearing an iron helmet, but it was a garrison sergeant. Seeing that the men and women outside the city gate were less than ten people combined, the sergeant snorted coldly and retracted his head.
After another half of the ring, but when I heard the sound of "squeak", the gate of Ningyi City in front of me had opened a thin slit, barely allowing one person to pass; Xie Yixiang led the horse and walked behind, and the last one stepped into the city gate, and when the city gate was closed again, he heard a commotion in front of him, and dozens of people dressed as refugees rushed up, and they all reached out a pair of dirty hands full of black mud to him, and shouted: "The female bodhisattva is merciful and rewards us with a little food, and it has ...... I haven't eaten in days!"
Xie Yixiang didn't expect such a situation in the city gate, she was almost startled, and then thought about it, and now that King Heng's rebels are besieging the city, the city is naturally short of food and clothing, and it is common sense that there are so many refugees. She couldn't help but feel pity when she saw that these refugees were all hungry and starved to the point that there were only skin and bones, and there were clearly a few teenage children among them. However, she hurried from Shaoxing Mansion all the way, and she had never eaten a few full meals along the way, and she never had dry food with her, so she had to reach into her bag and grope for it, wanting to give them some copper coins and broken silver.
Who knew that Xie Yixiang touched it, but pulled out an oiled paper bag from the baggage, which was a few baked cakes that the white-faced sergeant at the checkpoint had thrown to him. Xie Yixiang was overjoyed, and hurriedly handed the oiled paper bag in her hand to the children in the crowd. When the children opened it, they saw that it was actually fragrant fried pancakes, and they were immediately pleasantly surprised, and they opened their mouths to bite it. Unexpectedly, the refugees next to them were very hungry, and when they saw that these children were begging for food, they turned their heads and threw themselves at the children, trying to grab the biscuits in their hands.
Xie Yixiang was frightened, and was about to stop him, but when he heard an angry shout, more than a dozen unarmored sergeants had rushed forward, punching and kicking these refugees at the city gate, and drinking them all away. Seeing that there were sergeants in the city to maintain order, Xie Yixiang breathed a sigh of relief, who knew that after these sergeants drove away the refugees, they were followed by a few fierce kicks, along with the teenage children, and they also kicked to the ground, snatching all the baked cakes that Xie Yixiang gave them, and one of the sergeants with fierce eyes scolded fiercely: "The military master risked his life to defend the city for you, and he was still hungry, which round did you beggars eat?"
This scene made Xie Yixiang shocked and angry, and couldn't help but ask these sergeants sharply: "What are you doing here?" The sergeant who spoke turned his head and glanced at Xie Yixiang, looking at the look on his face, he obviously didn't expect such a little girl to dare to talk back to him. Then the sergeant saw the horse led by Xie Yixiang behind him, his eyes suddenly lit up, he licked his lips and said: "King Heng's rebels are besieging the city, Ningyi City is already in danger, and it will be a decisive battle with the rebels in the near future.
Xie Yixiang really didn't know what the situation was in Ningyi City right now, seeing the sergeants behaving like this, he didn't dare to attack at will, so he had to grab a few steps, unpack his horse from his horse, and feel his own mess from under the saddle, and let them take their horses away. And the sergeant who had just spoken saw that Xie Yixiang actually had a blade, his face turned cold again, and he shouted: "This girl has a knife on her body, but I'm afraid that she is a spy sent by the rebels! What unsightly things are still hidden in your bag? Quickly untie it and check it for the military master!"
To say that there are really some "unsightly things" in Xie Yixiang's bag, but they are not rare objects, but the intimate clothes that she changes and washes on weekdays, how can she show them to these sergeants in public? As she spoke, she unpacked her bag and took out a palm-sized black iron plate from it, and the sergeant hurriedly stepped a few steps and asked sharply, "What is this?" Unexpectedly, Xie Yixiang raised her hand and slapped it out, slapped the sergeant in the face with the iron card in her hand, and said with a smile: "Do you know these words on your face?"
At this time, there were more than ten sergeants near the city gate, and when they saw that their colleagues were beaten by a little girl, all the sergeants were angry and immediately gathered around. Looking at the face of the beaten sergeant, it was actually a large red mark by the iron plate in Xie Yixiang's hand, and the raised skin and flesh were clearly three flipped large characters in the official script, which were obviously the words originally engraved on the iron pai mountain. The sergeant felt that he had been slapped inexplicably, and he was already furious, and he pulled out the scimitar on his waist with a "swish", and was about to kill Xie Yixiang on the spot. Fortunately, there was a sergeant next to him who knew the goods, and hurriedly hugged the sergeant and said, "Don't worry, don't worry! The words 'torture and arrest room' are written on your face, is it the torture and arrest room in Jinling? But...... But how can this girl have the waist card of the torture room on her?"
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xie Yixiang had already started her life, snatched the few baked cakes from the hands of the sergeants, threw them far away to the children, and signaled them to leave quickly. Then she sneered at the sergeants in front of her, and said in a loud voice: "Xie Yixiang, the head catcher of the Jinling Torture Arrest House and the daughter of the late 'Zhongshan King' Xie Fengxuan Xie Da General, has been ordered to come to Ningyi City to act, and ask your Taishou Fang Tieyi to come out to see me!"