Of course, the people of Lei Valley will not be fooled by the Jingwang Mansion, so they have to take their heads to Zhongyi County again, so that those rogues who have been reformed through labor can identify them one by one. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It is conceivable that the messenger sent by King Jing's Mansion is indeed the messenger in charge of contact, and the rogues have also identified it.

However, Zhao Xinxin was still a little dissatisfied: You just said that you would kidnap people and send them over, and now you will only send one head, so you are going back on your word, are you bullying me Lei Gu is good to speak?

However, the person who came to send her head this time was an old eunuch from Jingwang's Mansion, who had taken care of Zhao Xinxin when she was a child.

The old eunuch said very directly that this man did not actually commit suicide, but he knew that there were too many things in the palace to be sent alive - when the envoy promised a few days ago, he did not take this into account, and this was our fault.

If not, shall we take the head of the envoy and make amends?

Zhao Xinxin suddenly felt that she was not interested in continuing to care, so she simply let the old eunuch go, and asked him to tell his Uncle Wang: If there is a next time, don't blame the Xuannu Palace.

The hanging of the head at the mouth of the valley also had another effect: the surrounding counties suddenly realized that the harassment of the rogues was also terrible.

Before Sanxiang was turbulent, but there were really not many rogues, many mountain bandits and the like, who were supported by King Jing, and they became the actual rulers of the local area, but they rarely committed crimes.

At least, there was no such large-scale crime - it was possible to loot a village, but no one really dared to attack the county seat.

Now that King Jing has raised an army, everyone realizes that with the transfer of the army, the possibility of rebellion has greatly increased.

Therefore, on the day when the head of King Jing's envoy was delivered, the Tongling County Commander rushed to Leigu with nearly 100 village elders to congratulate them on killing the Liukou, and also brought some grain and rice as a congratulatory gift.

There is not much grain and rice, but in Sanxiang at the moment, this is a real hard currency.

Of course, they spent such a price, it was definitely not just for congratulations, Tongling's village elders said that they were willing to cooperate with Lei Gu to get through this turbulent period.

Tongling County and Zhongyi County are at the junction, half mountainous and half plain, the county seat is in the plain, and the distance from Lei Valley is more than 100 miles.

Tong Ling showed great fear of Zhongyi's appearance of a rogue, and the cooperation they said was actually a unilateral request for help, hoping that in case Tong Ling encountered a similar incident, he could get the support of Lei Gu.

Although Leigu is more than 100 miles away from Tongling County, the county order said: The valley mouth you are guarding is only about 100 miles away from the county seat, so let's include us in the scope of protection.

Li Yongsheng was annoyed with the attitude of Zhongyi County, and he didn't have a good voice for Tongling County, saying that we only care about the relief of the victims, if you think Tongling is dangerous, you can move to Leigu, we are not interested in guarding the county seat for the imperial court.

However, a group of Tongling people have already gotten the opportunity of Fang Xiancheng - you must know that Fang Xiancheng of Zhongyi County, who came to Lei Gu for help, is a Tongling person.

Tongling County Commander said, we don't dare to expect you to send someone over to guard something, just want to release a firework for help in case of a major incident, Lei Gu can send someone to support as soon as possible.

This requirement is not too high, and it shows the ignorance of Zhongyi County.

Li Yongsheng said that it is a virtue for neighbors to watch and help each other, and if you encounter something, we may send someone to it, but there is no guarantee that we will arrive in time, nor can we guarantee that we will arrive every time.

Things in the world are like this, Lei Gu has no responsibility for Tong Ling, and there is no reason why he must be rescued in time.

Tongling people are not discouraged, saying that we give ten stones of grain and rice every month, once rescued, there is another mind, what do you think?

This attitude is very correct, pay the protection fee every month, and after doing it, there is hard-earned money and medical expenses.

Ten stones of grain is really not much, it can be said that it is pitifully small, but this is a heart, which proves that Tong Ling does not think that Lei Gu has a natural obligation to send troops.

Zhao Xinxin still didn't want to agree, this distance was beyond her ultimatum to King Jing's Mansion, although she also felt that the rogue was hateful, but ...... Her royal brother is also very responsible, and he can't blame King Jing for everything.

However, Li Yongsheng persuaded her, saying that the 100-mile range drawn by Lei Gu is just a safe range, which is a forbidden area, and we also need to have a buffer area to better protect ourselves.

Tongling is very much in line with this requirement, if they can warn in time, for us, it can be regarded as a beacon, and people are willing to pay the fee, why not?

Zhao Xinxin thought about it, and this was also the truth, so she approved the request of the Tongling County Order.

Ten stones of grain is very little, enough for thirty young people to eat for a month, but she has no interest in bargaining - these days, no one has much food, just have a mind.

But she asked that you, Tongling, want to help with Lei Gu, and we don't expect you to come to your aid when Lei Gu is in trouble - your little combat power is the same whether you come or not, but you have to guarantee that my people from Lei Gu go to Tongling to do things, and you must cooperate.

The Tongling County Commander asked, you Lei Gu is giving relief on your own territory, what can you do when you come to us?

Lei Gu can do a lot of things, Li Yongsheng told the other party: for example, to find spies, and for example, to seek revenge.

In any case, after a day of negotiation between the two parties, the matter was settled.

Tong Ling became a partner of Lei Valley, and they had obligations and responsibilities with each other, and after a while, the surrounding counties knew about it.

In the process of spreading the news, Tongling County played an active role, and they spread the matter well-known, hoping that some people who did not open their eyes could put away their undue thoughts after hearing about it.

Immediately afterwards, four counties, including Qianshan and Fengcang, reached a consensus with Leigu.

At this time, Zhongyi's Duan County Order sat on wax, and it is said that Zhongyi County is the only one covered by the protection of Lei Valley, and it has also been protected by Lei Valley, but on the contrary, they did not get the promise of Lei Valley.

The county lieutenant dragged his injured body to Lei Gu and asked Lei Gu to give the same treatment.

But Li Yongsheng directly refused, and his reason was very sufficient: we protect these counties because people are sincere, but we do not see the sincerity of loyalty.

As for saying that loyalty is within a hundred miles of Thunder Valley?

That's right, the distance between the two families is less than fifty miles, but the range of 100 miles we have drawn is not to protect them without reservation, but to say that the people of Jingwangfu cannot make trouble within 100 miles.

As for the rebellion, what does it have to do with us? As long as it doesn't affect our relief to the victims.

The news was brought back to the county by the county lieutenant of Chang, and Zhongyi County was in an uproar.

Li Shu is very easy to fool, but it is also the most difficult to explain, people's hearts are poles and scales, the people of Leigu are really not bad for Zhongyi County, buy land and give money, work to give food, meet bandits, people rushed over to help pacify.

It's good now, people from other counties can send warning fireworks to Lei Valley, but it is Zhongyi County that sets off fireworks, and Lei Gu may not recognize it—what the hell is going on?

In particular, Zhongyi was beaten in by the rogue, and the entire county was full of devastation, and everyone was quite angry in their hearts, so they gathered at the gate of the county government to ask Duan County Order to come out and give everyone an explanation.

Seeing the anger of the crowd, Duan Xianling also regretted in his heart, he really shouldn't have taken Qiao with Li Yongsheng at that time - counting the time he sold the land, this was the second time he didn't hold the other party.

However, his mistake is not incomprehensible, this is the habitual thinking of the officials of Middle-earth, how can you know if you can get any benefits without testing?

He secretly made up his mind, stayed in the limelight for the past few days, quietly went to Thunder Valley again, and agreed on a charter.

But at this moment, Lei Gu's attention is no longer on this kind of thing.

With the rise of King Xiang and King Jing, the situation in Middle-earth can be described as changing rapidly.

The two princes raised the army, and King Xiang was one step earlier, and he has always given people the feeling that the master is out of tune, but at the beginning of the army, his performance was still very amazing.

Compared with King Jing's early chaos in Sanxiang, King Xiang is much more low-key in Haidai - although most people believe that the word low-key has nothing to do with King Xiang.

Xiangwangfu arranged a large number of eyeliner and internal response in each province, and once the army was raised, it rushed forward, and captured four prefectures within ten days, and the soldiers were invincible.

And their road to the north is even more overwhelming, all the way to the dangerous city.

On the side of the imperial court, they were caught off guard, and the army lost their armor and was embarrassed along the way.

Fortunately, after the initial shock, the Ministry of Military Service immediately ordered the various armies to intercept it, exchanging human lives for time to respond.

Finally, after killing and wounding a large number of imperial troops, the advance of King Xiang's army slowed down, and finally was blocked by the ochre pass on the border of Youzhou County.

Ochre Pass is not a particularly steep pass, but as the south gate of Youzhou County, it is still quite strong, and the local defenders are subordinate to the military service house of Youzhou County, and a lot of preparations have been made.

The most important thing is that because of the repeated incidents of stealing the gate, the ochre guard made a simple decision: to block the contact, and to expel all the non-soldiers in the gate from the gate, and take care of it.

Later investigation proved that his decision was correct, but doing so now will definitely be criticized.

In any case, the traps, trenches, and dense bunkers he dug finally succeeded in holding back the rebels.

What he begged was to drag the speed of King Xiang's march into the army, not to completely block it.

The army of Xiangwangfu attacked for ten days in a row, but they had not yet conquered the Ochre Pass, and finally they were a little exhausted...... If it really doesn't work, let's take a detour.

Haidai to the north of the passage, in fact, there are many lines, but from the ochre pass, the most convenient, Xiangwang Mansion originally wanted to fight in one go, enter Youzhou one day earlier, you can have more momentum.

Therefore, even if the attack is blocked, they do not consider a detour, knowing that their morale can be boosted but cannot be eliminated.

But at this time, they had to think about a detour, and if they held on, the imperial court would have enough time to react.

In fact, the ochre pass was hard for ten days, which had already bought the most precious preparation time for the Ministry of Military Service. (To be continued.) )