Invincible son

Chapter 262 261 [Army approach]

Linqing County is one of the top counties in Daliang. The rank of the county magistrate is Cong Liupin, which is one rank higher than ordinary county magistrates.In addition to the county government, there is also a Duxiang Army stationed in the county seat, which is the only one among the counties below Guangping Mansion.

The military system of the Daliang prefectures is not different. The Weixiang Army in Lingzhou is under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Mansion. According to the statistics on the roster, there should be 1 soldiers, that is, one guard and five armies in 25 capitals, each with 500 soldiers.Stationed in Linqing County is the fourth capital of the Lingzhou Weizuo Army. The guerrilla general is Yu Zheng, a native of Qingyuan County, Guangping Prefecture.

Yu Zheng was born in a poor family and joined the southern frontier army at the age of 17. Because of his bravery in combat, he was promoted to a sentry officer and led a hundred-man team.Nine years ago, he withdrew from the Southern Army due to some reasons, and returned to Lingzhou through his relationship. He found a guerrilla position in the Xiang Army and led the Fourth Capital to station in Linqing.In fact, with his qualifications and combat achievements, he can go up one more rank. Even if he can't be the commander of the left army, a deputy commander is very promising.After all, the Xiang army could not compare with the frontier army, and the requirements for promotion would not be too high.

But for Yu Zheng, not to mention the deputy commander, even if the governor Xue Tao really wanted to promote him to the commander of the left army, he was unwilling in his heart.Linqing is undisputedly number one among the counties in Lingzhou in terms of wealth.Because of the abundance of land and the development of commerce here, the county magistrate has always been a very sought-after official position in Lingzhou officialdom, so he, a guerrilla garrison, is naturally a hot figure.

In the scorching summer, Guerrilla Mansion was very quiet in the afternoon.

The 36-year-old Yu Zheng was lying on the rattan chair, enjoying the gentle kneading by the maid, humming a melodious and beautiful tune.

A few days ago, the Yan family sent someone to send several boxes of silver, and promised to give him a stake in the briquette business after the coal mine was mined in the future, hoping that he could turn a blind eye to what happened outside the city.

Although Yu Zheng is a military man, he has been in Linqing for nine years, and he is no stranger to the ways of state officials.He had inquired about the honeycomb coal, and knew that it was a game between the governor's mansion and the imperial envoy from Kyoto. Even the prefect of Guangping couldn't get along, let alone a low-level general with no foundation like him?The so-called stock is just listening to it. If it can be done in the future, he will be satisfied if he can drink some soup from it. The most important thing is the money that the Yan family keeps sending.

"My lord! My lord! Something happened!"

The clerks of the Fourth Capital broke into the flower hall almost scrambling, shouting one after another.

"Where's the mourning? Did your mother-in-law steal someone?" Yu Zheng scolded with a frown, and waved the maid to leave.

The clerk's face was extremely flustered, he didn't care about the second half of the ridicule, and said repeatedly: "My lord, a team of thousands of people and hundreds of cavalry appeared outside the city! It is only two or three miles away from the east gate!"

Yu Zheng suddenly got up, staring at the document with wide eyes.

"My lord, my subordinates have ordered to close the city gate and mobilize all the soldiers. Please go to the tower immediately." The clerk was sweating and his eyes were flustered.

Yu Zheng swallowed subconsciously, he knew what the Yan family wanted to do, it was nothing more than the trick of the villain suing first.In fact, there has been movement in the city since the day before yesterday. Nearly a hundred scholars and more than two thousand common people, mainly the children of the Yan family, went out of the city.I thought that relying on these people could cause some troubles for the imperial guards outside the city watching the coal mines, but now it seems that it is naturally a failure.

But the question is, where did the hundreds of cavalry come from?

At this moment, Yu Zheng still doesn't know how powerful the five hundred elite guards are.

From Xingyang City to Linqing County, the straight-line distance is about 260 miles. Even if the imperial guards outside Linqing County sent people back to Xingyang to deliver a message when they were besieged yesterday, it is impossible to wait for reinforcements in one day and one night.

At least in Yu Zheng's cognition, this kind of marching speed is impossible, even if the safety of the horses is not taken into consideration.

Could this be a small group of cavalry from Western Wu?
Thinking of this, Yu Zheng felt the hairs all over his body stand on end, and hurriedly grabbed the paperwork and rushed out.

He rushed to the east tower in a panic, but the scene he imagined along the way did not appear. Although the city gate was closed and the people talked about it, but no West Wu people rushed in, and the situation was generally calm.

But when Yu Zheng boarded the tower and looked towards the east flat outside the city, his pupils shrank suddenly.

Standing at the front were scholars from Linqing County, followed by more than [-] ordinary people.

Two centurions stood guard on the left and right, and at the end were hundreds of cavalry.

Yu Zheng immediately recognized these cavalry as imperial guards.

He realized that trouble had come to him. Although these imperial guards were dignified, they should not have the courage to treat the people like cattle and sheep, not to mention that there were nearly a hundred scholars who were famous.There is only one explanation for this situation. The leader of these guards is extraordinary, most likely the young dignitary who dared to fight bandits at the age of 14.

"Open the city gate! Come with me to welcome the imperial envoy!"

Yu Zheng is indeed very greedy, perhaps because his ancestors have been afraid of poverty for generations, so they are not lenient when collecting money.

But after all, he had been in the frontier army, and he was not a fool watching the sky from a well. If that envoy Pei Qin had really come to Linqing County, if he dared to stand with the Yan family in the open, he might end up in a terrible situation.

While leading his men out of the city, he sent someone to the county government office to notify the county magistrate. At this time, it was better for Dora to go into the water alone than to face the young imperial envoy alone.

The team outside the city stopped half a mile away from the city gate.

Yu Zheng ran out quickly, and only then did he notice that the cavalry in front of him were one man and two horses, and suddenly he realized, no wonder the other party appeared outside Linqing City today after yesterday's incident.

"I am a guerrilla general of Lingzhou Weizuo Army's fourth capital, Yu Zheng, and was ordered to station in Linqing County. May I ask what your identity is, and why did you detain scholars and people in this county?" At this moment, he has confirmed that the envoy Pei Qin must be here. , because as far as he knows there are only 500 imperial guards in total, so there should be all of them in front of him.

Those scholars and common people suddenly became commotion when they heard his voice, but they only heard the cavalry on the left and right whipping their whips in the air, and everyone fell silent.

Yu Zheng frowned, and said loudly: "The person in charge of your department please come out and speak!"

He has gathered soldiers from the headquarters behind him, also 500 people, but the opponent is cavalry, and his side is only infantry, not to mention that the armor and armaments of the two sides are too different, and the momentum is like a cloud and mud.

There is still silence on the opposite side, only the summer north wind is blowing, barely dispelling a little heat in the afternoon.

At this moment, there was a commotion inside the city gate, followed by a large group of people hurriedly appearing.Yu Zheng turned his head to look, heaving a sigh of relief, the person who came was Linqing county magistrate Mo Qingyun.

He knew he didn't have to carry it on his own.

(End of this chapter)