"Mr. Li, open the door. I have something important to tell you!"
Late at night, there was a sudden and rapid knock on the door in the originally quiet Shanyazigou Village.
Li Mingde was woken up, yawned, and went to open the door: "Who is visiting so late at night?"
This kind of gatekeeping work should be done by servants, but Li Mingde was worried that his godmother would send someone over, and the servants would not recognize them and cause delays, so whenever someone knocked on the door, he would go and open it himself.
"Mr. Li, it's me!"
In the moonlight, Li Mingde recognized that the man in front of him was a clerk with whom he was on good terms.
"Wang Tuozi?! What happened? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Li Mingde quickly asked Wang Tuozi to enter the house.
The nights in late autumn were still very cold. Wang Tuozi drove a donkey cart from Hezhong Prefecture all the way out of the city to Shanyazigou Village. His hands and feet were already frozen stiff and his lips were pale.
"Mr. Li, something terrible has happened! The governor and the magistrate have all run away!"
Bang!
Before Li Mingde could react, the door of the east room was pushed open.
A man with disheveled hair and eyes as bright as stars said in a trembling voice: "Who ran away?!"
Wang Tuozi was startled by the man who suddenly appeared and looked at Li Mingde hesitantly.
Li Mingde: "He is one of the staff members under Duke Yun, Ye Liewei. There are no outsiders here, just speak."
Wang Tuozi took a breath, rubbed his hands, and secretly congratulated himself on making such a wise decision. Duke Yun really sent people to Hezhong Prefecture!
"I learned from the governor's guards that the governor and the judge had already left Hezhong Prefecture!"
Li Mingde and Ye Levi looked at each other, both of them couldn't believe it.
The top and second-in-command of a county just ran away like that?!
It's absolutely ridiculous!
Ye Liewei couldn't help but have a conspiracy theory: "Could it be that they deliberately released this news to lure the snake out of its hole?"
Li Mingde lowered his eyes and thought for a long time, then shook his head firmly: "According to my understanding of them, they should have really run away!"
Hiss!
Ye Liewei rubbed his face with his hands, hesitated for a few seconds, and looked at Li Mingde: "How about we do it?!"
Li Mingde swallowed.
This is Hezhong Prefecture, the capital of Hezhong County! There are two to three thousand standing troops.
In order to control Hezhong Prefecture, one must not only suppress these two to three thousand people, but also intimidate the various noble families and ruffians in the prefecture.
Li Mingde: "How many people did you bring?"
"Less than thirty people."
Li Mingde felt a little annoyed. What could such a small number of people do? !
Ye Levi didn't want to give up this opportunity, so he encouraged her, "Don't we still have people at Baida Express? Hezhong Prefecture is so big, there must be at least a hundred employees at Baida Express, right?"
"almost!"
Ye Liewei felt that his plan was feasible: "We will join forces with Baida Express to occupy Hezhong Prefecture first, and at the same time send people to Taihe County to inform Duke Yun! It will only take one or two days to get from Taihe County to Hezhong Prefecture. As long as we hold on for two days, we can take Hezhong Prefecture!"
Li Mingde hesitated: "Why don't we wait for our godmother to come before we act? Wouldn't that be more certain?"
Ye Liewei: "We can get this news, what if Song Shoujie also got this news? We will first enter the city, send people to control the north and south gates, close the gates directly, and guard them for two days!"
Li Mingde and Ye Liewei were discussing intensely.
…
In Guangde Prefecture, Song Shoujie finally met the Tongpan of Guangde Prefecture.
After knowing that Gu Nanxi had taken over the four counties of Hezhong County, the other party did not dare to delay any longer. Not only did they meet with Song Shoujie, they also personally supervised the transportation of food and fodder onto the ship.
"Please forgive me, Lord Song. We in Hezhong Prefecture are not very wealthy at the moment. We have only collected 4,000 shi of grain and fodder. You can take them over first for emergency use. We will send people to deliver the subsequent grain and fodder to you."
Song Shoujie was still very angry about the delay of the Guangde Prefecture Tongpan, but considering that the subsequent food and grass still had to rely on the Guangde Prefecture Tongpan, he said with a cold face.
"This is a matter of great importance. I hope the judge will not delay the opportunity!"
The magistrate of Guangde Prefecture cursed Song Shoujie and the emperor in his heart.
If the government hadn't been looking for trouble and was determined to capture Su Dalang, why would Gu Nanxi have taken the risk and sent troops south?
And Song Shoujie! Since he was ordered to send troops, why didn't he bring more food and grass from Jinghu North Road, but came to wreak havoc on Guangde Prefecture?
Having just suffered a disaster, the grain supply to various states and prefectures was not very sufficient.
Since the grain tax was given to Song Shoujie, Guangde Prefecture had to tighten its belt and live frugally.
Song Shoujie still has the nerve to act like a big shot, without any self-awareness at all.
If I hadn't been counting on him to rush to the front and prevent Duke Yun from pushing his troops to Guangde Prefecture, I would have ignored him.
At Guangdefu's dock, there were towering ships one after another, blocking out the sky and the sun.
Compared with them, the shipping ships passing by were like children, able only to shuttle through the gaps, looking pitiful.
Tongpan Guangdefu was eager to send Song Shoujie and others away as soon as possible, but Song Shoujie had just suffered a great loss at the hands of Tongpan Guangdefu, and he refused to take his men away until all the 4,000 shi of grain and grass were loaded onto the ship.
So many ships were stuck at the dock, seriously affecting Guangde Prefecture's river transportation.
Neither the Tongpan of Guangde Prefecture nor Song Shoujie was willing to give in.
At this moment, the spy sent by Song Shoujie to Hezhong Prefecture reported urgent news.
"Your Excellency, there is a rumor that the governor and the judge of Hezhong County have both fled Hezhong Prefecture."
When everyone heard this, they were stunned where they were.
I know all these words, so why are they so confusing when put together?
ha?!
The governor and the prefect of Hezhong County all ran away. What a niche word.
"Are you kidding me? Are they both crazy? Where can they escape to?"
Song Shoujie was only slightly surprised for a moment, then accepted the news.
This world is just a huge makeshift team. When he was suppressing the bandits, he once encountered a situation where the bandit leader left the bandits behind and escaped alone.
The governor and the magistrate of Hezhong County were just bandit leaders in another sense.
"Master Tongpan, I will lead a ship to occupy Hezhong Prefecture first. My deputy general will contact you regarding the remaining food and grass."
The judge was shocked: "Lord Wang, are you going to Hezhong Prefecture right now? Just take one ship with you?"
Although the ship has three floors, the furnace on the first floor is used for officers and soldiers to rest or wait for battle.
The second level of the space is called Feilu, which is the combat area for soldiers. There are crossbow windows on Feilu, and behind each crossbow window are several archers, who can attack the enemy from a high position during combat.
The third floor is the bird room, which is used to command operations and observe the terrain.
The tower ship brought by Song Shoujie could only accommodate 500 people at most.
Is it possible to defend Hezhong Prefecture with only 500 people and a ship?
Song Shoujie was very confident: "Justice is with me, the people's will is with me, the emperor's will is with me, the geographical advantage is with me, and five hundred sailors are enough!"
, (End of this chapter)
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