Shenxi greatly admired Mu Fanzheng.
This is what a young hero should look like.
This finally added some color to the otherwise dull martial arts competition.
Meanwhile, on another platform, various handicrafts and skills tests were being conducted.
Shenxi looked around as usual and found no particularly talented people. There weren't many applicants for this job to begin with, and there was a severe shortage of technical talent.
Zhou Ren kept anyone with a bit of ability in the county town.
In short, after a day of competition, ten people were selected. Since no outstanding technical talents were chosen, we had to pick the best from the worst and use a few for now, while we could train and attract more relevant talents later.
Shen Xi instructed Zheng Hongfang to thoroughly investigate Mu Fanzheng, and if possible, to make an exception and hire him.
Ge Congshan stretched, clearly lacking interest: "Chief Shen, there aren't many talented people here today!"
Shen Xi remained unaffected: "If a township has one or two talented people, I'll be satisfied. Or, Lord Ge, could you introduce me to a few?"
Ge Congshan glared at Chen Xi: "If I had any talent, I would have recruited him long ago. Why would I give him to you?"
"Haha, that's true."
While Shen Xi and Ge Congshan were chatting and laughing, Ge Congshan's attendant handed him an urgent document.
Ge Congshan hurriedly opened it; the urgent document was sent by his spies.
Ge Congshan was stunned when he saw it.
"Commander Shen, I'm afraid I have to go now. Thank you for your hospitality these past two days; I've been very pleased."
Shenxi did not inquire why the other party was in such a hurry to leave, but said with great respect, "Since Lord Ge has something to attend to, I will naturally not stop you."
Without saying a word, Ge Congshan led his guards and attendants and rode off.
Chenxi couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that the world is about to change again."
As Shen Xi had expected, she also received an urgent document later that day, and her spies delivered the message in a timely manner.
Shenxi couldn't help but gasp.
It really proves the saying: "If you don't court death, you won't die."
The third prince had previously driven away the refugees, who then gathered outside the capital.
This time, because of the Eighth Prince's antics in the capital, he stopped attacking Xie Ning and led his army back to the capital.
They claimed to be protecting the emperor, saying that the emperor had been harmed by the eighth prince.
As a result, once they arrived outside the capital, because his army was stationed there, the officials and wealthy households who had been distributing porridge inside the city naturally dared not come out, nor were they allowed to.
Because the Eighth Prince completely closed the city gates and entered a state of war preparedness.
Tens of thousands of people outside the city were unable to receive even the last bit of relief, and they were in an uproar.
They all came to the Third Prince's place to cause trouble, demanding that he give them food.
The Third Prince had no intention of paying them any attention. He immediately ordered his men to drive them away. If they dared to cause trouble again, more than a hundred people were killed.
The Third Prince's supplies were also running low. He was fighting Xie Ning, and later the Eighth Prince cut off his supplies, so even maintaining his basic needs was not enough.
If the gates of the capital cannot be opened sooner or later, these soldiers will mutini.
The Third Prince's stupidity lies in this: when the army's food supplies were insufficient, he actually allowed his troops to plunder for food.
Some of the refugees who had food were robbed, and those who refused to be robbed were beaten and killed.
Then the surrounding towns and villages also suffered, as soldiers rushed in like ferocious demons and looted everything.
Once this door is opened, it's no longer just a matter of looting; people will commit all sorts of atrocities, from burning and killing to plundering, and the soldiers will be no less ruthless than bandits.
Immediately, chaos erupted outside the capital.
Fights and gun battles frequently broke out between civilians and soldiers.
Cai Yunchang and his group of refugees had gathered to more than 3,000 people. When the soldiers rushed to their side, they naturally did not sit idly by and wait to be killed.
Cai Yunchang, along with Deng Yuntong and several dozen elite soldiers, first killed the soldiers who came to seize the grain.
The other soldiers were shocked. This was outrageous! These wretched vagrants dared to resist and kill.
It eventually escalated into a fight between several hundred soldiers and Cai Yunchang.
At first, the ordinary refugees gathered by Cai Yunchang dared not attack, but seeing how brave Cai Yunchang was, dealing with the soldiers as easily as cutting melons and vegetables, some of them mustered up their courage to deal with the soldiers who had been knocked down but were not dead.
Suddenly, even more refugees joined the fight.
Although there were many refugees, most of them did not know martial arts and had no weapons.
Although some soldiers were incompetent, they had weapons and had participated in training, making them much better than the refugees.
With the arrival of over a thousand more soldiers, the thousands of refugees were driven back, some dying and others fleeing.
Cai Yunchang led his men in a bloody battle, carving a path through the mountains and fleeing into the nearby mountains.
But the soldiers didn't benefit either; several hundred of them died.
The Third Prince was furious: "These refugees are despicable! Kill the rest of them!"
There were still several thousand refugees left, and naturally they were unwilling to wait to be killed. When the soldiers came, they would run away, and when the soldiers withdrew, they would launch guerrilla warfare on the outskirts while the soldiers were sleeping, which greatly angered the soldiers.
Actually, Cai Yunchang was behind all these things; otherwise, what ordinary refugees would dare to cause trouble for the soldiers?
Before the Third Prince's soldiers could even engage the Eighth Prince, chaos reigned outside the city.
The soldiers on the city wall were all astonished.
What kind of amazing move is this?
The Eighth Prince was informed. His advisors advised, "Your Highness, while things are in chaos outside, let's go and deal with the Third Prince."
The Eighth Prince nodded. His elder brother was just a reckless fool. He would teach him a lesson this time, except for this person who was blocking his way.
The Eighth Prince sent his general Han Guoxi with 5,000 troops out of the city to fight the Third Prince.
The Third Prince's soldiers were struggling with the refugees when they were suddenly attacked by Han Xi and his men, causing chaos.
Despite having 100,000 troops under his command, the Third Prince lost over 30,000 men in the battle against Xie Ning.
When he returned with his troops, less than 20,000 were willing to follow him back; the rest of the troops were from the surrounding areas of the capital and all returned with their soldiers.
The Emperor's decree ordered them to attack Xie Ning, not to come to the capital with the Third Prince to fight.
There are fewer than 20,000 people, and another 7,000 or 8,000 are the capital city guards. They are all people in the capital who want to get military ranks. They came along this time to earn military merits and get promoted.
These seven or eight thousand men had little fighting ability; they either ran away or surrendered.
The remaining 10,000 men were thrown into disarray by Han Guoxi's attack and collapsed at the first blow.
Under the desperate protection of his guards, the third prince broke through the encirclement and fled towards Yizhou Prefecture.
Crown Prince Yelü Caichu and Prime Minister Yelü Hui, who were in Jiangxia Prefecture providing disaster relief, led the Jiangxia troops, along with some Yizhou troops, and under the banner of protecting the emperor, directly towards the capital.
He Guang, the prefect of Yizhou, is the emperor's man, but also the crown prince's man. However, Hua Ran, the general of Yizhou, is the tenth prince's man and supports the eighth prince.
The Prefect of Yizhou Prefecture was not originally in charge of troops, but with the support of the Emperor and the Crown Prince, he became a special case, and he and General Hua Ran each commanded half of the troops.
Hua Ran was sent by the Emperor to Muyuan Prefecture a few days ago to fight against the rebellion of Lu Daxu in Xiangnan.
They probably still haven't realized why the Crown Prince suddenly appeared in Yizhou Prefecture.
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