Long Ruijun suddenly entered the city, which was simply unbelievable to the people in the city.

There has never been much peace in the four northeastern counties, and the banditry in this land has never been truly eradicated. After all, with the Liaodong Army's large-scale land enclosures and various taxes, even if one banditry is eliminated, it is likely that two will be born. .

Many counties have even been harassed by bandits many times, but just a few dozen government officials cannot guarantee the safety of a county. By the time the officers and soldiers from the capital city arrive, the bandits have long disappeared.

However, compared with whether local county towns are threatened by bandits, the prefectures in the four northeastern counties are as stable as Mount Tai.

For most bandits, the county town is an insurmountable existence.

The capitals in the four counties not only have thick and solid walls, but are also stationed with soldiers and horses. The inspections of people entering and exiting are also very strict. Without strong strength, bandits entering the city are almost equivalent to throwing themselves into a trap. Although the four northeastern counties are still There are banditry activities, but the bandits with real strength are either wiped out by the Liaodong Army, or like the Black Mountain Army, they are entrenched in remote areas. At least in the areas around the prefectures and cities, bandits with strength are rarely allowed to exist.

Guangning City is the capital city of the western Liaoning Province, and the lives of the people in the city can be considered stable.

Moreover, there are four counties in Liaodong's military control, and it is difficult for even the imperial court to intervene. The defenders in the city have remained the same for ten years. Although some people have retired due to old age and some have been replaced by new ones, there has been almost no large-scale mobilization of troops or even changes of defense. Case.

Today, thousands of Long Rui troops suddenly entered the city early in the morning, and the troops were divided into groups. Before noon, they had taken control of the granaries and weapons depots in the city. Even the street where the county governor's office was located was blocked. This was not possible in Guangning. The city was something that had never happened before.

People were uneasy, and soldiers and horses suddenly entered the city. Of course, it was not a small matter. The shops in the city closed their doors, and the people were huddled in their homes. No one needed to order martial law. The people in the city had already spontaneously transformed the city. Gotta be quiet.

Zhao Shengtai took the order and led 500 soldiers directly to the county governor's mansion. He blocked the street in front of the county governor's mansion. Hundreds of soldiers lined up and sat cross-legged in an orderly manner outside the main entrance of the county governor's office. The spear in his hand was still The spear points reach into the sky, like a forest of spears.

When Long Rui's soldiers appeared on the street, the guards of the county governor's mansion immediately knew that something was wrong. They immediately retreated into the mansion, closed the door tightly, and stood behind the gate to prepare.

When some people saw that these Long Rui Army soldiers did not rush to knock on the door, nor did they do any other radical behavior, but just lined up neatly and sat outside the gate of the county guard's house, they were all surprised. For a while, they really didn't know what these soldiers and horses wanted. for.

"Are you the brother of Long Ruijun outside the door?" A voice came from inside the mansion: "I am Huo Mianzhi, the Prime Minister of Liaoxi County. May I ask if General Qin Xiao, General Qin, is outside the door?"

Zhao Shengtai was sitting cross-legged at the front, keeping his eyes closed the whole time. When he heard a voice coming from inside, he finally said: "It turns out to be Huo Juncheng. Mr. Juncheng, don't worry. General Zhonglang and his people are still dealing with other matters. We will be there soon." Come and meet Governor Gongsun."

"Who is your Excellency?"

"Long Rui Military Academy Lieutenant Zhao Shengtai!"

"Captain Zhao, when you lead troops into the city, do you have an order from the Protectorate?"

"No!"

Huo Mianzhi immediately asked: "Is there a transfer order from the Ministry of War or even the South Academy?"

"nor!"

"Then...how can you enter the city without permission?" Huo Mianzhi said seriously: "If you enter the city without permission without permission, then...that is a crime of treason!"

Zhao Shengtai said calmly: "Long Rui's army is loyal to the court, so naturally he will not rebel. We only entered the city to escort the rebels and seek justice from the county governor."

"justice?"

"Master Huo, don't worry, General Zhonglang has arrived." Zhao Shengtai had already stood up, turned around and looked over, and saw a group of people appearing on the long street. Qin Xiao led the way on the Black Overlord, followed by dozens of cavalry led by Jiang Xiaochun.

Two prison cars came slowly escorting them.

Zhao Shengtai quickly stepped forward to greet him, bowed and said: "General Zhonglang!"

Qin Xiao nodded and rode straight to the gate of the county governor's house without dismounting. He just said loudly: "General Long Rui, please see the governor Gongsun!"

"Crunch"!

The main door of the Sheriff's Mansion opened, and immediately an official in his fifties came out, bowed his hands to Qin Xiao and said, "I am here to serve as the Prime Minister of Liaoxi County, Huo Mianzhi, and pay my respects to General Zhonglang!"

Qin Xiao, a fourth-rank Zhongwu Zhonglang general, is naturally not lower than the fifth-rank Jun Cheng.

"Where is Commander Gongsun?" Qin Xiao got straight to the point.

Huo Mianzhi glanced at the hundreds of soldiers sitting cross-legged, and he knew very well that since Qin Xiao dared to lead troops into the city, he was extremely bold. With such courage, there was nothing he would not dare to do. Although these hundreds of Long Rui soldiers

There was no movement for a while, but each of them looked grim, with murderous intent. They could only sigh: "General Zhonglang, Lord Sheriff... have committed suicide!"

Qin Xiao's eyes twitched, he looked at Jiang Xiaochun, and then asked: "Suicide? When will you commit suicide?"

"Just last night." Huo Mianzhi said: "In the early hours of this morning, someone discovered that the Sheriff had left a suicide note and drank poisonous alcohol to commit suicide. When the subordinate got the news, he immediately came to deal with it. The body of the Sheriff had just been placed.

General Zhonglang's troops have arrived."

"Is there a suicide note?"

"General Zhonglang led the troops into the city. The lower official knows what he did." Huo Mianzhi looked at the two prison cars and said with a wry smile: "The governor already knows that Lieutenant Qiao..., hey, he already knows the matter.

He was exposed, so he confessed the truth of the matter in his suicide note. The lower official had already prepared to send someone to report this suicide note together with the news of the Sheriff’s death to the Governor’s Mansion.” He took out a letter from his sleeve and said, “This is it.

The suicide note left by the Sheriff has not been sealed, but I have read it, I wonder if General Zhonglang will take a look at it?"

Qin Xiao said lightly: "Can I see it?"

"After all, this incident directly involves the official bank of the Armament Department. The Armament Department is responsible for the logistics supply of Long Rui Army. General Zhonglang is the commander-in-chief of Long Rui Army and has the right to know the truth of the matter." Huo Mianzhi said: "

If the lieutenant-general wants to see it, I will send it to you immediately."

Qin Xiao smiled calmly and said: "Master Huo, this incident targets the entire Long Rui Army, not just me, Qin Xiao. The robbery of official silver and the killing of escorts caused difficulties in the logistics supply of Long Rui Army, which almost caused the death of Long Rui Army."

Thousands of soldiers are suffering from hunger and cold. We are all here to train in the Northeast under the orders of the imperial court. If we cannot even guarantee the logistics supply, how can we all train with peace of mind?" He sighed and said, "We are here only for three things.

matter."

"General Zhonglang, please speak!"

"The first thing I need to do is to make it clear to Governor Gongsun why his lieutenant and the head of his clan were involved in the silver robbery and murder incident. What is the truth of this incident?" Qin Xiaoxuan

Xu said: "Are these two people colluding in private, acting daringly, or are they being instigated by others? Their purpose is to cut off Long Rui's army's logistics and force thousands of Long Rui's soldiers into a desperate situation, or are they just motivated by money?"

Huo Mianzhi said hurriedly: "General Zhonglang, this suicide note clearly explains this matter. You can see it for yourself now. The Sheriff gave an explanation before he committed suicide."

"Okay, but what this suicide note explains should not be explained to me alone, but to all the officers and men of Long Rui Army." Qin Xiao said sternly: "Master Huo, could you please explain this to me?

What did the suicide note say?"

Huo Mianzhi hesitated for a moment and then said: "The lieutenant general really wants to be demoted and say it in public?"

"good."

"In this case, I can only tell the truth." Huo Mianzhi sighed: "The county governor admitted that he was the mastermind of this silver robbery incident. Commander Qiao and Gongsun Hong were both under his orders. They must not

Disobeying orders. The county magistrate said in his suicide note that he will bear all the blame and only hopes that other people involved in the case will be given a lighter sentence."

There was a glimmer of hope in the eyes of Qiao Mingshui and Gongsun Hong in the prison car.

Qin Xiao smiled calmly and said, "Did the Sheriff explain why he planned this case?"

"Of course I said so." Huo Mianzhi said: "The county governor said that he was trying to figure out the court's intentions, and that's why he made a big mistake. He said in his suicide note that as we all know, the officers and soldiers of Long Rui Army were either

The remnants of the Qinghou rebel army at that time were either rebels from the Suzhou Queen Mother Society Rebellion. These people had no choice but to join the imperial court and were reorganized into the Long Rui Army by the imperial court...!"

At this point, Huo Mianzhi paused deliberately, and the Long Rui Army soldiers who had been sitting still suddenly became agitated, and many of them looked ugly.

Qin Xiao raised his hand and said calmly: "Don't be impatient, wait until Mr. Huo finishes speaking."

"The governor feels that the imperial court sent Long Rui's troops to the Northeast not really to train troops, but to banish them to the Northeast." Huo Mianzhi said slowly: "When you arrive in the Northeast, you are not familiar with the place. There is Liaodong here.

The army was in charge, so they could slowly eradicate the troops organized by the rebels. The county guard thought he understood the court's intentions, so he sent people to rob the silver. The purpose was to cut off the logistics of Long Rui's army. In this way,

, Long Ruijun has a lot of logistics supplies, so they will naturally disperse."

Qin Xiao said with a smile: "It's just that he didn't expect that if the matter was revealed, he would be unable to escape the blame, so he could only drink poisonous wine and commit suicide, and take the initiative to bear all the blame?"

"That's right." Huo Mianzhi nodded and said, "This is indeed what the Sheriff meant."

"It seems that Governor Gongsun is really biased against Long Ruijun. Even if he dies, he will leave a suicide note to stir up trouble." Qin Xiao turned to look at the hundreds of soldiers sitting on the ground and asked: "Liaoxi

The county guard said you are a group of rebels, what do you think?"

Everyone was filled with righteous indignation, Zhao Shengtai said in a deep voice: "General Zhonglang, we are all accepted by the imperial court. No matter what we have done before, we have been pardoned by the imperial court, and have been officially incorporated into the army of the Tang Dynasty. We are loyal soldiers to the imperial court.

If someone deliberately slanders you, neither the general nor the brothers will agree."

"That's right!" The soldiers said one after another: "We are soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. Whoever dares to slander us as rebels will never end with us."

"Master Huo, you heard it." Qin Xiao said with a smile: "The flag of our Long Rui Army was given by the Saint himself. These officers and soldiers were recruited by the Saint himself. From the moment the Saint pardoned them, they became the Tang Dynasty's soldiers."

People, there are no more rebels. There are people on your side who are deliberately slandering and clearly trying to stir up trouble. As I said just now, I, Long Ruijun, have three things to do when I come here this time. The first thing is,

This suicide note gives you an explanation that you can handle. In addition, there are two things we must figure out."

"General Zhonglang, please speak!"

"Gongsun Shang is the governor of Liaoxi County, and Qiao Mingshui is the lieutenant of Liaoxi County. These two are the highest officials of Liaoxi County." Qin Xiao looked sharply and said slowly: "The logistics supplies of our Long Rui Army need to be transported from within the pass. Liaoxi County

The county is the only way to go. Now two executives with real power in Liaoxi County are planning to kill people and rob money. Gongsun Shang even directly slandered Long Ruijun in his suicide note as being organized by rebels. This has to worry us.

Ruijun's logistics will still have serious problems in the future. I said that if logistics cannot be guaranteed, we can't train with peace of mind. So this time we all came together to find out whether Long Ruijun's logistics can still be obtained in the future.

Assure?"

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ps: Thank you [Mai Sakurajima], the brother leader, for supporting me. It’s a waste of money. It’s not that I haven’t updated in the past two days, it’s that the conjunctivitis that has been bothering me has recurred. Many brothers know that when conjunctivitis attacks, all the eyes will become red and open.
Chapter completed!