Late at night, there was rain, thunder and wind, and it was pitch black.
A whirlpool appeared again on the water surface of the east dock of the county city. The Star Point Tunnel opened and three thousand riders rushed out. The two thousand riders in front were shrouded in a red glow. This was the military spirit of pure Tao soldiers. It was as solid as substance.
No rain can soak into this army.
After a thousand rides, the horses' hooves stepped on the smelly stagnant water at the pier, and like the wind breaking through the waves, white water lines lined up on both sides.
Thousands of people were waiting on foot to greet them, but they were not treated as such by water, so they came first.
"Go to the city gate immediately." As soon as the three thousand cavalrymen left the pier, they rushed towards the east city gate without stopping, their oil-soaked torches blooming in the black rain.
Seeing this, five Taoist torches were spinning backwards and forwards at the top of the city. The creaking sound was clear in the middle of the night... The city gate official who was on duty at night opened the city gate directly.
"Such a good sleeper..." Hong Zhou muttered, regretting that he didn't have the chance to throw thunder to destroy the city.
Ji Caizhu laughed. He had been practicing the second level of Qi training for many years. At this time, he cautiously connected with his spiritual consciousness to make sure. He turned to Ye Qing and said: "Lord, this is the secret that our people have contacted.
The county city is like a leaky sieve, we can enter at any gate... Of course, for the sake of caution, please send someone to check, so as not to fall into a trap."
The gatekeeper was a team leader. When he was called over, he quickly smiled and saluted: "I have seen the Grand Governor before."
Ye Qing stopped at the door, pondered for a moment, and said: "I remember your name. You are Gao Meng. You are the leader of the team, right? Please take credit."
Gao Meng couldn't help but rejoiced, and hurriedly said: "It's raining so heavily, would the Governor want me to lead the way?"
"Follow me, my people will guard this city." Ye Qing said with a smile. He saw Gao Meng's happy expression and quickly led the way - this was the leading party.
Although the rain had lightened up a bit at this time, the sky turned pitch black. His consciousness swept across the city, and he saw that the city's popularity had shrunk by half, making it look like an empty city.
But sleeping late at night, when his popularity was dormant, Ye Qing frowned a little, but knew it was normal, so he led the cavalry to rush into the city gate, slowing down at the right time, the clatter of horse hooves sounded clearly on the bluestone streets, drowned in the roar of the city.
The sound of rain and waterfall did not disturb many dreamers.
It is conceivable that many citizens will be surprised when they wake up tomorrow morning and find that the flag on the city head has changed overnight...or they may not be surprised.
When they arrived at the county government, Gao Mengyou, the commander of the team who had taken refuge, was introducing the situation: "The county guard... Oh, Yu Chengen only took away his own soldiers, some officials on duty, and some elites. Even the county guards disliked them... The strange thing is that
, some of the private soldiers of the Yu family were split up, some of them protected Yu Chengen and left first, and some of them were assigned to a cavalry army in the west of the city... It was rainy and at night, and the number of people could not be seen clearly, but there was a lot of movement..."
Ye Qing's eyes flashed with some interest: "It seems that Yu Fan is back... He also took many craftsmen, weaver girls, and family members who moved with him in the city, right?"
"This... I only heard that some of the family members of my colleagues were taken away. I don't know much about the rest." Gao Meng, the leader of this team, was very puzzled. Soldiers eat royal food... Oh, it's heavenly food now. Who would ask about those lowly people if they have nothing to do?
Where are the craftsmen going?
"This county is the most famous for its weaving and wine industries, with the value of each being half and half..." Ye Qing said, then stopped, and the county government was already watching.
The majestic stone lion still stands at the entrance of the mansion, staring at the late night visitors with cold eyes. The two red doors are open, and the courtyard inside is empty, letting the rain wash over it, showing a deserted atmosphere.
Two low-level officials had been wandering around for a long time. When they heard the noise outside, they immediately ran out, holding several books in their hands and smiling on their faces: "Young Governor, you are finally here. The house has prepared hot water for you."
Tang, the room has been tidied up, do you want to rest?"
The books are all household registers, field records, financial plans, grain records... It is obvious that they were copied recently and temporarily. Although they are not original, it is rare that they have the intention to make them in these days. Needless to say, these few have secretly taken refuge.
"You're doing well, you don't need to take a break..."
Ye Qing looked around and saw that the financial and food books were all empty. Although nothing unexpected happened, his eyes turned cold... Do you want me to take a whole county of people to drink from the northwest wind?
In comparison, it does not matter that the governor's seal carved by the imperial court was taken away, but the looting of the population, property and food is absolutely unbearable. At this time, I will not give up and put away the book: "I just ask you, Yu
How long has the sail been gone?”
Knowing that it was Yu Fan who had made the decision... the two officials looked at each other and felt that their undercover value had been greatly reduced. When they met Ye Qing's eyes, they did not dare to use slick tricks to increase the price: "At the latest, the team has walked for an hour and headed north.
Going forward, marching on a rainy night will not be easy, and it may not be more than thirty miles."
Jiang Chen also led the infantry into the city. After hearing this, he couldn't help but said: "The enemy's rear must be cavalry. At this time, they may speed up and approach Ban'an County in the north, which is Yu Fan's new base."
"New base? I'm afraid it's mostly a springboard. Yu Fan is very thoughtful..."
Time was running out, Ye Qing refused to dismount, and looked back to see the troops arrayed in the square in front of the county government.
On rainy days, there is no miscellaneous smoke and miscellaneous gas. The simple rain curtain is beneficial to the expansion of the spiritual awareness of Shuimai Master... Of course it is beneficial to the Wude Lingchi, so this time I did not bring Jingyu Hengyun and Jinyu Pavilion as the commander-in-chief of the Shuifu system to participate in the human world.
Civil war is inappropriate.
Also unsuitable for civil war is Ye Huolei. After handing it over, he will be equally responsible for the interests of the Universiade for ten years. He must abide by the relevant rules used by Ye Huolei.
At this time, his spiritual consciousness swept through the rain curtain, and he could clearly count the total number of 13,200 people, 3,000 cavalry, and 10,000 foot archers, without any baggage.
There are only his own army and some core allies. After this incident, the team was finally identified. This elite team is reliable, but the number is not large. Gein is close to rebellion this time. The imperial dragon energy has been accumulated in various places for three hundred years.
Even in a border state like Yingzhou, where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, the influence gained is considerable, so not many people joined, and the alliance shrunk tenfold.
In the future, treatment will naturally need to be divided and even liquidated.
Of course, this may be a good thing. The more people and complexity there is, the more variables will accumulate. Who knows what problems may arise.
Now the first battle is to reduce the variables. Only the essence is expensive, not many. Several allies have been recruited, but they are required to catch up through waterways... It is convenient to control their movement through waterways, and the follow-up is required to stabilize the situation after the first battle.
Once they come down, they don't have to worry about the impact of their defection before the battle, so they can calmly gather people to resist the subsequent political influence of the imperial court.
As the organization under the direct control of Heaven still had a back-up, he did not say much at this time and immediately ordered: "Leave a thousand people to guard the county, and the main force will pursue Yu Fan. The cavalry and first-level magicians will
The group goes first.”
"yes"
The sound of horse hooves left the West City with a loud sound. With the blessing of hundreds of magicians, they suddenly increased their speed and galloped away in the wilderness. Looking back in the rain, on the gate of the West City, Cai Chao's yellow dragon flag was not pulled down, but the flag of the Shao Dudu Mansion was
The green dragon flag is slowly rising.
A kind of youthful feeling appeared faintly in this land. Ye Qing felt the friendly pulse and laughed.
Finally taking this step, the new Qingmu Jiao Qi can slowly grow and is no longer a duckweed, nor is it wasted.
Qianqian was also leading the team of magicians in the middle of the team at this time. Her Qingmai Lingchi clearly sensed it. After thinking about it, she sent a message and asked: "Is your husband really just chasing people and food?"
"Oh, tell me." Ye Qing raised his hand to her, gesturing for her to come closer.
Qianqian rode her horse over to the leader of the team, casually put up a soundproof shield, took the brochure handed by her husband, looked through it, and blinked: "I guess it is, but it's not... The pursuit of population and food is an open policy, and it is everywhere in the county government.
The wealth of the people, taken from the people and used for the people, has now been swept away by the Yu family. Not even a grain of relief grain is left in the Changping warehouse, leaving a mess. The Yu family had a good idea, but my family
How can you suffer such a boring loss?"
Ye Qing said frankly: "Yes, you can leave. Please leave the house for me. The craftsmen, Weaver Girl, property, food... all will be retained. Don't even think about taking any of them away."
Qianqian chuckled lightly, turned her eyes, and said: "There is also a dark side. I am afraid that the influence of the imperial court in this county must be eliminated as much as possible. The more the old order falls, the more stable the new order will rise. The old trees will not decay, and the new shoots will be difficult to come forward.
This is natural, isn’t it?”
This was so obvious that the core generals behind them, including Zhou Feng, Zhou Ling, brother and sister, and Zhang Fangbiao, all turned their gazes and saw Ye Qing was silent for a while, then nodded: "Killing is impossible.
, and there is no need. Even if we actually control a county or even a state, in name, the world is still under the Cai Dynasty. This is the bottom line and cannot be touched."
This point is based on the experience of the previous life. You can actually control the counties and states, and even build your own system, but you must obey the Cai Dynasty in name and cannot lower the dragon flag of the Cai Dynasty.
In the previous life, Yu Fan's killing of the governor received some backlash, but it was not fatal. However, the princes who openly declared rebellion and self-reliance did not end well.
Ye Qing does not have such great wisdom to discern the red lines between heaven and the imperial court, but after going through history, he understands everything.
"I really have the intention of humiliating Yu Cheng'en as a demonstration. If I can bump into Qin Lie, I can kill him. Qin Lie is not on the protection list... I must first break off the branches and leaves of the governor, causing him to weaken me, and then I can cut off his roots in one fell swoop.
"
"Husband, you didn't mention Yu Fan?"
"It's best if you can eliminate them, but Yu Fan is very good at running. The most important thing is that Yu Fan is not the governor's minion. He is a wolf. After being around in the grassland for a while, he must know better that weak prey is easier to attack."
Ye Qing squinted his eyes. After defeating the Yin soldiers, the sky was brighter. Regardless of the profession or the system, he could compete with Zhoucheng and was far from comparable to Yu Fan.
"But the strength of the weak will eventually be fought out. Yu Fan and I have been enemies for a long time. You can see that, but Qin Lie may not have such a vision. You see, Yu Fan deliberately went to Ban'an County. He said he left, but then left again.
It’s not crispy, it doesn’t fit his style, it’s very interesting.”
Zhou Feng was startled when he heard this, a little unbelievable: "He is plotting against the lord and the governor in order to get us to fight with the state capital?"
"This is one of Yu Fan's plans. If necessary, he will personally play to weaken the stronger one among us. I can see that he wants to switch to Tianting, but he started two beats slower than me. Now Yan Shenyuan and I are caught in the gap.
In this embarrassing situation, there are not many ways to go.”
"In the history of Xitu, Liu Bei contributed to the fierce fight between Cao and Sun. The strategic intention was also the same..."