The four to five hundred Huns cavalry did not hesitate. They took out their Hanfu clothes from the backpacks beside them and changed into them as quickly as possible.
"What does it mean?"
Jiang Shen was confused when he saw the Huns cavalry changing their clothes. What was going on? Could it be that they had known about this a long time ago and specially brought Han costumes with them?
"Master Jiang, don't think too much. Bo Luo Ming has admired Han culture since he was a child. I am a member of the ethnic group who always wears Han attire when leaving the country, so I require my subordinates to wear Han attire when they go out. It's just a habit."
Hearing Bo Luoming's words, Jiang Shen was a little hesitant, but his words made sense. After all, the foreigners who worshiped Han culture did not know Boluo Ming, and there were many foreigners in Shangdang County who had become Chinese.
"Okay, let's go then."
Jiang Shen took the lead, followed by Boluo Ming, followed by five hundred cavalry who had changed their clothes, while the remaining Huns cavalry were waiting not far away. Once Bo Luo Ming deceived the city gate, they would immediately attack
The horses galloped into the city.
"who?"
When the soldiers guarding the city saw Jiang Shen holding a torch, they immediately strung their bows and unsheathed their swords, and were on full alert.
"I am Cao Jiangshen and Jiang Zhongzhi, subordinates to Zhang Yang, the governor of the Shangdang Party. I also ask the county magistrate to come and give me a reply."
Jiang Shen directly reported his position as a party secretary and asked to meet with the magistrate of Lin County.
"Shangdang Secretary Cao? What evidence do you have?"
When the captain in charge of guarding the city heard Jiang Shen's identity, he couldn't help but be startled. Isn't this the person the prefect was waiting for?
"You put down the basket, and I'll send the badge up."
After speaking, Jiang Shen took out his badge from his waist and waved it in the air.
"Basket for storage."
Following the captain's order, a bamboo basket was slowly lowered from the top of the city, and Jiang Shen also wisely rode forward and placed his waist badge in the basket.
"Sir, please wait a moment. I will inform the county magistrate right away."
After looking at the waist badge, he saw that he was right. A smile appeared on the corner of the captain's mouth, and after charging Jiang Shen at the top of the city, he quickly ran down the city wall.
"Master Taishou, Jiang Shen, the Shangdang Taishou's secretary, is waiting outside the city with hundreds of cavalry."
Dewey had been having trouble sleeping and eating for the past two days. After all, if he didn't see the enemy for a day, the danger would be unknown for a day. When he heard the captain's words, his heart skipped a beat.
"Jiang Shen, are you sure it's Jiang Shen?"
To avoid admitting a mistake, Dewey checked with the captain again.
"There is a belt card to prove it."
The school captain quickly handed Jiang Shen's waistband to Dewey.
"As expected, it was him. He asked Zhou Bing to go up to the city wall to talk to him, and at the same time ordered all the troops to get ready for battle. Tonight, I am going to catch a turtle in a jar."
The waist card is equivalent to the work permit in ancient times. Having a waist card basically confirms that the person is Jiang Shen.
"promise."
After a while, Dewey, dressed in ordinary clothes, followed the county magistrate Zhou Bing up the city wall. With his sharp eyes, he saw that the cavalry behind Jiang Shen was either a Han or a Hu as soon as he climbed onto the city wall.
"This guy really has no good intentions."
Dewey muttered to himself.
"Xialin County Magistrate Zhou Bing, I wonder what you are doing when Master Jiang comes to visit you late at night?"
Zhou Bing glanced at Dewey behind him, cleared his throat and shouted to Jiang Shen below the city.
"Mr. Zhou, I will not hide this from you. I have obtained 50,000 reinforcements from elsewhere and am about to rush to Shangdang. However, due to the hasty departure, there is not much food and grass supplies. I hope you can lend me some food and grass. I hope you can lend me some food and grass in the future.
I will definitely pay you back twice as much."
Jiang Shen's words sounded harmless, but only the people on the city wall knew how crazy his words were.
Borrowing 50,000 reinforcements to support Shangdang, firstly, it emphasized that Shangdang would not be defeated by Yuan Shu, and even implicitly meant that Shangdang might have the final say in the future annexation of the state.
The second is to emphasize your strength. If you don't borrow food, you will only bear the consequences.
Zhou Bing was indeed frightened by Jiang Shen. With fifty thousand people borrowing food, even if Lin County was emptied, he wouldn't be able to get that much for you. If it weren't for the prefect by his side, he might have collapsed.
"It doesn't matter. I'm prepared. I just need to hold him back now."
At the critical moment, Dewey spoke softly to Zhou Bing from behind.
"I understand the humble position."
Zhou Bing also whispered back to Dewey, and then looked at Jiang Shen at the bottom of the city.
"Jiang Sicao, there are few people in Lin County, and naturally there is less food. I don't have that much food and grass for 50,000 people as you mentioned."
Zhou Bing grimaced and spoke to Jiang Shen.
"County Magistrate Zhou, as the saying goes, everything depends on human effort, I hope you can help me a lot, and I will definitely be rewarded generously in the future."
Hearing Zhou Bing's words, Jiang Shen couldn't help but nodded. What he said was all the truth.
Bingzhou is known as a poor place, and its real estate is not very rich. Lin County does not have much food and grass to save. It is really difficult for him to provide food and grass for 50,000 people at once.
"In this case, sir, please wait a moment. I will contact the aristocratic families and wealthy grain merchants in the city to see how much grain I can get for you."
Zhou Bing thought for a while and decided to use the drag trick to the end.
"Well, I'm sorry for your trouble, Magistrate Zhou, but I hope you can come back as soon as possible."
Jiang Shen charged towards Zhou Bing on his horse, clasping his fists with both hands and performing a fist salute.
"Um."
After Zhou Bing finished speaking, he waved his sleeves and walked towards the city wall. Dewey glanced at the city wall and then followed Zhou Bing down the city wall.
"Sir, I didn't make any mistakes."
Arriving at a place where Jiang Shen couldn't see him, Zhou Bing quickly clasped his fists at Dewey.
"Well, you did a good job. After the soldiers and horses are assembled, you go up to the city wall again and say that the noble families in the city have food, but they are unwilling to take it out. You hope that Jiang Shen will send troops to support him. He will definitely not refuse. As long as he can
If you trick him into entering the city, I will give you a great credit."
Dewey is not a good bird, otherwise he would not have come up with such a plan to catch a turtle in an urn.
"Thank you for your support, sir."
Zhou Bing paid tribute to Dewey again.
"Okay, remember, don't make any mistakes. It won't matter if the city gate is closed late. We must ensure that all enemies enter the city."
"No, I understand this humble position."
The soldiers and horses in the city were preparing nervously. One thousand county soldiers were all on the city wall. The three thousand soldiers recruited climbed up to the houses on the roadside with bows and arrows. The five thousand Xihe cavalry brought by Dewey were on the street.
Formed a frontal formation, ready to attack at any time.
"Okay, Zhou Bing, the next step is up to you."
"Just take a look."
While Zhou Bing was talking, he arranged his clothes into a mess, and then ran quickly towards the city wall.
"Master Zhou, why are you so embarrassed?"
As soon as Zhou Bing appeared, Jiang Shen saw how he was dressed. In fact, Zhou Bing was a man. If he were a woman, he would have thought he was being insulted.
"Master Jiang, you have to make the decision for me. The wealthy families in the city don't even take me as the county magistrate in their eyes.
I went to borrow food for you, but instead of sending people to drive me away, they said they didn’t know where the wild beast came from, so they wanted to borrow food from them.
What's even more outrageous is that they told me not to mention you, Jiang Shen, coming to borrow food, even if Zhang Zhang came over, he wouldn't be able to share the food."