Everyone present was shocked. Looking at the furious Tang Yin, they all lowered their heads. No one dared to speak.
Tang Yin himself couldn't tell whether he was angry about Zhang Zhou's death or because he couldn't find his body. At this time, his chest felt like a big stone was blocked, and his anger was suffocated with nowhere to vent.
After a while, he slowly calmed down. The barbarians were brutal and the food and grass were burned at that time, so it was possible that Zhang Zhou's body was destroyed.
He took a deep breath, sighed, and asked in a soft voice, "Does General Zhang have a family?"
Bai Yong then continued: "Mrs. Zhang was killed by barbarians. There is only one daughter in the family. She is only... nine years old this year."
Alas! Tang Yin felt even more sad when he heard this. He clenched his fists, pondered for a moment, and said, "If General Zhang's daughter has no one to raise her, please adopt her into my house!"
"Yes! Sir!" Bai Yong originally wanted to raise Zhang Zhou's daughter, but Tang Yin also had this intention, so he naturally accepted it happily. In any case, the county governor's house is much more comfortable and richer than his home. Zhang's daughter is in the county guard's house.
He can also get better care, which is worthy of Zhang Zhou's spirit in heaven.
Bai Yong sniffed and choked up and said: "General Zhang told me before he died that if I see you, sir, tell me that Zhang Zhou has not insulted the reputation of our Feng Army!"
Tang Yin, who was so hard-hearted, couldn't help but have red eyes, and the other generals present wiped their tears with their sleeves.
Tang Yin nodded and said quietly: "Even if there is no body, we must give it a generous burial!"
"My subordinates understand!" Qiu Zhen responded with his hands raised, and then he said: "Sir, if the county can send more reinforcements, General Zhang will not kill Chengren and die in the barbarian camp. We will send them to the county
The request for reinforcements fell into disgrace. For more than ten days, the county has not sent a single additional soldier to Pingyuan County!"
His words were like a fuse, instantly igniting the emotions of everyone present who were on the verge of collapse.
Juno stood up and roared: "Sir, we are fighting desperately on the front line to resist the two hundred thousand barbarian troops, while that dog officer Yu He is living in the county, drunk and dreaming. If we don't kill this dog officer, how can we be worthy of General Zhang's heroic spirit?
How can we be worthy of the tens of thousands of casualties in our army?"
"Sir, please lead us to kill Yu He, this dog official!"
"Yes! Sir, kill Yu He——"
The crowd was excited and stood up one after another.
Kill Yu He? Tang Yin's eyes flashed, but Yu He was a dignified county chief. No matter how serious his fault was, how could he kill him just because he wanted to?
Just when Tang Yin was still hesitating, Shangguan Yuanrang, who had never spoken a word, laughed and said: "Master Tang is afraid that Wang Ting will blame him and he can't afford it, right? It doesn't matter, for a villain like Yu He, everyone can do it."
As for punishing him, I will take his dog head without Mr. Tang taking action!"
After speaking, Shangguan Yuanrang turned around and walked out.
Click! The handle of the chair was smashed by Tang Yin. He stood up and shouted to Shangguan Yuanrang who was about to leave: "Stop!"
Shangguan Yuanrang stopped and looked back at Tang Yin with disdain.
Tang Yin was the county guard. If he killed the county chief, it would definitely be regarded as treason. If Wang Ting blamed him, not only would Tang Yin's own life be in danger, but his entire family would have to be executed. Shangguan Yuanrang really wanted to see if Tang Yin had such courage.
This decision at this time will determine Tang Yin's future destiny.
He turned to look at Qiu Zhen. At this time, Qiu Zhen also saw that Tang Yin was asking him. He was sitting on the chair without speaking, and the expression on his face did not change at all.
Tang Yin is so smart, how could he not understand what Qiu Zhen's lack of change means? If this matter is inappropriate, Qiu Zhen will definitely object. He is silent and silent, acquiescing that this is OK. Even Qiu Zhen agrees to do this.
,What else does Tang Yin have to hesitate about?
He pulled out the scimitar with his backhand and swung it back. With a crisp click, the chair behind him was split into two. Tang Yin gritted his teeth and said word by word: "I swear to kill this thief!"
Wow - Tang Yin's statement pushed the emotions of everyone present to the top. They had already followed Tang Yin wholeheartedly. As long as Tang Yin dared to do this, they would dare to follow him.
Among the people, only Shangguan Yuanji shook his head like a rattle, killing the county chief? Is the county chief an ordinary person? Can he be killed just by asking? If he did, this basket would go up to the sky.
He kept saying: "Calm down, everyone, brothers, please calm down. No matter how stupid the county chief is, it is not our turn to decide his life or death. To deal with him, we have to go through the royal court..."
Before he finished speaking, Qiu Zhenzhen said: "When the country is in crisis, those who betray the country and seek glory can be killed first and then gathered together!"
"Treason for glory?" Not to mention Shangguan Yuanji's expression of confusion, others also didn't understand what Qiu Zhen meant.
Shangguan Yuanji asked: "Who betrays the country for glory?"
"Of course it's Yu He!"
"He...why did he betray the country?"
"If Yu He didn't betray his country and seek glory, why didn't he send more reinforcements to Pingyuan County and why did he accept bribes from barbarians?"
"Barbarian bribery?"
Qiu Zhen raised his head and laughed and said: "We have a lot of things from the Barbarian State. We can put some at Yu He's home. It is not difficult to copy the handwriting. It is also easy to write some correspondence between Yu He and the Barbarian State.
As long as Yu He is killed and there is no evidence, who will investigate the matter further? Now that Ning's army is approaching Yancheng with 400,000 troops, and the royal court itself cannot be protected, can it still take care of us? If we don't kill Yu He now, and don't replace him, how long will we wait?
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His words made everyone present dumbfounded.
Everyone couldn't figure out whether Qiu Zhen reacted too quickly or whether he had been deliberately plotting against Yu He and spying on his position as the county guard.
But at this time, Tang Yin's eyes could shine brightly. Yes, just as Qiu Zhen said, this was a great time to kill Yu He. The soldiers were quick and it was not too late to do it now.
Thinking of this, he put away the scimitar in his hand and shouted to the four regiment commanders: "Gather the soldiers and follow me to Shunzhou in the evening!"
"I obey!" The four corps commanders Bai Yong, Juno, Guyue and Li Wei all stepped in to salute and left with the order.
Tang Yin gave the order, everyone moved up and down, and the Pingyuan Army immediately began to prepare.
At this point, Shangguan Yuanji couldn't stop him even if he wanted to, and Qiu Zhen's words shocked him too much. Shangguan Yuanrang's reaction was completely opposite to that of his brother. He was not afraid of big troubles, and saw Tang Yin gathering his troops.
As he was about to rush to Shunzhou City, he couldn't restrain his excitement, and even his eyelashes were smiling.
Tang Yin took action as he said he would do it, acted vigorously and resolutely, and that night he took less than 40,000 plain army infantry and more than 4,000 cavalry and drove to Shunzhou in a mighty manner.
They were only halfway through when they met a petty official sent by Shunzhou to Pingyuan County.
This man was specially sent to Hengcheng to deliver a message. He was also very surprised when he encountered the Pingyuan Army on the way.
The soldiers from Pingyuan brought him to Tang Yin. The latter glanced at the clerk coldly and asked, "What are you doing in Hengcheng?"
"I came to Pingyuan County to deliver a message on the order of the county governor!" The little official didn't know that Pingyuan Army went to Shunzhou to kill Yu He. He looked strange and asked: "How did you know that the county governor wanted to kill Yu He?"
Assemble the army and mobilize the Pingyuan Army?"
Yancheng is in emergency, and all counties and counties are gathering troops to go to Yancheng for reinforcements to help Wang Ting resist the Ning army. As the head of Tianyuan County, Yu He naturally cannot stay away from the incident. Originally, he had no intention of mobilizing the Pingyuan Army. After all, the barbarian army invaded.
, the Pingyuan army had to stay in the county to resist. Later, when they heard that the barbarians had withdrawn and the crisis in Pingyuan County was resolved, Yu He sent people to mobilize troops. Unexpectedly, they met Tang Yin and others before they arrived at Hengcheng.
After reading the letter written by Yu He, Tang Yin handed it to Qiu Zhen, then pointed at the clerk and shouted to the soldiers on both sides: "Get this person!"
"Tang...Master Tang...what's wrong with me..."
The clerk was dumbfounded and didn't understand why Tang Yin wanted to capture him.
No one explained to him, but the soldiers around him swarmed up and without any explanation, they pushed him to the ground, tied him tightly and pulled him down.
Tang Yin asked Qiu Zhen beside him: "With this letter, can I copy Yu He's handwriting?"
Qiu Zhen smiled and said: "It's very easy, sir, leave this to me."
"Yes!" Tang Yin nodded, and then ordered the army to continue advancing.
Shunzhou.
Since the county town was gathering troops from various counties, when Tang Yin led his troops into Shunzhou, they were not stopped or questioned at all. Officials from the county came out of the city to greet him and led Tang Yin and his troops into the city.
It was impossible for all the troops to enter the city. Tang Yin only brought his brother Guan with him. The Dark Arrow members led by Cheng Jin and hundreds of cavalry entered the city first. In addition, Shangguan Yuanrang also followed him. Along the way, Shangguan Yuanrang followed Tang Yin.
, didn’t speak, just stood aside and observed silently.
On the way, Tang Yin asked the official who greeted him: "Where is Mr. Yu now?"
"It's right at the Sheriff's Mansion!" the official said with a smile: "The Sheriff was very happy to know that Mr. Tang had come in person with everyone. He specially prepared a banquet in the mansion to welcome Mr. Tang from the dust!"
"Oh! Good, good, good!" Tang Yin Duan sat on the horse and praised three times.
The County Sheriff's Mansion is much more grand than Tang Yin's County Sheriff's Mansion, with an area that is two or three times that. There are many attics inside, and it is majestic. When you walk inside, it is decorated with splendor, and even the most inconspicuous corners are carefully crafted.
, it is not difficult to see how luxurious Yu He’s daily life is.
Tang Yin entered the county capital without anyone stopping him. However, Cheng Jin and the cavalry below wanted to follow, but were stopped by the guards at the door.
He glanced back at Cheng Jin and winked at him, signaling him to stay outside and wait and see what happened. Tang Yin didn't say much, and strode into the mansion with only the three brothers beside him.
At this time, the banquet was indeed prepared in the hall of the county capital, but it was by no means the only one to welcome Tang Yin.
The county chief, Yu He, was sitting in the middle. On the seats on both sides of him were several officials. Among these people were the deputy county chief and senior officials in the county, as well as the county governors of the other two counties in Tianyuan County.
Seeing Tang Yin approaching, Yu He, who was sitting in the middle, laughed loudly, bowed slightly, waved his hand and said, "We are waiting for General Tang now, come and take your seat!"