One day later, with the help of Wang Yi, Ying Zige gradually understood the major and minor affairs of Jicheng, and the results made him extremely satisfied.
Jicheng is worthy of being a rare and prosperous county in Liangzhou and the former county seat of Tianshui. Especially due to the devoted development of the Jiang and Zhao families and Wang Yi's secret planning, the entire Jicheng's grain and grass storage, military equipment, gold and silver
It can completely support an elite cavalry force of 50,000 people.
These are not the civilian soldiers recruited at random in the Central Plains, but qualified elites who can mount a horse and shoot, and dismount with a sword and shield.
The people in Jicheng are also rarely wealthy and have a sufficient population. Not counting a few tenant farmers, servants, and guardians, there are more than 26,000 households in Jicheng, which is equivalent to about 100,000 people.
You must know that even if Beiyuan is captured, the number of people under Ying Zige's command is less than 10,000. Previously, when the three armies swept Beiyuan and entered the city, there were more than 10,000 people watching because Beiyuan City is a place for medicinal materials trading.
The land attracted countless traveling merchants and traders.
According to the slips left by his family, before Zulong unified the world, the entire Xianyang City only had about 70,000 households and about 300,000 people.
But today, even Luoyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty when it was at its most powerful, only had a population of one million.
And all of this was completely reduced to ashes with Dong Zhuo's fire. Nowadays, there are only a handful of large cities in the world with a population of more than 100,000.
At that moment, Ying Zige began to plan silently in his heart. He knew that Jicheng was the capital for his rise.
At the same time, Meng Hu, who received Ying Zige's order, finally appeared at the border of Jicheng with three thousand tiger soldiers after a day and night of rapid march.
Meng Hu had already prepared for a big battle. He marched rapidly along the way and tried his best to maintain the combat effectiveness of his subordinate Huben.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at Jicheng, he was blocked by several Jicheng sentry detectives who had been waiting here for a long time. After a simple conversation, Meng Hu was confused and had only one idea in his mind.
"Jicheng was captured? Mistress captured it? The current city lord is the lord, so what am I here to do?"
Meng Hu, who was extremely anxious along the way, fell completely into self-doubt, and ignorantly led Huben to follow the sentinel to Jicheng.
After a while, the county lieutenant who had been arranged by Ying Zige to wait at the gate of Jicheng welcomed him into the Jicheng military camp.
After arranging Huben's arrangements, Meng Hu followed the county captain to the hall of the city lord's mansion and met his long-lost lord Ying Zige.
In the hall, Ying Zige, who had sorted out the affairs of Hebei City, was getting to know the officials of various ministries in Hebei City one by one, accompanied by Wang Yi and Jiang Yun, so as to adjust the subsequent work arrangements. At the same time, he also received the news that Meng Hu had entered the city and was preparing to bring him with him.
Let him let everyone get to know his trusted general. Who knows?
"Lord, I'm here. Did you really defeat the mistress and let her take over Jicheng?" Meng Hu blurted out uncontrollably when he saw Yingzi Ge's face.
"???"
Ying Zige was quite happy to see his trusted general. He was just about to introduce Wang Yi, Jiang Yun and several important officials in the hall, but when Meng Hu opened his mouth, his expression suddenly darkened.
Come down.
Turning his eyes, he stared at Meng Hu closely with his deep eyes, and coldly squeezed out two words from between his teeth: "Meng Hu!!!"
"Well!"
Meng Hu, who had been confused since he learned about the situation in Jicheng, suddenly woke up when he heard the familiar voice of his lord. He looked at Ying Zige's deep and deep eyes staring at him, and the many people around him.
Those strange officials who came to the scene secretly cried out: "It's broken, there are outsiders here!"
The eight-foot strong man felt that the hairs all over his body were standing on end. In desperation, he quickly took two steps forward and shouted innocently.
"My lord, I finally met you. You don't know, as soon as I received the news from you, I was so anxious that I led the tigers and beniars all day and night without even daring to delay for a quarter of an hour. I just ran away for five or six hundred
The journey of 30 miles. I thought in my heart, if anyone dares to hurt my lord, I will chase him to the nine heavens and ten places, all over the world, even if I don’t want to take this small life."
As Meng Hu spoke, he quietly raised his head and stared at Ying Zige's expression. It was not until he saw Ying Zige's expression gradually solidifying that he breathed a sigh of relief, because he knew that Ying Zige's anger just now was almost gone, at least not as bad as before.
So intense.
"whee!"
Next to Ying Zige, Wang Yi, who had been paying attention to Meng Hu since he came in, gently covered his mouth and laughed.
Although they had met him from a distance in Beiyuan, because Meng Hu went to hunt down the fleeing Qiang remnants, and he and others also left early because they were worried that it was a trap, so this was Wang Yi's first time meeting Meng Hu.
Tiger.
With her wisdom, she had already seen the relationship between Meng Hu and Ying Zige. She also knew that her sweetheart was not angry and wanted to punish Meng Hu, but it was just because there was Ji who had just conquered Ji in the hall.
The city officials were here, so they just acted casually. Of course, this may also be the way they get along with each other.
Seeing Meng Hu's honest and honest behavior at this time, he couldn't help but have a great impression of him. He thought to himself: "He is worthy of being Zi Ge's confidant. He is as wise as a fool and has a well-founded approach and retreat!"
After the evaluation, she didn't want them to continue the stalemate. After all, there were other officials in the hall. So she just laughed deliberately to give her sweetheart a step up.
When Ying Zige heard Wang Yi laugh, his mind turned. He immediately understood his wife's thoughts. He couldn't help but feel warm and his eyes flashed with a twinkle. Although he didn't need it, he understood Wang Yi's thoughts.
After thinking about it, looking at Meng Hu's honest and honest look, he really couldn't get angry. He took advantage of Wang Yi's steps and said, "Okay, get up!"
"Thank you, Lord!" Meng Hu quickly stood up and clasped his fists respectfully!
"Everyone, this person is someone's favorite general, Menghu Mengziming!"
"I've met you all!" Meng Hu heard Ying Zige's words and greeted them politely!
After Ying Zige waited for several people to greet each other, he called Meng Hu to his side, pointed at Wang Yi alone and said: "Xiaohu, what makes you laugh is that you asked me to take it down, and then took down Ji alone.
The mistress of the city, Wang Yi."
"Hey, Meng Hu has met Mistress! Mistress, please forgive me, I'm just a rough guy and I don't listen to what I say! Hehe!" Meng Hu said he was honest, but in fact, he was like a mirror in his heart. How could he not understand what was going on here?
All things considered. He knew that Ying Zige's move was actually telling him that Wang Yi was definitely one of his own, and others had yet to be investigated! He immediately knelt down on one knee and saluted Wang Yi with a cupped fist.
Ying Zige smiled calmly.
No one knows Meng Hu's temperament better than him. This kneeling actually means that Wang Yi has officially been recognized by Meng Hu, not only because of the rescue just now, but also because Wang Yi single-handedly captured Jicheng.
Credit.
"General Meng, please get up quickly. I am not worthy of being your gift. General Meng has his heart set on the Lord. He marches five hundred miles in one day, which is admirable." Wang Yi didn't know the weight of kneeling.
But he also noticed something from the expressions of Ying Zige and Meng Hu. He felt happy and quickly stretched out his jade hand to help him from a distance.
