Wuchuan.
In the dilapidated official office, someone was cleaning, moving out the debris, sweeping the floor, and wiping the walls clean.
Everyone was extremely busy.
These people were all extremely thin, wearing tattered clothes. Some even wore shackles, with dull faces, and worked stiffly. There were soldiers urging them loudly.
At some point, Tian Zili walked in, suddenly stopped and looked at the soldier.
The soldier holding the long whip hurriedly bowed to see him, but Tian Zili stared at him and said displeasedly: "Why are you yelling here?! You don't have time to do anything here. Don't show off your whip here, throw it away to me."
Got it!!”
The soldier was a little confused, but he still threw away his whip.
Tian Zili looked at the military slaves on the left and right with complicated expressions, but strode towards the backyard.
When Tian Zili entered, the soldier picked up the whip in confusion, and then looked at the many military slaves on the left and right, "What are you doing in a daze?! Continue!!"
When Tian Zili walked into the backyard, it was also quite busy.
I saw more than ten people who looked like scribes, standing here with fear on their faces, looking around and not daring to speak.
Cui Gang walked out and greeted Tian Zili with a smile. Tian Zili did not return the greeting and walked quickly into the house.
Cui Gang didn't care. He walked up to the scribes and saluted them, "I'm here to serve Cui Gang as the garrison secretary. The soldiers in the garrison don't know etiquette. If I've offended you, I hope you'll forgive me."
When everyone saw Cui Gang's clothes and appearance, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly bowed to see him, but there was still fear in their eyes.
One of the old men trembled and said: "Mr. Cui, we are willing to use money to redeem ourselves. Don't sell us to barbarians. We still have money at home."
Cui Gang frowned.
This is all the influence of those fools like He Laiqian.
Cui Gang said solemnly: "He Laiqian who did this has been executed, and his head is hanging outside the campus. The current garrison leader will never do such a thing, so don't worry.
.”
"Then you summoned us"
"The garrison currently lacks a large number of garrison officials. The garrison leader has not brought enough officials, so I would like to invite you to serve."
Cui Gang looked around and said, "Come to the side courtyard with me and we'll talk in detail."
Everyone followed Cui Gang worriedly and entered the side courtyard. Cui Gang then invited everyone to sit down and served tea. He was very polite.
The frightened people felt slightly relieved.
Cui Gang continued: "You are all people who can read and write, but the garrison currently lacks talents like you. The previous governance in the garrison was simply in chaos."
"Until now, I don't know the exact number of military households. The garrison commander doesn't know anything about Wuchuan. If you can take up the role, you will receive two meals a day, plus a salary. If you do well enough, you can still be recommended."
Everyone listened to Cui Gang's words and remained silent, looking uneasy.
Suddenly someone asked: "From the accent, Mr. Cui is not from Hengzhou?"
"I am from Boling"
Several people suddenly looked at each other, and someone asked: "Dare I ask, is it Bolingcui?"
Cui Gang nodded, "That's right."
"Ah, then why are you here? Everyone is serving here."
"I came here with the garrison leader."
Cui Gang realized something and quickly revealed his identity, "Everyone, I have never lied. I am indeed the Boling Cui family. Maybe you have also heard that the former Minister Cui Gong is my biological father.
"
Everyone was shocked and looked at him dumbfounded. Cui Gang continued: "I can swear in the name of my father that the current garrison leader is definitely not a cruel person. If you are willing to follow him, you will definitely be able to make great achievements and go there."
back."
Just when Cui Gang was bragging, Tian Zili was already reporting the situation to Liu Taozi in the house.
"Brother, I took people to various places to check."
"There are probably more than ten thousand military slaves in the city, excluding those Cangtou. Most of them are Han people from my family. It is a shame that they were so humiliated by Xianbei. They had no clothes to wear, no food to eat, and were killed every day.
Those who were beaten to death or starved to death, brother, can you think of a way to pardon them all? Save one of them?"
Tian Zili despises this the most.
Liu Taozi had a straight face and said nothing.
Tian Zili said: "Brother, you should go and see for yourself, it is really terrible."
"They all live in a small tent, with more than sixty people. These more than a thousand military households can live in the city, but these military slaves are squeezed to the wall. I don't know how they squeezed in.
Down."
"That scene is really disgusting!"
"There are still many people who just sleep outside because it's freezing cold here."
Liu Taozi finally spoke, "It's not yet time."
Tian Zili's face turned red, and anger burned in his chest, which could not be calmed down for a long time.
"First check the local situation, the number of military households, the number of military slaves, and all the information in the city."
Tian Zili saluted Liu Taozi, "Wei."
At this moment, Yao Xiong rushed into the house in a hurry. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said loudly, regardless of Tian Zili who was present: "Brother, I transported everything to the grain depot and the armory, and then selected
He got the best armor and distributed it to our people, Podoluo is training them hard, saying that they cannot lose to the Xianbei people here."
When the two of them walked out together, Cui Gang was leading those people inside.
Tian Zili glanced at Cui Gang, lowered his head and sighed.
"Don't think too much. I think Cui Gang is a real person and won't compete with you for his position!"
Tian Zili immediately glared at him, "Who is afraid of him robbing me? I didn't think so at all!!"
"Then why are you sighing while looking at him?"
"I'm afraid that he will instigate the general. You don't know, people like them are the best at being dogs. When they open their mouths, they will talk nonsense and fallacious theories. I'm afraid that my brother will believe his nonsense."
“It’s Cui Gang?? He bewitched the general??”
Yao Xiong had a complicated look on his face. He patted Tian Zili on the shoulder and said, "You may have been too tired recently. I think you should rest for a few days first."
He suddenly looked around again, "Why don't you see any flow?"
"Liu led the people to inquire about the caravan outside the city."
"oh.."
The strong wind stirred up dust, making the whole world a little rough.
The particles in the wind hit my face, which actually caused some pain.
Looking around, there are all low weeds here. These weeds cannot completely cover the ground, but large areas of soil are exposed. Weeds appear irregularly on the soil. Even those weeds are also contaminated at this moment.
Dusty.
There are high slopes on both sides, and two roads in the middle, one on the left and one on the right, converge here. There are huge stones standing on the high ground, looking down.
Kou Liu was clinging to the stone, squatting on the high slope, looking at the road in the distance.
After watching for a long time, he lay down on the ground again and listened carefully.
He looked at the road in front of him and felt a little confused.
If it was going downhill and he continued to get closer, he would definitely encounter the caravan's scouts. He was not sure that he would evacuate when the other party couldn't see him, and he was unwilling to alert the enemy.
Suddenly, there was a slight tremor on the ground.
Kou Liu quickly turned around and signaled to his subordinates in the distance, and the knights looked for cover one after another.
Kou Liu also hurriedly hid behind the boulder, not daring to lean out.
I saw more than ten knights galloping out of the road on the left. They looked around, stood there and talked for a long time, then turned back, leaving only a few knights and continued to move forward.
Kou Liu stuck his head out at this moment and looked at their appearance, horses, weapons, etc.
He was sure that these were the scouts of the caravan that came to trade.
Kou Liu waved slowly. There was a knight squatting on the ground without getting up. He moved forward quickly in this weird posture and arrived at Kou Liu's side in a few steps. "I will continue to stare at them here. You can lead me now."
Go back and tell the general that the person he is waiting for has appeared and is at Shuangyang Road. Let them get ready!!"
"only!!"
"Please come in, the general has been waiting for a long time!"
Tu Xiyue stood aside, holding the handle of the knife at his waist with one hand and looking fiercely.
In front of him, there were seven people. These people were helpless. Standing in front of Tu Xiyue, the leader couldn't help but said: "General, we"
"Don't call me general, there is only one general in this city!"
"Please come in!"
Tu Xiyue urged again.
Only then did several people enter the house.
Liu Taozi was sitting in the upper seat. He looked at the few people who came in without saying a word. He just looked at them indifferently. He looked to the left and right, "Everyone, go out and guard outside. Don't let anyone in."
"
"only."
Several soldiers walked out and walked outside the door.
At this moment, the expressions of the timid peasants in front of them immediately changed. There was no longer fear in their eyes. They all looked calmly at Liu Taozi above. A thin, dark-faced man pushed away the man in front of them.
Several people quickly walked up to Liu Taozi, took out the silk cloth, and wiped their faces. The silk cloth was completely black, but his face was stained.
'He' then showed a smile and said, "General, long time no see. Are you okay?"
This person was none other than Zhang Siyan, who was disguised as a man. The other people were standing at the door, looking around.
Zhang Siyan walked carefully to Liu Taozi's side, "Why didn't the general say goodbye to us when he left Dingzhou?"
Liu Taozi turned to look at her with such fierce eyes that Zhang Siyan was so frightened that she could not speak for a moment.
"I need information from all over Hengzhou."
Liu Taozi spoke.
Zhang Siyan calmed down and said, "General, I was scared. General, don't be so impatient. When you were in Dingzhou, you once said that you wanted to abandon the dark and turn to the light. General Wei already knows about this."
"The general attaches great importance to you. He said that as long as you are willing to surrender, there is no need to sacrifice Wuchuan. He will lead his men to the Great Zhou Dynasty and give you the title of General Pingbei!"
"If you are willing to fight, I will let you stay in the north and give you the opportunity to make contributions."
"In addition, you can ask for as much gold and jewelry as you want."
Zhang Siyan slowly approached Liu Taozi and whispered: "At that time, you can do whatever you want."
Liu Taozi spoke again,
"I want information from various places in Hengzhou."
The confusion in Zhang Siyan's eyes suddenly disappeared. She cleared her throat and said again: "General, how can this Puppet Qi be a place for a hero like you? How much Yang Min valued you and promoted you before, but in the end, he didn't
I just treat you as a killing tool and throw it away after use. How can the current King Changshan be any better?"
"Why did he send you here? Isn't it because there are many people here who have complaints and the rich and powerful are controlling the place? Isn't it because he wants to weaken these people?"
"If he really paid attention to it, he should have sent someone to inform you of the complicated situation in Hengzhou. He should have sent someone to say hello in advance to make it easier for you. But what about now? You were thrown here without knowing anything.
Coming"
"Like those noble sons who took up their posts, who didn't say hello in advance, were familiar with the local area, and easily took up the post? How can there be someone like you?"
"I think even if you succeed here, King Changshan will still abandon you like Yang Min did."
"I, the Great Zhou Dynasty, are different. We have always been in harmony, and we have never looked down upon the heroes."
"Are you worried that your father will be implicated? Don't worry about that. Your father is King Gao's slave. With such seniority, no one dares to attack him easily."
Liu Taozi nodded.
"That's right. Let's do it this way. If you want me to surrender, let Wei Xiaokuan come and invite him personally. If he comes to my place one day and asks me to surrender, I will follow him to the Puppet Zhou Dynasty."
The few Zhou people behind were furious at this moment and were about to step forward, but Zhang Siyan quickly stopped them.
She smiled and nodded, "Okay, I will definitely bring your words to the general."
Liu Taozi said: "You don't have to say anything, just tell me the situation in Hengzhou. It's still the old rule. You tell me the situation, and I'll be responsible for killing people. Dingzhou is still in chaos, and you must have put in a lot of people there."
, it will be more useful to you if there is chaos here, let’s talk about it.”
Zhang Siyan shook her head, "Dingzhou is under great governance because of you, and the spring planting is smooth, but there is no chaos at all. Now you are preparing to govern Hengzhou and help you. Wouldn't it be a conspiracy against the tiger?"
"Then I'll exchange it for the news."
"No need. We may not know less than you do about the news in the Pseudo-Qi Temple."
Liu Taozi nodded and looked outside the door.
"Come here, drag him out and chop him up."
Two soldiers immediately opened the door and barged in.
Zhang Siyan was shocked, "Wait a minute! Wait a minute! General! I have something else to say!!"
Liu Taozi waved his hand, and the two soldiers went out.
Zhang Siyan looked at Liu Taozi in shock, and was about to say something else, but when she saw Liu Taozi's cold eyes, she sighed, "We want Wuchuan's defense map."
"good."
Zhang Siyan narrowed her eyes slightly, revealing her little fangs, "What information does the general want to know about Hengzhou?"
"All information."
Tian Zili and others walked into the house, watched the soldiers leading those people out, and asked suspiciously: "Brother, who are these people?"
"People of Zhou."
"ah???"
Cui Gang's eyes widened, and Tian Zili hurriedly reminded: "Brother, he must be a Zhou person who surrendered."
"Wei Xiaokuan's army of thieves."
Tian Zili frowned, but Cui Gang asked blankly: "General, are you planning to rebel?"
"Never."
"Then why do we need to contact Zhou people?"
"The Prime Minister sent me here to work. I know nothing about Hengzhou. I need someone to tell me about the many situations inside and outside this place."
"But what if they use this to blackmail the general, saying that he is plotting rebellion, and want to force him to rebel?"
Liu Taozi looked calm and did not answer any more.
He pointed to the many documents placed in front of him.
"have a look."
Everyone picked up the documents and looked at them. These were what those Zhou people had just written. They included detailed information about many officials in Hengzhou, as well as details about many garrisons and counties under Hengzhou.
The details were so outrageous that Cui Gang couldn't help but tremble after taking a few glances.
"This week people know so much about Hengzhou. This is simply unacceptable!! General!! You have to go to the temple as soon as possible!!"
Tian Zili sneered, "What the hell, they might know more about the temple!"
"Do you think the temple masters don't know about it?"
"What's the use of knowing it?"
Cui Gang was still in disbelief, and Yao Xiong also asked hurriedly: "General, they left so many documents, so detailed and specific, even the size of the Xiren caravan and the leader of the caravan were written down. What do they want?"
"Defense map."
Several people were shocked, "Then the general gave it to him?"
"Give it."
Tian Zili was a little anxious at this moment, "General, if they expose this matter"
"Sold by He Laigan."
Liu Taozi gave the answer, Tian Zili and others looked at each other, and then became firm, "Yes, it's him!!"
Only Cui Gang was still dazed at the moment. How come the books he usually read were not at all consistent with the situation he was encountering at the moment?
Is there a problem with the book, or is there a problem with the current world?
Yao Xiong looked at the situation of the Xi Ren caravan at this moment and couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Okay, okay, it's a fat sheep. There are sixty carts of goods. No wonder He Laiqian is so hostile to his brother.
, this business is indeed a big business, it’s a pity that if we kill their caravan this time, there will be no such good business in the future.”
Liu Taozi ignored him, stood up and gave the order.
"Gather the army immediately."
"Tell them that they don't need to carry Cangtou slaves and go out with light cavalry!!"
The familiar sound of the big drum sounded again in the university grounds, and then the whole Wuchuan also sounded together. The deafening sound shuttled back and forth in the city, and the whole Wuchuan began to boil.
The group of people who had just walked out of Wuchuan heard the heavy drumming behind them, and fear appeared on their faces.
Zhang Siyan's face looked the same.
"Zhang Jun, are you trying to find a way to expose the defense map to the Hengzhou governor?"
Someone asked.
Zhang Siyan shook her head, "No, Liu Taozi is not an ordinary fake Qi general. We can't make our own decisions about him. The general has ordered that all matters concerning him be decided by the general himself. We will prepare manpower immediately and work hard to deploy defenses."
The record of the conversation between Tu and just now has been sent to the general. In addition, let the knight inform the general."
“We really can’t use restaurants as our base anymore.”
Chapter completed!