"Drive, drive, drive."

Dozens of knights driving ponies were struggling to escape. They kept whipping their horses to increase their speed to the extreme. If they didn't go faster at this moment, the hundreds of barbarians behind them would catch up with them.

"Master Fu, our horses haven't eaten for a long time. I'm afraid they won't be able to sustain their horses running like this for long." Cao Huojian, a soldier from Yuexi County, shouted to Gong Lu, the prefect in front of him: "This place is still dozens of miles away from the county seat, so we have to think about it."

This is a stratagem to get rid of the pursuers before you can get back to An."

Gong Lu also felt that the speed of his horse had slowed down a bit, and he whipped his horse whip a few times to no avail. He said anxiously: "I can't do anything at the moment. These Sou and Yi people are so numerous that they have already sent troops to block our way back to the city.

, we were already depleted when we took the long way back to the city. I thought that if we continued like this, we would eventually be overtaken by the enemy, so it would be better to find a dangerous place and fight to the death, and wait for reinforcements, maybe there would be a chance of survival.

"Uncle Zhi, you have been in this county for a long time and should be familiar with the geography here. Are there any dangerous places ahead?"

Huo Jian pondered for a moment, raised his whip and pointed forward: "Master Fu, there should be a mountain peak not far away, which is a must-pass. Although this mountain is not high, its terrain is quite steep. As long as we occupy this place, we may be able to

Waiting for work with ease, staying firm and waiting for help."

Gong Lu did not hesitate after hearing this: "Since there is such a dangerous pass, we will go and set up a stronghold to defend against the enemy. It's a pity that Lei Quchang and the others are not here. Otherwise, with more than 300 troops, we would be more confident that we can hold on."

.Sigh, I don’t know how they are doing now?”

Hearing this, Huo Jian smiled bitterly and said: "The Yi people attacked suddenly and were caught off guard. If Lei Xiong had not led the infantry to stop the enemy in the morning, we might have been captured and killed."

Gong Lu also knew that this matter could not be changed, so he could only sigh: "I hope they can escape."

In fact, he had already understood in his heart that Lei Xiong used 300 infantry to resist 2,000 barbarian soldiers in order to allow him and others to escape. At this moment, the situation was probably in danger. Although Gong Lu was exhausted on the horse, he still couldn't bear it.

When he recalled what happened today, he always felt that there was something strange about the attack by the barbarians.

After the death of the late emperor in April last year, Gaoding, the commander-in-chief of Yueqi County, took the opportunity to launch a rebellion. He killed Jiao Huang, the prefect of Yueqi County, and then occupied almost the entire Yueqi County. Therefore, after Gong Lu was appointed as the new prefect of Yueqi County last year, he only dared to station in

Anshang County at the northern end of Yueqi County is backed by Jianwei County and manages county affairs.

Although Gong Lu had done some things in the past six months, he only had more than a thousand troops. How could he defeat the Yi king Gaoding who had tens of thousands of people? Therefore, he still followed the strategy set by the court and honestly protected the country and the people.

, waiting for the day when the king's army goes south to quell the rebellion. In the past few months, Gaoding has not sent troops to attack Anshang County, so the two sides can be considered to be in peace, so everyone in Anshang County gradually feels relieved.

After the spring of this year, Gong Lu began to organize the military and civilians to seize the time to complete spring plowing. It happened that Chengdu Si Jinzhonglang's Mansion sent a batch of new plows and rollovers to the county, so Gong Lu ordered people to put these new farm tools into farming.

go.

The curved shaft plow and the turning cart were very effective, and the people in An were full of praise after using them. After hearing this, Gong Lu felt that the people in the whole county should use the new farm tools in order to speed up the completion of spring sowing, so he spent these days.

He personally went out of the city to the countryside to urge the people to take advantage of this rare peaceful time to complete their farming.

Perhaps it was because these few months of peace had made Gong Lu a little less vigilant. This time when he went to the countryside to supervise farmers, he planned to visit the entire Anshang County. You must know that since he took office and was stationed in Anshang County,

He has never completed the entire county. According to his thinking, since the entire Yueqi County cannot be recovered for the time being, he must at least do something practical, otherwise he will fail the purpose of the imperial court sending him here.

So yesterday he led a group of officials and soldiers to Dingxiang, which is the southernmost village in Anshui County. It is about fifty miles away from Anshang County. From here, it is the boundary of Xindao County.

Xindao County was besieged by troops sent by Gaoding in the 23rd year of Jian'an. At that time, the imperial court's control over Yueqi County was still weak, and it was impossible to repel the barbarians with the power of the county. In the end, Li Yan, the governor of Jianwei at the time,

He led his troops to defeat the Yi army.

So last year, the people of Xindao rebelled again when they saw Gaoding, and most of the people came to Anshang County. Nowadays, Xindao County, which is sparsely populated, has neither barbarian soldiers stationed nor Han officials to manage it. More than 3,000 people in the city elected

Several elders came out to take care of things, so Xindao County is now a place where no one cares about anything.

In the past few months, only small groups of barbarian soldiers have appeared here a few times, so with such a buffer place, Gong Lu felt that there should be no danger of staying away from the county this time.

Unexpectedly, this morning, just as Gong Lu and the others were preparing to return to the city from Dingxiang after inspecting farming, they were suddenly attacked by a large group of barbarian soldiers in the early morning. This group of barbarian soldiers did not know where they came from, and Gong Lu only had

The soldiers, who numbered less than 400, were suddenly attacked by a surprise attack, and no one could resist it.

In order to allow the prefect to escape, the leader, Qu Changlei Xiong, volunteered to lead his infantry to stay and stop the enemy. After a bloody fight, Gong Lu finally escaped from the encirclement under the protection of dozens of cavalry.

He wanted to return to Anshang County via the same route, but found that the shortcuts back to the city had already been blocked by the barbarian soldiers and horses. He had no choice but to take a long way back to the city, but the barbarian soldiers also came in hundreds of cavalry.

To pursue him, he had no other choice but to follow the advice of his subordinates and go up the mountain to refuse to defend.

Today, Zhuge Liang's public room in the Prime Minister's Mansion was full of people. Wang Lian, the chief historian, Zhang Yi, a military official, Liao Hua, Ma Di, Dong Cao, Jiang Wan, and Yang Qing, the chief secretary, were all sitting in the hall with serious faces.

, Zhuge Liang, who was in the main seat, looked calmly at the bamboo slips in his hand.

This is an urgent report sent by Yueqi County more than 20 days ago. The prefect Gong Lu and more than 300 county soldiers under his command were killed in a surprise attack by the troops sent by the Yi King Gaoding while inspecting the farm work. Only a dozen of them escaped.

Anshang County. Thousands of barbarian soldiers took the opportunity to surround Anshang City after killing Gong Lu. The soldiers and civilians in the city resisted vigorously and suffered heavy casualties. Sima Dong Huan, the highest ranking officer of the soldiers in the city, was shot dead by a cold arrow. Chen Song, the commander of the city defenders, and the attackers

The enemy troops on the top of the city fought hard and died. The county magistrate Lu Shen was also injured by the loss, and his life or death is unknown now.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Fortunately, the reinforcements sent by the Jianwei prefect Wangshi arrived in time, and they were able to repel the barbarian soldiers before the city was broken. Otherwise, the entire Yuesi County would have been destroyed.

It completely fell into the hands of Haute Couture.

Zhuge Liang originally thought that Gaoding would not make any big moves this year, because he had occupied all the places he could occupy in Yueqi County. Anshang County is located in the north of Yueqi County, with Jianwei County behind it, and Jianwei's army can come here quickly.

Reinforcement, so An Shang County should be safe. Unexpectedly, it was only February, and the thief had already started plotting to install it. Did he still want to invade Qianwei County?

Is this attack on Anshang a temporary act of chance or a part of his overall plan? It seems that we still need to send the prefect to Yueqi County to stabilize the situation and explore the situation.

Zhuge Liang had a preliminary idea in his mind. He looked up and saw everyone looking at him, and then asked: "Everyone has read the emergency report from Yueqi County. If you have any opinions, please feel free to tell me."

Changshi Wanglian closed his eyes and said nothing. Since this year, he felt that his body was getting worse and his energy was not as good as before. Therefore, after Zhang Yi returned to Shu from Soochow and was recruited by Zhuge Liang to join the army, he suggested that Zhang Yi should serve as his deputy.

He took charge of the affairs of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Zhuge Liang agreed after considering his health. So now Wang Lian is the leader of the subordinate officials in the government, but Zhang Yi has become the actual leader of all the officials.

So when Zhuge Liang asked, Zhang Yi had to be the first to speak: "Prime Minister, Gao Ding killed two of my prefects in a row. It's absolutely crazy. If the court doesn't express its intention, I'm afraid people will be uneasy and Yi is afraid.

From now on, Yueqi County will no longer be owned by the state."

Zhuge Liang asked: "What do you think?"

Although Zhang Yi's statement just now was fierce, he knew that if the court wanted to deal a serious blow to Gaoding at this time, it would be impossible, so he said calmly: "Prime Minister, it is difficult to send troops to quell the rebellion within this year.

, We must be patient and patient. But the imperial court must also take action. I intend to select an outstanding official as the prefect and go to Yueqi County to appease people's hearts to show that the imperial court is not afraid of the rebels."
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