Jingzhou is a good place, across the Yangtze River in the south and Hanshui River in the north. It is a traffic artery and a material distribution center connecting the east and the west, and the north and south. It is also an important port city. Here, the people are stable, the climate is suitable, and the prosperity Being rich, Xu Zhi only needs to follow the steps, deal with some government affairs, and do his own job well.
But there is one thing that he needs to pay attention to, that is, the banditry that has been slashed on both sides of Jingzhou for many years.
The banditry in Jingzhou is neither big nor small. The imperial court has sent troops to deal with this matter several times. Unfortunately, the old situation often resurfaces after a short time. The people in Jingzhou have even become accustomed to it. The bandits in the west are just stealing money. However, the bandits in the other nest in the south have no scruples. They occupy the mountain as king, and the people suffer a lot. The reason why they dare to do whatever they want is that they know how to behave and know how to give money to the city every year. The old fritters of the old fritters have something to show their filial piety. Whenever the bandit suppression officers and soldiers come, they can get the news in advance and make sufficient preparations so that they can be born again in the spring breeze.
And now that a new prefect has come to the city, they also entrust someone to honor things according to the usual practice. However, Xu Zhi does not accept this practice. After changing their attitude, the bandits stopped for a few days. Seeing that the new magistrate did not take any action other than not collecting money, they resumed their old ways and did what they should do.
Xu Zhichu has just arrived, although the new official has three fires, but he has not gained a firm foothold. The people below are disobedient, so this fire cannot be ignited. In addition, everyone thinks that he has a lot of connections behind him, and he gets along well with the bureaucratic groups that are entrenched here. After a month, Xu Zhi's boss is quite smooth, at least the next task is arranged. Tasks, no one will give him yin and yang.
Xu Zhi carefully calculated, accumulated his prestige step by step, gathered a lot of talents in his hands, rectified the security regulations, expanded commerce, brought more commercial benefits to his subordinates, and the highly recognizable card His handsome face has gained some reputation not only in Jingzhou, but also in the surrounding areas. People all say that there is a Meiwei Lang in Jingzhou, who cares about the people and has a high spirit.
Over the past year, Xu Zhi secretly sent people to investigate the situation of the two bandits' lairs. After roughly finding out, he beat up his officials again, and then formally wrote a letter requesting the imperial court to send troops to suppress the bandits.
It was the "mighty general" Yang Tianmu who was sent by the imperial court. Xu Zhi didn't expect to meet him. Both of them were polite on the surface, as if they met for the first time.
In fact, ever since Yang Tianmu eradicated the Northern Yuan forces and returned to the capital, because there was no major war broke out and other reasons, he has been doing nothing in the capital, and he circled around Liu Yu every day. This time he got the imperial edict to suppress the bandits. Then he burst into anger, and because of Xu Zhi's detailed and reliable information, within a few days, he took over the bandits from the south, and was about to take out the bandits from the west, but was stopped by Xu Zhi. Then, watching the dumb man in black who had been standing next to him go up the mountain, without knowing what he said, these bandits surrendered one after another, expressing their willingness to obey the call for security.
Yang Tianmu couldn't help asking: "What's the origin of that dumb man?"
Xu Zhi smiled and said, "The young master in this village."
Yang Tianmu was stunned, and asked in doubt: "Then why is he by your side?"
Xu Zhi thought for a while, then raised his eyebrows and said, "Probably because I see Wei, a certain person's extraordinary demeanor, so I voluntarily follow him."
Yang Tianmu: "..."
In fact, Xu Zhi himself didn't believe what he said, not because he didn't have confidence in himself, but because the man in black had behaved so well this past year, kept himself safe, and even risked his life to block an assassination for him, and they didn't In the relationship between master and servant, what Xu Zhi paid was just an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks. The sum of all kinds of things made him wonder if the other party mistook him for a lifesaver or something.
However, after a long time, Xu Zhi and this person also developed some feelings. Of course, it is impossible to say that complete trust is impossible, but only occasionally say a few words, and because the other party has not mentioned his name, he even took it for him. An alias for "Wei Yu".
This gang of thieves was recruited, so Xu Zhi went to the imperial court and registered them all in the local army, including Wei Yu. In this way, Wei Yu could be regarded as his personal bodyguard.
The years of banditry in Jingzhou have finally been lifted. The people in Jingzhou are the happiest. The prefect Wei Zhaoze’s reputation has also risen to a higher level. There are many versions of the fantasy story of "fighting against the bandits": Master Wei roared at the sky, turned into a tiger and pounced on him, and the magistrate Wei used a beauty trick to seduce the dominatrix in the bandit's lair, and she voluntarily surrendered. What Wei Zhifu smiled lightly, waved his hands, and it rained heavily...
The only thing these stories have in common is that they ignore the existence of General Yang, and the famous "Mighty General Protecting the Country" has completely become a soy sauce existence.
If General Yang had come from modern times, he would have understood the truth that "face value conquers the world", but unfortunately he was not, so he could only stay in the room alone, full of sad feelings: People's hearts are changeable...
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A few years later, Wei Zhaoze, the magistrate of Jingzhou, was personally appointed by the emperor to the northern frontier due to his outstanding achievements in political affairs. He served as the governor of the three eastern provinces and was ordered to rebuild the border defense line.
This almost pushed him to the cusp of the storm, and he was promoted to two ranks. This speed was as eye-catching as a rocket. Xu Zhi took the appointment bravely, and while he was on his way to the post, he was thinking about the emperor's intentions in his heart.
As a consort of a princess, the official to the second rank is not in harmony with the rules. I don’t know how many people have impeached him in the court these years, but the emperor admires him for some reason. As for the seat, the reason behind this is either that he really believes in his ability, or he has something to do with Liu Yu, and there are countless people behind him waiting to catch him.
Want to use him to pave the way for Liu Yu? Xu Zhi wanted to laugh, but what these people thought was simple.
However, since it is here, it will be safe. Since he is entrusted with such a major task of building a defense line, he will definitely do his best. After all, this line of defense protects this country and its children. civil.
Of course, Xu Zhi is not responsible for this matter alone, and so far, he has not shown any outstanding military talents. In the eyes of the frontier generals, he is just a fart sent by the court. As a civil servant, he can only offer opinions at best, and whether he can adopt it is another matter. This is equivalent to Xu Zhi's name as a supervisor, but in fact he can't control so much.
However, at any rate, Xu Zhi once read a little history of the Ming Dynasty, and studied the current situation in Jingzhou in the past few years. Of course, he also had his own ideas. A range of new strategies.
Today, the main threat to the dynasty is the Houjin entrenched in the north. The Houjin cavalry are often menacing, brutal and bloodthirsty. Even if Yang Tianmu leads troops to fight against them, it is only worth twice as many troops as a draw. Of course, This is also related to the fact that the dynasty is dominated by infantry and the cavalry is weak. It is imperative to build a better and stronger line of defense in the three eastern provinces that were regarded by the Hou Jinhu.
Xu Zhi believed that keeping Yuanling located in the middle of the Liaoxi Corridor was tantamount to choking the throat of this corridor and ensuring the safety of Shanhaiguan two hundred miles away. Therefore, he decided to use Yuanling as the strategic center to build a horizontal line. The defense line of "Guanyuan Prefecture" across three provinces became an insurmountable obstacle for the post-Golden Cavalry. Then, he obtained the consent of the emperor, recruited locals to join the army, equipped them with the best resources and scientific training methods, and built them into a brave cavalry army to fight against Hou Jin head-on.
A few years later, thanks to the hard work of everyone, Guan Yuanzhou's defense line has begun to take shape. At this time, Hou Jin, who had been recharging his energy for many years, finally attacked in one fell swoop, and the war broke out again after decades.
Gunpowder smoke filled the air, drums were beating thunderously, Xu Zhi stood on the city tower, looked at the bloody soldiers fighting under the city wall, his eyes were deep and calm, he took the longbow in the hand of the corpse next to him, and with a sound of "咻", the sharp arrow shot across it, filled with blood. The air pierced the head of a post-gold soldier accurately.
"Master Wei, let's go! Lord Wang and the others are all gone! We will cover you out!" Several soldiers behind him said anxiously.
Xu Zhi shifted his gaze to those common people who went into battle to kill the enemy with only sticks or kitchen knives, and shook his head silently.
"My lord! You can't die here! You are a person who does great things. These golden ghosts can be killed later, but you are only one!"
Xu Zhi remained unmoved, he drew the bow and shot the arrow in one go, and said, "I won't go."
Seeing him like this, the speaking soldier's eyes gradually became moist, he suddenly drew his knife, turned around and said loudly: "Brothers, we Lord Wei are not cowards! We can't retreat either! Kill him enough to be able to stay with Lord Wei today There is no regret in dying! Go! Kill these little bastards to death!!"
"rush!"
"Fuck them to death!"
Xu Zhi's eyes were a little sour. It was the first time he faced the real ancient war. It was different from what was shown in books and TV before. Blood, howling, stumps, even before the battle started, the officials in the city had already left in half.
The reason why he is still standing here is not because he cares too much about the city, nor because he is too obsessed with victory, nor because he wants to be a hero who sacrificed for righteousness. He just wants to accompany these soldiers and people and let them see Seeing his figure, let them know that the imperial court has not given up here, so that they have the strength to persevere.
He was in a trance, and an arrow shot towards him, and he didn't dodge it. His left arm was shot, and blood flowed out.
The Houjin soldiers noticed the existence of his leader, and a dense rain of arrows shot towards this direction. Xu Zhi gritted his teeth, drew his knife and swung it vigorously, cutting off several arrows, and was suddenly pulled to the left, A black figure stood in front of him.
"Wei Yu!"
The man was hit by several arrows, and he was dragged to avoid the rain of arrows quickly, went down the city wall, found a relatively safe place, and sat down panting.
He pulled out a few arrows pierced into his body with all his strength, looked at Xu Zhi, moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but finally couldn't hold on anymore, and passed out.
Xu Zhi originally asked him to escort a few adults out of the city, but he didn't expect this man to send someone back and come back, saving his life. He sighed, tore off the cloth and bandaged his wound, and then Put the man on his back and prepare to go to the military doctor.
At this time, bursts of cheers suddenly came from far and near.
"Reinforcements are coming!"