On the fifth day of the seventh month, Wang Qing, Le Gui, Liu Tu and others arrived in Yingyang. Their fellow travelers were Ma Gai, his wife and children, and his concubine Wang.

After learning about the arrival of these people, Chu Yan personally took Ju Sheng, Cao Wu, Xu Shen, Xu Ma, Huang Ben and Zou Bu out of the city to greet them.

When he heard Ju Sheng and Cao Wu and others called the "Minister Commander", Wang Qing's face flashed a little strange color, and he curled his lips regardless of the occasion and said, "For the sake of a mere little official of the Minister Commander Commander, I asked me to come overnight..."

Is the lieutenant a small official?

After all, they are also a general with a thousand military powers.

As Chu Yan and others looked at each other, Le Gui, who had been promoted to the governor by Wang Qing, laughed in his heart.

He heard from his brothers that when the boss learned that he had been appointed as the chief lieutenant, he was quite excited and shouted in the main village excitedly: "Little ones, I have become an official."

Anyway, I'm very excited.

But it is no wonder that in fact, the Heihu Village was very excited. After all, their leader became the chief lieutenant of Yingchuan County. In the future, wouldn’t they be allowed to choose the official position of Yingchuan County?

While laughing in his heart, Le Gui smiled and smoothed out: "Boss, if you can defeat that Xuan, the leader will probably promote you to the upper lieutenant..."

Wang Qing was quite moved when he heard this, touched his beard and laughed: "Just one Xiang Xuan..."

After a brief greeting, Wang Qing, Ma Gai and his party followed Chu Yan and others into Yingyang City. While heading to the county government, they listened to Chu Yan telling the current situation in the city.

During this period, Ma Gai's concubine Wang looked around in the carriage window with curiosity.

After a while, everyone took the lead in the county government office.

At this time, Chu Yan smiled and said to Ma Gai: "Minister Ma, I have prepared a house for you by myself. I hope you can be satisfied."

Of course, Magai would not be accustomed to it. After being stunned, he immediately smiled and said, "I would like to thank you wherever you are."

Seeing this, Chu Yan ordered his brother Chu Fei to take Ma Gai and his family to settle down first, and then go to the county government to meet together.

A moment later, Chu Fei led Ma Gai to a large mansion. Not to mention Ma Gai's wife Zou and concubine Wang were stunned. Even Ma Gai was a little stunned: Is such a big mansion really for him?

"Brother, have you made a mistake?" Ma Gai asked Chu Fei in surprise.

Seeing this, Chu Fei glanced at Zou and Wang, pulled Magai aside, and whispered: "Ma County Ma, you are not wrong. This mansion originally belonged to the Zhang family of Yingyang. After the rebels captured Yingyang, they almost slaughtered all the aristocratic tribes in the city, and snatched away all the wealth, leaving only an empty house... After learning that Ma County Ma was moved to Yingyang County Ma, my brother specially ordered someone to choose the largest one. Don't worry, we have sent people to clean it carefully inside and outside the mansion, and we will never scare your two wives."

Ma Gai suddenly realized, then turned his head to look at the huge mansion, and couldn't help but sigh.

Judging from the size of this mansion, it is not difficult to guess that the Zhang clan is probably the most powerful family in Ying Yang, and was slaughtered by the rebels. Fortunately, Kunyang was not compromised by the rebels at the beginning, otherwise he would not be able to guarantee whether his wife and children would suffer the same fate.

A moment later, under Chu Fei's leadership, Ma Gai brought his wife, concubine and son to the north house.

While Chu Fei was waiting for Ma Gai outside, Zou pulled her husband aside and asked in a low voice: "Husband, is this arranged by that leader Zhou?"

"That 'Zhou leader' is now the commander of Yingchuan. He has busy daily affairs and should have no time to take care of it. This should be Chu Yan's show of goodwill." Ma Gai said casually.

Although he was the "Yingyang County Magistrate" and it would not be difficult to arrange a good mansion for his family in the future, Ma Gai still accepted Chu Yan's affection, which saved him a lot of time.

Hearing Ma Gai's words, Zou wanted to speak but stopped and whispered for a long time: "That 'Chief Zhou' moved his husband to Yingyang and would not be promoted... Husband, you need to have some snacks."

Ma Gai was stunned for a while, then he realized Zou's concerns. Hearing the words, he said, "Do you think you have annoyed Commander Zhou for your husband?"

"Isn't it?"

"Of course not." Ma Gai said with a smile: "Then Liu Tu told me that the leader Zhou asked me to move to Yingyang, who seemed to assist the commander of the Wang army, but in fact he was watching him so that he would not do too much..."

Then Zou breathed a sigh of relief and asked again: "Then... will you transfer back to Kunyang after the rebel affairs are over?"

"this……"

Ma Gai hesitated for a moment, and the shock and surprise of Ishihara when he learned that he had been appointed as the lieutenant of Kunyang County, he smiled and said, "It shouldn't be transferred back to Kunyang, otherwise what should I do if that kid Ishihara?...Okay, you sisters and you have to rush to the county government to have a rest."

"Um."

After giving Zou, Wang a few words, Ma Gai left the new home and went to the county government with Chu Fei.

Unlike Zou's concerns, Ma Gai did not think that his "relocated to Yingyang Commander" was alienated by the leader of Zhou. On the contrary, in this county town without a county magistrate or a county magistrate, he felt that his power would become very great in the future.

With excitement, Ma Gai returned to the county government office and met Wang Qing, Chu Yan, Ju Sheng, and Cao Wu who had been waiting for him at the table for a long time.

Everyone drank a happy drink for a while, and then Chu Yan said to Wang Qing and Ma Gai: "Yingyang, I will hand it over to two... County Ma, I will hand it back to you intact with the 1,000 county soldiers you handed over to me."

"Then the relationship is good." Ma Gai agreed with a smile. After all, when he came to Yingyang this time, he did not bring any soldiers or soldiers. There was no county soldiers available in the hands of the dignified county magistrate. This was too unreasonable.

From the side, Wang Qing asked Chu Yan, "Chu Yan, how many soldiers do you want to take away?"

"I will take away the second camp of Luben." Chu Yan said solemnly: "I heard from Liu Tu that Xiang Xuan might use troops to Xuchang in the past few days. If I hadn't waited to settle with the two, I would have taken Ju Sheng, Cao Wu and the others to Xuchang a few days ago... I took away the second camp of Luben, and there were only about 5,000 soldiers left in the three counties in Yingyang. Is there no problem?"

"It's okay, Chen Mo promised to send me two thousand brothers in two days, seven thousand people are enough, but..." Wang Qing touched his beard and asked Chu Yan: "How do you plan to go to Xuchang? As far as I know, Xiang Xuan, Yan Xiu and others have heavy troops in Yingyin, and you, nearly four thousand people, went to Xuchang in a swagger..."

"Of course it won't be a big swagger." Chu Yan said with a smile: "I have discussed this matter with Cao Wu and Ju Sheng, and decided to disperse the 4,000 soldiers from the Second Battalion of Lu Ben into forty hundred-man teams and go to Xuchang under the night. Regarding this matter, I have sent people to contact the Wolves, and they will cover them in secret."

"That's good."

Wang Qing smiled and touched the wine bowl with Chu Yan.

Without further ado, after dusk that day, Chu Yan left Xu Shen, Xu Ma and others to assist Wang Qing, and led more than 4,000 soldiers from the second camp of Lu Ben to Xuchang.

According to the estimates of Ju Sheng and Cao Wu, when they arrived in Yingyin, it was almost the Chou time the next day. Around the Yin time, most of the rebels stationed in Yingyin were still sleeping, so that they could avoid being blocked by the rebels in Yingyin to the greatest extent.

Then, in just two more hours, they could arrive in Xuchang at Chen and Si. It happened that the sky was already bright. Even if the rebels learned about it, they could marches to the city of Xuchang and get the protection of the Xuchang army.

It has to be said that Ju Sheng, Cao Wu and others are worthy of being the generals of the former Yi Shi, and they have calculated everything carefully.

However, even though Chu Yan, Ju Sheng, Cao Wu and others were careful, the rebels in Yingyin still felt something.

At three o'clock the next day, Xiang Xuan, who was resting at the East Gate Tower of Yingyin City, was suddenly awakened. The general Xiang Ji, who awakened his subordinate, reported urgently: "Uncle, there were soldiers patrolling outside the city just now. They found that there were many small groups of troops moving towards Xuchang. They had met one of them. The other party's armor was the same as my righteous army and his strength was also comparable."

"What?" Xiang Xuan changed his face slightly: "Is it the rebel soldier who surrendered to Kunyang?"

"It probably is." Xiang Ji nodded.

Hearing this, Xiang Xuan turned over and sat up on the bed, walked quickly to the walls outside the building, and looked at the dark outside the city.

He Changsha's righteous army was ashamed to mention that in the Battle of Kunyang last year, about 16,000 soldiers of the righteous army surrendered to Kunyang. Later, because of Zhou Hu's despicable tricks, these surrendered soldiers abandoned the honor and belief of his righteous army and were willing to be enslaved by Kunyang. In fact, there were about 30,000 "rebel soldiers" among them. Under the leadership of Ju Sheng, Cao Wu and others, they became Zhou Hu's lackeys, and in turn became enemies of his righteous army.

Now, Zhou Hu summoned these "Yi Shi Rebels" to Xuchang, which will undoubtedly greatly increase the difficulty of his Yi Shi's capture of Xuchang.

"Uncle, do you want to send someone to intercept?"

Xiang Ji asked beside him.

"It's too late."

Xiang Xuan shook his head slightly, frowned and said, "This group of people is very good at marching. They sneaked through Yingyin area late at night. I wonder if Zhou Hu had these people under him, or...ah."

With a long sigh, he ordered Xiang Ji: "Immediately send someone to the camp of General Zhou Gong of the East of Xuchang City, and ask General Zhou Gong to come to Yingyin today to discuss countermeasures. Xuchang... cannot be delayed any more."

"yes!"

At the 19th day of the seventh month, Chu Yan and Ju Sheng and Cao Wu led more than 4,000 soldiers from the second camp of the Lu Ben arrived in Xuchang.

The addition of these more than 4,000 live forces has increased the number of available soldiers in Xuchang City to 20,000, and the morale has also greatly improved.

Immediately, Zhao Yu passed the Duwei Office to order the soldiers in the city to appoint Chu Yan as the general of the Duwei Office, and also appointed Ju Sheng and Cao Wu as soldiers.

On the same day, in the afternoon, Jiangxia Yishi General Zhou Gong arrived in Yingyin.

Xiang Xuan originally invited Zhou Gong to discuss attacking Xuchang, but unexpectedly, Zhou Gong brought news that he didn't know whether it should be said to be good or bad: At the beginning of the month, the Jiangxia Yishi Qu general Chen Xu captured Chen County, and urgently recruited all generals to defeat Chenliu, and then met with the Jiangdong Yishi in Liang County.

At that time, Xiang Xuan realized that there was not much time left for him.
Chapter completed!