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Chapter 737 Taking office

Guide Mansion is an ancient city, and it was once one of the largest cities in the world.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, after the country was subjugated, it was based on this, and it was still competing to be superior to the princes of Shandong for hundreds of years. It was called the Jin Song of Five Thousand Cheng.

Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, served as the governor of the Songzhou Guide Army here. Later, Zhao Kuangyin became the emperor, so he took Song as the country name and promoted this place to Nanjing Yingtianfu in the Song Dynasty.When the Song family crossed south, this place became Guide Mansion again.At its peak, there were more than [-] households under its jurisdiction, and it deserves to be called a prosperous place in the Central Plains.

However, the current Guide Mansion has an outer city of 25 miles, an inner city of fifteen miles, and a scale of two miles and three hundred and sixteen steps in the palace city, but it has become much deserted.There is a large open space between the inner city and Miyagi. On the open space, there are ruins of collapsed buildings and overgrown grass.And the direction of the continuous courtyard seems to have a dilapidated appearance that has been in disrepair for a long time.

However, this is already better than the outer city.Between the outer city and the inner city, you can even see bones piled up.Obviously, it was the corpse of a refugee, and no one in the local area collected it, and the local government didn't bother to send someone to bury it.The city is simply big enough, and there are plenty of open spaces. Just throw it like that, and wild dogs and birds will always eat it. When the corpses are turned into bones, there is no danger of causing plague.

This situation aroused the anger of the accompanying knights, but Peng Yibin, who was the guide, quickly told everyone that this was not caused by war or harsh government, but the result of the rise and fall of a large-scale economy after the Yellow River diverted.

Since the early years of Dading, the Yellow River has tended to the south, and it has breached several times in a row for decades, dividing into three streams, north and south, and flowing in parallel to the Huaihe River.In particular, the southern branch from Yanjin swept across Kaifeng, Suizhou, and Guide, destroying all the water systems of Bianshui, Suishui, and Huanshui.

All the ten thousand hectares of fertile land around Guide Mansion were destroyed and turned into continuous floods such as Hong Peng Ze and Meng Zhu Ze.Since the foundation of agriculture has been destroyed, the people will be dispersed day by day.

Nanjing Road is facing the Song Kingdom in the Southern Dynasty. Even for political purposes, the Dajin Kingdom hopes to operate well here, so strictly speaking, the imperial court is mainly in Shandong and Hebei. Governance, and even policies on salt administration and taxation, are much stronger than Shandong Road, especially in terms of taxation, and the burden on the people is much less than that of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties.

But the power of nature is so irresistible. The Guide Mansion in front of you really doesn't seem to be thriving.

According to Peng Yibin, in the past two years, the role of Guide Mansion has been more reflected in the center of gravity of military defense and the hub of material transfer and distribution, so even if Wan Yanbi is a pure warrior, sitting here does not seem to be at a loss.

But also because Wanyan Bi is a pure warrior, the management of this city is almost completely under the control of the army, I am afraid that the local secretary or secretary has no authority.

And once the army goes out in large numbers, the remaining few soldiers will maintain the situation by relying on the temporary recruiting of strong men. They were responsible for patrolling thieves, prosecuting night bans and so on in the past.

Just like a moment ago, Guo Ning came with the knights, and the officers guarding the two gates of the outer city and the inner city came up to question him.But Guo Ning's more than 200 people were very powerful, and the cavalry leading the team were also very tempered. Anyone who came to interrogate them was beaten on the spot, and several people turned into gourds.So no one dared to stop them, forcing them to break into the city.

At this time, the whole cavalry team gathered on the street like this. Occasionally, there were ordinary people on the street. Seeing their ferocity, they hurriedly turned around and left.There were also people who poked their heads out from the cracks in the door or the top of the wall, secretly guessing their identities.

Just looking at the shape of the military robe and armor, I really can't tell the difference.The knights had obviously driven a long way, and the men and horses were all dusty, and the original color of the military robes could hardly be seen.

Their flags were also rolled up and tied to the horses' backs, as if in no hurry to raise them.

Peng Yibin felt the eyes of many people gather and felt uncomfortable.

An abandoned house next to the road has a dilapidated door.From the hole under the broken door, a child sneaked out, looking up.Peng Yibin raised his eyes wide and made a grinning expression at the child. The child let out a wow in fright, and crawled back from the hole with both hands and feet.

When he set off with Guo Ning, he thought that there would be soldiers and horses who had sneaked into the enemy's territory beforehand converging along the way, or that Guide Mansion had also arranged some hidden stakes to control important positions.As a result, I ran all the way and saw nothing.

Guo Ning and the others rushed into the city swaggeringly.

Because Wanyan Bi rushed to the front line with his elite, the weakness of Guide Mansion at this moment was beyond imagination.What's more, no one could have imagined that there would be enemy troops harassing Jiancheng from more than 200 miles away, regardless of the frontline fighting.Therefore, the city is completely defenseless at this time.

If Xu Xuan and Liu Erzu's information is correct, the reinforcements rushing to Guide Mansion from all over the country will arrive one after another tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so Guo Ning and his party seem to be taking huge risks, but they are actually very safe, at least they can't protect themselves. Yu.

However, the process of entering the city was a bit humiliating. When Guo Ning beat and threatened the front and rear gates, so frightened that the guards couldn't raise their heads, Peng Yibin almost wanted to rush up and grab them by the collar, making them slightly Get started:

Please widen your dog eyes and see, this is Guo Ning, the confidant of your Kaifeng court, as long as you kill him, you will make a great contribution!
Peng Yibin just thought about it, of course he wouldn't really do it.Such a powerful figure who controlled the court of the Great Jin Kingdom actually ran to the enemy's most important place in person, and his courage was beyond bounds.Facing this lawless and bandit spirit, Peng Yibin was so subdued, so according to the prior agreement, he was leading the horse for Guo Ning.

When he arrived in the city, Peng Yibin was still dizzy. He didn't wake up until he was standing on the street, and said to Guo Ning, "Shouldn't we save some people to guard the city gate?"

"Don't worry about these bits and pieces for now." Guo Ning shook his head.

Peng Yibin frowned: "Although those guarding soldiers let them go, they are not reconciled after all. We don't keep an eye on them. They have already sent people to report to the military commander. The necessary interrogation is inevitable. There is still half a moment at most. The Commander of the Division will send someone to interrogate. That level is not easy to fool!"

"What is there to fool?"

Xu Xuan laughed: "They would never have imagined that it was the outpost of the Ding Navy that entered the city, but only that the marshal was an officer who came to reinforce him from Haozhou and Suzhou. Judging from the size of the cavalry accompanying him, he might be a certain important general." by my side."

"So, most of the people who came to interrogate in a while were high-status officers in the city, at least Meng An from the Qianhu or the Zhenwei Army. Moreover, this person never dared to criticize when he came up, but called to support the reinforcements. Arrange the banner of the place where you are stationed, try to tell us what is right and what is wrong, and reason."

Peng Yibin said happily: "We also reason with them, are we going to try to cover it up?"

Guo Ning was stunned.

He glanced at Peng Yibin, smiled and said: "Old Peng, could it be that you look like a rough warrior, but you are actually a sour yellow rice and rotten tofu who read sage books?"

"What's this called? How did I become sour yellow rice and rotten tofu?"

"You and I are both rebels from Dajin Kingdom, what's the reason for rebels?" Guo Ning sighed, "Look... we just need to be fierce enough!"

Guo Ning pointed to the opposite side of the road.

Sure enough, I saw a group of infantry rushing out from the fork in the road, led by a dignified officer, holding up a silver waist badge in his hand.

He walked quickly to the vicinity, looked at the cavalry formation, and squeezed a smile from the corner of his mouth: "I don't know which group of soldiers and horses came to help? I am Xi Lie, the procurator of the city defense of Guide Prefecture, and I invite the leaders of your department to come out." ..."

Halfway through speaking, Ni Yi punched him right in the face and knocked him over.

"You bastard, since you want to pay respects to our marshal, why don't you kneel down? What a coward!"

Ni yelled loudly, exerting all his strength in his hands.They even rushed forward with a few companions, pressed the officer to the ground, and beat him like pounding rice. In a blink of an eye, his mouth and nose were crooked, and his head and face were covered with bloody bulges.

The soldiers who came up with the officer were unable to react in time, and a small lieutenant who looked like a deputy was about to come up to persuade him, but Ni Yi pointed his nose: "Shut up if you don't want to die! Where is the local military commander? Hurry up and lead the way for my marshal!"

(End of this chapter)