I’m The King Chapter 492: : Strange situation

For He Lanxiong, who used to be a nomadic tribe, he may not have a deep understanding of the people's support, but for Gao Yuan, it is indeed a matter of life and death. The Zhang family has been running Liaoxi for decades. He wants to replace it and has the support of the entire Liaoxi. Gao Yuan didn't have time to slowly manage this territory, because he was about to face possible invasion and provocation from Donghu people.

Moreover, everyone in Liaoxi County knows that Zhang Shouyue is good to Gao Yuan. In the past, he spared no effort to support him. But now, if he wants to kill Zhang Junbao, the only remaining member of the Zhang family, he has to consider the reaction of the Liaoxi people. .

It is Gao Yuan's inevitable choice to replace Zhang's rule in western Liaoning in a peaceful way. After all, Liaoxi is very different from Hejian. Gao Yuan has a lot of reasons to trouble Yan Shenghao, so he can't use the same method to deal with Zhang's Liaoxi.

I have to say that Gao Yuan's strategy for dealing with Liaoxi was extremely clever and correct. Three days after the cavalry of the Eastern Conquerment Army arrived in Liaoxi City, the panic among the people in Liaoxi City began to gradually dissipate, because they discovered that the cavalry of the Eastern Conquerment Army They had no intention of attacking Liaoxi City at all. They set up a large camp a few miles away from Liaoxi City. They did not do anything other than a demonstrative gallop around the city when they arrived on the first day.

He Baotian, who was assigned by Wang Yulong to guard the west gate, boldly opened the city gate. When the jack gate of the city gate was slowly raised amidst the creaking sound of winches, He Baotian's hands were covered with sweat, because Standing on the tower at this time, he could clearly see that there were about a hundred sentry cavalry of Zhengdong Army watching here not far from the west gate. Behind him, the county soldiers under his command all bit their lips nervously, their faces turning pale. Holding the knife, gun and crossbow tightly in his hand, the head of a platform crossbow was raised high, aiming at the front.

He Baotian forced himself to be calm. He still couldn't help feeling flustered.

The city gate slowly opened. The suspension bridge fell, and the cavalry of the Eastern Zheng Army in the distance did not move at all. Amid the roar of the suspension bridge falling, they just turned their heads and glanced in this direction.

The city gate has been opened for a stick of incense, not to mention that there is no Zhengdong army coming to attack the city, even the sentry cavalry who roamed in this section before are gone.

He Baotian let out a long breath of relief. He sat down next to a bed next to him, and wiped the cold sweat off his face with his hand. Even though it was the twelfth lunar month, he was still covered in cold sweat. The cold swish is extremely uncomfortable.

Seeing the county lieutenant sitting down. With a relaxed expression, the county soldiers up and down the west city gate let out a long breath one by one, and these two thousand people let out a breath at the same time. When they came together, it became an unusually loud sound, which startled He Baotian, looked up at the happy faces around him, and couldn't help spitting, "A worthless thing!"

Spitting and cursing, he was extremely happy in his heart. Gao Yuan didn't think about attacking Liaoxi City, so they didn't have to fight the terrifying Eastern Expedition Army. You know, this is a powerful force that scared the people of Donghu and defeated the standing army of Dayan.

"It seems that I can go home safely to celebrate the New Year with my family!" He said in his heart. "Come on!"

A soldier ran over, "What is the order of the county lieutenant?"

"Go and tell Lieutenant Wang, I did as he ordered, and the Zhengdong Army did not attack the city gate. Everything is fine!"

"Got it!"

Bing Cao ran away, He Baotian stood up, and walked towards the tower, he had to take a bath, his body was wet with sweat, he might be sick in this weather.

With Ximen taking the lead, the other three gates were opened one after another. After the residents in the city were timid for a while, they boldly started to leave the city. , Charcoal also requires a huge amount of vegetables.

Two days have passed, and the west of Liaoning, where the city gates are wide open, seems to be undefended, and the Eastern Expeditionary Army, which has set up camp not far away, has no intention of attacking. The city of Liaoxi is in this strange state. , resumed daily operations. The gates of the city began to get busy, and there was an endless stream of people entering and leaving the city. Large and small caravans, countless carts, and shopkeepers carrying loads brought countless commodities in and out.

The common people in Liaoxi City got rid of their fear of Gao Yuan, and instead recalled the great feats he had made against the Donghu people in these years, and remembered the series of legends he left behind in Fufeng, and Zhang Junbao's The stories of killing fathers and younger brothers are spreading more and more widely. The escape of Liaoxi chief Shi Pengbin and the suicide of Zhang Shouyue's wife are all nails hammered on top of the evil deeds done by Zhang Junbao. .

There is a caravan from Fufeng Chima, and they even swear in the city that they have seen the graves of those dead soldiers on Bixiu Peak, and the person who erected the graves is the surviving General Huang Zhan among these soldiers.

Gradually, the crimes that Zhang Junbao put on Gao Yuan began to be scoffed at by all the people in Liaoxi City. How can a person who has such a conscience say nothing to win people's trust? How could a man as indomitable as General Gao Yuan be like him. If General Gao Yuan is really what he said, under the current situation, how could he not send troops to attack the city and take Liaoxi? But just stationed outside the city?

The public opinion in the city began to reverse. When people mourned the old sheriff, they also scolded Zhang Junbao.

At the beginning, some small vendors pushed their carts to the camp where the Zhengdong Army was stationed not far away, and set up stalls. The vegetables they sold were of course unique to this season. He has already walked out and swept away his things, and the price he gave was 10% higher than the price in the city.

When the peddler happily returned to prepare for his second trip, more people who got the news began to set off excitedly towards the camp of the cavalry of the Eastern Army.

At this time, the common people in Liaoxi County have reacted, why should they be afraid of conquering the Eastern Army? Isn't the Eastern Expedition Army also Dayan's army? General Gao Yuan not only received great kindness from the old governor, but also had a good relationship with the second son Zhang Shubao, which is a well-known event in Liaoxi City.

General Gao Yuan is not an enemy, so the Eastern Conquest Army cannot be an enemy either.

Standing on the arrow tower in the camp, He Lanxiong stared dumbfounded at the wide open city gate in the distance, the constant flow of people entering and leaving the post, and all kinds of businessmen who were about to surround their camp.

"This is the strangest siege operation I have ever seen!" He looked at the infantry beside him.

The infantryman smiled, and patted the railing in front of him rhythmically, "General Helan, this is the support of the people. You see, the people of Liaoxi City no longer regard us as enemies. I bet you, As soon as General Gao arrives, the officials and generals in the city will come to welcome General Gao into the city, and as soon as General Gao enters the city, the surname of Liaoxi will be changed to Gao from now on.”

"I won't bet with you." He Lanxiong shook his head. "I'm convinced."

The infantryman burst out laughing.

In the city, a group of county lieutenants headed by Wang Yulong gathered together. Chief Shi Pengbin ran away, the old lady died, and the remaining group of civil servants were not in the eyes of these generals. Now the entire Liaoxi City, But it was headed by Wang Yulong.

Everyone is relieved that there is no need to fight, but most of these people are Zhang Shouyue's personal soldiers. While they are relieved, they are also a little sad. It's already obvious.

"Everyone, I have sent someone out to contact the general of the cavalry of the Eastern Army." Wang Yulong took a deep breath, "As soon as General Gao arrives, I will go out of the city to welcome General Gao into the city to preside over the affairs of Liaoxi. Believe Everyone is mentally prepared for this, but everyone must understand that we are all old people from the Zhang family. General Gao will probably not need us anymore when he is in charge of Liaoxi. This is an iron principle. I invite Everyone here, I just want to tell everyone, don’t make a fuss, if you still cling to the store at the last moment, you will be killed. There are not many old brothers, I don’t want you to get confused and lose your head for a while. You can save your life. Spending old age is already a good ending for us. Do you all understand?"

Everyone nodded silently.

"Restrain the soldiers, don't cause trouble in the city, I heard that General Gao is extremely strict, and the soldiers under his command are strict in discipline, don't let these guys lose their lives in vain, they are all from their hometown, whoever died, It’s not easy to face the elders in our hometown when we go back, and we’ll be ordinary people in the future, and we’re all neighbors, so don’t offend them.”

These words are desolate, and everyone sighs.

"Let's just leave it at that. Before General Gao arrives, everyone should keep their own jobs, maintain the law and order in the city, and stand on the last post!" Wang Yulong stood up, waved his hand, and said in a low-spirited manner." I hope that our cooperation will satisfy General Gao Yuan.”

At the same time, in Liaoxi City, Ye Zhong and Ye Feng also looked at each other in dismay. Ye Zhong was well-informed, but this was the first time he had seen such a scene. After a while, he shook his head, thought about it, and I shook my head.

"Gao Yuan, Guo is very human, and I am far out of reach, young master, I originally wanted to hide my tracks, but now it seems that it is unnecessary, let's pack up and go out to find Zhengdong Army!" Ye Zhong smiled wryly. "I really never dreamed that he would use this method to occupy Liaoxi City."

"Brother-in-law is already amazing!" Ye Feng raised his head and said proudly.

"It's really amazing!" Ye Jian nodded.

At the farther border of Liaoxi and Hejian, Tan Feng and Zhou Yu are preparing to divide their forces. Zhou Yu will lead almost all the remaining standing troops across Hejian to Yuyang, while Tan Feng Taking Yan Lingwei back to Jicheng, when the messenger appeared in front of the two with information about Liaoxi City, the two looked at each other and both looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh.

The fact is always contrary to their expectations, the two stopped talking, clasped their fists together, and said goodbye silently.