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Chapter 286 Yan Yingyuan

Jiangyin County.

Yan Yingyuan, with a broadsword hanging on his waist, led a group of rural soldiers to patrol back and forth on the west city wall.The rural soldiers looked solemn but nervous.

However, yesterday, defeated troops and refugees fled to Jiangyin, bringing news that Wujin, the prefectural government, had been captured by the Wei bandits.

All kinds of news and rumors about the Wei thieves reached Jiangyin last year. Although the officials and the people talked about it a lot, they always felt that they were still far away. After all, the Wei thieves were only in Henan and Huguang last year.

Unexpectedly, in February of this year, the Wei thieves moved eastward along the Yangtze River and captured Jiujiang, Anqing, Chizhou, and Taiping prefectures. The imperial court's hundreds of thousands of troops did not dare to stop them and allowed the Wei thieves to approach Yingtian Mansion.

There is Zhenjiang Prefecture between Changzhou Prefecture and Yingtian Prefecture where Jiangyin is located. Therefore, various news about the Wei thieves suddenly increased some time ago.

Some people say that thieves kill without blinking an eye and leave no one or animal behind wherever they pass.

Some people also say that the bandits are the real rebels. They only deal with the evil gentry and bullies, and do no harm to the good people. They often provide relief to victims of disasters and eliminate local bandits.

Some people say that the thieves are all eight feet tall, wear helmets and carry armor, are invulnerable to weapons, and can also use thunder in their palms.

Some people also say that the thieves have many and sharp guns, and their cannons can hit three hundred paces away, and one shot can destroy them for ten miles!

All kinds of news that are difficult to distinguish between true and false are emerging one after another, causing people inside and outside the county to panic.

Faced with this situation, Yan Yingyuan asked the county magistrate Lin Zhiji to increase the number of rural soldiers.

Lin Zhiji is a soft-tempered person. Although he is not corrupt after taking office, he has done nothing. In addition to completing the tax collection tasks assigned by his superiors, he spends all his time traveling and making love.

Although Yan Yingyuan was a Dianshi who took office last year, he solved many cases, arrested many thieves, and scared away the pirate Gu San Mazi with three arrows.

Suddenly, even the Jiangyin County camp guard Gu Yuanbi was overshadowed by Yan Yingyuan.

In this way, Lin Zhiji would naturally comply with Yan's reasonable request.

Subsequently, the number of rural soldiers in Jiangyin County increased sharply from [-] to [-], and they have been training for nearly half a month.If you don't look at the armor and weapons, just look at the momentum, it seems to be more reliable than the soldiers in the camp.

After learning that the Wei thieves had captured Wujin, Jiangyin immediately stepped up its vigilance.

Yan Yingyuan felt that the battalions were unreliable, so he took the initiative to propose that the rural soldiers be responsible for the defense on the west and north sides, while Gu Yuanbi's thousand battalions were responsible for the defense on the east and south sides.

After inspecting the west city wall and giving a few instructions to the two village soldier leaders, Yan Yingyuan descended the city wall and came to the county government office.

Lin Zhiji, the county magistrate, was walking back and forth uneasily in the hall. When he saw Yan Yingyuan, he seemed to have a backbone. He hurriedly came up to him and asked, "Jianheng (characterized by Yan Yingyuan), haven't the traitors come yet?"

Yan Yingyuan was speechless and thought to himself: The thieves are coming, will there be no movement at the top of the city?

Then he reassured him, "Don't worry, sir, there is not even a trace of the traitor outside the city."

"Really?" Lin Zhiji was doubtful and asked: "Jianheng, if the Wei thieves come to attack Jiangyin, can you and Gu Shoubei be sure to defend it?"

Yan Yingyuan was actually not sure.

After all, he didn't know much about the thieves. What he knew was limited to various rumors that were not true or false.In addition, Gu Yuanbi and his soldiers are not very reliable.

Under such circumstances, how could he have full confidence in resisting the bandit army?

But he knew that Lin Zhiji was restless and had to be comforted, otherwise he might make some stupid move that would affect the defense of the city.

For example, yesterday, if he hadn't stopped them, Lin Zhiji and Gu Yuanbi would have let the defeated troops and refugees into the city - because most of the refugees were gentry and wealthy families.

Fortunately, he had strong demands and was not afraid of offending anyone, so he was able to search and interrogate the defeated soldiers and refugees, and put them under surveillance in the city.

If not, there are really traitors and spies inside, and Jiangyin City will be difficult to defend.

Thinking of this, Yan Yingyuan said: "Don't worry, sir, as long as I, Yan Yingyuan, are here, the thieves will not be allowed to enter Jiangyin City!"

Lin Zhiji nodded, "That's good, that's good..."

Yan Yingyuan took the opportunity and said: "If you want to resist the Wei thieves, you need to know something about them. I am going to take a few capable subordinates to explore the news and movements of the Wei thieves outside the city. I also ask for your permission."

"Then Jianheng must be careful, Jiangyin City cannot live without you."

"Your Majesty will be careful." After saying that, Yan Yingyuan handed over and left.

After Yan Yingyuan left, Lin Zhiji calmed down, thought about the conversation just now, and then realized something.

'Yan Yingyuan's words did not mean that he could stop the thieves, but that he wanted to coexist with Jiangyin? '

'What can I do?If Yan Yingyuan didn't have the confidence to defend Jiangyin, then Gu Yuanbi would be even more unreliable. '

'If the city of Jiangyin is destroyed, will I hang myself to show my loyalty?But my Jun'er is not yet ten years old.There are so many beautiful scenery in the north and south of the Yangtze River, but there are still many that I haven’t seen yet. '

'I don't want to die...'

Naturally, Yan Yingyuan didn't know Lin Zhiji's series of psychological activities after he left. He only took three capable men with him and rode out of the city gate to explore eastward.

Just in case, the four of them were dressed as ordinary people - Yan Yingyuan was an outside member, and three of his subordinates were followers.

After walking eastward for more than ten miles, Yan Yingyuan felt something strange.

According to the defeated soldiers, [-] to [-] bandits landed from Ligang in the west yesterday morning.Logically speaking, many refugees should have fled eastward.

But in fact, except for the hundreds of refugees who fled to Jiangyin yesterday, he didn't see any other refugees on the road.

'Could it be that the common people were coerced by the bandits and used to attack the city? '

This thought came to Yan Yingyuan's mind, and his mood became heavy.

Although he has never dealt with bandits, he has heard that bandits like to drive refugees to attack cities.

After walking for a few miles, Yan Yingyuan found that the Sujiaji not far away was smoking. It seemed that a house was on fire. He heard the noise of people in the distance. He thought that the thieves were attacking the market, so he hurriedly drove away. The horse approaches.

Unexpectedly, ten riders came up to them soon and vaguely surrounded them.

Seeing that these cavalrymen were all well-armored, Yan Yingyuan gave up the idea of ​​taking action directly and asked his three subordinates not to act rashly.

These cavalry did not take action directly. After surrounding them, the chief looked at Yan Yingyuan and others and asked, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Yan Yingyuan cupped his hands and said, "Go back to the army, I will go to the Su family to visit the patient."

"Oh?" The commander looked at Yan Yingyuan more sharply, especially when he saw his bow, arrows and sword, and then asked: "Don't you know that our Yi army is coming? How dare you run this way?"

Yan Yingyuan thought of all the news he had heard about the traitors, and smiled and said: "I heard that the traitors were benevolent and righteous and never harmed innocent people. In addition, my good friend's father is seriously ill and will die at some point. I have no choice but to come here. visit."

The chief did not let down his guard because of Yan Yingyuan's words, and said: "In that case, you can come to the market with us, just in time to watch a big show."

After saying that, ten people vaguely surrounded Yan Yingyuan and the four of them, and walked towards Sujiaji together.

Yan Yingyuan saw that his men were nervous and signaled them to relax.

He knew what these Yibu cavalry were thinking - taking him to Sujiaji to confront someone to see if what he said was true.

He has a wide circle of friends, and he does have a loyal friend in Sujiaji. This friend's father is indeed seriously ill, and he is not afraid of confrontation at all.

The most important thing is that he is very talented and courageous, and even if something unexpected happens, he will still have the confidence to fight out.

However, when he arrived at the intersection of Sujiaji Street, Yan Yingyuan was stunned.

There are not many thieves here, only about two hundred people, but there are thousands of people gathered at the street!
These people were surrounding a wooden platform, many of them were shouting loudly, and some were holding their heads and crying——

"Good kill!"

"Beheading is so cheap for this old thief, he should be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts!"

"Dad, you saw it in the spirit of heaven. The old thief Wang finally got his retribution, wuwu..."

Yan Yingyuan stood up in the stirrups and looked out, and suddenly saw that beheading was being carried out on the wooden platform!
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