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Chapter 219 The County Magistrate as a Hostage
Guan Yunzhi, the magistrate of Dahong County, couldn't help feeling anxious when he saw the victims preparing to attack the city with giant trees.

"Master Inspector, the disaster victims are attacking the city, what should we do next?"

Zhao Yan pondered for a moment, and said, "You know that the [-] Shence Army responsible for suppressing the Hongya Army has arrived in Jinzhou, and it is only a hundred miles away from Dahong County."

"Yeah." Guan Yunzhi nodded, "I just don't know why the Shence Army didn't launch an attack?"

Zhao Yan didn't answer Guan Yunzhi's question, but said directly: "There are 2000 Shence troops, and the rations are relatively sufficient. It shouldn't be a problem to feed these [-] people for seven or eight days. Within eight days, the state government should be able to send people to deliver food." Now, while the Shence Army is delivering food, if a thousand Shence Army stay behind in Dahong County, then these disaster victims will definitely not dare to make trouble, and this crisis will be resolved!"

"It is indeed a good idea to provide food for the victims, plus a thousand Shence troops stationed to prevent chaos, but it is impossible for us to mobilize the Shence troops?" Guan Yunzhi said with a crying face.

"This time it is Yang Hong, the military commander who led the Shence Army. Don't say that we are asking for help. Even if Zhizhou is in front of him, he has no ability to transfer his soldiers!" Li Zhubo added on the side.

Zhao Yan straightened his chest and said, "Since I proposed this idea, it can be done naturally, so you don't need to worry. But they may arrive at noon tomorrow at the earliest."

At this moment, a rough voice came from below.

"Listen, officers and soldiers above, if the city gate is not opened to let us in within a quarter of an hour, we will storm in!"

Zhao Yan, Guan Yunzhi, and Master Li stood on the edge of the city wall at the same time and looked down.

I saw a thin middle-aged man about seven feet tall, holding an ax in his hand, looking up at the tower.

It was he who spoke.

"Tell him, at noon tomorrow, not only will there be food to eat, but he will also be able to enter the city!" Zhao Yan said to Guan Yunzhi.

Guan Yunzhi coughed dryly, then pointed his head down and said: "Brother, I am Guan Yunzhi, the county magistrate of Dahong County. I have already figured out a way to accommodate you. I will guarantee that you will have food until noon tomorrow." eat, and be able to enter the city."

The middle-aged man with the ax rolled his eyes, raised his head and said, "Do you think we are fools? You must have asked for reinforcements from other places. This is a tactic to slow down the troops, right. The purpose is to get rid of us all. Although I I haven't read the book, but I've heard the book about the Three Kingdoms many times!"

Guan Yunzhi was at a loss for words, and suddenly didn't know how to reply.

These people have been tricked by the government too many times, and they don't trust them at all.

Guan Yunzhi looked at Zhao Yan helplessly.

Zhao Yan smiled lightly and said, "You just say that you will go outside the city as a hostage. If the food does not arrive at noon tomorrow and they fail to enter the city, let them take your life."

"Ah? I think the inspector is the best hostage, after all, you are a senior official!" Guan Yunzhi said with no confidence in his heart.

Zhao Yan squinted at him and said, "Are you sure you want me to go?"

"Forget it...forget it, it's still... Master Li, how about you being a hostage?" Guan Yunzhi turned to look at Master Li.

Master Li shook his head like a wave drum, and said: "My lord, I still think you are more suitable. Only you can represent Dahong County."

Guan Yunzhi let out a long sigh and said, "It's not that I can't go!"

He looked at Zhao Yan again, and asked again: "Master Inspector, are you sure that the Shence Army will be able to reach Dahong County before noon tomorrow."

Zhao Yan smiled slightly, and said firmly: "Maybe it will be here before noon!"

"it is good!"

Guan Yunzhi patted his chest, and said to Zhao Yan, "My lord, if there is an accident, please ask the court to apply for some subsidies. I have a 70-year-old mother, an eight-year-old daughter, and a A wife as beautiful as a flower needs to be taken care of!"

"Don't worry, nothing will go wrong." Zhao Yan patted Guan Yunzhi on the shoulder and said, this magistrate is a good magistrate, but he is a little timid.

Guan Yunzhi looked down the city and said loudly again: "If you don't believe me, I am willing to sit with you as a hostage. At noon tomorrow, if there is no food and you can't enter the city gate, you can kill me! "

"Think clearly, if you enter after the city gate is wide open, you will be disaster victims, and if you break through the city gate, you will be rebels!" Guan Yunzhi said immediately.

The big man with the ax thought for a while, discussed with the people around him, and then said loudly: "We will trust you just once, come down!"

Guan Yunzhi's expression was like mourning, he reminded Zhao Yan again: "My lord, it's up to you whether the lower officials survive or not!"

Zhao Yan: "Don't worry, I have sent people out!"

Soon, the city gate opened a gap, and Guan Yunzhi walked out in official uniform.

At this moment, although he is very scared, he still can't be cowardly in front of the people.

Therefore, he walked out with eight steps with his chest straightened out.

After a while, Heiwa came to Zhao Yan.

"Is everything done?" Zhao Yan asked.

Hei Wa nodded and said, "Young master, don't worry, before noon tomorrow, a thousand shence troops will definitely arrive in front of Dahong County with a large amount of food."

Immediately, Zhao Yan went to a room in the tower to rest.

Although bringing in the Shence Army to rescue this time is a way to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause, it can be regarded as a temporary relief of the crisis.

And the way to cure the root cause, I'm afraid it can only be to let the heavens rain heavily.

The next day, it was bright.

After Zhao Yan finished washing, he walked out of the room in the tower. He looked down and couldn't help being happy.

Outside the city gate, the county magistrate Guan Yunzhi sat cross-legged among the victims, and around him were more than a dozen big men, afraid that he would leave.

At this moment, Guan Yunzhi's stomach growled seven or eight times.

He didn't eat last night and has been up until now.

And these victims basically dig some wild vegetables from the surrounding woods, and then make soup to drink. Although they can't satisfy their hunger, they can finally fill them with water.

After a while, the middle-aged man who had been carrying the ax walked up to Guan Yunzhi, holding a large porcelain bowl with a gap in his hand, which contained clear soup with little water, and three leaves of green vegetables were floating in it.

"Master County Magistrate, do you want to drink?"

Seeing that there was still some dust on the rim of the bowl, Guan Yunzhi couldn't help shaking his head and said, "I'm not hungry yet!"

Hurrah!Hurrah!
As soon as he finished speaking, the middle-aged man drank up the wild vegetable soup and even licked the side of the bowl.

Gollum!Gollum!
At the same time, Guan Yunzhi's stomach groaned in disappointment. He covered his stomach, looked up at the sky and said, "Today is another sunny day!"

The middle-aged man glanced at him, patted the ax on his waist and said, "Master County Magistrate, if there is no food at noon, this ax will be your lunch!"

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