After Wang Chen left the city wall with the government officials, Ye Xiangming felt something was wrong when he woke up.
It's not that the county magistrate has the ability to predict the future, but his rich life experience reminds him that Yu Heqian suddenly summoned Wang Chen to the county government is weird.
Thinking of the conditions proposed by the bandits to withdraw their troops, Ye Xiangming thought about it carefully and was horrified, so he immediately rushed to the county government office as quickly as possible.
No matter what conspiracy Yu Heqian has, there is nothing to fear if he and Wang Chen join forces.
What I fear most is that Wang Chen will be plotted by someone alone!
But the county magistrate never expected that what he saw in the lobby of the county government was such a scene.
A dozen of Qing'an County's leading figures fell into a pool of blood. The flowing blood gathered into a winding stream on the terrazzo floor, which was particularly shocking.
Ye Xiangming recognizes every corpse here. Some of them are respected local gentry, some are wealthy businessmen with huge wealth, and there are two powerful gang leaders.
What frightened Ye Xiangming the most was that Yu Heqian was sitting in the courtroom, with a bloody hole between his eyebrows, and red and white liquid gurgling out of it.
This County Magistrate, who had been fighting against him and always had the upper hand, was actually dead!
Something big happened!
Ye Xiangming subconsciously looked at the only person still standing - Wang Chen.
He lost his voice and asked, "Xian son-in-law, what on earth is going on?"
Wang Chen sighed, "When I was ordered to come to the county government office, I saw the masters of the rogue army killing people here. A group of gentry and County Magistrate were unfortunately killed as a result."
"Although these three thieves have been killed by me, it's a pity that it's still a step too late."
Ye Xiangming is speechless.
The county magistrate is not a fool, how could he not guess the truth of the matter.
The situation at the scene was actually clear. The county magistrate Yu Heqian and a group of gentry colluded with the bandits and set up a killing spree in the county government hall, trying to use Wang Chen's life in exchange for the rogue army to retreat.
As a result, they underestimated Wang Chen's strength and were killed by Wang Chen's counterattack. They all lay down here.
In fact, Ye Xiangming can understand the reason why Yu Heqian did this. After all, so far in this offensive and defensive battle, Qing'an County has suffered huge losses, which has exceeded their endurance limit.
But understanding is understanding. Looking at the dead Yu Heqian, the county magistrate still felt very happy.
Qing'an County was able to persist without falling under the crazy attack of tens of thousands of rogue bandits, and Wang Chen can be credited with the first credit.
As a result, as a protected person, he was stabbed in the back, and Ye Xiangming would never tolerate it.
As for Wang Chen's explanation, although it was full of loopholes, what kind of person was Ye Xiangming? He immediately said with a sad expression, "I see, I didn't expect the thieves to be so cunning and cruel. It's a pity that Magistrate Yu and a group of gentry died for their country, and they will never see the moment of victory!"
Yu Heqian and others must have been killed by bandits, otherwise even if he committed the serious crime of collaborating with thieves, Wang Chen would not be able to kill them without permission, not to mention that there are so many prominent figures of Qing'an County buried with him.
Ye Xiangming already has an idea in mind.
He made eye contact with Wang Chen, and the two smiled in unison.
Wang Chen said, "Father-in-law, I'll leave the rest of the matter to you. I'll go back first to prevent the thieves from attacking."
"Okay."
Ye Xiangming agreed without hesitation.
Such a big thing happened in the county government. Now Ye Xiangming is the number one figure of Qing'an County. If we want to maintain stability in the city, he must personally handle the aftermath.
As for city defense, leaving it to Wang Chen, whose strength is unpredictable, is the best choice.
During this period of time, Wang Chen was stationed on the city wall, killing hundreds of elite bandits and saving many soldiers.
His prestige is no weaker than Ye Xiangming.
When Wang Chen returned to the city wall, Ye Xiangming had already begun to deploy manpower in the county government. On the one hand, he was trying his best to ensure the supply of materials for the Garrison Army soldiers, and on the other hand, he was purging Yu Heqian's confidants.
After he was completely in control of the situation, he issued a notice and then personally led a team to raid many large houses in the city.
The charge is of course collaborating with the enemy to murder the county magistrate!
There were more than a dozen of Qing'an County's leading figures, large and small, who died in the lobby of the county government office. Of course, Ye Xiangming would not confiscate all of their properties. He would only select a few of the richest people and destroy them with lightning speed.
This will firstly further remove the suspicion of Wang Chen, and provide an explanation to the higher-ups in the future.
Secondly, the wealth and materials obtained from the house raid can enable Garrison Army to sustain itself for a few more days.
In fact, the results of this house raid shocked the well-informed county magistrate!
He previously thought that the big families in the county were at the end of their rope, so he had no choice but to conspire with the bandits to murder Wang Chen.
As a result, although the food, gold, silver, and weapons stored in these households did not reach the level of a mountain, they could all be added together to fully support Qing'an County for another month or two.
Such a harvest made Ye Xiangming red-eyed, and he became more ruthless and even robbed two more companies.
Any resistance would be suppressed by him with the most brutal means!
In just two days, the entire Qing'an County Town fell under the control of Ye Xiangming.
And the rogue army retreated.
They had to retreat.
This army of rogue bandits surrounded Qing'an County Town for half a month. During this period, they launched dozens of fierce attacks, but they were all repelled by the defenders.
The casualties reached 20,000 to 30,000.
Although rogue thieves are worthless and hungry people everywhere have cannon fodder to drive them around, the bandits' elite losses are also very heavy, and the number one general Xiao Zhan is also trapped in the county.
Under such circumstances, even though "King Ping Tian" Li Zili was extremely unwilling and boundless in anger, he realized that if he continued to fight, even if he could finally defeat Qing'an County, his own side would not be able to bear the losses.
So he had no choice but to withdraw his troops and regenerate his strength to attack other counties.
It is impossible for every county to be as tough as Qing'an County.
When the last figure of the rogue army disappeared into the vast wilderness, the soldiers guarding the city wall unanimously let out earth-shattering cheers.
Many people cried with joy.
It was really not easy. Everyone thought they were going to die with the city, but suddenly they won.
There were also some soldiers who lay weakly on the ground after cheering and fell into a deep sleep and never woke up.
In the following days, every family in Qing'an County Town was in a state of silence, and cries echoed in the streets and alleys for a long time.
In this battle to defend the city, Qing'an County also suffered extremely heavy losses. More than two thousand soldiers and strong men died in the battle, and even more were injured.
When Wang Chen returned to his home, he was warmly welcomed by his wife and concubines.
Ye Dai ignored his reserve and teamed up with Xiao Yu to pester him for three days and three nights.
Let Wang Chen enjoy the gentle taste.
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