Chapter 492: Strange Situation

For He Lanxiong, who was originally 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 knew that Zhang Shouyue was good to Gao Yuan. In the past, he spared no effort to support him. But now, if he wanted to kill Zhang Junbao, the only remaining member of the Zhang family, he had 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.

It has to be said that Gao Yuan's strategy for dealing with Liaoxi was extremely clever and correct. Three days after the cavalry of the Eastern Expedition Army arrived in Liaoxi City, the panic among the people in Liaoxi City began to gradually dissipate, because they found that the cavalry of the Eastern Expedition Army did not attack at all. For the purpose of Liaoxi City, 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 the winch, He Baotian's hands were covered with sweat, because standing at this time He was on the tower, and he could clearly see that there were about a hundred sentry cavalry of the 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 opened slowly. 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 have disappeared.

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.

I saw 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, there was an unusually loud sound, which startled He Baotian, looked up at the happy faces around him, and couldn't help spitting, "A worthless thing!"

While 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 orders does the county lieutenant have?"

"Go and tell Lieutenant Wang that I did as he ordered. The Eastern Zheng Army did not attack the city gate. Everything is fine!"

"Understood!"

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. After all, the city needs a lot of firewood and charcoal in this cold month. It also requires a huge amount of vegetables.

Another two days passed, and the west of Liaoning, where the city gates were wide open, seemed to be undefended, and the Eastern Zheng Army, which had set up camp not far away, had no intention of attacking. Under this strange state, the city of Liaoxi recovered. day-to-day 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, the series of legends he left behind in Fufeng, and Zhang Junbao's patricide. The younger brother's story spread more and more widely. Liaoxi chief Shi Pengbin's escape, and Zhang Shouyue's wife's suicide were all nails hammered on top of the evil things Zhang Junbao had done.

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 is so devoid of conscience 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 hearts of the people 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 their stalls. The vegetables they sold were of course unique to this season. As soon as the stalls were opened, the quartermaster in the barracks had already left. He came out and swept away his belongings, 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 all 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 it is impossible for the Zhengdong Army to be an enemy either.

Standing on the archery 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 I've ever seen!" He looked at the infantry beside him.

The infantryman smiled, and patted the railing in front of him rhythmically with his palms, "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, General Gao As soon as they arrive, 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. Wang Yulong is the leader.

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. Under such circumstances, it is obvious that Liaoxi City has changed hands things.

"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. I believe everyone has I have prepared myself for this mentally, but everyone must understand that we are all old people from the Zhang family. General Gao will probably not need us anymore when he takes charge of Liaoxi. This is the iron truth. I invite everyone to come here , I just want to tell everyone, don’t make trouble for nothing, if you still cling to the store at the last moment, you will be killed. There are not many old brothers. As far as we are concerned, it is already a good ending. 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 his soldiers have strict discipline. Don't let these guys lose their lives in vain. They are all from their hometown. Whoever dies will not go back. It's good to face the elders in my hometown, and we will be ordinary people in the future, and we are all neighbors, so don't offend them."

The words were desolate, and everyone sighed in mourning.

"Let's just leave it at that. Before General Gao arrives, everyone should take care of their duties, maintain the law and order in the city, and stand on the last post!" Wang Yulong stood up, waved his hands, and said in a low-spirited voice, "I hope our Cooperation can satisfy General Gao Yuan."

At the same time, Ye Zhong and Ye Feng also looked at each other in Liaoxi City. 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 shook his head again .

"Gao Yuan, Guo is very human, and I'm far out of reach, young master, at first I wanted to hide my tracks, but now it seems that it's unnecessary, let's pack up and go out to find Zhengdong Army!" Ye Zhong said with a wry smile. "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 nodded his head.

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 will take Yan Lingwei returned to Jicheng, when the messenger appeared in front of them with the information about Liaoxi City, the two looked at each other and both looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh.

Facts are always contrary to their expectations, the two stopped talking, clasped their fists together, and said goodbye silently.