When the thousand cavalry saw Xue Shao coming forward, they hurriedly came forward to persuade him, "Young marshal, don't go forward, those black soldiers and villagers will shoot arrows and throw stones!"

"Is that true?...I don't think so!" Xue Shao still rode his horse and walked forward slowly.

The local soldiers and villagers at the city gate were almost stunned when they saw such a formation. Now there was a general wearing golden armor, five-colored robes, and riding red flame horses under the city gate. They couldn't help but start muttering-

"So many cavalrymen are all good horses, armor and big red dragon flags. Maybe they won't be white bandits!"

"In such a formation, I'm afraid it's really an official army!"

"Low, the man below is very handsome and heroic, and seems to be even more arrogant than the county magistrate. Could it be that he is really a high-ranking official from Chang'an?"

"He's here, here!"

"What should I do, what should I do?"

There was a quarrel in the city gate, and the eight hundred cavalry remained as motionless as mountains and forests. The powerful formation really shocked the local soldiers and villagers at the city gate. In addition, Xue Shao's aura and fearless confidence were not angry, but he calmed down all the people at the city gate.

"I am Xue Shao, Chang'an!" Xue Shao walked over to the city gate and shouted loudly, "Soon open the city gate!"

"Puff!" A local soldier at the city gate was so scared that he snorted on the spot and shouted: "Fake, fake!!"

When the local soldiers and villagers saw that he was the small local soldiers who shouted to Guo Yuanzhen, "If you are a thousand cavalry, I am Xue Chengyu."

"What's so great about Xue Shao? Why should I pretend to be a fake?" Xue Shao stood calmly at the bottom of the city gate, and in one sentence made everyone in the city gate shut up, silent.

Xue Shao said again: "The one you captured before was my deputy general Guo Yuanzhen. He was appointed as the fifth rank and was the right general of the Qianqi of Yulin. You should release him quickly and don't cause trouble. Now I will think that nothing has happened before and will not blame me. Otherwise, do you think this small mound can block my army?"

The local soldiers and villagers at the city gate were all cold and their belly was ripped. The eight hundred elite cavalry may not be worth mentioning for a major battle like the Northern Expedition, but when they were taken to Yanchang County, which was a remote place, it was an unstoppable existence like a "heavenly soldiers and generals".

The local soldiers and the villagers were panicked and began to discuss it in a slight manner—

"It's definitely not blocking it, what should I do?"

"Is it really Xue Chengyu, the prince-in-law from Chang'an?... It's so miserable, I'm dead!"

"You didn't listen to him, and now the switch is gone?"

"Then, is it not to open?"

"Where is County Magistrate Guo? Why haven't you come yet? Come and invite me again!"

...

"Open the city gate quickly!" Xue Shao was a little impatient and shouted angrily.

This roar completely shattered the psychological defense line between the local soldiers and the villagers. Everyone in the city closed their heads and shouted loudly, "Hurry up, go and invite County Guard Guo, and ask him to make the decision!"

Xue Shao frowned. It seemed that the county magistrate Guo had quite prestige in the hometown and all these people listened to him. Well, I'll wait for the official to come before talking about it. I really can't tell them clearly about these ignorant local soldiers and villagers.

After a moment, a small commotion occurred in the city gate, and someone shouted, "Prince Guo is here!"

"Hurry, open the city gate quickly! Welcome the royal army!" It was obviously the voice of the county magistrate Guo. When Xue Shao heard it, he seemed to be a little familiar.

A group of people ran to the vicinity of Chengguan and opened the Dazhamen. Xue Shao stood alone at the gate and saw a group of people in tattered clothes, yellow-faced and thin skinny, surrounded by a heroic young man in military uniform and walked out.

Xue Shao's eyes lit up unexpectedly, he raised his hand and pointed and shouted loudly: "Why are you boys!!"

The soldiers and villagers were shocked. County Magistrate Guo was like a god in our Yanchang County, but was called "boy" by the high official in front of him!

The young man in military uniform trembled when he heard Xue Shao's voice. He quickly ran a few steps and plopped down and knelt in front of Xue Shao's horse, sobbing and kowtowing.

"My subordinate Guo An, please pay homage to the coach of the escort!... Oh no, please pay homage to the coach of Young Master Xue!"

Xue Shao laughed loudly and jumped off the horse, grabbed Guo An and grabbed him, "Get up!"

"I can't get up!" Guo An burst into tears like a child, "I really didn't expect that I could see Young Marshal Xue again! Even if I die, I am willing to do so!"

"What are you crying if you have no prospects!" Xue Shao slapped his shoulder vigorously.

Xue Chuyu jumped off his horse and walked over in surprise, saying, "It's really Guo An!... After the Northern Expedition, didn't you stay in the command of the Three-Bao Brigade in the First Mansion of the Right Guard? When did you run to Yanchang County to be a county lieutenant?"

"General Yu Guan? You are here too!" Guo An was excited and crying when he saw Xue Chuyu, "It's a long story, a long story - hurry, please come to the customs!!"

The local soldiers and villagers behind were all stunned. They threw the guys in their hands and knelt down, kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"My fellow villagers, those who don't know are innocent. I will do my best to do what I say and do not blame me." Xue Shao said loudly, "Get up!"

After everyone stood up, they still thanked him for a while, and they all looked at Xue Shao with a gaze as if they were looking up at the gods.

"Neighbors, this is what I often tell you. The commander of the Three-Dao Brigade where I used to be, now the prince-in-law, the general of the Thousand Cavalry General Xue Chengyu, Shao Mai Xue!" Guo An said loudly and proudly, "Now, Shao Mai Xue is here under the order of the emperor to go to fight against Bai Tieyu's rebel party! The white bandits have been rampant for a few days, and our good days are coming!!"

The local soldiers and the villagers cheered loudly, kowtowed again, and kowtowed desperately. Now, no matter how Xue Shao called, they could not get up. These villagers were almost blind to the royal army in the court, and now the royal army has finally arrived in Yanchang. They are all grateful and crying and unable to suppress their tears.

With the welcome of the people of Yanchang, Xue Shao and his 800 cavalrymen entered the city in a glorious way. County magistrate Guo An personally led the horse to guide Xue Shao, and the people burned incense to cover the road and worshiped the road, as if welcoming the gods to the earth, and were extremely respectful when they were happy.

After Xue Shao entered the city, he noticed that Yanchang was really not ordinary poor. He saw that there was not even a decent house, the roads were muddy and there were no shops, and the people were all dressed and pale and thin. Except for Guo An, he had almost never seen anyone with strong body and sufficient nutrition.

There was no decent place to garrison troops in the county town. Guo An asked Xue Shao to temporarily camp in the county government for a while to rectify it. The people of Yanchang immediately came to reward the army. Each household gave the best food in the family - the best, that is, two old hens laying eggs and a few eggs.

Xue Shao was a little worried when he saw this scene. It seemed that Yanchang County could not provide any supplies to our army.

Later, Guo An took Xue Shao and his party to visit Guo Yuanzhen. The Thousand Cavalry General who had capsized in the gutter was knocked unconscious and had not yet woken up. Guo An had already hired a doctor to treat him, but fortunately it was not serious. Xue Shao left Wu Ming, who was proficient in medical science, and two young soldiers to take care of him. Then the group arrived at the county government.

Guo arranged a banquet for entertainment, but the county had no food and food, and there was no delicacy. Xue Shao took out some dried meat and steamed cakes he had followed, and then he barely made up the meal.

"Guo An, why is Yanchang County so poor? Why did you get here?" Before the meal was ready, Xue Shao asked.

"I'm ashamed!" Guo An said with a look of shame, "After the Northern Expedition, I returned to Chang'an with the army. I originally wanted to transfer me to the right guard office of the Southern Yai, but unexpectedly, a turbulence, Mr. Pei retired. Immediately afterwards, many generals and colleagues of the right guard were kicked out of the army or demoted to Chang'an. It's still good to run to Yanchang County, thousands of miles away, to be a county lieutenant. Many generals, lieutenants and brigade commanders were all sent to Lingnan for exile. I'm afraid there will be no day to turn around in my life!"

"I know this." Xue Shao nodded with frown and frowned. It was the army storm after the Northern Expedition. Many Pei Xingjian's followers, confidants and iron rod supporters were all cleaned up!

The matter was sensitive, and Guo An was also very tactful and stopped talking about it. Instead, he said: "Yanchang County has always been very poor. It is probably the poorest and most miserable county under the rule of several adjacent prefectures. The people's customs and private fights have become popular, and illegal and criminal matters have emerged one after another. After I took office as county magistrate, I mobilized the villagers to form local soldiers and began to vigorously rectify local public security. I defeated several groups of gangsters and bandits and bullies. Since then, the people have become much clearer and the people are willing to work in the fields. Gradually, they can be self-sufficient, at least they have never been starved to death and no one has gone to flee the famine."

"You have done your duty as a military officer. I saw that the local soldiers and villagers supported you very much, which shows that you are very popular here." Xue Shao said, "By the way, where is your county magistrate? I have been in the city for many years, why haven't I seen him come to see me?"

"County magistrate...he..." Guo An hesitated, as if it was a bit difficult to speak out.

"Is there anything I can't say in front of me?" Xue Shao said, "This time I was ordered to go to war. In addition to taking charge of the army, I also granted the power of the three states to be demoted, and Yanzhou is under my jurisdiction. If you have anything to say, you can't hit your head even if the sky couch comes down!"

"Mr. Xue is still responsible for the imperial envoy to be dismissed?" Guo An's eyes were shiny and overjoyed, and he hurriedly said, "Since that's the case, Mr. Xue, you really have to take care of our county magistrate and the governor of Yanzhou! They are simply outrageous!"

"explain!"

It turned out that after Bai Tieyu launched a rebellion, the governor of Yanzhou transferred all his troops, military weapons and food to his own hands and gathered them in Yan'an County, the capital of the prefecture. Not only that, he also imposed taxes on other counties under the prefecture city for three years in advance, calling it "preparing troops and attacking the white bandits." From then on, the governor of Yanzhou ignored other counties, neither set up troops to guard the city to guard against bandits, nor allocated a grain of relief to the people.

At the same time, officials from other counties gave up their duties and ran to Yan'an, the prefecture city, to "refuge". The county magistrate and lord of Yanchang County took the whole family and the family's servants and servants to run away. Only Guo An, the county magistrate, remained here, leading the territory troops to prevent the White Bandits from invading and defending a city without losing.

The gate of Yan'an in the city was closed and a refugee entered the city. The fleeing people had no choice but to leave Jingli Township and flee to Guanzhong during the snowy days in the middle of winter. Countless people were frozen to death or starved to death on the road, or they were robbed and killed by white bandits.

Now, except for Yan'an County where the prefecture is located and Yanchang County where Guo'an is located, the other six counties have experienced large-scale famine escapes and white bandits invasions, and they are almost becoming empty and dead cities!
Chapter completed!