Qin Official

Tian Heng and Tian both encouraged the soldiers on the island to remonstrate with Yongmen Sima, who had lost his spirit, and forced him to agree to a counterattack on the mainland. Ertian seemed to have become the actual controller of the four thousand people, but they still had differences on where to attack after the incident. .

They were about to go to sea, but in Tian Heng's cabin, the quarrel continued.

"Ye Yi, the first one we have to attack is of course Ye Yi!"

Tian Du has always been obsessed with Yeyi, and his suggestion is that he should attack the family's former territory, take her back from the Qin bandits, and then use Yeyi as a banner to sweep across the entire Jiaodong coast...

He said confidently: "My family has been in Yeyi for three generations and has been in power for more than fifty years. It has won the hearts of the people, and Lord Anping is still powerful. My father was tricked to death by the black man's son, and there are many Yeyi scholars who want to avenge him. When I heard that Tiandu was coming back, I was sure to prepare a pot of food to welcome him. At night, all the households in the city were soldiers, so we could get 6,000 men. Together with all our men, we have a total of 10,000 troops, which is enough to compete with the county soldiers of Huang County and Hexian County. Compete with each other!"

However, Tian Heng looked at Tian Du as if he were an idiot: "The black man has set up nets on land and water. He wants us to attack Yeyi. Do you know what the situation is like there now?"

Tian Du has not been back since his exile. Of course he doesn't know it, but Tian Heng knows it. Not long ago, he personally led people to attack Yeyi, but returned without success. More than half a year after the fall of the Tian family in Yeyi, their territory has been a huge change occured.

The land of the Tiandu family was all divided. One part was designated as public land, and the products therein provided food and clothing for the Qin army. The other part was distributed to the landless leftists, farm laborers, and mediocre people in Jiaodong County in accordance with the "land grant system." More than a thousand households were obtained.

This group of people has now become supporters of the Qin Dynasty's rule in Jiaodong. In order to keep their newly acquired land, they are willing to work as dogs for the Qin people and receive military training every month. Although there are not many soldiers in Yeyi County, if the Yeyi County Magistrate opens his arsenal and mobilizes this group of people, it will be enough to defend Yeyi and withstand the offensive of the pirates.

Tian Heng said pessimistically: "Huang County and Jimo where Jiaodong County soldiers are stationed are only more than a hundred miles away from Yeyi and can be reached in a few days. If we can't conquer Yeyi quickly, we won't get what you said." Thousands of people', they will be surrounded on three sides... no, plus Zhou Shi Ren Xiao coming from Zhifu Port in Hexian County, they will be surrounded on all sides!"

"Are we going to attack Huang County and Xiang County? Wouldn't that be more difficult? Or maybe it's the salt fields in Xiami?"

Tian Du expressed his confusion. In his opinion, although Yeyi's anti-Qin power was not as strong as before, it was the best place in Jiaodong.

He knew very well that in a short period of time, the army summoned by Jiaodong County would greatly exceed theirs anyway, and both the county guard Heifu and the county lieutenant Ren Xiao were extremely cunning commanders.

Tian Heng showed a smile. Besides being brave, this young man also had a precise vision unique to Qi Ren.

"If we don't fight against Jiaodong, no matter how powerful Heifu is, how can he still fail to establish a presence in neighboring counties?"

In his opinion, the most likely help for this incident is still Zhutian. All the fields in Jiaodong have been relocated, the folk light knights are banned, and even Yongbao Lu Zuo was bribed by the black man with a few acres of land. If you continue to resent Qin officials and attack Jiaodong, it is just a hard bone without flesh, and it is not worth it.

"Then where should we go?" Tian Du was curious.

Tian Heng didn't say anything, but went directly to the deck, facing the strong wind blowing from behind, and looked to the west!

When Tian Du followed him up to the deck, he only heard Tian Heng's laughter: "Fu Qi, there are Langxie and Jimo in the east, the solidity of Mount Tai in the south, the limit of Zhuohe River in the west, and Shaohai in the north. The land is two thousand miles away, and there are millions of halberds hanging thousands of miles away. The land is so vast, but if you want to do great things, there is only one city that can be called a battleground for military strategists!"

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"Cao Youshi! There is a beacon fire in Tingyi over there in Huang County!"

A few days later, Cao Shen, who was ordered to protect the farmland and train the county soldiers and militia in Yeyi, received an urgent report from the scouts. He immediately asked: "Is it white smoke or black smoke?"

Black smoke is an emergency, white smoke is a warning, this is the rule set by Heifu at Coastal Pavilion.

Among the pavilions of the Qin Dynasty, the most important building was the pavilion, which was two to three feet high. There was a ridge stove on the second floor, which could light a fire and make smoke. The pavilion relied on this function to convey important military information...

In the past six months, there have been only two similar situations, both of which were large-scale pirates from Salmen Island. After Huang County, which is closest to Salmon Island, noticed it, it lit beacons to spread the message from one booth to another.

This time, white smoke was lit, indicating that a pirate fleet was coming towards Yeyi...

Cao Shen was cautious, but he still sighed: "Okay, as expected by the county governor, the pirates have been in a difficult situation for the past six months, and they heard about the emperor's assassination. They finally couldn't help it and wanted to do something big, and we happened to be hit." The plan! Immediately summon the county soldiers and field soldiers to prepare to defend against the enemy!"

Yeyi is the main area frequented by pirates. The governor of Heifu and Renxiao have stationed a thousand troops here. If they are in Qin, they can recruit troops temporarily. However, the Qi people in Yeyi are unreliable, so the thousand households in Luzuo , became the only help. Fortunately, after half a year of training, Cao Shen had trained them well.

At this moment, the county soldiers and Lu Zuo who were busy in the fields also saw the white smoke rising in the distance, so they put down their fishing nets and rakes. After gathering, the officials distributed spears and spears, and then gathered outside the county.

Because of his timely response, although the pirates were repulsed for the first two attacks, Cao Shen did not dare to neglect, and immediately put on his armor, picked up his sword, and walked out. One hand.

Cao Shen gathered two thousand men and left half to guard the city to prevent Xiaoxiao from causing chaos. The rest followed him on guard ten miles away from the seaside. If there were few enemies, he would drive them into the sea. If there were many enemies, they would return to the city and wait for reinforcements.

Reinforcements will definitely come. Cao Shen is not worried about this at all. Heifu and Ren Xiao stationed 1,000 troops each in Xiami and Yeyi in the north of the county, 2,000 in Huang County, and 1,000 infantry and 2,000 boats in He County. Teacher, a total of seven thousand...

You know, the total number of county soldiers in Jimo, the county capital, and other counties is only three thousand. They are really trying to defend the outside. In short, the four counties on the north coast of the county are horns with each other. If there is trouble in one place, the three parties will support it, and the bandits will not get a single advantage.

But this time, things seemed a bit unusual. The sharp-eyed sentry arranged by Cao Shen saw from a distance that there were indeed a large number of boats sailing along the coastline more than ten miles away. Looking from a distance, they looked like several small beans. dots, but they are densely packed and endless...

Cao Shen took a breath of cold air. Based on his experience, he could tell that all the pirates on Salmon Island were probably out this time!

Obviously, those boats showed no signs of docking, but puffed up their sails and rode the east wind to continue heading west. Cao Shen guessed that their target was the salt field in Xiami County!

He immediately asked Yeyi Pavilion to pass the beacon fire to the west. At the same time, he wrote an urgent report and sent someone to notify the governor of Jimo Heifu. At the same time, he brought his soldiers with him, ready to rush to rescue at any time! But we have to beware of the pirates' carbine attacks.

"According to the governor's plan, intercepting it by water and land will definitely kill it completely and complete the victory in one battle!" Cao Shen thought.

But one day later, when Cao Shen and his troops were marching on the way to Xiami County, they received an urgent report from Xiami County. Lieutenant Xiami reported the strange thing that the pirates skipped the Xiami Salt Field but did not attack...

"The other generation took advantage of the wind and headed west..."

"west?"

Cao Shen was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed.

"No, the thieves are going to attack not Jiaodong, but...Linzi!"

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At the same time, near the coast to the north of Linzi County, the fishermen in the pavilions on the seaside watched in stunned silence as hundreds of boats came riding the wind and waves.

The sails of the ship shook, and the "robbers" who had been away from this place for a long time praised the strong wind and laughed.

Tian Hengze stood alone on the bow of the boat. He refused the bamboo hat and raincoat handed to him by his men, and faced the wind and waves, letting the splashing waves wet his beard and hair. His eyes were also itchy and painful from the salt, but he could not To stop Tian Heng from looking homeward.

In Tian Heng's eyes, restoration of the country, of course, requires the restoration of the capital! Jiaodong, Langya, and Jibei are all small fights. If they want to succeed, they must go all out to capture Linzi from the beginning!

However, Linzi City was not close to the sea, so Tian Heng chose Qiancheng County, Linzi County, as the landing place.

Qiancheng County is the choke point of Haidao and the gateway of Qi State. According to the plan of the Tian brothers, Tian Rong has already roped in the young master Tianjia in Qiancheng County and plans to use it as his banner.

Tian Danze planned an uprising in Di County. They were going to kill the Qin officials, and welcomed Tian Heng and four thousand strong men with young knights from two counties. They combined tens of thousands of troops, then crossed the Jishui River and approached Linzi...

"Linzi is a city between Hai and Dai. There are 70,000 households. Even if one man from one household can get 70,000 people, if Linzi can be captured, great things can be accomplished!"

Compared with Linzi, Yeyi, a city with thousands of households, is just a younger brother!

What's even better is that Wang Ben, the general who originally guarded Linzi, is not here at the moment because he is on inspection with Qin Shihuang. There is only one deputy general in charge of Linzi. With thousands of Guanzhong soldiers and forty officials, it is not easy to control the 400,000 Linzi people. Among the three hundred villages in Linzi, there are many young knights who have friendship with the Tian brothers. It is not difficult to break Linzi and seize it by cooperating internally and externally...

If Linzi is lowered, the righteous flag is raised high, letting the world know the news of Qi's revival, and the heroes of Guandong will gather to follow! Tian Heng believed that there were many people in the world who hated the Qin Dynasty as much as he did and longed for the restoration of the country.

"Soon……"

Tian Heng wiped the salt grains from his beard and spat out the salty sea water in his mouth. Not only was their mission of rejuvenation and revenge soon to be realized, but the coastline of Qiancheng County was also in front of them!

This area was the mouth of the Yellow River in later generations, but now it is just the estuary of Jishui. It has dense mangroves, clear and gentle water, a wide river surface, and is full of unpredictable reefs and sandbars. However, Tian Hengcheng grew up in the lower reaches of Jishui since he was a child. How could a young man not be familiar with this?

After commanding the fleet to dock one by one, Tian Heng was the first to jump on the boat. Along with the sound of his subordinates' oars, he watched the coastline getting closer and closer to him.

In the past six and a half years, although Tian Heng has been frequently seen along the Jiaodong coast, this is the first time he has returned to Linzi County and Jishui shore...

After getting off the boat, Tian Heng stepped on the sand with one foot deep and one foot shallow towards the shore. When he stepped on the hard land, he couldn't help but bowed to this familiar land, kissed the earth, and drank from the Ji River. of water.

He once played in this river with his brothers, catching whitebait in the water. He also stood at the stern of the boat, watching it getting farther and farther away, watching the purple color symbolizing Qi fade away, and black clouds covering the earth...

For a moment, this eight-foot-tall man burst into tears! It's like a wanderer who left home and returned to the arms of his parents again...

"Qi State!"

Tian Heng raised his head, cried and screamed to the sky:

"Your son Tian Heng is back!"