Chapter 279 Please General, please stay
After passing through the second Weng City and entering Woye Town, Gu Nanxi blinked in disbelief.
She never expected that the two Wengcheng and Woye Town, which were tightly protected by the eight-meter-high bluestone wall, would look like this!
On both sides of the street are messy thatched houses. There are wooden boards in good condition and picked up from nowhere to serve as the doors of the thatched houses.
The streets are full of potholes, not even a single piece of bluestone has been laid, and are full of mud.
Gu Nanxi sat on the horse and looked into the distance. The scenery in the distance was the same as the one in front of her, and even the thatched houses were sparser.
"Welcome to the general!"
On both sides of the street were kneeling people in ragged clothes.
Their voices were hoarse, and they kowtowed solemnly every time they shouted.
The leader was a middle-aged man wearing official uniform. He was thin, tall, and handsome.
He must be Wang Buxi, the magistrate of Woye Town.
Behind him was an old man with all white hair and ravines on his face.
The two men looked at Gu Nanxi with admiration, but also seemed to be staring at a big piece of fat.
Gu Nanxi shuddered, feeling like she was being watched.
“Hmph!” Boss Li looked down upon Wang Buxi when he saw Woye Town’s miserable appearance. His nose was not a nose and his eyes were not eyes.
Wang Buxi pretended not to notice Boss Li's hostility, and greeted Gu Nanxi with a smile: "The general has made great achievements and is famous all over the world. The Great Khan of the North has laid a dragnet, but he didn't expect you to come to our Wo Wo. Ye Town. It can be seen that the general has a close relationship with our Woye Town!"
Gu Nanxi got off his horse, exchanged a few words with Wang Buxi, helped up the old man behind him, and persuaded the kneeling people. .
"Gu Nanxi would like to thank the folks for their love. It is the duty of our soldiers to protect our country and drive away the Tartars. Everyone, please stand up and don't try to hurt me!"
Gu Nanxi's response was the tearful prayers of the common people.
“The general is extraordinarily brave, and he is actually the greatest warrior in the Great Zhou Dynasty! With the general here, we feel at ease.”
"General, please stay in our Woye Town for a while. Fuming Town is guarded by the Gu family army and is safe! Our Woye Town is not!"
"General, we can only rely on you. "
Wang was not happy to see that Gu Nanxi did not let go, and deliberately scolded the people: "What unreasonable demands are you making? We also have defenders in Woye Town! As a border guard, the General will not abandon our Woye Town!"
After that, Wang Buxi led the way: "General, we must attack all the way! Very tired. Let’s go to the county office to rest for a few days.”
On the way, everyone frowned at the misery in Woye Town.
Boss Li couldn't help but ask: "I remember that Woye Town used to be very prosperous. In addition to one main street, there were a total of twelve sub-streets in the north and south, all paved with bluestone bricks. Why is not a single stone brick missing?"
Wang Buxi picked up the hem of his clothes, stepped over a small puddle, and said calmly: "Everyone On the city wall.”
Boss Li: “I still remember that every wealthy family had a high-rise courtyard. Although it was not as luxurious as Kyoto, it would not turn into a thatched house!”
Wang Buxi accidentally stepped into a pit and almost sprained his foot, so he gasped and replied.
"In the past few years, the Tatars in the north did not dare to go to Fuming Town to confront the Gu family army head-on, so they picked on the weak and often went south from Woye Town. There were many ownerless things in the town, so I made the decision. , demolished those houses and built the city wall with stone bricks.”
This is sad to say.
But Mr. Li already had objections to the family members, so he criticized him: "Every family can't be like this." Wang Buxi didn't intend to hide it: "Voluntary donation. After all, to maintain the safety of Woye Town, people People are responsible.”
Boss Li: "What if someone doesn't want to donate?"
Wang Buxi's eyebrows were cold and his eyes were indifferent: "I will force him to donate. ! ”
Boss Li was obviously angry at Wang Buxi's frivolous words. It seemed that this was another cruel county magistrate who didn't care about the life and death of the people!
Fu Mingyuan is more understanding of the world than Mr. Li. Strong dragons do not overwhelm local snakes. There is no need to start disputes when they first arrive on someone else's territory.
So, Fu Mingyuan changed the topic: "Sir Wang, I wonder where the defenders of Woye Town are and how many there are? In this battle, there were heavy casualties?"
Wang Buxi was obviously disappointed. He was familiar with the defense of the entire town and blurted out: "Five hundred infantry and no cavalry."
What? !
"Why is it so small?" Gu Nanxi was also surprised. Every family with a higher title in Kyoto had more than this number of private soldiers.
What can a mere five hundred people do?
Wang Buxi raised the corners of his mouth with a hint of sarcasm: "The imperial court has deducted military pay, and then exploited it in every possible way. One-third, or even half, of the soldiers will be left without pay!"
Boss Li: "That's not the number!"
Wang Buxi said confidently: "But we still need to build a city wall! Doesn't it cost money to build such a big wall?"
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Boss Li jumped to his feet: "What's the use of just a city wall without a guard?!"
Wang Buxi suddenly stopped, turned around, stared at Boss Li, and said word by word : "But this time when we faced the Wakhan tribe in the north, we never hurt anyone or gave up an inch of ground!"
Boss Li was obviously also affected by this. He was shocked by such a record and murmured: "Which guard is so brave? I have never heard of his name!"
Wang Buxi said with a cold face: "That's right. The guards you see are all very skinny, and they are always in arrears.”
“Why?”
"The city of Woye Town is as stable as gold. It is the only military town among the towns in the north that has two Wengcheng. It is very difficult to crack, and there is not much oil and water. Which tribe would be so reluctant to start from our Woye Town?"
< br>This is how the Tatars in the north behave. They capture towns with lightning speed, grab them and run away.
It took a lot of time and effort to capture the town of Woye, but it was finally captured. The town was extremely poor, and if we continued south, we would easily encounter reinforcements from the Great Zhou Dynasty.
So, the Tatars don't like to attack Woye Town. At most, they just loot outside the city wall.
Gu Nanxi secretly thought, Wang Buxi’s move is similar to the empty city strategy!
This Wang Buxi is truly a talent!
Boss Li still feels that Wang Buxi builds fortifications and plunders the people too harshly.
But Woye Town is actually a military town, and the court’s request for military towns is like a nail stuck there!
As for those border residents, they are just cannon fodder on the battlefield. The imperial court did not expect to collect much tax from the military town, so naturally it would not be very kind to these border residents.
If all the border residents die, just move in a group from other states and counties.
Boss Li's internal slander completely disappeared when he met the county government.
The county government office is also a thatched house, but it is wider and neater than other thatched houses.
Seeing this, Gu Nanxi asked: "The bricks and stones of the county government are also on the city wall?"
Wang Buxi: "That is natural. If I don't set an example, how can I persuade others? ”
(End of this chapter)