Chapter 153

After obtaining military power from the three generals, Tang Yin immediately sent the county army, Sanshui army, Chifeng army and Pingyuan army, a total of nearly 100,000 troops, to Tianguan to strengthen the city defense, hoard food and grass, and make a long-term relationship with the royal court. The latest chapter of The Stance of Resistance.

At the same time, he ordered the entire county to recruit troops, expanding the Pingyuan Army from the original 80,000 to 100,000, the 20,000 in Sanshui and Chifeng counties to 50,000, and the county army from 10,000 to 30,000. . In this way, it can be guaranteed that 200,000 troops will be gathered at Tianguan, and another 30,000 county troops can be mobilized.

At this time, regardless of whether Tang Yin was forced or took the initiative, he really wanted to fight against Wang Ting.

However, Qiu Zhen's worries were unnecessary. Half a month later, Wang Ting's historian arrived in Shunzhou and brought the decree of King Feng.

Feng King Zhanhua did not do much research on Tang Yin's execution of Yu He, or he simply had no intention of taking care of the matter now. Ning State's army of 400,000 people attacked Yancheng, and Feng State sent troops from all over the country for reinforcements, improvising an army of 200,000 people, and then In addition, the troops directly under the Wang Ting joined forces to fight against the Ning army. The battle was fierce, and soldiers on both sides suffered numerous casualties. Zhan Hua was so busy with this matter that he had no time to take care of the remote Tianyuan County.

Zhanhua's decree contained only a few digits, which read: "Yu He has caused trouble in the country and should be punished. His post is temporarily assumed by General Tang Yin of Zhenbei."

After receiving this order, Tang Yin breathed a sigh of relief. In the future, he would be the county governor personally appointed by the king, and he could legitimately manage Tianyuan County.

Qiu Zhen and others were even more delighted. Now that their strength was not strong enough, it would be best if they could avoid conflict with Wang Ting.

The historian handed Zhan Hua's instructions to Tang Yin, and then said with a dry smile: "Master Tang, I have something to ask you."

The county governor was the highest local official. Even if he was transferred to the royal court, his official rank would still be high. The historian was just a junior official of the royal court, so he was naturally very polite to Tang Yin.

Tang Yin felt happy in his heart. After receiving the decree, he said with a smile: "Please tell me if you have anything to say!"

"When I passed by Tianguan, I found that there were a lot of troops hoarded there. I wonder what your lord's intention was?" The historian asked casually, but in fact he was suspicious. All right, in such a dangerous and important place as Tianguan. A large number of troops are stored in the checkpoint, which makes people have to doubt Tang Yin's intentions.

Hearing this, Qiu Zhen's face changed slightly, and just as he was about to answer, Tang Yin already said with a smile: "The capital is in trouble, how can we, Tianyuan County, stay out of the matter? The soldiers stationed in Tianguan are the reinforcements preparing to go to the capital. , but the post of county guard is vacant and I have no right to dispatch it, so the army has not moved yet."

"Oh! That's it!" The historian felt relieved, nodded repeatedly, and said with a smile: "Then I hope you can send troops as soon as possible to relieve the danger of the capital!"

"It's natural."

"In this way, I will return to the capital and return my orders to your Majesty. Lord Tang, I will take my leave!"

After seeing off the historian, everyone headed by Qiu Zhen bowed to Tang Yin and said in unison: "Congratulations on your promotion!"

Even though there is only two levels difference between the county head and the county head, the actual power they hold is very different. Tianyuan County has a total population of more than 3 million and is divided into three counties, namely Pingyuan County, Sanshui County, Chifeng County, and Including Shunzhou and surrounding villages and towns directly under the jurisdiction of the county, the territory under Tang Yin's management expanded several times than before.

After receiving the official title, Tang Yinxing's first task as the county chief was to seize power.

He formally dismissed the two county magistrates of Sanshui and Chifeng, and replaced them with Liu Feng and Zhang Ting recommended by Shangguan Yuanji. The county magistrates had local real power and had to be taken over by their trusted personnel. As for the subordinate officials of the two counties, Tang Yinze Accepting Shangguan Yuanji's opinion, we will not move for the time being. If all the officials in the two counties are removed at once, it may cause turmoil and panic in the two counties. The removal must be done slowly and step by step. In addition, the deputy county governor Zhang Zhicheng was also beaten to the end by Tang Yin and he was no longer given any official position. The position of deputy county governor was taken over by Shangguan Yuanji and Qiu Zhen. Just like in Pingyuan County, the former two people were in charge. In internal affairs, the latter focuses on military affairs and has a clear division of labor.

Since there were more Tianyuan troops under his command, Tang Yin had to make appropriate adjustments to the positions of his generals.

Xiao Muqing serves as the commander-in-chief of the Pingyuan Army, which has ten corps; Bai Yong serves as the commander-in-chief of the Sanshui Army, which has five corps; Li Wei serves as the commander-in-chief of the Chifeng Army, which has five corps; Guyue serves as the commander-in-chief of the Tianyuan Army, which has three corps . Originally, there were only five corps and five corps commanders in Pingyuan County, but Zhang Zhou was killed in battle, leaving only four. Now the number of corps has expanded to 23. There is an extremely short supply of candidates for corps commanders and deputy corps commanders, so they can only choose from Selected from among the commanders of the Pingyuan Army, in addition, Tang Yin also specially selected several outstanding dark spiritual cultivators from the Dark Arrow to serve as regimental commanders. This was the first time that Dark Arrow provided talents to the military, and it also made the Dark Element Spiritual cultivators have officially entered the upper echelons of the military.

Yu He was killed by Tang Yin, but the mansion was not vacated. He still had more than a hundred family members imprisoned in the county capital. At this time, Tang Yin showed his cold-blooded and cruel side again. With an order, more than a hundred members of Yu He's family, old and young, were killed. All executed.

This is called cutting the grass and eradicating the roots. If Yu He's family members were left behind, they might come out to overturn Yu He's case at some point in the future, or seek an opportunity to seek revenge on Tang Yin. Staying here would be both trouble and harm. It would be better to put an end to it directly and eradicate Yu He's clan completely to avoid future troubles and die without evidence.

As for Yu He's retainers, they were all dismissed, and the guards, servants, and maids in Yu He's mansion were all replaced by people from the original county capital.

Since the day Tang Yin took control of Tianyuan County, earth-shaking changes have taken place in the military and political circles. However, because of the assistance of Shangguan Yuanji and Qiu Zhen, there was no turmoil in Tianyuan County. The people only knew that Yu He collaborated with the enemy. After he was executed, other people The post of county governor was taken over by Tang Yin.

Sheriff's Mansion.

Tang Yin moved to the county governor's mansion, and Fan Min naturally followed him. He also happened to expand the Fan family's business to Shunzhou.

The conditions in the county governor's mansion were much better than those in the county capital. What made Tang Yin most happy was the bank vault in the county governor's mansion. There was money Yu He had accumulated over the years. The amount was so large that it took three days to make a hasty calculation. After the liquidation, there were seven to eight million taels of silver alone. Together with miscellaneous gold, silver, jewelry, antique paintings and calligraphy, the total amount exceeded ten million taels. This huge sum of money naturally became a source of support for Tang Yin's expansion of the army. Financial base.

That day, early in the morning, Tang Yin was stretching his muscles in the courtyard after getting up. Fan Min came in and brought over a little girl who was only eight or nine years old.

This little girl is Zhang Yu, the daughter of Zhang Zhou. The little girl was dressed up rich, gorgeous and beautiful, just like a little princess. Tang Yin was true to his word. From the day he adopted Zhang Yu, he regarded her as his biological sister. Not only did he make her live a wealthy life, he also hired someone to scout her.

But he had just taken over Tianyuan County and was busy with official duties, so he had not met Zhang Yu a few times. The person who had the most contact with her was Fan Min. Perhaps because of his relationship with Aiwujiwu, Fan Min also liked Zhang Yu very much and took her with him all day long. Be around.

Seeing Tang Yin wielding a knife in the courtyard, Zhang Yu showed timidity in his eyes. He hid behind Fan Min with only half of his head exposed, and looked at Tang Yin curiously with his big black eyes.

"No need to dance anymore, look at you scaring Xiaoyu!" Fan Min held Zhang Yu's hand and did not dare to get close to Tang Yin anymore. He stood far away and said loudly and dissatisfied.

The relationship with Tang Yin has become closer and closer, and now Fan Min has become the hostess of the county capital. She even sometimes asks Tang Zhong to check the expenses of the county capital.

Tang Yin put away his knife and smiled at the two of them. Seeing Zhang Yu looking at him timidly, he sighed softly, walked forward, bent down, and asked, "Xiaoyu, are you still used to living here?"

Zhang Yu did not answer directly, but glanced at Fan Min first, and then nodded gently.

Zhang Zhou's daughter was good in every aspect, but Tang Yin felt awkward because of her fear of giving birth.

Seeing a flash of disappointment in Tang Yin's eyes, Fan Min hurriedly said: "Brother Tang, do you know that Xiaoyu is very smart? I showed her the store's account book and she could remember everything after reading it once!"

She was not exaggerating. Zhang Yu's photographic memory even impressed her.

"Oh?" Tang Yin was stunned for a moment, then laughed heartily and said to Fan Min: "Even if you intend to train Xiaoyu to be a businessman like you, she is still young after all, so don't show her things like account books. "

"I know!" Fan Min stuck out his tongue at him.

She is not over 20 years old, and she is a child. How can she manage Zhang Yu, who is about ten years younger than her? Tang Yin thought to himself that if Zhang Yu was really so smart, it would be time to find a teacher for her now.

After having dinner with Fan Min and Zhang Yu, Tang Yin went to the hall of the county capital to discuss military affairs with Qiu Zhen and other generals.

Now they are still debating whether to aid Yancheng or not.

Shangguan Yuanrang was militant and the most determined militant. He decided to follow Tang Yin. Although the latter did not let him take charge of a certain corps, he gave him the position of chief vanguard of the Tianyuan Army, and he regarded him very highly.

Qiu Zhen is opposed to sending troops. His opinion is that his current foothold in Tianyuan County is not stable and it is not suitable for large-scale use of troops. Moreover, although the Tianyuan Army has twenty-three corps, it is only an establishment. So far, counting The actual strength of the newly recruited soldiers is only over 100,000.

On the one hand, he advocated sending troops to join the war immediately, while on the other hand, he advocated recuperating first. It was difficult for Tang Yin to make a decision for a while, and the matter continued to be delayed.

Fortunately, Wang Ting has no time to look north now, and no one is too hopeful about the distant Tianyuan County.

Tang Yin had his own concerns. If he sent troops, as Qiu Zhen said, now was a good time to recuperate and it was not suitable to send troops. But if he didn't send troops, once Wang Ting defeated the Ning army and did the post-war statistics, he found that Only Tianyuan County did not send troops to assist, so what would Zhan Hua think of him? Once I attract the attention of Wang Ting, the Yu Heyi case may be brought up again. What should I do if I investigate further?

After much deliberation, Tang Yin decided to send troops, but something happened suddenly that held him back.