Chapter 1475.

Earlier, after Wang Dust followed the magistrate to leave the city wall, Ye Xiangming who came to his senses felt that something was very wrong. It wasn’t that this county minister possessed the ability to see things before they happen, but his rich life experience reminded him that Yu Heqian’s sudden summoning of Wang Duan to the county office was bizarre.

When he thought about the conditions of the bandits’ retreat, Ye Xiangming thought hard and immediately rushed to the county office as fast as he could.

Regardless of what Yu Heqian’s plotting and scheming, he and Wang Chuan will have nothing to fear if they join forces.

What I am most afraid of is that Wang Chuan will be assassinated alone!

But the county minister never thought that what he saw in the county hall was such a scene.

More than a dozen of Qing An County’s leading figures had fallen in a pool of blood, and the blood flowing on the terrazzo floor had converged into a meandering stream, which was particularly shocking to the eyes.

Ye Xiangming recognized every corpse here, some of them were local respected gentry, some were rich merchants with vast wealth, and there were also two gang leaders with notable strength.

And the most frightening thing for Ye Xiangming was that Yu Heqian was sitting on top of the public hall, with a bloody hole broken open in his eyebrow, and red and white liquid gurgling out from it.

This county magistrate lord who had always been in competition with him and had often gained the upper hand, was actually dead as well!

Something big had happened!

Ye Xiangming subconsciously looked at the only person still standing – Wang Duan.

Out of breath, he asked, “Sage son-in-law, what on earth is going on here?”

Wang Duan sighed, “When I was ordered to come to the county office, I saw that the experts from the roving bandit army were on a killing spree here, and a group of scholars and the county magistrate were unfortunately killed as a result.”

“Although these three bandits have already been killed by me, it’s a pity that it was still a step too late.”

Ye Xiangming was speechless.

This county magistrate was not a fool, how could he not guess the truth of the matter.

The situation at the scene was clear as day, county magistrate Yu Heqian and a group of gentry colluded with the bandits and set up a killing game in the lobby of the county courthouse, attempting to use Wang Duan’s life in exchange for the retreat of the roving bandit army.

As a result, they underestimated Wang Chuan’s strength and were killed by Wang Chuan’s counterattack, and all of them lay dead.

As a matter of fact, Ye Xiangming could understand Yu Heqian’s reason for doing so, after all, the losses of Qing’an County in this offensive and defensive battle up to this point were huge, and had already exceeded their tolerance limit.

But understanding is understanding, looking at the death of Yu Heqian, this county minister still feels very painful.

Under the frantic attack of tens of thousands of roving bandits, Qing’an County was able to hold out until now without falling, and Wang Duan could take the first credit.

As a result, as the object of protection in the back stabbing knife, change is Ye Xiangming also can never endure.

As for Wang Dust’s explanation, although the loopholes are full of holes, but Ye Xiangming is what kind of character, immediately said with a sorrowful expression, “I see, I did not expect the bandits to be so cunning and ferocious, but it is a pity that Yu Magistrate and a group of scholars and gentry to die with their lives, and can’t see the moment of victory!”

Yu Heqian and the others must have been killed by the bandits, otherwise even if he had committed the great crime of collaborating with the thieves, it was not something Wang Duan could kill without authorization, not to mention the fact that there were so many of the leading figures of Qing’an County who were buried with him.

Ye Xiangming already had an idea in his heart.

He and Wang Dust looked at each other, and the two of them smiled tacitly.

Wang Dust said, “Father-in-law, I’m counting on you for the follow-up, I’ll go back first in case the bandits sneak in.”

“Good.”

Ye Xiangming agreed without thinking.

After such a big incident at the county office, the current Ye Xiangming was the number one person in Qing’an County, and if he wanted the city to remain stable, he would definitely need to personally sit down and take care of the aftermath.

As for the defense of the city, leaving it to the unpredictable Wang Duan was the best choice.

During this period of time, Wang Dust was stationed on the city wall, shot hundreds of bandits and elites, and also saved many soldiers.

His prestige was in no way weaker than Ye Xiangming.

When Wang Duan returned to the city wall, Ye Xiangming had already begun to deploy manpower inside the county government office, on the one hand, trying to do everything possible to ensure the supply of supplies for the soldiers and guards, and on the other hand, cleansing Yu Heqian’s inner circle.

Only when he was in full control of the situation did he send out a notice, and then personally led a raid on a number of large households in the city.

The crime is naturally to collaborate with the enemy to murder the county magistrate!

Dead in the county hall of the Qing’an County head of large and small there are more than a dozen, of course, Ye Xiangming will not be all plagiarized, he only picked out a few of the most affluent, with the momentum of a thunderbolt to the end of the.

First of all, this is to further clear the suspicion of Wang dust, and later can also give an account to the above.

Secondly, the wealth and materials obtained from the plundering of the families would allow the garrison to support itself for a few more days.

And in fact the results of this raid, let this knowledgeable county minister also surprised!

He previously thought that the large households in the county had reached the point of exhaustion and had no choice but to conspire with the roving bandits to murder Wang Duan.

As it turned out, the food, gold, silver and weapons stored in the homes of these households, although not to the point of piling up mountains, but all together, could completely support Qing’an County for another month or two.

Such a harvest made Ye Xiangming all red-eyed and more vicious in his actions, even raiding two more families.

Any resistance was suppressed by him with the most brutal means!

In just two days, the entire Qing’an County fell under Ye Xiangming’s control.

And the roving bandit army retreated.

They had to retreat.

This army of bandits surrounded Qing’an County for half a month, during which dozens of fierce attacks were launched, and all of them were repelled by the defenders.

The casualties amounted to a whopping twenty to thirty thousand.

Although it is said that the stray thieves are worthless, and the starving people all over the place have plenty of cannon fodder to be driven, but the elite loss of the thieves and bandits is also very large, and the number one fierce general, Xiao Zhaan, is also trapped in the county town.

In such a situation, even though “Ping Tian Wang” Li Zili had all kinds of unwillingness and boundless anger, he also realized that if he continued to fight, even if he could finally break through Qing’an County, his own side’s losses could not be borne.

So he could only choose to retreat and turn to re-gather strength to attack another county.

It was impossible for every county to be as difficult to chew on as Qing’an County.

When the last figure of the roving bandit army, disappeared into the vast wilderness, the soldiers guarding the city walls coincidentally let out a shocking cheer.

Many people wept with joy.

It was really too hard, everyone thought that they were going to die with the city, but it turned out to be a sudden victory.

There were also some soldiers who lay helplessly on the ground after cheering and never woke up after falling into a deep sleep.

In the following days, every house in Qing’an County was onyxed, and the sound of crying echoed in the streets and alleys.

In the battle of the city, Qing’an County’s losses were extremely heavy, with more than two thousand soldiers and strong men killed in battle, and even more wounded.

Wang Chen, who returned to his home, received a very warm welcome from his wife and concubines.

Ye Dai disregarded her modesty and teamed up with Xiao Yu to pester him for three days and three nights.

Let Wang Duan enjoy all the tender flavors.