After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 1210 Rescue
"Pah! Forget about holding back! I've had enough!"

"If you've had enough and don't want to live anymore, go to Qianyang County, kill the enemy, and at least die with some value."

In short, the area in front of the barricade was in chaos. Fortunately, there were quite a few Wei soldiers inside the barricade, otherwise they really wouldn't have been able to control the villagers.

It took almost an hour, relying on military force, to get the hundreds of thousands of Wei civilians and their families lined up.

But a short while later, another urgent report was heard.

Dangdang Dangdang!
"A distress call from Prefect Shao, Magistrate Luo, General Ou, and Commander Tang of Dongming Prefecture... They encountered a large enemy cavalry force at the main intersection in Xinglan County, suffering heavy casualties. They request the Capital Military Command to send troops to their aid!"

Bang! The soldiers who had called for help fell to the ground, men and horses sprawling.

The horse neighed a few times and then fell silent... It had been worked to death.

Commanders Zhong, Ling, and Xiao Tao were all shocked: "How did another enemy force appear?!"

"Where did these enemy troops come from?"

"That scoundrel Gu Chengyong has ruined our Great Wei!"

Upon hearing this, Zeng Tongzhi dared not speak.

During the Ningkang era, the governance of the Northeast Prefecture, such an "unimportant" and harsh place, was very chaotic. Unless a major incident occurred, civil and military officials could remain in their positions for up to ten years without being reassigned.

Zeng Tongzhi also served here for many years. Gu Chengyong's military defenses were terrible, and the management of the yamen was also incompetent.

They were all guilty, and they were afraid that if they made a sound, they would be dragged out by the angry Zhong Baihu and his men and beaten up first.

"Medic! Help!" Zhong Baihu and his men didn't have time to pay attention to him. They hurriedly called for a medic and rushed to the unconscious soldier who had called for help.

"Make way, let the old man do it." Old Xun was carried over. He first took out a slice of wild ginseng, gave it to the unconscious soldier, and then gave the young soldier acupuncture.

Half an hour later, the young soldier was revived, but he had almost died from exhaustion and was very weak. He could only point to the bag at his waist and ask them to look at the letter requesting help.

Zhong Baihu took off the bag, took out the letter requesting reinforcements, opened it, and his eyes widened in fury. He roared at Gu Qianhu and the others, "Quickly muster your troops and go rescue the people and kill the enemy!"

The phrase "kill the enemy" sounds as if one were chewing on the enemy's flesh.

Gu Qianhu frowned, snatched the letter, and nearly lost his balance when he read it.

The letter contained the following sentence: "The enemy army hunted down Wei civilians and slaughtered them on the spot to supply their army with provisions..."

Within Dongming Prefecture, a small number of Wei citizens, unwilling to abandon their homes and businesses, lingered and refused to leave.

After learning that General Liang had also been defeated and wounded, Prefect Shao and his men decided to retreat to the capital city. This small group of people in the capital city tearfully abandoned their homes and followed Prefect Shao and his men to the capital city to escape the ravages of war.

Unfortunately, they couldn't escape the calamity of war. They encountered enemy troops who appeared out of nowhere, cut off their formation, and killed hundreds of Wei civilians at the back.

It was still a matter of life and death. The screams were so agonizing. The letter said, "The cries of the people of Wei were more mournful than the cries of a thousand pigs dying."

A hundred soldiers, enraged, returned to provide aid, only to be brutally slaughtered.

We originally intended to die alongside the soldiers and civilians, but we did not want our bodies to fall into the hands of the enemy, thus bringing shame upon our nation. Therefore, we are seeking aid.

If our forces are insufficient to come and request reinforcements, please have the recipient of this letter report this military intelligence to the capital, so as to record the atrocities of these beasts from the Eastern Desert!

Luo Chengtong left his mark.

Luo Chengtong was the formal name of Luo Tongpan.

"I can only make the decision to give you a thousand cavalrymen immediately." Commander Gu continued, "You can also enter the city immediately to meet Commander Gu and ask him for troops, but it will take several hours to get to the Commander's Office in the city. Which option do you choose?" In the time it would take several hours to travel back and forth, Magistrate Luo and Prefect Shao would have all died.

What's most infuriating is that that bastard Gu Chengyong might make all sorts of excuses and refuse to hand over the troops, which means they'll have to waste even more time dealing with him.

Zhong Baihu gritted his teeth and said, "Give me a thousand cavalry immediately, and I will lead the troops to Xinglan County to rescue Magistrate Luo and the others."

Judge Luo, Prefect Shao, General Ou, and Commander Tang were all good officials; their deaths would be a loss to the Great Wei.

Therefore, Zhong Baihu wanted to save them.

"Brother Zhong, I'll lead my troops with you. If we encounter the enemy, we can support each other," Xiao Tao, the centurion, requested.

Zhong Baihu refused, saying, "No, you must stay and lead the villagers into the city to escape the war."

Your uncle's fate is unknown; you cannot risk it again.

"Alright, enough talk, it's settled then. Let's all get our tasks done!" After saying this, Commander Zhong called to his troops, "Assemble!"

He then said to Commander Gu, "Tell the Wei army here what they are doing, and read to them Luo Tongpan's letter requesting reinforcements. Those who are afraid of dying can stay behind and not force themselves to come with us to rescue people."

"Anyone who is determined to go, but disobeys orders halfway or deserts in the face of battle, shall be beheaded on the spot!"

“…Alright.” Commander Gu was a little frightened by the bloodthirsty aura of the Northwest Army, but he felt that this was how one should lead an army into battle.

Unfortunately, many of the soldiers led by Gu Chengyong were cowards.

The moment that plea for help was read, rows and rows of people backed down.

In the end, it was only through the volunteer efforts of Zhao Qianhu's five hundred soldiers that a thousand cavalrymen were finally assembled.

"The cooked food and hot water were all donated by the villagers, please take them!"

Knowing they were going to rescue people, the messengers called out to them and gathered a thousand portions of cooked food for them to take with them on the way.

The Qin, Jiang, Xu, Qiao, and Guan families, and the Zhou and Lü families, gave the most.

Qin Xiaomi also gave them two bags of poison.

In short, don't try to reason with those beasts from the Eastern Desert; they don't deserve it. Kill them, slaughter them to death!
"Zeng Tongzhi and Gu Qianhu, keep their accounts. After we enter the city, make the three major government offices pay them back! If they don't pay them back, or if they don't let the villagers enter the city to escape the war, then when we come back..." Zhong Baihu didn't finish his sentence, but the look in his eyes as he stared at Gu Qianhu and Zeng Tongzhi was enough to say: We'll slaughter you.

Prefect Zeng was terrified, and Commander Gu was also struggling to keep up. He nodded and said, "With Elder Qiong and the grandson of the Prince of Ye here, the villagers will surely be able to enter the city. You should go and rescue them quickly."

Hurry up and leave, or we'll be scared to death.

Dangdang Dangdang!
"A thousand cavalry reinforcements, target Xinglan County, set off!" With a single command from Commander Zhong, a thousand cavalrymen galloped away, speeding towards Xinglan County.

"Grandpa, Second Uncle, hurry up and urge Zeng Tongzhi and Gu Qianhu to stop the inspections and let people into the city as soon as possible... Enemy troops that the scouts failed to detect have appeared in Xinglan County and Qianyang County, and the number of enemy troops is over a thousand in both counties."

"Judging from this, we don't know how many enemy troops have infiltrated the Northeast. We need to get into the city quickly, or we'll be wiped out."

"The enemy forces in the Eastern Desert have already massacred people several times, so they will not show us any mercy. They want to wipe us out. If we do not enter the city quickly, it means that Commander Gu and Assistant Commander Zeng are deliberately helping the enemy to slaughter the people of Wei."

“Xiaomi, we can’t just accuse people of crimes... Although you’re right, they’re officials, and I’m afraid we might anger them and they’ll deliberately obstruct us.”

"Take care of yourself... Second brother, come with me." After giving these instructions, Grandpa Qin took Qin Ershu and went to find Commander Ling and Commander Xiao Tao, asking them to make threatening remarks to Commander Zeng and Commander Gu.

The two centurions repeated Qin Xiaomi's threatening words verbatim.

Ling Baihu added, "If the inspection is too slow and causes the Wei people to be slaughtered by the enemy in front of the capital city, with His Majesty's power, I'm afraid he will exterminate the three clans of the officials of the three major government offices in the capital city as a sacrifice to the Wei people."