generation hero

The Fenzhou Army set up defenses inside and outside Ai City. In order to defend the city, they conscripted men from nearby counties and local master slaves in Ai City.It was only when Yuantang arrived in Aicheng that he realized that the situation was serious. The army sent by Fenzhou to support King Ying suffered heavy losses, and Aicheng really had no soldiers to use, so he had to recruit from various places.

Jiang Yue, the governor of Fenzhou, was over half a century old, with deep wrinkles between his brows, and his eyes were full of energy, perhaps because he was worried about the danger of Ai City, his expression was exhausted, and his bloodshot eyes were abnormally bright.

Yuan Tang and Luo Da entered the city, and Jiang Yue specially summoned them in the city mansion.

"Last year, Baiyu City was attacked by Yichi. Later, due to the collusion between the defender Su Shoukui and the Di people, Baiyu fell into the hands of the Di people. It is said that the Di people captured the royal family of Xia and a group of Baiyu officials and people. Yaojing," Jiang Yue looked at Yuantang and said, "Yaojing was in chaos this year. The heirs of Xia Guoxian's prince and Baiyu officials who were captured in Yaojing were missing. The chaos in Yaojing was not over, and no one knew where they were going. Where is it?"

Jiang Yue stood up from the couch, approached Yuantang slowly, and said, "Jiyang Yuan's family has been general for generations. Yuan Guang, the head of the previous generation, sent his troops to the north and was later named General Longxiang. His son joined the army in Baiyu last year. , must also be a general. The Liu family in Qizhou has always been respected. Liu Yan, the head of Baiyu, manages Baiyu all the year round, and he can defend one side. Yuan Canjun is here, so the one who stays in the village is Liu Changshi .”

Fleeing away from Yaojing for several months, Yuan Tang also expected that their whereabouts would be exposed sooner or later. He was not surprised when Jiang Shishi pointed it out, but Luo University, although he didn't fully understand it, he understood a little bit, and looked at them in surprise. With Yuan Tang.

Yuan Tang said sternly: "The governor is very observant, how dare I ask Governor Jiang how he plans to deal with me?" Since he dared to come, he is not afraid of being found out. This time leading the people in the village to help fight Aicheng, he has to deal with the governor of Fenzhou. It is better to cover up Frankly speaking, Yuantang also thought about taking advantage of this favor to help the governor of Fenzhou to let them pass through Fenzhou after the war subsided.

The wrinkles between Jiang Yue's brows deepened, and he sighed and said, "Ai City is in danger, and Yuan Canjun also knows that Fenzhou is already too busy to take care of itself, so how can I deal with you?"

Yuan Tang cupped his hands towards Jiang Yue.The governor was pragmatic, skipped the topic of their identities, and began to deploy defenses in Ai City as usual.

The manpower Yuan Tang brought was not many, and they could only be incorporated into the infantry of Aicheng to cooperate with the defense of the army of Fuzhou, but Jiang Yue proposed to allocate another 500 people to Yuan Tang, so that Yuan Tang could form an army and deploy defenses under the city .

Jiang Yue secretly thought that Yuantang had resisted the Yichi people in Baiyu, traveled all the way south, and was familiar with dealing with all ethnic groups in the north.The Fenzhou army failed to support King Ying, lost troops and lost generals, and there was no one available, so he entrusted Yuantang with a heavy responsibility.There is no way around this.

Yuan De took everyone from the cottage to the camp outside the city early in the morning, and did not enter the city with Yuan Tang. Only when Yuan Tang came out of the city at noon did he know Jiang Yue's arrangement.

It was the prefect of Aicheng who was sitting in the military camp of the city. Yuan Tang led the order to go out of the city and met with the prefect He at the camp. The village is desperate, and both sides have their own losses. However, the crisis is now, and there are orders from the governor, so this section can only be revealed.

Yuan Tang returned to the military tent assigned to them by Prefect He, and Yuan De was sitting at the table frowning at a map.

Seeing Yuan De's serious expression, Yuan Tang changed his armor and asked, "Uncle De, what's the matter?"

The scar on Yuan De's face was obvious, and once he became serious, he would be a bit fierce, especially deterrent, and everyone in the cottage was afraid of him. Yuan Tang was used to seeing him, and had long been immune.

He sat on Yuan De's right hand with his wristband on, and glanced at the map.The Yichi people fought with Shi Ran outside Fengcheng, and it seemed that they could not take Aicheng into account for the time being. Jiang Yue was worried that one of the parties would send troops to capture Aicheng first, so he was very vigilant about Fengcheng's movements.

The territory of Fenzhou is long and narrow, if Aicheng falls again, there will be no depth within Fenzhou, and the state capital Pusui is at stake, and the land of one state will soon be divided up by two forces from the north and the south.

This is why Jiang Yue is nervous about the gains and losses of Aicheng.

On the third day after arriving in Aicheng, Yuan De reorganized the Shanzhai people and the five hundred Fenzhou Army dispatched by Governor Jiang, and Yuan Tang asked Governor Jiang for ten more horses.

Inspector Jiang actually gave it too. The warhorses of Fenzhou mainly come from the north. Although the number is more than those in the Southern Xia states, it is hard-won. In order to defend Ai City, Inspector Jiang spent all of Fenzhou's possessions, which shows that Aicheng is against Fenzhou importance.

In the past two days, Yuan Tang and Yuan De have been working with the newly formed army, digging trenches and building fortifications outside the city with the Fenzhou Army, and they can only sit down and talk about it until today.

Yuan De put down the map, glanced outside the tent, and said to Yuan Tang in a low voice, "Ah Lang, today the counselors around Governor Jiang came to ask me about His Highness's whereabouts."

Yuan Tang took a cup and poured water to drink, but when he heard this, his brows twitched, and he asked, "How did you inquire, and how did you answer?"

Yuan De said: "I brought people to set up a refusal horse in the west of the city. The counselors of the Jiang family came to him. They didn't say anything clearly, but they kept talking to His Highness, asking if His Highness would leave Yaojing with us. I said that I didn't see him when I left the city. Your Highness, so perfunctory."

Yuan Tang put down the cup in his hand. Governor Jiang must have sent someone to inquire about the news of their group. He knew that Liu Yanping was staying in the cottage, and he also knew that there was no Feng Cong in their team returning from the south.Feng Cong had already gone north, and no one could know his whereabouts. Yuan Tang was more concerned about the purpose of Governor Jiang's investigation.

Yuan De's expression was still a bit dignified, Yuan Tang said: "Uncle De still thinks there is something wrong, you might as well just say it."

Yuan De rubbed his chin, and after deliberating for a while, he said, "Jiang Cishi may not be very loyal to Bei Cheng."

Yuan Tang glanced at him, both of them had a clear expression.

Fenzhou is located at the junction of Nanxia and Beicheng, and both sides are out of reach. In the past, Fenzhou had a precedent of repeatedly voting for the master. When Beicheng was strong, the governor of Fenzhou accepted Beicheng's fate. In the name of Emperor Beicheng, he refused to cooperate with King Beichengying's army.

In fact, if he was really loyal to the Beicheng court, why would he join forces with King Ying in the first place.

Neither the Nanxia nor Beicheng imperial courts had the power to control the entire territory of Fanzhou, so they could only order the local clans to rule Fanzhou.Beicheng is in chaos, the first thing Jiang Yue has to do is to preserve Fenzhou, so as to preserve Jiang's power in Fenzhou.The best way now is to borrow the name of Nanxia. If Fenzhou becomes Nanxia Fenzhou, when Beisheng's rebellious troops invade Fenzhou, they have to consider whether to offend Nanxia.

But Nanxia seems to be unable to control even Qizhou and Muzhou, and Su Shoukui controlled Muzhou to embezzle northward.

First, Jiang Yue had no one to contact the Nanxia court, and secondly, he didn't know Nanxia's attitude towards Fenzhou, so he didn't dare to submit to the Nanxia court rashly.

These are Yuantang's judgments from Jiang Yue's attitude and the changes in the current situation during the two days in Aicheng. Liu Yanping knows the border better than him, and must have guessed the situation in Fenzhou earlier, so there is a plan to gather the villagers in Wushan .

In the end, Yuantang still couldn't see through the situation, and didn't think clearly enough. Although he didn't want to fall into Liu Yanping's trap, he still stepped into it in the end.He and Yuan De looked at each other and smiled, and did not continue this topic.

Being able to see other people's goals clearly can't change the situation in which he is deeply involved, Yuan Tang thinks that maybe he was too naive at the beginning.

Both Yichiren and Shiranren had sent people to test the direction of Aicheng, but because of the confrontation between the two sides, they did not dare to easily disperse their forces to attack Aicheng.

The troops led by Yuan Tang were in charge of guarding the fortress outside Ai City, and they only fought a few times with the stragglers from the Yichi people and Shi Ran people who were testing the defense of Ai City.

One night, Shi Ran sent hundreds of people to sneak attack on the stronghold outside the city. Yuan Tang fought with the defenders outside the city all night, and did not kill these Shi Ran until dawn.

The movement outside the city also attracted the attention of the sentinels in the city. Governor Jiang sent reinforcements and stood on the city wall overnight. After that, he sent people to the direction of Fengcheng to investigate more urgently, and the city was also full of turmoil.

The spies reported that Yichiren and Shiranren had engaged in a diplomatic war in Fengcheng, and the outcome was uncertain.The sneak attack that night was just a trial. If the stronghold outside the city was occupied, the defense of Ai City would become very passive.

Ten days later, Shi Ran and Yichi fought. At night, Yuan Tang guarded the deep moat outside the city and slept until midnight when he heard frequent underground noises, which awakened the soldiers in the moat.

Yuan De lit a lamp and walked over, bowing, and said, "Ah Lang, it seems that someone is coming this way."

Hearing the sound, there were many people coming, Yuan Tang climbed out of the ditch, Luo Da also climbed up, worried: "What's going on, is there another sneak attack?"

Yuan Tang shook his head and said, "I'm not sure, I'll take someone to investigate first," he turned around and said, "Uncle De, get everyone on alert and prepare to send people back to the city to report."

Yuan Tang led two soldiers to ride westward in the boundless night. In order to prevent anyone from hiding inside, the grass and trees outside the wall were cleared for a round. After running for a mile, they did not dare to ride again, fearing that the horse's hoof would attract the attention of the people ahead.

The north wind howled, the moonlight was covered by dark clouds, the sky and the earth were dark and thick, and even the light of the fire could not be melted away. Going forward, Yuan Tang put out the torch and fell on the ground.

A group of black shadows in the wilderness moved towards the direction of Ai City, like dark clouds falling from the sky, covered by the sound of the wind, moving forward at a leisurely pace.

The horse's hoof was wrapped by something, and the sound it made was silent and indifferent, and even the flames were sparse and weak among the dark figures, and it was impossible to tell who they were from Yuan Tang's distance.

The two scouting soldiers accompanying him also said they couldn't see it, and one soldier said, "Join the army, why don't we get closer?"

Yuan Tang asked one of them to restrain the horse, and he and another soldier leaned forward close to the ground. One by one, they moved forward and one back, and quietly approached the moving crowd.

The two quickly merged into the night, and Yuan Tang heard the sound of his heart beating like a drum, and he gritted his teeth and held his breath.

After crawling forward for more than ten meters, the group of people walked quietly, except for the sound of footsteps and a little rubbing noise, there was no human voice at all. Yuan Tang lay on the cold mud floor, feeling a faint chill behind his back.

The people who came seemed to be very cautious, the fires in the team were sparse and scattered, they were only used to illuminate the night road, hanging low in front of people, with only that little light, it was impossible to see people's clothing and appearance clearly.

Yuan Tang wanted to get closer, but suddenly his back tightened, someone grabbed his back collar, and his whole body was lifted from the ground, he was very surprised, he held a bunch of grass roots under his body with his left hand to prevent his body from flying away, and drew the saber back with his right hand wave away.

The blade swept across, and the people behind him immediately let go, and Yuan Tang rolled on the ground, thinking that he could stay away from the attacker, but he didn't expect that the other party quickly came close to him.

Yuan Tang was startled by the opponent's speed, and his body reacted immediately. He turned his wrist immediately, trying to separate the knife again, but just as he moved, his wrist was caught.

His left hand was bent, and he almost touched the opponent's chest, but his waist and abdomen suddenly softened, and his feet were swept away, making him unstable.

Yuan Tang thought he was going to be doomed this time, but the man clapped his palm on his waist but did not leave, but held onto him tightly, calling out, "Ah Tang."

This sound was really like thunder and fire, and it exploded in Yuantang's mind. He thought that it might take a long time to hear this sound after leaving Yaojing, but he did not expect to hear it again in this north windy night. .

Someone approached with a torch, and as the light moved, Yuan Tang finally saw Feng Cong's face clearly.