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Chapter 1238 Promise
Boom!

On the sky in early autumn, a thin layer of dark clouds shrouded it.Lightning flickers between the clouds, like a glowing giant snake, terrifying.

"It is going to rain."

Luo Cai stood under the eaves outside the value room, holding a cup of tea in his hand, and took a sip slowly.

Inside, Liu Qing said: "Urge the scouts to find out the location of the Chang'an army."

Luo Cai said: "I have already gone to urge you. By the way, there is no news from the Duke."

Yang Xuan regularly sent a letter every five days, but it has been six days since the last letter.

Luo Cai said, "Perhaps there is something urgent!"

Liu Qing sighed quietly, "The old man is worried about...the beauties in the palace."

When the news of Yang Xuan's move into the palace came out, the public opinion was in an uproar. Many people accused Yang Xuan of overreaching. Liu Qing threw out a sentence: "The Duke of the state can't live. Could it be that the man in Chang'an is left as a palace?"
The news of Chang'an's dispatch of troops was still spread in a small area, and all officials above the governor of Northern Xinjiang knew about it.In addition, there are generals in the army, and those tyrants who have secretly communicated with Chang'an.

But the northern Xinjiang tyrants behaved very honestly this time, no one took the opportunity to stir up trouble, and no one made a big public opinion, as honest as a quail.

Boom!

The thunder rumbled for a long time, and the raindrops finally fell sparsely.

Song Zhen raised his sleeves to cover his head and trotted over, "The Chang'an army accelerated their march."

Luo Cai was shocked and followed him into the guard room.

Liu Qing raised his head, "Is Dou Zhong going to serve the false emperor?"

Song Zhen shook his long sleeves, "Dou Weishan was the false emperor's confidant back then, and his son is naturally the false emperor's running dog. The army is getting faster and faster, which shows that Chang'an is urgent."

"Is there any news about the Southern Border Army?" Luo Cai asked.

Once these two armies converge, the northern border will inevitably shake.Those quail-like tyrants will also poke their heads out of their nests to see the direction of the wind.

Song Zhen shook his head, "Shi Zhongtang is the adopted son of the false emperor, and he is the most useful. He will come."

"The government ordered the expansion of the army, presumably to deal with this matter." Luo Cai said.

"Most of the expanded troops will go to the old land of Beiliao." Song Zhen shook his head, "To be honest, the expansion of [-] troops, I thought it was still too few."

"No matter how many, how can we afford it?" Luo Cai felt that Song Zhen was not in charge of the family and didn't know how expensive he was.

"The Duke looted the wealth accumulated over hundreds of years in the Northern Liao Dynasty, and we are still short of money?" Song Zhen almost said that Luo Cai was a miser.

"Oh!" Luo Cai retorted, "Do you know how much food it costs to raise a 20-strong army every year? This is not counted as pensions for those who died in war. There is some money at the moment, but the army is a gold-eating beast, and it has to spend a fixed amount every year. Pen. After ten or [-] years, how can the money be enough?"

"Cough cough!" Seeing that the two were diametrically opposed, Liu Qing coughed dryly, "The Duke said that the army should be expanded by [-], so that's [-]."

"I'm afraid it won't be enough!" Song Zhen said, "Once we go south in the future, 5 horses will be thrown into the Central Plains casually, without even a single blister."

"Grand Liu!" A small official came in, "The envoy from Chang'an is here."

Liu Qing's eyes became more gloomy, "The army is on the way, what's the point of sending an envoy here?"

Song Zhen said, "See you!"

"It's welcoming."

The envoy has just entered the city at this moment.

The official uniform of the seventh-rank official, raised his chin slightly, and looked at the angle of overlooking, "Countryside!"

The entourage beside him smiled and said, "No, this was a place of exile before."

The messenger said indifferently: "It seems that they blocked the news, it shouldn't be!"

The entourage immediately shouted to the surroundings: "The Chang'an army is approaching the northern border, and they want to attack Yang Ni!"

Pedestrians stopped one after another, some people reined in their horses, and the horses neighed.Someone pulled the carriage, and the wheels made a loud noise...

The city seemed to freeze in an instant.

Although Chang'an has always referred to Yang Xuan as Yang Ni, the soldiers and civilians in Northern Xinjiang feel that the two sides will confront each other for a long time and will not start a war.

In order to stabilize people's hearts, the high-level officials in Northern Xinjiang suppressed the news before Yang Xuan returned to the teacher.

But now, I can't hold back.

The door of the grain store was crowded with people, and no one cared about luxuries and non-subsistence goods.

The messenger smiled and said, "This is what His Majesty wants to see."

The official who came to greet him had a sullen face when he saw this, "Your envoy, you are bringing trouble on yourself."

"I'm just telling the truth."

The envoy was sure that Yang Xuan was not there, Liu Qing and others did not dare to kill him, so he had a rather high posture.

"Follow me."

Liu Qing and others have already heard the news.

"Sooner or later." Song Zhen said, "But don't tell the Duke just yet!"

"No, tell him!" Liu Qing said; "Let him know."

The little official came in, "Grand Liu, the envoy is here."

The envoy came in and glanced at the three people in the lobby.

He knew Song Zhen and Luo Cai, but this was the first time Liu Qing had met.

"Say!" The three of them were all sitting, and they had no intention of getting up to greet the angel at all.

The envoy had anticipated this situation, and said with a sneer, "The general said that this time only Yang Ni will be punished, and if others turn against him, they will be able to atone for their crimes."

"So you are Dou Zhong's emissary." Luo Cai asked, "What if the old man refuses?"

The envoy looked at him, "Then, the clan is not far away!"

Family punishment, this is the means to deal with the heinous criminals.

Luo Cai said with a smile: "The old man is looking forward to it."

The messenger looked at Song Zhen.

"Remember to tell Dou Zhong to sharpen the knife faster, so as not to cut your throat continuously when you commit suicide." Song Zhen said.

"Ha ha!"

The envoy knew that Liu Qing was Yang Xuan's most loyal confidant, so he didn't go to see him, and said, "Well, see you on the battlefield."

The messenger turned around.

"Wait a minute!"

Liu Qing spoke.

The Great Tang has been established for hundreds of years, and it has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. As expected, these rebels are still afraid... The messenger turned around slowly, and said reservedly: "What else is there?"

Liu Qing said: "After you entered the city, you made a lot of nonsense. If you don't deal with you, it will appear that there is no one in my northern border. Come here, beat him out of Taoxian with a stick!"

"How dare you!" The envoy pointed at Liu Qing, wanting to curse angrily.

Bah!
A stick was drawn on his shoulder from behind, and the messenger howled, turned around and ran away.

"Old thief Liu Qing, when the heavenly soldiers come, you will die, oh!"

The envoy's miserable howls faded away.

In the lobby, the three were silent.

Footsteps came, and an official came in, angrily said: "The people are rushing to buy food."

"For this day, the Jiedu Mission's Mansion has made preparations." Liu Qing said calmly: "A lot of food has been prepared. People buy it back and store it. If you buy more today, you will buy less tomorrow. Let it go, it won't Disappear out of thin air."

"The key is people's hearts." Luo Cai said quietly.

"When the Duke is here, the people's hearts are there!" Song Zhen said decisively: "If you defeat the Shegu people, the people's hearts in Beijiang will naturally be stable."

He looked at the silent Liu Qing, "Grand Liu, what do you think?"

"From the day I learned that Chang'an sent an army, I have felt the turmoil of the wind and clouds. All of this is like a huge wave. The old man is ready to meet the slap, what are you waiting for?"

Liu Qing looked at the two of them, "This old man swears to the death to protect Beijiang for the Duke!"

Song Zhen said: "This old man can still kill the enemy!"

"The old man will carry the arrows for you!" Luo Cai stretched out his hand.

Song Zhen held out his hand.

Liu Qing held out his hand.

Three wrinkled hands are raised.

Pat lightly.

……

"Snapped!"

"What time is it? Mosquitoes are still rampant!" Yang Xuan slapped a mosquito to death, feeling a little wet in his palm.

Thunder rumbled outside.

"Kingdom."

The servant's voice came from outside the door.

"What's the matter?"

Yang Xuan got up and dressed.

"Mr. Han has something to see."

It's still dark, what happened?

"Come in."

The door opened, and the palace servants rushed in.

"Don't bother."

Yang Xuan has already put on his clothes, but someone needs to comb his hair, "Let Han Ji come."

"Yes!"

After a while, Han Ji came in.

"Duke, the Shegu people are dispatched, and the vanguard is marching towards Linluo City."

"Back up!"

Almost without thinking, Yang Xuan said, "Make our people retreat."

This is the proud enemy.

"The Beiliao people in the city are a little uneasy!" Han Ji looked serious, "They are a little scared."

"What are you afraid of?" Yang Xuan was puzzled.

"The Shegu people are full of wildness, and if they break the city, they will burn, kill and loot wantonly." Han Ji looked at Yang Xuan, "Duke, if Linluo City withdraws its troops, what should the people in the city do when they face the wolf-like Shegu people?"

"What does it have to do with me?" Yang Xuan said lightly.

"The old man knows that the Duke is dissatisfied with the foreign race, but this is the world!" Han Ji bowed.

……

Pro Luocheng.

Captain Feng He stood on the top of the city, watching the scouts returning from a distance.

"Lieutenant, half of the scouts are missing!" said the people around him.

"The old man saw it." Feng He said.Shegu people are fierce, and the scout battle is also extremely fierce.

"Lieutenant." The scouts entered the city, and the team led by them was on the top of the city, saying: "The Shegu striker is approaching."

Feng He has more than [-] people under his command, "Linluo should make the enemy army bloody!"

"Is Lieutenant Feng He here?"

Under the city, more than ten soldiers dismounted.

"The captain is on top!" Someone pointed to the top of the wall.

A sergeant hurried up, "Who is Lieutenant Feng He?"

"That's the old man." Feng He turned around.

Under the dark sky, the sergeant saluted, "The Duke ordered the troops to withdraw!"

"What?" Feng He was taken aback. He wanted to withdraw his army before he even took up the challenge. How is this different from running away?

A sense of humiliation made him ask, "Are you mistaken?"

The sergeant took out the document, "This is the document."

"Look, old man."

Feng He took the document, glanced at the sergeant with sharp eyes, then opened the document, bowed his head...

The hand suddenly exerted force, and the joints turned white.

The paper was deformed, Feng He raised his head, took a deep breath, suppressed his grief, and said, "Withdraw!"

The defenders began to withdraw.

The people in the city panicked, "Captain Feng, where are you going?"

Feng He looked at the people, and pain flashed in his eyes, "The enemy's vanguard is approaching, old man... evacuate."

He concealed the word "ordered".

Immediately, there was a burst of cursing from the crowd.

"Dog thief, seize the city and show off your power, and the Shegu people will flee when they come!"

Some cursed, others begged the defenders to stay.

"The Shegu people are cruel and easy to kill, stay here!"

Feng He looked at these people, although they were of a foreign race, but during the garrison, he had already regarded these people as the people of northern Xinjiang.

"go!"

Feng He closed his eyes and let the horse lead him out of the city.

"Captain Feng..."

The city was full of cries and shouts.

……

Deji is on his way home.

He was stopped many times along the way, and each time he relied on his identity as a messenger to avoid trouble.

"The atmosphere of the battle is very strong!"

Deji smiled.

"We will win!" The follower said confidently.

"Yes!" Deji said: "It's just such an opportunity, if you miss it, the Shegu tribe will perish forever."

A group of northern Xinjiang scouts came ahead, and saw Deji and others approaching quickly.

"This old man is an envoy from Shegu Department, who just left Ningxing."

Deji held up his hands to show that he was not hostile.

"Documents."

A team was riding out, and Deji noticed that his eyes were fierce, as if filled with grief and anger.

Why is this?

Deji handed over the document, which had a seal on it.

The team looked carefully, handed back the paperwork, and said very formally: "See you on the battlefield!"

Deji smiled, "It's easy to say."

He didn't understand where the captain's anger and grief came from, but looking at them one by one, all the sergeants were like this.

What's going on here?
A few miles ahead, I saw a long dragon.

"It's the people!"

The entourage was stunned, "Why is this?"

The people hurried on their way in panic, and when they saw the Shegu people behind Deji, some even cried out for help.

The Northern Xinjiang Army sergeant who accompanied him rode over. Seeing the anger in his eyes, Deji immediately took out the documents, "This old man is the messenger."

The sergeant checked the documents and looked up, "Although I want to kill you right now, the military discipline is still there. See you on the battlefield!"

What's going on here?
Deji looked at those common people.

The common people looked at them with fear in their eyes, but after seeing the soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army, they turned into trust and attachment.

Deji's heart was shocked, he cupped his hands and said, "Dare to ask why you migrated?"

The sergeant sneered, "The beasts are coming."

Deji calculated that the striker should arrive almost as well.

There were too few soldiers and horses in northern Xinjiang, so they had no choice but to evacuate, but they took the people with them...

Those common people regard them as scourges, but regard the Northern Border Army as benefactors.

When this public opinion swept across the north, even if the Shegu tribe defeated Ning Xing, they would gain an empty city, or a city full of fear and hatred.

A change must be made, Axibao!

Deji gritted his teeth, "Farewell!"

He rode his horse and galloped until he reached the tail of the long migrating dragon, and the cavalrymen of the northern border army looked resolutely into the distance behind them.

In the distance, smoke and dust appeared!
"The Shegu people are here!"

There were people screaming.

Immediately, the crowd became restless, calling for children, or driving carriages...

More than ten riders came here on horseback, and the leader was Captain Feng He. He looked at the smoke and said, "Let the people abandon everything and run!"

The brigade commander beside him said: "I will be hunted down!"

"we are at!"

Feng He's eyes were firm, "The Duke once said that as long as the taxes are paid, then these people are from the northern border. Our generation of warriors eats and wears their clothes. At this moment, we should give up our lives in return!"

He pulled out the horizontal knife and looked at the enemy army appearing in the distance.

"More than five thousand!" someone whispered.

And here, it's only a little over 2000.

Moreover, the enemy brigade must be behind.

Feng He looked at the terrified eyes of those common people, and pointed his horizontal knife to the south: "Let's go!"

The people ran in panic.

"Assemble!"

Feng He shouted.

His subordinates gathered behind him.

"Today, I am invincible!"

Feng He held up the horizontal knife, "I am the northern border army!"

More than two thousand spears were raised high.

"mighty!"

(End of this chapter)