Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 615
Although the Liao army has lost ground and is trapped in the encirclement, the Song army in each city has always stood still and behaved very calmly. The same is true in Hejian County. However, every household has planted pumpkins in front of and behind the houses, and some open spaces are full of vegetables.

Although there is plenty of food in the warehouses, a food rationing system has been implemented in the city. Each person can get half a liter of rice per day and one catty of salt per month. The catering industry has basically stopped. Only a few teahouses are open as usual, and they also sell alcohol. There is no new wine, it is all stale left over from the past.

Others, such as grocery stores, silk and satin stores, cloth stores, quality warehouses, dental stores, etc., are still open, and the business is still maintaining a minimum internal cycle.

This morning, Fan Ning was patrolling the streets in a carriage as usual, with more than [-] soldiers guarding him. He originally wanted to ride a horse, but everyone resolutely opposed it. Everyone thought it was too dangerous for Fanning to ride a horse.

Liu Kui was under a lot of pressure. Although he was very successful in the capital's anti-intermediary, the Hejian Mansion was not going well. He knew that there were spies from the Liao Kingdom hidden in the city, but they couldn't find them. It's no different from ordinary people.

The carriage was walking on the wide Baita Street, which is the main north-south road, and there are a lot of shops on both sides of the street, but most of them are closed.

People came and went on the street in an orderly manner. When the carriage passed the intersection where the north-south and east-west avenues meet, suddenly, a black shadow descended from the sky and rushed straight at Fanning's carriage. A cavalryman was the first to spot it, and he shouted, Swing the gun and stab at the shadow.

'when! ’ The black shadow slashed the long spear with a knife, and landed slightly on the carriage. The surrounding soldiers were in chaos, and they stabbed the man in black with their guns.

The man in black turned over and escaped the spear stabs of the crowd. His body was hanging on the edge of the carriage, and he was about to get into the carriage through the window. At this moment, a long sword pierced out of the carriage like lightning. The man was caught off guard, and was pierced through his left shoulder by a sword. The man in black screamed, raised his hand and shot Fan Ning with a poisonous crossbow.

But it was too late. At this time, Fan Ning had already blocked his vitals with a shield, and a large embroidered shoe stuck out from the car window, and he kicked the man in black flying away. The poisonous crossbow also lost its aim and shot into the sky.

The soldiers rushed forward and pushed the assassin to the ground, only to see a tall female Taoist priest jumping out of the carriage, holding a bloody long sword, it was Jian Meizi, who was Fan Ning's personal bodyguard, as long as Fan Ning When Ning goes out, she will definitely protect her personally. There has been no accident for so many years, but today she has made great contributions.

Jian Meizi didn't walk away, she stood on the roof of the car, looking around vigilantly, she was worried that the first assassin was just a decoy, she transferred the soldiers away, and then made a second assassination.

"Officer, don't come down, it's not safe here!"

Jian Meizi yelled, and Fan Ning, who was about to get up and get out of the car, didn't dare to move again.

The carriage he was riding in was specially made, and the carriage was covered with a thick layer of iron, which was difficult to penetrate even with a crossbow. The only loophole was the left and right windows, so two iron shields were hidden on the rear seat. When you find danger, you can quickly pull out the two shields to block the sides of your body, so that the poisonous arrows shot into the car window are also blocked by the shields.

Jian Meizi looked around for a while, and she felt that there was still danger around her, so she shouted to the soldiers, "Get out of here quickly!"

Several soldiers stood up regretfully, the assassin had already committed suicide by drinking poison,
The crowd quickly left the street with the assassin's body, escorted the carriage and returned to the barracks.

The news was tightly sealed, someone notified Liu Kui, Liu Kui came quickly, he said to Fan Ning with an apologetic face: "The humble and incompetent, failed to capture the spies of the Liao Kingdom in time, and even threatened the safety of my husband."

Fan Ning waved his hand, "You don't want to take everything on yourself. You are not responsible for this matter, but you can look it up and see if you can find any clues."

"Humble job, let's go check it out."

"There's no need to check."

Jian Meizi walked into the big tent, "I have already found the assassin's foothold."

Fan Ning was overjoyed, "How did Sister Jian find out?"

Jian Meizi said lightly: "There are two groups of assassins, the man in black is just a decoy, and there is another person in a tavern who aimed a crossbow at the door of the car. As soon as the officials get off the carriage, he will immediately shoot the crossbow. This is the real assassin. I didn't alarm this person, after he left, I followed and found where he was staying."

Liu Kui quickly asked, "Excuse me, Master Swordsman, where is the foothold?"

"Pingdu Pharmacy!" Jian Meizi said four words lightly.

Pingdu Pharmacy is one of the four major pharmacies in Hejian Prefecture, but when the other pharmacies were opening, it unexpectedly closed down, and a notice was posted at the door saying that the reserves of medicinal materials were insufficient, and everyone could understand, so no one To find out why it really went out of business.

Just a quarter of an hour after Fan Ning was assassinated, [-] soldiers surrounded the Pingdu Pharmacy from all directions, and [-] soldiers from the Flying Tigers armed with shields and short spears entered the pharmacy over the wall.

Just when a guy came to the yard, he saw the soldiers coming in over the wall at a glance. The guy immediately yelled in horror, "Song Jun is here! Song Jun is here!"

One sentence revealed their identities, three hundred soldiers of the Song army rushed into the room immediately, and a dozen of the men were so frightened that they lay on the ground.

"Catch them separately!"

The battalion general shouted, and three hundred soldiers were divided into a dozen groups to arrest the spies from the Liao Kingdom.

'boom! 'Several kicked the shopkeeper's door open.

A middle-aged man was burning documents in the room. Two soldiers rushed up and kicked over the stove, throwing the middle-aged man to the ground.

At this time, a crossbow arrow was shot from the back room, and a soldier was unable to dodge, and was shot in the left shoulder by an arrow. More than [-] soldiers outside were furious, and they shot arrows into the room together, only to hear a scream, and a big man died. Hit by more than a dozen arrows, he fell to the ground and died.

Soon, more than [-] spies from the Liao Kingdom were escorted out of the yard, and the soldiers of the Song Army began to search the pharmacy, and soon found that there were [-] pairs of armor hidden in the cellar of the pharmacy, including armor, swords, spears, bows and arrows.

According to the confession, there are also [-] Liao soldiers hidden in the city, scattered all over the place.

Fan Ning immediately ordered martial law throughout the city and arrested the soldiers of the Liao Army. At dawn the next day, all the [-] lurking soldiers of the Liao Kingdom hidden in inns, houses, and monasteries were all captured. However, the Song army's defense was tight, and it was also strictly guarded at night, so that they could not get in touch with the Liao army outside.

Once the Song army's defense was a little loose, they would seize the opportunity. The assassination of Fan Ning was also a means for them to create chaos and take the opportunity to communicate with the outside world. However, the assassination failed, and Jian Meizi broke the situation again, and the entire army was wiped out.

At the same time that Hejian County was arresting the spies, an army of 5000 troops crossed Baigou in Xiongzhou, entered the territory of Yizhou, and quickly marched towards Yixian County.

This army is [-] garrisons from Rencheng County. It was ordered by Fan Ning to urgently support Yang Wenguang in Yi County. This was Di Qing's suggestion to him. Of course, the emperor Zhao Xu also hoped that Fan Ning would increase his troops in Yi County, but the emperor ordered him to do so. It hasn't been delivered yet.

Di Qing's worries are still justified. It is impossible for Yang Wenguang to mobilize civilians to defend the city in Yizhou. There may be people with ulterior motives hidden here. Ning accepted Di Qing's suggestion and ordered five thousand troops to support Yi County.

It has been five days since Yang Wenguang occupied Yi County. He gradually won the hearts of the Han people in the city by distributing food and the belongings of the Khitan nobles to the people. However, when he wanted to recruit some peasants to help defend the city, Kong Ran, the magistrate of Yi County, persuaded him It is best not to use civilian husbands in the city. Although the people in the city are Han Chinese, they have belonged to the Liao Kingdom for a hundred years.

It is still light to go out without working hard, and I am afraid that I will turn against the enemy, and it will be too late to cry at that time.

Yang Wenguang thought so, so he gave up the idea of ​​recruiting Han people.

This morning, Yang Wenguang was patrolling the top of the city. In terms of time, Emperor Liao should have known the news of the fall of Yi County, so at the latest three days later, the Liao army that attacked Yi County would arrive. Defense, but also looking forward to the arrival of the Liao army.

"Old general, look over there!"

Some soldiers pointed to the distance and shouted, "It seems to be an army!"

Yang Wenguang looked southeast of Yishui, and he saw a long black line coming towards Yixian.

"Ring the bell, all soldiers go to town."

'when!when!when!when! '

The alarm bell rang loudly, and groups of soldiers rushed to the top of the city with their swords out of their sheaths, ready for battle.

A quarter of an hour later, the army in the distance slowly approached, and a soldier suddenly said, "It's the Yellow Dragon Banner of the Great Song Dynasty!"

Everyone could see clearly that this army was flying the Yellow Dragon Banner of the Song Army.

Yang Wenguang shouted sharply: "Don't be careless, without my order, don't open the city gate!"

The opponent may be the Song Army who came to support, or it may be the Liao Army who came to defraud the city. However, defrauding the city is usually at night, and it is daytime now. He is really a little confused.

After a while, the army came to the city, and a general stepped forward and shouted: "Old General Yang, the last general came to support under the order of Mr. Fan."

Yang Wenguang immediately recognized that it was Ma Wei who was in charge of Rencheng County, and that this was not the Liao Army's deceitful city.

He immediately turned around and shouted: "Quickly open the city gate!"

(End of this chapter)