Destiny Only Han

Chapter 82
Nanyang County, Yangcheng County.

It is located at the eastern foot of Funiu Mountain, guarding the gateway to the northeast of the Nanyang Basin, with rich products and beautiful mountains and rivers.

In the early morning, Zhang Lei, the county magistrate of Yangcheng County, stood on top of the two-foot-high city wall, feeling lost.

Some time ago, the county guard Huan Yu led an army of tens of thousands, starting from Wan County, passing through here, and heading east in mighty strength.

However, within a few days, the bad news came, and Huan Yu was as panicked as a bereaved dog. He just ordered him to gather the rout soldiers who had fled back one after another, and hurried to Wan County.

From then on, Zhang Lei closed the gate of the city tightly, and only ordered people to set up two porridge sheds outside the city wall to provide a meal for the defeated soldiers. After that, except for their own county, the rest were sent back to their respective homes. .

At this moment, he stood on the city wall, put his hands on his chest, closed his eyes tightly, and prayed to the gods and ghosts he could think of in his heart, and prayed that the Chu army that defeated the county guard would not pass through Yangcheng County.

After all, he is also a legal official with a school background, and he doesn't even have the ability to talk on paper.

Most importantly, after the previous disastrous defeat, the county soldiers in Fangcheng County, including the soldiers in the territory, totaled less than 2000.

As for Qianshou, who he forcibly recruited from the city to guard the city wall...

Well, when the enemy reaches the city, they can hold back and not run, even if they are worthy of the money and food that I gave them...

Just as Zhang Lei bowed his head to pray, a clear and clear child's voice sounded behind him.

"Daddy!"

Zhang Lei turned his head, and what he saw was a little boy with braids and sniffling snot.

This is his eldest son, Zhang Shizhi.

Zhang Lei took two steps, squatted down and wiped his son's nose: "Why did you come here? Go back quickly, this is not a place for you to play around!"

Zhang Shizhi raised his head: "Mother asked me to ask Dad, when shall we leave?"

Zhang Lei asked curiously, "Go? What are you going for?"

Zhang Shizhi tried his best to think about it and said: "Mother said that she was going back to her hometown in Longxi. She said that the city would not be able to defend anyway, so I told my father to do less stupid things and take me and my brother away early...Mother also said that the whole family The most important thing for people is to be together!"

Zhang Lei smiled helplessly, and just as he wanted his son to tell his wife a few words, he heard a terrified howl from the high arrow tower.

"There are enemies!"

All of a sudden, he could only hear the sound of tinkling and clanging, and those Qianshou who had been conscripted to defend the city dropped their weapons, spread their legs, and fled down the city in a mess.

Well, there are also those county soldiers in armor, and some of the leaders are the rout soldiers who just ran back in a hurry.

He shook his head with a wry smile, and waved his hand to stop the county lieutenant who wanted to kill the deserter.

"Go home and tell your mother, I'll be there in a while!"

Zhang Lei patted his son's head, stood up, turned his head and walked towards the city.

Before leaving, he wanted to take another look at Yangcheng County, the place where he had devoted half his life.

"Hey, I've been here for more than ten years, and I really don't want to let go...Your mother is too!"

He froze suddenly, raised his head and cursed loudly.

On the horizon in the distance, there was indeed a dense crowd of people, but at this moment the breeze was blowing, and what was unfurled in the wind was a large banner with white characters on a black background.

The flag of Qin!
Life goes from great sorrow to great joy a little too quickly, which makes Zhang Lei feel as if he has passed away.

He leaned on the city wall and laughed loudly.

The deserters who were running down the city were stunned. They didn't know what happened to their county magistrate, but they also started laughing loudly after seeing the comrades on the city wall who were stupefied for a short time.

Curious, they slowly walked back to the city wall, and their faces flushed instantly, both ashamed and surprised.

Although the army in the distance could not be seen clearly, the way they marched and the battle flags they raised showed their identities.

Qin army!

Judging from the direction they came from, this army should be the one that was defeated in the east of Ji County.

This is their comrades!

"I really didn't expect that they were still alive!"

"It seems that this is a warrior who brought them back together!"

"Yes, who could it be?"

All of a sudden, there was a lot of discussion on the top of the city, and the noise of people was like a market.

After a while, the army holding the battle flag of the Qin Army arrived at the city, and a chariot painted in black slowly drove out of the crowd and stopped in front of the moat.

Zhang Lei lay on the top of the city and looked down, and saw that the driver was a young man with moles on his face, the armored soldier on the right side of the chariot was a young man with a high nose and short beard, and the one on the left was a Holding a war bow, a young man with an expressionless face.

All three of them wore bright red owl crowns and were dressed as school captains.

"So young..."

Zhang Lei whispered to himself, but he didn't care. When the Qin State unified the world, it fought for years, and countless people made meritorious service on the battlefield and held high positions.

It is quite normal for the second and third generations of nobles who were born in these families to reach the finish line that ordinary people would never reach in their lifetime.

On the chariot, the chariot with a beard on his face shouted loudly: "Open the city gate quickly, and serve wine and meat!"

Zhang Lei frowned slightly, not only because the young man was rude, but also because of the accent of the other party, which had a bit of a southern flavor.

But this is nothing. Although the soldiers in Nanyang County are all locals, the high-ranking civil servants and generals are transferred from other places. It is normal for them not to have a local accent.

He was about to give the order to open the city gate, when the county lieutenant beside him suddenly pulled the hem of his clothes with his hand and whispered:
"It's better not to open the city gate, I always feel that something is weird."

Zhang Lei looked sideways slightly: "What's so weird? These people are obviously our own people? And you can see how those people are dressed, they are obviously high-ranking people. If you neglect, you and I are afraid that there will be no good fruit!"

The county lieutenant frowned and said: "As the saying goes, the army is defeated like a mountain. Under the pursuit of the Chu army, how can they maintain the establishment and retreat? At this time, we must guard against it!"

"It makes sense!" Zhang Lei nodded, and shouted to the city: "There are not many places in the city, so I ask the general to order the soldiers to stay where they are..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he was suddenly thrown to the ground by the county captain. Just as he was about to get angry, he looked up and saw an arrow with violently quivering tail feathers nailed to the watchtower behind him.

"This, this is the enemy?" He looked at the county lieutenant in horror, and saw the same look in his eyes.

On the chariot, Ji Xin threw down his halberd, and slapped Lu Matong on the head: "It's all yours! If you want a fart of wine and meat, look, you're showing off!"

Beside Lu Matong, Shen Tujia put away his war bow, untied the horn from the chariot, and suddenly blew it.

beep!
In the blink of an eye, horns sounded one after another in the distance.

On the horizon, a battle flag as red as blood slowly rises, and an endless army rushes in like a tide.

The black cloud overwhelms the city and wants to destroy it.

On the city wall, Zhang Lei felt the vibration coming from the ground, and he sighed deeply amidst the intense emotions of great sorrow, great joy, and then great sorrow:
"Open the city gate, surrender..."

(End of this chapter)