Jiangbei female bandits

Chapter 56
In September of the first year of Xinwu, He Ze realized that he had been deceived. He was extremely annoyed, and without hesitation to ask He Zhen for instructions, he led an army of [-] troops out of the northwest, turned around and swooped towards Yiping, trying to take advantage of Fengjun When Yang was still gathering troops on the south bank of the Wanjiang River, he captured Yiping City and blocked its passage to the north.Unexpectedly, Feng Junyang's [-] troops had already crossed the river quietly, passed around Yiping at night, and entered the hills and mountains within the boundary of Xiangzhou westward to set up an ambush.

He Ze's army was ambushed by Feng Junyang when he reached a mountain nest in Xiangzhou.One side is a tired army who has been marching for days, while the other side has been recharging their energy for a few days, and they are doing mental calculations without intention. There is almost no suspense about the outcome of the battle.The two sides fought for more than a day, and He Ze's army was defeated.

If it is an ordinary character, since he has been defeated, he should flee back.But He Ze has led the army for many years and has made great military exploits, so he can be regarded as a mighty general.Seeing Feng Junyang's army intercepting here, he expected that the troops in Yiping City would be empty, leading the army instead of retreating, they broke through the layers of Feng Junyang's army and continued to rush towards Yiping.If it was said that he was hotheaded and impulsive before, now Feng Junyang stumbled, but unexpectedly told him to calm down, make a decisive decision, change the original marching route, and run overnight, avoiding several places one after another ambush.

When he was about to leave Xiangzhou, He Ze pointed to a dangerous place he passed by, and told the lieutenant beside him, "This place is easy to defend and difficult to attack. I will divide you with 5000 troops. No matter what method you use, you must drag Feng Junyang here." ten days!"

He has less than 2 troops at the moment, but he allocated 2 to the deputy general, leaving only [-] to attack Yiping City.Siege is no better than field battle, as long as the calculation is proper, it is possible to win more with less.To attack a city requires several times as many troops as the defenders, and it will take a long time to be surrounded or trapped before it is possible to break into the city.Calculated in this way, even if there are only a few thousand defenders in Yiping City, and He Ze only uses [-] troops, it is impossible to capture Yiping in just ten days.

The deputy general said: "General, I don't need five thousand for the last general, you can leave me with 2000 troops, as long as there is one man and one horse left, the last general will not ask the king to pass this mountain pass!"

"Five thousand, I'll give you 5000 people. You don't need to die so that only one person and one horse are left, as long as you hold him for ten days. After ten days, you can act according to your circumstances." He Ze said in a deep voice.

The deputy general took the order, issued a military order to He Ze, and then left with 5000 troops, ready to intercept Feng Junyang's army that was chasing after him.

He Ze's confidantes and staff saw that he was still going his own way to win Yiping, so they couldn't help but persuade him: "Twelve young masters, you must not act arrogantly at this time. From what I see, if you don't hold back for a while, lead the troops back first, and then use the plan Later plan."

He Ze looked back at him, and said calmly, "Will you let us go back if you treat him as Feng Junyang? Since he spent so much effort to lure us into the trap, he didn't think about letting us go back. If you don't believe me, go north , I'm afraid I'll meet Zheng Lun if I don't go far."

"But we only have [-] defeated troops left in our hands. It is as difficult as going to heaven to capture Yiping within ten days!" the aide sighed.

He Ze smiled coldly, but said: "It's not difficult, as long as the person guarding Yiping is Xie Chennian, it's not difficult."

In Yiping City, Chen Nian had handed over thousands of soldiers in his hands to Song Yan, who was left behind by Zheng Lun, and he only concentrated on resettling the refugees in the city.

Song Yan also came from the Yunxi Palace, but he was different from Zheng Lun. He came from a good background, and his family was quite prestigious in Yunxi. Although he was young, he was mature and stable.He had Feng Junyang's explanation in advance, and seeing Chen Nian's behavior, he guessed that she had other plans, so he came over privately and said politely: "Thank you, village master, hand over all the soldiers in Juyi Village In the hands of the general, this is your trust in the general, and the general is very grateful. It's just that the big battle is imminent, and the city defense needs you to take charge of the overall situation, and the general will help you to defend this Yiping city."

Chen Nian really wanted to take advantage of the chaos to get away, so he handed over all the military affairs to Song Yan. He didn't want Song Yan to ask for such a thing, and asked in surprise, "Why? I don't know anything about defending the city. Get in your way."

Song Yan smiled shyly, and said: "To tell you the truth, thank you to the village master. More than half of your soldiers in the village are people from the Jianghu. It is only because of your prestige that they can obey orders. But the last general is just a young general. No prestige, no qualifications, I am afraid that they will not be able to control them when the time comes."

He called those soldiers in the village Jianghu people, or euphemistically.To put it bluntly, nearly half of the soldiers in Juyi Village came from bandits in the Taihang Mountains. Although they were brave and sturdy, they were wild and unruly, and they were indeed difficult to command.Chen Nian thought for a while and asked him, "What do you want to call me?"

Song Yan said: "I just want you to go to the army to sit in town every day, and sooner or later, I will patrol the city defenses with the last general, just to frighten them."

Such a request was clearly intended to tie her up to death in the army and not let her leave for a day.After hearing this, Chen Nian couldn't help but glance at him, and asked with a half-smile, "When your prince left, what did you say to you?"

Song Yan replied neither humble nor overbearing: "Before leaving, the prince asked the general to help you guard Yiping."

Chen Nian saw that this man was only superficially honest, so he stopped talking to him, just nodded and said: "Okay, since you asked, I will listen to your arrangement, and just come to your army every day to serve. "

Song Yan hurriedly said that he didn't dare, but Chen Nian was impatient with dealing with him, so he laughed dryly, and then served tea to see off the guests.Unexpectedly, Song Yan still sat still, Chen Nian saw that he had no intention of leaving, so he asked him, "General Song, is there anything else?"

Song Yan said: "Xie Zhaizhu, your Zhai soldiers are all tough, and they are all loyal men. The general respects them very much."

His topic suddenly changed to this point, which surprised Chen Nian, he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he just oh.Then Song Yan continued: "Just a gathering of heroes may not necessarily make an iron army."

Chen Nian heard that there was something in his words, and said bluntly: "General Song, I'm a rough man, just speak up if you have something to say."

Song Yan didn't speak immediately, but only thought about how to say the following words so as not to offend her.

Seeing how cautious he was, Chen Nian smiled unconsciously and said, "Don't worry, I'm not that small-minded, I can offend you with a few words. If you have anything to say, just say it, don't go around in circles, and I won't be misunderstood." did you mean."

She was so straightforward, Song Yan simply didn't think about words anymore, and said: "The last general wants to say that what the army wants is to enforce orders and prohibit, not to show loyalty and be a hero. If there is no strict military discipline, everyone will be a hero. If you put it together, it's a mess, and once you fight a strong enemy, you will be defeated."

Chen Nian looked at him, and asked: "You mean to say that my soldiers in the village are disorganized?"

Song Yan looked serious, nodded and said, "Not bad."

When the Zhaibing was formed, because Cui Xi was in charge, the military discipline was quite strict.It was only later that Cui Xi was detained by her and could no longer take care of military affairs, and more and more bandits came to join him everywhere. Although the number of soldiers in the village increased sharply, the military discipline gradually became loose.Chen Nian knew it in his own mind, so he asked Song Yan, "What do you think?"

Song Yan replied in a deep voice: "The big battle is imminent, and the general wants to clean up the military discipline and kill some people who refuse to obey the order, so as to imitate others."

These soldiers in the village were not very honest and obedient when they were under Chen Nian's command. Now that Song Yan has just taken over, it is inevitable that there will be some troubles.Chen Nian understood that Song Yan wanted to establish his prestige, so he said: "Since I am willing to hand over all the soldiers in the village to you, I trust you. As long as those people really violated military discipline, you can deal with them as you like without asking me. Views."

Since she said that, she sincerely wanted to hand over the power to Song Yan and let him do it.Unexpectedly, it was only the second day, when she had just arrived in the army, Song Yan sent someone to invite her to the school grounds.

It turned out that some soldiers from the village were drinking again in the army. Since these people were not first-time offenders, Song Yan ordered them to be tied up, tied up in front of the army, and beheaded for public display.But those soldiers in the village were all bandits, rough and tough, they refused to obey the law honestly, while struggling desperately, they cursed loudly and only wanted to see the village master to thank them.

Chen Nian heard the messenger briefly explain the reason, and then said: "You take my words to Song Yan, saying that anyone who dares to violate military discipline will be dealt with by the military law."

The messenger left in a hurry, and reported to Song Yan loudly when he arrived at the school grounds: "General, thank the village master for his order: Anyone who dares to violate military discipline will be punished by military law."

Song Yan got up and went to the soldiers in the village, and asked them, "What else do you have to say?"

Those people opened their eyes for a moment, and someone immediately shouted: "I don't believe it, you must have falsely passed on our village master's order, we have to see the village master and hear her say this with our own ears before we believe it."

The rest of the people also responded one after another, Song Yan was not in a hurry, and only ordered the messenger next to him: "Go and thank the village master!"

The messenger had to go to invite Chen Nian again.Everyone waited on the school grounds for quite a while, when Chen Nian came from a distance with a few soldiers.The soldiers of the village saw it at a glance, stretched their necks and shouted loudly: "Master, help!"

Song Yan sent people to invite her over and over again, and Chen Nian knew that he did it on purpose, and he was already a little annoyed.Hearing those soldiers shouting, she walked forward unhurriedly, first glanced at Song Yan, then looked at the soldiers kneeling on the ground, and asked them kindly: "But how many of you are there?" want to see me?"

Seeing her expression and knowing that she has always treated others generously and only thought they were saved, those few people were both surprised and happy, and hurriedly nodded: "That's right, that's right."

Chen Nian smiled lightly, but asked in a gentle voice: "But what last words do you want to tell me?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard the words, those soldiers were even more dumbfounded, they couldn't even speak for a moment.

Chen Nian stood there, looked at them indifferently for a moment, and asked: "Did you know about these military disciplines before?"

These military disciplines have been enforced since the capture of Yiping, and recently they have been repeated repeatedly. Those people know it, but they are just bullying Chen Nian's generosity, lawlessness, and audacity.

Seeing that they had nothing to say, Chen Nian said again: "Since we all know, there is nothing to say. If you have a last word, you can tell me. For the sake of our brothers, I will help you complete it."

Until now, those people have finally recognized their heads. Someone really entrusted the young and old in the family to Chen Nian to take care of them.Chen Nian solemnly agreed, and ordered someone to untie them, and poured some bowls of spirits for them. He also picked up a bowl, and said in a deep voice: "If you are still men, drink this bowl. Wine, let’s get on the road. Don’t cry and be looked down upon by others. Your head is lost, but it’s just a scar the size of a bowl. After 20 years, you’ll still be good men.”

Those people were all bandits, they were not afraid of life and death, but now they were provoked by Chen Nian's words, they really drank the wine in one gulp, threw the bowl hard, and suffered death.A law enforcement soldier stepped forward, swung a big knife, and chopped off the heads of those few soldiers one by one.As a few heads fell to the ground, the originally noisy school grounds suddenly fell silent.

Chen Nian was a light drinker, and only had a bowl of strong wine on her head. She used the alcohol to support her, and watched the whole process indifferently, then turned to Song Yan and asked, "General Song, I don't know why you invited me over? "

Song Yan noticed that her tone was not friendly, so he replied respectfully: "They want to see you."

Chen Nian asked in a cold voice: "They? Who are they? They said they wanted to see me, so you sent people to invite me several times. If they want to kill me, do you want to kill me as well?"

Knowing that she was angry, Song Yan dared not answer her words. After a moment of hesitation, she knelt down on one knee and apologized: "The last general dare not."

"It's not the best. I entrust you with the matter of cleaning up military discipline. I want you to be brave enough to take responsibility and dare to do things. I don't want you to ask me for instructions on everything and come back to be a messenger." Chen Nian looked at Song coldly. Yan turned his head and asked the military discipline officer at the side, "What kind of punishment should I be punished for evading things and failing to do things well?"

The military discipline officer was originally Song Yan's direct subordinate, but now the Qingzhou Army and Juyi Village have become one army, Chen Nian is the leader, and Song Yan is the deputy. He dare not not answer her questions, and he is careful when he hears her words. He replied: "Thank you to the village master——"

"Where is the village master in the army?" Chen Nian suddenly shouted at the military discipline officer, his indifferent eyes slowly swept across the crowd, and then he said, "Since I am a general in the army, you should call me General Xie." .”

The military disciplinary officer was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly gave a military salute to Chen Nian, and replied loudly: "Report to thank the general, if you dodge or fail to do things, depending on the seriousness of the circumstances, you can be punished with whipping, sticking, cutting off your ears, or Beheading and other punishments!"

Chen Nian glanced at Song Yan, and then said: "General Nian Song is the first offender, so let's punish him with the lightest punishment."

Everyone's eyes turned to Song Yan following Chen Nian, for fear that he would dissatisfy and start a dispute with Chen Nian.Unexpectedly, Song Yan was silent for a while, and responded: "The last general has failed the general's trust, and I am willing to receive punishment."

He immediately got up, took off his armor and clothes, and went to receive twenty lashes.Chen Nian turned around and walked towards the high platform of the school field step by step.

Because she is in the army, she is dressed as a man today, wearing a short jacket with narrow sleeves, long trousers and leather boots.This attire was extremely capable and neat, but it made her tall and straight, but Wen Daya felt that she was not imposing, so he insisted on covering her with a pair of armor before going out.In this way, although it was a bit nondescript, it made her look a lot thicker.

Chen Nian walked up to the high platform and stood there watching Song Yan finish his sentence with cold eyes. Then he raised his spirit secretly and said to the thousands of soldiers on the school ground: "Before I attacked Yiping, I asked you if you would like to follow me." Come to Yiping to fight for everyone’s survival. If you are willing, I am grateful. If you are unwilling, I have no complaints. You come with me.”

"After entering this city of Yiping, I ask you again, are you willing to guard this Yiping with me, and give those common people a shelter. If you are willing, you can stay, observe military discipline, and practice diligently. I feel uncomfortable , then be a refugee, a bandit, go wherever you want, and I, Xie Chennian, will send you money. You chose to stay."

She is full of internal energy, her voice is clear, and her words are clear, everyone can hear, "Now, I will give you another chance to choose, if you don't want to join the army, then stand up, I will let you go, there will be no embarrassment. "

After Chen Nian finished speaking, he stopped and waited for everyone's reaction.Thousands of village soldiers stood there, but they could hear needles falling.Chennian waited for a while, but no one came out of the queue, so he raised his voice again and shouted loudly: "Well, since you choose to join the army, please remember, I don't care whether you came from Juyi Village or Qingzhou City, From now on, you are just the Yiping Army. What you are defending is not Juyi Village or Qingzhou City, but this Yiping, the thousands of people in this Yiping City! Here, there is no distinction between officers, soldiers, bandits, high and low There is a difference between high and low. You are all men who stand upright and would rather bend than bend. What you seek is to make contributions and secure your wives and children, not to bow your knees and linger on your last breath!"

This speech was impassioned and inspiring.There was another moment of silence on the school grounds, when Fang suddenly burst into a heaven-shattering shout, and everyone shouted "Mighty" in unison, the voice shook the sky, and lasted for a long time...

Wen Daya, Sha Da and others were not in the school grounds today, so they were not able to witness Chen Nian's majesty with their own eyes.But just listening to the story of the person who came back to report, everyone couldn't help being excited and curious, eagerly looking forward to Chen Nian's return, so that they could see her mighty appearance.

However, Chen Nian stayed in the army for a whole day, and after dark, he took Song Yan and others to patrol the city walls, and then returned to the Chengshou Mansion.As soon as he entered the gate of the courtyard, he saw all the people guarding the gate from a distance, all of them were excited and their eyes brightened.She felt her scalp tense, her feet paused, she immediately turned around and went out again, but she didn't even dare to enter the house.

Wen Daya was still waiting to hear her talk about the school grounds, so he was willing to let her go easily, but he led someone to chase after him, and shouted excitedly: "Thank you, General, thank you, General."

Chen Nian's face was serious, he didn't stop on his feet, he just turned his head and asked, "What's the matter?"

Wen Daya laughed dryly, but asked her: "Can General Xie have dinner?"

"I've used it, I've used it." Chen Nian dealt with it casually, and seeing that everyone was still following her, he lowered his face and shouted, "Why are you following me? Why should you go!"

Wen Daya and the others saw that she was about to turn into anger from embarrassment, they laughed a few times in unison, and then dispersed.Chen Nian had no choice but to stare at them a few times, then turned to Chaoyangzi, not wanting to hear Chaoyangzi's smiling voice from inside the house before anyone entered the door: "Ouch! Our General Xie is back!"

Chen Nian pushed the door open and went in, seeing that Chaoyangzi was the only one in the room, so he stopped pretending, lazily leaned back in the chair, and shouted with a bitter face: "Don't make fun of me, Daoist, I was burnt by wine." It’s because I’ve lost my head that I’m so crazy. Quickly give me some ointment that can moisturize and brighten my skin! After this day, I almost didn’t get sunburned to death. If there are a few more days, it will be as dark as the bottom of a pot.”

Chaoyangzi glanced at her, saw that her face was only a little red from the sun, so he yelled like this, and stared at her, saying: "Where is there a general who loves beauty like you, if everyone is like you, I don't think everyone will Don't go to practice, you'll be stuck in the room!"

Chen Nian waved his hand, poured water for himself, and said: "They are a bunch of rough old men, with black spots. If I look like that, how can I go out? Besides, I'm twenty years older. In the next year, it was so hard to grow into this appearance, so you should cherish it? Obviously, the face is like a peach blossom, the lips are red and the teeth are white, if it is really sunburned, then there will only be a white tooth left!"

Chaoyangzi couldn't help laughing, and said: "Such a big girl doesn't know how to be ashamed, how can anyone boast so much!" Although he said this, he got up and prepared a few packets of medicinal materials and threw them to Chen Nian, "The big packets are used for bathing. The small packets are ground into powder and applied to the face. Even if you become a black charcoal in the sun, you can get it back for nothing.”

Chen Nian caught it with both hands, he was very happy, he didn't know what he thought of, doubt appeared on his face, he looked at Chao Yangzi and asked: "Master Daoist, does it work? If this medicine is really effective like this, why have I never seen it?" Have you been in vain?"

Chaoyangzi was taken aback for a moment, and when he came to his senses, he was so angry that he grabbed the paperweight on the case and threw it at her, cursing, "It doesn't work, return it to me quickly!"

Chen Nian intended to tease him, so he had been on guard for a long time, leaned to the side, stretched out his hand to fish it, copied the paperweight in his hand, and said with a smile: "Master Dao calm down quickly, the weather is dry at this time, don't worry about it." Hurry to get angry."

With a secret skill in her hand, she threw the paperweight back on the desk, and it landed on the desk impartially. Holding the packs of medicine, she stood up and said with a smile, "I'll go back first, so I won't disturb the Taoist priest." .” As he spoke, he took two steps outside, but stopped again.

Looking at her like this, Chao Yangzi asked angrily, "Tell me, what else do you want to ask for?"

Chen Nian smiled and said, "Master Daoist, I suddenly remembered something again. Do you have any elixir for wounds? It can relieve heat and pain without leaving scars."

Chaoyangzi glanced at her, and said intentionally: "Yes, although the bowl-sized scar can't be removed, the whip wound does."

Hearing what he said, Chen Nian explained: "As the saying goes, compassion does not command soldiers, and those soldiers in the village have indeed violated military discipline. Although I can't bear it, if I don't kill them, those military laws and orders will become empty words. .As for Song Yan, today he played tricks on me first and forced me to come forward to kill those people for him. But I punished him in public, and he counted it as a face for me. After the beating is over, I have to give a sweet date to eat , calm down."

Chao Yangzi nodded slowly when he heard this, and said: "You are not at fault for acting like this, I am just afraid that you will show your sharpness too much, and it will be even more difficult to get away in the future."

Having said that, Chen Nian turned back again, and whispered to Chao Yangzi: "Master Dao, since Feng Junyang wants to tie me into the army, I will simply use the plan and grab some military power in my hands to help myself." Get away."

Chaoyangzi wondered, "You already have a plan to escape?"

Chen Nian replied: "I have made arrangements for getting away. In a few days, you and my master will go first, and when He Ze's army arrives, I will take advantage of the chaos to send Wen Daya and Shada away as well. Those people below, Feng Junyang saw that I left them alone, he knew that they were not close to me, and according to his temper, he would not make things difficult for them."

Chaoyangzi thought for a moment, but said: "You girl, you usually look shrewd, but now you are talking stupid things. Are you stupid for those secret guards left by Feng Junyang? We all left, They still can't guess your thoughts? When the time comes, you will be judged dead, how can you escape? If I stay with your master, I will confuse them. After you leave, we will make plans."

"How can this be done?" Chen Nian immediately denied the proposal. If she escapes this time, Feng Junyang will be completely angered, and Chao Yangzi and Jing Yuxuan cannot be left here to take risks.

However, Chaoyangzi smiled and said: "Don't worry, your master is very skilled in martial arts, so the boy surnamed Feng may not be able to catch her. As for me, because of my teacher and Qiao Yu, he can't do anything to me. "

"No," Chen Nian flatly refused, "You don't know that person's temper. On the surface, he looks gentle and polite, like a calm and restrained person. But if he is really annoyed, he will definitely ignore it. You and Master must first Get out of here so I can go."

Chaoyangzi's patience was exhausted, and he couldn't help cursing in a low voice: "There are so many mothers-in-law! If I say I don't leave, I won't leave. Whatever you like, do as you like!"

Chen Nian saw that he couldn't understand him for a while, so he had to give up for the time being, and smiled: "Then let's talk about it later."

She came out from Chaoyangzi's place, delivered the healing ointment to Song Yan herself, and said with an apologetic face: "General Song, I am impatient and act recklessly. Today, I only thought you were deliberately embarrassing me, so I was impulsive." , punished you with twenty lashes. When I went back and thought about it, I realized that General Song was indeed in trouble at the time, and I wronged you. It is also thanks to General Song that he has the guts to not care as much as I do."

Her tone was sincere, and she spoke truthfully, as if she was sincerely apologizing to him. If it was an ordinary person, she might really believe it.But Song Yan knew that this woman could make Feng Junyang helpless, and she was definitely not a good friend.Seeing her performance on the school field again today, I can see that she is very smart and eloquent, she is not an ordinary person.

Song Yan remained calm and said respectfully: "The general's words are wrong. It is true that the last general did not do his job effectively and failed the general's trust. It is not unfair to receive these twenty lashes. If it were the prince or General Zheng, I'm afraid they will be punished more severely."

Chen Nian smiled embarrassedly, and said: "A general is not a general. How can I be a general? If you are not in the army, you should still call me Village Master Xie, Miss Xie, or just call me Chen Nian .”

Song Yan thought to himself, forget it quickly, don't look at what you are saying now, if you turn your face one day, this is a trick that I will fall into your hands.Then the word "Chen Nian" can't be called. If it is called, how can the prince explain it?He just smiled lightly and didn't respond.

Chen Nian said a few more words of comfort to him, and then left.Song Yan sent her outside the barracks, saw her go far, and then turned back.When there was no one there, the confidants beside him couldn't help but whispered: "General, this Miss Xie is really a strange woman, she was so ruthless and strong in the school field during the day, she would not give way to a woman, but just now she was gentle and kind." , is amiable."

Song Yan glanced at the soldier, and reprimanded softly: "Stop gossiping, she is not someone you and I can talk about."

The soldier quickly shut up, and dared not say more.

When Chen Nian returned to the city guard's mansion, he couldn't help but said to Wen Daya in private: "It is true that there are such slaves as there are masters. You see, Song Yan is not a man who speaks nothing. Simple characters."

Wen Daya only looked at Song Yan who looked like a scholar and had a good temper, but he didn't see anything else. Hearing what Chen Nian said, he couldn't help feeling a little nervous, and asked, "Then what should we do?"

Chen Nian smiled: "What else can I do? Let's take one step at a time."

For the next two days, she went to the army center on time to discuss military affairs with Song Yan and others, discussing the enemy's situation, and stayed in the army until dark before returning.As a result, she didn't have much energy to take care of the resettlement of refugees in the city, so she had to hand it over to Wen Daya and the others.However, Wen Daya and the others had limited abilities and were in charge of many miscellaneous affairs, so it was inevitable that they could not take care of them. Soon, the refugees in the city broke out in fights.

That night when Chen Nian returned to Chengshou Mansion, Wen Daya asked her about the affairs of refugees in the city at the dinner table.Chen Nian had been in the army for a whole day, and he was already tired and sleepy at this moment, he became a little irritable after hearing a few words, and said: "You just deal with it yourself, why do you ask me everything?"

Wen Daya could hear her impatience, and stopped in a little embarrassment.During the silence on the table, Ling Que, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stood up and asked Chen Nian, "I don't need to ask you about this, and I don't need to ask you about that, so what can I ask you?"

Everyone was startled by her, looked at her, then at Chen Nian, stopped their chopsticks and dared not make a sound.Chen Nian only raised his eyelids to look at Ling Que, but did not speak.Lu Rongfeng who was beside Lingque realized that he quickly scolded his daughter in a low voice, "Sit down and eat, don't be rude to the boss!"

Ling Que shook off his father's hand and said with a sneer, "What do you call the master? It should be General Xie or Mrs. Zheng!"

Lu Rongfeng heard her words so presumptuous, he stretched out his hand to hit her in a panic.Unexpectedly, Ling Que was already on guard, dodged it, and only stared at Chen Nian and asked: "General Xie, I would like to ask you, what is the purpose of our coming here in Yiping? Is it to fight for a way out for those refugees, or to come here?" The one who took over the world for your husband?"

No one in the crowd expected that Lingque would be so aggressive, they couldn't react for a moment, they just looked at the two women in astonishment.Only Lu Rongfeng got up and grabbed his daughter, trying to drag her out of the house.How could Lingque follow him out? While struggling, he stared at Chen Nian stubbornly and asked, "Why doesn't General Xie answer me?"

"Let go of her." Chen Nian suddenly shouted coldly, she looked at Lu Rongfeng, "Let go of her, tell her to finish speaking."

"She doesn't have a clear mind. Don't be as knowledgeable as her..." Lu Rongfeng was eager to explain for his daughter, but he couldn't say a few words, but Chen Nian's stern gaze made him speechless, so he had to let go of his daughter.

Chen Nian looked indifferent, looked at Lingque for a moment, and then said: "Finish your words."

"Okay!" Lingque turned around, walked up to Chen Nian, and questioned, "Let me ask you, why do you want to incorporate our soldiers into the army? Everyone trusts you and follows you, but you You killed those brothers who followed you through life and death with the bullshit military discipline, can you be worthy of everyone?"

"There are no rules, and there are no rules. Even in the village, you should follow the law." Chen Nian said lightly, glanced at Lingque, and said, "As for incorporating the soldiers from the village into the army, as I said before, you don't want to Join the army, you can go."

"I don't want to stay here anymore!" Ling Que scolded Chen Nian angrily, "Xie Chen Nian, you are ruthless and ungrateful, Brother Lu treated you so well, yet you turned around and married Zheng Lun. You betrayed your promise." , talking about leading everyone to fight for a way out, but using everyone to fight for power for your husband. Xie Chennian, I was blind and misread you!"

"Shut up!" Lu Rongfeng couldn't hold back anymore, stepped forward and slapped his daughter across the face.

Everyone rushed forward to pull him, but Ling Que just covered his cheeks and sneered, and asked Chen Nian, "Did I say you wrong?"

Chen Nian raised his eyes to look at Ling Que, and said, "I defend Yiping, not to fight for the world for Zheng Lun, but the situation forces me to do so. Without Yiping, everyone can only retreat to the mountains. How can I survive? As for With Lu Xiao, you are right, but that is between me and him, so what does it have to do with you?"

Lingque was taken aback by her question, a little flustered flashed across his face, but then he raised his head and replied: "I'm sorry for Big Brother Lu!"

"You like him," Chen Nian said, she was not in a hurry or angry, she just looked at Ling Que calmly, "You like him, that's why you feel wronged for him, am I wrong?"

As early as in the village, everyone knew that Lingque and Lu Xiao had a good relationship.Later, when Chen Nian wanted to marry Zheng Lun, Ling Que strongly opposed it, so people with a discerning eye saw that she treated Lu Xiao differently.Now that this matter was suddenly exposed by Chen Nian, Ling Que was stunned for a moment, and then he decided to go all out, and admitted frankly: "That's right, I like Big Brother Lu, and I will defend him against the injustice!"

In fact, Lu Rongfeng had already seen that his daughter had a secret affection for Lu Xiao, but he didn't expect her to be so shameless, and admitted in public that he was extremely annoyed, and was about to beat and scold her, but was stopped by Chen Nian.Chen Nian smiled lightly, and said to Ling Que: "Then why are you still talking so much gossip? You are just looking for me because you like Lu Xiao. If that's the case, go and find him, I beg you Marriage, don't stay here in Yiping."

Lingque froze for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go!"

"Uncle Lu," Chen Nian turned to Lu Rongfeng and asked, "Do you want to go with the sparrow?"

Lu Rongfeng's face was livid, and he replied: "I won't go, I will stay here and guard Yiping with the head of the family." He looked at his daughter and said with hatred, "You are not allowed to leave either! Honestly, stay here for me , I beg Master to forgive you."

Chen Nian smiled when he heard the words, and said: "Uncle Lu, I can't help my father. Since she has the intention to go, it may not be a good thing to force her to stay. Besides, there is such a commotion today, I can't tolerate her here." gone."

The people in the room saw that the two of them had gotten into such an argument, and rushed forward to persuade them, but Chen Nian raised his hand to stop the crowd, and only ordered Wen Daya: "Take my token to find Song Yan, and tell him to open the city gate. , send Miss Lu out of the city."

Wen Daya looked at this, then at that, but didn't move.

Chen Nian sneered and asked him, "What? Even you are disobedient?"

Wen Daya didn't dare to say anything else, so he walked towards the door with his head down, and whispered to Ling Que: "Miss Lu, follow me."

Lingque stood for a while, walked up to Lu Rongfeng, knelt down, and called, "Daddy."

Lu Rongfeng was angry and furious, turned his head away, and said coldly: "I'm not your father, I don't have a daughter like you!"

Lingque said with tears in her eyes, "My daughter is not filial!"

After finishing speaking, he kowtowed three times, stood up, and walked outside without looking back.

Song Yan saw the token of Chen Nian, listened to Wen Daya's request, pondered for a while, and said to Wen Daya: "Please wait a moment, I will go back to my room and change my military uniform before sending you to the city gate."

He turned around and went back to the room, after a while, he came out dressed again and personally sent Wen Daya and Ling Que to the North City Gate.Lingque remained silent along the way, and Wen Daya was also speechless.It wasn't until the heavy city gate was pushed open by the soldiers, and Wen Daya sent Lingque out of the city, that he whispered: "Take care."

Lingque didn't speak, just sat on the horse and cupped his fists towards Wen Daya, then turned the horse's head and headed north one by one.

Song Yan stood on the tower, watching her back gradually go away, and finally disappeared into the vast night.He has received a secret report from the eyeliner, knowing the reason why Lingque went out of the city overnight, and he thought that there is such a fierce woman in the world, who dared to admit his feelings in public, and went out of the city overnight to pursue his love.He smiled lightly and shook his head, then turned and went down the tower.

Two days later, the spies reported that He Ze had come from the west with a large army, less than a hundred miles away from Yiping City.Chen Nian was in the army. When he heard the words and asked the spies how many soldiers and horses the enemy had, the spies replied: "The villain stood on the top of the mountain and looked closely. He saw that the enemy camp was very wide, with many banners and flags, and it was in order. It depends on the situation. There are 4 to [-] people."

Unknowingly, Chen Nian frowned slightly, waved the spy away, then turned his head and said to Song Yan, "Why are there so many people left? Could it be that your prince failed to stop He Ze?"

Due to poor communication, Song Yan hadn't heard about Feng Junyang for a long time. He pondered for a while, and replied, "I should have met them. Otherwise, since He Ze came here with all his troops, it shouldn't be these people."

"Couldn't he divide the troops into two ways?" Chen Nian wondered, she thought for a moment, then smiled, and said, "Whatever he does, we just close the city gates tightly. It was He Ze who escaped his ambush, and he will arrive in at least half a month."

Song Yan nodded and said, "Exactly."

The two of them summoned the generals of the army and the leaders of Yizhai to arrange the defense of the city in detail, and made it clear that Feng Junyang's army was behind He Ze and would come to help within half a month.When everyone heard the news, they suddenly felt reassured, and went to work separately.

(End of this chapter)