Jiangbei female bandits

Chapter 57

On the third day, He Ze's vanguard cavalry arrived outside Yiping City, yelling and cursing outside the city for a long time, trying to motivate the city guards to fight.Chen Nian ordered everyone to ignore it, and let them scold.After noon, when the vanguard of the He family was yelling and scolding under the city, their mouths were dry and their throats were on fire, someone on the city wall responded, but they raised their voices and asked them: "You have been shouting for a long time, but are you thirsty?" Is it? Do you want to drink some water?"

When the words fell, someone brought some water to the city wall and poured it down along the outer wall.Then He Jiajun could drink it, let alone not being able to drink it, how dare he drink this water.Everyone was so angry that their seven orifices were smoked, and they even opened their throats, cursing loudly.This time, there was a response on the city wall that didn't want to be silent all the time.

The people in the city shouted and cursed: "If you have the guts, come out and fight with us!"

The city replied: "If you have the guts, come up, the Lord is waiting for you here!"

The city scolded again: "The grandchildren are all stuck in the city, do you want to be a bastard?"

The city replied: "The bastards are all crawling under the city, do you want to be grandchildren?"

Both sides come and go, scolding with great joy.After listening to it for a while, it turned out that the people in the city were better at scolding, obviously they were blocked by the door and scolded, but their morale was high and they showed no sign of flinching.

Chen Nian has been sitting on the city wall, listening with a smile on his face, and from time to time he would give a few words to the soldiers who scolded back.Wen Daya even found some mung beans from nowhere, boiled mung bean soup for clearing away heat and relieving heat, and sent them to the city wall for everyone, shouting loudly: "Mung bean soup is here, everyone, come and moisten your throat, rest, and breathe!" Swear again."

Song Yan was speechless. He never expected that Chen Nian would be so childish and able to fight against others in such a matter. He deliberately picked out the man with a loud voice from the army, and stood on the city wall to scold the people below.

The people on the city wall have mung bean soup to soothe their throats, but the people below the city are not treated so well.Seeing those people in the city supporting their backs with one hand, holding cold soup in the other, bowing their heads to drink a sip to moisten their throats after cursing a few words, the people in the city were so angry that they almost wanted to vomit blood.The vanguard who led the army heard that the verbal battle was endless, so in desperation, he had no choice but to withdraw his troops, lead the army back to a safe area, and set up camp.

Seeing that they were indeed retreating, Chen Nian suppressed the laughter on his face, inspected the walls of the city carefully, and told everyone to be alert at night, then said to Song Yan in a deep voice: "This is the real thing. It’s just started, and the days are still long, you and I don’t want to spend all of our time here, let’s take turns staring at the city wall.”

Song Yan saw her laughing and scolding appearance today, and saw her become so serious, and only sighed the magic of good fortune.Such a beautiful woman can pretend to be stupid, act recklessly, play hard, and act submissively, she is really good at all kinds of tricks!At this moment, he was already in admiration for her, so he just responded: "The last general will follow the general's arrangement."

Chen Nian nodded, and asked Song Yan to stay on the city wall first, while he returned to the Chengshou Mansion.When there was no one around, she told Wen Da Ya in secret: "You have hidden some gold on your body these days, and if I find a chance, I will send you and Shada away and go north. If Lu Xiao can receive news from the sparrow, he will I should pick you up at Mount Yanci."

Wen Da Ya responded, he went and prepared not to mention it.After Chen Nian washed himself up, he fell into a deep sleep.Unexpectedly, as soon as the sky dawned on the second day, a messenger came to report in a hurry, saying that a group of troops from the north, about several hundred people, collided with He Ze's vanguard cavalry, and the two sides fought.

Chen Nian was a little surprised, so he got up and dressed neatly, and went to the north city wall to check.Song Yan had already arrived before her. Seeing her coming, she took two steps back and stood silently by the side to accompany her.Chen Nian watched for a while, and saw that He Ze's army advanced and retreated in a controlled manner, while those men and horses in different outfits looked brave, but they were actually fighting in disorder.

Chen Nian turned his head and asked Song Yan, "Where do these people come from?"

Only then did Song Yan answer, and said in a deep voice: "He Zejun spotted the one who came out of the northern mountain, sent people to intercept them, and somehow they started fighting."

While talking, the team had already shown its defeat, and saw a thick man rushing around to rescue his companions, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, let's not get entangled with them, rush to the city gate quickly, and thank the village master They join forces."

Everyone was refreshed when they heard this, and they all rushed to break out of the city.The stout man even rushed to the front, raised his head and shouted loudly towards the city: "Go and tell Village Master Xie that someone is from Heifeng Village in Taihang Mountain, and he brought his brothers here to help her kill the enemy."

Some people who came afterward also called out their names one after another, all of them were some inconspicuous small cottages in the Southern Taihang.There were quite a few soldiers on the city wall from Nantaihang, and soon someone pointed to a flag in the distance and shouted to Chen Nian: "Master, that is the flag of Fantianling, and there are people from them!"

Afterwards, someone saw the banner of another cottage, and someone even recognized a somewhat famous village owner under the city, and shouted: "Flying Tiger! The one wielding the double sword is the village owner of Lianhua Village, Lin Feihu with double swords!"

These people yelled like this, Song Yan frowned slightly, hesitating to reprimand, but Chen Nian turned his head and looked at him.Song Yan thought for a while, then said in a deep voice to Chen Nian: "The city gate cannot be opened, and no matter what these people's intentions, only He Zejun will chase after them. If the city gate is opened, I'm afraid they will be attacked by him indiscriminately." enter."

Chen Nian glanced at him and took two steps closer to him.

Song Yan felt a little surprised, and subconsciously leaned back slightly, trying to stay away from De Chennian.

Chen Nian didn't seem to notice his evasion, instead he leaned over, moved closer to him, lowered his voice, and said in a voice that only he could hear: "Nearly half of the soldiers in my village are from the Taihang Mountains. Bandits, have you ever thought about how they would react if they saw these people die in the city without saving them?"

Song Yan's brows twitched, and she understood as soon as she thought about it, and a layer of cold sweat suddenly broke out on her body.Things hurt their kind, these bandits value brotherly loyalty the most, those people in the city came under the banner of rescue, if they closed the city gates tightly and refused to rescue them, it would definitely cause turmoil in the army.If someone deliberately instigates it again, there may be danger of bombing the camp!
Song Yan couldn't care less about avoiding suspicion for a while, and turned to look at Chen Nian: "Is this He Ze's design?"

Chen Nian withdrew his body, slightly twitched the corners of his mouth, and mocked: "He dug a good hole, no wonder he was so calm, it was several days later than I counted, so it turned out that he did this gone."

Song Yan was a little surprised how He Ze would make these bandits move, but right now he didn't have time to ask him to investigate this carefully, so he just raised his eyes to look at Chen Nian, and asked in a deep voice, "What should I do?"

Chen Nian lowered his eyes, thought for a while, and said, "What else can I do? Now, knowing that there is a pit ahead, I can only jump. Get ready, I will go out of the city to save people."

Song Yan flatly refused: "No, absolutely not!"

The two of them had been talking in a low voice, which already attracted everyone's attention, but now Song Yan's sudden loudness made everyone even more suspicious.Chen Nian smiled at everyone, called Song Yan aside alone, and said in a low voice: "This gate must not be opened, otherwise once someone breaks in, it will be difficult to close it."

Song Yan knew this, but if he didn't open the city gate and go out, how could he rescue those people outside?He looked at Chen Nian, puzzled, and asked, "Then how can we save people?"

Chen Nian replied: "Drop some ropes down and pull up those who fled to the city."

Song Yan discovered the benefits of this method as soon as he heard it.One is to avoid people saying that they will not save them, and the other is that if they are pulled up one by one, they will not be able to save many people. It is very easy to control and prevent them from causing chaos.Song Yan was quick-witted, and secretly thought that this method would be good, but he didn't have to go out of the city to save people in person.She is going out of the city at this time, is it because she wants to take advantage of the chaos and escape?

He raised his eyes to look at Chen Nian, but before he could speak, Chen Nian seemed to see through his thoughts, and said with a half-smile: "Don't worry, General Song, even if I want to leave, I will definitely not leave at this time." Those brothers who followed me and the people all over the city left. You look down on me, Xie Chennian."

Song Yan felt a little embarrassed when she saw through her thoughts. He avoided her eyes, cupped his hands and apologized, "Forgive me, General Xie. The last general has no other intentions. He just thinks that you can't afford to venture out of the city."

Chen Nian said sternly: "Wrong, I have to go. Only when I went out of the city to save people through personal experience, they would believe that I didn't open the city gate because I was afraid of death, but for the sake of everyone's safety."

Song Yan couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he raised his eyes to look at her and said, "General, it's not that the last general doesn't want to trust you, he's just worried about your safety."

Chen Nian smiled at him, and said: "Don't worry, I am a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, so I will be careful to save my life. Your prince also left me many dark guards with high martial arts skills, and I will pick them from Juyi Village Play some good hands. People are more expensive than elites, and it doesn't matter how many people can be saved, what matters is that I have to do this gesture."

Song Yan wanted to persuade him again, but Chen Nian raised his hand to stop him, saying: "I've made up my mind, don't try to persuade me anymore. I don't have time for you and me to argue here. I'll gather people now, Hurry up and prepare, after someone is rescued, you must control it secretly to avoid any changes."

After she finished speaking, she called the soldiers to come forward, whispered a few words, and the soldiers ran down the city wall.Seeing her like this, Song Yan knew that he could neither persuade her nor stop her, so he had to cooperate with all his strength.

After such a short time, the bandit team under the city was completely dispersed by He's soldiers, and they were divided into several groups, each fighting independently.The situation became more and more critical, and the people on the city wall were also shocked. They wanted to help with bows and arrows, but the other party deliberately trapped people out of range, and ordinary feathered arrows could not shoot at all.

Those officers from Juyi Village stepped forward to fight, shouting: "General, open the city gate and rush out, save those brothers!"

"General, we can't just ignore death!"

Chen Nian glanced at everyone calmly, and said in a cold voice: "The enemy army is right behind them. Obviously they want to use them as bait to lure us out. If we really open the city gate, we will hit the enemy army right in front of us." A treacherous scheme. Although He Ze’s army did not show up, they are hiding somewhere, and they are watching. Once the city gate is breached, Yiping will no longer be able to defend it.”

Everyone was silent, but soon someone shouted excitedly: "Then what should we do? Those brothers are here to help us, why don't we just watch them die under our noses?"

Chen Nian glanced at the person who made the noise, and calmly replied: "Of course we can't watch them die, we have to save them, but we can't open the city gate."

While speaking, Song Yan ordered someone to bring dozens of rolls of rope as thick as an arm.While everyone was wondering, Chen Nian stepped out, leaped to a high place, held a knife in his hand, and shouted to everyone in the city: "The gate of the city cannot be opened, because there are unarmed people inside the city. If we take a step back, the city will be broken." Those brothers have to save them, they are here for us! Let me ask you, is there anyone who dares to follow me down the city to save people? If you dare, step forward, let’s go down this rope and rescue the brothers below! Come to the city. If they come for righteousness, we will repay it with our lives!"

There was a sudden silence on the city wall, and after a moment of dead silence, Shada stood up first and said loudly, "I'm going!"

Chen Nian looked at him with a smile, nodded and said, "Okay."

Afterwards, many people came forward and shouted, "I'll go!"

This situation is very inspiring, and even Chen Nian couldn't help feeling agitated when she watched it. She laughed and said, "Although we are not afraid of death, we can't sacrifice needlessly. I only want those who can come back after being killed, and the rest The people who live here stay on the city wall and guard the city well!"

After she finished talking, she ordered dozens of martial arts masters from among them, and said in a deep voice: "We are going down to save people, not to fight for our lives. If we can save one, we will make money. At worst, we have to come back whole by ourselves. We must not lose money." .”

Everyone agreed in unison.

Chen Nian smiled, and ordered his soldiers to come forward to help her remove her armor.She took off the heavy armor on her body, leaving only a breastplate on her body, and took a tube of white-feathered arrows behind her back, jumped onto the female wall first, turned around and looked at the crowd, and shouted loudly: "Song Yan!"

"The end is here!" Song Yan responded.

Chen Nian said: "After I go down, you will take over the position of general for the time being, and you will be in charge of everything in the city!"

"The last will obey!"

Chen Nian called out several leaders of Juyi Village, and after giving orders one by one, he turned around and looked at the fighting battlefield not far below the city.After seeing it twice, he had a general idea in his heart, so he gathered his true energy, raised his head to the sky and let out a long cry, grabbed the rope with his hand, and jumped down from the city wall.The city wall was several feet high, she swooped down, her clothes were ripped by the gust of wind, and at a glance, she looked like a handsome bird falling from the sky.

It wasn't until less than two feet away from the ground that Chen Nian used the rope in his hand to slow down his falling momentum, and his body lightly turned forward in the air, and landed on the ground, but he didn't stop, and he rushed forward past.

Behind her, more than a dozen hidden guards also followed closely, guarding her sides, and rushed into the enemy's formation together.Not to be outdone, the rest of the people on the city wall also used ropes to help each other and chased down the city.

The He family army under the city really wanted to use these bandits as bait to lure the people in the city to rescue them.Unexpectedly, the city gate was not opened, Chen Nian jumped down from the city wall with more than a hundred people, and rushed to the front in a short time.

During the plunder, Chen Nian took out all the feathered arrows from the quiver behind his backhand, broke off the arrow feathers, and hit the enemy soldier with a hidden weapon.There were bursts of exclamations, and many enemy soldiers were shot by her and fell off their horses.

Chen Nian loudly ordered the secret guards who followed her: "Seize the horse first, break into the enemy's formation, and then save the people!"

How could the people Feng Junyang left for her be useless people? Not only were the hidden guards highly skilled in martial arts, they were also outstanding in riding and archery. Now that they had received her orders, they robbed the horses respectively and divided them into two teams to guard against each other. Protecting both sides of Chennian, more than a dozen people turned into a sharp sword and pierced straight into the enemy formation.

On a high slope not far from here, He Ze stood on his horse, watching coldly the army formation outside the city, which had been advancing and retreating slowly, being disturbed by a dozen or so people led by Chen Nian.He couldn't help frowning slightly, and sighed in a low voice: "What a Xie Chennian, I actually underestimated her. Fortunately, she is only a woman, otherwise she would definitely become a peerless warrior."

In his heart, he was amazed and envious, but also resentful. At the same time, he also concealed a little bit of jealousy towards Feng Junyang. When he was full of complexities, the deputy general who was waiting at the side stepped forward and asked him, "General, the other party is not going to open the city!" Door, do we want to attack if we ambush?"

The people who came down from the city wall were all very skilled. Taking advantage of the passage opened by Chen Nian, they rushed into the He family's army, joined the trapped bandits, and rushed down the city wall with them.If the ambush does not come out, I am afraid that these people will be forced to break out.

He Ze's eyes only followed Chen Nian on the battlefield, and he replied in a cold voice: "Send some elites over there, don't pay attention to the others, just catch that Xie Chen Nian, even if you let the rest go Leave her alone."

On the battlefield over there, Chen Nian was fighting fiercely with the enemy soldiers.She led those hidden guards and galloped back and forth among the enemy army, not seeking to kill the enemy, but trying to clear the way for everyone, leading them to break through under the city wall.It's just that the enemy soldiers are numerous and powerful, and they are relentless in their bite. They just cut a bloody road, and after walking not far, they were blocked by the newly swarming enemy soldiers.

Chen Nian had just rushed out of the enemy's encirclement here, and when he looked back, the road was broken again. In desperation, he had no choice but to turn his horse's head and charge towards the enemy again.After several times like this, even though Chen Nian has deep inner strength, she is a woman's body after all, her strength is not as strong as that of a man's. Soon, the arm that wields the knife feels weak and weak.

Two hidden guards had been closely guarding her side, seeing that she seemed to be exhausted, fearing that she might lose something, they hurriedly tried to persuade her: "General, we have already rescued many people, why don't we go back first?" Under the city, take a break."

Once under the city, the bows and arrows on the city can be used as cover, and the pressure is naturally reduced a lot.Although Chen Nian is impulsive and ruthless, she is not the only one, there are many hidden guards and companions, she cannot ignore their life and death.After thinking about it for a while, she rushed down the city with everyone.When they were about to break through the siege, dozens of elite cavalry rushed from nowhere and stopped everyone.

These people are different from ordinary cavalry, not only are they superb in riding skills, but also have high military strength.Chen Nian and the others were exhausted from the fight, but when they suddenly encountered a strong enemy, they were caught off guard for a while, and were entangled and unable to escape.After such a delay, the He family's army from behind surged up again like a tide, and surrounded everyone layer by layer.

Chen Nian was startled, and shouted loudly: "The idiot is in front, charge out! Everyone follow behind, no one is allowed to rescue!"

Silly responded, swung a pair of hammers in his hands and rushed forward.Chen Nian followed closely behind, seeing that the horse was blocked, he couldn't get up at all, so he simply jumped up from the horse and rushed towards the opposite knight with a knife.In one move, the man was knocked off the horse by her, but she kept her figure, with her toes on top of the man's head, she turned around in the air, and jumped at the person next to her. After a few moves, she shot down the man again dismount.

With her and Shada opening the way, the crowd struggled to break through for a while, but they still failed to break out of each other's encirclement.Chen Nian is jealous, but he knows that he must not be soft at this moment. Only by going forward desperately can he open a way out for himself and others.

At this moment, a clear howling sound suddenly came from the city wall, the howling sound soared into the sky, reached the sky, and lasted for a long time, everyone was stunned.

Shocked by the sound, everyone looked towards the place where the sound came from, and saw a woman in a wide robe and sleeves falling from the city wall, and they couldn't see what footwork she was using, only felt that her figure was erratic. , as if a few jumps have come to the front.

Chen Nian was overjoyed, tried his best to stand up, and shouted: "Master, here!"

When Jing Yuxuan heard that Chen Nian called her, she only raised her eyes and looked rather displeased, and then scolded in a cold voice: "Useless girl, look at your potential, and even ask my old lady to save you!" !"

While speaking, she was already outside the formation, she reached out and grabbed the neck of an enemy soldier in front of her, then threw her hand back.The man flew a long way before landing, and was thrown to death.Jing Yuxuan's figure is erratic, like a ghost, everyone doesn't know how she got in front of her, and no matter whether you resist or avoid, as long as she stretches out her hand towards you, the next moment, your neck will fall into her palm and be crushed by her. Throw it behind you.Those with a long life had broken tendons and bones, and those with a short life were killed on the spot.

Once fear arises, it spreads extremely quickly.The crowd seemed to be split by an invisible sword, and wherever Jing Yuxuan was heading, the enemy soldiers dodged one after another.Chen Nian and the others were refreshed when they saw it, and Shada couldn't help laughing, and shouted: "This is a good idea!"

He thrust the double hammers into the back of his waist, followed Jing Yuxuan's example, reached out to grab the enemy soldier blocking the way, and smashed forward.He is tall and strong, and he is born with supernatural power, so he throws people far away lightly and skillfully, knocking them down.It's just that he was clumsy and didn't have the speed of Jing Yuxuan, but he had only thrown a few people out before he was almost cut in the arm by the other party.

"Stupid!" Chen Nian rushed to rescue him, blocked the knife for him, and shouted, "Use your double hammers!"

On the other hand, Jing Yuxuan cursed angrily, and shouted: "It's rare to be so stupid!" While speaking, she rushed in front of Chen Nian, swayed left and right, and grabbed the two besieging Chen Nian. The master raised his hand and threw it out, and said to Chen Nian, "Go back!"

With Jing Yuxuan leading the way, everyone quickly rushed back to the city.Song Yan ordered archers to protect the city, and the enemy soldiers chased them close, but were temporarily suppressed by the rain of arrows on the city wall, unable to move forward.Although he also drew his bow and shot an arrow to fight back, but because of the long distance, the arrow had lost its strength when it got close, so he could stop it with a flick of a sword, and it did not pose any threat.

Chen Nian and the others were able to catch their breath.Song Yan was careful, and saw that the people in the city were exhausted, so he not only hung down the rope, but also put down some bamboo baskets for the use of those who were exhausted.

Chen Nian couldn't help laughing, and said stupidly to the side: "You are so heavy, it's really not easy to pull up."

Shada was covered in blood from the killing, and he was not breathing well at the moment, but he just smirked when he heard the words.

In the last hard battle, they rescued seventy or eighty people in Chennian, and counting those who saved them, there were more than 100 people gathered under the city wall at this time.Because most of them were injured or exhausted, many of them could not climb the ropes, so they could only sit on the bamboo baskets, or tied them around their waists with ropes, and asked the people in the city to lift them up.

In this way, the speed of everyone going up is much slower.Jing Yuxuan was short-tempered and became impatient after watching for a while, so he simply grabbed the rope with one hand and picked up the living person with the other, and jumped towards the city.Chen Nian was stunned, leaning against the wall and sighing: "This person is really incomparable..."

Shada also looked up at Jing Yuxuan who was carrying a chicken like a chicken, and even forgot to close his mouth for a moment.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people under the city wall, Chen Nian felt a little relieved, and was about to tell the idiot to go up first, when suddenly he heard the sound of a horn in the distance, and the ground began to vibrate faintly, and then he heard a shock from the city wall. call sound.She raised her eyes and looked into the distance, and saw an army suddenly appearing on the west side, and in the loess all over the sky, she could faintly see flags fluttering, and the highest and largest side among them had a word "He" written on it, which was He Zeshuai's flag.

From the city wall, Song Yan could see more clearly than Chen Nian, and hurriedly shouted to Chen Nian at the bottom of the city: "General, He Ze is going to attack the city, come up quickly!"

Before the words fell, those enemy soldiers who had chased before the city were suppressed by the bows and arrows on the wall and did not dare to go forward, but at this moment, for some reason, they rushed towards the city regardless of life and death.Fortunately, there were not many people left in the city, and most of them were not seriously injured but still physically strong. Seeing this, they hurriedly pulled the rope, and while waving their weapons to knock down the incoming crossbow arrows, they quickly climbed up the city. .

Although He Ze was far away, he could see it clearly. Although he felt a little regretful that he couldn't catch Xie Chennian, seeing that she had saved hundreds of people into the city, he sneered slightly, and ordered the generals beside him: "Siege the city, don't let the bastard take it!" Those who come into town create opportunities."

After his order, tens of thousands of troops rushed towards Yiping City like a tide.Song Yan took a closer look, and couldn't help but let out a little surprise.Chen Nian had just pulled the rope up, and when he heard the sound, he glanced at him and asked, "What's wrong?"

Song Yan replied: "The equipment of He Ze's army, such as crash cars and ladders, is obviously not enough. It's clear that they can't catch up. Why are you in such a hurry to attack the city?"

Chen Nian thought for a while, but smiled, and said: "There are two reasons, one is that your lord's pursuers will arrive soon, and there is no time for He Ze to wait, and the other is..." She glanced at him. Looking at the bandits who had just been rescued from the city wall, they said softly, "Perhaps they are waiting for someone to come from the city to pick them up."

Song Yan also followed her gaze and saw that there were more than 100 bandits who had been rescued from the city wall. He couldn't help asking in a low voice, "Are these people He Ze's spies?"

Chen Nian's gaze was still on those people she and her partners had desperately rescued. Hearing the words, he said indifferently: "Not all of them, but they are also indispensable. Let's just wait and see, we will find out in a while."

As soon as she finished speaking, not far away, Lin Feihu, the owner of Lianhua Village who was rescued first, stood up first, and said to Wen Daya, who was taking care of everyone drinking water: "Don't take care of us like this, we are Those who came to help the brothers defend the city, how can I bother you any more."

As Lin Feihu said that, he called a group of people to go to the tower, saying: "Everyone, come with me to help Xie Zhaizhu defend the city!"

Song Yan frowned, and was about to order those people to be stopped, but Lin Feihu only took two steps forward, and suddenly his feet went limp, and he fell to the ground.Immediately afterwards, the people behind him also fell down one after another.Wen Daya rushed forward in a few steps, grabbed Lin Feihu's collar with both hands, and while shaking vigorously, shouted loudly: "Brother Lin! Brother Lin! What's wrong with you?"

Lin Feihu couldn't move his whole body, his tongue was paralyzed, he couldn't answer, he could only stare at Wen Daya in horror.

Wen Daya tugged the corner of his mouth at him, then raised his head and called Chen Nian anxiously: "General, Village Master Lin and the others are exhausted, they have to be lifted down for a while."

His face and tone were extremely exaggerated, seeing that Chen Nian was about to burst out laughing, she forced herself to hold back, and said in a deep voice: "They came from a long distance and fought with the enemy soldiers for half a day, it is inevitable that this will happen."

The soldiers who came to carry the people had been waiting in the city for a long time, and after listening to the order, they carried all these people into the city in a short time.Song Yan had secretly prepared elite soldiers, but he didn't want to use them, so he couldn't help asking Chen Nian, "Is there something in the water for them to drink?"

Chen Nian nodded and smiled lightly, with clear eyebrows and bright eyes, but there was some slyness on the corner of his mouth. He leaned slightly towards Song Yan and said in a low voice: "The seasonings added by the genius doctor, as long as they touch their lips, even a donkey will be fine." fall down."

Even Song Yan couldn't help laughing.

Under the city, the He family's army was in a hurry to attack the city. Chen Nian looked at it twice, and told Song Yan, "I'm not good at defending the city, so it's all up to you. I'll go inside to rest for a while, and if you need something, you can send someone to call me. "

Song Yan nodded in response, "Don't worry, General."

The siege battle did not stop until evening.Seeing that there was no movement in the city for a long time, He Ze expected that there was something wrong with the people who entered, so he had to ask for money to withdraw.His army set up camp outside the city and surrounded the east, south, and west sides of Yiping City, leaving only the north side free.

Seeing it in the city, Chen Nian couldn't help laughing with Song Yan: "I know all about this, surrounded by three ques and one!"

It was already dark at this time, looking from a distance, the lights in He Ze camp were like daylight, listening to it, there seemed to be the sound of axes chiseling.Chen Nian looked at it strangely, and couldn't help asking Song Yan, "What are they doing?"

Song Yan replied: "The craftsmen in the army should be rushing to make siege equipment." He was afraid that Chen Nian would not understand, and added, "Crash cars, archery towers, ladders, etc., if you want to attack the city, these things are indispensable. Look at this The situation, He Ze is going to attack Yiping."

There are only a few thousand defenders in Yiping City. If He Ze attacks by force, he may not be able to defend for long.Chen Nian was silent for a moment, and then said softly: "I just hope your prince can arrive as soon as possible."

Song Yan glanced at her, and comforted her: "It will take some time for He Ze to make these things. When he attacks the city, the prince will be here soon. What we really need to hold on to is only a few days, and we will be able to do it in the end." hold on."

In the next few days, He Ze's camp was peaceful and did not attack the city again.It was not until the seventh day that He Ze's army was dispatched again to attack the city aggressively.This fierce battle was fought from sunrise to sunset. Song Yan commanded well and all the soldiers fought bravely. He Ze lost many soldiers in vain, but he failed to attack the city wall of Yiping.

Unexpectedly, on the second day, He Ze's army charged again.In this way, they continued to attack for four or five days. Although Yiping City was not breached, the soldiers defending the city suffered a lot of casualties.At the time of the temporary truce, Chen Nian went to the city for inspection, stood on the west city gate and looked at the sky. After a while, he shook his head and smiled wryly, and whispered to Song Yan beside him: "I see that your lord is going to break his promise this time. He said it will take at least half a month." Just go back, but now half a month has arrived, but he has no news at all, and he doesn't know where he is."

Because it was the setting sun, the clouds in the sky were dyed a strong rouge color by the setting sun.From Yiping City to the west, chasing the sunset, you will enter the Xiangzhou border not far away.In a valley hundreds of miles to the west, Feng Junyang's army had been trapped for many days.He came chasing He Ze's remnant army that day, first he was blocked by the thousands of troops left behind by He Ze for a few days, and then encountered continuous autumn rain, which greatly slowed down his marching speed.

In fact, if it was just these things, Feng Junyang would not have delayed this for a long time.There is a saying that people are not as good as heaven, he marched in the rain, and when he reached a valley, he caught up with the collapsed mountain.The continuous days of autumn rain submerged the hillside and blocked the already narrow mountain road.

The staff in the army couldn't help sighing in a low voice: "It should have passed the season of continuous autumn rain, why is there still such a heavy rain?"

Feng Junyang frowned slightly, with a stern face, climbed to a high place and looked at the road blocked by rocks, and asked the people around him: "Is there another way to go?"

The attendant replied: "I have asked the local people to ask, but there is a small road that can be bypassed, but the mountain road is difficult and dangerous, and it is rainy for days, so it is impossible to walk."

"Take me to see." Feng Junyang said coldly.

"General!" The people around him wanted to stop him, but they were stopped by Feng Junyang's eyes. Everyone didn't dare to say anything, so they had to accompany him to check the mountain path.

The mountain road is very secret, you have to go around a stone wall to see it, it is not more than three feet wide, overgrown with weeds, winding up the mountain.Feng Junyang stood at the foot of the mountain to look around, and regardless of the crowd's obstruction, he rode his horse up for a while, then returned and ordered: "Pick out three thousand Qingqi for me."

Everyone was startled when they heard this, and one of the veterans stood up first and asked, "What is the general going to do?"

Feng Junyang knew that they would definitely object, but he only replied indifferently after hearing the words: "The army has not arrived for a long time, and Yiping is in danger. I will lead [-] Qingqi around here and raid He Ze."

The old general drooped his eyelids, and said in a deep voice: "Qingqi's surprise attack can indeed kill the general and capture the flag, and deter the enemy army, but this is something that should be done. You are the commander of the first army, so you should not take such a big risk."

Feng Junyang looked at him, and said in a cold voice, "I've made a decision on this matter, so I don't need to say more", then turned around and left, not listening to everyone's words.The old general refused to give up, and was about to chase after him to persuade him, but he was secretly pulled by Shunping.Shunping shook his head slightly at him, and said in a low voice: "Don't try to persuade him anymore, you won't be able to return."

He only said this sentence, and hurried away after Feng Junyang.The veteran stood there for a moment, then heaved a heavy sigh.On that day, despite the opposition of the generals in the army, Feng Junyang personally led three thousand light cavalry, took the risk of climbing the mountain from a small path, and rushed to Yiping for rescue in the starry night.

Outside Yiping City, He Ze had been forcibly besieging the city for many days. Although the city wall hadn't been broken, it was not far from it.He Ze got the news again, knowing that the Xiangzhou area had been rainy for days and Feng Junyang's army was blocked, he couldn't help laughing loudly, and said straightly: "God will help me, God will help me!"

Immediately afterwards, the spies reported back news from the north that Zheng Lun, who had been blocked by Chen Bing at the border of Qingzhou, began to march southward at a rapid pace, heading straight for Yiping.

After He Ze heard this, he and the generals in the tent laughed and said, "It must be because Feng Junyang couldn't make it by himself, so he ordered Zheng Lun to rescue him quickly. It's just that he was a little far away. When he comes again, we'll take it early." Let's go to Yiping City."

Just as he was saying this, another messenger arrived outside the tent, but it was the news from Taixing. He Ze opened the secret letter, and after only one glance, surprise appeared on his face.The generals in the tent looked at it strangely, not knowing what was written in the letter, which could surprise and delight He Ze so much.Just as he was wondering, he heard He Ze say: "Uncle has ordered the Taixing navy to go down the river, and they will reach Yiping in a few days."

When everyone heard the news, they were also in high spirits.If there were no reinforcements, even if they captured Yiping City, when Feng Junyang's pursuers arrived, they would most likely take Yiping back again.But now that the Taixing navy is coming to the east, if they can be one with them, there is no need to be afraid of Feng Junyang's army.

He Ze sneered even more, and said, "He, Feng Junyang, wanted me to come and go, but I asked him to see who would die in Yiping!"

Because these news were very encouraging, when he attacked the city again the next day, He Zejun's offensive became more fierce, and even a small section of the city wall was breached by him. All the enemy soldiers who climbed the wall were killed, barely holding the wall.

(End of this chapter)