Jiangbei female bandits

Chapter 73
Because the discussion of the war did not show the time, it was time for dinner before we knew it, Wen Da Ya came over to invite Zheng Lun and Chen Nian to eat, Chen Nian realized that he was hungry, she led Zheng Lun to the dining room, and said with a smile: "I'm a guest from afar, I'll treat you to a better meal."

Zheng Lun walked a few steps, but suddenly asked in a low voice: "Have you recovered your martial arts?"

Chen Nian paused for a while, then nodded as if nothing had happened, and joked: "Not only has he recovered, but he has also become stronger, so don't mess with me in the future, and be careful that I will kill you with one blow."

Zheng Lun wanted to ask her why she came to Jiangbei all of a sudden, and why she became Xie Chennian again?There were countless questions in his mind, but none of them could be answered, so he could only tighten his lips in the end.Her current identity is Xie Chennian. He can see her, hear her voice, and even fight side by side with her... It seems that he stole all of this from others. And guilt, momentarily tangled extremely.

Thanks to the cooperation of the rebel army, Zheng Lun really won the first battle.

When the news reached Feng Junyang, it was already the twelfth lunar month. There were several heavy snowfalls in Jiangbei, and the weather suddenly became cold. Feng Junyang's army was blocked in Fanlin County, more than a thousand miles away from Yuzhou, and the Xian family had nothing to do with Taixing. The war stalemate for a while.

Feng Junyang looked at the military newspaper and was a little lost. After a while, he asked Shunping: "Isn't this really her?"

Shunping didn't know how to answer this question. According to the news sent by Song Yan earlier, the rebel army was summoned by Lu Lingque, Wen Daya and others under the guise of Chen Nian, and the "Xie Chen Nian" was created by Lu Lingque. pretend.But in the various news sent back one after another, what "Xie Chennian" did was too similar to the deity.Logically speaking, since Zheng Lun cooperated with the rebel army, he should have known the authenticity of "Xie Chennian", but he never mentioned this matter in his military newspaper, and even Xie Chennian's name never appeared.

Even someone as clever as Shunping was completely confused.Hearing Feng Junyang's question now, he thought about it, and carefully replied: "Old Qiao has already gone back to the mountain to check, and he will be back in a few days, so he will know the truth by then."

Feng Junyang was silent for a moment, but he smiled self-deprecatingly, and sighed: "What a Zheng Lun."

Junpei didn't dare to answer, just bowed his head in silence.The house was quiet, when the guards outside said that Mr. Han was coming, after a while, the curtain was lifted from the outside, and a fat white man in his 50s and [-]s walked in, it was Han Hua, the staff member.Shunping hurriedly stepped forward to help him untie the cloak on his body, and secretly gave him a wink, implying that Feng Junyang was in a bad mood at the moment.

Han Hua nodded slightly, stood at the door and stomped the residual snow on his boots, then walked into the room, and said with a smile: "Jiangbei is much colder than Jiangnan. I went around the city just now and almost missed Freeze my feet."

Feng Junyang couldn't see any emotion on his face, he smiled lightly and said, "This year is colder than previous years."

Han Hua glanced at him, then smiled and said, "Fortunately, our army is stationed in the city, otherwise people in the army might freeze to death."

Hearing this, Feng Junyang put down the military newspaper in his hand, and asked Han Hua, "According to Mr. Han, how long can Taixing last?"

Han Hua said: "He Zhen is old and cunning, so it shouldn't be a problem to guard him for two or three years. What I'm most worried about is not here, but the emptiness in the south of the Yangtze River. I still need to ask Zheng Lun to clean up the two prefectures of Qinghai and Hebei as soon as possible so that he can lead troops Go back to avoid chaos in the south of the Yangtze River."

Feng Junyang found several military newspapers sent by Zheng Lun and threw them to Han Hua, saying, "It's going well with him, if there is no accident, it will be over in early summer next year, at least the Xian family can be driven over Yanci Mountain. It's just that Jizhou is more troublesome, and it can no longer be kept in Xue Shengxian's hands, but if it is taken by force, it will not be easy."

Although Xue Shengxian was timid and afraid of fighting, there were tens of thousands of troops in the city after all, and now it was the time when foreign enemies invaded, if he fought with him at this time, the gain would outweigh the loss.

Feng Junyang pursed his lips slightly, his eyes were rather annoyed, and he said again: "I really shouldn't have given the antidote to Xue Shengxian early. At the beginning, I only thought that this person was incompetent and couldn't make trouble, but I didn't think that he was actually incompetent. At such a level, tens of thousands of troops huddled inside the city of Jizhou, watching the troops of the Xian clan come and go outside the city."

In fact, it's not only Feng Junyang who is annoyed by Jizhou here, but also Chen Nian and Zheng Lun.

The Xian clan's army had already reached Yiping, Zheng Lun came out with elite troops and killed the Xian clan by surprise.The leader of the Xian clan, He Lanyuan, was so angry that he put down Yiping from his lips, turned around and rushed towards Zheng Lunjun.But I didn't want to fail to take revenge, but instead asked Zheng Lun to win a few games, and his morale dropped.As for Song Yan, he also changed his previous attitude of avoiding and not fighting, and sent a large army out of Yiping to meet the Xian army head-on.

In desperation, He Lanyuan had no choice but to retreat to the north, and thanks to Zheng Lun's limited forces, he could not fight the Xian army head-on, so He Lanyuan was able to lead his troops to retreat north.

In February of the fourth year of Xinwu, He Lanyuan's army successfully retreated to Anxia City in the middle of Jizhou, only three hundred miles away from Jizhou City.Chen Nian and Zheng Lun led troops to go north quietly, intending to find a place to set up an ambush in the northern part of Jizhou and trap He Lanyuan.However, the northern part of Jizhou is mostly plains, with flat and open terrain, so it is not easy to find a place that suits you.

On this day, Chen Nian lay down on the map and studied for a long time, but he couldn't find a satisfactory place. He was inevitably a little impatient. He raised his eyes and saw Zheng Lun coming in from the door, and couldn't help complaining to him: "You said Xue Shengxian is Isn't it a bastard? The more you knock on his shell, the more he shrinks in. Now that He Lanyuan is in front of him, if he is willing to send troops to stab him from the back, how much effort will be saved?"

Most of the people in the army spoke rudely, but for a pretty woman like her, it made people laugh and cry when she said such words.Zheng Lun clenched his fist against his lips and coughed twice, walked to Chen Nian, hesitated for a moment, then took out something from his bosom and handed it to Chen Nian, said lightly: "Here."

Chen Nian was a bit surprised. He took a look and saw that it was a mask. It was not made of gold or silver. It is also engraved with exquisite dark patterns, and the end is exquisite and meticulous.Chen Nian looked very cute, he couldn't help raising his head and asked Zheng Lun, "For me?"

Zheng Lun nodded, his face still calm, and said: "This is more convenient than wearing a black scarf, and it is not easy to fall off."

Most women love beauty, even in the age of ten.Hearing that the mask was indeed for her, Chen Nian excitedly put the mask on his face, but couldn't find a mirror to look at it, so he raised his face and asked Zheng Lun, "How is it? Does it look good?"

Zheng Lun only glanced at her, then looked away, lowered his head to look at the map on the table in a disguised manner, and said, "It's okay."

Chen Nian happily put away the mask, and said with a smile, "Thank you, I will wear it when I go to battle next time."

Seeing that she liked the mask, Zheng Lun was very happy, and wanted to say a few more words to her, but for some reason, he opened his mouth and said: "You should wear it in the army, you are a woman, it is always bad to show your face. "

Chen Nian was full of joy, but she was speechless when she heard his words, but fortunately, during the time she spent with him, she knew that this man had never been able to speak, so she didn't care about him, she just sighed: "General Zheng!" , General Zheng, your mouth really stinks to the point of no cure. You gave someone something, but you offended him. I don’t even know what to say about you!"

Zheng Lun was stunned, and looked up at her, obviously not knowing what he said wrong again.

Chen Nian waved his hand weakly, and said: "Forget it, don't bother with you, let's talk about business." She put the mask aside, and asked Zheng Lun, "Where should we set up an ambush? Do we want to drive He Lanyuan north? "

Zheng Lun withdrew his thoughts, thought for a while, and said, "I don't have much time, if Jiangnan is empty for too long, something will happen. I must destroy He Lanyuan as soon as possible, so that I can lead the army back to Jiangnan."

Chen Nian was a little surprised when he heard the words, and asked, "Is Jiangnan unstable?"

Zheng Lun nodded and said: "Although nothing has appeared yet, there are already many hidden dangers."

Zheng Lun's worries are not unreasonable. It has only been two years since Feng Junyang pacified Jiangnan, and there are still many remaining forces of the Qi clan kings that will be eliminated in the future.At present, all the troops in the south of the Yangtze River are transferred to the north of the Yangtze River, which will definitely attract some people to move around.

Sure enough, in March of the fourth year of Xinwu, the few surviving princes of the Xia family, headed by King Qi Xiang of Lingnan, recruited troops in Lingnan to serve the king. Under Shengdu City.

Shengdu is in a hurry, and Jiangnan is in a hurry.

Feng Junyang's 20 troops were still far away from fighting the Xian family's Murong tribe in the Jiangzhong Plain, and they were unable to rescue them in time. If they wanted to rescue Shengdu, they had to order Zheng Lun to lead his troops back south immediately.But at this time, the battle situation in Jizhou has also reached a critical moment. If Zheng Lun withdraws south here, He Lanyuan will lead an army to counterattack.

Jiangnan and the land of Qingji, the two can only choose one to protect.

Chen Nian looked at the military newspaper, remained silent for a while, turned his mind a hundred times, and finally raised his eyes to Zheng Lun, and asked in a deep voice, "What are your plans?"

Zheng Lun pursed his lips slightly, looking at Chen Nian without saying a word.

Chen Nian couldn't help but smiled, and said: "Don't look at me, I can't be your master. However, my rebel army is to fight against the Xian clan, protect the country and the people, and will never follow you to Jiangnan to suppress the rebellion. Without you, the rebel army can still attack He Lanyuan."

Although she said that, both of them knew very well in their hearts that if Zheng Lun really led his troops to retreat south, only relying on the rebels would not be able to stop He Lanyuan's counterattack.Zheng Lun's eyes sank, and he said: "I can't decide on this matter, it must be decided by the prince."

When Chen Nian heard the words, he lowered his eyes lightly. Jiangnan was the foundation of Feng Junyang. Would he be willing to lose half of Jiangnan and stay in Jiangbei to continue fighting against the Xian family?In his heart, power and people, which is more important?

Thousands of miles away, Feng Junyang was also thinking about this issue.

Feng Junyang likes to be quiet when things happen, and when there are embarrassing things, he often lives alone in a room and thinks quietly.Shunping was well aware of his habit, so he didn't dare to disturb him at all, he just stood outside the door with his hands down, not even daring to bring tea in.The lights in the room were lit all night, and it wasn't until dawn that Feng Junyang ordered lightly: "Go and ask Mr. Han to come over."

Shunping responded, and hurried out to invite Han Hua.Han Hua quickly came in from the outside, looked up at Feng Junyang's expression, and asked, "Have you made up your mind?"

Feng Junyang replied in a deep voice: "Abandon Jiangnan and protect Jiangbei."

This answer was beyond Han Hua's expectations, and he was taken aback for a moment. After a while, he said: "Abandoning the south of the Yangtze River and protecting the north of the Yangtze River, we need to fight against the hundreds of thousands of Xian's army, and also guard against He Zhen's counterattack. To drive Tuobayao out of Jingyang Pass, without Jiangnan's support, He Zhen can't do anything, I'm afraid we can only divide and rule with him."

Feng Junyang nodded slowly: "I know, but if we go back now, Jiangbei will definitely fall into the hands of Tuobayao."

Han Hua persuaded: "My lord, as long as we have half of Jiangnan in our hands, we can still accumulate strength and carry out the Northern Expedition."

Feng Jun raised his eyebrows slightly, and said: "Jiangbei must not fall into the hands of Tuobayao, otherwise, the army of the Xian family will flow down the Wanjiang River and cause chaos in the south of the Yangtze River."

Han Hua said: "But once Qi Xiang seizes the capital and coerces the emperor to command the princes, it will be difficult for us to fight back."

Feng Junyang lowered his eyes and remained silent. After a long time, he slowly let out his breath and said, "Qi Xiang seized Jiangnan, and the people in Jiangnan can still live. But if I retreat to the south and let the Xian family occupy Jiangbei, what will happen to me in the future? It is the destruction of the country. In order to seize Jiangbei, I first sat and watched the various armies and towns in Jiangbei fighting each other, and then deliberately condoned the Xian clan's invasion of the south. In the end, the country was lost and the people suffered. .”

"My lord, you can first order Zheng Lun to lead the army back to the south to buy some time for our army. Even if we lose by then..."

Feng Junyang raised his hand to stop Han Hua's words, and said: "I have made up my mind, so there is no need to say any more. Zheng Lun needs to stay in Jizhou. At the same time, we must speed up our westward march and capture Yuzhou as soon as possible."

Seeing how determined he was, Han Hua couldn't persuade him anymore, so he shook his head with a sigh.Feng Junyang seldom saw Han Hua look like this, so he couldn't help curling the corners of his mouth, and said with a light smile: "Mr. Han doesn't need to be like this, I think Jiangbei is far more important than Jiangnan."

Since ancient times, it is difficult to attack Nanyi from the north, and vice versa. Feng Junyang's words are not wrong.Han Hua forced a smile and said, "Maybe."

He has followed Feng Junyang for a long time, and the two of them can be regarded as half-teacher and half-friend, with a deep affection, he hesitated for a while, but couldn't help asking Feng Junyang: "My lord, I don't know whether I should ask or not."

Feng Junyang seemed to have guessed what Han Hua wanted to ask, the corners of his mouth slowly flattened, he looked at Han Hua silently for a moment, and said lightly, "Ask."

Han Hua glanced at him and asked, "My lord does not allow Zheng Lun to lead his troops back to the south at this moment, but Miss Gu Nianxie..."

"No." Feng Junyang interrupted Han Hua before he could finish his question.Immediately, he realized that he answered too quickly, paused for a moment on purpose, and then continued, "It's not for her, it's just for the people of the world."

Han Hua smiled, bowed to Feng Junyang, said goodbye and left.

Feng Junyang sat silently for a while, then called Shunping in, and told him: "Send a message to Zheng Lun and Song Yan, ordering them to work together to wipe out the Xianshi Helan tribe as soon as possible."

Shunping agreed, hesitated for a moment, but asked: "What should I do with the queen mother? Do I need to try to rescue the queen mother and the emperor from Shengdu?"

When Feng Junyang heard the words, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said: "You don't need to go, the relationship between the queen mother and Qi Xiang has always been good. If the queen mother didn't help, how could Qi Xiang return to Lingnan?"

After Feng Junyang occupied the Shengdu, he detained Qi Xiang in the Shengdu for a long time, and it was the Empress Dowager who mediated it, and Qi Xiang was able to leave the Shengdu.The two of them also have their own goals, one wants to lean against the big tree of the Empress Dowager to enjoy the shade, the other wants to use the kings surnamed Qi to check and balance Feng Junyang, so that his son's throne can be stabilized.

Feng Junyang knew some of these things a long time ago, but he never disputed with the Empress Dowager, he just wanted to keep some brother-sister affection, and he didn't want to be the Queen Mother, but he had already stopped treating him as a younger brother.

Shun Ping also looked down on the Empress Dowager Feng in his heart, but he knew very well that there was no close relationship between them. He just bowed his head and held his breath when he heard Feng Junyang's words, not daring to respond.Feng Junyang is an extremely self-controlled person. He was taught since he was a child not to show his emotions and anger, and now he is a little out of control to be able to say these words.He closed his eyes for a moment, let out a breath of turbid air slowly, his complexion gradually returned to normal, and he ordered: "Send a message to ask Fan Jingyun to come back from outside the pass."

In April, Qi Xiang led his army to attack Shengdu, but Feng Junyang led his troops to continue westward.Zheng Lun was also ordered by Feng Junyang to stay in Jizhou and wipe out the soldiers and horses of the Helan tribe of the Xian family.

Feng Junyang's behavior of abandoning the south of the Yangtze River and only resisting the invasion of foreign races was far beyond the expectations of the world. For a while, there were different opinions and mixed opinions. Some people praised him for putting the righteousness of the family and the country as the most important thing, but some people said that Feng Junyang was not enough He is arrogant and arrogant.

In the Taixing City Guard Mansion, after He Zhen got the exact news that Feng Junyang had continued to lead troops westward, the haze that had shrouded his brows for many days dissipated. Luo Luo, said to Bai Zhang: "Qi Xiang is young after all, he can't hold his breath, he made trouble in advance, almost ruined my event."

Bai Zhang picked up a chess piece unhurriedly, fixed his eyes on the chessboard, but said in his mouth: "You are really risky enough to bet on Taixing, and you are not afraid that Feng Junyang really abandoned Jiangbei and went south here." Return. Luckily, he is still young and energetic, thinking about what is right for his family and country, otherwise, what will your brother do to stop Tuobayao's hundreds of thousands of troops? When Qiu Muling breaks through Taixing, you will regret it!"

He Zhen smiled lightly, and said calmly: "At the time when Beimo's national power was at its peak, Zhou Zhiren, the famous Beimo general, surrounded Taixing with 10,000+ elite soldiers for two years, but he failed to break through the city gate. Qiu Muling It's just a joke that Yue Wufu, who has assembled a hundred thousand soldiers from Beimo, wants to take Taixing from me."

He Zhen didn't say this out of arrogance.It has been more than a year since Taixing was besieged last spring. Qiu Muling attacked many times and lost a lot of troops, but he failed to capture Taixing.During the summer flood last year, Qiu Mulingyue even dug the Wanjiang embankment, thinking of flooding Taixing, but the defenders and people in the city moved to higher places, which did not affect the defense of the city at all.

Qiu Muling became more helpless, so he had no choice but to suspend the siege, and divided his troops to capture several small cities near Taixing, forming a siege of Taixing, without attacking.

Bai Zhang glanced at He Zhen, then laughed along with him, and asked casually, "When will the navy be transferred to the east?"

The Taixing navy has been stopping at the Fuping water village opposite the Wanjiang River. According to He Zhen's original plan, when Feng Junyang and Tuobayao fell into a place where they could never die, the Taixing navy would secretly go east to take advantage of it. flat.I don't want to change too much. First, the Helan tribe of the Xian family crossed Yanci Mountain and entered Jizhou, forcing Feng Junyang to transfer troops from the south of the Yangtze River to the north again, which led to Qi Xiang's early attack... This step by step has already It was a lot of deviation from He Zhen's original assumption.

He Zhen thought for a moment, and replied: "We have to wait a little longer, we have to wait until Zheng Lun and He Lanyuan decide the winner. Judging from the current situation, Zheng Lun has a better chance of winning. If he can lead the army then It is best for Nan Gui to fight Qi Xiang."

Bai Zhang nodded slowly, and after a while, he smiled again and said, "I just don't know if Shengdu can last until Zheng Lun leads his troops back. If Qi Xiang captured Shengdu early, I don't think Feng Junyang will be there." I have to tell Zheng Lun to go back."

He Zhen said: "Shengdu City has enough food, as long as the guard is not stupid, it is not difficult to guard for a few months."

Unexpectedly, He Zhen made a mistake this time. Just half a month after Qi Xiang led the army to besiege Shengdu, a small lieutenant in the forbidden army in the city secretly surrendered to the enemy, opened the gate of Shengdu city at night, and let Qi Xiang's army enter the city , Shengdu fell.And the school lieutenant was none other than Xiao Hou'er who, together with Chen Nian, worshiped Jing Yuxuan as his teacher.

In the third year of Yongning, Xiao Hou'er rebelled against Juyi Village, followed Feng Junyang to Shengdu, changed his name to Xiao Dehou, and entered the army, but he didn't want to be reused by Feng Junyang.This person is flexible in thinking, but has no virtue, and feels that Feng Junyang is sorry for himself, seeing Qi Xiang's army coming to attack Shengdu, he simply voted for Qi Xiang in secret.

When the news spread back to Jiangbei, Wen Daya was angry at first, but then he was happy again, and said to Chen Nian: "That Xiao Hou'er is a wolf-hearted man, but Feng Junyang deserves it! If he hadn't been seduced by power back then, then How could Xiao Hou'er betray us? Now that Xiao Hou'er betrayed him again, it's retaliation for retaliation, right!"

Chen Nian was a little surprised that Feng Junyang was able to abandon Jiangnan and guard Jiangbei, and his perception of him also changed slightly.Now hearing Wen Daya mocking Feng Junyang, Chen Nian's expression was calm, and he said: "It's fine if you say this in front of me, but you have to control your own mouth, don't say it in front of Zheng Lun."

Wen Daya laughed when he heard it: "Look at what you said, no matter how stupid I am, I won't go in front of General Zheng and scold his master."

Chen Nian nodded slowly: "That's good."

After a while, Wen Daya couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "I think Feng Junyang may have known Xiao Hou'er for a long time, you heard that he changed his name, Xiao Dehou, Xiao De Hou, you think Xiao Houer has no virtue, so you want to add some virtue to him!"

Chen Nian had never thought about this before, he was a little startled when he heard the words, and after thinking about it carefully, he smiled and said: "It's really like this."

The two of them were chatting and laughing when Zheng Lun came in from the outside, his gaze paused on Chen Nian's face, and then he asked, "What are you talking about so happily?"

"It's nothing, Brother Wen just told a joke." Chen Nian replied casually, changed the subject, and asked Zheng Lun, "By the way, where is Song Yan now?"

Zheng Lun collected his mind and replied in a deep voice, "Nanxiu."

He Lanyuan retreated north to Anxia City, and Song Yan came all the way in pursuit. Chen Chongbing was in Nanxiu County, looking like he was about to fight He Lanyuan to the death.The rebel army led by Zheng Lun's [-] Jingqi and Chen Nian quietly sneaked to the northwest of Anxia, ​​blocking He Lanyuan's retreat.

Zheng Lun said: "Based on the current situation, it is not difficult to defeat He Lanyuan. The difficult thing is how to completely destroy him and eliminate future troubles forever."

Chen Nian also knew that if the two prefectures of Qinghai and Hebei were to be stable, it would not be enough to just drive away He Lanyuan, and Zheng Lun would have to lead his troops back south or west, and it was impossible to stay in Jizhou forever.She thought for a while, and said: "It's better to make Xue Shengxian send troops so that things can be done."

Zheng Lun looked up at Chen Nian and asked, "Maybe you can guess what Xue Shengxian is thinking?"

Chen Nian thought for a moment, and replied: "That man has no ambition to become a lord, and only wants to protect himself. If I guessed correctly, Xue Shengxian wanted to sit on the fence and wait until the world is settled, before bowing his head to the winner. At that time, as long as he can give Jizhou happily, any monarch with some magnanimity can leave him a rich and noble life."

What Zheng Lun thought was not much different from Chen Nian, he nodded and said, "That's exactly the case. So, even if you are eloquent now, you can't say that Jizhou will send troops."

Chen Nian frowned and remained silent for a moment, then suddenly his heart moved, he raised his eyes to Zheng Lun, and said excitedly: "I suddenly thought of a way to force He Lanyuan to continue to retreat north without Xue Shengxian sending troops."

Zheng Lun's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he said, "Let's hear it."

In mid-April, the exchanges between Nanxiu and Jizhou suddenly increased.Because Anxia was sandwiched between these two cities, He Lanyuan also heard some news and became suspicious, so he brought someone along and lay down on the road between Nanxiu and Jizhou. As expected, he intercepted a letter from Xue Shengxian of Jizhou Zheng Lun's letter.

In the letter, Xue Shengxian first expressed his gratitude to Feng Junyang for promising him to be the king, and then politely rejected the proposal on the pretext of being incompetent and immoral.It was a long letter, and only the last paragraph said something useful: Jizhou has few soldiers and can only protect itself. It is really powerless to join forces with Zheng Lun to attack the Xian family, but in order to be loyal to the court, he is still willing to send [-] soldiers to come. Besieged Anxia as a deterrent.

Since He Lanyuan can be the commander-in-chief of an army, he is naturally a person with some brains. Although he only saw this letter, he can guess the whole story of the matter and its follow-up.He twisted the letter paper in thought, but the general next to him couldn't hold back and asked, "General, what exactly does this mean?"

He Lanyuan smiled when he heard the words, and said: "Zheng Lun wanted to persuade Xue Shengxian to send troops, so he made a big cake for Xue Shengxian under the name of Feng Junyang. I don't want Xue Shengxian to be cowardly, but he is not stupid. He won't be fooled. Just use three thousand soldiers to deal with Zheng Lun."

The general asked again: "What can only three thousand soldiers do?"

He Lanyuan smiled and said, "Pretend to scare us."

Soon, the scouts sent by He Lanyuan sent back news: Song Yan's army rushed north again after taking a rest in Nanxiu.At the same time, Zheng Lun's [-] elite and Xie Chennian's rebel army also came from the west and approached An Xia.On the north side of Jizhou, the Jizhou army also appeared.

Anxia city is small and can't stick to it. If He Lanyuan doesn't want to be trapped to death by Zheng Lun, he can only choose a direction to break out before the Xia people encircle him.There were large armies in the south, west, and north. Although there was no large army in the east, Ludi was mountainous. Once an army like Xian's, which mainly consisted of cavalry, was chased there, it would be difficult to get out.

People from the Xian family love adventures, if they hadn't intercepted Xue Shengxian's letter, He Lanyuan would have taken the risk to go south, if he succeeded, he could take advantage of Yiping's emptiness and take Yiping City.But after intercepting the letter, He Lanyuan had other thoughts.He asked the scout who came back from the north: "How many troops does the Jizhou army have?"

The scout replied: "Looking at the endless tents, there are about tens of thousands of people."

He Lanyuan couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "With Xue Shengxian's temper, how could he be willing to risk all his family fortune? That must be a suspicious strategy of the Xia people. Let's continue to retreat north. It is most suitable for Lun to go there for a decisive battle!"

Immediately, He Lanyuan abandoned Anxia City and led the army to the north.The Jizhou army was blocking his northward retreat, and He Lanyuan sent 1 horses to test it out, but the Jizhou army left without a fight.At this point, He Lanyuan believed in his heart that these were the [-] soldiers Xue Shengxian sent to deal with Zheng Lun. He left behind the cover of the rear army and came north with an army of tens of thousands.

Because Jizhou went northward, the terrain became flatter, and it was difficult to hide ambushes. He Lanyuan led the army and marched for a few days, all the way safe and sound.In the evening of this day, the army set up camp in an open field near the river.The pursuers behind them were already far away, and everyone was inevitably careless, even the wooden wall that guarded the camp was repaired carelessly to cope with the matter.

After several days of marching, the soldiers were already tired, and before nightfall, they all fell asleep to death.At the same time, Chen Nian only brought a thousand light cavalry with him tens of miles to the north, waiting quietly in a forest, ready to go.

The letter Xue Shengxian wrote to Zheng Lun was fake, and so were the three thousand Jizhou troops. All of this was just a plan conceived by Chen Nian and Zheng Lun to lure He Lanyuan back to the north and make him lose his guard. , Then Chen Nian led the cavalry to attack at night, disrupting the morale of He Lanyuan's army, but Zheng Lun led another 3 horses, waiting for work in front of him, waiting for He Lanyuan to bump into him.

Chen Nian covered her face with the mask that Zheng Lun gave her, but her eyes revealed calmness and composure.She turned to look at the sparrow beside her, and asked, "What time is it?"

The sparrow replied, "It's almost midnight."

Chen Nian nodded slowly, and said in a deep voice, "Let's go."

The two of them rode their horses forward first, and took the thousand light horses to the Xian's camp.Because the horses' feet were covered with thick cloth, the hooves of the horses stomped on the ground without making too much noise. The crowd quietly walked around behind the Xian's army until they were three or four miles away from the camp. Then they suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the camp. past.

Chen Nian had already done it once in Yiping to sneak attack at night, and he is already familiar with it this time.The Xian clan's guards were lax, and it was too late to react when they saw the enemy cavalry suddenly rushing into the camp, the sound of killing was loud, and for a while they couldn't tell how many troops there were on the other side, and the camp was in chaos.

However, the Xian clan was also extremely tough. After the initial panic, some generals soon organized troops to fight back.Chen Nian led the army to charge around the Xian's camp for a while. He thought it would be best to kill He Lanyuan, but he didn't want to but he couldn't find it. Seeing that the Xian's people also got on their horses one after another, he hurriedly sent out a signal and led them to retreat.

He Lanyuan was attacked by people, so he was willing to give up, and hurriedly sent troops to point out the generals, and chased them out with the troops.Chen Nian is not afraid of him chasing him, only afraid that he will not chase him.She led He Lanyuan to the north, and directly lured him into Zheng Lun's siege.

This was a vicious battle, starting from the attack on the camp in the middle of the night in the year of Chen, until it was dark the next day, Zheng Lun was able to defeat He Lanyuan's army with less and more.He Lanyuan was beheaded on the spot, most of the Xian family were killed and injured, and the remaining remnants fled north.

Zheng Lun sent cavalry to chase after them all the way, and when the rout of the Xian clan stopped to rest, they rushed up and shouted to fight and kill, scaring the Xian clan's people and fled forward again.In this way, when they arrived at Linghe, many soldiers from the Xian clan ran away to their deaths, and less than one-twelfth of the original number could return to the outside of the pass alive.

So far, Jizhou has finally been able to stabilize.

This battle made many generals famous, but the most famous one was Xie Chennian, the leader of the rebel army who came up with this strategy and personally led troops to attack the Xian clan's camp at night.The rebel army was extremely happy, and Ling Que was even more happy for Chen Nian, saying: "Fortunately, Zheng Lun is well-informed and has credited this merit to the leader, otherwise, we all have to find him to settle accounts!"

Chen Nian didn't want to get this first achievement, and he couldn't understand why Zheng Lun wanted to record this first achievement on her.

After a big victory, it is unavoidable to reward meritorious deeds.

Previously He Lanyuan led troops from northern Hebei to Yiping and looted a lot of gold and silver property. This time, the Xian army was defeated and fled for their lives. They didn't care about these extraneous things, and all of them were taken by Zheng Lun.Zheng Lun only took a small part of the gold and silver to reward his lieutenants, and gave the rest to the rebels.Although the soldiers of the rebel army came for "righteousness", everyone would be happy to share more gold and silver. Zheng Lun's move was a good buy among the rebel army.

At the celebration banquet, Fang Xun and several other leaders of the rebel army came to offer a lot of wine to Zheng Lun. Seeing Zheng Lun drinking very refreshingly, he felt closer to him.Compared with Zheng Lun's lively place, Chennian's place is much quieter.She is not good at drinking, no matter who comes to pay her respects, she just touches her lips with wine and it's done.And because she is a young and beautiful woman, it's not easy for everyone to force her to drink. After doing this several times, everyone abandoned her and went to Zheng Lun's side one after another.

Chen Nian didn't care about these, and sat for a while, and simply took advantage of everyone's inattention, and came out alone.After a certain distance from the camp, the noise behind him gradually subsided, and finally disappeared into the night.

It is already early summer, the river is full of water, and the vegetation is flourishing. Occasionally, the sound of fresh and young insects can be heard in the grass. It is not noisy, but it makes the tranquility of this summer night even more.

The moon is in the middle of the sky, and the night is just right.

Until then, Chen Nian's heart slowly calmed down.In this battle, they won more with less, killed countless enemies, and completely reversed the situation in Qinghai and Jizhou, but she didn't have much joy in her heart, only a little confusion.Those dead Xian people, no matter how vicious and brutal they were, deserved their crimes, they all had blood close to her.

They are also her clan.

Xie Chennian was greatly favored by the Xia people, but Xie Chennian's mother and adoptive father who raised her were all from the Xian family. Would they be willing to see her leading an army to strangle their compatriots like this?Would you like her hands to be stained with the blood of the Xian family?

Suddenly, she missed her daughter Xiaobao very much.Since she sent Chaoyangzi and Xiaobao back to the mountain town last year, for the sake of safety, she never went back, and now it has been more than half a year.Xiaobao, it's time to learn to walk, right?It's time to learn to speak, but I don't know if I can call her mother, but will someone teach her?
Chen Nian's eye circles couldn't stop getting hot, she lay on her back in the soft grass by the river bank, quietly looking at the starry sky in a trance.

I don't know how long it took before I heard footsteps coming from a distance, gradually approaching along the river bank.The visitor walked steadily and landed lightly, obviously a master of inner strength.Chen Nian was vigilant, he didn't get up immediately, he only turned his head slightly to follow the sound, and when the figure of the man came into view, he recognized Zheng Lun.

Chen Nian was a little surprised, he quickly got up from the ground, and greeted Zheng Lun: "General Zheng?"

Zheng Lun seemed to have just discovered her, paused for a moment, and then continued to walk towards Chen Nian, but asked indifferently: "Why did someone come out alone?"

Chen Nian smiled and replied: "I was afraid of drinking, so I hid."

She had a smile on her face, but her voice was slightly hoarse.Zheng Lun couldn't help but look at her twice, seeing that her eye circles were still red, obviously she had just cried.Realizing this, his heart seemed to be grabbed by someone suddenly, the pain was unbearable, and because of the courage of the wine, he asked Chen Nian without thinking: "Why are you crying?"

Chen Nian was taken aback for a moment, touched his cheek subconsciously, and covered up: "Where are you crying? General Zheng is too drunk, and his eyes are blurred."

Zheng Lun was drank too much by Fang Xun and others, and his brain was already dizzy from the alcohol. Hearing this, he suddenly took a step forward, reached out to wipe the corner of Chen Nian's eyes, and then showed her the tears on his fingertips Zuko asked, "Then what is this?"

There was no warning about his movement, Chen Nian was stunned for a moment and forgot to react.Zheng Lun saw her beautiful eyes wide open, her lips slightly parted, and looked at him in astonishment. He felt the blood in his chest surging, and couldn't restrain his emotions any longer, so he lowered his head and kissed her lips.

Only then did Chen Nian wake up, he quickly turned his head to the side to avoid it, and raised his hand to brush the Quchi acupoint on the outside of Zheng Lun's elbow, forcing him to let go of his palm.She drew back a few steps, and said coldly: "General Zheng, please respect yourself!"

Zheng Lun froze suddenly, only then did he realize what he had done just now, and looked at Chen Nian in panic: "I, I, I..."

Chen Nian didn't want him to lose his morals after drinking and treat him contemptuously, he was already extremely annoyed and ashamed, he would not listen to his explanation, so he gave Zheng Lun a cold look, turned and left.

Seeing this, Zheng Lun felt even more flustered, hurriedly chased after him, and said anxiously: "Miss Xie, Miss Xie!"

Chen Nian was already annoyed, seeing that he dared to pester him endlessly, he simply stopped and turned around, looked at Zheng Lun coldly, and asked, "General Zheng, I think you've lost your head from drinking?"

Her pretty face was cold, her eyes were sharp, and her whole body was filled with murderous aura. When she saw Zheng Lun, her heart froze, and her mind instantly calmed down.After tonight's incident, in her heart she would definitely classify him as a frivolous and shameless person, not only would she not speak kindly to him again, she would even refuse to see him again, and would only avoid him and avoid him.

Thinking of this, Zheng Lun only felt sour and depressed.Unconsciously, he closed his eyes, remained silent for a moment, and said in a dying struggle: "Miss Xie, I'm sorry, I did get dizzy from drinking, and I was dazzled just now, and I mistook you for Yunsheng."

Chen Nian was taken aback for a moment: "Yun Sheng?"

Zheng Lun lowered his head slowly, but there was a wry smile on his lips, and he said mockingly: "You know, I have always admired Miss Yunsheng. It's a pity that I have nothing to do with her, and I dare not even call this thought She knows. Just now, for some reason, I thought she was standing in front of me in a trance."

Chen Nian was dubious about his words. Although she and Yun Sheng were half-sisters, their faces had little similarities, so it stands to reason that they shouldn't admit their mistakes.However, Zheng Lun did drink a lot of wine, and because Xu missed Yun too much, he got drunk and mistook the wrong person.

Up to now, no matter whether Zheng Lun's words are true or not, as long as she still doesn't want to tear herself apart with him, she can only accept his explanation.Chen Nian's mind gradually calmed down, he weighed his left and right sides, and said to Zheng Lun in a cold voice: "Since General Zheng has no capacity for alcohol, let's drink less in the future, so as not to be so drunk that he can't tell the difference."

She can say this, which means that she no longer cares about this matter with him.But Zheng Lun felt faintly disappointed in his heart, he forced a smile, and said in a low voice, "Sorry."

Chen Nian glanced at him, ignored him, turned around and walked towards Daying alone.As soon as he entered the camp, he happened to meet Wen Daya who came out to look for her. Wen Daya glanced behind her first, and then asked, "Did you see General Zheng?"

Chen Nian wanted to say no, but changed his mind after thinking about it, and replied calmly: "I see. Did you feed him too much? I watched him vomit secretly in a place where no one was around." .”

Wen Daya heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, he couldn't help but put on a smile on his face, and said: "I didn't do it, it was Fang Xun and the others, they made General Zheng so unsteady in the walkway, he couldn't run and drank too much."

Hearing what he said, Chen Nian believed Zheng Lun's words just now, and wondered to himself, could it be that she was too suspicious and really wronged Zheng Lun?Zheng Lun has always been very disgusted with her, even if the two armies cooperate, the two of them have to deal with each other, and he has always been indifferent to her, unsmiling, he shouldn't have other thoughts.

She was thinking secretly, Wen Daya looked around, pulled her aside, and asked in a low voice: "Master, at the moment Jizhou is safe and sound, what is your plan?"

Chen Nian raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard the words.Wen Daya hesitated for a moment, then Fang said: "I just heard what Fang Xun and the others said, and I just wanted to go west."

Long before the war, there was a secret order from Feng Junyang, asking Zheng Lun to destroy He Lanyuan and lead his troops westward to relieve Taixing's troubles.Zheng Lun didn't deliberately hide this matter from Chen Nian, it was hinted in his words.

Chen Nian understood that Feng Junyang wanted to seize Jiangbei with all his strength first, and then seek Jiangnan.She knows better that this decision is indeed the best for the current situation.However, if she also leads the rebel army westward, she will face her adoptive father or Lu Xiao. They are not He Lanyuan. No matter which one of them she faces, she will not be able to remain calm and rational.

But now, there is no room for her to escape.Now that you have made a choice, no matter what you will face in the future, you can only grit your teeth and stick to it.Chen Nian was silent for a moment, and said: "Since we want to fight against the Xian clan and protect the country and the people, we must beat the Xian clan out to restore peace to Jiangbei."

Wen Daya has been following Chennian since the second year of Yongning, knowing that Chennian must have made such a difficult choice, he felt unbearable in his heart, thought for a while, and said, "Master, why don't we stay in Jizhou? With hundreds of thousands of troops and countless famous generals, there is no need for people like us."

Knowing Wen Daya's kindness, Chen Nian smiled bitterly, but didn't say anything, only shook his head slowly.

Wen Daya didn't know what she meant, and wanted to ask in detail, but he was afraid that Chen Nian would be disturbed. While hesitating, Zheng Lun's personal guards found them from the camp, and seeing Chen Nian and Wen Daya, they behaved politely. After receiving the military salute, he asked Chen Nian respectfully, "Master Xie, but did you see my general?"

Chen Nian didn't know why Zheng Lun hadn't come back until now, so he said: "I saw it outside the camp just now, you can look for it along the river."

(End of this chapter)