Song Dynasty

Chapter 350 Indecision
At this moment, in Anlu City, Si Xingyuan, the envoy, was set up.

An Niang sat at the top, and below were officials in a mess, all shouting: "Ma'am, Ma'am, something is wrong, what should I do?"

"Ma'am, make a decision quickly!"

"The former army Hu Yantong rebelled, and Anlu is not guaranteed. For your safety, why don't you withdraw as soon as possible?"

"That's right, that's right, Anlu can't hold on anymore, let's go, it's too late!"

"Hu Yantong, thief, thief!" Someone else was yelling.

Beside An Niang, brothers Feng Changqing and Feng Changyuan carefully protected the mistress with their hands on the handle of the knife.

Seeing the chaos below, Feng Changqing raised his voice and shouted: "Whatever the chaos, please be quiet, the sky won't fall down!"

The sound was so clear that it shocked everyone immediately.The hall immediately fell silent, except for his rumbling echoes.

An Niang said slowly: "I'm a woman, how can I hear about military and state affairs?"

A county magistrate stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Ma'am, when are you still talking about this? The military envoys are far away in Hunan, and the various armies are stationed in other places to fight against the enemy. Now, Huyantong is rebelling, and the order in the city is chaotic. Order must be restored as soon as possible. Now everyone, you talk about yours, I do mine, you are like headless chickens, no one has the prestige to stabilize the situation, we can only ask Madam to come forward."

"Yes, we will wait for Mrs. Wei to follow suit." All the officials said in unison.

Feng Changqing also cupped his hands: "Madam, please make a decision if the matter is urgent!"

An Niang: "Abandon the city, lose Anlu, where can we go?"

Wang Shen also explained to her during his expedition to Hunan that during his absence, Xingyuan handles daily affairs by himself.If something big happens and Xingyuan can't deal with it, he can report to her, and she and Chen Da will make the final decision.

Xingyuan also knew about Li Heng's sudden departure to the former army camp.However, everyone took it lightly, thinking that there would be no problem with the loyalty of Hu Yantong and the former army to the military envoy, and it was right to treat it as a joke.

Moreover, after Wang Shen left Jianghan, Li Heng was nominally the highest military and political officer in Jingchu. He also likes to dictate the affairs of Xingyuan on weekdays. It is not easy for everyone to stop him from doing what he wants to do.

But Li Heng didn't come out as soon as he entered the front army, and Hu Yantong didn't report the matter to Xingyuan.

After this matter was delayed for a while, until Xingyuan and the former army's news were cut off, everyone felt that the problem was a bit serious.

At this time, Chen Da also heard about this, and immediately sneaked into the front army with people from the Military Law Department.

But when he went there, he was actually arrested by Hu Yantong and Li Heng.

Only now did Xingyuan realize in astonishment that Huyantong was rebelling.

Hearing this news, there was chaos in the city, and officials and wealthy businessmen had already started packing their bags and preparing to escape.

You know, Xingyuan's military arrangement at the beginning was to have the former army stationed outside the city to guard the base camp.

Wang Shenzhi's army was very strict. In order to prevent his soldiers from harassing the people, the troops were usually stationed outside the city.As for the law and order in the city, it is left to the local government and the second-line township army.Unless the battle gets out of hand and the city needs to be defended, the main field army will enter the city.

Of course, there are not many troops in this world that can force the Sizhou army to defend the city.

The current situation is that there are only more than a hundred yamen servants and more than 300 township braves available in Anlu City.In addition, Kong Xian's rear army is considered a regular army.

The backbone of Kong Xian's rear army is the original Kong family army, with about 3000 troops.However, they are very busy, and they have to transport food, fodder and supplies to various battlefields every day. The troops have already been scattered, and now there are only about two hundred people in the city.

In other words, there are only [-] available soldiers in the entire Anlu City. With this amount of troops, even if all the young and strong men in the city are recruited, Anlu cannot be defended.

My own army knows best that although the combat effectiveness of the former army is not at the top in Sizhou, it is still very easy to attack a city.

Hearing her question, a person in Xingyuanli said in an official manner: "Madam, the current situation is that Tabai is fighting against the Jurchen cavalry in Yingzhou, and Fang Worong may not be able to withstand it because it is the most difficult, because, Stepping on the White Army is not allowed."

Everyone nodded silently.

The businessman continued: "In the south, Deputy Army Envoy Lu is fighting against Li Cheng in Yunmeng, and the fight is not going well. If we go over, we need to guard against Li Heng and Hu Yantong's thieves attacking back and forth. In this way, we will wait Naturally, you can’t go to the dangerous place. Madam can go to the north to join General Gu Lie and General Wu Xianxian.”

An Niang: "Go and find Generals Gu and Wu?"

"Yes, go over there." The businessman said, "the two generals, Gu and Wu, are stationed in two places. They are like horns, and their troops are also strong. Moreover, there are mountains over there. Cao Cheng is a bandit. Although powerful, but the combat power is the weakest among all kinds of thieves. As long as two generals guard the valleys, passes, and checkpoints, the thieves can only do nothing."

Hearing what he said, everyone nodded again and again: "Well said, it is indeed the most sensible decision to go to General Gu and General Wu."

"Madam, let's go, it's too late!"

"I can't go, I can't go!" An Niang suddenly shook her head and said in a more emphatic tone, "I can't go!"

"Ah!" Everyone was stunned.

An Niang said: "What about going to the north? If Anlu is lost, we will fall into the mountainous area and be surrounded by bandits. There will be no room for maneuver."

A civil official said: "Ma'am, although there is a possibility of being surrounded by going north, at least you can protect yourself in the short term. Delay it for a while, and wait for changes. Just wait until the military envoy returns."

"Well, that makes sense."

"No, what you said is wrong." An Niang interrupted him and said, "If Anlu is lost, where will our army's food and fodder come from? Maybe it will take a few days, and the soldiers will be hungry. How long can we delay?" Day? Even if the envoys come back, they can only do nothing without the rations.”

She stood up and said: "No, we can't go, we must stick to Anlu. When the army envoy left, he handed over Nuo Da's belongings to us. If we lost all the food, fodder and luggage, what face will we have when we see him in the future?" ?”

"But, but..."

Everyone was about to persuade them, when suddenly, a small official ran in sweating profusely, "Ma'am, Ma'am, something is wrong."

An Niang: "What's the matter, don't worry, speak slowly."

Little official: "Ma'am, it's too bad, the rear army and the rear army...General Kong is rebellious..."

"What?" An Niang's mind exploded with a buzzing sound. This is the leak in the house and it rained all night: "What's the matter with General Kong Kong?"

Little official: "General Kong Xian is now gathering troops, opened the treasury again, and loaded food, fodder and supplies to the carts. He said that Anlu is finished. If a gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, he will go to his mother."

An Niang: "What's wrong with this? General Kong is probably afraid of Anlu's fall and wants to escape. Let's go ahead and lead the way. I'll go and see."

A group of people didn't care about discussing any further, and hurriedly walked outside.Kong Xian's incumbent is desperate for the future and wants to go his own way, not a rebellion, which makes everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

However, the hundreds of people under him are the strongest fighting force in Anlu City today, how can they let them go?
(End of this chapter)