Chapter 11: Hu goes and returns
Fan Changming impatiently turned around in circles in the inner door, and after a while, he raised his head and shouted at the villagers who jumped on the tower and watched: "Do you see?
"It's too dark to see really, there shouldn't be any movement yet!
It was almost dawn, the wind was biting, and the villagers on the tower were shivering from the cold.
"Fart! If they don't come, you just don't come down on top, and you'll freeze to death......"
After venting, Fan Changming felt a lot more comfortable, and then couldn't help but sigh heavily. Erlang's tragic death made him send the white-haired man to the black-haired man, and this account was all recorded on the head of the county lieutenant Qin Jin, and now he let Erlang temporarily suffer the pain of being in a different place, but also to attract the little shaft to Changshi Township.
As for Da Lang's safety, Fan Changming had already secretly told his entourage to be in trouble, and once there was chaos, he would protect him and take the opportunity to escape.
Fan Changming also ordered the disciples of the Fan family to look for the general Du Mo, as long as Du Mo could come in time, the little vertical son of Qin Jin would inevitably die without a place to be buried. And he wasn't afraid that he wouldn't come, and he wasn't afraid that Qin Jin would leave in a hurry.
That's 100,000 stone corn, even if a person like a county guard sees it, I'm afraid that he will take the risk and transport it all away. The feudal general Du Mo suffered a loss at the hands of Qin Jin's servant again, and now that he got this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, how could he let it go?
Thinking that when the sun was rising, it was the time when he hated it, Fan Changming couldn't help but laugh.
"Fire, fire......"
The townsfolk on the tower suddenly shouted, Fan Changming followed the sound and looked on tiptoe, and saw that among the Jiuban Mountains shrouded in night, there seemed to be a cluster of fire. Isn't that the place where the granary of Changshi Township is? A thought crossed his mind.
"Sifu, grain, granary seems to be on fire!"
The villager's words were like a hammer smashed into Fan Changming's temple, and suddenly it was like five thunderbolts, and he didn't care about the dark night and strong wind, so he climbed up the tower tremblingly, and looked at it. Where else could it be that the granary was on fire?
The angry Fan Changming's eyes almost erupted with fire, and he gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words: "Little Vertical Qin Jin ......" That's 100,000 stone corn, it's not an exaggeration to say that it is Fan Changming's heart, the little vertical son actually said that it would be burned!
But he still has hope, as long as Du Mo and the soldiers can come to Changshi Township in time, kill Qin Jin, the little erection, and lose the hatred of his son, even if he exchanges 100,000 stone corn, it will be worth it! Thinking of this, Fan Changming laughed strangely, and the cold liquid in the old eyes of the laughing man was thrown out.
The townsman had seen the old man lose his temper so much, and he was so frightened that he was afraid that he would not be able to stand on his feet under the madness and fall down.
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The wind was bitter, the earthquake trembled, and thousands of iron hooves crushed the snow all over the ground, roaring and roaring straight to Xin'an.
Zheng Xianli's face was grim, standing at the head of the city like a stone man, his eyes indifferently looking at the dark night that was gradually dispelled by the rising sun, where countless torches were approaching Xin'an at an alarming speed.
"What can I do about this? Shaofujun hasn't come back yet, so I said that there is something wrong with Fan Bolong's little shaft, and Chen Si is still a guarantor for him, this time he killed Shaofujun!"
The captain Qi Bi He was anxious and turned around, and vented again.
"Shut up! Qin Shaofu is auspicious, and he will be safe and sound!"
Zheng Xianli stopped Qi Bihe's venting, this kind of unabashed speech, if it spreads among the defenders, it will inevitably affect the morale of the army!
Even if he was dissatisfied with Zheng Xianli, he didn't dare to make too much trouble, because when Qin Jin left, he handed over the county order and the seal of the county lieutenant to Zheng Xianli, which was equivalent to handing over all the big and small affairs in the county to him.
However, Qi Bihe was worried about Qin Jin's situation, so he couldn't help but say, "Please General Zheng allow me to take someone out to pick up Shaofu Jun!"
"How to answer? Just rely on these newly recruited Ding Zhuang?"
Zheng Xianli pointed to Ding Zhuang on the city wall, it was not that he looked down on these Ding Zhuang, they were afraid that they would not be able to survive even a quarter of an hour in front of the rebels in An Lushan. Now any idea of a decisive battle with the rebels in the field is unwise, if Qin Jin can't be auspicious, or has already encountered the rebels, I'm afraid that it will be more auspicious.
With those united soldiers who use rudimentary spears, if they break through with the ability to fight, the sun will come out of the west. At this moment, Zheng Xianli was already extremely annoyed, he regretted that he could not persuade or stop Qin Jin from going his own way at a critical moment, and he couldn't bear Feng Changqing's entrustment.
But after all, Zheng Xianli has been fighting in the Western Regions with Feng Changqing for many years, and he is not chaotic at the critical moment, and he never mentions the possible encounters of Qin and Jin. Because now the life and death of Qin Jin has nothing to do with Xin'an City, seeing that the sky will be bright, there will be more and more soldiers, how long can the little Xin'an be defended?
The best option for now is to abandon Xin'an and leave with everyone who can take it with you. However, Zheng Xianli also knew very well that he could command the people of Xin'an, relying entirely on Qin Jin's prestige, if he showed the slightest intention of giving up Qin Jin or Xin'an, I am afraid that these people would immediately fry the pot.
Now, Zheng Xianli feels like a lamb roasted on the fire, unable to advance or retreat, but no matter what, he can't lose face in this battle from Anxi Jun and Doctor Feng.
To tell the truth, when Zheng Xianli was in the Western Regions, he always followed Feng Changqing to run long distances, going to beat people, and never sat in the city and was bullied to the door. This sudden offensive and defensive situation, it is still difficult for him to adapt to it, although he has been defeated again and again when he was in Luoyang.
Zheng Xianli couldn't understand why the Tang Dynasty, which was famous in martial arts, seemed to have changed overnight, and let others trample on it.
"Qin Shaofu has saved our lives, even if he dies in battle, he is willing, and he will never hide in the city to survive. The matter of defending the city, please ask General Zheng!" Qi He felt that Zheng Xianli ignored the safety of Qin Shaofu, but he couldn't, so he shouted again: "If you are not afraid of death, you are willing to go out with me to save Shaofu Jun and stand up!"
The city wall was full of Ding Zhuang, and almost everyone stomped their feet and shouted in response: "Yes!
This scene shocked Zheng Xianli, if the united soldiers brought out by Qin Jin after rectifying themselves were so concerted, it would be understandable. But almost all of the united soldiers who were most loyal to Qin and Jin were taken out, and now the city is full of Ding Zhuang, who has not been recruited for a long time, and this kind of prestige is only like this even when Doctor Feng was in the Western Regions.
However, Zheng Xianli must not let Qi Bihe take people out of the city, otherwise Xin'an City will immediately be disheartened, and there will be no need to defend it.
"Changshi Township is not the only way for the soldiers to come to Xin'an, and Qin Shaofu will not encounter the soldiers so quickly. Captain Qibi, Zheng swears to you here, only one hour, hold Xin'an for one hour, and if there is no news from Qin Shaofu, Zheng will never stop you again!" Zheng Xianli solemnly snorted, and Qibi He, who was already ready to turn his face, was a little embarrassed.
In fact, Zheng Xianli thought a little carefully, as long as Qi Bihe agreed, once the offensive and defensive battles were in a stalemate, even if Qi Bihe wanted to leave, he couldn't help himself.
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The fire roared in the wind, the granary of Changshi Township was completely engulfed in a fiery red, Fan Bolong sat on the snow weakly and wanted to cry without tears, these are the blood and sweat of the villagers, and it was burned down!
"What are you crying about? Our Qin Shaofu has no choice but to burn the grain, didn't Qin Shaofu also say it just now, if it falls into the hands of the rebels, a pound of grain will be killed if the soldiers are fed. So, what we're burning now isn't food, we're saving thousands of our Datang soldiers and civilians......"
An assistant officer who came with the army squatted on the ground and chattered to persuade Fan Bolong, who was crying incessantly. Although Fan Bolong knew that what Qin Jin said was reasonable, he just couldn't get over the cut in his heart, thinking that the blood and sweat accumulated by tens of thousands of villagers over the years would turn into ashes overnight, and it was difficult to calm down no matter what.
The sentry in charge of the guard suddenly whistled, and everyone was shocked. Qin Jin's heart was broken, and when he looked to the east, he saw a long dragon of torches from far and near, followed by the sound of people neighing on their horses faintly with the wind.
Enemy Attack! Enemy Attack!
The roar of the iron cavalry of the Fan soldiers made the whole land tremble uncontrollably, and the united soldiers had a commotion, Qin Jin ordered in a deep voice: "Don't mess up, just train on the school field now, and all of them line up!" Now a large force of cavalry suddenly appeared, and they could only know the whereabouts of the unity soldiers in advance and come prepared.
The assistant who was still trying to persuade Fan Bolong to open a little bit just now turned green with fright, and his words changed suddenly.
"Fan Dalang, I was kind enough to persuade you, but I didn't expect you to betray Chen Si, colluded with the rebels, and lured Qin Shaofu into the army,"
The sudden change blinded Fan Bolong, what a soldier, what a betrayal!
"I didn't betray Chen Si, nor did I deceive Qin Shaofu, every word I said was sincere!
Zuo pointed to the long dragon of torches that was gradually approaching in the distance, and asked with a trembling voice: "This is your sincerity? If Chen Si hadn't been thinking about it, you would have been shot by the crossbowman a long time ago, how can you survive until now?" It's a pity, Chen Sixin is wrong about you despicable villain!"
"Maybe it's Tang Jun, maybe it's the townsfolk of Changshi Township......"
Chen Bolong's explanation couldn't even convince him, and the assistant official scolded again: "Fan Qifu is selfish and despicable, what good son can he give birth to?"
Qin Jin had no time to care about whether Chen Bolong was in trouble with his father at the moment, he had never completely believed Chen Bolong, he originally planned to return to Xin'an quickly after burning the grain, even if there was a cat in it, it would hit the other party with a time difference that could not react.
Of course, nothing is foolproof. Even Qin Jin himself admitted that he had taken a risk when he came out this time. But grain and grass are too important for the army of this era, almost all combat effectiveness is guaranteed, if you can successfully burn these grains, it will hit the morale and enthusiasm of the rebels to attack Xin'an.
I never imagined that he was fast, and the soldiers were not slow, and now they have been blocked by the rebel cavalry in Changshi Township, and there is no way to retreat and choose except for a decisive battle.
A terrible scream pierced the sky, "I didn't betray Chen Si, I didn't deceive Qin Shaofu, and I didn't get angry with Jia Yan...... If you don't believe it, I'll prove it to you!"
Perhaps he had realized that Fan Changming had taken advantage of himself, he was disheartened and emotionally out of control, Fan Bolong took out the short sword at his waist, aimed it at his chest and stabbed it hard, and after it was submerged in his chest, he suddenly pulled it out, bringing out a piece of blood, and the whole person suddenly lost his support and fell straight down.
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