Volume 1 Temporaries of the Underworld

Chapter Forty-Eight: The Battle in the South

After Fan Jinyan and the good girl rested in the county government for a night, they said goodbye to the enthusiastic Hou County Ling and rushed to the south as soon as the morning dawned.

After another month of trekking through mountains and rivers, they finally arrived at Nanjing City, an important town in Liang State, but this time the two of them were standing on the mountain with dust on their faces and looking at the city in the distance.

In just one month, the southern border city has changed, the city gate is closed, the north of the city is full of tents, the battle flag is fluttering in the wind, and the Liang soldiers patrolling back and forth make the southern border city full of tension. And the south of the southern border city is also full of countless tents, presumably the invading guards!

Although there are many ancient war movies on TV, Fan Jinyan has never seen the real war! He was nervous and excited at the same time.

Drive! Fan Jinyan let out a loud shout and rushed down the hill with a horse. Although he really wants to see the ancient battlefield, he now wants to complete the task and go back to love his wife, he has been going crazy for more than two months.

Soon came to the place where the Liang army was camped, and before he reached the camp gate, he heard a loud shout from the soldiers guarding the door: "Stop, who is coming?" Dare to trespass on the barracks. ”

"I am the palace guard Fan Jinyan, I was ordered to go to the southern border city on business, and I also asked the sergeant to let me go." Fan Jinyan rode on a horse and learned the movements of the ancients to hold his fists.

"Do you have a tooth tag?" Although the sergeant was still asking, his tone was not as stiff as it had just been.

Fan Jinyan jumped off his horse when he heard this, walked to the gate of the camp, took out his tooth tag and handed it to the sergeant.

After the sergeant glanced at it, he didn't seem to be fake, but he didn't dare to let people pass casually when the big battle was imminent, so he hugged his fists and said: "Please wait a while, my lord, the general has to decide this matter, and he will come if he goes down." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Fan Jinyan to whisper an explanation to his companions, he ran into the camp.

Soon, there was a sound of horses' hooves, and a strong man in black armor with a beard on his face rode to the camp gate.

When the strong man saw Fan Jinyan, he jumped off his horse and walked in front of him, raised his eyes to look at him, and then clasped his fists and said, "I don't know what the captain is talking about here?" But the will of the king? ”

Fan Jinyan heard him call his official name, and knew that his identity could not suppress him, so he had to reply with a respectful fist: "Back to the general's words, the king did not pass the decree, but just humbled down......"

After listening to Fan Jinyan, the strong man general muttered a word of dissatisfaction and let them go.

Looking at the backs of Fan Jinyan and the good girl, the strong man general couldn't help sighing, and said in his heart, this king is really full, when is this, you still have the kung fu to take care of these things.

Thinking of this, the strong man general shook his head, turned around and went back to the barracks, but the figure looked a little older.

Fan Jinyan and the two rode to the gate of the city quickly, and the sergeant guarding the gate saw that the two were passing through the barracks, and let them into the city without asking.

The shops on the streets of the southern city were closed, and there were no civilians passing through the streets, except for a tense group of soldiers patrolling the city to prevent enemy spies from infiltrating the city.

Soon Fan Jinyan and the two arrived at the gate of the Zhizhou Mansion, and when they inquired, they learned that Master Yong was not in the mansion, but went to the Zhennan General's Mansion to discuss the defense. Lord Yong's wife was in the house, but she asked her subordinates to spread the word that it was not good for her to go to the house to meet guests as a woman, so she asked Fan Jinyan to go to the General's Mansion to find Lord Yong.

Fan Jinyan also knew that this Lord Zhizhou Yong was not in the house, and others would not nod their heads to let them in.

Fan Jinyan had no choice but to ask the location of the Menzi General's Mansion, and then left the Zhizhou Mansion with the good girl.

Less than a quarter of an hour after they left, a carriage stopped at the gate, and from it came a gorgeously dressed brocade-robed boy, who nodded to Menzi and entered Yongfu. When Menzi saw people entering, he secretly snorted, looking very disdainful.

The two soon arrived at the Zhennan General's Mansion, which was different from the Zhizhou Mansion, the General's Mansion was larger, and the two tall stone lions made the General's Mansion look more solemn and mighty.

"Stop, who trespassed into the General's Mansion." The soldiers guarding the gate of the General's Mansion shouted.

"Sergeant Lao passed the word, and the palace guard asked to see him." Fan Jinyan hugged his fists.

The sergeant didn't shirk when he saw the tooth card, turned around and entered the general's mansion.

Soon, a person who looked like a personal soldier and a guard came to the gate of the mansion and took Fan Jinyan and the two into the general's mansion.

At this time, people came and went in the general's mansion, and everyone had a little sorrow between their eyebrows, and Fan Jinyan thought that this should have something to do with the upcoming war!

The soldiers took them to the hall and served tea before leaving, but General Zhennan and a group of people gathered around a city defense map to discuss the defense of the city, and did not have time to deal with him.

The two waited while drinking the tea sent by their own soldiers, but they didn't expect that the wait would be more than half an hour.

Just when Fan Jinyan was about to fall asleep, the people in the room dispersed in a hurry. Before he could speak, the bearded general spoke first:

"You're the captain from the palace? Is there any will of the king? ”

"General, the king doesn't have any will, and the humble is actually here to find Lord Zhizhou." Fan Jinyan hugged his fists.

"Looking for this officer? So what's going on? Another middle-aged man with a long beard, also wearing armor, asked.

Fan Jinyan didn't expect a civil official to be wearing armor, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised, but he still hurriedly said his intention.

After hearing this, the general couldn't help frowning, muttered a word to Lord Yong, and left the hall. Lord Yong said very kindly: "I've heard of a good girl looking for a husband for ten years, but what's the matter with this official? ”

"I went to Song County to check the Zhuangding file of that year, and found that Liu Guang was sent to be an official slave, and he also went to your house." Fan replied.

"Is there such a thing? Everyone in the official mansion has heard the story of a good woman looking for a husband, if he knows, how can he not explain it to the official and his wife? Master Yong said.

"The reason for this is unknown, and perhaps only he can give the answer." Fan Jinyan said with a wry smile.

Master Yong smiled and said, "Since that's the case, then wait for you to go to the official mansion and ask him in person!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a sergeant rushed in from outside the door, and as soon as he entered the door, he hurriedly said: "Lord Zhizhou, the enemy army is preparing to attack the city, and the general asks you to go to the city to assist in the defense." ”

After Lord Yong answered, he put on his helmet and said to Fan Jinyan: "You can do it yourself!" The official went to the city. ”

After speaking, he followed the sergeant out of the hall, Fan Jinyan had never seen what the battlefield was like, and said to the good girl: "Anyway, how long have you been looking for it, it's not bad for half a day!" I ......"

"My lord just goes, the good girl is just a little tired and wants to rest." The good girl didn't know what Fan Jinyan was thinking, so it was naturally inconvenient to stop her.

Fan Jinyan couldn't let go of such a good opportunity, so he ran out of the hall......

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