Xuyi County is located on the side of Huaishui, at the foot of Duliang Mountain, the terrain is quite steep, since the early years of the main road this area fell into the hands of the Jin people, until the death of the Jin did not return to the Song Dynasty, that is already sixty years later. After the pen %fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info here was renamed the Zhaoxin Army by the Xuyi Army, still governing Xuyi County, under the jurisdiction of Zhaoxin, Tianchang County, a few months ago the Yuan people invaded, the main force in Chuzhou line, for the Zhaoxin Army did not have a heavy force to press, roughly only contained, of course, this containment is enough to make the county in the encirclement.

Between the Zhaoxin army and Chuzhou, roughly bounded by Hongze Lake, the distance between the two sides is not far, but the road is not easy to walk, therefore, the Yuan people who are in charge of the war in this area will set up the camp on the side of Duliang Mountain, in order to cut off the connection between the Song people, as for the direction of Chuzhou, it is no longer something they consider.

The number of this Yuan army is not large, in addition to the 20,000 Han army foot soldiers, there are also 5,000 new annexed troops, that is, after the surrender of Sizhou, the part of the Song garrison under Zhu Huan, their identity change lasted only a few months, the Yuan people are not at ease, and they themselves are not at ease.

Surrender this kind of thing, to say willingly, that is certainly not the truth, in the face of the Yuanren people's attack, really willing to repay the country with death, there are still a minority, the choice of most people is actually to go with the flow, how Shangguan chooses, they will follow, that's all.

Sizhou is an enclave, choking the mouth, the jurisdiction of only a county, people are not more than a thousand households, only because they are on the border, there will be about 2,000 defenders, after Zhu Huan surrendered, these 2,000 people were organized as a new annex army, the previous Sizhou capital, it became a thousand households of the Yuan people, in the territory of the Zhaoxin Army, they naturally have to attack and defend in front, if it is a siege, it is the first to bear the brunt, fortunately, this part has no intention of attacking the city, so that they can wait peacefully until now.

The Yuan people in the Zhaoxin army were arranged in the direction of the south, and the new annexed army at the forefront was tightly blocked on the official road from Xuyi County to Tianchang County, from Tianchang County to Yangzhou, there was only one Hengshan, and the news of the Song people's assembly came through various channels early in the morning, how dare they be careless?

However, 2,000 people, naturally do not occupy much land, their camp is completely in accordance with the standard system of the Song army, deep trenches, horses, fences, sentry towers are all available, spies also go out to the area of Tianchang County, every day will send back the news of the exploration.

"I'm back." Behind the closed gate, a sergeant leaned out from the sentry tower and shouted downward, and a man who looked like a colonel hurriedly climbed the wooden wall with a ladder and looked out from a high place, only to see the figures of several cavalrymen appearing in sight, galloping towards this side.

But what makes the man feel strange is that the first two look at their military attire, under the black brimmed hat, is a white gown, if you take it off, it is the red jacket of the Song people, there is no way to do this, the Yuan people recruited soldiers, their own military uniforms are not taken care of, where is there enough for them, so in order to distinguish them, they can only pull out the red tassels on the helmet, and then cover their bodies with a piece of white cloth, so they deal with it.

Of course, the strange thing about the man is not his own spy, but the first man in black behind the spy, who looks dressed as just a fisherman, and the appearance, how can there be some refined taste, that is the kind of temperament that only soldiers have, before he can think of a reason, a few horses were opened by his subordinates to open the gate of the village and let them in.

"Well, have they all retreated?" The man was a little anxious, and it was no wonder that he was pressed to the door of the house, and if he didn't get out of the way, he was afraid that he wouldn't even be able to sleep well, so he hurriedly asked without waiting for those people to get off the horse.

However, seeing the expressions of the spies who wanted to speak and stopped, he muttered a little in his heart, and hurriedly got down from the wooden wall and led them into his military tent, but the man in black was blocked by the soldiers, and the people who came did not care, and looked at the situation in the village with his hands in his hands, with a curious face.

"I can't return to the same family, thousands of households." This kind of slip of the tongue happens almost every day, and the man doesn't care about it at this time, quietly waiting to say it.

"The Song people did retreat, they walked very fast, and they did not avoid people, the little ones heard that they were going to Jiankang Mansion, it should have been five days ago, and now most of them have crossed the river." The spies told the news one by one, they were originally Song people, and their accents were similar, so it was very convenient to inquire about the news.

"Miao Zaicheng is gone? It's good to go, it's good to go. When the man heard this, his face finally became a little happy, and he rubbed his hands and walked up and down the military tent, still reciting words in his mouth.

Seeing the appearance of their own capital, the two spies exchanged a look with each other, and their faces were a little helpless, what they wanted to say, they didn't know to mention it for a while, until the man was excited, he discovered their abnormality, and then thought about it, and his face sank.

"If there's anything else, let's say it all together." He vaguely guessed something in his mind.

"Someone came from over there, saying that there was something important to discuss with you, and the small ones didn't dare to specialize, so they only brought people back, whether they saw it or not, and asked thousands of households to decide." The spy turned his heart sideways, stepped forward and lowered his voice, and whispered in his ear, and the man's face was cloudy after hearing this.

What does this side refer to, how can he not know, what the other party is doing, he can naturally guess one or two, but how to do it, but it makes him feel tricky, it is a trouble to see or not to see, once the matter is passed to the Yuan people, the end is self-evident, and the future people will deal with it? If you can't do it, who knows if one day you will have to take refuge in going back, this kind of self-cutting back thing, smart people will not do.

The man prides himself on being a smart man, and he doesn't think that in such a situation, the other party can give any conditions, judging from the situation, this offensive of the Yuan people is quite a bit ambitious, and the strength is unprecedented, which is also the biggest factor in their willingness to surrender.

"It's better to listen to him, in case it doesn't work out" The spy made a gesture to wipe his neck, whether it was killing people or asking for merit or rewards, their concerns were not as big as those of officials.

The man groaned for a while, and finally bowed his head slightly, acquiesced to their suggestion, and when the arrivals were escorted into the tent by the front and back of his own soldiers, he couldn't help but smile when he saw them in the position of a great enemy.

"They have already searched it, and a certain person is unarmed, even if he does it, he may not be able to beat it, so why be so vigilant?" Seeing that the other party was unmoved, the man continued: "The next words of a certain are confidential, are you sure that so many people want to hear them?" ”

The other party still didn't react, and they all stared at him without saying a word, as if they were afraid that he would break out and hurt people, the man shook his head, did not persuade again, but said unhurriedly: "Before a certain came, Li Xianggong had a cloud, 'Erwazi is a filial son'." ”

As soon as these words were uttered, the man who was standing in front of him with his hands behind his back suddenly stiffened, he turned his head in disbelief, and looked at the person suspiciously, the man looked at him very calmly, and after a while, he raised his hand and waved, signaling those soldiers and spies to withdraw.

"Li Xianggong sent you?"

The man took out a waist card and handed it to him, the man took it and looked at it and returned it: "I still don't believe it, Li Xiangguild will threaten the family, what do you want to do, raise troops and then rebel back, I'm afraid that when the time comes, these brothers will not will." ”

"You misunderstood, Xianggong's words are just blunt, your family in Yangzhou is small, and I won't do harm, but how the people will look at them is not something that can be influenced. If you want to be a loyal and filial son, or a traitor and a rebel, you can't be influenced, but you just want to give you and your more than 2,000 brothers a way. ”

"What way?" The man ignored the sarcasm, for if he could speak in a few words, it would not have fallen in the morning.

"Alive."

The man's eyes shrank suddenly, like a beast being teased, he could tolerate the other party's threats with his family, because it was a real threat, but he couldn't stand the intimidation, which would make him feel that his IQ was insulted.

"Are you really not afraid of death? slaughtered you and gave it to the Yuan people, but I am afraid that I can exchange it for a lot of silver. His heart was ruthless, and the words he spit out became cold.

"Who in this world is not afraid of death?" The man smiled: "Isn't it because Sizhou is lonely and afraid that Li Xianggong will not be able to save him?" ”

"So what?"

"This is what I want to tell you, how long have you descended, how long has Chuzhou City been besieged, Li Xianggong has been slow to move in Yangzhou City, and Miao Guan has hesitated in Tianchang County, sitting and watching you enter and besiege the city, do you think that they are cowardly?"

The man's eyes were dark, this was what he was most concerned about, as early as a few months before the invasion of the Yuan people, Li Tingzhi issued an order to clear the countryside along the border, there were not many dingkou in Sizhou, and Zhu Huan didn't take the Jun order seriously, so he was caught off guard, and when they became a new annex, they found that the originally familiar Huaidong suddenly became a lot stranger.

Take this Zhaoxin army as an example, the surrounding Xuyi County that they surrounded but did not attack, there was not even a little population, when Miao Zaicheng had not yet entered Tianchang County, they also went south for a while, and found that the entire territory was the same, the farther they ran, the longer the grain road was stretched, and they had to stop near Xuyi County, trying to persuade the surrounding areas with strength. Who knows, all the messengers who sent the letter were beheaded and thrown out without exception, and those former colleagues became so strange that they felt a trace of fear for those who had just descended, and this was the real reason why he was willing to meet the comer.

Just like the other party said, the purpose of the Song army's deliberate contraction is not cowardice, then it is a plan, Chuzhou has been besieged for more than two months, and it is needless to say that the Zhaoxin army has nothing to do every day, and no matter how vigilant the heart is, thinking of this, the man's heart suddenly tightened, and he remembered the man's previous words.

Means of subsistence!