Chang'an Station.

"Minister, thank you, Lord Longen!" Yi Yuan knelt on the ground, his hands slightly arched, raised above his head, and respectfully took this holy decree from the hands of the eunuch Zhang Yu.

For so many days, he had been waiting for this decree.

Today's imperial court, the influence is not as good as before, the princes of the world are divided, most of the ministers with heavy armies, all ignore the imperial decree, but it is undeniable that the influence of the Han Dynasty for 400 years, the world is still the Han family.

As orthodox, under the holy will, no matter whether it is respected or not, it can first be supported by the people.

It's like Hanzhong today.

Mu Jing issued a policy to the Ming Marquis' Mansion, and the imperial court promulgated the policy by the Holy Decree, the degree of acceptance by the people is far different, and those who respect the court are always more than those who respect the Ming Marquis, which is the influence of the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

This is also the reason why the Iraqi adventure into Chang'an.

"Envoy Yi, Your Majesty asked the slave maid to warn you with a word, the holy decree has been issued, you should return to your life as soon as possible, Chang'an is not a place to stay for a long time, you should do it yourself!"

When the eunuch Zhang Yu put the holy decree in the palm of Yi's hand, he suddenly bowed his head and said something in Yi's ear in a soft voice that only Yizhi could hear.

"Thank you Chang Chang for the reminder!"

Hearing this, Yi Ji raised his head suddenly, his pupils dilated slightly, but his expression quickly returned to normal, and he replied in a low voice, and then took out a gold bar from his clothes and stuffed it into Zhang Yu's hand without leaving a trace.

This trip to Chang'an, Mu Jingke prepared a heavy hemorrhage, in order to let Yi up and down, he arranged a lot of people to send money, if he didn't go up and down these days, he couldn't be safe in the post station.

The eunuchs in the court, although they have lost their ten permanent servants

"Then the slave will go back to the palace to resume her life!"

Zhang Yu smiled and hid the gold bar in his sleeve and turned to leave.

"Congratulations to Lord Chang Zhang!"

The number of Yi Lishu has been done enough, at least this Zhang Yu is very happy.

When Zhang Yu left, Yi's complexion changed a little, he held the holy decree in his hand tightly, and shouted: "Someone!" ”

"I-sama!"

More than a dozen people who were protecting outside the temple gathered around.

"You go and prepare dry food for the horses immediately, and we will leave Chang'an immediately!" Yi said.

"Do you want to leave now?"

When the military marquis Ye Su heard this, he frowned slightly: "Lord Yi, looking at the sky now, I'm afraid it's almost night, and it is estimated that the city gate will be closed soon, from here to the city gate, we will be at least more than an hour, and we won't have time to get out of the city at all!" ”

"Gotta get out right away!"

Yi Ji held the holy decree tightly, Zhang Yu would not remind him for no reason, there must be something wrong, so he didn't dare to stay for a while, he got the holy decree, half of the task was completed, and the other half, that is, he wanted him to bring the holy decree back safely, so that he could completely leave this mission.

He paced back and forth, was silent for a long time, and then stopped, his face became more and more firm, and he said in a deep voice: "Although this matter is successful, but there are many dreams at night, the Son of Heaven allows it, not the court allows it, if someone goes back on his word, he can't go against the will of the court, only to destroy our life, we are in danger, I don't care what method you use, we must leave Chang'an immediately, even if we can't leave Chang'an immediately, we must leave the post station, and we can't give them a chance to start!" ”

"Got it!"

When Ye Su heard this, he trembled, and immediately said: "I'm afraid it's a little difficult to get out of the city now, we don't have many contacts in Chang'an, and we can't dredge the city gate in a short time, but since the post station can't stay, we can change places first, and leave the city early tomorrow morning!" ”

"Arrange it now!"

Izuku nodded.

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Hanzhong.

A spring ploughing war in full swing is being staged.

"This Lord Minghou is really a good person!"

"I gave us farm tools again, and I gave us seeds, I thought that this year would definitely not be able to catch up with spring ploughing, I'm afraid I'm going to starve, but I didn't expect Lord Minghou to be so generous!"

"If there was such a benevolent and righteous person as Lord Minghou as the master of the house, why should we believe in the Five Buckets of Rice Sect!"

"I heard that Lord Hou also sent soldiers and horses to help some families who don't have male plotters!"

"Old Li Tou, you don't have to complain about the soldiers of the Ming Marquis, your boss died on the battlefield in World War II, it was a war, there is nothing to be done, and now people are still sending people to help you farm, otherwise your whole family will starve to death!"

"Aunt Seven, I heard that your family's grain is free to receive!"

“……”

In the hot spring ploughing, the people were of course the main force, but with the help of tens of thousands of soldiers, they reclaimed the fields faster and completed the sowing before the spring ploughing, which made the people change their impression of the herdsmen again.

In the battle of the world, no matter what excuse the invaders had, they eventually brought about war, and they were not supported by the local people.

Just like today's Hanzhong, Zhang Lu was defeated, and the people did not necessarily react, but the strong invasion of the herdsmen brought about the war, and the people complained.

But now with the spring ploughing action of Mujing, he did not hesitate to use military power to cultivate for the people, which opened the hearts of many people, and the people will always be the most pure group of people, they do not hold grudges, they remember grace, who can make their lives better, they will support who is the master of the house.

"These 800 acres must all be planted with rice!"

Outside Nanzheng City, in a basin, countless people are working, Mu Jing stood on the side of the hillside, looked at the past, and said firmly: "This may be the most fertile place in Nanzheng, if it is deserted, it will be a pity!" ”

"But half of this land belongs to the Xu family in the city!"

Liu Ling said in a low voice beside him: "Although the Xu family was convicted of supporting Zhang Lu, they did not exterminate the family, but the head of the family and several family heads were escorted out of prison, and the dragons in the family have no leader, and the hearts of the people are brilliant, so they have no intention of farming!" ”

"If they don't plant, we'll plant!"

The pastoral scene is indifferent.

"In this way, will it arouse the disgust of the major families, after all, the land cultivation is their root, we have taken their heaven and earth, how can they let go so easily!"

"I don't rob it, they don't plant this year, we will borrow it and plant it, if they want to go back and plant, we will return it to them next year!"

Mu Jing waved his hand: "If you have any opinions, let them come to me, I just haven't had time to determine the law of this Hanzhong!" ”

"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to go to the reclamation!"

Liu Ling nodded.

With the strength of Mujing, it makes this spring ploughing easier, and if there is a second person, it may not be able to do this.

"Recently, the people of Nanzheng have been mobilized, and there are farming scenes outside and inside the city, is there not enough of our farm tools and grain seeds?"

Mu Jing asked suddenly.

"Shangyong sent people to get some, Xicheng took some, Fangling, Anyang, Chenggu also followed suit, sent people to beg, we only have a lot left, but the blacksmith workshop in the city is still building, the farm tool technology is not high, and there are abandoned blades to build, but the speed is very fast!"

Liu Ling said.

"That's good!" Mu Jing breathed a sigh of relief, in order to guide the cultivation, this time he went into battle shirtless, but it is undeniable that he has seen the cultivation technology of this era, backward, extremely backward, if he is not now not able to delay the spring ploughing, he will not be able to free up his hands for the time being, he wants to go into battle to improve it himself, so farming, the yield is so small, it can be said that it has reached a point of madness, a year of hard work can only maintain a stomach instead of food and clothing, if you waste a year without planting, Indirectly, it is equivalent to sending many people to death in the coming winter.

"As for the grain seeds, Tang Mengdao can be described as crazy these days!"

Liu Ling said in a low voice: "He can dig out the two big granaries in Nanzheng City, but I heard that the squire of the city sergeant clan has hated him to the core, he has suffered three snipers in the past few days, if it were not for the protection of the elite soldiers sent by the prince, I am afraid that he is already under the crossbow arrows of some people!" ”

"If you want to kill me, you also need them to have the ability!"

Mu Jing sneered and said, "Ye Zhi! ”

"In!"

"Tell Tang Ming that not only Nanzheng, Shangyong Xicheng and other places, but also take a trip, how much grain can be taken out, and first meet the grain needs of the local people for grain planting!"

"No!"

Ye Zhi, a minor official of Nongcao, bowed his hand, and then turned around to give the order.

……

In the evening, Mu Jingcai returned to the city, and he was a little tired and drank several sips of bitter dry tea before he recovered a lot of energy, and then Xi Zhi came to the door.

"News just sent back from Chang'an!"

Xi Zhicai handed him a copy of the news delivered by Jing Wusi to Mu Jing.

Although Jing Wusi fell into the quagmire in Nanyang, and now he didn't figure out the reason why the news couldn't be delivered, but in the land of Guanzhong, it was progressing very quickly, whether it was Chang'an or Luoyang, the strongholds were set up, and the news was transmitted very quickly.

"Got it?" Mu Jing opened the small bamboo tube, took out the information inside, glanced at it, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly with a sneer: "I'll just say that he, Liu Xie, is not the master of peace!" ”

If Liu Xie hadn't had the heart to confront Dong Zhuo, he wouldn't have allowed him to surrender so easily.

"In terms of the Son of Heaven, I have never been worried, but I am still worried, Dong Zhuo will not backtrack!"

"Won't it?" Mu Jing frowned.

"Hard to say!"

"Even if he goes back on his word, he has only been in charge of the court for a short time now, and the internal checks and balances of the sergeant clan, Situ Wang Yun's generation will not let him trample on the face of the court, what else can he do?"

"If it is said, it is irretrievable, and I will definitely think of a desperate plan!"

"Kill I?" Mu Jing's eyes widened.

"It's possible!"

"Who did Jing Wusi send to Chang'an?"

"Tan Zong has not heard from him during this time, I use your name to pass on the order to Jing Wusi to send the most elite people, it should be Shi A to lead the team, the most effective martial artist under Jing Wusi, and it is under his control!"

"That's great!"

The pastor nodded, his eyes were far away, and he burst out with a gleam: "Now it depends on whether the Yi nationality reacts quickly enough, if he doesn't stay and returns quickly, it shouldn't be a big problem!" ”

"As long as he can get out of Chang'an, everything will be fine!" Xi Zhicai said: "As soon as they drill into the Qinling Mountains, the sky is high and the sea is wide, even if they have great ability, they can still chase them out!" ”

"You pay close attention to this matter, it's really not good, send troops to rob people!"

"Hmm!"

"What about the news from Nanyang?"

"There is still no news, only Huang Zhong sent a letter, he has already left the Dongshan Plank Road, which means that he has entered Nanyang, as for whether Nanxiang can hold up until his reinforcements arrive, I can only wait for the news and see the creation!"

Xi Zhicai is also worried, but Nanyang and Hanzhong seem to be adjacent, but the roads are different, and the transmission of news is too slow, so they can only do it here in a hurry.

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Nanxiang County.

The tragedy of the great war can be described as shocking, above and below the city, like a bloody hell, the delicate blood has completely dyed this piece of land red, and the corpses that can be seen everywhere have no time to clean up, only war, only battle.

On the top of the city.

Cai Yan sits in town, like Mount Tai.

After several days of hard fighting, seeing the soldiers fall one by one, Cai Yan has already walked through hell, which makes her mind more firm, she always stands on the top of the city, where all the soldiers can see, this seems to be a battle flag, a battle flag that does not fall.

"It seems that they can't break our Nanxiang today!"

In the evening, when the sound of Ming Jin outside the city sounded, all the soldiers in the city breathed a sigh of relief, fighting spirit is one thing, combat effectiveness is another, this battle is hard to this point, enough to make all the soldiers overdraw their mental and physical strength.

After a day of fighting, at least more than 100 soldiers were lost in the city, and the comrades-in-arms fell forever, making all the soldiers extremely lost.

Cai Yan slowly stood up: "Sons, congratulations to us, we have held on for another day, I firmly believe that my husband will lead the reinforcements back, please continue to support, if the city is broken, I will fulfill my promise, and I will die before you wait." ”

She would say this sentence twice a day, once when the war started, and again when Mingjin withdrew the troops, but in the hearts of countless soldiers, it was more deafening than once.

"We will defend Nanxiang to the death!"

"We will defend Nanxiang to the death!"

The morale of the fall was once again lifted up.

Zhou Cang stood beside him, he had at least four bandaged wounds on his body, but he ignored it, his eyes were always firm, he was not only grateful to Cai Yan, but also respectful, respect from the bottom of his heart.

Cai Yan was able to go to the city, which had already helped him a lot, and now he has been standing at the head of the city for a few days, like an optimus prime, supporting the battlefield of Nanxiang.

He took a deep breath and drank lowly: "Soldiers, clean up the battlefield immediately, then eat and rest, maintain physical strength, tomorrow will be another hard battle, the lord is in Hanzhong to find a way for us to live, and the lady personally sits at the head of the city, we must not live up to such trust, even if they fall, we must fall after they withdraw their troops!" ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers moved quickly.

……

Outside the city.

"It's been three days, and they obviously have their last breath left, why can't we break through this Nanxiang City?"

The morale of the Nanyang army became more and more low, and Captain Lei Bo was furious in the battalion.

In the past few days, he has almost lost more than 3,000 soldiers and under the city wall, but he has never been able to step into the city.

"Lord Captain, the defenders in the city are too tenacious, and they are ......"

Chen Lan was covered in blood, bowed her head, and said in a low voice: "The heart of the army in this city is indestructible!" ”

"The military spirit is indestructible?"

Lei Bo shouted angrily: "With their thousands of troops, what is the indestructible spirit of the army? ”

"These days, some new forces have been found on the city wall, although these people are all newcomers, not good at fighting, and people who are in a hurry abound, but at a glance, they must be young and strong in the city, and the young and strong in the city are on the city wall, and with such a fighting spirit, you can know that Nanxiang City has been united, unless we can drive them out, denying that even if we break through the city wall, it is still difficult to break the defense of this city!"

Chen Lan elaborated: "The most important thing is that Mrs. Minghou personally sits at the head of the city, unless we can shoot down this banner that boosts the morale of the city, otherwise this is a sky fall, and the more we can't pass!" ”

Even if it was an enemy, he had to admire that Mrs. Minghou, her fearless fighting spirit, and kept their tens of thousands of soldiers and horses outside the city.

"Damn, damn!"

Lei Bo's eyes were as wide as copper bells, and his eyes exuded this unwillingness: "A little woman has such power, it's really hateful!" ”

In this battle, they paid so much, mobilized the troops of the entire Nanyang County, and exhausted the strategic reserves of Nanyang, but they were blocked under Nanxiang, he really didn't understand, obviously Mu Jing was not there, and the main force of the herdsman army was not there, why was there such a fighting spirit in the city to resist.

He thought that the casualties in the city were not below him, but the city still stood in the way.

"Report!"

Suddenly, outside the tent, the sound of horses' hooves stomped, and a voice shouted.

"What's going on?" Lei Bo looked up and looked outside the camp gate.

"Lord Duwei, Nanyang Emergency!"

"Pass in!"

"Yes!"

A herald with a command flag on his body walked in quickly, knelt down, saluted with both hands, and said impatiently: "Lord Commander, the champion was attacked by an unknown enemy, and the generals who stayed behind were all slaughtered, and all the grain and grass stored in the city were lost!" ”

"What?"

Lei Bo stood up suddenly, his eyes condensed, and he snorted coldly: "When did it happen?" ”

"Two days ago!"

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Nanyang County.

Higashiyama.

This mountain range stretches to the west of Nanyang, straight into Hanzhong, connecting the two counties, the plank road is established along the mountainside, a mountain is connected to a mountain, along the plank road can go a lot less wrongful road, and the road is also easier to walk and a little smoother.

A detachment of soldiers and horses was stationed at the foot of the mountain.

"General, the latest march map from the scouts!"

"Put it away, all the marching maps in Dongshan must be preserved, and it will be the foundation of opening up the mountain road in the future!"

"No!"

"Yang Feng, have the scouts who went to Nanxiang to inquire come back?" Huang Zhong bit a piece of dry food that was as hard as an iron piece and asked.

"Not yet!"

Yang Feng thought for a while: "But there should be news before tomorrow morning!" ”

"Then we'll rest here all night, wait for their news to arrive, and then make plans!"

Huang Zhong looked at the golden crow falling in the sky, the afterglow of the setting sun was still reflecting the sky, he took a deep breath, had an idea in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Although the soldiers are noble and fast, but we need to preserve enough combat power for a long-distance attack, so that the soldiers can immediately bury the pot and make food, and then rest!" ”

"No!"

The generals gave up their orders and began to arrange for the soldiers to camp and rest.