Anyang County Shoufu.

At this moment, Yu Anmin can be said to be full of spring breeze, he looked at Jiang Xingdao with a smile:

"Mr. planned before, it was really good, this time to suppress the thief, I, Yu Anmin, will make a contribution."

As he spoke, he asked again: "By the way, sir, Xiao Yuan's side, did you agree to send troops?" ”

Although he is the county guard of Anyang, Xiao Yuan's part is a garrison, not a county army, and Yu Anmin has no direct right to transfer Xiao Yuan.

When Jiang Xing heard this, he smiled slightly: "Don't worry, Xiao Yuan's side has already agreed to send troops, and he will lead his troops to Anyang in a few days." ”

"Good!" Yu Anmin was overjoyed, and immediately said: "When the soldiers of each county are assembled, this official will invite everyone to ......."

Three days later.

The county commanders from all over the country gathered in Anyang, among them, some county commanders brought 300 people, some brought 500 people, and some more, brought one or two thousand soldiers.

Coupled with the county army of Yu Anmin's headquarters, a total of 50,000 troops. On the surface, the formation is quite large, but in fact, these people are all improvised patchwork, and they are a rabble.

At this time, in the hall of the county government, Yu Anmin was giving a banquet to the county orders from all over the country, and of course, Xiao Yuan was also among them.

On both sides of the sitting, there were county orders in official uniforms, and there was a case in front of each person, with wine and food on it, and Xiao Yuan's position was at Yu Anmin's hand.

Seeing that everyone had taken their seats, Yu Anmin, who was on the main seat above, said with a smile: "Today, by the edict of the Son of Heaven, to crusade against the traitors, all of you have helped you, and this official is here to thank you." ”

"Wherever and where, these are all matters within the duties of our subordinates, and they must be the head of the county guard." An official hurriedly said.

Some people also began to pat their ass: "Adults are righteous and raise troops to rebel, and they will surely wipe out the thieves and achieve great achievements......"

"Haha!" When Yu Anmin heard this, he smiled on his back, and then took the cup and said, "Come, let's have a drink!" ”

"I'll pay homage to Lord Gunjo—" The people hurriedly raised their glasses.

In this banquet, the atmosphere on the surface looks good, and after the three rounds of wine and the five flavors of the dishes, Yu Anmin also began to say: "Right now, although the traitor forces have not yet affected Anyang, they are only a hundred miles away from here. ”

As he spoke, he looked around and continued, "Therefore, this officer suggests that we should send a vanguard force to capture Fengcheng and open the way for us. ”

Fengcheng is more than 200 miles away from Anyang, it is a fortified city under the control of Wu Yuan's forces, although there are not many rebels in the city, but this city is guarding the main road, and the Anyang army wants to go out to quell the chaos, it must first pass this city.

When the officials heard this, they laughed dryly, and then they all leaned over and whispered to the left and right, seemingly discussing, but in fact they were evading.

There is no doubt that this vanguard force is going to fight a tough battle, and with the ability of the county orders in various places, they themselves know who will go and who will die, so who dares to talk.

Seeing this, Yu Anmin didn't say anything, it seemed that this was all expected by him, and after a pause, he also put down his wine glass and looked at Xiao Yuan, and said with a smile: "General Xiao." ”

"Your Excellency, please speak." Xiao Yuan's voice was calm, which was not what he expected.

"The general has always been brave, and at the beginning, with 10,000 troops, he repelled 80,000 ghost troops, and the general's generals are all brave and good at fighting. Yu Anmin said with good words.

And as soon as he finished saying this, the other officials suddenly came to life, and began to echo one after another: "Yes, yes, General Xiao, in this battle, except for you, no one can take on this heavy responsibility......"

Looking at everyone's faces, Xiao Yuan sighed helplessly, if Yu Anmin was a master, then it would be easy to say anything, and he didn't mind being a pioneer at all.

But obviously, Yu Anmin did not regard him as his own, the current situation, to put it bluntly, is to use Xiao Yuan as cannon fodder and attack the city for him, after the chaos is really quelled, I am afraid that Xiao Yuan will not even want to get any credit.

But Xiao Yuan had no choice but to arch his hand and say: "Since you are so lifted and have a heavy responsibility, then you must go all out." ”

"Good!" Yu Anmin shouted excitedly.

Xiao Yuan said again: "But in my opinion, the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass should go first, so as not to have an accident at that time." ”

"Huh?" After hearing this, Yu Anmin waved his hand: "There is no need to do this, General Xiao just leads his troops to attack Fengcheng, and when your troops arrive in Fengcheng, the grain and grass will arrive on the same day." ”

"This ...... All right. Xiao Yuan was helpless.

After the banquet, as soon as he returned to the garrison of the headquarters, Peng Shuang and others greeted him.

"General, how is the situation at today's banquet?"

Xiao Yuan glanced at a few people and said with a wry smile: "What else, Yu Anmin let our army take the lead in attacking Fengcheng." ”

"I knew it was so." Peng Shuang said: "I'm not afraid of fighting, I'm afraid that there will be people behind me who will make trouble, let alone treat our soldiers as people!" ”

Ye Cheng asked, "Then, what is the general's plan now?" ”

Xiao Yuan pondered for a moment: "Even if Yu Anmin doesn't take our department as the vanguard, then we must fight Fengcheng!" ”

As he spoke, he said to Ye Cheng again: "General Ye, you immediately send a horse to investigate, be sure to understand the situation in Fengcheng." ”

"Understood!" Ye Cheng responded with a fist clenched, and went directly down to make arrangements.

The next day, Xiao Yuan did not make any pause, and directly led his troops out of Anyang and pounced on Fengcheng.

For more than 200 miles, it took time for the soldiers to march, and by the time the army arrived, it was already a few days later.

At this moment, Xiao Yuan was resting before the battle, and after a while, Ye Cheng also walked over quickly, intervened and said, "General, after many inquiries, the situation in Fengcheng has been roughly understood. ”

"Oh? What are the strength of the rebels? Xiao Yuan asked directly.

"About 10,000 people." Ye Cheng replied.

Fengcheng is not a giant city, and this is not where the main force of the rebels is, but a stronghold of Wu Yuan, after Xiao Yuan listened, he first pondered for a while, and then said: "The enemy's strength is almost twice that of me, it is really not suitable to attack, but to open Fengcheng, there is no shortcut, tomorrow, let's test the city defense first......

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, Xiao Yuanbing came to the city.

On the great plain outside the city pass, there are long halberds, 6,000 soldiers, the waist is straight, look at a line horizontally, look at a line obliquely, wait in formation, the scene is full of solemn atmosphere.

On the banner waving in the wind, there is a big Xiao character embroidered.

At the head of the city, the rebel soldiers, all with cloth towels wrapped around their heads, dressed in cloth armor, holding spears, are also three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry.

Zhou Qi, the rebel general, first looked outside the city, and then asked an officer beside him, "Whose army is this?" ”

"After inquiry, it is the department of Xiao Yuan, the captain of Liucheng."

"Xiao Yuan? I haven't heard of it, the nameless rats dare to attack my Fengcheng, it's ridiculous! ”