Sun Xianzu's envoy stayed in Zhao Ying for a short time. Some of the soldiers in charge of guarding the gate today could clearly see how dark the emissary had when he left, who had a white and clean face. After the envoy left, the military council soon ended.

Early the next morning, Xu Hui and Qin Jinxiao led the front and the second battalion from the left, and arrived at Baocheng in the west within a day, Wu Dading went out of the city to greet him, and the small Baocheng County gathered nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Zhao battalion for a time.

Two days later, three miles outside the city of Hanzhong, the flags were displayed, and the people and horses were in a hurry.

Sun Xianzu, who was dressed in full armor, stood tall on the hillock, and his old posture in the past disappeared, and he was full of energy.

Liu Shaozong took a bowl of wine, walked up to the hill slowly, and said, "Mr. Sun, after eating this cup of candied wine, the younger generation wishes you a victory." As he spoke, he pushed the wine bowl forward, but his head was slightly tilted to the side.

Sun Xianzu squinted at him, saw that his gaze was evasive, there was a decadent atmosphere between his eyebrows, he sneered in his heart, and said loudly: "Old man Xie Anyuan wine!" With that, he took the wine bowl and drank it all.

After Liu Shaozong toasted, he walked down unhappily. Then Liu Yuyang also came up, toasted him with a bowl of wine, and said: "Lord Sun is not old, but also personally commanded to go out of the city to suppress thieves, which is really a model for my Ming military ministers." There was a lot of praise in the words.

Sun Xianzu said modestly, shook Liu Yuyang's hand affectionately and said: "The surname Sun is not in the city, the city is guarded, and it depends on Lord Liu to co-ordinate." ”

Liu Yuyang gently broke out his hand, and said with a solemn face: "I am a Taoist minister, and I am already responsible for protecting the soil. The previous loss of Baocheng was like a thousand arrows, and now guarding this city is to exhaust the last breath, and it is not allowed to be touched by thieves. He said and said, "I just hope that as soon as Mr. Sun comes out, he will be able to level the ugly people in the north of the mansion in an instant, cut off his heart of coveting my county, and collect the land where it is ravaged by poison." ”

A few days ago, the military situation in the north was urgently reported, saying that the Zhao Ying group of thieves who had been entrenched in the city suddenly divided into thousands of people to gather in the area of Baocheng, and now the number of thieves gathered in Baocheng reached tens of thousands, and the momentum was quite strong. Liu Yuyang has been restless day and night about the fall of Baocheng in Japan, and all he thinks about every moment is how to recover Baocheng. At this time, when he heard that Zhao Ying had formed an army, he judged that his intention was likely to lie in Chu County, and he was even more anxious.

The county lord did not save it, but the county seat under his jurisdiction saw that it would be lost one after another, and he was ignoring it, and Sun Xianzu, who had always sat firmly on the high platform, actually took the initiative to come to the door and asked to send troops to level the court. Take the initiative to attack, this is Liu Yuyang's dream, no matter what the situation is, he believes that the initiative must be there, otherwise not only will the thieves no longer be afraid of the officials and the army, but the court will also deal with the crime of passive dereliction of duty if it can't bear it. He didn't want to lose his official hat because of this, so Sun Xianzu's appearance was like a life-saving straw, and he clutched it tightly without having time to think about it.

"Lord Liu rest assured. Although the old man is useless, this thief's heart has never been reduced by half a point. Before waiting to see what happened, I felt that the time had not yet come. Now that Zhao thief has deceived me too much, if I retreat again, not only my old face surnamed Sun, but also the face of the officials and soldiers of the court will have to be lost! Sun Xianzu secretly laughed at Liu Yuyang for being a nerd, who could only be impassioned and had no foresight. It's just that he has been acting on the scene for decades, and he has long been accustomed to facing people on both sides. The tall figure and resolute face of the Chinese character all add a lot of points to his false words.

Liu Yuyang did not doubt him, smiled at Sun Xianzu from the bottom of his heart, and turned around and left. As I walked, I wondered if I should throw all the impeachment recitals that had been prepared in the study into the stove when I went back.

King Rui was the last to arrive, and the last to walk to the small mound to see him off. He was supported by the servants, saluted Sun Xianzu with two bowls of wine, watched the other party raise his head and drink dry wine, and couldn't help but praise: "Mr. Sun is still heroic, and his heroic appearance is not inferior to that of the young man." ”

Sun Xianzu shook his hand and said with a wry smile: "Old, old, just do your last bit for the court before the oil runs out!" ”

King Rui said "uh-huh" twice, and whispered: "Then the matter of the little girl still needs to rely on the head town." ”

Sun Xianzu said with a straight face: "The prince just has to rest assured, even if the surname Sun takes his own life to fill in, he will keep the county lord safe." At the same time, he said in his heart: "It's best if your daughter doesn't die, if she dies, I serve the country, and you can't blame me." ”

Because of the matter of the county lord of Huaqing, King Rui has lost his oily face in the past few days, and the whole person looks very sick and listless, this Sun Xianzu has secretly assured him that this time the army will save his daughter. He listened to Liu Shaozong's words before, but in the end, the bamboo basket was empty, and there was no other way to go at this time, so he had to believe in Sun Xianzu again. He didn't care who rescued the county lord of Huaqing, he just begged his palm pearl to come back, and he was satisfied.

Sun Xianzu sent troops with such fanfare, he was originally worried that it would affect his daughter, but with Sun Xianzu's promise, and as a vassal king, there was really no reason to interfere in the military affairs of the city. So whether it is considering the hope of rescuing his daughter or protecting his life, he can only choose to support Sun Xianzu's action this time.

"The thieves are huge, and Mr. Sun has less than two thousand tigers, is it enough?" King Rui hesitated for a long time, and he couldn't let go of his heart, but he didn't want to ask about his daughter anymore, so he asked like this. He didn't understand military affairs, but he simply thought that the stronger Sun Xianzu's strength, the higher the possibility of rescuing the county lord of Huaqing.

Sun Xianzu went out this time, just to do it alone, to save the matter of the county lord of Huaqing, he would never allow others to share the soup, he heard the meaning of King Rui's words and seemed to want Liu Shaozong to follow him to attack, he was really jealous in his heart, and said: "The surname Sun has been in the army for decades, and this scale is still there." Although there are not many people under me, they are all brave and fearless, all of them have fought Tartars in Liaodong, and they are all veterans of a hundred battles who have fought slaves, not to mention that he only has 20,000 thieves, even more than double, and the surname Sun is not in his eyes. Speaking of this, perhaps because he felt that King Rui had some doubts, in other words, "Hou Guerrilla and Liu Dusi, the subordinates of Hou Shuai in central Sichuan, have entered the palace, and they only received a military report yesterday, saying that they defeated hundreds of cavalry thieves in the north of Ningqiang Prefecture and beheaded hundreds of them, and their combat power is very good. He will go north to join me in the near future, plus the thousands of county soldiers of Lord Ru of Chuxian County, there are also 5,000 people available, why are you afraid of the rabble of Zhao thieves in Baocheng? ”

King Rui nodded yes, and heard him say again: "At present, there are many thieves in Baocheng, and there are still many who are stranded in Chenggu. They are eyeing the tiger, peeking at our city day and night, if the city is empty, I am afraid that they will be tricked away from the mountain. The prince is here, and he should not take it lightly. "He said very clearly, the county lord wants to save it, but if the entire Rui Domain falls into a military disaster because of this, it will be more than worth the loss. King Rui was not stupid, and when he heard this, he kept silent, and after saying two more words, he also went down to the hillock.

Sun Xianzu looked at the endless flow of troops under Qiuxia, as well as Rui Wang, Liu Shaozong, Liu Yuyang and others who looked up, and a long-lost blood unconsciously surged into his heart - this time, he was determined to win.

After Xu Hui and Qin Jinxiao rested in Baocheng County for a day, they immediately set off for Chu County with Xu Hui as the commander-in-chief of the front line. Wu Dading reasoned that the reorganization of the troops was not completed and refused to participate in the attack. Xu and Qin were only promised to provide logistical support and a safe response to the rear during the attack.

If you are not a battalion, even if you are attached, it is difficult to have one mind. With the degree of personal friendship between Zhang Miaoshou and Zhao Dangshi, the two battalions are still unable to coordinate operations, Wu Dading is such a second and fifth boy, to be honest, Zhao Dangshi and others did not expect him at all from the beginning. Besides, according to the uneven quality of the military camp, the effect of standing still is greater than that of putting it on the battlefield. As long as the enemy takes advantage of the gap, it is easy to cause a chain effect and affect the overall situation. He stayed in Baocheng honestly, firstly, he could be used as a nail, and the Zhao Ying and Zhang Ying in Chenggu could be used as horns to deter Hanzhong, and secondly, he could also ensure that once Xu Hui and Qin Jinxiao who attacked the county were defeated, there would be a way to evacuate.

Ru Jinsheng, the county commander of the county, received the news on the day that Xu Huijun left Baocheng, and under his mobilization, a total of 1,300 county soldiers from all over the county gave up all the strongholds outside and shrank into the city. In his opinion, if the Hanzhong Mansion still sits idly by while Baocheng has been lost, then none of the officials in the city can escape the sanctions of the imperial court.

As he expected, the Hanzhong Mansion reacted quickly, and before the envoy sent arrived in Hanzhong, he met Sun Jiajun who came from the middle of the road. The messenger turned back and informed Ru Jinsheng of the news of Sun Xianzu's coming to help, and Ru Jinsheng was much relieved. After more than half a year of his hard work, the degree of solidity has long been incomparable to the past, with more than 1,000 people holding on, coupled with Sun Xianzu's strong soldiers, it is impossible for the rogues to enter the city in a hurry. And from the past experience, the rogues will rarely knock a city to the death, as long as they carry this wave, let the rogues know that the county is not easy to gnaw, then it will undoubtedly be of great help to the future defense.

Looking at the endless stream of soldiers and civilians in the city, who were finally stepping up to work, Ru Jinsheng took a few deep breaths and tried to minimize his nervousness.

"Daddy!" A crisp call through Ru Jinsheng's heavy anxiety immediately drew his attention. Ru Jinsheng didn't look at it and knew that it must be his active baby daughter.

He sighed, and turned his eyes to see that what appeared in front of him was not the slender figure of the past, but the dress of a soldier in armor.

"You, what are you doing here?" Ru Jinsheng still saw the familiar face under the hood, "Girls, dress like this, what kind of body!" ”

Who knew that the little man wrapped in armor pouted and said, "Does Daddy look down on Yi'er?" Although Yi'er is a woman, but the enemy is current, there is no reason to hide at home and let her father go to the soup! ”

Ru Jinsheng sighed again and shook his head, not knowing what to say. He was a native of Jiangxi, and he was an official in Beijing earlier, but later returned to his hometown because he was falsely accused of being a eunuch. In the past two years, he was entrusted with the crime of his fellow villagers who served as officials in the DPRK to clear his guilt, and he was used again, but he was not able to return to the central government but was transferred to the local government to "observe again." His parents died early and he was born in extreme poverty, and with the help of several relatives and his own hard work, he was able to abandon the farm and join the work. The foundation is not good and the nature is thrifty, so when the original wife died last year, the family did not have much savings, and Dingkou was not prosperous, except for a daughter, there was nothing else, and there was no continuation in the past few months, so he brought his lonely daughter to Chuxian County.

Speaking of this only daughter, he is full of love and anger in his heart. What I love is that I am smart and sensible, and I never need him to worry about it, but will help him take care of many household chores in advance; The angry thing is that although her daughter is caring, she doesn't like to be a lady. Books like "Female Fan" and "Female Rules" have always scoffed, and what I prefer is to dance with guns and sticks all day long, and regard female generals like Mulan and Liang Hongyu as the guide. Last year, he changed the gentle name of Ru Yi to Ru Pingyang without authorization, in order to show his admiration for the deeds of Princess Pingyang in the early Tang Dynasty.

"It's really a war, it's not a child's trick, what is the use of a weak woman like you in the army? In vain, he lost his life. Ru Jinsheng has a gentle personality and never criticizes his children, especially for his only dear relative, he has never spoken rudely, no matter how unhappy he is in his heart, he hopes to be persuaded by reason, "Yi'er, listen to my father's words, get rid of this, and stay at home." In this way, Dad is relieved. ”

"Oh......" Although Ru Pingyang has a personality, he listens to him very much. This gentle father has always spoken softly and gently, without half a point of persecution, but it always gives people a feeling that they can't refuse, "Yi'er listens to her father and goes home." But at home, Yi'er also holds a sword, if someone dares to bully his father, Yi'er will behead him! ”

Ru Jinsheng couldn't cry or laugh, so he could only nod again and again: "Okay, good, my Yi'er is really a filial child." Then he said, "You believe in your father, no thief can enter the city, and no thief can bully your father." ”

Ru Pingyang grimaced at him, and then dragged a wide suit of armor and stumbled down from the city. Ru Jinsheng looked at the figure disappearing with a loving face, and muttered: "It's always a child's heart, and I can't calm down." I'm afraid it's time to find a suitable husband for her, and make up her mind......"

Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered the soldiers and horses of Zhao Ying, who was approaching soon, and his sad face dispersed and smiled, occupying his entire face. He knew that only by surviving this catastrophe could all the future be realized.

Ru Jinsheng held the solid female wall tightly with both hands, biting his lip and staring at the red sun in the sky.

At noon the next day, Xu Hui and Qin Jin Xiaobing came to the city.