Xinjing is located in the center of the south of the Yangtze River, and the transportation can be described as extending in all directions, whether it is to transport materials or mobilize troops, it is very convenient.

But it is also because of this that in the face of the large-scale invasion of the Hu people, there are relatively many areas that need to be armed.

Among them, the big cities of Ganyang, Wanzhou, Fengchun, and Huazhou were all strategic points to prevent the Hu people from invading Xinjing from all directions.

Now that the Hu people are going to attack Wanzhou City, although the other big cities are calm, the soldiers defending the city still dare not relax their vigilance, so as not to take advantage of the opportunity to infiltrate.

In the evening of that day, the soldiers defending the city of Ganyang suddenly saw more than 200 men in military uniforms and embarrassed appearances rushing towards the city gate in front of them.

"Who are you? Why are you here? After being reported by his subordinates, Chen Erqiao, an official who hurried over, asked loudly to those people in the city.

A middle-aged man in the lead raised his head and replied loudly, "We are all soldiers from the Lincang County Guard. Since the county town was captured by the Hu people, I finally escaped from there.

Under is the Lincang County Health Department experienced Ruan Dazhong, this is my nameplate, please take a look. ”

Chen Erqiao, the officer, immediately ordered his subordinates to hang a basket down, and asked the other party to put the nameplate in the basket and lift it up.

After receiving the nameplate, Chen Erqiao carefully identified it and found that the nameplate was real, and it did have Ruan Dazhong's name on it.

And as far as the official position is concerned, since this Ruan Dazhong is experienced, he is also an officer from the seventh grade, which is much higher than him, an unpopular official.

Chen Erqiao did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered someone to open the city gate to let them in, and immediately sent someone to inform the commanding envoy.

In order to settle these outsiders, and to prevent some of them from contracting the plague, Chen Erqiao deliberately placed them in a large bunk room.

If there are not enough beds, they will make bunks on the floor, and in short, they should not be allowed to mix with other soldiers, so as not to cause problems.

Just when Chen Erqiao, the official was busy placing these fleeing soldiers, Gan Yang commanded Mu Chengyin to finally rush over.

In the reception room, Mu Chengyin met with Ruan Dazhong alone and asked him in detail about the reason for the incident.

It turned out that when the Hu people attacked Lincang County, Ruan Dazhong was patrolling outside with more than 300 soldiers under his command and did not return.

By the time they returned, the entire county had fallen into the hands of the Hu people.

Seeing that the general trend had gone, Ruan Dazhong had no choice but to flee with his men in pain, so as not to be caught up by the Hu people.

Along the way, the county towns they encountered were either dead because of the plague, or the people in the city had fled and could not find a place to resupply.

And they had nothing to eat, and the soldiers, who had been walking for days, were tired and hungry.

In the end, there was really no way, Ruan Dazhong had to kill the horse he was riding, and then cook it and eat it, so that this large group of people would not starve to death in the wilderness.

After walking for nearly ten days, they came to Ganyang.

After talking about these experiences, Ruan Dazhong knelt down and said with red eyes: "Now that Lincang County has fallen, the lower officials don't know what the situation is like in the city.

There were more than 2,000 brothers in the guardhouse, and it is not known whether they were alive or dead.

It's all the incompetence of the lower officials, and they can't guard the county well, so please condemn the adult. ”

Ganyang commanded Mu Chengyin to quickly help him up, "Ruan's experience is serious, Hu is powerful, even if there are hundreds of more of you, what can you do, it's just a waste of death."

You've done your best to get out safe and bring the news here.

Now that you're here, rest and wait for the above. ”

"Yes, sir." Ruan Dazhong replied with tears in his eyes.

After Ruan Dazhong left, Mu Chengyin's adjutant Governor Lin asked in a low voice, "My lord, what you said Ruan Dazhong said is true or false?" ”

"What, do you have doubts?"

"Suspicion is not suspicion, it's just that Ganyang is hundreds of miles away from Lincang County, why doesn't he go to the nearest Jiangyang, but prefer to come to our side? Xia Guan felt a little strange. ”

Mu Chengyin touched his mustache and said, "He should have been frightened by the Hu people, and he was afraid that the Hu people would fight all the way to Jiangyang in the next step, so he traveled thousands of miles to Ganyang."

I have just tried this person, and he is indeed a person from the Lincang County Health Center, and he knows a lot about the situation in the health center and the county seat, which cannot deceive people.

There is nothing suspicious about its identity, and it is not something that ordinary people can impersonate casually.

I will report this matter to the military department, and it will be up to the higher authorities to see how they are placed.

We're short of manpower, so it's best if they stay. ”

Hearing Shangguan say this, Governor Lin had no choice but to dispel his doubts.

Generally speaking, both the army and the common people are more sensitive and repulsive to outsiders, and the soldiers of Ganyang City are no exception.

For these guards who escaped from Lincang County, most of the soldiers in the city did not have a good eye, and generally felt that they were here to eat rice.

But in the next few days, these more than 300 soldiers from other places gradually won the favor of everyone.

It turned out that under the leadership of Ruan Dazhong, these soldiers began to take the initiative to help other soldiers do all kinds of heavy chores.

They didn't just do it as if it were pretending, but they were doing it all day, and for days on end.

Nguyen even took the initiative to teach the soldiers how to fight and tie up the enemy on the battlefield, sometimes demonstrating in person, and his approachable appearance did not look like a high-ranking officer at all.

With the efforts of Ruan Dazhong and a large group of subordinates, they finally gradually changed their image of eating white rice, and slowly made other soldiers have a good impression of them.

All of this was seen by the commander Mu Chengyin, and he felt quite satisfied, and once again deepened his idea of wanting to keep these people.

That night, after the lights went out, Ruan Dazhong walked alone to the room of the Datong shop where the subordinates were housed, and then said briefly to the silent crowd: "In two days, we will start, you are ready." ”

Gu Gouzi, who is both Ruan Dazhong's fellow villager and his subordinate, couldn't help but whisper. "Brother Ruan, are we really going to do this? This is a crime of collaborating with the enemy, in case ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Ruan Dazhong suddenly glared at him with anger on his face and said, "In case of anything, don't think that the people here are all good people."

When the county was besieged, how many people did we send out to report the news.

But as a result, not a single reinforcement came.

Those who are big officials in the court are all only concerned about themselves, where will they care about the life and death of our local guards.

The traitor surnamed Qiu...... The Han military advisor promised us that as long as we did what he told us, he would spare our family.

Do you want us to watch our family members being killed by all the Hu people?!

Don't forget, your younger brothers and sisters who live in Xuyang Mansion are also in the hands of the Hu people, are you willing to ignore them? ”

Gu Gouzi suddenly had nothing to say.

Ruan Dazhong didn't pay attention to him anymore, but looked around at everyone and said fiercely: "So far, we have no way out. For the sake of your family, don't have any scruples, and let me command everything then. Those who heard it nodded. ”

After looking at each other, the soldiers nodded their heads in agreement.