At the beginning of November of the ninth year of orthodoxy, Henan Bu political envoy Si Zhangde Mansion, north of Tangyin County, Chenjiabao.

Since Chen Herui, the head of the Chen family, made up his mind to fight with Yushanji, he transferred all the Chen family's family members and money and food here.

The scale of Chenjiabao is not small, almost as big as Yushanji, it is Chen Herui's hometown, and it has been built into a large-scale dock fort by Chen Herui in the past ten years, which is known to everyone in Tangyin County and even Zhangde Mansion.

It stands to reason that since Chen Herui chose to fight with Yushanji, he should also take his family to nest in Tangyin County, even if Liu Juntao has the ability to kill him, he will not dare to besiege the county seat, which can be described as foolproof.

But in Chen Herui's heart, Tangyin County is not safe, and it is not easy to mobilize people by himself, after all, he has to take into account the government and garrison in the city, and he can't do too much.

So, Chen Herui simply moved to Chenjiabao.

Moreover, this Chenjiabao is not only very strong, there are more than 2,000 families in it, almost all of them are surnamed Chen, which can be said to be the solid backing of Chen Herui.

Chenjiabao is close to the Tangshui River, which is not only convenient for drinking water, but also can play the role of a moat, protecting the east and north of Chenjiabao, making Chenjiabao easy to defend and difficult to attack.

On this day, Chen Herui finished handling the affairs in hand, and climbed the fortress wall accompanied by Xu He and Chen Bin.

"What's going on over there with Zhang Qiuzhen? There is no sign of a counterattack on Zhang Qiuzhen in Yushanji? ”

Chen Bin replied: "Go home, Zhang Qiuzhen is calm now, I rushed back this time to report this matter to the head of the family, you see that since Yushanji has not counterattacked, can we gather people and horses to rush towards Yushanji?" ”

Chen Herui thought for a while, and then asked Xu He, "Steward Xu, what do you see?" ”

Xu He pondered for a while, and then said, "Family Master, I think Sect Leader Chen's idea is good, you can give it a try." Now since Yushanji did not counterattack Zhang Qiuzhen, there are two possibilities: one is that Liu Juntao is already afraid, so he does not dare to counterattack, and now it is possible that he is preparing to negotiate with our Chen family again; And then there is what conspiracy Liu Juntao is planning, so he can't care about counterattacking Zhang Qiuzhen! ”

Speaking of this, Xu Heyin smiled and said: "I am not used to any possibility, as long as Chen Jiaotou's horse team appears near Yushan Ji, Liu Juntao's plan can be completely disrupted, and even if you are lucky, you can directly win Yushan Ji!" ”

Chen Herui couldn't help but nod when he heard this, and said to Chen Bin: "Then it's decided!" You will rush back to Zhang Qiu Town early tomorrow morning, and gather the horse team as soon as possible to kill the Yushan Collection! ”

Chen Bin immediately received the order.

At this time, Chen Herui asked again: "How is the young and strong of my Chen family?" ”

Chen Bin said: "Go home, now my Chen family's 4,300 young men and eighty archers have all been assembled, and now they have all driven back to Chenjiabao. ”

"How is the grain and grass prepared for the eastward Yushan Collection?"

Xu He summed it up and said, "Homecoming, the grain and grass are being raised, and the existing grain and grass should be able to feed the brigade for about ten days." ”

"Good!"

Chen Herui was in a good mood at this time, although Yushanji's reaction was somewhat unexpected, but Chen Herui didn't care: "As long as you have strength, Yushanji can't turn the sky upside down!" ”

Suddenly, Chen Bin next to him yelled: "What's over there!" ”

Chen Herui and Xu He were both taken aback, and then hurriedly looked in the direction of Chen Bin's finger, and the two of them suddenly turned pale and dumbfounded.

I saw that the official road south of Chenjiabao was dusty, accompanied by the cold wind of early winter, which suddenly made people have a feeling of covering the sky and the sun.

An army of thousands of people was marching, rushing towards Chenjiabao, Chen Herui, Chen Bin, and Xu He could see clearly, the formation of men and horses in the distance was strict and murderous, not only there were a large number of elite foot soldiers, but also hundreds of horse teams surrounded the surroundings, covering the team of foot soldiers tightly.

Such a strong army, except for the people and horses of Yushan Ji, there is no semicolon!

"How could Liu Juntao's men and horses appear here!"

Chen Herui's face roared hideously, and his eyes when he looked at Chen Bin and Xu He were so angry that they almost burst into flames.

It's not that Chen Herui is afraid, but he feels that he was completely teased by Liu Juntao, and just now he had to take someone to raid someone's lair, but in a blink of an eye, he was blocked in his old home!

Chen Bin was also dumbfounded, opened his mouth, and couldn't say anything.

Ten days ago, Chen Bin also received news in Zhangqiu Town, and learned that Liu Juntao and hundreds of horse teams were gathering in Yushan, and people and horses from all over the country had not gathered, how could they suddenly appear here?

At this time, Xu He's face suddenly changed greatly, and he exclaimed: "Since Liu Juntao has the courage to raid our Chenjiabao with men and horses, will there be arrangements on Zhang Qiuzhen's side?" I'm afraid our Chen family's horse team is in danger! ”

When Chen Herui heard this, he suddenly felt his blood surge, and he wanted to hack Chen Bin and Xu He to death on the spot, he really didn't know what his two subordinates were doing!

At that moment, Chen Herui immediately shouted: "Send someone to Zhang Qiuzhen immediately and transfer the horse team back!" Right away! ”

Xu He saw that Chen Herui was angry, and hurriedly ran away to find someone to deliver the letter.

Then, Chen Herui said fiercely to Chen Bin: "Mobilize people to fight immediately!" I want all the people and horses outside to die! ”

Chen Bin was also shocked when he heard this, knowing that the head of the family, Chen Herui, was moved to kill, and it seemed that he was going to fight with the people of Yushan Ji today!

"Order!"

Chen Bin didn't dare to hesitate at all, and immediately went down to the fortress wall to mobilize people, leaving only the head of the family, Chen Herui, still on the castle wall, staring at the Yushan Collector's Guards who were getting closer and closer.

At the same time, Liu Juntao saw that the large group of men and horses had driven to the open space about two miles away from Chenjiabao, so he ordered all of them to stop advancing, line up on the spot, and prepare to fight.

Seeing this, Chen Ziping immediately ordered more than 680 young men in his department to form a formation to prepare for battle.

"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! ”

More than 680 young men roared in unison, and under the command of Chen Ziping, it only took a stick of incense to form a phalanx.

In an instant, a "city" surrounded by shields appeared in the open space south of Chenjiabao, and hundreds of spears were raised flat forward through the "city wall", like a jungle, which was daunting.

And Zhou Zongsheng led a team of five hundred horses to assemble about twenty steps behind the phalanx, and when Liu Juntao gave an order, he would rush to the Chen family and horses, and start killing!

On the wall of Chenjiabao Fort, the head of the family, Chen Herui, saw the majesty of the Yushan Guards outside, and the shock in his heart had reached the point of no return, and he was angry just now, but at this time, it was like falling into an ice cellar!

As early as when Chen Bin reported to Chen Herui that the elite of the Yushan Guards was very special, Chen Herui didn't pay attention to it at all, and only thought that this was just an excuse for Chen Bin to lose face in Zhang Qiu Town.

No matter how strong the Yushan Guards are, at best, they are only at the level of the Liu family's horses, and they are by no means the opponents of the Chen family's thousands of young and strong people!

At this time, the confidence of the head of the family, Chen Herui, was unprecedentedly shaken, although there were only more than 1,000 Yushan guards outside, there were 4,300 young and strong people of the Chen family in Chenjiabao, and there was a strong city of Chenjiabao that could be garrisoned, but Chen Herui was not sure of victory.

"Maybe you shouldn't be fighting at this time, you should defend it with all your might!"

Chen Herui suddenly had such a thought in his heart, but he was immediately denied by himself.

"My Chen family is so powerful, and there are archers, how can they be trapped in one place! Moreover, my Chen family's property is outside, if Liu Juntao doesn't leave outside, my Chen family's property won't be encroached upon and swallowed by others! ”

Thinking of this, the head of the family, Chen Herui, made up his mind to concentrate the main force to go out to fight!

At this moment, after Xu He arranged for someone to go to Zhang Qiuzhen to deliver the news, he hurried back and said, "Family master! Yushan is strong, let's fight hard like this, the gains outweigh the losses! ”

"Then what do you say?"

Xu He said: "The head of the family, it is better to send someone to Tangyin County for help, just say that Liu Juntao's Yushan Jiren is a bandit, let's borrow a knife to kill someone!" ”

After hearing this, Chen Herui said angrily: "My Chen family sells illicit salt, and I have also gathered thousands of people here, how can I be an official in this matter!" ”

After speaking, Chen Herui repelled Xu He and sent someone to urge Chen Bin to immediately lead people to battle.