"My lord, something is wrong, there is a riot in Tanglong (Tanglong, the name of the ancient county, now Jiangyuan Town, southeast of Chongzhou), an unknown number of rebel troops are attacking the county seat, and the Wu County Order is defending the city."

Early in the morning, before dawn, Sun Chen was woken up by a knock on the door outside, and he didn't care about the curvaceous concubine on the bed, so he hurriedly picked up his clothes, put them on his body indiscriminately, and then ran out.

Hearing the news reported by his staff, Sun Chen was stunned on the spot, and then quickly came back to his senses and asked, "What's going on?" Didn't General Yang say that the rebels had almost been wiped out? Why was Tang Long attacked by the rebel army instead? Did Wu County Order lie about the military situation? ”

No wonder Sun Chen didn't believe the news, since Yang Xingqian, a close confidant sent by Chen Jingxuan, came to quell the rebellion with 7,000 troops last month, because the rebels learned the news, they attacked and occupied Dayi County, and then confronted Yang Xingqian's army.

At the beginning, Sun Chen was still a little worried, after all, Yang Xingqian only had 7,000 troops, and the rebels occupying Dayi County were claimed to be 50,000. Of course, this number must be false, but according to Sun Chen's estimate, there are still 10,000, and there should be about 12,000 or 3,000 people.

In addition, strongmen in some parts of Qiongzhou also gathered to support the rebels, which made the rebels occupying Dayi as high as 20,000 or more.

In this case, Yang Xingqian only brought 7,000 people to quell the rebellion, and Sun Chen naturally couldn't believe it. Shuzhou under his rule also has jurisdiction over 4 counties of Jinyuan, Tanglong, Qingcheng, and Xinjin, plus a state city, and the usual regular army is only 4,000 people, and it is impossible to transfer all the troops over. For this reason, he recruited unity soldiers after the New Year, and only then did he gather 7,000 people, and sent 3,000 of them to defend the state capital, and the army of other counties was only more than 1,000 people, and the strength was not strong.

However, Yang Xingqian soon came with good news, saying that he had annihilated thousands of enemies. This made Sun Chen a little surprised. However, he did see with his own eyes that Yang Xingqian's subordinates had won many heads, so he believed it, believing that the rebellion would soon be put down.

But now there is a sudden rumor that there is a riot in Tanglong. Although he Sun Chen is not a capable person in governing the country, he only thinks that he is quite competent, and he does not charge harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and he can live and work in peace and contentment under his rule, why did Tang Long suddenly come to riot.

"My lord, it's true. Tang Long sent a deputy town general to ask for help, he came with 50 people to report the news, only less than 10 people out of the siege, and now the deputy town general is in the front yard, currently seriously injured, has sent a doctor for treatment. The staff quickly explained.

"What?" Hearing this, Sun Chen was greatly surprised, and hurriedly said, "Hurry up and take me to have a look." ”

Soon, Sun Chen was led by his staff to the front yard, and between them, nine officers and soldiers in armor were resting in the front yard. After seeing the situation on several people, Sun Chen couldn't help but inhale the cold air. The armor of the nine men had long been tattered, and they were all wounded, and the deputy general at the head was also hit by an arrow, although it was not fatal, but the doctor was carefully taking the arrow out.

After the deputy general snorted, the bamboo arrow was taken out, and seeing the blood flowing down the wound, the doctor next to him hurriedly pasted a square linen cloth coated with medicinal powder, and then used a long strip of linen cloth to bandage the wound.

During the bandaging, the deputy town general saw Sun Chen coming out of the backyard and immediately stood up, "Hu Liang, the deputy town general of Jinqiao Town, Tanglong County, will see Lord Assassin Shi." ”

The town general was the establishment of the border army in the Tang Dynasty, because the Xichuan area was close to Tubo and Nanzhao, especially to guard against Nanzhao, so there were towns. This is not a feudal town, but a kind of garrison unit, divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower, with 500 people for the upper town, 300 people for the middle town, and less than 300 for the lower town. Although Shuzhou is also built according to the border army system, it is not at the forefront of the fight against Nanzhao, so most of the military towns are middle towns and lower towns.

This kind of town is not under the jurisdiction of the county order, but under the direct jurisdiction of the assassin history, so Sun Chen has seen all the town generals and deputy town generals in the territory. So as soon as he saw the familiar deputy general in front of him, he realized that this thing was true.

"General Hu doesn't have to salute, what's going on with Tang Long? Why didn't the official get the news that there was a riot in Tanglong before? Sun Chen immediately asked.

At the mention of this, the grief and indignation on the face of the deputy town general became more and more intense, and he immediately said, "Lord Thorn Shi, there was no riot in Tanglong originally. It was Yang Xingqian's fight, who killed good and risked merit, because he was defeated by the rebels, he slaughtered the people of several villages and towns, cut off their heads, and served as the head of the rebellion.

At the same time, the rebels occupying Dayi sent an army to bypass the area defended by Yang Xingqian, and together with the rebels who were forced to rebel, they attacked the county seat of Tanglong. At this time, General Wu County and Qian Zhen were leading the soldiers and civilians in the city to defend the city, and they were ordered to come to ask Lord Shi to send reinforcements, otherwise Tang Long would not be protected. ”

"What? Those previous heads were not rebels? Hearing this news, Sun Chen was also a little surprised, at that time he only looked at it from a distance, and did not carefully see if it was a rebel, he obviously did not expect that Yang Xingqian would kill good people for military merits.

"It's true." The deputy town general looked heavy, he also had relatives among them, but because the news was blocked, he didn't know before.

"Why didn't you report this before?" Sun Chen's tone was very dissatisfied.

"Lord Assassin Shi, Yang Xingqian will definitely block the news of such a thing, and the inferior people are also new to it." The deputy town general also felt very wronged, at first several villages and towns died, and Yang Xingqian's people all said that they were killed by the rebels, so they naturally chose to believe it.

"This Yang Xingqian, this official wants to make an envoy to the festival... Thinking that Yang Xingqian was Chen Jingxuan's confidant, and it was impossible for Chen Jingxuan to punish Yang Xingqian for this matter, Sun Chen changed his words and said, "This official wants to ask His Majesty to participate in Yang Xingqian." ”

"Lord Assassin Shi, the top priority is to send troops to rescue Tanglong County, otherwise with the outnumbered rebels, Wu County will not be able to hold out for a few days." The deputy general said anxiously.

"The official also thinks, but the official only has 3,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, if they are all sent out, what will happen to the state city? If there are fewer factions, it won't do much. Sun Chen said embarrassedly.

It's not that he doesn't want to send troops, the point is that he doesn't have soldiers at all. There are tens of thousands of rebels attacking Tanglong, although it is a rabble, but even if he sends all the troops in his hands, he may not be able to defeat these rebels, at that time, what should the state city do? In his eyes, the state city is undoubtedly the most important.

"My lord, if there are no reinforcements, Tang Long will soon break the city, and with the previous methods of the rebels, it is very likely that the city will be slaughtered. My lord, you don't need to send all the troops, you only need to give 1,000 soldiers and horses to the lowly position, and the lowly position will rescue Tang Long by himself. Seeing that Sun Chen wanted to shirk in his words, the deputy town general was a little anxious, his family members were all in the city, if the city was broken, he didn't dare to imagine what the situation would be.

"General Hu, there are only 3,000 soldiers and horses in the state city, if you are given 1,000, what will the state city do? And you also said that there are tens of thousands of rebels, what role can these 1,000 soldiers and horses play? Sun Chen also understands the other party's feelings, but don't say 1000, just say 500 soldiers and horses, he doesn't want to give the other party.

"Your Excellency." The staff next to him hurriedly walked over and whispered, "Why don't you send someone to deliver a letter to General Yang?" He was sent by the Jiedu envoy to quell the rebellion, and the rebellion should naturally be done. ”

"But will Yang Xingqian go to quell the rebellion?" Sun Chen couldn't help but worry.

"Whether he goes or not is not something that adults can control, but adults must send someone to report, even if the other party does not go, the adults will not have any responsibility. On the contrary, if the adults do not notify, Yang Xingqian will definitely push the responsibility on the adults.

The Jiedu envoy is bent on taking away the position of the adult's assassin history, and if he is used by the Jiedu envoy to play the topic, even if Sun Changshi is there, it will be difficult for the adult to keep the position of the assassin.

And at the same time, the adults can also send someone to Chengdu Mansion to report the news, and it is best to report this matter to His Majesty through the Shouwang Mansion. And the adults only need to stick to the state city, 3000 soldiers and horses are still very weak, the adults can arm the young and strong in the city, as long as the state city is worry-free, the adults will be fine. ”

After listening to the staff's words, Sun Chen's eyes suddenly lit up, and he didn't think so far. However, the proposal of his staff is indeed very good, so that the responsibility is completely thrown away, and even if it is accountability, the main responsibility is Yang Xingqian, not him.

"Immediately send someone to Yang Xingqian to ask for help. And Sun Zhong, I will write a letter later, you go to Chengdu Mansion in person, send the letter to the eldest master, and you must hand it over to him personally. ”

Sun Zhong is the old man of Sun Mansion, he has been following him, he is his confidant, and he can rest assured when the other party goes. Then he ordered to call Shuzhou's Changshi, Sima, Sicang, Sibing and other officials, and he had to be fully prepared just in case.

Finally, seeing Hu Liang waiting on the side, Sun Chen hesitated for a while and said, "General Hu, if you really want to go to rescue Tang Long, this official can only give you 600 unity soldiers." However, this official has already asked people to inform General Yang Xingqian Yang, so you can wait for General Yang's soldiers and horses to be dispatched, and then together... ”

"Lord Assassin Shi doesn't need to persuade him anymore, he is willing to lead 600 united soldiers to reinforce." The deputy town general who was eager to save people directly interrupted Sun Chen to continue.

Looking at the general in front of him, Sun Chen also admired the other party in his heart, but he had no better way at this time, he could only wish the other party good luck, if the other party survived after this incident, he didn't mind promoting the other party.