Not to mention that a wall has been expanded into a city, there are still a large number of bazaars outside the city, and there are not even ships on the dock not far away that have had time to collect and destroy.

Obviously, the development of commerce and trade in Lingnan has turned the strict pass, which was originally a barrier, into an important resting point for merchants and pedestrians entering and leaving Lingnan.

This border town is still like this, and the land of Lingnan is probably more prosperous than imagined. Xiao Shilian realized that Li Xinchen did seem to have arranged a beauty difference for himself, but a new problem came again, that is, although the Yan Pass in front of him looked chaotic, he should at least be ready for battle.

Li Xinchen and Pei Zilie are advancing in Jingzhou and Jiangnan Xiao Shilian knows, even Jiangnan with plenty of soldiers and horses, so Xiao Shilian does not expect that Lingnan, which has no defenders at all, will resist, and is ready to take over the city, but the situation in front of him is obviously unexpected.

"General, it has been ascertained that it is Fu Xuan, the assassin of Guizhou, who is on the strict pass." Tang Xiao, who was in charge of spying on intelligence, said in a deep voice.

Xiao Shilian was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but smile bitterly.

How did Fu Wei jump out at this time?

But think about it, Shen Jungao and Fu Wei were both relegated to Lingnan, one is the Pingyue Zhonglang General, the Guangzhou Thorn History, and the other is the Guizhou (now Guiyang) Thorn History, this strict pass is on the north side of Guizhou, so the task of guarding the strict pass naturally falls on Fu Wei's shoulders.

"This old stubborn." Xiao Shilian sighed, of course he knew what kind of people Fu Wei and Shen Jungao were, and it was obviously impossible to expect Fu Wei to be able to let go of the road, it seemed that the strict pass in front of him was about to be attacked, but Xiao Shilian still wanted to give it a try, "Hou Yan, would you like to go into the city?" ”

A young man walked out quickly: "Since the name of the subordinate has the word 'guts', how dare not!" ”

Everyone in the military tent suddenly laughed, this Hou Kang is the third son of Hou Andu, and he is also the younger brother of Hou Mi, who has established a meritorious career in the northwest, although he is young, he inherited his father's title, so he is still a county marquis in Nanchen.

This time, as the chief bookkeeper, he was actually responsible for the overall arrangement of local officials and civilians, and he could be regarded as the temporary leader among the officials under Xiao Shilian, of course, this was also because the number of civil servants under Li Xinchen was too small, and a respected old man like Gu Yewang had no way to travel and travel all the way south with the army, so such a difficult task could only fall on the shoulders of young people.

Hou Kang's "亶" actually means honesty and calmness, and it has nothing to do with courage, but when he said this, the originally tense atmosphere was diluted a lot. And Xiao Shilian's eyes immediately fell on Li Xun and Luo Yi: "The army is ready to attack the city!" ”

"No!"

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Standing on the wall of Yanguanguan, Fu Wei was actually very nervous, and he didn't even know how long he hadn't moved the Buddha beads downward, and his palms were full of sweat.

As a civilian official, looking at the huge military camp outside the city wall and the boats coming and going on the river, Fu Wei really didn't know how long he could support with these soldiers and horses under his command.

He and Shen Jungao have been demoted to Lingnan for some time, and when they arrived in Lingnan, Fu Wei found that there was no poverty and backwardness as imagined, especially in Guangzhou, which was the gathering place of businessmen, and Yanguan, which communicated Jingnan, was densely populated and even better than some large towns in the south of the Yangtze River.

This also made Fu Wei not only surprised, but also raised the confidence to rely on Lingnan to resist Li Xinchen.

After all, Lingnan is the land of Nanchen's Longxing, and many scholars here are related to Nanchen, so they naturally don't want to watch Nanchen fall apart, so they still stand firmly on Shen Jungao's side. And Shen Jungao and Fu Wei also carried out a division of labor, the west belongs to Fu Wei, and the east belongs to Shen Jungao, even if he doesn't want to be able to save Nan Chen, he can block Li Xinchen first, and open up another world here in Lingnan, which can be regarded as being able to leave a trace of fire for Nan Chen.

However, now that the news of Jiankang Mansion has come again, it has also made the hearts of Lingnan people fluctuate, and what Chen Shuling has done makes everyone feel that it seems very unworthy to continue to serve this imperial court. And although Fu Wei is now eager to break Chen Shuling's body into thousands of pieces, he can only go to the front line in person to stabilize the morale of the army.

If Xiao Shilian really enters the strict pass, then there is no danger to defend in the Lingnan area, especially the powerful sailors of Shu Han can go straight to Guangzhou along the Lishui, and even if the people's hearts are towards Nan Chen, I am afraid it will be too late.

When Hou Jian appeared in front of him, Fu Wei was even more careful. Because he could feel the gaze cast behind him, these Lingnan officials and generals were hesitant, worried, and more curious, obviously they also wanted to know what price Xiao Shilian, a "descendant of Lingnan", would offer, after all, the examples of Lu Zhongsu and Gu Jue in Jingzhou were there, and Xiao Shilian would at least not treat everyone badly.

"What do you want to say here?" Fu Wei asked in a cold voice.

Hou Kang is the son of Hou Andu, the founder of the country and the pillar of the military general, so he really didn't dare to make any moves to "kill the envoy and show his determination", not to mention that "the two countries are at war, and they don't kill the envoy", which is also a long-standing tradition, as a Buddhist, Fu Jian will definitely not do this kind of killing.

And Hou Kang smiled and said, "Of course it's persuasion." ”

The people around were a little surprised, of course everyone knew what you were here for, but you don't need to say it so bluntly, right?

Could it be that Xiao Shilian really doesn't take them seriously? There are also some civil officials who feel that this is an insult, no matter how you persuade you to surrender, you have to cover up your face.

Hou Kang didn't give Fu Wei a chance to open his mouth at all, and said directly: "The road is far away, maybe Fu Gong doesn't know yet, just three days ago, the king of Yueyang of your country has led his troops to surrender in Yuzhang County, and earlier, Chen Huiji, the assassin of Jingzhou, opened Xunyang County to surrender, and Jiangzhou Assassin Shi Huang played to present Jinxi County (now Qianshan, Anhui), so that along the Ganshui River, both sides of Poyang and the land on the right side of the river have all been under the command of my Han. ”

Everyone fell silent, and the expression on Fu Wei's face changed again and again. Lingnan and Jiangnan have Meiling as an obstacle, plus Yan Guan is on the west side, the road is far away and the war is raging, so they really haven't received news here, if what Hou Kang said is true, then now Li Xinchen should have pointed at Jiankang Mansion.

Nan Chen is already on the verge of extinction, let alone Lingnan, I'm afraid what is still happening outside Jiankang Mansion, they don't care anymore.

This Lingnan land is destined to have no reinforcements, and Chen Huiji and Chen Shushen, who are relatives of the emperor, have surrendered, do you really want to hold on any longer?

Hou Kang didn't look like he was persuading him to surrender, but like he was coming to give an ultimatum······

"How about going and staying, the general of Zhengdong is willing to give you a day to consider, and if there is no reply after a day, immediately attack the city." Hou Kang solemnly bowed his hand, turned around and left the city tower in a dashing manner.