The morning sun gradually revealed half of its face in the thick fog of winter, like a god who examined the world, scanning all the sins of the previous night.

A rush of footsteps gradually came from the quiet and vast land, judging from the footsteps, there were about dozens of people, and when they got closer, the heavy gasping was accompanied by a gradually clear figure, like a ghost that suddenly appeared from the fog, mysterious and smart.

"Camp commander, I've been running all night, can I rest in place for a while?" A voice came from behind, Yan Wuji looked back, although he couldn't see their faces clearly from a little distance, but he could also feel it from everyone's breathing, everyone's physical strength was almost overdrawn to the limit, after all, they were just ordinary soldiers, unlike him and Zhang Erhu who were extremely martial arts cultivators, this kind of high-intensity long night running, being able to persevere, already showed that their physical strength and perseverance were much stronger than ordinary people.

Nodding, such a dense fog, even if the Humeng people chased them, it would be difficult to find them, and according to his experience in Dingzhou for so many years, this dense fog would not gradually dissipate until noon, so there would be no danger in taking a short rest.

Liu Zhilan and Zhang Erhu sat down left and right against Yan Wuji, Yan Wuji kicked the fine stones in front of his feet in boredom, "According to our current marching speed, we should be able to reach the city of Liangcheng before sunset tomorrow, but I don't know what the situation is over there." ”

Zhang Erhu has been in the position of battalion commander for several years, and he can be regarded as the number one figure in the Dingzhou army, so compared to Yan Wuji and Liu Zhilan, he also knows more about the civil and military officialdom in Dingzhou.

"Liangcheng City is high and thick, whether it is material reserves, or the number of defenders is far more than Xiema Town, even if Hu Meng's soldiers besiege Liangcheng, it is just a waste of consumption, and Dingzhou Metropolitan Protector Agent is Ge Cheng'a, Ge Junshuai is well versed in the way of soldiers, and he is also quite calm and capable, and is deeply appreciated by Yan Shuai, with him in Liangcheng, even if he can list another 100,000 troops, he will not want to pry the gate of Liangcheng."

As soon as Zhang Erhu's words fell, Liu Zhilan also put forward his own opinions, but compared with Zhang Erhu's optimism, Liu Zhilan's answer seemed worried:

"The speed of the Humeng cavalry is not comparable to our two legs, and the news of the fall of Xiema Town has not yet been transmitted, I am afraid that the Humeng people will take advantage of this and disguise themselves as the defeated Yan army to deceive the gate of Liangcheng, if that is the case, the entire Dingzhou will be in danger."

I have to admit that what Liu Zhilan said is reasonable, and the three of them have no better way to do this, after all, even if they can run on two legs, they can't run on four legs, so they can only pray that the speed of the Humeng people is not so fast, or the defenders of Liangcheng can look better.

The people who were tired and relieved were once again under the leadership of Yan Wuji, running desperately towards the south, and they also encountered some villages along the way, but obviously the people inside had retreated to the city under the organization of the government, or in various military camps with defensive functions, so along the way, the originally lively interior of Dingzhou became quite desolate, and occasionally one or two old people who stayed behind were also indifferent in the face of their persuasion.

It is difficult to give up the homeland, especially for the elderly, every brick and tile is an emotion.

Yan Wuji and the others, who were really helpless, could only give up persuasion, and after leaving a cherished sentence, they started on the road anew, but there was one thing that made their hearts relax temporarily, because although the road was desolate, it was because there were no people, and there was no trace of looting of houses and villages, which showed that the Humeng people had not passed here.

Sure enough, when the next evening,

When Yan Wuji and the others arrived at the bottom of Liangcheng, the Great Yan banner on Liangcheng was still hanging high above the city tower, which made this group of Yan soldiers who had been running for two days and two nights feel very cordial.

"Brother Yan Jun in the city, I am the Yan Battalion Marshal of the Independent Battalion of Xiema Town, and I will report to Marshal Ge Cheng'a and Yan Zhiyun Yan Governor when I have something important." Zhang Erhu, who had a loud voice, took on the role of calling the door at this time.

As soon as the words fell, a voice in the city responded, "Who is the person who came?" What are the intentions of impersonating the defenders of Shema? ”

The voice was sharp and unfriendly, which made Yan Wuji and the others a little confused, but the person who replied was just talking, but he didn't show his head, which was really strange.

"Brothers in the city, we are the real defenders of Xiema Town, why do you pretend to say, let me go in quickly, there is an important military report." Zhang Erhu endured the urge to scold his mother in his heart, and explained with kind words, he ran for two days and two nights, escaped death in front of Hu Meng's army, and was turned away at the door of his own family, how not to make him feel aggrieved, but it is a pity that the right to open the door or not is in the hands of others, and he has to bow his head.

"Hmph, I see that you don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin, the battalion commander of Xiema Town is Qiu Xin, when will it be your turn to be surnamed Yan, I said that you are also stupid, you don't even know this, so you want to pretend to be the defender of Xiema Town? For the sake of fellow Yan people, Ben will warn you to leave quickly, otherwise the bow and arrow will have no eyes, and Hugh will be ruthless. ”

As his voice fell, an archer stood solemnly beside the battlement, holding a bow in his left hand and an arrow in his right hand, as if he could immediately set up an arrow and shoot everyone in the city into hedgehogs as soon as he gave an order.

"Ben will count to three, if you don't leave by waiting, then don't blame Ben general!"

"One!"

"Bold boy, do you know the consequences of your move?" Zhang Erhu couldn't bear it anymore and scolded loudly, but the other party was still indifferent.

"Two!"

"Wait!" Finally, Yan Wuji couldn't help but say loudly: "Your Excellency doesn't believe us, we have nothing to say, but I have a word, and I ask Your Excellency to report to Marshal Ge and Governor Yandu, Hu Meng has broken through Xiema Town, and he will go south to Liangcheng in a few days, and I hope to prepare early." ”

"Humph! The town of Shema has never been breached since its establishment, so don't fool the crowd with this gossip, and leave quickly! ”

Yan Wuji shook his head a little helplessly, he had a thousand expectations before he came, but he definitely didn't expect that it would be such a situation, "It doesn't matter, it's up to people to make things happen, what we can do has been done, and then it's up to them." ”

After speaking, he took the lead in retreating, and everyone also glared at the defenders in the city with an angry face, and followed behind Yan Wuji.

"General, they're gone." A soldier on the city tower who was in charge of visiting the situation outside the city turned back to the lieutenant who was lying on the old man's chair behind him, and reported that if Yan Wuji could stand here at this time, he would be able to recognize at a glance that this person was the Yan Zhu who took his scouts to the south to investigate the news of Hu Meng, and naturally he could understand why this person did not let them enter the city.

At the beginning, those guys were locked up by Qiu Xin in the prison of Xiema Town for several months, and later under the pressure of the imperial court, Yan Hu had to write a letter to Qiu Xin to release these people, but when they were released, they were no longer part of the independent battalion in Xiema Town, which was equivalent to being expelled from the military.

Several people also returned to Yanjing overnight in disgrace, but later they didn't know why this Yan Zhu ran to Liangcheng again

He got a background in the trapping camp, and relying on his previous qualifications as a scout in Xiema Town, he succeeded and became a captain, which was naturally inseparable from his father in Yanjing City, and his uncle Yan Zhiyun Yan Governor in Liangcheng.

After Yan Chai heard this, he stood up, stretched his neck and looked out of the city, only to see dozens of distant backs, but one of them, he was very familiar, because the person who was punished in the school field and forced him to kneel was facing him with this back, and he felt that even if he was carried to the ground and buried in this life, he would never forget it.

"Yan Wuji, you also have today, like a lost dog, hahahaha......" Yan Zhu laughed proudly in his heart.

The soldier on the side stepped forward cautiously at this time, "General, what they said just now that the town of Shema has fallen, I don't know if this matter is true or not, do you want to report it?" ”

Yan Zhu immediately shook his hand, "No, no, Xiema Town is impregnable, even if Hu Meng is given another year, he can't beat it, they are Hu Meng who is disguised as Yan Jun, and they want to lie to me, hum!" It's not that easy. ”

"Since it's a fine work, why didn't the general send someone to catch them, or shoot them directly." The soldier couldn't help but ask the doubts in his heart, but in the next second, Yan Zhu's face turned cold in an instant, letting him know that he had asked something that he shouldn't ask.

"Does General Ben need you to remind him to do things? Are you the Captain, or am I the Captain? Yan Chai snorted coldly, this is his usual trick, as long as others ask questions that he can't answer, or questions that he can't get off the stage himself, if he can use his identity to press, he will use his identity to pressur, and if his status is higher than his, he will move out of his uncle Yan Zhiyun, after all, in this Liangcheng, there are basically no people who can overpower his uncle, even if it is Ge Cheng'a, it is only at the same level as Yan Zhiyun, and there is no one who can suppress whom.

"Look outside for Ben well, unless it is the Humeng people who are really overwhelmed by the army, otherwise there is any trivial matter, don't bother General Ben, it's very sleepy!" Yan Zhu took a long snort, stretched out a lazy waist comfortably, lay down on his old chair again, pulled a thick quilt and wrapped himself tightly, and continued to recuperate comfortably.

Besides, Yan Wuji and the others who left Liangcheng, they were temporarily resting in a village five miles away from Liangcheng at this time, because the villagers in the village were in a hurry, so there were many pots and pans, sheets and bedding that they had not had time to take away, and they could even find some rice, which undoubtedly gave these Yan soldiers who had suffered from exile a little comfort.

"Camp commander, look what I found!" Zhang Erhu held up a large piece of dried meat in his hand, thinking that the family had left in a hurry and forgot to take it, but it was cheaper for them.

Yan Wuji smiled and nodded, these things are kept anyway, if they don't eat them, they may be cheaper in the end, so he didn't stop the soldiers under his command from "looting" this small village.

"We'll stay here tonight, and we'll leave early tomorrow morning, I plan to continue south to Dingshui, where the guards Liu Yingshuai and Qiu Yingshuai have a reason, I have also met a few times, it is considered to be an acquaintance, plus Dingshui is the closest to Liangcheng, the soldiers need to rest as soon as possible, and they can't stand too much tossing, do you have any suggestions for this?"

Liu Zhilan didn't answer immediately, smelling the aroma of meat that had gradually emerged in the distance, squinting his eyes slightly, taking two big puffs of enjoyment, and waiting for a while: "Dingshui, but!" ”