On the eighteenth day after Cao Qian Bailizan left the Yanzhou Mansion, the besieging army really came—but it was not the rebel army, nor the Beidi rangers, but the Ganzhou army.

At the beginning of the year, the newly appointed Ganzhou Mu Bai Yingchun was originally Cui Jie's sycophant, I heard that there were many wars in Ganzhou, and every year the imperial court would allocate a large amount of money and grain to the past, so he had a crooked idea, and when the former state pastor stepped down, he took the initiative to ask Ying to take over the affairs of Ganzhou, for which he was also praised by Cui Jie.

But people have been here for more than half a year, not to mention that there is no money and food, and even the Beidi people can't see a single hair, and they can't do it if they want to make meritorious contributions and ask for rewards.

Other state pastors were afraid of war, only he was eager to fight, and he had merit and money, so he sent people to patrol outside the pass, and there was no war to create conditions to fight, and it was like this, the Ganzhou army on patrol found the two thousand Yanzhou troops who stayed in the upper reaches of the Selun River and waited to meet Yang Qiong and others.

Why did the Yanzhou Army come here? Bai Yingchun thought suspiciously, King Wu and the emperor were fighting in the Central Plains, and these people didn't seem to have come out to hunt, so what were they doing?

Before he could figure it out, news came from the junction of Gan and Yan states that Cao Qian marched south with 20,000 men.

Bai Yingchun suddenly blessed his heart, and understood that King Wu was going to break the cauldron and sink the boat, and he had a life and death showdown with the emperor, and Cao Qian, the left-behind general in Yanzhou, also left, so wouldn't Yanzhou Mansion be an empty city?

Normal people should think at this time that they should immediately notify Cui Jie to take precautions, but Bai Yingchun insisted on going his own way and ordered troops to attack Yanzhou, planning to cut first and then play, and wait for the old nest of King Wu, and then ask the court for credit.

So a few days later, the Ganzhou soldiers came to the city, completely unexpected, and almost notified everyone to retreat when they heard the soldiers coming, but when they asked the number of people who came, they instantly smiled.

"Ten thousand? 10,000 people want to capture Yanzhou Mansion, what is this Baizhou Mu thinking? Zhiying laughed and shook his head again and again.

Xiaoqiu was so nervous: "10,000 is a lot, there are only 3,000 soldiers in the city, and the prince and the generals are not there, can you hold it?" ”

Zhiying shook the hem of her skirt and fell to the ground: "It's only 10,000 people, you can't beat it, but you can definitely hold it, look at how powerful your young lady is." ”

As he spoke, he put on his shoes and quickly followed the soldier who had reported the news to the direction of the city gate.

The news of the Ganzhou army coming to fight has spread all over the streets and alleys of the city, and the South Gate Avenue is full of people. Zhiying stood on a stone drum on the side of the road and shouted: "Fathers and villagers of Yanzhou, don't worry! There are only 10,000 people outside the city, we can hold it! We must hold on! ”

"When there is no one to plant the farmland, a soldier is a farmer, and when the city gate is not guarded, every one of us is a soldier!"

"The men are out to fight, all we can do is take care of our homes and wait for them to come back!"

Zhiying shouted hoarsely: "Now Yanzhou Mansion needs the strength of each of you!" There is refined rapeseed oil in the treasury of the government! Rosin! It's all about this moment! Since the Ganzhou army dares to come, let us burn them so that they have no return! ”

Most of the rest of the city were women, and seeing that she was so calm and prepared, the heart that had been hanging back was put back in the belly, and they took the children home and followed them to defend the city.

Bai Yingchun probably never dreamed that at such a time, Zhiying could still raise his arms and shout, recruiting nearly a thousand heroic women to fight for the defense of the city.

Because of the sweetness of boiling oil in the battle of Hubenguan, this year's spring holding profit deliberately let the soldiers plant a large area of rapeseed, by August has harvested the second crop, a total of 300 jars of rapeseed oil refined, in addition to providing the people of the whole state to eat, there are still a lot of remaining hoarded in the treasury, ready to be used in the next siege of the city.

Rapeseed oil is not a commonly used fuel, in order to achieve a more effective effect of repelling the enemy, Bailizan ordered people to go to the mountains to collect pine resin, come back to make rosin, ready to set fire and then sprinkle a handful, the lethality is directly doubled.

The women usually only take their children at home to cultivate the land, but at this time they are no less brave than the men, the four of them pick a jar of rapeseed oil and kick up the city gate, the soldiers scoop it out with a large wooden scoop, the archers put the arrows wrapped in cotton cloth dipped in wine on the brazier, and then shoot out in a volley, and finally a large scoop of rosin on the catapult is photographed down, and the tiger rushes to the pass and the fire is burning in an instant.

Some people threw firewood and other things at home, and the fire met dry firewood, and it burned more and more lawlessly, and the vanguard of the Ganzhou army only released a few waves of arrows, and even the siege vehicles were not placed, and they were burned to the point of crying wolves and howling, rolling all over the ground.

Zhiying personally wore armor to command on the city gate, the momentum was not lost to the generals, the Ganzhou army saw that the situation was not good, and quickly Mingjin collected the troops, Rao is so, but also lost more than 1,000 people, burned to death, seriously injured and seriously injured, after the retreat of the Ganzhou army, the fire in front of the tiger ran to the pass continued to burn for nearly an hour before gradually extinguishing.

Zhong Luhuan came to deliver food to Zhiying, stood on the head of the city and looked at it, then shrank back, and said with a smile: "The weather in August is hot enough, and there is a burn here, my sister is wearing armor, be careful not to cover the prickly heat." ”

Zhiying took off her helmet and smiled: "If I can change the peace of Yanzhou Mansion with prickly heat, it will be worth it." ”

For several days, the Ganzhou army did not give up and attacked frequently, because there was no way to deal with the oil fire, but only increased the wounded, and some soldiers fled desperately as soon as they saw the oil poured on the city, and they simply became frightened birds.

At this time, Yang Qiong came back with Cheng Fengyi.

Yang Qiong's return is like a reassuring pill for Yanzhou, the 10,000 Ganzhou army is no longer fearless, and it is only a matter of time before they are defeated.

For Zhiying, Cheng Fengyi's return is more meaningful than Yang Qiong, putting aside personal emotional factors, she was originally a friendly woman who was handed over by Cui Jie who lost power and humiliated the country, and now she has been rescued intact, and the gap in strength between Cui Jie and Cui Yi can be seen.

The king of Beidi, Huerhana, is still folded on the grassland, and for a long time in the future, Beidi will fall into civil strife for the throne, and can no longer interfere with the Central Plains.

Zhiying almost immediately asked the flying pigeon to pass the book to Shan Jian, asking him to make good use of this trump card and give Cui Jie the most fatal blow to the people's hearts.

Cheng Fengyi is much thinner than a few years ago, her cheeks are sunken, and her sideburns have a few strands of gray hair, she doesn't look like a twenty-year-old person at all.

"Sister Cheng...... I'm sorry for you......" I couldn't say much, Zhiying could only hug her tightly and apologize to her desperately, "It's all my bad that you have suffered so many sins......"

Cheng Fengyi could see it, and caressed her back tolerantly and said: "Don't blame yourself, it's not your fault, everyone has their own fate, it's my destiny that should have this catastrophe, if you hadn't sent someone to save me, I'm just afraid that the rest of my life will be like a walking corpse, and I will end up depressed in that barbarian land." ”

Zhiying glanced at Yang Qiong with teary eyes, seeing that his expression was light, but his eyes were full of loneliness, and he guessed that he probably chose to hide his intentions, so Cheng Fengyi only regarded him as a general who was "sent by Zhiying to save her".

has always been in love, but the fate is shallow, and she failed to meet Cheng Fengyi earlier, which is the regret of Yang Qiong's life after all.

"Okay, okay, don't cry, they're all mothers of two children, how can you still cry like this?" Cheng Fengyi smiled and wiped away the tears on her cheeks.

Zhiying nodded, and then introduced the ladies to her, Nian Jiaojiao took her hand very familiarly: "It's good that Sister Cheng is back, Sister Princess is thinking of you every day, will Sister Cheng stay in Yanzhou forever?" In this way, we will chat and do needlework in the future, and we will have more companions. ”

Zhong Luwan hurriedly said: "Jiaojiao, Sister Cheng has her own home in the capital, but you can't stay here all the time like us, what you say makes Sister Cheng feel so embarrassed." ”

Nian Jiaojiao tilted her head and almost missed her mouth: "Home in the capital?" Isn't Sister Cheng ...... General Yang's wife?

"Jiaojiao!" Zhiying immediately stopped her.

Cheng Fengyi was wrong, thinking that Nian Jiaojiao was going to say that she was forced to marry Hu'er Hana before, and she had the intention to play a round, so she smiled and said: "I haven't been to Yanzhou yet, and now the prince and the emperor are fighting inseparably, and I can't go back if I want to, but I just stay here for a few days, and when the prince wins, don't you all have to go to the capital?" We can still talk together then. ”

Nian Jiaojiao was still a little confused, but finally nodded: "That's what I said." ”

Zhong Luhuan took the initiative to say: "Sister Cheng, let's go back to the palace with us first!" At present, the Ganzhou army has not retreated, since General Yang is back, my sister will hand over the matter at hand and come back, no matter how many heartwarming words you have, you have to let Sister Cheng take a shower and change her clothes first, and then rest and then talk about it, right? ”

Zhiying was about to ask Yang Qiong something, so she nodded happily: "Then I'll leave the matter of greeting Sister Cheng to you, and I'll go back in a while." ”

After the ladies left, Zhiying turned around, looked at Yang Qiong, and asked, "Sister Cheng came back safe and sound, what are your plans next?" ”

Yang Qiong generally recited the answer that she had thought about thousands of times in her heart: "Send her back to the capital and reunite with her family." ”

Zhiying sighed, admiring and sympathizing with him: "You really don't plan to say anything? You gave your life twice to save her, and if she knew, she wouldn't have ......."

"I still don't want to," Yang Qiong interrupted her lightly, "I never expected anything to save her." ”

It's not that I've never had extravagant hopes, but I don't dare to expect anything! Zhiying thought of his widowed sister-in-law in the capital, a widowed woman, and he had to worry that it was the wife of the eldest brother, not to mention that Zhai Rang was still in the world, and he and Cheng Fengyi had a daughter.

Morality is like invisible shackles, those who don't mind are unrestrained, arrogant, and openly snatch wives, but those who mind are forever handcuffed by it and are not happy.

"In that case, then whatever you want." Zhiying knew that it was impossible to convince him, so she nodded.