The city wall of Xinning county is only more than one zhang high, according to the later generations, it is more than four meters less than five meters, although it has been repaired many times for hundreds of years, it is still no match for the traces of the years, and now the city wall that has been mottled and peeled off has experienced the baptism of war and appears to be more and more dilapidated.

Zhao Yan walked up to the city wall with his sword, and after inspecting back and forth, he found a place to sit down.

More than half a month ago, Zhu Huixuan, the king of Min, fled to Xinning City, Zhao Yan learned that someone rebelled, and immediately sent someone to Baoqing Mansion to report the news and ask for help by the way, and then the next day in the afternoon Xinning City was surrounded by a team of 2,000 people.

What Zhao Yan didn't expect was that the leaders of this team were the two brothers Zhu Huixuan and Zhu Huixuan, as the leaders of the rebel army, why did they only bring 2,000 people to attack Xinning?

Zhao Yan had already mobilized the people of the whole city to strengthen the city defenses, and recruited more than 1,000 strong men to go up the city wall, plus the hundreds of people from the Chengbu Inspection Division, the number of people in the entire Xinning County who could be used to defend the city reached almost 2,000 people.

Although the number of people is comparable, but one defender and one siege, the comparison between the two is naturally the advantage of the defender, even if the siege is a soldier who has undergone a short period of training, and most of the defenders are ordinary civilians, but the advantage is not obvious.

The intention of quickly capturing Xinning City was not achieved, and the Zhu Huiyan brothers didn't know what they thought, so they no longer attacked the city, but set up camp outside the city and stayed, and occasionally the two brothers would go to a place not too far from the city wall to shout to Zhu Huixuan in the city.

"Second brother, the eldest brother died, and he was killed by me, are you happy?"

"Yes, second brother, if it weren't for the eldest brother's misbehavior and framing you for slandering Renmiao, causing him to be abolished by the imperial court, you wouldn't have been able to become the king of Min. Although the eldest brother was abolished, he was only imprisoned, have you been sleeping unsteadily at night all these years? Now that the fourth brother has helped you kill the eldest brother, you can sleep well in the future. ”

"How can the fifth brother say that, the second brother? Since childhood, the second brother has taken care of our brothers, and every time the third brother bullied the two of us, it was the second brother who helped us both out, could it be that you forgot? ”

"Haha, how could you forget! The eldest brother, the second brother and the third brother are brothers of the same father and mother, but we were born to girls, the eldest brother and the third brother look down on us, only the second brother is different, he is the most kind-hearted. ”

"Exactly, I have always kept in mind the love of the second brother, and now the Xiangshi says that I have a different appearance, and when I am the lord of the world, I will ascend the throne and change the yuan in the near future. Second brother come to help me, let's take Zhu Qiyu's world, don't you keep saying that you have the ability to govern the world, your younger brother named you as a zaifu, how about you help your younger brother govern the world? ”

The brothers laughed and talked outside the city wall for a long time, Zhao Yan stood on the city wall and heard it clearly, now Zhao Yan is Zhu Qiyu's courtier, but someone in the city openly claims to take Zhu Qiyu's throne, even if he doesn't think so, he has to say a few words.

"It's Zhu Huixuan, Zhu Huixuan's brother under the city? You and other rebellious ministers and thieves, everyone will be punished, and Hugh will be rampant. ”

Zhao Yanliang opened his voice and shouted twice, consciously fulfilling the affection of a courtier, and then kept silent, planning to lean against the wall to recuperate.

Zhu Huiyan and his younger brother Zhu Huixuan went into battle in person, and let go of their voices and shouted under the city for several days, and their throats were about to smoke, and finally someone responded, and they naturally would not let go easily.

"Hey, who's talking in the city just now? Listening to the voice, he is not very old, could it be Zhu Yinyi? Good nephew, why didn't you say hello when you saw me, who was an uncle, and Uncle Fei took you to drink flower wine in disguise. ”

"Yes, I'm your fifth uncle, and your fourth uncle and I love you the most. When we first attacked Wugang City, we also deliberately asked people to look for you, who knew that you and your father actually came to Xinning, quickly persuade your father, let him open the city gate and let me and your fourth uncle go in, otherwise in a few days our reinforcements will come and we will have to fight by ourselves, then the soldiers will be in danger, in case you and your father are injured, it will not be good. ”

Who's the nephew of your two second goods?

Zhao Yan stood up again with a dark face, he looked at the two reluctant second goods under the city, and said loudly: "This official is Xinningzhi County, and the prince of Min Wang is not here, seeing that the two of you are so energetic, it is better for this official to give you a gift." ”

Zhu Huiyan and Zhu Huixuan glanced at each other, and said in their hearts, this Xinning Zhixian looks very good, I don't know what gift he wants to give us, does he have to give us Xinning City? That's not bad, you can consider giving him a book to do in the future.

"It turned out to be Xinningzhi County, I don't know how to call it? This king will ascend the throne and become the emperor in a few days, and the year name is set, so he will be called Xuanyuan. This king sees that your eyebrows are clear, and your literary style must be very good, if you surrender to this king, you can be named the secretary of the ministry in the future, how about it? ”

What kind of logic, clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes equal to good writing?

Zhao Yan pursed his lips and said: "The matter of the loyalty of the monarch, this official is a herdsman of the Son of Heaven, how can he change the flag without authorization." As for the official's name and surname, he still won't say it, in case the two of them know it and say it from their mouths, the official is afraid that these two words will be tarnished. ”

Zhu Huiyan and Zhu Huixuan looked at each other, and it took a while for Zhu Huixuan to react and said in a low voice: "Fourth brother, this magistrate is scolding us for having a bad mouth." ”

Zhu Huiyan was furious when he heard this, and was about to get angry but was persuaded by Zhu Huixuan.

"Fourth brother, don't get angry first, I heard people say that the army is plotting, Meng Neng and Yang Guang have no ability, and now they have captured Xinhua City, our reinforcements don't know when they will be able to come, if they can not move a soldier and say that this Xinningzhi County has been surrendered, wouldn't it seem that the fourth brother is more capable than Meng Neng and both of them? When the time comes, let's let the fourth brother spread the news of the fourth brother's surrender to Xinning in the army, so that the army's heart will not be towards the fourth brother. ”

Zhu Huixuan is brave, but his brain is not as good as Zhu Hui's, so he listens to this younger brother most of the time, and this time is no exception.

"Okay, what the fifth brother said is right. If you want to achieve great things, you have to endure what ordinary people can't bear, I put up with this Xinningzhi County scolding the two of us, and I'll clean him up after the big deal when I get the world. ”

The two brothers have decided on a plan, and this time Zhu Huijiao spoke: "Xinning Zhi County, you just said that you want to give us a gift, I don't know what it is?" ”

Zhao Yan smiled slightly, and shouted: "The official is happy, the two of them have been shouting in the city for so many days, it must be due to their strong energy, it just so happens that the official has raised a mother gou, and it is in the period of hair qing at the moment, so it is better to give it to the two of them to release their energy." ”

Hahahaha...... As soon as Zhao Yan's voice fell, the people on the city wall, who were originally a little sluggish, suddenly burst into laughter.

This time, I don't need Zhu Huixuan to understand it and then relay it, Zhu Huiyan is not a fool, he can naturally understand the meaning of Zhao Yan's words, but he has been scolded like this since he was a child, and he can't bear it at the moment.

"You dare to scold this king, you are really bold, this king wants to ......"

Before Zhu Huiyan finished speaking, Zhao Yan had already shouted with a smile: "This official just wants to scold people, I don't want to scold you." ”

Zhu Huiyan was stunned for a moment before he reacted, his face turned red with anger, and he couldn't help shouting in the laughter of everyone on the city wall: "Bastard, what are you, you dare to insult this king like this." ”

Zhao Yan shook his head and responded: "This official is a human being, unlike you who are just a thing, but you can know what you are, you are all good, I don't know what your Excellency is?" You might as well say it and let me wait for me. ”

"You ......" Zhu Huiyan usually scolds people with only a few simple words over and over again, such as bastard, what are you, get out, etc., so if you talk about scolding, you can't catch up with Zhao Yan, so you can only turn your head to look at Zhu Huixuan and say: "Fifth brother, scold him for me, scold him fiercely, I'm angry." ”

Zhu Huijiao smiled bitterly, his scolding words are also so few, and these civil officials scold people without dirty words, it seems that this Xinningzhi County scolding has reached a certain level, how can he scold, after thinking about it, he can only say loudly: "I don't want Xinningzhi County to speak so pickled, our brothers disdain to be with you, quickly call King Min out to talk to us." ”

Zhao Yan laughed and said: "Looking at Your Excellency's serious appearance, this official almost thought that Your Excellency could understand people's words, but it is sad and lamentable, there are so many fools in the world, and Your Excellency has become the best among them, congratulations." ”

Burst...... Zhu Huijiao felt that he had suffered internal injuries, and he really wanted to ask, are you scolding or making couplets.

"Bastard...... Xinningzhi County, as an official, you speak like a shrew in the market, do you want to be shameless? ”

"This official naturally wants face, and those who are shameless are like Your Excellency."

"You...... This king is really sick, how can he talk to you. ”

"Since Your Excellency is sick, you should be treated, don't look for this official, this official is not a veterinarian."

"You...... Fourth brother, let's go, don't talk to him anymore. ”

"It's good to go, in fact, the official doesn't want to talk to the two of you, because the official has a habit of cleanliness."

Zhu Huixuan, who turned around, stumbled when he heard this, turned his head and glared at Zhao Yan on the city wall, and then walked quickly towards their camp with Zhu Huixuan, who was confused, escorted by the guards.

"Fifth brother, this Xinningzhi County is so ignorant, it's better for us to start attacking the city tomorrow, and slaughter the city after entering the city to vent the hatred in my heart."

"Fourth brother, you can't attack the city. Now our brothers only have these two thousand people on hand, if they attack the city, many people will definitely die, and when the time comes, Meng Neng and Yang Guangquan will definitely take the opportunity to mock and attack the prestige of our brothers, you must know that the two of them are not good men and women, although they need to use our brothers' names to appear famous, but they will definitely not be willing to succumb to our brothers in the future. ”

"Then listen to the fifth brother, but I don't know when Meng Neng and the two of them will be able to send someone to help us attack Xinning, after all, only the second brother knows where the father hid the money in the first place, and our brothers can only recruit troops and expand their strength when they get that batch of money."

"It won't be far away, Mengneng and they have already captured Xinhua, and they will definitely send reinforcements after a little rest for a day or two."

Everyone on the city wall saw that the leader of the enemy was scolded by their own county, and they couldn't stop laughing, they saw Zhao Yan show his kung fu for the first time, and the series of swearing words without dirty words opened their eyes even more.

After this incident, the morale of the defending side of the city was improved a lot, Zhao Yan stayed on the city wall for a while, and saw that the other party had no intention of attacking the city, so he walked down the city wall, planning to go back to the county government to rest and rest.

Zhu Huixuan, the king of Min, was sitting in the back hall of the county ya, and when he saw Zhao Yan coming back, he immediately said: "Zhao knows that the county is guarding the city hard, so sit down and rest." ”

Zhao Yan was indeed tired, and he was not hypocritical when he heard this, and only after he sat down did he ask: "His Royal Highness King Min is waiting for the lower officials?" ”

Zhu Huixuan nodded and said, "Yes, what the two younger brothers of Zhao Zhixian and this king said know this king." These two people have been favored by their father since they were children, and then they grew up arrogant and domineering, so they didn't even take the brother of this king into the eyes of the two of them, who would have thought that now they would do such a thing, not only openly rebelled, but also killed their own eldest brother, how could they do it. ”

Zhao Yan saw that Zhu Huixuan's face was in pain, and he was not sure whether he was pretending or not, but whether it was pretending or not, he didn't want to care about King Min's family affairs at all, and he didn't even have the interest to understand, all he was worried about now was how to keep Xinning City.

"If these two people do such things, there will inevitably be retribution in the future, Your Highness should not be too sad." Zhao Yan perfunctorily comforted him and then changed his voice, and said: "Your Highness should have also heard that these two thieves have asked to see Your Highness more than once these days, and it seems that their interest in Your Highness is far greater than the capture of Xinning City, Your Highness knows why?" ”

Zhu Huixuan said with a blank face: "Why? ”

Nima, if my brother knew, would he ask you? Zhao Yan slandered in his heart, but Zhu Huixuan pretended to be stupid and didn't say it, Zhao Yan couldn't take a knife to his neck and ask, after all, he was still the king of Min in name, and his status was much higher than Zhao Yan, the seven-rank county.

"This is to ask Your Highness, this matter may be related to the safety of the whole city, and I ask Your Highness to solve your doubts for the lower officials."

Zhu Huixuan saw that Zhao Yan kicked the ball back again, and couldn't help but laugh twice, and after thinking about it, he said: "The two younger brothers of this king have been thinking differently from ordinary people since they were children, maybe they want to take this king and then coerce the court, this king is also a prince, as long as this king is taken down, the court may be a rat trap." ”

Zhao Yan saw that Zhu Huixuan didn't want to say anything, so he could only change the topic: "Maybe." At present, Xinning has been besieged for a month and a half, but those thieves have no intention of retreating, although the food is barely enough to eat, but they can't resign themselves to fate. Before, Xiaguan had ordered someone to ask for help from the prefect of Baoqing, but at this time there was no movement at all, maybe the city had also been captured by the thieves, and now there are many ordinary people in the city, Xiaguan wants to borrow a strong guard from His Royal Highness, equip him with a healthy horse, and he rushed out to ask for help from the three divisions in the province, I don't know if His Royal Highness can cut his love? ”

Zhu Huixuan nodded and said, "This is the proper righteousness, and this king will naturally not refuse." ”

After thinking about it, Zhu Huixuan looked at Zhang Hu who was standing at the door, and said, "Zhang Hu, this matter is up to you, this king believes that you will not be entrusted by Zhao Zhixian." ”

Zhang Hu saluted and said, "Obey." ”

This matter should not be delayed, and that night Zhang Hu rode out of the city on the only healthy horse in the city, and he bypassed the camp of the Zhu Huiyan brothers smoothly, without alarming the other party at all.

Zhang Liang and Zhao Yan, inspectors of the Chengbu Inspection Division, stood on the city wall and looked at the camp a few miles away, and said after a while: "In fact, the lower officials think that their martial arts are not inferior to anyone in the city, and it is most appropriate for the lower officials to go to ask for help." ”

Zhao Yan nodded and said, "This official thinks the same way. ”

Zhang Liang was stunned, and only after a moment did he hesitate: "Then why is the county ......?"

"It's been more than half an hour, and it seems that nothing has been found in the other party's camp, and the defense is so lax, it's a pity that it's a good horse." Zhao Yan sighed, turned his head and saw Zhang Liang's puzzled face, and couldn't help laughing: "Before Zhang Hu left the city, the official secretly instructed him to let him stab the horse's ass after he arrived near the other party's camp, the horse must be frightened, and naturally it can attract the attention of those anti-thieves, Zhang Hu can take advantage of the night to leave quietly, but the other party's defense is lax, maybe even the night sentry has not been dispatched, such a rabble, and delusional rebellion, it really makes people laugh off their big teeth." ”

Zhang Liang was silent, and Zhao Yan could only explain again: "Okay, this official has regarded Inspector Zhang as his own, and it doesn't hurt to say something."

Zhu Huiyan and the brothers brought troops here, and their interest in King Min was far greater than the capture of Xinning, and there must be a hidden secret, and King Min and those two were brothers after all, and they also had more than a dozen strong guards with strong martial arts around them, to be honest, the official was not at ease about this, so he rarely asked the guards of King Min to assist in defending the city. This official said so, Zhang Patrol may understand? ”