The spring day is really a little girl's face changes, and after eight days of heavy rain, it is just a day before it is sunny. On the third day after the flood, the sun hung high, and the sun poured out on the land.

Yang Zhong squinted at Xuan Shaoning, since he reported his home, Yang Zhong recalled the bits and pieces of the original Fengju City, speaking of which Xuan Shaoning can be regarded as one of Yang Jie's life-saving benefactors.

"Why did you end up in Huazhou City? Coming from Mobei, you escaped the eyes of the Tang people all the way? ”

"General, the last general set off ten days ago, and I am not the only one on the way." Xuan Shaoning shouted to the two people who were a foot away, and after agreeing, the two walked over slowly, and Yang Zhong fixed his eyes and saw that it was a woman with a teenager.

The woman's stature seemed stronger than the average person, especially her face, which was heavily painted with rouge gouache and lip red, but the chin did not hide the green stubble at all, and of course, the Adam's apple around his neck.

Look at the young man again, his eyes are bright, his youth is infinite, although he is dressed in coarse cloth clothes, but the compelling vitality cannot be concealed at all. The young man snuggled up to the woman's side, facing Yang Zhong without a trace of timidity, blinking and looking directly at each other with a pair of clear eyes.

If you look at it from the back, this pair of people looks a little like mother and son, but Yang Zhong knew that this woman was clearly a man pretending to be a man.

"You two are also members of the Xuanjia Army?" Yang Zhong asked.

The woman spoke: "General Yang really has good eyesight!" We are the Jingyi Army, the last general Duan Lang! ”

The young man immediately followed, "The last general, Ji Wenhan, see the general!" ”

Yang Zhong waved his hand, "Just like you, don't talk about good eyesight, you can see that you are a man if you find a random person, I really don't know that the eyes of the Tang people are blind?" ”

"General, we saw with our own eyes what happened to Huazhou City that day, and we have tried our best to help us in the past two days. General ......."

Yang Zhong directly interrupted Xuan Shaoning's words and said, "It must be Xiao Yunqi who ordered you to come." You are now a rebel party recognized by the imperial court, and you dare to return to Huazhou, are you afraid that I will immediately send someone to arrest you and send you to the capital? ”

"If the general wants to do this, he will already call someone, and he doesn't have to wait until now." Xuan Shaoning said: "General, whether it is the Xuanjia Army or the Jingyi Army, the general is still the same group of generals, the general has dealt with us so many times, doesn't the general himself have a little judgment?" ”

"People's hearts change, can the people I knew at the beginning guarantee that I will always know them?"

"The general is right! People's hearts are inevitably fickle, and they will always change their original minds when forced by personnel under different circumstances. Isn't this what Buddhism calls 'not forgetting the original intention'? It's not easy to do that. All the officers and men of the Jingyi Army have never changed their original intentions, and if the general does not believe this now, I still firmly believe that the general will believe it in the future. ”

"Just tell me what is the purpose of your appearance in Huazhou today?"

"General, Da Liang already had to face the major choice of life and death as early as last year, and in almost a year, has there been any obvious improvement in the family and country? Huazhou has become a Ze country, even the capital has been implicated, and then look at the main force of the real water division of the Tang Dynasty has been gathered outside the city of Bingzhou, once they launch an attack, how long does the general think that with the current strength of the capital, can resist? ”

"You don't need to worry about these things yet, you should worry about yourself. There is Xiliang in the north, Xia Tang in the south, and even the imperial court regards you as enemies, isn't your situation more difficult than ours? ”

"If the general can think like this, it means that the general's trip is worthwhile!" Xuan Shaoning came to the spirit, "The general can still think about us at this time, which shows that the general is actually in his heart and agrees that we are rebels." General, whether we are rebels or not, time will tell, the reason why the Great General sent us here is to help the General. ”

"Help me? Just the three of you? Yang Zhong was so angry that he laughed, "An old man, a woman, and a teenager, can you three help me?" Do you think I'm a three-year-old or do you think you're Kong Ming alive? ”

"General" Duan Lang spoke, and Yang Zhong hurriedly turned his gaze as soon as he saw his red and extremely uncoordinated face, and after looking at it twice, he really couldn't even eat lunch. "There are so many things we can do, and we can do things that we can't do on the surface."

"General, it's been two days since this flood, according to the usual practice, the general should have returned to the capital to resume his life, and he wanted to explain all this to the emperor in person, but the general is still staying in Huazhou City, doesn't the general think about his own back road?"

What Xuan Shaoning said, Yang Zhong had already thought about it, and there was no need for an outsider like him to remind him, and at the same time, there was no need to inform these people about his thoughts and decisions.

"I only have to arrange these things, and I don't need you to interfere. Hurry up, or I'll be really welcome!" ”

Yang Zhong had already begun to issue an eviction order, but Xuan Shaoning would never let go easily, and he still insisted on continuing to persuade. Looking at Yang Zhong's increasingly gloomy face, Duan Lang began to worry, he wanted to step forward and pull Xuan Shaoning, this was not the time to quarrel.

Gu Hongxuan shouted loudly at the critical moment, "General Huiyu, the imperial court has sent someone!" ”

As soon as he heard that someone from the imperial court was coming, Yang Zhong immediately tidied up his clothes and stopped paying attention to Xuan Shaoning and the others, and hurriedly followed Gu Hongxuan to meet him outside the city. Before leaving, Gu Hongxuan tried a color towards Xuan Shaoning.

It is said that it is outside the city, but at this time, it is impossible to tell where is inside the city and where it is outside, and the places where the flood has receded are full of mud and ruins, and as for the places where the flood has not receded, what can be seen is the murky water. Fortunately, the northeast side near the official road was relatively light, and it can be regarded as the lightest place in the whole city.

The herald from the imperial city got off the horse, and a pair of feet immediately sank into the mud, and he immediately frowned, this brand new pair of official boots was ruined. Looking at this Huazhou City for a while, he couldn't find a place to sit down, and the only place that could satisfy him was that Yang Zhong didn't let him wait too long.

"General Yang" The herald's tone was unfriendly, "This scenery is even more unbearable than in the war report, and the old slave doesn't know how to reply to the emperor this time." ”

Yang Zhong first looked farther away, and only after finding that there was no one did he smile, and he couldn't find any money when he touched his clothes, so he had to look at Gu Hongxuan who was standing aside, and all he got was Gu Hongxuan's embarrassing smile. At the beginning, the flood came suddenly, and it was too late to escape, where would I remember to leave some belongings, and now when I really need to use it, I find that my pocket is empty.

"My father-in-law has worked very the way, and my father-in-law has also seen the tragic situation in Huazhou City, since the last general has been ordered to guard Huazhou, he must not leave at this critical moment, and when the situation is better, the last general will immediately return to Beijing to receive the guilt."

The herald pursed his lips and sneered, "General Yang is also an old man in the imperial court, and he doesn't even know these rules, but I'm afraid that the emperor won't spare him when the general returns to Beijing." General Yang, this is the edict of the imperial court, this is handed over to you, and the old slave will no longer waste time. After speaking, the herald pushed the edict into Yang Zhong's hand, and then turned over on the horse, and with such a move, the dirt brought up by the official boots splashed the horse again, and the herald could no longer hide his disgusted expression, turned the horse's head and galloped along the official road.

"General?"

Yang Zhong raised his hand to stop Gu Hongxuan, he stood in place and opened the edict and quickly read it, the content of it was not much different from what he expected, if there was anything more than he expected, it was that the words in it were more intense, and there were more crimes listed.

Gu Hongxuan wanted to come up and take a peek, but Yang Zhong immediately closed the edict and said: "I will bear the responsibility of the imperial court, and disaster relief is the first priority at the moment." ”

"The last general thought that the imperial court would at least appoint people to help with the disaster, but it was really chilling that only such a eunuch came to raise his toes! The location of Huazhou is so important, the imperial court will not know about it, it has been two days, and no disaster relief convoy has been dispatched, is this planning to let us fend for ourselves! ”

"How can you talk about the court at will?" Yang Zhong glared at Gu Hongxuan, "You are also an old man in the army, don't you know what to say on what occasions?" ”

"But, the general........"

"Okay, Huazhou, we must not give up, how did you do to gather the soldiers of the Guangyuan Army?"

"Excluding the dead, fled, and wounded, there are still sixty percent of the original army left. By now the Admiral has regrouped them all. ”

"That's good! Let's go back and meet the three again. ”