When the battle in Guangling County was in full swing, several fast horses were also desperately chasing the time, and they were naturally scouts in the army such as Li Xian, who was ordered to go to the nearby state city to borrow troops to petition.

The three of them rushed out of the city before the Mongols arrived in Guangling, and then divided into three routes, calling for help from Wei County in the east, Hunyuan Prefecture in the west, and Datong Fucheng in the west. They believed that as long as one of the reinforcements could arrive in Guangling before tomorrow, Guangling's dangerous situation would be greatly alleviated. Therefore, for the sake of Guangling's safety, they have done their best to rush towards their chosen goal as fast as possible.

When one of them rushed to the vicinity of Hunyuan Prefecture, it was completely dark. This age is no better than that of the future, when night only the light of the stars and the moon shines on the earth, and once that light is obscured by the clouds, nothing can be seen.

That was the case tonight, but the scout had no intention of slowing down, and continued to push his horse forward, and several times he almost rushed out of the mountain or hit the trees on the side of the road, and did not hesitate for the slightest. Fortunately, his luck was good, and he finally rushed to the quaint and tall city wall of Hunyuan Prefecture without danger.

The sound of galloping horses' hooves was particularly striking in the silent night, and it immediately alarmed the defenders of the city, and in an instant, several torches suddenly lit up, and a vigilant shout followed: "What people, stop quickly, report your name!" "Under the reflection of the firelight, there was a faint cold light flickering at the head of the city, which was the light reflected by the arrows. Obviously, as long as the people from the city did not stop according to their wishes, dozens of sharp arrows would immediately beckon him.

Although the location of Hunyuan Prefecture is not as dangerous as that of Guangling County, it is still a border place, so it is natural to be careful. In the past, there had been cases of Mongols and nearby horse bandits suddenly attacking the city at night, which made all the soldiers who kept vigil extra vigilant.

The scout hurriedly stopped his horse and shouted, "I am the Guangling Scout Chang Wu, and I have been ordered by my family to come and ask for help!" There are thousands of Tartars attacking my Guangling City, and I hope that a few brothers will make it convenient. As he spoke, he pulled out his wooden scout waist tag and held it high in the air.

The defenders were a little relieved when they saw that he was alone, and there was no unusual movement behind him. But he still asked with some doubts: "You said that there are Tartars who have invaded Guangling?" How is this possible? ”

"This matter is true, it is a matter of margins, how dare I, a little scout, make it up at will. There is also a place where I am afraid that the family will rely on the orders of the general master. Chang Wu hurriedly explained loudly.

There was silence at the head of the city, and then a basket was hoisted: "You sit inside, and we will pull you up." ”

Chang Wu didn't hesitate, he dismounted and stepped forward with his bare hands. When he reached the bottom of the city, the basket fell to the bottom, and he raised his leg and stepped in and beckoned, and the basket began to rise slowly.

But when the bamboo basket rose to a distance of a few feet from the city, it suddenly stopped. Then the defenders above shouted, "Throw the arrow and the waist card first, let us check it, and then pull you up." ”

Good guys, these defenders are also a little scheming, luring people up first and then doing this. In this way, once the identity of the other party is found to be different, it can be easily resolved.

Chang Wu smiled, but he was not angry, and immediately waved his hand and threw those two things into the city. After the city defenders inspected it, they were convinced of his identity as a Guangling scout, and pulled him up with a smile. When he went to the city, a man who looked like a leader also hugged his fist at him: "It's a matter of the safety of the city, and I hope my brother won't be surprised." ”

Chang Wu smiled reluctantly: "It's easy to say, I can save the truth." It's just that...... Now that my Guangling is in danger, I hope that my brother will take me in quickly to report for help. ”

"This is natural, I'll take you to meet our Master Qianzong." As he spoke, the man made a gesture of please, and immediately led Chang Wuzhi towards the city.

After the tea session, the two of them had arrived in front of the command post next to the northern city wall. After being reported, the two of them entered it smoothly, and saw the appearance of the garrison here in the hall.

After listening to Chang Wu's report and verifying that his identity was correct, Yu Guangrong's face suddenly became solemn: "How dare the Tartars violate my Ming border like this, and dare to lead the army to attack my county?" What a daring! Don't worry, I'll prepare people and bring people to the rescue early tomorrow morning! ”

"But Mr. Qian...... It's not a little late. Now I have only 500 men and horses, but there are thousands of enemies who have come to attack, and I hope that my lordship can send troops as soon as possible and rush to the rescue as soon as possible......" Chang Wu reminded very uneasily.

"It's the middle of the night, and I'm afraid it's a bit inappropriate to gather troops at this time. Don't worry, it's only half a day's journey from my Hunyuan Prefecture to Guangling, and if Liu Jiang can, he will definitely be able to wait until the reinforcements arrive. Yu Guangrong insisted on what he meant.

After all, the other party's status is much higher than his own, and he still has a request for him, even if Chang Wu has some objections, he can only accept it: "In this way, I hope that the lord will bring people to send troops early tomorrow morning." ”

"That's nature. You have also worked hard, so go down and rest for half the night, wait for all the people, and then go to the rescue with you. Yu Guangrong said with a look, and a personal soldier stepped forward to invite people to rest outside.

After Chang Wuyi left, Yu Guangrong's face suddenly changed, and he showed contemplation: "Guangling was attacked and asked me to save ...... Hey. The laughter was full of schadenfreude.

After a while, he called a man and whispered to him, "Take some of your brothers and wander around my north in the guise of Tartars." ”

"Huh? What do you mean, sir? The cronie asked, puzzled.

"Guangling did a good thing for me that day, and now he wants to help me when something happens, how can there be such a good thing in this world? However, they all came to the door for help, and if I refused to send troops, I was afraid that I would not be able to explain it in front of the commander-in-chief in the future, so I had to use some means. As long as we find that the surrounding Tartars are about to move, and they have the intention of offending our Hunyuan Prefecture, the matter will naturally be reasonable. After speaking, he glanced at the other party again: "Why don't you go soon?" ”

The cronie nodded knowingly and hurried away.

Previously, Lu Zhen exposed Xiao Mo's various illegal activities in Guangling County, and by the way, he also lifted the lid on all kinds of dirty things in the northern army. Because of Hu Sui's protection, the border generals may not be able to retaliate against him for the time being, but cutting off people's wealth is like killing his parents, and now it is extremely difficult for people to send troops to rescue the crisis in Guangling County.

When Chang Wu went to ask for help again early in the morning, what he got was that there were Tartars outside the city, and it seemed that there was an attack on Hunyuan Prefecture, so the soldiers and horses in the city could not get out lightly. This time, he didn't even see Yu Guangrong's face.

Faced with such a result, Chang Wu was completely helpless. After all, he is just a small scout, he has neither the ability nor the courage to dare to argue with a thousand presidents, not to mention that people can come up with decent reasons.

In desperation, he could only borrow a horse and continue westward, looking for other guards for help. After learning his reaction and whereabouts, Yu Guangrong just smiled mockingly: "Now that Lu Jin, the commander of Guangling County, has a bad reputation, I'm afraid it's impossible for anyone to send troops to rescue him." ”

The matter was really a little bit talked about by him, not only from Hunyuan Prefecture, but also from Wei County on the other side, and in the face of the call for help, he also came to stand still. It seems that they want to sit back and watch Guangling fall, and they can be regarded as a big lesson to some officials who have ruined their own good deeds.

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Let the time go back to the middle of the night, Lu Jin, who was in Guangling, did not know that he had become the public enemy of the border army in the north, and after a bitter battle, he was still waiting for the arrival of reinforcements at the head of Guangling City.

Of course, in addition to hoping that reinforcements can arrive soon, Lu Zhen is also thinking about improving his own defense capabilities. After all, expecting others is just an illusory thing after all, and relying on oneself is the most real and reliable.

Although nearly half of the Guangling defenders have been lost, and even Liu Yi, the commander, has been seriously injured and has not yet woken up, there are still thousands of people here after all. Relying on the fame of Lu Jin, the county order, and the fact that everyone knows that there are no eggs under the nest, as soon as the county government publicizes, hundreds of young and strong men are really called to the city, which makes the already empty Guangling City Wall finally have some momentum.

However, these people had not experienced much training after all, and when they saw the blood stains left by the splashing of blood everywhere at the head of the city, as well as the corpses under the city, many of them showed horror in their eyes. Although they have the strength to fight, they may not be able to play much role if they really want to go to the battlefield, and what can really fight with the Tartars is still the defenders of less than 200 people.

Seeing the expressions on the faces of these people, Lu Jin's originally high thoughts fell again. At the same time, he thought of the previous scene, now the Ming army is too dependent on the performance of the generals, this kind of disadvantage will affect the survival of the small county town of Guangling, and if it is big, it can even shake the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, this is also a problem that has always existed in the ancient army, after all, the soldiers are passive, not much knowledgeable guys, they will only follow the crowd, will only obey and have no subjective initiative. Once the generals they regard as the backbone of the backbone are injured or killed, the damage to their psyche will naturally be devastating.

"If I can build a three-three system of tactics in this era like the one in the army later, maybe the history of the Ming Dynasty will be changed because of this." Looking at the dark sky, Lu Zhen suddenly had such a bizarre idea in his heart. But then he laughed again, this is not something that he can do with a small county order, and now that he is in danger, he doesn't even know what tomorrow will be, so how can he change?

At this moment, Lu Zhen heard a suppressed cry coming from the side......