At this time, Changzhou was already very chaotic, and there were defeated soldiers wandering everywhere outside the city, and some defeated soldiers even burned and robbed near Changzhou in order to vent their anger, making the people miserable. Fortunately, Changzhou Assassin Shi Kuangfu closed the city gate in advance, which saved the people in the city, but thousands of defeated soldiers surrounded the city gate, looking like they were going to attack Changzhou City, which made Changzhou Assassin Shi Kuangfu very worried.

Wei Kuangfu is a native of Gaoyi, Zhaozhou, when the world was in turmoil, he went south to the Southern Tang Dynasty, and was admitted to the Jinshi in the first year of the Shengyuan Dynasty, and was appointed as the assassin of Changzhou the following year, and it has been several years now. The Son of Heaven wanted to be promoted, but considering the importance of Changzhou, he still let Wei Kuangfu serve as the assassin.

Looking at the restless defeated soldiers outside the city, a strong uneasiness rose in Wei Kuangfu's heart, since there are defeated soldiers, it means that Li Zhenggu has been defeated, will the Wu Yue people take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill? Changzhou has not had a war for many years, and Wei Kuangfu does not want the people to suffer.

"Open the gates quickly, or you will enter the city and kill you all!" A bearded man shouted loudly, holding a large knife with a curly blade in his hand, and shouted loudly.

At his instigation, many soldiers were also shouting loudly, to open the city gate, otherwise they would wash Changzhou Yunyun in blood. Wei Kuangfu frowned, the city gate could not be opened, but if these thousands of people went crazy and really wanted to attack Changzhou City, he would not have the confidence to stop it. Although there is also a garrison in Changzhou, the result of encountering this crazy group of defeated soldiers is uncertain.

Seeing that the defeated soldiers outside the city did not speak, they became even more noisy, and some people brandished weapons and threw them towards the city gate.

"Dangchang" sounded, the blade smashed on the iron door, making a crisp sound, and Wei Kuangfu knew that this group of guys would not be able to hold back, and once they became crazy, they would attack the city. Hurriedly instructed: "Pass the order, all the captains in the city, hold the city, and never let the defeated soldiers enter the city." ”

The officials around him knew the importance of this matter, nodded hurriedly, and said, "Don't worry, even if we die in battle, we can't let them enter the city." ”

Wei Kuangfu nodded silently, and looked at the defeated soldiers outside the city, very worried in his heart.

"More than thirty miles, it should be in Changzhou." Yang Lian looked at the geography on the left and right, and said to Gao Shensi.

Although Gao Shensi's injury was bandaged, it was only simply bandaged, and if it was not treated by the doctor in time, the arm would probably become inflamed and then life-threatening. The road of more than 30 miles is not long, and it takes more than half an hour to ride a horse.

Gao Xiansi nodded and said, "The old man can still hold on." said that he could hold it, but in fact, his face turned pale, Yang Lian saw it in his eyes and urged the war horse to move quickly.

After walking for more than ten miles, getting closer and closer to Changzhou, suddenly Lin Renzhao pointed ahead and said, "Look." ”

Yang Lian raised his head and looked at it, there was a village in front of him, and at this time, thick smoke was billowing out, obviously something was wrong.

Li Zhenggu's face changed slightly, and he said, "Could it be Wu Yue?" ”

Gao Shensi shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be." "It's not far from Changzhou, there are more than 3,000 soldiers and horses in Changzhou, no matter how bold the Wuyue people are, they won't easily break into Changzhou. Unless Qian Wenfeng has already made up his mind to take Changzhou, it will never be possible to rush in.

Yang Lian pondered for a moment and said, "Deputy Envoy Li, Gao Tongjun, I'll take a look." So saying, he rode forward.

Lin Renzhao and Chen Tie followed, Chen Keyan ordered fifty soldiers to follow behind, and he continued to escort Li Zhenggu, Gao Xiansi and others to Changzhou.

Yang Lian galloped on his horse, and it only took half a pillar of incense to reach the outside of the village. At a glance, many buildings in the village caught fire, and after running dozens of steps, they got closer, and Yang Lian was immediately angry. Lin Renzhao, Chen Tie and others behind them were all furious when they saw this scene.

In front of him, groups of soldiers wearing Southern Tang Dynasty armor were robbing in the village, and the old people and children wanted to escape, but they were slashed to death with a knife and fell in a pool of blood. Women, especially young and beautiful women, including some women, are being molested by the defeated soldiers. Profanity. The men did not think about resisting, but as farmers, they were no match for these soldiers, and soon fell in a pool of blood one by one.

"Kill!" Yang Lian was furious, pulled out the long knife with a curling blade, and was the first to rush over.

"Haha, don't run, little lady, play with me." A soldier about twenty-five or sixteen years old. Laughing, chasing a young lady, the little lady was very panicked, ran a few steps, and fell to the ground. The soldier laughed, stood still in front of Xiao Niang, looked at Xiao Niang with a pair of eyes, and as soon as he took off his clothes, he was about to perform beastialism.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the man looked up in amazement, and saw a horse galloping towards him, and the knight on horseback slashed at him with the long knife in his hand.

"Ahh Before the young soldier could shout, the long knife in Yang Lian's hand had already cut off his head, and blood sprayed all over his body, and the little lady had just raised her head, she was frightened by this scene, and suddenly screamed and fainted.

Yang Lian glanced at her, brandished his long knife and continued to kill. A soldier jumped off his horse, helped the little lady up, and let her rest against a tree.

There were not many defeated soldiers in the village, only more than 20 people, and they were busy committing atrocities, and they were defenseless against Yang Lian and others, and when they found out, they had been killed by Yang Lian and Lin Renzhao, and the rest of the people got the news and fled in a hurry, and were killed by Yang Lian, and the rest knelt down and begged for mercy, completely without the arrogance just now.

"Tie them up!" Yang Lian commanded.

Chen Tie took out a long rope from behind the horse's buttocks, trapped the hands of these people, and strung them together like a string of rock sugar gourds, driving them to Changzhou. On the way, Yang Lian figured out the identity of this group of soldiers, who were the defeated soldiers of the Tianxiong Army. After escaping here, due to the lack of food, he began to learn from others to beg for food, and still maintained a certain degree of discipline. But the defeated army was in a mess, and there were many people, and I don't know who started and began to rob the villages, and even strong. Violent women, like dominoes, have one person to take the lead, and the rest of the people also start to rob, making the Changzhou area a mess.

Yang Lian frowned unconsciously when he heard this, went to Li Zhenggu's side, clarified the matter, and said worriedly: "If this is the case, I am afraid that the Changzhou area is already very chaotic, and I don't know what happened to the history of Changzhou Thorn." ”

Chen Keyan said on the side: "Changzhou Assassin Shi is diligent and loves the people, and he is really a good official. I think he must have sealed the gates. ”

Yang Lian saluted Li Zhenggu and Gao Shensi, and said: "No matter what the assassin of Changzhou does, he guesses that outside the city of Changzhou, there must be defeated soldiers, and they can't find anything to eat, which may endanger the people." Dare to take two hundred men and stop them. ”

Gao Shensi knew that this matter was important, and if there were really defeated soldiers, they would not be able to enter the city. The morale of the army is floating, and I am afraid that Li Zhenggu will still be resentful. Immediately, he said, "That's right." Yang Lian, you have to use both grace and power to subdue this group of defeated soldiers. Otherwise, something happened in Changzhou, and it was Wu Yue who got the cheapest. ”

"I'm introspective." Yang Lian said, glanced at Lin Renzhao, Chen Tie, and Chen Keyan, and said, "Chen Keyan, you have lived in Changzhou for a long time and are relatively familiar with it, so you will accompany me." Lin Renzhao and Chen Tie, the two of you stayed behind to protect Deputy Envoy Li, Gao Tongjun, and Zhu Tongjun. ”

Chen Keyan arched his hand and said, "Dare not obey your fate." ”

Lin Renzhao also nodded and said, "Since that's the case, I'll stay." Brother Yang should be careful. ”

Chen Tie shouted: "I, a rough man, still go into battle to kill the enemy." ”

Yang Lian waved his hand and said, "Chen Tie, you are my subordinate, dare not obey orders?" ”

Chen Tie pursed his lips, very helpless, who called him Yang Lian's subordinate? I had to arch my hand sullenly and said, "Obey." ”

Gao Xiansi narrowed his eyes, this Yang Lian is very decisive in handling things, it seems that among these people, the prestige is enough, no wonder King Qi can value him.

Immediately, Yang Lian separated from everyone, and Chen Keyan led more than 100 cavalry and rushed all the way to the northwest. The closer they got to Changzhou, the more and more defeated soldiers there were, and there were many routs who burned and looted on the road. It's just that some villages are already in ruins, and not even a living villager can be found, and there are corpses all over the ground, including many naked women, who were humiliated before they died.

The villagers who are lucky to be alive, in addition to being grateful to Yang Lian and others, are full of sadness, what is the point of living alone when their relatives are dead? Yang Lian was helpless, he was almost alone, but he never gave up. I had to tell them to go to Runzhou in the north first, wait until the rebels are calmed down, and then return to their hometown.

Continuing to move towards Changzhou City, after walking for half an hour, Yang Lian stopped and motioned for everyone to stop. It is less than three miles away from Changzhou, and I don't know how many defeated soldiers there are, so I always have to inquire and make a decision. Immediately let Chen Keyan lead the troops to rest, and he and several clever soldiers dressed up as rout soldiers to find out.

Yang Lian scattered his hair, looking like a beggar who hadn't taken a bath for several years, and there were still traces of blood on his body, which had become dark red. After dressing up a little, Yang Lian rode a war horse and dived towards Changzhou City. Several other soldiers also separated, blending in from all directions.

After walking less than two miles, Yang Lian could see the defeated soldiers under Changzhou City, and the black and oppressive defeated soldiers were like dark clouds, blocking Changzhou City. "At least more than 5,000 people." Yang Lian estimated in his heart, it stands to reason that the Shenwu Army and the Tianxiong Army are both forbidden armies and belong to the elite, even if the combat effectiveness is slightly insufficient compared to the border army, but the military discipline is not so bad. Besides, they are all Southern Tang people, and some of them are Changzhou soldiers, so they are not afraid of killing their own families?

With this doubt, Yang Lian slowly leaned over. The defeated soldiers under the city walls are still noisy, if the state is an important border town, the city is strong, and there is a moat surrounding, this group of defeated soldiers may have attacked the city long ago. At the head of the city, the defenders were in high position, and everyone had bows and crossbows in their hands, and if the defeated army dared to attack the city, they would not hesitate to shoot the arrows in their hands.

Yang Lian glanced around, only to see that more than five hundred steps away, a temporary command platform was actually built, on which a few people were sitting, gathered together, discussing the appearance of things, it seems that they are the head of this group of people, and I don't know if it is the commander or the head? Yang Lian remained silent and slowly approached.