When Yang Liang raised the army, the news was blocked from the outside world, Yang Yichen always felt that Yang Liang's behavior was abnormal, so he sent Liu Wuzhou to infiltrate Jinyang to spy on intelligence, a few days ago when Yang Liang officially raised the army, Liu Wuzhou could have reported directly, but he was still mixed in Yang Liang's southbound troops, and saw the whole process of the raid on Puzhou with his own eyes.

When Yang Liang's army returned to the north, Liu Wuzhou found an opportunity to run back to Shuozhou to report to Yang Yichen, and when he passed by Lanzhou on the way, he also saw Qiao Zhongkui's soldiers and horses heading straight to the direction of Daizhou.

This time, Liu Wuzhou's reconnaissance work made Yang Yichen very satisfied, and he admired his resourcefulness and shrewdness and ability, and directly promoted him to be the captain of the inspection school, stayed by his side as a staff officer, and also helped him pass orders.

Liu Wuzhou nodded at Yang Yichen, rode away on horseback, the central military formation was like chopping waves, they retreated to both sides, flashing a path, Liu Wuzhou climbed to the front chariot, poked his head out of the sword shield, and shouted to the knight.

Later, Liu Wuzhou got off the chariot, rushed back, and said to Yang Yichen: "General, the person who came claimed to be the son of Shangshu Ling Yang Su, Yang Xuangan of the Zhuguo, according to the military order of the imperial court, led 5,000 Xiaoguo to join our army and ask for the anti-thief Yang Liang." ”

Yang Yichen was slightly startled, and hurriedly asked: "How could he appear here now, isn't Puzhou already in the hands of the rebels?" ”

Liu Wuzhou Zhengse said: "Someone said that Puzhou City had been recaptured by the imperial court's soldiers and horses, and his army went directly north without stopping. ”

Yang Yichen groaned for a while, looked at the rear of the formation again, and muttered, "Oh, it turns out that there is a deputy horse behind." There are no riders. In this way, it seems that one man has two horses. It's very much like Xiaoguo's style. ”

Thinking of this, Yang Yichen said to Wang Rengong, the deputy general beside him: "Rengong, I'll leave it to you here, if I have any accident in front, you will take over this army, the enemy is strong, and my army is probably not an opponent in front, so find a way to alternately cover and withdraw to Shuozhou City to defend." ”

Wang Rengong hurriedly said: "General." Why don't I go and someone come? You are the commander of an army, and you must not take risks lightly. ”

Yang Yichen waved his hand and said, "No, only I know Yang Xuangan, and when I see someone, I naturally know everything." ”

Yang Yichen looked at the subordinates with solemn faces around him, and suddenly laughed: "I, Yang Yichen, am not a weak scholar, I can harm thieves all of a sudden, who among you can beat me in kung fu?" All the generals of the Chinese army were amused by Yang Yichen at once, and laughed aloud.

Liu Wuzhou suddenly said, "General." Do you want General Xiao Yang to come with you? He is the number one general in our army, and he will definitely keep you safe. ”

Yang Yichen thought about it. nodded and said, "Well, do it, Wu Zhou, you go and call Si'en and ask him to join me in front of the formation." ”

Liu Wuzhou responded, inadvertently glanced ahead, and suddenly exclaimed: "Oh no, General Xiao Yang seems to have gone to that person!" ”

Wang Shichong rode the snowflake lion skull, and together with Yang Xuangan who rode the black cloud, patrolled back and forth in front of the two armies, in order to avoid misunderstanding of the other party, they didn't even bring weapons, and almost came with their bare hands.

Wang Shichong looked at the cold arrows behind the opponent's chariot, as well as the spears behind the archers, and secretly praised in his heart that this Shuozhou military horse is really an elite soldier, and Yang Yichen can turn the marching army into a battle queue in such a short period of time, which is really a rare good general.

Just when Wang Shichong was still sighing, he suddenly ran over from the oblique spur and rode on, and immediately it was a black-faced man with a leopard head and ringed eyes, holding a big gun, and suddenly ran in front of Yang Xuangan, his eyes were like copper bells, and his voice was like thunder, and he pointed his spearhead at Wang Shichong and shouted: "Who is coming, don't report your name quickly, grandpa's subordinates will not kill the unknown general!" ”

Wang Shichong frowned slightly, and when he saw the momentum of the person who came, he couldn't help but praise: "What a strong man, are you a subordinate of General Yang Yichen?" ”

The big man was Yang Sien, looked at Wang Shichong carefully, and said in a deep voice: "I am the vanguard of the front under General Yang, and the general of the cavalry Yang Sien, who are you?" How do you know my general? ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Sure enough, there are no weak soldiers under the strong generals, first I saw that the Shuozhou army was well-groomed and well-trained, and then I saw a strong man like you, I really believed in General Yang's ability to manage the army." ”

After hearing this compliment, Yang Sien's hostility towards Wang Shichong suddenly decreased a lot, and he even laughed, he put away the spear, and his tone eased a lot: "There is no need to say these beautiful words before the two armies, who are you, whether you are an enemy or a friend, first make it clear." ”

Yang Xuangan said: "I am a member of the military department, Shangyi and Wang Shichong, in accordance with the will of the new emperor, together with Yang Xuangan, the general of the Pillar State, led 5,000 Xiaoguo to rush to the aid of General Yang, and put down the rebellion. ”

Yang Sien laughed, raised the spear again, and said loudly: "Now show the fox's tail!" Hum! The thief Yang Liang has already occupied Puzhou, how can the soldiers and horses of the imperial court get by, you must be Yang Liang's subordinates, you want to come here to earn us! ”

Yang Sien's voice did not fall, and he only heard a loud shout from afar: "Sien, Hugh is rude!" ”

Yang Sien heard that it was Yang Yichen's voice, and unwillingly put down the spear again, a sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, Yang Yichen rode a fine spotted brown-maned horse, and rushed to the front of him at once, and Wang Shichong's eyes intersected, first a flurry, and then laughed: "Sure enough, it's Wang Yitong, don't come unharmed?!" ”

Wang Shichong and Yang Yichen met a few times at the court meeting, but Yang Yichen had an extraordinary bearing and a magnificent appearance, which was impressive, so he recognized it all of a sudden, so Wang Shichong also immediately returned the salute: "General Yang is loyal, are you preparing to attack Jinyang in the south?" ”

Yang Yichen first turned his head and made a gesture to the troops who were waiting behind him to disarm, and the bow and crossbow of thousands of steps were put down at once, and the chariots in the front row were also pulled away, and more than ten generals from various departments came on horseback.

Wang Shichong looked at this military formation, which was as moving as a rabbit and as quiet as a virgin, and praised it sincerely: "General Yang's ability to govern the army was only heard of before. I finally saw it with my own eyes today. No wonder Yang Liang has always regarded the general as a confidant. He's going to send his best troops. Fortunately, our 5,000 Xiaoguo went north along the river bank all the way from Puzhou, and finally met up with the general before the enemy attacked. ”

There was a hint of surprise in Yang Yichen's voice: "Did Puzhou really take it back?" He was still a little incredulous about this matter before he met Wang Shichong.

Wang Shichong nodded: "Yang Liang's plan to raid Puzhou was formulated by Pei Wen'an, the soldier of his palace, and he personally led the team to carry it out, but he didn't catch Puzhou Assassin Shi Qiuhe when he attacked Puzhou, this person went straight to Daxing to report the news, it was originally the court meeting when the new emperor ascended the throne, but as soon as he heard that Yang Liang rebelled. Immediately, he first transferred 5,000 Xiaoguo iron cavalry, led by Yue Guogong, and went straight to Puzhou. ”

Yang Yichen was shocked when he heard this, and said in a trembling voice: "What did you say? A new emperor ascends the throne? What about the emperor? ”

Wang Shichong thought of Yang Jian's kindness to him, his heart was sour, and he said sadly: "The emperor has been mourned, and now it is Yang Guang, the former prince of the East Palace, who has ascended the throne as the emperor. ”

Yang Yichen screamed, spit out a mouthful of blood, his eyes were black, and he almost fell off the horse. Yang Sien on the side hurriedly grabbed him so that he would not fall.

Yang Yichen jumped off his horse and threw away his helmet. Towards the southwest direction of Daxing, he bowed his head and bowed, kowtowing and crying: "Your Majesty, the righteous minister hasn't had time to see you for the last time, why did you go!" ”

Yang Sien was infected by this feeling, and he also cried loudly with a "wow", rolled off the saddle directly, hugged his head and cried with Yang Yichen, the love was true and righteous, and even Wang Shichong on the side was moved in his heart, and shed two lines of tears.

Yang Yichen cried, wiped his tears, his tone was still full of sadness, and said to Wang Shichong: "Let Wang Yi see and smile, I grew up in the palace since I was a child, and I was deeply favored by the emperor. ”

Wang Shichong also wiped his eyes: "Isn't it, I, Wang Shichong, have been promoted from a commoner to today's official position, and I have also been cared for by the emperor for more than ten years, but when the hateful emperor was mourned, there were still rebellious ministers and thieves who were ambitious, and if they wanted to make trouble, they really should be killed!" ”

Yang Yichen nodded: "Yes, Yang Liang, the king of Han, is a son of man in vain, when the emperor is funeral, he does not think about filial piety, but wants to raise troops to make a rebellion, and everyone in the world will be punished. ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "The general misunderstood, I am not talking about Yang Liang, but Yang Yong, he did not give up when the emperor was dying, colluded with traitors, tried to cause chaos, and was suppressed by the new emperor with thunderous means." ”

"Before the new emperor ascended the throne, he sent the general Qu Tutong to send Yang Liang to Beijing for funeral, and he didn't know where to go on a business trip so that Yang Liang immediately rebelled, and the later things were known to the general."

Yang Yichen has always been unaware of the rights and wrongs of this, and he heard it with a smile: "There is such a thing? ”

Wang Shichong nodded at Yang Xuangan beside him, Yang Xuangan understood in detail what he had seen since the Renshou Palace Change, as for Zhang Heng's murder of the monarch and seizure of the throne, because Yang Su still concealed Yang Xuangan, even Yang Xuangan himself thought that Yang Jian was really dying.

Yang Yichen listened to the whole story, sighed, and then there was a long silence, his eyes flickered, and after a long time, he raised his head and asked, "Then according to Wang Yi, what should we do now?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled and said: "General Yang, we are now comrades-in-arms who are trying to please the thief, you don't need to be so angry, how old are you and me, I will call you Brother Shengyi, you can directly call me Shichong, just call Yang Zhuguo Xuangan." ”

Yang Yichen has a bold personality and is not polite, so he said directly: "Okay, Shichong, Xuangan, I'm not welcome, brother." Now that Qiao Zhongkui's rebels are besieging Daizhou, why don't we join forces now and go to rescue Li Jing together! ”

Wang Shichong was thinking about this problem all the way, and immediately waved his hand after hearing this: "Junior brother thinks that this matter can't be carried out like this." ”

A trace of unhappiness flashed on Yang Yichen's face: "Why? ”

Wang Shichong said in a deep voice: "Now Qiao Zhongkui's troops are all Yang Liang's elite housekeepers, and Yang Liang has been planning for this rebellion for many years, which can be seen from their raid on Puzhou, so now Qiao Zhongkui's troops besieging Daizhou cannot directly fight hard, but use guò to defend the city to wear down their spirit." ”

Yang Yichen said coldly: "Shichong, do you know how many troops General Li Jing's subordinates have?" ”

Yang Xuan said: "The soldiers are less than 10,000, I knew this before I came." Daizhou is the world's male gate Yanmen, which is enough to be a husband. Don't open it. General Lee is another famous general. Defending for a month is no problem at all. ”

Yang Yichen's voice suddenly raised: "Shichong, do you know, General Li's headquarters has 10,000 people in name, but more than 5,000 people went to Dali City to help Qimin Khan assist in the defense, and now his subordinates are only 4,000. ”

"A few days ago, Tanma reported that Yang Liang's subordinate Liu Wei had led more than 10,000 people to attack Daizhou once, and he had been beheaded by General Li, and now Qiao Zhongkui's subordinates are Yang Liang's most elite dragoon guards. There are so many people, I'm afraid that General Li won't be able to hold on! ”

Wang Shichong said in a deep voice: "I believe in General Li's ability, since he can defeat more than 10,000 enemy troops with 4,000 people, then with this fortified city, it will not be a problem to resist Qiao Zhongkui's attack for a month." ”

"Brother Yichen, the mission of our army is not only to hold Shuozhou and Daizhou, and block the passage for Yang Liang to flee north to the Turks, but also to join forces in one place, so that when the imperial army's army leaves the pass, it can launch an attack from the north to Yang Liang's old nest Jinyang, and now go to fight against Qiao Zhongkui's vigorous rebels. Even if you win, you will lose a lot of money. Unable to fight again. ”

Yang Yichen's eyes flashed, and more and more dissatisfaction appeared in his voice: "Then what if General Li can't resist and Daizhou is lost?" Shichong, you may not know that the so-called fortification of the city in Daizhou is relative to the north, and for the south, there is basically no danger to defend. ”

Yang Xuangan had never been to Daizhou, so he didn't know about this matter, and said, "There is such a thing?" ”

Wang Shichong thought of the situation in Daizhou and sighed: "Xuangan may not be too familiar with this land in the north of Jin, Brother Yichen is right, Daizhou is the Yanmen of the Han Dynasty, the so-called one husband is the gate of the Han Dynasty, and the so-called one husband is not open, which refers to the Hu Qi in the north, and the front of the gate is a small road sandwiched between two mountains, which is indeed easy to guard, but the south side is facing the pass, but it is a flat land, and there is basically no danger to keep." ”

Yang Xuangan nodded: "If that's the case, then we have to move quickly, how long have they been holding out, General Li?" ”

Yang Yichen thought for a while and said, "I received the news a few days ago, saying that Daizhou is being besieged by Qiao Zhongkui, and with the time on the road, I'm afraid it has been about ten days of siege." ”

Wang Shichong asked, "Then if we leave now, how many days will it take?" ”

Yang Yichen immediately replied: "Now our army is a mixed formation of infantry and cavalry, and we must cross the Xicheng path in Yanmen Mountain to reach the Yanmen Pass, and it will take at least fifteen days to take the infantry and baggage, even if we only use cavalry to rescue, because the mountain road is difficult to walk and cannot gallop, it will take at least ten days to arrive." ”

Wang Shichong pondered for a while, and immediately said: "Brother Yichen, you see how this is, we will first send a shrewd and reliable scout to Daizhou, and then the cavalry will go first, and the infantry will follow up. ”

Yang Yichen's eyes lit up: "Let's do it like this, Shichong, these five thousand Xiaoguo of yours are all heavy cavalry, and they have to be armored and cavalry, and they are not familiar with the road, so they follow the infantry of our Shuozhou army as a backup, how about it?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "One qiē act according to what Brother Yichen says." ”

At the head of Daizhou City, wolf smoke is everywhere, the rammed earth city wall has made several gaps, the moat in front of the city pass, which is not too wide, has been filled with sandbags and corpses, and more than a thousand dragoon guards wrapped in iron armor from head to toe are holding iron shields, slowly but firmly advancing towards a gap more than two feet wide on the left side of the city wall.

The corpses in the gap were already piled up to chest height, most of them were dragoons in iron armor, none of the corpses fell backwards, all the corpses were all facing forward, most of the corpses were densely packed with crossbow arrows in their chests and shoulders and necks, and only such an attack could completely kill these active iron warriors.

Feng Xiaoci commanded hundreds of soldiers who were already covered in blood, and there was no clean place for their armor, raised his crossbow arrows again, and his voice had become hoarse towards the enemy soldiers who were getting closer and closer to the gap, but every soldier could hear his words: "All ready, as soon as the corpse wall falls, three rows of crossbowmen take turns firing, all aimed at the head and chest of the enemy soldiers!" ”

At the head of the city, there were hundreds of soldiers lying under the battlements, Lu Yu was lying under the mouth of the saucer directly above the gap, and there were four or five iron pots behind him, which were crackling with hot oil, Lu Yu glanced at the dozen or so soldiers who were squatting in front of the hot pot and were engrossed, and suddenly a smile appeared on his face, and he said softly: "Listen to my command for a while, it's a pity that such a good oil is not used to entertain guests!" ”

Li Jing sat in full armor on the lobby of the Thorn History Mansion in the city, with his strong bow that was more than one person tall and four and a half stones.

Twenty days ago, when Liu Wei led the army to attack the city, he used this strong bow, and the arrows were not missed above the city pass, and he shot more than 20 enemy soldiers in a row with the stunt of a series of arrows, which immediately dispelled the arrogance of the enemy army besieging the city, and also caused a panic in the enemy formation, and created a fighter plane for Lu Yu to lead the dead battalion to open the door and assault.

Li Jing held a military book in his hand, stroked his beard and looked at it, the shouts and screams outside, the sound of war drums and horns sounded earth-shattering, but he turned a deaf ear, as if nothing in the world had anything to do with him.

The guards standing on one side were already dripping with sweat, and from time to time they raised their heads to look out of the hall, their anxiety overflowing. (To be continued......)