Chapter 86: Defending the City (2)
The Cavalry Battalion.
"That's what the Yanzhou City Warden said?" The head of the left household said as he tapped the table with his horsewhip.
"Indeed!" The messenger replied in a deep voice.
"Elder Zuo, we can't agree to their rude request for more than 10,000 prisoners, why should we exchange 2,000 with them?" The commander of the thousand said angrily.
"No, the people who can trade with the Yan people in Yanzhou City are all capable people from various small tribes, and they have to bring a lot of benefits to the leaders of various tribes every year, we can't ignore it. Now the whole camp knows that our men are in their hands, and they must not be left to the mercy of others. Especially now that the eldest prince and the head of the right household are also leading the army, maybe they are waiting to catch the handles of the adults. The other commander shook his head and retorted.
"Ha Yan, what do you say? You're the best guy in our head here, tell me about your attention. We can't exchange with them, we're at a loss. ”
Ha Yan smiled: "What if you change it?" Will they be able to hold the walls? As long as we want, we can arrest more than 10,000 Yan people from Yanzhou Mansion at any time, so what's so difficult? But if we change, we will have the support of the small tribes, and the adults will not be walking on thin ice in the whole of the Bolu tribe. My lord, I think it can be changed, for us, these more than 10,000 Yan people are not as useful as 10,000 sheep, this Yanzhou Mansion can be captured at any time. ”
Huhule thought about it for a while, and felt that what Ha Yan said was reasonable, but he still felt a little depressed, he had bullied the people of Yan Guo before, and now he was persecuted.
When Ha Yan saw Huhule's changing face, he knew that he was not angry, and said with a smile: "Don't be angry, Lord Zuo doesn't have to be angry, didn't the guards of Yanzhou City agree to the invitation of Yanyan?" Then fight a battle, let them see the strength of our cavalry, and kill their majesty. ”
"Okay, changed! Ha Yan, you are responsible for this. Tomorrow, let the Yan people take a good look at the strength of our Yan cavalry. Huhler slammed his whip on the table and decided.
Yanzhou City.
"The people of the Devil have retreated!"
"Looks like they're going to swap with us! More than 10,000 people have been saved! Yu Jing said with joy on her face, her eyes looked at Zhao Xun who was standing on the city wall like a javelin, and sighed slightly.
"Listen, the Yan Guo guard in the city, our head of the left household has agreed to your unreasonable request and is willing to change people, in order to show sincerity, we have retreated ten miles. By the way, someone agreed to our invitation to fight tomorrow under the city walls! With that, the messenger who had come to deliver the message turned and left.
"And they agreed!"
"Great!"
There was a cheer on the walls. However, the faces of the officials of the Governor's Mansion and the Assassin's Mansion were not good-looking, because the other party said that they would fight under the city wall tomorrow. But the army of Yanzhou City can defend the city, if you go out of the city to fight in front of 15,000 Yan cavalry, I'm afraid ...... Everyone looked at Zhao Xun with ugly faces, blaming him for not agreeing to the other party's invitation to fight, and seemed to have forgotten Zhao Xun's previous plan to exchange for more than 10,000 people.
Zhao Xun stared at the direction of the retreat of the Yan cavalry, didn't look at the officials, and said coldly: "Tomorrow, my Huolin Army will go to battle, but I need you to ration armor and weapons." ”
Sima Yun sneered: "Since your Huolin Army is willing to go out of the city to fight, I gave the weapon to the Captain's Mansion, what you want, we will give." ”
"Zhao Xun, how are you ...... Alas......" Su Yun sighed.
Zhou Jun also looked at this Zhao Xun with a little meaning, and said with a smile: "The hero is a young man, it's really good!" I'm sure you're going to impress everyone. ”
Seeing that more than 10,000 people were approaching Yanzhou City under the drive of hundreds of Yan Ya cavalry, Zhao Xun ordered in a cold voice: "Zhao Ning, you take someone to drive this Yan Ya people out." Zhao Qingshan, immediately let the government army make room for me in the camp in Dongcheng, let these people who entered the city stay there first, check if there are any spies of the Yan people, and reward the whistleblowers! ”
After Zhao Xun gave the order, many small colonels in the Governor's Mansion looked embarrassed, this was the duty of the Governor's Mansion, but I didn't expect it to be brought up by Zhao Xun first, it was really embarrassing.
"Lord Zou, as for the follow-up matters of these people, please ask the servants of the Assassin's Mansion to be served."
Since getting Zhao Xun's silver, Zou Ling was still very satisfied with this young man, and said with a smile: "This is easy to say, this is also the duty of our Assassin Mansion." Zhao Xun, tomorrow's battle, be careful. Alas...... "I wanted to say something, but I didn't know how to say it."
"Don't worry, sir! The Huolin Army will never disgrace Yanzhou City, as a soldier, he should repay the country with death! Zhao Xun said excitedly. Li Xinyan, who was beside him, secretly glanced at Zhao Xun, knowing that Zhao Xun's purpose in speaking like this was not for the dark line of the Tiqi Division and the Governor's Mansion.
"Let's go, let's go back, it is estimated that there will be no siege today, and we will see tomorrow!" Zhao Xun looked at the camp of the Yan Tatar people rising from the cooking smoke, and said to Li Xinyan beside him.
The remnant sun was like blood, reflecting the city of Yanzhou, and the hands of both sides secretly sent people to silently collect the corpses of their own soldiers and people. There are even times when the two sides will help each other to move back the corpse of their own side, making it seem as if the two sides are not at war.
Zhao Xun didn't have to pay attention to the matter of defending the city, the people who had their own governor's mansion were responsible, and with Li Xinyan, Zhao Xun silently rushed back to the Zhao Mansion, which was originally the Qi Mansion.
"Hey! Zhao Xun, are you sure that you will win tomorrow's battle" Li Xinyan looked at Zhao Xun, who was hurrying away, and asked angrily.
"No, I'm not an immortal, how do I know about tomorrow?" Zhao Xun said casually.
"None? Didn't you still take a bite to come? ”
"Shouldn't you take it down? The battlefield is something I promised, even if the fight is final, it has to be me, and they have been unpleasant to the Huolin Army for a long time. ”
"You, you, you know that you still stupidly ran to Yanzhou Cheng, don't you have a dock fort not far from Xicheng? Why do you have to come here, it's really ......" Li Xinyan shook his head and sighed.
"Your Excellency, you're back! Madame and Miss Su have also arrived here, and they are now in the house. When the guard saw Zhao Xun, he bowed and saluted. What puzzled Li Xinyan was why these soldiers were full of admiration and ...... for Zhao Xun And fanaticism, yes, fanaticism!
"You're all here!" When I entered the hall, I found three women talking and laughing together.
"Young Master, you're back!" Seeing Zhao Xun coming back, Ruyu immediately stepped forward, untied the cloak for Zhao Xun, and took off the armor, the bulky armor made Ruyu a little difficult.
Seeing Ruyu so casual, and Zhao Xun was also very natural, Li Ruolan and Su Ran looked at each other secretly, and they both felt that it was not a taste, especially Li Ruolan, who originally did it, but now he was robbed by another girl.
"Young master, you're tired! I made some fresh lotus white fungus soup to ward off your fatigue. ”
"I said Ruyu, you just came to Zhao Xun's side, and you forgot about me! Alas...... This is really a new person forgetting the old one! As he spoke, he looked up to the sky and sighed.
"Good, good! Since Li Gongzi said so, the slave maid will also serve you a copy. Ruyu deliberately accentuated the three words of Li Gongzi.
"Zhao Xun, these two are your wives? It seems that you are still quite blessed. As he spoke, Li Xinyan carefully looked at Li Ruolan and Su Ran.
Seeing this Li Gongzi dressed in splendid clothes looking at him with strange eyes, the two of them were very annoyed in their hearts, but thinking that this person was Zhao Xun's friend, they had to suppress their resentment, bend down to give a salute, and said coldly: "I've seen Li Gongzi!" As for the word Mrs. Li Xinyan said, Su Ran's heart beat, but he didn't refute it.
"Okay, don't be angry with the two of you, this boy is a Xibei goods! Oh, that is, fakes! Zhao Xun saw the unhappy expressions of the two, and hurriedly said with a smile.
"Women?" The two women looked at each other, especially Li Ruolan, who had also mixed with men before, but today because she saw the tacit understanding between Ruyu and Zhao Xun, she didn't pay attention to it.
"Could it be that this guy has not only brought back one Ruyu, but another?" Li Ruolan and Su Ran stared at Li Xinyan, constantly guessing in their minds.
Seeing the constant gaze of the two, although Li Xinyan didn't understand what was going on, as a woman's intuition, she still vaguely guessed what the other party thought, and hurriedly waved her hand and said, "I'm not what you think." ”
"It's coming! Let's drink a bowl of fresh lotus white fungus soup, which can drive away fatigue. Ruyu took the two newly bought girls and brought a few small bowls, and said to the people who were a little cold with a smile.
After receiving the fresh lotus white fungus soup brought by Ruyu, Li Xinyan said: "I said Lord Zhao! What the hell are your thoughts? Could it be that tomorrow you will really bring your people to compete with the Tatar people? Although the number of people dispatched by the other party should not be too much, but there should be more people than yours, not to mention, the people of the Devil are good at shooting, I am afraid that you will ......"
"What? Husband (Zhao Xun, Gongzi), you are going out of the city tomorrow to fight against the Tatar people? The three of them said in unison, the three of them looked at each other, and finally Li Ruolan said urgently: "How can this be done?" It's too dangerous, isn't it? There are 15,000 cavalry outside, and we only have 2,000? You better not go. ”
Zhao Xun glared at Li Xinyan angrily, blaming him for not saying it at this time, and said with a smile: "It's okay, although the people are good at shooting, but the armor is not as sharp as ours, even if I don't win, I can quickly withdraw to the city, there will be no danger, everyone don't have to worry." ”
Although Zhao Xun explained so, none of them put their minds at ease, especially Li Ruolan, who had been on the battlefield, naturally knew that it would be so easy to come back when she went out of the city. But when Zhao Xun said this, he obviously didn't want everyone to worry, so he had to press it in his heart. Although Su Ran and Ruyu have never been on the battlefield, they also know that the sword has no eyes, who dares to guarantee that they will be fine?
"I'll go to the barracks and have a look!" Feeling that the atmosphere was a little depressing, Zhao Xun remembered that he had gone to collect the equipment and left in a flash.
"Ruolan, do you think Brother Zhao can win this time?" Su Ran asked nervously, as if Li Ruolan's answer could calm the tension in her heart.
Li Ruolan took a deep breath and said, "Yes, surely!" I've been with my husband for so long, and I've never seen him fight an unprepared battle, and he hasn't failed. ”
"Yes! The young master will definitely win! Ruyu also said.
Looking at the three of them, Li Xinyan couldn't help but sigh secretly, I hope you can win tomorrow, even if you can't win, it should be no problem to save your life.