Chapter 16: Lingchang borrows grain
It is said that this self-proclaimed general of Nan Jiyun was already very enthusiastic and cold after Lingchang failed to ask for help, and he never thought that God would pity him, but he happened to meet the Xuanjia battalion waiting to enter the city. When he saw the armor system of the armies, Nan Jiyun's heart turned from sadness to joy, and he hurriedly jumped off the horse, shouting "The sky has eyes!" The sky has eyes! While rushing to the front of the army, ecstatic, but confused everyone, Yan Feng, Qin Wei, Bai Yuchuanbao, and the four of them rode forward, seeing that this person was wearing tattered Tang General Mingguang armor, but he looked crazy, hesitated, and was about to ask, but after seeing Yan Feng, who looked like a general, he suddenly knelt down on one knee in front of Yan Feng's horse, and shouted: "Please save Suiyang City!" ”
"Suiyang!" Everyone heard it clearly, and couldn't help but be shocked, looking at the blood-stained clothes and armor of this person in front of them, his lips were chapped, and his eyes were red, he had already speculated about the Suiyang war by seven or eight points, but after seeing that this person said this, his body shook and he fell to the ground unconscious.
When he heard the word Suiyang, Qin Wei jumped off the horse's back, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask carefully, but when he saw that this person fainted, he hurriedly shouted loudly: "Xiaoxiao, save people!" ”
When Xiaoxiao heard this, she hurriedly jumped off the horse behind her, held the person's wrist with one hand, thought for a moment, took out the Qingling Pill in the medicine bag, and gave the person water to take it. Then apply the technique of silver needles, tossing before and after half an hour of effort, Nan Jiyun gradually woke up, just as the sun was setting, Nan Jiyun opened his eyes, hazy, saw the army dressed in the sunset, like a general, muttered in his mouth: "Mo no, I saw the heavenly soldier general", Xiaoxiao saw that this person woke up, and hurriedly weighed the silver needle in his hand by three points, Nan Jiyun was excited, suddenly remembered the situation before he fainted, and wanted to struggle to get up, Yan Feng saw this and said: "General don't worry, please rest for a day or two" Unexpectedly, this person did not listen, The figure jumped and wanted to stand up, but he suffered from the weakness of his legs and feet, and fell down again, Qin Wei hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and asked: "Is the general from Suiyang City?" Nan Jiyun replied: "Exactly, Suiyang's situation is critical, please follow me to rescue Suiyang quickly!" Seeing this, Qin Wei hurriedly turned his head to look at Xiaoxiao, only to see Xiaoxiao put away the silver needle, sighed and said: "He, like the county lord of Ningshu, I am afraid that he has not eaten for several days, so that he has not eaten for several days" "I haven't eaten for a few days!" How so! Hurriedly took out the little dry food left in his bag and handed it to Nan Jiyun, but when he saw that this person did not receive dry food in his hands, he burst into tears and choked up: "Brothers in Suiyang, there has been no food to eat for several months" Immediately ignored the weakness and fell to the ground heavily, "Please save Suiyang!" Nan Jiyun is here to kowtow to you! After saying that, his forehead fell heavily and he couldn't stand it for a long time
"Nan Jiyun!" Hearing that this person reported his name and appeared in such a shape, Yan Feng hurriedly stepped forward to support this person: "General Nan doesn't have to be like this, I am waiting for this trip to help Suiyang!" Nan Jiyun was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly asked where everyone came from, and when he knew that they were actually from Yuhang, thousands of miles away, he was shocked in his heart: "You are actually from Yuhang County!" Didn't he leave a month ago?"
"Exactly" Yan Feng replied, "The imperial court issued an order a month ago to order the counties of Jiangnan Province to send troops to rescue, and it was only when I heard what General Nan said, Suiyang seems to have run out of food, but the imperial court attaches great importance to this battle, since I ordered the counties in Jiangnan to also let the surrounding counties of Suiyang all help, how could it be so far." ”
When Nan Jiyun heard this, he was angry again: "The imperial court has already issued an order to order Helan Jinming and Xu Shuji to send troops to help, but! Immediately, his eyes turned red, and he looked at Lingchang City behind him, "The two have already colluded, and seeing that the thief army is at its peak, they actually did not move and refused to send troops!" Lord Zhang was helpless, so he sent the elite to break through the defense of the thief army to escort me out, and personally came here to ask for help" Bai Yu heard this, and asked: "Then, how do you know that there is only one general, and the others..." After Nan Jiyun said these words, he seemed to have resentment in his chest, full of grief, and his body was very vain, and he fainted again. Qin Wei looked at Lingchang City in the distance, clenched the spear in his hand suddenly, and said, "Yan Feng, Brother Bai Yan, you are willing to go to Lingchang City with me, and I will meet that Xu Shuji for a while."
"That's what I mean" The three of them replied in unison, and after that, the four of them jumped on their horses, Qin Wei said to Xiaoxiao: "Miss Xiaoxiao is hard, please take care of General Nan well."
"You still need to say it!" Xiaoxiao didn't raise her head, poured the medicine bag, turned out several delicate vials, and gave Nan Jiyun to take them without distress. Lord Ningshu and Haitang looked at their respective sweethearts, and their words converged into the word "careful". is reluctant to gather in the eyes, how can people not know.
The four of them rode horses to Lingchang City, and on the city, Xu Shuji had already taken in the situation in the distance, and was worried that the Xuanjia Battalion would forcibly enter the city, but only four people came, and they breathed a sigh of relief, only to hear a sentence under the city: "Please Xu Taishou answered" Just poked his head out and wanted to speak, he was surprised to feel a strong wind from the top of his head, and then his hair fell down, and when he looked back, he was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, and it was a fine iron spear that nailed his official hat deep on the city tower!
Qin Wei looked at his hand expressionlessly, and said, "Heh, I actually lost my head."
"It's the other way around! Come! Shoot them for me! After a while, Xu Shuji reacted smoothly, immediately grabbed his hands randomly, got up from the ground with a stream of urine, hid on the side of the city wall, and ordered the city head guard to command the garrison to release arrows to the city. The guard general saw Yan Feng's armor system clearly, knowing that he was a Tang general, and the official rank should be above himself, besides, the army they brought was also stationed not far away, so he hesitated a little, and when he was searching for the other two, he heard a sound above his head, looked up, and finally found the two who had lost their traces, but he didn't have time to react, seeing the two jumping down from the roof, Chuan Bao jumped behind Xu Shuji with a panicked face, and grabbed the throat of the Lingchang City Taishou, and the guard hurriedly raised his knife to rescue, only listened to the sound of "ding", but it was Bai Yu's body turned, the thin sword in his hand appeared, and the long knife of the guard was blocked, and the long knife cast by the latter stainless steel was broken in response, and the guard saw this, his heart was shocked, and he was busy asking the bows and arrows of the army to aim at the two, Chuan Bao saw this, his fingertips exerted force, and said gloomily "Don't move", Xu Shuji, who was pinching, was out of breath for a while, and hurriedly said: "Ahem, all retreat!" Bai Yu's face was solemn before the general met, and the long sword in his hand was extraordinary at a glance, and he was looking at himself indifferently at this time, knowing that he was worried about his life if he moved recklessly, and the city was narrow, and the archers couldn't use it, so he waved his hand helplessly, and the army saw that the two of them jumped on the city so easily, knowing that they had met a master, they were frightened, and they put away their bows and arrows. Ahem! All back! When the army heard this, they all avoided it.
At this time, Yan Feng under the city spoke again, his voice was thick and dignified: "Please Xu Taishou answer" Xu Shuji was tightly choked by the throat at the head of the city, hearing this, thinking that his life was in the hands of others at this time, he immediately struggled and said: "General! Ahem! Hero! Heroes! Ahem! Spare your life! Seeing such an ugly state, Chuan Bao couldn't wait to strangle him immediately, seeing Xu Shuji's face red and his eyes protruding, Bai Yu hurriedly whispered: "Brother Yan, don't miss a big deal!" When Chuan Bao heard this, he had to dispel his thoughts, and his hand was withdrawn, Xu Shuji felt that Chuan Bao let go, and was busy struggling to escape, but was noticed by Chuan Bao, and with the strength in his palm, he grabbed Xu Shuji's shoulder and twisted it hard, and there were several clicks, and Xu Shuji's right arm was immediately dislocated, "Ah! It was another howl like killing a pig, and Xu Shuji was paralyzed in pain, and because Chuan Bao's eagle-like hand was tightly clutching the sore spot, he couldn't fall to the ground softly, but his legs were already trembling, and he had lost his inconfinement, and the city stinked for a while.
"Great! Spare your life! "Ten thousand! All the best! Good to discuss! Checkmate! Checkmate! Xu Shuji hurriedly begged for mercy
Yan Feng heard it well in the city, and he also wanted to kill Xu Shuji, who was greedy for life and afraid of death and refused to help Suiyang, but considering the purpose of this trip, he forcibly suppressed the anger in his chest, and shouted to the city: "Xu Taishou, why don't you help Suiyang"
In the midst of severe pain, when I heard this, I knew that these people came to make trouble after listening to Nan Jiyun's words, although they are now pinching their lives in the hands of others, but after several years of official career, Xu Shuji has come to the position of Taishou, and he is not a good person. Immediately, his mind changed, and he hurriedly said: "The general blames the lower officials, the lower officials, ah!" The subordinate really has no soldiers to borrow! ”
"No soldiers to borrow?" When Bai Yu heard this, the sword blade pointed straight at the head of the city, and the guard immediately looked like a great enemy, sweating like rain behind his back, looking at the bright sword blade, as if he was being targeted by a poisonous snake that spit out a letter, and it was like a thorn in the back. Hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The hero doesn't know, there are less than 30,000 city defense troops left in this Lingchang City now, and he has not received the will of the imperial court, and these 30,000 generals have no right to transfer."
"Thirty thousand!" When Qin Wei downstairs heard this, he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart anymore, and shouted at the city: "30,000 people!" I can't help Suiyang! You can know that Suiyang is broken! Huainan Jiangnan will fall into the hands of thieves! And listening to what Nan Jiyun said, the imperial court has already issued an order for you to rescue Suiyang, why do you say no!? "When he said this, he was furious in his heart, and if he still had a weapon in his hand, I am afraid that he would have crucified this stubborn guard to the city.
Xu Shuji, who was struggling, heard what the guard general said, and hurriedly shouted: "General, don't believe that nonsense, the lower official has not received the express will of the imperial court, so he really has no right to transfer troops, if the general is willing to wait, the lower official will start His Majesty and ask for troops!" Yes! Heroes spare their lives"
This is clearly a perfunctory statement, Chuan Bao was angry in his heart, and the strength in his hand was three points heavier, Xu Shuji was in pain, and there was a vicious howl
"At this time, I remembered to start playing, I'm afraid that if the text is issued, Suiyang has already been broken!" Hearing this, Qin Wei was furious in his heart, but when he saw Yan Feng waving his hand and signaling silence, Yan Feng exhaled deeply, after listening to Xu Shuji's words just now, he was naturally angry in his heart, but at this time, if he really killed Xu Shuji, it would not only be a serious crime, but also Lingchang City would be damaged.
"No, not much, ah! Not much! Oh! All to the generals! , you don't want to go! Chuan Bao's fingertips exerted force, and it was faintly embedded in Xu Shuji's flesh, seeing that there was blood flowing out, the pain was unbearable, Xu Shuji immediately changed his words, and shouted bitterly at the guard
Seeing Taishou like this, the guard general already understood three points in his heart, and immediately shouted to Yan Feng under the city: "The general will wait later, and the last general will prepare a grain cart for the general!" Then he beckoned all the archers to be on guard, and deliberately glanced at Taishou, and saw that Taishou nodded lightly, and his heart was clear. He went down the castle tower and went straight to the grain and grass camp.
Xu Shuji was already sweating profusely at this time, and hurriedly turned around and said: "The two young heroes are really good, please spare the life of the official."
Seeing this face, Chuan Bao really wanted to strangle him, if it weren't for Bai Yu's words on the side to stop him, he would have already made a move, Bai Yu saw that the archers around him were like a great enemy, so he frequently signaled Chuan Bao not to act rashly, otherwise he might have lost his efforts.
Half an hour later, the gate of Lingchang City opened, only to see the guard leading dozens of soldiers, pushing out ten carts full of grain and grass, seeing Yan Feng and Qin Wei, he hurriedly dismounted and knelt on the ground: "The last general has taken out all the grain and grass in the city according to the general's words, and please let the two heroes let go of Lord Taishou!" ”
"That's all?" Qin Wei saw that there were only ten carts, and he was displeased, and when the guard heard it, he hurriedly crawled on the ground, shouting in his mouth: "General Mingjian!" There are really only so many, Taishou and the last general still have to feed the soldiers and civilians in the city, and there is really no surplus food! If you don't believe me, please follow me to the granary! ”
Hearing this, Yan Feng had to sigh lightly, after all, this Lingchang City is now like a tiger's den in Longtan for them, and they can't enter it, after all, they have also taken some food, which should be able to slow down the situation in Suiyang City, thinking that they should first transport the food to the city, and then think of other ways.
Seeing Yan Feng's answer, the guards were overjoyed, and they hurriedly led the soldiers to push the cart to the place where the Xuanjia Battalion was located, and he bent his knees and asked Yan Feng to let Bai Yuchuan Bao upstairs release him.
When Chuan Bao heard this, he said: "If this guy turns his face for a while and is helpless, what is the use of such a villain, he will simply chop it to death with one palm" immediately raised his hand, and was about to chop it down, Bai Yu hurriedly said: "Brother Yan can't be reckless!" Immediately, the thin sword was retracted, and Chuan Bao jumped down from the city tower.
The wound on his shoulder suddenly loosened, and a sharp pain came, Xu Shuji screamed in pain, and fell to the ground. The guard was busy going to the city to check, and when he saw that he was just unconscious, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said to everyone in the city: "Now that the food has come out, I hope the general will not come to entangle again!" Immediately ordered, the army at the head of the city pulled the bowstring and aimed at the city, Yan Feng also knew that it would be like this, but since the food was in hand, there was no need to continue to entangle with Lingchang City for the time being, so he immediately pulled the reins of the horse with the three of them, and turned back to the Xuanjia Battalion station.
If you want to know what happens next, let's see the next time.