Just when Chen Huan said that the Xiaohuakou thieves were willing to defect to Huluyan, Feng Jian was a little tempted.

Xiaohuakou is located on the road to and from Pingdu Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture, and it is the throat of Pingdu City. Xiaohuakou itself is not precipitous, it is located at the southern end of Osawa Mountain, where the terrain is relatively flat. The official road in and out of Pingdu and Laizhou is less than three miles away from Xiaohuakou.

Feng Jian remembered that Kong Youde's rebellious troops were divided from Laizhou Mansion to Pingdu, and after breaking through Pingdu City, they slaughtered most of the old and young in the city, and when they evacuated, Pingdu City, which had not experienced war for more than 200 years, was razed to the ground, which made people sigh!

If war comes, as long as the troops are sent to block Xiaohuakou, it will be even more difficult for Kong Youde's rebels to reach Pingdu City through here smoothly! In the same way, if an alien enemy wants to easily break out of Pingdu, he must also pay a heavy price.

Xiaohuakou is only ten miles away from the new camp headquarters of the Zhenshan Battalion, and once an enemy situation occurs, the Zhenshan Battalion can be reached overnight.

There is a large market town near Xiaohuakou, if you control Xiaohuakou, the special products produced by Huluyan in the future can be directly transported here for trading.

It can be said that accepting Chen Huan's surrender to control Xiaohuakou in the hands of Huluyan definitely outweighs the disadvantages, and what Huluyan paid was only to temporarily bear the food of hundreds of villagers in Xiaohuakou. This is not a problem at all for Huluyan, and when a mutual aid association is formed, the food of the villagers can be solved.

After listening to Chen Huan's explanation of the situation in the cottage, Feng Jian said: "Commander Chen, stand up quickly, this commander can agree to your request and accept your surrender." Well, from now on. Your Xiaohuakou and all the villagers in Xiaohuakou are under the jurisdiction of Huluyan. ”

When Chen Huan heard Cheng Yousheng's ridicule behind him just now, he was already discouraged. Suddenly, when he heard Feng Jian say that he wanted to take them in, he trembled. His eyes looked at Feng Jian in disbelief: "It's true, Commander!" ”

He knows better than anyone else that Feng Jian promised Xiaohuakou's submission that he had taken a heavy burden on his body, and the more than 800 villagers in the cottage needed to provide a large amount of food subsidies, could Huluyan take out so much food to fill Xiaohuakou?

Chen Huan looked at Feng Jian with a worried expression, and when he saw the other party's affirmative nod, he suddenly knelt down and kowtowed excitedly.

Feng Jian held him and said, "Don't be polite, you can find someone to go back to the cottage now and prepare." Let some more people in the village follow the commander's people to the front market, buy some food and go back to the cottage for emergency relief, and then you yourself follow the commander to Pingdu City, and the commander will buy a batch of food from Pingdu City to help the villagers in the Xiaohuakou village. ”

When Chen Huan heard this, his expression was a little gloomy, how much food can more than 800 people in the cottage buy in this small market town! Besides, the cottage has a total of more than 100 taels of silver, what should I do if I urgently need it after it is gone? Obviously, there are more than ten carts of supplies, as long as a part of them is left, Xiaohuakou can solve the urgent need, why go out to buy?

Chen Huan secretly slandered himself. He hesitated for a moment and said: "The villain obeys the commander's orders, there are still some silver taels in the Xiaohuakou cottage, so the villain will find someone to go back to the cottage to take out the silver taels and go to the front market to buy grain." ”

Feng Jian had been carefully observing Chen Huan. Seeing that he hesitated, he waved his hand and said, "I don't need your little silver." The commander of the two silver books that bought the grain came out. ”

Pointing to the more than ten big driveways: "Our big cars are full of herbs and local products from the mountains, even if they are given to you, it is useless." ”

Saying that, Feng Jian turned his head to Cheng Yousheng and said, "Cheng Yousheng went to Su Su to get two hundred taels of silver." Together with Chen Huan, he went to the front market to buy grain. ”

Cheng Yousheng didn't have a good impression of this impostor at all, but the commander not only agreed to his refuge. They also have to pay their own money to buy food subsidies.

Cheng Yousheng was puzzled! What is it about this man that impresses the commander? He didn't dare to disobey Feng Jian's order at all, so he had to agree in a muffled voice. Reluctantly, he turned around and went to Su Su to get the silver taels.

Chen Huan stopped him when he heard that Feng Jian was about to pay for silver to buy grain: "Commander, you don't need so much silver taels at all, where will there be too much grain to sell in the market ahead!" The merchants knew that bandits were rampant in the vicinity, so they only brought a small amount of grain to the market each time to trade, and no matter how much silver they had, they could not buy grain. ”

Feng Jian's face changed and said: "Don't care so much, how many are acquired, Cheng Yousheng just bring the silver!" ”

He can tolerate all sorts of minor faults with his subordinates, but he will never allow them to question the decisions he has made.

Cheng Yousheng gloated on the side, "The commander has made a decision, this kid still has to object, he deserves it!" You kid looks good in the future! ”

Feng Jian saw that Chen Huan's face was a little frightened, and obviously felt that he was abrupt, so he changed his tone and said: "Xiaohua's purchase of grain and the aftermath of this battlefield will be handed over to Commander Chen to deal with." When buying a little food in the market town, Xiaohuakou's urgent need was temporarily relieved, and the commander was going to the city to buy food in large quantities. ”

Chen Huan hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "It's the villain's shallow knowledge, please forgive the commander!" ”

Feng Jian only thought about it, so he said: "In this way, our brigade will go first, and after you have completed all the things you have assigned, you will then rush to join the brigade, and after Pingdu City, assist Pan Zhaoying and them in negotiating to buy food." ”

Chen Huan hurriedly kowtowed again and said loudly: "The villain will arrange all kinds of things for Xiaohuakou to deal with the aftermath as soon as possible, and then catch up with the commander and his party as soon as possible." ”

Feng Jian held Chen Huan with his right hand: "Okay, Commander Chen, hurry up!" ”

"Please commander, please call the villain by his name, in front of you, the villain never dares to claim to be the commander, the villain has just been full of nonsense in front of the commander, it is really ridiculous to think about it at this time, and please don't blame a lot of adults."

Feng Jian waved his hand and smiled: "It's okay, you are also trying to survive by pretending to be someone else!" In the future, your Xiaohuakou will also belong to Huluyan, we are our own people, and we should not be so polite when we meet. ”

Seeing that the elders of his boss did not kowtow and salute, Chen Huan did not take Feng Jian's instructions seriously, and said in his mouth: "The villain obeys!" ”

Feng Jian saw that Cheng Yousheng had already taken the silver taels from Su Su, so he said to Chen Huan: "Cheng Yousheng is the personal guard of this commander, and he is here to assist you in dealing with the aftermath." As he spoke, he tapped his finger at Cheng Yousheng next to him.

Chen Huan was apprehensive about the man who had captured him, and hurriedly walked up to Cheng Yousheng and clasped his fists and saluted: "There are many offenses in the previous days, please forgive Leader Cheng!" ”

Cheng Yousheng squinted at Chen Huan with his eyes, and snorted twice in his nose, completely ignoring Chen Huan with an expression of love. Feng Jian scolded on the side: "Cheng Zi, you have to cooperate with Chen Huan to deal with the aftermath here, and you must not make things difficult for no reason!" ”

Cheng Yousheng had to put away his contemptuous expression and said to Chen Huan: "Let's go, go to the market town in front to sell grain!" ”

Chen Huan hurriedly said: "Oh, call a few people together, buy the grain first, and then ......" The two discussed and walked away.

Feng Jian thought about not worrying about leaving Cheng Yousheng here alone, so he said to Fan Li and Bao Feng: "You two stay here to take care of the aftermath with Cheng Zi, and the two war horses will be left for you, and you will come and join me as soon as the matter is over." Be sure to stay safe! ”

Fan Li and Baofeng don't talk much on weekdays, they are down-to-earth and hardworking, and the two of them are people from Huluyan Village, so Feng Jian is more at ease with them.

Fan Li said: "The three villains are not by the commander's side, what if there is an emergency?" Bao Feng also had a worried expression.

Feng Jian said: "Don't be afraid, Chen Huan's more than 100 thieves have been defeated by dozens of us, and the rest of the small group of thieves dare not provoke at will, besides, this place is close to Pingdu City, and the danger is not very likely, you can rest assured that you can do what the commander handed over to you!" ”

Fan Li and Bao Feng said no more, and led the horse to the direction of the market town to catch up with Cheng Yousheng.

Feng Jian walked to the carriage of Chen Lilan and the three of them, comforted the three of them a few words, jumped into a carriage transporting goods, ordered two squads of soldiers of the Zhenshan Battalion to guard the convoy before and after, and then ordered the convoy to continue to move forward.

Everyone's food is not to be eaten for the time being, the steamed buns and meat buns purchased by Cheng Yousheng before were thrown into the bandits as hidden weapons, and now time does not allow everyone to stay and continue to eat.

The gate of Pingdu City will be closed on time, and if you don't arrive before the unitary time, everyone will have to sleep outside the city. Therefore, it is necessary to hurry up. It's just that after delaying for so long, whether they can get to the city gate before the unitary time, Feng Jian and the others don't know the bottom in their hearts.

In the evening, a group of more than ten carriages finally arrived at the foot of Pingdu City, and when they saw that the city gate was still open from a distance, everyone was relieved.

On the way, the soldiers of the Earthquake Mountain Battalion hid their weapons and blades under the carriage, which was difficult to find if they were not specially searched.

In addition, Cheng Yousheng, Chen Huan, Fan Li, and Bao Feng hurriedly arranged the matter of Xiaohuakou and rode to catch up with the team.

The city wall of this Pingdu city is built by rammed earth, the outer layer is covered with bricks, the city wall is tall and majestic, the whole city is rectangular, the east and west are long, the north and south are wide, the circumference of the city is six miles and thirty steps, plus the female wall city is three zhang high, one zhang and five feet thick, since the Hongwu period established the city, it has been more than 200 years so far.

There are more than 1,500 battlements around the city wall, the four city wall officials in the southeast and northwest each set up a bed crossbow, the four gates are all built with urn cities, the city wall stands with a tall arrow tower, the city wall has a gate in the four directions of the southeast and northwest, and the city is surrounded by a moat of zhang width.

Looking at the tall and sturdy Pingdu City from afar, Feng Jian sighed that since the establishment of Pingdu City, after more than 200 years of war, this prosperous city will be completely razed to the ground by Kong Youde and other rebels in two years. It was not until ten years later that the city was rebuilt.

Feng Jian retracted his thoughts, now is not the time to sigh, the team has to go into the city to say, more than ten carriages entering the city is estimated to arouse the vigilance of the soldiers defending the city, but these people are the team escorting the daughter of Zhizhou, if you encounter difficulties, please ask Chen Lilan to come forward and show his identity, it is estimated that no one will dare to cause another incident.

The team slowly walked across the moat to the entrance of the urn city, only to see two soldiers wearing felt hats and wearing big red fat jackets standing in the city gate hole. (To be continued......)