Chapter 167: Desperate Situation
However, after a long time, Liu Fa and Jiang Baiyan returned to the mansion, at this moment, the three messengers under the command of Nangong Zhifu also waited for a long time, all the way non-stop, and the road was very bumpy, but fortunately, they finally arrived at the dust pass safely, and after getting off the horse, they finally recovered a little physical strength.
Liu Fa glanced at the three of them, and did not rush to open the letter, but asked with a smile, "Where are you from?" ”
The three knights were also shocked when they saw Liu Fan, although they had heard of Liu Fan, but they never thought that Liu Fa would be so young, when they heard Liu Fa ask, the knight led by him organized a speech, and then said: "General, the three of us are all scouts under General Nangong, and they are all from Nanjiao!" ”
Liu Fa nodded, and asked again: "Where is General Nangong, why haven't you seen grain and grass until now?" ”
The scout smiled bitterly, and then said: "General, the journey can be regarded as safe, but after arriving in Mangyuan, things continued, and finally got out of Mangyuan, and the official road was destroyed and it was difficult to walk, and hundreds of truckloads of grain and grass could not be transported to the dusty ...... at all."
He shook his head, paused, and said: "In addition, I don't know anything else, my general's letter has been delivered, and I ask the general to read it!" ”
Liu Fa looked at his eyes, it didn't seem to be lying, so he opened the letter, just looked at it, immediately frowned, and then stretched it out again.
"In that case, you should go back first!"
The three messengers looked at each other, and when they saw that Liu Fa didn't seem to be laughing, they nodded one after another, and immediately withdrew.
Liu Fa watched the three messengers withdraw step by step, but there were many doubts in his heart, the letter was right, it was written by Nangong Zhinu, but Liu Fa always felt that something was wrong in his heart.
"Baiyan, what do you think?"
Liu Fa handed the letter in his hand to Jiang Baiyan, his eyes flashing with worry.
Jiang Baiyan saw that Liu Fa's eyes were very wrong, so he immediately picked up the letter, looked at it, and then exclaimed: "General, at such an urgent juncture, we must immediately send soldiers and horses to transport the grain and grass back to the dust pass, this matter is really sooner rather than later!" ”
"Sit!"
Liu Fa motioned to Jiang Baiyan to sit down first, he was not in a hurry now, just because the things in it really made him feel puzzled, and more importantly, it was not easy to open up the road, there were not many soldiers and horses in Chenguan, if he sent a team of men and horses out, it would immediately lead to a vacancy in Chenguan, Chenguan was his foundation, once there was a problem in Chenguan, not only him, but also the swing men and horses under his command would have nowhere to stay.
"Alas, general, when is this, it still matters to send troops and horses!"
Jiang Baiyan saw that Liu Fa was unmoved, there was only deep worry in his eyes, and he didn't have the slightest intention of sending troops south, so he couldn't help but feel anxious.
"Alas, Baiyan, the grain and grass in the southwest will also be transported to the dust pass in the near future, if I send soldiers and horses at this time, the dust pass is not enough soldiers and horses, can this dust pass be guarded, the most important thing is not this, two or three days, the change is really big, alas!"
Liu Fa saw that Jiang Baiyan was so anxious that he stomped his feet, pressed him down again, and then whispered his worries.
Jiang Baiyan was silent for a moment, and then said: "The general's worries are not unreasonable, but what should be done with this grain and grass, you can't ignore it, right?" ”
"Well, that's it, Baiyan, count the people and horses, take Lu Xuan, you two lead the men and horses under your command to go south quickly, open up the road, and transport the grain and grass to the dust pass!"
Liu Fa thought for a moment, and felt a little irritable in his heart, Jiang Baiyan was right, no matter what, he needed to send troops, if there was no dust pass, he could also learn from Luo Xingtian and be trapped in the grinding stone ridge, if this road was not passable, the supplies could not be sent, and he would always suffer.
Hearing Liu Fan's promise, Jiang Baiyan was also relieved, and then hugged his fists and went out to find Lu Xuan, not long after, Xin He and Qing Yunfei rushed to Liu Fan's mansion, at this time Jiang Baiyan and Lu Xuan had also counted the soldiers and horses, ready to go.
"General, what's going on, I heard that someone from the South Prison is coming?"
Xin He also felt a little strange when he saw Jiang Baiyan reorganizing his troops on the school field, although he heard some rumors, he didn't see the three knights under Nangong Zhinu, so he asked.
At this time, Qing Yunfei also looked at Liu Fan, just now he had seen that Liu Fan's face was not very right, and when he heard Xin He ask, he also wanted to know what happened.
Liu Fa cleared his throat and didn't say anything, at this time Lu Xuan and Jiang Baiyan walked in again, and when they saw Liu Fa, they immediately knelt on the ground, Jiang Baiyan said in a deep voice: "General, the people and horses have been ordered, and they can set off at any time!" ”
"Okay, Lu Xuan, this time you are the deputy general, listen to Jiang Baiyan in everything, Baiyan, you also discuss with Lu Xuan, and you must be cautious, if I guess correctly, this time it is not very easy, in short, it is right to be cautious, okay, send troops quickly, go early and return early, be sure to bring back the grain and grass!"
Saying that, Liu Fa patted Jiang Baiyan's shoulder again, and smiled slightly, but his heart became heavier and heavier.
At this time, Xin He and Qing Yunfei glanced at each other, and both of them guessed a little problem.
Jiang Baiyan and Lu Xuanying claimed that they were, and then left the house side by side.
"Presumably you have all guessed that there is a problem with Nangong Anger, otherwise, according to the speed of Nangong Anger, it should also be in the dust!"
Liu Fa watched the two go away, sighed, and thought that Qing Yunfei and Xin He were still sitting in the hall, and then turned around and said lightly.
"General, General Nangong has an excellent prestige in Nanjiao, how could such a thing happen, besides, Nanjiao has just been pacified, who will block General Nangong's way?"
When Xin He heard this, he knew that he had guessed about the same, but he was still very puzzled in his heart.
"What Mr. Xin said is, what the hell is going on?"
Qing Yunfei nodded, also very puzzled.
Liu Fa sighed, a hint of strangeness flashed in his eyes, and he said with some incomprehension: "You guys, do you remember An Qiusheng?" ”
"An Qiusheng?"
The two looked at each other, as if they had thought of something.
Liu Fan sighed, turned his head and looked in the direction of Mangyuan again, and his heart was even more worried.
……
As Liu Fan guessed, Nangong Zhinu is not in a good situation now, he is injured, he has been holding on to Chongcheng for several months, few people have injured him, and now, he is injured.
"General, we have nowhere to retreat now!"
The guards were like shadows, standing beside Nangong Quanfu, bandaging his wounds and reminding him in a low voice.
"It's okay, by the way, Mrs. Liu, what about the situation now, you must protect them!"
Nangong Zhi waved his hand angrily, then remembered Ye Ruoxin again, and then asked again.
The guard nodded, and immediately said: "General, Mrs. Liu, they are safe and sound, there are brothers guarding outside, and there are ten powerful characters inside, and there will be no problems, but it's a pity that the batch of grain and grass is gone, alas!" ”
"Hehe, stay in the green mountains, I'm not afraid of no firewood, it's mine, I'll get it back sooner or later, cough ......"
Nangong Zhifu smiled coldly, but it caused the wound, and under the pain, he coughed up a mouthful of blood, he lowered his head and glanced at his ribs, a deep blood stain was still bleeding, and the guards saw that the blood flowed out again, and then found the ointment, sprinkled it on it, sighed slightly, and did not say anything.
"These two days and nights are really long!"
Nangong was angry and saw that his blood was still flowing, and suddenly a lot of disgust came out of his heart, and when he saw this blood, his body was extremely cold.
Everything had to start from that night, the three messengers took the letter and left, but it was on that night that Nangong was worried about what happened.
"The brothers may be tired, let them rest early, the manpower of the night patrol must be arranged!"
Nangong was angry and quickly finished eating, these few days of hard work, he was also exhausted, exhausted, for him, such an escort of grain and grass, even more difficult than him sticking to Chongcheng, sticking to the days of Chongcheng, although facing death every day, but there is no need to worry about being stabbed in the back.
But the current South Prison is no longer the South Prison of the past, at this time he also understands, why such a trivial matter as escorting grain and grass, Qin Wen also designated himself to do it, and he also needs to escort it himself, killing chickens with a knife, at this time, it seems that Qin Wen is too wise, if it is someone else, this batch of grain and grass may be left in Mangyuan City, and the crisis of the South Prison is even more serious than he imagined.
The weather was getting colder and colder, and the stones were frozen, and soon night fell, and the whole camp was shrouded in darkness.
The wind and snow did not stop, and some animals that had not yet rested were still active in the darkness, and from time to time there was a shrill cry.
On a low hillside, a black iron rider stood motionless, as if guarding the night.
"Whoa......
A big flag fluttered in the wind, the leader was wearing silver armor, holding a steel whip, looking extremely powerful, the banner was waving, and a word of An loomed in the night.
It is An Shixian, where is An Shixian still half old at this time, the master of a clan, what kind of waste, An Shixian, who is cold in front of Nangong's anger, at this moment, it is like a different person.
"Tonight's three watches, break the anger of Nangong and burn the grain and grass!"
An Shixian, who was under the armor, had a cold face, looking at the sparkling Nangong anger control camp, An Shixian's eyes flashed with weirdness.
His An Shixian's grain and grass, how can it be so easy to take away, his own things, even if he can't get it, he won't let others take it easily, the generals under his command heard An Shixian's order, just hugged their fists, and didn't speak, now it's too close to Nangong Anger, a little bit of wind and grass, Nangong Anger will be noticed, they have been staring at Nangong Anger for the past few days, seeing that they are extremely busy every day, in order to open up the road, they get up early and are greedy for darkness, and they will not rest until very late.