At this time, the Great Chu Dynasty has long been not the Great Chu at the beginning of the founding of the country, the royal family has no absolute authority, hundreds of years have accumulated countless contradictions, but also created countless wealthy families, like Dingzhou General Xiao Yuanshan, he was born in the Qi State Mansion, and Zhizhou Fang Wenshan is to be proud of the Fang family, at present, the states of Great Chu are basically controlled in the hands of the families, and there are only a handful of state capitals directly and effectively controlled by the royal family. Da Chu has shown twilight.

What impact will the defeat of Dingzhou have on the Xiao family and the Fang family? Fang Wenshan had to worry, would other families take this opportunity to make trouble? But now Fang Wenshan obviously has something more to worry about, the things in front of him have made him so worried that he has torn off a few clumps of beautiful beards, and a few gray hairs have been added to his sideburns, Dingzhou has become a battlefield outpost, but there are 20,000 Dingzhou troops here, holding Dingzhou is not a problem, but the refugees who have been surging towards Dingzhou City are the real headache.

The barbarians burned and looted on the periphery of Dingzhou, these refugees came to Dingzhou City, and they could not close the door, otherwise the imperial history of the imperial court would be involved, even if they had a deep background, they might not be able to pull him off the horse, but it was inevitable that they would be disgraced, but they would put these more than 100,000 or 200,000 refugees into the city, how to settle them was a huge problem, not to mention anything else, it was to eat, so many people just drank porridge and had to get tens of thousands of catties of grain a day, and Dingzhou's Yicang could not support it for long.

Refugees have arrived in Dingzhou one after another, presumably tomorrow, a large wave of refugees will come, Fang Wenshan has sent all his subordinates out, set up refugee camps, porridge sheds, and all the officials are on the streets to prevent chaos. Although Fang Wenshan, who had not slept all night, his eyes were red and swollen and he was exhausted, he still had to cheer up and discuss the defense of Dingzhou with Xiao Yuanshan, the general of Dingzhou.

When Xiao Yuanshan, who was draped all over his body, walked into Fang Wenshan's meeting hall, he had just sent out a subordinate official, and when he saw Xiao Yuanshan walking in, Fang Wenshan took a few steps to greet him, "Brother Xiao, I haven't been far away, please don't blame, I've been too busy here these days." Xiao Yuanshan arched his hand, "Brother Fang, you and I are polite."

In the current dynasty, the contradictions between the big Chu families have begun to intensify, and they often dismantle each other, but the Xiao Fang family is an exception, one is because the two families are in-laws, and the other is that the two Xiao families are powerful, and the Fang family is weak.

After taking his seat, Fang Wenshan pondered for a moment, and finally asked, "General Xiao, you have always been very steady in your use of troops, why did you make such a big mistake this time?" ＂

Xiao Yuanshan smiled bitterly, "Lord Fang, you know me, but this time it made Ma Mingfeng miserable, this time I asked Deputy General Ma to be my partial teacher, and go hand in hand with me, then I expected him to be so arrogant, with the strength of the third battalion of the Zuo Association, he wanted to sneak attack the barbarian battalion, rode out lightly, and lost his reliance with me, the enemy was unknown, arrogant, and let the barbarian Da Danyu gather the main force to break through, which led to a big defeat in the meadow."

"Ma Mingfeng? Fang Wenshan's hand shook and tore off a few more whiskers,

Xiao Yuanshan slapped his thigh angrily, "It's him, now his whereabouts are unknown, life and death are unknown, if he dies, it will be a hundred, but if he comes back alive, I will not spare him." I was so blind that I chose such a person to be my lieutenant. ＂

Fang Wenshan pondered for a moment and said, "Brother Xiao, let's talk about this matter later, Wenshan said that he invited the general to come today, but he wanted to ask, is it okay to defend Dingzhou with 20,000 soldiers?" ＂

Xiao Yuanshan nodded, "My lord, but you can rest assured, although the 20,000 Dingzhou army is not enough in the field, but it is more than enough to defend the city, the Dingzhou military town, the city is high and thick, and it is extremely steep, if you want to conquer Dingzhou, even if there are 100,000 barbarians, it is difficult to take it, what's more, hum, the barbarians will conjure up 100,000 soldiers from there?" The barbarians mobilized their tribes, and I am afraid that there are only 100,000 soldiers, but they have to guard the old nest and guard against the Murwei people outside his Green Ridge Pass, so it would be good to have 50,000 soldiers to attack Dingzhou."

"Then I'll be relieved." Fang Wenshan sighed, although he was sure in his heart, but when he heard Xiao Yuanshan, a veteran, say this, he put his heart in his stomach."Then I just need to settle the refugees who enter the city."

Xiao Yuanshan nodded: "Brother Fang, don't worry, I will defend the city, you just need to let my rear be safe, after the defeat of the meadow, I have gathered the troops stationed in various places to Dingzhou, these days, and successively collected some of the routs who escaped from the front, and reorganized them into a battalion, and now there are more than 23,000 soldiers in Dingzhou City, and there will be nothing to do in Baodingzhou."

"In this way, there is General Law! Fang Wenshan stood up and clenched his fists, "At this time of danger, Wenshan and the general share it."

Xiao Yuanshan raised his hand and gave a military salute, "Brother Fang, don't worry."

Seeing Xiao Yuanshan's back leaving in a hurry, Fang Wenshan sighed heavily, returned to the side of the case, pondered for a moment, and picked up the pen.

The crowd was rolling, seeing the tall outline of Dingzhou City appear in front of him, Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief, finally safe, for three days, he had been worried, if he met a large group of barbarians before returning to Dingzhou, then he really couldn't think of any way out for himself except to be slaughtered. The injury on his leg has long been scarred, and he is no longer hindered in walking, compared to the big bag on his head that is still swollen, Li Qing is more worried about his leg bitten by wild dogs, should he not get mad rabies, it seems that this disease has a long incubation period.

Rows of heavily armed soldiers in the city stand solemnly in the autumn wind, the eight-bull crossbow loaded with sharp arrows flashes with cold light and pokes out from the battlements, the huge bed crossbow is daunting, stacks of logs are on the city wall, if there is a war, those logs roll down, the harvest will be a piece of fresh life, the gate of Dingzhou is wide open, two rows of soldiers stand solemnly, and they are hoarsely trying to maintain the order of entering the city.

"The refugees went to the camp in the west of the city, and the soldiers went to the camp in the Chenghuang Temple to report for duty."

Hearing the shout, Li Qing took more than a dozen defeated soldiers and marched all the way to the City God Temple. There, tents had been erected, and the routs who had escaped from the battlefield were listlessly registering in front of the makeshift tents.

"Names, titles," asked an officer, who wrote in advance, without looking at the dismal-looking soldiers.

"Li Qing, the captain of the three wings and one outpost of the Changsheng Battalion of the Left Association of the Dingzhou Army."

Winning camp? The officer was startled and raised his head suddenly: "You said you are from the Changsheng Battalion?" ”

"Yes, my lord, is there any problem?"

"You're the only one coming back from the Changsheng camp so far!"

"Ahh Li Qing was shocked, a battalion of thousands of people, and he was the only one who came back, and suddenly remembered the criss-crossing corpses on the battlefield, and his eyes couldn't help but redden, "I also managed to crawl out of the pile of dead people." ”

The officer nodded and said, "Okay, it's good to come back, Captain Li, your life is really big, now you report to the newly built Xuanfeng Battalion.

Li Qing was stunned, "My lord, I am an officer of the Changsheng Battalion."

The officer glanced at Li Qing, "Captain Li, you are an officer, don't you know the regulations of the Great Chu military system, the Changsheng battalion has been wiped out by the whole battalion, and the battalion flag has been lost. Hurry up and report to the Selector Battalion."

"Camp flags? Li Qing was stunned, and suddenly remembered the flag in his arms/

Li Qing stood up straight, stretched out his hand and took out the tattered flag from his arms, shook it and unfolded it, and said loudly: "Lord Hui, the military flag of the Changsheng Battalion is here, the military flag is here, according to the Great Chu military system, the Changsheng Battalion will be rebuilt, and I am an officer of the Changsheng Battalion."

There was a sudden sound of surprise all around, and Wang Qinian and Jiang Kui, who had been following Li Qing, were also stunned, and they didn't expect that this Captain Li actually brought back the battalion flag of the Changsheng Battalion.

Huo Di, the registered officer, stood up and looked straight at Li Qing, he also experienced the Caoxuan War, but he was the Zhongjun camp of Xiao Shuai, the chief general of Dingzhou, and as far as he knew, the Changsheng battalion was ordered to break off, these days, there are routs in each battalion, but there is no Changsheng battalion soldiers, presumably the whole army has been wiped out, just heard that this person is from the Changsheng battalion, it has surprised him, and now, he actually saw this person bring the battalion flag back, he was even more shocked, generally speaking, the location of the battalion flag is the focus of the enemy's attack, It is also a trophy that the enemy must rob, and it is a very rare thing in the army to still keep the battalion flag under the destruction of the whole battalion.

"Captain Li, please wait a moment." The registered officer whispered a few words to a soldier beside him, watched the soldier rush away, and then turned around and said, "The matter is serious, and I have no right to be the master."