A quiet autumn rain has been falling for ten days, the rain is not heavy, with a hint of late autumn chill, fine and dense on people's faces. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Piles of dark gray clouds pressed low on the earth, it was late autumn, and the endless trees in the vast forests of the northern part of the state were bare, and the autumn rain washed the old trees, but the merciless autumn stripped them of their beautiful clothes, and made them stand gloomy, and the brown moss hid the deep wrinkles in their bark.

The autumn rains, which lasted for ten days, also made the ground extremely muddy, and the official road was full of muddy puddles and mud, making it difficult for pedestrians to walk an inch.

This is the official road thirty miles east of Yuci County, Taiyuan County, with desolate wild grasslands and large shrubs to the north, and endless forests a few miles away, all the way to the majestic mountains beyond.

To the south of the official road is a large wheat field, the same endless, the autumn wheat has been harvested, the wheat field has become bare, and there are human-shaped wheat straw stacks standing everywhere, and in the distance, you can see a huge waterwheel, there is a waterwheel and a river, and the whirlpool is just below the waterwheel, quietly flowing to the west, and finally injecting a wider sparkling Fen water.

In the afternoon, the sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance, just like the sound of the leather drum beaten by the drought demon when he appeared during the rain ceremony in the temple this summer, and many people complained that the drum was beaten too hard, which led to endless autumn rain.

In a moment, a group of Tang cavalry galloped in the misty rain and fog, and muddy water splashed under the horses' hooves, which frightened several villagers on donkeys to rush to the wheat field to hide, and when the cavalry was far away, their vicious curses could be heard in the rain and fog.

They did hate the army stationed in Yuci County very much, and there were 5,000 Tang troops stationed in Yuci County, and they did not disturb the people, but since Xiangguo Pei Lin came to Taiyuan, the endless labor was like this endless autumn rain, which pressed on the heads of the people of Taiyuan again and again.

They were requisitioned to build warehouses, requisitioned to build city walls, and requisitioned to demolish the city walls of Yuci County, and then a bigger nightmare appeared, more than 20,000 villagers in Yuci County were forcibly requisitioned again to build a new city wall, and this repair was three months, delaying the farm work, delaying the autumn harvest, and this year's autumn grain ratio was reduced by 40%.

Although the main cause of the poor harvest was the drought in the summer, the pragmatic peasants did not put the blame on God, but vented their anger on the plague officials Pei Lin and Tang Jun.

Pei Lin was sent to Taiyuan a few months ago to assist Li Deliang, the king of Xinxing County, to garrison Taishou, Pei Lin adopted the defense method of the stars holding the moon, the moon is Taiyuan City, and the three military cities are deployed on the periphery of Taiyuan City, they are the stars guarding the moon.

Yuci County is one of the largest star cities, located about 30 miles east of Taiyuan City, is a large county with a population of nearly 100,000 people, Pei Lin levied 20,000 people, and spent three months to rebuild Yuci County, although it can not be compared with the tall and strong Taiyuan City, but it can also effectively resist several rounds of attacks of the Sui army, so as to gain valuable time for the defensive deployment of Taiyuan City.

This cavalry of the Tang Army was sent by the Yuci County garrison to patrol the periphery, consisting of ten cavalrymen, and the patrol range was within a hundred miles around.

The cavalry galloped all the way down the muddy official road, and in addition to the curses of the villagers fading away, the rain and fog were also filled with the extremely irritable curses of a Tang soldier.

"We're already on our third patrol, but Liu Jiang and their team didn't get their turn once, it's really fucking unfair, I don't understand, how did the captain arrange it, how much benefit did he get from Liu Jiang?"

The young Don cavalryman's voice sounded very immature, belonging to the kind of age that had grown hair but not yet fully grown, and there were a few obvious freckles on the side of his cheeks wrapped in an eagle-pried helmet, and he babbled and complained all the way, finally angering the gallop in front of the fire chief.

"Shut your crow's mouth!"

The fire chief cursed rudely and harshly, and the young cavalry was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse, and closed his mouth tightly, a trace of chagrin flashed in his eyes, he knew that he was going to be unlucky, and the older cavalrymen in front of him looked back at him gloatingly, and some even whistled triumphantly.

Sure enough, at noon, while the cavalry were lying down under a relatively dry tree to rest and eat dry food, the poor young cavalryman was sent to keep watch around and continue to enjoy the cold wind and rain.

This is the rule of the army, and sometimes the temper of the fire is much more terrible than the anger of the army commander.

"Boss, let that kid rest! He was only fifteen years old after all. A veteran was fed with dry food, and a trace of pity finally grew in his heart.

"Leave him alone, if his mother-in-law doesn't change her mouth, he will be the first to die in a fight, and Lao Tzu will let him be the first to charge."

"Boss, do you think the Northern Sui army will attack Taiyuan? I heard that the next battle was Taiyuan. ”

"Don't talk about the Northern Sui Army, they are now the Zhou Army, the Tiger Guard Army of the Great Zhou Empire, it sounds imposing, to be honest, I don't know, but sooner or later there will be a big battle in Taiyuan, I hope that Pei Xiangguo will surrender the city directly, so that we don't have to worry and fear all day long."

"Do you say that Pei Xiangguo will surrender?"

"He thought, but it's a pity that his wife and children are all in Chang'an, and it is impossible for King Li Junwang to surrender."

"Don't mention that King Li Jun, I get goosebumps all over my body when I mention his name, and I actually like men."

"Huo Chang, don't you like men too?"

There was a burst of laughter from the crowd, and at that moment a cold arrow swept in front of them, nailing it to the tree, and everyone jumped up in fright, but immediately they were so frightened that they crouched down with their heads in their hands.

Hundreds of Zhou cavalry appeared at some point, they surrounded the big trees, hundreds of horned crossbows coldly aimed at the nine Tang army patrol soldiers, among the hundreds of Zhou cavalry, but there was a young Tang soldier with freckles on his face, he was guarded by two Zhou cavalry, looking timidly at his companions.

"Take them all!" An order was given for the head general.

Dozens of Zhou cavalry rushed forward, seized their weapons, shouted angrily, forced them all to get on their horses, and a group of Tang army patrol posts was wrapped in hundreds of Zhou cavalry and galloped towards the forest to the north.......

Hundreds of cavalry rushed out of about 20 miles, in a basin surrounded by forests, suddenly appeared countless tents and dense Zhou soldiers, in the middle of the camp stood a huge green dragon red flag, next to another flag written on the word 'Wei Chi'.

Several Tang army patrol posts were stunned, it turned out to be Wei Chigong's army, they had inspected here yesterday, and they couldn't see a single figure, why did they appear today.

"Take them for interrogation, the general is still waiting for news!"

The chief general shouted the order, and the ten Tang army patrolmen were brought into several large tents.

.......

After the Sui army was changed to the Zhou army, except for the word 'Sui' on the military flag was replaced with the word 'Zhou', the rest of the military emblems and military flags did not change, and it was still the Qinglong Red Flag.

This Zhou army is the 20,000 troops led by Wei Chigong, they have been stationed in Shangdang County, the Tang Dynasty's negotiations are not wrong, Zhang Xuan's next target is indeed Taiyuan City, although Pei Lin believes that the Zhou army will not launch an attack on Taiyuan City before the New Year, but the Zhou army led by Wei Chigong still arrived in Taiyuan in late autumn.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, a young Tang soldier knelt on the ground, trembling with fright, his body like a dried bean shrunk into a ball, like a thin sheep about to be slaughtered, and a few freckles on his face had turned gray and white due to excessive panic.

Wei Chigong frowned and looked at the young young man Tang Jun and asked, "How old are you?" ”

"The villain ..... this year Fifteen years old! ”

"You became a cavalryman at the age of fifteen, your riding skills are good!" Wei Chigong smiled gently, and his tone was as gentle as possible to calm down the overly frightened teenager.

Generally speaking, the fierce-looking man's smile is more infectious, and Wei Chigong's smile made the young man see the hope of living, and he kowtowed again and again, "I haven't done anything bad, the general spared my life." ”

"As long as you answer my questions honestly, I won't kill you, and I'll let you go home."

"The villain's name is Yang Jun, his father Yang Danian, the family sells livestock in Taiyuan North City, the villain can ride horses since he was a child, and he was recruited into the army in August this year."

The reason why the scouts of the Zhou army brought this young cavalry to the camp for questioning was because he was the only native of Taiyuan in this group of Tang army patrol cavalry, and the main general Wei Chi Gong mainly wanted to understand the people of Taiyuan City through him. (To be continued.) )