Crossing the river from Mengjin, Chen Nuo's foothold is in Pingyin County on the opposite bank.

Looking back at the surging water, the surface of the river was calm, except for the occasional wind blowing the armor, as if the trembling sound of the raging horseshoe striking the earth last night.

With the help of the wind, Chen Nuo first defeated Xu Huang's front infantry, and then defeated Yang Feng's thousands of iron cavalry. He pursued all the way down until he sent the gang of thieves out of Heyang County, and when the sky was slightly bright, he relieved himself and knew that there was no need to chase him anymore. Later, Pan Zhang and other departments, Duan Xuan and others also rushed up one after another, and joined Chen Nuo and others under Heyang City.

As early as earlier, Pan Zhang, Zhu Ling and others crossed the river first, Zhu Ling was responsible for pressing the formation on the river bank, and Pan Zhang escorted the soldiers across the river. It was only when the boat reached the middle of the boat that a strong wind blew on the river, and a large wave was rolled, because the draft of the ship was too shallow to withstand the turbulence of the wind and waves, and soon many ships were swept away. Pan Zhang also rushed to cross the river before the arrival of a bigger storm, which minimized the loss, but in the end, he still lost more than a dozen boats and lost the men and horses of the 100th.

Standing on the opposite bank, looking in the direction of Jindu, I saw that the firelight was boiling like stars, and Pan Zhang and Zhu Ling were both in a hurry, knowing that the general must be in trouble. But in the face of strong winds and waves, they had no choice but to set up camp while looking forward to the wind and waves. When the wind was a little lighter, Pan Zhang discussed with Zhu Ling and asked Zhu Ling to continue to supervise the stationing of men and horses on the riverbank, and he took all the boats and more than 300 men and horses to wade into the river again.

There is no way to do this, if you want to bring more people, but the ships are limited, which is already the largest number. It's just that Pan Zhang didn't know that this wind and waves were really tricky, just a little smaller, and suddenly when he arrived in the middle of the river, it slowly became bigger, and in an instant, the turbid waves were monstrous, lapping the side of the ship, and many boats were swept away by the wind and waves. Pan Zhang also rescued flawlessly, shouting the trumpet, working with everyone as one, and fighting against the wind and waves step by step. It's also a dark night, so you don't need to worry about the terrifying scene of the boundless river and turbid waves. Fortunately, the road was smooth, and no matter how much their boat was tricked by the wind and waves, they still managed to reach the other side of the river. However, when I went ashore, I found that less than half of the people and horses could be gathered, and most of the rest were swept away by the river.

Pan Zhang also took this into account, dropped anchor of the boat, tied the cable, and hurriedly ran to the river bank with the rest of the men and horses. It's just that from a distance, another group of people and horses are coming, regardless of Pan Zhang and the others, looking at Jindu and about to rush. Pan Zhang also felt strange, it seemed that this group of people was trying to seize the ship he brought! How willing Pan Zhang was, he quickly stopped the actions of those people. Seeing that the sword soldiers were about to be mobilized in two clicks, fortunately, there were still torches lit in the dark night, and Pan Zhang quickly saw that it was Heyang County Ling Duan Xuan standing opposite.

For Duan Xuan, Pan Zhang didn't have a chance to know him, but before Chen Nuo entered Heyang, Duan Xuan personally went out of the city to greet him, and Pan Zhang had a meeting with him. Duan Xuan was bent on escaping from Heyang, but he didn't notice who was coming, and he didn't follow Chen Nuo to rush and kill during the war, but only gathered some officials around him, while anxiously waiting for the boats that would appear on the river at any time. It can also be said that he wanted to see through, but when he thought it was hopeless, Pan Zhang crossed the river with his men and horses, and left a lot of boats, so he unceremoniously took his subordinates to take it. Only he didn't have the time to meet Pan Zhang and the others, so he came in a hurry, not wanting to be recognized, and immediately knew that it was Chen Nuo's general, so he didn't dare to act rashly.

Pan Zhang asked General Chen Nuo where he was, and Duan Xuan told him honestly. As soon as Pan Zhang heard that the general Chen Nuo was only leading three hundred horsemen to pursue the thieves, he didn't dare to delay, and without saying a word, he chased after Duan Xuan and the people and horses around him. If you want to talk about Duan Xuan, he originally wanted to stick to his original idea and wanted to cross the river to take up his post, but Pan Zhang said that the general Chen Nuo was desperately chasing and killing the thieves for his Heyang City, so he was embarrassed to insist any longer, so he had to go to Heyang with Pan Zhang's men.

By the time Pan Zhang and Duan Xuan rushed to Heyang City to meet Chen Nuo and the others, the sky was already slightly bright.

After a night of hard fighting, Chen Nuo couldn't remember how many thieves he had killed with this gun in his hand, until he saw the shadow of the thief riding clearly, he was sure that this group of thieves was none other than Yang Feng's gang of white wave thieves. He also thought at the time, no wonder the infantry battle formation fighting against him was so neat, as if he had seen it, but it turned out that it was Xu Huang's department who was fighting against him in the dark. It's just that it's not difficult to understand this matter before and after, thinking about why this gang of thieves would pursue Duan Xuan so desperately and attack Heyang City, thinking that they heard the news that his soldiers had arrived in Heyang, because of the defeat of the wild king, so they intended to sneak attack Heyang, and they were ashamed of their blood. It's just that they didn't think that he set off in Heyang City without much delay, and the Duan Xuan they were chasing was of course not him. It's just that Xu Huang was able to kill him in the end, which was just a big coincidence.

Of course, if this coincidence can go a little smoother, or if Chen Nuo does not have the help of time, presumably the three or four hundred people under Chen Nuo's department, plus Duan Xuan's little combat-powerless men and horses, I am afraid that they will be cut off at the Jindu Ferry. It can be regarded as a blessing, with the help of the direction of the wind, coupled with Chen Nuo's courage to fight to the death and dare to go all out, this defeated the white wave thief and kept Heyang City.

And the people of Heyang City, because their homes were closed at night and there was no one in the market, they were not too frightened at the moment when the white wave thieves attacked, and the goal of this group of white wave thieves was not to rob, so the losses in the city were also minimized. It wasn't even until the next morning that the gates were opened, and they heard about the events of the previous night. These people all heard that their faces changed drastically, thinking that if the city was really occupied by thieves, they were afraid that what would follow would be a big robbery or even a massacre, which in their opinion, the consequences were really unimaginable. But patting my chest, fortunately, things didn't go in a bad direction. However, I heard that the thieves were repelled by the county order and Chen Nuo, so they thanked Dai De one by one, and greeted Chen Nuo and others with flowers and fruits along the way into the city.

Chen Nuozhi's light returned to Heyang, and even with Duan Xuan, there was light on his face. To tell the truth, since he Duan Xuan took over as the commander of Heyang County, he has been urging households to pay donations for Zhang Yang's military expenses all day long, and the residents in the city will naturally not treat him with a good face. Looking at the happy smiling faces of the people, Duan Xuan wishfully thought that the people were for him, and sighed to Chen Nuo with a sigh: "Contemptible people have been officials for several years, and today I know the joy of being an official!" ”

Chen Nuo had also heard about Duan Xuan's desire to seize Pan Zhang's ship, but he didn't want to blame him in person at this time, so he just smiled and said quietly: "Oh, yes? However, after this battle, I believe that Yang Feng's white wave thieves will not dare to invade Heyang County easily, and the county lord should rest assured that he will have fun with the people. ”

Although Chen Nuo's words were only a few words, they inadvertently touched the depths of Duan Xuan's heart, and he was speechless with shame all the way.

When he arrived at the county temple, Duan Xuan immediately withdrew from everyone, leaving Chen Nuo alone.

Chen Nuo sat down slowly, looked at Duan Xuan's face, and knew that he was about to tell him something. Sure enough, after Duan Xuan's eyes rolled a few times, he seemed to have made up his mind, and then he arched his hand towards Chen Nuo and said, "At the head of Heyang City that day, Xiaguan Zeng Dao wanted to ask the general a question, I don't know if the general still remembers?" ”

Chen Nuo liked Duan Xuan's straightforward attitude, he just nodded and said, "Oh, didn't the question of the county zun already be said at that time?" It seems to be ......"

"Forgive the General! At that time, the lower official didn't say it because of a thought, and only said it casually, just afraid that the lower official himself would forget it. But the subordinate has already figured it out at this time, and you have to ask the general for advice on this matter, I wonder if the general is willing to teach me again at this time? ”

Duan Xuan looked extremely humble at this time, and he was also ashamed and anxious.

If it was because he suddenly heard that Chen Nuo, a fellow countryman, was better than him, so he temporarily changed his mind, didn't want to take out this matter for him to refer to, and deliberately hid his secrets, then now, maybe he was grateful to Chen Nuo for sparing no effort to recover Heyang City for him, and in exchange for the love of the people in the city, so he was grateful and ashamed, and from the bottom of his heart, he regarded Chen Nuo as his own person, or even a friend, before he decided to tell him about this matter and let him get an idea for himself.

At the same time, in order to show his sincerity, he also deliberately handed over an edict of appointment to Chen Nuo for Chen Nuo to read for himself. He believed that as long as Chen Nuo read it, Chen Nuo should naturally understand the questions he was going to ask.

The content of the edict was very simple, and Chen Nuo could read it at a glance.

This matter is really not as simple as it seems, Chen Nuo thought about it for a while, and returned the edict to Duan Xuan's hands. didn't say a word, it seemed that he just read two pages of idle books, which had nothing to do with him. Chen Nuo's indifferent expression seemed to Duan Xuan in his eyes, it was a big trouble, he moved his body, bowed his hand to Chen Nuo, and said: "General, the edict has also been shown to you, I don't know what kind of subordinate officials you have, general?" ”

After saying it twice, Chen Nuo smiled quietly: "Lord County wants me to make up ideas, but until now, I can't see the slightest sincerity of Lord County Zun." Before the prefectural lord asks me, can the prefectural lord tell me your old story? In other words, how did you come here, and how did you become the magistrate of Heyang County? ”

Asking Duan Xuan's words was still in his ears, Chen Nuo was standing by the river, and his thoughts were suddenly interrupted by Dian Wei.

"Lord!"

I saw Dian Wei standing in front of Chen Nuo, Chen Nuo was stunned, came back to his senses, and asked him, "What?" ”

Dian Wei bowed his hand to Chen Nuo and said: "My lord, just now the news of the reconnaissance cavalry said that the Pingyin County Order heard that my army had crossed the river and had abandoned the city. My lord, what should we do next? ”

Chen Nuo smiled, glanced at the surging river, and thought of the situation when the soldiers were in Xiu County, and couldn't help laughing: "Oh, yes? It seems that he is a time-savvy again! Let's go, since the county orders have run away, then let's go to him to supply the supply point and then hit the road. ”