Chen County is more than 100 miles north of Linzi City, the people are mainly cultivated land, the city wall here is based on the boulder, the loess is compacted, nearly four zhang high, the appearance has a thick layer of withered yellow moss, it seems to tell its vicissitudes.

There are county officials at the city gate, and more than 1,000 temporarily recruited young men are guarding the city, but they are a little lazy, holding weapons, leaning against the wall, chatting in pairs, there is no vigilance, they think that Zhang Chu's army is in Linzi, how can they come to their remote county.

However, there are four towering corner towers in the corners of the inner wall, on which two sentries each patrol back and forth, and their view from the corner towers can cover within five miles of the county seat.

Previously, Zhao Jun had already instructed Sima Xin and Zhou Jiao to be responsible for the defense and people's livelihood of the three counties in the county during the war, and to restrain the common people and officials to strictly defend.

Therefore, Sima Xin and Zhou Cao discussed with the officials in the county guard, and ordered the three local counties to strictly guard the city, build new corner towers, temporarily recruit young people to defend the city, close the city gates, and the people enter the city to take strict precautions.

Suddenly, a young sentry on the north corner suddenly opened his eyes wide, and he was stunned as he looked at the black lines and the earthy yellow flag that appeared on the horizon in the distance.

"Uncle Han, quick, look at what that is!" He exclaimed, grabbing the arm of the other sentry with his hand and shaking it.

Han Zheng was forty or fifty years old, he was a veteran of the Qin Dynasty before the unification of the Six Kingdoms, and later was wounded in the battle against Chu, and his left foot was sloping, so he was arranged to Linzi County as a government officer.

"What, what?" Han Zheng looked at the pawn suspiciously.

The pawn hurriedly raised his hand and pointed to the black lines that were surging rapidly on the northern horizon, as well as the earthy yellow flag.

Han Zheng was stunned for a moment, so he followed his pointing and looked, at this time, the word Zhang Chu was already faintly visible on the earthy yellow banner, and the black lines were gradually clear, and the hideous faces and the weapons that shone with cold light all jumped in front of him for a while.

After being stunned for a moment, Han Zheng, who came back to his senses, suddenly exclaimed: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! ”

The terrible cry alarmed all the soldiers defending the city in the city, and they were also stunned for a moment, they who had not been on the battlefield looked extremely dull, and there was no sense of crisis at all.

Han Zheng was so angry that he almost roared: "It's Zhang Chujun here, hurry, hurry up and prepare for the battle!" ”

Then, he grabbed the two good horns on the corner tower, forced them into the frightened young pawn, and shouted: "If you don't want to die, play the trumpet with me!" ”

"Woohoo"

The sentinels on the other three corner towers also discovered Zhang Chujun who came inexplicably, and after being stunned for a while, they also blew the horn.

The low and long sound of the horn sounded immediately, tickling people's nerves wave after wave, warning everyone inside and outside the city.

At this time, the soldiers in the city reacted even if they were stupid, hurriedly got up, grabbed their weapons, and hurriedly ran to the position they were holding under the scolding and scolding of the officials, and looked nervously at Zhang Chujun, who was getting closer and closer, with smoke and dust in the sky, and the momentum was surging, as if there were thousands of troops and horses.

The people in the city also panicked, they didn't understand why the enemy army was obviously in Linzi, how could they suddenly come to Nanpi County, so the people on the street ran to their homes in a panic, and they didn't care about anything else, closed the doors and windows and hid in the house, and no one dared to come out easily.

In the county office, Yu Tongzheng listened to the report from the official with a shocked expression, why did the soldiers and horses of Linzi suddenly come here?

Yu Tong is of medium stature, wearing a robe, with a warm breath, he studied through the Jixia School Palace, and was entrusted with a heavy task after being favored by Zhao Jun, and finally transferred to Nanpi County as a county commander, over the years he has been loyal to his duties in order to repay Zhao Jun's kindness, and unswervingly implemented Zhao Jun's governing strategy, and performed well in office, and won the love of the people.

After hearing the news, Yu Tong was stunned for a moment, and then said anxiously: "Come on, quickly ask the captain to gather all the manpower, prepare materials to defend the city, and go to the city to hold on. ”

After that, Yu Tong summoned another strong official and ordered him to ride to Linzi as soon as possible to inform Shenwu Hou.

Zhang Heng is the county lieutenant of Nanpi County, and he is also a stout man who retired from the regular Qin army, without the county order to remind, he has already gathered all the young men in the city, collected the materials to defend the city, hurriedly climbed the city wall, and then stood at the north gate to look, only to see that Zhang Chu's army had approached, a total of six or seven thousand people, spears like a forest, violent, under the leadership of the first two generals slowly walking.

"Where is this Chu Jun singing?" Zhang Heng said suspiciously, and then turned back to the people in the city and shouted: "Cheer up Lao Tzu, the county commander and I will advance and retreat with you, and I have already told the Shenwu Marquis, I believe that it will not be long before the reinforcements will come."

The people who defend the city, plus the young and strong, are only more than 1,800 people, and they have to take care of the four gates, and they are indeed slightly weak in the face of six or seven thousand people, and they are all recruits and people, however, Zhang Heng feels that it is not without the strength of a battle, at least it is impossible for Zhang Chujun to take down Zhangchu County in a short time.

"Yes, Captain."

The people in the city listened to the county order and the commander personally supervised the battle, and their morale immediately improved a lot, and they also had great hopes for reinforcements.

Under the city, Zhang Chu's army was in front, Gao Chu and Shen Yi wore armor, and under the arch guard of a group of guards, they rode horses and slowly walked two steps forward, and finally shouted: "The people in the city have listened to me, hurry up and open the door and surrender, otherwise the generals will be killed into the city, and the chickens and dogs will not be left." ”

"That is, most of you are Qi people, why help the abuse, let's fight against Daqin together, and in the future, it is better to make contributions and worship the prime minister, than to live like a dog under the strict rule of tyrannical Qin."

The two generals opened their mouths to persuade them to surrender, and even frightened and coaxed, and more than 7,000 Zhang Chu troops behind followed one after another: "Open the city and don't kill!" ”

The momentum of the soldiers guarding the city wall was finally summoned, and suddenly a little collapsed, a small part of them were servants, and most of them were young and strong people who were temporarily recruited, how to compare with these people who had been on the battlefield.

"Phew!" Zhang Hengda scolded: "I don't know how to be ashamed, just because you are the defeated generals who dare to come to my Nanpi to be presumptuous, who was killed by Hou Ye's two hundred elite soldiers a few days ago and fled, tell you, we have informed Hou Ye, it won't be long before Hou Ye will lead the elite soldiers to kill, if you know each other, get out of here, otherwise you will wait for the crying father to call your mother, don't blame me Zhang Heng didn't tell you in advance." ”

Yu Tong also climbed the city wall at this time, pulled out his sword and scolded: "Loyal ministers are not the two masters, we are all loyal and good, how can we do the act of surrendering and rebelling, no matter what Qin Zheng is, we only know that under the governance of Shenwu Hou, taxes and conscription are light, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. ”

"That's it, fight with him."

"For the sake of his wife, children, and parents, what if he dies."

"If there is a kind, you will come to attack the city, and Lao Tzu is waiting for you on it."

Yu Tong and Zhang Heng's words aroused the resonance of everyone in the city, and they shouted one after another, most of them turned their fear into strength, the bow pulled the full moon, the spear towered, and the people had already piled stones and sassalwood and other things on the battlements for timely use.

Under the city, Shen Yi turned his head to Gao Chu, who was also riding a horse next to him, and said, "Brother Gao, it seems that they are very tightly guarded, and it may be difficult to capture Nanpi with our manpower alone." ”

Both of them were generals who followed Chen Sheng's uprising, and they have always been very important under Ge Ying's command, and this time Ge Ying sent them to entrust them with important tasks.

"Hehe, General Ge didn't have much hope for capturing a few counties." Gao Chu had a big beard, smiled when he heard this, and then shouted in a deep voice: "Someone came to send an order, divide three thousand brothers, and step on the farmland when they see it, and kill all the people who are left alone." ”

"No!" The herald behind him responded with his fists clenched, and immediately waved his horse to convey the order backwards.

In the end, Gao Chu said to Shen Yi: "It's up to you to stay as a deterrent here, and the momentum must be sufficient, and the general's plan must not be ruined." ”

"Okay, you can go with confidence." Shen Yi nodded.

In the end, the two divided their troops into two ways, and Shen Yi led the troops to stay.

"Brothers, shout to me, Kaesong surrenders and does not kill." Shen Yi opened his mouth and shouted.

When the thousands of soldiers and horses behind heard this, they immediately opened their mouths and shouted in unison:

"Kaesong surrenders and doesn't kill!"

"Kaesong surrenders and doesn't kill!"

The thousands of Chu soldiers left behind roared with ferocious faces, and the guards on the city wall did not dare to relax at all.

Zhang Heng saw that the Chu army actually divided the troops, and asked Yu Tong in confusion: "My lord, how did they divide the troops, what's going on?" ”

"This county doesn't know, in this way, you are sending someone to report the situation here to Linzi City, we just have to guard the city tightly, and we can't make mistakes, as for why they divide the troops, presumably the Hou Ye will have a decision." Yu Tong said.

"Okay." Zhang Heng nodded, and immediately went down to arrange people

In Linzi City, Zhao Jun was in the study of the Hou Mansion, discussing the military situation with Wei Yu, Zhang Chujun did not move for several days, and Zhao Jun did not understand what kind of medicine they sold in the gourd.

Hurried footsteps sounded, and suddenly Tang Li walked in, bowed to Zhao Jun, and said in a deep voice: "Master Hou, Chen County, Chang County, and Nanpi County, almost at the same time, news came from them, and they were all attacked by Zhang Chujun, who had 5,000, 6,000, and 7,000 people. ”

"What? Attacked? Zhao Jun was stunned for a moment, and then asked tightly: "Is there anything wrong with the city, and whether there are any casualties?" ”

Tang Li frowned and said: "It's strange here, as soon as they saw that our county town was well guarded, they didn't lead troops to attack the city, but divided a part of the soldiers and horses to destroy the cultivated land outside the county, the other two counties are okay, Nanpi County is a big farming county, I'm afraid the loss will be not small." ”

When Zhao Jun heard this, his brows furrowed, at this time, the autumn harvest had been completed, and the people had just sown the second crop, and if they destroyed it, the harvest of the next year would be greatly weakened.

What exactly does kudzu mean?

(To be continued)