The night is getting deeper, the people outside the city who are cutting wheat have all returned to the city, the city gate is closed, the street is gradually quiet, there is no need for a curfew, the whole Linyi city is already silent.

Among the six generals who guarded Linyi City, two were loyal to Meng Rang, and the other two were conditionally loyal, while Chen Haishi and another general named Zhao Liang only reluctantly expressed their support, and Zhao Liang's military camp was also located in Nancheng, which was very close to Chen Haishi's military camp, with about 4,000 garrisons.

Zhao Liang is also a native of Langya County, and Chen Haishi is a fellow villager, the two have a very good relationship, like brothers, this time Chen Haishi reluctantly agreed to support Meng Rang in order to protect the lives of Sun Xuanya and Sun Zhi'an's wife and children, and Zhao Liang followed Chen Haishi's statement.

After Shen Guang left, Chen Haishi immediately rushed to Zhao Liang's military camp, and in the big tent, the two of them were drinking and discussing the follow-up.

Zhao Liang is eight years younger than Chen Haishi, that is, twenty-four or five years old, but he is very tall and strong, strong in martial arts, and makes a sixty-pound long knife, at the beginning of the year, he also went to the capital to participate in the heroes' meeting, and entered the top 100, but was eliminated by Su Dingfang when he entered the top 50.

"I have seen Zhang Xuan, the third fierce general in the world, the battle between him and Li Xuanba was thrilling, and I still can't forget it."

Zhao Liang poured Chen Haishi a glass of wine, and said with a smile: "If I can follow him, maybe my martial arts can be improved one step, but Zhang Xuan promised the eldest brother to continue to guard Langya County, I think he is very broad-minded, and the eldest brother should feel lucky." ”

Chen Haishi smiled bitterly and shook his head, "What I'm worried about is the life of the lord, even if we surrender to the Sui army, it's hard to say whether he can save his life, and nothing else is important to me." ”

Zhao Liang knew that Chen Haishi's father encountered bandits when he returned to Langya County from Qi County, and seeing that his life was in danger, he was rescued by Sun Xuanya, who happened to be passing by. Therefore, Chen Haishi has always been grateful to Sun Xuanya and is very loyal to him.

"I think the eldest brother has done his best to Sun Xuanya, and the eldest brother was also the general of the Langya County Military Mansion, but as a Sui general, he rebelled with him, so my uncle has always been dissatisfied with the eldest brother This is the reason, if the eldest brother remembers his kindness. can raise his son for him, this is also a kind of repayment, let me say something unpleasant, it doesn't matter whether Sun Xuanya is dead or alive and the eldest brother, the eldest brother should think about himself! can be re-established as a Sui general, at least the relationship with his uncle can be reconciled. ”

Chen Haishi's father was a famous Confucian in Langya County, although Sun Xuanya saved his life, but his son followed Sun Xuanya to rebel in order to repay his kindness, which made the old man very dissatisfied. In a fit of anger, he moved to Lu County, and said that as long as Chen Haishi was a bandit for a day, he would not have this son.

Chen Haishi took a sip of wine and nodded silently, he knew that Zhao Liang had a point, Sun Xuanya's fate was not something he could decide, he knew that Sun Xuanya had hidden a lot of gold. Perhaps Sun Xuanya could redeem his life with this gold.

He drank the wine from his glass and said decisively, "You're right. I'm repaying the favor by saving his family's life, now let's discuss what to do next? ”

Zhao Liang's eyes rolled, and he smiled: "I have a way!" ”

The next day, the soldiers and civilians of Linyi County still went out of the city to harvest wheat as they had done a few days ago, and after five consecutive days of rushing to harvest, the wheat harvest outside Linyi City was almost finished. Meng Rang decided to let the soldiers and civilians go out of the city to harvest wheat on the last day.

At present, Meng Rang still has not received any news of the dispatch of the Sui army in Fei County, and the spies he sent to monitor Fei County have sent news early in the morning that since yesterday, the Sui army has also begun to harvest wheat in Fei County, and there is no sign of going south out of the city on a large scale for the time being. This made Meng Rang breathe a sigh of relief, he estimated that Zhang Xuan would wait for Pei Renji to come back before continuing to launch the offensive, it should be that Zhang Xuan was not worried about Wang Shichong.

After several days of rushing to harvest wheat, a large area of wheat fields outside Linyi City has been harvested, leaving only 2,000 hectares of wheat fields in the southeast direction, which is also a more chaotic side of Linyi City, the land does not belong, all the land deeds were burned by Sun Xuanya, announced that the land is publicly owned, everyone goes out of the city to farm, and then the military collects it uniformly, and then implements the grain rationing system, and the families of the army will give a little more, and it has been the case for a few years.

But this year's situation is special, because the Sui army will attack at any time, Meng Rang agreed that the people will also go out of the city to collect wheat, almost all the men who have a little labor in the city have gone out of the city, and many women have also gone out of the city to collect grain.

Tens of thousands of hectares of wheat fields in the north have been harvested, the endless wheat fields are already bare, the weather is clear, standing at the head of the city, the field of vision can reach more than ten miles away, and you can clearly see the large mounds and dense forests ten miles away.

But the soldiers at the head of the city could not see the situation in the dense forest, and at this time, in the dense forest ten miles away, the five thousand Sui troops had already arrived in Linyi County.

As Shen Guang said to Chen Haishi, although Meng Rang sent hundreds of spies to patrol the sentry thirty miles away from Linyi County, they only inspected the official roads, and could not take care of the dense forests and trails at all, and even if the patrol soldiers were caught by the Sui army and sent false news, Meng Rang could not distinguish the true from the false.

But there is one thing that Meng Rang attaches great importance to, that is, the movement of the Sui army in Fei County, as long as the Sui army in Fei County makes a big move, he will get the news immediately.

Because of this, the 5,000 Sui army did not come from Fei County, but from the 5,000 prisoner of war army that was training in Dong'an County, 3,000 people, transferred to Yishui County, and merged with the 2,000 Sui Army led by Luo Shixin, and the 5,000 soldiers led by Luo Shixin rushed to Linyi County by detouring the road.

The 5,000 Sui troops hid in the woods and rested, patiently waiting for the order to attack, while Jang Hyun sat on a large rock and read a quick letter that Pei Renji had written to him from Dongjun.

Pei Renji was worried that Wang Shichong would lead his army south, so he wanted to remind Zhang Xuan to take precautions, but Zhang Xuan knew that Wang Shichong could not cross the Yellow River, and he was more concerned about the war in Dongjun than Wang Shichong.

"How's the fight going over there in the East Counties?" Luo Shixin on the side asked in a low voice, he was very worried about the situation of his master Zhang Xutuo.

"It's basically over, the Wagang army has withdrawn to the old nest, and despite the heavy losses, it is still more than enough to hold the old nest, but the commander is afraid that it will be difficult to withdraw the army from Dongjun."

"Why?"

Zhang Xuan said with a smile: "The reason is very simple, the marshal beat the Wagang army to the ground twice, and of course the Son of Heaven will let the marshal continue to deal with it until it is completely wiped out." ”

Zhang Xuan also sighed in his heart, he thought that Zhang Xutuo would not go to Wagang again if he left the Flying Eagle Army, but history still restored the original trajectory, Zhang Xutuo still has to face Wagang, but Li Mi no longer exists, will Zhang Xutuo suffer the same ending?

Zhang Xuan obviously felt that without Li Mi's Wagang army, he would never be able to evolve from a snake to a dragon, and with Zhai Rang's ability and courage, he would not be able to conquer Xingluocang again, and he would not be able to become a great weapon.

At this time, a soldier rushed to report: "General Qiyu, General Shen is here." ”

Zhang Xuan's spirits perked up, he was waiting for Shen Guang's news, and hurriedly said, "Bring him over quickly!" ”

After a moment, Shen Guang hurriedly walked over, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See the general!" ”

"How did you get out of town?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

"General Qiyu, it's actually easy to get out of the city, and you can use the identity of a wheat collector to sneak out of the city, and then drive a wheat cart into the city later."

Shen Guang handed a wooden sign to Zhang Xuan, "This is a lowly card out of the city, it is very rough, it can be easily imitated, if the general wants to enter the city, imitate thousands of signs, you can enter the city at night." ”

Zhang Xuan looked at the wooden card, it was indeed very rough, and there was only one number engraved on it, in fact, what was the use of this wooden card, just to deceive himself.

"Let's strike!"

Luo Shixin next to him couldn't help but say: "Take advantage of the wheat collectors to return to the city to attack, Linyi County is at your fingertips." ”

"What about Meng Rang?"

Zhang Xuan shook his head: "He will lead the army to flee south, and he will also destroy Pengcheng County, it is no longer a problem to seize Linyi County, the key is to kill Meng Rang, not allow him to make a comeback, and try not to hurt civilians, Langya County is so populous, I don't want it to become the second in Qinghe County." ”

Luo Shixin didn't dare to say anything, and Zhang Xuan asked again: "How is the situation on Chen Haishi's side?" ”

"General Qiyu, Chen Haishi has no problem, he is willing to surrender, and Zhao Liang, he is also willing to surrender to the general."

"General, I am willing to lead a thousand brothers into the city and seize Linyi County late at night."

Zhang Xuan understood what Luo Shixin meant, for example, if the Sui army appeared thirty miles away, the soldiers and civilians outside the city who were harvesting wheat would definitely enter the city in a hurry, and Luo Shixin's army could take the opportunity to blend into the city.

But Zhang Xuan didn't want to take this risk, once Chen Haishi was defeated, Luo Shixin's army would fall into a situation of total annihilation, besides, Shen Guang had already led two hundred scouts into the city, which was enough to meet the inside and outside.

What's more, if they show up at this time, it will have an adverse impact on Chen Haishi's plan, and the gains will outweigh the losses.

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "We don't need to take any more risks, wait patiently for them to have infighting." ”

(To be continued.) )