Chapter 19: Defending the City
Zhang Shun hurriedly said: "No need, keep these money brothers for themselves." ”
As he spoke, he leaned over to Yang He's side and whispered in Yang He's ear: "You are valued by General Luo and General Hei now, but you still need to have a good relationship with the people below, and you can keep this silver for some relationship." The better your relationship is handled, the better your brothers' lives will be. ”
Yang He nodded lightly when he heard this.
Zhang Shun gently patted Yang He's shoulder, and then left with his brothers.
When Zhang Shun and the others gradually moved away, Heiyunhe beckoned to Yang He: "Let's go." ”
After saying that, turning around, Yang He hurriedly took a small half step back, bowed down and let the Black Cloud Crane go first.
Seeing this, Heiyunhe nodded secretly in his heart.
On the way, Heiyunhe didn't say anything, and Yang He didn't speak or ask when he saw him.
After a while, the group came to a dwelling, which was directly opposite the one where Luo had always rested.
When I entered the back room, I saw a table on the kang, two dishes on the table, and a few bowls of porridge, and Li Maochun and Zhang Mingxian were sitting on the kang.
Seeing Hei Yunhe and Yang He coming in, the two hurriedly got up to greet them.
Heiyunhe waved his hand: "Two brothers, don't be polite, Yang He, you also sit." ”
Yang He hurriedly said: "How dare the villain sit with the three generals. ”
Zhang Mingxian smiled and pulled Yang He to sit beside him: "Brother, come, sit next to my brother." ”
Hearing Zhang Mingxian call Yang He a brother, Hei Yunhe and Li Maochun couldn't help but be taken aback, the two glanced at each other, and nodded slightly at the same time.
The two of them knew Zhang Mingxian very well, and knew that this person was very good at drilling camps, and in just a few years, he was promoted from a low-level officer to a guerrilla general.
Such a person naturally has his own vision for looking at people, and without vision, he will not be able to find the wrong person to drill the camp.
Presumably, Zhang Ming first saw that Luo always valued Yang He, so he deliberately made friends, and even did not hesitate to call him a brother.
In fact, Hei Yunhe and Li Maochun also knew that with Yang Heli's merits, as long as they reported it, they could seal a hundred households at the very least, and with Yang He's ability and Luo Zheng's weight, in a few years, this person would be promoted quickly.
Such a person, naturally, the sooner they get acquainted, the better, and the two are also ready to befriend Yang He, but the two of them are not as able to pull down their faces as Zhang Mingxian.
However, now that the two of them see Zhang Mingxian calling Yang He a brother, they naturally won't make any more jokes.
Gently patting Yang He's shoulder, Hei Yunhe smiled: "Since Brother Zhang calls you brothers, then everyone is brothers, Brother Yang is not polite, come, sit together." ”
As he spoke, he pushed Yang He inside, and sat down next to Yang He.
Yang He smiled bitterly: "Three generals, aren't you killing villains like this?" ”
Black Cloud Crane shook his head and smiled: "There are no outsiders, just a few of us." Come, eat first, and talk about things later. ”
Saying that, he took the lead in picking up the dishes and chopsticks, Zhang Mingxian and Li Maochun followed up the bowls, and Yang He saw this, so he had to pick up the dishes and chopsticks.
From last night to now, everyone rushed to Quang Ninh overnight, and then started a fight with the rebels, during which not a grain of rice was eaten, and they were already hungry, and the four of them devoured it, and each drank three bowls of porridge.
Putting down the bowl, Heiyunhe wiped his mouth and said, "I haven't eaten so full for a few days." ”
Zhang Mingxian said with a smile: "Fortunately, Sun Degong's dog didn't burn the grain depot on this dog day, otherwise we wouldn't have to eat." ”
"Hmph, he wants to take credit from Jianyu, it's not enough to rely on a Guangning City, what Jianyu wants is not Guangning City, they want the materials in the city, this dog's heart understands it." Li Maochun sneered.
Hei Yunhe nodded: "Now that the treasury and grain depot are safe, we have the capital to defend the city, but our troops are insufficient, and in a battle with the rebels tonight, we have lost more than 300 soldiers, and hundreds of soldiers have been wounded, and now there are only about 1,000 soldiers who can fight, and a thousand soldiers will not be able to stop the captives army anyway." ”
"There are still a lot of people in the city who haven't run out, and the deserters have blocked two or three thousand people, as long as we know the benefits, it should be no problem to get together five thousand people." Li Maochun said.
"Guangning City is too big, these people are unstable, I hope they can't hold Guangning City, now I can only hope that Xiong Jingluo will bring troops to come as soon as he receives the letter." Zhang Ming said first.
"I'm afraid that Xiong Jing won't come." Black Cloud Crane sighed.
"Xiong Jingluo is the highest military commander in Liaodong, Guangning is lost, he can't escape the blame, how can he not lead troops to reinforce Guangning?" Yang Heqi said.
Hei Yunhe shook his head: "Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen are not in harmony, he can't wait to see Wang Huazhen's jokes, not to mention that Guangning City was lost by Wang Huazhen, and Xiong Tingbi can't take much responsibility." ”
"Xiong Jingluo, as the commander of the First Army, would be so narrow-minded? Ignoring the big picture? Yang He was a little unconvinced.
Hei Yunhe looked at Yang He and sighed: "Xiong Tingbi is extremely conceited, there are few people who can let him see it, there are many people who have offended him, otherwise he would not be set aside by Wang Huazhen." ”
Yang He couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, he had talked about Xiong Tingbi with Zhang Shun and others, and knew that this person had a bad personality and offended many officials, but Yang He thought that people with the ability generally resisted, and it was inevitable that they would not be likable, but he didn't expect Xiong Tingbi to offend even the people below, and his reputation was so poor.
After thinking about it, Yang He suddenly said: "Since General Hei thinks that Xiong Jingluo will not come, then why do you want to send someone to deliver the letter." ”
Black Cloud Crane smiled bitterly: "You have to give it a try, maybe he's coming?" But we still have to prepare for the worst, once Xiong Tingbi doesn't come, we have to be ready to abandon the city. ”
"Abandon the city? If the city is abandoned, what will happen to the common people? Without the barrier of Guangning City, the common people of western Liaoning will be slaughtered by Jianyu. Yang He said busily.
"I don't care about that." Black Cloud Crane sighed.
"No, you can't abandon the city. Even if you want to abandon the city, you have to buy time for the people to flee. The three generals, where the Jianyu passed, did not leave chickens and dogs, and I saw with my own eyes that they did not even let go of babies. If we just leave, I don't know how many ordinary people will die under the butcher's knife of Jianyu. Yang He said busily.
"But if Xiong Tingbi doesn't come to reinforce him, what can we do to stop Jianyu?" Black Cloud Crane Road.
"Where there is a way, there must be a way." Yang He muttered.
Suddenly, Yang He remembered something and hurriedly asked, "May I ask the three generals, how does Jianyu determine who the main general in the city is?" ”
"The flag, when Jianyu sees the flag, he naturally knows who is leading the troops." Zhang Ming said first.
Thinking of the Luozi flag played by Luo's troops, Yang He nodded lightly.
"Do you want to use Xiong Tingbi's banner to scare off Jianyu?" Black Cloud Crane said suddenly.
Yang He nodded: "Jianlu is extremely jealous of Xiong Jingluo, if he sees Xiong Jingluo's banner, he will not dare to act rashly." ”
Heiyunhe shook his head: "Jianyu is not stupid, Xiong Tingbi is a hundred miles away, unless he is flying, how can he suddenly appear in Guangning City?" How can such a trick fool them? ”
"Where is Jianyu now?" Yang He said.
Heiyunhe shook his head: "I ran away yesterday, and I haven't sent anyone to inquire about Jianyu's movements." ”
"I'll find out now." Yang He got up and said.
Zhang Ming grabbed Yang He first: "You don't want to die, you haven't rested for a few days." ”
Yang He shook his head and said: "We must now determine where Jianyu is, if Jianyu has arrived in Guangning, then we have nothing to say, only a way to fight to the death, if Jianyu is still far from Guangning, then we will play the banner of Xiong Jinglu, and Jianyu will not know." ”
Heiyunhe waved his hand: "I don't think you need to investigate, just like you just said, if Jianyu is not far from Guangning, then we can't do anything, we can only fight to the death with Jianyu, if Jianyu doesn't come, then we can do anything."
So the most important thing now is to do two things, the first thing is to seize the time to rest, so that even if Jianyu comes, we will have the physical strength to fight with Jianyu. The second thing is to find someone to catch up with Xiong Tingbi's handsome banner. ”
Zhang Mingxian and Li Maochun nodded when they heard this: "What Shen Rong said is reasonable. ”
"In that case, Brother Li and I arranged for the soldiers to take turns to rest, and Brother Zhang went to the city to find some women to sew military flags." Black Cloud Crane Road.
"Huh?" Zhang Ming shouted first.
After thinking about it, Zhang Mingxian said again: "Okay, this matter will be handled by the end of the world." ”
After speaking, he said to Yang He: "Brother, don't be busy resting first, and do this with my brother." ”
Yang He nodded and immediately got off the kang.
Out of the house, Zhang Ming first pulled Yang He straight to the Liu Mansion.
When he arrived at the Willow Mansion, he didn't see the two soldiers that Zhang Ming had arranged to guard the Willow Mansion first.
Seeing Yang He looking around, Zhang Mingxian smiled and said, "I saw that the city was already stable, so I sent someone to inform the two of them to go back and rest." ”
Yang He nodded.
When he arrived at the door, Zhang Mingxian smiled and said, "Brother, knock on the door." ”
"What for?" Yang He wondered.
"Hehe, you are their savior, who will come forward if you don't come forward?" Zhang Mingxian said with a smile.
Yang He shook his head and had no choice but to step forward and knock on the door.
After a while, a person opened the door and saw Yang He and Zhang Mingxian, the man was startled and hurriedly said, "What do you want to do?" This is Liufu, my family has a very good relationship with General Zhang Mingxian, don't mess around, be careful that General Zhang sends someone to arrest you. ”
Zhang Mingxian scolded: "Open your dog's eyes and see who Lao Tzu is, Lao Tzu is the Zhang Mingxian you said, this is called Yang He, hurry up and inform your wife, just say that Yang He and Zhang Mingxian ask to meet." ”
The man was startled, and hurriedly said, "The two masters will wait a minute, and the villain will inform the lady." ”
As he spoke, he closed the door and hurried in to report.
Seeing the man leaving, Yang He wondered, "Didn't everyone in this family run away?" Who is this man? ”
Zhang Mingxian hated and scolded: "Regardless of the killing of the head of the family, I didn't run out last night, but I ran back this morning." The soldiers reported to me that I saw that the Liu family had no one to serve, so I asked the soldiers to let them go home, otherwise, Lao Tzu would have slaughtered them earlier. Brother, when it stabilizes in the future, kill talents like this, drive them all away! ”
"Big brother, this is the Liu family's business, how can I ask?" Yang Heqi said.
"Brother, have you forgotten what my brother told you last night?" Zhang Ming said first.
"What did you tell me last night?" Yang He wondered.
Zhang Mingxian hurriedly said: "You saved the mother and daughter of the Liu family last night, how can you let go of such a good opportunity, of course, you are trying to find a way to marry Miss Liu." ”
"Ahem, ahem!" Yang He choked in his throat when he heard this, and couldn't help coughing.