At the beginning of the rising sun, Xiang Xianhe took his reorganized guard battalion, under the protection of Xiang Feng Xianghui, and set off towards Hailing, his mood was very bad, his face was gloomy as if he was about to drip water, he almost didn't sleep all night yesterday, and even Ding Ling's song Chenghuan was tasteless, which made Ding Ling very dissatisfied, and Xiang Xianhe had to have a little blood to comfort.

In addition to the personal guard battalion, he also brought a battalion of recruits, which was re-recruited after most of the Fuzhou army was destroyed by the mountain wind, although wearing the best armor and holding the best weapons, but even Xiang Xianhe, who did not know much about military affairs, knew that their combat effectiveness was worse than that of the previous Fuzhou army, and the best result of encountering the enemy was to act as cannon fodder to cover their own escape.

If it was really as Zhong Ziqi said, Xiang Xianhe couldn't help but shudder, just a thief half a day cloud defeated his army, if you add Jiang Heiniu's five thousand Dingzhou army, I was afraid that I wouldn't even spit out the bones after eating myself, so I couldn't help but be scared and restrained my horse.

"Dashuai!" Xiang Feng rode his horse and walked to Xiang Xianhe's side.

"Xiang Feng, do you think Zhong Ziqi's statement is credible? Li Qingzhen deliberately wants to take me Fuzhou? ”

Xiang Feng shook his head: "The last general doesn't know, Dashuai, whether it's true or not, you have to figure it out, what is the truth, won't it be clear when you arrive in Hailing?" ”

"But if that's the case, then Bantianyun and Jiang Heiniu are in the same group, won't we be miserable?" Looking at the soldiers around him, he said to Xianhe.

Xiang Feng was silent, of course he was clear about the combat effectiveness of his soldiers, and Ji Sichen on the side interjected: "Marshal, it's okay, if there is really something discordant, we can hide in the sailor and sail out to sea at that time, then Jiang Heiniu and Bantianyun can help me?" Let's take a detour from the sea to Beijing to find His Majesty the Emperor to complain, so that Li Qing can't eat and walks around. ”

Hearing this, Xiang Xianhe's brows stretched slightly, yes, it's really not good, I'll get on the boat and run, you are a bunch of landlubbers, what can you do to me?

"Let's go!" The mighty procession began to march towards Hailing.

Ji Sichen sneered in his heart, Xiang Xianhe was destined to be impossible to reach Hailing.

At noon, the team rested for a while, and just as Xiang Xianhe stepped on the horse and was about to set off, there was a sharp sound of horses' hooves in the direction of Huai'an, and Ji Sichen was overjoyed and came. Xiang Xianhe was also stunned, because he saw that the knight on the horse was his henchman. Could it be true that Zhong Ziqi was right, the thieves have approached Hailing?

"Big handsome, big handsome, stop quickly." The knight shouted hoarsely, galloped over, rolled the saddle and dismounted, and grabbed Xiang Xianhe's horse's head, "Big handsome, it's not good! ”

"Tell me something!" Xiang Xianhe said sharply, his voice trembling a little.

"Dashuai, Dingzhou Jiang Shen will be defeated in a decisive battle with the thieves in Qingcheng for half a day, 5,000 Dingzhou troops were killed and wounded, Jiang Shen will retreat to Huai'an with more than 1,000 remnants of soldiers, and the thieves are in hot pursuit, Jiang Shen will let Pegasus come back to report the news, please organize the army to prepare for the city defense operation, in order to prevent Bantianyun from taking advantage of the situation to attack Huai'an, he has sent people back to Dingzhou, please Li Dashuai send reinforcements, Dashuai, hurry back to Huai'an," the messenger's face turned pale, from the beginning of getting Jiang Heiniu's letter, he ran all the way, and finally pursued the Dashuai.

Xiang Xianhe's face changed, this time in order to test what Dingzhou meant, but also to ensure his own safety to the greatest extent, he took almost all the Huai'an troops, at this time, Bantianyun defeated Jiang Heiniu, and actually attacked Huai'an, if he couldn't rush back in time, then Huai'an was in danger.

"Zhong Ziqi misunderstood me!" shouted to Xianhe, "Withdraw the troops, withdraw the troops, return to Huai'an!" ”

Ji Sichen followed Xiang Xianhe and hurried back, and said loudly: "Dashuai, why is it so coincidental, we just came out of Huai'an, and the other party knew, was it premeditated, just waiting for us to transfer the army out of Huai'an, and make a move to transfer the tiger away from the mountain?" ”

Xiang Xianhe was stunned, "You mean that Zhong Ziqi is harming me?" ”

"I can't control so much now, Dashuai, hurry back, as long as we return to Huai'an before the half-day cloud, with the strength of Huai'an City, we can at least wait for Dingzhou to send troops to help." Ji Sichen said.

Xiang Xianhe nodded again and again: "Come on, quickly send an order to General Jiang Shen, let him block the clouds for half a day, so that we have time to rush back to Huai'an." ”

At the end of the day, Xiang Xianhe led his personal guard battalion to finally rush back to Huai'an, and when he saw the tall city wall, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Huai'an was still safe, and finally rushed back in time. At this time, the newly recruited soldiers were running wildly all the way, and three or four out of ten stopped the team, and the scattered team rushed into Huai'an City like a spark, and before they had time to take a breath, the dust and smoke were billowing in the distance, and a large number of people and horses were approaching.

"Close the gates, close the gates!" Shout at Xianhe.

"Slow, handsome, look at that banner, it's General Jiang Shen." Ji Sichen shouted.

Standing on the city tower, everyone looked into the distance, and sure enough, it was the military flag of Dingzhou Jiang Heiniu, but the majestic 5,000 Dingzhou army at that time now only had more than 1,000 people left, and they threw away their armor one by one and rushed wildly in embarrassment. Miles behind them, an even larger force was rolling in.

"Quick, ready, as soon as Jiang Shen's troops enter the city, immediately close the city gate, prepare to defend the city, and prepare for the city defense battle!" Xiang Feng commanded loudly, he knew that Xiang Dashuai couldn't help at this time, except for trembling. "Please go to the castle tower to watch the battle!"

After Jiang Heiniu led more than 1,000 people to crawl into the city gate, the thick city gate was closed with a bang, and the city was busy, and weapons such as the Eight Ox Crossbow were pushed out of the arsenal, wound, and arrows, and there was a hurry.

Jiang Heiniu walked into the city tower covered in blood and sweat, and after the thousand remnants of his soldiers rushed into the city, they collapsed to the ground, opening their mouths and breathing heavily, obviously the wild run just now had exhausted their physical strength.

"Jiang Shen General, Jiang Shen General, how can this be? How so? Xiang Xianhe's fat was trembling all over his body, and when he saw Jiang Heiniu, he asked in a loud voice. Didn't you keep suppressing the bandits, why did you suddenly lose it? ”

Jiang Heiniu glanced at him angrily, "Xiang Dashuai, I got information, saying that Dashuai led more than 10,000 people out of Huai'an, going to Hailing, and that half Tianyun didn't know where to get the news, was about to take Huai'an, I was shocked, so I led my Jianrui battalion to rush back to Huai'an rescue, where I knew that the thief was very slippery, and hit an ambush of Lao Tzu in Qingcheng, Lao Tzu 5,000 men and horses were caught off guard, and went nearly half of them at once, and then in order to block that half of the day, and so on for the big man to rush back to Huai'an, I went to more than 1,000 people. Now there are only more than 1,000 people left, and Li Dashuai has to cut off my head! Jiang Heiniu looked angry and kicked the wall fiercely.

"I said Xiang Dashuai, it's okay what are you doing in Hailing, you just go to Hailing, anyway, you also left a few thousand men and horses in Huai'an, and actually took most of Huai'an's troops away, this is not, this is not ......." Jiang Heiniu gasped and slammed the horsewhip to the ground.

Xiang Xianhe's face sneered, he couldn't say that because I doubted you, he brought so many people to Hailing, but now seeing the tragic situation of Jiang Heiniu, and seeing the remnants of more than a thousand scarred textile products under the city wall, the suspicion has disappeared, "General Jiang, don't worry, I will definitely tell you in front of Li Dashuai, I will pay you a lot of silver, a large amount of silver, but now, we have to work together to defend Huai'an." ”

Hearing him say this, Jiang Heiniu's face turned slightly pale, and he nodded: "That's natural, I have sent someone to report to Li Dashuai, as long as we hold out for a few days, Dingzhou can send reinforcements." ”

Hearing Jiang Heiniu say this, Xiang Xianhe was relieved, he believed that it was no problem for him to persist in Huai'an for a few days, Jiang Heiniu hesitated for a moment, and said: "Dashuai, there is a sentence I don't know whether to say or not?" ”

"Why is Jiang Shen so polite, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it."

"Okay, then I'll say it bluntly, although the two generals Xiang Feng and Xiang Hui are very good generals, they must have never fought a big battle, and this matter of defending the city is unexpected, so ......"

Xiang Xianhe understood, Jiang Heiniu is reaching out for the command of the city defense battle, he pondered for a while, and felt that this is the best, Jiang Heiniu is a veteran of the battlefield, and he is used to fighting big battles, but the generals under his command do not have this resume, so that Jiang Heiniu can command the battle, and the safety of Huai'an can be guaranteed to the greatest extent.

"No problem, the city defense of Huai'an will be handed over to General Jiang to command, General Jiang, I have entrusted my family name and life to you."

Jiang Heiniu took a step back and gave Xiang Xianhe a deep bow, "The handsome trust, Hei Niu is grateful, and he will definitely live up to his trust." Let these thieves touch their heads and blood under Huai'an City, hum, when the bloody battle in Fuyuan, how powerful the barbarians were, they were not beaten by us and embarrassed, just thieves, An Neng was on a par with the barbarians. Although he lost the battle, Jiang Heiniu didn't seem to care, and he was still full of pride.

Xiang Xianhe was not good at damaging the other party's morale, and asked euphemistically: "General Jiang, do you estimate when Li Dashuai's reinforcements will arrive?" ”

Jiang Heiniu pondered for a moment, "At least ten days, more than a month." ”

"How long is it going to take?" Xiang Xianhe's face changed color.

There were bursts of exclamations from the city wall outside, "The bandits are coming, the bandits are coming!" ”

Jiang Heiniu accompanied Xiang Xianhe out of the city tower, stood on the city wall, looked at the bandits rolling in, afraid that there were tens of thousands of people, seeing that the thieves were so powerful, everyone gasped. Especially Xiang Xianhe, when he saw the bandits approaching the city, he was even more angry when he was afraid, because many of them were wearing armor that he had equipped for the Fuzhou army, and now they are all armed bandits.

A moment later, the bandits had reached a distance of 2,000 steps from the city, and took up their positions, and a group of well-equipped soldiers surrounded several people towards Huai'an City.

"Dashuai, isn't that the Zhong Zi period?" Ji Sichen suddenly pointed to the opposite side and exclaimed. There was a look of wonder in his eyes.

(To be continued)