The attendant replied, "I have asked the locals, but there is a trail that can be bypassed, but the mountain road is already difficult and dangerous, and it is rainy for days, so it is impossible to march at all." ”

"Take me to see it." Feng Junyang said coldly.

"General," the people around him wanted to stop him, but Feng Junyang's eyes stopped him from saying the following words, and everyone didn't dare to say more, so they had to accompany him to check the mountain trail.

The mountain road is very secret, you have to go around a stone wall to see, it is no more than three feet wide, overgrown with weeds, and winds up the mountain. Feng Jun stood at the bottom of the mountain and looked at it, and regardless of the obstacles of everyone, he personally rode his horse up for a while, and then retreated and ordered: "Pick out three thousand light horsemen for me." ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and one of the veterans was the first to stand up and ask, "What is the general going to do?"

Feng Jun Yang knew that they would definitely oppose it, so when he heard this, he just replied lightly: "The army has not been able to arrive for a long time, Yiping is in danger, I will lead three thousand light horsemen to bypass here and raid He Ze." ”

The veteran drooped his eyelids and said in a deep voice: "A light cavalry raid can indeed kill generals and capture the flag and deter the enemy, but this is what a partial general should do, you are the commander of an army, and you should not take such a big risk." ”

Feng Junyang looked at him twice, and only said coldly, "I have decided on this matter, I don't need to say more", and then turned around and left, not listening to everyone's words again. The veteran refused to give up, and was trying to chase after him and persuade again, but he was secretly dragged by Shunping. Shunping shook his head lightly at him and said in a low voice: "Don't persuade anymore, you can't persuade back." ”

He only said this sentence, and then chased Feng Junyang and left in a hurry. The veteran stood there for a moment, then sighed heavily. On the same day, Feng Junyang ignored the opposition of the generals in the army, personally led 3,000 light horses, risked the mountain from the path, and rushed to Yiping to rescue in the starry night.

Outside Yiping City, He Ze has been forcibly attacking the city for many days, and although the city wall has not been broken, it is not far from being broken. He Ze got the news again, knowing that it had been raining in the Xiangzhou area for days, and Feng Junyang's army was blocked, he couldn't help laughing loudly, and said straightly: "Providence help me, providence helps me,"

Immediately afterwards, the spies reported back the news from the north, and Zheng Lun, who was originally blocked by Chen Bing at the boundary of Qingzhou, began to march south and went straight to Yiping.

After hearing this, He Ze smiled with the generals in the tent: "This must be because Feng Junyang can't get over by himself, so he ordered Zheng Lun to come to the rescue quickly." It's just that he's a little far away, and when he comes back, we'll already take this Yiping City. ”

Just as he was saying this, another messenger arrived outside the tent, but it was the news sent from Taixing, He Ze opened the secret letter, only glanced at it, and a look of surprise appeared on his face. The generals in the tent looked at it strangely, and they didn't know what was written in the letter, which could make He Ze so surprised and happy. Just as he was wondering, he heard He Ze say: "Uncle has ordered the Taixing Navy to go down the river, and it will be possible to reach Yiping in a few days." ”

When everyone heard the news, they were all in high spirits. If there are no reinforcements, they will capture Yiping City, and when Feng Junyang's pursuers arrive, it is very likely that this Yiping will be recaptured. But now that the Taixing naval army is coming to the east, if it can be combined with them, there is no need to be afraid of the army of Fengjun.

He Ze sneered twice and said, "He Fengjun Yang wants to have me come and go, but I will tell him to see who will die Yiping,"

Because these news were extremely encouraging, when the city was attacked again on the second day, the attack of He Ze's army was fiercer, and even a small section of the city wall was broken by him, thanks to Chen Nian himself defending there, which killed all the enemy soldiers who climbed the city wall, and barely held the city wall.

At the end of the offensive and defensive battles on this day, although Chen Nian was not injured, he was full of exhaustion. She sat alone for a while, asked someone to find Song Yan over, and asked: "Your prince said that you are the best at guarding the city, then you tell me truthfully, according to this style of play, Yiping can hold out for a few days,"

Song Yan was silent for a while, and then replied: "At most, it won't last three or four days." ”

Chen Nian hooked the corners of his lips self-deprecatingly, and said in a low voice: "I made your prince suffer this time." Knowing this, I shouldn't have listened to him in the first place, and stuck to this Yiping. It should really be before He Ze came, he should have crossed the river south with everyone, and left this Yiping to He Ze, regardless of whether your prince can take it back in the future. ”

Song Yan couldn't help but look at her twice, and said: "Yiping is related to Qinghai and Hebei, and it is very important, and there can be no loss." ”

"Well, your prince is also fooling me like this, Yiping is his way to the north, only with Yiping in hand, he can occupy the two states of Qingji and then compete for the world." Chen Nian smiled bitterly, slowly lowered his head, was silent, and said softly: "But what does this have to do with me, whether he can win the world, what does it have to do with me, and what does it have to do with those outcasts,"

Her voice gradually lowered, and there was an unconcealable exhaustion and depression in it, "I just want those brothers who follow me to live, and I want those homeless people who have fled to the village to have a place to go." I didn't think about defending Yiping, and I didn't think about using everyone's lives to take the world for him. ”

Song Yan was speechless for a long time, and it took a while before he could persuade softly: "As long as there is a war, it is inevitable that people will die." These people will not die in vain. Yiping is kept, and the time for the prince to calm the world may be two years earlier, and many people will be killed. At that time, the people will no longer have to suffer from the war and displacement, and they will be able to recuperate and live and work in peace and contentment. ”

Chen Nian chuckled and looked up at Song Yan. She stared at Song Yan with her eyes intent, until she looked a little embarrassed at him, then she retracted her gaze, snorted lightly, and said: "The children of a family like you are all set when it comes to the big truths, obviously for personal ambition and fighting for power, but they say that they have become the common people in the world, and they are all righteous and awe-inspiring." ”

"No," Song Yan's face turned red, and he argued urgently: "The prince is not that kind of person, he really thinks like this." I met him when I was young, and when I was still studying in the palace, he was determined to end the chaotic era of military town chaos and restore the people of the world to a peaceful and prosperous era."

"Peace and prosperity??" Chen Nian whispered these words, gently tugged at the corners of his mouth, and said, "What a shiny and fragrant flatbread, but many people in this city are afraid that they won't be able to eat a bite until they die." ”

She lowered her head and whispered, "The peaceful and prosperous world is too far away from them, they can't see it, they just want to live now, only by living, it is possible to see the peaceful and prosperous world in the future." ”

Song Yan was secretly shocked when she heard her speak like this, and asked tentatively: "The general wants to abandon the city and escape,"

Chen Nian sneered when he heard this, "Where to escape, the south is Wanjiang, and you can't get through." Go north and go back to Taihang Mountain, what do these tens of thousands of homeless people rely on to live," Song Yan's heart was just relieved, and he didn't want to stop for a while, but he said to himself: "If He Zeken doesn't kill my soldiers and don't hurt my homeless people, I will be nothing if I surrender." ”

Song Yan was shocked when he heard this, and said in shock: "No, never,"

Seeing Chen Nian raise his eyes to look at him, he was busy steadying his mind and persuaded: "You took him Yiping before and killed his general, and now you have fought with him for more than ten days, injuring him countless soldiers. He Ze is narrow-minded, and he will repay you, and he will never spare your life. ”

Chen Nian laughed when he heard it, and said, "Don't panic, I'm just talking." It's going to fall a long time ago, it's been until now, what kind of strength is it going to drop," she said, but her heart suddenly moved, and said, "It's also useful now,"

Song Yan heard her say this, and almost drew her sword and stood up, thinking that her martial arts were strong and she couldn't be subdued by herself, so she forcibly endured it, but secretly said in her heart that if she really wanted to surrender to He Ze, he would try to kill this woman first. If the prince blames him in the future, he will judge himself in front of the prince.

Chen Nian saw that his lips were slightly pursed, his eyes showed murderous intent, and he guessed his thoughts, and couldn't help sneering: "Song Yan, just rely on your ability, if you want to kill me, it will be more difficult." ”

Song Yan lowered his eyes, suppressed the killing intent in his heart, and only said respectfully: "The general said this strangely, and the general was puzzled. ”

Chen Nian smiled coldly, too lazy to bother with him, and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand it, listen to me first." When I say surrender, I am faking surrender. ”

Song Yan thought about it for a while, consciously understood Chen Nian's intentions, and asked in a deep voice: "You want to take the opportunity to delay for a few days to wait for the prince's army, but what excuse do you use to delay?"

Chen Nian replied, "Wanderers." He Zeding also knew that there were many displaced people in Yiping City, so I came forward to negotiate with him, asking him to prepare ships all over the river, and as long as I could send all these displaced people to Jiangnan, I would give him Yiping City. ”

After hearing this excuse, Song Yan felt a little disappointed in his heart, secretly saying that a woman is a woman, and such an excuse actually wants to fool a hero. He shook his head and said, "He Ze won't believe it, he will definitely see that you are procrastinating." ”

I don't want Chen Nian to say with a smile: "I didn't want to call him Xin, I just wanted to paralyze him, so that he thought that we had no fighting spirit, and I just wanted to delay time and wait for your prince to come to the rescue." ”

Song Yan was puzzled and asked, "What's the use of this?"

"It's very useful," Chen Nian looked at him and replied in a deep voice, "I will take advantage of his paralysis and mistakenly think that we have no strength to resist, and lead my troops out of the city to attack his camp and kill him by surprise." We don't know about your lord's reinforcements, let's rely on ourselves to hit He Ze hard, and also calm the hearts of the soldiers in the city,"

Song Yan knew that this method was extremely risky, but at the moment there was really no other way but to give it a go. He pondered for a moment and replied, "Okay, I'll take the soldiers." ”

Chen Nian smiled and said, "If you go, you can't win He Ze, and if I stay, I won't be able to defend this city." Why don't we show our strengths, you come to defend the city, and I will attack it. ”

Song Yan knew that what Chen Nian said was the truth, and he couldn't refute it, thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay." ”

The two of them discussed it properly, and Chen Nian wrote a letter in his own hand, asking someone to send it out of the city overnight.

He Ze received a letter, and saw that Chen Nian said in the letter that he had no intention of fighting in the world, and Zhan Yiping was just to seek a place for the displaced people in the village. If he is willing to prepare thousands of big ships in Wanjiang, she is willing to take Juyizhai to cross the river and go south and give Yiping to him.

He Ze silently read the letter, and laughed silently, and sneered: "This Xie Chennian is really whimsical, seeing that the city is about to be destroyed, he still has to negotiate terms with me." ”

He threw the letter to the staff, who glanced at the letter a few times, and a smile appeared on his face, and said, "General, she has no fighting spirit, and she just wants to take the opportunity to delay for a few days, so as to wait for that Feng Junyang to come to her rescue." ”

He Ze nodded, "Yes, that's exactly what she meant." ”

The staff member pondered for a moment, and then said: "It can be seen that the people in the city are afraid that they are already unstable. There were already many homeless people in the city, and most of the soldiers defending the city were soldiers from Juyi Village, and these people followed Juyi Village to the south, just to seek their lives. General, why don't you tie some notices to the arrows to calm the people and surrender, and ask people to shoot into the city, so as to confuse the hearts of the opponent's army. ”