Anfu County Ya, Zhixian Guo Qiao looked at the table of dishes in front of him and did not move a single chopstick.

The concubine saw that Guo Qiao was getting haggard day by day, and couldn't help but feel a little distressed in her heart, he took a piece of beef and put it in Guo Qiao's bowl, and persuaded you: "Master, eat a little more, how can you do it if you don't eat it?" ”

Guo Qiao sighed and said: "Where can I eat, the city was broken by the anti-thieves, the prefect was martyred, and my Anfu is now caught in the middle of the anti-thieves, how is this good, how is it good!" ”

The concubine doesn't understand military affairs, but looking at Guo Qiao's anxious appearance, she can also see that the situation is very wrong.

Just when she wanted to open her mouth to persuade a few more words, the house slave Guo Xiaosi suddenly shouted outside: "Master, the master is not good, the thief is coming!" ”

Guo Qiaoqiao stood up from his chair in a flash, walked to the front yard and asked, "Where are the thieves?" ”

"The army of anti-thieves has passed the maple field, and it is only twenty miles away from us."

"What? How did it come so quickly? Guo Qiao didn't expect Mo Qian to move so quickly, he had just broken through the city and led his troops to come in just three days, which can be called speed.

"How many thieves are there?" Guo Qiao grabbed Xiao Si and asked.

"I don't know, according to the spies, the thief army stretches for several miles, and the flags are like clouds, and the spies say that there are at least five or six thousand people."

"Who will the Lord be?"

"The former army is under the banner of Mozi."

"What? Anti-Wang Mo asked coming. ”

Guo Qiao was stunned, he sat down on the chair, and his heart was suddenly discouraged, for a small Anfu county, Wang Mowen would actually lead the troops to come in person, it seems that this is a determination to win.

"Master, how can it be good now, the Anfu city wall is low, we are only a thousand people, and we are all a group of people who have just gathered, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold it, master, why don't we escape?"

"Run? Where to escape? Do you want to go north to Yuanzhou? It's the land of the thief.

Go west to Wugong Mountain to Pingxiang? Is that more to send to death, to the south to Yongxin? That place had been captured a few days earlier. Is it still Yongfeng to flee to Xiajiang to the east? Now that the army of Mo thieves has passed through Fengtian, this road has been blocked, and we have now become turtles in the urn, where else can we escape? ”

Guo Xiaosi panicked when he heard this, and he said anxiously: "Master, we have no way to escape, so won't this Anfu become a lonely city?" ”

Guo Qiao nodded helplessly, he knew in his heart that in fact, since Mo Thief occupied the city, Anfu County had become an isolated city.

Guo Qiao didn't want to escape, but he didn't dare to escape, once he abandoned the city and fled, the court would inevitably blame it, and when the time came, don't say that his life was not guaranteed, I was afraid that it would not be far away.

After thinking about it, Guo Qiao had an idea in his heart, he immediately wrote three letters and handed them to Guo Xiaosi: "You immediately ride a fast horse and go east out of the city, remember, go around the mountain road, don't take the avenue, be careful of being robbed by the thief army."

After passing the Crazy Dog Mountain, you kept going, and the starry night sent these three letters to the hands of the three magistrates of Yongfeng Xinganxiajiang, asking them to send troops to relieve the siege. ”

Xiao Si took the letter and shed two lines of tears.

"Master, what if the three adults don't send troops to come to the rescue?"

Guo Qiao looked up at the sky, closed his eyes and choked up: "That is the day is going to kill me Guo Qiao, Xiaosi, if they don't send troops, you can ride back to your hometown in Quzhou, remember, inform the court of the news of my martyrdom, and tell Madame that she must raise my young son and be loyal to the country in the future!" ”

When Xiao Si heard this, he immediately understood that this was the old man who wanted to leave him a chance to live.

"Master, I'm not leaving, I'm not going anywhere, I've been with my master since I was a child, if you want to die, let's die together, if you want to live, let's live together!"

Hearing this, Guo Qiao couldn't help but shed two lines of tears.

He helped Guo Xiaosi up, took out a bag of silver taels from his body and stuffed it into his hand, and said: "Xiaosi, you listen to the old man's words, serve the young master well when you go back, let him study hard, and avenge me in the future......"

Guo Xiaosi left, and rode east with three letters and fifty taels of silver.

As soon as he came out of the east gate, Guo Xiaosi saw a mighty army of anti-thieves not far away.

Guo Xiaosi stared at the direction of the thief army and scolded viciously: "Anti-thief, you must not die well!" ”

Guo Xiaosi crossed the pontoon bridge to the north and escaped into the mountains, along the mountain road all the way to the east, and went straight to Xiajiang County, which is closest to Anfu...

In less than four moments, Mo Qian led an army of 3,000 to arrive at the city of Anfu, and as soon as he arrived at the city, Mo Qian ordered to put on a posture of attacking the city.

The Anfu city wall is low, about the same height as the Fenyi city wall, and the ladders in the people's homes can climb up.

Moreover, the county seat of Anfu is built along the river, and the north city wall is backed by Lushui, Mo Qian only needs to block the three gates of the east, west and south, and then send people to block both ends of Lushui, and then the county seat can be firmly trapped to death.

After Mo Qian trapped the city, he did not immediately launch an attack on the city, but sent someone to shout first.

A veteran soldier came to the position of ten zhang of the east city gate with a shield on his head, and shouted towards the city tower with his voice raised: "The people inside listen to me, my king said, open the city and surrender, do not kill a single person, if you do not surrender, you will bear the consequences!" ”

Guo Qiao looked at the arrogant thieves below, and couldn't help but be angry, he scolded loudly: "This official is Guo Qiao, who knows the county, and if the thieves have the courage, they will attack the city, and see who is more capable!" ”

After speaking, Guo Qiao took a bow and shot an arrow, and an arrow hit the veteran's head, shooting the veteran's hat away.

The veteran only felt a chill on his head, wiped the top of his head, and found that the hat was gone, so he was so frightened that he quickly picked up the hat and ran back to the formation.

"King, if they don't surrender, let's attack the city, right?" Yi Dayong, who was with the army, couldn't help but say.

After Yi Dayong experienced the battle of Luling, because of his bravery, he was promoted by Mo Qian from the flag officer to the position of a hundred households.

"Don't worry, let the soldiers rest for one night, and after recuperating their strength, it's not too late to attack the city tomorrow morning!"

When the king had spoken, the generals did not dare to disobey the order, and immediately began to set up camp outside the city gates.

The defenders of the city saw that the thief army did not attack the city, but began to cut down trees and camp in front of them, and they were a little puzzled.

Yuan Tong, the commander of the Anfuwei Station, couldn't help but ask Guo Qiao: "Lord Guo, what do you mean by being a thief, since you have already arrived at the city, why don't you launch a siege?" ”

"The thieves want to rest for the night to replenish their strength, and tomorrow morning, they will definitely attack."

"Lord Guo, there are too few people defending the city, I only have more than fifty officers and soldiers, and the remaining more than 900 people are all ordinary people, in case the thief army attacks the city early tomorrow morning, I'm afraid that these people won't be able to resist it!"

Yuan Tong's words immediately reached Guo Qiao's heart.

He didn't know how big the disadvantage was on his side, but the guard system in Anfu County had long been rotten, the military households ran and fled, and the guard house that Emperor Taizu was once proud of is now rotten to the roots.

In order to defend the city, he did not hesitate to open the official warehouse and take out the grain and silver to reward the people, hoping that under the urging of money, this group of people could repel the thief army and defend the county.

However, this wish Guo Qiao also knew in his heart that it was basically impossible to come true.

He began to plan in his heart how to defeat the thief army, and after thinking about it for a long time, Guo Qiao's eyes suddenly lit up, and a bold plan was born in his heart.

He called the commander Yuan Tong and said to him, "General Yuan, let's ..... tonight."

Yuan Tong's brows furrowed at first, but when he heard it, his brows gradually relaxed.

After listening to Guo Qiao's whole plan, Yuan Tong couldn't help but applaud his hands and praised: "My lord is a good plan, I'll organize people now!" ”

"Everything is rid of General Yuan!"

"Don't worry, Ben will definitely capture that thief alive!"

......

At night, Mo Qian was eating dinner in the tent.

On the table was a large bowl of rice with pickles, minced meat and some vegetables floating in it.

When the army was marching and fighting, the food was very simple, everything was stewed in one pot, and all the dishes and salt were put into the pot, and the cooked food had a strange taste.

Even if it was such an unpalatable dinner, Mo Qian ate it with relish.

The soldiers can eat, and he is the commander of the first army, how can he not eat.

In the tent, Mo Yuanwu's father and son also quickly pulled the rice in the bowl with the rice bowl.

The father and son have been much more honest since they made a big fool of themselves on the day they entered the city.

In this march, Mo Qian took the two of them with him, ready to teach them by word and deed, hoping that the two could grow up. The most important thing is to let the two know the cruelty of war, so that the two do not have an arrogant and domineering mentality.

And he didn't feel at ease when his own uncle was in his hometown, he was afraid that his uncle would do something bullying again.

After eating and drinking, Mo Yuanwu wiped his mouth and said to Mo Qian, who was sitting on the main seat: "Qian'er, let me lead a team of men and horses to attack the city tomorrow, and my uncle will promise to attack the city wall." ”

Mo Qian said with a smile: "Uncle, don't worry, there is an opportunity to make a contribution!" ”

Mo Yuanwu couldn't help but feel a little unhappy when he heard this, he asked himself that he was also the uncle of a king of yours, if you don't let me bully others, don't let me make contributions after joining the army, so didn't I join the army for nothing?

Mo Qian saw that his face was displeased, and he didn't comfort him anything, but turned to his cousin Mo Huan and said, "Second brother, after eating, go to the sentry duty, tonight you go to Yi Dayong's sentry and be on duty at night!" ”

"Yes, big brother!"

Mo Huan didn't dare to think anything about his eldest brother, so he bowed respectfully and withdrew from the account.

After there was no one in the tent, Mo Qian got up and said to Mo Yuanwu: "Uncle don't worry, since my nephew took you out, he will definitely not let you go back empty-handed." ”

Mo Yuanwu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked, "Oh? Qian'er has any good things to do for me? ”

Mo Qian approached him and whispered a few words, Mo Yuanwu couldn't help but be overjoyed after hearing it, he said: "Don't worry, Qian'er, uncle will never embarrass you!" ”

At three o'clock in the middle of the night, the east gate of Anfu County was slowly opened from the inside, and Commander Wei made Yuan Tong carry a long knife and sneak out of the city with more than 800 people.