Outside the straight hall of the city hall in the middle town of Heyang, Xue Guyan walked around under the corridor with an anxious expression, turning his head to look in the direction of the mansion from time to time, but he never saw the personnel he was expecting.

"If you have joined the army, can you send someone to tell Da Sima again? As for the south of the bridge, the thieves may launch an attack on the river bridge at any time......"

Finally, Xue Guyan couldn't help but step into the hall and said to a subordinate official of Hu Lujin in the straight hall.

"I know that the Pingqin Gongsu has reported a big incident, and I have already reported that the battalion is preparing for war as soon as possible. However, without the order of the Great Sima, the soldiers were not allowed to leave the camp without authorization. ”

The official hurriedly stood up and said to Xue Guyan: "Duke Ping Qin is worried about the military plane and is eager to kill the enemy, but please wait for a while." The government has already sent several messengers to tell the Great Sima, and once the letter is obtained, the Great Sima will definitely return as soon as possible. ”

Hu Lujin, as the main general of Heyang, has a lot of affairs in all aspects, so he naturally will not stay in the city and wait for the accident to happen, and today he happened to patrol the Hebei Horse Farm, and selected a war horse for the next or will cross the river to join the Henan battlefield.

The racecourse is not too far from Beizhong City, and it only takes a few hours to go back and forth, even if there is no emergency military situation, it is already evening at this moment, and Hu Lujin must be on his way home.

But Xue Guyan was so anxious at this moment, every minute and every second was extremely difficult for him, so he quickly swam outside the hall like ants on a hot pot.

"Xue Guyan, dog thief, don't go!"

Suddenly, there was a sudden wind behind him, accompanied by an angry and irritable shouting and scolding, Xue Guyan hurriedly turned around to follow the reputation, and saw Pan Le raising his eyebrows angrily and waving his halberd towards him.

Seeing this scene, Xue Guyan was suddenly shocked in his heart, and hurriedly retreated, but his back hit the pillar directly, seeing that the halberd smashed on his head, he hurriedly raised his arms to cover it, and his body was also snatched to the side, passing through Pan Le's armpit to dodge, and then he asked in shock: "What does Jinmen Gong mean by this?" ”

"What do you mean? The dog thief forgot to instruct your subordinates to harm my subordinates! ”

The enemy was very red when he saw him, Pan Lezi was not a good man and a woman, and he turned around and continued to attack without turning his halberd.

"The Golden Gate Princess, please stop the anger, please stop the anger......"

At this time, everyone inside and outside the Naotang was also attracted over, and under the shout of a Naotang joining the army, more than a dozen cross-sword guards rushed forward, and it took a lot of effort to finally separate the two people.

Xue Guyan had been running for most of the day, and he was chased and beaten by Pan Le just now, if it weren't for the long physical strength of cutting more than a dozen knives that day, I am afraid that he would not be able to stand steadily at this time, but the depressed qi in his heart was almost bursting, and he was pulled aside by several guards at this time, raised his hand and pointed at Pan Le and shouted angrily: "Let go of this thief!" Deceive our army and come to humiliate me, if he wants to seek death, why should Lao Tzu give it! ”

"Dog thief, you forcibly broke into my guard, I haven't asked for the crime, and the pawn went to Nancheng to ask, but your subordinates cut off their ears and humiliated! If it weren't for this, why would Lao Tzu use your body even if he has spare energy! ”

Pan Le was still thundering, and was about to throw his halberd at Xue Guyan, but was swept away by a guard next to him.

"Nonsense! Lao Tzu's troops all lost Luoxi, and only a few members of his entourage retreated, and it was because there were no soldiers available in the southern city that they crossed the bridge to ask for troops...... Wait, what can you see about the person who harmed your subordinate? ”

Xue Guyan didn't care about covering up his shame at this time, and directly told the fact of his fiasco, and at the same time, he already faintly felt that something was wrong in his heart, so he asked again.

"Lao Tzu knew that your army was defeated, so he quickly entered the city to ask Da Sima what to do, and how to go to the madman when he had the leisure!"

Pan Le also faintly felt a little strange when he talked about this, and learned from other people near the left that Hu Lujin was not in the mansion at the moment, so he raised his hand and pointed at Xue Guyan and said: "Whether it is your subordinate general or not, you can see it when you go south!" If the thief will falsely claim, then the southern city is in danger, and the army is defeated and the city is lost, and you are guilty of a great crime! ”

Xue Guyan was also a little panicked at this moment, and he didn't dare to stare at Pan Le anymore and continue to quarrel. Although he did not invite men and horses from Beizhong City, the Zhongchuan City garrisoned by Pan Le also had thousands of defenders, which was enough to go south to observe and deal with the changes.

However, Pan Le naturally did not have the obligation to lend people and horses to him, and they were injured and angry due to misunderstandings, and his idea of leading troops back to attack and make up for his mistakes as soon as possible was in vain.

So the two of them no longer waited in Fuzhong, and walked south along the river bridge together, and when they were nearly halfway there, they saw that there were many soldiers lining up to defend the north of Heyang Pass in front of them, and Pan Lebu hurriedly entered the front and said: "Lord, a large number of soldiers suddenly poured into the south bridge, and they said that they were soldiers of the southern city. Because the southern city was seized by the western thieves, they expelled the soldiers from the city so that their men could enter the city......"

When Pan Le heard this, his face suddenly sank, and he turned his head to stare at Xue Guyan behind him and said angrily: "How many thieves are there? You crossed the city without giving a warning! If it weren't for my vigilance and fortification, I'm afraid Zhongyun City would have been burdened by you and taken by thieves! ”

Xue Guyan's face was also pale at this time, and he didn't dare to look at Pan Le because he knew that he was wrong, but he just lowered his head and shook his head again and again: "This is impossible, this is ...... The total number of thieves is only a few thousand, and there are many slow chariots, only a few hundred horsemen travel far away to chase me, it is impossible to seize the city so quickly! ”

But whether he believed it or not, the soldiers who were crowded south of the Heyang Bridge at this time were real, and they each howled and begged the guards to let them go and let them return to the safety of Hebei.

The defenders naturally couldn't let go of so many people, but they just put down the hanging basket and hung a few of them through the border to ask, and after hearing these soldiers tell the process of the enemy army seizing the city, Xue Guyan was even more ashamed, looked at Pan Le and said loudly: "Sure enough, the number of thieves is small, please ask the Golden Gate Duke to borrow five hundred of my soldiers, let me lead the killing to the southern city, and take advantage of the thief's unstable foothold to recapture the city!" ”

After hearing this, Pan Le pointed to the crowd of people who were inevitably pressed by the black pressure on the river bridge and frowned: "There are thousands of people gathered here, and it is difficult to distinguish between the enemy and me, maybe the thieves are lurking in it, and I will kill them if I put the switch to prevent it." ”

"It is not a pity that these foolish men are thousands of people, and they cannot distinguish the enemy's deceit and are easily taken by them, and after they have clearly distinguished between the enemy and the enemy, they dare not fight and kill the enemy, and they are driven here by the weak people, and they block my path. Why do you need to distinguish between friend and foe and kill all the way to the past......"

Xue Guyan was full of thoughts about retaking Nancheng at this moment, and he was even more annoyed with these left-behind soldiers who had done nothing, so he said viciously.

However, before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Pan Le's cracker: "Shut up! Isn't this situation due to your incompetence? Although these Han soldiers are guilty, they are not guilty to death, even the western thieves still let them go, but your own mistakes are tired of me making up for you to mend your sins? ”

Pan Le refused to slaughter these soldiers who fled north, but he couldn't let them stay on the bridge of the river bridge to affect the advance and retreat of the army, so he pulled the boat from the side and transferred these soldiers to the north bank of the river.

After such twists and turns, time passed quickly. Although Xue Guyan next to him was in an impatient mood, he did not have the right to speak in this matter, and he slandered the benevolence of Pan Le's woman countless times in his heart and delayed the fighter, but he could only helplessly watch the night fall.

The front of Heyang Pass was finally cleaned up, and the armored soldiers who had already been waiting in the array behind the pass were only then under the leadership of Pan Le to go out of the pass, and Xue Guyan didn't care about slandering again, so he was busy going up. Pan Le didn't stop this, he also needed to get some enemy intelligence from Xue Guyan in real time.

The group traveled some distance when suddenly the outline of what appeared to be a fortress appeared on the deck of the river bridge ahead, presumably a temporary fortification erected by the enemy. Pan Le sent several foot soldiers with shields and armor in the other hand to move forward with torches in the other hand to see the enemy's layout clearly.

When a few soldiers approached, the arrangement on the river bridge was exposed to the house of firelight, and it turned out to be a fortress-like way of many silk silks stacked up, no wonder it could be erected directly on the river bridge and the river bridge did not sink because of this.

The soldiers who saw this scene exchanged and discussed in a low voice, but Xue Guyan shouted in surprise like a reflex: "Don't go over, don't get close!" This is a trick by the thieves, and we will definitely attack with rockets before our soldiers enter! ”

Hearing Xue Guyan's tone so determined, Pan Le couldn't help but look at him thoughtfully, but he still raised his hand to signal his troops to pause temporarily, and sent another team to the front to use spear hooks to pick up those extremely high stacks of silk silks.

In this process, Xue Guyan kept pursing his lips and clenched his fists, looking nervous and ready to attack, as the silk fortress was picked up, a rocket was shot from the opposite side.

"See? That's it, that's it...... If you don't take precautions in advance, the formation will be scattered......"

Xue Guyan hurriedly pointed to the trajectory of the rocket and shouted loudly, but when he saw that the rocket quickly fell on the river after a short streak across the night sky, he closed his mouth a little embarrassed.

Pan Le didn't pay attention to Xue Guyan, but sniffed forward, and then walked forward for a distance under the escort of several armor guards, leaning down and looking down at the bridge section scattered with silk silks, and then his face sank sharply: "The ointment is full of oil, and the enemy army is indeed preparing to intercept it with fire!" ”

Although the surface of the bridge is made of iron cables and heavy wooden planks, it is supported by a row of pontoon boats underneath it. These boats make the bridge structure thicker, can carry more gravity, and can also increase the buoyancy of the bridge when the heavy rain rises, so that the bridge is not completely submerged by the rushing river.

However, in the pontoon boats near the river bank, many clay pots filled with oil are placed on them, and if ignited, they will burn through the bridge deck from below.

Pan Le held his saber in his hand, looked at the swaying figure of the armor soldier at the end of the river bridge opposite, and muttered for a while before waving his hand and said, "For the time being, return to Heyang Pass, and quickly tell Da Sima about the enemy situation on this side." ”