"The prince is the Taishou, and the eldest princess is a royal nobleman, and they are the first targets of the thieves. Although you are disguised, you still have to be careful. If you encounter a thief checking, can you think about how to deal with it? ”

"I've thought about it for a long time. According to the practice of our Sima royal family, if a clansman commits a major mistake, he will be deprived of his Sima surname and given the surname Ma instead. Now I will call myself Ma for the time being, and I will temporarily call myself Fang. ”

Ah Miao nodded and said, "Well, think about your resignation in advance, so as not to be temporarily flustered and confused." It's a lot safer that way. ”

"And you, what about you, what can you think of yourself? Is it my sister or my maidservant who is better? The eldest princess of Yong'an wanted to wait for Ah Miao to get on the boat before discussing it properly, but she found that Ah Miao was always standing on the shore and did not move, so she urged, "Eh, why don't you get on the boat yet, what are you waiting for?" ”

"Eldest princess, you follow Childe first. I'll wait for tomorrow's ship to come back to you. ”

"It's just the three of us, we don't swagger, we won't attract the attention of thieves, come up!"

The eldest princess of Yong'an greeted again and again, but Ah Miao just refused to get on the boat.

"Ah Miao, what are you waiting for?" Biyu also urged.

"I—might be pregnant."

"Oh?" Hitama had a surprised expression.

Although Ah Miao has long been possessed by Biyu, she understands her identity and doesn't want to cause trouble to her son. Others want the mother to be more expensive than the child, and the child is on the throne, but every time she has sex with Biyu, she consciously takes measures to prevent the eldest princess from marrying Biyu for several years, and she has never had children. The big family must have more children and grandchildren, so Ah Miao also decided to continue the descendants for the Shi family, so she no longer avoided it

Of course, the eldest princess knew all this, so she was very grateful and respected Ah Miao. For Ah Miao's pregnancy, instead of being jealous, she was very happy. She went ashore again, took Ah Miao's hand and said, "It's just wonderful." Although you and I have different identities, the children we give birth to are all flesh and blood of the Shi family, and we are spreading branches and leaves for the Shi family. Since you are pregnant, you should take care of your body, so why not get on the boat? ”

Biyu seemed to understand, and said with a smile: "It's because she's pregnant that she refuses to get on this boat!" ”

"But why?" The eldest princess didn't understand.

"The road to Jiangnan is dangerous, if we are all in one boat, if something happens to this boat, there are no eggs under the nest, and my Shi family will be broken. She takes another boat, but she can leave a root for my Shi family. Yes and no? ”

Ah Miao blushed and nodded, then shook her head again: "No, no, no, how could you encounter that kind of thing!" We're going to be okay, it's just that I'm worrying too much. The eldest princess is not strange! ”

The eldest princess of Yong'an was even more pleased: "Eggs can't be put in one basket, it's better to be cautious." If you think about it, you can do it. But the situation is urgent, and you must not delay, for tomorrow you have a ship, and you must go to us immediately. ”

Ah Miao nodded and agreed: "Don't worry, eldest princess." As soon as I have a ship, I will go to you in search of you. ”

......

Peng Hui and Liu Mang confronted each other in the north of Ruyin City. Although they did not move, they sent people to closely monitor each other, lest the other side move any way.

As the actual person in charge of the entire Ruyin County, Shu Yan is responsible for all the affairs of the county office, and he cannot focus all his energy on military affairs. After dealing with some necessary government affairs with a group of officials in the county office, he led a group of people to the camp in the north of the city. Peng Hui accompanied him up a high slope and took a look at the Xiongnu camp. The two sides have been facing each other for half a month, and the other party has been very quiet and has not made any provocative moves.

Descending from the high slope, the group returned to the tent. Shu Yan asked Peng Huidao: "Is there anything abnormal about the other party?" ”

"The Huns are very honest, they have never taken half a step forward, it seems that they are afraid of us." Peng Hui said proudly.

Sun Yi glanced at him and said, "I'm afraid that if we say it will run away a long time ago!" They must have been thinking about how to deal with us. ”

Du Jian was afraid that the two of them would fight again, so he interjected: "Fight and don't fight, withdraw and don't withdraw, it seems that Liu Mang is going to fight a protracted war." ”

When it came to fighting a protracted war, Shu Yan suddenly became serious and asked Sun Yidao: "Is the 500,000 Hu Su I asked you to procure in place?" ”

Sun Yi said truthfully: "Now the price of grain has skyrocketed, and it has reached 80 yuan per bucket, so only half of it has been purchased. ”

Du Jian added: "Eighty yuan is only around our Ruyin, other places have risen to five hundred yuan per bucket, and I heard that Luoyang has even reached ten thousand dollars per bucket." ”

"When there was peace, everyone worked hard and weaved, and occasionally when there was a disaster, the people were not exempt from hunger; When there was a shortage of soldiers, the soldiers were robbing and plundering, and none of the peasants could farm with peace of mind, resulting in a shortage of food. Even if they were spared the slaughter, they would inevitably starve to death. Who can do anything about it! Shu Yan didn't have time to worry about the victims, and asked Qian Shengdao: "How much grain is stored in our granary?" ”

"One million wheat, eight hundred thousand wheat. 300,000 rice husks. Qian Sheng replied.

Shu Yan said to himself: "Enough food for 100,000 people for five months." ”

"100,000? We have 20,000 soldiers, where are the 100,000? Thief Cao Shi Wu Qian questioned.

"And the people of the city?"

"There are grain stores in the city, and the people have money in their hands, and they will buy it themselves when they run out of food. Consider what they do? ”

"That's the case for now, but what if the Huns besiege the city? You can't just watch the soldiers and watch the people starve to death, right? ”

"Siege?"

Peng Hui said: "If you can't defeat the city in a head-on confrontation, besieging the city is the last resort. However, judging from the current number of Hun soldiers, if the city is besieged, the troops will be greatly dispersed, so it is unlikely. ”

As he was, he saw a subordinate from Shifu running over and said to Shu Yan: "My master has crossed the Jiangnan by boat today. Let me bring a message to Shu Cheng. ”

"What? Shi Taishou is gone? ”

"Walk in the morning. There is also a letter here, which was written by the eldest princess of my family to Shu Cheng's two husbands, because the situation was urgent, and it was too late to say goodbye in person. Please convey it to Shu Cheng. This subordinate took out a note from his waist, handed it to Shu Yan, turned his head and left.

Peng Hui was so angry that he grabbed the tea cup on the case and slammed it hard: "We are all sacrificing our lives and forgetting to die to resist the great enemy, he is too dignified, and he is the rank of general with troops, so he actually ran away first!" ”

Wu Qian was also very angry, but he turned to say: "He didn't ask about everything, just leave, what does it matter if he is not there?" ”

Shu Yan had a different idea: "On the surface, it seems so, but his departure actually has a lot to do with it." When he was there, he really didn't care about everything, and it seemed dispensable. But he himself and Shi Fu, who is the first gate of Ruyin, are a banner of the whole Ruyin County and the spiritual support for all the people to persevere. The common people were already panicking, and if he took the lead, wouldn't the people's hearts be in turmoil! This news is temporarily blocked, and the people must not be let know. ”

Du Jian nodded and said, "What Shu Cheng said is right, don't disclose this matter to the outside world for the time being." ”

Peng Hui was still angry and said: "What a bad seed, we won two battles and two victories, and we didn't lose the battle, what did he run!" ”

Tang Hui suddenly laughed and said, "Liu Mang and Ah Zhuang named him to rob his wife and concubine, and they must have been scared away because of this. ”

This was obviously a joke, and everyone laughed.

At this point, Peng Hui remembered Liu Mang's shameless request before the battle, and said to Shu Yan: "Liu Mang named the eldest princess of Yong'an, Ah Miao and Ling Zheng. Now that the eldest princess of Yong'an has run away, should Mrs. Ling also find a safe place to take refuge, or simply take it into the city, it would be safer. ”

Du Jian also agreed: "It's too deserved. This matter must not be taken lightly, and it must be brought into the city to be safe. ”

Of course, Shu Yan also thought about it, but he felt that the Hun soldiers were in the north of the city, and his home was far away in the countryside dozens of miles south of the city. It was just a little-known township pavilion, the population was not large, and it was unlikely that the Hun soldiers would go there, and Shujiazhuang seemed to be relatively safer than in Ruyin City.

Just as he was looking, he suddenly saw a sentry running in to report: "The Hun soldiers seem to be moving." ”

"Oh?" Everyone was nervous. Shu Yan and Peng Hui hurriedly climbed the high slope to look. At this time, it was already dark, but before the lights were held, I vaguely saw that the Hun camp was crowded, and a team of men and horses left the camp to the west of the mountain road.

"What is this going to do?" Shu Yan was in a state of high alertness.

Zhang Fei was young and vigorous, clenched his fists and said: "No matter what he does, the Huns have divided a team of soldiers and horses, and the base camp must be empty. ”

Peng Hui stopped: "Absolutely not! This Hun army has been on the battlefield for a long time, how can it be easy for us to take his camp, there must be a conspiracy. ”

Wu Qian said: "Yes. Do not act rashly in any way. ”

"Are they trying to attack the West Gate or are they trying to go around and flank us from behind?" Shu Yan guessed uneasily.

Peng Hui said: "We have sent soldiers to guard day and night at all the city gates, especially the east and west gates, the flow of people is small, since the Anti-Japanese War, it has been closed, and it is enough to send someone to notify you to take precautions early." As for the detour to flank us from behind, there were mountains in the northwest, and it was difficult for the cavalry to pass through even if they barely passed, and there were a hundred catapults on the high slope behind us, and they did not dare to approach them. ”

"Hurry back to the city and notify the four gates to enter the battle readiness, and at the same time evacuate the people outside the city, and report as soon as there is any movement!" Although he gave the order, Shu Yan still felt uneasy.

At that moment, he saw a fast horse coming from the city, a horse sent to the south. The man didn't have time to dismount, and said on his horse: "A Hun soldier and horse have been found in the south, and they have arrived in the original Lu County, and they are coming here!" ”

"Huh?" This news was even more surprising than the movement of the Huns in the north of the city. Because the Hun soldiers have always been killed from the north, and the south has always been regarded as a relatively safe rear, why are there Hun soldiers in the south? Fortunately, Shu Yan was cautious and not careless, and sent probes from all sides, otherwise, it would be too late to take precautions.

"All retreat to the city!" Shu Yan ordered decisively.

"Retreat to the city? Then we're under siege, huh? "The defensive formation here is very strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack. No wonder Peng Hui was unwilling to retreat.

"Judging from the other party's successive movements, it is obvious that it is the intention to attack the city. All of our 20,000 main forces are deployed here, and as long as the other side attacks the city at any of the other three gates, the city will not be able to hold it at all. In the event that Ruyin City is lost, what's the point of us fighting here? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone felt that it was reasonable and immediately organized the withdrawal of troops. In order to prevent the opponent from raiding, after arranging a hall of 5,000 crossbowmen, starting with the 100 artillery carriages, gradually retreated in an orderly manner. After all the retreats into the city, the forces were immediately redistributed: 3,000 troops were assigned to each of the four cities to defend them. Peng Hui guarded the northern city, Tang Hui guarded the southern city, Wu Qian guarded the western city, and Zhang Fei guarded the eastern city. Shu Yan himself led the remaining 8,000 people to maneuver, and supported wherever there was a war. A hundred artillery carriages and archers were also properly distributed.

As soon as the distribution was completed, the Hun soldiers approached the city.