Rustle rustle......

The slender rain line connected the heaven and the earth, and countless people who were fleeing the military disaster sat under the eaves of the street, watching the rain fall with panic.

Rain and mud were mixed with potholes on the ground, pedestrians and carriages hurried by, and a burly man wearing a hat and a coarse cloth robe walked into a nearby inn, which was not as many as in the past, and there were only one or two tables of guests.

After ordering some food, the man sat down at the nearby empty table.

The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and in the sound of the rain, several children ran past the door of the inn with wooden sticks as weapons, playing and playing: "Fight the Yan army...... Defeated the Yan army. ”

Then he was driven away by the guy waving a rag.

In the inn, the two tables of guests who were eating spoke faintly.

"Ninety thousand...... Hit like this......"

"Not really...... When they are fighting, they are clearly going to die. ”

"Lao Tzu can be a general, who wouldn't give his life!"

Luyang is the capital of the Central Plains, with a population of millions of people, and the news of the defeat spread, and such market remarks can be heard everywhere, and most people are apprehensive in their hearts, feeling that a huge crisis is pressing down from the north, making it difficult for them to breathe.

But there are also some people who don't quite believe that this is true news, after all, the government and the imperial court have not issued official documents.

Before, the bachelors, gentry, and scholars who gathered in restaurants and tea houses to make a big fuss, two days after the news came, seemed to have been slapped in the face, and their voices were silenced.

But as the news of the defeat became more detailed, another voice came out, and unlike before, they remained optimistic.

“…… Wang Longen's brothers had wine bags and rice bags, ran outside in the dark to form a formation, and were killed by the cavalry, they deserved it. ”

"Both of them are veterans on the battlefield, how can they make such a mistake? However, fortunately, 90,000 soldiers and horses were defeated and were not injured at all, and there were still 310,000 soldiers and horses outside Luyang City! ”

"The two kingdoms of Qi and Liang in the northwest have been fighting with barbarians all year round, and the cavalry should not lose to the thieves of the Yan Kingdom!"

For such remarks, the government did not stop it, and let it ferment in the city, which did have some effect, not only made the people's hearts a lot calmer, but also made many people in the city have the same hatred as the imperial court.

At the same time, the government took the opportunity to publicize the brutality of the Yan people, the mistreatment of defeated prisoners and corpses, and the massacre of the city by Guangfu......

However, in this process, with the previous strategy of clearing the wilderness, all the grain outside Luyang City went into the official warehouse, and the daily needs of the 310,000 troops had to be supplied.

It's just that it seems to be relatively stable at the moment, but the supervisor in charge of the market in the government has begun to worry in his heart that if the war drags on for two or three months, the people in the city will probably have no food to eat, even if they have ...... I can't afford it either.

At this time, in the inn, the man with the hat ate something for a while, then asked the man to make another one, let him pack it and take it away, and when he left the inn, he returned directly along the way he came, crossed two streets and alleys, came to a small courtyard, jumped over, stepped on the wall, and went to the inner courtyard.

The small courtyard is not big, and when he heard the movement, someone opened the door slightly to reveal a gap, glanced out, and then opened the door completely to let the man in.

"Come and eat."

"Commander Pei, what's going on outside?" The four masters of the embroidery department came over, all of whom were trained by Pei Min. On the bed, there is still one, waist ribs, abdomen are injured, recently the city of the embroidery division of the inventory is getting stricter and stricter, in the previous days in the stab, was ambushed by a master of the Qianlong Mansion injured.

Pei Min took off the hat, took a piece of steamed bread and broke it in half, handed it to his subordinates lying on the bed, put the other half to his mouth, bit it, and sat on the edge of the bed.

"The news is confirmed, King Xia's cavalry did defeat 90,000 Wei soldiers and horses in the Linqiu area."

"Good fight!" The four people who ate couldn't help but cheer. Even the wounded man lying on the bed grinned.

"There are a total of ten people from the Embroidery Division, and now there are only five of you left, and now that King Xia has fought with the Wei army outside the city, we don't need to assassinate again, temporarily lurk, and save your life first."

Pei Min is not as simple as ordinary Jianghu people, he has also been a general, he will judge the situation, King Xia's soldiers and horses are hundreds of miles away, and there are also embroidery divisions and scouts in the army, he is no longer needed, not to mention that even if there is important news, it cannot be passed on, and it will affect the lives of his subordinates in vain.

"Everyone will stay in the courtyard during this time, let's go out to buy food in turn, next time we go out, remember to buy more, it is estimated that the price of food in the city will rise soon."

"You should also pay attention to the people in the Qianlong Mansion, they should still be watching in the dark. Be especially careful of the master from the other day. ”

Pei Min's words are indeed not wrong, at this time, the streets and alleys in the city, there are more eyes moving around, paying attention to the figures of pedestrians around him, Xiao Mo sat on the second floor of a tea house, drinking tea slowly, and looking at the pedestrians passing in the rain with some distraction.

I thought that entering the Qianlong Mansion, relying on his own ability, learning from the master back then, step by step to the court, however, he did have this ability, for a period of time, he stood out among the masters of the Qianlong Mansion and was appreciated by the lord of the mansion.

But before he could rejoice, the news of the defeat of the 90,000 troops outside the city came, and the joy in his heart was washed away.

The 400,000-strong army, not only did not retreat, but also killed it, it was simply a hysterical beast.

Xiao Moyu felt a trace of fear in his heart.

'I hope that in this battle, this guy can be besieged and killed by the Wei army...... Don't let him live again! ’

He raised his eyes and looked at the majestic imperial city in the distance outside the building, where the emperor, who seemed calm in the court, retreated left and right after retreating, smashed the study inside, and was furious.

"I won't catch the fighter...... Errors in judgment...... Why did I let you be the governor of the two states and lead the army! ”

"My ninety thousand...... Not 90,000 beasts! ”

"Two damn wastes, fortunately, you died in battle, otherwise I would have taken the heads of the two of you to apologize to the soldiers of the three armies!"

After a long time, he came out of the room as if nothing happened, and set up the Huaiguang Palace, where he was going to summon the main generals of Wu and Yue, as well as the generals of Sui and Qing Erzhou, as well as the emperor's uncle Zhao Guangshi, to discuss all matters related to the dispatch of troops.

In the main hall, there are also messengers from Qi and Liang, who arrived in Luyang yesterday. At present, the people agreed on a time for the army to be encircled, and the messenger returned to the northwest of Yangzhou.

……

The last day of June.

The cavalry phalanx was neat, the queue was quiet and solemn, surrounded by a group of disarmed and stripped Wei soldiers, who followed the cavalry slowly with their heads drooped.

The direction they went was Guangfu City, where the Yan army was stationed.

Of the 90,000 soldiers and horses, only more than 8,000 were accepted as prisoners, and most of the Wei soldiers were killed all over the field, and only a small part fled into the nearby hills.

What will be the fate of the future, these more than 8,000 captives dare not think about it in the future.

The army was still on the way back, and Su Chen, who came out of the county office, rode on horseback in military uniform, and went to meet the triumphant generals outside the city.

Passing through the long street, above a certain building, a pair of eyes looked down.

The procession of the long dragon was passing through here, with flags and banners, and the armor soldiers opened the way, and the smell of rust was hideous, and the people and pedestrians on the road retreated to the side of the street in fear, bowing their heads.

In the afternoon sunshine, the streets and eaves are still hung with the rain that fell yesterday, above the long street, the tiles are rattling, among the marching team, the tall giant man tilts his head slightly, and in the afterglow, a figure rushes out of the roof, jumps up, and a cold light crosses a long trajectory from his hand.

A spear stabbed at the figure on horseback—

The next moment, the spear body was directly caught.

Next to the black war horse, there was Li Xuanba, who was in iron armor, he held the spear with one hand, and with an understatement, the handle under the spearhead 'snapped' and broke, and then shook his hand, throwing the assassin to the ground and rolling out a few circles.

Su Chen glanced at it, and his voice was cold and indifferent: "Execution." ”

Hearing the order, several armor soldiers around him who suppressed the other party moved one after another, and several halberds pierced his chest and belly.

This is already the seventh assassination.

“…… I remember that when I was stationed here, there were no secret agents from the Qianlong Mansion, and how did they appear more and more frequently recently. Su Chen talked about this to Dian Wei beside him on horseback, which made him a little annoyed.

"The city gates are strictly guarded, and the people in the city are basically confined to the city, and people from outside are also forbidden to enter the city, it is impossible for the city gate to enter!"

Dian Wei shook his head, as a middle guard, the recent frequent assassinations also made him feel quite irritable, these people have martial arts, but they are not high, but they can pounce like flies from time to time.

"Authentic!"

Looking at the figures hanging down their heads on the surrounding streets, Su Chen narrowed his eyes and called Wu Zixun, "Take the soldiers to search the city door to door, starting from all the buildings near the city wall, and find that there are entrances similar to secret passages, guard the entrances, and come out to kill one by one!" ”

"Yes!"

Wu Zixun was ordered to turn around and gallop away, and the marching team gradually came out of the city gate, and in the distance, in the field of vision, there were already cavalry returning first.

(End of chapter)