Here, Shangguan Yunrui and Wan Lin, who came to look for Jian Chen, ran into trouble on the road.

When he arrived at the border, Shangguan Yunrui saw a group of warriors besieging a man, Shangguan Yunrui rescued the man, but was surprised to find that this man was the lord of the three-screen defenders - Shen Zheng.

"Why is the General here?"

Shangguan Yunrui was puzzled that Shen Zheng was not in the barracks, but was besieged in this remote border place.

Shen Zheng looked at Shangguan Yunrui, and then at Wan Lin beside him, and said angrily, "It has nothing to do with you!"

Shangguan Yunrui was quite dissatisfied with Shen Zheng's reaction, he pulled Wan Lin up and said, "Senior Sister Wan, we have nothing to say about such ungrateful people, it's better to hurry." “

Although Wan Lin didn't know about Shangguan Yunrui and Shen Zheng's holiday, the important thing at the moment was to find Jian Chen, so she naturally followed Shangguan Yunrui to prepare for the road.

Shen Zheng glanced at them, "If you are looking for Jian Chen, I hope you still have this heart." ”

Shangguan Yunrui couldn't help but be angry when he saw Shen Zheng's attitude, he turned around and said coldly, "The surname Shen, I have everything in mind about what you did to Jian Chen in the first place, you'd better not provoke me again!"

Shen Zheng saw that Shangguan Yunrui was angry, and he was not afraid, "If you want to avenge Jian Chen, if you want to fight or kill, I, Shen Zheng, will never frown." But now that the war between the two countries is imminent, I hope you don't wade into this troubled water. ”

"Fighting?" Shangguan Yunrui stopped, "Not long after the war ended, why did the war start again so quickly?"

Shen Zheng's trip was to recruit troops in the border town, but on the way, he was ambushed by the Tart Snow Warriors, and all the soldiers who came with him were killed. Fortunately, Shangguan Yunrui rescued him, otherwise his life would have been lost.

The grace of saving each other should have been thanked, but Shen Zheng remembered Jian Chen when he saw Shangguan Yunrui.

Whether Jian Chen is meticulous or not, in fact, there is still no clear conclusion in Shen Zheng's heart, but because of Jian Chen, it is a fact that his prestige has collapsed in the hearts of the people and soldiers.

In the past, with Shen Zheng's prestige in Sanping Town, once the war was about to start, as long as Shen Zheng gave an order, the surrounding towns would organize the recruitment of soldiers to join Shen Zheng's deployment, but this time, things have changed.

Although the practice of sacrificing a few people to protect the overall situation is understandable in terms of strategy, it is not the case in the hearts of ordinary people, they will not take into account the overall situation, what they see is that Shen Zheng will not save him when he sees death, even if Chen Jian sacrifices himself for others and risks his life to save people, Shen Zheng is still trying his best to stop it, so in their hearts, Shen Zheng is just a mercenary villain who does not hesitate to sacrifice innocent lives for the sake of military achievements.

There are such rumors, the surrounding towns naturally began to waver about Shen Zheng's recruitment order, and on the side of the imperial court, he had already written a book, but he had not seen reinforcements come for a long time, and seeing that the war was about to start, Shen Zheng could no longer sit still, and personally led the troops to find the surrounding garrisons.

Now that he has been rescued by Shangguan Yunrui, although because of the relationship between Chen Jian and him, he still has no good impression of him, but the overall situation is important.

"In the last battle, although Tart Xue was defeated, our soldiers were also injured by Yan Zhan, plus Jian Chen-" At this point, Shen Zheng paused, looked at Shangguan Yunrui's slightly frowning brows, and then changed the topic, "Tart Xue knows that our hearts are unstable, and their fire dragon car is huge, we haven't thought of a way to deal with it for the time being, because they plan to attack us by surprise, and attack again before we can finish resting." ”

Listening to Shen Zheng's words, Shangguan Yunrui frowned, "This group of barbarians always wants to invade other countries. ”

"Shen has a reluctant request, I don't know if your excellency will agree. Shen Zheng saw Shangguan Yunrui fall into deep thought, hesitated for a long time, and finally spoke.

"Tell me about it. Shangguan Yunrui saw that Shen Zheng's tone was relaxed, so he also restrained his temper, after all, Shen Zheng's military exploits were impressive, except for the matter of Chen Jian at the beginning, Shangguan Yunrui still had a slight impression of him.

"In the last battle, we lost Yan zhòng, plus - plus my prestige in the army has been greatly reduced, many soldiers and civilians have abandoned me, so I urgently need to recruit talents now, I don't know if your Excellency-"

"You want me to join the army?" Shangguan Yunrui was puzzled.

"I just hope that Your Excellency can help me. Shen Zheng arched his hand.

Faced with Shen Zheng's request, Shangguan Yunrui hesitated.

He knew the purpose of his trip, but the border was urgent, and as the leader of the Wulin Garden, he was duty-bound. It's just-

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something.

"General Shen just said that your soldiers left you, so isn't that a deserter, why didn't the general go and arrest them back?"

Shen Zheng was stunned, and his expression suddenly darkened.

"In the last battle with Tart Xue, the soldiers and the people had a lot of complaints about my handling methods, especially the people in the death row camp, who knew that Chen Jian was dead, they were all disheartened, and left me collectively under the leadership of Chen Zhongliang. When they were in the barracks, I ignored them because of their status, and now that they have abandoned me, it is understandable, so why should I force them to keep them? Besides, the soldiers who left were only a minority, and the problem now is that the reinforcements from the imperial court have been delayed. ”

"Imperial court reinforcements?" Shangguan Yunrui wondered.

It stands to reason that the war at the border is about to start, and it should be important news, why did I not seem to have heard of it along the way.

"I have sent someone to the imperial court to ask for reinforcements, but for some reason, there has been no news from the capital for a long time. Shen Zheng was depressed.

How important is the border war, and how could the imperial court be so sloppy? Shangguan Yunrui secretly wondered in his heart.

Perhaps, there is something wrong with this.

It's just that in today's situation, it is useless to investigate the reasons in detail, and the most important thing is to solve the current problem.

"Senior Sister Wan-" Shangguan Yunrui had already made up his mind in his heart, but he still wanted to hear Wan Lin's opinion.

Wan Lin saw Shangguan Yunrui's expression and already knew his plans.

"The war is about to start, and it is estimated that we will be hindered in going to Tart Xue, since the leader of the Shangguan Alliance has decided to stay, Lin'er should accompany him. Besides, Chen Jian was originally for the people of Sanping Town—"

His eyes instantly reddened, Wan Lin suppressed her sadness and muttered, "We are here to fight the enemy, and I believe it is also what Jian Chen wants." ”

Shangguan Yunrui looked at Wan Lin and was sad, but he still decided to stay with him, and he was relieved.

It is said that children are long, but before the overall situation, Wan Lin seems to be quite bold.

"General Shen will return to the camp first, and Yunrui will arrive later. ”

Since he promised to stay, he naturally wanted to make a difference, after all, his own strength was limited, and Shangguan Yunrui decided to gather the people in the rivers and lakes here.

Shen Zheng couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw Shangguan Yunrui agree, he nodded and hurried to his military camp.

At dusk, Shen was standing on the city wall, looking at the opposite mountain.

The mountain in front of Sanping Town was once Huachen's territory, and the town area of Sanping Town was also far beyond this peak.

It's just a big battle that year, the former defender ** got the first opportunity because of the battle with Tart Snow, and after a small victory, he led his troops to pursue, but unexpectedly fell into the trap.

The enemy forces will lead ** into a valley and use the terrain to besiege the army.

**Since entering the valley, he felt strange in his heart, but at that time, he had only one thought in his heart, chasing and beating hard, so that Tart Xue had no chance to breathe, and completely cut off their thoughts of repeatedly provoking Huachen.

However, he was still wrong after all, and when he saw the tart snow soldier who suddenly appeared at the top of the valley, ** immediately realized that he was still fooled.

Fortunately, the valley was not deep, and although the enemy army had defeated tens of thousands of soldiers by virtue of the terrain, he still withdrew from the valley after several charges.

When I thought that I would finally get out of danger, I rushed back to Sanping Town, but I found that I was wrong.

Tart Xue's ambush soldiers saw ** leading the troops out of the city, gathering thousands of soldiers to wash Sanping Town in blood.

When the first arrived, the smoke of gunpowder in Sanping Town was filled, and the people shouted for heaven and earth.

Although the tart soldiers who had not yet had time to evacuate were all killed under the ** big saber, but in the face of the devastation, ** still blamed themselves.

A letter of reproach was handed to the emperor, and he asked the emperor for guilt but was rejected by the emperor.

But since then, in the middle of the night, the guards have heard the shouting of **.

As a result, a voice began to circulate in the city, and the people who died under the enemy's sword refused to forgive**, and turned into ghosts in the middle of the night to ask for their lives.

There was no response to these rumors, but the whole person changed.

The original courage and courage are long gone, and now the ** is careful, and often wanders the world.

The news soon spread to the imperial court, and the emperor felt that this matter needed to be handled carefully, so he recalled ** and arranged him under Yan Songhe.

And Shen Zheng was assigned to Sanping Town at that time.

Not long after arriving in Sanping Town, Shen Zheng went to the imperial court and retreated the town of Sanping Town to its current territory.

Although the emperor was not happy at the beginning, this lack of territory for no reason would not be put on anyone.

However, Shen Zheng made two points clear to the emperor at the beginning.

The first is that when the tart snow washed Sanping Town in blood, the people in the city were already panicked, and if they continued to be stationed in the same place, it would only affect the morale of the army.

The second is that even if the area of Sanping Town has been reduced, this mountain peak can be used as a natural barrier, which is beneficial and harmless to the war.

When it came to the military's heart, the emperor hesitated for a long time, but finally agreed.

Besides, it's just a small uninhabited hill, and if you lose it, you lose it.

And later, it also confirmed Shen Zheng's words, that mountain became a natural enemy of Tart Xue's march.

Now, Shen Zheng looked at the swaying trees on the opposite hill, and his heart was even more determined in his original idea.

Although Sanping Town is the border between the two countries, compared to Huachen, Sanping Town is far away from the tart snow city.

For an army, the supply of grain and grass is very important, since the capital of Tart Snow is far away from Sanping Town, then Tart Snow will not cut off the supply in order to occupy a mountain without beams and fields.

Therefore, the mountain that was abandoned at the beginning not only did not lose it, but brought benefits to its own war.

Just as his thoughts were wandering, the soldier came to report that Shangguan Yunrui had arrived.

Shen Zheng hurriedly went down the city tower and found that Shangguan Yunrui had brought hundreds of people from the rivers and lakes, and what was even more unexpected was that there were also soldiers from the death row led by Chen Zhongliang who came with them.