Chapter 397: Fake

Yan Shenghao, the governor of Hejian County, was very upset. He didn't know when he started to feel unsatisfactory in everything he did. Last year, Chen Ying led 3,000 elites to die in the grassland. So far, he has not even found out who the murderer is. Thinking about this matter, he felt suffocated, as if it wasn't the joint order of Zhou Yuan and Ning Zecheng, why did he send people to go to the grassland to take this muddy water? It would be nice to manage the three-acre land in Hejian County well.

Chen Ying's 3,000 troops are the elite of his own lineage. This army was wiped out by all members, and one of his own arms was cut off alive. This made him feel full of anger when he hated Zhou Yuan and Ning Zecheng. The grievances were also transferred to Ye Tiannan, the Prime Minister of the original country, who had already stepped down from power.

It's all the fault of your son-in-law. If he was burned to death in Jicheng, wouldn't there be nothing wrong with him? Now I am so tired that I lose my troops and lose my generals. In addition to being furious, when Ning Zecheng asked him to put pressure on Langya County and ask Ye Tiannan for the territory promised two years ago, he agreed without hesitation.

Gather troops, Chen Bing border, and then send people to threaten Ye Tiannan, but this whole set of procedures has not been completed, and disasters came to him again. When Yan Shenghao heard that Baokang City was broken and occupied by the Huns, he was a little displeased. Trust your ears.

It is common for the Huns to ravage the border, but for more than a year, because the Qin people defeated the main force of the Huns in one fell swoop, the power of the Huns was much worse than before, and even the incidents of harassing the border were rare, because they could no longer organize What's more, in Baokang, I still have Zheng Shuang's 1,000 county soldiers. These are the same as Chen Ying, they are all my direct descendants, and Zheng Shuang is also a hero. How could Baokang be so powerful? Was the city broken so easily?

But then, the documents from the surrounding counties of Baokang came one after another. It is an iron fact that Baokang was indeed defeated by the Huns. The outside world knows nothing about Baokang's situation.

But this at least illustrates one problem. The Huns who broke through Baokang County are still entrenched here and have not left. The wall-like city wall can block the opponent's blow there, and the snowflake-like emergency documents are flying towards Yan Shenghao's desk at a high price. People around Baokang are panicking now, and some people have already started to pack their things and flee all the way to Hejian City.

As the head of a county, Yan Shenghao knew very well that if this sudden situation was not dealt with quickly, it might cause widespread panic. The counties around Baokang did not have strong force except for the county soldiers. Since the Huns were able to annihilate Zheng Shuang's thousand Hejian County soldiers, their strength must not be able to resist the strength of the surrounding counties.

While ordering the troops dispatched to the border of Langya to retreat quickly, and at the same time mobilizing county soldiers from various counties, Yan Shenghao began to gather his own strength as quickly as possible, and he had to drive the daring Huns away with thunderous momentum. Out of Hejian County.

Hejian County is busy.

This year, don't even think about it.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Yan Shenghao led two thousand elites to arrive at Yingkou County, a hundred miles away from Baokang County. Using this as a rallying point, he began to gather troops. The soldiers arrived from the border of Langya, at this critical moment, the threat to Ye Tiannan had to be put aside until the immediate predicament was resolved. Gathering 5,000 soldiers from Hejian County was the most money Yan Shenghao could afford. Hejian City needed elite troops to march, and they couldn't leave their nests empty. He wouldn't have been so overwhelmed in the first place. Thinking of this, Yan Shenghao couldn't help gnashing his teeth.

On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, 3,000 county soldiers gathered from various counties also arrived at Yingkou. Seeing the nearly 10,000 cavalry under his command, Yan Shenghao felt at ease. Now that the power of the Huns is in decline, it is impossible to organize too many troops. According to Yan Shenghao's estimate, the opponent should not exceed a thousand horses. As for the destruction of Baokang City, it is more likely that the spies sneaked in first and cooperated with the inside and outside to break the city in one fell swoop. If the opponent's strength is strong enough, then after defeating Baokang, the results of the battle should be rapidly expanded. You must know that including Yingkou, the strength is far inferior to Baokang. If they have enough troops, the iron cavalry will come. In these places, there is no resistance at all.

The fact that the enemy did not go deeper could only show that they were short of troops.

Although he felt that the victory was in his hands, Yan Shenghao did not act rashly. Although he is not a veteran of many battles like Zhang Shouyue in Liaoxi, he is no stranger to war. It is very easy for the enemy to take advantage of sending troops. You must know that the opponent Huns are all cavalry with strong mobility. Yingkou is only a hundred miles away from Baokang. Although the weather is cold now, the maneuverability of the enemy and the enemy is still very different. It is necessary to find out how many enemies Baokang has. Chen Ying's three thousand troops were destroyed on the grassland, so he has enough vigilance.

Numerous spies and sentry cavalry set off from Yingkou to Baokang, but after a few days, these people either disappeared without a trace or returned with nothing. The sentry cavalry of the Huns set up a cordon outside Baokang. Difficult to break through.

Without information, although Yan Shenghao was anxious, he was still firmly stationed in Yingkou. He couldn't afford to lose this battle. I would rather slowly fight with my opponent. Since the opponent is not strong, they may automatically withdraw from Baokang when they know that their army is under pressure. Winning without a fight would be the best choice.

Yan Shenghao's plan was completely broken on the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month. Because of this day, he finally had news about Baokang City.

Seeing the man in front of him with disheveled clothes, white face, and trembling hands and feet, Yan Shenghao maintained enough patience.

"What's your name? How did you get out of Baokang?"

"Go back to the governor, the villain is Hu San, and he is the entourage of Hu Anguo, the head of the Hu family in Baokang City. The villain was ordered to sneak out of the city to report the situation in the city to the governor!" Hu San drank a cup of hot water , Then he came to his senses, lowered his hands, and answered Yan Shenghao's words.

"The county guard sent countless spies but failed to sneak in. Obviously, the thieves are very guarded. How did you get out?" Yan Shenghao was suspicious.

"Return to the governor, these Huns do not prohibit people from going out in the city, but they can only be limited to within ten miles of the surrounding area. If they go out of this range, they will kill Wuhe, and now the city has implemented a continuous security system. Anyone who enters the city , will be identified soon, these days, many people have been beheaded, I am afraid they are the people sent by the Lord Sheriff." Hu San was eloquent, and his mind was already set at this time. Come down, speak extremely fluently.

"Then how did you know that our army is in Yingkou?"

"Back to Lord Sheriff, a man surnamed Qiao entered the city a few days ago and was hid by my master. Later, my master said that this person was sent by Lord Sheriff. Later, County Magistrate Wu also came. In the end, the Patriarch asked me to quietly go out of the city to find the Sheriff."

"The one with the surname Qiao?" Yan Shenghao glanced at a general beside him, and the general walked out knowingly, turned around after a while, and said in Yan Shenghao's ear: "Junshou, among the scouts sent out a few days ago, there is indeed There is a spy named Qiao Guan, but he has disappeared and never returned."

Yan Shenghao nodded his head, feeling a little anxious. It seems that Hu San in front of him is not lying.

"How did you escape the thief's cordon?"

"Going back to the governor, I disguised myself as a woodcutter cutting firewood. After I came out, I dug a snow pit and hid in it by myself. I escaped the thieves' interrogation and ran out until after midnight."

"You are clever!" Yan Shenghao finally showed a smile on his face, "Tell me, what is the current situation in Baokang City? How many thieves are there, and how did you break the city?"

"Your Majesty, I don't know how the city was broken. Anyway, that night, there were people screaming and screaming everywhere. First, there was a fire at the north gate, and then those thieves came in through the north gate. Everyone They all rode on big horses, carried scimitars, and slashed at anyone they saw. The county soldiers in the city fought back, but they couldn't stop them. They were killed until blood flowed like rivers, and none of them escaped." Hu San said.

"How many thieves are there?" This was what Yan Shenghao was most concerned about.

"I heard from the Patriarch that there are only thousands of thieves!" Hu San said.

"Thousands of troops?" Yan Shenghao pondered for a moment, "More than a thousand cavalry are fighting with Zheng Shuang's one thousand county soldiers in the city. How could they be wiped out? You know, cavalry don't have much advantage in street fighting in the city. This is What's the matter?"

"Master Sheriff!" Hu San showed a strange look on his face, "We Hejian County Soldiers didn't organize any resistance at all, they were chopped down by those thieves like killing chickens. .”

Yan Shenghao raised his eyebrows immediately, "Say, what's going on? Zheng Shuang is also a hero, why is that so?"

"I heard from County Magistrate Wu and the head of the family that General Zheng was assassinated by those thieves before the war started. I heard it was a trick of beauty." Hu San showed a strange look on his face, "Magistrate Wu heard from those thieves that Yes. Once General Zheng is dead, the soldiers and horses will not be able to organize effectively at all, and they will be completely unable to stop the opponent."

"What's the matter with Wu Ci'an?" Yan Shenghao's face was a little uneasy. He knew Zheng Shuang's remark, but he didn't expect this person to die on it. The Xiongnu captured Baokang City, it was an unforgivable crime, and they deserved to die.

"After the thieves took over the city, they threatened the county magistrate Wu to cooperate with them and inform the restless people, otherwise they would kill all the people in the city. The county magistrate Wu had no choice but to play tricks on him. Later, the man surnamed Qiao entered the city. , County Magistrate Wu and Patriarch felt that the opportunity had come, so they asked the little one to go out of the city to report the news."

"Do you have Wu Ci'an's handwriting?"

Hu San shook his head again and again, "Magistrate Wu said that I can't write it. I'm afraid that the younger one will be taken back by them. He just told the younger one that if he sees the sheriff, he will tell the sheriff about the situation in the city."

Yan Shenghao nodded, "Okay, okay, you have made a great contribution, I understand, come here, take him down to rest first."

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