Chapter 147
Xiao Muqing only knows how bold Tang Yin is. Not to mention the capital of Besa, even Tang Yin has the courage to venture into the latest chapter.
Looking at Shangguan Yuanrang who looked disapproving, Xiao Muqing did not continue to argue with him, but just laughed and welcomed him into the city.
He could clearly see how powerful Shangguan Yuanrang was in the city. If he wanted to resist Besa's army now, he would have to rely on this person a lot, and he didn't dare to offend him.
The Feng army led by Xiao Muqing was almost like a star holding the moon, crowding in front and behind to welcome Shangguan Yuanrang into the city. The latter accepted the crowd's support with peace of mind. He sat on the horse without even getting off his horse, with his head held high and the corners of his mouth raised, half-smiling but not smiling, triumphant. In his opinion, everyone should treat him like this. If not, He arrived in time, and the barbarian army might have already entered the city.
As they were walking forward, a group of people came quickly in front of them. The leader was none other than Shangguan Yuanji.
Shangguan Yuanrang's eyes were sharp and he saw his elder brother coming from a distance. He was stunned for a moment, and then the proud look on his face suddenly disappeared. His first reaction was to get off the horse, forced out a peaceful smile, and looked at the people around him from time to time. Nod in greeting. Xiao Muqing was very strange. He couldn't understand why he suddenly made a 180-degree change in the attitude of everyone on his side.
After waiting for a while, he also saw Shangguan Yuanji and others approaching quickly, and then he realized that Shangguan Yuanrang was also in awe of his eldest brother!
Shangguan Yuanji has never practiced Lingwu, but his three brothers are all highly skilled in Lingwu. However, the attitudes of the three brothers towards him are both respect and fear. Of course, respect is far more important than fear. Parents After passing away, the eldest brother becomes the father. No matter how great the three of them are, they are just younger brothers and juniors in front of Shangguan Yuanji.
Before Shangguan Yuanji could get closer, Shangguan Yuanrang rushed over to greet him. When he arrived in front of Shangguan Yuanji, he straightened his clothes and knelt down. Before he could speak, his eye circles turned red. Shangguan Yuanrang has been traveling around the world and has been away from home for several years. It has been several years since he was separated from his eldest brother. When they met, his heart was filled with excitement. After a moment of relief, he said in a trembling voice: "Brother Yuanrang, meet my eldest brother!"
Looking at his brother, who had been away from home for many years, kneeling in front of him, Shangguan Yuanji's tears fell. He hurriedly reached out to help Yuan Rang up and looked him up and down carefully. He felt that his brother was much darker than he thought. He looked a lot more mature. He nodded excitedly and choked with sobs: "It'll be good to come back, it'll be good to come back!"
The two brothers had not seen each other for many years. When they reunited after a long separation, they naturally had a lot to say and had thousands of things to say. However, Xiao Muqing did not have time to wait for the two of them to chat about family matters. He came closer and said with a smile: "Master Shangguan, General Yuan Rang is like this." My brothers are really a blessing to the Shangguan family and also to my Pingyuan County!"
He said this very skillfully, not only showing compliments and respect, but also secretly giving Shangguan Yuanrang the title of general. The implication was that he wanted to draw him into the Pingyuan Army.
How could the two Shangguan brothers fail to hear the underlying meaning of his words? Shangguan Yuanji didn't say much, while Shangguan Yuanrang said dissatisfiedly: "I'm just an idler, when did I become a general? If I hadn't known about Pingyuan County this time If there is trouble, my eldest brother is trapped, and I will not rush back all the way."
He was telling the truth. Shangguan Yuanrang had no intention of surrendering to the army at this time. The reason why he came back to Pingyuan County was just to understand the danger in Hengcheng and save his eldest brother's life.
Xiao Muqing blushed, rubbed her hands and laughed, looking at Shangguan Yuanji in embarrassment. Shangguan Yuanrang was too arrogant and unreasonable. If he wanted to draw him into the Pingyuan Army and help his side repel the enemy, he could only start with his brother.
Shangguan Yuanji naturally understood what Xiao Muqing meant, but he was not an unreasonable elder brother, nor would he force his brothers to make a certain decision. He was silent for a moment and said: "Yuan Rang, Pingyuan County is our hometown. The people are our fellow villagers. At this critical moment, a barbarian army of 200,000 invades our county. We should do our best to protect our homeland and ensure the safety of the people!"
Shangguan Yuanrang smiled slightly and said proudly: "Don't worry, brother, as long as I'm here, the barbarians from the vassal state will never step into Hengcheng!"
Hearing what he said, Shangguan Yuanji felt relieved. As long as his brothers were willing to contribute, it didn't matter whether they joined the Pingyuan Army or not.
The corners of Xiao Muqing's mouth moved, wanting to speak, but in the end he held back. He sincerely hoped that Shangguan Yuanrang would join the Pingyuan Army. Now that Zhang Zhou was killed in battle, there was a shortage of a regiment commander. If Shangguan Yuanrang could take over this position, with his outstanding spiritual martial arts, he could completely defeat the Pingyuan Army. If his combat effectiveness is raised to a higher level, he will be able to do greater things in the future. However, Shangguan Yuan is both arrogant and unreasonable. If he presses too hard, it may be counterproductive.
Shangguan Yuanrang looked around, but did not see his two brothers. He asked: "Brother, where are Yuanwu and Yuan Biao?"
"The two of them have gone with the Lord to the expedition to the barbarian capital!"
"Oh?" Xiao Muqing said this. Shangguan Yuanrang didn't believe it, but his eldest brother said the same thing, so he couldn't help but not believe it. Could it be that Tang Yin really dared to go deep alone to attack the barbarian capital? This is incredible. At this time, Shangguan Yuanrang became very interested in Tang Yin and wanted to see what kind of person he was.
He thought so in his heart, but did not say so, and muttered: "This county magistrate is just looking for death himself, and he also wants to drag my two brothers with him. If something happens to Yuan Wu and Yuan Biao, I will never spare him." !”
Xiao Muqing shuddered when he heard this and secretly stuck out his tongue. Shangguan Yuanji's face darkened and he scolded in a low voice: "Yuan Rang, don't talk nonsense, let alone be rude to the adults!"
Seeing that his eldest brother looked unhappy, Shangguan Yuanrang hurriedly bowed his head in response.
Returning to the Shangguan family's mansion in the city, everyone sat down separately. Shangguan Yuan asked Dong to take a look and then looked to the west. He felt that there had been a lot of changes in the family. He originally thought that his eldest brother had become the deputy county magistrate and that the family would become richer. However, he did not expect that it was completely the opposite. A lot of valuable things in the family were gone and there were more guards. , but there are not many servants left, and it is obvious that life is far worse than before.
When people become officials, they get richer and richer, while his elder brother becomes poorer and poorer as he becomes an official. Shangguan Yuanrang didn't know whether he should cry or laugh. He walked around the courtyard with his hands behind his back, shaking his head and sighing from time to time.
Not long after everyone sat down, four corps commanders, Bai Yong, Juno, Guyue, and Li Wei, also came closer from outside, and at the same time they brought the casualty statistics of their own soldiers.
Every time they saw the statistics of their own casualties, everyone felt a headache, especially today. After a hard battle all day long, the outer city wall had been captured by the enemy, and the Pingyuan Army suffered heavy casualties.
There were originally 80,000 soldiers in the five corps. Now there are less than 40,000 soldiers who can take up arms to fight. Most of the casualties are casualties. Even those soldiers who can fight are almost all wounded and exhausted. Our combat effectiveness has been sharply reduced. At this level, can it still withstand the barbarian attack?
Seeing everyone lowering their heads and being silent, Xiao Muqing said seriously: "Our army suffered heavy casualties, and the barbarian army suffered even greater losses. What's more, now that we have Yuan Rang...Brother Yuan Rang assisting us, fending off the enemy will not be a problem!"
Shangguan Yuanji said: "If the troops are really insufficient, I can organize the people in the city to help our army defend the city!"
Xiao Muqing hurriedly shook his head and said: "That's inappropriate! The people have not received formal training, and they have never seen the blood on the battlefield. If the people are allowed to go to the battlefield to fight against the barbarians, it will not only increase casualties, but may also cause a large number of people to flee. The morale of our army will increase the arrogance of the barbarian soldiers, and the war situation will become even more unfavorable to our army!"
After listening to Xiao Muqing's analysis, Shangguan Yuanji nodded, feeling that what he said made sense. It was okay to ask the common people to help transport city defense facilities, but it was indeed too risky to actually organize them to go to the battlefield.
Juno snorted coldly and said, "If the county could send reinforcements, how could Hengcheng be in such trouble?"
His words immediately resonated with everyone. At this time, both sides were exhausted from the fight and were at the end of their strength. As long as the county sent even 10,000 reinforcements, it would be enough to reverse their passive situation.
Everyone was filled with indignation, but only Qiu Zhen knew what was going on. He would not miss the opportunity to arouse everyone's dissatisfaction. He rolled his eyes and echoed: "Yu He is a greedy villain. If we can send him a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, he may send reinforcements as soon as he is happy." If he doesn’t have money, he won’t care about the life and death of our Pingyuan army and the people of Pingyuan!”
"This bitch!" Juno clenched his fist and slammed it down on the table.
Everyone's blood was rising, and their eyes were spitting fire.
Shangguan Yuanrang walked into the house at this time, looked around at everyone, and said quietly: "As soon as the barbarian army retreats, I will go to Shunzhou to get his dog head!"
Shangguan Yuanji frowned, but before he could speak, several regiment commanders had already answered: "Yes! Brother Yuan Rang, we will accompany you when the time comes. If you don't kill Yu He, this dog officer, we will be sorry for the soldiers who died in the battle." I’m sorry for General Zhang who sacrificed his life for his country!”
Under Qiu Zhen's instigation, everyone's hatred for the barbarian army was suddenly transferred to Yu He. At this time, Yu He was still organizing troops in Shunzhou to prepare to reinforce Yancheng. He had no idea that he had become a soldier of the Pingyuan Army. The target of public criticism.
Shangguan Yuanrang pulled up a chair and sat down and said: "The barbarians are not afraid, and we don't have to stay in the city to defend the city. When the barbarians come to attack the city again tomorrow, I will go out to meet the enemy."
"This..." Xiao Muqing pondered for a moment and said worriedly: "Brother Yuan Rang cannot take it lightly. The barbarian army has a large number of troops. If they go out of the city to fight, I'm afraid..."
"Hmph!" Shangguan Yuanrang sneered, grabbed his three-pointed two-edged sword, and said, "What are you afraid of? To kill an enemy, just stab with the sword, and to kill a group of enemies, just swing the sword. Even if there are millions of enemy troops, in my eyes they are just cattle and sheep waiting to be slaughtered!"
These words can be said to be extremely arrogant, but Shangguan Yuanrang is also arrogant enough. On the battlefield, he has the courage to be defeated by ten thousand people. In future battles, he did get the nickname "The enemy of ten thousand people". Tang Yin was named the "Invincible General" and used a three-pointed two-edged sword to sweep across the country.