Zhu Nao

The news in Fenyang City did not reach the ears of the Dark Horse Army immediately——since some time ago, Henry Zhang stopped letting the Dark Horse Army enter the city because he didn’t want the Dark Horse Army to know the situation in the city, and he didn’t want to let the Dark Horse Army know about the situation in the city. The Black Horse Army knew that he had plans to abandon Fenyang—however, like the people in the city, the Black Horse Army's suspicion of Xuantian Sect was also increasing day by day.

In the tent, Wei Bian sat at the head, and several officers under him sat in a circle.

"Brother, I heard that the branch sects of Xuantian Sect in Xingzhou and Xiangzhou have been taken away by the Hebei government, and the sacrificial wine in Cizhou ran away with money. I think they are going to die, right?"

"I thought that the Xuantian Sect's money was inexhaustible. Why is it running out of money? Brother, they won't take our credit, right?"

"If we knew that some time ago, when they planned to break the contract, we should have left! If at the end of the month, they can't pay us this month's money, didn't we keep it for them for a month?"

In recent days, they have been hearing news that is not good for Xuantian Sect. Even Wei Bian regretted it a bit. Indeed, she should have led the troops back to Youzhou when she was about to change the contract. At least he took advantage of it.But now that the new covenant has been concluded, if he walks away again, it would be a breach of morality.But if he didn't leave, they would have to deal with the harassment of the Yanzhou Army every now and then. Although the loss was not great, they were very tired and their morale was also being drained day by day.

Now the entire army is worried that the Xuantian Church will not take their account. Although everyone dare not question Wei Bian in person, Wei Bian also knows that he has some complaints secretly.

Right now, we can only wait until this month is over, once the Xuantian Sect dares to renege on the debt, or wants to change the contract again, he will immediately lead his troops away, so he doesn't care about the life and death of those liars.

At this moment, soldiers from outside suddenly rushed in: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! The Yanzhou Army is here again!"

When everyone in the tent heard the news, they immediately clenched their teeth and sighed, "Oh! Here comes the caller again!"

This Yanzhou army is like morning Ding fainted. Sometimes they come back every three days, sometimes they come back every five days, and sometimes they come back every other day. When they come, they destroy the horse-repelling fortification they just repaired, and turn their heads. They went back again, causing them to rebuild the fortifications every two days.

They wanted to simply change to a position where the fortifications were not easy to be destroyed, but Henry Zhang disagreed, and insisted that they guard this pass, for fear that the Yanzhou Army would occupy this pass and give him all the way to the teams who came to give him money and food. stopped.

The officers left the camp one after another and rushed to the assembly place, preparing to command the army to resist the incoming enemy troops.This should have been an imminent matter, but everyone's footsteps were not in a hurry - firstly, there were fortifications blocking their position, and it would be no problem to block the Yanzhou army for a while; The state army will not really fight, they will come back after playing with a flower gun.

"It's such a miserable life." On the way to order soldiers, several officers talked to each other, "When do you think the Yanzhou Army will come to fight? I just want to have a good time now. Fuck it!"

"Then let's say goodbye, how can we say that our little life is more important."

"But I'm annoyed..."

"If you are bothered in your heart, find someone to fight yourself, don't drag us into the water!"

"Hey, if there is a day, can you run away if you want to?"

Everyone was joking, and when they arrived at the camp, the soldiers hadn't finished gathering yet—the horn of the enemy's attack had obviously sounded for a long time, but the soldiers were also used to the small fights of the Yanzhou Army, and felt that it was too early to go It doesn't matter if you're late, it doesn't even matter if you don't go.Originally, those who received money to do things did not have any deep hatred with the Yanzhou Army, and with the less money they got, they became less and less motivated.

Wei Bian also followed to the camp, and when he saw the sparse soldiers in the camp, he frowned in displeasure.For some reason, his chest feels tight today, and he has a bad premonition.

He hurriedly turned his head and ordered to the messenger: "Go and urge them to hurry up! The battalion that is in line first goes out first! Don't wait!"

The messenger hurriedly delivered the order, and a group of soldiers ran to the military tents with gongs to urge them.

A few battalions took the lead in setting up their formations and set off to face the battle. Suddenly, a garrison in front of the formation ran into the camp like shit, and came straight to Wei Bian: "My lord!! My lord!! It's not good!! I can't hold it! Already!!!"

Wei Bian was startled.Grabbing the messenger's lapel, he questioned: "What do you mean you can't keep it? What's going on?!"

Because of the fortifications, the whole army does not stay on the ground all day, but the battalions alternately guard, so that the rest of the soldiers can get sufficient rest when they are not in rotation.When the enemy strikes, the garrison battalion will report back, and the army will go out to fight, so that the enemy's advance and attack can be retreated.

Although they were slower to gather today, anyway, there are strong fortifications outside, unless the enemy has wings and can fly, how could they break through the defense line so quickly? !

The soldier panicked and said: "The enemy pushed a pile of sharp logs with a carriage. For some reason, when they hit them, all our fortifications were smashed! The enemy rushed in, and the army didn't arrive. The battalion can't stop it at all!"

Wei Bian didn't know that when his soldiers built the fortifications, they also thought that the fortifications would be destroyed soon anyway, and they would have to be rebuilt someday, so they became more lazy and casual.

Never thought that soldiers never tire of cheating, this is what the enemy is waiting for!

Wei Bian's heart skipped a beat, and his mind went blank for a moment.

what should I do now?

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outside the camp.

The horse-repelling fortifications that were supposed to be airtight had already been knocked to pieces at this moment. After the under-prepared garrison barely resisted for a while, several gaps were torn open by the unstoppable Yanzhou Army.The formation was broken, and the defenders completely lost their fighting spirit, and began to flee in all directions in a panic.

Most of the garrison chose to turn their heads and run in the direction of the camp, but they had just run halfway when they encountered reinforcements who rushed over.

Seeing that the garrison had collapsed, the reinforcements panicked.When they came out, there were many people who were not yet in place. They only rushed to the battlefield after receiving an emergency order from the general.But who would have thought that they hadn't even arrived before the formation, and the position had already been lost!

Seeing this situation, the officer leading the team was immediately at a loss, not knowing whether to order to continue charging or retreat quickly.

In this hesitant blink of an eye, the Yanzhou army had already killed them.

"Come on!!!"

The Yanzhou Army's momentum was like a rainbow. The cavalry broke through the formation first, and rushed into the crowd in an instant, tearing the black horse formation in half, which was not tight enough.At this moment, the officers of the Black Horse Army had calmed down, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to regroup, trying to swallow the fastest cavalry into their stomachs.

But before they filled the gap in the formation, the spearmen and chariots of the Yanzhou Army had already arrived at the rear, smashing the formation of the Black Horse Army to pieces in an instant, and retreating again and again.

The officers of the Black Horse Army were desperately commanding the soldiers to run, trying to form a formation that could parry, but they hadn't waited for the soldiers to reach the position designated by the officers.The infantry of the Yanzhou Army has arrived again.The huge infantry engulfed the scattered black horse army in a blink of an eye, and devoured them like ground meat...

Xie Wuji stood on the high ground, looking down at the situation below.Wu Cong and the messengers beside him were already full of joy - the situation of the battle has become clear, and they have won a complete victory!

From the beginning, Xie Wuji led troops to frequently attack the positions of the Black Horse Army, which meant to separate Xuantian Sect and the Black Horse Army, and also to paralyze the enemy.He controlled the rhythm of each attack very well, which not only played a harassing effect, but also did not give the Dark Horse Army a sense of oppression, so that the Dark Horse Army gradually believed that the Yanzhou Army would not really attack them, even if they attacked them , is not so terrible.

Perhaps Wei Bian was not paralyzed, but most of the soldiers involuntarily became more and more lax and indifferent during repeated work.But Xie Wuji recorded time and time again the time when the enemy troops went out to battle and the time when his subordinates destroyed the fortifications.Until he clearly understood - the time has come!

Down below, the dark horse army, which had lost its ability to fight, finally gave up resistance completely, and a hurried horn sounded from the rear, notifying the army to retreat immediately.There were desperate cries from soldiers still trapped, knowing they had been abandoned.And the soldiers who were not yet surrounded began to turn around and flee desperately...

The messenger standing beside Xie Wuji asked: "General, do you want to chase?"

Looking at those fleeing figures in embarrassment, Xie Wuji thought for a while, and said: "Don't chase. Call back! Go to Fenyang immediately!"

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In Daxuantian Temple, several ministers were gathering together to discuss matters. Strangely, Henry Zhang was not present.

What everyone is talking about is the money that has been collected recently.Ever since they boldly launched various means of raising money, the effect has been immediate. In just one month, they have received more than 4 yuan in Fenyang City alone!

However, these ministries are not satisfied with the results so far.

Although the money has been collected, the people in the city have recently started to make frequent disturbances, with small disturbances every three days and big disturbances every five days.In the worst disturbance two days ago, the common people actually set fire to a Xuantian Sect, and hundreds of angry people almost rushed into the Daxuantian Temple where they were!

Although every time the people rioted, they were suppressed, but the situation in the city became more and more tense. These ministers had to bring a group of guards with them every time they left the temple, for fear that they would be killed by the angry crowd.Just a few months ago, they were still deeply worshiped by the people, but in a short period of time, the situation suddenly reversed.

Apart from this point, even the amount of money collected made the ministries dissatisfied.Ordinarily, tens of thousands of pennies is definitely not a lot of money, but they have also heard that the various names they set up to collect money, when the staff under them are doing things, they will collect twice as much!But only hand in the set amount!In other words, the rest of the money was embezzled by those minions themselves!

The servants hate the soldiers not because their minions are domineering and oppressing the village, but because they hate their minions for being greedy and taking advantage of what should belong to them.

But even so, they couldn't use those minions.Without minions, could it be that they went out and begged for money from door to door?

So all the ministers gathered together today to discuss how to teach the minions to be honest and restrained, and to pay more money.

This is a very important matter, even if everyone can discuss to make a ugly Yinmao, but without Henry Zhang, no one can have the final say.Therefore, everyone was a little impatient waiting in the hall, and they couldn't help discussing.

"Go and invite Master again!" A clerk ordered to the servant outside the hall, "Just say that the matter is urgent, please bear with the discomfort for a while, Master, be sure to come here."

The boy said yes, and went to work.

These ministries have not seen Henry Zhang since last night.They came to greet Henry Zhang in the morning, but they heard the monk said that Henry Zhang was not feeling well and was still resting.However, it was almost afternoon, and Henry Zhang still didn’t show up, I’m afraid he really fell ill.

"Master, why doesn't he get sick in the morning and doesn't get sick in the evening, why is he sick at this time?" A minister couldn't help complaining in a low voice, "There are so many things going on right now, the stupid donkeys outside are making trouble, and the pigs and dogs below are dishonest. He's fine, he can't get up while lying down."

Another person jokingly said, "I'm afraid the Yanzhou Army appeared in his dream last night, scaring him so much that he couldn't sleep all night. So he has to catch up on sleep during the day."

Several people laughed secretly after hearing this, but after all, it was about Henry Zhang, and they didn’t dare to say too much, they just joked and passed.

The reason why they ridiculed Henry Zhang was timid, because as early as after Xie Wuji and Zhu Nao had just occupied Yanzhou, Henry Zhang proposed to let everyone abandon Fenyang and move eastward to avoid the edge of the Yanzhou Army and the Shu Army.However, most of the people who followed him were locals from Taiyuan. Their ancestral home and relatives were all here, and the money they earned was used to buy houses, land, marry wives and take concubines here. How could they be willing to leave?Henry Zhang persuaded everyone not to move, and then he invited the black horse army from Youzhou.

But more than a month before the fight, Xuantianjiao’s money and food began to be tight, and Henry Zhang proposed to leave Fenyang again. This time everyone agreed, and they also found that Fenyang really couldn’t stay for a long time.But the reason why everyone has not moved yet is still because it is inconvenient to transfer family property and everyone is lucky.

The senior ministers of the Xuantian Sect are all very rich now, not to mention the land and mansions, the luggage of the family, the number of newly acquired wives and beautiful family members, and the number of servants and slaves bought are not to be underestimated.If it is necessary to transfer, hundreds of carts are transported out, is it for fear that people will not be robbed on the road?Therefore, even the delivery must be carried out in batches, and it takes a lot of time to find a safe place to transport.

More importantly, seeing that the autumn harvest is approaching, everyone wants to wait for the grain in the field to be harvested and transport it away together.Otherwise, wouldn't it be a pity to leave this long-growing and fertile land to others?

During this month, Henry Zhang urged him several times, but everyone kept pushing back and forth.In fact, it is also because of their luck.The Yanzhou Army and the Dark Horse Army have been in a stalemate for two or three months. When the Dark Horse Army sent someone to report, they needed to brag about their achievements. Therefore, Xie Wuji's harassing attack was regarded as a serious attack by them. , He also said that they resisted again and again, making it difficult for the Yanzhou army to advance.This inevitably made the officials of the Xuantian Sect feel that the Yanzhou Army was not that great, and that the Black Horse Army had collected so much money, they would definitely be able to help them stop the enemy army.

Even if it counts, the dark horse army can't stop the Yanzhou army, but the Yanzhou army is obviously not in a hurry to attack!I've been waiting for so long, so don't worry about the two months of grain harvest, right?

Therefore, not only were the ministers procrastinating and refusing to leave, Henry Zhang urged them too much, but everyone felt that Henry Zhang was making a fuss and was too timid.

Everyone waited for a while, but Henry Zhang still did not come, and was about to send someone to urge him again, when the boy who had been sent out before finally came back, but he was still alone, with a dazed look on his face.

Everyone hurriedly asked, "Where is Master?"

The young fellow said: "I just arrived at the master's bedroom. The monk guarding the hall said that the master was unwell and ordered to see no one. I begged again and again, saying that the masters have important matters to ask the master to discuss. I can't delay, and finally it was worn out." The monks let me in. But after entering the hall, there was no one there, and the master didn’t know where he went. I asked the monks, but the monks didn’t know.”

Everyone immediately looked at each other in blank dismay: Henry Zhang is gone?Where can he go?

Before they could think of where to find someone, everyone could vaguely hear the commotion outside. It seemed that many people were running and shouting.

"What's that noise?" One person asked first, "Did you hear that?"

"I heard..." The other person clicked his tongue irritably, "Could it be that someone is making trouble outside the temple again?"

"Damn it, it's coming again!" One person slapped the table angrily.

They all thought that the people in the city had started to make trouble again, and they didn't know what the pigs and dogs under them had grown up on, and they didn't realize that something was wrong until the people gathered together.

One person walked outside the hall and told the people outside: "Call the Xuan Hujun quickly, go outside the temple and arrest all the troublemakers, and never let them break into the temple again."

"Yes." The subordinate took the order and went out.

Everyone returned to the hall and continued to discuss where Henry Zhang went and what to do next.

Not long after, the sound of running suddenly came from the entrance of the hall, and they turned their heads to see that it was the servant they had just sent crawling in.

"Why are you back again? Didn't you ask Xuan Hujun?" The person who gave the order just now frowned and reprimanded, "What are you doing in such a panic!"

The boy's face was pale, his teeth were chattering, "Si Si Si and outside the temple have been surrounded by the Yanzhou Army!"

Everyone was shocked for a moment, suspecting that there was something wrong with their ears, or that the servant had said something wrong in a hurry.Is it the Yanzhou Army?Not the people in the city?

Does the Yanzhou army know how to drill the ground, or can they fly with wings?What about the Dark Horse Army?What about the city gate?What about the defenders?What about Xuan Hujun?Can the Yanzhou army pass through so many passes and directly surround the temple?I'm afraid I'm not joking...