The Nameless of the Common Clans

Yanmen, Mayi.

The setting sun was like blood, and in the wind and sand, the guard general Sun Fang frowned as he looked at the more than a hundred Xianbei cavalry wandering outside the city.

"These Xianbei people are getting more and more rampant!" The deputy general patrolled the four walls, returned to Sun Fang to hand over the order, and frowned as he looked at the Xianbei knights cruising back and forth in the distance, saying, "Are they grazing here?"

In previous years, the Hu people would also go south, but mostly in autumn and winter. Now that summer has just arrived, some people have begun to appear here, which makes the guards very unhappy.

"These people are testing!" Sun Fang sighed: "If we don't respond, this will be their pasture next year!"

"Respond?" The deputy general had a headache: "There are only two hundred defenders in the city now, how to respond?"

I'm not afraid of fighting, but although these people are not many, they are all cavalry. If they leave the city, these people will run away, and it is impossible to catch up, and it is easy to be ambushed. But if they are allowed to run here, the few crops will either be trampled or eaten by the horses. Who can stand this?

"No hurry, now the governor of Bingzhou has arrived in Taiyuan, and the governor has handed over the military power, and reinforcements should be sent soon." Sun Fang said with a smile.

"I heard that the new governor is a young man, what does the court think?" The deputy general curled his lips and said.

"Although he is a young man, he is very capable. I heard that he participated in many battles in Luoyang, and he was always able to defeat the enemy with fewer troops. He also used powerful means to pacify the Baibo bandits before. If you see him in the future, don't be rude!" Sun Fang frowned.

"I don't understand the rules." The deputy general smiled indifferently: "But most of the things in the officialdom are exaggerated. What are the abilities of the Baibo bandits? They are just a group of rabble. If we go to war, we will still crush them."

"Hao Jian, be careful with your words!" Sun Fang frowned and glared at him.

"I understand." The deputy general nodded, looking at the Xianbei people who had already started grazing outside the city and said, "Why don't you..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a cavalry suddenly rushing in from a distance. Before the Xianbei leader could shout, he was shot through the throat by an arrow that broke through the air.

There were not many cavalrymen following closely, but their riding and shooting skills were quite powerful. They fell in an instant. Seeing this, the remaining Xianbei people began to flee in all directions. Some of them saw that they could not escape, so they rushed to the side, turned over and dismounted, and knelt down to surrender.

"Where did the cavalry come from?" Hao Jian was surprised: "Their riding and archery skills are no worse than those of the Xianbei people!"

"It's the Xiongnu!" Sun Fang held the parapet with his hands and frowned at the cavalry that suddenly rushed out. The Xianbei and Xiongnu are both peoples on horseback. They grew up on horseback since childhood. Their riding and archery skills are difficult for the Han people to match no matter how hard they practice. Sun Fang has been stationed at the border for a long time. Although this Xiongnu cavalry is wearing Han people's clothes and armor, he can still recognize them. Some habits are impossible for the Han people.

"Xiongnu people?" Hao Jian frowned and looked at the battle that had gradually subsided: "Can Xiongnu cavalry have such military discipline?"

Sun Fang shook his head. This was also what he was most worried about. If the Xiongnu or Xianbei people had such military discipline, it would definitely be a disaster for the Han army.

While speaking, he saw a horse galloping out of the horse and ran straight to the city gate.

Hao Jian subconsciously raised his bow and arrow, but was stopped by Sun Fang.

But the rider came to the foot of the city and shouted to the top of the city: "I am Bao Geng, the Taiyuan Cavalry Commander. My lord has arrived outside the city. Please open the city gate quickly!"

Sun Fang said loudly: "Do you have any proof?"

"Yes!" Bao Geng took out an arrow from his quiver, broke the arrowhead, tied a token on the arrow shaft, and shot an arrow towards the top of the city.

With the arrowhead missing and the token hanging, the headless arrow shot up crookedly and was caught by a soldier and handed to Sun Fang.

"It is indeed our order arrow!" Sun Fang handed the order arrow to Hao Jian and shouted to Bao Geng: "But I don't know where the envoy is?"

"South of the city, I will be there in a moment." Bao Geng said loudly.

"General Bao, are those behind you the Huns?" Sun Fang did not open the city, but pointed to the soldiers behind Bao Geng and asked.

"These are the Xiongnu who followed the Xiongnu Zuoxian King to cause chaos in Hedong. Later, Zuoxian King Yufuluo surrendered, and these Xiongnu also joined the lord's army. Now they are our soldiers." Bao Geng nodded.

"Forgive me for being rude. I'm afraid it will be difficult to open the city before I see you!" Sun Fang shook his head.

Bao Geng frowned, but did not get angry. He just nodded and turned his horse to pick up the Xianbei captives, and drove the sheep they brought with them to prepare to enter the city.

"General, a troop of soldiers was found in the south of the city." A garrison general hurried over and said to Sun Fang.

"How many soldiers are there?" Sun Fang asked.

"Two hundred people."

After a moment of silence, Sun Fang looked at Hao Jian and said, "You stay here to watch these people, I'll go and see."

"Yes!" Hao Jian agreed, and Sun Fang turned around and went along the city wall to the south city.

When he arrived at the south city, he saw a group of people lined up outside the city. Two hundred people seemed a little thin under the city wall, but the momentum of this group of people moved Sun Fang.

There were two riders standing in front of the formation. One of them had a well-proportioned figure, a jade-like face, and eyes like stars. He had a sense of majesty when he looked around. Next to him was a burly and fierce man. Even across the city wall, he could feel the fierceness in the other's eyes from time to time.

"Then general, are you the defender of Mayi?" Dian Wei saw Sun Fang's armor and shouted loudly. His voice was very loud, like thunder, and the rammed earth wall kept falling dust.

"General Sun Fang, your Excellency is..." Sun Fang stood up and nodded.

"Chen Mo!" Chen Moce immediately stepped forward, looked at the archers on both sides, and said loudly: "The official seal has been sent up. If General Sun is sure, please return it as soon as possible!"

Sun Fang took the seal ribbon from the general, looked at it carefully for a moment, then looked at the men and horses behind Chen Mo, and said to the soldiers on the side: "Kaicheng!"

"Here!" Some soldiers came down to the city and ordered them to open the city gate and let Chen Mo and others into the city.

"General Sun Fang, please see the envoy!" Sun Fang led his troops to greet him and saluted Chen Mo.

"General, there is no need to be polite. I don't blame the general for not informing him in advance. Bao Geng should have arrived before me. It seems he has not entered the city yet?" Chen Mo reached out to help Sun Fang up and asked as he walked.

"There is a general who calls himself Bao Geng, but the soldiers under his command are all Huns, and the general dare not let him enter the city." Sun Fang nodded.

"They are indeed my generals. As for those Huns, I recruited them from Fuluo. After extremely strict training, General Sun does not have to worry. If these people dare not abide by military discipline after entering the city, they can be killed on the spot. Kill!" Chen Mo laughed.

"Here!" Sun Fang nodded in response, turned around and ordered a soldier to deliver the order. After looking at the soldiers behind Chen Mo, Sun Fang casually asked, "I don't know how many soldiers and horses the envoy brought when he came to Yanmen this time. ?”

"Two hundred personal guards and two hundred cavalry." Chen Mo said with a smile.

"I wonder why the general came here first instead of going to the underworld?" Sun Fang asked doubtfully.

Yin Hall is the seat of Yanmen County. If Chen Mo wants to take over Yanmen, he should go to Yin Hall first.

"Since we want to take over Yanmen, we should naturally know the real situation in Yanmen. I heard that since last year, the Xianbei people have become more and more rampant, and Mayi is the place where the Xianbei people hang out most. I should come and take a look first. Over there, I Someone has been sent to pass the news." Accompanied by Sun Fang, Chen Mo came to the government office and said with a smile, "I met a few Xianbei tribes along the way."

Although it was scattered, seeing those people using the fields as pasture for grazing made Chen Mo very unhappy.

"Now there are less than 200 defenders in Mayi, and the general wants to expel them, but he is powerless." Sun Fang said with a wry smile. Of course, the dignity of the Han Dynasty was also lost. Otherwise, even if there were only 200 defenders in Mayi, those Xianbei people would not dare to be rampant. They come here to graze their animals.

"This is a test. If we don't care about it this year, I'm afraid it will be even more rampant next year." Chen Mo frowned.

This is clearly a horse race.

"The general will naturally know, but now the total strength of Yanmen's troops is less than three thousand, and most of them have to defend the city and are unable to expel them." Sun Fang said with a bitter smile.

Chen Mo nodded. It seemed like a lack of defensive strength, but in fact it was a loss of the imperial court's control over the border areas and its ability to deter the barbarians. If this problem is not resolved, I'm afraid these Xianbei people will gradually take advantage of it.

"My Lord, Bao Geng is back and has brought several Xianbei prisoners!" Dian Wei came in from the door and bowed to Chen Mo.

"Let him bring in all the Xianbei prisoners." Chen Mo nodded.

Soon, six Xianbei prisoners were brought in. Several Xianbei prisoners had humble expressions and chattered incomprehensible words.

"Aguli, what should we do now?"

"What can we do? The Han people like us to kowtow to them. If they ask us questions later, we will just kowtow."

"Why is it that a young man is sitting in the main seat? He doesn't look very powerful."

"Don't worry about him, just kowtow for a while."

"Actually, what we Han people want is not to kowtow, but to admit our mistakes. I, a big man, don't want to kneel down. Why do you seem to have misunderstood me, a big man?" A somewhat stiff Xianbei language came in, and several Xianbei people suddenly fell silent. , looked at Chen Mo in astonishment.

Not only these Xianbei people, Sun Fang also looked at Chen Mo unexpectedly: "As far as the general knows, the commander was not born in the border area, how can he understand the language of the foreign countries?"

As for whether what Chen Mo said was false, you would know by looking at the shocked expressions on the faces of the Xianbei people.

"Well, before I left, I found someone in Taiyuan who knew Xianbei dialect. It's not too difficult to learn, and it has a lot in common with the dialect in Bingzhou." Chen Mo explained.

Sun Fang rubbed his temples: "Why would you be interested in Fanbang's language?"

After all, Chen Mo is a scholar.

"Since we want to occupy Yanmen, communication is indispensable. I don't want anyone to chat in front of me with a look of horror like them in the future." Chen Mo glanced at these stunned Xianbei people and said with some humor.

"I wonder when your Majesty started learning?" Sun Fang swallowed and asked.

"Including today, it's been five days. I haven't learned very well." Chen Mo said with a smile, "But it's not difficult to understand what they say."

Sun Fang was speechless...