I’m The King Chapter 397: : set off

Yan Shenghao, the governor of Hejian County, was very upset. I don't know when he started to feel unsatisfactory in everything he did. First, last year, Chen Ying led three thousand elites to die in the grassland. So far, no one has even found out who the murderer is. Clearly, 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 soak up this muddy water? It's none of his business if the grassland is chaotic. , I just need 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 of the army, and one of his own arms was cut off alive. This made him hate Zhou Yuan and Ning Zecheng. , and transferred the full of resentment to Ye Tiannan, the Prime Minister of the original country who had stepped down and lost power.

It's all about your bad son-in-law. If he was burned to death in Jicheng, wouldn't there be nothing wrong? 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.

Assemble troops, Chen Bing border, and then sent people to threaten Ye Tiannan, but this whole process 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 I just couldn't believe my 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 not as good as before, and even the incidents of harassing the border were rare, because they could not Then organize a strong army, what's more, in Baokang, I still have Zheng Shuang's 1,000 county soldiers, which are the same as Chen Ying. How could Kang be broken into the city so easily?

However, 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. Contact, the outside world knows nothing about Baokang's current situation.

But at least one problem is explained. The Huns who broke through Baokang County are still entrenched here and have not left. This has caused all the surrounding counties to fight. The courtyard-like city wall of his own house can block an opponent's blow there, and the snow-like emergency documents fly 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 the sudden situation was not dealt with quickly, it might cause panic in a large area. The counties around Baokang did not have strong force except for the county soldiers. Since the incoming Huns were able to wipe out Zheng Shuang's thousand Hejian soldiers, their strength must not be able to resist the strength of the surrounding counties.

While urgently dispatching the troops 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 suppress this daring force with the momentum of a thunderbolt. The Huns expelled Hejian County.

Hejian County is getting busy, this year, it is impossible to 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. Hejian County 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 has not penetrated further can only show that their strength is insufficient.

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. You know, if you send troops rashly, it is very easy for the enemy to take advantage of you. You must know that the opponents, the 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.

Countless spies, sentry cavalry set off from Yingkou to Baokang, but after a few days, these people either disappeared without a trace, or came back with nothing. The sentry cavalry of the Huns set up a guard outside Baokang line, extremely 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 shattered on the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month. Because of this day, he finally had news about Baokang City.

Looking at 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?"

"Return 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 With a cup of hot water, 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.

"Master Hui Junshou, these Huns do not prohibit people in the city from going out, but they can only limit them within ten miles around. When a person enters the city, he will be recognized very quickly, and these days, many people have already had their heads chopped off, and I am afraid that they are the people sent by the Lord Sheriff." Hu San was eloquent, and at this time The mind has settled down, and the words are extremely fluent.

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

"Going back to Lord Sheriff, a man surnamed Qiao entered the city a few days ago and was hidden by my master. Later, my master said that this person was sent in by Lord Sheriff. Later, Magistrate Wu I also came here, and finally, the head of the family asked me to go out of the city quietly to find the Lord Sheriff."

"The surname is Qiao?" Yan Shenghao glanced at a general beside him, and the general walked out knowingly, then turned around after a while, and said in Yan Shenghao's ear: "The sheriff, one of the scouts sent out a few days ago Among them, there is indeed a spy named Qiao Guan, but he has disappeared and has not 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. I didn't escape the thieves' interrogation until after midnight, and ran away. Come out."

"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, people were screaming, and there were shouts of killing everywhere. First, there was a fire at the north gate, and then those thieves came in through the north gate. All of them rode big horses, carried scimitars, and slashed at anyone they saw. The county soldiers in the city stood up to resist, but they couldn’t stop them.

"How many thieves are there?" This is what Yan Shenghao is 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, "There are more than a thousand cavalry fighting Zheng Shuang's one thousand county soldiers in the city. .What's going on?"

"Master Sheriff!" Hu San showed a strange look on his face, "We Hejian County Soldiers didn't organize any resistance at all, we were in groups of three or four, and those thieves were like killing chickens." It was chopped off."

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

"I heard from Wu county magistrate and Patriarch~IndoMTL.com~General Zheng was assassinated by those thieves before the war started, and I heard it was a trick of beauty." Hu San showed a strange look on his face, "Wu The county magistrate listened to what those thieves said. Once General Zheng died, the soldiers and horses could not be organized effectively at all, and they could not stop the opponent at all."

"What's the matter with Wu Ci'an?" Yan Shenghao's face suddenly became a little uncomfortable. He knew Zheng Shuang's good words, but he didn't expect this person to die on it. It doesn't matter if he dies, but it's broken It is a big event, let the Huns win Baokang City, it is really an unforgivable crime, and they deserve to die.

"After the thieves took over the city, they threatened Wu county magistrate to cooperate with them and sue the restless people, otherwise they would kill all the people in the city. After entering the city, County Magistrate Wu and the head of the family 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 done a great job, I understand, come here, take him down to rest first." rs

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