Song Dynasty

Chapter 196 Flowers in the Darkness
At this moment, in Qichun City, under the rain curtain, Wang Shen looked back, but saw the anxious faces of those cavalrymen, they were the scouts he had scattered around the important places outside the city.

He was startled, and immediately had messy thoughts: Is there something wrong in Huangzhou?Maybe it's because God is so proud of Wang, so he wants to give me a reversal?
In the movies of later generations, such a plot usually appears.Seeing that the great work is about to be completed, the characters inside burst out laughing, suddenly, a greater danger appeared.

No... This kind of plot will only appear in the supporting and villain roles, and Lao Tzu is the protagonist today!
Besides, the bandit army on Anlu's side was huddled in the garrison, and they were busy grabbing land and causing internal strife. How could they suddenly go to Huangzhou?
Even if they were killed, could it be possible that they still flew here to rescue Kong Yanzhou?

"The military envoy is here, what's the matter?" A guard shouted loudly.

A few scouts rushed over, jumped off the saddle, knelt down on one knee dripping with water, and held a letter wrapped in lotus leaves above their heads.

Seeing that there was no chicken feather on the letter, which meant it was not an urgent military situation, Wang Shen heaved a sigh of relief, took the letter, and asked, "What is this?"

The scout replied: "Reporting to the military envoy, this is a warrant from Li Heng Li Xianggong, the new envoy of Jianghan Ezhou Zhulu and Xiangyang appeasement system dispatched by the imperial court."

"Li Heng, who is Li Heng?" Wang Shen was a little baffled when he heard that such an immediate boss suddenly appeared.

The so-called appeasement envoys, in simple terms, are the military and political chiefs of Xiangyang Prefecture and Jianghan area, who control all the soldiers and horses in Jingchu.During the war, he was also in charge of local civil affairs, just like the princes of Jianjie.In comparison, Wang Shen, the defense envoy, was a bit older than the later Minister of Civil and Armed Forces, and the status of the two men was very different.

An umbrella was raised above Wang Shen's head.

Wang Shen opened the letter and read it carefully, his brows wrinkled, and finally they were twisted into a ball, and the anger flashed in his eyes.

Hu Yantong next to him couldn't help asking: "Military envoy, what's wrong?"

Wang Shen frowned, and suddenly laughed: "It turns out that Li Yanping and Zhang Xiang are colleagues in the Privy Council. This time, we have received the imperial decree to appease Jingchu, and we will have a boss soon. Coincidentally, Zhang Xiang is also with him. Come together."

"Zhang Jun and Zhang Deyuan are here too?" Hu Yantong knew the relationship between Wang Shen and Zhang Jun. At the beginning, everyone in Jinling believed that Wang Daosi was Zhang Xianggong's disciple, but later he rebelled and joined Du Chong's command.Now, the old master arrived, and he didn't know what kind of excitement it would be.

Thinking of this, Hu Yantong couldn't help laughing.

"Why are you laughing? It's useless to talk about the past. Zhang Xianggong received the imperial decree to manage Shaanxi this time, and he got what he wanted. Almost the entire territory of Shaanxi fell, and the morale of the people was depressed. Such a person is also needed to guard. It has been more than a year since I saw Zhang Xiang, and I don’t know if the old man’s demeanor is still there?” Wang Shen smiled: “I have never seen this Li Heng and Li Yanping, and I don’t know what he looks like. However, his words The writing is very good, the handwriting is like the person, and he must be a refined person."

After finishing speaking, he threw the letter in his hand into the stagnant water, and said: "Go, go and see Kong Yanzhou, hurry up and pass on my order to Yue Yun, tell them to resolve the battle as soon as possible."

As soon as the letter was soaked in the water, it immediately became permeable, and when it was washed by the water, it was instantly torn to pieces.

Leaping on the horse, the torrential rain hits the face, like an arrow like a stone, and it hurts.

Wang Shen sneered in his heart: What Li Heng, hehe, a certain person doesn't recognize you, and wants to stop the war with Kong Yanzhou, it's just a dream.

It turned out that what Li Heng wrote in the letter just now was that he had received the imperial decree to conquer the Jinghu area, put down the rebellion, and sent troops to the Northern Expedition to collect the lost land in the six counties of Xiangyang.Kong Yanzhou has already appealed for peace and returned to Song Dynasty.Zhang Jun and Zhang Xianggong, who came to Jingchu with him, have already agreed to Kong Yanzhou's recruitment.

In this way, both Kong Yanzhou and Wang Shen's Sizhou Army were controlled by Li Heng and became his direct troops, which would be used to pacify Anlu Zhangyong, Cao Cheng's bandit army and regain the country in the future.

Wang Shen managed to guard one side with great difficulty, the mountains were high and the emperor was far away, so he was indescribably at ease.But now suddenly an immediate boss appeared, and he was naturally angry and annoyed.

What's more, he and Kong Yanzhou have had a real fight in the past two months, and the two sides have formed a deep blood feud that will never end.If we stop fighting now, wouldn't so many soldiers and people die in vain?

Moreover, given Kong Thief's old treachery, who knows how he will take revenge on me, Wang Shen, in the future?
The gentleman complained straightforwardly, how could the story of the farmer and the snake be repeated.

The most troublesome thing is that Zhang Jun has arrived.The supreme leader of the Song Dynasty army has a high prestige and great influence.And I used to pretend to be his disciple, and later joined Du Chong's disciple, which can be said to slap him in the face.With the temperament of the ancients, Zhang Deyuan will definitely achieve something for himself.If you don't deal with me, Wang Shen, what is his prestige?

If I were him Zhang Deyuan, maybe he would contact the military power of our Sizhou army and hand over the two states of Qi and Huang to Kong Yanzhou.

At that time, there is really no end.

The letter also said that Li and Zhang Jun will arrive in Qichun soon, and according to the time calculation, they will enter the Sizhou Army barracks today.

Time is running out, and Kong Yanzhou must be wiped out before these two people.

If there is any further delay, the situation will be unimaginable.

Wang Shen charged towards Kong Yanzhou's Xingyuan on horseback, and shouted at the soldiers on the street: "Everyone come with me and attack Kong Yanzhou's Xingyuan. Don't sweep the battlefield, don't sweep the battlefield!"

There were more and more people, and soon, Wang Shen was followed by a black crowd.

The heavy rain is pouring, thousands of feet are in the water, and white flowers are blooming.

After a while, he rushed to Kong Yanzhou's camp, but saw soldiers everywhere.They were carrying the crash carts, knocking down the walls of the courtyards and houses one by one to make room for the army to besiege.

There was a fierce shout of killing coming from the depths of the house, and it was covered up by thunder that shook the sky for a while.

In the flickering of lightning, the shining weapons and armor of the surging Sizhou Army soldiers were everywhere.The organizational system of the army has been disrupted. There are Beiwei troops, front troops, enemy troops, and forward troops. Everyone wraps up and rushes forward.Two to three thousand people suddenly squeezed into the small shaft, and it was difficult for Kong Yanzhou to fly even with wings.

Feeling at ease, Wang Shenyue got off the horse, took Feng Changqing and handed over the saber, and shouted to Wu Xianxian who had just squeezed over: "Wu Xianxian, when did you come?"

Wu Xianxian: "Military envoy, the last general also just found out that this is the residence of the old thief Kong, so he rushed over here in a hurry."

"How's the progress ahead?"

Wu Constitution: "General Yue Yingxiang has been fighting the Kong bandits for less than half an hour."

Wang Shen said angrily: "It's been half an hour, why haven't you taken the dog's head of Kong Thief yet? What does Yue Yun do to eat? Is he a snail?"

Seeing his livid face, everyone felt apprehensive.

Wu Xianxian was full of doubts: "Military envoy, the Kong bandits have been surrounded, and they will die sooner or later, so there is no need to rush."

"Shut up, I'm asking you, why can't you take Kong Yanzhou down?" Wang Shen asked.

Wu Constitution: "Kong Zei still has more than 100 troops on hand, most of them are elite tooth troops. Those thieves are all fighters, and they fight well. They now occupy a turret. The location is favorable, but it can't be moved for a while. Military envoy, it's raining heavily. Fire attack is impossible, and you can't use bows and crossbows, but it is difficult. The soldiers can only move forward inch by inch, and there are no casualties. Small. Military envoy, the thief is in a hurry to jump over the wall, don't be in a hurry."

Only then did Wang Shen calm down: "Okay, let's go and have a look."

Just as he was about to leave, suddenly, someone at the other end pushed away the crowd and yelled: "Lang Zhong, Lang Zhong, go to Lang Zhong! Third sister, third sister, don't be afraid, there is a big brother here, third sister, third sister... Woohoo, big brother is useless and can't protect you, brother should die!"

The voice was so familiar, looking back, it was Kong Xian who came over with his arms full of tears.

His face was full of sadness, his eyes were red, and he didn't know whether it was rain or tears.

The little girl was about nine to ten years old, and she was looking ahead dully, but she didn't have the slightest expression.

Wang Shen hurriedly shouted: "Bo Yuan, what's the matter, who is this little lady, is there something wrong?"

Seeing him, Kong Xian grabbed his arm and couldn't help shaking: "Dao Si, Dao Si, this is my third sister, she is injured, hurry up and get the doctor!"

"It's hurt, it doesn't look like it!" Wang Shen looked intently, the little girl's appearance was purely frightened.This is also normal, on this battlefield full of dead bodies and blood flying everywhere, let alone a child, even an adult would probably be terrified.

It's nothing special, just find a clean place to change clothes, take a hot bath, and sleep well.

The military situation was urgent, and Wang Shen didn't have time to linger with Kong Xian, he said: "Don't worry about Boyuan, sister She should be fine." Then he turned around and shouted to a soldier: "Medical soldier, help me."

Although the price Wang Shen paid for this siege was not small, the army was gradually regularized through this battle.The army has a complete range of arms, and the cooperation between the various armies is gradually becoming apparent.Considering that there were many wounded soldiers in the army, Wang Shen recruited and transferred some literate soldiers from the army, and gave them to the doctor for short-term training, learning basic hemostasis and bandaging techniques. A scale configuration with one medic.

These medical soldiers usually fight with the troops, and are responsible for not only fighting, but also treating and rescuing wounded soldiers on the battlefield.

Their attire is also different from that of ordinary soldiers. They all wear yellow shirts and carry a black leather bag containing first aid medicine on their backs.

Then he said: "Boyuan, find a place to rest first, and I will find you later."

Just as he was about to leave, a clear female voice suddenly called out, "Wait a minute, General Wang."

Wang Shen looked back and saw a slim white figure.

Just like a white lotus flower that has just bloomed, it is so eye-catching in the dark soldiers, and it is so beautiful.

"you are?"

The little girl gave a little blessing: "My concubine, Kong Lin, has met the military envoy, and finally she is the general."

There was surprise and shyness in his gaze, and there was a hint of pride in it: My future husband, Kong Lin, is indeed such a real hero who commands thousands of troops, and he finally came to save me!
(End of this chapter)