Chasing King

Yan Sikong set out on a certain day.

Zhao Wu Emperor dispatched eight hundred people from the garrison to follow him. In name, it's escorting drunk red. After all, this horse is a rare treasure of great value. It's also a meeting gift for Fengye to show his sincerity in recruiting surrender. In fact, it's also to protect yansikong. First, there are many bandits in Qianzhou. Second, there must be someone who doesn't want Fengye to be recruited. Maybe it will be bad for yansikong.

Yan Sikong's visit is to inspect the governor of Qianzhou Prefecture. He also said that he could not lead the rebels. He asked emperor Zhaowu for the 800 soldiers and only listened to him. However, when he arrived in Qianzhou, he would see the general of Datong army stationed in Qianzhou. He had the emperor's Secret order and the Datong army fully cooperated with him to subdue the rebels, but those soldiers and horses began to surrender In the end, it's not his, and he can't make good use of it, so the 800 soldiers he can use are in his hands.

When Yan Sikong rode out of the Yongding gate, he held the reins and looked back at the towering city wall, sighing that it was the first city in the world. His heart was full of heroism, but a poem suddenly appeared in front of him.

When Huang Chao was defeated, he left Chang'an disheartened. He looked back at the capital city and wrote, "I will kill all the flowers when they bloom, and the city will be full of golden armour." many years later, he brought the rebels back to Chang'an. Since then, the prosperous Tang Dynasty has been on the road of destruction.

It's a bad omen to think of this poem at this time

Yan Sikong turned around, looked at the boundless sky, resolutely rode away.

All of them were cavalry. They were light and fast, and they had their own rations. It took them only 13 days to get there. They had to be a little bit late for fear that Fengye had already attacked Qianzhou.

Qianzhou is located at the junction of Mongolia, Datong and the Central Plains. It is the only natural barrier for Hetao area to extend to the Mongolian Plateau. After passing Qianzhou, there are no mountains. It has been an important military place in Northwest China since ancient times. However, because Dasheng lost Hetao in that year, it is difficult to gather effective defense lines. Even though Feng Jianping defeated Wala four years ago and snatched back part of the cities in Hetao area from Mongolian cavalry, Mongolian scattered soldiers kept invading and running after plundering. No common people dared to settle here, let alone reclaim farmland. There were not enough troops in Qianzhou. When he wanted to transfer troops from Datong, Feng Jianping was unjustly killed, and Datong's armaments were cut in half, so he had no time to do anything but transfer them Just ten thousand troops, barely relying on natural danger.

However, the cities of the nine counties in Qianzhou were built to resist the Mongols. The most important function of the cities facing the Central Plains was to guard the grain roads and hubs. The walls and guards were weak, which was the weakness of Fengye.

If these cities are occupied by Fengye, they will not only cut off the grain road of Qianzhou, but also affect Datong Prefecture. The situation is very critical.

As soon as Yan Sikong entered the territory of Qianzhou, he received news that Fengye had captured qiaozhou. If he took Maoren again, Qianzhou would be in danger. However, since the beginning of the army, fengjiajun, who had been invincible all the way, suffered an unexpected defeat in Maoren and lost 5000 troops instead of capturing the city.

Maoren, a small town with only 30000 or 40000 people and a garrison strength of less than 3000 or 4000, actually blocked the 50000 troops with high morale in Fengye.

When Yan Sikong heard the news, he was surprised and asked the scouts, "who is maorenshou?"

"Lord Hui is general Wang liewang, but it's said that it's county magistrate Maoren who leads the army to guard the city."

"Who is that?" Yan Si hollow thought, this is where the sacred, a small county magistrate, could face the pressure of the army and resist stubbornly, this is what kind of ambition and courage, and what kind of bold and wise, can't help him think of Yuanmao, he must meet this man.

"Back to the censor, this person is very big, is 29 years of Zhaowu Lianzhong Sanyuan champion Lang, Shen Hexuan Shen adults."

Yan Sikong froze for a long time. If he had not heard the name again, he would have almost forgotten the man. After the death of Yan Zilian, Xie Zhongren cleared up the aristocratic group. At the same time, Shen Hexuan wrote a letter to denounce the eunuch party. He was demoted from a promising champion of Jinke to a place of abject poverty, and he could hardly turn over. He was so worried about the family feudalism that he didn't even remember where Shen Hexuan was demoted. It turned out that he was in Qianzhou!

It's a pity that such a talented person should be buried in such a poor place to be a small official. It's no wonder that this small town can resist the uprising army of Fengye.

Yan Sikong said: "the herald will go down and pull out the camp at Yinshi tonight. You must arrive in Qianzhou tomorrow."

"Yes

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just after noon the next day, Yan Sikong arrived in Qianzhou City, and the civil and military officials in the city came out to greet him. Although Yan Sikong was demoted, no one knew that he was dead and Xie Zhongren was famous all over the world. No one knew that he was Princess wanyang's son-in-law and the red man in front of the emperor. Even today, he is charged with the responsibility of bringing down the little wolf king.

Xu Yong, the prefect of Qianzhou, praised Yan Sikong's impeachment of the eunuch party. Then he scolded the eunuch party. He seemed to be filled with righteous indignation. When Yan Sikong saw that he was eager to draw a clear line, he seemed guilty. He didn't want to trace his relationship with the eunuch party, so he was polite.

Being welcomed into the post station, Yan Sikong can't wait to ask about Maoren.For example, the scouts report that Fengye has retired 30 Li after Maoren's defeat. Xu Yong has already inquired about Yan Sikong's situation clearly, but he is not sure about the relationship between Yan Sikong and Shen Hexuan, so he carefully probes: "this master Shen, I heard that he and Yan are Jinshi for one year?"

Yan Sikong nodded: "brother Shen was so talented that he won the third prize in the middle school. My younger brother was only seventh. Compared with brother Shen, he sighed that he was so talented."

"Ah, Lord Yan is too polite. The imperial examination system has always been criticized for its rigidity. How can we judge its length by this?"

Yan Sikong said, "I don't know how Mr. Shen has been living in Maoming these years?"

Xu Yong and all the officials in Qianzhou looked at each other with embarrassment: "to tell you the truth, Mr. Shen is very talented and well-educated. That's his temper. It's really Ah, it's really hard and smelly. It has a lot of friction with us. "

An official next to him arched his hand and said, "although Mr. Shen has a strange temperament, since he came, Maoren county has been well managed, with laws and regulations, clear rewards and punishments, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Mr. Shen is really a rare good official."

"Moreover, Lord Shen is very poor, and the people have a good reputation."

Xu Yong coughed lightly, and then he said, "this is true."

Yan Sikong smiles and thinks that this is Shen Hexuan's character. It seems that although his official career has been ruined, he has never abandoned himself. Even as a county magistrate, he has done his duty well. It's really admirable. He says: "brother Shen and I are the same martial brothers. We also worked in the Imperial Academy. Anyway, I have to see him."

"The wild letter..."

Yan Si trembled and paused: "Feng Ye must have known the news of my coming. He wants to win Maoren before I arrive in Qianzhou. If he fails, he will retreat and camp. He won't move again until I do something."

"Lord Yan is right."

Yan Sikong stood up and said to Wu Mang, "please tell me the truth about Qianzhou."

"Lord Yan, please follow me to see the map."

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in the evening, Xu Yong receives the wind and washes the dust for Yan Sikong. In addition to him and Wu Mang and other officials and generals of Guizhou, Yu Shenglang, a general of ten thousand soldiers and horses seconded from Datong government, is also at the banquet, and several of them discuss the strategy of withdrawing the enemy and rehabilitating the rebellion.

After dinner, Yan Sikong showed them drunkenness, and everyone praised him as the peerless God foal.

After drinking, Yan Sikong's face turned pale red. He stroked the thick mane of drunk Red: "this is my gift to Fengye. It was originally given to Fengye by your majesty, but he still In the time of King Jingyuan. "

"Like this, which general doesn't love so much." Wu mang sighed, "this meeting gift is really generous."

Yan Sikong said with a smile: "once upon a time, Fengye and I didn't agree with each other. No one in Beijing knew about it. But I was once his best friend and comrade in arms, and I married his cousin. The king of Tianshan mountain horse only allowed me and Fengye to ride. Besides me, there was really no better lobbyist."

"Lord Yan says that his majesty is even more wise and powerful. Lord Yan not only has the origin with Fengye, but also has the eloquence to surrender Kuizhou. He is really the best envoy."

Yan Sikong's smile is almost on his face. If you look carefully, you will find that his smile is not in his eyes. Even if he poured two Jin yellow soup today, he could not eliminate his fear of seeing Fengye again.

He even He didn't even know what he would face when he went to the fengjiajun camp, and whether he could come back. Although the two armies were at war and didn't cut the envoys, he and Fengye's constant cutting and disorderly management were not superficial hostility. What's more, his purpose was not to lower Fengye, but to let Fengye surrender and secretly encroach on the Datong army. What's their ambition Can stop at the small Hetao.

When Fengye started from Hetao and led the army to the Imperial City, he wanted Fengye to have the power to overthrow a dynasty. Now, it is far from enough.

However, could Feng Ye still believe him