Ten rabble 1

Yang Yan went out of the city to join Ling Xiang and the others, then found a town, bought a horse for each person, and traveled day and night to Hengshan. On the way, Yang Yancai told them his true identity and the experience of coming to Guangnan this time.

Moreover, Hengshan is also a settlement for the Gu people. - On the way, Yang Yan learned that among the original Su clans, the five clans with the surnames of Yinong, Huang, Zhou, Wei, and Ji were the most powerful, and initially among the five clans, the Nong clan was the strongest, but since the rebellion of Nong Zhigao during the Huangyou period (the era of Song Renzong) and was pacified by the famous general Di Qing, the vitality of the Nong Dynasty was greatly damaged, and it declined from Yiye to become the end of the five clans. The Huang family took the opportunity to replace it and became the strongest surname family among the five clans.

Ling Xiang is a member of the Huang family, although he does not believe in Huang, but his parents died when he was a child, and he was accepted as an apprentice by Huang Shunping of the Huang family at that time, and he grew up in the Huang family since he was a child. Later, after Huang Shunping took over the Huang family, he was Huang Shunping's eldest disciple. Three years ago, Ling Xiang was ordered to go to Jiangnan to do business, and by chance he met a strange person and taught him the + Heavenly Sword Technique, so Ling Xiang's martial arts improved by leaps and bounds, and he suddenly became the strongest person in the Huang family's martial arts. also became Huang Shunping's right-hand man, and later made great contributions to Huang Shunping's struggle to be the patriarch of the servant clan, and now in the Huang family, he is also regarded as his own person, and no one regards him as an outsider anymore.

After two days and two nights of non-stop hurrying, and four horses were killed, Yang Yan and Ling Xiang finally arrived at Hengshan. Although Hengshan is not the capital of Yongzhou, it is located in the middle of Yongzhou, on the shore of the river, at the junction of Youjiang Road and Zuojiang Road. Once Hengshan is lost, then there will be no danger to defend north of Yongzhou, and the Manichaean army can go all the way north and occupy the entire Yongzhou. Therefore, the importance of Hengshan is not under the state capital Yongzhou City, so it is also a must-take place for the Manichaean army.

When entering the city, Yang Yan Xizai observed the city wall of Hengshan Mountain, most of the sections are made of dirt, and they are not too high, and the height in some places is only more than one zhang, which is not a strong city. Yang Yan understood that Hengshan was located in the middle of Yongzhou, and although its location was very important, under normal circumstances, it was impossible to become a strategic place, nor could it be possible to build a strong city wall. However, the north gate of Hengshan is close to the mountain, and the east gate is adjacent to the river, which is easy to defend and difficult to defend the position, only in front of the south gate is a vast open field, and it is the direction of the Manichaean army, which seems to be the side to focus on defense.

They - pedestrians entered the city from the east gate, only to see many people at the gate of the city with their families and carts, but there was no Song soldier to guard. When I arrived, I saw a few disciples of the Huang family turning around. As soon as he saw Ling Xiang enter the city, he stood up and greeted him, and said one after another: "Senior brother, you are finally back." ”

Ling Xiang jumped off his horse and asked one of them, "Taisong, why are you here, what's wrong with the city, and there is no one guarding the city gate." ”

Huang Taisong said: "Senior brother, the day before yesterday came the news that the Manichaean people and horses were stationed in Dezhou and Xiangwuzhou, and they were about to come to fight Hengshan. The people here were frightened and fled out of the city. ”

Yang Yan knew that Guidezhou was about a hundred miles east of Hengshan, and the Manichaean army was stationed there, just enough to block the reinforcements of the Song army. And Xiang Wuzhou is closer to Hengshan, only eighty miles away, and the Manichaean men and horses are stationed there, so they naturally regard Xiang Wuzhou as a base for attacking Hengshan, from the perspective of time, that is, when they just left Guizhou, they didn't expect Manichaeism to move so fast.

Ling Xiang asked again, "Did anything happen at home, is Miss okay?" The young lady he said was Huang Shunping's only daughter, Huang Mingxia, who had been elected as the new head of the family by the backbone of the Huang family before Ling Xiang went to Guizhou.

Huang Taisong smiled bitterly and said: "It's terrible, now the parents of the other four families have gathered in Hengshan, saying that since the old family master is gone, the patriarch should be re-elected, Miss and several elders have been dragging it out because the senior brother has not returned, and now you are finally back." ”

Ling Xiang and Yang Yan glanced at each other, and they both understood that it was probably the other four families who saw Huang Shunping dead, and they all wanted to take this opportunity to take the position of the patriarch from the Huang family.

Yang Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly, now is the time for the soldiers to come to the city, this group of people still have the heart to fight for power and profit, it seems that it is not easy to hold Hengshan. Ling Xiang also had the same idea, and had an extra layer of concern for the fate of the family, and said, "Okay, let's go back to see Miss immediately." ”

Yang Yan said: "Brother Ling, please wait a minute, I'd better go to the Zhizhai Yamen first!"

Ling Xiang nodded, and asked Huang Taisong to take the other four people to accompany Yang Yan together. Although Yang Yan has the token of the Privy Council in his hand, it seems that Hengshan is in chaos now, and it may not be easy to do. The power of the Yu clan in Hengshan is very large, and the government has always dared not offend too much, Huang Taisong is also a relatively well-known disciple of the Huang family in Hengshan, and it is easier to act with him to accompany Yang Yan. However, time was pressing, and Ling Xiang didn't have time to explain Yang Yan's identity to Huang Taisong for a while, so he only told Huang Taisong to listen to Yang Yan's arrangements for everything.

So Huang Taisong led Yang Yan and only went to the yamen of Zhizhai. When I arrived at the gate of the yamen, I found that there was no messenger in front of the door. Huang Taisong was stunned for a moment, and said to Yang Yan: "Brother Yang, what should I do." ”

Yang Yan said: "I can't care about it anymore, let's go in and find someone directly." ”

Several people got off the horse, leaving others outside to watch the horses, and Yang Yan and Huang Taisong walked into the Zhizhai Mansion. I couldn't see a single person along the way, and it wasn't until I got to the lobby that I saw five or six errand officers squatting together to roll the dice and gamble money.

When they saw them entering, the servants immediately stopped gambling, and one of them stood up and asked, "Who are you?" Dare to break into the court. ”

Yang Yan said: "Zhizhai is there, go find him, I want to see him." ”

The officer rolled his eyes and said, "Who are you, why do you want our Lord Zhizhai to come to see you?" ”

Yang Yan knew that he couldn't be polite at this time, and said: "I am from Jingjiang Mansion to Hengshan to have official business, your Zhizhai is there, quickly call him to see me." ”

As soon as he heard that he was from the Jingjiang Mansion, the messenger immediately became much more polite, although he was still a little suspicious, but he didn't dare to be as angry as he was just now, and said honestly: "Zhang Zhizhai Lingtian escaped from the city in the morning. ”

When Yang Yan heard this, he was also taken aback, and said, "What? He fled. ”

The messenger said: "Yes, I heard that Manichaeism is about to fight, and now there are people panicking everywhere in Hengshan. Zhang Zhizhai began to pack up early in the morning and escaped from the city, and now I don't know where he went, and we have no idea, so we have to play here for money. ”

Yang Yan's head "buzzed", it got bigger, and the Zhizhai ran away, how can this Hengshan still be guarded?

When Yang Yan heard this, he immediately said, "Okay, go and call him to see me." ”

Not long after, the deputy governor of Dong rushed to see Yang Yan in the court. Yang Yan immediately showed him the token of the Privy Council. After Dong Deputy Zhizhai saw the token, he confirmed that Yuan was suspicious, although he felt a little strange that Yang Yan was young and it was two people, but he also saluted Yang Yan and said: "Dong Yuan, the deputy governor of Hengshan Mountain, has seen the lord, why didn't the lord make the official report of the envoy when he came to see it." ”

Yang Yan smiled bitterly, in fact, he is just an ordinary person now, but he is just bluffing people with the token given by Yu Yunwen. Of course, it can't be said at this time, so I had to make up a nonsense: "Because the Manichaean army is attacking Hengshan now, and the situation is urgent, the envoy has not had time to issue an official document and ask me to directly hold the token of the Privy Council." ”

Dong Yuan still had some doubts in his heart, but the token of the Privy Council was not fake, and said: "I don't know if the envoy has sent reinforcements, when will the reinforcements arrive?" ”

Yang Yan was stunned for a moment, thinking that if he was told that there were no reinforcements at all, and that he was the only one who came, he was afraid that he would be frightened and would immediately abandon the city and flee. Therefore, he could only continue to talk nonsense, saying: "The reinforcements are behind, and the army will proceed more slowly, at least fifteen days, at most twenty days, and then it will arrive at Hengshan." ”

Dong Yuan was happy and then worried, and said: "According to the estimation of the lower officials, the Manichaean army will come to attack Hengshan in five or seven days at most, and the reinforcements will be much later, what can I do?"

Yang Yan nodded and said: "That's exactly the case, so the envoy sent me first to help defend Hengshan, as long as the reinforcements arrive, Hengshan will be fine." ”

Dong Yuan smiled bitterly: "But now the people in the city are uneasy, Zhang Zhizhai has abandoned the city and fled, and the village soldiers have scattered a lot, can you stick to the reinforcements and arrive?"

Yang Yan's scalp was also numb, but he also knew that he couldn't be deflated at this time, so he had to say: "You go first, the soldiers who are still in the city gather and see how many people there are." Then go to the mansion to see how many supplies, weapons and food there are, and I will come back tomorrow.

Dong Yuan agreed, don't go out. When I walked around, I remembered, and I didn't know the name of this lord.

Yang Yan and Huang Taisong walked out of the Zhizhai Yamen together, and Yang Yan had no confidence in guarding Hengshan in his heart. Although Huang Taisong didn't know about the bet he made with Zhong Ziang, he also saw that the form of Hengshan was not optimistic just now, and seeing that Yang Yan was not in a good mood, he said, "Brother Yang, let's go back and discuss it first." If our Huang family can continue to serve as the patriarch this time, then we can order the entire Gu clan to guard Hengqi together, I think it should be able to defend it. ”

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