"Report to your lordship, the Manichaean army has arrived outside the south gate and is encamping in the village, please decide."

When Yang Yan heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, the Manichaean army came so quickly, counting from the bet between Zisi and Zhong Zizi to move one day, this was only the eighth day, and the Manichaean army had already arrived in front of Hengshan.

It turned out that things were not as smooth as Yang Yan imagined, Huang Mingxia took office as the patriarch of the Servant Clan for three days, but in the past three days, the five major families of the Servant Clan have been arguing over whether to fight or retreat from Manichaeism. The Huang family naturally advocated holding Hengshan and fighting to the death with Manichaeism, while the Nong family and the Wei family both advocated peace with Manichaeism, while the Zhou family taught the Ji family to advocate abandoning Hengshan and returning to the Dao of Rotema or going to the road. The five families have their own opinions and do not give in to each other. Although Huang Mingxia is the patriarch, she is also a little ineffective.

In the past, when Huang Shunping was the patriarch, because the strength of the Huang family was far above the other families, he gave orders, and the other families could only obey. But now after Huang Shunping's death, the vitality of the Huang family has been greatly damaged, and the strength is not much stronger than the other families, even if it is to regain the position of the patriarch, but the other families can not buy his account, after all, the patriarch is just a false name, and everything has to be based on strength.

But now that the Manichaean army has descended on the city, there was a lot of discussion just now, and the noisy hall has also fallen silent. And everyone's eyes were focused on Yang Yan. Because at this time, everyone also knew Yang Yan's identity, and he was now the top guard of Hengshan Rock. There is a sentence in everyone's heart: the Manichaean army is coming, what to do next.

Yang Yan's scalp was also exploded, in the past few days, he didn't just listen to their quarrels, Dong Yuan gathered some fleeing soldiers, so that the number of Song troops in Hengshan reached 1,000 people, and more than 280 war horses were collected. In addition, the Huang family mobilized some more disciples, a total of about 26,700 people. Yang Yanfu and these people were organized into units with 100 people as a squad. Five hundred men were stationed at each gate, and the remaining six or seven hundred men were divided into two shifts, one to maintain law and order in the city, and the other to make reserves, ready to replace the defenders of the city.

Fortunately, Hengshan is just a small city, otherwise it is needless to say that it is a big city like Suzhou and Xuzhou, or a county town like Hongxian and Lingbi, and this district of 26,700 people can't take care of it at all.

However, seeing that everyone was looking at him, Yang Yan had no choice but to cough dryly and said, "Everyone, since the Manichaean army is here, let's go to the city tower to take a look at Ran Shuo first." ”

Naturally, everyone agrees with this opinion, and no matter what happens in the future, it is always appropriate to look at the reality of Manichaeism first. Then it's not too late to discuss how Bismuth will deal with the Manichaean army.

The group came to the tower of the south gate, stood on the city wall and looked around, but the Manichaean army was only two or three miles away from the city. The number of people pressed a large area, almost occupying the open space in front of the south gate.

Ji Chengda's voice trembled a little and said, "How many people are there in the Manichaean army?" ”

Yang Yan said: "It seems that there are about twenty or thirty thousand horses, it is estimated that it should be the outpost of the Manichaean army, and the brigade should still be behind and has not yet arrived." ”

Nong Qingquan listened, and said with a pale face: "This is just a sentinel man?" Manichaeism still has a brigade behind? ”

Yang Yan nodded and said: "Of course, in my estimation, the Manichaeans have gathered about sixty or seventy thousand horses to attack Hengshan this time, in fact, with their strength, it is not surprising that they will take the initiative to have an army of 100,000. ”

As soon as Yang Yan said this, the faces of the five families of the Gu clan, including the Huang family, who had always advocated a decisive battle with Manichaeism, turned a little unnatural. These five in Yongzhou, and even in Guangxi, can be said to be all local powerhouses. But it's not a person who practices martial arts, and what he usually sees is at most a few thousand people. The 100,000 army is just a numerical concept, and no one knows what kind of scale it is.

But now, from a clear point of view, there is such a big scene of 20,000 or 30,000 horses, so after the 100,000 troops are gathered, what kind of scene will it be? Whether it is war or peace, defense or retreat, it must be guaranteed by strength, and now it seems that the comparison of the strength of the two sides seems to be too different.

However, Yang Yan's expression was different from the others, and instead of having a solemn expression in the village, now there seemed to be a smile on his face.

At this time, I saw that in the busy Manichaean army, more than 100 horses suddenly came to the city wall, and Yang Yanjian was led by a young man in his twenties, whose appearance was very similar to Zhong Ziyu. Behind the horse was a large flag, on which was written the word "bell". Yang Yan secretly thought, could this person be Zhong Ziang's son, Zhong Zhenxian?

Sure enough, I heard him shouting under the right city: "Listen, the people in Hengshan, I am Zhong Zhenxian, the son of the Manichaean leader Zhong Zi Pleiades, you should hurry up and surrender, otherwise after the destruction of the barricade, the chickens and dogs will not be left." ”

Yang Yan listened to it on the city tower and laughed: "Zhong Zhenxian, if you have the ability, come to attack the city, if I let you capture Hengshan, I will write the word 'Yang Yan'." ”

Saying that, Yang Yan grabbed a throwing gun and threw it at Zhong Zhenxian. Zhong Zhen was busy on the horse and flashed, and Yang Yan's shot was not thrown at him, but at the person holding the flag behind him. Hearing only the sound of "pounce", the soldier holding the flag was shot in the chest, and he fell off his horse.

Yang Yan then shouted: "Release the arrow." The Archers immediately opened their bows and arrows, and at once shot down more than a dozen Manichaean soldiers. Zhong Zhenxian saw that the situation was not right, and he didn't care about picking up the flag, so he hurriedly ran away with the rest of the soldiers. The Song army in the city shouted loudly, as if it had won a great victory.

Nong Qingquan frowned a little, and said, "Lord Yang, if you are angry with Zhong Zhenxian like this, I am afraid that he will immediately lead troops to attack Hengshan." ”

Yang Yan laughed and said, "I just want him to attack Hengshan immediately." The Manichaeans sent troops this time, and they were determined to win against Yokoyama, even if we didn't provoke him, wouldn't they come to attack Yokoyama? He looked around at the people present, "Now you all understand, the goal of Manichaeism is the whole of Yongzhou, even if you flee to Temodao and Ziqi, the Manichaean army will also attack there, unless it is surrender, plus eight Manichaeism, there is no second way to go." “

Huang Mingxia immediately said: "Our Huang family will never surrender to Manichaeism, rather than suffer the humiliation of surrender, it is better to fight Manichaeism to the death in Hengshan." “

The heads of the other four families also looked at each other, and they also understood that Yang Yan had another intention to provoke Zhong Zhenxian, that is, to cut off the idea of preaching to everyone and Manichaeism, but now that the matter has been done, no one can undo it, and now they can only hope to hold Hengshan.

Zhou Wanpeng said: "Lord Yang, it's just that there are so many Manichaean people, can Hengshan hold it?" ”

Yang Yan said with a confident face: "Don't worry about this, Hengshan will definitely be able to hold it." ”

At this moment, Dong Yuan said loudly: "Lord Yang, the Manichaean army has attacked. ”

Yang Yan looked back, and sure enough, he saw that about half of the Manichaean brigade had been divided, driving a wooden ladder and approaching the city wall of Hengshan. This time, in order to show his ability in front of Zhong Ziang, Zhong Zhenxian took the initiative to invite Ying as an outpost to attack Hengshan. So Zhong Ziang sent Xu Wuhe, the Ruijin Banner of the Five Elements Banner, and Chen Dong of the Houtu Banner as his lieutenants, and pulled out 20,000 horses for the outpost to attack Hengshan.

On the way to the army, I heard from the people who escaped from Hengshan that the people in Hengshan were panicked now, and even the Zhizhai was scared away, Zhong Zhenxian was even more confident, thinking that it was easy to take Hengshan.

He also knew about the bet between his father and Yang Yan, thinking that as soon as he arrived at Hengshan, Yang Yan would be frightened and surrender when he saw the formation of the Manichaean army, but Yang Yan welcomed him with a bow and arrow, which naturally made Zhong Zhenxian furious, returned to the army, and immediately dispatched more than 10,000 horses to attack Hengshan.

Seeing the men and horses of the Manichaean army gradually approaching the city wall, Yang Yan laughed loudly and said to the heads of the other four families: "Everyone, I just said that I will definitely be able to defend Hengshan, and I am by no means comforting everyone. Now that the Manichaean army has come over with the scriptures, you may wish to see how we hold the Hengshan Fortress. ”

As he spoke, Yang Yan turned around and said loudly to Song Jun and the disciples of the Huang family, "Everyone is ready to defend the city. As he spoke, he started two more throwing guns. Waiting for the approach of the Manichaean army.

This time when he went south, Yang Yan only brought a sword and a sword, but he did not bring a thrilling bow. He originally wanted to find a bow to use temporarily, but Hengshan only had seven, eight, and nine bucket bows for ordinary native soldiers, and for people like him who were used to using hard bows, he was not suitable for Ben, and he broke two bows with a little force, so it seemed that he had to give up and use throwing guns instead.

At this time, Ling Xiang also picked up two throwing guns, stood side by side with Yang Yan, and said, "Brother Yang, we will fight side by side, and we will live and die with Hengshan Yan today." ”

Yang Yan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I said that it is impossible for them to capture Hengshan, and then the prince will definitely not be able to attack it." Don't you believe it, if you take a closer look, they plan to use Shigong tools to attack the city? ”

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