The weather in Lingnan does not hinder the evergreen grass in all seasons, but the grass refuses to change its temperament of being one year old and one withered, repeating the cycle from green to withered and from withered to glorious every year, recording the passage of time.

After sending Cao Keming away, Xu Ping stood outside the courtyard gate, watching the grass on the hillside in front of him begin to wither and turn yellow, but there were fruit trees blooming on the withered grass.

He was going to go to Chungju with Cao Keming, but after discussing with the two, it was finally decided that he would stay and sit in the town to coordinate the actions of Shendong, Guwanzhai and the attack on Chungju here. The two commanders standing side by side was originally this arrangement, one inside and one outside, one in front and one in the rear, since Xu Ping could not lead the troops to fight, he had to stay in the rear to coordinate. At this time, although there is no explicit provision for the general judgment to be responsible for grain and grass, it is already an unspoken rule.

The arrangement had already been arranged, and the people from the faction had already been sent out, and Xu Ping seemed a little bored.

On the walled city of Shendong, Shen Chengrong held a steel knife in his hand, looking at the Zhongzhou soldiers and horses that turned out of the mountains, his face was blue, and he didn't say a word. I'm afraid, Shen Chengrong is the leader of the barbarian tribe who has been circling in the mountains for many years, and he will not be disproportionate because of panic. Xu Ping's side had already come to report quickly, and the soldiers and horses of Gu Wanzhai were transferred to save him, and he had confidence in his heart and dealt with it much more calmly.

The enemy was not on a stable foothold, and the people and horses of Zhongzhou originally came from afar, and taking advantage of their unstable position, Shin Seungrong should send elite soldiers out to harass them. Now he was bent on holding the walled city, giving up this opportunity, closing the gate of the walled city, just waiting for Huang Chengxiang to attack, and insisting until the rescue arrived.

When they arrived at the main gate of Shentong, the Zhongzhou soldiers lined up in formation, and Huang Chengxiang took the lead and shouted towards the walled building: "Lord Shendong, come out and speak!" ”

The steel knife in Shen Chengrong's hand slapped the wall of the village and said loudly: "What do you say?" Huang Chengxiang, you attacked me Shen Tong for no reason, ignoring the laws of the imperial court, didn't you think about the consequences? ”

"What are you talking about? Old confused? Huang Chengxiang said on the horse, "You are a little Tudong, you dare to annex the land of my Chungju, rob the population of my Chungju, and eat the bear's heart and leopard gall!" If you know the current affairs, return to me the households that originally belonged to my Chungju, and one or two taels of gold per person will be counted as compensation, and I will spare you! ”

Shen Chengrong sneered: "The land of the households is all allocated to me by the Yongzhou government, if you don't feel angry, you can go to Yongzhou to find Cao Zhizhou, and see what he says to you!" ”

"You really didn't pay it back? Don't regret it! ”

"The court gave it to me, why should I pay it back to you? Sprinkle you, come! Look who's afraid of whom! ”

The two of you and I said a word, and after finishing the words, the people on both sides also set up their positions.

It's not that the two of them have broken their mouths, whether they are attacking or defending, they have to prepare for time, and they are idle, and the two of them make their positions clear, so that their subordinates have a number in their hearts.

Huang Chengxiang took a few steps back, shouted, and hundreds of soldiers behind him rushed up like a tide.

The barbarian soldiers did not carry banners, but they used familiar brass drums, but they were not trained, and the drums were all chaotic, but they were beaten with strong momentum, and there was no unified command.

Due to the ban on soldiers, the barbarians did not have strong bows and crossbows, and the most powerful ones were the medicine arrows with poison smeared with arrows. This thing is unknown to the Han people, but in fact it is just taken from poisonous plants and animals, and the venom is smeared on it, there is no protective measure, and the effect is all up to luck.

This walled city was not far from the water, and there was a moat dug in it, and the Chungju soldiers went to the river and shot at the Shin Tong soldiers on the walled city. The bow and arrow are not powerful enough, just disrupting the opponent's movement, and they can't kill a few people.

Other Chungju soldiers dragged large bamboos and built pontoon bridges over the not wide moat.

Defend the city normally, this is when the defenders attack, there is no reason to wait for death in the city. When the besieging side finishes preparing for the siege, there will be no power to return to heaven.

Shen Chengrong was intimidated by Huang Chengxiang's ferocity, and after all, he didn't dare to open the gate of the village, but just hid inside, waiting for help like a turtle. Guwanzhai is only thirty miles away from him, and there are no mountains and rivers in the middle, that is, the soldiers and horses there are used to climb, and he should be able to wait for them to arrive.

In the valley of Chungju, Cao Keming rode slowly on his horse, looking at the dense jungle on both sides, his face was heavy. The march of more than 1,000 men and horses was not easy, especially on such a narrow mountain road, it was difficult to ensure that the formation would not disperse. Although there was a Ningdu prison team behind, the whole team still dragged out a few miles.

The scouts in front returned from time to time to report the situation in front, and there was nothing abnormal, neither the sentry sent by Chungju, nor the personnel sent by Neiying Huang Congfu, and the whole thing was strange.

In the dense forest, Gao Daquan and Huang Tianbiao went over the mountains and waded through the water, and finally saw the winding path in the mountains.

Huang Tianbiao sat on the ground and gasped: "If you haven't walked the mountain road in the past few years, you really won't be useful." It's not that far, I don't think I'm falling apart! ”

Gao Daquan had a calm face and shouted at him: "What are you sitting down for?" Get up! Let's go blow up the road and rest in peace. Now that the road is in front of you, don't have an accident! ”

Huang Tianbiao said: "What do you know, how can we blow up here?" There is a pass five or six miles along this road, and it is the most appropriate place to start. Look ahead, there are not high dirt mountains on both sides of the road, how can you blow up rocks and block the road? ”

After speaking, Huang Tianbiao shook his head again and said: "Gao Daquan, it's not me talking about you, you have to listen to me about these things, you don't have a lot of brains." Although the judge believed you and told you how to blow up the road, it was close to you, not valued you. ”

Gao Daquan didn't bother to listen to Huang Tianbiao's nonsense, pulled him up, and said in a deep voice: "Hurry up, don't rub here!" If you lose your military plane, you won't be spared! ”

Huang Tianbiao muttered, and followed everyone out of the mountain forest, along the mountain path, and hurried forward.

Outside the city, the Chungju soldiers had stopped their attack and were burying pots outside the city to cook. After attacking for half a day, neither side died a few, but it just made a mess outside the city. Arrows and bamboo spears were scattered on the ground, and dozens of large bamboos floated up and down in the moat.

After all, these people are not a professional army, they are extremely poorly organized, and they can fight with the wind, and this kind of frontal attack is really difficult for them, and it is good that no one takes advantage of the chaos to escape.

After calling a few personal soldiers, Huang Chengxiang said: "You take dozens of people to the nearby villages to have a look, and get some chicken, duck, beef and the like to drink!" ”

A few people shouted their promises and took people away.

Many villages around here are not close to the people of Shendong, and they did not hide in the walled city, but they suffered.

It wasn't until the sun slipped through the midheaven and escaped the heat that Huang Chengxiang regrouped his men and horses and prepared to attack the city.

The people in the mountains have long been accustomed to such a battle, and they can't finish it in a day or two. Anyway, the climate around here is hot, and if you are tired at night, you can build a house with thatch and spend the night, and there is no trouble in camping.

Huang Chengxiang was organizing people, and a pro-soldier Pegasus came to report: "Zhizhou, the big thing is not good, the soldiers and horses from Guwanzhai over there are coming!" ”

Huang Chengxiang was stunned: "What are they going to do?" ”

The barbarians in the mountains are fighting, and the government has never interfered, this has been the case since Huang Chengxiang remembered, why did Guwanzhai send people this time? Most of them commanded more than 300 troops there, and it was enough to suppress one state and one mountain.

After thinking about it for a long time, Huang Chengxiang had long forgotten to offend Xu Ping and Cao Keming and committed a taboo, thinking that the matter had already passed, and he never expected that the Yongzhou government would worry about him.

In fact, since the defeat of Jiaozhi in the time of Taizong, the imperial court has not interfered in the affairs of the barbarians for many years, and they have become accustomed to ignoring the existence of the imperial court's soldiers and horses, and the various leaders have fought vigorously among themselves.

Historically, this area was really included in the administration of the Yongzhou government until Di Qing rebelled against Nong Zhigao, and the household registration and family under the rule of the local chieftains were included in the household and directly under the control of the government. This is also why in Xu Ping's previous life, most of the genealogies of people in this area can be traced back to Di Qing's expedition to the south, and his ancestor was someone in the army, originally from somewhere in the north, and came here with the army. With the arrival of Di Qing, earth-shaking changes have taken place here, and since then it has entered a new era.

Huang Chengxiang couldn't smell the breath of this era, he was confused, and said to a pro-soldier next to him: "You go forward and ask, what are the soldiers and horses of Guwanzhai doing here?" ”

The pro-soldier promised, and rode out on horseback after only half a burnt of incense, so he ran back, and said with a crying voice: "Zhizhou, don't ask, the formation has been set up over there, and it has pressed us!" ”

At this moment, on the way to Huang Chengxiang, there was an earth-shattering loud noise, and thick smoke rose from the mountains and forests, gathering in the air for a long time.

There was a faint sound of war drums in the distance, and the soldiers and horses of Gu Wanzhai slowly pressed here. Accompanied by the sound of drums, there were earth-shattering cheers from the Shentong Walled City.

Shen Chengrong shouted loudly on the walled tower: "Huang Chengxiang, I said that you came to me to die, and you still have a hard mouth with me!" Now that the imperial court has arrived, see where you go! ”

Huang Chengxiang felt irritable in his heart, and he couldn't figure out how things had come to this point. He has been bullying Tuzhou and Tuxian for more than ten years, and he has never encountered direct interference from officers and soldiers. At this time, I remembered the conflict between myself and Xu Ping a few months ago, and my heart became weak and I didn't dare to clash head-on.

Looking at the smoke on the mountain of Lailu, he shouted to the soldiers around him: "I don't know what happened there, let's go back to Chungju first, and come back another day to find trouble here!" ”

The soldier said: "There was such a loud noise just now, could it be that there was an accident on the road?" If we can't get there, we won't be able to advance or retreat, and we'll be in big trouble! It's better to take a different road and go around to Luoyang County and return to Zhongzhou, which is safer. ”

"Now like this, how dare you go from Luoyang County? The dragon trapped shoal was played by shrimp, be careful that Luoyang County and Shen Tong combined to leave us there! Go back the way you came! ”

Huang Chengxiang led people away, but the soldiers and horses of Guwanzhai did not chase after them, but forced them from afar, allowing them to calmly leave the territory of Shentong and relieve the siege of Shentong.

Xu Ping sat in the hall, listening to the news reported back by various detectives.

Shen Tong broke the siege, Huang Chengxiang walked halfway to find that the only pass was blown up, hundreds of people did not dare to drill into the mountains and forests, and turned back again, blocked by Gu Wanzhai and Shen Tong soldiers and horses, took advantage of the chaos to rush and kill, and died in the chaos. Except for a small number of people and horses who went out into the mountains and forests and did not know where to go, most of them were divided between Shentong and Luoyang County. The population is the wealth of the mountains, and the chieftains of the two places have made a windfall.

Xu Ping didn't care about Huang Chengxiang's ending, his fate was already doomed, Xu Ping cared about Zhongzhou, and he wanted to figure out what happened there.

It wasn't until the evening of the next day that news from Chungju came.

The personal soldiers sent by Cao Keming saw Xu Ping, saluted and said: "General judgment, Zhizhou has led people to attack Zhongzhou, dozens of casualties, and there are no major losses. However, before the city was broken, Huang Conggui, the son of Zhongzhou Zhizhou, rolled up the treasure of Zhongzhou Curry, escaped from the city with dozens of followers, and went in the direction of Qianlongtong. ”

Xu Ping couldn't help frowning and asked, "Why did he run away?" What about Huang Congfu? ”

The soldiers shook their heads with a wry smile: "Their father and son, alas, if we hadn't entered the city in time, I was afraid that we wouldn't even be able to save our lives." Now they are all wounded, resting there. ”

Xu Pingteng stood up: "How can this be?" This waste is still being bullied at this time! What do you want him to do? You go back overnight and tell Cao Zhizhou that I will rush there tomorrow and discuss it with him!" ”

(Today's state is very poor, and I don't want to break the update, and I'm not satisfied with this chapter.) Let's pay back to readers on the weekend, I really can't help it today. ）