(The second update, ask for a red ticket)

It was not someone else who came, it was Chen Xi, who was ordered by Azig to go to the north bank to inspect the grain and grass.

Zhou Bin and the guard general Puamayo will deliver tomorrow, and Chen Xi could have waited until tomorrow to go out of the city to inspect the grain and grass together, but if he really waited until tomorrow to inspect and deliver the grain and grass with the grain governor, the benefits extorted from the Chaishan grain transport officer would be divided equally with the grain supervisor and the Fancheng guard Puama.

Puama was born in the Yandong aristocratic Punata clan, and later changed to the surname Pu because Emperor Tianming implemented the Han surname.

Puama is a sleek person, and he usually smiles when he sees Chen Xi, but when he sees the actual benefits, he refuses to give Chen Xi half a point. Born in Punatsal, he is not afraid that Chen Xi is the identity of Azig's family slave, and Azig is the younger brother of the Emperor's favorite concubine Yufei.

If he wanted to get more benefits, Chen Xi naturally wanted to go to the grain camp first, contact with Captain Chai Shan, who was escorting the grain and grass, and asked Zhou Bin, the captain of Chaishan, to understand that he was the key person to receive the grain and grass and make the people strong, so he insisted on going out of the city to take a look at the grain camp before it was dark.

Zhou Bin rushed to the avenue to greet him, listened to Chen Xidong's talk, understood his intention, and scolded in his heart: Hu Ren has only been in the customs for a few years, but he has learned those greedy things in the customs proficiently! This is also good, the more corrupted the Hu people are, the faster they are, and the less resistance there will be to the Northern Expedition in the future.

Thinking about it in my heart, I still have to welcome Chen Xi into the camp to see the weight of grain and grass and the baggage that was escorted to Fancheng with the army.

The grain and grass that went south from Fancheng were mainly transported from Luoyang in the north, and the grain and grass in Zaoyang County were included in the jurisdiction of Xiangyang in the later period to supplement the shortage of grain and grass in the south, so it was rare for Fancheng to have the opportunity to inspect and deliver grain and grass and extort places.

Chen Xi entered the grain camp, one saw the grain and grass, and the other looked at the people.

There is no problem with the grain and grass, nearly two thousand carts, most of which are really loaded with grain and grass, led by Zhou Bin, Chen Xi naturally can't go to those carts loaded with armor and arrows, but he sees the problem in Minzhuang.

Azig was worried that Luo Xiancheng would send some old and weak women and children to think it was perfunctory, but he didn't expect Luo Xiancheng to send all the young and strong people over, he just hoped that it would be the same, not too ugly - and outside the east city of Fancheng, in addition to the escort soldiers, those three or four thousand escort people are all strong and strong, where is the appearance of a thin mountain people?

Although Chen Xi is greedy, he has been in the army with Azig for many years, and his eyesight is still much more poisonous than ordinary people.

Seeing this, Chen Xi became suspicious: he didn't believe that Luo Xiancheng would be so kind as to draw out the rare healthy soldiers in his army to make up for the shortcomings of the people here, so there was only one possibility left: that is, the ambush soldiers in Huaidong or Huaixi disguised themselves as people to lurk and seize Fancheng, or it could be that Luo Xiancheng had already defected-

Thinking like this, Chen Xi was scared into a cold sweat on his back, fortunately, the autumn was cold, there were still many clothes, and the sweat could not penetrate the clothes, so that the cool breeze blew, and he couldn't help but shiver, but fortunately, the sky was dark, and his pale face was not so distinct.

Seeing the suspicions, Chen Xi didn't dare to stay in the grain camp for a long time, and was anxious to go to meet with the more than 100 soldiers outside the grain camp and Puama to fill the scene for him, and said to Zhou Bin: "The grain and people in Chaishan are all good, and I will rest assured after seeing it, I will rush back to the south bank tonight to return to General Azig, and I will ask Captain Zhou to ask the city to wash the dust tomorrow......"

"General Chen, there is another place, you must take a look!" Zhou Bin squinted and smiled and grabbed Chen Xi's arm, and asked him to go to a camp tent on the left, and said with a smile as he walked, "There is a good thing that Lord Xiangwang of Chaishan asked the last general to bring to honor your lords, and asked General Chen to pick ...... first."

Just as foreign troops are not allowed to enter the city casually, no matter how simple the grain camp is, it is also a military camp, and foreign troops are not allowed to enter the military camp casually - Chen Xi entered the grain camp to inspect the school's grain and grass and the people's strength, and the soldiers he accompanied him gathered in the open space in front of the camp gate and waited.

Looking at the guards beside Zhou Bin, the captain of Chai Mountain, Chen Xi's body was stiff and he didn't dare to struggle, so he could only follow Zhou Bin to a tent.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, Chen Xi still wanted to say something with a softened expression, but Zhou Bin didn't give him a chance, Chen Xi only felt that his neck was tight, and he shouted in a dull voice, so that Zhou Bin's thick arms were strangled from behind and couldn't move.

Zhou Bin cut Chen Xi's neck with a waist knife, watched him convulsions and lost his breath before letting go of his hand, leaving the corpse, inserting the waist knife back into the scabbard, and wiping the blood stains on his arm armor with a sweat towel.

At this time, Huang Zuyu lifted the curtain and walked in, and Zhou Bin said: "This guy has poisonous eyes, but the eyes are poisonous and died early - we have to do it in advance!" ”

It is impossible for any plan to be meticulous, it is easy to kill Chen Xi, even if Chen Xi screams when he is dying, it will not cause much movement in the grain camp, but it is impossible to silently solve the more than 100 soldiers who came with Chen Xi without arousing the alarm of Fancheng and Qiaodu.

Huang Zuyu said: "I have asked Deng Qiaoshan to surround the more than 100 soldiers, and now I will ask the generals to change their armor, when they are alert, when they will do it......"

"I'm afraid I won't be able to buy much time," Zhou Bin said, "Tell Deng Qiaoshan to surround Chen Xihu's troops and stay still, Gao Hu and I will each lead a team of men and horses to directly cross the bridge and the east gate of Fancheng, Zu Yu, you stay in the grain camp, and wait for the generals to put on their armor, and then come to support us!" Otherwise, once the defenders of Fancheng are told to close the city gates, it will be difficult to fight. ”

At this time, it is close to the city, and it is natural to be able to catch the defenders off guard, but it does not mean that a large number of men and horses directly attack the east gate of Fancheng and the Qiaodu camp, and the defenders will be stupid and not a little vigilant - Zhou Bin's men and horses, although everyone has weapons, but in order not to arouse the vigilance of the enemy, there are few people who wear armor in advance, and there are few bows and crossbows.

The elite of this trip was precisely the 3,000 Jianyong who pretended to be a civilian man, and they had not had time to wear armor and issue weapons.

However, Huang Zuyu is not a mother-in-law's mother-in-law, he followed Yu Wangao and Tang Fuguan in his early years, and survived such a hard time in the deep mountains and old forests of southern Fujian, knowing that in order to win, he must pay a certain price, and he must have the courage to pay the price - Huang Zuyu pressed Zhou Bin's shoulder, and agreed to his arrangement without saying anything.

As the twilight deepened, Zhou Ta took thirty or forty sergeants, blocked the city gate with dead faces, and asked the military academy guarding the city gate to let them into the city to have fun, salivating and saying: "This road has been driven by wind and frost for more than ten days, and I have not rested once, and I will rush back after the delivery of grain and grass tomorrow, I dare to ask my brother to open it once, so that we can taste what it is like to be a girl in the big city......

The silver has been stuffed in, although the military academy guarding the gate does not let Zhou Ta and them enter the city, but it does not face each other evilly, and does not turn the sword and gun sideways to prevent them from standing in the hole of the city gate, but just said haha: "The rules are like this, it is better to wait for the grain and grass to be delivered tomorrow, and let your leader speak to General Pu." The boss said to let people in, and we naturally won't stop them...... "It's almost time to close the city gate, but we have to wait for Chen Xi, who went out of the city to go to the grain camp, to come back."

At this time, two people came from behind, walked to Zhou Ta and whispered, "Ready to do it......"

The defenders also found that a large group of men and horses were coming here in the twilight, much more than Chen Xi had brought out of the city, and they became suspicious.

The city gate school ordered his subordinates to drive Zhou Ta and them out to prepare to close the city gate, and Zhou Ta and they shouted: "There are bandits, brother, don't drive us out!" He shouted in his mouth, and pulled out a sharp knife in his hand and stabbed it.

The city gate school was caught off guard, and the two flanks were stabbed with sharp knives, and blood splattered.

The east city gate was suddenly in chaos, and more than ten defenders in the city gate cave were killed completely defenseless, but the defenders above the city tower occupied the narrow road to the city, and suppressed the Zhou Tower under the city gate and could not attack it, so the alarm bell was sounded at the same time, and the sound spread for several miles......

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When Azig heard the North Shore alarm bell, he danced his knife in the courtyard and wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead with a sweat towel.

Azig boiled his muscles and practiced bows and knives every morning and dusk, just to be able to fight on the battlefield, and when he heard the alarm bell ringing, it was not so real, after all, he was two or three miles away, and he was in Xiangyang City, and then, the alarm bell in Xiangyang North City was also loud, and Azig confirmed that Fancheng on the north bank was met by the enemy......

In the west corner of Azig's mansion, there is a watchtower that is more than six feet high, which was built to facilitate the command of the military in the city, and it can directly look out on the north shore. Azig wore a single shirt and carried a knife to the watchtower, and the servants in the mansion heard the alarm bells on the north and south sides of the strait, and made a mess.

Azig walked to the foot of the watchtower, and the military academy hurried over to report: "Fancheng has encountered the enemy, and Qiaodu and the east gate of Fancheng have been invaded by chaotic enemies......"

"Where did the enemy soldiers come from?" Azig asked.

"I don't know the details, General Tong is sending a horse to the north shore to check."

"Those who eat, only then do you know to check, how can you tell the enemy soldiers to be alert when they hit the city gate?" Azig shouted and scolded, and was just about to swing a whip, when he suddenly thought of where the enemy soldiers who attacked Fancheng came from - Chai Shan to carry grain and horses!

"! Exercise! Azig scolded bitterly, "Luo Xiancheng is reversed!" ”

Azig didn't know about Luo Xiancheng's bad relationship with the king, and it was impossible for Luo Xiancheng to expose his ugliness in front of Luwenzhuang and Yeji Luorong, so that others would know that he couldn't even control his own subordinates - in Azig's view, Chaishan was sent by Luo Xiancheng, and the attack on Fancheng by Chaishan could only show that there was something wrong with Luo Xiancheng......

Azig subconsciously decided that there was something wrong with Luo Xiancheng, and on the one hand asked the soldiers to take out his armor and broadsword, and on the other hand, he asked someone to ring the bell, gather the soldiers and horses of the whole city of Xiangyang, and prepare to cross the river to aid Fancheng.

Azig climbed the watchtower in the west corner of his garrison general's mansion, and the prefect Shen Haobo also ran over with a sweaty face and panting. Looking at the north bank from the watchtower, the east city gate and the bridge are all on fire, and the position of the grain camp outside the east gate is a little hot, but it is weak.

It seems that there was a battle on the side of the grain camp, but it has ended, which also proves that the Shibayama grain soldiers and horses are attacking the enemy.

The east gate is blocked, and it is not clear to see, but there are more than a thousand steps away from Qiaodu, and the fire is rising, burning the twilight to blood red and bright, and you can clearly see that the east base of the Qiaodu defenders has been occupied by the enemy soldiers, and the corpses on the ground are slanted. In addition to the iron pile wharf, there are more than 100 defenders, the west base is far away from the attack site, and the battle has not yet been reached, but there are only fifty or sixty defenders left at the pontoon bridge to be pressed and beaten by two or three times the number of soldiers and horses, and can only barely hold the bridgehead.

There were no enemy soldiers near the South City Gate, but the defenders closed the South City Gate in a panic, and they didn't even think of going to support Qiaodu! Otherwise, as long as the south city gate sends troops to support the bridgehead in time, it will be able to recover the disadvantage.

The south bank should help the north bank, and the pontoon bridge is the most important.

"How did Puama lead the troops!" Azig screamed in hatred.

After a while, Tong Ruilin, the deputy general and staff officer, also climbed the watchtower and said: "Chaishan sent grain and soldiers and horses to make a rebellion, sneak attack the east city gate and Qiaodu, the last general has sent the south bridge garrison soldiers and horses to cross the bridge first to help the north bank, other details are unknown!" ”

"I don't know the details, you won't open your eyes to see!" Azig didn't have a good tone compared to Tong Ruilin, who was older.

The bridge is divided into the north and south banks, the north bank bridge crossing defenders are a battalion of elite, the south bank bridge is also a battalion of elite, at that time there are no baggage vehicles on the pontoon bridge, it is also a great luck, the south bank of a battalion of soldiers can quickly rush to the north bank bridge to reinforce, it is much faster than taking boats.

Azig saw all this, but the defenders of the bridge on the north bank were divided into three parts, except for the west base, the bridgehead and the iron pile wharf were all in danger, especially the defenders of the bridgehead were less than forty or fifty people left, and they could not even stand on the bridge, and they had to retreat to the pontoon bridge.

In the northeast direction of Qiaodu, another large group of men and horses attacking the enemy are rushing over to cross the east base to attack the bridgehead, and even if the reinforcements from the south bank arrive on the north bank in time, they will be suppressed at the bridgehead.

How wide is the bridge? If it can't be opened from the bridgehead to the north and suppressed at the bridgehead, even if there are 100,000 reinforcements, it will not be able to play a role.

Azig saw that the enemy who came to attack the bridgehead on the north bank later, his armor was unusually bright under the light of the fire, and it should be the main force of the attack. Since it is certain at this time that the soldiers and horses of Shibayama are the enemy soldiers who are sneaking up, it is not difficult to judge the scale of the attack, there are five or six thousand people-Puama has more than 2,000 soldiers and horses on the north bank, and he was caught off guard, and even the east gate was lost, Azig frowned in pain: he wanted to go to the battlefield crazy, but he didn't think about going to the battlefield in this situation......

Now there are five or six hundred reinforcements blocked at the bridge, and they can't get there, so they have to send more reinforcements, so they can only cross the river by boat; Otherwise, if Puama's soldiers and horses were annihilated in Fancheng, and the enemy was asked to take Fancheng, the problem would be very, very serious - Azig had a clear understanding of the seriousness of the problem.

said to Shen Haobo, the prefect of Xiangyang, and Tong Ruilin, the deputy general: "I will go to the north bank, you two guard Xiangyang City, and send fast horses to Jingzhou and Shicheng to report the news: just say that Luo Xiancheng is reversed, and there are more than 5,000 elite soldiers in Chaishan to attack Fancheng......"

"Luo Xiancheng can't be reversed!" Shen Haobo grabbed Azig.

"How do you know he's not opposed?" Azig glared at Shen Haobo, from the moment Fancheng was attacked, his trust in his subordinates had dropped sharply.

"Luo Xiancheng has 80,000 soldiers, when can't he rebel, do you have to sacrifice Nanyang and then set up this plan to trap my Beiyan?" Shen Haobo still has some knowledge, otherwise he would not have sent Xiangyang to assist Azig in mastering the important land of Jingxiang.

Azig was also stunned by the attack, and it was right to think about what he said.

Luo Xiancheng wanted to ask Huaidong to buy it as soon as possible, and the luxury family would be suffocated in Jiangzhou, and there would be no way to live on the north bank, and Beiyan would not be able to defeat Nanyang at all, and it was likely that he would suffer a big defeat under Nanyang City.

Not to mention that Luo Xiancheng will be dizzy because of what may go to Huaidong, Luo Xiancheng has 80,000 soldiers, and there are more than 100,000 soldiers, such a soldier and horse to take refuge in Huaidong, can make Huaidong control the entire territory of Jingxiang and Jiangxi in one fell swoop, why play the dangerous plan of luring the king into the urn?

"Luo Xiancheng is not opposed, so what's the problem?" Azig asked Shen Haobo rhetorically.

"It must be that someone under Luo Xiancheng secretly defected to Huaidong, and it is likely that there is a problem on the Chaishan side," Shen Haobo was also considered to be anxious, and said, "At this time, you should immediately send people to report to various places, only saying that Chaishan will attack Fancheng with grain and soldiers, and the generals will have their own judgment, rather than just reporting to Jingzhou." In case there is another ambush in Huaidong, only to report to Jingzhou, it will be called to deal with the missituation......"

Shen Haobo was worried that there were ambushes in Huaidong that had not been exposed, but he didn't expect that there were as many as 50,000.