In May, Gunzhou ushered in a rain, the spring rain was numerous, not very big, and the slightest rain provoked people's heartstrings.

On this day, as usual, Zhang Fuquan had breakfast in the mansion, rode a horse, and marched towards the city wall with his own soldiers.

As the guard general of the Dongjun Frontier Fortress, Zhang Fuquan is very competent.

He is Chinese New Year's Eve three years old today, with Zhou Zheng facial features, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a slightly tanned and somewhat darkened face, which makes him look more masculine, tall, tall, well-proportioned and long, even if he wears armor, he can see a kind of heroism.

There is a wife and two concubines in the inner house, the wife Liu, is the sister of Zheng Guogong, although it is a concubine of the far branch, but now in Luoyang, the Liu family is the largest family, he is a middle-level general who has a cold background and relies on Xun to climb up, he can get Zheng Guogong's appreciation, and he has to marry a Liu woman as his wife, which is already a special favor.

Although his wife is ordinary, she has given birth to two sons for him, and he has two concubines in the house who are low in background but soft and know hot and cold, and this life is very comfortable.

This time he was sent to Dongjun to guard the pass, Zhang Fuquan originally estimated that the time would not be very long, as long as the Luoyang army captured the entire Gunzhou, and the territory of Gunzhou was completely pacified, he was transferred to the county seat and became a county general, which was a matter of time before he was transferred.

However, now the situation has changed abruptly, according to the Dacheng Dynasty has sent an envoy to persuade him to surrender, but Zheng Guogong refused, and the situation became tense for a while.

Thinking about it like this, Zhang Fuquan's heart was very heavy.

The black horse is not fast or slow, walking on the street, the soldiers behind him are riding horses and following closely, there are not many pedestrians on the street, most of the shops are closed doors and windows, and the whole city walks along the streets, giving people the greatest feeling that it is a depression that pervades it.

Zhang Fuquan saw it in his eyes and sighed slightly.

Dongjun is one of the three places in Gunzhou that was captured by the Luoyang soldiers some time ago, there are many cities in the county, and it is supposed to be a rich place, but the war has just subsided, the trade route has not been reopened, and the surname of the merchant has not been freed from the fear of panic, and the whole county is filled with a depressing atmosphere.

There are not many people who dare to open a business at this time, in case of another war, the caravans and shops transporting goods are the first to come to the brunt, and they are forced to be requisitioned or even robbed by the army.

As the "gate" of Dongjun, this checkpoint on the frontier is even more depressed.

"Alas, it's not a good thing that the city is still depressed after some time of the war. Zhang Fuquan sighed, thinking about the Dacheng Dynasty again, if the Dacheng Dynasty sent troops, it would become a battlefield here, but I was afraid that it would be a continuous war.

"The general's thing is that Gunzhou has been peaceful for many years, and what kind of wars have the surnames in the city seen? The war some time ago has frightened the surnames in the city, and it must be a year and a half later, and it will be fine, and I am afraid that this matter is not in a hurry. "There are pro-soldiers, and the tone is still very optimistic, but these people don't know the inner feelings.

In the current era, the news is conveyed slowly, and only the upper echelons know about the affairs outside the county, and the general surname of Bai Yan cannot be known, and even the pro-soldiers do not know.

Of course, Zhang Fuquan knows this.

Zhang Fuquan is not in agreement with the generals of the generals, he has a poor background, looking at such a scene, thinking that there will be a military disaster in the blink of an eye, it is inevitable to sigh a little.

"But the Lord believes in me, and I will die in return. Zhang Fuquan thought silently.

Since Dongjun was occupied by Luoyang soldiers, Zhang Fuquan was sent to this dangerous place to garrison and defend the city.

can be sent here to defend the city, since Zheng Guogong trusted, Zhang Fuquan is simply a tiger general, when he was a soldier in the past, he followed Zheng Guogong, and later fought repeatedly, and gradually promoted to his current position, such a person is Liu Man's tomorrow system.

Liu Man placed Zhang Fuquan here because he trusted him.

Zhang Fuquan did not live up to Zheng Guogong's trust, and since he came here, he firmly guarded the city, and the training of soldiers and all military affairs were all in order by him.

It's just that the general trend is like this, and nothing has been done about the growing depression, and although there are civil officials in the city, it is useless.

On the street, a group of patrol soldiers passed by in an orderly manner, Zhang Fuquan saw it and was very satisfied, this is the soldier he trained, he does not dare to strengthen the army in the world, and it is also a simple army.

Zhang Fuquan quickly arrived at the city wall with his own soldiers, handed over the horses to a few personal soldiers to take care of, and he took people to the city.

"General!"

"Get up!"

When the defenders at the head of the city saw that the defenders were coming, they knelt down and saluted.

Zhang Fuquan asked them to get up, walked around the city by himself, looked at it, and nodded his head, although Dacheng's army may not pass by him, but after he put it down, the soldiers were still very cautious.

The city had been closed for a few days, the drawbridge was hung higher, and the gates were closed to avoid surprise attacks.

Zhang Fuquan is not a famous general, but he is solid, old-fashioned, and rigorous.

After getting the news that tens of thousands of Dacheng troops might be heading here, they made a place for the soldiers.

Now on the city wall, rolling wood, stones, bows and crossbows are all prepared, and the craftsmen in the city are ordered to work overtime overnight to make more crossbow arrows.

Some sections of the wall were repaired, and the moat below was also intercepted, and then the silt was dug up and lost, and then the water was put on it.

Everything is as complete as possible.

"Can you find any changes?" Standing at the head of the city and looking out, Zhang Fuquan asked a captain who stepped forward to salute, this person Wei Zhong was a junior officer trusted by Zhang Fuquan, and was sent by Zhang Fuquan to the city to guard the city with himself.

Hearing the general's question, Wei Zhong didn't think twice: "General, within five hundred meters of the surrounding area, all the trees have been cut down, the field of vision is wide, and the watchtower is on duty day and night, and no abnormal movement has been found!"

"Also, I also sent some scout horses to patrol the surrounding area for dozens of miles, and news will come over. ”

"Although some horses were sent out, there were quite a few capable people in the long army, and there were tens of thousands of cavalry, so I didn't pay attention to it, I was afraid that the soldiers would only notice it when they came to the city. This time, Dacheng Rongma attacked Gunzhou by which way, but it was difficult to think in advance, and we had to be cautious. ”

"The general is too worried, Chenliu, Jiyang, and Dongjun are occupied by our Luoyang army, and Rongma, who has nothing to do, will attack Dongjun first, and it will attack Dongjun, and it will not necessarily ......pass through our checkpoint."

Zhang Fuquan listened, but smiled bitterly: "I have been uneasy in the past few days, and I always feel that something will happen......"

"I'm afraid the general has been working too hard to take care of the affairs of the city for several days. ”

"I hope so. ”

The two men were working when they saw a fast horse galloping at a galloping speed in a distant place outside the city.

Zhang Fuquan and Wei Zhong were talking, but they didn't see it for a while, but a soldier with sharp eyes saw it, and immediately reminded him: "General, look outside the city!"

"This is ......" Zhang Fuquan looked at it intently, and immediately frowned: "The scout horse sent out by the city is coming, go and ask someone to lower the drawbridge, open the city gate and let him in." ”

Because of the closeness, the appearance of the person who came to see the real thing, although there is a drizzle, this trace of spring rain only makes the vista look a little hazy, the rain is not strong, can not block the sight.

Zhang Fuquan recognized the person as one of the dozen or so scouts under his account, and asked people to open the city gate and let them go.

At this time, the horse galloped to the front of the city, and as soon as the drawbridge was lowered, the horse ran into the city, and the drawbridge was suspended again.

After a while, Zhang Fuquan, who was standing in the city, heard footsteps, and a person walked up from below, his clothes were half damp, and his hair was mixed with sweat or rain, dripping down.

As soon as Zhang Fuquan approached, he immediately turned over and knelt down, and reported upwards: "General, I found a large army fifty miles away, look at the banner is Dacheng Rong Ma, the number of spectators is more than 10,000 people, marching here, please make plans early!"

Hearing the news, Zhang Fuquan's heart immediately turned cold.

But he soon came to his senses and ordered: "Probe again!"

Fifty miles was already quite close, and five or six horsemen rushed out, and after half an hour, only three horsemen were left to return, shouting: "General, it's a big army, at least tens of thousands." ”

Zhang Fuquan listened, stood quietly, and then his mood was calm, he glanced at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "The whole city is strictly guarded, everything is carried out by the army, those who dare to go out of the city without permission are killed, those who dare to shake the hearts of the army are killed, and those who dare not obey the order are killed!"

"The army pressed the border, and immediately sent a letter to the county seat of Dongjun, and immediately sent a letter to Luoyang. ”

Soon, all the cavalry in the city rushed out and began to move into the distance.

"The order goes down, the defenders of the city send an additional thousand people, prepare all the things that are rolling wood, and except for the east gate to keep reinforcements to enter, the other gates are nailed inside, and then pushed up to the boulder block, and Dacheng's Rong Ma is not allowed to attack the city!"

"No!"

With Zhang Fuquan's order, the three city gates were sealed from the inside, even if the enemy troops outside knocked on the door, there would be a boulder behind it.

This trick was learned by Zhang Fuquan in the army, because he had been prepared for a long time.

Large stones are available now, if you go to find such stones temporarily, it is difficult to find, and it is too late to close the city, so Zhang Fuquan is a cautious and solid person, even if there is only a trace of possibility that the Dacheng army will beat him here, he will not be taken lightly.

Zhang Fuquan issued a series of orders, and everyone obeyed them awe-inspiringly, and no one had room to fight back, and those who dared to disobey the orders were beheaded on the spot.

Immediately, a murderous aura filled the air.

Forty miles from the city, a large army was advancing.

The army of 30,000 is also based on a guard, and among the 30,000 troops, 4,000 are cavalry, which is quite a high proportion.

In front of the army, there were groups of cavalry sentinels, with five people as a team, searching endlessly in all directions, which was to check the surrounding situation.

Some of the sentinels had already arrived in front of the city, and when they saw the situation in and around the city, some of them rushed back to tell the truth.

At this time, Lu Gao was wearing fine armor and a red cloak, tall and handsome, and his spirit rose up, leading his old troops to the battle, and he regained his senses. @ws