Liu Yu nodded: "We have discussed everything. The journey to Shanyin will take about a day. You must gather your troops now. My men will rest outside the west gate and set off on the road after eating their dry food."
Shen Qingzhi also said: "Since someone has gone to report the news, I don't have to go to Jiankang anymore, or in other words, I can ask the deputy envoy to go to Jiankang, and I will take a hundred of my men back to the front with you. After all, One more person means more strength, and I can also send a few soldiers back to our Shenjia Village to mobilize the brothers who returned to the countryside last time to go to the rescue as soon as possible."
Liu Yu shook his head: "Zhu Shen, just come back with us. As for recruiting troops privately without knowing your life, this is a taboo. Sun Tai was beheaded for this crime last time. Don't do it for a while. Being impulsive leaves evidence of guilt."
Shen Qingzhi's expression changed, and big beads of sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead, and he said repeatedly: "Thank you very much Liu Canjun for reminding me. Taking advantage of the chaos to gather troops is indeed suspected of causing rebellion. I really want to lose my head because of this." Nothing to say. I was impulsive and careless."
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "We are all officers of the imperial court. Taking our own sergeants is at most a crime of leaving our posts without permission. But if we gather troops privately, it is a rebellion. This kind of thing will not be tolerated by local officials such as Yuan Nei. Shi, Magistrate Bao can do it, but we can't. Lord Shen, please don't make this mistake again in the future. Someone may not remind you next time."
Shen Qingzhi said quickly: "Thank you very much Liu Canjun, let's set off now."
A burst of horse hoofbeats came from the street outside the county government office, from far to near. Liu Yu's ears twitched and his face changed slightly: "This is a military horse that has been rushed for 800 miles. There must be important military information to report. Just in time. We can ask how the battle is going on the front lines."
Before he finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves stopped in front of the gate of the county government office. A sergeant, soaked all over his body, with one of the two feathers on his back broken, rolled and crawled into the county government office. In the middle, he fell directly to the ground, holding a Tang newspaper tightly in his hand: "Haiyan, Haiyan County Magistrate Bao, please, please quickly, quickly transfer this military newspaper to Jiankang, at the same time, at the same time Immediately organize the entire county’s military and civilians to evacuate and evacuate!”
Liu Yu stepped forward, pulled up the sergeant, and said loudly: "What happened on the front line? How is the battle in Xingpu?!"
The sergeant raised his head, and a bloody face came into Liu Yu's eyes: "You, you are Liu Yu, Liu Jinnu?!"
Liu Yu opened his mouth in surprise. This face stained with blood and mud still couldn't hide the original elegance and elegance. He knew this man. He was in his early twenties. He was Xie Yan's youngest son, named Xie Hun. When Liu Yu participated in the Wu Yi Poetry Club, this child was only a few years old. When we met in Kuaiji not long ago, he was already a white-faced scholar in his early twenties with a very good demeanor. I didn't expect that this third meeting would be like this. Condition.
Xie Hun cried loudly: "Father, he is handsome. He and my two brothers were defeated and died. The traitor army has broken through Shanyin. The land of Wu is over!"
Liu Yu let go of his hand numbly. Xie Hun's body went limp and fell to the ground again. He fainted and a burst of smoke and dust was thrown up, covering Liu Yu's whole body. He murmured: "After all, it's still the case after all." Don’t you have time?! Xie Yan, Xie Yan, your personal death is not a big deal, but the whole world will fall because of you!"
He gritted his teeth, turned around and said to the people who were at a loss behind him: "Everyone, Shanyin has been lost, and this place has become the front line against the demon thieves. Please ask County Magistrate Bao to arrange for the evacuation of the people as soon as possible and recruit young men for reinforcements." City defense, now we need to hold this place firmly before the Beifu army arrives. Lord Shen, please get on the road as soon as possible, inform the court of the battle ahead, and tell Lord Wang Xun, the Minister of Order, that if the Beifu army does not arrive here within three days, Jiankang will be defeated. The city cannot be defended! Their small group and the aristocratic families of Da Jin have no place to stay!"
After saying this, Liu Yu spread out the Tang newspaper and said to himself: "What happened in the battle of Xingpu?"
One day ago, Xingpu, North Bank, Xie Yanjun’s camp.
In the Chinese army commander's tent, Xie Yan was sitting firmly behind the big case, holding a rice bowl in his hand. The tall white rice was covered with scallops and oysters, and a thick layer of crab roe and fish roe was spread on it. The aroma was fragrant. Overflowing, the sergeants standing on duty in the tent swallowed their saliva unconsciously. Even in the fierce war and the common people in Wu were struggling to find a meal of brown rice mixed with leaves, this man A handsome man from an aristocratic family still would not lower his taste and standard of life. I wonder what Xie An would think if he was resurrected and saw his son like this.
Liu Qianzhi was the only general in the tent. He curled his lips and said: "Commander, now our troops have been basically assembled. There are more than 20,000 troops. We should stick to Xingpu. There should be no problem. .”
Xie Yan did not answer, and was still eating by himself. His three sons, all wearing sergeant's leather armor, stood aside. The eldest son, Xie Zhao, was a white-faced scholar in his thirties, and his two younger brothers, Xie Yan, Jun, like Xie Hun, even though he is wearing a military uniform, his face is still covered with thick white powder. This kind of pretentiousness of a high-ranking aristocratic child must be maintained at all times and everywhere. It has to be said that there is something special about it. Like a father, like a son.
Xie Zhao curled his lips in dissatisfaction: "General Liu, didn't my father-in-law say it last time? We can't be satisfied with just standing here waiting for reinforcements. In this way, all the credit will be taken away by Liu Laozhi's Beifu Army. We just want to release The sound of the wind will make the demon thieves think that the Beifu Army is coming, so the demon thieves will take the initiative to evacuate. If we follow and pursue them at this time, we can wipe them all out in one fell swoop!"
Xie Jun then said: "Yes, Governor Zhang has been conducting reconnaissance on the south bank these days. He is a local and familiar with the terrain. He also helped Wang Ningzhi guard Kuaiji before. Once we find out the inside story of the enemy camp, we can make corresponding arrangements. ”
Xie Hun laughed: "General Liu, when the time comes, you have to kill them and make new achievements."
Liu Qianzhi curled his lips, but there was still a trace of doubt on his face: "But, Governor Zhang has been conducting reconnaissance for two days, and there is no news. Could it be, could there be some accident? Commander, it will be decided at the end of the day, it is better to be on the safe side, and if we hold firm here, we will never go wrong."
Zhang Meng's voice sounded from outside the tent, matching his laughter: "General Liu, you have thought wrong again this time. Commander, the monsters and thieves want to escape, we must not let them go!"
Xie Yan's expression was calm, and he slowly put down the bowl in his hand. He looked at Zhang Meng, who was dressed as a fisherman in a raincoat and was walking in from outside the tent, and said, "Have you found anything?"
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