"Are the rebels coming?"
In the house of the internal guard commander of Daizhou City, commander Yuan Chaoju asked a middle-aged man who entered the room.
"Only a small number of rebel cavalry appeared outside Daizhou City, and the rebel army is still at Yanmen Pass." The middle-aged man said to him.
Yuan Chaoju stroked his gray beard and said, "Go and find everyone from the Wang family and the Sun family, and tell them that I have something to discuss with them."
"My child, go right away." The middle-aged man responded, turned around and walked out of the house.
Just when he was about to reach the door of the house, he suddenly turned around, looked at Yuan Chaoju and said, "There is one more thing that I think I should tell my father."
"What's the matter?" Yuan Chaoju asked.
The middle-aged man said: "Recently, someone suddenly spread rumors in the city, saying that when the rebels arrived, every household could divide their fields. The news spread quickly, and even many military households in Zhenwuwei knew about it."
"There should be rebel spies who have entered the city and want to disturb the morale of the army. You first go to the people in charge of the Wang family and the Sun family. I will leave the rumors in the city to your second brother." Yuan Chaoju said.
The middle-aged man asked again: "Would you like to find Sun's Jinshi together?"
"Let's find him together! His identity is quite important in the Sun family. Although he is a civil servant, he is also a member of the Zhenwu Guard." Yuan Chaoju agreed with the middle-aged man to find Sun Chuanting together to discuss matters.
"Father, take a rest for a moment. I will go find all the family members now." The middle-aged man said, turned and left the room.
Yuan Chaoju picked up the tureen on the table and took a sip.
After the middle-aged man came out of the room, he recruited several soldiers, took the posts, and went to the Wang family and the Sun family to invite people respectively, and he went to invite Sun Chuanting in person.
Like the Yuan family, the Wang family has been granted military positions for generations. It is considered a smaller noble family. Compared with the two families, the Sun family is inferior. However, the Sun family has a Jinshi, and its status is no more than that of the other two families. almost.
Call!
The middle-aged man came to the door of Sun's mansion, took the reins in his hands, and controlled the horse to stop.
"Go and call the door." He motioned to a soldier who was following him to knock on the door.
The soldier next to him turned over and dismounted, strode to the door with quick strides, stretched out his hand and slapped the wooden door in front of him, and shouted: "Come out, my general is here to visit Mr. Sun."
boom! boom! boom!
The big wooden door of Sun Mansion banged loudly.
Soon, someone inside opened the wooden door and looked at the people outside.
"My general wants to see you, Mr. Sun. Please go in and report." The soldier who called the door spoke out his words first without waiting for the people from the Sun Mansion to speak.
The Yuan family, the Wang family, and the Sun family were all born in the Zhenwu Guards, and were among the top families in Daizhou. The concierge of the Sun Mansion immediately recognized the Yuan family on horseback outside the door.
Immediately, he said: "Please wait a moment, General Yuan, I will go in and report."
With that said, he turned around and ran towards the house.
Not long after, the sound of chaotic footsteps came from the Sun Mansion. At the same time, Sun Chuanting came out with several servants from the family.
"Brother Yuan hasn't been to my house for a long time. Please come inside." Sun Chuanting greeted the visiting general Yuan warmly.
At this time, General Xiao Yuan had already got off his horse, leading the horse and standing at the foot of the stone steps outside the palace gate. He said: "No one is going in. This trip is about the fall of Yanmen Guards. The commander would like to invite Brother Sun to come over to discuss matters."
"Is it appropriate for me to go?" Sun Chuanting asked in surprise.
General Xiao Yuan said: "Brother Sun is also a member of our Zhenwu Guard. Now the rebel army is right in front of us. Please don't limit yourself to being a civilian and military general."
"Well, you go back and tell the old general, I'll clean up and go over." Sun Chuanting no longer refused when the enemy was in front of him, but happily agreed.
General Xiao Yuan clasped his fists and said, "I am waiting at the command yamen for Brother Sun's arrival."
After saying that, he led the horse and left from outside the Sun Mansion.
Sun Chuanting stood outside his house, watching General Yuan go away.
"Master, now that you are at home, they are looking for you. If word spreads about something, will it be detrimental to you?" The housekeeper of the Sun Mansion standing aside said worriedly.
Sun Chuanting withdrew his gaze and said: "I am in Daizhou. If we cannot defend Daizhou City, the huge Sun Mansion will probably not be covered by rubble. Even if the court really wants to blame me, we will have to wait until we can defend it." We have to go to Daizhou City."
After saying that, he turned around and walked into the mansion.
The butler hurriedly followed.
The people in charge of the Wang family and the Sun family received the news of Yuan Chaoju's invitation and immediately rushed to the command yamen with their people.
When Sun Chuanting came, the people in charge of the Wang family and the Sun family and the Liang family had already arrived.
A group of people were sitting in the side hall where guests were entertained. Soldiers were placed around the door to guard them.
The side hall at this time was comparable to the White Tiger Hall in Daizhou City, and the most powerful people from the three Zhenwuwei families were sitting in it.
"Bo Ya is here, please take a seat first!" Yuan Chaoju motioned for Sun Chuanting to take a seat.
"Thank you, old general."
Sun Chuanting cupped his hands and walked to the empty seat beside him and sat down.
At this time, sitting opposite him was a member of the Wang family and the head of the Wang family of this generation, Zhenwuwei commanding Wang Hu.
Sitting under Wang Hu are the two brothers of the Yuan family.
The head of the Sun family sat at the head of Sun Chuanting.
"I have called you all here today to talk about the rebel army at Yanmen Guards Station." Yuan Chaoju glanced at the faces of the Wang, Wang, and Sun families, and then said, "I hope that at this time, the three families No matter what conflicts there are, put them aside for the time being and wait until the rebel army is defeated."
The scene suddenly became quiet.
Wang Hu and the Sun family were speechless. They each lowered their heads and fiddled with the cup lids in their hands.
Yuan Chaoju, who received no response, raised his eyebrows and said in a feint of anger: "The rebel army has arrived at the door of the house. You two are not still thinking about fighting among themselves. Boya, you are very knowledgeable, so come here."
Sun Chuanting was stunned for a moment when his name was suddenly called. He didn't expect that the other party suddenly came to him as he was talking.
Wang Hu and the head of the Sun family looked at Sun Chuanting.
"I support the old general's suggestion. The conflicts between the three families have been suspended. The first thing is to defend Daizhou City. And I think we should recruit young men to defend the city and prepare more tools to defend the city." Sun Chuanting said.
Wang Hu said: "Didn't you send someone to Taiyuan Mansion to ask for help?"
"It has been sent. However, before the reinforcements from Taiyuan Prefecture arrived, the rebel army had already arrived at Daizhou City." General Xiao Yuan said.
"Then arrange more manpower to defend the city. Like Brother Sun said, recruit young men to go to the city to defend the city. The big families in the city will provide money and food." Wang Hu said.
Yuan Chaoju, who was sitting on the main seat, stroked his beard.
