Yuan Feng's face became extremely ugly.
Although what the other party said may be true, it may make him feel dissatisfied.
However, this is Guo County after all, not Zhenwuwei, the Yuan family's final decision. No matter how dissatisfied he is, he can only suppress it.
"There is nothing I can do about it, I hope Deputy Yuan Qianhu can understand." Deputy Inspector Qian was afraid that the other party would hate him, so he defended himself.
Yuan Feng said solemnly: "My father and eldest brother are outside the city gate. What do you think we should do? Do you want me to watch them spend the night at the city gate?"
Deputy Inspector Qian smiled bitterly when he heard this.
He knew he couldn't bear the thunderous wrath of Deputy Qianhu of the Zhenwu Guard, not to mention that there was a Zhenwu Guard commander outside the city gate, a high-ranking official of the third rank.
"I have a way to let your father and Yuan Qianhu enter the city." Deputy Inspector Qian looked at Yuan Feng cautiously.
Yuan Feng asked: "What can we do?"
"The lower official can have someone use a hanging basket to lift people from outside the city into the city. In this way, Deputy Yuan Qianhu will not have to worry about your father and Yuan Qianhu spending the night outside the city." Deputy Inspector Qian said own way.
Yuan Feng frowned and said, "Not only is my father outside the city, but also my Yuan family's personal soldiers and servants are accompanying him. What should they do?"
"The official can only send your father and Yuan Qianhu into the city. As for the others, the official is really unable to do anything." Deputy Inspector Qian shook his head with a wry smile.
Yuan Feng looked thoughtful.
After a while, he said: "Okay, let my father and eldest brother enter the city first, and the others will stay outside the city overnight and enter the city when the city gate opens tomorrow."
"I'll let someone prepare the hanging basket." Seeing Yuan Feng's agreement, Deputy Inspector Qian felt relieved.
Yuan Feng waved his hand impatiently.
Deputy Inspector Qian called to the guard on the side and explained a few words to him.
"Father, I'll have you and your eldest brother taken to the city in a hanging basket in a while. Please make arrangements for the others. I'm afraid they won't be able to enter the city until tomorrow." Yuan Feng stood in front of the crenel and shouted to the city wall.
Yuan Chong, who was under the city wall, frowned and replied, "Can't we open the city gate and enter the city together?"
"Since we received the news of the incoming bandits, Guo County has only opened the city gates for an hour every day, and it is impossible to open the city gates without the county magistrate's handwriting. My father is old, so it is better to use a hanging basket to enter the city first!" Yuan Feng shouted.
After hearing this, Yuan Chong turned to look at Yuan Chaoju on the side and said, "What should I do, father? It seems that my second brother can't get the guards on the city to open the city gate. Why don't you go into the city first, and the child will stay with our family's soldiers and servants?" Stay together until you take your second brother out of the city tomorrow."
Yuan Chaoju thought for a moment and said, "This can only be the case for the time being."
"My child, I will take you into the city right now." Yuan Chong noticed that the guards on the city wall were delivering hanging baskets to the bottom of the city.
"Get off the horse and help my father over." Yuan Chaoju carefully got off the horse, and with Yuan Chong's help, he walked to the hanging basket under the city wall.
Yuan Chong helped Yuan Chaoju sit into the hanging basket.
"Second brother, take good care of your father. I'll come back tomorrow." Yuan Chong waved to the people on the top of the city and retreated from the hanging basket.
When Yuan Feng in front of the crenel heard this, he shouted: "Brother, are you not going into the city?"
"I'm with the soldiers and servants of our Yuan family. Just take good care of your father." Yuan Chong said to Yuan Feng on the city wall.
The hanging basket under the city rose little by little.
Yuan Chong stood not far away, watching the hanging basket go up the city wall. His father was also picked up by Yuan Feng, and then he rode away with dozens of soldiers and servants outside the city.
Although it was the first month of the year, the weather was still very cold, especially at night. Under the cold wind, if you stayed outside the city gate without shelter from the wind and warmed up, you would probably freeze to death overnight.
Yuan Chaoju and Yuan Feng stood on the city wall. They didn't look back until Yuan Chong led them away.
"Father, let's go back." Yuan Feng carefully supported Yuan Chaoju.
Yuan Chaoju nodded.
The two people walked down the city wall along the horse path. Also walking down the city wall were two people sent by Deputy Inspector Qian.
Yuan Feng helped Yuan Chaoju onto his horse and walked towards his residence holding the reins.
"Let them go back too!" Yuan Chaoju glanced at the two guards who followed him.
Yuan Feng turned around and said to the two people following him: "Stop following him. Tell him that the general has taken his good intentions into consideration. It is not his fault for not being able to open the city gate."
Seeing that the other party was unwilling to let them follow, the two guards returned to the city wall.
Yuan Feng led his horse forward along the street and asked: "Isn't my father supposed to be fighting the bandits in Daizhou at this time? Why did he suddenly come to Guoxian?"
"Daizhou City is lost." Yuan Chaoju said with half-squinted eyes.
Yuan Feng was shocked when he heard this, stopped, and asked nervously: "When the child left Daizhou, didn't his father already lead thousands of soldiers and horses from Zhenwuwei into Daizhou City? How come you captured Daizhou so quickly?”
"The thief's firearms were sharp, and dozens of cannons were blasting into the city from outside the city. The guards on the city wall couldn't withstand a few cannons, so they could only hide to avoid the cannons. The thief took the opportunity to use ladders to climb up the city. He took down the northern city gate in one fell swoop and it took less than half a day." Yuan Chaoju looked disappointed.
When he was young, he relied on the city wall to kill the northern barbarians who came in from the north to plunder. He was not so sad at that time. Now that he has become the commander of the Zhenwu Guard, he has not been able to defend Daizhou City for even a day.
Yuan Feng said with a surprised look on his face: "Are the thieves really so fierce?"
"The rebels have sharp firearms and have an advantage in armor. It is difficult for ordinary frontier troops to be their opponents, and the soldiers and horses of the guards are even less capable. If we want to completely eliminate these traitors, either the Qi Army of the past will reappear, or we can only Send out several times more troops to encircle and suppress them, otherwise it will be difficult to eradicate the Liu bandits in Datong." Yuan Chaoju sighed.
Yuan Feng furrowed his brows and said, "The bandit attack is sudden. Taiyuan Mansion may not be able to mobilize so many soldiers and horses to deal with this bandit army. If so, wouldn't Taiyuan Mansion be in danger?"
"This is also the reason why my father came to see you." Yuan Chaoju said, "Originally, my father and your eldest brother wanted to take their things and leave Guo County as soon as they found you, but now it seems that they can't leave today and can only wait. It’s tomorrow.”
Yuan Feng said: "The county magistrate of Guoxian County is a cautious person. Once he found out that the bandit army had captured Yanmen Pass, he implemented a curfew and blocked several other city gates, leaving only the north gate open for an hour every day. "
"By doing this, he can indeed defend against the bandit army to a certain extent, but it is a pity that he does not know how powerful the bandits are. With the small number of defenders in Nao County, it is probably difficult to defend the city. The city will be defeated sooner or later. I only hope that you will Before my father and son escape here, the traitors will not appear outside the town of Nao County." Yuan Chaoju looked a little worried.
I am worried that before the city gates are opened tomorrow, the army of bandits occupying Daizhou will besiege Guoxian County.
