Chapter 242 The soldiers are at the city

This military discussion did not discuss any good results, because everything should be done has been done. Instead, the issue of Huaiyuanzhai was raised again. Anhuaman was just a rebellion before, not a king and rebelled, so if you do anything, you will leave a little bottom line. As the saying goes, leave a line for everything and meet again in the future.

An Huaman knew that no matter how powerful he was, he would never be able to defeat the Song Dynasty. After all, the Song Dynasty had a vast territory and millions of soldiers. He did too much, which angered the huge empire of the Song Dynasty. It would only take a minute to destroy An Huaman!

It's different now that he is king. If Chen Qizong and others continue to stay in Huaiyuan Village, will An Huaman take the opportunity to defeat him one by one? Even if An Huaman retreats, he will dare to say that he can escape unstoppable?

Meng Fang and Zhang Hanyang mean to withdraw their troops conservatively. Shan Ji and Meng Chong were neutral in this matter, and did not say good or bad. They just said that everything was mainly based on the prince's opinions. Peng Rui still demanded to defend every inch of the country and not to give up!

After thinking about it, Zhao Qian finally ordered the people in Huaiyuanzhai to retreat to Longshui City. He asked Meng Chong to be responsible for water transportation, Peng Rui be responsible for land protection, Meng Fang and Feng Shenji were responsible for preparing to resettle the people's houses and food.

On June 4, Anhuaman occupied Huaiyuan Village. The swaying Jincheng Prefecture announced its joining the "Rebel Army". Feng Chang'er appointed Luo Yelang, the governor of Jincheng Prefecture, as the Marquis of Jincheng Prefecture, and General Qinglong. He then ordered all the prison states to send troops and gather in Huaiyuan Village. At the same time, he promoted Huaiyuan Village to be on the way, and his thoughts of eyeing Yizhou were already visible.

In addition, Feng Chang'e also sent troops to harass Guanzhou and Rongzhou, causing the grain on many fields in the two places to be burned down. The pressure on the local government increased greatly.

Fortunately, five hundred soldiers from Yongzhou also arrived. The leaders were Li Guangzhong and Chen Erxin, the commanders of the Imperial Army.

Zhao Qian did not arrange for them to station in Longshui City, but asked Li Guangzhong and Chen Erxin to lead troops to camp at Yishan. Yishan is located in the northeast of Longshui City, and can overlook the entire Longshui City from a high place. It can be said that whoever gets Yishan has a great advantage in this offensive and defensive battle.

How could Zhao Qian ignore such a place that must be fought for by military strategists?

In order to show his importance to Yishanzhai, Zhao Jin also went to Yishanzhai to inspect it himself.

On June 10, Guizhou sent a thousand soldiers, most of them newly recruited recruits. However, Guangnan West Road was poor and bad. Most of them would hunt and dare to fight. Therefore, although they were new recruits, there was no problem using them to defend the city.

On June 11, the new recruits had just arrived. The scouts monitoring Huaiyuan Village sent an urgent report. The An Huaman in Huaiyuan Village seemed to be preparing to send troops tomorrow because he had already started to set up an altar and brought cattle and sheep, which meant to sacrifice to heaven. It would be fine if he sacrificed to heaven, but at this time of worshiping heaven. If you say that you are not planning to send troops, who would believe it?

At this time, there were already 3,000 troops in Longshui City. Zhao Qian was also very confident. Eight hundred Yizhou troops, five hundred imperial guards entered Guangxi, one thousand new soldiers, four hundred local soldiers recruited in Yizhou, and three hundred foreign soldiers sent by Wenquanzhou, a total of 3,000! This has not been calculated yet, five hundred imperial guards stationed on Yishan.

On June 12th, Anhuaman officially sent troops and advanced in two ways. Of course, the waterway was not a giant ship, but ordinary bamboo rafts. But even so, the vast 50 or 60 bamboo rafts sailing on the water surface of Longjiang still made people feel a huge feeling.

It is not clear how many soldiers and horses An Huaman came this time, but An Huaman is known as a 100,000 army. This number is naturally mixed with water, but there are still 20,000 people. After the scouts inquired, they reported an vague number, ranging from 30,000 to 40,000.

On the morning of June 13, an Anhua barbarian army with about 3,000 people rushed to the vicinity of Yishan.

Yishan is only three miles away from Longshui City. How could the Song army not notice this distance?

"Prince, let the general lead people to him for a while, so that these An Huaman knows the power of our official army!" Peng Rui looked at An Huaman in the distance and said to Zhao Chen eagerly.

After Zhao Qian looked at An Huaman carefully, he shook his head and said, "No!"

Peng Rui was greatly hit and said depressedly: "Why can't the prince? Although the vanguard of Anhuaman has three thousand troops, its equipment is simple. Look! There are actually people holding bamboo guns! They are all wearing animal skins, and the better one is leather armor, which is difficult for even iron armor!"

"It is precisely because of this that they are not afraid of death. They are all like this. What's the point if they can gain wealth?" Zhao Qian said slowly.

Peng Rui's complaint came to an abrupt end, and there was a hint of inexplicable fear in his eyes.

After a pause, Zhao Qin ordered Zhao Yingwu beside him: "Go to Wanglou to use a banner, let Li Guangzhong and Chen Erxin not act rashly."

Zhao Yingwu shouted and immediately ran to Wanglou to sing a banner. Not long after, the Yishan Fort returned the banner and obeyed the order!

Not long, in about half an hour, a vast army of thousands of people came from the west.

Peng Rui said with lingering fear: "Fortunately, I didn't go out to rush forward. I didn't expect that the distance between the Anhuaman vanguard and the central army was so short, it was only half an hour!"

Zhao Qian took the opportunity to beat him and said, "It's good to know! An Huaman is not a fool, but he can't kill Zhang Huaizhi if he is a fool!"

Only then did Peng Rui nod seriously and began to officially Anhuaman.

Looking at the top of the city, Zhao Feng looked at the situation of the Anhuaman army. Although the Anhuaman army is crowded, it is also very chaotic. This has a lot to do with the fact that the Anhuaman is called Jianguo, but it is actually just a loose alliance. After working for a long time, tens of thousands of troops began to camp. When the camp was set up, it was already evening.

"The crowd!" Zhao Qian said speechlessly.

"It's a pity that there are too many people! Even if it's a pig, it's so scary that it's numb. If it's a pig, it's not necessarily possible to kill it!" Peng Rui said with a headache.

Zhao Qian said, "Let's go! I'm back to the yamen. There's nothing good to look at this time!"

Just as he got off the city wall, Zhao Qian unexpectedly met Zhuma to bear Yan Shiliang.

Zhao Qian asked with a look of surprise: "Why did Yan Zuoma arrive in Yizhou?"

Yan Shiliang smiled bitterly and said, "I sent a few documents and asked the prince to take charge in Guizhou, but the prince refused. I was very worried about Guizhou. I was afraid that the prince would make a mistake, so the official blamed him. So I thought of a stupid way and came to invite the prince back in person!"

Zhao Qian was amused and cried, and said, "The military affairs are fleeting, and it is safe to be in Guizhou. I don't know how the battle is going. When I arrive in Guizhou, it is like Yan Zuoma thinking about this king in Guizhou. Yan Zuoma also knows that kind of feeling, so! Yan Zuoma will understand this king, otherwise Yan Zuoma will stay in Longshui City?"

Yan Shiliang's face turned pale when he heard this, and his voice trembled, "Prince! Don't behave like a servant? The son of a thousand gold can't sit in the hall! When you arrive in such a dangerous place, the official family will find out, I am very miserable! Prince, just treat me as a pity!"

Zhao Jin shook his head firmly and said, "Yan Zouma should know the responsibility of the official to let me enter Guangnan West Road. My salary comes from the people, how can I be greedy for safety in the rear?"

Yan Shiliang said with a sad face: "So... so please arrange a place for me and let me live here!"

Zhao Feng was a little surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that Yan Shiliang, the eunuch, still had such courage! "Yan Zuma, can you know what you said just now?"

Yan Shiliang was frank and did not make any fraud. He said, "The prince made a mistake here, and the official said he could not ask for a head of a servant. Instead of hiding behind and being frightened, it is better to follow the prince! Even if something goes wrong, I think the prince can leave, and I can leave too. If the prince can't leave, what's the point even if I am in Guizhou?"

Zhao Qian was stunned for a moment and laughed, "I didn't expect Yan Zuoma to have such a side! Well, Awu, go back and clean up a yard and move in Yan Zuoma! By the way, Yan Zuoma brought slaves? Do you want to arrange a few?"

Yan Shiliang said dejectedly: "Just arrange a maid! My only request is to hope that you will take care of your whole body!"

Zhao Qian reached out and patted Yan Shiliang on the shoulder, and smiled vaguely: "I understand!"

When he returned to the yamen, Zhao Qian arranged for the duty guard again, and Zhang Hanyang would watch out for the night tonight. Meng Chong led the temporary navy to station at the north bank of Longjian, facing Anhuaman across the bank.

In theory, nothing big happened that night.

However, there are still some harassment. The Song army beat drums and drums on the top of the city, and used ropes to hang scarecrows in black, pretending to be a dead soldier out of the city.

Although An Huaman was so scared that he couldn't sleep well, An Huaman simply sent a group of three thousand soldiers to launch an attack with gongs and drums. The two sides were back and forth, and it was very lively.

However, this made the people in the city suffer. The soldiers knew this and were prepared for it. Even if they didn't know, there were veterans who taught it. But the people in the city were so scared that they couldn't sleep well. They nervously held wooden sticks and hatchets to hide behind the wooden door, while their wives and children were trembling in the corner, trembling.

When Zhao Jin got up the next day and was patrolling on horseback, he found an interesting situation. It was broad daylight and there was almost no one on the street. Zhao Jin was asked to see strangely and asked his personal soldiers to knock on the door of a family. Only then did he know the situation. It turned out that almost everyone was not sleeping, so now they are naturally taking up their sleep during the day.

When he arrived on the west city wall, Zhao Jin could already see Ma Yu standing there. Although he had been guarding for a night, Ma Yu still stood up straight.

In the distance is the camp of Anhua Barbarians, which lasts for several miles. Smokes of cooking are rising into the air. Looking from a distance, there is a illusion that there are hundreds of snakes dancing around.

Ma Yu is naturally not looking at the scenery here, but wants to estimate how many soldiers and horses Anhuaman has from the number and size of the smoke.
Chapter completed!