Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 629
Fengcheng, formerly known as Chengde and Quyang, was not a famous fortress in the first place, and it was far from being able to compare with Hefei not far to the south, and even Xiaoyaojin near Shishui was much louder than it.

But not being famous and being out of the way is not necessarily a blessing, especially in this chaotic world.No matter how majestic the city is, it will be destroyed by the flames of war one day. When the nearby famous city of Hefei is almost in ruins, it is also a strange thing that Fengcheng, a small and inconspicuous city, can survive on its own.

Although Fengcheng has the name of a city, it doesn't really look like a city when viewed from a distance.The city leans against the Gaoling Ridge in the east, and is transparent on three sides, but it can be seen almost everywhere on the plain, with a large number of shanty villages piled up.It is not accurate to say that they are piled up, because there is no order at all, and the village shacks are high and low, stretching into stretches, almost submerging the city.

Outside this inhabited area, there is an inconspicuous high hill, overgrown with weeds, and a few extremely twisted tree trunks protrude from time to time.

Holes have been drilled on the high hills, which look like a huge beehive from a distance. Looking closely, these holes have been dug extremely deep, some have been submerged by weeds, and some have been dug up by new soil. And in the new soil that was dug up, there were many stubbles of bones, which pointed out that this high hill was originally a mass grave.Although it is difficult to compare with the lofty mountains, if it is built with human life, it is unknown how many souls of the dead will linger within this radius.

Below the high hill is a small river that is not wide. On both sides of the small river, there are silts that have been washed out. In the silts and reeds, there are people coming and going in and out from time to time. These people's mouths seem to be full of things If you take a closer look, it is nothing more than miscellaneous fish and reed sprouts, but even this poor food, you dare not let people see it, once you get it, you will stuff it into your mouth immediately.

Not far from the river bank was a dirt road. As soon as the sound of horseshoes sounded faintly on the dirt road, the people wandering around trembled in fright, rushed into a few small grain fields, bent down and walked on the road. Pick out seedlings from the clump of barnyard grass to protect them, and pull out the nearby weeds.

Sometimes the sound of horseshoes just passed by in the distance, but sometimes there were knights galloping past. At this time, the busy people in the fields buried their heads and faces in the haystacks, not daring to look at it.If they were lucky, those knights would not be able to gallop, but if they were unlucky, a few unlucky ones would be nailed to death by the flying feather arrows.Other people around also hope that the corpse will not fall too much, if it overwhelms too many seedlings, the people around will also suffer!

From a distance, the shacks around Fengcheng almost surrounded the city, but when you get closer, you will find that there is still a road for passing, and the road is not narrow, and it is easy for three riders to ride together.The road is as smooth as an iron wheel, with almost no ups and downs, but the earth color is much deeper than other places.

Recently, many refugees have been driven here in the surrounding countryside, and the well-meaning old residents will point to that road to teach newcomers that they should not set foot on that road at any time, otherwise they may be rushed over at any time The cavalry trampled to death on the road!

This road extends to the root of the city wall and leads directly to the city gate.The shacks are messy elsewhere, but here, there is no debris that dares to exceed within ten feet.Even so, the rammed city walls often collapsed, and there were many holes chiseled by sharp arrows.Once a city wall collapses, the people in this direction will suffer, because arrows will continue to be shot from the gap in the city until the gap is repaired.

Hanging under the bell tower of the city gate is a wooden tablet with an inscription, which is completely illegible due to the sun and rain.Of course, even if the handwriting is still intact, there are very few people who can read it.But even so, the contents of the list are still passed on word of mouth outside the city, forming an iron law: if a household hides an inch of iron, it will punish the whole family!

Compared with the chaos outside the city, the inside of the city is still somewhat orderly. The city is divided into several areas by several streets in the southeast and northwest. An arrow tower stands tall, revealing a hideous look.

The north-north east of the city was the original county seat, but now it has been rebuilt into a horse stable, and horses neigh from time to time in the stable.Connected to the stables are several huge barns, in addition to grain and grass, there are also materials such as bamboo, wood, iron and stone.There are often hundreds of soldiers cruising here, and anyone who approaches without authorization will be killed without mercy!

The second half of the entire city is a huge camp, and the big tent in the center of the camp is where Jiehu's town general Huang Quan is located.

Huang Quannian is about 40 years old, not tall, with a stocky body, slightly dark complexion, slightly green eyes, and yellowish curly beard.At this time, he was not wearing any armor, and the thin shirt was wrapped across his body, sitting in the center of the big tent, like a lump of iron that had not been deeply forged.

"The Liyang thieves are attacking me, don't you know?"

With a sneer on the corner of Huang Quan's mouth, and green lights in his eyes, he swam past each person in the tent.As soon as his gaze swept over him, everyone present adjusted their sitting postures unnaturally.

"I was ordered to come to this poor village to wait for you to guard the side. In the past years, we have helped each other, and finally protected this place from war disasters. This time, the intruder, Yu Shuyu, the thief, what should I do?" Enemy, can you guys teach me?"

Seeing that all these people present were a silent pair, Huang Quan's eyes trembled slightly, his stubby fingers were already on the table, and his tone became stern: "I forgot, you all have high ambitions and are impatient. Joining my military pawn, this time the thief is here must be full of joy, right?"

After he said this, the expressions of the people in the audience changed again, and then one of them said: "Shuyu Yu has come to attack this time, and his army has been prepared for a long time, and there are few people in the poor village. ..."

"Evacuate? Fengcheng is near, open and flat, where should we avoid?"

Huang Quan sneered, and then said with a sneer: "Dong Gong's words reminded me of the fact that at the beginning of the year, our troops sent out bandits and passed by Guixiang. The village is high and the water is deep. It is indeed a scenic spot! Why don't you go home and make some repairs? The Ministry will be relocated immediately? By the way, I can also protect the family business for you, Mr. Dong, and the thieves are hard to bully."

Before he finished speaking, a young man with a white face and short beard beside him said with a smile: "Retiring without a battle, Mr. Dong's words are a bit embarrassing! Mr. Ming came here to protect the country for us villagers. If there are foreign enemies, We should stand shoulder to shoulder and reject it together. If it is true that the strong master loots the territory, who can be safe from all the families here?"

After finishing speaking, the young man bowed slightly to Huang Quan, with a flattering expression, and Huang Quan nodded slightly in return, which made the young man's eyebrows open, and he had a long aftertaste.

"It's rare to get together today, and I'm not going to lie. You may think that I'm alone as a teacher, and I can't last long. If the bandits come to attack, you will have to retreat and return to the country..."

When Huang Quan said this, he saw how many people in the banquet wanted to speak up to defend himself, so he immediately raised his arms: "There is no need to rush to defend yourself. I have lived in this township for a long time. I know why everyone treats me. The Southern Thief came. The attack is nothing more than the waterway of Chaohu Lake. Only three thousand brave soldiers are stationed at Shikou, and the thieves will not be able to cross! The exhausted army, vainly trying to retreat? I am ordered by the King of Zhongshan to guard this wasteland, waiting for the army to advance. How can you lightly abandon a thief who has run away and lost his country!"

"Of course, if I want to keep the thieves out, I still need the help of the villagers. I will see you at the banquet today, and I just want to let you know that I will move my troops to attack the thieves in the near future and protect the country for you. Every family needs people to help me! For a period of three days, three hundred armored soldiers and five hundred hu grains will be placed in front of the camp to obey orders. Once this limit is over, if the He family is absent, I will personally visit and knock on the door!"

Speaking of this, Huang Quan's flesh under his eyes trembled even more frequently, and his tone became even more sinister: "If I find out which family not only does not care about the country, but wants to recruit southern thieves, I will call on the brave and righteous men from the village to destroy the family. Eat it! If there is no objection, then each go home to call, three days, three days later at this moment! If there is no food for soldiers, then prepare to hang it on the head beam!"

Hearing these murderous words, everyone looked even more bitter. Even if someone wanted to argue, but seeing Huang Quan's ferocious face, he immediately lost his courage and could only withdraw dejectedly.

Huang Quan watched the village elders leave from the banquet, with a sneer at the corner of his mouth.How could he not know what these people were up to? In the past, when they summoned them, they made many excuses and refused to come out.However, this time, he was called immediately, just to see if he has the confidence to fight against a strong enemy, and then consider where he should go.

However, whether he fights or flees, how could these country bastards be able to decide?These people think that they are alone and have no successors, so they dare not fight?But no matter whether it is fighting or fleeing, he still has time to deal with it calmly, enough to break down these clans!No matter how strong Yu Yi's army is, it will take ten days before he can suppress the situation.

But is it fight or flight?

Thinking of this question, Huang Quan himself was really undecided. To be honest, if the Fortified City of Hefei was still there, he would really not be afraid of a battle. Although there were many southern thieves, he was also confident in breaking down the city.But now, Zuojin has no danger to defend at all, and the Yu thief has not yet arrived, and the people in the countryside are already in turmoil, no matter how you look at it, there is no reason to stick to it.

"Cheng thief deserves to die, offering his wife to coquettishly advance, making the lord stand out from the old man! If he can return to Ye, he must kill this thief to vent his anger!"

Thinking of this, Huang Quan said bitterly.He never felt that there was a need to guard Hefei, and the reason why he was sent to this remote place was simply because he was closer to King Zhongshan.Moreover, Cheng thief put himself in a dangerous place, and Peng Biao, who was sitting in Huainan in the rear, was Shi Cong's old tribe. make yourself more disadvantaged.

Thinking of Shi Cong, Huang Quan hated it even more.He and this thief were both false sons of the Heavenly King, but when they were encircling and suppressing the remnants of the Liu Clan, the thief deliberately led troops and refused to help him, which resulted in his own defeat. If King Zhongshan hadn't come forward to protect him, he would have been executed for his crime!

If he just abandoned the town and fled, maybe this is what Peng Biao in the back town wanted, and he could take this opportunity to get rid of him.There is no sure way to win a battle, and there is no way to save his life. Facing such a predicament, Huang Quan is really helpless.

While hesitating, the soldiers suddenly came to report to Qin Su asking to see him.Huang Quan was feeling depressed right now, even if he was about to drink back, he suddenly had a thought, this Qin Su has always been a lot of tricks, listening to him may help the current predicament.Even if he has nothing to do, this slave is not lacking in absurdity and humiliation, and it is a relief to see him.

(End of this chapter)