Chapter 78: I don't know the distance, I don't know the near
Chen Er is only eighteen years old this year. The emperor has been alive since he was born. He has never experienced the emperor's death and has never thought that the emperor will die.
The emperor should be immortal.
Chen Er looked at the paper falling on the ground. There were words written on the paper. He didn't know the words, but he had a flexible mind: "Could it be fake news? The road to the capital was controlled by the Ankang Mountain rebels.
, in case they deliberately deceive people in order to disturb people’s hearts.”
Xiang Nan saw that this young man of his own age had experienced the loss of his brother, mother, and family in a short period of time, but he still had expectations like a child.
"This is the news from Liucheng." He said.
Liucheng was the place they had rescued before. It was conveniently located between the north and the south, and they left a group of troops there.
Since the news was sent by his own people, it was true. Chen Er looked confused. He followed Xiang Nan from Yanxian County. He only had one direction in his mind to go to the capital. Now that the emperor was dead, there was no need to go to the capital. His way forward
Where to go?
Xiang Nan had withdrawn his attention and looked at the letter floating on the ground with a trace of confusion in his eyes. He fought out of the camp in Ankang Mountain and climbed out of the steep canyon. No matter how far he went around or how many times he was chased and intercepted, his direction was always towards the capital.
, Beijing is suddenly no longer the direction, where should he go?
Several white-robed soldiers walked in with chaotic footsteps. They were a little puzzled when they saw two people sitting in the yard and standing in silence.
"The generals and villagers have packed up." They said, "We can set off."
Xiang Nan raised his head: "Where to go?"
Several people stared: "Wangjun, haven't we already agreed? There are soldiers and horses and strong city walls over there, and they will accept these villagers."
Xiang Nan rubbed his knees. Yes, he looked outside the courtyard gate. Villagers were walking around. He heard the footsteps of mule carts, mixed with the crowing of chickens and the barking of dogs...
Their goal was to get past the rebels in Ankang Mountain and reach the capital. They often walked quickly in search of various small roads and rarely passed through towns. Moreover, because there were few people, they had no choice but to pick up the rebels when they saw the raging rebels passing through towns.
When the rebels were alone, they carried out counterattacks and rescued them. The more they accumulated, the more people they followed gradually became more and more numerous.
Now there are more than a thousand people who can safely drive on the road and escort people seeking help to the nearest shelter.
When passing the village here, they repelled a group of stragglers who were not sure whether they were bandits or rebels. The villagers requested that they be sent to Wangjun.
Wangjun is the largest city in this area. The county guard leads the troops to guard against the Ankang Mountain rebels to take in the refugees. They can also use the road to pass by.
It's getting more and more dangerous here. It will be safer to leave early and go into the city.
I don’t know how to walk in the distance, but the road ahead is clear. Xiang Nan stood up and said, “Let’s go.”
On the land of red flowers and green willows, the white-robed soldiers and horses galloping in front of the tall city are particularly conspicuous.
The men and horses stopped in front of the city gate and circled to call for the door, but the city gate was closed tightly.
"A certain Xuanwu Dao Xiang Nan." Xiang Nan raised his voice and looked at the city wall, "I have an urgent report and I want to go to Beijing. I need to borrow a way."
There are generals on the city wall looking over.
"We are too far away from Xuanwu Dao. We don't know who is who." He said rudely.
"We will all be the Xiang family of Taiyuan Prefecture." Chen Er shouted angrily. Although he didn't know exactly what the Xiang family was, Taiyuan Prefecture was a very big place, and the people in that place who were named according to their surnames must be important people.
Wangjun is still too small and remote. The general on the city wall is ignorant and ignorant, and curls his lips: "Taiyuan Mansion is further away."
Xiang Nan was silent, turned his horse's head and pointed at a group of villagers who were staggering behind him: "These are the people nearby, please take them in."
He stopped mentioning entering the city and ordered everyone to leave.
The generals on the city wall remained unmoved. The Ankang Mountain rebels were most accustomed to using threats and deception from the common people to seize the city. These guys who claimed to be soldiers and horses also wore strange clothes like wearing mourning...
Being kind-hearted is not good, and it is very likely to kill people in a city, especially in such a dangerous time.
"Sir, I seem to have heard of Xiang Nan's name before." A deputy general suddenly said, thinking and thinking, and suddenly, "Jiannan Road!"
Hearing the words "Jiannan Road", the general thought suddenly. He grabbed the city wall and leaned forward to look at the white-robed young general: "Is Xiang Nan the son-in-law of Li Fengan, the governor of Jiannan Road?"
Xiang Nan tightened the reins and did not look back. It seemed that he did not hear the horse and was about to leave, but the city gate opened.
"General Xiangdu, General Xiangdu." The general rushed out with a group of officers and soldiers without waiting for a reply, "It turns out it's you. I've been looking up to you for a long time."
Chen Er stretched out his hand and scratched his head. He was a country boy and didn't know much, but...
"Isn't Jiannan Road farther than Xuanwu Road and Taiyuan Prefecture?" He was puzzled, "How do you know who this person is?"
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The villagers entered the city, and Xiang Nan and others were also invited to enter the city. Although Xiang Nan did not leave, he still refused to enter the city.
"We have important things to do and it's not convenient for us to stay here. Just ask your Excellency to give us some dry food and weapons." Xiang Nan said.
General Wangjun thought he was angry, so he took his arm and sighed: "General Xiangdu, we are not careful. It is really dangerous. Just now, Fan Yang's soldiers came from Tuoling. There were two thousand soldiers.
Many people.”
He pointed in one direction, and under the bright sunlight he could see the mountains over there, faintly rising like humps.
There are more than two thousand people, so this is a regular army, not the previous wandering generals. General Xiang Nan waved his spear: "Go and fight."
The general was startled. Didn't he mean to fight?
"General Xiang Du, that's Fan Yangbing." He said again.
"Fan Yang's soldiers are the rebels, and they are the ones they are fighting," Xiang Nan said.
This young man looked handsome and handsome, but how could he say something wrong? The general pressed his arm: "There are more than two thousand of them." He also took the initiative to say, "We in Wang County need soldiers and horses to defend the city, and we cannot use them lightly."
Xiang Nan smiled: "No need, we are enough."
The general swept past the white-robed light-armored soldiers in front of the city gate. There were only a thousand of them, so how could they be enough?
"You said they just appeared here. There were not so many Fan Yang soldiers here before. They must have come from afar." Xiang Nan explained to him, and also to the soldiers, "Their team has not rested yet and is exhausted. We are now
To attack is to surprise."
Xiang Nan stroked the crossbow on his back and broke away from the general's hand.
"The real danger will be when they take a night's rest. Even if you and I have our troops together, we may not be able to defeat them."
After saying this, he said no more, held a long spear at his side, and urged his horse towards Tuoling.
"Kill the enemy!"
He took the lead, followed closely by Chen Er. The other white-robed soldiers did not hesitate and urged their horses with guns and swords.
"Kill the enemy!"
Accompanied by loud shouts, the dust and smoke billowed away. When the general came to his senses, the white-robed soldiers and horses in front of the city gate had disappeared.
If he hadn't turned around to see the newly arrived refugees with their families, chicken coops and dogs, the general would have thought he was dreaming.
"The son-in-law of Governor Li of Jiannan Road is indeed very handsome." He sighed as he looked towards the direction where the white-robed soldiers and horses were retreating.