In Yingzhou City, early in the morning, Pinglu Jiedushi Wang Xuanzhi had just finished the banquet, and with the support of his son, he sent his deputy Hou Xiyi to the door of the house.
The two said goodbye at the gate of Jiedushi for a while, and then Hou Xiyi got on his horse drunkenly and walked towards his mansion.
"Good wine is good wine. It's all because this Bohai merchant's wine makes you drunk too easily!" Hou Xiyi, who was riding a horse, drunkenly said to his nephew Hou Liangping who was following behind him:
"Your father-in-law also has a great drinking capacity. When I was in the army with him, I couldn't drink him when we drank the wine from the country wine shop. Now that I'm getting older, my drinking capacity is getting smaller and smaller, but he is getting drunker day by day.
Big."
Hou Liangping is Hou Xiyi's nephew. After Wang Xuanzhi and Hou Xiyi teamed up to overthrow the former Jiedu envoy Xu Guidao, the Wang family and the Hou family got married. Because Hou Xiyi's son was underage, Hou Liangping, the son of Hou Xiyi's brother's family, married him.
Wang Xuanzhi's daughter.
Hou Liangping was originally just an ordinary scholar, but he suddenly became the son-in-law of a military governor. It can be said that he was suddenly rich.
However, in order to consolidate the marriage between the Wang family and the Hou family, Hou Liangping, a scholar with no military experience, was promoted by the front line and is now the defense envoy of Yingzhou in Pinglu Town.
This position can be said to be quite important. There are currently a thousand defenders in Yingzhou City, which is an important force in guarding Yingzhou.
As for the other elite force in Yingzhou City, they were the personal tooth soldiers commanded by Wang Xuanzhi himself. There were also a thousand people stationed in the military camp next to the Jiedushi Residence.
Hou Liangping had no experience in commanding troops, and most of the Yingzhou garrison were soldiers who remained neutral during Wang Xuanzhi's coup. These soldiers themselves were not very loyal to Wang Xuanzhi, and they only sacrificed their lives for him when Wang Xuanzhi gave him money.
The officers under him were all dismissive of Hou Liangping, the airborne defense envoy. However, Hou Liangping was still arrogant and took the lawsuit to Wang Xuanzhi several times.
In the end, Wang Xuanzhi personally took action for his precious son-in-law and punished a few thorns with no background, and then the matter calmed down.
However, from then on, the Yingzhou City Defense Army was even more obedient and disobedient to Hou Liangping, and they only pretended to give his orders.
Hou Liangping also claimed to be a scholar. He disliked the slovenliness of the soldiers and was unwilling to inspect the military camps. On the contrary, he felt good about himself and felt that he had the talent to run the army.
Today, there is a banquet held at the Jiedu Envoy's residence. Hou Liangping, as the son-in-law of the Jiedushi Envoy, naturally has to accompany him. After the banquet is over, he will escort his uncle Hou Xiyi back to the residence.
But at this moment, the veteran Hou Xiyi, who was still drunk just now, suddenly woke up. He asked Hou Liangping: "Did you hear it? What was the sound?"
Hou Liangping didn't drink much during the banquet. He was just tipsy. He rubbed his ears and said, "What's the sound? Uncle, are you suffering from hysteria?"
Before Hou Liangping could finish speaking, Hou Xiyi jumped off his horse and put his ear directly to the ground.
Hou Liangping looked at his uncle in confusion, wondering what was wrong with him.
Hou Xiyi suddenly raised his head and said with a pale face: "Cavalry! There are many!"
Hou Liangping's face turned pale, and he quickly said: "There is no army training near Yingzhou City! Where do the cavalry come from?"
Hou Xiyi pointed to the south and said: "It's from the south, bad, Yuguan!"
After saying this, Hou Xiyi immediately rode towards the southern city gate of Yingzhou.
Hou Liangping quickly followed on horseback. When the two arrived at the camp of the city defense army, Hou Xiyi immediately said to Hou Liangping: "Raise the tent! The city defense army raised the tent!"
Hou Liangping summoned his adjutant and asked him to inform his officers to come and discuss the matter. Unexpectedly, the adjutant went out for a while and came back alone.
Hou Liangping asked with a livid face: "Where are they?"
The adjutant said tremblingly: "When I returned to the defense envoy, several captains said they were ill. They also said it was late at night and there could be any urgent military orders to raise the bill..."
Hou Liangping originally wanted to vent his anger on the adjutant, but he didn't expect that his uncle would scratch his ear first.
"Is this how you lead troops??"
Hou Liangping wanted to rebut as usual, but couldn't say a word.
Hou Xiyi pointed at him and said, "I'll go and invite him myself!"
"please?"
"If you don't come, I will cut off your sacrificial flag!"
Hou Liangping no longer showed off his elegant demeanor, and crawled down to the military camp, where he finally invited several of his lieutenants to come up.
These captains completely ignored Hou Liangping, but respectfully saluted Hou Xiyi: "Stay behind!"
Hou Xiyi's temper was not that good either. He pointed at a few people and asked: "There are cavalry approaching Yingzhou outside the city. Where is your secret sentry? Why didn't anyone come to report it?"
Several captains quickly said: "The secret sentries outside the city have been withdrawn by the defense envoys. They said that extra subsidies and supplies would be given to the secret sentries. It would cost too much. There are no enemies in Yingzhou, so there is no need for these secret sentries."
Hou Xiyi glared at Hou Liangping fiercely, wishing to beat him to death. Hou Liangping was so frightened that he shrank behind his adjutant.
Hou Xiyi sighed and said: "Light the torches, wake up the soldiers, and defend the city!"
The lieutenants and Hou Liangping all asked questions in disbelief: "Is there really an enemy attack if you stay behind? Where can I, Pinglu, have enemies now?"
Seeing the stupid look of this group of people, Hou Xiyi let out a long sigh. It was hopeless for them to go out to fight in the city. As long as they could hold on to the city wall, it would not be easy.
Hou Xiyi had just asked his adjutant to inform Wang Xuanzhi, and by now the elite tooth soldiers should have gathered.
But what Hou Xiyi didn't expect was that the soldiers he sent to inform Wang Xuanzhi did not see the drunk Wang Xuanzhi, but were stopped by Wang Xuanzhi's son.
Wang Xuanzhi's son had a grudge against Hou Xiyi. In the past, Xu Guidao was appointed as the Jiedushi envoy, and Xu Guidao's son was appointed as the Jiedushi envoy.
Now Wang Xuanzhi is the Jiedushi, and Hou Xiyi is the Jiedushi. If his father passes away, wouldn't Hou Xiyi become the Jiedushi?
After asking about the content of Ya Bing's report, the first thing Wang Xuanzhi's son thought was that this was Hou Xiyi's plan!
He wanted to move the tooth soldiers away from the Jiedushi Mansion, so that he could kill his father and become independent!
Otherwise, where did the enemy troops come from outside Yingzhou City?
Before Wang Xuanzhi's son could feel complacent about his "resourcefulness", he casually dismissed the tooth soldiers, saying that Jiedushi's personal guards were important weapons in Pinglu and that he would wait until his father woke up before making a decision.
The tooth soldier had no choice but to leave the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion and return to the city gate to repay his orders.
Hou Xiyi mobilized his soldiers to go up the city wall. Fortunately, Hou Xiyi was a kind-hearted general and knew how to understand the sufferings of the soldiers and gain the morale of the army.
When the torches lit up on the city wall, Hou Xiyi took a breath.
He only saw a circle of black "beasts" rushing out of the black night in the distance. Hou Xiyi saw a large number of cavalry wearing light armor!
It was indeed an enemy attack!
At this moment, the entire city wall sounded the horn, and all the captains looked at Hou Xiyi with admiration.
But Hou Xiyi didn't look proud at all. This group of light-armored cavalry was only in the vanguard. Soon Hou Xiyi saw the heavy armored infantry on horseback behind them.
Fan Yang Iron Armor!
Sure enough, they are Fan Yang's soldiers and horses!
Hou Xiyi felt a chill running down his spine. The appearance of Fan Yang's troops at this time just meant that the Shi family's father and son had rebelled against the Tang Dynasty again!
Originally, with the budget of Wang Xunzhi and Hou Xiyi, after accepting the recruitment of the Tang Dynasty, the Shi family and his son would not rebel again in the short term.
Unexpectedly, An Qingxu, who was already at a low level, would create a great momentum in Xiangzhou and the northern part of Henan Province. However, Wang Xuanzhi and Hou Xiyi still felt that the Shi family would not easily express their stance before the war between the Puppet Yan and the Tang Dynasty was unclear.
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Unexpectedly, the Shi family father and son rebelled again within two months of surrendering! And as soon as they rebelled, they went directly north to attack Pinglu!
However, Hou Xiyi could no longer think any more at this time. He quickly arranged the city defenses that he had just organized in a hurry to prepare for the enemy's surprise attack.
At this time, the sun had risen. When the sunlight dispelled the darkness, Fan Yang's army, like a long dragon, appeared in front of the soldiers on the city wall. Some of the inexperienced soldiers were trembling all over, and the experienced veterans could not help but tremble.
At the same time, Shi Chaoyi's army, which was marching steadily and slowly, also stationed troops in front of Yuguan. They formed a camp and looked like they were holding on for a long time.
Seeing this scene, Yu Chixin frowned deeply.
Why is it different from the sand table deduction! Does this AI know how to change homes?