Just when Naniwa Iwana's patience was about to run out, footsteps finally came from outside the house.**
Lang Nian Yanming looked at the door of the house warily. When he saw the guard coming in, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "How is it?"
The guard said: "Renli has brought nearly 20,000 people here and is now setting up camp outside the town. My leader is entertaining Renli and others. The banquet has been held for a long time. It must be about to break up. The leader will wait a moment."
Lang Yanyan said with a smile: "Sorry to bother you, brother. When we arrive in Weizhou someday, we must notify you and let me entertain you."
The guard also knew that Lang Nianyan had become an important official in Weizhou, and he said happily: "Definitely, definitely."
The two of them drank for a while and then heard footsteps coming from outside the house.
Lang Nian Yanming couldn't help but become alert again and looked towards the door.
The guard stood up and opened the door, but Fang Dangjun came alone and hurriedly bowed and saluted.
Lang Nianyan stood up and asked: "Where is Renli?"
Fang Dangjun said: "Renli was on guard against me. After we had had enough wine and food, we went to the camp outside the town to rest."
Lang Yanyan said: "That's good. Without his people in the town, it will be easier for me to leave the town. Does he have any plans?"
Fang Dangjun said with an indignant look: "Renli will attack Yanzhou tomorrow. There are no trees near Yanzhou. He will mobilize troops from various ministries outside the city and pile up mountains of soil to attack Yanzhou."
Lang Yaoyan famously said: "Eighty percent of the men from all the ministries have left. He can't mobilize many people, so why bother disturbing the ministries? It's better to use the soldiers and horses he brought."
Fang Dangjun said angrily: "He is not only recruiting men, but also women over the age of fifteen."
Lang Yaoyan said: "Renli wants to destroy all the ministries. The power of the Daliang Divine Thunder is huge. It was blown to pieces before it even got close to the city. How can we build a road?"
Fang Dangjun said: "I'm afraid Renli wants to test Yanzhou's Daliang soldiers and horses, but he is reluctant to part with his own soldiers and horses. If Daliang's soldiers, horses and divine thunder are sufficient, Renli will definitely not dare to attack Yanzhou."
Lang Zhenyan asked: "Where did he bring the soldiers and horses?"
Fang Dangjun said: "Soldiers and horses from the five states of Lingzhou, Jingzhou, Huaizhou, Shunzhou and Dingzhou."
"How come there are less than 20,000 soldiers and horses in the five states? Could it be that Prince Daliang defeated them in Xingqing Mansion and these are the only ones left?"
Fang Dangjun said: "I also asked about the battle situation in Xingqing Mansion. Renli said that there were only a small number of soldiers and horses under the city of Xingqing Mansion, and the remaining soldiers and horses are still holding on to the various states."
Lang Nianyan thought for a while, shook his head and said: "If other soldiers and horses are still resisting, how could Renli lead these soldiers and horses to escape here? Maybe Renli is a deserter."
Fang Dangjun nodded and said: "I also had some doubts, but I didn't dare to ask him. Eighty percent of those soldiers and horses were lost, or they had surrendered to Daliang. That was not the birthplace of their Weiming tribe. Nor did the tribes near Lingzhou.
Fight for their Weiming tribe."
Lang Yaoyan asked: "Does Renli want to retreat to the Yinxia area where the Weiming tribe has launched an army?"
Fang Dangjun said: "Without the Xingling area, the Weiming tribe is doomed. Once the Liang army comes to the city, it will be difficult to defend the Yinxia area. Unless he escapes to the desert, he will be wiped out by Daliang sooner or later."
Lang Yanming nodded and said: "I don't know how many days will pass. Renli will surrender. Since the leader has decided to submit to Daliang, I will go back and report to General Lu."
Fang Dangjun's intention to submit to Daliang has not wavered, but Renli's army is just outside the town, and tomorrow's attack on the city will be difficult. Hearing that Lang was about to leave, he hurriedly said: "Renli's camp is just outside the town.
, and there are not many trees outside the town. Their camp is very crude. If General Lu leads his troops to attack at night, he may be able to defeat Renli's troops."
Lang Yanyan said: "Okay, I will definitely report it to General Lu, but I don't know whether General Lu will send troops to attack at night."
"If General Lu doesn't come to attack at night, our tribe will be driven to attack the city tomorrow. Please ask the leader to facilitate this. I will thank the leader again later."
The Fangdang tribe owns a salt pond. Fangdangjun is extremely wealthy. Lang Nian Yanming is also very interested in Fangdangjun's thanks, but he is not sure whether Lu Junyi will send troops. He can only say: "I will definitely
Try to persuade General Lu."
Fang Dangjun also knew that Langyou Yanming could not give him any guarantee, so he said to the guard on the side: "You will send leader Langyou out in a while. Leader Langyou will rest here so that he will be less likely to be discovered when it gets late at night.
I will now send some people to inspect the outside of the town and look at Renli’s sentry.”
"good."
Lang Nianyan sat in the guard's house for a while, and when he felt a little drowsy, Fang Dangjuncai came again.
"The sentries arranged by Renli are very tight, and they must be afraid of night attacks by Daliang soldiers and horses."
Lang Nianyan frowned and said, "Then I won't be able to get out?"
Fang Dangjun said: "There are fewer sentries in the north, but you can still get out if you are careful. I sent two people three miles away to respond. They have camels. You can ride the camels around to Yanzhou. There are Renli sentries on the east and west sides.
That’s about five miles.”
Lang Nian Yanming was not afraid of this slight risk, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll take my leave."
"There are Renli sentries around, so I won't send the leader to waste. When the distinguished guests arrived, I failed to entertain them well and made them travel all night. I'm really ashamed. This is my little compensation. Please don't take offense, leader."
"
Fang Dangjun took out three pearls from his arms and handed them to Langya Yanming.
The pure white pearls still emitted a soft light under the flickering light of the oil lamp, and the woman in the room immediately opened her eyes.
Xixia does not produce pearls, and only the leaders of large tribes have spare money to buy these beautiful but useless things from the Han or Liao people.
Although it is of no use, Lang Nianyan also knows how precious pearls are.
Lang Nianyan wanted to grab these three pearls and put them into his arms, but he also knew that there is no reward for no merit, so he waved his hand and said: "How can I accept such a precious thing?"
Fang Dangjun grabbed Lang Nian Yanming's hand, pushed the pearl over, and said: "It's hard to carry other things. I searched for a while, but I only found these three beads. Let's not refuse, leader. Our tribe's
Our survival still depends on the leader. If the leader can persuade General Lu to attack Renli Camp at night, I will definitely have other thanks."
Lang Nian Yanming declined: "We are all party members, how can I watch you die? I will try my best to persuade General Lu when I get back. But Renli is on guard, I'm afraid it won't be possible to attack the camp."
Fang Dangjun said: "There are still hundreds of men in my tribe, and I will gather some strong women. As soon as General Lu comes to attack the camp, we will suddenly attack Renli and create chaos. General Lu will attack them from the front with divine thunder.
Renli must send his troops to the front, and if I suddenly attack Renli's camp from the side, I will definitely cause chaos in Renli's camp, and it will not be difficult to defeat Renli."
Lang Yanyan nodded and said: "In this case, the chance of winning is quite good. General Lu should agree. The leader Fang should be waiting to hear the thunder like thunder."
Fang Dangjun said happily: "The thunderbolt of the divine thunder is the good news for our troops, otherwise our troops will be driven to death under the city by benevolence and courtesy."
Fangdangjun also knew that once the Fangdang tribe was driven to the city, they would definitely be dead.
Daliang's most powerful weapon in the world was the divine thunder, but the weapon of the Song Dynasty was strong bows and hard crossbows. If Daliang destroyed the Song Dynasty, there would obviously be no shortage of strong bows and hard crossbows. Even if the soldiers and horses of Daliang in Yanzhou did not have enough divine thunder, they would certainly not be short of them.
With bows and arrows, rushing to the city walls to pile dirt would undoubtedly lead to a narrow escape from death.
The three rare Xixia pearls are what Fang Dangjun shows his financial strength. As long as the soldiers and horses of the Liang Dynasty can attack the camp, even if they have nothing to do with Lang Nie Yanming, Fang Dangjun will not mind paying heavily to thank Lang Nie Yanming again. Money
It's nothing more than an external possession, and you can only spend money if you save your life.
Lang Yanyan declined briefly and accepted the three pearls.
Fang Dangjun sent a piece of it away and returned it.
The place where the Fangdang tribe settled was on the edge of the desert. Going north, they entered the desert. Although it was June, it was bitingly cold in the desert at night.
The moonlight in the desert is brighter, but also cooler.
A gust of night wind blew by, causing Nani Iwana and the guard to wrap their clothes tightly.
There was no vegetation to block it, and under the bright moonlight, it was possible to see very far away. Therefore, Naniwa Iwana and the guards had to be cautious, as if they were thieves, constantly paying attention to the surrounding situation.
The camp of Renli's soldiers and horses was to the west of Fangdang tribe, and Yanzhou was to the south. Renli's soldiers and horses fought several battles in Xingqing Mansion, marched for days, and people kept fleeing along the way. It can be said that the soldiers were exhausted physically and mentally.
It was very cold at night in the desert, so there were not many sentries sent by Renli. The focus was on the south and east and west sides, but there were not many sentries in the north.
Walking out of the town, Nang Nianyan and the two of them only avoided two waves of sentries and never encountered one again.
He was cautious all the way, and when he had walked three miles, Nang Nianyan found that there was some cold sweat on his forehead.
The guard whispered: "Squat down and I'll contact them."
The two squatted on the cold sand, and the guard pinched his lips and called like an unknown wild bird.
The sound is not loud, but it can be heard very far in the quiet night.
Soon, two different bird calls came from the left front.
The guard said happily: "They are over there."
Lang Nianyan said strangely: "The screams over there are different from yours."
"If it's the same, we have to run away. Most of the people from other tribes will learn to scream. The leader told me this is the kind of scream."
Hearing that it was their agreement, Lang Nianyan no longer had any doubts and said with a smile: "No one else can decipher your tribe's secret code."
The two stood up and walked not far towards where the sound came from. They found the two of them behind a small sand dune, with two camels squatting on the ground.
When the two saw the guard, they handed the camel to them and sneaked into the town.
The guard took Lang Nie Yanming and walked north for two miles, then turned east and circled around Yanzhou.