Liang Dynasty, Datong decade, Gaoyao City.
Before the autumn wind comes, the birds fly far away.
"I dare to ask Hu Sima why he is afraid?"
The high city wall, with four doors closed, is silent inside and outside.
Ten miles from the city, the enemy troops set up a dense camp. Battalion horses neigh back and forth, raising billowing dust.
Hu Yingmu focused on the front and unconsciously slapped her generous hands on the battlements.
Several Jiashi people held their breath behind them, but the atmosphere did not dare to make one.
Just behind Hu Ying, a young face appeared. Chen Chang, who was five feet tall and less than six feet tall, suddenly spoke.
Chen Chang, who has the same name as this body, obviously does not match his age, and his tone is old and arrogant.
Chen Chang, who was in his early thirties, was good at shooting, climbing mountains and loving the great mountains and rivers of the motherland. One slip, then, once again came to this life.
It's been months now.
He loves life, almost depressed to autistic. Fortunately, I gradually recognized the reality and accepted everything in front of me.
Chen Chang, the sixth son of Emperor Wu, the founding emperor of Southern Chen, is the only heir who survived until Chen Baxian became the emperor.
However, Chen Chang in history did not inherit Chen Baxian's legacy, and even his father died of illness.
If we allow regret to continue, will this life be wasted?
Facing Chen Chang's question, Hu Ying looked at him in amazement.
He was only seven years old.
The seven year old boy asked such a sharp question.
What's more, although he is smart and eager to learn, he never cares about foreign affairs. Especially, I heard that Chen Baxian said that he seemed to be ill in recent months and didn't like to talk much. At this time, such a sentence suddenly came, which naturally made him think he had heard it wrong.
Hu Ying said nothing.
Chen Chang didn't want him to answer.
Chen Chang continued: "Although there are many thieves at present, there is no need to worry about it. Just stick to it. If you delay, the thieves will retreat."
In the 10th year of Datong, Chen Chang followed his father Chen Baxian in high places, and witnessed what happened in the southern smoky place.
Just three years ago, Xiao Xun, the imperial family of the governor of Jiaozhou, acted in an illegal way, which aroused the opposition of Li Ben, the local powerful man, and others, and started to drive him away. Xiao Xun fled to Guangzhou and went to the governor Xiao Ying.
After Xiao Xun was defeated, Li Ben actually took control of Jiaozhou. In the first month of this year, he officially became emperor, established Wanchun State, and made Longbian its capital. The emperor Xiao Yanwen was angry when he heard the music.
Dahir:
Lu Zixiong, the governor of Xinzhou, and Sun Xuan, the governor of Gaozhou, were under the command of Xiao Ying, the governor of Guangzhou, and Xiao Xun, the governor of Jiaozhou, and sent troops to fight against them.
However, it is the south where grass grows and warblers fly. Malaria is rampant, and it is not suitable to send troops. Lu Zixiong and others begged for Qiu Shuang to go again.
Don't listen.
As a result, when the soldiers arrived in Hepu, the malaria epidemic broke out, and more than half of the soldiers died. They dared not do it again. Lu Zixiong and other soldiers had to withdraw.
This move completely angered Xiao Xun. A paper was delivered to uncle Xiao Yan before the case, falsely accusing Lu Zixiong and Sun Xuan of colluding with the thief. Xiao Yan immediately ordered Lu Zixiong and Sun Xuan to commit suicide.
Their unjust death angered Lu Zilue and Lu Zilie, Lu Zixiong's younger brothers, and his subordinates Du Tianhe, Du Sengming, Zhou Wenyu, etc. So they sent troops from all walks of life to gather in Guangzhou and vowed to capture Xiao Ying and Xiao Xun alive to avenge Lu Zixiong.
Xiao Ying sent someone to deliver the news to Chen Baxian overnight. Chen Baxian quickly gathered three thousand people and rushed to Guangzhou for rescue.
Gaoyao City is not only the location of the Prefecture Magistrate's Office, but also the garrison of Xijiang Governor. However, the total number of people is only more than 3000.
Now, in order to go to Guangzhou, almost all the people have been taken away, and there are only a few hundred left. At present, the enemy outside the city is no less than a thousand people. How should we deal with it?
Chen Baxian took Hu Ying as the commander in charge of the city when he left. He gave so few soldiers and horses. Seeing his face solemn, it is no wonder that Chen Chang comforted him.
Hu Ying was dumbfounded by Chen Chang's words, and unconsciously cast a approving look at the big man who was only half to her chest.
However, just at that time, two boys in broad clothes, who were 14 or 15 years old and similar in age, came all the way out of breath and strode to the castle, followed by several servants.
"Shunzhi, you are here so that I can find you easily!"
Shunzhi is Chen Chang's nickname.
A little taller with a square face was Chen Xu, the second son of uncle Chen Tanxian, who was the Emperor Xiaoxuan in history.
It was he who was talking just now, and the other boy behind him was shorter than Chen Xu, but fatter and stronger than him.
This young man is Chen Tanlang, the son of his uncle Chen Xiuxian.
"Zhongmu saw the war again and asked me to call you back."
Chen Tanlang was a little afraid of General Hu Ying. He followed Chen Xu to salute Hu Ying, then pulled Chen Chang's sleeve and whispered a few words. In the rest of his eyes, he suddenly saw the movement of the city, and immediately cried out in horror: "No, the thieves are coming!"
The dark camp in the distance, and the people and horses running back and forth beside the camp, suddenly under the guidance of the flag, rolled up several clouds of smoke and ran toward Gaoyao City.
The tall city is no more than ten feet high, which gives people an illusion of tottering in the trample of the cavalry.
Chen Chang's heart went up in his throat. He forgot what he had just said to comfort Hu Ying. He couldn't help holding his breath and his body straightened.
Fortunately, Sima Huying did not notice his abnormality, but immediately took action, arranged the guards to get ready, took out a bow and crossbow, put it on the battlements of the city wall, and was ready to attack the enemy at any time.
"Don't panic, there is Hu Sima!"
Chen Chang's small hand was tightly grasped by the other hand, and the warmth came from his palm.
When Chen Chang looked up, he saw Chen Xu's red face and his impenetrable urgency when he looked down at the city.
When Chen Chang faced the big scene for the first time, it was inevitable that he lost control of his body. Encouraged by this, he stood up calmly and nodded: "Yes, don't panic."
He raised his hand and slapped Chen Tanlang on his shoulder.
Chen Tanlang was in his 14th year, and Chen Chang was only half of him. However, Chen Chang's height was only a drop from Chen Tanlang's, which was really tall among his peers.
It may be that Chen Chang inherited the gene of his father, Chen Baxian, who is tall. It should be known that Chen Baxian is seven foot five tall, which is equivalent to nearly one meter nine when calculated as one foot 25.8 cm in the Southern Dynasty.
Chen Tanlang was inspired and also calmed down a little.
The front is dangerous. Hu Ying didn't ask them to go back immediately. Instead, she raised her hand and slapped her hand again, pointed at the enemy in front of her, and said, "It's not early. The thieves are eager to set up camp, and only sent hundreds of people. They just want to give me a hand, and won't attack the city at this time."
Sure enough, the thieves stopped at a safe distance that the bow and arrow could not reach under the city. They began to show off their power and sent people to call for the city to open early and surrender, otherwise they would break the city tomorrow and kill all of them.
"Don't be ashamed to talk big!"
Just as everyone was watching the city's every move nervously, Chen Chang brought a bent crossbow and placed the crossbow arrow. Lift up one leg and lose the strength of sucking, and can't pull the string at all.
"You need to use both feet together..."
Chen Chang's embarrassed discovery was still unmoved.
Chen Tanlang looked at him in surprise, and wanted to help him pull it together. Chen Xu immediately advised, "This crossbow has been transformed by Zhongfu, and it is rare to find a powerful crossbow in the world. I'm still struggling to make it here. Besides, Shunzhi, you are only a seven year old child, so you can't come here without hesitation. Let go quickly."
Chen Chang knew that he had carried it too much. Although he had played a lot of powerful bows and crossbows in his previous life, he was not weak, but he was only a seven year old boy. How could he have such brute force? Not to mention that the former owner usually followed his father Chen Baxian to practice riding and shooting. In addition to good horse skills, the bows and crossbows he learned are also specially made short bows and weak crossbows, which is not the same thing at all.
When Chen Chang opened his feet, Hu Ying held the crossbow in her hand. With a push of one foot, the crossbow was opened and returned to Chen Chang.
"What do you want?"
Hu Ying looked away and questioned him.
Chen Chang smiled and said nothing.
Raise your hands, raise your crossbow, look through the mountain and aim at the enemy.
Du Jin, the leader of the enemy's front, is also a teenager in his 16th and 17th century. He was ordered by his father Du Sengming this time.
Du Sengming and others besieged Guangzhou. They also knew that the supervisor of Jianxi Jiang was very close to Chen Baxian and Xiao Ying. They must know that Guangzhou would go all out when something happened. Once Chen Ba sends troops first, the rear area will be empty. It is precisely the right time to make his son lead the army to encircle and fight high, in order to make Chen Baxian uneasy, so that he can retreat from difficulties.
Now that the war is over, Du Jinzhi has scolded as well as scolded. When the war starts tomorrow, Du Jinzhi is so proud that he wants to order his headquarters to withdraw.
However, just then, a crossbow and arrow burst into the air and crashed.
The flagpole behind him was shot in two by the crossbow.
The flag with the character of 'Du' fell down in the roar of people.
Du Jin's face changed instantly. Before he could react, a shower of arrows fell from the city head.
"Shoot!"
Hu Ying said in secret that it was wonderful. Taking advantage of the momentum, she made a bold effort and ordered to shoot.
In Hu Ying's order, the prepared bowmen threw the crossbows into the enemy's array.
Chen Chang was also stunned. He just tried his crossbow, and even if he could not shoot it, he would disgust the other party. Unexpectedly, after the transformation of his father, Chen Baxian, this crossbow shot 30 or 50 more steps than most of the crossbows in the world. Its strength was not weak at all, so it was no wonder that the enemy would be caught off guard.
Du Jin was even dumbfounded. From beginning to end, he could not believe that the arrows of the other side would shoot into the array, so he was unprepared. Seeing that the crossbows and arrows were fierce, it was not easy to be tough. So I had to be tough and withdraw with my men and horses.
Hu Ying knew that she would stop when she saw the good news. She stopped everyone's request to open the city and attack. Instead, she said to Chen Chang, "Young Master, you can go back now."
Chen Chang handed the crossbow back to the person beside him, clapped his hands and gave Hu Ying a little bow.
He finally knew that Hu Ying had the nerve to stay and stick to the high order. She had this trump card in her hand. Although Chen Baxian took away almost all the men and horses, the remaining archers were good at shooting, good at defending, and their combat power should not be underestimated.
It was only because there were few enemies and I was afraid it would be difficult to hold on for a long time, which made Hu Ying look dignified. But he couldn't see it himself. He thought that Hu Ying was timid in the face of a big enemy, so she just comforted him with good intentions and wanted to cheer him up.
Now it seems that he was reckless.
Chen Chang turns around embarrassed and just wants to run away from here.
Chen Tanlang was surprised by Chen Changgang's performance. He grabbed Chen Chang's sleeve and wanted to ask him for advice: "I didn't expect Shunzhi to have this archery. I...".
Chen Chang hurriedly interrupted, saying, "My mother asked me to go back. I have to go."
Facing the departure of the three, Hu Ying smiled and nodded at Chen Chang's back.
At that time, however, someone from the city hurried to report to him that there was another group of people in the southeast that was not flagged and was only ten miles away.
When Hu Ying heard the words, her face was solemn again, and she could not figure out: "Who are you?"
