Although the moonlight was bright, there were still many torches placed on Yanzhou City. While the firelight illuminated the bottom of the city, it also illuminated the top of the city brightly.
From a distance, you can see groups of soldiers in black clothes and armor patrolling back and forth, intimidating Xiaoxiao inside and outside the city.
The white-faced man Zheng Tianshou personally led the soldiers to patrol the city. He was the only remaining one among the three people in Qingfeng Mountain. Yan Shun, the golden-haired tiger, and Wang Ying, the short-legged tiger, were ordered by Song Jiang to kill innocent people indiscriminately and were bumped into by the current prince. Take life. He was the only one who escaped with his life. Later, when Song Jiang tried to steal the prince's heavenly book, he was chopped into two pieces by Li Kui with an axe.
Originally Zheng Tianshou thought that sooner or later he would be ordered by the prince to die somewhere, but the prince did not expect him to follow Song Jiang and instead made him the commander-in-chief of the Liangshan veterans. Therefore, Zheng Tianshou has always been grateful and worked very seriously. While other captains assigned their men to watch the night, he personally led his men to watch the night.
"who?"
When Zheng Tianshou was leading his soldiers on patrol, he heard a sudden shout from the guards at the city gate and hurriedly led his soldiers over.
"I am Langya Yanming. I have been ordered by General Lu to recruit and surrender the Fangdang tribe. I have urgent military information to report to General Lu."
When Zheng Tianshou arrived at the city gate, he saw two party members riding camels standing at the foot of the city.
Although there was light from the city's fire, we could only see the outline of the person, and we couldn't see the appearance.
Zheng Tianshou pulled up a torch from the top of the city, threw it in front of the two of them, and shouted: "Pick up the torch and let me see."
The torch fell to the ground, causing a cloud of sparks to fly. The flame became much smaller, but it was not extinguished. It is difficult to extinguish a torch until the grease on it burns out.
Lang Nian Yanming could see Zheng Tianshou's face at the foot of the city. Knowing that Zheng Tianshou was one of the five thousand captains, he did not dare to say anything more and held the torch next to his face. Shouted: "Lang Nian Yanming pays homage to General Zheng."
Zheng Tianshou also saw clearly the name of Langyayan and asked the soldiers on the city to put down two hanging baskets.
Nani Iwana and the guards grabbed the rope, squatted in the basket, and let the guards on the top of the city pull them up.
On top of the city, Lang Yanyan cupped his hands and said, "I've seen General Zheng before."
Zheng Tianshou asked: "Why are you returning to the city at this time?"
Lang Yanyan replied: "The Fangdang tribe has decided to submit to Daliang. When I was preparing to come back, King Shu Wang Renli of Xixia came to the Fangdang tribe with his troops. I was afraid of being discovered by them, so I had to wait until now to come back."
Zheng Tianshou said excitedly: "Prince Shu? A prince must be able to lead many troops, right?"
All the soldiers were also gearing up after they entered Xixia. When they attacked Weizhou and Yanzhou, they didn't meet any decent opponents, but they almost forgot how to fight.
Lang Yanyan said: "We brought less than 20,000 people here. They retreated from Xingqing Mansion and prepared to attack Yanzhou."
There were less than 20,000 soldiers listening. There was a look of disappointment on his face.
Zheng Tianshou did not take the 20,000 people seriously at all. He shook his head and said: "It turns out that he just escaped from the prince's hands with his life. This guy didn't want to hide anywhere, but he came to the door again. This time he must be doomed." . General Lu should have rested long ago. I don't know if you can see him now. If it's just this news, it won't be too late for you to report it tomorrow morning. Even if we don't make preparations, it will be difficult for us to capture Yan. State, not to mention there are no trees outside, it will be difficult for them to build siege equipment. "
Hearing this, the guard on the side couldn't help but look at Naniwa Iwana anxiously. His identity is not enough. But he didn't dare to speak randomly.
Lang Nian Yanming also knew his anxiety, so he held up his hands and said: "The Renli camp is simple and crude. The Fangdang tribe is preparing to join us in a night attack on the Renli camp. As long as we seize this opportunity, we will definitely defeat the Renli soldiers and horses. Otherwise, Fangdang tribe will be able to defeat the Renli army." The tribe will be driven by Renli to attack the city tomorrow, and they have already promised to surrender to Daliang. It would be a pity for us to kill them. "
Zheng Tianshou did not comment, nodded and said: "If this is the case, you should go see General Lu. I have my duty as a general, so I won't send you off. However, there are still patrolling soldiers in the city, so I will send two of you to see you off to Lu." Go to the general."
Hearing this, Lang Xianyan hurriedly said: "Thank you, General Zheng."
Even though they were led by two soldiers under Zheng Tianshou, the group was still interrogated twice by the patrolling soldiers in the city before they arrived at the Yamen in the center of the city.
Lu Junyi’s soldier guarding the door saw a group of people stopping in front of the Yamen and asked, “What are you doing here?”
Lang Yanyan cupped his hands and said, "I have urgent military information to report to General Lu, and I would like to ask you two to inform him."
The soldier knew the name of Lang Nieyan, and he frowned and said, "General Lu has already rested. Are you sure it's an urgent military situation?"
Lang Yanyan nodded and said: "?. "
The soldier thought for a while and said: "Then I will report it. You have to be careful. If you lie about military information, you will be subject to military law."
Lang Yanyan smiled and said, "I know."
Seeing how confident Nani Iwana was, the soldier had no choice but to turn around and go in to report. He was not qualified to know the emergency military situation.
Lu Junyi was already asleep. Hearing that the soldiers outside were begging to see him, he could only get dressed and come out, asking: "What's going on?"
The soldier cupped his hands and said, "Lang Yanming said there is an urgent military report."
Hearing this, Lu Junyi nodded and said, "Bring him in."
"yes"
After the soldiers outside the door left, Lu Junyi said to the soldiers outside the door: "Go and call Yan Qing."
"yes"
Lang Nian Yanming and Yan Qing came to Lu Junyi's house almost at the same time. Although they were woken up from a deep sleep, Yan Qing was not confused at all. He nodded to Lang Nian Yanming and entered the house together.
Lu Junyi saw the two of them coming in together and asked, "What urgent military information do you have?"
Lang Yanyan said: "After receiving the general's order today, the villain went to the city to find the contact person of the Fangdang tribe, and then went to the Fangdang tribe. The leader of the Fangdang tribe has promised to submit to Daliang, and the villain is about to come back to report the news At that time, King Shu of Xixia, Renli, led 20,000 soldiers and horses to escape from Xingqing Mansion. They arrived at Fangdang tribe and blocked me inside. In order to avoid Renli's sentry, I had to wait until late at night to sneak out. "
"Is this an emergency military situation?"
Lang Nian Yanming also heard Lu Junyi's dissatisfaction and said hurriedly: "Renli wanted to drive men from various tribes outside the city to pile up mountains of earth to attack the city. The Fangdang tribe gathered a thousand people and wanted to cooperate with Daliang soldiers and horses to attack Renli's camp at night. "
Lu Junyi frowned and said, "How do you know this is not a trap jointly set by Renli and the Fangdang tribe?"
Hearing this, Lang Yanyan couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't know Fang Dangjun before, and he really couldn't be sure whether Fang Dangjun was acting.
Yan Qing said: "Now that the situation in Xixia is over, and Renli is the defeated general, the Fangdang tribe should know which side to choose is better. How is Renli's camp going?"
Seeing Yan Qing speak for him, Lang Yanyan hurriedly said: "The camp is very simple. There are no trees near Yanzhou. They can't find much wood."