A quietly coming autumn rain has been falling for ten days, and the rain is not heavy, with a hint of late autumn chill, hitting people's faces.

The dark gray clouds are pressing against the earth. It is already late autumn. The endless trees in the large forest in the northern Bingzhou are already bare. The autumn rain washes the old trees, but the ruthless autumn strips their beautiful clothes, making them stand gloomy. The brown moss covers the deep wrinkles on their bark.

This autumn rain that lasted for ten days also made the ground particularly muddy. The official road was filled with turbid puddles and mud, making it difficult for pedestrians to move forward. Only by relying on their animal power can they barely walk slowly on the muddy official road.

This is the official road thirty miles east of Yuci County, Taiyuan County. To the north are desolate wild grasslands and large bushes. A few miles away are endless forests, which are connected with the towering mountains further away.

On the south side of the official road is a large wheat field, which is also endless. The autumn wheat has been harvested, and the wheat fields have become bare. Human-shaped wheat piles stand everywhere. In the distance, you can see huge water trucks. There are water trucks and rivers. The vortex water is under the water truck, flowing quietly to the west, and finally injecting a wider shimmering Fen River.

In the afternoon, there was a fierce sound of horse hooves from afar, just like the sound of the drought demons beating when the rain seeking ceremony of the temple in summer today. Many people complained that the drum beat was too fierce that time, which led to endless autumn rain.

After a moment, a team of Tang army cavalry rushed towards the mist of rain and mist. Mud and water splashed under the horse's hooves, scaring several rural farmers riding donkeys to rush into the wheat fields to hide. When the cavalry left, their vicious curses could be heard in the rain and mist.

They did hate the troops stationed in Yuci County. The troops stationed in Yuci County were stationed in Yuci County. They did not disturb the people. However, since Prime Minister Pei Ji came to Taiyuan, the endless labor service was like this endless autumn rain, pressing on the heads of the people of Taiyuan again and again.

He was requisitioned to build a warehouse, requisitioned to build a city wall, requisitioned to demolish the city wall in Yuci County, and then a bigger nightmare appeared. More than 20,000 rural farmers in Yuci County were forcibly requisitioned to build a new city wall again. This construction lasted for three months, delaying the farm work and the autumn harvest. This year, the autumn grain production was 40% lower than that.

Although the main reason for the lack of grain harvest was the drought in summer, the pragmatic farmers did not put the blame on God, but vented their anger on the plague officials Pei Ji and Tang Jun. It is said that the drought demon who was hit by sticks at the rain ceremony was wearing the prime minister's official uniform.

Pei Ji was sent to Taiyuan a few months ago to assist the emerging prince Li Deliang in garrisoning the prefect. Pei Ji adopted the defense method of supporting the moon. The moon was Taiyuan City, and three military cities were deployed outside Taiyuan City, which were the stars guarding the moon.

Yuci County is the largest star city, located about thirty miles east of Taiyuan City. It is a large county with a population of nearly 100,000. Pei Ji recruited 20,000 people and took three months to rebuild Yuci County. Although it cannot be compared with the tall and strongness of Taiyuan City, it can effectively withstand several rounds of attacks by the Sui army, thus gaining valuable time for the defense deployment of Taiyuan City.

This Tang army cavalry was sent by the Yuci County garrison to an outer patrol, composed of ten cavalrymen, with a patrol range of within a hundred miles of the surrounding area.

The cavalry ran all the way along the muddy official road. In addition to the curse of the villagers gradually disappearing, the rain and fog were also filled with the extremely annoyed curse of a Tang soldier.

"It's our third patrol, but Liu Jiang and his team didn't have a turn. It's so fucking unfair. I don't understand how the captain arranged it and how much benefit did he get from Liu Jiang?"

The young Tang army cavalry sounded very tender, and he was of the age who had grown hair but was not yet fully grown. There were several obvious freckles on his cheeks wrapped in eagle helmets. He complained all the way, and finally angered Mercedes-Benz in front of him.

"Shut up your crow's mouth!"

Fire rude and sternly cursed, and the young cavalry was so scared that they almost fell off the horse. They closed their mouths tightly, and a hint of annoyance flashed in their eyes. He knew that he was going to be in trouble. The older cavalrymen in front looked back at him gloatingly, and some even whistled proudly.

Sure enough, at noon, when the cavalry were lying under a dry tree to rest and eat dry food, the poor young cavalry was sent to watch around and continue to enjoy the taste of cold wind and rain.

This is the rule of the army. Sometimes the temper of a fire is much more terrifying than the anger of the army commander.

"Boss, let that kid rest! He is only fifteen years old after all." A veteran finally felt a little pity in his heart after eating dry food.

"Don't worry about him. If his wife doesn't change her mouth, he will be the first to die in the war. I will let him charge first."

"Boss, do you think the Northern Sui army will attack Taiyuan? I heard that the next battle is Taiyuan."

"Stop talking about the Northern Sui Army. They are now Zhou Army and the Tiger Guards of the Great Zhou Empire. They sound all the momentum. To be honest, I don't know, but there will be a big battle in Taiyuan sooner or later. I hope that Pei Xiangguo will directly surrender, so that we will avoid worrying all day long."

"Do you think Prince Pei will surrender?"

"He thought, it's a pity that his wife and children are in Chang'an, and Prince Li can't surrender."

"Don't mention that Prince Li, I get goosebumps when I mention his name. I actually like men."

"Huo Chang, don't you like men too?"

Everyone burst into laughter. At this moment, a cold arrow shot towards them, passing by, hard nailed to the big tree. Everyone jumped up in fear, but immediately they were so scared that they hugged their heads and squatted down.

Hundreds of Zhou army cavalry appeared at some point. They surrounded the trees and pointed hundreds of horn crossbows coldly at nine Tang army patrol soldiers. Among the hundreds of Zhou army cavalry, there was a young Tang army soldier with freckles on his face. He was being held by two Zhou army cavalry and was looking at his companion with timid eyes.

"Take them all!" The command was issued to the leader.

Dozens of Zhou cavalry rushed forward, searched their weapons, shouted loudly, forcing them to get on the horse. A team of Tang army patrols were wrapped in hundreds of Zhou cavalry and rushed towards the north forest...

Hundreds of cavalry ran for about twenty miles, and in a basin surrounded by forests, countless tents and dense Zhou soldiers suddenly appeared. A huge blue dragon red flag stood in the middle of the camp, and the other flag next to it was written on the word "Yuchi".

Several Tang army patrolmen were stunned. It turned out to be Yuchi Gong's army. They had patrolled here yesterday and could not see a single figure. Why did it appear today?

"Take them to interrogate, the general is still waiting for news!"

The leader general shouted loudly, and ten Tang army patrol patrols were taken into several large tents.

.........

After the Sui army was changed to the Zhou army, except for the character "Sui" on the military flag that was replaced with the character "Zhou", the other military emblems and military flags remained unchanged, and the Qinglong Red Flag was still the one.

This Zhou army was a 20,000 army led by Yuchi Gong. They have been stationed in Shangdang County. The negotiations between the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty were not wrong. Zhang Xuan's next target was indeed Taiyuan City. Although Pei Ji believed that the Zhou army would not launch an attack on Taiyuan City before the New Year, the Zhou army led by Yuchi Gong still arrived in Taiyuan in late autumn.

In the central army's tent, a young Tang soldier knelt on the ground, trembling with fear. His body was shivering like a dried bean, like a thin sheep about to be slaughtered. Several freckles on his face turned gray and white due to excessive fear.

Yuchi Gong frowned and looked at the young young Tang Jun and asked, "How old are you?"

"The villain is fifteen years old this year!"

"You become a cavalry at the age of fifteen. Your riding skills are good!" Yuchi Gong smiled gently, and his tone was as gentle as possible to calm the overly frightened young man.

Generally speaking, men with fierce appearances are more contagious when they smile. Yuchi Gong's smile made the boy see hope of living. He kowtowed repeatedly, "I have never done anything bad, the general spares my life."

"As long as you answer my question honestly, I will not kill you and will let you go home."

"The villain is called Yang Jun, and his father Yang Dainian is selling livestock in Taiyuan North Market. The villain has been riding horses since he was a child, and he only applied for the army in August this year."

The reason why the Zhou army scout brought this young cavalry to the camp for questioning was because he was the only native Taiyuan among the Tang army patrol cavalry. The chief general Yuchi Gong mainly wanted to understand the people of Taiyuan City through him. (To be continued.).
Chapter completed!