"Close the city gates and keep on guard."

With Feng Pingzhong's order, the horn sounded at the top of the city and the gate slowly closed. The archers were in place behind the hole in the arrow tower, and the outermost row of the city wall was still archers. The winch crossbow was pushed to the center position, and the crossbow arrows were placed on one side. Several crossbowmen stood beside waiting for orders. On the horse road, soldiers transported arrows from the instrument depot, rolled wood and other objects, and the city was busy.

When Jiang Anyi saw the soldiers traveling back and forth, his orders were short and powerful, and he was in good order, he praised: "General Feng is good at governing his army and is not in chaos when encountering enemies. He is actually a tiger and wolf army."

Feng Pingzhong said with a cold face: "Master Jiang, the battle is about to begin, and there is no eyebrow. Please take the adults to the gates to rest, and wait until the last general behind the enemy retreats to greet the adults."

Jiang Anyi smiled and said, "Jiang admires the soldiers who killed the enemy on the battlefield. When this happens, General Feng is asked to allow Jiang to watch the battle at the top of the city."

Feng Pingzhong saw Jiang Anyi's face showing excitement, but most of the followers around him looked like earth, and hurriedly hid inside. He thought to himself, this Lord Jiang is young and a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. He probably wants to make some military achievements. He might as well let him watch the battle at the top of the city, so that he can understand that the cruelty of the battlefield is not as easy as remembered in books. When people are at the top of the city, it is difficult to shoot bows and arrows, and he is not attentive to watch over him. It is not very risky to take care of him.

With the disorganization of civil and military affairs and the lack of news, Feng Pingzhong had never heard of Jiang Anyi's undercover Qingyunshui Village and fighting directly with the thief. He just vaguely heard that he had been robbed and killed by the rebels by the Yuantian Sect. Relying on his wife being a master of the Dragon Guard, there was no accident.

Of course, there are many rumors about Governor Jiang. It is the most legendary thing about escaping from the Northern Desert alone. Feng Pingzhong sneered at the rumor of this. How could a person escape from a country of tigers and wolves? Literati likes to exaggerate and brag about the cowhide to the sky. Maybe this time there will be rumors that Governor Jiang will retreat tens of thousands of troops from the Western Regions.

There was a quarrel under the city gate, and someone slapped the city gate vigorously, shouting for them to enter. More people surrounded the animals and goods into a simple defense circle, took out swords, bows and arrows to defend the enemy. Jiang Anyi saw that the group of people were well-trained at the top of the city, and in a moment, they formed simple fortifications.

Fan Siben couldn't bear it when he heard the crying and couldn't help but say, "General Feng, why don't you let these people go into the pass to hide? There is a urn in the city, just watch them."

"In the eighth year of Emperor Jing, a group of Western Regions troops disguised themselves as Hu Shangs. The generals of the town asked them to enter the pass to avoid chaos. As a result, the bandits captured the gate and allowed the Hu army to drive into the pass, and the Jingmen Pass were slaughtered. Afterwards, the emperor issued an order that when the border encounters enemies, people outside the pass are not allowed to enter the pass, and those who violate the order are killed." Feng Pingzhong narrowed his eyes and stared at the caravan under the pass, his tone was cold, and he could not see what he was thinking.

The eighth year of Emperor Jing was more than 80 years ago. Everyone dared not refute the order of the late emperor. Everyone looked at the vendors under the custody and cried in vain.

The smoke and dust rolled from the west, and the yellow sand condensed in the air without scattering like a yellow python. Feng Pingzhong's face was solemn, and he said, "This is not an ordinary horse thief, but a well-trained army."

Jiang Anyi was stunned. Could it be that the Western Region Army is coming to invade again? It seems that the scale is not large and there are only about 200 people. Isn’t this a joke for people to break the barrier?

Zhao Mingqian, the county magistrate of Hecheng County, smiled and said, "Sir, we are at the top of the city to hinder the soldiers from defending the enemy. It is better to avoid it for a while."

"Yes, yes," Jiang Anyi said in a whisper. Seeing that most of the officials accompanying him were pale, he looked in a panic. Jiang Anyi said, "You can avoid it for a while, I'll take a look at the city."

The officials hurried away under the guidance of the soldiers. Jiang Anyi focused on looking at the horse thief getting closer and closer. The group of horse thieves were wearing scale armor and a strange helmet on their heads. They wrapped their faces in it, revealing only their eyes and noses, like moving metal fortresses, full of murderous aura.

Feng Pingzhong said: "It is the armor of Rong Mi Kingdom."

Zhang Daozong, the deputy deputy of the town, said angrily: "These Western Regions thieves turn into horse thieves and come to rob, treating me, Dazheng as fish, and take a bite when you want to eat it. It's hateful."

The horse thieves at the gate had already fought with the caravan. The caravans huddled in the defense circle took the lead in shooting bows and arrows. The arrows fell only on the scales of the horse thieves and bounced down one after another, making it difficult to hurt them. It can be seen that the Rong Mi cavalry who turned into horse thieves were very good. A rain of arrows counterattacked and injured the guards in the defense circle. Then they rushed forward and waved their saber and cut out a gap. Soon, a caravan fell.

The bandits rushed into the defense circle and began to kill people. The people in the caravan fled in all directions, but were chased by the bandits. After a while, the bodies were all over the ground. The bandits did not give up and began to attack another caravan, and the tragedy began to happen again.

Jiang Anyi said in a deep voice: "Why didn't General Feng send troops to drive away this group of bandits?"

"The Anxi Protectorate has an order, and no one can leave the pass without reason." Feng Pingzhong responded expressionlessly.

Zhang Daozong explained: "The caravan outside the pass is unknown. There was a situation where the caravan took the opportunity to rush the pass when the door was opened. In order to prevent it, the court ordered the guard of the pass and the first guard to be the first, and no one could leave the pass without reason, otherwise it would be a mistake even if the servants were saved."

Screams came with the wind. Jiang Anyi saw a merchant being chased by a bandit soldier chopping off his head. Blood was pouring out from his neck into the air, and the yellow sand and red blood were particularly eye-catching.

The caravans under the passive defense could only be killed one by one. Several caravans gathered a team of more than 200 people and rushed towards the horse thieves. The caravans occupied the terrain from a high position, and the guards were also people who had experienced many battles. They took all their strength at the critical moment of life and death. The bandits could not resist and left a few bodies and fled in the desert.

However, the horses of the bandits were well-equipped for several miles and reorganized, forming a cone-shaped counterattack. In contrast, the caravan team rushed towards the cone like a pile of sand, and was quickly washed away. When the bandits turned around and chased them, the caravan could no longer form a team and could only fight with them with their personal courage. Some fearfulness of death urged the war horses to flee.

The caravan's massacre was already destined. Jiang Anyi looked at the guards who were still struggling to support him and said sternly: "Life is at stake. Please send troops to rescue these merchants as soon as possible."

The scar on Feng Pingzhong's face twitched, but he did not make any sound.

It seems that Feng Pingzhong cannot order the retreat from the custody to save these people. Jiang An said indignantly: "Since the general is afraid of taking responsibility, then please order the general to open the front line to close the door. Jiang will take people to save them?"

Feng Pingzhong looked into Jiang Anyi's eyes and said, "Master Jiang, it is not a place to do some writing on the battlefield. If the lord insists on leaving the pass, the 3,000 soldiers, one soldier and one soldier at Jingmen Pass will not accompany you. The lord will have a first words. If the lord is lost, the lord will not lead people to rescue you."

Jiang Anyi said coldly: "Life and death are fate, and it is not the general. There is no need to work on the soldiers of Jingmen Pass. As long as General Feng prepares a pair of armor for me and orders to open and close the door."

Feng Pingzhong was silent for a moment and ordered: "Zhang Daozong, you prepare for Lord Jiang. I will open the two-foot-broad door and go back to retreat after Lord Jiang comes out of seclusion."

After saying that, Feng Pingzhong turned around and faced outside the pass and said, "Mr. Jiang, take care of him."

Jiang Anyi followed Zhang Daozong down the city and summoned his twenty personal guards to prepare for attack. Xinfei felt uncomfortable and stayed in Hecheng County and did not come with him. Fan Siben and others advised each other. Jiang Anyi said in an official voice: "As the governor of Huazhou, how can Jiang sit on the verge of watching the people of Zheng be slaughtered by the Hu people?

Those personal guards have been cultivated by Jiang Anyi to have a sense of honor. The training effect is outstanding according to the method designed by the main general, making these personal guards stand out in the military competition. Jiang Anyi is generous, has a rich salary and is well equipped, and the treatment of the personal guards makes their original military camp envious and they all want to be selected as the personal guard by the governor, but Jiang Anyi did not choose a new personal guard, which made the original personal guard feel that he was superior.

Money is one aspect, and military merit is another aspect. Following the main general is a bit more risky, but you don’t have to worry about being robbed by your superiors. Take the last time you followed your wife to kill the remnants of the Yuantian Sect in the Gobi Desert for example. In addition to rewarding silver, each personal guard will receive merit once. Ten lucky people were also promoted to the deputy lieutenant of the accompanying Rong. This is a great excitement for the personal guards. The opportunity for promotion and wealth is in front of you. Who doesn’t want to fight with your life?

The personal guards were instilled with the idea of ​​responding to the enemy at any time, and their armor and weapons were carried with them. Several of the twenty personal guards followed Jiang Anyi to face the attack of the Yuantian Sect. They knew the bravery of the main general, and others had heard about Jiang Anyi's deeds from them. Although there were only twenty people, they were all very morale, wearing thin scale armor, holding long iron spears, standing beside the war horse, looking at the main general Jiang Anyi with a hot eyes, waiting for him to leave the pass and make meritorious service.

Although General Feng and Governor Jiang explained that Governor Jiang was responsible for his own responsibility for his departure, the Governor of Yizhou really died before the gates, so General Feng and himself were afraid that General Feng would not be able to escape. As Feng Pingzhong's friend, Zhang Daozong knew Feng Pingzhong's hard temper very well. This old friend made military achievements enough to promote him to a general of the fifth rank or above. However, he did not know how to adapt and was unwilling to ask for help, so he stayed at Jingmenguan and became a sixth rank general.

Jiang Anyi changed into Mingguang armor sent by Zhang Daozong, turned over to the horse, and ordered: "Get on the horse."

The personal guards behind him were neatly arranged, and they turned over and lined up in two rows, following closely behind Jiang Anyi. Zhang Daozong praised: "Mr. Jiang's personal guard is good, and I will finally wish him success."

The door was closed slowly, Jiang Anyi raised his gun and signaled that the charcoal was the first to step out of the pass. Twenty guards behind him followed him out of the pass. Above the city of pass, Feng Pingzhong looked at Jiang Anyi and the twenty guards running towards the battlefield four miles away without any haste, pursing his lips.

The door was closed and the four hundred soldiers in the urn city gathered into a row. Zhang Daozong mobilized these people to prevent accidents. Before the team, Zhang Daozong smiled bitterly: "This governor did not listen to the advice and wanted to go out of the pass to save people. We can't watch him be killed. The troops were careful. After leaving the pass, they formed a gun array and fought steadily. After saving people, they quickly moved to the pass. There were winch crossbows at the top of the city, and those Rong Mi people dared not approach."

The bandits two miles away divided a part of them to welcome Jiang Anyi, obviously trying to stop Jiang Anyi from saving people. The wind blows towards him, with a faint smell of blood. Jiang Anyi's spear tip lay flat and shouts: "Kill the enemy."
Chapter completed!