Chapter 364 C-word scroll last stand

Ganzhou City, also known as Zhangye in later generations, is the seat of the Five Guards of Gansu Province and the seat of the Xingdu Division of Shaanxi Province. Weizhen's troop management organization, and the real power to train troops and fight wars have been gathered in the hands of the guarding general.

  With the loss of the Seven Guards in Kansai, Ganzhou has actually become the most prosperous city at the western end of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

  Of course, the so-called prosperity here cannot be compared with cities like Datong and Xi’an, not to mention cities like Jingshi, Suzhou, Yangzhou, and Jinling, but in the Hexi Corridor, including Hetao, this is a leading city.

  Including the families of guarding soldiers and officers and the merchants and residents who provide services for the guards and capitals, there are more than 30,000 people in the city, which can be regarded as a prosperous place in the western frontier of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.

  When Feng Ziying and his party arrived at the General Military Mansion, the entire General Military Mansion was already in chaos.

  Since the former chief soldier died of illness, Ma Xia, the deputy chief soldier, has been acting as chief soldier here, but this general soldier Ma is obviously not qualified.

Yesterday, Feng Ziying and his team came to the General Military Mansion early in the morning and asked the guard. The guard only said that the Deputy Chief Soldier hadn't seen anyone early in the morning, and even his bodyguards were gone, so it is not clear where he went, maybe it was Went to inspect the town army.

  Ganzhou town has a circumference of ten miles, and each department is stationed at four gates. With the fall of Liangzhou Wei and Yongchang Wei, the situation here has become increasingly tense.

   It is unbelievable that Ma Zongbing suddenly disappeared in such an emergency, and he has not seen anyone since yesterday and this morning, and he has dozens of bodyguards with him.

  When Feng Ziying, Zhang Jin and others rushed to the General Military Mansion, they even caught up with a general who came to report the military situation and was swearing with a livid face.

"What's going on, brother?" Feng Ziying already had some bad predictions, but he still tried his best to understand the current situation. If the situation is really out of control, I'm sorry, it's important to run away from the west gate. He would never bury his life in such a place, even if he detoured back from Xiningwei, at least it would be better than being buried in this burial and chaos.

   "Who are you?" The burly man in iron leaf armor unceremoniously pushed Feng Zuo who stood in front of him, and said sharply, "Is the important place of the General Military Mansion allowed to be trespassed by uninvolved people?"

   "The commander-in-chief has already run away, so what's the point?" Feng Ziying sneered and asked, "Who are you?"

  Hearing Feng Ziying say that the commander-in-chief ran away, the strong man's face suddenly changed, and the waist knife in his hand was about to move, but Feng Zuo had already held it down with one hand: "Be safe, don't be impatient, we are not outsiders!"

The strong man felt the fierce aura from Feng Zuo, raised his hand slightly, but did not move, and after another effort, Feng Zuo's hand had already been released. Then he narrowed his eyes and looked at Feng Ziying's group of people, and said in a deep voice: "Who are you waiting for? Hurry up and report your name, otherwise you won't be blamed for being rude, come on!"

  Several soldiers in full armor rushed out with guns, and one of them was actually carrying a three-eyed firecracker.

Before Feng Ziying could speak, Zhang Jin had already stood up: "My official Long Jin Wei Beizhen Fusi Deputy Qianhu Zhang Jin, was ordered by the right servant of the Ministry of War and the governor of the three sides, Mr. Chai, to join the army Zanhua and the concubine Feng Keng. Send an envoy to the Tumed Department and supervise the army in Gansu!"

  Long Jinwei Beizhen Fusi? This really shocked the strong man in front of him, with an expression of disbelief on his face, but when he saw Zhang Jin's Long Jinwei waist card, the general quickly bowed his hands: "The last general of Gansu Town The guerrilla general He Zhisheng has met Mr. Zhang!"

  Seeing that Zhang Jin returned the gift, He Zhisheng was a little puzzled by Feng Ziying's status as a concubine.

  He was born in Wu Xun at any rate. Although he lives in Gansu Town, he still knows the status of a Shujishi, but he has never heard of a Shujishi who can accompany the army to praise paintings.

  Generally speaking, it should be the head of the Ministry of War to praise paintings with the army. How did it become a nondescript sage who came to praise paintings with the army? Also sent to Tumed Ministry?

   It seems that even this Zhang Qianhu is still dominated by this young man?

   After a little hesitation, He Zhisheng barely raised his hand: "The last general has seen Feng Zanhua."

  Zan Hua is not an official position, but an errand, but you can't call the other party Feng Shuji, right? That was too much of a mouthful.

  Feng Ziying looked him up and down, "Who is Uncle He Qianhou from Shoushanbo He's family?"

  The strong man was taken aback, and he also looked Feng Ziying up and down: "It's the uncle of the last general, I don't know your honor..."

   "So it's Brother He! This is Feng Keng and Feng Ziying, my father's martial arts general Feng Tang." Feng Ziying said with a smile.

   "Ah?!" He Zhisheng was taken aback, "Are you the boss of the Feng family?"

  The Feng family and the He family are not too close, but they are both considered martial arts, and like the Shoushanbo He family and the Feng family, they are different from the four kings and eight princes. They all came from the dragon after Zhou Taizu raised troops to the north.

  The He family is a family of military generals in Baoding directly from the north, just like the Feng family is a family in Linqing, Shandong.

   Obviously, He Zhisheng has also heard of Feng Ziying.

  Feng Ziying has the impression that He Qianhou is the current head of the He family. He seems to be a hereditary second-class man who has been at home all the time, but his son He Zhizhong Feng Ziying has a deep impression.

  Because He Zhizhong was the commander of Dongcheng Bingmasi, when Liu Xianglian bought the garden, he had dealt with Bingmasi, and Feng Ziying even visited the door for this purpose.

   Moreover, the He family's appearance features are particularly obvious, with a pair of high cheekbones and thick black hanging eyebrows, they can be recognized at a glance.

He Zhizhong and this guy are really like brothers. I didn't expect them to be cousins, but after thinking about it, this guy actually went to a remote place like Ganzhou to serve as a general. I guess he wasn't even a descendant. It was a concubine who was kicked to Gansu Town, but judging from his appearance, he seemed to be able to fight, and it was not bad to be a guerrilla general.

"He Shixiong, I didn't expect to meet Shixiong here. It should be said to be a lucky meeting, but the current scene is really not a lucky meeting." Feng Ziying also bowed his hands, "Little brother, the right servant of the military department, the three governors, Mr. Chai and After being sent to Tumo Tebu Shitu Division by the right-hand censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Mr. Yang and Mr. Zhang made a detour to Gansu Town to check and supervise the military affairs, but he did not expect to encounter such a thing as soon as he arrived,..."

As soon as the words are said, it can be regarded as an old acquaintance in a foreign land. They are all children of Wu Xun in Beijing, and Feng Ziying made friends deliberately, and quickly warmed up: "Brother He Shi, it seems that Ma Xia should have run away. Who is the leader in the city now?" host?"

He Zhisheng was also full of bitterness, "To tell you the truth, brother, I only arrived last night. Brother Yu was originally stationed at the Gaotai Station. He received an order from the Commander-in-Chief. He set off the morning before yesterday and arrived at the Commander-in-Chief's Mansion when he arrived last night. When I reported to the police, I said that the commander-in-chief hadn't returned, and after paying the order, he went back to rest, and since he came today, it has already become like this..."

Feng Ziying knew Gaotai, which was the main throat between Ganzhou and Suzhou. Generally speaking, a guerrilla general led an army of 3,000 troops to garrison. When the chaos army was strong, they were afraid that they would not be able to leave the city if they were besieged, so they simply left.

"Is there anyone in charge in this Ganzhou city now? How many troops can be mobilized?" Feng Ziying didn't have time to say more. He just asked if there was any room for recovery. If not, he quickly dragged He Zhisheng all the way west to the Let's talk about Gaotai.

  He Zhisheng hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "I don't know about it, but if Zongbing Ma fled alone, there should be three to five thousand troops in the city. I don't know whether the general Guo Shengyao knows Dalang?"

  Feng Ziying shook her head, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Shi, I just want to ask, can he immediately organize the defense in the city to keep an eye on the rebels' attack? Add your people too!"

"Dalang, I only brought 1,000 soldiers. Although there are still 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers in the city, I don't know how many can be assembled." Nodding his head, he said, "General Guo is considered to be the number one character in Gansu Town. You have to find him and ask him to find out."

   "Then send someone to look for it right away!" Zhang Jin's sinister voice made He Zhisheng startled, and then he remembered that there was a ruthless man from Captain Long beside him, "Okay, I'll let him go look for it right away."

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   "How sure are you?" Feng Ziying stood on the top of the city wall and looked at the rebels who had already started preparing for the second round of attacking the city. He knew that he was an amateur, but he still wanted to ask.

  He Zhisheng ignored him, Feng Ziying could only shut up embarrassingly.

  The rebels came very quickly, not like the so-called dead end at all, but the number was smaller than expected, only about 8,000, less than 10,000, which gave Feng Ziying some confidence.

But the situation in the city is even more chilling. There are less than 2,000 soldiers. The general Guo Shengyao went to the city in the round of enemy raids just now. He was seriously injured. Now he is unconscious, but he successfully defeated The first round of offensive launched by the enemy with vigor.

   I have to say that Ganzhou City did not fall, largely because of Guo Shengyao's two thousand soldiers.

  The town of Ganzhou is too large, and if the 8,000 rebels want to disperse their attack, it is obviously powerless, so the rebels are also very smart and directly choose the weakest south gate as a breakthrough point.

  Of course, harassment is inevitable. The harassment of three to five hundred people can make the defenders in the city scramble, and once they break through, they can have the effect of breaking through.

"They are all Liu Baichuan's soldiers, and there are no Mongols?" The ten Yebushou and Jianshao who followed were divided into several groups, and each group led thirty or fifty soldiers to patrol the city wall. Responsible for culling, while Zhang Jin and Feng Zuo personally led a hundred elites as a reserve team, and they would go up in person once they broke through.

He Zhisheng took a deep breath. As a guerrilla, he was driving ducks to the shelves, and he was in charge of guarding the entire city by himself. However, in such a huge Ganzhou city, not to mention two or three thousand people, even ten thousand people are not enough. Fortunately, there are not enough rebels.

  (end of this chapter)