Chapter 112: Help from Jingzhou
Wang An nodded and said, "You are a good boy with guts. If you really want to join the army, wait until I drive these Western barbarians out, and then you can go to the Baicheng government office. Once you get there, you will know what to do."

Seeing that Wang An actually agreed to his young men's request, some young villagers also said with hope: "Prince, I also want to join the army!"

"I want, too!"

The teenagers' parents and elders looked at their children with complicated eyes, but did not say anything to dissuade them.

Wang An looked at the scene in front of him and nodded silently. Although the people of Jizhou were numb and poor, they had the courage to fight to the death.

Wang An jumped on his horse and said to the young people who shouted that they wanted to join the army: "If you want to join the army, go to Baicheng."

After leaving some men behind to clean up the battlefield and tow away the war horses left behind by the Western Tartars, he bowed to the people and led the army to the next place.

The young men in the village stood up and silently looked in the direction where Wang An left, secretly making up their minds that they would also go into battle and kill the enemy like Wang An.

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Just as Wang An was leading this large army to rob and kill the Western Tartar cavalry in Jizhou, a huge army was marching at a very fast speed on the official road from Jingzhou to Jizhou.

The one leading the troops was Fang Yukun, the son of Fang Shan, the governor of Jingzhou!
Although he was riding a warhorse, which was much easier than those soldiers who simply relied on their own legs to move forward, Fang Yukun still looked uncomfortable.

After speaking to the general beside him, Fang Yukun rode his horse to a carriage in the middle of the team and said, "Dad, just let me get in the carriage!"

"This horse is so uncomfortable to ride. My thighs are almost bleeding from the friction!"

Suddenly, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, revealing the old face of Fang Shan, the governor of Jingzhou. He said unhappily, "I spent 20,000 taels of silver to buy you a set of clothes for the Jingzhou garrison. Can't you have a little military spirit?"

"It's only been a short time since we left the city, and you're already feeling overwhelmed? How are we going to march, fight, and achieve great things in the future?"

Fang Yukun curled his lips and said disdainfully: "What does it matter? There will be others who will die in the war anyway. Dad, are you willing to let your son take risks on the battlefield?"

"Fool, if you don't make some achievements in the war, how can you keep this position?" Fang Shan taught him a lesson, and then said: "Of course, if the war is fierce and dangerous, your father will naturally not take you with him, but this time is different."

"The Western Khan actually marched alone into Jizhou for a woman. If we can seize this opportunity and chop off his head, then Dad's position may be further promoted!"

"And by then, my father's position as governor of Jingzhou can be left to you, right?"

When Fang Zikun heard that he had a chance to become the governor of Jingzhou, his eyes lit up and he said with his mouth open, "Then what are we waiting for, Dad? I will immediately order the entire army to run forward!"

Fang Zikun was about to turn around and give an order, but Fang Shan stopped him and said, "Idiot, come back here!"

Fang Shan reined in his horse and looked at his father in confusion.

Fang Shan said angrily, "You have exhausted the soldiers' strength now. How can they defeat those brutal Western Tartars when we get there? By then, you won't be going there to make achievements, but to give military merit to the Western Tartars!"

At this time, a general came on horseback and reported: "My Lord Governor and Lord Garrison Commander, Jizhou is thirty miles ahead."

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At this time, Wang An and Chen Huaian were running around with more than a hundred black-armored guards, and countless Western Tartars were chasing them.

However, Wang An was not afraid at all, instead he galloped away while laughing. "Huai An, what I said was right, wasn't it? I said that these Western barbarians would not give up my head. Look how many people are chasing us now?"

Chen Huaian's forehead was covered with cold sweat. He looked back and said, "Your Majesty, you can still laugh. There are at least 4,000 Western Tartar cavalry chasing us. If we are not careful, we will be doomed!"

Wang An smiled nonchalantly and said, "So we are now heading towards Jingzhou. Believe me, Fangshan will definitely not be willing to give up such a great achievement."

"Will they really come?" Chen Huaian asked with some doubt.

Wang An nodded firmly, "Even if they don't come, we can just take these Western Tartars to Jingzhou!"

Suddenly, a deputy general beside Chen Huaian pointed to the distance and exclaimed, "My Lord, look quickly, are there reinforcements in the distance?"

Wang An and the other man hurriedly looked into the distance and saw a huge team coming towards them.

Wang An looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, saying, "Huai'an, look at what I said!"

Chen Huaian was also pleasantly surprised and echoed: "Look at their flags and attire, they are indeed the troops from Jingzhou!"

Just as he finished sighing, Wang An raised his whip and lashed the horse under his crotch, saying: "All troops speed up and join forces with the soldiers from Jingzhou!"

As the Jingzhou soldiers from Fangshan gradually approached, not only Wang An and others saw them, but even the Western Tartars who were chasing after Wang An saw them as well.

At the forefront of the Western Tartar troops were the Western Tartar envoys who had been shouting and cursing outside the city that day.

A general beside him asked, "Sir, these Southern Dynasty reinforcements have arrived. What should we do? Should we engage in battle?"

The Western Tartar envoys were suddenly in a dilemma.

Originally, the Khan of the Western Tartars kept him in Jizhou in order to massacre the people of Jizhou to vent his anger. However, when he later heard that Wang An was so bold as to leave the city, the Western Tartar envoy, instigated by his subordinates, immediately gathered all the scattered troops to hunt down Wang An.

This also resulted in the Western Tartars not having time to plunder many places.

But at this time, if the enemy had reinforcements, they would immediately flee.

Not only did this operation yield no results, it also resulted in the loss of hundreds of soldiers. After returning, the Western Tartar envoys did not even dare to imagine what kind of treatment they would encounter.

Gritting his teeth, the Western Tartar envoy said with determination: "Chase! The Southern Dynasty people have always been weak and incompetent, and they will collapse at the first blow! I believe that under the iron hoof of my army, they will surely fall apart."

The Western Tartar envoys have decided to try to engage in a fight with the other side.

If the enemy has a large number of people or strong combat effectiveness, it will not be difficult for the Western Lu cavalry to escape due to their mobility.

But if the other party really collapsed at the first blow as he said, then not only could he get Wang An's head, he could even make even greater military achievements.

Soon, the two armies were close enough to each other that they could see each other's faces.

On the Jingzhou side, under the organization of the Jingzhou generals, the Jingzhou soldiers immediately formed a formation.

(End of this chapter)