Chapter 26 Foreshadowing

"Haha, you didn't see the look on Xu Wenzu's face."

Zheng Fan grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds from the blind man's hand and ate them while chattering.

Blind Bei smiled and said:

"I can understand it. I've finished the foreplay and I'm ready for everything, but it turns out it's a man."

"Blind man, I noticed that after you overdrafted once, your whole style changed a bit." A Ming joked next to him.

"Who doesn't have a young age? It's a pity that this world is set in ancient times. Otherwise, I could push everyone on WeChat whose name starts with A to you."

When Fan Li heard this, he rubbed his head and asked, "What do you mean?"

Sixiang glared at the blind man and said to Fan Li:

"You're just a kid, let's talk to adults." Don't interrupt."

"Oh."

Fan Li continued to squat by the threshold and continued to listen to everyone.

Since that time when everyone was chatting in the pavilion at night, Fan Li directly said, "How about we kill the master?",

While everyone was chatting, I tacitly excluded this fool.

There is no need to fight anymore. To be precise, there is no need to fight that kind of war. Everyone is actually quite happy, so they deliberately talk cheerfully to liven up the atmosphere.

Back to the subject,

Blind Man Bei said:

"Qian Ren is going to completely fortify the wall and clear the country."

Just abandon the fortress group, don't , this seems to be an extremely passive way to avoid fighting, but it is like withdrawing one's fist, which makes it even harder to deal with.

The fortress group was first used as a defensive measure to prevent the Yan people's small group of cavalry from going south. This is indeed the case. After the defeat of the Gan people a hundred years ago, small-scale frictions between the two sides were actually common. Then the Gan people began to build fortifications. Slowly, there were no longer small groups of Yan cavalry going south to clear grass valleys.

Later, the decline of the desert barbarian royal court led to the rise of the East-West Silk Road. Everyone began to be busy making money and doing business. The border between the two countries was more like a large transit market.

However, at present, it is a foregone conclusion that the Yan people will move south on a large scale, so the Qianguo's fortress defense system is actually of no substantive significance.

Because you no longer need to give early warning, it is difficult for you to play a real blocking role.

When Zheng Fan led only 400 cavalry south to the territory of Qian Kingdom for the first time, he first pulled out a nail in front of him, and then carefully inserted it.

But when he led more than a thousand cavalry to the south for the second time, he just did it casually, more like practicing his skills. When he came back, he did it even more generously.

You can just light the beacon fire. Anyway, you can't catch me, and the soldiers in the fortress don't dare to attack to stop me.

So, after this measure is implemented, Qian Guo can stop its losses and no longer have to invest too much in the fortress group.At the same time, it can also reduce the number of troops.

However, the Qian Kingdom was ruled by scholar-bureaucrats. What the scholar-bureaucrats liked most was to talk nonsense and shout slogans regardless of the reality. Such a decision could be made in the court of the Qian Kingdom. It must have been the efforts of the court’s princes. Executed by consensus.

Zheng Fan said:

"In this way, the Yan army will no longer face the forts of small groups, but directly face the three towns. .

Liang Zhen, Wei Zhen, and Chen Zhen are the three major fortresses, and they are the first line of defense for the Qian Kingdom. /p>

The second line of defense is based on the Western Army and is deployed on the front line of Mianzhou City. There are 150,000 Western Army and more than 40,000 Wolf Soldiers.

Mianzhou. The city is not very big, but what the Western Army is best at is the defense of civil fortifications. Relying on Mianzhou City, it has built an extremely strong line of defense.

The third line of defense is one hundred thousand. The Forbidden Army, plus 50,000 ancestral troops and more than 100,000 soldiers similar to the Yan State, were built at the junction of Chujun and the three northern towns.

This defense relies on several Chujun troops. A city, and when needed at the front, troops can be deployed from here to supplement the first two lines of defense."

A Ming looked at his master with some surprise. Originally, the blind man should be responsible for these tasks. But it seems that his master is not completely idle either.

"The three lines of defense add up to nearly 700,000 troops. And because Yan is coming so aggressively this time and takes the initiative to start a war, some things can no longer be hidden."

Blind Bei took out a letter from his sleeve and said:

"Now the Sixth Prince's informants in Qian Country are increasingly trying to pass back information or valuable information. It’s difficult, but this one is pretty good.

What it’s about is that this time, facing the pressure from the Yan State, the three sides were unbearable, and the imperial army made a mess of chicken feathers when they went north, which led to it being covered up before. The hidden acne was uncovered.

Emperor Qian was very angry. Three people were dismissed from the Privy Council, and one husband was given a parasol to return home.

Qian. The emperor also has some tricks."

"There are only a few emperors in this world who don't eat minced meat." Zheng Fan said.

A Ming said: "That means that as long as the stalemate continues, Qian State will be able to reform itself because of the pressure from Yan State?"

"It has already begun. "Yes." Xiazi Bei corrected, "The three sides and the Shangjing Forbidden Army originally had an army size of 800,000 each. According to tradition, if we squeeze the water, there should be more than 700,000.

You must know that the problem of three redundancies in the Qian Kingdom is already very serious, and military expenditures are the top priority. Every year, the military expenditures of the Qian Kingdom court are fully allocated. As for how to distribute them, how much can they be allocated? fall toIn the hands of the military, this is a tacit understanding that has been established for decades.

In the past, even if the emperor knew about this problem, he would not dare to do anything about it. The Qian Kingdom did not have Li Liangting and Tian Wujing.

But now, taking advantage of the national war, we can take action. Given time, if the Qian Kingdom can really train enough troops and horses, let alone the Great Yan going south..."< /p>

“It is unlikely to push back. "Zheng Fan said.

"I can't say for sure. "Blind Bei shook his head, "It depends on the fate of the country and luck. God knows if there are any future generals in the cadre. ”

The Yan Kingdom was almost destroyed, but the first generation of Zhenbeihou came out and defeated the army of 500,000 Qian Kingdom.

This is fate, and It is the so-called national destiny.

Of course, this kind of destiny does not happen often, and it also comes with various special conditions. Even if you ask the first generation Zhenbei Hou himself to do it again, he will not say anything. Without that glorious victory.

“Maybe our level is not high enough. I don’t believe that the problems that we can see cannot be seen by those three. "Zheng Fan said.

"My lord, what you said is just like the common people who always think that the emperor is good and the ministers around the emperor are bad. ”

“This is actually true. Zheng Fan smiled and said to the blind man: "Throughout the ages, no matter how stupid the emperors are, how many of them foolishly want to deliberately destroy their own world?" "

"Look, we can only watch now anyway. "Blind Bei stretched out his hand and rubbed his temples, and said: "I asked the Sixth Prince's caravan to help inquire about some situations, and found that our Dayan did not manufacture large quantities of equipment for siege, and the materials in this area were not available. No large-scale collection was conducted.

Perhaps, as your Lord said, the three above actually have a plan in mind, otherwise the Marquis of Jingnan would not have issued the order while the Zhenbei Army was still busy trying to conquer the family. Letting these military leaders go south to carry out harassment, isn't this just trying to scare off the enemy? "

As he said that, the blind man faced Liang Cheng again and said:

"A Cheng, please tell me. ”

After returning from the gathering place, Liang Cheng has not spoken much.

Seeing the blind man calling his name and asking him to talk, Liang Cheng could only speak. Said:

“Cavalry is a waste when used to attack a city. "

A Ming shook his head and said: "Don't talk nonsense. "

Liang Cheng nodded,

and said:

"Not necessarily. "

......

Mianzhou City has been visited twice by Zheng Shoubei, but there will not be a third time in a short period of time.

Even if Cuiliu Fort failed this time. If the bleeding is successful, even if Zheng Shoubei brings his entire family,Faced with this kind of unreasonable civil engineering work, even if they have exhausted their family resources, they may not even be able to touch the wall of Mianzhou City again.

The winter wind is like a knife cutting meat.

Zhong Wendao stood on the city wall, and beside him stood his youngest son Zhong Tianlang.

The major general of the Western Army rushed for hundreds of miles, broke the enemy's stronghold, and killed Zheng Fan. His great achievements have been publicized. This is a victory that boosts morale.

Throughout the ages, truly outstanding generals have understood that even if they are fighting a defensive war, they can never completely shrink their hands and passively take a beating.

The general direction is defense, but in order to improve morale, it is necessary to gain some local advantages.

This is the fundamental reason why Zhong Wendao is willing to hand over the most precious cavalry of the Western Army to his youngest son to "make mischief".

At this time, both father and son were standing in the cold wind. Zhong Tianlang was a little worried about his father's health, but he also knew that if he persuaded his father to go back and rest if the wind was too strong at this time, he would instead Making his father unhappy.

"I am very happy as a father that you can have these understandings."

"My son was indeed a little ignorant before."

"This battle , it’s not easy to fight, the Yan people are not the Northern Qiang, nor are they the chieftains in the southwest mountains.”

“My son knows”

“Take your arrogance and keep your sharpness. "

"My son thanks my father for his teachings."

"The Western Army is destined to be handed over to you. In fact, when we received the order from the imperial court to mobilize troops. My father had hesitated."

As he spoke, Zhong Wendao glanced around and said:

"The most terrifying thing in the north has never been the weather, but the plain. Smooth road."

"Father, no matter how powerful the Yan people's cavalry is, they can't rush through our Western Army's stronghold."

Zhong Wendao glanced at his son and said nothing. There was a hint of sadness between his eyebrows.

Zhong Tianlang said again:

"Father, if we want to go to the Northern Expedition, we must support our own cavalry."

"Northern Expedition?"

"Yes, the Northern Expedition. My son believes that one day, I will lead the Northern Expedition to the Yanman!"

When Zhong Wendao heard this, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth,

He did not want to discuss the difficulty of the Northern Expedition with his son,

nor did he want to explain how taboo the word "Northern Expedition" was in the court,

But it is normal for young people to yearn for this.

It was the same back then.

Zhong Wendao couldn't help but think of the scene when he, Meng Gong's father and others stood beside the assassin-faced husband. At that time, they were actually planning the Northern Expedition.

A part of the Western Army was dedicated to restraining the Northern Qiang, but they did not kill the Northern Qiang. The purpose was to use the Northern Qiang to strengthen the Qian Kingdom.of cavalry.

However, after the prosperity dissipated and the mood became depressed, many things that could make people excited in the past are no longer relevant.

To the extent that you have no idea of ​​drooping your eyelids a little more.

At this moment, a group of sentinels returned to camp, went straight into the military camp, and then straight into the south gate of Mianzhou City, which was just below where Zhong Wendao and his son were standing.

Military reports that can go directly into the city must have reached a certain level. Ordinary military reports will be digested outside and submitted after analysis.

After all, the coach is not a god, and it is impossible for one person to control everything in an army camp of nearly 200,000 people in every detail.

Zhong Tianlang took the initiative to go down to receive the military report,

After a while,

Zhong Tianlang came back with an excited smile on his face,

he said:

"Father, my second uncle led the Xishan Camp northward."

Xishan is The Qian Kingdom's frontline position against the Northern Qiang, where part of the Western Army was stationed, had always been in charge of Zhong Wendao's younger brother, Zhong Wenmian.

The Western Army is a huge military group. Although the Zhong family has a transcendent status in the Western Army, it does not have absolute control over the Western Army like the Zhenbei Houfu. He is more like a member of a specific era. A military... freak formed by certain conditions.

Zhong Wendao and Zhong Wenmian, the two principals of the Zhong family, are symbols of the Western Army and are called Xianggong Zhong and Xianggong Xiao Zhong by the outside world.

Zhong Tianlang was very excited, because although Xishan Camp had a small number of troops, only 30,000, most of them were horse pawns, that is, cavalry.

It can be said that the most elite cavalry force in the entire Daqian is the Xishan Camp.

In Zhong Tianlang's opinion, after his second uncle arrived, he would be able to fight more calmly in the future. Compared with the dullness of the initial battle, he preferred the horseback battle that came and went like the wind.

However,

Zhong Wendao did not show the slightest joy on his face. Instead, he grabbed the bricks on the wall with one hand, and his nails were on the bricks. Clear marks were drawn on the stone.

"Father?"

Zhong Tianlang was a little frightened.

What every son fears most is actually his father’s anger.

"Hehe...hehehe...hahahaha..."

Zhong Wendao laughed,

"Before departure, for My father repeatedly told your uncle that it was enough for the Western Army to send 150,000 men to the north. You must leave some money at home for the Western Army.

Your uncle once agreed in front of his father! Yes,

But now..."

"Father, for the great cause of resisting Yan, our Zhong family can't...can't..."

Zhong Wendao suddenly stared at He lost his own son,

This horrifying look frightened ZhongTianlang's heart sank.

"Do you want to tell my father that you must take into account the overall situation, the country, and the common people, and don't care about the gains and losses of your family?"

"No , My son doesn’t dare, my son doesn’t dare.”

“That’s what you mean, that’s what you mean!”

Zhong Wendao gritted his teeth, his silver hair shining in the cold wind. drift.

"The transfer of the Xishan Camp is almost here, but my father has never received the news and has never seen the court approval. Do you know why?"

"Son ..."

"This must be an imperial envoy sent by the imperial court to communicate with your uncle in person! Your uncle is going north under the order, hehehe, hehe..."

"Father..."

"As a father, I am already an old man. He is old enough to play with his grandson. In order to do great things, I have to put on my shirt and lead the Western Army to the north.

Where is the court? Where is the court?

He is busy dividing our Western Army. "

Zhong Tianlang was silent.

The imperial court has always wanted to solve the problem of the Western Army's vassal towns. This is a fact that everyone knows. This time, the imperial court took advantage of his father's absence to instigate his uncle to go north. This move actually marked the beginning of the Western Army's Since then they have been separated.

The Xishan Camp will no longer be part of the Western Army sequence and will be independent.

"Father, the son has something to say. Even if the father wants to punish his son, the son must say it."

"You say it, because the father lets you say it!"

"Father, our Western Army is really too big."

The southwest battlefield is under the jurisdiction of the Western Army, and the land of Northern Qiang is under the jurisdiction of the Western Army. Military jurisdiction, and even the imperial court had to dispatch the Western Army to take charge of rebellions in some places.

"Big?" Zhong Wendao suddenly smiled and said: "How old are you? The Western Army that suppressed the rebellion of the southwest chieftains was really big.

Son, I am a father. I know what you want to say, and my father also knows what you mean, but you have never experienced some things, so you don’t understand.

This is war time, because the Yan people may go south at any time, so. The princes in the court are so easy to talk to.

Once the war is over, once the war is over,

the civil and military affairs will naturally start to separate. ”

Zhong Tianlang wanted to say something else,

but Zhong Wendao raised his hand to stop him,

“Do you really think that as a father, you hate your uncle for starting his own business?”

"This..."

"Do you really think that my father deliberately refused to move the Xishan camp to the north this time to leave a way for my Zhong family to escape? To leave a place for my Zhong family to live and work. "Father..."

Zhong Tianlang suddenly discovered that his father seemed to have lost a lot of energy at once, and he looked older. many.

“Hehehe...hehehehe...Hahahahaha..."

Zhong Wendao laughed again,

"The man who once evaluated the princes of the dynasty:

…………

On this day,

Xu Wenzu had summoned nearly ten thousand cavalry but had to disband and return to camp;

On this day,

30,000 soldiers from the Xishan Camp of the Western Army rode into three sides;

On this day,

Zheng Fan did not choose a color;

On this day,

A down-and-out swordsman and an old man holding a long sail came outside Yanjing City. The old man must have caught a cold and sneezed:

"A sneeze! ”

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This chapter is foreshadowing, don’t panic.