The sun was shining brightly at noon the next day, but no matter how warm the sun was at this time, it could not illuminate the anxious and uneasy hearts of many people in Chuzhou City.
Man is a being with strong adaptability. This adaptability is not only the natural environment, but also many, many other aspects.
Yesterday, the king’s head and battle flag dispersed the energy of the people in the city. However, just when everyone was preparing to bury their heads and accept this change of identity,
The Yan army in the city actually left the city.
Moreover, it was done extremely thoroughly.
This makes the people and dignitaries in the city feel extremely complicated. They have been changing postures continuously for the past few days, and everyone can't stand it.
Wen Sutong and Liu Sicheng stood on the tower, looking at the Yan army that was lining up neatly and continuously leaving the city.
Wen Sutong was better off. The old man had seen too many storms after all. At this time, wearing his official robe, he showed a leisurely feeling of going out to relax under the warm winter sun.
Liu Sicheng's face looked slightly gloomy.
Some people can only become pawns on the chessboard. They don’t know how big the sky is outside the chessboard, and they just do their jobs in a down-to-earth manner.
He killed those who deserved to be killed;
Knelt to those who deserved to be knelt.
Liu Sicheng is such a person. All the high spirits in the past few days have been blown away by the rain and wind with the departure of Yan Ren.
"Master Wen, you already knew that the Yan people would leave, right?"
Wen Sutong nodded.
"Then, I dare to ask Mr. Wen, what should we do?"
When the invaders leave, the puppet army will naturally panic, precisely because they know what they are doing What kind of character does he have to be such a bitch?
"Let's see." Wen Sutong remained calm and composed.
"Xiaguan, Xiaguan, in Xiaguan's heart..."
Wen Sutong smiled and said:
"How does it feel to take revenge?"
Liu Sicheng's elder brother was dismissed from his post because he offended a powerful man in Chuzhou City, and died of illness on the way to his assignment.
Now, that powerful family has been wiped out by Liu Sicheng's butcher's knife two days ago.
The worried look on Liu Sicheng's face dissipated slightly,
said:
"Changkuai."
"It's all over if you have fun. "
"This..."
Wen Sutong reached out, patted Liu Sicheng on the shoulder, and said sincerely:
"Since the decision has been made, Don't hesitate any more. The worst outcome is that Master Wang comes in again and your general Liu family is wiped out. I, the Wen family, will accompany your Liu family on the road.
No matter how you calculate it, it’s not a big loss for you, is it?”
“That’s the truth, oh no, no, no, that’s not what I mean, no…”
Wen Sutong waved his hand nonchalantly and said:
"In the days to come, I would like to ask General Liu to do a good job and replenish his troops, even if they are just useless. If you add them all in, Chuzhou City must have tens of thousands of guards to be worthy of such a tall city wall, right?"
"Xiaoguan understands"
" Although I advise you to believe the Yan people, even I think this is a bit strange, but now we are no longer qualified to be pretentious.
We have already killed this city. We have offended too many people, and we have offended too many people. Even those who have been favored by us are smiling and flattering now, but if the news goes wrong in the future, they will be the first to stab us in the back, and we will die. The worse it is, the more their cowardice today will be washed away.
Oh, isn’t it funny? There are obviously pigs and dogs in the city who are greedy for life and fear of death, but they didn’t even bark before. When the time comes, it will bite people the hardest."
As he spoke,
Wen Sutong raised his head slightly and stretched his old arms and legs that had been standing for a long time. , sighed:
"However, we are worse than pigs and dogs."
…………
The army left the city.
This time, the marching speed was not as exaggerated as when they continuously crossed the three border defense lines of Qianguo. It can be said to be quite leisurely.
First of all, there is still plenty of battle ahead, so there is no need to tire yourself out.
Secondly, it is also convenient to wait for the armies on the three sides of Qianguo, leaving them some space to pursue.
Zheng Fan didn’t know whether the blind man became the groom last night, and neither did the other demon kings.
What is very unfair is that the blind man can "peep" on everyone else, but others cannot peep on him.
Even if you want to sneak to the tent at night, you can't avoid the blind man's detection.
However, it is inevitable for men to make dirty jokes when walking together.
Xue San rode alongside Zheng Fan and whispered: "My lord, according to my subordinate's experience, the blind man must have done nothing last night. Then The little lady is walking very normally this morning."
Zheng Fan said with a smile:
"I can't say that the blind man is a toothpick and you are a mace."
< p>"Hey, hey hey!"Xue San smiled like a fool who was just over 1 meter old.
I just thought that what the Lord said was really sweet!
After the army was far away from Chuzhou City, a military order came from Li Fusheng, ordering Zheng Fan's troops to monitor the Qingshan County army.
The capture of Chuzhou City provided the entire army with abundant supplies, but the Yan army was not so bored as to capture every city in the south. Therefore, during the march of the army, some Qianguo soldiers were also allowed to go unchecked. The city exists.
But in order to ensure that the army is not disturbed during its march, a separate team will be sentThe men and horses went to watch the movements of the city, firstly to warn the troops in the city not to move randomly, and secondly to provide cover for the army.
The Yan people are basically cavalry, so they can be so willful and arrogant. He is obviously a bandit walking in the master's house, but he can still warn the master not to act blindly.
This job has always been done by each department in turn, and the monitoring personnel are allocated according to the number of city guards.
This time, it was Zheng Fan’s turn.
After receiving the military order, Zheng Fan led his 2,500 cavalry to break away from the army and galloped thirty miles westward to the outskirts of Qingshan City.
In yesterday's war, Qingshan City almost became a decisive point, because after realizing that something was wrong, Zu Dongcheng ordered his troops to move closer to Qingshan City.
To be honest, once this army enters Qingshan City, even if the city wall of Qingshan City is not very high and the city defense facilities are not very complete, no matter how crazy Li Fusheng is, he cannot really order his men to Zhenbei. The soldiers went to attack the city.
When the Cuiliu Fort cavalry appeared in the sight of the Qingshan City defenders, gongs and drums sounded loudly in the city, and more and more people could be seen running up the city wall. The entire Qingshan County, like Facing a powerful enemy!
The leader of the enemy,
Zheng Shoubei,
had already sat down, holding a piece of peach cake in his hand, eating and drinking water. .
Beside Zheng Fan, the blind man and Siniang sat.
The military order is only responsible for monitoring the city to prevent the city's defenders from sending small groups of troops to cause harassment, but not for attacking the city, so Zheng Shoubei is in a very relaxed mood now.
"Qingshan City should have received the news of Qianjun's defeat yesterday." The blind man said.
"This is natural." Zheng Fan clapped his hands, and Siniang thoughtfully put the water bag downwards for her master to wash his hands.
Qingshan City is so close to the battlefield, and after the victory, the Yan army retreated to Chuzhou City to rest and recuperate. No matter how stupid the officials and guards in Qingshan County were, they would not be so stupid as to go out of the city to check the situation. No one is sent.
The traces of tens of thousands of people fighting and the plains littered with corpses cannot be concealed no matter what. Besides, in yesterday’s battle, although most of the Gan army was annihilated, there were still some A few were lucky enough to escape, and there must have been deserters in Qingshan City.
"Actually, based on the achievements made by the lord, he should have been promoted to the rank of general a long time ago." The blind man said.
"Why are you so anxious? The key is Marquis Jingnan, he is deliberately suppressing me."
If you want to be a general, you can just join Marquis Zhenbei directly.
However, Zheng Fan was not dissatisfied with Jingnan Hou's suppression, because he could see that Tian Wujing's intention to promote him was that he hoped that he could accumulate a lot of experience.
“It’s best if your lord can think about it by himself. I feel that Marquis Jingnan wants to arrange an errand for the lord in the future that he can take charge of alone, at least.He is also the most unparalleled general in the county.
So, we still have to earn more military merit, which is related to the position we can be assigned in the future.
It would be most comfortable if it could be directly assigned to Chuzhou City. ”
If the war in Dayan goes smoothly,
Qian Kingdom will either be directly destroyed or be defeated into the Southern Dynasties.
As long as the three sides of Qian Kingdom can be defeated, The entire northern part of the Qian Kingdom will be reduced to the Yan Kingdom's sphere of influence. Those cities that have not been removed can only be reduced to isolated cities. Isolated cities are actually very easy to fight.
For a long period of time in the future, it should be expected that a general will guard a town and defend one side, which is the so-called military control.
This kind of situation. This situation will last until Dayan digests the newly occupied territory, and then the governance will be transferred from the hands of the generals to the imperial court.
Throughout the ages, this has always been the case when dynasties change.
Zheng Shoubei was very open-minded about this and said with a smile:
"It's not difficult to make meritorious deeds. Although I don't have a clue, but somehow, I may have been too unlucky in my previous life. I am really lucky in this life." It's so good, the credit is like rushing to get into my arms. ”
“Hehehe. "The blind man and Siniang both laughed.
"Don't laugh, I'm serious. ”
“The subordinates are happy for the Lord. The Lord is blessed with great blessings and good fortune.” "The blind man flattered me.
At this moment,
A group of cavalry rushed from the formation towards the city wall of Qingshan County. This was a group of cavalry led by Liang Cheng. Baiqi didn't want to attack the city, but just went for a horse race out of boredom, and put some pressure on the other side.
The city wall also responded and fired arrows early. < /p>
Liang Cheng did not get too close to the city wall and led his troops back outside the shooting range of the city wall guards.
After returning, Liang Cheng dismounted and walked up to Zheng Fan. Come and say:
"There are quite a lot of defenders on the city wall, and the armors are also a little different. I guess this city absorbed a lot of deserters yesterday, and also mobilized the people in the city to help defend the city. . ”
“Yeah. ”
Zheng Fan was not surprised by this. After this, it would be a bit too much to take the city by rushing through the gate, just like what he encountered when he attacked Mianzhou City twice. Different situations are the same.
Ganren's armament is useless, but not all Ganren are mentally retarded.
After eating, Zheng Fan sat cross-legged and started to run his own machine. Qi and blood.
His strength has been stuck at the eighth level for a while, but he really has no idea how to continue to improve.
Of course, it is normal to have no idea. , after all, Zheng Shoubei's strength has increased at an alarming rate.
No one will bother the Lord at this time. After all, the Lord is not only practicing for himself, but also for all the demon kings.Practice.
The blind man went to a farther place and sat down and began to read the files obtained from Chuzhou City, which recorded many things about the Qianguo court.
A soldier squatted next to the blind man and delivered hot water to him from time to time.
Fan Li and Xue San were together, and they began to wander around, looking for small holes to see if they could dig out hibernating snakes.
A Ming and Liang Cheng sat together,
the water bag. A Ming took a sip and handed it to Liang Cheng to take a sip.
Neither of them spoke a word, just letting the cold winter wind blow the bangs on their foreheads.
Half of the Cuiliu Castle cavalry were resting, while the other half began to ride horses freely at a safe distance under the city wall. They changed shifts every once in a while.
Qingshan County also fell into silence after the initial panic.
Time passed slowly,
Xue San and Fan Li really caught a snake and were making a fire for barbecue.
Zheng Fan opened his eyes at this time, and the energy and blood in his body had not changed.
"My lord, there is no need to be in a hurry. You have to take your time in practicing this kind of thing." Si Niang, who was sitting far away before, saw Zheng Fan open his eyes and got up and walked over.
"I don't care much about this."
You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Moreover, in this world, there is certainly a so-called strong man, but with more soldiers, the generals will be more powerful. It can also offset the shortcomings of its own strength.
"By the way, Siniang, next time you disguise yourself, be a little more rude."
After hearing this, Siniang was stunned for a moment, and then understood come over.
During the march, she always disguised herself. Although she disguised herself as a man, she was too delicate. In addition, the Lord knew her identity and had a "skin-to-skin relationship" with her, so she was When looking at the handsome male face after his disguise...
The Lord was afraid that something would go wrong, so he was on guard against the slightest possibility.
"I understand."
"Sir, can you eat the roasted snake skin?"
Xue San came over with the roasted snake.
Zheng Fan waved his hand and said: "You can eat it yourself."
"Okay, my lord."
Zheng Fan raised his head and looked at the sky , said:
"It's almost time."
Zheng Fan pointed at Liang Cheng, who was still "sitting for two" over there,
" "Hey!"
Liang Cheng heard the shout and looked here.
Zheng Fan raised his hand and turned around in a circle. Liang Cheng understood and began to order the troops to gather and prepare to leave.
The main force should have gone far by now. There is no point in seeing Qingshan County. The most important thing is for everyone to pack up their things and catch up with the main force and continue southward.
The blind man also came over at this time and said:
"My lord, I have discovered that the Yan army going south seems to be much smaller than we thought."
After skipping the three northern counties of Qian State, go all the way south. The most direct and nearest route is to pass through Chu County, Beihe County, Xishan County and then go straight to Bianzhou County where Shangjing is located.
If there are really 250,000 troops going south, this road cannot be so loose. At least, there should be an endless stream of sentries from other towns.
But for such a long way south from Chuzhou City, it seems that the only town is Li Fusheng.
"Isn't this very similar to what you guessed?" Zheng Fan asked.
"The Lord is joking, everything is under the control of the Lord."
"Stop putting gold on my face." Zheng Fan shook his head.
In fact, the highest-level military plan has never been fully revealed. Even now, there are still many details that have not been announced.
For example, which troops and how many people will go to Shangjing City, and where to choose to ambush the returning reinforcements from the three countries.
However, even if the people above don’t say anything, there will still be clues to tell.
Starting from Chuzhou City to the south, it is obvious that the scale of the Yan army going south is shrinking.
This means that the main force of the Yan army should have stayed at the boundaries of Chujun.
The blind man arranged so much in Chuzhou City that he even "sold" himself and married a girl from the Wen family.
If the Qianguo reinforcements come back after a while, capture the city of Chuzhou, and behead the entire Wen family, wouldn’t all the blind man’s arrangements be in vain?
"Your Majesty, the troops have been organized." Liang Cheng came over to report.
The Cuiliu Fort Cavalry seemed to have done a winter field team building, and now they finally gathered and prepared to leave.
Zheng Fan got on his horse and breathed a sigh of relief.
The blind man rode beside Zheng Fan.
"That little lady knows how to ride a horse?" Zheng Fan asked.
"Yes." The blind man replied.
"It's impossible to ride for too long."
"It'll be fine if you wear out the calluses."
"She is your wife." Zheng Fan reminded.
If Siniang’s thighs get calluses from riding horses for a long time, Zheng Fan will definitely be in pain.
Fortunately, Siniang has good skills and can take care of herself, so there is no need to worry about this kind of problem. But Yuexin is different. Even if he can ride a horse, where does a lady like this get the opportunity? Galloping for a long time?
"We are at war now, and my subordinates know the importance of it."
"Oh, I understand, you are afraid that you will get emotional, right?" Zheng Fan said with a smile .
"Men want to sleep with beautiful women, and men also like smart women."
The blind man did not hide it at all, and continued:
< p>"She is very beautiful and smart.""Forget it, I won't worry about your affairs. You can definitely handle it yourself anyway." With that, Zheng Fan pointed. forwardFang Qingshan County, said:
"Blind man, we don't have extravagant hopes for Chuzhou City. It is estimated that at least a town's general soldier is qualified to guard it, but this Qingshan County is also quite good, Yishan It's near the water, not to mention the beautiful scenery, but it's also an important transportation route between the north and the south of Qian Country. If we can establish ourselves here in the future, it will be a suitable place for development."
Liang Cheng said:
< p>"The Green Mountain hides the Crouching Dragon. As the name suggests, it is a suitable place to start a business."Zheng Fan was a little surprised and said:
"A Cheng, can you read Feng Shui?"< /p>
A Ming next to him joked:
"He has been buried too many times."
Everyone laughed immediately, Zheng Fan raised his riding whip and said:< /p>
"Wolong, I don't dare to think about it. I don't think I have such a fate. Besides..."
"Squeak..."
At this time,
the city gate of Qingshan County was opened.
The city gate should have been blocked with something before, so it could not have been opened accidentally. The people inside must have cleared the blockage before opening the door.
Inside the city gate, three riders came out. The leader was wearing a civilian official robe and was tied into a rice dumpling.
Liang Cheng immediately sent someone to check. After a while, the cavalry came back and whispered something to Liang Cheng. After hearing this, Liang Cheng looked a little weird, but he still rode back to Zheng Fan. ,
Throwing his hands and saying:
"Your Majesty, the defenders in the city tied up the county magistrate and surrendered to us in Kaicheng!"
"..." Zheng Fan.