The coffin was carried up to the city tower and placed in the middle of the city wall due east. Zheng Fan sat directly on the coffin board with his saber across his side.
This scene can be said to be extremely tragic to outsiders. In a cold weapon war, whether the general can take the lead will often have a great influence on his subordinates.
Li Fusheng’s town can be said to be the one that is best at chewing hard bones among the six towns of the Zhenbei Army. A large part of the reason is that whenever he rushes into battle, Li Fusheng always likes to rush in.
One, the men under his command naturally followed him and fought to the death.
At the moment, Zheng Fan is not trying to imitate Li Fusheng temporarily, but because the Sha Tuo Que stone lying in the coffin can be said to be his biggest support now.
If the war situation really gets out of hand in the end, Shatuo Queshi will naturally not be able to hide it any longer. When the time comes, he will call out to him to take him away.
When he was alive, the Shatuo Que Stone could penetrate thousands of Zhenbei Army cavalry several times. Now that he has died and turned into a zombie, his strength should have declined, but he has caught the opponent's weak link. The probability of rushing out alone should be quite high.
As for the other demon kings, in their opinion, if Zheng Fan can survive, they can just find a way to survive. It's much better to kill everyone suddenly.
The troops and horses of the Situ family have already arrived at the city. These troops and horses seem to be quite majestic and indeed have the appearance of a strong army.
It is said that Mr. Xiang Mian once said when he was still alive that soldiers and horses are just like swords. If they are left unused, no matter how good the sword is, it will rust.
Even if you insist on wiping it from time to time, after all, the blade is not stained with murderous aura. No matter how carefully you take care of it, it will only have a shiny surface.
For this reason, the Western Army of the Qian Kingdom expanded the defense area to the southwest and included the northern Xinjiang since the assassination of Xianggong, just to sharpen their swords.
Just imagine, this time when the Yan army went south, if the Western Army did not play the role of the mainstay, the situation in the Qian Kingdom would have collapsed long ago, and the so-called borrowing the road to attack Jin would be unnecessary.
According to this concept, the three families of Jin, the Helian family and the Wen family, are located in the west of the Jin state. To the north of the Wen family is the Helian family, and to the south are many small countries. Therefore, the Wen family has the most comfortable geographical advantage. Sitting at the center of the four major countries, with prosperous commerce and lack of war, among the three major families, it can be said that the Wen family is the richest.
Although the Helian family is connected to the Tianduan Mountains to the north, because that section of the mountain range also borders the Yan Kingdom, there have not been many savage settlements in it since very early on. In addition to being wary of the Yan Kingdom, The Helian family didn't have many opportunities to use weapons on weekdays. Even against Yan State, they wouldn't have dared to provoke him unless they thought they had a great opportunity this time.
On the contrary, it is the Situ family. Not only are there many savage settlements in the Tianduan Mountains to the north, but there are even more savages living in the vast frost and snowfield in the northeast.tribe.
If the savage threat in the Jin Kingdom is divided into ten parts, then the Situ family can be said to be responsible for seven or eight parts.
Not to mention that the Situ family borders the Chu State to the south. The two sides have been coming and going over the years, and they always come here once in a while.
The soldiers and horses have been in a state of mobilization and preparation for war, and the opponent they face is not a peasant rebellion. It is difficult for soldiers and horses like this to be strong or not.
This is probably one of the reasons why Emperor Yan wanted to make peace with the old Situ family leader after the first phase of the war.
At this time, a supporting cavalry appeared among the Situ family's troops and headed directly to the city.
Zheng Fan raised his hand to indicate not to release the arrow.
Zheng Fan was familiar with this job. He had done it before in Shangjing City, but compared with his own back then, his team was obviously much more formal.
There was also a civil servant wearing a red official robe, holding a yellow scroll in his hand, which must be the so-called imperial edict.
"Emperor Dacheng has an intention to raise troops this time. He is not willing to fight with the Yan State, but only to capture the puppet emperor of Jin to punish him for causing trouble to the three Jin Dynasties."
It seems that Taking into account the low cultural quality of the Qiu Ba people, the civil servant of Chengguo did not read the edict in a formal manner, but shouted it out in his own words.
Zheng Fan smiled. His Situ family believed that Yu Ciming was a false emperor, but in Yan State, Emperor Yan recognized his status as Emperor Jin. How could he hand it over?
Although from the perspective of Jin people, Yu Ciming is indeed a traitorous emperor who opened the door to thieves, but only a child can distinguish between bad and good people, and adults only care about where their butt sits.
"My lord, please delay for some time." Liang Cheng said.
"Unless the opponent's general is a fool, he won't believe it." Zheng Fan said.
"What if you are really a fool?"
"Okay."
Zheng Fan leaned out of the battlements and shouted:
< p>"We need to ask His Majesty the Emperor of Dayan for instructions!"There is no need to say more than necessary, as more words will lead to mistakes.
This civil servant was not a good person, so he said:
"Then I'll just wait for the good news!"
After that, he took the reins and started to return. .
Whether the Situ family believed in this delaying strategy, they probably didn’t, because the troops immediately started setting up camp and at the same time began cutting down nearby trees to prepare engineering tools.
If it is an ordinary small fortress and there are not many troops stationed in it, it can actually be taken down by just one archer to suppress it and a vanguard to climb up the city.
But the Wubao itself is not small, and because of the war a few days ago when the Yan people entered the Jin Dynasty, in order to protect themselves, the old Wubao owner specially reinforced and raised it. Now inside the Wubao Zheng Fan's soldiers and horses plus the two to three hundred soldiers brought back by Yu Ciming, not counting the young and strong soldiers of Wubao, there are two thousand soldiers. The Situ family will come again with great force, unless they want to directly let their own soldiers under the cityUse corpses to pile up the height of the city wall, otherwise it would be impossible to stupidly directly order an attack on the city.
“When I was in Qian Kingdom, facing this kind of city wall, my head hurt terribly. Now that the city wall is on our side, the other side is all cavalry, which is pretty cool.”
< p>Zheng Fan joked with Liang Cheng with a smile."What the Lord said is that in the future, infantry must be always available in our army, and the scale must not be small, so that it can be used when taking out a city."
"Yes."
At this time, the blind man silently went up to the tower from below and came to Zheng Fan.
"Blind man, what have you been busy with down there?" Zheng Fan asked.
When a big event comes, the demon kings each have their own division of labor and immediately enter their roles. The blind man was down below to comfort people, but it should have been over long ago, but it happened that it was already dark before he came up.
To be honest, although Zheng Fan also knew that Liang Cheng was the best at fighting among the demon kings, he really felt less secure without this old silver coin by his side when something happened.
"Your Majesty, my subordinate went to the Jin Emperor's soldiers for a few rounds and made some promises."
"Oh? What's wrong?" Zheng Fan asked curiously asked.
"I feel that there is a little problem."
"Problem?"
"Yes, after Emperor Jin separated from us, his performance tonight The first stop should be Xinsu City, and the next stop is Fengguo, the land of Gyeonggi."
"Then what?" Zheng Fan suddenly felt that something was wrong.
"Xinsu City is guarded by Yan State City, and a general military officer under Jingnan Marquis is guarding it. However, my subordinates only found out after asking the soldiers that when they When they were about to arrive at Xinsu City, the Situ family's army suddenly came out from outside Xinsu City, but they couldn't let their team enter Xinsu City."
"This sentiment is good, which shows that we are here. The thing is, even if our own messenger doesn't rush out, Xinsu City will definitely send a letter to Yan Jun."
"No, my lord, what I mean is that since Xinsu City. Still in the hands of the Yan army, how did the Situ family's army in front of us quietly approach the vicinity of Xinsu City without being discovered?
What if tens of thousands of cavalry were crisscrossing the wilderness valley? Between them, it can be hidden. Even if the two marquises of Jingnan and Zhenbei entered the Jin Dynasty, it seemed to be a clever move. But if the emperor of Jin did not open the south gate to lure the Yan army in, it would really be difficult. If there is a fight, the Helian family over there will definitely receive the news and respond, and it is impossible to really defeat the elites of the two major families in one battle."
At this point, the blind man faced. Liang Cheng asked: "A Cheng, do you think this is strange?" At that time, the response of the three Jin Dynasties directly took shape.
But since Xinsu City has not fallen, it is almost impossible to ambush tens of thousands of cavalry near Xinsu City.The Jingnan Army under Nanhou is known for its strict military discipline. It is impossible for an army like this to be so careless as to commit such negligence. "
Zheng Fan rubbed his swollen temples and asked:
"So, what you are saying is that this Emperor Jin was originally intended to be given to the Situ family by Emperor Yan. ? Emperor Yan and the newly enthroned young emperor of the Situ family have actually reached a PY deal? "
If this is really the case, then what are you doing now?
"Lord, this is actually a possibility. "Liang Cheng said.
"You say. "
"Xinsu City has been stationed with a troop of troops for decades, which was used to monitor the Gyeonggi region. Now the city is under the control of our Yan army.
To put it another way, if Emperor Yan had not reached a deal with the Situ family and was prepared to give away Emperor Jin like a bargaining chip, the Yan army in Xinsu City would not have let the enemy go on purpose.
Then it can only be that the soldiers and horses of the Situ family have been hiding near Xinsu City, a place where it is inconvenient for the Yan army sentries to enter and detect. "
Zheng Fan immediately responded: "Hiding in the capital? "
"There is only one place where you can hide your troops without being discovered by the Yan army in Xinsu City. When the Jin Emperor's team is about to enter Xinsu City, they will agree on a time in advance, and the cavalry from the capital will charge in advance. Come out, in this way, even if the Yan army in Xinsu City discovers them, there will be no way to deal with them for a while. "
Zheng Fan let out a "haha",
and said:
"So, this is Jin Huang directing and acting to catch himself? ”
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The state has been a bit sluggish for a while. Today’s update will be updated. From tomorrow on, Long will try his best to restore his previous state and write a big chapter, so that Everyone can enjoy it more.