Devil’s Advent

Zheng Fan and A Ming returned to the fort,

next moment,

Everyone in Green Willow Castle is on alert.

All the sentinel riders who were released at night according to the usual practice were also recruited back.

The role of sentry riders in Green Willow Castle is to be responsible for cruising and vigilance, and to provide respite and relaxation for Paoze who is sleeping at home or doing daily activities.

Right now, since it has been determined that there is a large-scale Qianguo cavalry going north, and the target is their own Cuiliu Fort, and therefore, when the house is fully on guard, the sentry cavalry outside is no longer practical.

Zheng Shoubei was used to doing small business, he paid attention to pennies and pennies, rather than letting the sentries be touched or washed away by others, it is better to take them back.

On the walls of Fort Green Willow, the soldiers had bows and crossbows in their hands. Just in case, even the hot oil to resist the enemy's siege had already been burned in a large iron pot.

If this is an exercise, then Green Willow Fort will definitely be able to hold a mobile red flag of an advanced combat group.

Oh, right,

The signboard of Green Willow Fort, which was originally hanging at the gate of the fortress, had already been ordered to be removed when Zheng Fan came back.

The cold wind in the middle of the night whistled over the fort over and over again, but none of the soldiers dared to slack off in the slightest.

Because what my army brought back was not only the news that Ganqi might be going north to attack his fortress, but also the news about the conversion of everyone's military achievements this time.

The family members of the powerful prisoner soldiers will soon be expelled from their nationality, and the barbarians will soon be able to get their household registration in the country of Yan. Stimulated by these two good news, the so-called shadow of enemy attack is really coming to an end. It's already nothing.

Liang Cheng was directing the defense and arranging troops. In fact, since the opponent was advancing with cavalry, it was impossible for him to fight a tough battle generously.

In general, it should be the same as the time when my family entered Qianguo twice to fight Mianzhou City. It is impossible for Yunti Ant to attack the city, just to catch you by surprise.

From Liang Cheng's point of view, everyone is on the alert right now. Unless the general of Qianguo on the opposite side is really out of his mind, it is unlikely that he will order an attack on such a fortress with high walls and strong defenses.

You get what you pay for, and compared to other people’s military camps surrounded by random wooden fences, this one in Cuiliu Fort can be said to be quite a "turtle shell".

To Zheng Fan's surprise and delight, the blind man woke up.

After controlling Mrs. Daxi in the city of Mianzhou, the blind man suffered severe mental exhaustion and fell into a coma for two days.

At this time, the blind man was sitting in a wheelchair, with a hot towel on his forehead, and looked very delicate.

"When did you wake up?" Zheng Fan asked.

"Afternoon." After the blind man answered, he coughed a few times.

"There's something wrong this time," Zheng Fan said.

"It's okay." The blind man looked very calm, "The master's luck is gone."

Being caught with tongue, asking where is my home...

"Well, for those who are kind-hearted, God will definitely bless them."

"…………"blind.

Xu Shi had just woken up, and he was still a little weak mentally. The blind man couldn't keep up with the thick skin of the Lord for a while.

Zheng Fan told the story of eating wontons during the day, including the fortune-telling old man and the down-and-out swordsman.

Blind North asked:

"Then the Lord didn't tell the Secret Service?"

Zheng Fan shook his head and said, "I wanted to tell you, but after thinking about it, forget it."

"Well, according to what the Lord said, those two have obviously surpassed the level of so-called spies. The tall ones, let the tall ones deal with them, and there is no need for us to intervene."

"Well, that's what I thought."

At this moment, the smoke of the war in Green Willow Fort rose.

How many smoke pillars, what color of smoke, and how to play with it, to be honest, no one in Green Willow Castle knows.

If the Qianguo fortress system is said to be slack in personnel, then Yanguo's side can be said to be completely stretched.

The long-term strategic advantage plus the psychological advantage made the Yan people not pay much attention to these details. Now that the cavalry of the Qian Kingdom is going north, they can feel like a fish in water.

Beacon smoke can only really achieve the effect of "passing on the flames" by relying on the divergence of other nearby fortresses. In fact, there is a very profound knowledge in it, which is not inferior to the spy warfare of the spies during World War II.

It's a pity that, long after the smoke from Green Willow Fort rose, there was no second smoke column nearby.

Since the war between the two countries, Dayan, which has always been in a strong and main offensive position, is now as slow and weak as an old man.

Zheng Fan is even sure that the cadres still haven't received enough effective encirclement and threats. Faced with this sudden situation, the military leaders from all walks of life must basically respond by sticking to it and waiting for help. This is also a way to preserve their strength. Way.

Well, Zheng Shoubei did the same.

Of course, Zheng Shoubei had his reasons and excuses. Due to special reasons, Zheng Shoubei knew that the target of the other party's sneak attack this time was his Cui Liu Castle.

Therefore, Zheng Shoubei's plan is to stick to attract the opponent's firepower, and then allow friendly troops to counter-encircle him.

Of course, this is just an excuse.

In the middle of the night, even if the Qianguo army went deep alone, Zheng Fan was not willing to let his cavalry rush out to play night battles with them before he knew the exact number of opponents and the battle.

Military exploits are very tempting, but if you accidentally wipe out all your men, you will be the one who will feel distressed.

On the battlements, Zheng Fan held a heated wine bottle in his hand, and drank it in small sips, just to keep warm.

Liang Cheng stood beside Zheng Fan, looking into the distance.

With Liang Cheng by his side, Zheng Fan felt safe in his heart. At the same time, only Zheng Fan and the demon kings knew that there was still a real big killer sleeping in the interior of Green Willow Castle.

It's just that the big killer weapon is not convenient to show in front of people, it's best not to use it if you can, but at least it can save your life.

The cold wind was still blowing, and Zheng Fan's eyelids began to droop, sleepy.

Outside, it was still quiet, and I don't know how many military strongholds that cadre soldier broke down, and I don't know if there is a commander-in-chief who "destroys the family and relieves difficulties" and leads troops to take down the opponent regardless of his own strength. .

"My lord, my subordinates have always been very strange about one thing."

Liang Cheng imitated Zheng Fan's posture and sat down with his back against the wall.

"explain."

Zheng Fan handed the wine bag in his hand to Liang Cheng.

Liang Cheng reached out to take it,

Zheng Fan took his hand back again,

laughed:

"I forgot that you are not afraid of the cold."

If zombies are afraid of the cold, then electric blankets can be sold out in Sanya.

"My lord, the reaction of the Jingnan army is too strange."

This is Liang Cheng's observation. Since the start of the war, oh no, in fact, strictly speaking, it is not counted as the start of the war. It was the first time that Cui Liubao went to Qianguo for a walk, and then Tian Wujing led 10,000 Jingnan The small troop of cavalry general Zheng Fan came back.

After that, Jingnan Hou went to Yanjing.

After they came back, they issued an order to formally start war against Qianguo, but apart from forcing these small warlord leaders to keep going south to harass them, the Jingnan Army did not send a single soldier to fight.

Zheng Fan nodded and said:

"At first, I thought that the Marquis of Jingnan was waiting for us army chiefs to stir up the anger of the Qian people, and when the three sides of the Qian country sent elites to strangle us, the Jingnan army would attack with a thunderbolt. Get rid of the elite field fighters on the three sides of the country, paving the way for the south.

We military leaders, to put it bluntly, are tactical bait, paving the way for grand strategy. "

Liang Cheng heard the words and said:

"However, that Lieutenant Yang of Qianguo has been unable to defend, no matter how provocative, and Qianguo has also transferred the most capable troops in the country to the north, forming a complete iron barrel formation."

"Yeah, I don't quite understand it either."

"Actually, a sneak attack by a small group of troops like this doesn't have much impact on the overall situation." Liang Cheng paused, and continued: "No matter how many army camps that Qianguo cavalry rushed tonight, they will be defeated. No matter how many military leaders are killed, it will not be able to change the pattern of Yan State's main attack and Qian State's main defense in terms of grand strategy.

To put it bluntly, the purpose of this army going north is similar to the two previous trips to the south of Fort Green Willow, and boasting merit is more effective in boosting morale.

And since the other party clearly wants to trouble us at Cuiliu Fort, it should be because we mopped up thousands of wolf soldiers outside Mianzhou City last time to make them feel ashamed, so we made a come and go also.

But as long as it waits until daytime, this army will still withdraw quickly, and it is impossible for him to hold any military stronghold. "

As long as the day comes, and the jerky and slow communication due to the night is restored, it is impossible for the commander-in-chief to let this army continue on the border of Dayan.

At that time, it was no longer a matter of preserving strength or not, but a matter of national honor, and the nature changed dramatically.

The Jingnan army is suppressing everything in the rear, and the Emperor Yan has just stepped on the door, and the door has been wiped out for hundreds of years. What can't be done to you, a little general?

In the past, soldiers, especially chief soldiers, were always backed by a family or even two family members. It was not easy for anyone to move anyone, and it had to be turned into endless wrangling, but now it is not possible.

Zheng Fan took another sip of wine,

road:

"You mean, why did the Marquis of Jingnan just give an order, but didn't send the Jingnan Army to go south? No, even as long as the Jingnan Army continues to be stationed in Nanwang City and maintains a direct influence on the border area, our Dayan border has many Army chiefs, it's impossible for them to be in such a state of disunity."

If the Jingnan Army is still stationed in Nanwang City at this time, if Jingnan Hou Tian Wujing himself is still living in Nanwang City at this time, even if it is night, who would dare to try to preserve their strength?

Even Zheng Fan had to bite the bullet and lead seven or eight hundred cavalry out to find that dry cavalry to block, attack and consume.

As long as the tiger is staring, the monkeys in the mountain have to behave desperately, but now, the tiger seems to be taking a nap.

"Actually, I don't know why." Zheng Fan said honestly.

As the "Master", he really doesn't need to play some mysteries with his subordinates, who doesn't know who.

"However, Ah Cheng, you can put your mind on a higher level. Although I have wronged you now, we only have such a small number of troops in Cuiliu Fort, but you can try to imagine that you have 50,000 Jingnan troops and 20 What will you do when the northern army in Wanzhen is on cavalry?"

Liang Cheng shook his head and said:

"My lord, this is hard to imagine, because there are many political things involved in it."

Liang Cheng didn't understand politics, or in other words, he was too lazy to play politics. In his bones, he had always been a very proud person.

Zheng Fan nodded, took another sip of wine, and did not speak.

Alas, in such a cold day, it's so annoying to still be on guard on the wall.

Originally, what Zheng Fan thought was that after delivering the head and handing over the military merits, everyone in Cuiliu Castle would be elated after returning, and then he would talk about the 1,500 barbarians, and the demon kings would also be happy Happy.

After that, I can take a nice bath, and let Si Niang change into white silk tonight.

well,

The script that was originally planned was ruined by that dry horse.

Zheng Fan wiped the tip of his nose with the back of his hand and exhaled.

Just then there was a commotion on the battlements.

Liang Cheng suddenly turned sideways and looked outside through the wall, and at the same time said to Zheng Fan:

"There are cavalry approaching!"

………

The silver armor on Zhong Tianlang's body has been soaked in several layers of blood, and he always likes to rush to the front line when he goes into battle, so the blood on the armor is naturally from the Yan people.

When they first entered Yandi, they picked out a small-scale fortress, and then drove straight in, but they failed to meet the silver-armored guard spy who had been notified in advance to lead the way, which made their team "at a loss" for a while.

It is very normal for a general to lead an army to get lost. Many outstanding generals in history have lost their way.

Moreover, Zhong Tianlang was not lost, he remembered the way back, but facing the "uneven levels" of the military and fortress system on the border of Dayan, he was a little unclear about the target.

Even for the local people in the country of Yan, facing so many military camps that have sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain in the past few months, it is quite difficult to figure out which one to go to and which one to go to.

However, fortunately, Zhong Tianlang was lucky, took the risk of grabbing two tongues on the road, and actually asked him the location of Green Willow Castle.

After Cuiliu Fort was destroyed, the general named "Zheng Fan" had a bit of backbone, and he would rather die than surrender than be captured, so he committed suicide directly.

Zhong Tianlang still remembers the angry eyes of "Zheng Fan" before he died,

enough to be seen,

The anger in this Yan barbarian's heart and his unwillingness to die!

Actually, he is a man!

It's a pity that Zhong Tianlang couldn't leave him the whole body, so he cut off his head, and at the same time, taking advantage of the darkness, he picked up three Yan army camps.

The defense system of these army strongholds is very loose, and they have an absolute superiority in military strength. It is not difficult to overwhelm them by covering them at night and attacking them suddenly.

However, despite this, the Yan people's counterattack when they were attacked still made Zhong Tianlang a little bit tongue-tied.

He was born in the Western Army, and the opponents he faced since he was a child were the Northern Qiang tribe or the chieftains in the southwestern mountainous area. Those enemies, when faced with night attacks, would often be defeated, and they would be directly covered up and killed, leaving their corpses lying on the ground.

But these Yan people, as long as they have knives in their hands and have no way to escape, they often choose to take the initiative to fight for death.

Therefore, there were not small casualties in his own team.

Originally, when he was in the Western Army, Zhong Tianlang was somewhat disdainful when he learned that the generals on the three sides of the Qian Kingdom were suppressed by the Yan people and did not dare to look up.

After the real contact this time, although it was a victory after game, he gradually realized that these Yan barbarians are indeed not characters that can be easily manipulated.

The most important thing is that what I am facing is just the Yan people's miscellaneous army, the army leaders who are standing there, the real elite of the Yan people in Yinlang County, the Jingnan Army, have not shown up yet.

Furthermore,

The Suppressing North Army, which can make the three eastern countries extremely fearful, has not yet gone south.

After this experience, Zhong Tianlang somewhat understood how wise his father's decision to start digging trenches and building fortifications was as soon as he entered Mianzhou City.

The Yan people are arrogant, and their combat power is extremely good. Now, the only way to kill the Yan people's arrogance is in this way, and then use this opportunity of the national war to rearrange their armaments.

Fortunately, the people of Yan are poor, and the land of Yan is also poor.

As a general, Zhong Tianlang knew that he shouldn't have such thoughts, but these thoughts kept wandering in his mind uncontrollably.

However, he is a young man after all, young and confident!

This time, at least he let the people of Yan know that Daqian is also a man of blood!

It was getting late, Zhong Tianlang didn't dare to stay here any longer, but led his army to prepare to return.

The former army came to report that they were going to pass a Yanren fortress ahead, and that fortress was very well built, just like a small city.

Zhong Tianlang led a group of personal soldiers to come on horseback,

After seeing the fort ahead,

He couldn't help but "thump" in his heart,

The walls of the fort are towering, while there are ditches and visible fences below. The top is well-defined and the corners are protruding. Although the shape is a bit strange, Zhong Tianlang can see the ingenuity of this fort design at a glance.

No matter from which direction you attack the city, you will be attacked from three sides.

Moreover, this fortress looks like it was newly built.

"It is said that the Yan people have the best iron cavalry in the world, but now it seems that among the Yan people, there are also people who are good at guarding."

Although it was Xiaoliuzi who contributed to the construction of this castle, it was designed by a blind man who used the castle design method of later generations of Europeans.

When Guo Xing Ye recovered Taiwan, he was also extremely troubled by the castle of the Dutch.

Zhong Tianlang knew that this kind of castle, plus the faintly visible figures of soldiers on the city wall, was not something he could chew down now.

However, there is generally a feeling of heroes cherishing heroes. After picking several military strongholds in succession, it was hard to see an opponent who was so dedicated to the construction of military strongholds. Zhong Tianlang drove his horse forward and shot Deng Ziliang's head.

shouted to the front:

"Yangou, Green Willow Castle has been destroyed by your grandfather Zhong, and the head of Green Willow Castle guard Zheng Fan is here!

Put your head on your neck first, and wait for your grandpa Zhong to come and pick it up later! "

For a long time, the fortress ahead was still silent and no one answered.

Zhong Tianlang saw that there was no sound in the other party's fortress,

smiled,

He said to the generals around him:

"It seems that after beheading Zheng Fan, the most famous and most famous military officer of the Yan people, he has indeed severely frustrated the Yan people's arrogance!"

In fact, after Zhong Tianlang finished yelling,

The guards of Green Willow Castle,

look at me

I look at you,

Then let's take a look at the garrison adults who are also drinking on the city wall,

Let's take a look at the dry generals shouting under the torch outside,

There is only one thought in everyone's mind at this time,

Here are the dry generals:

Is it not a fool?