Devil’s Advent

"Hehe, you didn't see Xu Wenzu's expression."

Zheng Fan grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds from the blind man and chattered while nibbling.

Blind Bei smiled and said:

"Understandable. After the foreplay is done and everything is prepared, it turns out that it is a man."

"Blind man, I found out that after you overdrafted once, you changed your style a little bit." A Ming joked beside him.

"Who doesn't have a young age, it's a pity, this world is an ancient background, otherwise I can push all the names with A at the beginning of WeChat to you."

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

Si Niang glared at the blind man, and said to Fan Li:

"Children's family, please don't interrupt when adults are talking."

"oh."

Fan Li continued to squat by the threshold, listening to everyone talking.

Ever since we were talking at night in the gazebo, Fan Li directly said, "Why don't we kill the Lord?"

When everyone was chatting, they tacitly excluded this idiot.

There is no need to go to war, to be precise, there is no need to go to that kind of war, everyone is actually very happy in their hearts, so they deliberately cheer up when they talk to brighten up the atmosphere.

Closer to home,

Blind North Road:

"The dry man is going to completely fortify the wall and clear the country."

Abandoning the fortress group directly, no more, this seems to be an extremely passive way of avoiding war, but it is like withdrawing one's own fist, which is even more difficult to deal with.

The fortress group was first started as a defensive measure to prevent the small cavalry of the Yan people from going south. This is indeed the case. After the defeat of Gan Ren a hundred years ago, small-scale friction between the two sides is actually a common thing, and then Gan Ren The fortifications began to be built, and gradually, there were no more small groups of cavalry from the Yan people going south to fight the grass valley.

Later, the decline of the barbarian royal family in the desert led to the rise of the Eastern and Western Silk Roads, and everyone was 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 go south on a large scale, so the fortress defense system of the Qian Kingdom is actually unable to play any substantive significance.

Because you no longer need to warn, and it is difficult for you to play a real blocking role.

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

But the second time, when he led more than 1,000 cavalry to the south, pulling out the nails was just a matter of convenience, more like practicing his hands, and when he came back, he did so generously.

If you light the beacon fire, you can light the beacon fire. Anyway, I can't catch up with me, and the soldiers in the fortress don't dare to attack to stop me.

Therefore, after the implementation of this measure, Qianguo can stop losses, no longer need to invest too much consumption in the fortress group, and at the same time shrink its troops.

It's just that, in the Qian Kingdom, the scholar-bureaucrats are the world, and the scholar-bureaucrats like to talk loudly, chanting slogans regardless of the reality. Such a decision can be made in the court of the Qian Kingdom, which must be carried out by the ministers of the court against all opinions.

Zheng Fan said:

"In this way, what Dayan's army has to face is no longer a small group of strongholds, but directly faces the three towns.

Liangzhen, Weizhen, and Chenzhen are the big fortresses of the three sides, and the elites of the three sides of the Qian Kingdom are stationed inside.

This is the country's first line of defense.

The second line of defense, with the Western Army as the main body, was deployed on the front line of Mianzhou City. There were 150,000 Western Army plus more than 40,000 wolf soldiers.

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

The third line of defense was built at the junction of Chujun and the three northern towns by the 100,000 forbidden army, 50,000 ancestral army, and more than 100,000 soldiers similar to those of Yan State.

This line of defense relies on several cities in Chu County, and when needed in the front, troops can be transferred from here to the first two lines of defense to supplement. "

Ah Ming looked at his master in surprise. Originally, the blind man should be responsible for these tasks, but it seems that his master is not completely idle.

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

Blind Bei took out a letter from his cuff,

road:

"It's getting more and more difficult for the Sixth Prince's eyeliner in Qianguo to pass back information or valuable information, but this one is pretty good.

What is said is that facing the pressure from the Yan Kingdom this time, the unbearable situation from all sides, plus the chicken feathers that the imperial army made when they went north, led to the uncovering of the acne that had been covered and covered before.

Emperor Qian was very angry, and three of them were expelled from the Privy Council, and one of them was given a green parasol to return home.

At the same time, the imperial court of Qian Kingdom sent nine imperial envoys to the counties to recruit troops. I don't know about other places, but only in Beihe County, they have already recruited 20,000 Beihe warriors.

Qianhuang also has some tricks. "

"In this world, there are very few emperors who don't eat minced meat," Zheng Fan said.

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

"It's already started." Blind Bei corrected, "The Three Sides and Shangjing Forbidden Army originally had a size of 800,000 on the military register. According to tradition, if you squeeze the water, you should have more than 700,000. .

You must know that the three redundant problems of Qianguo are very serious, and the military expenditure is the top priority. Every year, the military expenditure of the Qianguo court is allocated in full. As for how to distribute it, how much can fall into the army In the hands, this is the 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. Qianguo does not have Li Liangting and Tian Wujing.

But now, taking advantage of the national war, it is possible to start. In time, if the Qian Kingdom is really allowed to train a sufficient number of soldiers and horses, let alone Dayan going south..."

"Reversal is unlikely." Zheng Fan said.

"I can't tell." 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 army of the Qian Kingdom."

At the beginning, the Yan Kingdom was on the verge of destroying the country, but the first Marquis of Zhenbei was born and defeated the army of 500,000 Qian.

This is fate, the so-called national destiny.

Of course, this kind of fate does not happen often, and there are various special conditions in it. Even if you ask the first Zhenbeihou himself to do it again, he can't say that he can't win that brilliant victory.

"Maybe, our level is still not high enough. I don't believe that those three can't even see the problems that we can see." Zheng Fan said.

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

"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 wanted to destroy their own world on purpose?"

"Look, anyway, we can only watch now." Blind Bei 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 Equipment for siege was manufactured in large quantities, and materials in this area were not collected on a large scale.

Perhaps, as you said, my lord, the three above actually have plans in their hearts, otherwise, when the Zhenbei army was still busy with their horses, Jingnanhou would not have ordered these army leaders to go south to harass , Isn't this just trying to scare the snake away. "

With that said, the blind man turned to Liang Cheng again and said:

"Ah Cheng, tell me."

After returning from the gathering place, Liang Cheng didn't speak much.

See the blind man roll his name and let himself talk about it,

Liang Cheng could only speak:

"Cavalry, it's a waste to use it to attack the city."

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

Liang Cheng nodded,

road:

"uncertain."

...

Mianzhou City has been visited twice by Zheng Shoubei, but it won't be the third time in a short time.

Relying on the city wall of Mianzhou City, stretching out in four directions, large camps rose from the ground, and soldiers of the Western Army practiced in them every day.

Even if Cui Liubao failed to hemorrhage this time, even if Zheng Shoubei brought all his family's wealth here, in the face of such unreasonable civil engineering works, he might not be able to touch Mianzhou City again By the wall.

The wind in winter is like a knife for cutting flesh.

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

The major general of the Western Army ran for hundreds of miles, broke through the enemy's stronghold, and beheaded Zheng Fan's great feats. It was a morale-boosting victory.

Throughout the ages, truly excellent generals have understood in their hearts that even in defensive warfare, they have never completely shy away from being beaten passively.

The general direction is to defend, but in order to boost morale, there must be 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 "play around".

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 knew that if he persuaded his father to go back and rest because the wind was too strong, it would make his father unhappy.

"You can have these cognitions, and I am very happy as a father."

"My son was really a little ignorant before."

"This battle is not easy to fight, Yan people, not the Northern Qiang, nor the chieftains in the southwest mountains."

"My son knows."

"Take away your arrogance and keep your sharpness."

"My son thanked his father for teaching."

"After the Western Army, it is destined to be handed over to you. In fact, when I received the imperial court's order to transfer troops, my father 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 road."

"Father, no matter how powerful the Yan people's cavalry is, they can't beat our western army's stronghold."

Zhong Wendao glanced at his son and said nothing, but there was a trace of sadness between his brows.

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 Yan Man!"

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

He didn't want to talk to his son about the difficulty of the Northern Expedition,

I don't want to explain how taboo the word "Northern Expedition" is in the court,

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

It was the same with him back then.

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

A part of the Western Army specifically restricted the Northern Qiang, but they did not kill the Northern Qiang back then. The purpose was to use the Northern Qiang to sharpen the cavalry of the Qian Kingdom.

However, after the prosperity dissipated and the mood was depressed, many things that could make people's blood boil in the past were no longer felt.

Even, there is no thought of making you droop your eyelids a little more.

At this moment, a group of sentry cavalry returned to the camp, went straight into the army stronghold, and then went straight into the south gate of Mianzhou City, which is just below where Zhong Wendao and his son were standing.

The military newspapers that can go straight into the city are obviously of a certain level. Ordinary military newspapers will be digested outside, and they will be presented after the analysis is done.

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

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

Shaoqing,

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

After walking to his father,

He said:

"Father, Second Uncle took Xishan Camp northward."

Xishan is the frontline position of the Qian Kingdom against the Northern Qiang. Part of the Western Army is stationed there, and Zhong Wendao's younger brother, Zhong Wenmian, has always been in charge.

The Western Army is a huge military group. Although the Zhong family has a detached position in the Western Army, it does not have absolute control over the Western Army like the Zhenbei Hou Mansion. It is more like a military group formed by specific conditions in a specific era ... Freak.

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

Zhong Tianlang was very excited, because although the Xishan Battalion had only 30,000 troops, most of them were pawns, that is, cavalry.

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

In Zhong Tianlang's view, after the second uncle came, he would be able to fight more calmly after that. Compared with the dullness of the starting battle, what he liked more was the coming and going of the riding battle like the wind.

However,

Zhong Wendao's face did not show the slightest joy, but instead, with one hand, he firmly grasped the bricks and stones on the wall, and his nails drew clear marks on the bricks and stones.

"Father?"

Zhong Tianlang was a little frightened.

What every son is most afraid of is actually his father getting angry.

"Hehe...hehehe...hahaha..."

Zhong Wendao laughed,

"Before departure, my father told your uncle again and again that it is enough for the Western Army to send 150,000 sons to the north, and you must leave some money for the Western Army at home!

Your uncle promised in the presence of his father,

but now……"

"Father, our Zhong family can't... can't..."

Zhong Wendao suddenly glared at his son,

This terrifying gaze made Zhong Tianlang's heart sink in fright.

"Do you want to tell Weifu to take into account the overall situation, to consider for the country, to consider for the common people, and not to care about the gains and losses of a family?"

"No, my son dare not, my son dare not."

"That's what you mean, that's what you mean!"

Zhong Wendao gritted his teeth, his silver-white hair drifting a little in the cold wind.

"The transfer of the Xishan camp is almost here, but my father has never received any news, and he has never seen the imperial court's approval. Do you know why?"

"son……"

"This must be an imperial envoy sent by the imperial court to hand over to your uncle face to face! Your uncle is ordered to go north, hehehe, hehe..."

"Father……"

"Being a father is an old bone. It's time to spoil your grandchildren. In order to do a big job, you have to put on a battle robe and lead the Western Army Erlang to the north.

What about the imperial court, what about the imperial court?

He is busy dividing up our Xijun family, dividing up our family! "

Zhong Tianlang was silent.

The imperial court has always wanted to solve the problem of the Western Army's feudal towns. This is a fact that everyone knows. This time, the imperial court took advantage of his father's absence and instigated his uncle to go north. This move actually marked the separation of the Western Army from now on.

The Xishan Camp will no longer belong to the Western Army sequence, and will go out independently.

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

"Say it, let me tell you!"

Zhong Tianlang took a deep breath and said:

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

The southwest battlefield was under the jurisdiction of the Western Army, and the Northern Qiang land was under the jurisdiction of the Western Army. Even rebellions in some places, the imperial court had to transfer the Western Army to take responsibility.

"Big?" Zhong Wendao suddenly smiled and said, "How old are you, the Western Army that put down the Southwest chieftain's rebellion was really old.

Son, father knows what you want to say, and father also knows what you mean, but there are some things that you haven't experienced, so you don't understand.

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

Once the battle is over, once the battle is over,

Civil and military, it is natural to start to separate. "

What else did Zhong Tianlang say?

But Zhong Wendao raised his hand to stop him,

"Do you really think that being a father means hating your uncle for setting up his own family?"

"this……"

"Do you really think that this time my father didn't transfer the Xishan camp to the north to leave a way out for my Zhong family? To leave a bargaining chip for my Zhong family to settle down?"

"Father………"

Zhong Tianlang suddenly discovered that his father seemed to have lost a lot of energy and energy all of a sudden, and his whole person looked much older.

"Hehehe...hehehe...hahahahaha..."

Zhong Wendao laughed again,

"Those gentlemen who once commented on the dynasty:

Everyone thought that after reading a few military books, they felt that they were reincarnated soldiers. "

…………

this day,

Xu Wenzu summoned nearly ten thousand riders and had to disband and return to the camp;

this day,

Thirty thousand riders from the Xishan Camp of the Western Army entered the three sides;

this day,

Zheng Fan did not choose a color;

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:

"Ah Choo!"

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This chapter is foreshadowing, don't panic.