Devil’s Advent

Since the news of Master Wang's presence in the vicinity came early in the morning, the common people and dignitaries in Chuzhou City have been eagerly anticipating the result.

After the main force of the Zhenbei Army left the city, everyone was more like a giraffe, twisting their necks, trying to see as soon as possible which banner the soldiers and horses would come back under.

Perhaps, for ordinary people, their lives will not be greatly affected, because the Yan people are different from the rumored barbarians who like to kill and eat human flesh.

The Yan people also distributed food, a lot of food.

The concept of the common people is actually very simple. If you treat me well, I will treat you well, whether it is an appeasement policy or a superficial effort.

However, for the powerful officials in Chuzhou City, the impact is much greater. If there is a trouble, it will be their wealth and life.

Finally, before the necks of all the people in the city were broken,

a soldier,

came back.

When I saw the knights on horses entering the city one by one,

A sense of malaise,

It began to slowly spread out in Chuzhou City,

Accompanied by the sound of hooves of the Zhenbei Army knights,

It seems that everything is being trampled to the bottom of the valley.

The blind man stood by the side of the street, and behind him stood Yuexin, whom he had just brought out from Wen's house.

Yue Xin still supported the blind man's arm, she really treated the blind man as a blind man.

When the knights of the Zhenbei Army passed in front of them,

The blind man clearly felt that the woman beside him began to tremble slightly.

No matter how smart a woman is, when facing this group of tigers who just came off the battlefield, it is natural to be afraid.

Especially this is the army of the enemy country.

On the armor of the Zhenbei Army knights, there are still blood stains that have not been wiped off, and almost everyone has their heads hanging beside their saddles.

The head is a symbol of military merit, a "bad habit" that has been passed down from the barbaric era, but it is still being used.

Because of war, it is not a gentle thing.

The smell of blood began to permeate gradually, and the majestic and terrifying pressure once again pressed down on the entire Chuzhou City.

Those mighty knights,

Those ferocious heads,

And the battle flags belonging to the dry army,

All of them are telling the result of this war.

Master Wang,

dry army,

Lost!

The dry people in Chuzhou City don't know that this dry army is just passing by.

They took it for granted that the royal teacher was sent by the imperial court to recover Chuzhou.

Wang Shi came, Wang Shi's head was hung on the saddle, and Wang Shi's flag was dragged on the ground like a big broom for clearing the street.

Even ordinary people who don't know anything about military affairs can clearly see that the Gan army has been defeated, and the defeat has been miserable.

Yan Jun seemed to have wandered around the city, went hunting, and returned with a full load.

The sound of horseshoes continued to hit the blue brick street, like a heavy hammer, hitting the hearts of everyone in the city.

A kind of belief, a kind of emotion, a kind of simple and innate thing, is being torn apart with scissors one after another.

The blind man stretched out his hand, patted the woman's hand, and said;

"Don't be afraid."

The woman bit her lips lightly and said:

"Not afraid."

Women are afraid, but her fear is not that complicated, because strictly speaking, she is already a half-Yan people.

And at this time,

Zheng Fan rode by, he noticed the blind man, and the blind man had obviously noticed his master a long time ago.

Liang Cheng also saw the blind man, and then looked at the woman holding the blind man's arm.

The two stopped and rode their horses to the blind man on the street corner.

"Kowtow, call the master."

The woman was very obedient, and knelt down facing Zheng Fan on the street.

She was very smart, because Liang Cheng was standing behind Zheng Fan, so she could tell at a glance who was the master in her husband's mouth.

"Owner."

Yuexin's voice is very crisp.

Zheng Fan's face was full of question marks?

"What's going on?" Zheng Fan asked.

"Thanks to the Lord, this subordinate has just married a wife."

"Forehead………"

I went out to fight a war, and you took my wife home?

Although there are still many puzzles in my mind, but the little lady has already saluted and kowtowed to you, it is naturally impossible for the Lord Zheng Fan to say nothing.

Zheng Fan reached out and took out a jade pendant from his bosom, bent down and handed it to the woman kneeling beside his horse,

"Meeting ceremony, don't be disgusted."

Yuexin raised her head and took the jade pendant. As a wealthy family, she was very well-informed. After seeing the jade pendant, a look of surprise appeared on her face.

"Why, do you recognize this piece of jade?"

Zheng Fan's words carried a sophisticated meaning.

In fact, he didn't know him at all.

"Returning to the master, this is the green green of the East China Sea. According to legend, it can only be found by accident on the islands of the East China Sea. It is rare and precious. I...I..."

Yuexin originally wanted to say that it was too expensive and unnecessary, but hesitated for a while, and said:

"Thank you, Master, for the reward."

"Here you are, just take it."

Zu Dongcheng's personal jade pendant, how could it be ordinary?

His ancestral army, in the East China Sea, is simply a replica of the King of the East China Sea.

Not every warlord is as good as Zhenbei Hou, who is usually reluctant to eat meat.

Of course, no matter how valuable this thing is, Zheng Fan won't feel bad about giving it away. Zheng Shoubei still has this pattern.

"My lord, have you won?" the blind man asked nonsense.

Liang Cheng said:

"Great victory, beheading more than 20,000 people, and the Lord even captured the opponent's general, the eldest son of the ancestor's family."

"The Lord is mighty."

"Okay, okay, pack your things and get ready to go back."

Zheng Fance turned his horse's head, said hello to the blind man, and left.

Yan Jun's re-entry into the city seems to have knocked out all the energy of this big city.

Just like the original rebellious boy, he suddenly entered his twilight years.

I know my fate, and I also accept my fate.

Wenfu,

After hearing the report from the servants,

Everyone in the Wen family in the hall showed joy and relief on their faces.

And Wen Sutong, who had just sent away his virtuous grandson-in-law, slowly picked up the official hat that was put aside,

for a while,

Everyone in the Wen family in the hall dared not speak anymore.

this moment,

They seemed to finally understand that the old man,

What kind of sharp gaze is hidden.

Wen Sutong stood up, pushed away the butler who wanted to come up to help him, and walked out of the hall by himself.

keep going outside

Passed the courtyard, passed the courtyard, and walked straight to the gate of Wen's residence.

The servants on both sides of the door opened the door,

Wen Sutong walked out of the gate.

down the door steps,

Armored soldiers with weapons stood densely,

headed by

It was Liu Sicheng, the new guard of Chuzhou City who personally led the troops to slaughter many high-ranking families yesterday.

"Master, please refer to Lord Jiedushi!"

Liu Sicheng knelt down in person,

behind him,

Thousands of soldiers from the army knelt down together.

"If you should see, you will see it; if you should wait, you will wait."

Wen Sutong put the official hat on his head,

continued:

"Yan people's knives are fast, but not accurate enough.

The Yan people have already cut it once, let's cut it a second time. "

Liu Sicheng and his subordinates shouted in unison:

"Obey!"

...

Zu Dongcheng was thrown in the tent, and Xue San was in charge of guarding it.

The rest of the people were all sitting together. In the middle was a fire with an iron pot on it. There were hot pot seasonings in the pot, and a hodgepodge was being cooked in it.

Si Niang sat behind Zheng Fan and helped Zheng Fan loosen his shoulders.

Yue Xin sensiblely started to work on the cooking in the iron pot, stirring it with a large spoon from time to time. It could be seen that she was not very used to this spicy taste, and she turned her head to the side and coughed from time to time.

"It's ready." Yuexin said.

"Put it out," said the blind man.

"Okay, my husband."

Yuexin picked up the bowl, filled a bowl for each person, and delivered it to everyone.

Si Niang said:

"Brothers and sisters, the rice is steaming over there."

"good."

Yuexin didn't feel any discomfort at being ordered, she got up and went to serve the meal again.

Each person has a bowl of hot pot maocai and a large bowl of rice, which is very enjoyable.

Yuexin can't eat spicy food, so she can only eat as much food as possible. While eating, she is also looking around.

The clever thing is that she is not looking carefully and secretly, but observing everyone generously.

Because of this, everyone who felt her gaze, and then glanced at the blind man sitting next to her, either nodded or smiled at Yuexin.

In Yuexin's view,

The man in armor was very heroic, and there were still bloodstains on his body that hadn't been wiped off. He should have just come down from the battle.

It's just that this person looks very cold, the kind of feeling that you can feel the chill when you sit near him.

Beside this man, there is another man sitting. This man gives people the feeling of being a literati in the dry country, but he doesn't like to eat, and he seldom moves his food. The water bladder is drinking water.

He should be like himself, very afraid of spicy food.

That iron-clad man eats so fast, he doesn't eat with a bowl, but after other people serve the rice, the leftover bucket of rice is held in front of him, and he directly uses the big spoon for serving the rice Put food in your mouth.

The short man came out from the guard, picked up the food, glanced at himself, and finally glanced at his husband, and left bitterly.

This dwarf has conflicts with his husband.

Finally, Yuexin set her sights on Zheng Fan and Siniang.

this is the master,

The elder sister next to the master is the mistress?

Yuexin observed Zheng Fan carefully,

this man,

looks plain...

Judging by his temperament, he is also ordinary...

The action of eating is also ordinary...

How could such an ordinary person be able to make his husband recognize him as his master?

finished eating,

Zheng Fan said:

"clean up."

Cleaning up here, of course, does not mean tidying up the dishes, but that the army is about to leave tomorrow.

Zheng Fan walked to the tent where Zu Dongcheng was,

Xue San just put down the bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and said:

"My lord, he's awake and pretending to be asleep."

Zu Dongcheng still had his eyes closed.

Zheng Fan said: "Wake him up with urine."

Zu Dongcheng opened his eyes.

Zheng Fan squatted down beside Zu Dongcheng, reached out and patted his fairly fair face:

"You say you are a general, why do you have such a good face?"

Zu Dongcheng turned his face sideways, looked at Zheng Fan, and didn't speak.

"He is dumb, cure him with urine."

"..." Zu Dongcheng.

"Okay." Xue San was about to untie his belt.

"Why humiliate?" Zu Dongcheng said.

"Then you, a prisoner, what kind of airs are you putting on here?"

"What's your name?" Zu Dongcheng asked.

"Snapped!"

Zheng Fan slapped Zu Dongcheng on the face.

Zu Dongcheng was stunned.

"Pay attention to your identity. To be honest, don't think that you are the major general of the ancestral army and you can make a bad name. Your 30,000 army has also become a mountain of goats running away?"

"Then what are you keeping me for, why don't you kill me?"

"Boring, I want to insult you."

"My surname is Zu, and my name is Dongcheng."

"That's right, it would have been better to do this earlier. My name is Zheng Fan, and I am on guard at Cuiliu Castle in Yinlang County, Dayan."

"It's you?"

"It seems that I am quite famous."

"It's really famous. I didn't expect that I would fall into your hands."

"It's your pleasure."

"What are you going to do with me?"

"I haven't thought about it yet, but I have a preliminary idea. Can you persuade your father to surrender to me, Dayan anyway?"

Zu Dong looked at Zheng Fan like he was looking at an idiot.

"Okay, I'm a bit idiotic for asking that."

Zheng Fan shook his hand,

In fact, he didn't think about what to do with Zu Dongcheng. The reason why he came to see him after dinner was to digest the food, and to see the piglets he caught back to the pigsty today.

Li Fusheng also didn't intend to use Zu Dongcheng to do any tricks, it's not that Li Fusheng was arrogant, as a veteran general, he knew very well that it would be too naive for you to figure out what a son of his family wants to do.

"Why don't we change our thinking, tell me, what can you bring me, let's make a deal?"

"trade?"

"That's business, let's talk."

A mocking smile appeared on Zu Dongcheng's face.

"boom!"

Xue San punched down, and Zu Dongcheng's right cheek swelled up.

"Master, I was wrong, I was impulsive."

"No, you're doing fine."

Zu Dongcheng spit out a mouthful of blood and said:

"Yangou, my ancestral son, there is no one with soft knees."

"Okay, okay, I got it, I got it, then let me talk to you, do you know what we are going to do next?"

Zu Dongcheng didn't speak.

"You have to cooperate with me, maybe you can hear some of my Dayan's military secrets from me, if you can escape, you can still report it, can't you?"

"What are you going to do next?"

"Go south." Zheng Fan gave the answer directly.

"Going south?" Zu Dongcheng said in astonishment, "Going south!"

"Do not believe?"

"Just you guys, go south, why..."

"Oh, you are wrong, this time going south, there are 250,000 cavalry."

"Impossible...impossible...impossible..."

"I didn't think of it before, but the fact is that, right now, 250,000 cavalry have already laid out on the border of Chu County. When we came, we didn't care about your three-sided defense line at all, and went straight through. "

"How dare you!"

"There is nothing to dare, our majesty dares to play like this, but do your majesties dare to play like this? Tell me, does your father dare to go north instead of going south?"

Zu Dongcheng was silent.

A villainous smile appeared on Zheng Fan's face:

"Think about it, when your official Zhao family got up early in the morning, they suddenly found that there were more than 200,000 cavalry outside the capital,

Are you surprised or surprised? "

"Shangjing City is not so easy to capture."

Going to Beijing is the pride of a dry man.

It is no exaggeration to say that Shangjing is not only the entire Eastern world, but even the East and the West combined. This world is the brightest and most shining pearl, and it is the most beautiful and prosperous city in this world.

"Chuzhou City is also very strong, didn't we take it down too?" Zheng Fan asked back.

"It's different. I think the reason why Chuzhou City was taken down so quickly by you is because it was completely defenseless. Now, Shangjing City will definitely be prepared.

At that time, the officials will go down with a decree and call on the army of the world to serve the king, and hundreds of thousands of troops can be gathered easily. "

"Going to the capital, attack it if you can. As for the so-called King Qin's army, what kind of goods are you and I both know in our hearts. No matter how many people there are in front of my Dayan iron cavalry, it doesn't mean much."

Zheng Fan took out an iron box, and took out a cigarette from it.

Xue San thoughtfully lit a fire book and helped Zheng Fan light his cigarette.

Zheng Fan took a breath,

Slowly exhale a smoke ring,

road:

"To be honest, we didn't expect to capture Shangjing."

"Then what do you think..."

Zu Dongcheng's eyes suddenly widened. Obviously, this major general who grew up in the army had thought of Yan Ren's plan!

"Hey, I thought of it, didn't I?"

Zu Dongcheng gritted his teeth.

In his mind, his father, old Zhong and young Zhong Xianggong, Yang Taiwei, and others rushed south with hundreds of thousands of troops from three sides to help.

Then,

More than 200,000 Yan cavalry suddenly rushed out,

Everything,

It seems to be a replica of what I experienced before.

The deserters all over the mountains and plains,

The Yan people's cavalry who were chasing wildly,

The blood-red earth,

The three elites of the country who were burned to the ground...

"Why... are you telling me this?" Zu Dongcheng looked at Zheng Fan.

"Think about it for yourself."

Zheng Fan reached out and patted Zu Dongcheng's face again.

get up,

out of the tent.

I happened to see Siniang coming out of the blind man's tent, followed by a male soldier.

In this scene, it seemed that Si Niang had just happened to this little soldier in the tent.

However, Zheng Fan did not misunderstand anything.

If you misunderstand anything, you will not misunderstand that Si Niang Hongxing is having an affair. There is still a guarantee for this character.

Therefore, with this preconceived character set in place, it became clear who the little soldier behind Siniang was.

It just so happened that the blind man came over with a box of files in his hand. These files were all searched from the city of Chuzhou, and they were worthy of repeated study.

With a cigarette in his hand, Zheng Fan pointed at the blind man,

Ask Si Niang:

"It's so easy, what do you let the blind man do at night?"

Si Niang shrugged and said:

"My lord, it's not my fault, it's the blind man who asked me to help her change her face first."

If Yuexin wants to be taken along, she has to disguise herself as a male soldier, including Siniang. She will also disguise herself when marching. It is indeed inappropriate to bring women in the army.

Si Niang immediately covered her mouth and laughed:

"My lord, it doesn't look the same when the lights are turned off."

Zheng Fan heard the words and said:

"It doesn't make a difference to a blind man whether he turns off the light or not."