Devil’s Advent

At noon the next day, the sun was shining brightly, but at this time, no matter how warm the sun was, it couldn't caress the restless hearts of many people in Chuzhou City.

Man is a being with strong adaptability, not only to the natural environment, but also to many other aspects.

Yesterday, Master Wang's head and battle flag scattered the spirits of the people in the city, but just when everyone was about to bury their heads and accept this change of status,

Yan army in the city,

Actually out of town.

Moreover, it was extremely thorough.

This made the hearts of the people and dignitaries in the city extremely complicated. For the past few days, they have been changing positions continuously, and everyone can't bear it.

Wen Sutong and Liu Sicheng stood on the gate tower, watching the Yan army lined up neatly and constantly leaving the city.

Wen Sutong was better. After all, the old man had seen too many storms. At this time, wearing an official robe, he showed a kind of leisure to go out to relax in the warm winter sun.

Liu Sicheng's face looked a little gloomy.

Some people can only become pawns on the chessboard. They don't know how big the sky outside the chessboard is, but they just do their own duties in a down-to-earth manner.

He who deserves to be killed, he kills;

Those who should kneel, he kneels.

Liu Sicheng is such a person, all kinds of high spirits in the past few days, with the departure of the Yan people, everything was blown away by the wind.

"Master Wen, you already knew that the Yan people would leave, didn't you?"

Wen Sutong nodded.

"Then, the next official has the guts to ask Mr. Wen, what should we do?"

When the invaders left, the puppet army would naturally panic. It was precisely because they knew what kind of body they were that they would be such bastards.

"Let's figure it out." Wen Sutong was still calm and at ease.

"Xiaguan, Xiaguan, Xiaguan's heart..."

Wen Sutong smiled and said:

"How does revenge feel?"

Liu Sicheng's elder brother was once dismissed from his post and assigned for offending a dignitary in Chuzhou City, and died of illness on the way to his assignment.

Now, that powerful family has already been wiped out by Liu Sicheng's butcher's knife two days ago.

The worried look on Liu Sicheng's face dissipated slightly,

road:

"carefree."

"It's over with ease."

"this………"

Wen Sutong stretched out his hand, patted Liu Sicheng's shoulder, and said earnestly:

"Now that you have made a decision, don't hesitate anymore. The worst result is that Master Wang will come in later. When your General Liu is wiped out, my Wen family will accompany your Liu family on the road. .

Anyway, you are not at a loss, are you? "

"That's the reason, oh no, no, no, this is not the meaning of being an official, not..."

Wen Sutong waved his hand indifferently,

road:

"In the days to come, General Liu, please do a good job and fill up your troops, even if they are fake, add them in. The majestic Chuzhou City will have tens of thousands of guards to be worthy of it. Such a towering city wall?"

"Your officer understands."

"Although I advise you to trust the people of Yan, even the old man finds it strange to say this, but now we are no longer qualified to be hypocritical.

In this city, we have killed 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 wind gets wrong in the future, they will be the first ones in our city. Stabbing in the back, the worse we die, the cleaner their cowardice today will be washed away.

Alas, isn't it funny to say that the city is full of pigs and dogs who are greedy for life and fear of death. They didn't bark at all before, but when the time comes, they will bite people the most ruthlessly. "

talking,

Wen Sutong raised his head slightly, stretched his old arms and legs that had been standing for a long time, and said with emotion:

"However, we are worse than pigs and dogs."

………

The army went out of the city.

This time, the speed of the march was not as exaggerated as when they continuously crossed the three border defense lines of Qianguo, so it can be said to be quite leisurely.

For one thing, there will still be more battles in the future, so there is no need to tire yourself out.

Secondly, it is also convenient to wait for the armies on the three sides of the country to leave room for them to pursue.

Whether the blind man became a groom last night, Zheng Fan didn't know, and neither did the other demon kings.

It's so unfair that the blind man can "peep" at everyone else, but no one else can peep at him.

Even if you try to sneak to the tent at night, you can't escape the detection of the blind.

However, men, when they walk together, it is inevitable to make nasty jokes.

Xue San rode a horse alongside Zheng Fan, whispering:

"My lord, according to my subordinate's experience, the blind man must have done nothing last night, and the little lady walked quite normally this morning."

Zheng Fan laughed and said:

"It can't be said that the blind man is a toothpick, and you are a mace."

"Hey, hey hey!"

Xue San smiled like a fool over one meter old,

I just think what the lord said is really sweet!

After the army gradually moved away from Chuzhou City, a military order from Li Fusheng came down, ordering Zheng Fan's troops to monitor the dry army in Qingshan County.

Conquering Chuzhou City gave the whole army a surplus of supplies, but the Yan army would not be so bored that they would attack every city in the south. Therefore, some Qianguo cities would be allowed to exist during the march of the army.

But in order to ensure that the army will not be disturbed during its march, a separate team will be sent to watch the movement of the city. One is to warn the army in the city not to move around, and the other is to cover the army.

Yan people are basically cavalry, so they can be so willful and arrogant. They are clearly a robber walking in the master's house, but they can still warn the master with great fanfare not to move around.

This work has always been carried out in rotation by each department, and it is also assigned and monitored according to the number of guards in the city.

This time, it was Zheng Fanbu's turn.

After receiving the military order, Zheng Fan led 2,500 cavalry under his command to break away from the army, galloped westward for 30 miles, and arrived at the outskirts of Qingshan City.

In yesterday's war, Qingshan City almost became a decisive point, because Zu Dongcheng ordered his troops to move closer to Qingshan City after he realized that something was wrong.

To be honest, once this army entered Qingshan City, even if the walls of Qingshan City were not very high and the city defense facilities were not perfect, no matter how crazy Li Fusheng was, it was impossible for him to order his soldiers to attack the city.

When the cavalry of Cuiliu Fort appeared in the sight of the defenders of Qingshan City, there was a burst of gongs and drums in the city, and more and more people could be seen running to the city wall. The entire Qingshan County was like an enemy!

And the leader of the great enemy,

Zheng Shoubei,

He had already sat down, holding a piece of peach cake in his hand, drinking water while eating.

Beside Zheng Fan, sat the blind man and Si Niang.

The military order is only responsible for monitoring the city to prevent the city's defenders from sending out small groups of troops to harass the city, not to let him attack the city, so Zheng Shoubei's mood is very relaxed now.

"Yesterday, the Gan army was defeated, and Qingshan City should have received the news a long time ago." The blind man said.

"It's natural." Zheng Fan clapped his hands, and Si Niang thoughtfully put the water bag down for the master to wash his hands.

The distance between Qingshan City and the battlefield is so close, and after the victory, the Yan army retreated to Chuzhou City to rest. No matter how stupid the officials and guards in Qingshan County are, they are so stupid that they don’t even send people out of the city to check the situation.

It is impossible to hide the traces of tens of thousands of people slaughtered and the plains full of corpses. Besides, in yesterday's battle, although most of the army was wiped out, there were still a small number of people who were lucky enough to escape. Go, there must have been deserters in Qingshan City.

"Actually, based on the merits that the Lord has made, he should have been promoted to a general long ago." The blind man said.

"What's the rush? The key is Jingnan Hou, who is deliberately suppressing me."

If you want to be a general, you have to vote for Zhenbei Hou directly.

However, Zheng Fan is not dissatisfied with this kind of suppression by the Marquis of Jingnan, because he can see that Tian Wujing's intention to promote him is to hope that he can accumulate a lot of money.

"It's best for the master to think about it himself. The subordinates feel that the meaning of Jingnan Hou is to arrange for the master to be able to take charge of his own errand in the future. At least he is an indisputable general in one county.

Therefore, we still earn more military merits, which is related to the positions we can be assigned in the future.

It would be the most comfortable if they could be assigned directly to Chuzhou City. "

If Dayan's war goes well,

The Qian Kingdom was either directly destroyed or turned into the Southern Dynasty,

As long as the armies of the three sides of the Qian Kingdom can be mobilized to eat them,

The entire northern part of Qian State will be reduced to the sphere of influence of Yan State, and those cities that have not been uprooted can only be reduced to isolated cities. Isolated cities are actually easy to fight.

For a long time to come, it should be foreseeable that a general and his subordinates will guard a town and defend one side, which is the so-called military management.

This situation had to continue until Dayan digested the newly occupied territory before returning the governance power from the generals to the imperial court.

Throughout the ages, when dynasties change, there is nothing better than this.

Zheng Shoubei was quite open to this, and said with a smile:

"It's not difficult to make meritorious deeds. Although I don't have a clue, but for some reason, I may have memorized too much in my previous life. In this life, my luck is really good. The credit is like rushing into my arms."

"Hehehe." Both the blind man and Si Niang laughed.

"Don't laugh, I'm serious."

"The subordinates are happy for the lord, the lord is blessed with blessings and luck." The blind man flattered him.

at this time,

A group of cavalry rushed to the city wall of Qingshan County from the formation. These were hundreds of cavalry led by Liang Cheng. They didn't want to attack the city, but just went down to run horses in idleness, and put some pressure on the opponent by the way.

The city wall also reacted, and the arrows were released early.

Liang Cheng didn't get too close to the city wall, and led his army back out of the shooting range of the city wall guards.

After returning, Liang Cheng got off his horse, walked up to Zheng Fan, and said:

"There are quite a lot of guards on the city wall, and the armor is also a little different. It is estimated that the city attracted a lot of deserters yesterday, and even mobilized the people in the city to help defend the city."

"Um."

Zheng Fan was not surprised by this. From then on, it would be a bit too much to take for granted if he wanted to seize the city by rushing through the gate, just like the different situations he encountered when he attacked Mianzhou City twice.

The disarmament of dry people is lax, but not all dry people are mentally handicapped.

After eating, Zheng Fan sat cross-legged and began to circulate his qi and blood.

His strength has been stuck at the eighth rank for a while, but he really has no idea how to continue to improve.

Of course, it's normal to be clueless. After all, the speed at which Zheng Shoubei's strength has increased is already astonishing.

No one would bother the master at this time, after all the master is not only practicing for himself, but for all the devil kings.

The blind man went to a place farther away, sat down and began to read the dossiers he got from the city of Chuzhou, which recorded many things about the court of Qianguo.

A soldier squatted next to the blind man, delivering hot water from time to time.

Fan Li and Xue San were together, and they started to wander around, looking for that kind of small hole, to see if they could dig out the hibernating snake.

Ah Ming and Liang Cheng sat together,

The water bag, Ah Ming took a sip, then handed it to Liang Cheng to drink.

Neither of the two spoke, just letting the cold winter wind blow the bangs on their foreheads.

Half of the cavalry of Green Willow Castle were resting, and the other half began to ride freely within a safe distance under the city wall, changing shifts every once in a while.

In Qingshan County, after the panic at the beginning, it also fell into silence.

Time passed slowly,

Xue San and Fan Li really caught a snake and were lighting a fire for barbecue.

Zheng Fan opened his eyes at this moment, and the blood in his body remained unchanged.

"My lord, don't worry, you have to take your time in cultivation." Si Niang, who had been sitting far away before, got up and walked over when Zheng Fan opened his eyes.

"I don't care much about that."

I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and, in this world, although there are so-called strong people, having more soldiers and generals can also offset the shortcomings of one's own strength.

"By the way, Si Niang, next time you disguise yourself, make it a little rougher."

After hearing this, Si Niang was stunned for a moment, and then understood.

During the march, she always changed her appearance. Although she changed her appearance into a man, she was too delicate. In addition, the Lord knew her identity and had a "skin relationship" with her, so when she looked at her appearance after changing her appearance When this handsome male face...

The lord is afraid that something will go wrong, so he is taking precautions.

"The servant knows."

"My lord, do you want to eat the grilled snake skin?"

Xue San walked over with the grilled snake.

Zheng Fan waved his hand and said, "Eat it yourself."

"Yes, my lord."

Zheng Fan looked up at the sky and said:

"It's about time."

Zheng Fan pointed to Liang Cheng who was still "sitting for two" over there,

"Hello!"

Liang Cheng heard the shout and looked here.

Zheng Fan turned around with his hands up, Liang Cheng understood, and began to order the troops to assemble and prepare to leave.

The large army should have gone far away by now, and it doesn't make any sense whether you can see Qingshan County or not. The most important thing is for everyone to pack up and catch up with the large army and continue southward.

The blind man also came over at this time, and said:

"My lord, my subordinates have discovered that the number of Yan troops going south seems to be much smaller than we thought."

After skipping the three counties in the north of Qianguo, the most direct and shortest route is to go all the way south, which is to go through Chu County, Beihe County, and Xishan County and then go straight to Bianzhou County where Shangjing is located.

If the 250,000 troops were really heading south, this road would not be so easy, at least, there should be an endless stream of sentry cavalry from other towns.

But for such a long distance from Chuzhou City to the south, it seems that Li Fusheng is the only town.

"Isn't this very similar to your guess?" Zheng Fan asked back.

"The lord is joking, everything is under the control of the lord."

"Don't put gold on my face." Zheng Fan shook his head.

In fact, the military plan at the highest level has never been fully disclosed. Even now, there are still many details that have not been announced.

For example, which troops and horses and how many people will go to the upper capital, such as where to choose to fight the ambush of the three sides of the Qian Kingdom.

However, even if the people above didn't say anything, there would still be clues that could be seen.

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 all stay at the border of Chu County.

The blind man arranged so much in Chuzhou City that he even "sold" himself and married a girl from the Wen family.

If after a while, when the reinforcements from the Qian Kingdom come back, take down Chuzhou City, and cut down Wen's family, wouldn't the blind man's arrangements be in vain?

"My lord, the troops are ready." Liang Cheng came to report.

The cavalry of Fort Green Willow seemed to have done a team building in the winter field, and now they finally assembled and prepared to leave.

Zheng Fan got on his horse and let out a long sigh of relief.

The blind man rode beside Zheng Fan.

"That little lady can ride a horse?" Zheng Fan asked.

"Yes." The blind man replied.

"It's impossible to ride for too long."

"It's fine if you get calluses out."

"She's your wife." Zheng Fan reminded.

If Si Niang's thighs were calloused from riding a horse for a long time, Zheng Fan would definitely be in pain.

Fortunately, Si Niang has kung fu and can take care of herself, so there is no need to worry about this kind of problem, but Yue Xin is different. Even if he can ride a horse, where does this kind of lady get the opportunity to ride a horse for a long time?

"It's a war now, and the subordinates know the severity."

"Oh, I understand, you are afraid that you will be emotional, aren't you?" Zheng Fan laughed.

"Men want to sleep on beautiful women, and men like smart women."

The blind man didn't hide it at all, and continued:

"She's beautiful and smart."

"Forget it, I won't worry about your business, anyway, you can handle it yourself." After speaking, Zheng Fan pointed to Qingshan County in front of him, and said:

"Blind man, Chuzhou City, we don't have extravagant hopes. It is estimated that at least a town commander is qualified to guard it. However, Qingshan County is also quite good. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers. Not to mention the scenery, it is still a major transportation point between the north and the south of the country. Dao, if we can establish ourselves here in the future, it will be a suitable place for development.”

Liang Cheng said:

"The Crouching Dragon is hidden in Qingshan, as the name suggests, it is a suitable place to start a family."

Zheng Fan was a little surprised and said:

"A Cheng, do you know Feng Shui?"

A Ming next to him joked:

"He was buried too much."

Everyone immediately laughed, Zheng Fan raised his whip and said:

"We don't dare to think about Wolong, and I don't think I have such a destiny, besides..."

"Squeak..."

At this time,

The gate of Qingshan County was opened.

The city gate should have been blocked with something before, so it couldn't have been opened by accident. The people inside must have cleared the blockage before opening the door.

Inside the city gate, three riders came out, the leader of whom was dressed in a civil official's robe and 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 rode his horse back to Zheng Fan.

Arched:

"My lord, the defenders in the city have tied up the county magistrate and surrendered to us in Kaesong!"

"..." Zheng Fan.