Devil’s Advent

"It's not going to work. Whether Emperor Yan sent him out to make a deal with the Situ family or he was playing tricks on his own, we have no obligation to fill the hole for them with our own lives."

Zheng Fan took out two cigarettes and handed one to the blind man. The two of them were sitting against the wall, but now they squatted down facing the wall.

It's night now. In modern times, smoking on the battlefield at night is a signal light for people. In ancient times, it was not much better. There were no such things as sniper rifles in ancient times, but there was no shortage of sharpshooters, especially Infuse Qi and blood into the arrow and then shoot it, the range and lethality will become terrifying.

Zheng Fan used to practice archery with A Ming all the time when he had nothing to do, so he naturally has a deep understanding of this.

The two silver coins have always been precious to my life, and I will definitely not make jokes. After all, it is a tacit agreement to set up secret whistles or shooters near the front line at night.

So, with the cigarette butts down, the two of them just pouted their buttocks and lit their cigarettes.

"What is the Lord planning to do?"

"Since there must be a problem with Xinsu City, the result is either A or B. I am still planning to plan something. After I finish smoking this cigarette, I will go straight down and ask the emperor straight to the point."

"My lord, if Emperor Yan deliberately threw him out, it was because he wanted to keep himself free from any karma and suspicion, and wanted to send him out in the most reasonable way;

Since we have already accepted it here, if we throw it out again, wouldn't it be intentional to discredit Emperor Yan?

This may make Yanhuang more angry and embarrassed than breaking Yanhuang's calculations. "

"Blind man, you haven't seen Ji Runhao before."

"Um."

"Let's put it this way, this emperor, in the ancient times of our time and space, is really another Qin Emperor and Han Wu, and he is very arrogant. Although politics is dirty, he should disdain to use this method. Greet the Emperor Jin well, and let him be sold on the way back."

"If the master analyzes it from this angle, the subordinates will be convinced."

"Hehe, of course, if that's the case, then we're going to be in trouble anyway, and it's meaningless for this big swallow to stay any longer, isn't it?"

"That's the reason."

"If this was all done by Emperor Jin himself..."

Zheng Fan exhaled a smoke ring, frowned and said:

"The problem is that even if there are no permanent enemies or friends in politics, but what he is doing with the Situ family at this time, Situ Lei has already ascended the throne and established the country."

"My lord, my subordinates feel that if we look at it in this way, if this incident was initiated by Emperor Jin, then there should be a change in one of the links that even Emperor Jin himself did not expect. "

With that said, the blind man pointed forward and continued:

"At night, thousands of horsemen came outside again. The size of the Situ family's army outside has exceeded 15,000 and is approaching 20,000. This is not a battle that the Emperor Jin can make."

"I heard that after the destruction of Helian's family and Wenren's family, many leaders of the Jin army switched to Yu Ciming's command?" Zheng Fan analyzed.

Yan Guo acquiesced to this behavior. To use an inappropriate analogy, Emperor Jin is now just like Wang Jianhai back then.

Hearing this, Liang Cheng said, "My lord, the morale of the soldiers and horses outside is very strong, they don't look like the routs who have just been recuperated."

"Forget it, forget it, I won't analyze it, it hurts my head, since I'm sure there's something wrong with it, I'll go down and ask later, just play it straight, and stop messing around with him."

After finishing speaking, Zheng Fan stubbed out the cigarette butt, and said to Liang Cheng: "You watch from the city, be careful of Jin people attacking at night."

"Yes, my lord."

When the situation is a mess, the best way is to cut it directly from the middle without caring about it.

At least, that's what Zheng Fan thinks. It's not okay to pretend to be confused in order to get by with other things.

But now it involves the life and death of myself and a large group of people around me, no matter how muddled, it is meaningless.

The original guards who entered the Wubao together with the Emperor Jin were dispatched to the city wall, so when Zheng Fan led nearly a hundred soldiers over, there were actually only two guards and two maids beside the Emperor Jin.

Yes, the old dock owner did not change his habits and continued to send off his granddaughter.

Moreover, Zheng Fan also discovered that this specification is higher than his own. He only said to send one granddaughter to warm the bed, but here he will send two directly.

Of course, this is also understandable, although the royal family of the Yu clan has been worthless since Jiazi, and Jin people have not known the Jin emperor for a long time, but they are the real emperor after all.

For a small tyrant like the old dock master, being able to curry favor with the Emperor Jin, even if it is not aimed at his power, well, the Emperor Jin does not have much power left, but even if he has two more princes and grandchildren, it is a very cost-effective deal.

Without waiting for the notification, Zheng Fan walked in directly. The two guards wanted to stop them, but they were forcibly blocked by the soldiers beside Zheng Fan. If they disagreed with each other, they would directly attack, which made the two guards dare not rash.

When Zheng Fan came in, he saw Emperor Jin was sipping porridge, although at this moment, he still maintained his own elegance.

But this elegance gave Zheng Fan a feeling of "he is pretending".

In the entire four eastern countries, people who have met the three emperors are really rare. Zheng Fan has seen them all, and even talked to them.

In comparison, Yanhuang is domineering and natural, and Qianhuang is free and easy, both of which are a natural expression of "cultivation" to the extreme.

They may be similar to a certain extent, that is, they are very easy-going. The fundamental reason is that they are very confident, and they don't need to deliberately put on airs and pose majestic to declare their identities.

In other words, who wants to pretend to live every day? Are you not tired?

But Emperor Jin is different, he pretends very much, because since he succeeded to the throne, he has never really enjoyed the feeling of being a Ninth Five-Year Lord.

The more guilty the person, the more eager to use this way of external expression to "hold" themselves.

Seeing Zheng Fan coming in, Emperor Jin put down the porridge bowl with some doubts, and said:

"Has General Zheng used his dinner?"

Up to now, I am still thinking about Corporal Lixian.

Zheng Fan didn't catch this. If he didn't know anything before, he was willing to cooperate with Emperor Jin to play a scene similar to Liu Bei throwing a Dou.

But now, not that interested.

"Everyone go out."

Zheng Fan said bluntly.

Yu Ciming narrowed his eyes slightly, waved his hand, and said gently:

"Let's all go out."

Soon, only Zheng Fan and Jin Huang were left in the room.

"Does General Zheng have any military secrets to tell me?"

Zheng Fan sat down cross-legged in front of the Emperor Jin. At this moment, Zheng Fan really felt a kind of differential treatment at the level of power.

Emperor Yan, Emperor Qian, and even the Second Marquis of the North and the South, didn't put on airs very much when they were in front of him.

But the more it was like this, the more it made Zheng Fan tremble like walking on thin ice.

And now when facing the Emperor Jin, Zheng Fan really felt that he was presumptuous, so he was bullying you, the emperor, in name only?

In the final analysis, I am looking at people through colored glasses.

"There is something that General Ben wants to clarify with His Majesty."

"General Zheng, please speak."

"Did His Majesty's team be overtaken by the Situ family's rebellious army on the outskirts of Xinsu City?"

"yes."

"Your Majesty should be clear that the people stationed in Xinsu City are part of my Great Yan's Jingnan Army. The Jingnan Army is my Great Yan's elite, with strict military discipline, and there are very few mistakes and slack."

"I know."

"Let me just say it bluntly, Your Majesty, I now suspect that you are a gift from my Majesty to the Situ family."

When Emperor Jin heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, as if he couldn't accept this level of straight-to-the-point, but after all, he was the emperor, and he had a strong ability to adapt. After a little bit of astonishment, he immediately said:

"How did General Zheng know?"

"It is impossible for Xinsu City to not respond to the appearance of an army outside, so I can only guess this way."

"Then what does General Zheng intend to do? If the general takes me in, won't it ruin your emperor's plan?"

Zheng Fan shook his head and said:

"Actually, your Majesty, since you have met His Majesty the Emperor, you should know what kind of person your Majesty the Emperor is. The general did not receive the notification, and if he saw you being chased and took you in, it would be considered as ruining His Majesty's plan. My Majesty will not blame me for this matter."

"That's not necessarily the case, the heart of an emperor is as deep as the sea."

"Maybe Your Majesty still doesn't understand me. I, the Third Prince of Yan, was abolished by myself."

Zheng Fan also found it amusing, the fact that the third prince was abolished by him has almost become his own label, and he can take it out from time to time to show his sense of existence.

"Since General Zheng is so sincere, if so, how does General Zheng plan to deal with the aftermath?"

"It's difficult." Zheng Fan said with emotion.

"Yes, it's difficult."

Because I saw too many people, if I wanted to silence them, I couldn't.

"However, I have one advantage."

"Appreciate further details."

"I always like to think things in the right direction."

"Oh, good habit."

"What if this matter was not arranged by my Majesty?"

"Who arranged that? It can't be me, can it?"

After hearing this rhetorical question, Zheng Fan stared at Yu Ciming with a smile on his lips.

Yu Ciming also smiled, and looked at Zheng Fan.

Shaoqing,

Yu Ciming nodded and said:

"Yo, what a coincidence, it's really me."

Yu Ciming admitted.

Zheng Fan silently put the saber by his side, and at the same time inadvertently reached out and touched the magic pill on his chest,

road:

"What does His Majesty wish?"

This Jinhuang is really a master who can make troubles.

Make your own country's opposition first,

After chasing and killing myself,

Putting this kind of plot in a film and television drama is simply a no-brainer.

"Since General Zheng has been so sincere and open, I will not hide it anymore. The army outside the city was ambushed in the capital in advance by my order.

The Yan army in Xinsu City did not dare to enter the capital to investigate anything. "

Things, explained.

Zheng Fan was really interested in this matter.

In fact, if he was just an ordinary city guard who went to serve, he might be treated like a marionette and played around, thinking that a Jinhuang sister fell into the world to make himself cheap.

Thanks to the fact that the demon kings under his command are all human beings, they discovered something was wrong in time.

Emperor Jin sighed,

He put his fingers on the table and tapped lightly,

road:

"Without him, please live your ears."

"Who wants to kill you?" Zheng Fan asked.

"General Zheng, in fact, there are some people in this world who don't live for their lives. Swordsmen live for swords, literati live for poetry and articles. As emperors, if they are completely reduced to decorations, then what's the point of living?

General Zheng, can you understand this truth? "

"Eat to live, not live to eat."

Hearing this, Emperor Jin's eyes lit up immediately, and he felt a feeling of finding a confidant, and he couldn't help feeling a little regretful, regretting that if he had been able to make friends with the other party earlier, he would not have been so lonely along the way.

However, Emperor Jin still has doubts in his heart, that is, the previous performance on the city wall and the performance in front of him, this general of the Yan people completely gave him a sense of sight of two people.

In fact, at this moment, whether it is Zheng Fan or Jinhuang, when they look at each other, they have a feeling of being in the fog.

The initial impression was all sand sculptures, but slowly I discovered that it was not just as simple as sand sculptures.

"The matter has come to this point, please make it clear, Your Majesty, after all, swords and guns have no eyes in the battle, and I have to be responsible to my subordinates."

You play tricks and political tricks, you can go for fun, I don’t care if you harm the people of your Jin country, but if you want Lao Tzu’s soldiers to be buried with you, I’m sorry, I don’t play anymore.

"General Zheng should be aware that what I am looking for since I opened the South Gate is nothing more than the word 'living'. I thought that with the support of the Yan people, although my face and history books will not be glorious, But probably living with dignity is not a big problem.

As long as you Yan people still want to maintain a stable rule in the Jin Kingdom, you must give me this archway. As long as your Majesty still has the ambition to sweep the East, you must treat me kindly. "

"Indeed."

"But the Situ family has ascended the throne and established the country."

"so what?"

"In the land of the Three Jin Dynasties, my role is nothing more than three. One is to show the monarchs of other countries, and to surrender to the Yan Kingdom can also ensure that there is no need to worry about food and clothing;

The second is to appease the hearts of the people in the land of the Three Jins;

The third is to deter and suppress the Situ family. As the official Jinhuang here, the Situ family, as retainers, has been suppressed in the name of orthodoxy.

Your Yan people also used the Zhenbei Army to go out for the conquest. Now is the time to cultivate your health and rest. You don't want to start a war with the Situ family, which is the most powerful and deeply rooted among the three Jins.

However, the old Patriarch Situ passed away suddenly, and Situ Lei's ascension to the throne seemed to be a radical move, but it had already wiped out most of my existence. "

Zheng Fan frowned slightly.

"You people from Yan once promised to the Situ family that if the Situ family is willing to surrender and submit to the Yan State, they can retain the feudal state, and the Yan State can recognize its status as the lord.

The old Patriarch Situ directly refused, saying that he was from Jin and would not be a lackey of Yan people.

Then,

he died. "

"The deal was made with Situ Da?"

Emperor Jin nodded and said: "That's true. What you Yan people want is a stable land of the Three Jins. Let the Situ family ascend the throne and establish a country, and completely divide the land of the Three Jins, which is very in line with what you Yan people want.

But after this, how will I deal with myself?

I originally thought that you Yan Guo had a big heart of tigers and wolves, and you would only give up after swallowing the three Jins, but now you have just tasted it. "

Originally, you were the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, and no matter what you did, you represented the legal orthodoxy of the Jin Kingdom. Although the capital is not big, just a county, at least you can still maintain a certain degree of influence.

Now that the Situ family has ascended the throne, it is obvious that they do not recognize you as the emperor. If Yan Guo still wants to take advantage of the situation and fight to wipe out the Situ family and dominate the Jin country, he can continue to use his name to fight for rebellion.

But the problem is that in this battle of Yan State, the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of cavalry has already emptied the foundation of the family, and they are preparing to recuperate for a period of time. I didn’t see that Zhenbei Hou had already rushed back to Beifeng County with a Zhenbei army. what?

This is because I don’t want to fight anymore in a short period of time, and I want to digest the fruits of victory at this stage first. Therefore, the Yan Kingdom’s court even reached an agreement with the Situ family. You can build a country, and we will divide the land of Jin together. .

Under this default situation, the existence of Emperor Jin is extremely embarrassing.

"Your Majesty did this to provoke a war between my country of Yan and the Situ family?"

Jin Huang nodded and said with emotion: "It's just for self-protection."

The Taiping state of Jin is an extremely unfavorable situation for the emperor. Only when the state of Jin continues to fight and is in turmoil can he need to continue to exist.

There is even a chance to fish in troubled waters.

Zheng Fan suddenly felt that the Emperor Jin in front of him was very similar to Li Fusheng, and both of them seemed to be mentally ill.

For your own obsession, you can do anything extreme.

Or maybe the emperor has been obsessed with this kind of gamble ever since he opened the South Gate.

"That is to say, the soldiers and horses outside are Your Majesty's soldiers and horses?"

"After Helian's family and Wenren's family were destroyed, I received a lot of knights from the Three Jins, enriching the imperial army."

This is an admission.

Zheng Fan reached out and rubbed his temples, saying:

"Your Majesty, I still don't know what your real purpose is for doing this?"

Start a war? Create tension? These big and empty goals seem a little unrealistic in terms of specific things.

"Because there is no goal, I want to muddy the water, otherwise there will never be a goal."

This is the answer given by Emperor Jin, mess it up first, and then read it.

"Oh, like this."

Zheng Fan stood up.

Jinhuang picked up the porridge bowl again, ready to continue drinking porridge.

"Your Majesty, if you tell me everything like this, you are not afraid that I will write a letter to my Majesty?"

"I'm not afraid."

"Why, I'm from Yan."

"I'm still from Jin, and I'm still the emperor of Jin, but didn't I also start a war for my own throne and let the people of the three Jins suffer torture?"

"No, no, it's different, I'm purer."

"Perhaps so, General Zheng, I know what you are asking for, in the midst of chaos, you and I can support each other.

There is no need to worry about the soldiers and horses outside, they will disperse after two days of siege.

You, General Zheng, have the merit of protecting the sky, you can take it for yourself, it is purely a gift from me to General Zheng. "

"no………"

Zheng Fan suddenly felt something was wrong.

"What else is there for General Zheng?"

Zheng Fan turned around again, looked at Emperor Jin, and said:

"Your Majesty just said that the army outside the city is His Majesty's men?"

"yes."

"Your Majesty, can you follow me to the city wall?"

"I was asked to come down to rest earlier, but you, General."

"The previous was the previous, and the present is the present. There are some things that I have to confirm before I can rest assured."

Jinhuang smiled and stood up, walked to Zheng Fan's side, and said:

"Then I will accompany the general to the city tower to have a look, to rest Zheng Aiqing's heart."

"Please, Your Majesty."

Zheng Fan and Jinhuang came out together, and a certain distance was deliberately opened between them.

After coming out, they walked up the city wall side by side.

Jinhuang looked at the soldiers on the tower who were still waiting in full force even at night, and said apologetically:

"Let the general's tigers be tired."

"It doesn't matter, even if the war doesn't start, it's not bad if it's pure martial arts."

Emperor Jin put his hands on the city wall, looked towards the east, and said:

"Does the general know who the leader on the other side is?"

"Your Majesty, please explain."

"His surname is Yu, his name is Yu Huacheng, and he is my personal soldier, General Wei."

"oh."

Oh, never heard of it.

"He is actually an all-rounder in both civil and military affairs. It's a pity that he has been dragged down by me and has not been able to use his fists. I will introduce him to you in the future."

"well."

"But his own brother, General Zheng, should have been heard of. His name is Yu Huaping."

"Still not..."

"People in the rivers and lakes call him the Sword Master of the Jin Kingdom."

"Cough cough cough..."

This is indeed heard.

"Your Majesty, so the Sword Master of the Jin Kingdom is a member of the royal family?"

"It's a distant relative. It couldn't be farther away, but they all have the surname Yu after all."

"I see."

At this moment, a sentry arrow suddenly lifted into the sky, bringing the sound of whistling.

Liang Cheng on the city wall immediately shouted:

"The enemy attacked at night, prepare to meet the enemy!"

All of a sudden, all the soldiers, no matter they were on vigil or taking a nap, were mobilized and began to rush to the city wall.

On the city wall, Emperor Jin's face was a little gloomy. He looked at Zheng Fan and said:

"General Zheng, what is the meaning of this?"

"The enemy attacked at night and prepared to attack the city." Zheng Fan replied.

The whistle arrow was shot by Xue San. As an assassin, Xue San hid under the Wubao, so he could detect the enemy's movements early and give an early warning.

Others may not believe it, but Zheng Fan has 100% trust in these matters for the Demon King under his command.

"absurd!"

Jin Huang scolded.

Zheng Fan didn't bother to beep with Jin Huang, so he pressed Jin Huang's shoulder directly, and the two of them squatted down together.

"Whoosh whoosh!!!"

A burst of arrows shot up from below the city.

following,

There are also intensive shouts of killing,

The soldiers and horses on the opposite side,

Really attacked the city at night!

Jinhuang originally thought that Zheng Fan was fooling himself, but the current momentum cannot be faked, so he was stunned for a while.

"How is it possible...how is it possible...how is this possible..."

At this time, Ah Ming and Siniang had already arrived beside Zheng Fan. This was a standard configuration. At any time on the battlefield, the Lord must be protected by at least two demon kings.

A Ming looked at the dazed Jinhuang over there, and asked:

"What's wrong?"

Zheng Fan silently drew out his long knife,

road:

"He played off."