Devil’s Advent

Fan Cheng's arsenal was opened.

Qu Peiluo was riding on a horse, and beside him was Fan Zhengwen, who was also riding a horse.

The Patriarch of the Fan family, who always liked to dress up as a scribe, finally took off the elegant gown with white and blue as the main color, and put on a leather armor.

He wanted to try wearing a better armor. There was no lack of it at home, and even treasure armor, but after putting it on, he couldn't even speak up. He had no choice but to choose a leather armor to make do with it.

Fan Zhengwen experienced for the first time what it means to catch ducks on the shelves, and he probably just did it like this.

At the same time, the changes in the past few days also made him realize a truth, not externally, but internally, it is...for himself.

Smart people say that "the sea is inclusive of all rivers because the sea is low-key and humble\

,"But in the bottom of my heart, there is actually an unavoidable arrogance to see all the mountains and small things at a glance.

And Fan Zhengwen finally realized his limitations.

At the beginning, it wasn't that he never wanted to expand the Fan family and Fan City step by step. "Proclaiming the emperor and proclaiming the ancestors" is too far away, but at least he can work hard towards a real big feudal town. It doesn't mean that I can't sit on an equal footing with Naping Xihou's Mansion in the future, and be a little more greedy,

Shall we seal it up too?

Now, he doesn't have that kind of thought anymore, in the world of great strife, he should speak with gold and iron horses;

When the army is overwhelming, if they can't fight back with equal vigor and ability, then everything will be powerless.

"If Fan is lucky enough to allow Fan City to survive this catastrophe, then Fan..."

Qu Peiluo turned his head with interest, looked at Fan Zhengwen, and asked:

"What do you want?"

Fan Zhengwen smiled and replied:

"Just hand over this Fancheng, this family business, and hand it over completely. The whole family, whoever is willing to go to Yanjing with me, can go to Yanjing, and those who can't leave their homeland will stay. The one who came down is no longer the master of the Fan family, hehe.

Since he doesn't have that ability, it's better to just let go and ask for a free and easy clean.

When I went to Yanjing, the new king looked at the face of the Buddha instead of the face of the monk, the face of the relatives instead of the face of the Buddha, the face of the ability instead of the face of the relatives, and the face of me who was abandoned by the family...

It's not too much to be a servant of the household department, right? "

"The slave who has been managing my Qu family for a hundred years is naturally qualified to be a servant of the household department in Yanjing City."

"Accept your auspicious words, Young Master."

The equipment in the arsenal was transported out batch by batch. This was not only for changing the outfits of Qu Peiluo's subordinates and providing ordnance and supplies for the defense of the city, but also for arming the young and strong in the city.

The battle of defending the city can narrow the gap in the quality of the soldiers. For Fan City right now, it is the most cost-effective to simply turn it into a game of filling each other with human lives.

But when he saw that many of the transported ordnance were armor of the "Qingluan Army" standard, Fan Zhengwen's face was a little embarrassed.

The Fan family has been managing Qu's money for a hundred years, but the Fan family has also been a master mouse for more than a hundred years.

In the job of forging armor for the Qingluan Army, the Fan family received a lot of kickbacks.

Qu Peiluo's expression was normal, he had expected this scene a long time ago.

"I remember that there was a saying in Yanjing. It is said that it was said by the new king and Ping Xihou that the country of Yan is located in the barren land in the northwest.

In terms of population, it is inferior to dry countries;

In terms of land, it is not as good as Chu;

On the Xiongguan pass, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is not as good as the state of Jin;

Why is it now the land where Yan Guo swallowed the three Jins, and the tigers occupy the north to coerce Qian Chu and look down on the Xias?

Yan people only have five fingers, but they can use five.

Ganchu has ten fingers, but the ones that are really usable, either come one by one, or all three together.

The Yan people clenched their fists, but other countries were still counting their fingers. Under such a situation, how could Yan not be strong, and how could other countries not be weak? "

This is out of feeling that what the Fan family was to the Qu family back then is equivalent to what the Qu family was to the Chu state.

Everyone has a master-servant relationship in name, but in fact they are just blood-sucking leeches attached to the body of the previous party.

Fan Zhengwen nodded,

road:

"Therefore, the first emperor of Yan State stepped on the door to unify the domestic structure, and only then did he achieve the success of wanton expansion.

Remember the young master once went to Jindong? "

"When he was taken prisoner, he was locked up in Jindi for a period of time."

"Then the young master has a detailed look at Jindong?"

Qu Peiluo shook his head.

He was under custody at the time, so he could not move freely.

"If you can survive this encounter, I suggest that the young master go to Jindong to have a look. In fact, what the servant did in Fancheng in the past two years is also imitating what the Pingxihoufu did in Jindong;

But painting a tiger is not an anti-dog, but now, it has fallen into such an embarrassing situation.

However, the slaves still believed that the strategy of Pingxi Hou Mansion in Jindong was correct.

A strong country, when the people are rich and the soldiers are strong, the people are not afraid of war, and the soldiers are warlike. Looking at the entire land of eastern Jin, from bottom to top, all layouts, all layouts, are waiting for the Pingxi Houfu to make a thunderbolt immediately. force.

Yan Guoxian stepped on the door of the imperial family, opened the imperial examination, and accepted the children of poor families to make progress. In the end, it was still in the structure of the imperial court, which was patched up and revised.

But in that year, the Eastern Jin Dynasty had already become a piece of white land due to the war, and the Pingxi Hou Mansion built a new house on the white land.

Smell its variety, observe its details,

well,

Everyone in the world said that Yan Guoping, the master of war of Xihou Ye, Cheng Jingnan Wang;

But in the eyes of slaves,

The strongest point of Lord Pingxi is not in leading troops to fight, but in local governance.

The slaves used to study history, and there was no specific form of characters who were full of literary and martial arts in their hearts. It is easy to make people laugh when the literati in Qianguo read a few military books and boast that they are both civil and military.

But in this Marquis of Pingxi, the slave really realized that there really are such perfect people in this world! "

Qu Peiluo shook his head and said, "That's because you have never led soldiers to fight against him on the battlefield."

Qu Peiluo took Qu's reorganized Qingluan Army to King Qin, but was beaten terribly by Lord Pingxi.

"That's because the young master has never really been a housekeeper, so he doesn't know how expensive Chai Mi is."

The two look at each other,

immediately,

All laughed.

Qu Peiluo patted his wristband, and said: "You said, we may die after a while, don't you think it's ridiculous that we are still blowing about a person far away in the sky?"

"At least, it can prove that we didn't lose unjustly, can't we?" Fan Zhengwen continued, "It is said that King Jingnan of Yan State used his soldiers like a god, and he was victorious in every battle. In front of King Jingnan, Da Chu Nianyao could only act with trepidation. A shrinking turtle.

But what happened to King Jingnan? What's the end?

The God of War, the God of War, is nothing more than a star falling under the curtain of night, splendor to splendor, wonder to wonder, but it's just been here.

According to the servants,

Pingxi Marquis, now the new king of Yan does not 'restrict' him, or the new king has the ability to restrain him, but then, if something goes wrong...

Eight hundred years ago, the Three Marquises opened borders under the order of the Great Xia Zi, and their martial arts and martial arts, which one is not the best in the world?

Lord Pingxi, he already has this appearance, and his wings have grown. "

Qu Peiluo asked, "So, what's the use of talking about it?"

"Young master, the higher the Marquis of Pingxi will go in the future, the less you will be considered ashamed if you lose to him, and it will be taken for granted among the public and the history.

even,

The princess was snatched away by Marquis Pingxi, and you will no longer be a clown here, but will be lamented by future generations who read history, what kind of young master of the Qu family dared to be like the young... ... Hehe, snatching a woman.

Moreover, he survived.

Really, amazing. "

Qu Peiluo was thoughtful, and then asked; "So, since you, a slave, are so optimistic about Lord Pingxi and the future of Pingxihou's mansion, why did you go to Yanjing? Wouldn't it be better for the government to be in charge?"

"My daughter-in-law and son are in Yanjing." Fan Zhengwen said with a smile.

"Just because of this?" Qu Peiluo asked.

"Hey, being under Qu's back then didn't delay our rebellion against Chu Touyan, did it?"

Qu Peiluo had nothing to say for a moment.

After the arsenal was opened and taken over by Qu Peiluo, the next step was the treasury of the Fan Mansion.

The gold, silver, jewelry, and brocades of goods inside were carried out, and began to be rewarded below.

Money can make ghosts grind, and distributing goods is indeed the most direct and effective way to boost morale.

When Lord Pingxi fought a war, a few words could make his soldiers scream and charge upwards. This was also because they and their families were well fed on weekdays.

At the same time, the young and strong people in the city who were willing to climb the city wall were also rewarded. No matter what happened next, at least for now, there was an atmosphere of defending Fancheng and serving the Fan family in Fancheng.

Qu Peiluo said to Fan Zhengwen:

"Next, I will write a letter to the head of the Dugu family in the south, saying that I, Qu Peiluo, have already entered Fancheng. Give me a few days, and I will dedicate Fancheng. I hope that the head of the Dugu family will take care of my father and the ancestors of the Qu family. , give me this chance of redemption."

This is a slowing down strategy.

"Chu Jun, will you believe me?"

After all, what they were facing were all veterans on the battlefield and old foxes in politics.

Qu Peiluo said confidently:

"Did you think I would be so cheap?"

Fan Zhengwen shook his head.

Qu Peiluo nodded and said:

"And so do they."

After returning from Fancheng with the princess and Liu Ruqing last time,

Liang Cheng once approached the blind man to report about Qu Peiluo.

Blind men are good at analyzing people's psychology,

Just say:

Qu Peiluo has lost too many times in the hands of the master, lost love, lost career, lost family wealth, and even lost his family and country.

On Qingtan after the defeat, he wanted to kill himself, but was stopped;

When he was first released back to Chu, he wanted to rebel, but was also stopped;

Any thing, after a long time, will become paralyzed, and suicide is the same. It's not that I'm suddenly afraid of death, but that I can't get excited.

There are too many pains and frustrations in him, coupled with some evil tastes raised by the Lord, it can be said to be extremely cruel to this good man;

But it is precisely because of this way of vigorously producing miracles that it has some unexpected effects.

Liang Cheng asked Qu Peiluo if he was determined to submit to us?

The blind man pondered for a while, then said:

Do you know Wu Sangui? In the eyes of those who like to watch the history, Wu Sangui was angry for Yuanyuan to win the crown and lured the Qing soldiers into the customs for the confidante.

Although this is not the case, there will always be a minority of people who really care about the facts.

Therefore, Wu Sangui has obviously done many heinous things, but people's perception of him is not that extreme.

The so-called "rage at the crown" is a beauty, and even after a long time, she can still taste some heroic and free and easy taste.

at last,

The blind man lamented,

Pity,

can think of this,

This child is really Qu's unicorn seed,

It's a pity to meet the Lord,

pity,

Met us.

...

The letter written by Qu Peiluo himself was sent to the Dugu family camp in the south.

In the next two days, the Dugu family's army really stopped there, stood still, did not continue to press forward, and even, except for the sentry cavalry who occasionally scraped under the city wall, the figure of the army did not really go to the city.

At the same time, the defenders in Fancheng began to make final preparations for defending the city. The forests outside the city were felled and burned, and the collection of various materials in the city was organized.

The two days are neither long nor short. After all, these two days have passed for nothing. For the people of Fancheng who are determined to stand firm and wait for help, this is a waste of money.

As for General Nian in the north, he seemed to be rectifying the mob he had gathered, while he was also waiting for the official siege of the Dugu family in the south.

The north-south attack must come together to really destroy the morale of the Fancheng defenders in one fell swoop.

But because of the stagnation of Dugu's family in the south, General Nian had to stop there as well.

With Fancheng as the center, the large area around Fangyuan, obviously the three parties have already sharpened their knives, but they have spent this period of peace.

On the third day, seeing that Fan Cheng hadn't moved for a long time, the Dugu family's army began to move.

Qu Peiluo sent another letter, saying that he wanted to meet the old head of the Dugu family.

there,

agreed.

The confrontation between the two armies, and the meeting of the main general, was originally a kind of military etiquette that was passed down in Daxia, and even existed in earlier years.

In the historical records of Daxia, there are more than one records of the meeting between the generals of Daxia and the barbarians, savages, or the Shanyue army.

It's just that this etiquette was recently broken by a Hou Ye surnamed Zheng.

Back then, when the Snow Customs came down, there was a story that was passed down in the world, that is, the Juggernaut broke through a thousand horses with one sword.

So why did the Juggernaut leave the city?

Because at that time, Lord Zheng Hou was going to meet with the wild man General Grimu.

Let the current sword master pretend to be a banner bearer to accompany him to the meeting in front of the army. It is not clear whether this move is unprecedented, but it is indeed unprecedented.

However, one is because the brilliance of Juggernaut is too gorgeous;

The second is that under the background of Zhu Xia's "serious racial discrimination", it is not proper to show etiquette to wild people?

What kind of etiquette should you talk about with animals and animals, are they worthy?

Coupled with the unprecedented results of this war, under all kinds of light, this small flaw in Zheng Houye's personal integrity was directly covered up.

In fact, at that time, the savage general Grimu didn't even think about talking about the rules, because the black dragon flag raised by Xueguan made him and his soldiers panic, so he also invited a master guide to pretend to be his commander standard bearer;

Everyone didn't think about the rules.

It's just that Zheng Houye's configuration is too high-end, directly crushing Grimu.

But no matter what, although the aristocratic forces of Chu State are now under continuous suppression and are beginning to decline, the etiquette inheritance among the great Chu aristocrats is still accepted by each other.

Although the Qu family has been recognized as a rebellious family by the court of Chu State, and Qu Peiluo has become a sinner who has forgotten his ancestors, but the Qu family has been passed down for hundreds of years, this foundation, this incense, is still there.

The most important thing is that Fan Cheng in front of Chu Jun is like meat on a chopping board, unlike the despair of the barbarian army when they looked at Xuehaiguan;

When people are not in a hurry, they still need etiquette, integrity and shame to decorate their facades. This is the attitude that nobles should have.

a table,

two chairs,

two big flags;

On one side is the fire phoenix flag of the state of Chu, and on the other is the black dragon flag of the state of Yan.

Qu Peiluo arrived first. He didn't bring any guards with him. After sitting down, he looked at the fire-phoenix flag on the opposite side, a little lost in thought.

A team of knights was first sent from the opposite side. After scanning the surroundings to confirm that they were correct, the knights withdrew. Afterwards, the old Patriarch of the Dugu family appeared, dismounted, removed his armor, walked over, and sat down.

No tea, no snacks;

Qu Peiluo got up and saluted Dugu's old Patriarch:

"Pei Luo, I have met Uncle Dugu."

The old Patriarch Dugu looked at the former handsome Qu family in front of him, and in his eyes, the demeanor of Qu Tiannan in those days appeared involuntarily.

Once upon a time, Qu Tiannan, the pillar country, was known as the military flag bearer of the Mesozoic of Great Chu.

Not just its origin, but its ability;

Many people in the great Chu nobles said that if Qu Tiannan had not fallen in Yupan City, Nian Yao would not have emerged as he is now, and the Great Chu nobles would not have been passive in the army as they are now.

In the final analysis, it is because the people on my side are too useless now, and they are so weak that they give the poor family, Qianshou and even the minions a chance to rise to the top.

Qu Tiannan died very aggrieved. He was trapped to death. At that time, the civil strife in Chu had just ended, or even was about to end, so he was unable to send troops north to support Qu Tiannan. There was also a factor of miscalculation of the development of the war. However, the state of Chu did not expect the Yan people to be so fierce, so they sent troops to attack the savages without hesitation, and immediately asked King Jingnan to come out of the mountain after the first failure, and then came a second time.

Even Tian Wujing, who had just besieged Yupan City and did not fight at the beginning, forcibly exhausted the food and grass of the Qingluan Army before forcing the Qingluan Army to leave the city and surrender.

In the real battlefield, Li Bao died at the hands of Qu Tiannan in the first battle of Wangjiang.

It's all over,

Qu Tiannan is dead,

The Qu family has also become a cloud of the past.

"Aren't you going to surrender?" Dugu old Patriarch asked.

"The princess came here last year. I promised her that I would leave her a piece of land here so that she can go home and have a look if she wants in the future."

"Heh." Dugu old patriarch looked at Qu Peiluo, "Princess, I'm pregnant."

The court of Chu Kingdom naturally knew about this matter, and the Pingxihou Mansion had never concealed it.

"I know." Qu Peiluo said.

Dugu's old Patriarch shouted in a low voice: "The child in Her Majesty's womb is not named Qu, but Zheng!"

Qu Peiluo laughed,

His face is facing the sun, presenting a just right angle;

He replied:

"It's okay, I can take the child's last name."