Devil’s Advent

Zheng Fan finally found Daxia Chen;

When I saw Daxia Chen for the first time, he was alone with a sword, he looked dull but full of righteousness, he looked like he knew he must be a master at a glance;

Because the low hand maintains this kind of temperament, it is easy to be beaten to death early in the arena.

But now, with the improvement of his realm and state of mind, Chen Daxia began to have a sense of simplicity that belongs to the sword master. In short, it is really difficult to detect when he is thrown into the crowd with a restrained breath.

Chen Daxia saw Zheng Fan push away the guards in front of him,

Chen Daxia saw Zheng Fan walking behind the Juggernaut,

Chen Daxia saw Zheng Fan bypassing the Juggernaut,

Chen Daxia saw Zheng Fan walking up to him, opened his arms, and gave himself a big hug.

"You're bullying me."

Inexplicably, such a sentence came out from the Jianghu swordsman of the Qian Kingdom who was being held by the Lord Pingxi of the Great Yan.

Zheng Fan's palm lightly patted Chen Daxia's back,

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"Hey, don't say such words with Jin Feng."

Chen Daxia had no choice but to let out a sigh, and then there was a long silence.

Zheng Fan patted Chen Daxia on the back again,

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"Hey, talk quickly."

Chen Daxia tilted his head slightly, looked at Zheng Fan's side face, and asked:

"say what?"

"You know, just say it."

Daxia Chen sighed again.

Zheng Fan patted Chen Daxia on the back again, and urged:

"Quickly ask, are you not afraid that I will stab you with a sword?"

Daxia Chen rolled his eyes.

"Hahahahaha!"

Prince Pingxi laughed loudly, let go of his arms, and turned to grab Daxia Chen's shoulders, shaking them;

"To be honest, I'm really a little scared. I wouldn't be afraid to see you in Jindi or Chudi, but now I'm stepping on the land of Qianguo, so I'm a little panicked."

"you know too."

"Yeah, you know, I've always been terribly afraid of death, and I don't want to take any risk. In addition, both of our daughters-in-law have babies in their womb, so I can't bear to confess myself in a muddle-headed way." outside.

But how to say,

see you

I always feel sorry for not coming up to say hello.

I, Zheng Fan, have been cautious all my life, and I have very few friends I can trust.

But once I recognize him as a friend, I will definitely treat him wholeheartedly.

The reason to be afraid of death is to continue to live well, but you can't be afraid of becoming a mouse, and you don't even have the courage to probe out of the hole, then this life will be boring. "

"It would be great if King Pingxi of Yan Kingdom was not named Zheng Fan."

"Hey, thanks to the fact that King Pingxi is called Zheng Fan, otherwise, wouldn't you have just confessed?"

If King Pingxi is not Zheng Fan, Daxia Chen is about to unleash his sword.

As for the consequences of using a sword, people probably cannot be killed. Even if there is no sword master, A Ming and Fan Li, and a large number of knights around, Chen Daxia can be crushed into mud.

Chen Daxia looked at Zheng Fan and said:

"As you said, a great chivalrous man serves the country and the people."

"I was just being silly. You know, I have a problem with myself. When I was a child, I liked to feel my life while eating a skewer."

"But I think what you said is right."

"No, it's not right." Zheng Fan looked at Chen Daxia and said seriously, "Warriors are supposed to be banned by martial arts, and no one likes a group of people living next to their house.

And once a country needs people from the rivers and lakes to stand up, then this country really has no hope at all. "

Zheng Fan put his arms around Chen Daxia's shoulders, pointed at Su Mingzhe who was standing in front,

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"By the way, what is your official position?"

"If you go back to the prince, I will be the prime minister of Honghe Temple."

"Read the poem you just wrote to the king again."

"Okay, my lord, please correct me..."

"Stop, stop reading, hero, look, how obedient he is.

Where is the salary for him to eat the king? In front of the people's fat and people's anointing, but in front of this king, she flattered her so much in order to survive.

His teacher is honored as a literary sage, and he enjoys the love and admiration of everyone, so he has taken advantage of it, but what about him?

He doesn't want to die, he won't die, why are you so anxious? "

Zheng Fan pointed to Su Rongrong and Wu Xiang again,

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"Their two families have to eat so many rewards from the Qian Kingdom's court every year, and the people in other parts of the Qian Kingdom have to pay taxes, pay food and pay corvees. What about them, they don't need it, right?"

Wu Xiang and Su Rongrong looked at each other, but still nodded.

"You see, you don't pay taxes, you don't pay grain, you don't pay corvees, you still have to receive rewards from the court every year, and you live a life like a master, the master of your country.

But are they willing to die?

I don't want to either.

On the contrary, they look down on you dry people from the bottom of their hearts, and they don't think they are dry people.

look here again,

There,

a large piece,

oh,

Just now, a large group of adults followed Jiedushi to help me open the door. With so many adults, even those who dared to escape in the previous waves are considered loyal people.

Just a tiny bit,

This large area is full of beasts in clothes that want to survive, and they eat the meat of ordinary people.

You, Chen Daxia, have been miserable since you were a child. You have come to the present step by step by relying on your own ability. Have you ever received a salary from the imperial court? No.

Then why don't they die, you have to die first? "

For a moment, a group of adults who had just been captured covered their faces with their sleeves.

They were ashamed and annoyed, but no one dared to accuse King Pingxi.

Chen Daxia looked at Zheng Fan, and said, "What you said seems to make sense, but what do I want to do, what does it have to do with others?"

"Yo, progress, progress."

Zheng Fan nodded and continued:

"You go, next time you have a chance, go home and be a guest."

"Okay, I will go south, and if we meet again, I will strike you with a sword. I know..."

Chen Daxia looked at the Juggernaut standing beside him,

"With the teacher by your side, it's hard for me to kill you, but in case, in case, if I kill you, I will kill myself, and I will come down to accompany you."

"Don't intervene, don't intervene, if you kill me, I still have two unborn children, don't rush to die, help me go back to take care of the children, the real father is gone, you must be a godfather. "

Chen Daxia heard the words,

Take a deep breath.

The Juggernaut watched the whole process from the side, and tapped Longyuan lightly with his fingertips. He really wanted to laugh, he really wanted to laugh, but for the sake of the atmosphere, he held back.

He discovered very early on that there was a certain smell in Zheng Fan's body.

Using what those gentlemen said, what is called charisma.

It doesn't matter whether it's fake or real, it's enough for him to show this feeling, once the effect is achieved, the meaning of distinguishing between true and false will be lost.

Chen Daxia picked up his sword and saluted Zheng Fan.

turn around,

go outside.

King Pingxi raised his hand, and the surrounding soldiers moved out of the way.

At this time, the sword master lightly touched Zheng Fan's armor with Long Yuan's scabbard, and said:

"Are you sweating?"

"Thanks to wearing armor, otherwise it will be reflected."

Not long after, a military report came from Lanyang City, and Lanyang City was captured.

...

Putting on Pixiu and wearing his own black armor, Prince Pingxi entered Lanyang City surrounded by a group of soldiers.

This is a newly expanded city. It doesn't occupy a large area, and the scale is not too exaggerated. It can only be said to be quite satisfactory.

Ganren originally planned to use Lanyang City as a fulcrum to set up a barrier on this line, but when this fulcrum was broken, the remaining barriers had actually lost their effectiveness.

Under Zheng Fan's order, except for suppressing a part of the soldiers and horses in Lanyang City, the rest of the soldiers and horses were completely dispersed to clean up the nearby army.

As for Lanyang City, the people have closed their doors, and there are very few people on the streets.

From time to time, disarmed defenders escorted them over, and soldiers of the Yan Army were everywhere in the city.

"Pass down the order and restrain the soldiers."

"Here!"

Chen Yang went to arrange it himself. This time Zheng Fan led 50,000 soldiers and horses, more than half of them were soldiers and horses from the original Sushan battalion. If Chen Yang stepped forward, the soldiers below would not make mistakes.

Sometimes, the ferocity of soldiers is difficult to control, especially after entering a conquered city.

Fortunately, this Yan army did not attack the city for a long time and finally broke the city, otherwise at that time, even Zheng Fan would not be convenient to come forward to stop the soldiers from burning, killing and looting.

The reason for doing this is not because Zheng Fan is kind. If he was really kind, he would not send troops to attack Caogu in Zhaodi.

The reason is that the army will have to continue to go deep into the hinterland of the country, and it is impossible for soldiers to march with looted goods; the second is to leave a way out for themselves, which belongs to the "hypocrisy" and "hypocrisy" of the invaders.

However, the collection of grain, grass and some military supplies must be carried out. However, according to reports from the people below, a lot of grain, grass and ordnance have been hoarded in the treasury of Lanyang City.

It was originally intended to be transported to Liangdi, but because he took down the capital of Zhao State, which affected the safety of the grain road on this route, there are still a lot of them here.

When night fell, Zheng Fan didn't stay inside the city, but stayed outside the city in a military tent.

In the afternoon of the next day, the soldiers and horses sent yesterday to sweep the nearby Qianjun Fortress came back one after another. They basically encountered no obstacles, and the returning soldiers and horses began to rest.

In this way, another three days passed.

The Yan Army retained control of Lanyang City, but did not intervene too deeply. A lot of military supplies were moved out of the warehouses in the city. In order not to affect the speed of the next army, the Yan Army basically used soldiers as units. Bring as much rations as possible without affecting your own actions.

There are still a lot left, Chen Yang asks whether to burn them all, anyway, what we can't take away can't be left to the dry army, even if these military supplies belong to the dry state.

Zheng Fan vetoed this proposal, and instead distributed the things in the treasury of Lanyang City to the common people as he did when he first attacked Chuzhou City.

Therefore,

A few days after the Yan army arrived,

Lanyang City is now presenting an extremely strange situation.

Because the city was taken without a war, the horror scene of swords and soldiers in the traditional sense did not appear.

Furthermore, Zheng Fan only temporarily placed Lord Jiedushi and a series of bureaucrats under house arrest, and those middle- and lower-level officials in the original city basically remained unchanged except for the generals.

Therefore, there was a scene where soldiers of the Yan army were patrolling the city while some officials of the Qian state were still sitting in the government office and maintaining their own functions.

In addition, because the Yan army distributed food, the people inside and outside Lanyang city had a much better impression of the Yan army.

During the battle in Liangdi, the Gan army imposed a lot of corvee on the boundary of Lanyang City, and a lot of taxes were apportioned. The life of ordinary people is actually not easy. This time, King Pingxi can be regarded as a "timely rain".

Every day, outside the barracks, many people brought vegetables, melons and fruits, and even many small merchants came over to sell some...souvenirs.

Even Pingxi Wang himself bought a small stone carving handle, which is considered one of the local characteristic handicrafts.

at this time,

Zheng Fan was sitting in his handsome tent, playing with this stone carving.

The Juggernaut leaned there, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw his son who was boiling water outside through the curtain.

"Hasn't there been any soldiers from Qianguo? They've been resting here for a few days."

Zheng Fan put down the stone sculpture and replied: "Yes, there are. In the southwest and northwest directions, there are signs of the mobilization of the army. Although it has been established, there are not many soldiers and horses. If there is no unified integration or there are no more Before the soldiers and horses are gathered, the dry army dare not take the initiative to attack.

After all, most of the new army that Qian Guo has trained in the past few years is still in Liangdi.

As for why the delay here;

One is because the army needs to rest and reorganize, because the next long-distance raid will be followed, and the soldiers and horses need to accumulate energy;

The second is to give Qianguo time to react, whether it is the army in Liangdi or the army in Qianguo; if our army inserts too quickly, the Qianguo will not feel it.

They have to be given time to tremble everywhere, they have to be given time to panic in the army, they have to be given time to panic among the people, and they have to be given time to shake up the court. "

"War should be a very refreshing thing, but with you, it has become a little..."

"Procrastinating?"

"It can't be regarded as procrastinating, it's just something to think about, and it's no longer just fighting."

"War is the continuation of politics when you cannot destroy the country in one battle.

It's hard to say whether Liangdi's elite army can be mobilized this time to return to defense and make mistakes.

But at least I have to step back hard on the morale of the people and the army that Qian Ren relied on a great victory in Liangdi.

In this battle, there is no need to attack cities and territories, and there is no need to even pursue how many cadres have been defeated and how many heads have been beheaded;

Even for these soldiers under my command, it is hard to say whether they will have the opportunity to find a place to plunder and make a fortune before leaving Qianguo and going back;

but,

what I want,

That is to step across the bank of the Bian River, and then go to the lower part of the capital to say good night to the official's family.

It can be understood that this time, for the soldiers below, they are purely for... glory. "

The Juggernaut smiled and said, "Like what you gave to the army last night?"

"Yeah, you heard that too?"

"My son was very excited after hearing this."

"hehe."

"Only you can use the so-called glory to mobilize these soldiers."

Follow you to fight life and death, risking danger to enter other countries, not to open up borders, not to plunder, just for the so-called glory.

Just for one picture,

In the picture, his own prince sits on the back of Pixiu and faces the Shang capital. The officials of the Qian State on the wall of the Shang capital are extremely panicked and embarrassed.

This kind of call that is divorced from reality and purely pursues the spiritual enjoyment similar to calligraphy, calligraphy and painting, if it is done by others, the soldiers will hate it to death.

Therefore, King Pingxi must make this call, and only his prestige and status in the army can make the soldiers willingly chase and fight for this "spiritual pursuit".

Zheng Fan said: "The difference between humans and animals is that humans know how to restrain their desires. Doing things purely by instinct is easy to be short-sighted."

"Are you praising yourself? Praising yourself for being far-sighted."

"No, there are actually quite a few people with long-term vision, but it is the real ability to drive a group of people away from low-level interests while having a long-term vision."

"Still bragging about myself."

"yes."

Liu Dahu came in with a teapot and exchanged a cup of tea for the prince and his father.

Zheng Fan took a sip, suddenly seemed to think of something, and said:

"By the way, a family just died in the city, a big family, the whole family, more than two hundred people, all died."

"Resisted?"

Zheng Fan shook his head, "No one messed with him."

"That is?"

"The big family's surname is Qin. Originally, the family was in Litian City. They were loyal ministers of Wenren's family. After my Dayan army invaded Jin, the Qin family didn't want to serve Yan, so the whole family moved here.

The relationship between Qian Guo and Wen Ren's family has always been very good in the early years, and the Qin family also bought property in Lanyang City, so there is a place for the whole family to move here.

Coupled with the identity of its adherents, there are also some preferential treatments here.

Yesterday, the whole family committed suicide. "

"Why?"

"The old master of the house left a blood letter and wrote it on the beams and pillars of the house. It probably means that when the Yan people came to Li Tiancheng, his family ran away. Now the Yan people are chasing here again. His family doesn't want to run away anymore. Run away again. You will become a rabbit with three caves, and you will have no face to live on.

For the sake of the whole family's reputation, the whole family committed suicide to apologize. "

Hearing the words, the Juggernaut sighed and said with emotion:

"I didn't expect that in this huge Lanyang City, the first family to die for the country after the city was broken was Jin people."

"Would you like to pay your condolences?"

"Aren't you going?"

"It would be too much for me to go, and there is no need for that, but I have ordered someone to collect their bodies."

"I'll go and have a look tonight." Said the Juggernaut, "It's worth offering an incense stick."

"good."

Zheng Fan stretched his waist,

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"It's almost there, we will set off tomorrow and head south!"

…

The Yan army set off.

What's funny is that many local people spontaneously came to bid farewell to Prince Pingxi's Yan army.

And the senior officials of Lanyang City who had been detained these days were also released under the order of Prince Pingxi.

In the early years, when Zheng Fan chopped off the head of a magistrate, he couldn't help but take it back to claim credit.

Now,

He has long been so full of these first-level military achievements that he almost overflowed.

Furthermore,

It is in the greatest interest of Dayan that such officials who are involved in the country keep their heads on their necks.

kill them

Isn't it equivalent to eliminating harm for the dry country?

Lost, lost ah.

In short,

After staying in Lanyang City for a period of time, the Yan army set out towards the southwest.

After Yan Jun left,

There was only one cadre army coming from the north. There were not many soldiers and horses, only 20,000, and it was a patchwork of troops stationed in various places in the north. The soldiers and horses from the three sides had not yet rushed over.

Therefore, the generals of this patchwork of soldiers and horses waited and watched for several days.

I really can't blame them for being greedy for life and afraid of death, because they know the actual combat power of their subordinates. Facing the Dayan Iron Cavalry with more people than themselves and led by King Pingxi of Yan Guo, they took the initiative to attack and could only deliver food. .

However, this does not prevent them from coming to Lanyang City as a victorious army who "recovered lost ground" after they clearly found out that the Yan army had withdrawn.

The temporary leader of this "Allied Army" with the highest official position is a governor. As soon as he led the army into the city, he was greeted by a group of Lanyang City officials headed by Zhou Jiedushi.

The envoy Zhou Jiedu led a group of officials to bow down and worship,

"Thank you, my lord, for leading the army to fight hard and rescue the people of Lanyang City from under the iron hooves of the Yan captives!"

Lord Inspector immediately went over to help, and said:

"My lord, you have worked hard, and you have suffered."

The envoy Zhou Jiedu wiped away his tears, and said: "As long as the common people can be saved from being tortured by some Yan captives, I am willing to do anything."

Immediately afterwards,

Zhou Jiedu envoy said again:

"There is a big family with the surname of Qin in the city. They migrated from the Jin area in the early years. It was this Qin family who colluded with Yanlu secretly, and Yanlu broke the city."

"It's unreasonable, it's unreasonable, where is the Qin family now?" Lord Inspector asked angrily.

Zhou Jiedushi replied:

"My lord, after you led the army to repel the Yan captives, the Qin family knew that the situation was defeated.

Already family...

He committed suicide in fear of guilt. "

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I've been working and resting for the past two days, so I can only do one more shift today, and I'll go to bed later.

I will write more tomorrow;

Hold on everyone!