Yuqianxing, located between Luolongtan and Dengzhou Camp, is a mess up and down.
Needless to say, I walked and ran all the way, and the civilians fled far faster than the sergeants, so that the logistics line became more and more empty, and everyone felt grass growing in their hearts... Obviously everyone knew that the food in the camp was actually enough to survive. It took three trips to Dengzhou and back, but people still came to check on grain and horses every day.
As for the above, they have to consider the matter privately while facing emergencies on the front line publicly.
"It must be a fake surrender!"
"Why is this a false surrender? Do you doubt the saint's mighty virtue?"
"Whether he is pretending to surrender or not, since he has gained entrance, send out the Fulong Guards and escort this person back with the Fulong Seal!"
"If the Fulong Guards move, how will the imperial front be stable? How do you know this is not a Dongyi people's strategy?"
"This is a golden opportunity to determine victory in one fell swoop... As long as Li Ziqi is captured, Dongyi will undoubtedly truly surrender!"
"That's right. This person is a great master and a great governor. His prestige in the fifty states of Dongyi is higher than that of the king. As long as we capture this person, Dongyi has only one way to completely surrender."
"You also know that he is a great master? Let me ask you, why is this man alone among thousands of armies, but unable to be controlled by the general?"
"Well……"
"Because he is a great master! Although General Yu is also a master and has 50,000 elites, he can only defeat and suppress him, but not enough to subdue him. He can come when he wants and leave when he wants."
"That's why we have to send Fulong Guards!"
"Fulongwei also has the shortcomings of Fulongwei. Fulongwei is only good at defending, but not easy to attack. Once Fulongwei passes by, halfway through, the Grand Master in turn got rid of General Yu and headed straight for this place. What should we do? The safety of the saint comes first."
"But...if Fulongwei doesn't go, how can we control the Grand Master?"
"Three grand masters are enough to control a great master who has left the tower. Thirty pill condensation masters can form a formation, which is enough to restrain him. Three hundred masters of strange scriptures can do it without the Fulong Seal... these are all There are examples of battles.”
"what do you want to say in the end?"
"You can ask all the troops on the front line to send cultivated officers and elite sergeants to gather at the general, and then move forward quickly here. Please ask your Majesty to personally supervise the army and lead the Fulong Guards to hold the Fulong Seal across Luolongtan to capture this thief... ...then everything will be fine!"
"No! How can a saint with a daughter's body pass through Luolongtan in person before the situation becomes unclear?"
"It's really not possible. It's a bit hasty to gather frontline training officers and sergeants!"
"Can I just issue the Fulong Seal?"
"If this is the case, wouldn't it be the result of self-destruction of Fulongwei?"
"How about Duke Fa Niu and Lai Zhuguo go to the rescue alone?"
"It's better to issue Fulongwei and Fulongyin!"
In front of the main tent door, Zhang Xing, who heard about the major changes on the front line and immediately came here with the help of Eunuch Yu, listened to the argument for half an hour. He had completely awakened in his heart and stopped wasting time. , but simply turn back.
But not far from the main tent of the Chinese army, he met an acquaintance head-on. It was Sima Zheng, the general of Huben Zhonglang.
"General Sima." Zhang Xing bowed his hands and saluted, eager to return to camp.
"Deputy Zhang!" Unexpectedly, Sima Zheng suddenly turned sideways and stopped Zhang Xing. "Has there been any results at the Chinese army's headquarters?"
"Not yet." Zhang Xingyi said.
Sima Zheng obviously hesitated for a moment, and then tried his best to continue asking: "Zhang Sanlang... I always admire your wisdom the most. What do you think the outcome of this matter will be?"
Zhang Xing obviously hesitated for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses and immediately responded with a straight face: "General Sima, the army is out there and has no roots. What qualifications do I, a Fulongwei deputy inspector in charge of logistics, have to talk about military affairs? And it’s a prediction? If someone heard it, I would be killed immediately, and I deserve it.”
Sima Zheng was silent for a moment, nodded, and allowed the other party to leave.
On the other side, Zhang Xing quickly returned to the small camp where Fulong Guards, some Jinwu Guards, and Bei Ya's father-in-laws lived together, and then went directly into his tent.
Qin Bao and Zhou Xingfan saw this and followed directly, while Qian Tang and Wang Zhen hesitated and chose to stay outside and wait in confusion.
"Something's going to happen..." Zhang Xing glanced at Xiao Zhou and spoke calmly. "I originally thought that even if this battle was going to be defeated, it would be because the civilians fled too much, and then the supplies could not support it, and then the army retreated on its own and returned without success. But now it seems that it will be defeated faster and more completely."
Qin and Zhou were both stunned, and then almost all shook their heads... Obviously, they didn't believe it.
"I know you don't believe it, but you have to take responsibility whether you believe it or not. Just think of it as prepared." Zhang Xing saw this and did not explain. "As mentioned before, Qin Bao prepares horses, Xiao Zhou prepares dry food and weapons... be ready to retreat at any time, but do not be discovered by others."
Qin and Tuesday reluctantly nodded.
But soon, Zhou Xingfan, perhaps because he was worried about his father, perhaps because he always admired Zhang Xing, or perhaps because of his temper, could not help but ask in a low voice:
"Is there any reason for Third Brother to say this? Didn't it mean that the Governor of Dongyi has turned his back and surrendered with courtesy?"
"That's it." Zhang Xing shook his head. "The Governor of Dongyi is a great master. He claims to have come to surrender at this time, and although he joins the army alone, he can leave as long as he wants. Although Yu Shuwen is also a great master, he can't stop him... This counts What surrender?"
"That's true..." Qin Bao nodded immediately. "But he is dignified... he is almost the foundation of a country... why is this so?"
"To find out the truth." Zhang Xing explained seriously. "The Dongyi people themselves have also gone through great difficulties. To compete with what we have here... both sides look like they have only one breath left, so at this time, there is nothing better than the general going to see the other side's most elite vanguard in person. We have to find a way...but we have to divide our troops in front again. Although the army is not afraid of the people in the world, it can't stop the coming and going of a great master. He has planned it."
"That's the truth." Qin Erlang became nervous inexplicably. "Then, what will you notice? Is there anything wrong with General Yu? Logistics supplies? We must capture him here, right? He will have to escape quickly, right? In just one or two days, two or three days , what can you see?”
"I don't know." Zhang Xing shook his head. "I don't understand military matters, but political fatalities and overall weakness will be exposed without a doubt... I just heard it clearly... In fact, there are at least three ways to take down the opponent at the moment, which can be regarded as standard responses. .”
Qin Bao and Zhou Xingfan were slightly refreshed.
"First, gather the sergeants and officers with advanced training on the front line and form a formation on the spot to control the opponent; second, bring the imperial guards, Lai Gong and Niu Du Gong to the front line quickly, and combine the power of the three masters to be able to Trap the opponent; thirdly, sending us and the Fulong Seal to the front line is enough to control the great master..." At this point, Zhang Xing finally showed a hint of emotion, and let out a faint sigh. . "The Grand Master is by no means anything that cannot be dealt with. Any of these three methods will work, or a combination of them will work, but the Saint will not use any of them!"
Qin Bao and Xiao Zhou were completely puzzled.
Especially Xiao Zhou, he thought about it again and again, but he really didn't understand: "Why not?"
"The first way is to be afraid of who will rebel on the front line." Qin Bao responded in a low voice in the tent. "This is understandable. All the elite practitioners combined into one person can control the Grand Master, the Grand Master, the Dragon Guard, and the rear army... This is not something that did not happen in ancient times. Once the military power is given up, the frontline generals It is unstoppable, and maybe the yellow robe will appear immediately... Therefore, not to mention that the saint will not agree, even the frontline generals will not take the initiative to hand over their elite practitioners to the army. "
"Yang Shen has learned a lesson from the past. Once he is bitten by a snake, he will be afraid of the rope for ten years." After Xiao Zhou understood it, it became easier to understand. "Besides, those people in Guanlong were raised like this. It's right to be careful... And if you say this, I actually understand. Then the Governor of Dongyi has realized that he can't directly control him on the front line, so he just Only with the support from the rear to control him can we be so calm... But why did Brother Zhang say that the last two methods are not working? Can't we go? Can't Lai Gong and Niu Du Gong go? "
"Can't go!" Zhang Xing looked at Xiao Zhou and explained word by word. "None of Fulongwei, Fulongyin, Niu Dugong and Laigong can go... Not only can they not go, but unless the front is secured, the army at the rear will never cross Luolongtan... This is also because Once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of well ropes for ten years; it is also because you regard the world as a child's play and others as nothing. The so-called hundreds of thousands of people on the front line, the victory or defeat of the Eastern Expedition, are not worth putting your own life in the slightest danger... As for He said that in the end he lost his game, the whole world and the Wei Dynasty collapsed, and the monarchy in his own hands was irrevocable, so naturally it was other people's fault and had nothing to do with him."
"I don't believe it." After hearing this, Xiao Zhou thought about it seriously. He suddenly realized what the other party was talking about and immediately denied it.
But after denial, comes panic.
Without him, the person in front of him was the person that Mr. Zhou had seen in his life. He might not be the most talented, the best born, or the most profound person, but he was the most intelligent person in terms of people's hearts and politics.
"I..." Qin Bao also spoke, but seemed a little frustrated. "It would be great if Zhong Cheng was here."
"Don't you know why Zhongcheng is not here?" Zhang Xing asked coldly.
"Is there no way?" Xiao Zhou tried his best to speak. "For example, the two Prime Ministers... Zhang... Mr. Yu..."
At this point, Xiao Zhou himself became silent.
"Two Xianggong, and Xianggong Sima..." Qin Bao became increasingly frustrated. "The reason why Your Majesty brought these three ministers is because he knows that they will only serve the emperor's will...especially Mr. Zhang. This expedition was originally mentioned by him to see through the saint's mind. It is considered a good thing not to add fuel to the fire. ”
"I'm going to find Mr. Lai." Xiao Zhou stood up in a daze. "Ask him to go and admonish the saint..."
Zhang Xing said nothing, but when Xiao Zhou was about to leave the tent, Qin Bao suddenly stepped forward to block him.
Xiao Zhou was stunned for a moment and then immediately realized: "I can't speak what Brother Zhang said, I can only say it's my own speculation."
Qin Bao glanced at Zhang Xing, only to find that the latter was staring above his head, but soon, Zhang Sanlang met Qin Erlang's gaze, and then nodded slightly.
Xiao Zhou rushed out of the tent as if he had been granted amnesty.
Qin Bao asked tentatively: "Third brother...?"
"It's okay." Zhang Xing responded seriously. "What else do you want to ask?"
"I mean... if this continues, what will be the result?" Probably because of Xiao Zhou's departure, Qin Bao put down his last gesture at this time, and his words seemed very difficult. "How did you lose?"
"God knows how we will be defeated? I don't know how to fight." Zhang Xing shook his head. "But what is certain is that as long as there is hesitation here for two or three days, or even no immediate action, the great governor of Dongyi will realize that the army is out of touch and the people are not unified... Then he will definitely strengthen his determination and go back to grit his teeth. Hold on, and then maybe a surprise attack, or maybe a clearing of the country, and then as long as the front military is frustrated, it will completely crush the last chord of the people's hearts. By then, before the logistics collapse, the front line people's hearts will collapse first, and then the entire center army will be like this The landslide collapsed like an unstoppable force... and everything stopped in the end."
"I actually still don't understand." Qin Bao nodded, then shook his head. "Why... why can't Da Wei grit his teeth and hold on?"
"Why are you so angry? We shouldn't have come to fight this battle in the first place." Zhang Xing raised his head and looked at the other party seriously. "This is a battle to destroy a country. The opponent is a big country second only to the Wei Dynasty, with fifty states... And the reason why this battle can be fought is not to unify the world, not to unify the four seas, but to regain the One person's face... If we can win this kind of battle, then we will be three radiances and four emperors, and we will all be blind!"
Qin Bao sat down slumped and said nothing.
Just when Qin Bao was in a complicated mood and Zhang Xing seemed to be wandering away because of something that had nothing to do with him, Zhou Xingfan had also quickly found his dear uncle in the public camp... This was truly like a dear uncle, no one dared to stop him... ...But Lai Zhan'er was obviously participating in the discussion in front of the emperor, which made Mr. Zhou have no choice but to wait.
It wasn't until evening that Lai Zhan'er returned to the camp. However, after listening to Zhou Xingfan's words, this humble master just shook his head:
"It's a good thing that Li Ziqi came to surrender, and His Majesty has never said anything bad about Luolongtan."
Zhou Xingfan had been training with Zhang Xing for more than a year. Hearing this, his heart felt cold: "In other words, the imperial court has indeed not decided on a strategy to immediately control the governor of Dongyi? It has not ordered the frontline practitioners to gather as quickly as possible, nor has it allowed..."
Speaking of the second half of the sentence, Zhou Xingfan stopped himself - Lai Zhan'er was right in front of him, and he didn't receive the military order, so that means he didn't, so what else could he do?
Lai Zhan'er was silent for a while, and said seriously: "Xingfan, we don't have to be taboo... Let me put it this way, I am from a humble family in Jiangbei, and your father is a general who has been passed down from generation to generation in the Southern Dynasties... In the end, he can be in the big family The Wei Dynasty has achieved this level. It has a higher status than those in Guanlong and leads more soldiers. It is all the grace of the saint. Others can have complaints and dissatisfaction, but our two families cannot have it. ...If you want your subject to die, I won’t blink an eye, and neither will your father. What’s more, it’s just a general going to the battlefield? What’s more, the war hasn’t even gotten to that point yet? Just listen to my uncle’s words, go back early and fulfill your duties faithfully.”
Zhou Xingfan was speechless and could only turn around and leave.
However, when he came out of Zhan'er's tent, he couldn't help but feel confused - on the one hand, as a son of man, he was extremely worried about his father and the Southern Route Army he led; on the other hand, he had to admit that, What Lai Zhan'er said just now is absolutely correct. The Zhou family's current position is basically a personal appointment by His Majesty... Whether it is Uncle Cao, Prime Minister Su, or the late emperor, they all look down on people from the south... ...From this perspective, the so-called throwing away the whole family's life together with this saint seems to be in line with a certain traditional moral concept.
He even thought about the other two prime ministers who accompanied the army, whether they were Mr. Yu or Mr. Zhang Han. Regardless of their character, did they have similar mentality?
The team that this saint personally established and organized when he was young was supposed to be used to fight against the Guanlong clan and the northern aristocrats. Every one of them surrendered their wealth and life to this saint as a pledge of surrender. At the end of the day, they suffered for decades. He has worked so hard, but now he has been reduced to nothing in this ridiculous crusade for the sake of face...
Xiao Zhou didn't want to continue thinking about it, because his father should be at sea at this time, and it was unlucky to say this.
Moreover, he is different from his father. He has not experienced the change of dynasties in Nanchen. He has no definite gratitude to that saint. He also met a strange superior... To put it mildly, he is a bit ungrateful and a bit let down. Emperor's favor.
The debate lasted for an afternoon and a morning. On the second day, at the initiative of Sima Zheng, the general of Huben Zhonglang, the emperor finally allowed Sima Zheng to lead about 20 or 30 spiritual masters to the front line to try to escort Li Ziqi over.
This is undoubtedly a somewhat absurd decision, because Sima Zheng and twenty or thirty Qijing masters are not enough to control a grand master... It is one thing to protect oneself or maintain the offensive momentum in the face of a grand master, but it is another to control the grand master. One thing. But considering that it seems absurd for the Grand Master to surrender to an army that cannot control himself, then confronting absurdity with absurdity may be a good idea to break the situation.
After all, if it is a false surrender, or smart people including the saints know that it must be a false surrender, then it seems right to use this escort to deal with it and force the other party to voluntarily give up the "surrender" position.
However, it seems it's too late.
After staying in Shuwen's army for about two and a half days, calculating the time, the imperial master should have arrived but failed to arrive. The governor of Dongyi did not hesitate and calmly went to see this large army the night after Sima Zheng set off. The commander-in-chief of the Wei army then took his leave.
"Li Ziqi, are you entertaining me?"
In the night, Yu Shuwen looked at the guards who fell directly on both sides. He was furious for a moment. Regardless of the difference in cultivation level, he directly raised his knife and scolded them.
"no."
The Governor of Dongyi is about sixty or seventy years old this year. He is slightly older than Uncle Cao Huang, but he is energetic. Although he cannot be described as a feather fan and silk scarf, he is still wearing a wide robe and a large cloak, which is quite a legacy of the Tang Dynasty. Hearing this, he sincerely handed over his hand. , not impolite. "Before, the old man was really desperate and came to surrender. If the Wei Dynasty still had the courage to fight as in the last Eastern Expedition, he would have to go to the Eastern Capital to live permanently in exchange for the lives of your Majesty and the remaining people of Fifty Provinces... However, In the past two days, I have seen clearly that in the Wei army, there is insufficient food and fodder, and the morale of the army is disorganized; in the middle, the generals are not cooperating and cannot work together; and above, your majesty regards the war as a child's play and has not made the slightest decision to take risks. ...This, in other words, as long as I go back and hold on, I can still win this battle. Then I dare to ask, why should I continue to stay here? As for the guards and soldiers, do they wish to die when they go into battle? "
Yu Shuwen shook his head repeatedly: "You Dongyi people can't escape. The world is unified and cannot be stopped. Even the three radiances and four emperors dare not stop it... This is God's will and the general trend!"
Li Ziqi nodded seriously: "Yes, I also think so, but it seems that the one who dominates the world now is not necessarily the Wei Dynasty, and it may not be when I am alive... On the contrary, it is all of you. I am afraid that you will not be able to escape this time." Lost……"
Yu Shuwen was completely furious. He pulled out his long sword, and at the same time a huge wave of weak water Qi rolled up behind him. Then the Qi directly broke through the Chinese army's tent like a huge wave, and then followed the forward-striking posture of the long sword and slapped it to the opposite side. past.
However, whether it was a long knife or a huge wave, halfway through the shot, it suddenly stopped out of thin air, as if it had encountered an invisible wall.
In fact, it is not an invisible wall, but a physical wall, but it comes too quickly and too steadily in the dark night - this is a very common immortal energy, but it is as deep as the sea.
But Yu Shuwen was not afraid at all and shouted angrily. Around the camp that had been broken open by his Qi, the elite soldiers who had already gathered bent their bows and raised their crossbows and fired directly.
There are many arrows with various colors of light.
Li Ziqi had no intention of showing off. In front of these more than 10,000 elites, he could only remain "uncontrollable". Forcing a fight was not a good option, so he directly jumped into the sky in the night...the arrow flew out, Most of them are fired directly into the air, or even cause accidental damage.
Yu Shuwen was so angry that he flew into the air and struck again. Unexpectedly, the opponent had been prepared for a long time. He suddenly turned around and struck with his true energy, causing the latter to lose balance in the air and fall to the ground.
"General Yu." After a while, Li Ziqi no longer knew where he had gone, but his voice was still floating over the military camp. "If you feel pity for your own soldiers, you should withdraw your troops immediately... It is not impossible to force an attack, but I am only guarding the county seat of Sangdong County, which is seventy miles away. But when the time comes, you may end up there. He died and was overthrown by the army, ruining his reputation for a lifetime."
Yu Shuwen just sneered and replied: "You can run, but I don't believe you can stop me from taking the city and marching!"
One day later, after a hard march and arriving at Sangdong City, Yu Shuwen's expression became even more gloomy - without him, Li Ziqi took the initiative to capture Sangdong City for him.
The whole city was empty, there were no common people, no Dongyi tribesmen, and no food or fodder. There was only a letter left by Li Ziqi in front of the city gate.
The letter said that he was afraid of General Yu, so he voluntarily abandoned the city and retreated to Xindeng City, fifty miles away across a river. He asked General Yu to continue on and come to meet... At the same time, he also expressed concern and inquiry in the letter, not knowing about the other armies. Do they go hand in hand?
It would be a pity if he didn't come.
PS: I routinely sacrifice a new historical book "Man Tang Hong". It is about the early Tang Dynasty...or the Sui and Tang Dynasties...before Taizong ascended the throne...this plot is indeed rarely written.
