The devil is coming

Chapter 174
Ever since the news came in the early morning that Master Wang had appeared nearby, the people and dignitaries in Chuzhou City had been eagerly anticipating the result.
After the main force of the Zhenbei Army left the city, everyone was more like a giraffe, twisting their necks to see as soon as possible which troops and horses under which banner would come back.
Perhaps, for ordinary people, their lives will not be greatly affected, because the Yan people are different from the rumored barbarians who like to kill and eat human flesh.
The Yan people also distributed food, lots and lots of food.
The people's concept is actually very simple. If you are good to me, I will feel good to you, whether it is appeasement policy or superficiality.
However, for the powerful officials in Chuzhou City, the impact is much greater. If something goes wrong, their wealth and life will be affected.
Finally, before the necks of the whole city were broken,
A troop of soldiers and horses,
came back.
When I saw the knights riding horses entering the city,
A feeling of depression,
began to slowly spread out in Chuzhou City,
Accompanied by the sound of horse hooves from the knights of the Zhenbei Army,
It seemed as if everything was being stepped firmly into the bottom.
The blind man stood on the street, and behind him stood Yuexin, who he had just brought out from the Wen family.
Yuexin still supported the blind man's arm. She really regarded the blind man as a blind man.
When the knights of the Zhenbei Army passed in front of them,
The blind man clearly felt that the woman beside him began to tremble slightly.
No matter how smart a woman is, it is natural for her to feel fear when facing this group of tigers who have just come off the battlefield.
Especially this is the enemy's army.
The armor of the knights of the Zhenbei Army still had unwiped blood stains, and almost everyone had their heads hanging next to their saddles.
The head is a symbol of military merit. It is a "bad habit" that has been passed down from barbaric times, but it is still used.
Because war is not a gentle thing.
The smell of blood began to gradually spread out, and the majestic and terrifying pressure was once again pressed firmly over the entire Chuzhou City.
Those mighty knights,
Those ferocious heads,
And the battle flags belonging to the Qian army,
All of them tell the story of the outcome of this war.
Master Wang,
Qianjun,
lost!
The cadres in Chuzhou City didn't know that this cadre army was just passing by.
They took it for granted that the royal army was sent by the imperial court and officials to regain Chuzhou.
Master Wang is coming, Master Wang’s head is hung on the saddle, and Master Wang’s flag is dragged on the ground like a broom sweeping the streets.
Even ordinary people who don't understand military affairs can clearly see that Ganjun was defeated, and defeated miserably.
Yan Jun seemed to have gone out for a walk around the city, hunted, and returned with a full load.
The sound of horse hooves continued to hit the blue brick street, like a heavy hammer hitting the hearts of everyone in the city.
A belief, an emotion, something very simple and innate, is being torn apart with one scissor after another.
The blind man reached out, patted the woman's hand, and said;
"Don't be afraid."
The woman bit her lip lightly and said:
"Not afraid."
The woman is afraid, but her fear is not that complicated, because strictly speaking, she is already half Yan.
And then,
Zheng Fan passed by on horseback and noticed the blind man. The blind man had obviously noticed his master a long time ago.
Liang Cheng also saw the blind man, and then looked at the woman holding the blind man's arm.
The two of them stopped and rode their horses to the blind man on the street corner.
"Kowtow and call the master."
The woman was very obedient and knelt down in front of Zheng Fan on the street.
She was very smart, because Liang Cheng stood behind Zheng Fan, so she could tell at first glance who was the master in her husband's eyes.
"Owner."
Yuexin's voice was very clear.
Zheng Fan's face is filled with questions?
"What's going on?" Zheng Fan asked.
"Thanks to the Lord, I just got married."
"Forehead………"
I went out to fight, and you brought your wife home?
Although there are still many, many doubts in my mind, the young lady has already bowed to you and kowtowed, so it is naturally impossible for the Lord Zheng Fan to remain silent.
Zheng Fan reached out and took out a jade pendant from his arms, bent down and handed it to the woman kneeling beside his horse.
"Don't dislike it as a meeting gift."
Yuexin raised her head and took the jade pendant. As a wealthy family, she was well-informed. After seeing the jade pendant, a look of surprise appeared on her face.
"Why, do you recognize this jade?"
There was a sophisticated meaning in Zheng Fan's words.
In fact, he didn't know him at all.
"Replying to the master, this is the greenery of the East China Sea. It is said that it can only be found by chance on the islands in the East China Sea. It is rare and precious. Such a large greenery of the East China Sea, I...I..."
Yue Xin wanted to say that it was too expensive, but she hesitated and said:
"Thank you, Master, for the reward."
"Here you go, just keep it."
How could Zu Dongcheng’s personal jade pendant be of ordinary quality?
His ancestral army in the East China Sea is simply a replica of the King of the East China Sea.
Not every warlord is as good as Zhenbeihou, who is not even willing to eat meat.
Of course, no matter how valuable this thing is, Zheng Fan won't feel bad about giving it away. Zheng Shoubei still has this pattern.
"Lord, did you win?" the blind man asked nonsense.
Liang Cheng said:
"A great victory, more than [-] people were beheaded, and the Lord even captured alive the opponent's general, the eldest son of the ancestral family."
"My lord is mighty."
"Okay, okay, pack your things and get ready to go back."
Zheng Fance turned his horse's head and said hello to the blind man before leaving.
The Yan army entered the city again, which seemed to have wiped out all the energy of this big city.
Just like the original rebellious boy, he suddenly entered his twilight years.
I know my fate and accept my fate.
Wenfu,
After hearing the report from the servant,
Everyone in the Wen family in the hall looked happy and relieved.
And Wen Sutong, who had just seen off his grandson-in-law, slowly picked up the official hat he had put aside.
For a time,
Everyone in the Wen family in the hall did not dare to speak.
this moment,
They seemed to finally understand this old man,
What kind of sharp gaze does it contain?
Wen Sutong stood up, pushed away the housekeeper who came to help him, and walked out of the hall.
keep going outside
We passed the yard, passed the patio, and walked to the door of Wen Mansion.
The servants on both sides of the door opened the door.
Wen Sutong walked out of the door.
Under the door steps,
Soldiers holding swords stood densely packed,
headed by,
It was Liu Sicheng, the new defender of Chuzhou City who personally led troops to massacre many wealthy families yesterday.
"Finally, please see Lord Jieduzhi!"
Liu Sicheng knelt down in person,
behind him,
Thousands of soldiers surrendered and knelt down together.
"What should be seen has been seen, and what should be waited for has been waited for."
Wen Sutong put the official hat on his head,
continued:
“The Yanren’s sword is very fast, but not accurate enough.
The Yan people have already chopped it once, let's chop it a second time. "
Liu Sicheng and his subordinates shouted in unison:
"As ordered!"
……
Zu Dongcheng was thrown into the tent, and Xue San was responsible for guarding him.
The rest of the people were sitting together. In the middle, there was a fire with an iron pot on it. There were hot pot seasonings in the pot, and a hodgepodge was cooking in it.
Siniang sat behind Zheng Fan and helped Zheng Fan relax his shoulders.
Yuexin started to cook things in the iron pot very sensibly, picking up a big spoon and stirring it a few times from time to time. It could be seen that she was not very used to the spicy taste, and she turned her head to one side and coughed from time to time.
"It's cooked." Yuexin said.
"Put it out," said the blind man.
"Okay, husband."
Yuexin picked up the bowl, filled a bowl for each person, and delivered it to everyone.
Si Niang said:
"Brother and sister, the rice is steaming over there."
"it is good."
Yuexin didn't feel unhappy at being ordered around, so she got up and went to serve the meal again.
Each person had a bowl of hot pot and a big bowl of rice, which was very enjoyable.
Yuexin couldn't eat spicy food, so she could only eat as much rice as possible. While eating, she was looking around.
The smart thing is that she is not looking carefully and secretly, but observing everyone openly.
Therefore, everyone who felt her gaze, and then glanced at the blind man sitting next to her, either nodded or smiled at Yuexin.
In Yuexin’s view,
The man in armor was very heroic, and there were still blood stains on his body that had not been wiped off. He must have just come down from the battlefield.
It's just that this person looks very cold, the kind that can feel the chill when sitting near him.
Next to this man, there is another man sitting. This man gives people the impression of a cool and elegant scholar from the Qian Dynasty, but he doesn't like to eat. He seldom moves the food. He keeps holding it as if he is very thirsty. The water bladder is drinking water.
He should be afraid of spicy food just like me.
That tough guy ate so fast. He didn't eat with a bowl. Instead, after others had filled the bowl, the remaining bucket of rice was held in front of him. He directly used the big spoon used to serve the rice. Put rice in your mouth.
The little man came out of the guard station, picked up the food, glanced at himself, and finally slashed his husband in the eyes and left bitterly.
This dwarf has a conflict with his husband.
Finally, Yuexin set her sights on Zheng Fan and Siniang.
This is the master,
Is this sister next to the master the mistress?
Yuexin observed Zheng Fan carefully,
this man,
Looks ordinary...
Judging from his temperament, he is also ordinary...
The movements of eating are also ordinary...
How could such an ordinary person be recognized by his husband as his master?
finished eating,
Zheng Fan opened his mouth and said:
"clean up."
The tidying up here, of course, does not mean tidying up the dishes, but the army will set off tomorrow.
Zheng Fan walked to the tent where Zu Dongcheng was.
Xue San just put down the bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and said:
"My lord, he is awake and pretending to be asleep."
Zu Dongcheng still had his eyes closed.
Zheng Fan said: "Pee and wake him up."
Zu Dongcheng opened his eyes.
Zheng Fan squatted down next to Zu Dongcheng, reached out and patted his fair face:
"You said you are a military general, why do you have such an easy face?"
Zu Dongcheng turned his face sideways and looked at Zheng Fan without saying anything.
"He is mute. Use urine to cure him."
"..." Zu Dongcheng.
"Okay." Xue San was about to untie his belt.
"Why humiliate?" Zu Dongcheng said.
"Then you, a prisoner, why are you putting on such a fussy show here?"
"What's your name?" Zu Dongcheng asked.
"Snapped!"
Zheng Fan slapped Zu Dongcheng on the face.
Zu Dongcheng was stunned.
"Pay attention to your identity. To be honest, don't think that just because you are the major general of the ancestral army, you can make a big splash. Your army of [-] has turned into a goat running away all over the mountain."
"Then why do you keep me? Why don't you kill me?"
"I'm bored. I want to insult you."
"My surname is Zu and my name is Dongcheng."
"That's right, I wish I could have done this sooner. My name is Zheng Fan, and I am the garrison guard at Cuiliu Fort in Yinlang County, Dayan."
"It's you?"
"It seems I'm quite famous."
"It is indeed very famous. I didn't expect that I would fall into your hands."
"It's your pleasure."
"What are you going to do to me?"
"I haven't thought about it yet, but I have a preliminary idea. Can you persuade your father to surrender to me, Dayan, anyway?"
Zu Dong looked at Zheng Fan as if he were an idiot.
"Okay, I'm a bit of an idiot when I ask this."
Zheng Fan waved his hand,
He actually didn't think about what to do with Zu Dongcheng. The reason why he visited after dinner was firstly to eat, and secondly because he wanted to take a look at the piglets he had caught in the pigpen today.
Li Fusheng also had no intention of doing anything fancy with Zu Dongcheng. It wasn't that Li Fusheng was arrogant. As a veteran, he knew very well that it would be too naive for you to figure out what one of his sons wanted to do.
"Why don't we change our thinking? Tell me, what can you bring me, and let's make a deal?"
"trade?"
"It's just a business, let's talk about it."
Zu Dongcheng had a mocking smile on his face.
"boom!"
Xue San punched Zu Dongcheng, and the right side of Zu Dongcheng's face became swollen.
"Lord, I was wrong, I was impulsive."
"No, you did a great job."
Zu Dongcheng spit out blood and said:
"Yan Gou, the son of my ancestors, never has weak knees."
"Okay, okay, I understand, I understand, then let me talk to you. Do you know what we are going to do next?"
Zu Dongcheng said nothing.
"You have to cooperate with me. I don't think you can hear some of my Dayan's military secrets from me. If you can escape, you can still report the news, right?"
"What are you going to do next?"
"Go south." Zheng Fan gave the answer directly.
"Going south?" Zu Dongcheng said in shock: "Going south!"
"Do not believe?"
"Just you guys, going south, why..."
"Oh, you are wrong. There are 25 cavalry going south this time."
"Impossible...impossible...impossible..."
"I didn't expect it before, but this is the fact. Right now, 25 cavalry have been laid out on the border of Chujun. When we came, we didn't care about your three-sided defense line and went straight through."
"How dare you!"
"There is nothing you dare not do. Our Majesty dares to play like this, but does your Majesty dare to play like this? Tell me, does your father dare to go north instead of south?"
Zu Dongcheng was silent.
Zheng Fan had a villain smile on his face:
"Think about it, when your Zhao Guan family got up early in the morning, they suddenly discovered that there were more than 20 more cavalry outside Shangjing City.
Are you surprised or surprised? "
"It's not that easy to capture the capital city."
Going to Beijing is the pride of Gan people.
It is no exaggeration to say that Shangjing is not only the brightest and shining pearl in the entire eastern world, but also the east and west combined. It is the most exquisite and prosperous city in the world.
"Chuzhou City is also very strong. Didn't we also defeat it?" Zheng Fan asked.
"It's different. I think the reason why Chuzhou City was defeated so quickly by you is because it was completely defenseless. Now, Shangjing City will definitely be well-prepared.
At that time, the officials will issue a decree and call on the army of the world to serve the king, and hundreds of thousands of troops can easily be gathered. "
"Go to the capital and attack it if you can. As for what the so-called King Qin's army is, you and I both know in our hearts. No matter how many people there are in front of my Dayan Iron Cavalry, it means nothing."
Zheng Fan took out an iron box and took out a cigarette.
Xue San was very considerate and helped Zheng Fan light his cigarette.
Zheng Fan took a breath,
Slowly blow out a smoke ring,
Road:
"To be honest, we didn't expect to capture Shangjing City."
"Then what do you think..."
Zu Dongcheng's eyes suddenly widened. Apparently, this major general who grew up in the military had thought of the Yan people's plan!
"Hey, you thought of it, didn't you?"
Zu Dongcheng gritted his teeth.
In his mind, his father, Lao Zhong and Xiao Xianggong, Yang Taiwei, and others seemed to rush south with hundreds of thousands of troops on three sides to rush for reinforcements.
then,
More than 20 Yan cavalry suddenly came out,
Everything,
They all seemed to be replicas of the scenes I had experienced previously.
Deserters all over the mountains and plains,
The Yan cavalry were chasing madly,
The earth is stained red with blood,
The elites of the three sides were burned to the ground...
"Why...are you telling me this?" Zu Dongcheng looked at Zheng Fan.
"Think about it for yourself."
Zheng Fan reached out and patted Zu Dongcheng's face again.
get up,
out of the tent.
I happened to see Siniang coming out of the tent where the blind man lived, followed closely by a male soldier.
This scene seemed like what happened to Siniang just now in the tent with this soldier.
However, Zheng Fan did not misunderstand anything.
You won't misunderstand anything and Siniang Hongxing is cheating on her. This character guarantee is still there.
Therefore, after having this preconceived character substituted, it is clear who the soldier behind Siniang is.
By chance, the blind man came over with a box of files in his hand. These files were all collected from Chuzhou City and were worthy of repeated study.
Zheng Fan held a cigarette in his hand and pointed at the blind man.
Ask Siniang:
"You've changed your appearance so quickly. What do you want the blind man to do at night?"
Si Niang shrugged and said:
"My lord, it's not my fault. It was the blind man who asked me to help her disguise herself first."
If Yuexin wanted to be taken with her, she had to disguise herself as a male soldier, including Siniang. She would also disguise herself when marching. It was really inappropriate to bring a woman with her in the army.
Si Niang immediately covered her mouth and said with a smile:
"My lord, everything looks the same when the lights are turned off."
Zheng Fan heard this and said:
"For a blind man, it doesn't matter whether he turns off the light or not."
(End of this chapter)