The devil is coming

Chapter 175 Surrender
The sun was shining brightly at noon the next day, but no matter how warm and warm the sun was at this time, it could not illuminate the anxious and uneasy hearts of many people in Chuzhou City.
Human beings are beings with strong adaptability. This adaptability is not only the natural environment, but also many, many other aspects.
Yesterday's King Master's head and battle flag dispersed the spirit of the people in the city. However, just when everyone was preparing to bury their heads and accept this change of identity,
The Yan army in the city,
He actually left the city.
Moreover, it was done extremely thoroughly.
This made the hearts of the people and dignitaries in the city extremely complicated. For the past few days, they had been changing postures continuously, and everyone couldn't bear it.
Wen Sutong and Liu Sicheng stood on the tower, looking at the Yan army that was lining up neatly and continuously leaving the city.
Wen Sutong was better off. The old man had seen too many storms after all. At this time, wearing his official robe, he showed a sense of leisure as he took advantage of the warm winter sun to go out and relax.
Liu Sicheng's face looked slightly gloomy.
Some people can only become pawns on the chessboard. They don't know how big the sky is outside the chessboard, and they just do their jobs down-to-earth.
He kills those who deserve to be killed;
He should kneel to those who should kneel.
Liu Sicheng was such a person. All the high spirits in the past few days were blown away by the rain and wind as Yan Ren left.
"Master Wen, you already knew that the Yan people would leave, right?"
Wen Sutong nodded.
"Then, I dare to ask Mr. Wen, what should we do?"
When the invaders leave, the puppet troops will naturally panic. It is precisely because they know what kind of person they are that they become such a loser.
"Let's see." Wen Sutong remained calm and composed.
"Xiaguan, Xiaguan, Xiaguan's heart..."
Wen Sutong smiled and said:
"How does revenge feel?"
Liu Sicheng's elder brother was dismissed from his post because he offended a powerful man in Chuzhou City, and died of illness on the way to his assignment.
Now, that powerful family has been wiped out by Liu Sicheng's butcher's knife two days ago.
The worried look on Liu Sicheng's face dissipated slightly.
Road:
"carefree."
"Just have fun and that's it."
"This………"
Wen Sutong reached out, patted Liu Sicheng on the shoulder, and said sincerely:
"Now that you have made your choice, don't hesitate any longer. The worst result is that Master Wang comes in again and your General Liu family is wiped out. I, the Wen family, will accompany your Liu family on the road. .
No matter how you calculate it, you are not at a huge loss, right? "
"That's the truth, oh no, no, no, that's not what I mean, no..."
Wen Sutong waved his hand nonchalantly,
Road:
"In the days to come, please ask General Liu to do a good job and replenish his troops. Even if they are just casual soldiers, they will be included. The majestic Chuzhou City must have tens of thousands of guards no matter what." Such a tall city wall, right?”
"Your Majesty understands."
"Although I advise you to believe the Yan people, even I think this is a bit weird, but now we are no longer qualified to be pretentious.
In this city, we have killed too many people and offended too many people. Even those who have been favored by us are smiling and flattering now, but when the news is wrong in the future, they will be the first to attack us. The more miserable we die if stabbed in the back, the cleaner their cowardice today will be washed away.
Alas, isn’t it funny to say that the pigs and dogs in the city are obviously greedy for life and fear of death. They didn’t bark at all before, but when the time comes, they will bite people the hardest. "
said,
Wen Sutong raised his head slightly, stretched his old arms and legs that had been standing for a long time, and said with emotion:
"However, we are worse than pigs and dogs."
.........
The army went out of the city.
This time, the marching speed was not as exaggerated as when they continuously crossed the three border defense lines of Qianguo. It can be said to be quite leisurely.
First of all, there is still more to fight in the future, so there is no need to tire yourself out.
Secondly, it is also convenient to wait for the armies on the three sides of Qianguo, leaving them some space to pursue.
Zheng Fan didn't know whether the blind man became a groom last night, and neither did the other demon kings.
It's very unfair that the blind man can "peep" on everyone else, but others can't peep on him.
Even if you want to sneak to the tent at night, you can't escape the blind man's detection.
However, it is inevitable for men to make dirty jokes when walking together.
Xue San rode alongside Zheng Fan and whispered:
"My lord, according to my subordinate's experience, the blind man must have done nothing last night. The little lady is still walking normally this morning."
Zheng Fan smiled and said:
"It cannot be said that the blind man is the toothpick and you are the mace."
"Hey, hey hey hey!"
Xue San smiled like a fool who was just over [-] meter old.
I just think what the Lord said is really sweet!
After the army was far away from Chuzhou City, a military order came from Li Fusheng, ordering Zheng Fan's troops to monitor the Qingshan County army.
The capture of Chuzhou City provided the entire army with abundant supplies, but the Yan army would not be so bored as to capture every city in the south. Therefore, during the march of the army, some Qianguo cities would also be allowed to exist.
However, in order to ensure that the army will not be disturbed during its march, a separate group of troops will be sent to keep an eye on the movements of that city. One is to warn the troops in the city not to move arbitrarily, and the other is to provide cover for the army.
The Yan people are basically cavalry, so they can be so willful and arrogant. He is obviously a robber walking in the master's house, but he can still warn the master not to act blindly.
This job has always been done by each department in turn, and the monitoring personnel are allocated according to the number of city guards.
This time, it was Zheng Fan's turn.
After receiving the military order, Zheng Fan led his [-] cavalry to leave the army and galloped thirty miles westward to the outskirts of Qingshan City.
In yesterday's war, Qingshan City almost became a decisive point, because after realizing that something was wrong, Zu Dongcheng ordered his troops to move closer to Qingshan City.
To be honest, once this army enters Qingshan City, even if the city wall of Qingshan City is not very high and the city defense facilities are not very complete, no matter how crazy Li Fusheng is, he cannot really order his Zhenbei soldiers to attack the city.
When the Cuiliu Fort cavalry appeared in the sight of the Qingshan City defenders, gongs and drums sounded loudly in the city, and more and more people could be seen running up the city wall. The entire Qingshan County felt like it was facing a formidable enemy!
And the leader of the great enemy,
Zheng Shoubei,
He had already sat down, holding a piece of peach cake in his hand, eating and drinking water.
Next to Zheng Fan, the blind man and Siniang sat.
The military order was only responsible for monitoring the city to prevent the city's defenders from sending small groups of troops to cause harassment, but not for attacking the city, so Zheng Shoubei was in a very relaxed mood now.
"Qingshan City should have received the news about Qianjun's defeat yesterday," the blind man said.
"This is natural." Zheng Fan clapped his hands, and Siniang thoughtfully turned the water bag downwards for her master to wash his hands.
Qingshan City was so close to the battlefield, and after the victory, the Yan army retreated to Chuzhou City to rest. No matter how stupid the officials and guards in Qingshan County were, they would not be so stupid as not to send anyone out of the city to check the situation.
It is impossible to hide the traces of tens of thousands of people fighting and the plains littered with corpses. Besides, in yesterday's battle, although most of the Gan army was annihilated, there were still a few who were lucky enough to escape. There must have been deserters in Qingshan City.
"Actually, based on the achievements made by the Lord, he should have been promoted to the rank of general a long time ago." The blind man said.
"Why are you so anxious? The key is Marquis Jingnan, he is deliberately suppressing me."
If you want to be a general, you can just join the Marquis of Zhenbei.
However, Zheng Fan was not dissatisfied with Marquis Jingnan's suppression, because he could see that Tian Wujing's intention to promote him was that he hoped that he could accumulate a lot of experience.
"It's best if the Lord can think freely. My subordinates feel that Marquis Jingnan wants to arrange for the Lord to have a job that he can do alone in the future. At least he will be a general who can be said to be the best in one county.
Therefore, we still have to earn more military merit, which is related to the position we can be assigned in the future.
It would be most comfortable if it could be directly assigned to Chuzhou City. "
If the war in Dayan goes well,
The Qian Kingdom was either directly destroyed or turned into the Southern Dynasties.
As long as the armies on the three sides of the Qian Kingdom can be mobilized and eaten,
The entire northern part of the Qian Kingdom will fall into the Yan Kingdom's sphere of influence, and those cities that have not been removed can only be reduced to isolated cities. Isolated cities are actually very easy to fight.
For a long period of time in the future, it should be expected that a general would lead his subordinates to guard a town and defend one side, which is the so-called military control.
This situation would last until Dayan digested the newly occupied territories, and then the governance rights would be taken back from the generals to the imperial court.
Throughout the ages, this has always been the case when dynasties change.
Zheng Shoubei took this very seriously and said with a smile:
"It's not difficult to make meritorious deeds. Although I don't have a clue, but somehow, I may have been too memorized in my previous life. I'm really lucky in this life. It's like the merits are rushing to get into my arms."
"Hehehe." The blind man and Siniang both laughed.
"Don't laugh, I'm serious."
"My subordinates are happy for the Lord. The Lord is blessed with great blessings and good luck." The blind man said flatteringly.
at this time,
A group of cavalry rushed from the formation towards the city wall of Qingshan County. This was hundreds of cavalry led by Liang Cheng. They did not want to attack the city, but just went for a horse race out of boredom and put some pressure on the other side.
The city wall also reacted and released arrows early.
Liang Cheng did not get too close to the city wall and led his troops back outside the shooting range of the city wall guards.
After returning, Liang Cheng dismounted, walked up to Zheng Fan proactively, and said:
"There are quite a lot of defenders on the city wall, and the armors are also a little different. I guess this city absorbed a lot of deserters yesterday, and the people in the city were also mobilized to help defend the city."
"Ah."
Zheng Fan was not surprised by this. After this, it would be a bit too much to take the city by rushing through the gate, just like the different situations he encountered when he attacked Mianzhou City twice.
Ganren's armament is useless, but not all Ganren are mentally retarded.
After eating, Zheng Fan sat cross-legged and began to circulate his qi and blood.
His strength has been stuck at the eighth level for some time, but he really has no idea how to continue improving.
Of course, it's normal to be clueless. After all, Zheng Shoubei's strength has improved at an alarming rate.
No one will disturb the Lord at this time. After all, the Lord is not only practicing for himself, but also for all the demon kings.
The blind man went to a farther place and sat down and began to read the files obtained from Chuzhou City, which recorded many things about the Qianguo court.
A soldier squatted next to the blind man and delivered hot water from time to time.
Fan Li and Xue San were together, and they began to wander around, looking for small holes to see if they could dig out hibernating snakes.
A Ming and Liang Cheng sat together,
A Ming took a sip of the water bag and handed it to Liang Cheng to take a sip.
Neither of them spoke, just letting the cold winter wind blow the bangs on their foreheads.
Half of the Cuiliu Fort cavalry were resting, while the other half began to ride their horses freely at a safe distance under the city wall. They changed shifts every once in a while.
Qingshan County fell into silence after the initial panic.
Time passes slowly,
Xue San and Fan Li actually caught a snake and were making a fire for barbecue.
Zheng Fan opened his eyes at this time, and the blood and energy in his body had not changed.
"My lord, there is no need to be in a hurry. You have to take your time in practicing this kind of thing." Siniang, who was sitting far away before, saw Zheng Fan open his eyes and got up and walked over.
"I don't really care about this."
You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Moreover, in this world, although there is a so-called strong man, having more soldiers and generals can offset the shortcomings of one's own strength.
"By the way, Si Niang, next time you disguise yourself, be a little more rude."
After hearing this, Siniang was stunned for a moment, and then understood.
During the march, she always disguised herself. Although she disguised herself as a man, she was too delicate. In addition, the Lord knew her identity and had a "skin-to-skin relationship" with her, so when he saw her appearance after the disguise, When this handsome male face...
The Lord is afraid that something will happen to him, so he is taking precautions.
"The servant knows."
"My lord, would you like to eat the roasted snake skin?"
Xue San came over with a roasted snake.
Zheng Fan waved his hand and said, "You can eat it yourself."
"Yes, my lord."
Zheng Fan looked up at the sky and said:
"It's almost time."
Zheng Fan pointed at Liang Cheng, who was still "sitting with two people" over there.
"Hey!"
Liang Cheng heard the shouting and looked here.
Zheng Fan raised his hand and turned around in a circle. Liang Cheng understood and began to order the troops to gather and prepare to leave.
The large army should have gone far by now. There is no point in seeing Qingshan County. The most important thing is for everyone to pack up their things and catch up with the large army and continue southward.
The blind man also came over at this time and said:
"My lord, my subordinates have discovered that the Yan army going south seems to be much smaller than we thought."
After skipping the three northern counties of Qian State, go all the way south. The most direct and nearest route is to pass through Chu County, Beihe County, Xishan County and then go straight to Bianzhou County where Shangjing is located.
If 25 troops are really going south, this road cannot be so loose. At least, there should be an endless stream of sentries from other towns.
But for such a long way south from Chuzhou City, it seems that the only town is Li Fusheng.
"Isn't this very similar to your guess?" Zheng Fan asked.
"The Lord is joking. Everything is under the control of the Lord."
"Don't put gold on my face." Zheng Fan shook his head.
In fact, the highest-level military plans have never been fully revealed. Even now, there are still many details that have not been announced.
For example, which troops and how many people should go to Shangjing City, and where to choose to ambush the returning reinforcements from the three countries.
However, even if the people above don't say anything, there will still be clues to tell.
Starting from Chuzhou City going south, it is obvious that the scale of Yan's army going south is shrinking.
This means that the main force of the Yan army should have stayed at the boundaries of Chujun.
The blind man arranged so many things in Chuzhou City that he even "sold" himself and married a girl from the Wen family.
If after a while the reinforcements from the Qian Kingdom come back, capture the city of Chuzhou, and behead the entire Wen family, wouldn't all the blind man's arrangements be in vain?
"Your Majesty, the troops have been organized." Liang Cheng came over to report.
The Cuiliu Fort Cavalry seemed to have done a winter field team building, and now they finally gathered and prepared to leave.
Zheng Fan got on his horse and let out a long sigh of relief.
The blind man rode beside Zheng Fan.
"That little lady knows how to ride a horse?" Zheng Fan asked.
"Yes," the blind man replied.
"It's impossible to ride for too long."
"It'll be fine if you grind out the calluses."
"She is your wife." Zheng Fan reminded.
If Siniang's thighs were calloused from riding horses for a long time, Zheng Fan would definitely be in pain.
Fortunately, Siniang has good skills and can take care of herself, so she doesn't have to worry about this kind of problem. But Yuexin is different. Even if he can ride a horse, where does a lady like this get the opportunity to ride a horse for a long time?
"We are at war now, and my subordinates know the importance of it."
"Oh, I understand, you are afraid that you will get emotional, right?" Zheng Fan said with a smile.
"Men want to sleep with beautiful women, and men also like smart women."
The blind man did not hide it at all and continued:
"She's beautiful and smart."
"Forget it, I won't worry about your affairs. You can definitely handle it yourself anyway." With that said, Zheng Fan pointed to Qingshan County in front of him and said:
"Blind man, we don't have extravagant hopes for Chuzhou City. It is estimated that at least one town's general soldiers are qualified to guard it. However, Qingshan County is also quite good. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers. Not to mention the scenery, it is also the transportation hub between the north and south of Qian Country. Tao, if we can establish ourselves here in the future, it will be a suitable place for development."
Liang Cheng said:
"The green mountains hide the crouching dragon. As the name suggests, it is a suitable place to start a business."
Zheng Fan was a little surprised and said:
"A Cheng, do you know how to read Feng Shui?"
A Ming, who was next to him, joked:
"He was buried too much."
Everyone laughed immediately, Zheng Fan raised his riding whip and said:
"Wolong, I don't dare to think about it. I don't think I have such a destiny. Besides..."
"Squeak..."
At this time,
The city gate of Qingshan County was opened.
The city gate must have been blocked with something before, so it couldn't have been opened accidentally. Someone inside must have cleared the blockage before opening the door.
Inside the city gate, three riders came out. The leader was wearing a civilian official robe and was tied into a rice dumpling.
Liang Cheng immediately sent someone to check. After a while, the cavalryman came back and whispered something to Liang Cheng. After hearing this, Liang Cheng looked a little strange, but he still rode back to Zheng Fan.
Archway:
"My lord, the defenders in the city have kidnapped the county magistrate and surrendered to us in Kaicheng!"
"..." Zheng Fan.
(End of this chapter)