The devil is coming

Chapter 204
"This can't be done. Whether Emperor Yan sent him out to make a deal with the Situ family or he was up to some tricks on his own, we have no obligation to fill the hole for them at the cost of our own lives."
Zheng Fan took out two cigarettes and handed one to the blind man. Then the two people who were originally sitting against the wall stacks now squatted down facing the wall stacks.
It's night now. In modern times, smoking on the battlefield at night is just a signal light. In ancient times, it was actually not much better. In ancient times, there were no such things as sniper rifles, but there was no shortage of sharpshooters, especially After instilling Qi and blood into the arrows and then shooting them out, the range and lethality will become terrifying.
Zheng Fan used to practice archery with A Ming when he had nothing to do. Naturally, he knew this very well.
Two silver coins were always very important to his life, and he would definitely not make random jokes. After all, it was a tacit agreement to place hidden sentries or shooters near the front line at night.
So, with the cigarette butts facing down, the two of them just stuck their butts out and lit the cigarettes.
"What do you plan to do, Lord?"
"Since there must be a problem in Xinsu City, the result is either A or B. What are you planning? After I finish smoking this cigarette, I will go directly to the emperor and ask straight to the point."
"My Lord, if Emperor Yan threw him out on purpose, he wanted to avoid any cause and effect and suspicion, and wanted to send him out in the most reasonable way;
Since we have already accepted it here, if we throw it out again, wouldn't it be a deliberate attempt to smear Emperor Yan's face?
This may make Emperor Yan even more angry and embarrassed than ruining Emperor Yan's plan. "
"Blind man, you have never seen Ji Runhao."
"Ah."
"Let's put it this way, this emperor, in the ancient times of our time and space, is really another Qin Emperor and Han Wu, and he is very arrogant. Although everyone who plays politics is dirty, he should not bother to use this method. First of all, Greet the Jin Emperor and let him be sold on the way back."
"My Lord, if you analyze it from this perspective, I will be convinced."
"Haha, of course. If this is really the case, then we are all in trouble anyway. There is no point in staying here any longer, right?"
"That's it."
"If this incident was all caused by Emperor Jin himself..."
Zheng Fan blew out a smoke ring and frowned:
"The problem is that even if there are no permanent enemies and friends in politics, no matter what he is doing in collusion with the Situ family at this time, Situ Lei has already ascended the throne and founded the country."
"My lord, I feel that if we look at it this way, if this matter was initiated by Emperor Jin, then there should have been changes in some link that Emperor Jin himself did not expect. "
As he spoke, the blind man pointed forward and continued:
"In the evening, thousands more riders came outside. The size of the Situ family's army outside has exceeded [-] and is close to [-]. This is not a battle that the Jin Emperor can create."
"I heard that after the destruction of the Helian family and the Wenren family, many Jin army leaders switched to his command, Yu Ciming?" Zheng Fan analyzed.
The Yan State acquiesced to this behavior. To use an inappropriate analogy, Emperor Jin is now just like Wang Kehai back then.
Hearing this, Liang Cheng said: "My lord, the morale of the soldiers and horses outside is very strong, not like the defeated soldiers who have just been collected."
"Forget it, let's stop analyzing it. It makes my head hurt from analyzing it. Now that I'm sure there's something wrong with this, I'll go directly and ask him later. Let's be direct and not make any twists and turns with him."
After saying that, Zheng Fan put out his cigarette butt and said to Liang Cheng: "You watch from the city, be careful of Jin people attacking at night."
"Yes, my lord."
When the situation is a mess, the best way is actually to ignore Sanqi 21 and cut it directly from the middle.
At least, that's what Zheng Fan thinks. It's not okay to pretend to be confused about other things in order to survive.
But now it involves the life and death of himself and a large group of people around him, so it would be meaningless to do it in a hazy way.
All the troops who had originally escorted Emperor Jin into Wubao were assigned to the city wall. Therefore, when Zheng Fan led nearly a hundred soldiers over, there were actually only two guards and two maids around Emperor Jin.
Yes, the old dock owner did not change his habit and continued to send his granddaughter away.
Moreover, Zheng Fan also discovered that this standard was higher than his own. He had only said that he would give one granddaughter to warm the bed, but here he would give two granddaughters.
Of course, this is understandable. Although the Yu royal family has been worthless for a long time, and Jin people have not known the Jin emperor for a long time, he is the real emperor after all.
For a small power like the old dock owner, being able to curry favor with the Jin Emperor, even if it is not for his power, well, the Jin Emperor does not have much power left, but even if it gives him two more princes and grandchildren, it is an extremely cost-effective deal.
Without waiting for the announcement, Zheng Fan walked in directly. The two guards wanted to stop him, but they were forcibly blocked by the soldiers beside Zheng Fan. They were ready to attack if they disagreed, which made the two guards dare not. rash.
When Zheng Fan came in, he saw Jin Huang sipping porridge. Even at this time, he still maintained his own elegance.
But this elegance gave Zheng Fan the feeling that "he is pretending".
In the entire four eastern countries, there are very few people who have seen the three emperors. Zheng Fan has seen them all and even talked to them.
In comparison, Emperor Yan is naturally domineering, while Emperor Qian is free and easy, both of which are natural expressions of "cultivation" to the extreme.
They may be similar to a certain extent, that is, they are both quite easy-going. The fundamental reason is that they are very confident and do not need to deliberately put on airs and show off their dignity to declare their identity.
In other words, who wants to pretend to live every day?Aren't you tired?
But Emperor Jin was different. He was pretending, because he had never truly enjoyed the feeling of being a nine-five-year-old king since he ascended the throne.
The more guilty a person is, the more eager they are to "hold" themselves in this way of external expression.
Seeing Zheng Fan come in, Emperor Jin put down his porridge bowl with some doubts and said:
"Has General Zheng had dinner?"
Up to this moment, I was still thinking about Corporal Li Xian.
Zheng Fan didn't like this. If he didn't know anything before, he would be willing to cooperate with the Emperor of Jin to play a trick similar to Liu Bei throwing Adou.
But now, I don't have that interest.
"All go out."
Zheng Fan said stiffly.
Yu Ciming narrowed his eyes slightly, waved his hand, and said gently:
"Let's all go out."
Soon, Zheng Fan and Jin Huang were the only two people left in the room.
"Does General Zheng have any military needs to tell me?"
Zheng Fan sat down cross-legged in front of the Jin Emperor. At this moment, Zheng Fan really felt a kind of differential treatment at the level of power.
Emperor Yan, Emperor Qian and even the two princes of the north and south did not put on airs when in front of him. They laughed, cursed and teased from time to time, and seemed very down-to-earth.
But the more this happened, the more Zheng Fan felt like walking on thin ice.
But now when facing the Jin Emperor, Zheng Fan really feels that he is very presumptuous. Isn't he bullying you, the emperor, in name only?
After all, I am also looking at people through colored glasses.
"There is something I want to make clear to His Majesty, General."
"General Zheng, please speak."
"Your Majesty's team was overtaken by the Situ family's rebellious army on the outskirts of Xinsu City?"
"Yes."
"Your Majesty should know that those stationed in Xinsu City are part of our Great Yan Jingnan Army. The Jingnan Army is our elite Great Yan Army, with strict military discipline and very few mistakes or slack."
"I know."
"Let me be frank, Your Majesty, I now suspect that you were given as a gift to the Situ family by my Majesty."
When Emperor Jin heard this, he was stunned for a moment. He seemed a little unable to accept such a straightforward approach. However, he was an emperor and had strong adaptability. After being stunned for a while, he immediately said:
"How did General Zheng find out?"
"It's impossible for Xinsu City to have no reaction to the large army appearing outside. I can only guess this way."
"Then what does General Zheng want? If the general takes me in, wouldn't it ruin your emperor's plan?"
Zheng Fan shook his head and said:
"In fact, Your Majesty, since you have met our Emperor, you should know what kind of person our Emperor is. If the general did not receive the notice and saw you being chased and took you in, it would be considered as ruining my Emperor's plan. My Majesty will not blame me for this matter."
"This is not necessarily true. The heart of an emperor is as deep as the sea."
"Perhaps Your Majesty still doesn't understand me. I, the Third Prince of Yan, was deposed by me myself."
Zheng Fan also found it amusing. The fact that the third prince was deposed by him had almost become his own label, and he could still use it from time to time to enhance his sense of presence.
"Since General Zheng is so sincere, how does General Zheng plan to deal with the aftermath?"
"It's difficult." Zheng Fan sighed.
"Yes, it's difficult."
Because I saw too many people, and even if I tried to silence them, I would never be able to finish them off.
"However, I have one advantage."
"Appreciate further details."
"I always like to think of the best in things."
"Oh, good habit."
"What if this matter was not arranged by my Majesty?"
"Who arranged that? It can't be me, right?"
After hearing this rhetorical question, Zheng Fan stared at Yu Ciming with a smile on his lips.
Yu Ciming also looked at Zheng Fan with a smile.
for a while,
Yu Ciming nodded and said:
"Oh, what a coincidence, it's really me."
Yu Ciming admitted.
Zheng Fan silently placed the sword by his side, and at the same time inadvertently reached out and touched the magic pill on his chest.
Road:
"What does your Majesty want?"
This Jin Huang is really a master who knows how to do things.
Those who create their own country are the first to rebel;
If you chase and kill yourself again,
In a film and television drama, this kind of plot is simply a mindless scene-stealing.
"Since General Zheng has been so sincere and honest, I will no longer hide and tuck in. The army outside the city was ambushed in the capital in advance by my order.
The Yan army in Xinsu City did not dare to enter the capital to investigate. "
Okay, that's explained.
Zheng Fan was really interested in this matter.
In fact, if I were just an ordinary city guard who was appointed as a city guard, I might really be treated like a puppet on strings and played around with, thinking that I would take advantage of the Jin Emperor's sister falling from the world.
Fortunately, the demon kings under his command were all human beings, so they noticed something was wrong in time.
Emperor Jin sighed,
He placed his fingers on the table and tapped lightly.
Road:
"Nothing else but a living ear."
"Who wants to kill you?" Zheng Fan asked.
"General Zheng, in fact, some people in this world do not live for their lives. Swordsmen live for their swords, and scholars live for their poems and articles. As an emperor, if you are completely reduced to a decoration, then what's the point of living?
General Zheng, can you understand this? "
"Eat to live, but live not to eat."
After hearing this, Jinhuang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he suddenly felt like he had found a soulmate. He couldn't help but regret in his heart. He regretted that if he could get to know each other earlier, he wouldn't be so lonely along the way.
However, Emperor Jin still had a layer of doubt in his heart, that is, the previous performance on the city wall and the performance in front of him. This Yan general gave him a complete sense of two people.
In fact, both Zheng Fan and Jin Huang looked at each other with a feeling of confusion.
The initial impression was that it was just a sand sculpture, but slowly I discovered that it was more than just a sand sculpture.
"Now that the matter has come to this, please make it clear to your majesty. After all, swords and guns are indistinguishable on the battlefield, and I have to be responsible for my men."
You can play with your intrigues and political tricks, and I don't care if you harm the people of your Jin country, but if you want my soldiers to be buried with you, then I'm sorry, I won't play anymore.
"General Zheng should know that what I wanted when I opened Nanmen Pass was nothing more than a 'living' character. I originally thought that with the support of the Yan people, although my face and history books would not be glorious, But probably living with dignity is not a big problem.
As long as you Yan people still want to maintain a stable rule in the Jin Kingdom, you must provide me with this memorial arch. As long as your Majesty still has the ambition to sweep away the east, you must treat me well. "
"Indeed."
"But the Situ family has ascended the throne and established a country."
"so what?"
"In the land of the Three Jins, my role is nothing more than three. One is to show it to the monarchs of other countries. If you surrender to the Yan State, you can also ensure that you have no worries about food and clothing;
The second is to appease the people's hearts in the three Jin areas;
Third, it is to intimidate and suppress the Situ family. I, the real Jin Emperor, are here. As retainers, the Situ family has to be suppressed in the name of orthodoxy.
You Yan people have also mobilized the Zhenbei Army for this expedition. Now is the time to cultivate your health and recuperate. You don't want to start a war with the Situ family, the largest and most powerful among the three Jins, at this time.
However, the old head of the Situ family suddenly passed away, and Situ Lei ascended the throne and founded the country. It seemed like a radical move, but it had already wiped out most of the need for my existence. "
Zheng Fan frowned slightly.
"You Yan people once promised the Situ family that if the Situ family is willing to surrender and submit to the Yan State, you can retain the feudal state and the Yan State can recognize its status as the leader of the country.
The old head of the Situ family refused directly. He said that he was from Jin and would not be a lackey of the Yan people.
then,
he died. "
"The deal was reached with Situ Lei?"
The Emperor of Jin nodded and said: "That's true. What you Yan people want is a stable land of the Three Jins. Let the Situ family ascend the throne and establish the country, and completely divide the land of the Three Jins. This is in line with what you Yan people want."
But after this, how will I deal with myself?
I originally thought that you, the tiger and wolf of the Yan Kingdom, were very ambitious and would not stop until you swallowed up the three Jin Dynasties, but now you have only tried to stop it. "
Originally, you were the emperor of the Jin State. No matter what, you represented the legal orthodoxy of the Jin State. Although the capital was not large, only one county, you could at least still maintain a certain influence.
Now that the Situ family has ascended the throne, it is clear that they no longer recognize you as the emperor. If the Yan State still wants to take advantage of the trend and fight another war to destroy the Situ family and unify the Jin State, they can continue to use his brand to rebel.
But the problem is that the hundreds of thousands of cavalry used in the Yan State's war have already emptied the family's resources. They were preparing to rest and recuperate for a while, but they didn't see that the Zhenbei Marquis had already rushed back to Beifeng County with a Zhenbei Army. What?
This is because they don’t want to fight again in a short period of time, and they want to digest the fruits of victory in this stage first. Therefore, the Yan Kingdom even reached an agreement with the Situ family. You can build the country, and we will divide the land of Jin together. .
Under this default situation, the existence of Emperor Jin was extremely embarrassing.
"Your Majesty did this to provoke a war between our country of Yan and the Situ family?"
Emperor Jin nodded and said with emotion: "It's just for self-protection."
The peaceful Jin State was an extremely unfavorable situation for the emperor. Only if the Jin State continued to fight and be in turmoil could he have the need to continue to exist.
There is even an opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
Zheng Fan suddenly felt that the Jin Emperor in front of him was very similar to Li Fusheng, and both seemed to be mentally ill.
For the sake of your own obsession, you can do any extreme things.
Or maybe the emperor has been obsessed with this kind of gambling ever since he opened Nanmen Pass.
"In other words, the troops and horses outside are your Majesty's troops?"
"After the Helian family and the Wen family were destroyed, I accepted a lot of knights from the Third Jin Dynasty and enriched the Forbidden Army."
This is an admission.
Zheng Fan reached out and rubbed his temples and said:
"Your Majesty, I still don't know what your real purpose is?"
Start a fight?Create tension?These big and empty goals seem a bit unrealistic when it comes to specific matters.
"Because there is no goal, I want to muddy the water, otherwise there will never be a goal."
This is the answer given by Emperor Jin. Let’s mess with it first and then read it.
"Oh, like this."
Zheng Fan stood up.
Emperor Jin picked up the porridge bowl again and prepared to continue drinking porridge.
"Your Majesty, if you tell me everything like this, aren't you afraid that I will write a letter to my Majesty?"
"I'm not afraid."
"Why, I'm from Yan."
"I am still a Jin people, and I am still the emperor of Jin people, but haven't I also started a war for my own throne and made the people of the three Jin Dynasties suffer torture?"
"No, no, it's different. I'm more pure."
"Perhaps, General Zheng, I know what you are asking for. In the midst of chaos, you and I can support each other.
There is no need to worry about the soldiers and horses outside for the time being. They will disperse on their own after two days of siege.
You, General Zheng, can take advantage of your ability to protect the world. It is purely a meeting gift from me to General Zheng. "
"no………"
Zheng Fan suddenly felt that something was wrong.
"What else does General Zheng have to do?"
Zheng Fan turned around again, looked at Jin Huang, and said:
"Your Majesty just said that the army outside the city is His Majesty's troops?"
"Yes."
"Your Majesty, can you come with me to the city wall?"
"I was asked to come down to rest earlier, but it was you, General."
"Before was before, and now is now. There are some things that I have to confirm before I can rest assured."
Emperor Jin stood up with a smile, walked to Zheng Fan's side, and said:
"Then I will accompany the general to the tower to take a look and calm Zheng Aiqing's heart."
"Your Majesty, please."
Zheng Fan and Jin Huang walked out together, and a certain distance was deliberately kept away from them.
After coming out, they walked up to the city wall side by side.
Emperor Jin looked at the soldiers on the tower who were still waiting in full formation even at night, and said apologetically:
"Keep the general's tigers busy."
"It doesn't matter. Even if the war doesn't start, it's still good to just treat it as a martial arts performance."
Emperor Jin put his hands on the city wall, looked to the east, and said:
"General, does he know who is leading the army on the opposite side?"
"Your Majesty, please clarify."
"His surname is Yu and his name is Yu Huacheng. He is my personal guard general."
"Oh."
Oh, never heard of it.
"He is actually a versatile man in both civil and military affairs. It's a pity that he has been hindered by me and has been unable to use his skills. I will introduce him to you in the future."
"well."
"But you should have heard of his brother, General Zheng. His name is Yu Huaping."
"Still not..."
"Known by people in the world as the Sword Master of the Jin Kingdom."
"Cough cough cough..."
I have indeed heard of this.
"Your Majesty, so the Sword Master of Jin is a member of the royal family?"
"We are distant relatives, as far away as we can get, but in the end we all have the surname Yu."
"I see."
At this moment, a whistle arrow suddenly rose into the sky, bringing with it a whistling sound.
Liang Cheng on the city wall immediately shouted:
"The enemy is attacking at night, prepare to meet the enemy!"
For a time, all the soldiers, whether they were keeping vigil or taking a nap, were mobilized and began to rush towards the city wall.
On the city wall, Emperor Jin's face was a little gloomy. He looked at Zheng Fan and said:
"General Zheng, what does this mean?"
"The enemy is attacking at night and preparing to attack the city." Zheng Fan replied.
The sentry arrow was shot by Xue San. As an assassin, Xue San hid under the Wubao, so he could detect enemy movements in advance and give early warning.
Others may not believe it, but Zheng Fan has 100% trust in the Demon King under his command on these matters.
"absurd!"
Emperor Jin scolded.
Zheng Fan was too lazy to beep with Jin Huang, so he directly pressed Jin Huang's shoulders, and the two of them squatted down together.
"Whoosh whoosh!!!!"
A burst of arrows shot up from below the city.
following,
There were also intensive shouts of killing,
The soldiers and horses on the opposite side,
It was really a night attack on the city!
Emperor Jin originally thought that Zheng Fan was fooling him, but the current momentum was impossible to fake, so he was confused for a moment.
"How is it possible...how is it possible...how is this possible..."
At this time, A Ming and Siniang had already arrived at Zheng Fan's side. This was standard equipment. At any time on the battlefield, the Lord must be protected by at least two demon kings.
A Ming looked at the confused Emperor Jin over there and asked:
"what happened?"
Zheng Fan silently drew out his long knife,
Road:
"He took it off for fun."
(End of this chapter)