The devil is coming

Chapter 560 I came here to say hello!
"Get off the boat, quickly, quickly, quickly!"
The captain shouted loudly, and Guo Dong and Xu An quickly ran off the boat.
Unlike the previous time at Jingcheng Wharf, where everyone landed leisurely and leisurely, now, the navy has entered the land of Chu and Gyeonggi. Therefore, for the sake of safety, the fleet chose the strategy of disembarking in batches and deploying troops.
Firstly, this can be as efficient as possible, and secondly, it can quickly expand the field of vision;
Regardless of whether the army will be scattered if the troops are scattered, at least there will not be such an extreme situation as being directly packed into dumplings when they gather together and get off the ship.
For the Yan army who was accustomed to cavalry fighting, it was a bit awkward and unaccustomed to move on two legs, but after all, it was learned step by step during siege battles. At the same time, they were elite and adapted to the battlefield environment and The ability to change levels is unquestionable.
"Quick, quick, keep up!"
The flag-bearer ran in front, followed by Guo Dong, Xu An and a group of soldiers.
In fact, they don't know exactly where they are now, but they probably know that they and others have gone far into the depths of Chu State. The strange environment brings them not fear and pressure, but a strange kind of excitement.
A few days ago, Yan's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses from all walks of life were focused on attacking the city. It could be said that they had suffered enough from the Chu people's city walls and fortresses. At that time, many soldiers would curse every day after returning from the camp: When I break your turtle shell and get to your Chu land, I will definitely burn, kill, loot and so on.
right now,
They did it,
The main force of the Yan army is still fighting against the solid city wall outside Zhennan Pass. He and others have arrived at the heart of Chu State, how can they not be excited?
After all, this is still a defeat. The battle in Jingcheng was too easy to win. A fire in the granary burned for two days and nights, which can be regarded as lifting everyone's spirits.
Now if we suffer two setbacks in a row and are left alone, our morale will definitely plummet.
At that time, no matter how elite you are, it will be useless. You will die in a foreign land and your body will be in a different place. When pessimism has truly enveloped the entire army, it will collapse as it should.
Therefore, since ancient times, there have been many cases of lone soldiers going deep into battles, and it seems that there have been many classic battles, but this is actually a kind of survivor bias;
The reason why military adventures are called military adventures is because most of them fail, which is why they are called adventures.
At that time, Uncle Zheng accompanied Li Fusheng when he went south. Li Fusheng and Li Bao held the Northern Army in two towns. Li Bao was responsible for pulling the troops, while Li Fusheng directly crossed the Bian River and reached the capital.
Regardless of factors such as combat power, the reason why the Yan army was able to persevere was because the Ganjun troops who came to stop it all the way were of great help.
Because the Yan army could defeat them again and again, use victory after battle to heal the fear and uneasiness of the lonely army, and use defeat after defeat to make up for its constant loss of morale.
Therefore,
the most important,
Still can't defeat.
Uncle Zheng got off the deck. Surrounded by his bodyguards, the sword master stood beside him.
Ahead, in the reed marsh, there is a faint yellow color coming from autumn. If the poet came here, he might write about the inexplicable sadness;
It's a pity that although Uncle Zheng has always liked to be pretentious, he doesn't like writing or copying poems very much.
And as a soldier, when my boots stepped on this slightly muddy ground, I couldn't help but feel a sigh of relief;
If in normal times, he would lead the cavalry at lightning speed, he would never touch such an area. The muddy reed swamps often easily become casualties for the cavalry as the main combat force.
"Fourth mother."
"Lord."
Si Niang was wearing a black cloak and leather armor sewn by herself, standing behind her master.
"I think the armor styles of our personal guards are not bright enough."
"Change it when you get back."
Uncle Zheng smiled with satisfaction and nodded:
"it is good."
The swordmaster on the other side had an expression that was as calm as ever. He had become accustomed to the Hirano uncle's habit of being in a state of wandering mind when facing important events.
Perhaps this is a different outlook on life.
In the eyes of Uncle Zheng and the Demon Kings, the pursuit of refinement is a great respect for life.
Originally, the town led by Gao Yi was regarded as Uncle Zheng's personal guard, but Uncle Zheng felt that after this battle, his territory would be larger and his power would be greater, so he had to change it.
As for how to change it specifically, it is not something that needs to be considered now.
The battlefield situation has now been laid out.
According to the boundaries of Yangcheng, it is the capital region belonging to the Chu people and it is rich. There is no telling.
Of course, this kind of wealth may have little to do with the lower class, but there should be many wealthy households here, and there must be no shortage of grain, treasures, silks, and beautiful maids.
San'er took the first step and led Dai Li and others to explore Jiyang City;
Jin Shuke, Gou Moli and Fan Li respectively led a group of troops and rushed towards the Yangcheng City from three directions.
If Yangcheng can be conquered in one fell swoop like Jingcheng, it will be extremely beautiful. If you can go deep alone and have a foothold, well, it will be great;
Even if they can't take it, it doesn't matter. The Yan army will not foolishly prepare to attack the city, but will send troops to plunder the suburbs of the city and nourish the evil spirit of the soldiers with blood.
Of course, it can also be called in a high-sounding way to "supply the enemy", "reduce the Chu people's war potential" and "create panic".
"Ah."
Uncle Zheng sighed.
The sword master said: "Are you hungry?"
Uncle Zheng nodded,
Road:
"I didn't have breakfast. I had an empty stomach because I wanted to drink mutton slices soup."
.........
"Tsk!"
Behind the slope, Xue San raised his head and looked at the city ahead of him.
According to Yangcheng, it is not a big city, nor is it a battleground for military strategists. It is just a county town in the capital.
The news of the fall of Jingcheng should have been conveyed, but the news of the Yan army going down the river probably did not come so quickly.
But when they were in Yangcheng, the city gates were tightly closed, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
Xue San smacked his lips. If it was just a matter of closing the city gate, that would be fine. But outside the city, there were two camp entrances.
One, in the north of the city, and one, in the south of the city.
The camp is not big, only about a dozen tents, and each camp has about a hundred people. But the interesting thing is that they are all cavalry, and at a glance, I can estimate that there are more horses than people. .
The armor on those cavalrymen was a bit too bright.
Let's put it this way, this kind of armor would not be worn by the master unless he had to set up a flagpole and lead his subordinates to fight fiercely.
In short, it is just flashy and purely for the sake of looking good.
Cavalry is extremely precious to the Chu people. In Chu State, those who can use cavalry purely as a guard of honor are definitely not ordinary people.
Furthermore,
When there is no absolutely clear enemy situation,
The county gate is closed as soon as it is said to be closed.
Completely ignoring the daily work and rest of the people inside and outside this county,
Why does it mean that the convoy of a future leader will pass through Qingjie?
Xue San rubbed his chin with his hand.
He was originally the first echelon to come over to see if there was any chance of storming the city gate, but now it seemed that there was no chance of storming the city.
There are many soldiers on the city wall. Even if the city wall is not high, in this alert posture, it is somewhat unrealistic to take down the city with simple siege equipment.
However, it was too risky to set up camp on the spot, build weapons, find weak points, and attack the city with traditional means. It was impossible to say that the city was not broken, and the Chu people's reinforcements arrived from all walks of life, forming a large siege on our side.
"Go, go back and inform your uncle. Tell me that Yangcheng is heavily fortified and the city gates are closed. You can't take it by force. Just tell me that I suggest that the three groups of soldiers and horses be lurked on the spot and don't make any noise."
"Here!"
Dai immediately ran back.
Xue San pressed down, squatted up, and began to press his legs and do warm-up exercises.
The other subordinates around him immediately squatted down and began to warm up.
They were trained by Xue San first-hand, so they are naturally familiar with these movements.
Xue San saw this,
Laughing and scolding:
"You guys want to eat your shit, you guys?"
Others are a little unclear.
"Gungungun, spread out around and take a look at the surrounding situation. Leave the two of you here waiting for me. I will go inside and try to feel it myself later.
Do you want to go with me?
Are you trying to trick me to death? "
An excellent assassin must have strong confidence in his own movement, but if he has a group of losers around him, he will be blinded.
These people can actually be regarded as crawling out of the dead, but the problem is that there is still a big gap between their level and Xue San.
"There must be a ghost in this city."
Xue San continued to warm up while talking to himself.
If it were under other circumstances, or if it were other people, it would be enough to complete their own tasks, but San'er is different. Outsiders may not see it clearly, but people in the real inner circle know that these few people under Uncle Zheng's command are Sir, you have great autonomy when doing things.
At the same time, Xue San has always had the attributes of Fuwa, and it was he who brought back the head of King Fu.
Assassins often have an innate intuition for truly valuable targets.
However, just when Xue San had just finished his warm-up and was about to go to the corner of the city to touch, a guard from the uncle's side came running from behind:
"Mr. [-], my uncle has orders, stay where you are!"
Xue San asked suspiciously:
"Why?"
.........
"It's still like this."
Uncle Zheng really didn't know what to say.
After several large ships on their side unloaded their soldiers, they leaned here. As a result, a Chu army of 200 people came over on their own initiative in a small boat.
Note that it was not sneaking over, but brazenly saying hello and paddling over.
They actively stood on the boat and shouted, demanding that the ladder be thrown down.
When the Yan soldiers on the boat saw this, they threw the ladder rope down. Then, the Chu soldiers on the small boat began to climb aboard.
The one who came up was tied up, and the others who came up continued to be tied up.
Faced with this wave of active killings, the soldiers on the deck felt a little unreal.
In fact, it was this Chu army that misjudged the identities of these large ships, because the flags of the Qu family were still flying on the ships. To the Chu people, the large ships and navy were in the Chu land, so it was not certain. Is it your own?
So, they came up.
After a group of people went up, they found that the people who had gone up earlier did not stick their heads out to say hello. The Chu soldiers who stayed in the small boat finally realized that something was wrong. However, when crossbows were pointed out from the side of the big ship and pointed at them, they They also wisely threw down their weapons, surrendered and were captured, and they were all caught.
Uncle Zheng, who was standing on the shore, felt that it was ridiculous when he heard the news. However, on the battlefield, such confusing things often happen.
Uncle Zheng returned to the boat and planned to see the situation.
As soon as I got on the boat, I heard a report from my subordinates:
"Uncle, there is another ship coming over there."
"Oh?"
Uncle Zheng walked to the side of the ship and found that there was indeed another ship coming across from the opposite side. However, that ship should be carrying a lot of things, so it was slower. It should be together with the two previous ships.
Uncle Zheng glanced around and said:
"Bring these people to me."
"Here!"
The deck quickly cleared, and then the ship full of boxes finally came closer.
Soldier Yan on the deck took the initiative to open the deck and threw down the rope, which was a courtesy.
A Ming moved a chair and asked Uncle Zheng to sit on it and wait.
Not long after, a group of people came up.
The leader was actually a white-haired old man. The old man's body was quite strong and he could climb up on the rope ladder without anyone's help.
Next to the old man, there were some men wearing armor standing, but these men were obviously not used to wearing armor on weekdays. Suddenly they were wearing it, and it was so baggy that they didn't look like serious men at all.
This group of people gave people an extremely greasy feeling. Even though the old man was very energetic, as soon as he saw Uncle Zheng sitting there, his face immediately overflowed with that flattering smile.
In fact, there are people in the military who like to build relationships and mingle in circles. There are also people like this in any industry;
But the problem is that the prisoners who were captured earlier look like they are at least a little bit of Lianjiazi. Although their armors are a bit messy, they can still cut people.
The second batch of people who came up seemed to have never held a knife at all in their lives.
The old man knelt down,
The people behind him also knelt down:
"Slave, I would like to pay my respects to the noble Qu family. May I ask you, who are you..."
Old man, this group of people, including the guards of the two ships they went ahead with, must have really recognized the wrong person.
He eagerly came closer, thinking that he had bumped into Qu's fleet.
Although the Qu family lost the main force of Qingluan Army under Yupan City in the early years, they also lost Qu Tiannan, the pillar of the family, and even had his bride taken away on the day of the princess's wedding and became a laughing stock among the nobles;
but,
The centipede is dead but not stiff;
Just looking at how the Qu family can directly suppress Liang Guo with the power of their clan and still have the strength to breathe, we can see how deep this family's heritage is.
It's one thing to tease someone behind your back, but face to face, you have to keep your head down.
Uncle Zheng smiled and said,
The group of people in front of them really... couldn't see the situation clearly.
However, it’s really hard to blame them. This is the territory of Gyeonggi Province. Normally, who would have thought that they would encounter a Yan people’s fleet here?
Uncle Zheng replied:
"Someone, Qu Peiluo."
"Ah, it turns out to be the consort...it turns out to be General Zuo."
"See General Zuo."
"See General Zuo."
General Zuo is Qu Peiluo's general title. In fact, it is of no use, because the imperial court will grant you this title and will not give you a soldier. You, Qu Peiluo, can still only control the power within the Qu family.
This is just a kind of compensation given by the court after the prince-in-law failed.
"Who are you?"
Uncle Zheng asked.
"Return to General Zuo, the Zhang family in Yue County."
"The Zhang family?"
Uncle Zheng cast his gaze around.
For a moment, He Chunlai, Siniang and others were recalling which aristocratic family in Dachu the Zhang family belonged to.
Even A Ming,
After taking a sip of wine,
He looked around and frowned slightly, pretending to be thinking.
The old man was not ashamed, because from a small family like his that could not even move up the ranks, how could the young master of the Qu family know?
"General Zuo, the lintel of the Zhang family is low, so it is difficult for General Zuo to see him. However, Mr. Zhang and Guan Guan, who are beside the king, are the nephews of the old clan."
"Oh,,, are you from Eunuch Zhang's family?"
A smile immediately appeared on the old man's face, and a sense of pride was vaguely visible.
Road:
"Exactly, exactly."
"Eunuch Zhang, the relationship with me, ahem, with this general, is excellent."
"That's natural, that's natural. General Zuo is a true nobleman, a young hero. The nephew of the family often mentions General Zuo in his letters and says he admires General Zuo's demeanor."
In the officialdom, the sedan chair is carried by many people, so it is not easy to offend anyone.
Especially, to the chamberlain.
Uncle Zheng fell into deep thought,
The Zhang family in front of me, oh, the Zhang family from Yue County, no wonder it looks so unreliable. Although Uncle Zheng disdains the idea that nobles are born noble, a family that has been rich for more than three generations or has been passed down for hundreds of years , this man has lived as a master for too long, and he does have a "fairy spirit" in his body, which is the so-called... aristocratic temperament.
Zhang Guanzhang should be a eunuch in the Chu Kingdom. Since he is sadly going to be an eunuch, it is obvious that the Zhang family must have been in extremely miserable circumstances ten or twenty years ago.
Generally speaking, who would take a stab at their job unless they were desperate?
Therefore, as that Eunuch Zhang gradually rose up, the Zhang family in Yue County also gradually gained some reputation.
The old man was groveling in front of him because he was under the banner of the Qu family, but on the boundary of Yue County, he should be able to walk sideways.
but,
If he finds out his true identity later,
It should be a hundred times more frightening than meeting the young patriarch of the Qu family.
Thinking of this,
A smile appeared on Uncle Zheng's lips.
When the old man saw Uncle Zheng smiling, he misunderstood.
He opened his mouth and said:
"General Zuo, are you here to protect the King as well?"
Uncle Zheng's breathing suddenly shortened, and his body immediately stiffened.
Deep in my heart, huge waves have already stirred up.
but,
Uncle Zheng still suppressed his emotional fluctuations forcefully.
He said "hmm" very casually,
road;
"You too?"
"So that General Zuo will know that although my Zhang family is not among the first rank, our loyalty to the king and patriotism can be learned from heaven and earth. This time, the nephew of the family sent a message, asking the old man to disperse the family wealth and recruit brave men to come and defend the king. Up.
Ha ha,
There is also a little thought, that is, for the sake of our loyalty, the king can help me raise the Zhang family's ranking, the lowest, the lowest will be fine. "
The old man obviously really believed that his nephew really had a good relationship with Young Master Qu, so he even dared to say such "heartbreaking" words.
Uncle Zheng swallowed, his hands were already trembling a little.
but,
Still opened the mouth and said:
"General, I am naturally here to protect His Majesty."
"Then, I would like to ask General Zuo to let us ride with him to meet the king. My nephew must be extremely grateful to General Zuo. My Zhang family in Yue County will also look after the Qu family in the future."
Uncle Zheng nodded and said:
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say. This is what the general should do. It's just that the general still has some things to unload, so it will take some time."
"Me too, me too. My ship is full of tributes for the king. Of course, General Zuo also has a share."
"If Mr. Zhang wants to go with me, General, he will have to wait for a while, but we can let the tribute go first."
"That's right, that's right. Anyway, it's not far from Juyang City. Let the people below first... ah ah ah..."
The old man's neck was pinched by Uncle Zheng, and he was lifted up. He looked at Uncle Zheng who was pinching him with horror and pain.
previously,
Why are you still going around in circles?
He doesn't want to use force directly, because Uncle Zheng doesn't want to take risks. Although the people in front of him don't look like him, who knows if he will encounter the kind of reckless Chu country who has a greasy face but is really "loyal to the emperor and patriotic" deep down in his heart and doesn't care about death?
Therefore, Uncle Zheng patiently tried to trick him slowly at first, but now he has tricked him out.
Got it out,
a surprise,
one,
Great surprise!
this moment,
Uncle Zheng even had the feeling that the cold arrows and stones he had received on the battlefield before were all for building up his character, all for the moment when his character would explode!
"Prince Regent, are you staying in Yangcheng?"
The old man was obviously not one who could withstand big scenes. He was so frightened by Uncle Zheng's aura that he lost control of himself.
After all, it was a small family that was forcibly promoted by the eunuch clan, so it couldn't get on the stage.
Uncle Zheng frowned slightly and threw it on the ground.
He Chunlai immediately drew his knife and placed it across the old man's neck.
"Yes, yes, yes, the King's Luan Jia is in Juyangcheng. He is my nephew. My nephew wrote to tell me."
The Zhang family members behind the old man immediately nodded in agreement, confirming what the old man said.
"Hehe...hehehe...hahahahahahaha..."
Uncle Zheng just chuckled at first, and then started laughing.
immediately,
Uncle Zheng stopped talking instantly,
Slightly focused eyes swept around,
ordered:
"This uncle's military order is passed down, and Jin Shuke, Gou Moli, and Fan Li are ordered to give me three groups of soldiers and horses to surround Yangcheng.
I waved the black dragon flag and the flag with the word "Zheng" in it, and informed my uncle to wait for a while and make some preparations;
his brother-in-law,
come to him,
Say hello! "
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Thank you Tai 2 Zhengshen for becoming the 145th leader of "Demon Arrival"!
(End of this chapter)