The devil is coming

Chapter 848: Martyrdom for the country!
Zheng Fan finally discovered Chen Daxia;
When I first met Chen Daxia, he had a sword and looked dull but full of righteousness. He looked like a master who could tell at a glance that he was a master;
Because low hands maintain this kind of temperament, it is easy to be beaten to death early in the arena.
But now, with the improvement of realm and state of mind, Chen Daxia has begun to have a sense of simplicity that belongs to the sword master now. In short, it is really difficult to detect when he is lost in the crowd with his restrained aura.
Daxia Chen saw Zheng Fan pushing away the guard in front of him.
Daxia Chen saw Zheng Fan walking behind the Sword Master,
Daxia Chen saw Zheng Fan bypassing the Sword Master.
When Daxia Chen saw Zheng Fan walking up to him, he opened his arms and gave himself a big hug.
"You're bullying me."
Inexplicably, the Jianghu swordsman of the Qian Kingdom who was being held by Prince Da Yan Pingxi came up with such a sentence.
Zheng Fan's palm gently patted Chen Daxia's back.
Road:
"Be good, don't say such rude words."
Daxia Chen had no choice but to break away from Zheng Fan's arms. He just sighed, and then there was a long silence.
Zheng Fan patted Chen Daxia on the back again,
Road:
"Be good, talk quickly."
Master Chen tilted his head slightly, looked at Zheng Fan's profile, and asked:
"say what?"
"You know, tell me."
Master Chen sighed again.
Zheng Fan patted Daxia Chen on the back again and urged:
"Quickly ask, are you not afraid that I will stab you with my sword?"
Master Chen rolled his eyes.
"Hahahahaha!"
Prince Pingxi laughed, let go of his arms, grabbed Chen Daxia's shoulders, and shook them;
"To be honest, I'm really a little scared. I won't be scared when I see you in Jin or Chu. But now that I'm stepping on the land of Qian Kingdom, I'm really panicking."
"you know too."
"Yeah, you know, I've always been terribly afraid of death, and I don't want to take any risks. Besides, our two wives have babies in their bellies, and I can't bear to explain myself in such a confused way. Outside.
But what to say,
see you,
I always feel bad if I don't come up to say hello like this.
I, Zheng Fan, have been cautious throughout my life and have very few trustworthy friends.
But once I recognize that he is a friend, I will definitely treat him with utmost sincerity.
You are afraid of death so that you can continue to live well, but you cannot be afraid of turning into a mouse and losing the courage to poke your head out of the hole. Then your life will be boring. "
"It would be great if King Pingxi of the Yan Kingdom was not named Zheng Fan."
"Hey, it's a good thing that King Pingxi's name is Zheng Fan, otherwise, wouldn't you just explain it?"
If King Pingxi were not Zheng Fan, Daxia Chen would have drawn his sword.
As for the consequences of using the sword, people probably cannot be killed. Even if there is no sword master, A Ming Fan Li and the others, a large group of knights around can crush Master Chen into mud.
Chen Daxia looked at Zheng Fan and said:
"As you said, a great chivalrous person serves the country and the people."
"I was just carefree. You know, I have a problem. When I was eating kebabs, I also liked to express my feelings about life."
"But I think what you said is right."
"No, that's not right." Zheng Fan looked at Chen Daxia and said seriously, "Jia Jianghu is supposed to use force to break the ban. No one likes a group of Jianghu people living next to their home.
And once a country needs Jianghu people to stand up, then this country really has no hope at all. "
Zheng Fan put his arm around Chen Daxia's shoulders and pointed at Su Mingzhe standing in front of him.
Road:
"By the way, what's your official position?"
"If you want to reply to the prince, I will serve as the Prime Minister of Honglu Temple."
"Read the poem you just wrote for me again."
"Okay, please correct me..."
"Stop, stop reading, hero, look how good he is.
He eats the king's salary, where is the salary?The people are rich and anointed, but in front of this king, in order to survive, you are so flattering.
His teacher was revered as a literary sage and enjoyed the love of everyone in the country. How much advantage did he take for this, but what about him?
He doesn't want to die, he won't die, why are you so anxious? "
Zheng Fan pointed at Su Rongrong and Wu Xiang again.
Road:
"Their two families have to eat a lot of rewards from the imperial court of Qian Kingdom every year. The people in other parts of Qian Kingdom have to pay taxes, pay grain, and do corvee work. They don't have to, right?"
Wu Xiang and Su Rongrong looked at each other, but still nodded.
"You see, you don't pay taxes, you don't pay grain, you don't do corvee work, and you have to receive rewards from the court every year. Living such a life makes a person the best, and you, the people who govern the country, are the best.
But are they willing to die?
I don’t want to either.
On the contrary, they sincerely look down on you as gangsters and do not consider themselves to be gangsters.
Look here again,
There,
A big piece,
Oh.
Just now, a large group of adults followed Jiedushi to help me open the door. There were so many of them, I even considered those who had the guts to escape in the previous waves as loyal people.
Just a little bit like that,
This large area is full of dressed-up beasts who want to survive, and they eat the flesh of ordinary people.
You, Master Chen, have been miserable since childhood. You relied on your own ability to get where you are today step by step. Have you ever received a salary from the court? No.
Then why don't you die first if they don't? "
For a moment, the adults who had just been captured covered their faces with their sleeves.
They were very embarrassed, but no one dared to accuse King Pingxi.
Chen Daxia looked at Zheng Fan and said, "What you said seems to make sense, but what does what I want to do have to do with others?"
"Oh, progress has been made, progress has been made."
Zheng Fan nodded and continued:
"Let's go. Next time I have a chance, I'll come back home as a guest."
"Okay, I will go south. If we encounter you again, I will draw my sword at you. I know..."
Daxia Chen looked at the sword master standing beside him.
"With the teacher by your side, it's hard for me to kill you, but if, just in case, I kill you, I will cut myself off and stay with you."
"Don't bother, don't bother. If you kill me, I still have two unborn children. Don't be in a hurry to die. Help me go back and take care of the children. My biological father is gone. You must be a good godfather. "
Chen Daxia heard this,
Take a deep breath.
The sword master watched the whole process from the side, tapping Long Yuan lightly with his fingertips. He wanted to laugh, he really wanted to laugh, but for the sake of the atmosphere, he held back.
He discovered very early that Zheng Fan had a certain smell.
To use what those gentlemen said, it is called charisma.
Regardless of whether it is fake or real, it is enough that he can express this feeling. Once the effect is achieved, there is no point in distinguishing the real from the fake.
Master Chen picked up his sword and saluted Zheng Fan.
turn around,
go outside.
King Pingxi raised his hand, and the soldiers on the periphery moved out of the way.
At this time, the sword master gently touched Zheng Fan's armor with Long Yuan's scabbard and said:
"Are you sweating?"
"It's a good thing you're wearing armor, otherwise it would be reflected."
Soon after, a military report came from Lanyang City, saying that Lanyang City had been captured.
……
Prince Pingxi, who had changed into Pixiu and his black armor, entered Lanyang City surrounded by a group of armored men.
This is a newly expanded city. It occupies a small area and its scale is not exaggerated. It can only be said to be quite satisfactory.
Ganren originally planned to use Lanyang City as a fulcrum to set up a barrier along this line, but when the fulcrum was broken, the remaining barrier had actually lost its effectiveness.
Under Zheng Fan's order, except for a group of soldiers and horses that suppressed Lanyang City, the rest of the soldiers and horses completely dispersed to clean up the nearby dry troops.
As for Lanyang City, the people have closed their doors tightly, and there are very few people on the streets.
From time to time, disarmed defenders were escorted over, and soldiers of Yan Army were everywhere in the city.
"Send the order and restrain the soldiers."
"Here!"
Chen Yang personally went to make arrangements. This time Zheng Fan brought [-] soldiers and horses, more than half of whom were from the original Sushan camp. With Chen Yang's intervention, the soldiers below would not make mistakes.
Sometimes, the ferocity of soldiers is difficult to control, especially after entering a conquered city.
Fortunately, this Yan army did not attack the city for a long time and finally broke through. Otherwise, at that time, even Zheng Fan would not be able to step forward to stop the soldiers from burning, killing and looting.
The reason why he did this was not because Zheng Fan was benevolent. If he were truly benevolent, he would not have sent troops to attack the grass and valleys in Zhao.
The reason is that the army will have to continue deep into the hinterland of Qianguo, and the soldiers will not be able to march with the looted property; the second is to leave themselves a way out, which belongs to the "hypocrisy" and "hypocrisy" of the invaders.
However, the collection of grain, grass and some military supplies must be carried out. However, according to reports from the following people, there is a lot of grain, grass and military equipment stored in Lanyang City's treasury.
It was originally intended to be shipped to Liangdi, but because he captured the capital of Zhao State, which affected the safety of the food route along this route, there was still a lot stored here.
When night fell, Zheng Fan did not stay inside the city, but stayed in a military tent outside the city.
In the afternoon of the next day, the soldiers and horses sent yesterday to sweep the nearby Ganjun Fort came back one after another. They basically encountered no obstacles. The returning soldiers and horses began to rest and recuperate.
In this way, another three days passed.
The Yan Army retained control of Lanyang City, but did not interfere too deeply. A lot of military supplies were moved from the warehouses in the city. In order not to affect the marching speed of the subsequent army, the Yan Army basically used soldiers as units. Bring as much rations as possible without affecting your own actions.
There is still a lot left. Chen Yang asked for permission to burn them all. Anyway, what we can't take away cannot be left to Qianjun, even if these military grains belong to Qianguo.
Zheng Fan rejected this proposal and instead distributed the contents of Lanyang City's treasury to the people as he did when he first attacked Chuzhou City.
Therefore,
A few days after the arrival of the Yan army,
Lanyang City now presents an extremely strange situation.
Because this city was captured without a war, the horror scene of weapons in the traditional sense did not appear.
Furthermore, Zheng Fan only temporarily placed the Jiedushi Master and a series of bureaucrats under house arrest, while the more middle- and lower-level officials in the city, except for the military generals, basically remained unchanged.
Therefore, there was a situation where the soldiers of the Yan army were patrolling in the city, while some officials of the state of Qian were still sitting in the yamen and maintaining their own functions.
In addition, because Yan Jun distributed food, the people inside and outside Lanyang City suddenly had a much better impression of Yan Jun.
The Qianjun's battle in Liangdi levied a lot of corvees on the boundaries of Lanyang City, and a lot of taxes were assessed. The lives of ordinary people were actually not easy. King Pingxi was a "timely rain" this time.
Every day, there are many people outside the military camp bringing vegetables and fruits, and even many small traders come to sell some... souvenirs.
Even Ping Xiwang himself bought a small stone carving, which is considered one of the local special handicrafts.
at this time,
Zheng Fan was sitting in his handsome tent, playing with this stone sculpture.
The sword master was leaning there, and from the corner of his eye, he saw his son boiling water outside through the curtain.
"Aren't there any troops from the Qian Kingdom? They've all been resting here for several days."
Zheng Fan put down the stone carving and replied: "Yes, there is. In the southwest and northwest, there are signs of cadres mobilizing and approaching. Although they are organized, there are not many soldiers and horses. There is no unified integration or there are not more troops." Before the soldiers and horses gathered, the Gan army did not dare to take the initiative to attack.
After all, most of the new troops compiled and trained by Qian Guo in the past few years are still in Liangdi.
As for why we should delay here;
First, because the army needs to rest, because it will be a long-distance attack next, and the soldiers and horses need to replenish their energy;
The second is to give the Qianguo time to react, whether it is the Qianjun in Liangdi or the Qianguo territory; if our army inserts too quickly, the Qianguo will not feel it.
You have to give them time to cause tremors in various places, you have to give them time to panic the military, you have to give them time to make the people panic, and you have to give them time to tremble in the court. "
"Fighting should be a very refreshing thing, but with you, it becomes a bit..."
"Sloppily?"
"It can't be said to be procrastinating. It's just something to think about. It's no longer just about fighting."
“When you cannot destroy the country in one battle, war is the continuation of politics.
It’s hard to say whether the elite cadres in Liangdi can be mobilized to return to the defense and make mistakes this time.
But I have to at least stomp back on the people's morale and the military's morale that Ganren gained from a great victory in Liangdi.
In this battle, there was no need to capture cities and territories, or even to pursue how many soldiers were defeated and how many heads were beheaded;
Even for these soldiers under my command, it is hard to say whether they will have the opportunity to find a place to plunder and make a fortune safely before leaving Qian Country and returning;
but,
what I want,
Just step on the bank of the Bian River again, go to the capital city and say good night to the official's family.
It can be understood that for the soldiers below, they sent out troops this time purely for...glory. "
The sword master smiled and said, "Just like the lecture you gave to the army last night?"
"Yeah, you listened too?"
"My son was excited for a long time after hearing this."
"Ha ha."
"Only you can use your so-called glory to mobilize these soldiers."
I follow you to fight life and death, and risk my life to enter other countries, not for the sake of opening up borders or plundering, but just for the so-called glory.
Just for one picture,
In the picture, the prince of his family is sitting on the back of Pixiu, facing Shangjing City. The official family of Qianguo on the city wall of Shangjing City are extremely panicked and embarrassed.
This kind of call that is divorced from reality and purely pursues the spiritual enjoyment of calligraphy and painting. If it is done by others, the soldiers will hate it to death. If it is better, they will violate it in disguise, and if it is worse, they will just cause a mutiny for you.
Therefore, King Pingxi himself must make this call. Only his prestige and status in the army can make the soldiers willingly chase and fight for this "spiritual pursuit".
Zheng Fan said: "The difference between humans and animals is that humans know how to restrain their desires. Doing things purely based on instinct is easy to be short-sighted."
"Are you praising yourself? Praising yourself for your long-term vision."
"No, there are actually a lot of people with a long-term vision, but the real ability is to have a long-term vision and at the same time lead a group of people out of vulgar taste."
"Still praising myself."
"correct."
Liu Dahu came in with a teapot and gave the prince and his father a cup of tea.
Zheng Fan took a sip and suddenly thought of something and said:
"By the way, a family member just died in the city, a big family, the whole family, more than two hundred people, are all dead."
"Resisted?"
Zheng Fan shook his head, "No one messed with him."
"That is?"
"The big family's surname is Qin. Originally, the family was in Litian City, so he must be a loyal minister of the Wen family. After my Yan army invaded Jin, the Qin family did not want to serve Yan, so they moved here with their family.
The relationship between Qian Guo and Wen Ren's family has always been very good in the early years. The Qin family also owns property in Lanyang City, so the whole family has a place to stay when they move here.
Coupled with his status as a surrender, there are also some preferential treatment here.
Yesterday, the whole family committed suicide. "
"Why?"
"The old man, the head of the family, left a blood letter written on the pillars of his house. It probably means that when the Yan people came to Litian City, his family ran away, and now the Yan people have chased them here again. His family doesn't want to run away anymore. Run away again. It becomes a rabbit with three burrows, and it has no face to live on anymore.
In order to clear the reputation of the whole family, the whole family committed suicide to apologize. "
When the sword master heard this, he sighed and said with emotion:
"Unexpectedly, in this huge Lanyang City, the first family to die for the country after the city was destroyed was actually from Jin Dynasty."
"Do you want to go and express your condolences?"
"You're not going?"
"It would be too much for me to go, and it's not necessary. But I have already ordered people to collect their bodies."
"I'll go take a look at it tonight." The sword master said, "It's worth putting an incense stick on."
"it is good."
Zheng Fan stretched his waist.
Road:
"We're almost there. We'll set off tomorrow and go south!"
...
The Yan army set off.
What's funny is that many local people came spontaneously to say goodbye to Prince Pingxi's Yan army.
And a group of senior officials of Lanyang City who had been detained these days were also released under the order of Prince Pingxi.
In his early years, when Zheng Fan cut off the head of a prefect, he couldn't help but rejoice and hurriedly took it back to claim credit.
right now,
He was almost overflowing with these first-level military achievements and so on.
Furthermore,
It would be the greatest benefit to Dayan for officials of the Qian Kingdom to keep their heads on their necks.
kill them,
Isn’t it equivalent to eliminating harm for the country?
What a loss, what a loss.
Anyway,
After staying in Lanyang City for a while, the Yan army headed southwest and hit the road.
After Yan Jun left,
Only a dry army came from the north. There were not many soldiers and horses, only 2, and they were cobbled together from garrisons from various places in the north. The soldiers and horses from the three sides had not yet arrived.
Therefore, the generals of this pieced-together army watched from the outside for many days.
I really can’t blame them for being greedy for life and fearing death, because they know the actual combat power of their own men. Facing the Yan cavalry, which has more people than themselves and is led by the King Pingxi of Yan State, they take the initiative to attack and can only deliver food. .
However, this does not prevent them from arriving at Lanyang City as a victorious division to "recover lost ground" after it is clear that the Yan army has withdrawn.
The temporary leader of this "alliance" with the highest official position was a governor. As soon as he led his army into the city, he was greeted by a group of Lanyang City officials headed by Zhou Jiedushi.
Zhou Jiedushi led a group of officials to bow down and pay homage.
"Thank you so much for leading your army to fight hard and rescuing the people of Lanyang City from the iron hooves of the Yan captives!"
The governor immediately went over to help him and said:
"Sir, you have worked hard and you are also tired."
Zhou Jiedushi wiped his tears and said: "As long as the people can be spared from the misfortune of the Yan captives, I am willing to do anything."
Then,
Zhou Jiedushi said again:
"There is a large family named Qin in the city. They migrated from Jin in the early years. It was the Qin family who secretly colluded with the Yanlu, and the Yanlu invaded the city."
"How can this not make sense? How can this not make sense? Where are the Qin family now?" the governor asked angrily.
Zhou Jiedushi replied:
"My lord, after you led your army to defeat the Yan captives, the Qin family knew that they were completely defeated.
Already a family...
He committed suicide out of fear of sin. "
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I've been working hard these past two days, so I can only do one update today, and I'll go to bed later.
I will write more tomorrow;
Hold on everyone!
(End of this chapter)