Song Dynasty

Chapter 272 Opportunity
Yes, it doesn't make any sense to catch up now.

Since Yang Yao was able to accomplish such a great cause in history, he is definitely not an idiot to leave his name in the annals of history.Naturally, he would not ride a horse and run away recklessly. The most likely thing would be to hide in the homes of ordinary people.

Dingzhou is the hardest-hit area of ​​the Manichean Rebellion, and there are a lot of believers.At its peak, almost everyone entered the Fa.Zhong Xiang raised his arms and called out, and Wan Wan responded.

Just like this, Zhong Xiangcai dared to fight a guerrilla war with Wang Shen, while a travel war requires a solid mass foundation.

The reason why Li Cheng was so embarrassed by Zhong Xiang and Yang Yao in Hunan was because the whole Hunan was the eyes and ears of Manichaeism.Even if Li Tianwang is a raptor crossing the river, he can only be trapped in the city as a deaf and blind man.In the end, Li Cheng could only turn himself into a massacre and kill all the people in the Dongting Lake area. He wanted to use this bloody method to completely destroy the war potential and popular foundation of Manichaeism.

Just about to leave, Wang Shen suddenly burst out laughing.

A guard asked curiously, "Why is the envoy laughing?"

Wang Shendao: "Although a certain lost the treasured sword today, he grabbed Yang Yao's fox tail, and he made a profit. Go back to Xingyuan immediately and tell Niu Gao and Wei Hui that Mrs. Yang is in Dingzhou. You can set off to meet Brother Yao and dig out the lair of the Mani monster for me!"

Yes, on the surface of the battle in Hunan, the Sizhou army has an absolute advantage, especially after the formation of mandarin ducks has been practiced, it can be said to be devastating at the tactical level.However, this does not solve the problem.I'm afraid that the time will be delayed, and there will be changes in Anlu's hometown. Cao Cheng, Zhang Yong, Shang Yuan, and the puppet Qi in Xiangyang are Wang Shen's most vicious enemies.

To solve the problem in the shortest possible time, Niu Gao and Wei Hui had to rely on Niu Gao and Wei Hui to find out the location of Zhong Xiang's puppet court and use beheading tactics.

"Yes, the opportunity must not be missed, and it will never come again." Why did Yan Yuemeng not understand this, and urged him repeatedly: "Hurry up, hurry up, go, come here, and give him another horse to transfer."

It's only ten miles from here to Dingzhou, and the speaking room is here.

In front of him is a majestic city, black and dark lying in front of him.This city is also called Changde in modern times, but it is just a third-tier city.However, in this era, it is the leading big city in Hunan. Relying on the water transportation of Dongting Lake, the scale even exceeds Tanzhou. It is Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province in later generations. The talented Li Cheng was able to defend the city as solid as gold.

When they arrived at the gate of the city, they showed their identity and handed over the defense diploma, and the suspension bridge was lowered. A few old soldiers greeted them, saying that they had heard that the military envoy Wang was coming, and that Li Tianwang was waiting for the envoy in Xingyuan. , please!

Just lead the way ahead.

Yan Yuemeng, who was beside Wang Shen, suddenly sneered, and said, "Li Cheng is so handsome, he refused to go out of the city to meet him. I heard that Zhizhou is also ignorant, and he doesn't even understand basic etiquette."

Hearing what he said, the cavalry led by Wang Shen all looked angry.

Yes, the current Wang Shen is similar to a prince of one side, while Li Cheng is just a small emissary to catch and kill. The identities of the two are very different, so why should he win in front of us.

Yan Yuemeng whispered to Wang Shen again: "Military envoy, I heard that Li Cheng looks open-minded on the surface, but he is actually a scheming and ruthless person, so we must be on guard against him."

Wang Shen just smiled on the surface: "Heavenly King and I are close friends. When I saw him back then, I had to call him Big Brother. Don't ask for as much as you want, so as not to ruin the friendship between the two families."

Even though he said that, his heart skipped a beat, and he secretly raised his vigilance.Yes, he got a secret order from Du Chong, telling him to suppress Li Cheng and avenge his family.However, how could Wang Shen make such a move.As a modern person, he still can't turn his face and be ruthless!

However, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, Li Cheng's behavior today... Could it be that he is also wary of me, Wang Shen?
Forget it, I don’t have to think so much, let’s take a step at a time!

Lan Ruo...

Suddenly, the woman's figure appeared in front of his eyes again, and Wang Shen couldn't help beating violently in his heart: Lan Ruo, I haven't seen you for a year, how are you?

Yan Yuemeng continued: "You must not have the heart to harm others, and you must not have the heart to guard against others. Why don't military envoys wear armor?"

Wang Shen: "No, isn't Tuo tired of wearing such a heavy armor? If Li Tianwang sees him, he won't laugh at me." In fact, if there is a chance, if you meet a peerless master like Li Cheng, even if you are wearing heavy armor What is the use of armor?
Besides, Wang Shen felt that Li Cheng had already been beaten to disgrace by the Manichaeism, and the Sizhou Army was his only reliance. The enemy had not been eliminated, so even if Li Boyou had bad intentions, he would not be able to attack him.

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At this moment, in Li Cheng's Xingyuan, Li Tianwang was holding a teacup and drinking silently.

Tao Zisi knelt beside him, and said in a low voice, "Heavenly King, Wang Shen has already entered the city, and he will go to prison soon. This son of a wolf looks at the eagle, and he must have evil intentions to come to Hunan under Du Chong's order. Now , Mani demons are rampant, and now there is another vicious tiger, so we must guard against it."

Li Cheng smiled lightly and said: "My little friend is full of ambitions, and I can see clearly that as long as he is given a chance to be a leader, he will firmly hold it in his hands. What he wants to do in Hunan this time, in fact, everyone We all know. But, now is not the time to talk about these things. Public is public, private is private, let’s make it clear first. Today, a certain person just wants to talk about friendship with Wang Dao Si Lun."

When Tao Zisi heard this, he became anxious: "Heavenly King, have you forgotten the letter that Li Xianggong wrote to you?"

"So what?" Li Cheng asked back.

Yes, just a while ago, Li Heng's messenger came and said in the letter that Wang Shen was domineering and lawless in Jianghan, and he regarded the imperial court's order as nothing, and he already had the heart of disobedience.Li Cheng was ordered to wait for the opportunity to behead Wang Shen on the spot to rectify the law of the country.

In the letter, Li Heng promised that once Wang Shen was captured, he would report to the officials and the court to claim credit for him, and hand over the Sizhou Army and Jianghan to Li Cheng.

That's right, with Li Heng's current position and power in the court, if Wang Shen is really captured, all his promises will be fulfilled.It is indeed an irresistible temptation to take down the rich land of Jianghan and annex the strong army of Sizhou.

Moreover, after accomplishing this, Li Chengcheng is Li Heng's disciple.With such a big backer, wealth and prosperity are just around the corner.

Tao Zisi said: "Just now, my subordinates heard someone report that Wang Shen came into the city with only twenty horsemen. Heavenly King, this opportunity is rare. Why don't you take him down, so that you can send a messenger to Prime Minister Li."

Thinking of the charming Chen Lanruo, and the time between Wang Shen and her, Tao Zisi was so jealous that his whole face became ferocious, and he made a downward cutting gesture with his right hand: "Heavenly King, I'm already behind you!" Set up a soldier, and just wait for your order to kill the general."

"Kill Wang Daosi?" Li Cheng turned his head and looked at Tao Zisi deeply: "Do you need to set up an ambush?"

Tao Zisi: "Yes, yes, with the martial arts of the Heavenly King, even ten Wang Shens are not enough to kill you."

"Wang Daosiqiang is leading the army, and his martial arts skills are actually very common." Li Cheng said indifferently: "But, I don't want to kill him, at least not now."

Tao Zisi was shocked: "Heavenly King, this is an opportunity that has been so hard to come by! This opportunity must not be missed, and it will never come again. If you miss today, when he returns to the army, how easy is it to take him down? As long as you take down Wang Shen, Annexing his soldiers and territory, the king of heaven, you are the next-class powerful vassal today. Zhang Jun is nothing, and Han Shizhong is nothing. Even Liu Guangshi and Liu Taiwei are not as good as you old man! Is it possible, you Don't want to?"

"Think, why don't you want to, but I said that now is not the time to kill Wang Shen." Li Cheng said slowly: "Kill him, Wang Daosi, what's the next step? Prime Minister, Mrs. Yang and all the demons and thieves are here, so I can't go to Jianghan at all."

"Why can't we go?" Tao Zisi couldn't help snorting: "When the time comes for the army to go to Anlu, with the support of Mr. Li Heng, who dares to say more?"

"No, no, Zisi, you think the problem is easier." Li Cheng shook his head: "Du Chong is very powerful in the court, and now he is just a small envoy to catch and kill. If he loses Hunan and goes to Anlu, The traitor can put the crime of losing the city and land on me at any time. According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, it is a death penalty for local officials to lose the city and land. Although Du Chong may not be able to kill someone, but if someone wants to justify Jianghan It's not that easy to get it into the bag. He will definitely send another person to take charge of Jianghan, and when the time comes to take charge of the Sizhou Army, we will become rebels. When that day comes, the world will be so big, where will we go? Li Heng, there is only Zhang Deyuan standing behind Li Heng. Zhang Deyuan is now far away in Shaanxi, and Li Yanping is no match for Du Chong."

Tao Zisi: "Then what should I do?"

Li Cheng: "It's not that we can't go to Anlu. Before we go, we have to cooperate with Wang Shen. Wang Daosi, a kid, is still very good at fighting. Maybe the Manichaean demon thief was really defeated by him! At that time, we entered Jianghan to join the war under the pretext of pacifying Zhang Yong and Cao Cheng, and wiped out Wang Shen. It was justified, and no one could find our fault. Don't forget, we are not the same as before, we are the same He is an official of the Song Dynasty, and everything must be done according to the rules of the court."

Only then did Tao Zisi suddenly realize, and said bitterly: "The king of heaven is right. It seems that we can only let those surnamed Wang live longer."

Li Cheng: "Zisi, why do you always want to take Wang Daosi's head? I remember that he has no enmity with you?"

Seeing his half-smile expression, Tao Zisi was a little guilty: "Since I serve under the Heavenly King, I feel the kindness of the Heavenly King, so I will try my best to repay him. I only have the interests of the Heavenly King in my mind."

"Really!" Li Cheng smiled lightly again.

In fact, he also knew Tao Zisi's thoughts on Chen Lanruo.Chen Lanruo is a woman after all, and she has to find a home and change to someone else. Maybe Li Chengcheng will agree.However, if it was Tao Zisi, he couldn't agree anyway.

Just kidding, the number one cavalry general under his command is married to the number one counselor, can he, the protagonist, sleep?
As a big man, Li Cheng naturally knew how powerful he was.As for the relationship between Chen Lanruo and Wang Shen and the entanglement between men and women, he is also clear.It is also impossible to ask Chen Lanruo to marry Wang Shen, the future enemy.

However, now Chen Lanruo can be used to dispel Wang Shen's wariness, and perhaps this will make Wang Daosi wary.

Thinking of this, Li Cheng couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)