Delong

Chapter 167 Floating Horse Walk (14)

Yuqianxing, which is located between Luolongtan and Dengzhou Daying, is here, up and down in a mess.

Needless to say, I walked all the way and ran all the way, and the civilians fled far faster than the sergeants, so that the logistics line became more and more empty, and the grass grew in my heart...Obviously everyone knows that the food in the camp is actually enough for everyone I ran to Dengzhou three times back and forth, but people still went to look at the grain and horses every day.

As for the higher authorities, they had to consider the matter privately, but they had to face emergencies at the front openly.

"It must be a false surrender!"

"How is it false surrender? Don't you doubt the mighty virtue of the saint?"

"Whether he pretended to surrender or not, since he entered, send Fu Longwei out, and bring this person back with Fu Long's seal!"

"If Fulongwei moves, how can the imperial court be safe? How do you know that this is not Dongyi's strategy?"

"This is a golden opportunity to win the game in one fell swoop... As long as Li Ziqi is taken down, Dongyi will definitely fall!"

"That's right. This person is a great master and a great governor. His prestige in the fifty states of Dongyi is higher than that of the king. As long as this person is taken down, Dongyi has only one way to completely surrender."

"You also know that he is a great master? Let me ask you, why does this person join the army alone, but General Yu can't control him?"

"Uh……"

"Because he is a great master! Although General Yu is also a master, and has thousands of elites, he can only fight and suppress, but not enough to subdue him. He comes and leaves whenever he wants."

"That's why we need to send Fulongwei!"

"Fulongwei also has the shortcomings of Fulongwei. Fulongwei is only good at defending, but not good at attacking. Once Fafulongwei passed by, and halfway, the great master got rid of General Yu and went straight to here. What to do? The safety of the saint comes first."

"But...if Fulongwei doesn't go, how can we control the grand master?"

"Three masters are enough to control a great master who has left the pagoda. Thirty masters of condensing alchemy are enough to control them. Three hundred masters of strange scriptures can do without Fulong Seal... These are all There are cases."

"what do you want to say in the end?"

"We can send well-trained officers and elite sergeants from all frontline armies to gather at the general, and then advance here quickly. Please His Majesty personally supervise the army, lead the dragon guards and hold the dragon seal to take down this thief... ...and everything will be fine!"

"Impossible! How can a saint with a golden body pass through Luolongtan in person before the situation is unknown?"

"It's really not possible. It's a bit sloppy to gather front-line practice officers and sergeants!"

"Can you just issue the Fulong Seal?"

"So, wouldn't that be the effect of self-destructing the Dragon Guard?"

"Would Dugong Fa Niu and Lai Zhu Kingdom go to the aid alone?"

"Then it's better to issue Fulongwei and Fulongyin!"

In front of the main tent, Zhang Xing, who heard about the major changes on the front line and came here immediately with the help of Eunuch Yu, after listening to the debate for less than half an hour, has completely awakened in his heart and no longer wastes time , but simply turn back.

But just after he left the main tent of the Chinese army, he met an acquaintance head-on, but it was Sima Zheng, General Huben Zhonglang.

"General Sima." Zhang Xing bowed his hands and saluted, and wanted to return to the camp eagerly.

"Deputy Changjian Zhang!" Unexpectedly, Sima Zheng turned sideways suddenly and stopped Zhang Xing. "Is there any result in the big account of the Chinese army?"

"Not yet." Zhang Xing said one thing.

Sima Zheng obviously hesitated for a while, and then tried his best to continue to ask: "Zhang Sanlang... I have always admired your wisdom the most. What do you think will be the result of this matter?"

Zhang Xing obviously hesitated for a while, but he quickly realized that he immediately responded seriously: "General Sima, the army is out and has no roots. I am a deputy inspector in charge of logistics of Fulongwei. What qualifications do I have to talk about military affairs? And it’s still a prediction? If someone heard it, they would kill me right away, and I deserve it.”

Sima was silent for a moment, nodded, and let the other party go.

On the other side, Zhang Xing quickly walked back to the small camp where Fulongwei lived together with some Jinwuwei and Beiya father-in-law, and then went directly into his tent.

Seeing this, Qin Bao and Zhou Xingfan followed directly, while Qian Tang and Wang Zhen hesitated for a moment, choosing to continue to stay outside and wait in a daze.

"Something's going to happen..." Zhang Xing glanced at Xiao Zhou, and said calmly. "I originally thought that even if this battle was going to be defeated, it would be because the civilians fled too much, and then the supplies could not be supported, and then the army retreated on its own, returning without success, but now it seems that the defeat will be faster and more thorough."

Qin and Zhou were all stunned, and then shook their heads almost in unison... Obviously, they didn't believe it.

"I know you don't believe it, but if you believe it or not, you have to take responsibility. Just be prepared." Seeing this, Zhang Xing didn't explain. "Just as I said before, Qin Bao prepares the horses, and Xiao Zhou prepares dry food and weapons... ready to retreat at any time, but don't be noticed by others."

Qin and Zhou Zhou reluctantly nodded.

But soon, it was still Zhou Xingfan, maybe because he was worried about his father, maybe because he always admired Zhang Xing, or maybe because of his temper, he finally couldn't help asking in a low voice:
"Is there any reason for the third brother to say this? Didn't it mean that the governor of Dongyi has turned his back and disarmed him, and surrendered with courtesy?"

"That's it." Zhang Xing shook his head. "The governor of Dongyi is a great master. He claims to come here at this time, and although he joined the army alone, he can leave as long as he wants to. Although Yu Shuwen is also a master, he can't stop him... this is considered What drop?"

"That's true..." Qin Bao nodded immediately. "But he is majestic... he is almost the foundation of a country... why is that so?"

"In order to find out the facts." Zhang Xing explained seriously. "The Dongyi people themselves have come to the end of their own hardships, fighting with some of us here... Both sides look like they have only one breath left, so at this time, there is nothing better than the Lord General personally visiting the opponent's most elite vanguard army to take a look. There is no other way... But we have to divide our troops in front again, although Wanjun is not afraid of the people of the world, but he can't stop the communication of a great master, he has calculated it."

"That's the reason." Qin Erlang became inexplicably nervous. "Then, what will you notice? Is there anything wrong with the general? Logistical supplies? He must be taken down here, right? He can only escape quickly at that time? Just one or two days, two or three days , what can you see?"

"I don't know." Zhang Xing shook his head in response. "I don't understand military matters, but the fatality in politics and the weakness in the overall situation will undoubtedly be exposed... I heard it very clearly just now... In fact, there are at least three ways to take down the opponent, which can be regarded as a standard response .”

Qin Bao and Zhou Xingfan's spirits lifted slightly.

"First, bring together the sergeants and officers who are well-cultivated on the front line, form an formation on the spot to control the opponent; Trapping the opponent; third, sending us and the Fulong Seal to the front line is enough to control this great master..." At this point, Zhang Xing finally showed a trace of emotion, but sighed faintly . "Great Grandmaster is by no means invincible. Right now, any one of these three methods will work, and you can mix them together, but the saint will not use any of them!"

Qin Bao and Xiao Zhou were completely puzzled.

Especially Xiao Zhou, after thinking about it, he really didn't understand: "Why not?"

"The first way is to fear that someone on the front line will rebel." Qin Bao lowered his voice in the tent. "This is quite understandable. The elite of cultivation can be combined into one person, who can control the grand master, the master, the dragon guard, and the rear army... This is not unheard of in ancient times. Once the military power is released, the front-line general Unstoppable, maybe the yellow robe will be added immediately... So, not to mention that the saint will not agree, even the frontline generals will not take the initiative to hand over the elites in their hands to the first army."

"Yang Shen learned from the past. Once bitten by a snake for ten years, he was afraid of the well rope." After Xiao Zhou understood it, it was easier to understand. "What's more, those people in Guanlong were raised in this way. It's right to be careful... And if you say that, I actually understand. The governor of Dongyi is sure that the front line can't directly control him. Only by supporting him from the rear can he be so calm... But why did Brother Zhang say that the last two methods will not work? Can't we go? Lai Gong and Niu Dugong can't go?"

"Can't go!" Zhang Xing looked at Xiao Zhou and explained word by word. "Fulongwei, Fulongyin, Niu Dugong, and Laigong, none of them can go... Not only can they not go, but unless the front is determined, the rear army will never go further than Longtan... This is also because Once bitten by a snake, he was afraid of well ropes for ten years; it was even more because he regarded the world as a trifling matter and others as nothing. Said, in the end, I got rid of it, the whole world and the great Wei collapsed, and the monarchy in my own hands was irretrievably lost, so it was naturally the fault of others, and had nothing to do with myself.”

"I don't believe it." After listening to Xiao Zhou, he thought about it seriously, and suddenly realized what the other party was talking about, but immediately denied it.

But after denial, there is panic.

Without him, the person in front of him may not be the person with the highest talent, the best background, and the deepest cultivation level that Mr. Zhou has seen in his life, but he is the person who appears to be the smartest in terms of human heart and politics.

"I..." Qin Bao also opened his mouth, but he seemed a little frustrated. "It would be great if Zhong Cheng was here."

"Why is Zhongcheng not here, you don't know?" Zhang Xing asked coldly.

"Is there no way?" Xiao Zhou tried to speak. "For example, the two ministers...Zhang...Yu Xianggong..."

Having said that, Xiao Zhou himself kept silent.

"The two ministers, and Sima Xianggong..." Qin Bao became more and more frustrated. "The reason why His Majesty brought these three ministers is because he knows that they will only cater to the king's wishes... Especially Mr. Zhang, this conquest was mentioned by him when he saw through the mind of the saint. It is considered good if it does not add fuel to the fire." gone."

"I'll go find Mr. Lai." Xiao Zhou got up in a daze. "Ask him to admonish the saint..."

Zhang Xing didn't say a word, but when Xiao Zhou was about to leave the tent, Qin Bao suddenly turned around to block him.

Xiao Zhou was stunned for a moment, and immediately came to his senses: "I don't know what Brother Zhang said, but only my own speculation."

Qin Bao glanced at Zhang Xing, only to find that the latter was staring at the top of his head, but soon, Zhang Sanlang met Qin Erlang's gaze, and then nodded slightly.

Xiao Zhou rushed out of the tent as if he had been pardoned.

And Qin Bao tentatively asked: "Third Brother...?"

"It's okay." Zhang Xing answered seriously. "What else do you want to ask?"

"I mean...if this is the case, what will be the result if it goes on like this?" Probably because of Xiao Zhou's departure, Qin Bao put down the last gesture at this time, and his words seemed very difficult. "How did you lose?"

"God knows how it will be defeated? I don't know how to fight." Zhang Xing shook his head. "But what I'm sure of is that as long as he hesitates here for two or three days, or even doesn't take immediate action, the governor of Dongyi will realize that the army is out of touch and that people from all walks of life are not in harmony... Then he will definitely make up his mind and go back and grit his teeth Hold on, then it may be a surprise attack, or it may be a strong wall to clear the field, and then as long as the military in the front is frustrated, it will completely crush the last string of people's hearts. Falling down like an unstoppable landslide .

"Actually, I still don't understand." Qin Bao nodded, then shook his head again and again. "Why...why can't Dawei grit his teeth and hold the breath?"

"Why are you so angry? You shouldn't have come to fight this battle in the first place." Zhang Xing raised his head, looked at Fang Yan seriously and said. "This is a battle to destroy the country. The opponent is a big country second only to the Great Wei, with a total of fifty states... And the reason why this battle was fought was not for the unification of the world, not for the unity of the world, but for the recovery of the world. A person's face... If this kind of battle can be won, then it will be three glory and four royals, all of them will be blind!"

Qin Bao sat down slumped, without saying a word.

Just when Qin Bao was in a complicated mood, and Zhang Xing seemed to have some things that had nothing to do with him, Zhou Xingfan also quickly found him in the public camp like a close uncle... This is really like a close uncle, no one dares to stop him ... But Lai Zhan'er obviously participated in the discussion in front of the imperial court, which made Mr. Zhou can only wait.

It wasn't until evening that Lai Zhan'er turned back to the camp. However, after listening to Zhou Xingfan's words, this humble master just shook his head:
"It's a good thing that Li Ziqi came to surrender, and His Majesty has never said that he can't live in Longtan."

Zhou Xingfan had more or less followed Zhang Xing for more than a year. Hearing this, his heart was cold: "That is to say, the imperial court did not make a plan to immediately control the governor of Dongyi? It didn't order the front-line practitioners to gather at a high speed, and it didn't let..."

Speaking of the second half of the sentence, Zhou Xingfan stopped himself - Lai Zhan'er was right in front of him, and he hadn't received the military order, so he didn't have it, what else could he do?
Lai Zhan'er was silent for a while, and said seriously: "Xing Fan, we father and mother don't have to be shy about anything... Let me put it this way, I am a mere poor family in the north of the Yangtze River, and your father is a handed down general from the Southern Dynasties... As a result, it turns out that you can be in the university. For the sake of this, the Wei Dynasty has a higher status than those powerful families in Guanlong, and has led more soldiers. It is all due to the grace of the saint alone. Others can have complaints and dissatisfaction, but our two families are not allowed to have it. …If the king wants his subject to die, I won’t even blink my eyes, and neither will your father, let alone just a general going to the battlefield? What’s more, the battle hasn’t come to that yet? Listen to Uncle’s words, go back as soon as possible, and do your duty faithfully.”

Zhou Xingfan was stunned and said nothing, he could only turn around and leave.

However, when he transferred out Zhan'er's account, he couldn't help being upset - on the one hand, as a son of man, he was extremely worried about his father and the Southern Route Army he led; on the other hand, he had to admit, What Lai Zhan’er said just now is absolutely correct. Their Zhou family’s current position is simply a personal appointment of His Majesty today... Whether it is Uncle Cao or the Prime Minister Su, including the late emperor, they all look down on descendants from the south... ...From this perspective, the so-called throwing away the life of the whole family with this saint is also throwing away, which seems to be in line with a certain traditional moral view.

He even thought of the other two ministers who accompanied the army, no matter if they were Mr. Yu or Mr. Zhang Han, regardless of their character, didn't they all have a similar mentality?
The team that this sage personally built and organized when he was young was supposed to be used to fight against the Guanlongmen Clan and the northern aristocratic families, and all of them surrendered their wealth and life to this sage as a certificate of honor, and at worst they suffered for decades. He has worked hard, but now he is reduced to...

Xiao Zhou didn't want to continue thinking about it, because his father should already be at sea at this time, and it was unlucky to say this.

Moreover, he is different from his father, he has not experienced Nan Chen's change of dynasty, he has no definite gratitude to that saint, and he has met a superior who is considered to be weird... To put it mildly, he is a bit ungrateful and a bit let down Emperor Grace.

The debate lasted for an afternoon and a morning. On the second day, at the request of Huben Zhonglang General Sima Zheng, Yuqian finally allowed Sima Zheng to lead about [-] or [-] masters of cultivation to the front line to try to escort Li Ziqi over.

This is undoubtedly an absurd treatment, because Sima Zheng and [-] or [-] masters of strange scriptures are not enough to control a grand master... It is one thing to protect oneself against a grand master, or maintain the offensive momentum, but it is another thing to control the grand master one thing.But considering that it seems absurd for the grand master to surrender in an army that cannot control his own, then it may be a good idea to break the situation by confronting absurdity with absurdity.

After all, if it was a false surrender, or smart people including saints knew that it must be a false surrender, then using this escort to deal with it and force the other party to voluntarily give up the position of "surrender" seems to be the right way.

However, it seems that it is too late.

Probably Yu Shuwen stayed in the army for two and a half days. Calculating the time, the grandmaster in front of the imperial court should have arrived but did not. The chief general of the Wei army then bid farewell.

"Li Ziqi, are you entertaining the general?"

In the night, Yu Shuwen looked at the guards who fell directly on both sides, and was furious for a moment, regardless of the difference in cultivation level, he directly held his knife and scolded.

"no."

The governor of Dongyi is about 70 to [-] years old this year. He is slightly older than Uncle Cao, but he is full of energy. Although he is not called a feather fan scarf, he is also a broad robe and a cloak, which is quite reminiscent of the former Tang Dynasty. Be polite. "Before this old man was really poor. If Wei still had the courage to fight in the last Eastern Expedition, he might have to go to the Eastern Capital to live permanently in exchange for the lives of the king and the survivors of the Fifty States... But, In the past two days, I can see clearly that the bottom line of the Wei army is insufficient food and fodder, and the morale of the army is weak; ...This, that is to say, as long as I go back and persevere as an old man, I can still win this battle, so I dare to ask, why do I continue to stay here? As for the guards and soldiers, are they willing to die? "

Yu Shuwen shook his head again and again: "You Dongyi people can't escape, the world is united as one, and it is absolutely unstoppable, and the three brilliance and four royals dare not stop... This is God's will, it is the general trend!"

Li Ziqi nodded seriously: "That's right, I think so too, but now it seems that the one who rules the world may not be the Great Wei, nor may it be when I was alive... On the contrary, everyone, I'm afraid I will have to escape first Lost……"

Yu Shuwen was completely furious, he pulled out his long knife, and at the same time, a huge wave of weak water zhenqi rolled up behind him, and then the zhenqi directly broke through the Chinese army's tent like a huge wave, and then slapped the opposite side along the front of the long knife past.

However, whether it is a long knife or a huge wave, halfway through the shooting, they suddenly stagnate out of thin air, as if encountering an invisible wall.

In fact, it can't be regarded as an invisible wall, but a solid wall, but the darkness comes too fast and too steady - this is a very common immortal energy, but it is as deep as the sea.

But Yu Shuwen was not afraid at all, and shouted angrily, and the elite soldiers who had gathered around the camp that had been broken by his true energy before bent their bows and crossbows, and fired directly.

There are many arrows with various colors of light.

Li Ziqi didn't have any intention of showing off. In front of these more than 1 elites, he could maintain at most one "uncontrollable". Most of them shot directly into the air, and even caused accidental injury.

Yu Shuwen was furious, so he jumped into the air and made another stab, but unexpectedly the opponent was prepared, but suddenly he turned his head and bumped with his true energy, causing the latter to lose his balance in the air, and he could only fall down in resentment.

"General Yu." A moment later, Li Ziqi had no idea where he had gone, but his voice was still floating over the barracks. "If you feel sorry for your own soldier, Ma Erlang, you should withdraw your troops immediately... It is not impossible to force an attack, but I am only guarding the county town of Sangdong County [-] miles ahead, but when the time comes, you may end up with nothing." The death of the army and the destruction of the fate of the generals of the whole life."

Yu Shuwen just answered with a sneer: "Even if you can run, I don't believe you can stop me from taking over the city!"

A day later, after a hard march to Sangdong City, Yu Shuwen's face became even more gloomy - without him, Li Ziqi took the initiative to pull out Sangdong City for him.

The whole city was empty, with no people, no Dongyi tribes, no food and fodder, only a letter left by Li Ziqi in front of the city gate.

The letter said that he was afraid of General Yu, so he voluntarily abandoned the city and retreated to Xindeng City, which is fifty miles away across a river. Are they going hand in hand?
It would be a pity if I didn't come.

PS: It is routine to sacrifice a new historical book "Man Tang Hong". In the early Tang Dynasty...or in the Sui and Tang Dynasties...before Taizong ascended the throne...this plot is indeed rarely written.

(End of this chapter)