Delong

Chapter 209 Walking in the Snow (8)

"Zhang Xing, the right-wing leader of the Dragon Clan, ordered:
Here is Gao Jiang, the governor of the North Yamen, who has always been lawless and extremely good at welcoming the evil of the king!The two repairs of the Tongtian Pagoda have intensified, and more than ten thousand innocent people have died of exhaustion and crushing.He also disobeyed the weather, driving tens of thousands of servants to the palace, traveling south in the snow, freezing and starving countless people.He despises human life, he is no different from a foolish king, he deserves to be executed as a capital punishment, to set the sight and hear..."

"Zhang Xing, the right-wing leader of the Dragon Clan, issued an order from Mr. Zhang:
Here is Gao Jiang, the governor of the North Yamen... Jishan is handsome and knows evil... tens of thousands of innocent people died of exhaustion... This man despises human life, no different from a faint king, he should be broken with a clean knife, and set an example! "

Xiao Zhou read a sentence in a low voice, and King Xiong Tian followed suit.

It can be heard that it is not very difficult for Xiong Tianwang in the alchemy realm to yell with true energy. It is still wrong to pretend to be polite, the first half is very difficult to learn, but after the second half understands what it means, it is simply free to play.

Of course, Zhang Xing didn't care too much, because he wrote so nonsensically at the beginning, just to let the officers among the officers and soldiers on the opposite side understand, so that these leaderless managers can relax and be honest... After all, killing people What, how to kill is of course a rule, but killing itself, in the final analysis, still needs a deterrent.

Then the second half was changed, so that the servants, soldiers, palace men, and civilian husbands who were watching around all listened to the same thing, which seemed to be better.

Zhang Xing regretted not shouting in plain language at the beginning.

After shouting twice, King Xiong Tian looked back, only to see Zhang Xing who was sitting on the bank of the Huan River outside the Rabbit Garden, nodding his head slightly. Dugong Gao, who was still struggling, dragged him over, and with two backhand strokes, he snapped his arms like breaking sugarcane, making him go limp.

Seeing this scene, the surrounding members of the Dragon Gang were all terrified, not to mention the prefect Cao who was paralyzed there, and the empress who turned his head and dared not look at it.

The following process is no different from the previous ones that did not shout out, just dragged over... The knights of the Dragon Gang who were on duty were full of energy, and they directly made the head of a sword, and then the head and body were thrown into Xiong Bonan's own hands. In the ice hole that was opened, and then smashed it with a bamboo pole, the person disappeared so lightly.

There is no struggle, no sound, and the corpse will hardly be put together again in this life.

Moreover, it was very disgraceful before he was killed... Although Gao Jiang had a fierce temper, he was already depressed after a night of restraint, and it was hard to say whether the coquettish smell on his body was his own incontinence.

Of course, it doesn’t matter. Power, position, name, temperament, experience, and everything about him, after falling into the clear and clean Huanshui ice pool, turned into a ball of bright red that spread in the water. It was quickly washed away by the undercurrent.

It was as if everything about this person had never appeared in this world.

The morning sun was a little dazzling, and on the other side of the river, the palace servants and servants who were looking closely at the scene fell into a terrifying silence.

But soon, amidst the cold air on the river and the much lighter north wind compared to last night, commotion began at the army camp on the north side of the execution point... After the raid and riot last night, there was a gathering of high-level civil and military special servants. Many high-ranking father-in-laws of the Beiya were here, and they were the first to break the silence and fell into hysterical cries.

Immediately afterwards, it was the gaffe of the local civil and military, and the fright of the defeated Jing'an soldiers under Luo Fang.

You know, this matter is very simple to say, and it is also very simple to do. They even had a drum in their hearts when the people who defeated the Dragon Gang started to kill people, but they still found it difficult to accept when things came to an end. The governor of the North Yamen, who was once in power, was sentenced to death by a "bandit" leader, and then quickly executed by another bandit.

Throw it in the river?
This is the governor of Beiya!

What is Beiya?
It has been the direct management organization of the palace for a long time. They control the Jinwu Guard and control the economic lifeline of most of the eastern capital through the Ziwei Palace. Moreover, relying on the accompanying capital system and the palace system, they radiate their influence to all parts of the world.

Everyone calls the Beiya and the Nanya together, and compares the Duke of the Beiya with the Zaizhi of the Nanya. It may indeed be a little exaggerated and joking, but everyone also knows that in the Great Wei Dynasty, where the system of the Zhu Kingdom was deliberately downplayed North Korea, they simply can't find a second institution that can be called Nanya, okay?
Zhong Chengdu of Jing'an Terrace is only a member of Nan Ya.

The first emperor established the Nan Ya to fight against the military leaders of Guanlong in the whole world, and then couldn't help but set up the Bei Ya in the center of power to restrain the Nan Ya and Jing'an Taiwan... This is a simple check and balance of power Small tricks may be a bit confusing to these people around the rabbit garden, but they still have the basic awareness in their hearts.

Everyone eats the big Wei official meal, okay?
"Shut up these white dumplings!"

Amidst the crying and shouting, Luo Fang suddenly shouted angrily. "If you die, you die! The queen has been robbed, who cares about a duke?!"

Luo Taibao's anger had an effect, and these hysterical cries really exceeded the limit, so these high-quality servants were almost kicked out of the barracks by the troops on the spot.

It's ridiculous to say that, almost instantly, everyone realized that these father-in-laws are no longer qualified to participate in decision-making... Of course, this does not mean that they can ignore the shock brought about by the death of Duke Gao.

As soon as the father-in-law left, Huang Juncheng from Liang County stared directly at Luo Taibao:

"Luo Zhushou, as you said, it doesn't really matter if a governor dies, but what does my county lord say? The officials and troops here are all subordinates to my county lord, and even Uncle Cao regards my county lord as his arm; There is a queen, who is the queen after all, there are several concubines and princesses, who are simply saints and the dignity of the whole Great Wei, if Zhang Ni continues to kill, what will we do?"

At the end of this person's speech, he already had a crying voice, and it was almost conceivable that if the prefect Cao Wang died, these local officials might have to follow the example of those father-in-laws in crying.

In fact, as the hysterical father-in-laws were driven out of the garrison barracks, the cries had already begun to spread in the inner servants' camp.

This kind of execution-style deterrence cannot be solved with a single meal, especially for the people in the palace, beheading a duke is too scary.

Turning his head around, facing Huang Juncheng's near-crying plea for help, Luo Fang only felt numb in his head.

He thought about it all night last night, but he couldn't figure it out. How did Zhang Xing bring the elite core strength of the Dragon Gang to the Rabbit Garden without disturbing anyone?Why no one shouted out?Why no one found out?Why is the shot so accurate and so ruthless?

Compared with this, the loss of Gushu and Xiayi, the shock of encountering Xiong Bonan last night, seeing Xue Liang being chopped off half of his hand by another inexplicable alchemy master, and the person who escaped said that Zhang Xing It is very likely that there is no limit to getting close to Ningdan, but it is not a big deal.

Because as the magistrate reminded, the seriousness of the problem lies in the fact that the raid made the queen and prefect Cao fall into the hands of thieves... Needless to say, the queen, but prefect Cao is also in charge!

These two are the real leaders!

Without Governor Cao, who would listen to you for the local officials or even the local troops?
And without these people, what would he do to save the queen?
No matter what, the queen can't ignore it!

This is equivalent to a fatal blow, paralyzing the entire team.

"If he's all killed." Luo Fang replied to Huang Juncheng in a daze. "It's okay for us to directly send troops to encircle him and kill him cleanly...then go back and ask for guilt and wait for death."

Huang Juncheng looked back at the rest of the local officials, and then continued to ask hurriedly: "If he only keeps the queen as a hostage, so what if he kills the rest? He dares to kill the governor, so why not dare to kill the prefect? ​​What will happen then?" manage?"

Luo Fang looked at the other party, but didn't dare to say anything... because he was afraid that if he continued to analyze, these local officials would be keenly aware of what they would do then?
You can simply rebel, okay?

You can even vote for the Dragon Gang nearby, and you can even encourage the troops to vote for the Dragon Gang.

And thinking of this, this Luo Taibao finally realized that although the other party came to ask for help in despair, the other party also came to warn him... He wanted to say, don't use the bean buns as dry food!
It must be too late to negotiate now, so if Taishou Cao dies immediately, Luo Taibao is not allowed to kick these local officials out like the fathers-in-law of Beiya, and they are not allowed to take the blame for these local officials!Otherwise, you may not know who makes who look ugly.

On the other hand, if Prefect Cao escapes this catastrophe, they will go to negotiate immediately.

Anyway, they are not used to these remnants and defeated soldiers in Jing'an Terrace!

Thinking of this, Luo Taibao's eyes inevitably became sharper: "Wait a minute, we can talk later, who they want to kill is not something we can decide... It's too late to negotiate now."

Huang Juncheng also realized that the other party understood what he meant, but he only shrank his head slightly in the cold wind, and then led a group of local officials to wait in silence.

Fortunately, Zhang Xing didn't keep them waiting, almost immediately, the voice of King Xiong Tian rang again.

"Zhang Shizhao from Nan Ya, he has no morals..."

"It's Zhang Xianggong! How dare he... Jun Jun has passed by?"

As Xiong Tianwang's voice echoed in the air again, Huang Juncheng and the others almost staggered.

And below Luo Fang, all the remnants of Jing Antai's defeated generals counted one by one, but they were all dumbfounded... After a long while, it was Li Qingchen who was clutching his stomach who was the first to be furious:
"He dared to kill Mr. Nanya?! And Mr. Zhang?!"

"If I killed him directly by the Luoshui back then, how could there be so many troubles?!" Luo Fang lost his composure and was furious again, but couldn't help jumping up to the tent to look at it in panic, and then hurriedly jumped down, covering his face Come sigh. "This is the second time this fellow has killed Mr. Zhang in front of me!"

Qin Bao and Lu Changheng also looked at each other, both in a trance, and then they all rushed up and stood on the mound to watch.

Even Xue Liang, who lost half of his hand, also staggered out of the tent at this time, then fell down on the mound in the barracks, and looked at Li Qingchen, each of them did not hide their horror.

Without him, the people in Jing'an Terrace have long been used to Zhang Shizhao and his family's Cheng being called together, and the status of the Southern Yamen is really a step higher than that of the Beiya Governor, let alone the family background and one-time status. Power and legend have gone through.

The people in Jing'antai were devastated, and the local civil and military officers in Liang County were in mixed moods, but they all poked their heads together to see. Sure enough, they saw a gray-haired man with his mouth strangled and his legs broken being dragged over. He cut his head with a knife, then threw it into the pool, and then stabbed it into the undercurrent under the ice with a bamboo pole.

It was also a moment of horror.

However, that's the end of it. After killing Mr. Zhang, the thief leader Zhang surnamed passed by from a distance, and he used his true energy of ice to seal the ice hole.Then, several female captives were released in public, and four or five male captives whose legs were obviously broken were also thrown to the west bank of Huanshui.

For a while, only four or five female relatives and one male prisoner were left on the east bank of Huanshui.

The news got feedback quickly. The people who were sent back were some female officials beside the queen and four or five captives who had better reputations but did not choose to surrender. It was the queen and a low-ranking concubine, plus a little princess who recognized the queen as her adoptive mother, as well as two mere female officials, and a prefect Cao who sat there playing tricks the whole time.

The joys and sorrows of human beings are not the same.

After a while, the leaderless local officials cheered up and went their own way.

And the remnants and defeated generals of Jing'an Terrace, although full of vain anger, did not dare to clash with these people again... After all, seeing Zhang Xing killing the governor of Beiya and the minister of Nanya, these former colleagues were really panicked. If the other party really continues to kill Cao Wang, then the local officials may really turn against him.

Moreover, they are really powerless.

When the local envoy from Liang County arrived, Zhang Xing, who was packing up his things, simply stated the conditions:

"I came out this time, one is to pay homage to the queen, the other is to kill the traitor, and the third is because the gang lacks food, money, and things...Now that the traitor is under attack, as long as Liang Jun is willing to anoint the people with him, as well as Song Cheng Donate all the weapons and treasury to me, and at the same time, the whole county will open warehouses to help the people, then I will immediately withdraw to Jiyin, and Cao Taishou will also come back immediately... As for the queen, it was originally to pay homage, and when I return to Jiyin, please take a look After enjoying the scenery of Jiyin for a while, I immediately sent His Highness back on the road."

"Are you sure? Just money, food, and supplies?" A moment later, the local Huang Juncheng, who hastily led the crowd to meet the envoy, was too late to ask. "What does the city say?"

"He said we can talk about everything." The messenger said frankly.

Hearing this, Liang Junjun, Du Wei, including the two generals in the army and the resident Hei Shou, all felt their hearts throbbing. With any initiative, is there a better way to go?

Take the property, armaments, food and grass back to Cao Taishou, and the city will be restored. Even if the higher-ups investigate, isn't Cao Taishou responsible?
They are all trying to save the Jun Jun. Does the Jun Jun want to blame them?Shouldn't the county monarch have the courage to take responsibility?
Even further, if the matter is settled and the Junjun maintains the relationship with Uncle Cao, can this thing be reimbursed at Luokou Warehouse?
The only problem seemed to be with the team's belongings, which belonged to the Palace after all.

Just as this group of people gradually became hotter, on the other side, in a tent that was only a few dozen steps away, the atmosphere was solemn... After listening to Shen Ding who was lying on the couch and explaining the conditions, the people from Jing'an Terrace All are a little tired.

Because they have realized that the situation is beyond their control.

In other words, since the incident was stabbed in the throat last night, it is already destined to be manipulated by others... However, as Zhang Xing's former colleagues, the people in Jing'antai always have a trace of unwillingness and shame. Add a touch of anger.

"The matter has come to this, I feel that as long as the persecution is not excessive, Zhang Xing may not dare to kill the empress at the risk of the world." After a long while, Li Qingchen proposed a way to finally explain something. "The life and death of the prefect Cao has nothing to do with us? Doesn't he, Zhang San, want these treasures in the team? So what if we suppress them and refuse to give them? How dare the army do it?"

This meant to force Zhang Xing to kill Governor Cao in order to control the situation, Luo Fang and the others were quite moved.

Qin Bao, on the other hand, obviously hesitated to speak.

"Qin Erlang." Li Qingchen noticed it himself, and immediately asked. "What's wrong?"

"Several." Qin Bao took a long breath. "Do you think Zhang San...was Brother Zhang San's attack last night intentional, or did he succeed by chance?"

"What does Qin Erlang think?" Lu Changheng asked coldly.

"I think it's a matter of seeing the opportunity... because it is impossible to arrange such an exquisite timing by stratagem." Qin Bao took it seriously. "So, he didn't expect such a big result before, so I dare to ask, what was his previous plan?"

There was silence in the tent for a while, and Shen Ding took the opportunity to pretend to be dead.

"What the hell?!" Luo Fang became a little anxious again.

"I guess, it should rely on the two cities of Gushu and Xiayi as bases to lock the team's advance and retreat, and then use a small group of core elites to monitor us, entangle our Jing'antai elite forces, and ensure our Jing'antai elite forces It's just that the strength cannot join forces with the garrison army to attack the city..." Qin Bao actually explained the basis of Zhang Xing's plan. "As long as we can't take down these two cities, the weather is freezing, and the supply of tens of thousands of people cannot be transported properly across the range of the two cities, then it will only take a few days, and we will collapse!"

"Go and ask Huang Juncheng, how many days are left in the team's supplies?" Luo Fang immediately pointed to a patrol rider who was still able to move around properly.

As soon as the latter stood up, Lu Changheng raised his hand to stop him: "Don't ask, I know, three days."

"Three days?" Luo Fang was dumbfounded. "Why..."

"Because I could go to Xiayi tomorrow." Li Qingchen held his stomach, thoughtfully. "Even if there is a problem with the supply, you can send out the crops today or come to the city to help... It's actually an extra day, so let's go to the rich."

Luo Fang only felt that he had a headache again. He faintly realized that he was going to be defeated this time, and he didn't know how to meet his foster father... The defeated soldiers around him were also silent.

But not long after, the silence was broken, and Huang Juncheng suddenly came in on his own initiative, and then bowed his hands to Luo Fang, who was in charge.

"What's the matter?" Luo Fang cheered up and asked indifferently.

"The thieves from the Dragon Gang over there are leaving..." Huang Juncheng said simply. "They want several carriages to carry the queen, princess and my county lord."

"Why ask us about this?" Li Qingchen was so angry that his stomach hurt, and his face was contorted in pain. "There are alchemy masters, alchemy masters, queens, princesses, eunuchs as hostages, and local officials who want to do business with them. We are a group of remnants who have been defeated. Ask us what we are doing? Do you want to fight again? All dead Is it convenient for you to do things?"

Huang Juncheng glanced coldly at Li Twelve and Li Heishou, who had been talking happily at the banquet before, but sneered: "It's really not about Li Heishou...it's that Zhang Sanlang and Zhang Ni, who said that there is a close friend here. If you don't see him before you leave One glance, but it seems guilty... I want to invite Qin Erlang to see him!"

At this point, Huang Juncheng finally looked at Qin Bao, and asked seriously: "Qin Heishou, can I trouble you to go for a while, just go to the front of the battle for a while...it's better than Shen Zhushou, right?"

Shen Dingqing knew that his posture last night had been spread along with the release of the prisoners, so he simply looked over his head and said nothing, while Qin Bao was silent for a while under the gaze of other people in the tent, and then got up without hesitation.

The people around were also silent.

A while later, Zhang Xing waited for Qin Bao on the bank of Huan River where the north wind was getting stronger.

The two met on the ice, a few steps apart, Qin Bao bowed his hands to say hello, calling him third brother, which attracted the attention of the knights of the Dragon Gang around.

"I'm sure." Zhang Xing stood with his hands behind his back and smiled. "It's you, is your mother in good health?"

"It's fine."

"Where's Yueniang?" Zhang Xing asked.

"Alright."

"I asked Sanniang to handle your affairs for me, have you already dealt with it?" Zhang Xing still had no time to ask.

"It's been dealt with."

"How to deal with it?"

Qin Bao didn't dare to be negligent, and he only gave a general account of Bai Yousi's actions that day.

"So I'm relieved." Zhang Xing sighed. "I killed Zhang Han at Gushui that day, and the ones who worried me the most were you and Yueniang. You two were the only things I cared about..."

Qin Bao was silent, but couldn't help feeling sour.

"That's good." Zhang Xing turned to the shore, fetched the chair on which the death penalty was sitting, placed it on the ice, and sat down. "Since you have worshiped Sanniang, you must not worship me. Come, come, come forward, worship once, then go back!"

Qin Bao raised his head to look at Zhang Xing, bowed down in front of everyone without saying a word, and once again attracted the attention of the people around him.

But after Zhang Xing received the obeisance, he no longer hesitated, just waved his hand, got up and abandoned the chair, ready to mount his horse and go.

At this time, Qin Bao suddenly spoke up: "Third brother, I was here last night, I bumped my head back, and only met a Ningdan, does it mean that you deliberately let me die?"

"You think it's fine." Zhang Xing turned his head and stopped, holding his knife and laughing. "The main reason is that I was really sleepy at the time and didn't go out."

"Then I think it counts." Qin Bao said seriously. "Third brother is because he knows that my mother and Yueniang are both in Dongdu, and I know that it is difficult for me to get out, so he deliberately let me go like this?"

"That's right." Zhang Xing thought for a while before choosing to be serious. "Do you feel humiliated?"

"In this world, it is difficult for ordinary people to survive. I have received the kindness of my third brother, so why should I be humiliated?" Qin Bao shook his head slowly. "I just want to tell third brother that if the two armies fight again next time, if I gain the upper hand, I will try my best to let third brother go."

As soon as this remark came out, quite a few leaders laughed, and even the local low-level officials who came to deliver the carriage whispered.

Only Zhang Xing said seriously, "Okay!"

"But it's not realistic to let each other go like this forever." Qin Bao suppressed a certain mood, raised his head and continued to speak seriously. "Third brother, can we make an agreement, whoever lets go of the other three times first, the other should give up his own difficulties or ambitions, and who should we follow...how?"

Zhang Xing thought about it for a while, but was still serious: "Okay, let's make a deal."

Qin Bao hurriedly bowed his head, for fear that others would see that he could not hold back his tears.

But Zhang Xing just pretended not to have heard of it, and directly lit up his yellow puma horse, and headed upstream along the river to Gushu City, while the troops stationed upstream only gave way to the passage under the urging of local officials.

At noon that day, everyone arrived in the city, gathered Niu Da and the follow-up reinforcements, and then settled down.

At this time, I should have gone to hot soup and hot meals to participate in a wave of team building to brag about, but official duties are not forgiving, and the officials of Liang County are very diligent, so they chased after them. Wei and even the two Zhong Lang will come in directly to bargain... That means it is obvious that they already know about the involvement of the Meng family and the problem of the team's supplies, so they are willing to accept most of the conditions, and only ask Zhang Xing not to send Gu Shu and Xiayi were handed over to Meng Sangong so that they could fight harder.

As for the large amount of high-end goods and materials that the team brought out from Ziwei Palace and Dongdu, although they couldn't send them out directly, they were willing to take the initiative to withdraw from the garrison. It's not that the Dragon Gang is out of soldiers, so it's up to them to take it upon themselves.

Frankly speaking, this progress is a bit rushed, and the attitude is so frank that Zhang Xing was stunned for a long time.

But in the end, he agreed about it, and came to see Cao Taishou in person to congratulate him.

The complexion of Governor Cao who was recuperating on the couch had just improved a bit. Hearing Zhang Xing's narration, he was stunned for a long time, but then suppressed his anxiety and said earnestly: "Zhang Longtou, these bastards are going to take me alone...you Said, if I don't go back, I just follow the Dragon Gang to make do with it, what do you think?"

Zhang Xing was stunned, thought about the pros and cons, and replied earnestly in front of the warm couch: "I think it's better for Governor Cao to go back honestly... If you really want to do business, why don't you contribute to the people of the world?"

PS: Good night everyone.

(End of this chapter)