Delong

Chapter 212

Chapter 212 Walking in the Snow (11)

In the afternoon sun, Shan Tonghai, dressed in brocade casual clothes, held his horsewhip in both hands, stepped on the ice on the river, and tried to move forward step by step. When he walked twenty or thirty steps, he suddenly staggered, and the ice directly collapsed under his feet.

However, Shan Dalang's feet immediately gave birth to a wave of white gold-rimmed true energy, which was indeed the authentic Duanjiang true energy.

Only Duanjiang Zhenqi is named after Duanjiang, and its sharpness is abnormal. Now the Zhenqi is pressed down, directly cutting the ice below, and cutting into the water again and again. Fortunately, Shan Tonghai can use Zhenqi freely and change it in time. Uncovering the shape of true energy and erasing the sharp edges, he successfully used his strength to leap back and leave the collapsed area.

But with such an action, falling on the ice behind him caused a new subsidence, and the majestic single big leader had to jump back several times in a row before landing on the river bank.

This kind of action, without losing vigor, needless to say, for example, Cheng Dalang on the shore knew that the other party's cultivation had reached a certain level, not even inferior to his own, so he couldn't help squinting slightly.

But an accident still happened. When he came to the south bank of Wenshui River, Shan Datou withdrew his anger, turned to look at Cheng Dalang, and walked up while talking with a smile. Slipped by the mud under the floating snow on the shaded side of the river, he was caught off guard and directly supported his body with his hands, his sleeves stuck to the mud.

Cheng Dalang laughed loudly when he saw this, he got off his horse and went to help him, and at the same time he did not forget to joke: "Boss Shan has really stumbled."

Shan Tonghai lost his embarrassment, laughed directly, and then walked up with the opponent's arm, but he didn't forget to throw out the Duanjiang Zhenqi under his feet, and took advantage of the momentum to cut off the entire trace.

The two returned to the shore, got on their horses, and then talked about business.

"The snow has melted and the ice has thinned. Wenshui seems to be able to relax a little bit." Shan Tonghai pointed to the ice on the river that he had crushed.

"That's the truth." Cheng Dalang nodded vigorously. "But you should be cautious. Lao Ge of Naqi County is not a fool. He fights with falsehood and reality. He has the essence of the art of war. I have seen it before."

"I didn't mean to underestimate him." Shan Tonghai also became serious. "Actually, I have a false plan, and I am about to make an appointment with you, Brother Cheng."

"Boss Shan, please order." Cheng Dalang immediately bowed his hands in awe, disregarding that he was also a big boss and much older.

"How dare you tell Brother Cheng?" Shan Tonghai also laughed, but spoke seriously. "But don't hide it from Brother Cheng, I'm thinking, since the days of the New Year's Eve have passed, the weather is getting warmer these days, spring plowing is approaching, and even Wenshui is about to unseal, normal people may think that they have to wait until the spring plowing before fighting ... But I always like quick battles, so I thought, why not take the opportunity to do the opposite, take the initiative to attack, and end the war in Lu County?"

Cheng Dalang pondered for a while, but did not directly agree.

But Shan Dalang just continued to laugh: "If Lao Ge of Qi County can be defeated, not only Lu County can get it quickly, but Qi County will also be within easy reach... At that time, Zhang Longtou will be in Jiyin, Li Longtou will be in Dongping, and Xiao Xu will be in Dong County, I am in Lu County, Wang Wu is in Jibei County, and Qi County, Brother Cheng can also take it by himself. Let's depose the six counties of the Longbang to form one piece, and then go east to subdue the two Hebei tycoons in Dengzhou. Even Langya can be distributed to Zhi Shilang, so that the land of the eight counties can be used to run through the entire eastern region along the Ji River..."

Cheng Zhili was taken aback, but didn't dare to speak up.

But Shan Tonghai said more and more: "If that's the case, the so-called overall situation is over... Then we can do whatever we want, go south, we can sweep Xuzhou, and go straight to Jiangdu; go north, we can sweep the entire Hebei, To the west, we can enter the Central Plains and seize the Eastern Capital... Maybe the world will really fall into our hands!"

Cheng Dalang finally felt ridiculous.

It's not that the back is absurd, come out to rebel, point to Yuanjing and say a few words, who won't allow anyone?This kind of brain hole is better than some old man who wants to be angry and calm the world, right?
The key is that Cheng Dalang finally realized that Shan Tonghai might not really want to use this idea of ​​one person, one county to win him over.

This arrangement, of course, sounds very tempting to him, Cheng Zhili, but the problem is that for peasants, it is tempting to lie down and sleep at home, but why do they have to go out to farm despite the cold and heat?
Rebellion is something like this, do you just do whatever you want?
The six counties were really brought down, and the arrangement was really done. First of all, the top-down system of the Dragon Gang was destroyed, and an effective decision-making layer was lost. When the time comes, you say go south, I want to go north, who What is the final say?

And are the two leaders incompetent?You want to pull them down, relying on this empty talk, one person, one county?

You have laid down your own territory, you can be a monster if you want to, but don't come looking for him, Cheng Da?He, Cheng Dalang, has a weak foundation and dare not get involved in such brain-destroying things.

After thinking up to this point, Cheng Zhili, who was a lot older, nodded after a moment of contemplation, and went directly past these words: "If you say that, what exactly are we going to do in Lu County?"

"I would like to ask Brother Cheng to sweep and advance eastward at Gongqiu's place in the past few days, and try his best to suppress Fan Hu, father of Liang, so as to attract his attention." Shan Dalang raised his hand to signal the others to stop, and he continued to fight with him. Cheng Zhili rode forward, then whispered his plan. "Then I personally led the main force of [-] people across the Wenshui River, made a surprise attack from the rear, and went straight to Bo City... Before the spies reported that Lao Ge of Qi County was feasting on the soldiers there to rest, and I am afraid that he will win again and again. , also in arrogance."

Cheng Zhili was taken aback by Zheng, and immediately realized that this was a good idea, regardless of whether this Shan Tonghai was impetuous or not, it didn't matter that he was a decisive, capable, and thoughtful general.

Don't care about other things, if you dare to fight, dare to count the time and people's hearts to make a surprise attack, you have already surpassed many rebel leaders who can only fight passively.

No wonder it was able to easily wipe out most of Lu County.

"It's a good strategy." Cheng Dalang replied without hesitation. "But there is still a problem, that is, Xiaqiu where your main force is located is about 130 miles away from Bo City where his main force is located, and Gongqiu where I just moved in is also [-] miles away from Bo City. Even if you cross the river from Gongqiu, you have to Have you decided if you are going to attack all night or take a break in the middle? If you take a rest, how can you ensure that you will not be discovered? And if you attack all night, will the whole army be exhausted and self-defeating when it comes to the city?"

"This is the key to this raid." Shan Tonghai responded immediately. "I'm not going to cross the river from Xiaqiu's side, and I'm not going to cross the river from Gongqiu's side, but from here, which is between Gongqiu and Liang's father... In this way, I can rest well before crossing the river, and I can rest well after crossing the river." As long as you run for fifty or sixty miles... fifty or sixty miles is enough to run and attack."

Cheng Dalang immediately came to his senses: "So you want me to push forward and lock up Fan Hu? To ensure that the crossing of the river will not be discovered?"

"Yes."

"However, in such a situation on the river, how can 2 people suddenly cross the river without delaying the journey?"

"The ice is thin during the day, but thicker at night, spread out, and dragging armor and weapons lightly, you can easily cross the river. The same is true on the road, muddy during the day, hard at night... I am here at night." Shan Tonghai said. place, extremely serious. "Brother Cheng, don't miss this opportunity and don't come again. I just want to use the icy road conditions these days as a cover. When they thought we wouldn't go, we went!"

Cheng Dalang was completely convinced, and nodded again and again: "That's right, that's right, just like attacking at night before dawn and setting fire at dusk, it's just a little bit of surprise... just now even a master like you can slip on the shore, let alone military... If Chief Shan, you have made up your mind, I will go back to Gongqiu City now, and lead the cavalry to come out with dry food and push forward, and I must block the situation on the south bank of Wenshui for you!"

Shan Tonghai was overjoyed, and immediately patted the other person on the shoulder: "If the matter comes to fruition, it will be Brother Cheng's first contribution."

Just now, he also granted a county, and in a blink of an eye, he regarded himself as his subordinate.

Of course Cheng Dalang felt a little uncomfortable, but he still nodded immediately, and couldn't help but ask: "Did you congeal the pill after successfully attacking Xiaqiu that night? I saw that you hit it on the ice just now. It’s already a bit of a prancing posture, but it’s deliberately covering up its clumsiness.”

"Yes." Shan Tonghai didn't hide anything. "This is another chance of winning!"

Cheng Zhili nodded, no longer hesitated, and immediately turned around and rode back to Gong Qiu.

On the same day, he really mobilized [-] cavalry from the headquarters to disperse Liang's father.

Cheng Dalang became serious, coupled with the natural advantage of the cavalry in controlling the wild area, it really had an immediate effect, but it was only the second day, and he successively pulled out several small strongholds between the two cities, cleared several patrols, After killing and intercepting multiple rounds of scouts, Fan Hu's subordinates were cleaned up properly, leaving Shan Tonghai with thirty miles of space to advance.

Don't even mention that Shan Tonghai is really a "flying general". Here, Cheng Dalang took the situation a little bit, and he immediately dispatched troops. He prepared five days of dry food from Xiaqiu, the county government of Lu County, and immediately Lead the main force to lie down at night and go out at night, and come to Gongqiu where Cheng Dalang was stationed.

Departed that night, arrived at Gongqiu early the next morning, closed the four gates, slept until noon, then continued to move on, and arrived at the crossing point thirty miles away from the city in the afternoon, then stopped, gathered energy, and waited. The evening came...Of course, during the past two days, Cheng Dalang also became ruthless, and he personally led the cavalry to continue to advance at a very high speed, and regardless of his care, he drove the troops to a distance of several miles outside Liangfu City where Fan Hu was located, and tried his best to make room for Shan Dalang. more operating space.

But that's it.

Facing Cheng Dalang's mopping up and pressing forward to fight, Fan Hu, who was considered a fellow villager, did not hesitate to lead [-] footmen out of the city to face him, across a frozen Wenshui tributary in the west of the city. The other side confronted each other.

The two sides showed off their power and refused to give in to each other. Cheng Dalang, who was determined to hold the other party down, even took the initiative to challenge because he knew that there was an army tens of miles behind him resting and preparing to cross the river at night, launching a typical team single challenge.

This is a common method used by the rural tyrants in the Eastern Realm to compete for land, property, business, and population in the past. Instead of the family members going to battle in person, they choose the farmer and high-ranking merchants they raised to fight, and conduct continuous single-handed competitions... There is no way , the entire Eastern Territory is against the imperial court from top to bottom, at least it is against the imperial court, and the people below can ask the tyrants to deal with the problem, and the people above can also find the tyrants to apportion the matter. What can we do if there is a confrontation between the tyrants?
You can't ask the government to throw yourself into a trap, you can't make a big noise to attract the attention of the court, but the conflict of interests in this era must be resorted to force, and there is such a thing as the cultivation of true energy, which naturally requires this kind of classical and bloody struggle way out.

However, different from the size of three or five people or seven or eight people in the past, this time, the Cheng and Fan families engaged in a bloody duel that lasted for a whole day without ending, fifteen against fifteen, with a total of thirty riders. challenge.

The knights of the two sides exchanged names and hometowns, and then beat drums to cheer, and immediately confronted each other. Swords, guns, swords and halberds, bows, crossbows, hammers and nets, any weapon can be used, and any tactic can be used, but one must die and one must win.

that is it.

"In fact, I have always hated this kind of heads-up."

Cheng Dalang looked at the sunset behind him, felt the slight coolness in the air, then turned around, and said a word of emotion to Jia Runshi who was standing beside him.

"Why?" Jia Runshi was extremely surprised. "They all said that, Boss Cheng, you had won 28 games in a row in the local area, even Fan Hu was once defeated by you, and was forced to give up Shihe's business to your family."

"Because people are going to die." Cheng Dalang looked at the fierce battle ahead and sighed in agreement. "They're all heroes from the Eastern Realm. They could have reasoned. If they can't reason, it's okay to go to court. Just give the government a little money. In the end, they have to die. Death is a hero, but it's not good if they don't die. Going to the lawsuit will only lead to the sheep's mouth. It can't be said. It will kill more people... Besides, have you ever thought about how difficult it is for a father to ask his son to play with knives? Wouldn't it be good to be a literary repairer? This is the same as your father sent you to me What's the difference?"

"It was all forced." Jia Runshi came to his senses. "It's the same today. This method is the method that kills the fewest people."

"Yes." Cheng Dalang nodded. "It was all forced... Your father should have something to say to you, right?"

"Yes...he wholeheartedly is a traitor, just like he is wholeheartedly being an officer." Jia Runshi became more and more anxious. "One has to die, right? And life and death are not the kind we can decide on our own?"

"Lao An can't hold on anymore." Cheng Dalang ignored the quick-witted junior, but pointed forward with his hand. "Seven wins and three losses will soon turn into seven wins and four losses... the time is almost up, the last game today, you go, if you win this battle, you can save three heroes from dying; if you can't win, I won't give it to you Collect the corpse, let Fan Hu collect it and send it to your father, I guess your father is in Bo City."

Jia Runshi was startled, and turned his head to look at the riverside battlefield. Sure enough, after a few breaths, the knight on his own side was caught with a wounded left arm and weakness in lifting the shield. Knock it down from the horse with a hammer wrapped in khaki true energy.But the enemy knight had the chance to win, and he didn't let go. He didn't get off his horse, but raised his horse's hoof and landed heavily.

This bloody scene caused a weird uproar... The victorious knight rode his horse to show off his power in the riverside field, while Fan Hu's subordinates shouted and cheered for joy.

It was in stark contrast to the quietness on Cheng Dalang's side.

After a while, the knight leaped onto the stone bridge and headed back to the other side, where he drank a glass of fine wine that could only be enjoyed by the winner. As soon as the man drank the glass of wine, Jia Runshi did not hesitate, got on his horse, held a spear, and galloped Cross the stone bridge, come to the opposite field, and then let out a loud fight.

Under the setting sun, Cheng Dalang, who was sitting firmly on the saddle, squinted his eyes and leaned over to take a closer look.And sure enough, Jia Runshi's appearance caused a slight commotion on the opposite side... A moment later, an enemy knight appeared on the stage, but he ignored Jia Runshi and came across the bridge with a white flag.

"what?"

Cheng Dalang asked coldly.

"My captain said that it's getting late, and we'll send Mr. Jia on his way tomorrow." The knight cast a disdainful glance at Jia Runshi, who was still showing off his might in the field on the other side of the river, and said calmly. "I, Zhangqiu Guosan, will personally send it off."

"it is good."

Cheng Dalang nodded, got up immediately, put away the horse, then got on the horse, led his subordinates, plus four corpses, and retreated to the west.

Seeing this scene, Jia Runshi was surprised for a while, but soon realized what was going on, and his face was flushed, but he had no choice but to catch up in a hurry.

After only a few miles, when the last ray of sunlight disappeared from the west, Cheng Dalang suddenly slowed down his horse and said to Jia Runshi who was closely behind him: "Xiao Jia, don't be confused. You do temptation... As I said before, I don't like this kind of thing, but in fact it is the method with the least number of dead people and the most time-consuming method. I have a reason to do it, and Fan Hu has no reason to agree. We are fighting , is going to kill thousands of people, unless he..."

"It's also procrastinating." The young and powerful son of Qi County immediately put the previous things behind him. "Boss Cheng, what's your idea with Boss Shan, where's the other side?"

"We may have the same idea as the other side. As for what the idea is, you will see it with your own eyes later." Cheng Zhili told him seriously. "However, no matter what, you can't go on losing any more. If you lose again, or if Zhang Xuguo wins again, you will have good luck in the army! Go over immediately and tell Shan Dalang what happened here, and let He knows that the officers and soldiers on the other side may have the same strategy as ours, and I will arrive later."

"Yes!" Jia Runshi sternly responded, patted his horse and left first.

And Cheng Dalang immediately maintained the cavalry formation at the back while continuing to go west.

However, Jia Runshi hurried on, but he still came a little late, or not early enough, because when he found Shan Tonghai, the main force of the [-] rebels had already taken advantage of the twilight to cross the Nearly half of Wenshui.

The temperature seems to be a little cooler tonight, and the ice is thickening very fast.

Correspondingly, after listening to Jia Runshi's report, Chief Shan didn't have any extra reactions, he just asked his deputy Xia Houning to go away to meet the coming Cheng Dalang, and then let people light a fire, raise a flag, and wait for the future Arrival and confluence of visitors.

That seemed to hint at what he was thinking.

"Single boss!"

Cheng Zhili's dispatch of Jia Runshi in advance had an effect. In the twilight, he almost smoothly led the crowd to Shan Tonghai, and made a valuable communication decision immediately.

"Brother Cheng." Shan Tonghai looked at him with half-opened eyes. "I heard what your subordinates said, and I think what you think is quite reasonable... At least [-]% or more, that Xuguo is going to use a similar plan... There is no reason why I can think of things that an old guy can't think of .”

"Then what do you want to do?"

Cheng Zhili glanced at the large army that continued to "cross" the river.

"I will continue to cross the river and attack according to the original plan." Beside the fire, Shan Tonghai calmly responded and gave a short explanation. "No matter what the opponent's plan is, the army has already crossed half. Calling it back at night will cause the troops to disperse. It is better to continue to attack along the river at night as planned... If the opponent does not have this intention, we will still succeed in the attack. If the opponent has Similar plans, we will fight head-on!"

Cheng Dalang was also silent for a moment, then nodded slowly: "If Chief Shan has made up his mind, I will also cross the river together, we cannot disperse our forces."

"Your troops are already very tired during the day, and you only follow the rear army. You will see the situation in the later stage of the battle before you go into battle." Shan Tonghai also nodded, and then gave instructions to get off his horse and walk on the ice. "I only let the former army put on their armor first."

"But...the two chiefs." At this moment, the young Jia Runshi couldn't help interjecting. "Will they also guess our actions...because of Chief Cheng's previous advance?"

Shan Tonghai looked back at the young man, did not say anything, but continued to dismount and head towards the river.

Cheng Dalang also continued to dismount calmly and followed closely behind, without any intention of explaining.

"You young man, are you confused?" Shan Dalang's lieutenant, Xia Hou Ningyuan, stretched out his horsewhip and knocked Shan Dalang on the back. "If the other party finds out, so what? They have time to change their plan in such a short time, and set up an ambush late at night? It's just a head-on fight. Besides, what is your identity, asking random questions here? If it's not for Cheng Dalang's face, Cut off your sacrificial flag first!"

Jia Runshi woke up instantly, but without hesitation, he got off his horse and followed closely behind.

Facts have proved that Fan Hu is far less refined than Cheng Dalang. It was almost an hour later that he felt a little taste because of Cheng Dalang's backing up too fast and too hard. Moreover, he did not directly make a correct judgment, but crossed the river and headed north in person. Arrived on the official road north of Wenshui, and just waited here.

Then, around the second watch, I met Zhang Xuguo, the boss who started the night raid.

"I underestimated Shan Tonghai."

After listening to Fan Hu's report, Zhang Xuguo, who was sitting on the pony horse by the river, inquired about the details again, thought for a while, and came to a conclusion. "This man is not only decisive in his actions, but also has the three tastes of strategy... The so-called art of war is nothing more than fiction and reality and strange truth... Now, as I expected, he should have used the same strategy as us. The so-called art of war is strange Seeking a six-point victory seems a bit self-deceiving."

Zhang Xuguo's prestige was already deep at this time, although the generals gathered around him, none of them spoke, because they knew that this old Ge would never delay the battle.

"However, I have been in the army for many years, but I know that winning or losing is not that simple." Zhang Xuguo paused for a moment, then suddenly sneered again. "The right time, the right place, the right people, the logistics and the morale of the army, which one is not the thing that determines the outcome? And this battle, since we played almost the same chess on the surface, there is only one thing that can determine the outcome..."

At this point, Zhang Xuguo looked around, and coldly called out a word: "Courage!"

No one responded.

"When you meet on a narrow road, the brave will win!" Zhang Xuguo stood up abruptly, pointing his finger at one person. "Zhang Zhushou."

The masked red ribbon, that is, Zhang Changgong, immediately bowed his hands.

"I know you are a guest general, but since you are in the army, you must obey military orders." Zhang Xuguo spoke sharply. "Tonight, you are not allowed to fly at will, and you are not allowed to dismount. You must immediately put on a full armor, hold a long soldier, and walk slowly to be the first for my army! Later, I will assign two thousand troops to you!"

Zhang Changgong hesitated for a while, then bowed his hands: "Yes."

"Yu Baimei." Zhang Xuguo pointed to another person. "You lead the two thousand people in the headquarters to be the second striker!"

"Here!"

"Fan Bao, you are the third striker."

"Jia Wugen, you are the fourth striker."

"Fan Hu, you lead your troops out of the city immediately, and we will approach you diagonally. When we return in the cold weather, we will be behind the entire army and be the fifth front of our army."

"Yes."

Finally, Zhang Xuguo looked around, looked around, stopped in front of Zhang Changgong, and then pointed to himself: "Tonight, all the generals are the front, and Lao Ge will be the first. I will lead the central army." Two thousand, the first to put on the armor, and Zhang Zhushou to be the second pawn!"

PS: The crowd exploded...

(End of this chapter)

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