Delong

Chapter 370: The Four Fields (4)

A few miles to the south of Xiangguo County, there is a hill called Longgang. Although it is a hill, there is a huge well on the top. The water level in the well does not decrease all the year round, and the water is sweet and delicious. , so I never know when, a castle was built here, and it became a famous garrison point, and it also became the actual military defense core of Xiangguo County.

Its existence is actually similar to the huge Black Emperor Temple in Wu'an County... If you play a low-end strategy game, sooner or later there will be a special building sequence... In fact, there is also a connection between the two .

It is said that at the end of a certain dynasty, the world was in turmoil, wars and disasters continued, and there was a severe drought in Hebei. Unexplainable fate happened to be in the observation room, so he walked out directly after hearing the words, and after counting several times, he arrived at this post, and then planed the ground with true energy, but within three feet, a dead dragon with the thickness of an arm was dug out.

As soon as the dead dragon came out, it rained immediately, and the land that was dug was the well.

Longgang is also named after this.

Later, this Siming returned to the north with the dragon corpse, and someone realized that the dragon was not a dead dragon, but a corpse dragon. The evil spirit and resentment of the great chaos in the world, and the freaks bred, are also the root of this drought... At that time, the corpse dragon was about to dig out of the ground, and it was free and easy, causing harm to the world.

It's just that this red mountain was transformed by the real dragon under the seat of the Hei Emperor, and the knife that made the Red Emperor bleed was also done by the Hei Emperor himself. There is everything in the world, so I sent a commander to travel long distances in advance to deal with it.

It seems quite reasonable.

However, without mentioning these allusions, let’s just say that in the early autumn of the fifth year of Zhang Xingtravel, Li Ding sent troops directly from the martial arts arena of Daheidi Temple in Wu’an, and crossed the Shahe River without entering. Under the fort, he seemed to lose his momentum.

Because the gate of Longgang Fort was open, there was no sign of the government lord Chen Junxian, as if he had punched into the air.

Only half an hour later, when he turned to the opposite county with his troops, he was completely furious - the reason was self-evident, he saw the gift given to him by his old friend Zhang Xing.

I even met Xie Minghe.

"Thieve Zhang! Thief Zhang! Thief Zhang!"

It may be the first time in Li Ding's life that he could not suppress his rage in public. He swung his sword and smashed the bulletin board.

After smashing the notice, the man turned around and asked, "What is he trying to do?! Do you really think I dare not attack him?!"

"My chief said that if Fourth Master Li gets angry, questions, or threatens, you can tell him directly that his actions are just incompetent and furious." Xie Minghe stood next to the broken bulletin board in the city with his hands tied, expressionless, Words are clear. "Because he had endured for three years before he had a chance to win, and he would never dare to fight against the Dragon Gang at this time, otherwise his lifelong ambition and hard work would be ruined... Moreover, if he knew that Zhang San would definitely intervene One kick, but he only thought he could stop it, who did he look down on? Zhang San also knew that he would definitely be taken advantage of by Li Si when he fought a war, and he could only show his courage by relying on a large number of people and a large territory. How could this Li Si So stupid all of a sudden? Is it because Li Lingzhi fainted?"

After these words, Li Ding was stunned, but Su Mu was forced to turn around immediately, embarrassingly urging the troops to enter the city, and at the same time let people try to detour here.

After a while, Li Ding was stunned for a moment, then sneered, and gradually lost his true spirit: "Boss Xie is getting more and more like Zhang San."

"Don't dare, dare not, just speak for others, this is the original words of my chief." Xie Minghe replied seriously. "If it were me, I would have to be more polite... But it seems that the two are best friends after all, and Chief Zhang's words are really effective. I can't learn this method."

Li Dingchang took a deep breath: "It's useless for you to do this, I will declare it. I, Li Ding, am an official of the court, and I am at odds with the dragon thief..."

"That is Your Excellency's freedom." Xie Minghe was still frank. "However, I want to remind Mr. Li of a few things... I reminded you as the leader of the Dragon Gang, not for our chief."

"Please speak." Li Ding stretched out his hand to signal.

"First of all, your voice is not as loud as ours, and you only have two counties. If you want to talk about this matter, our Chief Zhang can let the twenty or thirty counties in the world hold their breath to listen!" Xie Minghe answered proudly. .

Li Ding, who was forced to calm down by Zhang Xing, was irrefutable.

"Secondly, this matter is a tripartite one. The Dragon Gang, Li Fujun, and Chen Fujun are all involved. Li Fujun is talking to himself, but the other party, Chen Fujun and his family, should have arrived in Jingcheng by this time. , and his hometown of Runan is more or less within our reach, in other words, Mr. Chen and us will always cooperate, only your words are one-sided."

"Mr. Chen has already left?!"

"Yes."

"Are you in Jingcheng?"

"Yes."

Li Ding narrowed his eyes, but did not continue.

So, it was Xie Minghe's turn to continue: "Again, no matter how you say it, your Excellency has in fact annexed the neighboring county as the county guard. None of them will believe it, nor will the surrounding counties, and since it's the opposite, people in the world will naturally think that your Excellency has joined the Dethrone Dragon Gang."

"I won't follow." Li Ding answered firmly. "The clean is self-clearing. It was you who made the rumors. I can't reverse it, but as long as I draw a clear line with you, what can you get by doing this? It's just to humiliate me and take advantage of it by the way? Does Zhang Xing Don't you know the truth that if you want to take something, you have to give it first? Since he wants to recruit me into the gang, why does he keep humiliating me like this?"

"That's what I'm going to say next..." Xie Minghe was not angry. "Your Excellency, do you think that this Xiangguo County was really not given to you by our Dragon Gang?"

Li Ding was startled suddenly, the blood rushed to his head, but he was forced to suppress him: "What do you mean? The Dragon Gang doesn't have this ability at all, and it is impossible to expand at this time, let alone expand here! I Look at the right time, see the situation clearly, and take this county yourself, but it was you who snatched it away and sent it back?"

"Mr. Li Fu." Xie Minghe sighed and came to tell seriously. "We didn't mean to take Xiangguo County. Taking Xiangguo County is asking for trouble. It's true. However, our Dragon Gang wants to prevent you from taking this county. What can you do?"

Li Ding suddenly fell silent, just like the previous time.

"We have two grandmasters, seven or eight of them have become alchemy, and the number of condensed alchemy is almost dozens, and there are more than 50 battalions of soldiers and horses. It is really ten times as much as your Excellency...even how many soldiers are used? As long as we Accept Chen Fujun's invitation, and then send Xiong Tianwang to lead two battalions into Longgang Fort, and then let Xu Shiying lead five battalions to confront you on the opposite side of the Zongcheng, can you really easily take down Xiangguo County?" Xie Minghe calmed down. ask. "Or do you think that after you put on a straight face and draw a clear line with us, you are still eligible for the previous treatment?"

At this point, Xie Minghe finally raised his bound hands, but pointed one finger at the other party and the other at himself: "Mr. Li! It was a tacit understanding between our two families before that we are the ones who are accommodating you, not your Excellency us... …and now.”

After listening quietly, Li Ding suddenly turned to his side.

Su Mu, who was fascinated by the original, immediately turned his head away, pretending that he hadn't heard anything, but in the gradually rising autumn wind, Wu Anzu, who represented Li Ding's true strength, was strictly adhering to military discipline, and he was using a far-reaching method to depose him. The dragon gang marched into the city even more solemnly.

Looking back, on the Longgang Fort, the Li character flag that had just been raised was fluttering in the wind.

Between Longgang Fort and Xiangguo County, there are waves of wheat and millet rippling in the wind.

Li Ding looked at it for a while, then turned around suddenly, and his tone became lighter: "If that's the case...Brother Xie... If that's the case, why does the Dragon Gang want to accommodate me, and even help me get Xiangguo County?"

Xie Minghe wanted to laugh.

"I'm not talking about Zhang Xing... I know why he did this, I'm talking about the Dragon Gang, what reason did he use to persuade the members of the Dragon Gang to give me Xiangguo County?" Li Ding corrected.

"I don't know what your Excellency thinks Chief Zhang's reason is, but the reason he gave didn't convince us. Instead, it made many of us worry, and only a few people agreed." Xie Minghe answered seriously. "It's just that the chief is the chief now, and we can't take it too far... He said that since the war is unstoppable and the drought is a foregone conclusion, the places we can't control, rather than handing them over to a group of bastards, should be handed over to some There are some people who look like it...Wu'an County is the most effective drought-resistant family in the surrounding counties."

Li Dingqian laughed: "This is really not convincing, and I wouldn't accept it..."

However, as soon as he spoke halfway, he became solemn: "But it seems that Zhang San's words are the same. He always takes the world as his own responsibility, and his compassion is inexplicable! Or, it is inexplicable to be arrogant! "

Xie Minghe did not refute.

"After the reorganization of the army here in Xiangguo is finished, I want to see Zhang Xing." Li Ding spoke again. "Talk to him face to face. He is too self-righteous about some things. It can be regarded as a reminder to him."

"I can pass on the message." Xie Minghe said seriously. "Let's see if we can set up a date before the autumn harvest as soon as possible, otherwise it may be a long time after the autumn harvest... The chief of my family has always been the most concerned about farming, autumn harvest, autumn tax, foundation building, literacy, etc., endless. "

Li Ding nodded, and cupped his hands: "If that's the case, your Excellency will go back, and I won't send it off."

Xie Minghe also nodded, and then walked away with his arms folded, as if he had formally handed over the county to the other party.

In one day, the whole county of Xiangguo County changed hands, and soon, everyone knew that Li Ding of Wu'an County had done the same thing as Zhou Xiaoshang of Yong'an County.

And sure enough, most people also accepted Li Ding's political setting of relying on the Dragon Gang.

There are even rumors that the several whale bones of Zhang Sanlang of the Dethrone Dragon Gang have completely ruined the world of Wei.

Of course, this is pure rumor. Zhang Xing did not refute it, and neither did anyone else, because anyone with a little bit of political common sense knows that this situation is inevitable. chain reaction.

Things have come to this point, no one can control the situation.

Li Ding didn't have time to meet Zhang Xing.

Because just seven or eight days after he seized Xiangguo County, local officials and warehouses had just taken over, and the army had just begun to reorganize. In fact, the autumn harvest had already begun in Henan and was about to move northward quickly. The prefect suddenly led Youzhou soldiers into the country.

This news shocked the whole of Hebei.

But immediately, all forces realized the "rationality" of Zhang Taishou's move.

You know, before this, even before the Dragon Gang went north to Hebei, the counties along the mountains in the west of Hebei, the so-called Wu'an County, Xiangguo County, Zhao County, and Hengshan County from south to north, were a small town with Taiyuan behind. Loose military-political alliance... This alliance is self-protective, and it is aimed at Hejian and Youzhou, which have strong military strength.

But now, regardless of Li Ding's reasons, or whether he defected to the Dragon Gang or not, anyway, he couldn't restrain his ambition and annexed Xiangguo County, which would naturally arouse strong fear and anxiety in Zhao County.

At this time, the original loose alliance collapsed. Facing the young and vigorous Li Ding, Zhang Taishou of Zhao County had to quickly seek protection.

He has four choices - Taiyuan, Youzhou, Hejian, and Jiangling.

When choosing Taiyuan, there will be many big problems.

For example, if Taiyuan sends troops, it will inevitably be involved in the war vortex in Hebei. This is unwise, otherwise Bai Hengqiu would not have specially formed a loose alliance; For several years, there was no reason to destroy that concentration and political reputation because of the princes' invasion. In addition, the route of sending troops from Taiyuan was also a big problem. Zhao County did not have a direct access to Taiyuan, so it had to go from Hengshan County in the north. This will be more troublesome.

Of course, if Li Ding ruined the alliance, Bai Hengqiu might be more angry. This is a positive reason for asking for help.

However, generally speaking, Taiyuan is still not a good choice. Nine times out of ten, the appeal for help will fail, and it is too slow to allow Zhang Taishou to quickly gain a sense of security.

Jiangling, that is, asking for help from Zhang Sanlang of the Dragon Gang, so there is no need to talk too much... What about the mess in Xiangguo County?The whole world knows that you, Li Ding, dared to eat Xiangguo County because you had Jiangling's support!
Then, there are Hejian and Youzhou.

Frankly speaking, in terms of geographical location, Zhao County's first choice should be Hejian, and Hejian also has sufficient reasons to support Zhao County, because after the Dragon Gang took away the area south of Qingzhang River, the essence of Hejian The site is the lower reaches of both banks of the Zhuozhang River, while Zhao County and Xiangguo County are the upper reaches of the Zhuozhang River.

Military and political culture are all affected by geography, and Hejian Daying seems to be obliged to accept the invitation to station in Zhao County.

However, Xue Huhu was beaten into a paper tiger by someone?It can't help but make people doubt his actual performance in the face of the Dragon Gang.

So at this time, Zhang Junshou chose the Youzhou camp, which also has outstanding military strength, and it seemed more secure.

Youzhou and Youzhou Camp are by no means a simple administrative state or military camp.From the Tang Dynasty to the Great Wei Dynasty, the Northland has maintained an independent attitude for a long time. In order to suppress and control the Northland, it has always had the habit of gathering heavy troops in Youzhou, so that many typical military states and counties have been formed.

There are nearly [-] states and counties in the north and south of Yanshan Mountain, surrounding Youzhou like stars arching the moon.The situation in these states and counties is also extremely complicated. Some counties are basically states and counties specially set up for a certain tribe or military aristocrats who have lasted for many years. There are only two counties and three cities.

This made Youzhou Daying naturally formed a situation where powerful local forces compromised and guarded against each other, and then became top-heavy.

It is precisely because of his local color that Luo Shu and his son were able to fight against Li Cheng and his son in Youzhou quickly after the collapse of the Great Wei Dynasty.

The failure of Luo Shu and Li Cheng's father and son to expand externally did not cause any obvious damage to the so-called "Youzhou Army" as a whole. Even the number of soldiers and masters in Youzhou's base did not represent The real strength of Youzhou Army.

In fact, since the war, the expansion of the Youzhou camp has been very obvious, but this expansion is the spontaneous behavior of the tribes and hereditary military nobles below.

This is a powerful monster with many heads and many legs.

Therefore, it is very suitable to join with a territory.

"Why is this? Nowhere is he safe." In Longgang Fort, Li Ding was upset and irritable, and broke out on the spot. "Didn't I write to explain? His actions are going to cause chaos in the world!"

After finishing speaking, Li Ding regretted it a lot. He knew very well that his explanation of these words seemed pale and powerless, because he didn't hold back everything, and took this opportunity to start a new round of military invasion in Hebei.

You can't just allow your own family to annex states and counties easily, but not allow the other party to protect themselves?Moreover, when was he so weak?
After all, he was still angered by Zhang Laosan.

He was born in Dahao in Xiangguo County, typical of the high mountains in Bohai, Hebei. The new captain of Xiangguo County called Gaoshi Province is a newcomer, so he naturally wants to express himself. ... If we let it go, we will be stuck and there will be no room for progress."

"Isn't it?" Wu'an Captain Su Mu was a little surprised. "The Youzhou Army came to Zhao County alone, and lacked backup. We have organized our soldiers and horses, and we have [-] soldiers in reserve, and we can still deal with them calmly."

"Captain Gao is not worried about the Youzhou Army." Su Jingfang, who was standing aside, answered for his own father before Gao Shisheng. "I'm worried about the Hejian Camp... Xue Changxiong of the Hejian Camp is not a fake tiger, and it's not a shame to lose to the Dragon Gang, but Xue Changxiong reacted, and he will definitely send troops to the west to take Zhao County... Youzhou and He The alliance was originally a false alliance, forged under the banner of the imperial court. Now that the imperial court's prestige is no longer there, the two sides began to fight again in the first battle of Ma Mianhe, and they have gradually become defensive. Therefore, Zhaojun Zhang Ang's move is likely to cause He In the war between Jian Daying and Youzhou Daying, no matter who wins, they will suppress the other side and occupy Zhao County, and then they will clamp us to death together with the Chulong Gang."

Su Mu was stunned...Of course he knew that his son was helping him out of the siege. In the same way, if Gao Shisheng preached to him, he would inevitably appear to be incompetent...and right now, it was his son who said this.

After listening to Su Jingfang's explanation, Li Ding was silent for a moment, and responded with difficulty: "But if you send troops at this time, you will break your trust."

"Who breaks the promise? So what? And we said it, Zhao Ang still lured foreign soldiers in, so why break the promise?" Su Jingfang hurriedly stepped forward, urging in public. "Men, it is unwise to hesitate at this time!"

"What do you think?" Li Ding seriously looked at himself, the student who moved his heart at the first sight.

"The students think..." Su Jingfang obviously hesitated for a moment, but continued to answer. "You should dispatch troops quickly, before Xue Changxiong dispatches troops, and before the autumn harvest, quickly defeat this Youzhou army in Zhao County, follow Zhou Xiaoshang's example and quickly expand several counties, and then go to see him with the victorious army and the land of the three counties Xue Changxiong, form an alliance with him."

"Will it be a little dangerous?" Gao Shisheng was uneasy instead.

Li Ding is not a fool, he was indeed confused by Zhang San, but it does not mean that he lost his basic judgment, especially in military affairs.

Therefore, even though he was obviously uneasy, he quickly completed the construction of some military strategies.

And Su Jingfang's answer was exactly one of his unspoken plans.

So, on the surface, he was hesitating about this strategy. In fact, there was only one thing he was hesitating about, and that was whether to send troops quickly, regardless of whether to complete a new surprise expansion?

Taking a Xiangguo County caused a lot of trouble, and even caused a shock in Zhao County. If another Zhao County was taken, who knows if there will be problems in Hengshan County?
"Just do it." Li Ding suddenly spoke calmly. "Beat Zhao Jun, I would like to see if the Dragon Gang can also give Zhao Jun to me."

(End of this chapter)