That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 764
Zhang Wubing's sentence was simple and eight characters, but it revealed too many secrets.

Zhang Wubing has always been a military commander, he has never been a civil servant, nor has he been involved in the very special "guard" system among military officials. As a pure military commander, he only cares about the battle itself, and Wei Wuji is different from Zhang Wubing. He has been in the six ministries, and successively served as the chief officer of the Secret Guard Mansion and Tiance Mansion under the "guard" system. Even when he was working in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, he was also a strategist-type general, so when he heard After this earth-shattering news, what he thought more about was not the northwest battlefield itself, but the entire temple structure and the general trend of the world that were affected by it.

Facing Zhang Wubing, Wei Wuji did not hide his thoughts too much, and said frankly: "Your Majesty takes the overall situation into consideration and has his own considerations and balances. However, as a subject, I also have some ideas. Now it is just the beginning of chaos. If a careless , the situation is completely corrupted, that is the situation of enemies on all sides, the northwest grassland, the southern border of Shuzhou, the Wei state in the south of the Yangtze River, and the king of Mu in the northeast. It has become a battlefield and has become a settlement. Only the situation in the northeast is the most complicated. In addition to resisting the post-construction here, there is also the King Mu stationed here. If the situation of the post-construction changes, it will cooperate with the King Mu. It will no longer be a shield for Daqi to defend against foreign captives, but will become a spear stabbing himself."

Zhang Wubing nodded and said: "This statement is reasonable."

Wei Wuji said softly: "Old Zhang, do you still remember why we started the riot?"

Zhang Wubing said in a low voice: "Because I really couldn't survive, so I joined the White Lotus Sect and joined the Three Thousand Red Scarf Army."

Wei Wuji calmly said: "Yes, we can't survive, but after we joined the [-] Red Turban Army, we were starved and killed in the wild, with millions of dead bodies. We can survive, but did those ordinary people survive? So some wars, can we survive? It's better not to fight or not to fight."

Zhang Wubing hesitated slightly and said, "What do you mean?"

Wei Wuji said in a solemn tone: "We must win the Northwest War, and it must be a big victory. Only in this way can we deter those young people who are ready to move, so that they will not dare to act rashly."

Zhang Wubing didn't say yes or no, and said calmly: "It's not easy."

After all, Wei Wuji was also a veteran soldier who had led the army for many years, so he naturally understood the meaning of these four words, and asked, "How sure are you?"

Zhang Wubing didn't have the slightest emotion on his face. He had an answer to this matter of course, and he immediately replied: "If we fight steadily, I'm [-]% sure that the war will be confined to the territory of Shanzhou, or even wait until next year's spring." At the same time, the prairie army is weak, and they can lead the army to counterattack and take the grassland north of Xiaoqiuling to the Duolun River back into the hands of our Northwest Army. However, if we want to pursue a big victory, we must take risks. Words are like a double-edged sword, hurting others can also hurt oneself, this is the case in many classic wars in history, a big defeat can be turned into a big victory, and a big victory can also be turned into a big defeat.”

Zhang Wubing looked at Wei Wuji, and said slowly: "The battlefield is changing rapidly, and no one dares to say that he will win. If he loses, the situation in the entire northwest will be corrupted. The grassland army can drive straight from the front line of Shanzhou, and then there are two roads. You can choose, one is to march into Yuzhou in the Central Plains, and then march into Qizhou, join forces with Wei Wang Xiaojin's army, and then go straight to the imperial capital. The other is to enter Shu from Shanxi, cooperate with the barbarians in southern Xinjiang, and form an army against Sun Shaotang's former army. With the trend of attacking from front to back, King Wei's army will not choose to land in Qizhou at this time, but will change to Jiangzhou, use Jiangzhou as a foothold, and go straight up along the river, completely dividing the northern and southern worlds."

"No matter which way it is, it is enough to drag the whole world into the quagmire of war. Even if we can clean up the mess, this splendid world has become riddled with holes. Isn't the price too high?"

Speaking of this, Zhang Wubing suddenly laughed at himself, "In this way, I, Zhang Wubing, will become a sinner through the ages, but I am a warrior, and I don't pay much attention to the name behind me like a literati. If that day really comes, I will just die , As for how I will be judged after death, it has nothing to do with me, but how innocent the people of the world are, how can they live up to the phrase "eating the king's salary, and being loyal to the king'."

Wei Wuji said softly: "There is a premise for everything you said."

Zhang Wubing nodded and said: "The premise is that the Northwest Army is defeated. If the Northwest Army wins, it will have a completely different ending. This is like a big gamble. The difference between victory and defeat is very different, but whether to bet or not, we say it doesn't count." , It still depends on His Majesty's intention."

Wei Wuji asked: "Then, do you want to gamble, Your Majesty?"

Zhang Wubing suddenly fell silent.

Wei Wuji was a little surprised and said, "Could it be that His Majesty has moved this idea?"

Zhang Wubing just shook his head, but did not speak.

Wei Wuji sighed softly, "The heart of heaven is unpredictable."

Zhang Wubing murmured: "Although summer has just started, but in a few days, there will be snow on the grassland, the snowflakes in Yanshan are as big as a mat."

Zhang Wubing didn't finish the rest of the words, he naturally understood what he should understand, Zhang Wubing came to Beijing this time, he came in a hurry, but he didn't want to stay for long, he got up and left after drinking a cup of tea.

Wei Wuji got up and sent them off, and sent them all the way to the door of the small building of Tiance Mansion, and said softly: "You have a heavier burden than me. Let's say goodbye today, the road ahead is unknown, take care."

Zhang Wubing smiled and said: "You too."

Wei Wuji watched Zhang Wuji, who was dressed in the official uniform of a first-rank military officer, slowly leave Miyagi alone.

It wasn't until Zhang Wubing's figure completely disappeared that Wei Wuji returned to the small courtyard of Tiance Mansion and stood alone in the courtyard.There is a well in the courtyard. This well is the same as the demon-suppressing well in the Daomen Demon-suppressing Hall. It is not used for drinking water, but for suppressing certain things.

This palace city has gone through three dynasties of Houjian, Dazheng and Daqi, and the history of this well is longer than this majestic palace city. It is rumored that a real dragon is suppressed in it. I don’t know if it is true or not, but the well is not deep. The bottom line is true, there are many secret affairs between the courts, many people will die here quietly in the past dynasties, and many of them are thrown into this unfathomable well.

Wei Wuji stretched out his hand to support the edge of the well, and looked into the mouth of the well.

The mouth of the well is bottomless, and there is only an iron lock of unknown length extending downwards, like an abyss, as if it wants to absorb human souls into it.

Wei Wuji's eyes darkened.

……

Devil Town Hall, the Temple of Devil Town is named because there is a well called Town Devil Well in the depths of the hall.

The Town Demon Hall has nine floors, four floors above ground and five floors underground.As the core of the Town Demon Hall, the Zhenmo Well is located on the ninth floor at the deepest point.

The ninth floor of the Temple of Demon Suppression covers a vast area, about hundreds of acres in size, nearly ten feet high, and countless night pearls are embedded in the surrounding walls, making the entire ninth floor bright. There is an ancient well in the center of it. The size of the well is not much different from that of ordinary people's wells, but it is covered with a layer of black and yellow air. The walls of the well are covered with yellow talismans. Above the well head is a pagoda. The pagoda is extremely high and runs through the entire ninth floor of the Demon Town Hall , it is the famous Zhenyao Pagoda, and the ancient well is the Zhenmojing opened by Zhang Zu, the founder of Taoism.

The Demon-Suppressing Well is called the well, but it actually has a cave of its own. In this cave, many "evil demons and heretics" captured by the ancestors of the Taoist sect have been suppressed. In addition to those from Buddhism, Confucianism, and Xuanjiao, there are also many Taoist arch-rivals from the Jianzong sect. This is another strong example that the masters of sword sects in the past often did not end well.

At this time, standing in front of Zhenmo Well was an old Taoist, dressed in a large black wide-sleeved Taoist robe, with white hair and a childlike face, and he was looking at the mouth of the well.

(End of this chapter)