Horse on the World

Chapter 163
The Fuzhou Army attacked Wankou again, but suffered a disastrous failure again. Xiang Hui led three thousand elite troops to attack Baykou for a long time, but when they were exhausted, the bandit leader Ban Tianyun led an elite assault. Most of the three thousand soldiers were killed and injured. On the way to Hailing, they encountered a cavalry battalion led by Xiangfeng. The two joined together and turned around to attack again. Unexpectedly, Ban Tianyun had already anticipated this, and laid an ambush and set up traps in advance. The fire scorched the two of them, they managed to get out of the sea of ​​flames, and they encountered a half-day cloud attacking them leisurely. When the two fled to Hailing, there were less than two thousand of the six thousand tigers left when they set out. , Xiang Hui's infantry almost lost all casualties, and all those who escaped were his personal guards.

This is called a wrong for Xiang Feng. Since Huai'an led the attack, in the past few months, he has not fought a battle in a serious manner. The fox is still cunning, and can always smell it in advance. No matter how carefully planned and arranged, this guy can always find his right position accurately, and then give you a different direction, and always let himself follow him. Behind the buttocks, he finally thought he was blocking him, but he still didn't confront him head-on. After a head-on confrontation, he was burned to pieces by a fire. Looking at the smoke and fire, all his subordinates looked like the Kitchen God. Look again His hair was originally shiny, but now his body was black, white, and scorched. He wanted to cry bitterly.

The Fuzhou army has been exhausted so far. Fuzhou did not show its military strength at all, but after Xiang Xianhe became the commander-in-chief, he got into the eyes of money with all his heart. He only maintained a regular army of less than [-] people, and among them There are even fewer elites, Xiang Feng and Xianghui return home with both feathers, all the elites are lost, there are no more invincible soldiers in Fuzhou, seeing the two beloved generals kneeling in front of him covered in scars and scorched faces, Xiang Xianhe couldn't help but Collapsing on the chair, the fat all over his body trembled constantly, the muscles on his face twitched, and his breathing was short of breath. It was very worrying that he would not be able to lift his breath, and it passed.

"What should I do? What should I do?" Xiang Xianhe finally recovered from the huge blow. The previous indifference finally turned into bitter wine. Now the salt workers' riot has become a prairie fire. Huai'an, the capital of Fuzhou, heard the reports from the spies. I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of people. How can Huai'an be guarded?It was the first time that Xiang Xianhe regretted that he didn't seriously build a strong army. At this time, all the wealth, beauties, gold, silver and jewels are just floating clouds. Could it be that they got caught up in these things and ran away?I'm afraid that the family, the emperor will not let him go, it's still a dead word.

The huge meat ball rolled around in the hall, sweat rolled on his face, and as his footprints landed in the hall, two marks gradually formed, everyone in the hall held their breath, no one dared to leave At this time, he offended the handsome man.

After turning around a few times, Xiang Xianhe finally remembered that there were still his generals and counselors in the hall. These people ate, drank, used, and took his. Why didn't they bother at this critical moment? Is it useful?

"Are you all dumb? What should we do now? Quickly think of a way. If you can't think of a way, I will cut off your heads before the cloud cuts off my head!" Xiang Xianhe roared.

Everyone shuddered suddenly. Apart from being unparalleled in the world for making money, this general also did what he said by cutting off people's heads.

Recruit!

Reorganize the strong army!

Divided!

Recruit the bandit leader!

There were different opinions in the hall for a while, a group of counselors even quarreled with each other, all blushing, emphasizing that what they said was the right way, but when Xiang Xianhe heard it, he knew that none of these ideas were reliable, recruiting troops to reorganize the army, a joke , the two battalions of strong soldiers that I worked so hard to manage were wiped out without even risking a single one. This group of troops brought in in a hurry is useless except for wasting money. It won't be allowed, the three southern states are fighting so hard, and no one in the imperial court dares to say that they will be safe. How dare I take this risk here?Besides, now that Ban Tianyun has the winning hand in his hands, if he kills Lao Tzu, he has everything, and will he surrender to Lao Tzu?

Xiang Xianhe glanced around the hall with ferocious eyes, and finally found a person who was bowing his head in thought, but it was Ji Sichen, the Master Ji whom he valued the most.

"Master Ji, aren't you paying attention?" He said gloomyly.

When everyone heard that the commander had aimed his gaze at Ji Sichen, they immediately closed their mouths in unison.Qi Shua Shua looked at Ji Sichen.

Ji Sichen raised his head, "Commander, just now everyone said that distant water cannot save near fire. From Ji's point of view, the only thing we can do right now is to ask for help."

"Ask for help?" Xiang Xianhe said: "Who do we ask for help, who will come to help us? I'm afraid they will just wait to see my joke!"

"Commander, why did you forget, we have a neighbor who is very tough! Even the barbarians have been defeated by them, so what is the mere salt workers' riot? As long as the commander can invite them to send troops, we can put out the riot just around the corner. " Ji Sichen said with certainty.

"You speak well about Li Qing in Dingzhou!" Xiang Xianhe's eyes lit up.

"That's right, Commander, it's Li Qing from Dingzhou. Li Qing's powerful soldiers are veterans who have fought battles, unlike our Fuzhou soldiers who have never been to the battlefield although they are well equipped. When fighting, hands and feet are tied, and if you replace these veterans in Dingzhou, you will definitely succeed in no time, besides, Commander, Li Qing is the royal consort, and you are a royal relative, so the two of you still have a lot of love Yes, they are all relatives of the royal family, as long as you are willing to ask for help, I guess Li Qing will definitely see Princess Qingcheng's face and send troops to help." Ji Sichen said.

"But Li Qing's army is all deployed on the front line of the grassland to guard against the barbarians. How can there be extra troops to support us? If the barbarians come to attack, the gains outweigh the gains, and he will not be willing!" Xiang Xianhe said hesitantly.

"Marshal, begging Li Qing to send troops with empty teeth, he is naturally unwilling, but if you are willing to pay the price, as long as the price is high enough, why is Li Qing not willing? Marshal, what is Li Qing lacking? With such a powerful army, and Dingzhou has always been poor, there must be a lack of money. As long as the general is willing to pay a military fee, then Li Qing will definitely send some troops over. At that time, Li Qing will get the money. And we wiped out the bandits, kept Fuzhou, and everyone got their own place, wouldn't it be beautiful?"

"Then how much money will it cost in order for Li Qing to send troops?" Xiang Xianhe couldn't help feeling a little pained at the thought of spending a large amount of money, but after thinking about it, the money was spent now, as long as Fuzhou is kept, there are plenty of opportunities to earn it back. I hope Li Qing's appetite will not be too big.

"As for how much money can satisfy Li Qing's appetite, Sichen really dare not speak nonsense, it depends on what the commander-in-chief and Li Qing talk about!"

Xiang Xianhe walked around the hall for more than a dozen times, but finally couldn't think of any other way, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I will go to Dingzhou to talk to Li Qing in person, no matter how much his appetite is, I will Satisfy him, as long as he is willing to send troops."

Xiang Xianhe packed his luggage in a hurry and rushed to Dingzhou City as soon as possible, while the rest of the Fuzhou officials began to get busy preparing for the city defense. The field army was gone, but the city still had to be defended, but when everyone saw the thin and short The city wall, the only support, disappeared without a trace. Everyone pinned their hopes on the commander-in-chief's trip to bring back reinforcements.

After a busy day, Ji Sichen returned to his mansion. Although he was so tired that his bones were about to fall apart, he still had enough energy. He came to his backyard by himself, walked to a mansion, and tapped lightly. Door.

"Come in!" a female voice inside ordered.

Ji Sichen pushed open the door, and respectfully bowed to the woman in the back room, "Director Qingfeng, I have done everything you ordered. The commander has decided to ask Dingzhou for help, and he has already set off today."

Qingfeng smiled and said: "I already know, you did a good job in this matter, sit down!"

"Don't dare!" Ji Sichen declined, "There is no place for me to sit in front of the director."

Qingfeng said with a smile: "Master Ji, you are very smart and wise. You know that Commander Xiang Xiang in Fuzhou is about to collapse and is powerless. Although you have joined the Statistics and Investigation Department and become my subordinate, you also You don’t have to be too formal, my subordinates kill people, set fires, and sneak around a lot, but it’s really rare for someone like you who is knowledgeable, capable, and understands current affairs to understand the overall situation, and there are still many places to rely on in the future!”

Ji Sichen couldn't help being surprised and delighted. Cui Yicheng, a salt merchant, got to know Qingfeng, and immediately guessed the truth of the whole thing. He was extremely wise and immediately chose to join the winning side and became a member of the Dingzhou Statistics and Investigation Department. Listen to Qingfeng He said that his future self would definitely gain a very important position in the Statistics and Investigation Department, which made him overjoyed. He knew from Cui Yicheng that Qingfeng of the Statistics and Investigation Department basically covered the sky with one hand, and no one except Li Qing could get in. Hand, she said, it is basically a certainty.

"Director, this subordinate is a little unclear!" Sitting sideways in front of Qingfeng.

"Say!" Qingfeng said.

"Since the director said that Hailing is extremely important to our Dingzhou, why didn't he just ask the commander in chief for Hailing in exchange for dispatching troops? Wouldn't this be able to bring Hailing under his command faster?"

Qingfeng said: "This is faster, and I believe that Xiang Xianhe will agree to it in a helpless situation, but this will greatly hinder our future actions. What we want to get is the entire Fuzhou, not Hailing. In fact, once Dingzhou sends troops, Hailing is already under our control, so why bother to make Xiang Xianhe realize that we have coveted Fuzhou!"

"The director is brilliant!" Ji Sichen complimented.

"Your next task is to keep persuading Xiang Xianhe to ask for reinforcements from Dingzhou, and at the same time convince him that we don't have any covetous intentions for Fuzhou and are only here for his money, as long as he spends a large sum of money. If the money comes, we will put out all the rebellions for him." Qingfeng said with a smile.

This requires both money and land, and I'm afraid it will cost lives in the future!Ji Sichen couldn't help being glad that he took the last bus, and couldn't help feeling a little pity for the commander Xiang who was heading to Dingzhou. If he knew that every step he took to Dingzhou, he would be one step closer to the gate of hell. What would he think?

Ji Sichen left and left, Zhong Jing, who had been standing silently by the side, finally couldn't bear it and said: "Miss, although this Ji Sichen is talented, he has no virtue, and Xiang Xianhe treated him well, but he turned him away in a blink of an eye. How can such a person be reused if they are sold clean?"

Qingfeng shook his head and said: "Zhong Jing, you have stayed in the rivers and lakes for too long, and you don't understand the mystery of it. When the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when people are observant, there will be no disciples. It is better to be virtuous, but such a person How many can there be? Even if there are, can they be used by me? More people are like Ji Sichen, as long as you can control them well, I will use them. Don’t worry too much.”

Zhong Jing nodded with a half-understood understanding. Chaotang is really not comparable to Jianghu. In the past, I only knew how to fight and kill. Since I followed Qingfeng, I realized that sometimes killing people does not need to use a knife at all.

(End of this chapter)