Horse on the World

Chapter 597 Dilemma
"I regret it!" Zeng Qingfeng, who was hunched over and curled up on the bed, had lost most of his gray hair, his scalp was already visible, and every time he uttered a word, he would cough violently a few times.The serving girl had already been sent out, so Zeng Yifan took the spittoon and served his father himself, seeing the thick phlegm mixed with blood in the phlegm, Zeng Yifan frowned even tighter.

"I regret it!" Zeng Qingfeng stared blankly at the roof of the tent. If he didn't listen to Yuan Fang's bewitching, and wholeheartedly united with Li Qing to suppress the Lu family, even if Li Qing had bad intentions, he would still be able to kill the Lu family. In order to settle the account, one side of the princes will be mixed up, instead of being in a dilemma as it is now.

The bright future that Yuan Fang described followed Li Qing's return, and the Dingzhou army launched a massive counterattack, defeating the Luoyang army that invaded Yizhou in one fell swoop, and was completely wiped out. What made Zeng even more horrified was that Li Qing did not forget their here while counterattacking the Central Plains. At Baimadu, Chen Zeyue and Tang Hu's troops still held Baimazhai firmly. Shengying Whirlwind Battalion, however, has transferred a large number of infantry, and the total strength has actually increased. With Lu Fengchun's retreat, Weizhou has been firmly controlled, and recently it has sent troops to conduct tentative attacks many times.

And these are still in the second place. It is the navy of the Dingzhou Army that makes Zeng Qingfeng more frightened. Seeing that the weather is getting warmer every day, once the Tuojiang River is frozen, the powerful navy in Dingzhou will inevitably go upstream. How can the water village in Haikou be the opponent of the Dingzhou Navy? If the opponent breaks through the water village, the land of Liaoshen will be like a big girl with thin clothes, and someone will rudely tear off the last layer of fig leaf, and expose it nakedly to the opponent. In front of them, the opponent can strike at any place they want along the Tuojiang River at will.In front of the Dingzhou Navy, Liaoshen was almost undefended.

"Father, since you've already done it, don't regret it!" Zeng Yifan opened his eyes wide, "My Zeng family still has three states and an army of tens of thousands of war-torn troops. It's not so easy to be wiped out, but Dad Take it easy and recuperate, the baby will definitely make Zeng stand up from the ruins."

Zeng Qingfeng coughed a few times, with a smile on his face, "It's good that my son has such a heart, but the current situation is so unbelievable. There are many discerning people in the three states, who can see my Zeng's predicament. I'm afraid they are already paying attention, if people's hearts go away, big things can't be done!"

"Boy, we must take strict precautions, but if there is such a thing, I will not let anyone go!" Zeng Yifan said loudly.

"Killing, sometimes it can't solve the problem, but it will intensify the conflict. Son, Zhong Ziqi has been in Liaozhou for a long time. How are you talking?" Zeng Qingfeng shook his head.

"Father, that Zhong Ziqi is going too far!" Zeng Yifan stood up angrily, "What we want is alliance, what King Ning actually wants is to be incorporated, when we are what we are, dying people with nowhere to go What, I, the Zeng family, have never been reduced to this level!"

Looking at his son who was filled with righteous indignation, Zeng Qingfeng's face blushed a little. This appearance really resembled him when he was young!Zhao Zhaoshou said, "Come on, sit beside me!"

Zeng Yifan sat sideways on the side of the bed, Zeng Qingfeng held his son's hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "Whether it's a joint venture or a compilation, Yifan, it's just an external name, what's important is that inside, you get What! Why did King Ning make such an excessive request? It was because he saw that we were cornered. Not to mention the external threat of Li Qing, the Lu family who is now stationed in Shunzhou alone made us sit and sleep. Ning, I'm afraid Lu Shi has agreed to Zhong Ziqi's solicitation now!"

"Zhong Ziqi just came at this time. Whether it was intimidation or deception, he saw our weakness and knew that we had something to ask him, but on the other hand, they didn't have something to ask for us! We are not discouraged. Lu Fengchun of the dog, we still have a large number of supporters in the land of Liaoshen, King Ning cooperated perfectly with Li Qing this time, it seems that Li Qing agreed to sell us to King Ning!" Zeng Qingfeng laughed stand up.

Zeng Yifan's face was flushed and his chest heaved. Although he knew what his father said was true, he still couldn't help being excited. A big man was actually being bought and sold like a commodity. This humiliation may only be understood by the person involved.

"But this moment is also that moment. Are we in a hurry now? Yes, we are indeed in a hurry, but what about King Ning? He is not in a hurry? He is more in a hurry than us. If Li Qing wins Qinzhou and frees up his hand, turn around When the army came, the army swept down, and none of us, Lu Fengchun, could escape, but King Ning could only fetch water from a bamboo basket. Without us, there would be no Liao, Shun and Shenzhou lands. In the upcoming hegemony, King Ning must be the first to suffer!"

"So, no matter what Zhong Ziqi said, we don't need to be anxious, because they should be anxious, right, son?" Zeng Qingfeng looked at his son.

Zeng Yifan suddenly realized that Jiang was still very old. He only saw the current crisis in Liaoshen, but he ignored the crisis of King Ning. It is also unable to survive on its own.

"Procrastinate, then we will procrastinate!" Zeng Yifan excitedly said, "Until they have to agree to our conditions!"

"Enough is enough!" Zeng Qingfeng shook his head, "Don't anger King Ning. If he is angered, he might mobilize his army and come straight to attack, because he must get the land of the three states to recuperate, and I'm sure, the guest Lu Fengchun, who lives in Shunzhou, will definitely cooperate with them, and then we will perish forever!"

"Neither left nor right, Dad, what are you going to do?" Zeng Yifan was a little anxious.

"Tell Zhong Ziqi that we can submit to King Ning, and he can also send officials to Liaoshen to manage people's livelihood, but he is not allowed to interfere with Zeng's army. Zeng's army listens to orders and does not listen to orders! In troubled times, as long as the army still Holding it in our hands, our Zeng family has the hope of rising again."

"Secondly, the South Army navy is required to be stationed at Anshun Port. This is a prerequisite. As long as the South Army navy arrives, Li Qing's navy can be contained."

"Thirdly, I have already edited a book and sent it to Lu Fengchun, Shunzhou, we gave it to him!" Zeng Qingfeng said so much in one breath, his face turned from red to white, and he was a little out of breath.

"Father, why did you give Shunzhou to Lu Fengchun?"

"Shunzhou has become Lu Fengchun's territory. Will he still listen to King Ning like that? Son, in the days to come, you must firmly maintain the union with Lu Fengchun. Lu Fengchun will not understand this truth, and he is facing Considering the threat of Tian Feng in Dingzhou, only by uniting with us can we resist the opponent. Moreover, only by uniting our two families can we have a little hope of revival for the two families. Otherwise, sooner or later, we will give Li Qing, or King Ning annexed it! For the continuation of the family, a mere Shunzhou is nothing, if people live in the land, if people die, there will be nothing left!"

"I understand dad!" Zeng Yifan said with some grief and indignation.

"Unite with King Ning, and then communicate with Luoyang secretly. When dealing with Dingzhou, we must be tough and resist. This is the strategy I finally came up with. King Ning is weak, relying on him, and will not be swallowed in a short time. It is dangerous to fight against Li Qing, and you can get benefits from Luoyang, if my prediction is correct, in the future, Li Qing will definitely fight the final battle with Luoyang, and King Ning will be killed by the two of them in the end!"

"The child will remember!"

"Go ahead and tell Zhong Ziqi these conditions. I believe he can't sit still anymore. The Battle of Qinzhou won't last long!" After Zeng Qingfeng finished speaking, he was exhausted to the point of exhaustion. After falling asleep, looking at his father on the sick bed, Zeng Yifan couldn't help showing deep sorrow, what's the matter now, what can I say?
As expected by Zeng Qingfeng, after Zeng Yifan put forward new conditions in the negotiations between Zeng, Lu, and King Ning, they finally reached an agreement. Since then, the Zeng family has been under the command of King Ning. Still self-contained, King Ning sent the Dengzhou Navy to station in Anshun Port, and sent [-] troops to Shunzhou to help the Lu family and the Zeng family resist possible aggression by Li Qing.

Zhong Ziqi returned with satisfaction, and the expected goal of the first step had been successfully achieved. As for the next step, Zhong Ziqi didn't think that Zeng Yifan, who was still a little young and immature, could hardly stop the scheming King Ning.

Under the city of Qinzhou, there has been a fierce battle for seven or eight days. Both sides have bloodshot eyes. Both the city and the city are full of dead bodies. Although he feels sorry for the loss of the soldiers, Li Qing gritted his teeth. This battle must go on, soldiers We must have a clear understanding of attacking strong cities.

These days, the soldiers have experienced too much, and all the siege methods they can think of have been used one by one, but Guo Zhen, who is defending the city, is also a master in this field. The Qing army had already lost nearly thousands of soldiers under the city of Qinzhou, but the best result was just to get to the top of the city and barely occupy a few isolated bridgeheads, but it didn't last long before they were annihilated .

Li Qing's generals were all extremely angry. If they could attack the city with fierce eyes, Qinzhou City must have been captured.

Another wave of Dingzhou troops rushed up. For several days, the ice blocks of the moat were trampled by thousands of people. Coupled with the attack of stone bullets, it was riddled with holes. In some places, it was broken, revealing the deep The water came, and while running, from time to time, someone would stumble and step into the icy water.

The successive attacks of the Dingzhou soldiers made Guo Cheng unable to take it anymore. The [-] soldiers from the Right Day Camp of the Capital Division have now lost more than [-]. The trebuchets in the city are also fighting these days. Destroyed, there are very few eight-ox crossbows left, unlike Li Qing who carried the craftsman battalion with the army. In Qinzhou City, if one of these heavy weapons is destroyed, one less will be lost.

"Open the secret door and pour the fire oil!" Guo Zhen ordered.

The Dingzhou soldiers who were crossing the moat suddenly discovered that a layer of dark viscous liquid was pouring out from nowhere on the moat. Smelling the pungent smell, the Dingzhou officers were shocked, "Retreat, retreat!"

Before the words were finished, countless rockets were launched from the city, and flames shot up to the sky on the moat, and countless Dingzhou soldiers screamed and were all on fire.

The moat, which was already in danger, was burned by the fire, and the ice finally collapsed. Thousands of Dingzhou soldiers sank into the water with the ice!

"Fuck me!" Jiang Kui yelled while jumping, Li Qing silently watched Qinzhou City in the distance, Huo Di flicked his sleeves, "Call back!"

(End of this chapter)