Horse on the World

Chapter 835 Differentiation

About ten square meters, in a room closed on all sides, there was nothing in it, not even a window, and an oil lamp on the wall was shining faintly. Zeng Yifan was sitting on the ground leaning against the corner of the wall. Regardless of the coldness in his heart, Guo Quan's careful planning is obviously not a whim, but he has been paying attention to it very early. At this time, the only thing he can count on is that the other four generals besides Guo Quan can persist in not surrendering. , In this way, Guo Quan couldn't gather another [-] troops, so there was still something to do, if... Zeng Yifan didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Time goes by bit by bit, the room is dark, and I don't know what time it is?But based on Zeng Yifan's feeling, it seems that 100 years have passed.

Liang Yi and Zhou Shuwen decided to surrender to Dingzhou together with Guo Quan, but the other two, Chenghua, and Yao Qingquan were unwilling to betray the Zeng family. Summoned the middle and senior officers under the command of these two people to go up the mountain to trap them, and at the same time let Liang Yi and Zhou Shuwen mobilize their troops and horses, and suddenly surrounded the troops of Chenghua and Yao Qingquan in the camp at the foot of the mountain. Some low-level officers and soldiers were sent down, and they didn't have the slightest fighting spirit, and these people were also confused. They were friendly soldiers yesterday, so why did they draw their swords to face each other today? As soon as they shouted, they immediately put down their weapons.

When Liang Yi and Zhou Shuwen were recruiting and rectifying the soldiers under the command of Chenghua and Yao Qingquan, all Zeng's children in the army were summoned to the mountain in the name of Zeng Yifan.

Zeng Chong was in the room, looking at nearly a hundred Zeng's children sitting in the hall. Although these people do not have direct military power in the army, they have actual power. They are either supervising the army, or in charge of logistics, military law Several of the people waiting for important positions are considered to be their elders.

"Zeng Chong, what right do you have to sit on it?" A middle-aged man stepped into the door, looked at Zeng Chong who was sitting high above the main seat, and shouted.

Zeng Chong smiled coldly, "Uncle Thirteen, don't forget, this is Baima Mountain, where Fengliying is guarded. Although Zeng Chong is not talented, he is also one of the four generals under General Guo of Fengliying. I kindly invite you all to be our guests, to have a good meal and a good drink, it’s fine if Uncle Thirteen doesn’t appreciate it, and he still scolds me, it’s too chilling!” Standing up, With a wave of his hand, he said: "Uncles and brothers, please sit down, please sit down!"

The middle-aged man known as the Thirteenth Uncle was taken aback by Zeng Chong, and turned his head to see that the others were already seated impatiently, so he could only cast a bitter glance at Zeng Chong, and sat down angrily. above the first row.

"Where is the young commander? Why didn't you see the young commander after going up the mountain?"

Zeng Chong clapped his hands, and a door behind him opened abruptly. A soldier walked in holding a wooden plate, bowed and placed the wooden plate in front of Zeng Chong, and took a step back.

Zeng Chong glanced at the audience, stretched out his hand to remove the cloth on the plate, and everyone let out a cry of surprise. It was Zeng's tiger amulet, which represented the highest power of the Zeng family.

"Where is the young commander?" Uncle Thirteen jumped up.

Zeng Chongan sat still, stroked the tiger talisman with his left hand, and said word by word: "From today onwards, I am the patriarch of the Zeng family. The young commander has given me this tiger talisman. He feels that he is too talented. The huge Zeng clan has been brought to the current precarious situation, and there is danger of collapse at any time, so I decided not to take the position of patriarch, and handed over the position of patriarch to me."

"You fart!" Not only the thirteenth uncle, but many people in the audience shouted and cursed loudly, "What kind of stuff you used to fill, outsiders don't know, but we still don't know, it's just a big straw bag, what are you? Young commander over there?"

Zeng Chong's face twitched a few times, "Young Marshal will not come to see you."

"Did you rebel? What did you do to the young marshal?" Uncle Thirteen suddenly remembered what Zeng Chong said earlier. This is Baima Mountain, and this is the site of Fengliying. Shouted: "Fengli created a rebellion, they killed the young marshal!"

There was an explosion in the room.

The sound of choking and drawing knives continued, "Rush out, kill them, kill Zeng Chong, kill Guo Quan, rescue the young commander!" Someone raised his arms and shouted.

Some people rushed to the door, while others, including Uncle Shisan, rushed to Zeng Chong.

Seeing Uncle Thirteen's aggressiveness, Zeng Chong couldn't help but turn pale, and subconsciously took a step back.Uncle Thirteen grabbed the tiger talisman with one hand.

With a sound of Chi, a knife flashed from the air, and with just one knife, Thirteenth Uncle's hand that stretched out the Tiger Talisman was cut off bloody, and fell into a plate of chicken claws on the big case with a bang, and blood spurted out wildly , Thirteenth Uncle screamed and fell backwards, almost passed out from the pain.It was the soldier standing behind Zeng Chong who did it.

"General Zeng, you will never stop, and you will have endless troubles. This is the time for you to show your prestige." The soldier said in a low voice.

Zeng Chong took a deep breath, knowing that since he had embarked on this path, there was absolutely no reason to turn back. His value to Marshal Li of Dingzhou lay in whether he could subdue Zeng Shi, so he took Zeng Shi to completely surrender Li Qing , if I can't do this, then I'm afraid that I'm not far from death, even if I don't die, I will be reduced to a worthless guy. Zeng Chong's family knows their own affairs and knows that he is really not the material to lead soldiers to fight If you want to use military merit to reflect your value, you can only wait for the rest of your life.

"Come on!" he yelled.

With a bang, the door opened, and those who were rushing towards the door suddenly saw rows of spears appearing at the door. The gleaming spear blades completely sealed the door, and all the windows were pulled open from the outside almost at the same time. One after another, the long bows were drawn and arrows were aimed at the house.

The noisy house immediately fell silent.

Zeng Chong clapped his hands, and a row of soldiers walked in with neat steps, and gave a military salute to Zeng Chong, "General Zeng, what are your orders?"

"Zeng Xin, Zeng Li, Zeng Kuo, Zeng Jing!" Zeng Chong poker-faced and called the names of four people in succession.The faces of the four people in the room suddenly became extremely ugly, and the rest of them took a step back in unison.

"Catch it!" Zeng Chong said coldly.

The soldiers pounced on them like wolves, pushed the four people to the ground, tied them up, and knelt down on the ground.

The situation of watching the customs is completely under his control, Zeng Chong smiled on his face, raised his hand to the rest of the anxious people and said: "Everyone, please sit down, please sit down!"

Everyone sat down anxiously and looked at Zeng Chong with expressions of fear.

"Everyone, we are all members of the Zeng clan. Our Zeng clan was originally a hero of the East. Why did we fall to this point today, let alone fighting for hegemony, and occupying one side. Now even security is a problem. Now this is the only thing left. People and horses are about to be reduced to the point of being bandits. Why? Isn’t it Zeng Yifan who led us to this dead end step by step? If we hadn’t turned against Dingzhou back then, would we have become what we are now? We He will also be part of the crowd cheering for victory. Now Zeng Yifan still doesn't want to repent, and he is determined to wait here to die. If we follow him all the way to the dark, then the Zeng family will be finished, and Dingzhou Li Qing will uproot us , beheaded and killed." Zeng Chong waved his arms and hissed: "Our Zeng family does not only have Zeng Yifan's lineage, we have more than ten houses, except for these four people, everyone else here is partial. Who wants to follow Zeng Yifan all the way to death, everyone, we all have families and businesses, we have old parents, wives and children, you are not afraid of death yourself, and you don’t know your family to think about it?"

"Brother Zeng, what should we do? Surrender to Li Qing? Will Li Qing let us go? I heard that Li Qing hates our Zeng family!" one person shouted.

Zeng Chong said with a smile: "Don't listen to people's words, Dingzhou Li Dashuai only wants Zeng Yifan. We were just small characters who obeyed people's orders, so we can fall into his old man's eyes. To tell you the truth, I have been with Dingzhou Marshal Li got in touch, and Marshal Li said that, except for Zeng Yifan, the other members of the Zeng clan will not be held accountable. If they want to go against it, as long as they make contributions in the next major event of taking over Liaoshen and pacifying the south, they will be rewarded with Dingzhou All ministers and generals treat each other equally. Ladies and gentlemen, we can't help you pacify the south, but we have an inherent advantage in taking over Liaoshen! Everyone returned to their homes and mobilized their elders and uncles to take over Liaoshen smoothly for Marshal Li. , we have made a great contribution. And this credit is at your fingertips."

The group of people below suddenly showed a look of excitement.

"Everyone, don't believe this bastard, Li Qing will definitely kill us." The thirteenth uncle who was lying on the ground hissed, and Zeng Chong strode up to him with a murderous look in his eyes, and drew out the knife with a choking sound, After taking a look at everyone, he suddenly stabbed with his backhand, blood rushed to Lao Gao, and Uncle Thirteen died suddenly.

"Everyone, do we have another way to go? To tell you the truth, General Guo Quan has decided to surrender to Marshal Li Qing. Moreover, General Liang Yi and General Zhou Shuwen have decided to follow General Guo!" Zeng Chong Said, "Where to go, let's decide as soon as possible, General Guo has no patience to wait for you."

The expressions of the crowd were fluctuating, and after a while, one of them stepped forward, "Brother Zeng, I've done it with you, but you have to keep your word. The lives of my family depend on you."

"Of course, Zeng Ping, from now on I will be the patriarch of the Zeng clan, and you will be the elder of the clan! We are blessed to share!"

With one person taking the lead, the rest of the people have no more hesitation, "Brother Zeng, we did it, we surrender."

"Yes, we don't want to die yet!"

"Very good, now, I will take everyone to see General Guo." Zeng Chong laughed and took the lead, only four people from Zeng Yifan's line were left in the room.Seeing everyone going out, the soldier who beheaded the thirteenth uncle waved his hand, and the soldiers in the room came down with swords and spears, knocking all four of them to the ground, and the people who walked out of the room heard short screams inside, Everyone's face changed and their feet stopped, but no one turned their heads.

(End of this chapter)