Horse on the World

Chapter 911 Going to Ningzhou

At nightfall, the bustling scene of Ningzhou Port finally quieted down, and the busy day was finally over. Most of the people on the pier had left, and only the crew members in twos and threes were left. The lanterns were hung up, and the port, which had been noisy all day, gradually fell asleep in the night.

In the midst of this silence, a crisp sound of horseshoes came from a distance, getting closer and closer. The few people who were still on the pier raised their heads in astonishment, watching a group of cavalry galloping quickly, and behind the cavalry Behind them, two rows of heavily armed soldiers trotted all the way, aiming at the pier.

Could something be wrong?People wondered in their hearts, these days, some spies and assassins are often captured, so what happened today?
But soon, people realized that something was wrong, because they saw the general Tian Feng who was stationed in Ningzhou appeared in person, and behind Tian Feng, the generals of Dingzhou gathered. All the senior officials in Ningzhou appeared here.

Some important person must have come to Ningzhou.With such a large formation, there are only a handful of targets that everyone can guess.

Not long after, the arrival of Li Sizhi, Governor of Ningdeng, made everyone affirm their thoughts.

The soldiers quickly began to clear the idlers on the pier, with three steps for one post and five steps for one sentry, the security was tight, and even a few warships on the water actually lifted anchor, the lights on the ship were brightly lit, there were trebuchets, eight ox crossbows unexpectedly They were ready to go, but the target they aimed at was actually a nearby ship, and the sailors were standing with knives, obviously also guarding.

"With such a big battle, could it be that the Prince Regent came to Ningzhou in person?" Although they couldn't get close, there were still many daring ships on the docks that poked their heads out of the cabins and looked at the docks.

In the distance, a battleship of [-] materials was coming from a distance with bright lights. Seeing this battleship, two warships on the pier immediately went up to meet it.

After the pier, Tian Feng, Li Sizhi and others got off their horses and waited quietly on the pier.

After a cup of tea, the five thousand material battleship slowly approached and docked at the pier.Everyone stared wide-eyed, looking at the deck of the warship.The closed cabin door opened, and a woman in a well-dressed suit appeared first at the cabin door. She looked around and seemed a little surprised. After turning around and saying something in a low voice, she turned sideways to get out of the way.

Dressed in white clothes and a cloak, Qingfeng walked out of the cabin, sat on the boat for a long time, making her face look a little pale, looking at the various officials gathered on the pier, her face was slightly strange , the look of hesitation flashed by.Xia Xue beside her supported her, and walked down the warship along the wide springboard.

"How dare Qingfeng work for Governor Li? General Tian came to greet him personally. Isn't this going to kill me?" Qingfeng smiled and bowed to Li Sizhi and Tian Feng.

Li Sizhi smiled slightly, and said, "Principal Qingfeng is very polite. Since I learned that the principal is coming to Ningzhou, how can I not come to greet him?"

According to Qingfeng's status in Dingzhou, it is indeed ranked above Li Sizhi, Tian Feng and others. Long before Shang Haibo was appointed as the chief assistant, Qingfeng was one of the Dingzhou troika at that time, and now Shang Haibo has gone. , Lu Yiming is far less powerful than Shang Haibo, and Yan Nanfei and Luo Daoming are latecomers, and their qualifications are far inferior to Qingfeng. If there is a ranking, then Qingfeng is the third person in Dingzhou. Even number two is fine.

Although Qingfeng's status is high, it is only known to a small number of people. Seeing that the military and political officials of Ningzhou greeted a woman with great enthusiasm, the crew members on the nearby ships who watched the excitement were surprised. They had to lie on the bed at night, Guess and talk about who this woman is, and she has such a high status?
Li Sizhi, after Tian Feng, Dingzhou military and political officials came forward one by one to pay respects, and after Tian Feng, it was Guo Quan, the chief general of Fengli Division. Today, he also rushed over from Fuchun, Guo Quan was still in Zeng Jun When he was in middle school, he had cooperated with the Dingzhou Supervisory Yuan many times, and he knew many senior officials of the Supervisory Yuan. He heard some rumors about Qingfeng, but this was the first time he saw Qingfeng in person.For this legendary woman, Guo Quan also learned more about this legendary woman after the Liaoshen battle. She is beautiful, extremely intelligent, and wise. It is a general image of Guo Quan's view of Qingfeng.

Today, Guo Quancai came from Fuchun to Ningzhou specially to meet this legendary woman.

"I've heard of the great reputation of the dean for a long time, and today I can finally see her true face. It's very fortunate!" Guo Quan clasped his fists and raised his hand.

Although he has never met Guo Quan, Qingfeng guessed who he was facing from the position, appearance and clothes of the other party with a glance, and smiled and said: "General Guo made great contributions to the battle between Liao and Shen. General, it is absolutely impossible for Liaoshen to end the war so quickly."

"The dean is overwhelmed. The last general is just an introduction. The key lies in the strength of our Dingzhou army!" Guo Quan laughed. "From the beginning of Zeng's uprising, the last general has always received strong support from the Overwatch Council. If you want money, you need people and people, and you need things. Thank you in advance."

Qingfeng smiled and said: "It's all business, it's just my duty, General Guo doesn't need to thank you."

Guo Quan nodded with a smile and gave up his seat so that the colleagues behind him could come up to greet Qingfeng.

After exchanging pleasantries, the last one who came over was Han Yong who seemed a bit haggard. These days, Han Yong was troubled both at home and abroad, and Jianhu water bandits were rampant. Feng had some complaints about his ineffectiveness in suppressing the bandits. If it wasn't for Han Yong's affiliation with the Overwatch Council, which made them a bit wary, the two of them would have considered replacing them with their own people.

"The general has met the young lady, but the general did not handle the errand well, and still wants Miss Labor to come in person. I am ashamed." Han Yong said in a low voice.

Qingfeng nodded, "Let's talk about the matter in the courtyard later!"

A group of people accompanied Qingfeng to leave the pier, and then arrived at Li Sizhi's Governor's Mansion. After a small reception banquet, only Li Sizhi, Tian Feng, Guo Quan and other senior officials were left in the room.

Li Sizhi talked and laughed happily before, and his calm expression faded away. He took out a stack of papers, handed them to Qingfeng, and said, "Principal Qingfeng, you have been at sea for a while, and the news is a bit blocked, but you should read these first." .”

Qingfeng took the paper and read it carefully, only seeing half of it, the expression on his face changed a little, after a stick of incense, Qingfeng finished browsing the paper, put it on the coffee table beside him, and said in a deep voice: "Li Du How do you think?"

"I believe that when General Guo sent us this notification document, he had already completed the mobilization of his troops in Qinzhou. From the letter, we can know that he did not obtain the consent of Dingzhou for this operation. , He initiated it entirely on his own, which is inconsistent with the overall strategy that the regent once discussed with me! In this way, it is very likely to force a major change in the overall strategic layout of Dingzhou, and Guoshanfeng is too bold." Li Sizhi felt a little Angry authentic. "By doing this, he is completely cooperating with the entire Dingzhou to endorse his actions."

Everyone looked at Qingfeng, obviously, they all knew about this.

Qingfeng let out a long breath and rubbed the center of his brows, "Guo Shanfeng is indeed bold and reckless, I believe the general will be very annoyed when he finds out about this, but as Li Du said, Guo Shanfeng has obviously already done it." All the preparatory work, after we read this document, the battle of Qingzhou must have started, and even if we have no other choice, we can only make full preparations."

Li Sizhi was surprised, "What does the dean mean?"

"If Guo Shanfeng's operation is a big success, that's fine. Although our entire strategic layout needs to be changed, it won't have a big impact on the overall situation. It's just a change in the main attack direction, but if he loses , or it becomes a stalemate, but it would be a bit bad!" Qingfeng said.

"Defeat?" Li Sizhi shook his head and said, "I haven't thought about it. Under Guo Shanfeng's command, Yizhou Camp, Hailing Camp, Ruijian Camp, Hengdao Division, even the Feiling Camp formed later, all of them were determined by me. Although Xingzhou Zhou Tong is not an easy-going master, he is a well-known and well-known fighter in Zhouzhou, but compared to Guoshanfeng, I think it is still a bit worse!"

Qingfeng smiled wryly, "I'm not worried about Zhou Tong, but Shang Haibo."

Seeing everyone's incomprehensible gazes, Qingfeng explained: "The general once talked with me in private, why didn't you take the Xingqin area as the main attack direction, because you couldn't figure out Shang Haibo's layout. I understand that he is a person who is very good at planning the overall situation. If he is not good at small tactics, but in terms of creating a big situation, this person is indeed a master of the moment. Since he came to power, the Xingqin area has continued to move. These are all What we can see, then, is there something we don't see?"

"Because of this concern, the general did not take the Xingqin area as the active direction, but chose Minzhou, Youyan and other places, just like we did before, you hit yours, I hit mine, but it seems that the Who can stand the first in this direction. This is why Guo Shanfeng has gathered so many elite soldiers from Dingzhou under his command, but it is not the main direction of attack. The general hopes that no matter whether Shang Haibo is in the Xingqin area If there is any big move, with his talents and such elite soldiers under his command, it is at least a safe situation, but now it is completely different!"

"Guo Shanfeng has a lot of soldiers and horses, but he has to defend Qinzhou, Xiaoaihe, Huting, and Anfu Line, and also take care of Gaizhou and Yizhou. There is not much to share. Now that Guo Shanfeng has mobilized a large army to enter Qingzhou, the troops will be even more scattered, what if Shang Haibo suddenly launches a large-scale counterattack in the Xingqin area?" Qingfeng gritted his teeth and did not continue.

Li Sizhi, Tian Feng and the others gasped, they had never thought that Luoyang would initiate a large-scale battle on its own initiative.

"If this is the case, Qinzhou is in danger!" Li Sizhi stood up abruptly. "Dean, I would like you to write a letter to Guo Shanfeng together with me. This risky action must be stopped immediately."

Qingfeng shook his head, "If this is the opportunity Shang Haibo has been waiting for, then it's too late now!"

(End of this chapter)