Jiangbei female bandits

Chapter 72
The rebels from all walks of life came together to fight against the Xian Clan, and they wished they could wipe out the entire Xian Clan immediately. Not to mention that Fang Xun and the others disagreed with Zheng Lun's words, even Ling Que couldn't hear it.Zheng Lun could see what they were thinking, so he didn't want to say more, he just asked Ling Que: "When you went up the mountain, did you ever encounter the secret sentry from the Xian clan?"

Lingque smiled and said, "I met two people from the Xian family, but we have dealt with them long ago."

Zheng Lun said: "The army will not send only one secret sentry. They have their own means of communication. Once they are alarmed, the news will be sent back to the army."

Everyone was from the rivers and lakes, and they knew only a little about marching and fighting. After hearing what Zheng Lun said, they knew that their whereabouts might have been exposed.Lingque thought for a while, then discussed with everyone: "Let's all go down the mountain first, and discuss the matter of attacking Zhongshan after we go back."

Fang Xun and the others had no objection and nodded in agreement.Lingque hesitated for a moment, then asked Zheng Lun: "Brother Zheng, do you want to go down the mountain with us?"

Although it was a questioning tone, but there was a hint of expectation in that voice. Zheng Lun suddenly thought of Chen Nian, thinking that if she was standing in front of him at this moment, she would talk to him like this, but she would also call him "Brother "?He didn't want to go with these people, but somehow he nodded and said, "Let's go."

Everyone felt happy when they heard this, and went down the mountain together.Fang Xun and the others tactfully moved away, leaving room for Ling Que and Zheng Lun to talk.Lingque thanked Zheng Lun for covering up her identity, and said in a low voice, "Thank you."

Zheng Lun didn't make a sound, just glanced up and down at her.When he saw her last time, he remembered that she was only of medium height, but this time when he saw her again, he felt that she seemed to be much taller.Seeing him looking at himself, Lingque couldn't help but smile, and secretly raised his foot to him, telling him to look at his boots, and explained in a low voice: "Brother Wen's idea, there are things in the shoes. That's it, it seems to be better than Chen's boots." They are a little shorter, but if they don't stand together, others won't look down on them."

Zheng Lun nodded slightly, but did not speak.

Lingque has a straightforward temper and couldn't hide his words, so he couldn't help but ask him: "Where are you going? How did you end up here?"

Zheng Lun didn't answer, but asked her instead: "How many people do you have?"

"People from all walks of life are gathered together, and there are almost nine thousand people." Lingque replied, she couldn't help but feel a little proud when she said this, and asked, "General Zheng, now you don't suspect that I am a spy of the Xian family. Bar?"

Zheng Lun smiled faintly, shook his head lightly, paused for a while, and suddenly said in a low voice: "She is not a good-tempered person, she may be gentle towards her own people, but she is soft but tough towards outsiders, and she will be aggressive when provoked." She can stab people. If you want to pretend to be her, you should be tougher when talking to that Fang."

Lingque was stunned when he heard it, and then realized that Zheng Lun was talking about Chen Nian.After Zheng Lun said this, he felt regretful, subconsciously quickened his pace, and walked forward.When he reached the mountainside, he heard a silly shout: "Look, there are soldiers from the Xian family coming out of the city."

Everyone looked down the mountain, and saw a group of soldiers from the Xian family coming out of the city, looking at the direction they were heading up the mountain, apparently Zheng Lun had confirmed that the city had received news of the secret sentry, and came to check the situation.Fang Xun looked at Lingque and asked, "Master Xie, what should I do?"

Lingque wanted to ask Zheng Lun's opinion subconsciously, but suddenly remembered his warning just now, so she endured it, thought for a while, and replied in a deep voice: "Don't startle the snake, just avoid them."

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Zheng Lun out of the corner of her eye, and saw him nodding his head seemingly imperceptibly.Everyone hurriedly found another way to go down the mountain. When they got to the bottom of the mountain, Zheng Lun declined the invitation of Ling Que and others, and went straight to the south with his bodyguards. Ling Que, Fang Xun and others went back to the west mountain, Rebel camp.

Wen Daya was waiting for the sparrow in the camp, when she came back, he hurriedly asked about the situation in Zhongshan City.Lingque talked briefly, and then talked about meeting Zheng Lun.After Wen Daya listened, he thought about it for a while, but he couldn't guess why Zheng Lun appeared here, so he couldn't help sighing: "It would be great if the head is here, she is so smart, you don't even need to ask, her surname is Zheng Lun." You will know where you come from, where you are going, and what you are doing.”

These days, Lingque has come to pretend to be Chen Nian, and it is very difficult, and now more and more rebels are gathering, although they are all here to fight against the Xian family, but their hearts are not so neat, if she is recognized as a counterfeit, she must It is impossible to cause trouble.Thinking of this, Ling Que felt worried, and said in a low voice, "I don't know what's going on there, but I found Chen Nian."

Wen Daya asked her again: "Do you want to fight Zhongshan City?"

Lingque thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "You have to fight, otherwise you won't be able to gain power."

Wen Daya frowned and thought for a moment, then slapped his thigh hard, and said: "Hit it! Because of the incident in Yiping, the man surnamed Zheng has always had a different face and a different nose to our boss, and he may not have said everything." That's right, if we don't tell us to fight Zhongshan, I don't know what kind of intentions we have!"

The two of them discussed and decided to call all the leaders of the rebel army to discuss the matter of attacking Zhongshan City.Most of these leaders of the rebel army are from the Jianghu, so it is easy to talk about martial arts, but when it comes to marching and fighting, few of them really understand it.A group of people got together to discuss in the middle of the night, finally came up with a plan, each received the task, and then dispersed.

The next day, Fang Xun took 3000 troops to attack Zhongshan City as planned. After a short fight, he retreated.Unexpectedly, the Xian clan was not fooled at all, Fang Xun stepped forward to attack the city, and the Xian clan counterattacked on the city, Fang Xun retreated, but they did not come to chase.After tossing like this for half a day, the Xian family didn't lose much, but Fang Xun lost hundreds of people.

This situation was far from what was expected before, and everyone was greatly disappointed, and did not know what to do for a while.The irritable one among them shouted loudly: "There are so many twists and turns, it's better to go up together, I don't believe that there are so many of us, and we can't beat Zhongshan City!"

Most of these leaders of the rebel army were brave and reckless, and they all asked for a fight after being called out by him like this. Lingque couldn't get off the tiger for a while, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and issue a military order.But this siege is no better than a field battle, and there is a regular army of the Xian family in the city, how can it be compared to the rebel army that has just been put together.Lingque and the others led the army to fight around Zhongshan City for several days, but instead of being able to capture the city, they attracted reinforcements from the Xian clan.

Ling Que didn't feel panicked, but Wen Daya was calmer. He used to be in charge of the supplies of the Juyi village, and he knew the importance of these things, so he came up with the idea to sneak attack on the food and grass of the Xian's reinforcements.The rebel army was on the verge of desperation at this time, and could only be used as a living horse doctor. Ling Que personally brought two thousand strong men to the Xian's reinforcements to sneak attack on the opponent's food.

Unexpectedly, the Xian clan had prepared long ago, the food and grass area was also guarded by heavy soldiers, and the rebel army suffered a disastrous defeat. Lingque fled back with hundreds of remnants, and before he could recover, he was criticized by the leaders of the rebel army.

Fang Xun was the first to attack, and said: "We believe in the ability of the master, so we recommend you to be the leader of our rebel army. We entrust all our wealth and life to you, but now the Xian family has not killed a few, and our own people But most of it was lost. Master Xie, you have to give us an explanation, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, several leaders immediately responded.Lingque was injured, and he was tired, so he gritted his teeth and stood there with all his strength, and asked in a cold voice: "Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, besides, it is not my idea to attack Zhongshan City alone. Leader Fang was the one who fought the most, what do you want me to say now?"

Fang Xun had long been suspicious of Lingque's identity. Hearing this, he sneered twice, and said, "Okay! Even if we don't care about victory or defeat, there is one thing that Fang doesn't understand. I heard that Mr. Xie's family is in Juyi Village Back then, I didn’t have the habit of covering my face, but now I don’t know why I have to cover my face with a black scarf all day, what are you afraid of?”

Lingque froze when he heard this, and asked in a cold voice, "Fang Xun, what do you mean?"

Fang Xun replied slowly: "It's not interesting, I just want to know why you, Master Xie, dare not show your true face, but because your face is not true, so you dare not?"

When he spoke to such an extent, he was clearly saying that the "Xie Chennian" in front of him was a fake.After all, Lingque was young and flustered, so he stopped him for a moment.It was better for Wen Daya to react faster, and immediately said angrily: "Fang, you don't want to spout blood! I, Wen Daya, came from the Taihang Mountains. Go and ask if I, Wen Daya, are fake! There are also idiots Great! With his body and these two stone axes, which one can be used as a fake?"

Fang Xun sneered, pressed towards the sparrow step by step, and said: "Is it bloody, please ask Master Xie to show us his true face!"

Wen Daya and Sha Da stepped forward and stood in front of Ling Que.At this moment, a sneer suddenly came from the tree next to him, and a very cold and pleasant voice asked: "Can you tell the truth by showing your true face? Your Excellency, could it be possible that you have seen Xie Chennian?" ?”

Everyone was startled, Qi Qi looked up and saw a woman in green shirt on the top of the tree at some point, she was only in her twenties, with a slim figure and extremely beautiful appearance, at a glance, it seemed like Goddess fairy, breathtaking.

Fang Xun and the others were all stunned, but Wen Daya, Ling Que and the others were overwhelmed with surprise, they shouted in unison: "Master!"

Chen Nian jumped down from the tree, landed lightly in front of Fang Xun, and asked, "Fang Xun, leader Fang, isn't that right?"

Fang Xun was shocked by her radiance, still a little bit open, nodded and said: "Yes."

Chen Nian asked again: "If I say that I am Xie Chen Nian, is Chief Fang trustworthy?"

This Fang Xun can be regarded as a character, he came back to his senses at this time, and replied after hearing the words: "There is no evidence for what you say, you have to prove it."

Chen Nian asked again: "How to prove it?"

Fang Xun said: "I heard that Master Xie is young, but his martial arts are outstanding. Why don't you do two tricks with Fang, if you can defeat Fang, I will believe that you are Master Xie."

Chen Nian shook his head when he heard this: "No, you are the leader of the rebel army who came to join me. If I hurt you, I will hurt my peace." She said, pointing back to the big tree hiding behind her, and asked with a smile. Fang Xun said, "Fangtouling, I see that you are also using a knife, so I may ask you a question, may the tree be cut off in half with one knife?"

The tree is many years old, thick enough to embrace, unless it is born with divine power, it cannot be cut with a single blow.Fang Xun took a look and replied, "No."

Chen Nian smiled slightly, turned his head and told Lingque: "Give me the knife."

Lingque hurriedly untied the saber and handed it over. Chen Nian took it, drew the saber out of its sheath, turned around and glanced at the big tree, but pointed at the person on the other side of the tree with the saber, and said with a smile: "Get out of the way." , Don’t be hit by it in a while.”

The few people over there moved away suspiciously, Chen Nian walked under the tree unhurriedly, looked at the tree body left and right, suddenly raised his arm and swung his knife, and slashed diagonally at the tree body, unexpectedly it was real. Cut off the big tree with a knife.

The big tree stood up for a while before it crashed to the ground.Chen young jumped onto the half of the tree stump, glanced at everyone, and said loudly: "I am Xie Chennian from Jiangbei. I had to entrust Miss Lingque to pretend to be me because I had other important things to do as soon as possible. Don't delay the great cause of fighting against the Xian Clan by summoning the rebel army. If anyone still doubts my identity right now, they should leave on their own."

Everyone in the arena was silenced by Chen Nian's saber, and even Fang Xun was silent, forgetting to investigate the matter of Lingque pretending to be Chen Nian.

Chen Nian smiled, and said again: "Since no one is leaving, you have to follow my command. Listen up everyone, I will give you half an hour to prepare your troops, and after half an hour, we will go to attack Xian's grain and grass Camp!"

The rebel army had just returned after a disastrous defeat, but they were going to attack the Xian family again. Everyone was confused, and someone couldn't help asking: "Why do you want to go again?"

Chen Nian looked at the man and asked him, "Do you think we shouldn't go again?"

The man said bluntly, "Yes."

Chen Nian smiled and explained: "I guess the Xian family thinks like you. The Xian family just defeated our army, and they will definitely think that we are timid and afraid of fighting, and only flee for our lives in the distance. How dare we turn around and attack us?" They. Since he thinks this way, he must relax his defenses, and we will do the opposite and catch him by surprise."

Only then did everyone understand, they agreed in unison, and went down to prepare separately.Wen Daya, Shada and others got the chance and immediately surrounded Chen Nian.Wen Daya kept rubbing his eyes, and said to Shada, "Slap me and see if I'm dreaming."

Sha Da slapped his palm like a cattail fan, almost knocking Wen Daya to the ground, but Wen Daya was not annoyed, he just laughed and said, "It's not a dream, it's really not a dream."

As he said this, his eyes couldn't stop turning red.

Chen Nian was also happy to see them again, stretched out his fist and punched Wen Daya and Sha Da on the shoulders, then turned to look at Ling Que, seeing that her injury was not serious, he was relieved, and then he took another punch from his arms He took out the wound medicine and said, "Go, find a place, and I'll bandage your wound."

The two girls found an empty place, Chen Nian wrapped Lingque's injured arm carefully, and said: "Do this first, then ask the Taoist priest for some medicine to remove the scar, and rub it on."

Lingque remained silent for a long time, and then suddenly asked in a low voice: "Master, you don't want to get involved in these matters, do you?"

Chen Nian was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and after a while, he bent his lips and smiled, carefully put down the cuffs for the sparrow, and said softly: "Whether you want to or not is one thing, but whether you do it or not is another. For decades, everything will go well.”

Lingque hesitated for a moment, and wanted to say more, but Chen Nian blocked her words, saying: "Don't think too much, if I don't want to, no one can force me. Now that I'm here, I won't let you down Your trust. You should take a rest, there will be a bad battle to fight in a while."

Soon, each team will be ready.Chen Nian took Ling Que over to give a salute to Fang Xun and the other leaders, which was regarded as an apology, and then covered his face with a black scarf in front of everyone, jokingly said: "Everyone has to watch carefully this time. Don't be confused for a while between me and the sparrow."

She is beautiful, so it is easy to win people's favor, and her temperament is so bright and generous, which is even more pleasing.Everyone laughed when they heard the words, but they left all the previous unhappiness behind.After everyone had laughed, Chen Nian calmed down and said solemnly: "This battle will determine the life and death of my rebel army. I hope you will put aside the old gaps and work together to kill the enemy bravely and show off our army's prestige!"

Everyone agreed in unison, and the sound shook the valley.In the year of Chen, he rode his horse first and led the rebel army to counterattack the grain and grass camp of the Xian's reinforcements.The Xian clan's troops were victorious, so their defenses were lax, Chen Nian suddenly led his army back, caught them off guard, and burned all the food, grass and luggage to a clean slate.

Wen Daya's heart ached terribly, he stomped his feet and said, "Oh, why are they all burned? It's good that we want all these things!"

Chen Nian smiled and said, "What do you want these things for? What we want is Zhongshan City."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Fang Xun couldn't help asking: "Master Xie, are we going to attack Zhongshan City?"

Chen Nian nodded and said: "Xian's reinforcements will arrive soon, everyone, don't delay, quickly strip off some Xian's military uniforms and equipment, and retreat quickly."

Although everyone didn't know what she wanted these Xian's military uniforms for, they snatched a lot of Xian's military uniforms and scimitars according to her words, and Chen Nian captured several Xian's soldiers alive, and then quickly retreated into the mountains with the rebels .When the rebel army retreated into a safe zone, Chen Nian ordered the army to camp and rest, and ordered Wen Daya to look for someone who could speak Xian's dialect among the rebel army.

Because Xuanzhou is to the north of Jizhou, there are quite a few merchants of the Xian family there, and there are a few in the rebel army who understand the language of the Xian family. Okay, come on, and shouted: "Master, someone has been found for you."

Chen Nian glanced at the two men, and ordered: "You take people to separate these soldiers from the Xian clan for interrogation, and ask the generals of the Xian clan's reinforcements for their names, official positions, how old they are, what they look like, and how many troops they brought with them. .”

The two hurriedly led away, and after a while, they asked all these things.Although some soldiers from the Xian family refused to tell the truth, because several people questioned each other separately, they could tell the truth from the confession by comparing the confession.

Although Fang Xun is thorny, his brain is more flexible than others. Seeing Chen Nian acting like this, he already vaguely guessed her intentions, and couldn't help asking: "Master Xie, are you trying to pretend to be a soldier of the Xian family?" Infiltrating into Zhongshan City?"

Chen Nian smiled, nodded and said: "Exactly, the Xian's reinforcements have lost their food and grass, so they can only retreat to Zhongshan City. What we have to do is to enter Zhongshan City before them, so that they have nowhere to go."

Fang Xun pondered: "This idea is not bad, but there are 5000 defenders in the city, which is not much less than our current troops. Even if they can pretend to be Xian's reinforcements and sneak into the city, I'm afraid it will be impossible for a while. We can't take that city. Besides, the Xian clan has [-] reinforcements coming soon, we won't be able to hold the city if we take it!"

All these things have been seriously considered, and seeing that everyone has doubts, I had to explain: "It's not easy to get things done just by us, so we need to borrow someone else's name. Jizhou Xue Shengxian is a coward. The Xian clan didn't even dare to fight against each other, his name is useless. However, although Qingzhou was defeated by the Xian clan at Ziya River, it fought more with fewer battles. Although the defeat was glorious, what we want to borrow is the name of the Qingzhou Army... ..."

She told everyone about her plan in detail, and everyone suddenly realized it and sighed at the ingenious plan. Fang Xun admired Chen Nian even more, and said: "To tell you the truth, I only heard of the prestige of Master Xie in the past, so I think it is People exaggerate their words, but now that they see him, they realize that Master Xie has lived up to his reputation and is indeed a heroine."

Chen Nian was so praised by him, but his expression was calm, he just smiled and said: "No matter what hero, if I am the only one, even if I have three heads and six arms, I can't beat the thousands of troops of the Xian family. If I can win the battle, then It all depends on the brothers risking their lives to kill the enemy."

Chen Nian stood up and asked the crowd loudly: "I ask you, is any of you a bear?"

There was a moment of silence in the arena, and then all the rebel soldiers shouted in unison: "No!"

Chen Nian's eyes were bright, his spirit was high, and he raised his voice and shouted: "Then our rebel army will be invincible!"

She poured her inner strength into her voice, and it exploded in everyone's ears like a thunderbolt, making people's blood boil. Wen Daya was the first to react, and he raised his arms and shouted: "We must win! We must win!"

"We must win! We must win..." Everyone responded in unison, their voices soaring to the sky, as if shaking the entire valley.

On the second day, Chen Nian led people to pretend to attack the city, but arranged hundreds of other martial arts masters, pretending to be the vanguard of Xian's reinforcements, circled half a circle, and rushed over from behind the rebel formation.The rebel army was dispersed immediately, and many people shouted in surprise: "Run, Xian's reinforcements are here!"

When he shouted like this, even the defenders on the city believed it. They saw that the cavalry were all dressed up by their own people, and they also shouted in Xianshi when they came to the city. They enter the city.Unexpectedly, once the city gate was opened, something bad happened. Those "Xian cavalry" rushed into the city, hacked and killed them, and went straight to the gates of various cities.The rebel army that had been defeated and retreated outside the city also regrouped and stormed over.

If that's the case, then the guard of the Xian clan will stick to the city and wait for reinforcements.But the battle in the city was fierce, and some soldiers came to report urgently: "General, Qingzhou army appeared in Feilong Xing, and they are rushing towards Xingkou."

Sure enough, the rebels cheered loudly outside the city, and the Xingkou on the west side gave way to the Qingzhou Army who came to help.Only then did the guard of the Xian clan panic, he didn't care about organizing troops to resist, and hurriedly led the remnants of the army to abandon the city and flee eastward.

Chennian ordered the rebels to quickly capture Zhongshan City, control the city defenses, and send another thousand elites to chase after the Xian's soldiers and horses. Shouting loudly for beating and killing, the thousands of Xian's soldiers ran away all night in fright, and were routed.

Xian's [-] reinforcements were coming to Zhongshan City, and they were a little dumbfounded when they met their own defeated soldiers. When they asked, they said that tens of thousands of Qingzhou troops had killed them.The reinforcement general had some skills, gathered the remnant army at once, and rushed towards the pursuers, unexpectedly, the tens of thousands of Qingzhou army disappeared out of thin air, after chasing to Zhongshan City, the rebel army had already gained a foothold in the city.

Chennian once defended Yiping City with Song Yan, and also learned a lot of ways to defend the city. Although the Xian clan had [-] reinforcements, they lost food and grass. retreat.Only then did Zhongshan City truly fall into the hands of the rebels.

When the news reached Zheng Lun's ears, he had just taken over the Jiangnan New Army and was about to lead the army across the river north.Hearing that the rebel army with only ten thousand people actually captured Zhongshan City, he was a little surprised, and said to Song Yan, the Yiping guard who came to meet him, "I don't think that Lu Lingque has some abilities, but it is unexpected."

Song Yan said: "It was a defeat at the beginning, but somehow it suddenly turned around."

A general next to him couldn't help but interjected: "I heard that there is a saying in the rebel army. It was said by a peerless famous general earlier. There is no need for heroes in the army. As long as there is no bear, you can be invincible." .”

Song Yan couldn't help smiling, and asked Zheng Lun, "Does General Zheng know which peerless general said these words?"

Zheng Lun shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it."

"Song Yan has been familiar with military books since he was a child, but he has never seen such a sentence. It seems that there will be a chance to meet that Lingque girl in the future, but he has to ask." Song Yan paused for a while. , and said with a smile: "Although this girl has some general talent, she was born in a bandit village after all, and her vision is limited. It is actually useless to take such a big effort to capture a Zhongshan city. Moved."

Zheng Lun said lightly: "Why is it useless? If I want to go around behind the Xian family, then Feilongxing is the best way."

Song Yan was surprised when he heard the words, and asked, "Are you going to make a long-distance raid behind the enemy's rear?"

Zheng Lun's finger slowly traced along the western foot of Taihang Mountain on the map, and he replied, "I'll assign you tens of thousands of soldiers to help you defend Yiping, and I'll take the rest behind the Xian family."

Song Yan frowned and pondered, and after a while, he said bluntly: "This circle is really not close, is it too risky? Moreover, Zhongshan County is now in the hands of Lu Lingque and others, and we can't figure out whether they are there or not. What are your thoughts, even though it is under the banner of fighting against the Xian Clan, if you also have the intention of fighting for supremacy, I'm afraid you won't be willing to lend it to you."

Zheng Lun frowned slightly when he heard that, he was silent for a while, and said lightly: "What kind of thoughts do they have, just try it and you will know."

Soon, Zheng Lun's messenger arrived in Zhongshan City, but he invited the rebels to join forces against the Xian's army.Chen Nian sent the messenger down to rest, then called Wen Daya, Ling Que and Fang Xun together, and asked, "What do you guys think?"

Ling Que wondered: "This man is really strange, he still looked down on us before, why is he so eager to send someone to join us?"

Chen Nian nodded slightly, and said, "It's really strange."

Fang Xun and others all knew that Chen Nian and Zheng Lun were married, and now that Chen Nian spoke of Zheng Lun in such a cold tone, surprise appeared on his face, and Fang Xun couldn't help asking: "Thank you. Master, you and General Zheng are not..."

Lingque was devoted to defending Chen Nian, and before Fang Xun could finish speaking, he interrupted: "The head of the family has nothing to do with General Zheng, the previous wedding in Yiping was all to fool He Ze, there are too many things to count."

Chennian knew what Lingque wanted to protect, so he smiled at her before explaining to Fang Xun and others: "At that time, Zheng Lun and I both wanted to keep Yiping, so we used such an expedient measure. No friendship."

Lingque was afraid that Chen Nian would not like it, so he quickly changed the topic, and asked Chen Nian: "Master, should we join forces with General Zheng?"

Chen Nian pursed his lips and thought for a moment, then said: "I can't make up my mind for a while. We only have these people, and it stands to reason that they can't catch Zheng Lun's eyes. He must have other plans for sending letters like this."

But what could he have planned?After the Battle of Zhongshan, although many people came to join them, the current rebel army is only more than 1 people.Abandoning those left behind to guard Zhongshan City, only a few thousand troops can be mobilized.Just these people, another impromptu team, even though they were behind the Xian's army, they couldn't be of much use.Zheng Lun, a general who once commanded hundreds of thousands of regular troops, can he look up to the "rabble" of more than [-] rebels?
The more Chen Nian thought about it, the more suspicious he became.

Hearing what Chen Nian said, Fang Xun couldn't help but said: "How can Master Xie belittle himself? What happened to our rebel army? Didn't the same take down Zhongshan City and beat the shit out of the Xian family?"

Chen Nian smiled when he heard the words, and said: "We were able to capture Zhongshan City. It was just our luck. The timing, location, and harmony of people were all taken into account. That's why we were able to do this. The [-] Xian's reinforcements left after the first battle, so it's not because we are afraid It's because the Xian family wants to capture Yiping first and doesn't want to entangle us here."

Originally, the rebel army won more with less, and Fang Xun and others were just at the time when they were proud. They only felt that the rebel army was invincible and invincible. Hearing Chen Nian say this, they were all stunned.

Looking at their expressions, Chen Nian knew that they more or less didn't believe what he said just now, and said again: "The Xian family is in a hurry to go south, and only wants to seize Yiping first, and then slowly turn around and deal with us."

Everyone was silent, and after a while, Wen Daya asked: "Then what should we do?"

Chen Nian said: "Jiangbei has experienced wars for a long time, and it is hard to find young and strong people. Our rebel army can summon 2 to [-] soldiers and horses even if it breaks through the sky. It is because I really have the talent to know the world, and only rely on these soldiers and horses. It can't be done, don't say I don't have that ability." Speaking of this, she pondered for a moment and said, "I, Xie Chennian, never lie to my own people, and if I want to lead everyone to fight against the Xian family, I can do this, but only With [-] horses, I can still disturb their lives. But if you want to follow me to rule a country and rule the roost, then forget it. I have neither the ambition nor the ability."

After she finished speaking, there was silence in the hall.These heroes from all walks of life who brought their men and horses to join the rebel army said that they wanted to fight against the Xian family to protect the country and the people. It was true, but they all had some ambitions in their hearts. Listening to what Chen Nian said, It is inevitable that there is some hesitation, and I can't help but sigh secretly, women are women, and they don't have the ambition of a man.

Chen Nian's eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, and he had already guessed their thoughts, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.Ling Que, on the other hand, had a quick temper. Seeing the reaction of the crowd, he was very dissatisfied, and couldn't help shouting: "What? So everyone gathered into a rebel army, but it wasn't for the word 'righteousness'? Everyone, are you trying to make a name for yourself, or seal it up? Hou Baixiang?"

Wen Daya also had the same thoughts as Lingque, but he was cautious and tactful, and he refused to tear up his face easily, and thought that Chen Nian would not say these things to everyone for no reason, so he just suppressed his anger, stood aside and looked at it silently everyone.

Chen Nian stopped the sparrow, and said frankly to everyone: "I have already spoken, if you have any thoughts, you can make a plan early. Right now, Jiangbei is in chaos, and all the heroes are rising together. You can go to seek refuge with the Ming Lord, or Stand on the top of the mountain and break out a piece of heaven and earth."

There was an old man who spoke solemnly and said: "Where is the master Xie talking about? Since we have come to join the rebel army, we just want the word 'righteousness', how can we go back and leave?"

Chen Nian just smiled and shook his head, and said: "It seems that you still don't know who I am. After the Yiping War earlier, when I disbanded Juyi Village, I told my brothers this. If there is a good way out, I will not only I will not stop you, but I will do my best to help you. Everyone is a brother who has lived and died together, and I only hope that everyone can get what they want."

It was getting late, Chen Nian asked everyone to disperse to rest, Ling Que and Wen Daya also left with them, but after a while they sneaked back, and asked Chen Nian, "Master, do you really want to let them go and go for refuge?" other people?"

Chen Nian was studying the letter from Zheng Lun carefully, and without raising his head when he heard the words, he just asked the two of them, "What do you think?"

Lingque really couldn't guess what Chen Nian was thinking, snorted coldly, and said: "Anyway, if it were me, I would definitely not let them go easily."

Only then did Chen Nian look up at her, and said lightly: "We can't let them go, those words just now are just to try them."

Ling Que and Wen Daya were taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "Really?"

Chen Nian cursed nonsense inwardly, she threw Xiaobao to the old Taoist Chaoyangzi to raise, and endured the pain of separation from mother and daughter to lead the army against the enemy, how could she allow those people to come and leave as soon as they said they wanted?What she said just now was just her intention to test Fang Xun and the others, so as to take a look at their respective thoughts, so as to take precautions in advance.

Chen Nian said: "What you just said is half-truth and half-false. It's true that we can't accomplish anything with people like us, but it's false to let them go away at will."

After all, Wen Daya was older than Ling Que, and had a more thoughtful mind. Hearing this, he asked, "Does the master want to cooperate with Zheng Lun?"

Chen Nian nodded, and explained: "Zheng Lun's letter is clearly intended to test, but if you want to win the Xian family as soon as possible, it is far better to cooperate with Zheng Lun than to fight alone. Only in this way, we will become Zheng Lun A sharp blade in your hand, inserted into the enemy's rear, for his use."

It is precisely because we want to be a sharp knife, so the hearts of the people must be united.

Let's not talk about how Chen Nian plotted against Fang Xun and the others here, let's say that the courier took her reply letter to Zheng Lun. After Zheng Lun read it, he was silent for a moment, and said to Song Yan, "I underestimated that Lu Lingque."

He refuses to praise others easily, and it is not easy to get such a word from him.Song Yan looked at it strangely, took the letter and read it, and after reading it, she couldn't help sighing: "It's rare for her to be able to fight against the Xian family, regardless of gains or losses, just with such a heart."

The messenger was still in the house, and when he heard the two of them praising the leader of the rebel army, he couldn't help but agree: "He is indeed a man of amazing talent and beauty." The key is that he is still so beautiful!The messenger secretly thought, but this is too frivolous to say to these two generals.

When Zheng Lun heard what he said, another person suddenly appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, but then he felt that he was ridiculous, so he stopped thinking, and asked the messenger again: "Does she have anything else to say?"

Not only was there, but he said it unceremoniously.The messenger hesitated for a while, and decided that it would be better to learn the original words, so he replied: "The head of the family asked his subordinates to tell the general that since the two armies cooperate sincerely, they must speak directly, and no one should plot against the other." Otherwise, don't blame her for being rude."

Zheng Lun frowned slightly when he heard that, but Song Yan laughed and said, "It's no wonder that Lu Lingque is someone close to Miss Xie, and he even has a temper."

After saying this, he immediately regretted it, and couldn't help but glanced at Zheng Lun. He was relieved to see that his expression was normal, and then asked, "When do you plan to leave?"

Zheng Lun replied in a deep voice, "The sooner the better."

At the end of October, Zheng Lun led only [-] elite soldiers from Yiping to the north along the western foot of Taihang Mountain.When they got to Feilong Xingkou, they were not in a hurry to go east, but ordered the army to choose a hidden place to station, and he only brought dozens of personal guards, and went to Zhongshan City.

In Zhongshan City, Chen Nian dealt with the two restless leaders of the rebel army without anyone noticing, and coaxed Fang Xun and others with tricks, broke up the rebels from all walks of life and reorganized them, step by step. The rebel army of more than ten thousand people kneaded together and drilled into a strange army.

When Zheng Lun brought people over, she was training in the school grounds, and heard Wen Daya's report, she wondered, "He's here?"

Wen Daya nodded, and said in a low voice: "Only dozens of personal guards were brought along, Fang Xun happened to be on duty at the city gate, recognized him, let him go into the city, and is waiting in the mansion right now."

Chen Nian nodded slightly, handed over the matter of the school to Ling Que, and brought Wen Daya and Sha Da back to the government office.Because her appearance is too outstanding, it is quite inconvenient to walk in the army, so she still wears a black scarf to cover her face like before Lingque.Wen Daya couldn't see her expression clearly, seeing her lowering her head all the way, seemingly thoughtful, he couldn't help asking: "What is this person here for?"

Chen Nian came back to his senses when he heard the words, and said: "The others have already come, just ask and you will know."

Zheng Lun was waiting in the hall, when he heard footsteps coming from outside, he looked up subconsciously, and saw Chen Nian's figure, he couldn't help but feel his heart tightening, sighing secretly that this Lu Lingque had such ability, in just a short time , has learned that person so realistically.He was stunned for a moment, then regained his concentration, and seeing an outsider present, he greeted lightly: "Chen Nian."

The first time Chen Nian heard this address, his brows twitched, he glanced at Zheng Lun strangely, pulled the black scarf off his face, and asked calmly, "Why did General Zheng come to my place?"

However, Zheng Lun didn't respond for a long while, and just looked at her straight. Chen Nian raised his eyebrows in surprise when he saw him being so weird. Soon, she thought of something else, thinking that Zheng Lun was doing it because he almost missed him before. Embarrassed by beating her to death, she couldn't help curling her lips and said, "Okay, I didn't say I hated you, and you don't have to look like you saw a ghost. Let the past go, even though you almost You slapped me to death with one palm, but it was also caused by me fighting fiercely with you, so it's not your fault."

She turned around and sat down in the chair, pretending to be magnanimous and waving her hands, saying: "I don't care about it like you."

Zheng Lun himself didn't know when he had a deep-rooted affection for her, but a smart person like her was oblivious to his thoughts.Zheng Lun felt his throat was dry, and his heart was even more sour. After several efforts, he said with difficulty: "Miss Xie..."

His tone was the same as before, but Chen Nian was terrified of hearing it. Usually, with such an opening, there is absolutely no good words to follow.She couldn't help groaning, stood up abruptly from the chair, took a step forward, pointed at the tip of Zheng Lun's nose, and threatened in a hateful voice: "My surname is Zheng, don't bother to scold me again. Now I'm not afraid of you. If you are in a hurry, I will beat you hard."

Her slender fingertips were not more than a foot away from his face, Zheng Lun resisted so much that he didn't reach out to hold her fingers.Because he tried his best to control his emotions, his voice was inevitably a little stiff, and he just said: "Miss Xie, you misunderstood."

Chen Nian glanced at him suspiciously, then retreated to the chair, changed his mind, and politely said to Zheng Lun: "Sorry, I misunderstood General Zheng, please sit down, General Zheng. I don't know why General Zheng What happened?"

Zheng Lun managed to calm his mind, and replied: "I brought [-] Qingqi around from the west, and I am now outside Feilongxing, so I have to borrow from you."

Chen Nian's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and asked, "Really?"

Zheng Lun didn't answer, but just nodded.

"Come here." Chen Nian stood up again, walked to the west compartment, and when he got to the table with the map of Qinghai and Hebei provinces, he raised his eyes to see that Zheng Lun was still hesitating, and could not help urging: " Come here."

Zheng Lun stepped forward and stood beside Chen Nian.

Chen Nian bent down and looked down at the map, lying on the table, and asked Zheng Lun, "I heard that the Xian clan is about to hit Yiping, should Song Yan be guarding there? Why are you bringing troops here this time?" Plan? I was thinking, we have to beat the Xian clan's army hard, but we can't drive them to a corner, so that they can retreat north."

Zheng Lun took a deep breath, cleared his mind of distracting thoughts, told Chen Nian his plans, and then bent down to point out a few fortresses for Chen Nian on the map. Although they were similar to what Chen Nian thought, they were more careful and rigorous.Chen Nian couldn't help raising his head, and smiled at Zheng Lun: "Although you are more rigid, you are good at fighting, and I am not as good as you."

Chen Nian has such a temperament, good is good, bad is bad, even though she doesn't like Zheng Lun, she is not afraid to praise his talent.Her words just came out of her heart, but Zheng Lun was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and then lowered his head, although he still had a calm expression on his face, the corners of his mouth curled up involuntarily.

Chen Nian looked at the map again, and said bluntly, "Okay, I will act according to your plan." When she said this, her heart suddenly moved, and she twitched the corners of her mouth, showing a smirk, "I suddenly thought of a way , listen to whether it is feasible."

Zheng Lun was shaken by her smile so short of breath, he lowered his eyes guiltyly, paused for a while, and then asked in a deep voice, "What can I do?"

Chen Nian asked him: "Are you keeping your whereabouts a secret? Do the Xian people know that you led troops around?"

Zheng Lun didn't dare to raise his head, so he just replied flatly, "They probably don't know yet."

Chen Nian smiled and said: "Then you should continue to hide, and let our rebel army take the lead. The Xian family has fought against us and has a general understanding of the strength of the rebel army. They must underestimate the enemy. When the time comes, I will lead them over. You beat them hard again."

Zheng Lun nodded and said, "Okay."

Now that the two of them had decided on this strategy, they looked at the map and carefully discussed how to proceed, thinking about picking the best place to start.

(End of this chapter)