Chapter 203 Transaction
The coffin was transported to the city tower and placed in the middle of the city wall due east. Zheng Fan sat directly on the coffin board with his saber across his side.
This scene can be said to be extremely tragic to outsiders. In a cold weapon war, whether the general can take the lead often has a great influence on his subordinates.
The soldiers and horses in Li Fusheng's town can be said to be the best at chewing hard bones among the six towns of the Zhenbei Army. A large part of the reason is that whenever they rush into battle, Li Fusheng always likes to be the first. Naturally, the men under his command followed him and fought to the death.
At the moment, Zheng Fan is not trying to imitate Li Fusheng temporarily, but because the Sha Tuo Que stone lying in the coffin can be said to be his biggest support now.
If the war situation really gets out of hand, Shatuo Queshi will naturally not be able to hide it any longer. When the time comes, he will ask him to take him away.
In life, the Shatuo Que Stone could penetrate thousands of Zhenbei Army cavalry several times. Now that he has died and turned into a zombie, his strength should have declined, but he has caught the opponent's weak link and brought it with him. The probability of rushing out alone should be quite high.
As for the other demon kings, in their opinion, if Zheng Fan can survive, they can just find a way to survive. If it doesn't work, they will die. No matter what, it is better than if Zheng Fan, the master, dies. It would be much better if everyone died suddenly.
The soldiers and horses of the Situ family have already arrived at the city. These soldiers and horses seem to be majestic and indeed have the appearance of a strong army.
It is said that Mr. Thornface once said when he was still there that soldiers and horses are just like swords. If they are left unused, no matter how good the sword is, it will rust.
Even if you insist on wiping it from time to time, after all, the blade is not stained with murderous aura, and no matter how carefully you take care of it, it will only have a shiny surface.
For this reason, the Western Army of the Qian Kingdom expanded the defense area to the southwest and included the northern Xinjiang since the assassination of Xianggong, just to sharpen their swords.
Just imagine, this time when the Yan army went south, if the Western army did not play the role of the mainstay, the situation in the Qian country would have collapsed long ago, and the so-called borrowing the road to attack Jin would be unnecessary.
According to this concept, the three families of the Jin Kingdom, the Helian Family and the Wenren Family, are located in the west of the Jin Kingdom. To the north of the Wenren Family is the Helian Family and to the south are many small countries. Therefore, the Wenren Family has the most comfortable geographical advantage. Occupying the central position of the four major countries, with developed commerce and lack of war, among the three major families, it can be said that the Wen family is the richest.
Although the Helian family is connected to the Tianduan Mountains to the north, because that section of the mountain range also borders the Yan Kingdom, there have not been many savage settlements in it since early on. In addition to being wary of the Yan Kingdom, Helian's family The Lian family didn't have many opportunities to use weapons on weekdays. Even against Yan State, they wouldn't have dared to provoke him unless they thought they had a great opportunity this time.
On the contrary, it is the Situ family. Not only are there many savage settlements in the Tianduan Mountains to the north, but there are even more savage tribes living in the vast frost and snowfield in the northeast.
If the savage threat in the Jin Kingdom is divided into ten parts, then the Situ family can be said to be responsible for seven or eight parts.
Not to mention that the Situ family borders the Chu State to the south. The two sides have been going back and forth over the years, and they always come here once in a while.
The soldiers and horses have been in a state of mobilization and preparation for war, and the opponent they face is not a peasant rebellion. It is difficult to imagine whether the soldiers and horses are strong or not.
This is probably one of the reasons why Emperor Yan wanted to make peace with the old Situ family leader after the first phase of the war.
At this time, a supporting cavalry appeared among the Situ family's troops and headed directly to the city.
Zheng Fan raised his hand to indicate not to release the arrow.
Zheng Fan is familiar with this job. He had done it before in Shangjing City, but compared with his original self, his team was obviously much more formal.
There was also a civil servant wearing a red official robe, holding a yellow scroll in his hand, which must be the so-called imperial edict.
"Emperor Dacheng has a purpose. He is not willing to fight against the Yan State when he raises his troops this time. He only wants to capture the puppet emperor of Jin to punish him for causing trouble to the three Jin Dynasties."
It seems that he also took into account the low cultural quality of the Qiu Ba people, so the civil servant of Chengguo did not read the edict in a formal manner, but shouted it out in his own words.
Zheng Fan smiled. His Situ family believed that Yu Ciming was a false emperor, but in Yan State, Emperor Yan recognized his identity as Emperor Jin. How could he hand it over?
Although from the perspective of Jin people, Yu Ciming is indeed a traitorous emperor who opened the door to thieves, but only a child can distinguish between bad and good people, and adults only care about where their butt sits.
"My lord, please delay for some time." Liang Cheng said.
"Unless the opponent's general is a fool, he won't believe it." Zheng Fan said.
"What if you are really a fool?"
"Okay."
Zheng Fan leaned out of the battlements and shouted:
"We need to ask my Dayan for instructions. Your Majesty the Emperor!”
There is no need to say more, as it would be wrong to say more.
This civil servant was not a good person, and said:
"Then I'll just wait for the good news!"
After that, he pulled the reins and started to return.
Whether the Situ family believed in this delaying strategy, they probably didn’t, because the troops immediately started setting up camp and at the same time began cutting down nearby trees to prepare engineering tools.
If it is an ordinary small fort with not many troops stationed inside, it can actually be taken down by just one archer to suppress it and a vanguard to climb up the city.
But the Wubao itself is not small, and because of the war a few days ago when the Yan people entered the Jin Dynasty, in order to protect themselves, the old Wubao owner specially reinforced and raised it. Now Zheng Fan's troops and horses in the Wubao plus Yu The two to three hundred soldiers Ciming brought back, not counting the young men of Wubao, had two thousand soldiers. If the Situ family came again with a fierce attack, unless they wanted to directly let their own horses pile corpses under the city to the height of the city wall, they would not be stupid. Immediately ordered the siege.
“When I was in Qian Kingdom, facing this kind of city wall, my head hurt terribly. Now that the city wall is on our side, the other side is all cavalry, which is pretty cool.”
Zheng Fan joked with Liang Cheng with a smile.
"What the Lord said is that in the future, our army must always have infantry, and the size must not be small, so that they can be used when taking out the city."
"Yes."
At this time, the blind man silently went up to the tower from below and came to Zheng Fan.
"Blind man, what have you been busy with down there?" Zheng Fan asked.
When a big event comes, the demon kings each have their own division of labor and immediately enter their roles. The blind man was down below to comfort people, but it should have been over long ago, but it happened that it was already dark before he came up.
To be honest, although Zheng Fan also knew that Liang Cheng was the best at fighting among the demon kings, he really felt a little less secure without this old silver coin by his side when something happened.
“My lord, my subordinates went to the Jin Emperor’s soldiers for a few rounds and exchanged some words.”
"Oh? What's wrong?" Zheng Fan asked curiously.
"I feel that there is a little problem."
"Problem?"
"Yes, after Emperor Jin separated from us, his stop tonight, It should be Xinsu City, and then the next stop is Fengguo, the land of Gyeonggi."
"Then what?" Zheng Fan suddenly felt that something was wrong.
"Xinsu City is guarded by Yan State City, and a general military officer under Jingnan Marquis is guarding it. However, my subordinates only found out after asking the soldiers that when they were about to arrive at Xinsu City, Situ The family's army suddenly came out from outside Xinsu City, but they could not let their team enter Xinsu City. "
"This good relationship means that even if our own messenger doesn't rush out, the letter from Xinsu City will definitely be sent to Yan Jun. "
"No, my lord, what I mean is that since Xinsu City is still in the hands of the Yan army, then before our eyes How did this Situ family's army sneak up near Xinsu City without being discovered?
If there were tens of thousands of cavalry crisscrossing the wild valleys, they would be able to hide themselves. When the two marquises of Jingnan and Zhenbei entered the Jin Dynasty, it seemed like a clever move, but if If the Emperor of Jin had not opened the South Gate to lure the Yan army in, if there really was a fight, the Helian family would have received the news and responded, and it would have been impossible for the two elite families to be defeated in one battle. The result of the battle."
At this point, the blind man faced Liang Cheng and asked:
"A Cheng, do you think this is strange?"
"The Jin Dynasty was newly attached, and the people's hearts were not yet accepted. That's when the Situ family raised an army, and the three Jin Dynasty's powerful response directly formed a scale.
But since Xinsu City has not fallen, it is almost impossible to ambush tens of thousands of cavalry near Xinsu City. The Jingnan Army under the command of Jingnan Marquis is known for its strict military discipline. It is impossible for an army like this to be so numb and careless as to commit such negligence."
Zheng Fan rubbed his swollen temples and asked:
"So, what do you mean. Is this what Emperor Yan was going to give to the Situ family? Emperor Yan and the newly enthroned young emperor of the Situ family have actually reached a PY deal?"
If this is really the case, then what are you doing now?
“My Lord, there is actually another possibility.” Liang Cheng said.
"You said."
"Xinsu City has been stationed with a troop of soldiers and horses for decades. It was heard that they were used to monitor the Gyeonggi area. Now the city is controlled by our Yan army. .
Looking at it from another perspective, if Emperor Yan and the Situ family had not reached a deal and prepared to give Emperor Jin away like a bargaining chip, the Yan army in Xinsu City would not have let the enemy go.
Then it can only be that this Situ family's soldiers and horses have been hiding near Xinsu City, a place that is inconvenient for the Yan army's sentries to enter and detect. "
Zheng Fan immediately responded: "Hidden in Gyeonggi? "
"That's the only place where you can hide your troops without being discovered by the Yan army in Xinsu City. When the Jin Emperor's team is about to enter Xinsu City, they agree on a time in advance and the cavalry from the Gyeonggi land rushes out in advance. , In this way, even if the Yan army in Xinsu City discovered them, there would be no way to deal with them for a while. "
Zheng Fan said "hehe",
said:
"So, this is Jin Huang directing and acting to catch himself for fun?"
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The state has been a bit sluggish for a while, so I will update it today, starting from tomorrow , Long tried his best to restore his previous state and write a big chapter, so that everyone can enjoy it more. (End of this chapter)