Chapter 848: Martyrdom for the country!
Zheng Fan finally discovered Chen Daxia;
When he first saw Chen Daxia, he had a sword and looked dull but he was full of righteousness. He looks like a master;
Because a low-hander maintains this kind of temperament, it is easy to be beaten to death early in the arena.
And now, with the improvement of his realm and state of mind, Chen Daxia has begun to have a sense of simplicity that belongs to the sword master now. In short, he loses himself in the crowd with a restrained aura, which is really impressive. Hard to detect.
Daxia Chen saw Zheng Fan pushing away the guard in front of him,
Daxia Chen saw Zheng Fan walking behind the Juggernaut,
Daxia Chen saw Zheng Fan bypassing the Juggernaut,
When Daxia Chen saw Zheng Fan walking up to him, he opened his arms and gave himself a big hug.
“You’re bullying me.”
Inexplicably, the Jianghu swordsman of the Qian Kingdom who was being held by Prince Da Yan Pingxi came up with such a sentence.
Zheng Fan gently patted Chen Daxia’s back with his palm,
said:
“Good boy, don’t say such rude words.”
Chen Daxia had no choice but to break away from Zheng Fan's arms. He just sighed, and then there was a long silence.
Zheng Fan patted Chen Daxia on the back again and said:
“Be good, talk quickly.”
Chen Daxia tilted his head slightly and looked at Zheng Fan The profile of his face asked:
“What did you say?”
"You know, tell me quickly."
Chen Daxia sighed again.
Zheng Fan patted Chen Daxia on the back again and urged:
"Quickly ask, are you afraid that I will stab you with my sword?"
Chen Daxia turned over A roll of eyes.
"Hahahahaha!"
Prince Pingxi laughed, let go of his embrace, and grabbed Chen Daxia's shoulders and shook him;
"To be honest, I'm really a little scared, I won’t be afraid to see you in Jin or Chu, but what I’m stepping on now is the land of Qian State. A bit panicked."
"You also know."
"Yes, you know, I am always afraid of death, and I don't want to take any risks. , my two daughters-in-law have babies in their bellies, and I can’t bear to admit myself to the outside world in a daze
But what should I say,
I see you,
I always feel bad if I don’t come up to say hello like this.
I, Zheng Fan, have been cautious throughout my life and have very few trustworthy friends.
But once I recognize him as a friend, I will definitely treat him with utmost respect.
You are afraid of death so that you can continue to live well, but you cannot be afraid of turning into a mouse and losing the courage to poke your head out of the hole. Then your life will be boring. "
"It would be great if King Pingxi of Yan State was not named Zheng Fan. "
"Hey, it's a good thing that King Pingxi is called Zheng Fan, otherwise, wouldn't you just explain it? ”
If King Pingxi were not Zheng Fan, Daxia Chen would have used his sword.
And the consequence of using his sword is that people probably cannot be killed, even if there is no sword master or A Ming Fanli With them here, a large group of knights can crush Chen Daxia into clay
Chen Daxia looked at Zheng Fan and said:
"As you said, a great hero serves the country and the people."
"I was just carefree, you know. , I have a problem. When I was eating kebabs, I also liked to express my feelings about life. ”
< br>"But I think what you said is right."
"No, it's not right." Zheng Fan looked at Chen Daxia and said seriously, "Jianghu knights should use force to violate the ban. No one likes the existence of a group of Jianghu people living next to their house
And once a country needs Jianghu people to stand up, then this country really has no hope at all. "
Zheng Fan put his arm around Chen Daxia's shoulders, pointed at Su Mingzhe standing in front,
said:
" By the way, what is your official position? "
"If you want to reply to the prince, I will serve as the Prime Minister of Honglu Temple. ”
"Read the poem you just wrote for me again."
"Okay, please correct me..."
"Stop, stop reading it, my hero, look, he How good he is.
He eats the king's salary, his salary. Where is he? In front of the king, he is so flattering in order to survive.
His teacher is respected as a literary saint and enjoys the love of all the people. How much advantage does he take for it? ?
He doesn't want to die, he won't die, why are you so anxious? "
Zheng Fan pointed to Su Rongrong and Wu Xiang again,
said:
"The two of them have to eat how many rewards from the imperial court of Qian Kingdom every year, and other places in Qian Kingdom. The people had to pay taxes, pay grain, and do corvee labor, but they didn’t have to, right? ”
Wu Xiang and Su Rongrong looked at each other, but still nodded.
"Look, you don't pay taxes, you don't pay grain, you don't do corvee work, and you have to receive rewards from the court every year. It's like a person can live a good life, and you are the leader of the country.
But they are willing Do you want to die?
I don’t want to.
On the contrary, they look down on you as gangsters and don’t think you are gangsters.
Look at it. Look here,
There,
a large area,
Oh,
just now there was a large group of adults following Jiedushi to open the door for me. There were so many of them, even if I just added the ones from earlier Those who dared to escape after a few waves were regarded as loyal people.
Just a little bit,
This large area is full of dressed-up beasts who want to survive, and they eat the flesh of ordinary people.
You, Chen Daxia, have been miserable since childhood. You relied on your own ability to get where you are today step by step. Have you ever received a salary from the court? No.
Then why don’t they die and you have to die first? ”
For a time, a group of adults who had just been captured covered their faces with their sleeves.
They were very embarrassed, but no one dared to accuse King Pingxi.
Chen Daxia looked at Zheng Fan and said, "What you said seems to make sense, but what does what I want to do have to do with others?"
"Oh, progress has been made, progress has been made. "
Zheng Fan nodded, He continued:
"You go ahead. Next time you have a chance, come home as a guest."
"Okay, I will go south. If we meet again, I will go to You draw your sword. I know..."
Daxia Chen looked at the sword master standing beside him,
"With the teacher by your side, it will be difficult for me to kill you, but if, what if, what if, I kill you, I will I came down to accompany you."
"Don't ask me, don't ask me. , if you kill me, I still have two unborn children, don’t rush to death, help me go back and take care of the children, my biological father is gone, you must be a good godfather.”
Hearing this, Mr. Chen took a deep breath.
The sword master watched the whole process from the side, tapping Long Yuan lightly with his fingertips. He wanted to laugh, he really wanted to laugh, but for the sake of the atmosphere, he held back.
He discovered very early that Zheng Fan had a certain smell.
Using what those gentlemen said, what is personality charm?
No matter whether it is fake or real, it is enough for him to express this feeling. Once the effect is achieved, there is no point in distinguishing the real from the fake.
Chen Daxia picked up his sword and saluted Zheng Fan.
Turn around and
walk outside.
King Pingxi raised his hand, and the soldiers on the periphery moved out of the way.
At this time, the sword master gently touched Zheng Fan's armor with Long Yuan's scabbard and said:
"Are you sweating?"
"It's a good thing you're wearing armor, otherwise it would be reflected."
Soon after, a military report came from Lanyang City, saying that Lanyang City had been captured.
......
Prince Pingxi, who put on his brave armor and his black armor, entered Lanyang City surrounded by a group of soldiers.
This is a newly expanded city. It occupies a small area and its scale is not exaggerated. It can only be said to be quite satisfactory.
Ganren originally planned to use Lanyang City as a fulcrum to set up a barrier along this line, but when the fulcrum was broken, the remaining barrier had actually lost its effectiveness.
Under Zheng Fan's order, except for a group of soldiers and horses that suppressed Lanyang City, the rest of the soldiers and horses completely dispersed to clean up the nearby dry troops.
As for Lanyang City, the people have closed their doors tightly, and there are very few people on the streets.
From time to time, disarmed defenders were escorted over, and soldiers of Yan Army were everywhere in the city.
“Send the order and restrain the soldiers.”
"Here!"
Chen Yang went to make arrangements personally. This time Zheng Fan brought 50,000 soldiers and horses, more than half of whom were from the original Sushan camp. If Chen Yang came forward, the soldiers below would not make any mistakes. Second-rate.
Sometimes, the ferocity of soldiers is difficult to control, especially after entering a conquered city.
Fortunately, this Yan army did not attack the city for a long time and finally broke through. Otherwise, at that time, even Zheng Fan would not be able to step forward to stop the soldiers from burning, killing and looting.
The reason why he did this was not because Zheng Fan was kind. If he were truly kind, he would not send troops to attack the grass and valleys in Zhao.
The reason is that the army will have to continue deep into the hinterland of Qianguo, and the soldiers will not be able to march with the looted property; the second is to leave themselves a way out, which belongs to the "hypocrisy" and "hypocrisy" of the invaders.
However, the collection of grain, grass and some military supplies must be carried out. However, according to reports from the following people, there is a lot of grain, grass and military equipment stored in Lanyang City's treasury.
Originally, it was planned to be shipped to Liangdi, but because he captured the capital of Zhao State, which affected the safety of the food route on this route, there is still a lot of it here.
When night fell, Zheng Fan did not stay in the city, but stayed in a military tent outside the city.
In the afternoon of the next day, the soldiers and horses sent yesterday to sweep the nearby Ganjun Fort came back one after another. They basically encountered no obstacles. The returning soldiers and horses began to rest and recuperate.
Just like that, another three days passed.
The Yan Army retained control of Lanyang City, but did not intervene too deeply. A lot of military supplies were moved out of the warehouses in the city. In order not to affect the marching speed of the subsequent army, the Yan Army basically It is based on soldiers as a unit, trying to bring as much rations as possible without affecting their own actions.
There is still a lot left. Chen Yang asked for permission to burn them all. Anyway, what we cannot take away cannot be left to Qianjun, even if these military grains and herbs belong to Qianguo.
Zheng Fan rejected this proposal and instead distributed the contents of Lanyang City's treasury to the people as he did when he first attacked Chuzhou City.
Therefore,
A few days after the arrival of the Yan army,
Lanyang City now presents an extremely strange situation.
Because this city was captured without a war, the horror scene of weapons in the traditional sense did not appear.
Furthermore, Zheng Fan only temporarily placed Lord Jiedushi and a series of bureaucrats under house arrest, while the more middle- and lower-level officials in the city, except for the generals, basically remained unchanged.
So, there was a situation where Yan soldiers were patrolling the city while some officials of the Qian Kingdom were still sitting in the government offices and maintaining their own functions.
In addition, because Yan Jun distributed food, the people inside and outside Lanyang City suddenly had a much better impression of Yan Jun.
The Qianjun's battle in Liangdi levied a lot of corvees on the boundaries of Lanyang City, and a lot of taxes were allocated. The lives of ordinary people were actually not easy. King Pingxi became a man this time. "Timely rain".
Every day, there are many people outside the military camp bringing vegetables and fruits, and even many small traders come to sell some... souvenirs.
Even Ping Xiwang himself bought a small stone carving, which is considered one of the local special handicrafts.
At this time,
Zheng Fan was sitting in his handsome tent, playing with this stone sculpture.
The sword master was leaning there, and from the corner of his eye he saw his son boiling water outside through the curtain.
"There are no soldiers and horses from the Qian Kingdom. They have been resting here for many days."
Zheng Fan put down the stone sculpture and replied: "Yes, there are, southwest and northwest In every direction, there are signs of cadre troops mobilizing and approaching. Although it has become an organic , but there are not many soldiers and horses. The Qian army does not dare to take the initiative to attack before they are unified or more soldiers and horses are gathered.
After all, Qian Guo has been trained in the past few years. Most of the new army is still in Liangdi at this time
As for why we are delaying here;
One is because the army needs to rest, because it will be a long-distance attack next, and both the soldiers and the horses need to recuperate and recuperate;
The other is We must give Gan Guo time to react, whether it is the Gan Army in Liang District or the Gan Army in Qian Country; if our army inserts too quickly, Gan Guo will not feel it.
We have to give them time to cause tremors in various places, give them time to panic the military, give them time to panic the people, and give them time to tremble in the court. "
"Fighting should be a very refreshing thing, but with you, it has become a bit..."
"Procrastinating?"
"It's not considered procrastinating. It's just something to think about. It's no longer just a war."
"When you can't destroy the country in one battle, war is The continuation of politics.
It’s hard to say whether I can mobilize the elite cadres in Liangdi this time to return to the defense and make mistakes.
But I have to at least rely on the popular support and military morale of the cadres aroused by a great victory in Liangdi. Step back hard again
In this battle, there is no need to capture cities and territories, and there is no need to even pursue how many soldiers have been defeated and how many heads have been beheaded;
Even these soldiers under my command, will they have the opportunity to leave safely? Go back to the country It’s hard to find a place to plunder and make a fortune;
But,
What I want,
is to step on the banks of the Bian River again, and then go up I went down to the capital and said good night to the official.
It can be understood that for the soldiers below, they sent out troops this time purely for...glory. "
The Sword Master smiled and said: "Just like the lecture you gave to the army last night? "
"Yes, you listened too? "
"My son was excited for a long time after hearing this. "
"Haha. ”
"Only you can use your so-called glory to mobilize these soldiers."
Follow you and fight to the death, risking your life to enter other countries, not to open borders or plunder, just for the so-called an honor.
Just for one picture,
In the picture, the prince of his family is sitting on the back of Pixiu facing Shangjing City. The official family of Qianguo on the wall of Shangjing City is extremely panicked and embarrassed.
This kind of call that is divorced from reality and purely pursues the spiritual enjoyment of calligraphy and painting. If it is done by others, the soldiers will hate it to death. The better ones will be used in disguise and the worse ones will be given directly. You caused a mutiny.
Therefore, King Pingxi himself must make this call. Only his prestige and status in the army can make the soldiers willingly chase and fight for this "spiritual pursuit".
Zheng Fan said: "The difference between humans and animals is that humans know how to restrain their desires. Doing things purely based on instinct is easy to be short-sighted."
"What are you doing? Do you praise yourself? Praise yourself for your long-term vision. "
"No, there are actually many people who have a long-term vision, but the real ability is to have a long-term vision and at the same time lead a group of people to get rid of low-level tastes."
"Still praising myself."
"Yes."
Liu Dahu came in with a teapot and gave the prince and his father a cup of tea.
Zheng Fan took a sip, and suddenly thought of something, and said:
"By the way, a family just died in the city, a big family, with a family of more than two hundred people. All dead."
"Resisted?"
Zheng Fan shook his head, "No one messed with him."
"What is that?"
"The big family's surname is Qin. Originally, my family was in Litian City, and I must be a loyal minister of the Wen family. I, Dayan, After the army invaded Jin, the Qin family did not want to serve Yan, so they moved here.
The relationship between Qian Guo and Wen Ren's family has always been very good in the early years. The Qin family also owns property in Lanyang City, so the whole family has a place to stay
In addition. As a surrender, there are also some preferential treatment here
Yesterday, the whole family committed suicide. "
"Why? "
"The old man, the head of the family, left a letter written in blood on the pillars of his house. It probably means that when the Yan people came to Litian City, his family ran away, and now the Yan people are chasing them here again. His family doesn't want to If you run away again, you will become a rabbit with three burrows, and you will have no face to live anymore.
To clear the name of the whole family, the whole family committed suicide to apologize. "
Hearing this, the Sword Master sighed and said with emotion:
"Unexpectedly, in this huge Lanyang City, the first family to die for the country after the city was destroyed was actually from Jin."
"Do you want to go and express your condolences?"
< br>“You’re not going?”
"It would be too much for me to go, and it's not necessary, but I have already ordered people to collect the bodies for them."
"I'll go take a look at night." The sword master said, "It's worth it. ”
"Okay."
Zheng Fan stretched out and said
"We're almost there. We'll set off tomorrow and head south!"
…
The Yan army set off.
What’s funny is that many local people spontaneously came to bid farewell to Prince Pingxi’s Yan army.
The senior officials of Lanyang City who had been detained these days were also released under the order of Prince Pingxi.
In his early years, when Zheng Fan cut off the head of a prefect, he couldn't help but rejoice and hurriedly took it back to claim credit.
Now,
He was almost overflowing with these first-level military merits and so on.
Furthermore,
For officials of the Qian Kingdom, it is the greatest benefit to Dayan that their heads remain on their necks.
Killing them
Isn’t it equivalent to eliminating harm for the country?
What a loss, what a loss.
In short,
After staying in Lanyang City for a while, the Yan army headed southwest and hit the road.
After the Yan army left,
only a cadre of troops came from the north. There were not many soldiers and horses, only 20,000, and they were made up of garrisons from various places in the north. The soldiers and horses have not been able to come over yet.
Therefore, the generals of this pieced-together army watched from the outside for many days.
I really can’t blame them for being greedy for life and fearing death, because they know the actual combat strength of their own men. Facing the Yan cavalry, which has more people than themselves and is led by King Ping Xi of Yan State, they take the initiative to attack , can only deliver food.
However, this does not prevent them from arriving at Lanyang City as a victorious division to "recover lost ground" after clearly confirming the withdrawal of the Yan army.
The temporary leader of this "alliance" with the highest official position is a governor. As soon as he led his army into the city, he was greeted by a group of Lanyang City officials headed by Zhou Jiedushi.
Zhou Jiedushi led a group of officials to bow down and bow,
"Thank you for leading the army to fight hard and rescuing the people of Lanyang City from the iron hoofs of the Yan captives!"
The governor immediately went over to help him and said:
"Sir, you have worked hard, and you also tired "
Zhou Jiedushi wiped his tears and said: "As long as the people can be spared from the misfortune of the Yan captives, I am willing to do anything."
Then,
Zhou Jiedushi continued:
"There is a large family named Qin in the city. They migrated from Jin in the early years. It was the Qin family who secretly colluded with the Yan captives, and the Yan captives destroyed the city."
"How can this be true? How can this be true? Where are the Qin family now?" the governor asked angrily.
Zhou Jiedushi replied:
"After you led your army to defeat the Yan captives, my lord, the Qin family knew that they were defeated.
Already the whole family...
I committed suicide out of fear of crime. ”
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I’ve been working hard these two days, I can only update once today, and I’ll go to bed later.
I will write more tomorrow ;
Hug everyone! (End of this chapter)