Fu Song

Chapter 309 Annoyed
A big tree that used to be full of branches and leaves, but now there are only a few bare branches left, and they are still black and black.Most of the trunk with the thickness of the mouth of the bowl has been burned.Xiao Ding stood under the tree, looking up at the tree.

"Boss, this is a good place." Xin Jian came over, stood beside Xiao Ding, and said with a smile, "Is the boss planning to set the site of Zhongshoujiang City at this place?"

Xiao Ding nodded, "This place is the only highland in the vicinity, and it is also close to the water source."

After stepping on the ground, he continued, "It's easy to dig a few wells in the city to get water out."

"Then set it here!" Xin Jian said: "It's a pity for this tree, it's really not easy for Longzhaohuai to grow so big."

Xiao Ding smiled and pulled out the saber, gripped the handle of the saber tightly with both hands, screamed, raised the saber obliquely, and slashed down with all his might, instantly splitting the burned tree in two, leaving only a stump half the height of a man.

"It didn't hurt the roots. When winter goes and spring comes, it will naturally germinate, grow branches, bloom, and disperse leaves! Zhongshou surrendered the city, and built it around this tree." With a choke, Xiao Ding put the knife back into its sheath.

"Boss, there are trees in the city, that's a difficult word!" Xin Jian shook his head and said, "This is not a good omen. How about going back a few dozen steps to build the city?"

Xiao Ding glanced at him sideways: "Do you believe in these nonsense things? Xin Jian, even if there is, we will let this tree grow vigorously until it pierces the siege and the sky. Man will conquer the sky, and there is nothing that cannot be solved with a single blow." The problem."

Xin Jian was also filled with arrogance by Xiao Ding, and laughed loudly, "The manager is right, but I'm hypocritical. People like us, what should we be afraid of?"

"This is the invincible iron kite leader with horses and knives!" Xiao Ding said, "I will stand here tonight."

He looked back at the soldiers behind him.

The soldiers responded, turned around and left quickly. After a while, they brought a few camel horses with their companions, unloaded the things on them, and quickly set up the tent.

"Boss, then you rest, tonight, it's my turn to be vigilant." Xin Jian cupped his hands.

"Okay, be careful. Yeluhuan is not a good stump, so don't take it lightly. This battle between us and the Zubers is probably what he expected. Maybe his troops are hiding somewhere nearby. !” Xiao Ding said.

"If we can be attacked by him, are we still iron kites?" Xin Jian said proudly.

Silent all night.

On the second day, on the battlefield yesterday, countless diviners began to build the city under the watchful eye of the iron kite.

It is said that it is to build a city, but in fact it is to build a larger soil enclosure.

But under such weather, with the tools in the hands of the Zobubs and their poor construction level, this project is still an extremely difficult task.

But this is not in Xiao Ding's consideration.

Blockers are his enemies, and he has never shown mercy to them.

There was a clear sound of eagle singing from the sky, Xiao Ding raised his head, looked coldly at the circling eagle in the sky, chuckled, but didn't bother to pay attention.

Yeluhuan must be nearby.

It was not the first time he had encountered these eagles.

He had a lot of experience in dealing with these animals before, and even had many ways to deceive these flat-haired animals, but these were all things in the past when his strength was insufficient.

Now, with five thousand iron kites under his command, there is no need to resort to such small tricks.

Even if Yeluhuan knew he was here, it would depend on his strength.

Under such weather, how many soldiers and horses can Yeluhuan gather to trouble him?If there are fewer people, it's a gift for himself. Yeluhuan has done this kind of thing several times in the past, and he has learned how to behave well.Raise a large army?Can he recruit it?Is Yelvhuan willing to invest such a large amount of money?Even if he was willing to do so, if there were cavalrymen several times larger than himself looking for trouble for him, he would of course run away.

Yeluhuan got nothing.

Yeluhuan would never do such a wasteful battle.

Yeluhuan stretched out his arms, and the eagle swooped down from the air and landed on his arm. He reached out and took out a strip of meat from the leather bag, and stuffed it into the eagle.

"Zhiburen are just useless!" Yeluhuan was a little frustrated, with his gray beard curled up and down, and he looked like he hated iron but not steel. "It was defeated by Xiao Ding so quickly. If they persisted for a day or two longer, the situation would be turned upside down by us!"

Many generals around Yeluhuan also looked regretful.

The governor of Xijing Road, Yeluhuan, is not a waste.

Ever since he lured the Beizhubu tribe to graze at the foot of the Black Mountain, he had already been planning what happened today.

Xiao Ding's guess was indeed good.

Yeluhuan will not summon a large-scale army to fight Xiao Ding decisively.Because Xiao Ding would not give him a chance to fight.The cost of dispatching a large-scale army is too staggering. If there is not enough harvest, Yeluhuan will not be able to explain to the fierce soldiers under him.

Those Han families and various tribes in Xijing Road have more of a cooperative relationship with Yeluhuan.

It is impossible to summon a large-scale vassal army to fight, but Xiao Ding is aggressive, always harassing Xijing Dao and extracting wool from Xijing Dao, Yeluhuan is naturally not happy.

So such a plan was born.

In Yeluhuan's plan, as long as the blocker can entangle Xiao Ding for a day, he can lead his own army to arrive. At that time, Xiao Ding who had fought with the blocker will naturally not be himself again. opponent.

Yeluhuan had calculated everything accurately, but the only thing that was not accurate was the combat effectiveness of the Buburen.

Of course, this time he was not accurate, Xiao Ding actually came in person.

In a battle like this, Xiao Ding, who is the general manager of the Western Army, does not need to appear on the field by himself. In the previous battles, he did not see Xiao Ding's shadow.

There is still a huge difference in combat effectiveness between an iron kite with Xiao Ding and an iron kite without Xiao Ding.

"Let's go, go home!" Yeluhuan waved.

"Governor, we have an army of [-], and Thief Xiao only has [-]. Moreover, he has fought a battle with the diviners, so he must have lost a lot of money! We have a chance!" said a general.

Yeluhuan glanced at him, and said: "If Xiao Ding is not strong enough, he will run away. Shall we chase after him? What if we can't catch up? If Xiao Ding is strong enough, fight us to the death, even if If we can win, how many of the [-] troops here are left? You have experienced the fighting power of the iron kite."

After hearing this, all the generals were silent.

These [-] people are the fundamental masters of Yeluhuan's suppression of Xijing Dao. If they fight against Xiao Ding for two defeats or a miserable victory, it will really be nothing to Xiao Ding.As long as he goes back, it won't be long before he can form another iron kite, but if Yeluhuan doesn't have these five thousand elites, after he goes back, the governor of Xijing Road will be replaced soon.

Five thousand Liao riders turned their horses and ran towards Datong Mansion.

After a long time, on the high ground in the distance, a pile of stone-like bumps suddenly moved, and then a humanoid creature stood up, vigorously shaking the snow on its body, and finally revealed its true face.

Looking at the billowing snow and dust in the distance, the man grinned, raised his hand, and shot an arrow into the sky.

A moment later, several riders rushed to meet the man from afar.

Turning over on an empty horse, a group of people galloped towards Xiao Ding's direction.

The danger is lifted.

"Boss, His Royal Highness King Jing lost!" The messenger who had just arrived on a flying horse brought a piece of news that overshadowed Xiao Ding. "His Royal Highness King Jing, before self-immolation in the Forbidden Palace, the last seeds of the Guangxin, Xin'an, Ansu and other frontier troops were completely wiped out in Bianliang. The Hebei frontier army is gone."

Obviously, the messenger who came to report the letter was also from the Hebei Frontier Army. When he said this, he was obviously crying.

Now the most basic foundation of the Western Army is the former Guangrui Army, which also belongs to the Hebei Frontier Army.

Those armies that once fought side by side with the Guangrui Army no longer exist.

Xiao Ding drank the wine silently.

The second younger brother has always been not optimistic about King Jing, thinking that King Jing is too strong and easy to break. At the same time, he also thinks that King Jing can only be a general and a commander, but he must never be a king.

Therefore, the second younger brother has been trying to keep Xiao Shi away from His Royal Highness King Jing.

Going to the northwest by myself was the result of my second brother's hard work.

However, as the most direct subordinate of King Jing, Xiao Ding still hoped that King Jing would win. For this reason, he sent someone to send the sharpest weapon of the Western Army to King Jing.

Speaking of which, the method of making this weapon was made by the second brother.Because the production was difficult and prone to accidents, the output has always been very low. In order to help King Jing, Xiao Ding took all the production for more than a year to King Jing.

But the failure still came.

"The Western Army is still there, the Guangrui Army is still there, and the Hebei Army is here!" Throwing the flagon heavily on the ground, Xiao Ding said coldly. "You said the court still locked up my father?"

"Yes!" The messenger nodded and said, "And Cui Ang, the imperial censor Zhongcheng, was also sent. Zhang Changshi said that this Cui Ang must have wanted to invite you back to Bianjing, the chief steward."

"Cui Ang!" Xiao Ding spat out these two words from between his teeth.The Hebei frontier army has been destroyed by this person, and the great rivers and mountains in Hebei have also been ravaged by the Liao people because of this person. "Isn't he afraid of being picked up by wolves in Hengshan?"

In the room, Xin Jian, Zhou Huan and others all laughed.

"The imperial court actually used such low-handed means to threaten the general manager!" Xin Jian dismissed it, for the imperial court, this titan didn't have the slightest liking for him. "Aren't you afraid of being self-defeating? Chief, why don't we take a walk on Shaanxi Road after returning to the army. Speaking of which, Lan Sixin hasn't paid us a military salary for almost a year. It's tolerable, what can't be tolerated!"

Zhou Huan also patted his thighs and shouted: "We killed Li Xu and flattened Qingtang. Now Zheng Jihua and Lei Dejin's army is exploring westward. In the past two years, the general manager has opened up more than a thousand miles for Song Dynasty? They actually framed Xiao Xiang, threatening the manager is really chilling. Manager, why not send Chen Bing to Shanxi and let them send Xiao Xiang obediently, otherwise, what if we just learn from His Royal Highness King Jing?"

"Okay!" Xiao Ding glanced at the generals, and said: "Some things, just talk here, and keep your mouth tight when you go out. Some things can be said casually! It's really according to what you said We have met the swordsmen of the court, and we can really get it right? Don’t say anything else, the court will be shameless at that time, and put my parents and sisters in front of the battle, you say, what should I do?"

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Xin Jian really wanted to say that the manager could learn from Liu Bang, but seeing Xiao Ding's angry face, he finally didn't dare to speak.

The manager is not Liu Bang.

The manager is a man of great affection and righteousness.

It was precisely because of this that people like Xin Jian and Zhou Huan followed him all the way to the northwest.If the manager hates his relatives so much, how can he make his brothers love him so much.

If you don't even love your family, will you still love your brothers?

Seeing the manager's appearance, Xin Jian and the others also felt a little troubled. How can we achieve the best of both worlds in this matter?
"Boss, let's go back to Xingling first, Zhang Changshi and the others may have a solution!" Xin Jian suggested.

Xiao Ding nodded. To be honest, he really couldn't think of a way for a while.

The intention of the court to send someone over is obvious, but he absolutely cannot go back.

In the correspondence with the second younger brother, the second younger brother made it very clear that if he didn't go back, the court would have nothing to do with the Xiao family. If he went back, he would put the Xiao family in danger and would be at the mercy of others.

The Xiao family has gone so far, and there is no turning back.

Daddy is also true, didn't he promise his second brother not to get so close to King Jing?Why did he stand with King Jing again at such a critical juncture?

A few days later, Chen Qiao, the ambassador for the construction of the Western Army, led [-] infantry to Zhongshoujiang City, and took over the management responsibility of the tens of thousands of blockers before the construction of Zhongshoujiang City.And Xiao Ding left Zhou Huan and a thousand iron kites to stay here temporarily to assist Chen Qiao, while he and Xin Jian took the rest of their troops and returned all the way to Xingling.

At this moment, Cui Ang has already crossed Dingbian City and arrived at Shentangbao.

Today's Shentangbao has changed from a former military fortress to a military city. The city has expanded several times and can accommodate thousands of people. It has become the most prosperous place south of Hengshan, and Xiao Ding's confidant Li Yi led [-] infantry and [-] sailors stationed here.

The water army is an army that Xiao Dingxin prepared to build, and it has only just taken shape now.There are no more than twenty boats, and no more than a thousand people.But for this navy, Xiao Ding paid close attention to it.Because this is what he prepared for the future attack on Liao.

In a few years, he will have a powerful navy. At a good time, Shaanxi Road, Hedong Road, and Hebei Road will be connected by waterways. It is much more convenient and quicker to go by land.

The decisive battle with the Liao Kingdom will be a protracted and full-scale war. You need to increase your bargaining chips bit by bit. Always have more yourself and fewer enemies.

Standing on the Shentang Fort, Cui Ang's expression became extremely complicated.

(End of this chapter)