Shengpingle

Chapter 137
On the high city wall of Guangzhou Mansion, the city guard put down his clairvoyance sweating profusely, "It's really General Huo! Come here! Go and tell the prince!
If the scouts go to investigate again, it is impossible for General Huo to come here with only twenty personal guards!Go find out how many soldiers General Huo has brought! "

After Qi Gufeng was rejected from the Huxiao River, he ordered people to close the gates of the city, and recruited troops in Fuzhou, Guangdong and Guangxi to collect food and grass.

The local people can't go out, and the people from other places dare not come. There is a dead silence outside the city, which was originally as prosperous as the capital.

However, just this morning, the deathly silence was broken by the urgent sound of horseshoes, but it was a cavalry force of about twenty men.

The city guard hurriedly ordered to stand in full force, and ordered scouts to check if there were any other soldiers and horses.

Unexpectedly, the team of cavalry stopped outside the city gate, shouting that King Fuguang has arrived, please Qi Gufeng to see him.

And the news brought back by the scouts turned out to be that there were no other soldiers or horses within a radius of twenty miles, not even people!
The city guard didn't believe it at all!
It has only been three days since General Zi Qi gathered the soldiers of Fu Guang and General Hu to raise the flag to rebel. How could Huo Yanzhi arrive in such a short time?

Even if he arrived here, how did he manage to bring this small but absolutely eye-catching cavalry into the hinterland of Fuguang without anyone noticing it, and then descended from the sky? Appeared outside Guangzhou Fucheng?

Even if he could do it, how dare he?
The king didn't see the king, and General Qi is now the King of Fuguang. How could it be possible for the former King of Fuguang to leave Fuguang alive?

A strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake, let alone a local snake that has been operating in Fuguang for several years and has an army of 20?
Unless Huo Yanzhi didn't want to live anymore, he would only bring twenty personal guards to Guangzhou Mansion at this time!

Or, he just came to join General Qi!
Thinking of this, the city guard relaxed a little from his nervousness. If so, that would be a good thing. General Qi is short of famous generals like General Huo!

The first person to arrive at the city gate was a literati in his early fifties, with a long beard, elegant and wise, he was Qi Gufeng's number one counselor Wen Junshi.

The city guard hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and respectfully offered Clairvoyance. Junshi Wen took it, looked at it carefully for a while, and laughed, "It's really General Huo, and he really deserves his reputation."

The meaning of what he said was unclear, and the city guard didn't dare to answer the words indiscriminately, so he laughed dryly twice.

"Are there any soldiers and horses behind?"

"The scouts have explored fifty miles away, no."

"Fifty miles—"

Master Wen stroked his long beard, "Sure enough, it's better to meet each other than to be famous."

The city guard always felt that he was scolding Huo Yanzhi for being stupid and bold, but General Qi rebelled again, even a small city guard like him would not dare to scold a prince for being stupid and bold, so he could only continue to laugh.

Soon, the senior generals in Guangzhou Mansion went up to the city wall one by one.

Huo Yan's name as the God of War is famous in the Great Xiao, who among these generals would not want to see the true demeanor?
Qi Gufeng was the last to arrive, and by this time the scouts had already covered the range of Baili.

There were no traces of other soldiers and horses in a radius of a hundred miles, so it can be seen that Huo Yanzhi really only brought these twenty personal guards!
Even if he ambushes people hundreds of miles away, it will still be unable to quench his thirst!
If he wasn't here to seek death, he was here to surrender!
How could a person like Huo Yanzhi be willing to be oppressed by that stupid king all the time, pretending to be dumb for more than ten years, and still can't leave the capital!
Qi Gufeng reluctantly suppressed his heart and went up to the city wall, so he just said, Huangkou Xiaoer, he made such a feat just because of his good background and good timing!
How could he compare to a lifelong veteran like him, who had to bow his head in front of him when it really came to a critical moment?

"General Huo, I heard that you want to talk to me, my king is here."

Qi Gufeng's voice is gentle, with a touch of self-esteem, condescending, he is naturally qualified to be self-confident.

"Our lord asked General Qi, did you really occupy our lord's palace, robbed our lord of the title of King Fu Guang, and wanted to overthrow the Xiao family's country?"

Xi Xin's steady voice was clearly heard by everyone on the wall with internal strength.

Qi Gufeng frowned, this question is not polite!
He understands Huo Yanzhi's weight, but those ignorant people and soldiers don't know it!
They almost regarded Huo Yanzhi as the god of war!

He himself had personally heard the shouts of the God of War in private from his soldiers!
At this time, if Huo Yanzhi can defect to him, it will definitely be worth a hundred thousand soldiers!

He is now at the time of employment——

Thinking of this, Qi Gufeng tried his best to answer in a soft tone, "General Huo, you and I are both people with big ambitions. How can a small place of great fortune be in our eyes?"

"Our prince asked, General Qi's words, are you admitting it?"

Qi Gufeng was already furious in his heart, but he still managed to control it on the face, "This is just a stopgap measure, why should General Huo care about a King Fuguang—"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw Huo Yanzhi drawing his arrow and bow, and couldn't help sneering. Could it be that he wanted to threaten him by pulling the bow at this time?

absurd!

Not to mention that he has 20 troops behind him, but just talking about the moat and city walls of Guangzhou Mansion, Huo Yanzhi, the so-called King Fuguang, can't pass it!
Before he could stop thinking, he was shocked to realize that Sen Han's arrows had already arrived in front of his eyes!
Not to mention dodging to block, he didn't even have time to take a look, the arrow cluster had already pierced his throat, made a muffled "poof", and then protruded from the back of his neck.

absurd!

The city wall of Guangzhou Mansion is at least three feet high, and there is a moat more than five feet wide outside. No matter how good a marksman is, it is impossible to stand on the side of the moat and shoot people on the city wall!

This was the last thought that crossed Qi Gufeng's mind.

In the next second, he was out of breath and fell headfirst.

Qi Gufeng's eldest son stood closest to Qi Gufeng, but he only had time to grab the cloak fluttering behind Qi Gufeng when Qi Gufeng fell down.

He was bent down by Qi Gufeng's falling force.

The time he bent down, the feathered arrow as fast as a meteor has arrived in front of him!
The cold arrow pierced his head mercilessly, pierced deeply, and the father and son fell into the moat together.

"Boom--boom--"

There was a loud noise of a heavy object falling into the river, and everyone who was intimidated by Huo Yanzhi's two consecutive arrows came back to their senses.

Some shouted for the general to jump into the moat, some turned around and went down the city wall to pursue, but many more people screamed and hid behind the battlements of the city wall.

"General!"

The roar of grief and indignation resounded inside and outside the city walls of Guangzhou Mansion. Junshi Wen, who was pushed behind the battlements by his personal guards, clearly saw the two lieutenants who bravely jumped off the moat floating up, one brought up the body of Qi Gufeng's eldest son, and the other What he held in his arms was a headless corpse!
Qi Gufeng's head was thrown to the other side of the river, and the guard who had just spoken on behalf of Huo Yanzhi caught it neatly and hung it on the horse.

Only then did Huo Yanzhi turn his horse's head unhurriedly, and galloped away with his twenty cavalry in the direction they came from.

"There is someone in the river!"

The guards on the city wall cried out in shock, and a lieutenant asked anxiously, "Military division, what should we do now?"

Military division Wen walked out of the battlements, and the sergeants who rushed down the city wall had already opened the city gate, and were waiting for the order to lower the drawbridge to pursue Huo Yanzhi.

But the cavalry led by Huo Yanzhi managed to run a distance of more than ten feet.

"At any cost, ensure that the giant salamander returns to Beijing safely."

Salamander is the code name of King Fuguang.

Although he wanted to break his head, he couldn't understand why the master gave such a cute and pleasing code name to King Fuguang who suppressed the Huns with force.

After receiving this secret order, he kept thinking, why would King Fuguang come to Guangzhou Mansion at this time?
How could he, a military adviser who was trapped in Guangzhou, have the opportunity to protect Fu Guangwang's safe return to Beijing?

Did the master already know that King Fuguang would take the risk to come to the Guangzhou mansion, or was the king sent by the master?

Thinking of this, Military Master Wen couldn't help shivering. What exactly does the master want to do?
However, he quickly stopped his thoughts, no matter what the master wanted to do, all he had to do was to obey the master's order.

"Continue to scout to find out if King Fuguang has ambushed other soldiers and horses, and Vice General Guo chases along the waterway, and Vice General Hua orders a thousand elite soldiers to pursue King Fuguang.

Even if you can't take it down, you must not lose track of it!I'll immediately gather my troops and horses and follow them closely to meet them."

The lieutenant galloped away in response, and Junshi Wen picked up a clairvoyance that fell on the city wall in the chaos, and looked out of the city wall again, Huo Yanzhi's cavalry had disappeared behind the billowing dust.

Ugh--

He sighed, even if he is a military adviser, in public, with so many eyes staring at him, he can't blatantly release water!

The land of Fuguang is mostly navy, but Qi Gufeng has been secretly training cavalry and infantry for the past two years.

Lieutenant General Hua Manzhou is the one with the best kung fu and the most fearless death in the entire Fujian-Guang army.

All the cavalrymen under him have been trained like wolves and tigers, and they are the bravest among the cavalry.

Qi Gufeng had high hopes for this cavalry, and praised several times that they would surely be able to compete with Huo Yanzhi's famous Great Xiao cavalry on the battlefield.

Although he has been secretly trying to win over Huamanzhou, but the little baby is like a white-eyed wolf, and he can't raise it well. He really has more than enough energy.

At most, he can try his best to drag the reinforcements behind.

Salamander, whether you can return to the capital alive or not depends on whether you can pass the level of Vice-General Hua!

……

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Counting the time, the moment when Huo Yanzhi shot and killed Qi Gufeng coincided with the time when the "Letter to the People of the Great Xiao" spread all over the streets and alleys of the capital with silver and copper coins.

Qi Gufengyuan's secret line in the capital didn't know that his master had been beheaded by Huo Yanzhi, and he was very satisfied with the chaos he had caused, and those who were caught calmly chose to commit suicide.

Almost all Jin Yiwei were mobilized, searching for the clues left by the dead soldiers and the fish that slipped through the net.

In the Golden Luan Hall, Zheng Hedi looked gloomy at the civil and military officials who were quarreling below.

After killing the Lian family, he condemned Su Xianyu to go to Fuguang to govern the land. During Su Xianyu's nine years in Fuguang, he changed three guards.

Su Xianyu has outstanding abilities, and after the Lian family was killed, he quickly calmed the turbulent Fuguang.

It took another nine years to make the Fuguang land more prosperous and stable, so that the people of Fuguang completely forgot about the Lian family who once protected them.

Su Xianyu is in Fuguang, no matter how he changes the guard, he is not afraid of causing Fuguang instability.

After Su Xianyu left, he was replaced by Qi Gufeng who was trustworthy and good at water warfare.

The folk customs in the land of Fuguang are tough, water bandits and Japanese pirates emerge in endlessly, and customs smuggling has been a headache for Da Xiao since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

He was afraid of causing another shock, so he stayed with Qi Gufeng for a few more years, but he never thought that in just six years, Qi Gufeng had the audacity to start a conspiracy and secretly train cavalry and infantry!
Rebellious ministers and thieves are punished endlessly!

He was aware of Qi Gufeng's rebellion, and in order to stabilize him, he took the daughter of the Qi family into the palace through the draft, and at the same time made arrangements in private.

Later, when Xiao Mingzhao was murdered, he wanted to take advantage of the Qi family's daughter and deal with Qi Gufeng in a desperate manner. Unexpectedly, Qi Gufeng took the opportunity instead!

General Hu in the back is even more of an idiot!
He was condemned to quell the chaos, but he sent 10,000+ troops to Qi Gufeng!
fool!

That idiot died as soon as he died, but it made the situation even more unmanageable.

If it wasn't for the natural danger of the Tiger Roaring River, Jingzhou has many mountains and canyons, and the land is so dangerous, Qi Gufeng might have come to the vicinity of the capital!
Emperor Zhenghe gritted his teeth with hatred when he thought of the "Letter to the People of the Great Xiao" that had spread throughout the capital.

When he catches Qi Gufeng, he must execute him Ling Chi!

All three clans were executed in a hurry!
The imperial order has been sent to Jingnan, ordering the prefect of Jingnan to confiscate available merchant ships and civilian ships, prepare more food and grass, and help Xu Zongbing defend the Huxiao River to the death.

The local guards in Yunnan and Guizhou and the elite soldiers of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang naval forces rushed to help nearby, ready to counterattack Fuguang at any time.

This time Emperor Zhenghe learned his lesson and ordered General Shi, who was in charge of the Imperial Guard, to oversee the army instead of being the full-fledged commander, so as not to repeat the mistakes of General Hu because he was not familiar with the local customs.

But obviously, his group of officials believed that General Shi, who had never experienced a war, was not qualified for such an important task, and they were fighting against Qi Gufeng, who had fought against water bandits and Japanese pirates countless times with real swords and guns.

Real swords and guns?

The Great Xiao has been in peace for more than a hundred years. Except for the Yumen Pass crisis 17 years ago, there has been no major battle for more than 40 years.

Even Qi Gufeng, who has been famous for a long time, has fought several small battles with thousands of Japanese pirates!

In terms of real swords and guns, Huo Yan is the only one who has commanded a large-scale war with real swords and guns in the entire Great Xiao!
Are they implying that he will use Huo Yanzhi again?
Let Huo Yanzhi, the king of Fuguang, really take root and sprout in Fuguang, and it will take another six years to grow luxuriantly, so that he can rebel again?

As he was thinking hard, the eunuch's sharp praise sounded, "Fuguang urgent report—Fuguang urgent report——"

Emperor Zhenghe quickly let go of his thoughts and raised his voice, "Quick announcement".

"Xuan—Xuan—"

The commanding soldier in black armor galloped all the way to the steps outside the Golden Luan Hall with the sound of praise before dismounting. A red bird feather was stuck on his helmet and the horse's bridle.

That shows that what he sent is a first-level emergency military report, which is extremely urgent.

Ling Bing strode to the center of the hall, knelt down on one knee, and presented an envelope.

The envelope was sealed with red inkpad, and a black bird feather was stuck on it.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty fell silent the moment they saw the black bird feathers on the envelope, which meant that the news inside would definitely not be good news.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Jingnan that the Fuguang Army ordered more than a hundred soldiers with excellent water quality to go to the Huxiao River to inspect and collect ships. When Governor Shi went to the Huxiao River to patrol and collect ships, they pierced more than a hundred ships, killed them in disorder, boarded them, and set them on fire everywhere.

A total of 370 available ships were collected in Jingnan, 290 and 120 ships were burned, [-] and [-] people were killed, and [-] and [-] people were injured.

Governor Shi is not used to the shaking of the ship, he accidentally fell into the water, and now he has a high fever, so he ordered the deputy general to temporarily supervise the army, please show it to the emperor! "

After Ling Bing finished speaking, Zheng Hedi had also read the flimsy military newspaper, and slapped the armrest of the dragon chair in extreme anger, "Idiots! A bunch of idiots!"

(End of this chapter)