The devil is coming

Chapter 116
Xu Wenzu returned to the inn with his troops. What he brought with him was not the defenders of Yincheng, but the soldiers from the county military station in the southern suburbs of Yincheng.
The local official system of Yan State is a bit chaotic. It is divided into real and empty officials. In addition, there are a lot of symbolic official positions used to reward and appease local powerful families, which always gives people a hodgepodge look.
However, the military system of the Yan State is very simple. It is divided into three armies, one is the Zhenbei Army under the jurisdiction of the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, the second is the Beijing Forbidden Army, and the third is the Jingnan Army that has been stationed in Yinlang County.
These three armies can be regarded as the ace field army of Yan State and are the cornerstone of the country.
The Zhenbei Army was controlled by the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, and to a certain extent, they could even disobey Emperor Yan's edicts, while the Forbidden Army and the Jingnan Army were the forbidden troops in the hands of successive Emperors of Yan.
Below these three armies are the county soldiers. The strength and equipment of the county soldiers vary greatly from county to county. Tiancheng County, as a place in the capital, is commanded by the eldest prince. Naturally, the Tiancheng County soldiers are among the best in terms of loyalty and equipment quality. etc., as for the county soldiers in other counties, there are some inexplicable factors, both in terms of quality and infiltration by local wealthy families.
Next, there are the local garrison troops in a pure sense, similar to the garrison of Hutou City and Zheng Fan's current garrison at Cuiliu Fort in Yinlang County. To put it bluntly, more than [-]% of them are local powerful families. The meat stalls of Zuo Jiqian, such as Zuo Jiqian's Ji Tuibao, were built entirely with the support of the Zuo family.
It stands to reason that when Xu Wenzu left, he must have gone to call someone. He should have called the Yincheng defenders closest to the post station, but in the end, the Yincheng defenders did not come, and it was the Yinlang County soldiers outside Yincheng who came. The county soldiers in the place.
There is something worth pondering here.
Just like the Hong Kong police in later Hong Kong movies, when people came, the matter was over, leaving only Blind Bei and Xue San lying on the ground with serious injuries.
Originally, Xu Wenzu planned to send Xue San and Xiazi Bei to a nearby medical officer for treatment, but Xiazi Bei refused, and Xiazi Bei insisted on returning to Cuiliu Fort.
Xu Wenzu agreed, and he personally and two county soldiers led eight hundred county soldiers to Cuiliu Fort first. Blind Bei Ze and Xue San were picked up by the subsequent carriage and marched to Cuiliu Fort.
By the time the carriage in which Blind Bei and Xue San were riding arrived at Cuiliu Fort, it was already dawn. When the carriage entered Cuiliu Fort, they happened to encounter a gloomy-looking Xu Wenzu leading his troops away. Looking at this direction, it should be a direct drive. Look south to the city.
A Ming and Liang Cheng hugged each other and carried the seriously injured blind men Bei and Xue San into the room.
After rejecting the others,
Siniang used scissors to cut all the clothes on Blind Bei's upper body, then took out a needle and thread and began to help Blind Bei mend the horrific wound on his chest.
Liang Cheng was helping Xue San set the bones and fix them, and at the same time told Fan Li to go outside and beat the stone slabs.
A Ming was not idle either and told the blind man Bei everything.
Blind Bei was thinking while listening, while Siniang, who was mending his wounds, said with some concern:
"Don't think about it anymore. Just rest after the sewing is done."
Blind Bei shook his head and said:
"I can't rest, at least not yet. Isn't that Master Chen also sent to the stronghold?"
"Well, according to the master's instructions, he has been given some medicine, but no other treatment has been done. The master has already fallen asleep. He was probably taken by the magic pill and his body was hollowed out. He was too exhausted. "
Blind Bei nodded and said:
"That Daxia Chen, although he is a bit naive, a bit naive, and a bit reckless, he is still a good and honest person. My lord did the right thing."
"What did you do right? Earlier, the Lord asked A Ming to help him walk to the man, and he was almost dragged down by the man before he died."
Blind Bei shook his head and said:
"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger's cubs. If you don't let go of your children, you won't be able to trap the wolf. The Lord has a deep intention in doing this."
"Are you praising the Lord or comforting yourself?" A Ming asked.
"All of them." Blind Bei paused and gritted his teeth. Obviously, the pain from Siniang's stitches on his body was still very strong, but Blind Bei still managed to gather his energy and said, "A Ming, you come right now Go contact the person responsible for liaison with the Sixth Prince staying near us, and ask their caravan spies in Qian Country to find out what is going on in Chahe Village. Tell that person that this matter is very important and must be dealt with in the best possible way. Find out quickly."
"okay."
Blind Bei opened his mouth again, enduring the severe pain and continued:
"Master Chen, give him the best medicine, and then send two little ladies from the house to wait on him day and night. He will eat and drink deliciously."
It is really difficult for ordinary people to treat a guy who almost killed himself like this.
"I know." Siniang responded.
The little girls she trained are still too young to go out on missions, but they are still capable of taking care of people.
"A Cheng, the enemy's barbarian soldiers have ordered that the news that Sha Tuo Queshi and Chen Daxia are both in our fortress must not be spread out. You have already told Xu Wenzu that Chen Daxia was driven away by you. I don't think Xu Wenzu believed it all. , but he won’t pursue this.”
"Okay." Liang Cheng agreed.
"What happened this time is too weird. There are a lot of forces involved. Although the target is our Lord, it is possible that the Lord was just accidentally affected."
"Who will take action against the Lord?" A Ming asked.
"How do I know? I'm not a god. It's possible for anyone. But it depends on how the situation develops. No, I'm seriously exhausted. Later, maybe people from the Secret Service will come over to check on the situation. Si Niang, go and deal with it.
It is estimated that within a few days, the storm over this matter will come. "
"I understand, you can rest, I'll fix it too."
Blind Bei lowered his head, looked at the wound on his chest that had been mended, and said with some dissatisfaction:
"Didn't I ask you to use beauty needles..."
"It's such a big and thick wound that can't be closed with other threads. It's okay. When the wound heals, it will form a scar. It will look quite powerful."
"San'er..."
Xue San lay there silently.
"San'er..."
"Shaqima?" (What's going on)
Xue San didn't want to talk. His teeth were not leaking, but there was draft.
"When you can get to the ground, you command Fan Li to make... a prosthetic limb for Chen Daxia."
Xue San was neither angry nor puzzled.
He just said calmly:
"Whoosh." (received)
"For the two bowls of noodles I had a few years ago, I helped him travel to Yan State to avenge me.
We...we must be doubly kind to him, so that after he learns the truth, he will feel guilty, ashamed and angry, and cannot live up to the foreshadowing that the Lord risked being killed. "
"Understood." Siniang nodded.
"I know." A Ming agreed.
"Also, and the most important thing is, after the truth of the matter is found out, before telling him, please pay attention..."
"What should you pay attention to?" Liang Cheng asked.
"Be careful not to let this guy get too embarrassed and angry and commit suicide directly!"
.........
After Zheng Fan was taken back to the fortress, he only had time to give a few instructions to Master Chen, and then fell into a coma.
This coma lasted for three days and three nights.
The last time I was possessed by the magic pill and killed the eighth-grade silver-armored guard, I didn't coma for so long. The reason why it took so long this time was because my already overstretched body was seriously injured. I rushed back to Cuiliu Castle with Daxia Chen overnight. Constantly working hard to fight with wits and courage.
After three days of coma, Zheng Fan woke up. Thanks to Siniang's careful care, although his body was still in pain when he woke up, he was already in the recovery stage.
Xu Wenzu sent people from Nanwang City to Cuiliu Fort to check on Zheng Fan's condition every day. When he learned that Zheng Fan had woken up, he came to Cuiliu Fort in person the next day.
After the screen retreated, Xu Wenzu knelt down directly towards Zheng Fan.
Zheng Fan didn't get out of bed to stop him. Firstly, he had difficulty moving, and secondly, Zheng Fan knew that only by asking Xu Wenzu to kneel down for once could Xu Wenzu let go of the thought of running away first that night.
After Xu Wenzu left, Zheng Fan was pushed by Siniang in a wheelchair and went outside to bask in the sun.
Also coming out to bask in the sun were blind men Bei and Xue San, who were also in wheelchairs.
Cuiliu Fort can be renamed to the Disabled Fort.
The winter sunshine is always so comfortable, Zheng Fan couldn't help but squint his eyes.
Then, Zheng Fan turned to look at Blind Bei and Xue San.
Zheng Fan discovered that the wheelchairs of the three people were all of the right size, especially Xue San, whose wheelchair was obviously a small one.
Both his and Xue San's wheelchairs have handles, which are convenient for you to turn to move the wheelchair forward, but there are no handles on Blind Bei's wheelchair, because Blind Bei can push the wheelchair forward with his mind.
"Who made this wheelchair?" Zheng Fan asked.
Isn't it so considerate?
Blind Bei smiled helplessly,
Road:
"San'er made it."
Xue San, who was sitting in a wheelchair and still speaking without words, quickly looked at Zheng Fan and said with an expression asking for credit:
"My lord, does this wheelchair still fit?"
"It fits very well. Did you make this in advance?"
Xue San was also transported back with serious injuries. Obviously, it was impossible for him to start making a wheelchair immediately after returning.
"Isn't that right? Your Majesty, you all had things to do in the past month. I was too busy, so I just thought that being idle would be idle, so I made seven wheelchairs according to the body measurements and habits of the seven of us. "
"Have a heart."
"You're welcome, Lord, as long as you feel comfortable."
Zheng Fan really didn't know how to praise Xue San. What's the difference between making a wheelchair in advance and making a shroud in advance for later generations? Isn't this a curse on his own people?
But looking at it from another perspective, there are too many situations where people go to fight when they encounter danger. There is really no problem in preparing in advance to facilitate recovery.
"Lord, in recent days, things have been brewing and things have finally begun to blow."
Blind Bei woke up the next day, and then began to conduct intelligence analysis. As for the work of collecting intelligence, he still relied on the people in the Sixth Prince's caravan.
Building the fort is only the first step. The "funding" from the Sixth Prince is actually still flowing. With just the weapons and armor stacked in the fort's warehouse, it is easy to recruit 500 more people. It's just that Zheng Fan listened to the blind man's suggestion. There is no rush to rush into the army.
As for intelligence sharing, in this era, there really is no one as well-informed as those working in caravans. In fact, countries generally place their own spies in caravans to gather information.
"Tell me."
Zheng Fan took a cup of tea from Siniang and blew on it.
"The people who assassinated us that day were a group of people, but they had three components. Daxia Chen was one person, the first batch of assassins were one component, and the puppet master came from Tianji Pavilion of Jin State. A department responsible for creating artifacts and weapons of war for dignitaries.”
"Yeah." Zheng Fan took a sip of tea. He had actually heard this from Master Chen when he was riding in the carriage that night.
"Because the previous Nanwang City magistrate and commander-in-chief died in strange circumstances, and the Marquis of Jingnan led the Jingnan army to take over Nanwang City on the day of the funeral. This move was indeed too arrogant.
Moreover, so far, the Jingnan Army has not moved its troops out of Nanwang City, and the Marquis of Jingnan himself even lives in Nanwang City.
Therefore, there are rumors outside that Jingnanhou was worried that Xu Wenzu, who came from the north, was sent to Nanwang City as a general soldier by the imperial court to check and balance him, so he did not stop and directly asked people to kill him at Yincheng Station. Interception. "
"That's not right. It's me who the assassin is shouting to kill."
"Xu Wenzu did report the truth truthfully, but judging from the reactions from all parties, Xu Wenzu and the court deliberately said this in order to save the face of Marquis Jingnan. What I'm afraid of is that at this moment, the court has already contacted the Marquis of Zhenbei. When the government was in conflict, he had a falling out with Marquis Jingnan.
Therefore, even though Xu Wenzu's memorial and other memorials stated that the assassin's target is you, my lord, all the forces and feedback directly believe that it is Xu Wenzu who is to be killed. "
"Oh, I know, I'm just too weak, right?"
You have no cards, and you don’t even deserve to die.
Does a small fortress garrison have the qualifications to be assassinated with such fanfare?
"However, I have met Marquis Jingnan twice. How should I put it? I don't think he is capable of assassination. If we want to deal with Xu Wenzu, we should not use this method."
Zheng Fan had seen the arrogance and domineering behavior of Marquis Jingnan. He wanted to kill Xu Wenzu. What Zheng Fan imagined in his mind was that when Xu Wenzu came to Nanwang City, he was ordered by Marquis Jingnan to shoot directly under the tower. Kill Xu Wenzu, and then cut off his flesh to make bacon.
"The puppet master of the Tianji Pavilion in the Jin Kingdom studied under the great Sicheng of the Tianji Pavilion in the Jin Kingdom. His future was limitless, but he participated in this assassination and died in the Yan Kingdom.
Then, on the day of the assassination, it was the 70th birthday of the head of the Tian family. Envoys from the Jin State also went to congratulate him. On the congratulatory form they sent, his son Tian Wujing was written as King Jingnan of Yan State instead of Marquis of Jingnan. "
"King Jingnan?" Zheng Fan smiled, "That's too deliberate."
According to Dayan's rules, non-princes cannot be crowned kings. They are as powerful as the Marquis of Zhenbei, and they are still marquises. And marquises are already the pinnacle of the nobles with different surnames in Dayan.
"The explanation given by the Jin envoy was that the congratulatory form was written incorrectly, and the person who wrote the congratulatory form has been punished."
"Ha ha."
"There is another thing, that is, the first batch of assassins to break into the first-class courtyard of the post station. They are the officers and soldiers of the Jingnan Army's rear camp."
"Back camp?"
"It's like this, Your Majesty, the Jingnan Army actually has [-] soldiers and horses, but just [-] soldiers and horses are a bit too weak to guard the southern border of Yan State. Therefore, the Jingnan Army has its own rear camp, which is usually used They were scattered around for training or working as county soldiers. In fact, they were reserve forces of the Jingnan Army.
Once the war breaks out, these people will be immediately reorganized into the army by the Jingnan Army. "
"It's still too deliberate."
"After Xu Wenzu left the inn, he first went to the north gate of Yincheng and knocked on the door. As a result, the captain guarding the north gate of Yincheng refused to open the door and refused to let Xu Wenzu enter the city. Xu Wenzu had to go to the county military post and call for the county soldiers.
The captain of the North Gate of Yincheng was once a personal soldier of the Marquis of Jingnan, and was released the year before last.
The captain committed suicide the next day without leaving any last words. "
"Tsk..."
"My lord, yesterday the governor of the three sides of the Qian Kingdom, Yang Taiwei, sent an official letter, hoping to meet with the Marquis of Jingnan to resolve the current friction problem on the Yan-Qian border. He also hopes that Yinlang County can be reconciled under the rule of the Marquis of Jingnan. The country of Qian is in harmony as before."
Zheng Fan drank all the tea in his hand.
Road:
"In this way, no matter how fake it is, it is no different from the truth."
"Yes, my lord, whether it is a conspiracy or a conspiracy, its purpose has been achieved. The help of the Jin State, the recognition of the Qian State, and the support of the Jingnan Army are all that is needed to achieve a dragon robe."
Zheng Fan nodded.
This is no longer a question of whether Yan Emperor Ji Runhao is still talented and tolerant, because when things have reached this point, they are infinitely close to being given a yellow robe.
The rise and fall of the world, for the royal family and the emperor, he is playing a game in which as long as he loses, his whole family will die. Throughout the ages, there are almost no royal families who can die well. Even if you have abdicated, although on the surface, you will be given preferential treatment. But the imperial lineage must have an inevitable end.
As for the ministers' family below, they actually still have a chance to shuffle the cards and start over. At the worst, they can just change to another card table and continue playing.
"I just don't know how Marquis Jingnan will choose to deal with it." Zheng Fan said.
Blind Bei nodded and agreed:
"The Tian family is the number one relative today, and the Tian family is also one of the big families. If we take advantage of this limelight and take advantage of the confrontation between the imperial court and the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, we can even do nothing. Even if you don’t say anything, Emperor Yan will definitely hold his nose and send a prince up."
At this time,
Liang Cheng walked in from outside, holding a letter in his hand,
"My Lord, the investigation results of Qianguo Chahe Village are out, and the caravan's spies rushed back."
"look."
Zheng Fan pointed at the blind man.
Let the blind man read the letter, this is the unique style of Cuiliu Castle.
Liang Cheng handed the envelope to the blind man. The blind man took the letter and did not open it. He just squeezed it with his hands, pondered for a moment, and turned to face Zheng Fan.
Road:
"Lord, it is not difficult to investigate this matter because there are many people involved."
"Say."
"When a general from the Qian Kingdom led troops to pursue the Lord, he went to Chahe Village to collect supplies on the way. He had a conflict with the villagers of Chahe Village, and the soldiers killed them."
"and then?"
"Then the general just refused to do anything and slaughtered Chahe Village directly."
"So, is Master Chen really a bastard? When he sees a village disappearing, he immediately thinks that I killed it, and he doesn't know how to investigate it himself?"
"After the general slaughtered and looted the village, he wrote a line of words on the archway at the entrance of the village.
Zheng Fan, the garrison of Dayancui Liubao, is here for a visit! "
(End of this chapter)