The devil is coming

Chapter 203 Trading
The coffin was carried up 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 in the Zhenbei Army. A large part of the reason is that whenever he rushes into battle, Li Fusheng always likes to be the first one, and his subordinates naturally So he followed them howling and fighting 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 no longer be able to hide it, and she will call him to take him away when the time comes.
When he was alive, 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 caught the opponent's weak link and rushed out alone. The probability 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 just die. No matter what, it is better than everyone dying suddenly once the master Zheng Fan dies. Much more.
The soldiers and horses of the Situ family have already arrived at the city. These soldiers and horses look quite majestic and indeed have the appearance of a strong army.
It is said that Mr. Thornface once said when he was still alive that soldiers and horses are just like swords. If they are left unused for a long time, 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 Kingdom 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 is the Helian Family and to the south are many small countries. Therefore, the Wenren Family has the most comfortable geographical advantage and sits at the center of the four major countries. Commerce and trade are developed but war is scarce. 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 is also bordered by the Yan Kingdom, there have not been many savage settlements in it since early on. In addition to being wary of the Yan Kingdom, the Helian family usually has no There are many opportunities to use weapons, even against the Yan Kingdom. If I didn't think I had a great opportunity this time, I wouldn't dare to provoke him easily.
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. Over the years, the two sides have been coming and going, and they always come here once in a while.
The troops and horses are always in a state of mobilization and preparation for war, and the opponent they face is not a peasant rebellion. It is difficult for soldiers and horses like this to be strong or not.
This was 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 was familiar with this job. He had done it before in Shangjing City, but compared with his own back then, 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 an intention to raise troops this time. He is not willing to fight with the Yan State, but only to capture the puppet emperor of Jin and 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 status as Emperor Jin. How could he hand it over?
Although from the perspective of Jin people, Yu Ciming is indeed a traitorous emperor who opens 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 general opposite is a fool, he won't believe it." Zheng Fan said.
"What if you are really a fool?"
"Row."
Zheng Fan leaned out of the battlements and shouted:
"We need to ask for instructions from my Majesty the Emperor of Dayan!"
There is no need to say more than necessary, as too much will lead to mistakes.
This civil servant was not a good person, he said:
"Then I'll wait for the good news!"
After that, he took the reins and started to return.
Whether the Situ family believed in this delaying strategy, they probably didn't, because the troops immediately began to set up camp and at the same time began to cut 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 this 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 strengthened 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 including the young and strong 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, my head hurt so much when facing this kind of city wall. Now that the city wall is on our side, and the other side is all cavalry, it's 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."
"Ah."
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 he came up now after nightfall.
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 made some arrangements."
"Oh? What's wrong?" Zheng Fan asked curiously.
"I feel like there is a little problem."
"question?"
"Yes, after Emperor Jin separates from us, his first stop tonight should be Xinsu City, and then his next stop will be to return to his own kingdom 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 were unable to let their team enter Xinsu City."
"This good relationship means that on our side, even if our own messenger doesn't rush out, the people in Xinsu City will definitely send a message to Yan Jun."
"No, my lord, what I mean is that since Xinsu City is still in the hands of the Yan army, how did the Situ army in front of us quietly approach Xinsu City without being discovered?
Tens of thousands of cavalry could be hidden if they were crisscrossing the wild valleys. Even if the two marquises of Jingnan and Zhenbei entered the Jin Dynasty, it seemed to be a clever move, but if there was no Jin emperor, he would open the south on his own. If the Yan army were to enter through the gate, if a fight really broke out, the Helian family over there would definitely receive the news and respond, and it would be impossible to achieve the result of overthrowing the elites of the two major families in one battle. "
Having said this, the blind man faced Liang Cheng and asked:
"A Cheng, tell me, is this strange?"
"The Jin region was newly attached, and the people's hearts were still unconquered. That's when the Situ family started to raise troops. The response of the three Jin Dynasty's powerful forces directly formed a scale.
But since Shinsu City has not fallen, it is almost impossible to ambush tens of thousands of cavalry near Shinsu City.The Jingnan Army under the command of Marquis Jingnan is known for its strict military discipline. It is impossible for an army like this to be so careless as to commit such negligence. "
Zheng Fan rubbed his swollen temples and asked:
"So, what you are saying is that this Emperor Jin was originally given to the Situ family by Emperor Yan? 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 force of troops for decades, which was used to monitor the Gyeonggi region. Now the city is under the control of our Yan army.
To put it another way, if Emperor Yan and the Situ family hadn't reached a deal and were ready to give away Emperor Jin like a bargaining chip, the Yan army in Xinsu City wouldn't have deliberately let the situation slip.
Then it can only be that the soldiers and horses of the Situ family have been hiding near Xinsu City, a place where it is inconvenient for Yan army sentries to enter and detect. "
Zheng Fan immediately responded: "Hidden in the capital?"
"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, agree on a time in advance, and the cavalry from the capital will rush out in advance. In this way, even if Xinsu City The Yan army in the city discovered them, and for a while there was no way to deal with them."
Zheng Fan said "hehe",
Road:
"So, this is Jin Huang's own act to catch himself?"
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The state has been a bit sluggish for a while, so I will update today. Starting from tomorrow, Long will try his best to return to his previous state and write a big chapter, so that everyone can enjoy it more.
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