The devil is coming

Chapter 252 Old Silver Coin
Liang Cheng is back.
The day he came back was several days later than expected, because he not only brought back the belongings from the Helian family's treasury, but also picked up two barbarian villages and forced the two barbarian villages to send their leaders. His son came to Shengle City to see the city guard and express his surrender.
Perhaps, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked Huo Qubing to go on an expedition with the army for the first time, he actually felt a little uneasy;
Zheng Fan, on the other hand, felt confident that Liang Cheng would lead his army on the expedition.
Genius generals need to rely on an army as a touchstone and to gamble, but a veteran among veterans like Liang Cheng really doesn't need to worry too much.
When the troops returned to the city, Zheng Fan personally went out to greet them.
In the drama of kneeling and supporting,
Liang Cheng advanced.
It's so unexpected, yet so natural.
So when all the demon kings had dinner together in the evening, the pressure suddenly came to Xue San and the blind man.
Everyone is pursuing progress, and the two of them are undoubtedly holding them back. Even Fan Li has advanced. What reason do you have to explain and excuse yourself?
A Ming is not here. Yesterday, A Ming had led a convoy to Yanjing.
After the dinner, everyone else went down to do their work, while Zheng Fan and Liang Cheng sat facing each other.
"This is the news from the past few days and the order from Litian City."
After getting used to the office methods and efficiency of later generations, in many cases, written recording and transmission are indeed much clearer and more accurate than verbal ones.
After Liang Cheng read it carefully, he nodded and said:
"Your Majesty's guess is good. It should be that Yan State plans to use troops against the barbarians."
"So sure?"
Zheng Fan was used to being used as a smoke bomb.
From the earliest days in the civilian camp, he was used as bait;
Going south to Qianguo, he suffered the same fate. For this reason, Li Bao, the commander-in-chief of the Zhenbei Army, even lost an arm.
Zheng Fan felt that he could change his name to Xu Huang, because he was always regarded as that shot.
"My Lord, there are a lot of things that need to be raised when the army goes out. According to some information we have now, there are no large-scale war preparations in Yan State. Therefore, the scale of this battle is definitely not large. According to the I speculate that Marquis Jingnan may be responsible for this alone.
In other words, this is not a national war, but a military operation responsible for a military region.
After the Jingnan Army attacked the Jin Dynasty, the Marquis of Jingnan took control of Litian City, and the Jingnan Army was expanded. However, now, troops and horses are needed to suppress the newly promoted areas. Secondly, the entry of new soldiers will inevitably reduce the original overall combat strength. Therefore, my subordinates estimate that the troops dispatched this time are likely to be led by the Marquis of Jingnan himself. The number of troops and horses should only be around [-] to [-].
And considering that the road in the Tianduan Mountains is difficult to travel, the environment in the snowfield is even worse, and it is difficult to supply the army. If we really take that road instead of borrowing the road from Chengguo, the size of the army may only be [-]. . "
"Can't we go south from Jin?"
"To the south of the Jin Kingdom, in the area blocked by Nanmen Pass, there are many small countries. They look like miscellaneous things. In fact, if you want to swallow them all in one bite, unless hundreds of thousands of troops are pressing down on the border, it will easily ruin your stomach.
Moreover, although the Chu State is in internal strife, if it puts too much pressure on the Chu State, it will actually help the Chu State to become a unified rope again. This deal is not worthwhile. "
The small countries at the junction of the big countries in that circle are actually buffer zones left by the big countries by default.
"This time we send troops, it is definitely not because Tian Wujing is bored and wants to go horse racing in the snowy fields. So, what does Emperor Yan want?"
In Zheng Fan's opinion, international aid, especially military intervention, has always been a thankless task for a long time in history.
Liang Cheng seemed to have guessed what Zheng Fan was thinking and said:
"My lord, the Situ family is not a small and remote country. In fact, it occupies half of the Jin Kingdom. Its strength should not be underestimated.
Earlier, the Situ family's army went to the northeast to resist the barbarians, completely leaving their backs to the Yan people. This time, the Yan people should reciprocate the favor.
His subordinates speculated that Emperor Yan might have wanted to use this move to form a fact that did not exist on paper, that is, Cheng Guo was inferior to Yan State, and used his own ambition and courage, as well as the actual actions of the Yan army, to make Situ The whole family owes a big favor.
There are actually many ways to deal with the enemy. If you can prevent this opponent from attacking you for 20 years, then he is basically not a threat, and you can save a lot of energy to focus on another enemy. aspect. "
"Don't you feel naive?" Zheng Fan asked.
Do you base the relationship between countries on friendship and friendship?
In later generations, there are not too many examples of countries where two brothers who used to be sweet and flirted with each other and yelled like each other, but later turned into hating each other and killing each other.
"This relationship is of course not reliable, but once successful, it can provide Cheng Guo with a good reason to give to the conservatives in Situ's family."
"This effect?"
"The effect of this move is that Yan State's national power has always suppressed Cheng State. This is the fundamental."
"Oh I got it."
"Moreover, Yan State may only use Jingnan Marquis and [-] soldiers and horses for this move. To put it more unfavorably, even if..."
"To shut up!"
"..." Liang Cheng.
"Okay, I know what you mean. You want to say that the cost is not big anyway, right?"
"Yes."
"Okay, I understand."
"Then my subordinate will lead the army into the mountains again tomorrow and clear a way first. Marquis Jingnan probably wants to wait until he leads the army through the Tianduan Mountains into the snowfields, so that they will not be discovered by the savages and give them to the snowfields in the Northeast in advance. Savages deliver messages.”
"Thanks a lot."
"My lord, this time I plan to keep the thousand Jingnan troops to guard the home, and take the rest out."
"Okay, just make up your own mind. Just use combat as training."
"Yes, my subordinate understands."
Not long after Liang Cheng left, Xue San came in, holding a large box in his hand.
"My lord, come on, come into the house."
"Ok?"
"My lord, come on, come in, come on~"
Xue San moved the box into the room first.
After Zheng Fan entered, Xue San closed the door suspiciously.
"What's in the box?"
Zheng Fan asked, pointing to the box.
Liang Cheng advanced his troops as soon as he came back, and then immediately led his troops into the mountains again, as if he was handing over the goods and getting upgraded at the same time.
Zheng Fan also knew that Xue San must be extremely anxious now.
"My lord, come here, take a look. These days, I am training those fifty idiots during the day, and I am polishing these things at night. This is my filial piety, please accept it, lord."
Saying that, Xue San opened the box,
Zheng Fan was stunned.
Xue San took out the brand new things one by one as if they were offering treasures:
"My lord, these are handcuffs."
"My lord, look, this is a tendon-and-leather rope, it will never abrade the skin."
"My lord, this is a whip made of wolf skin bought from a trading company. This is the one without barbs. I also specially made a whip with barbs here. Oh, there are also ones below that I mixed myself. Golden sore medicine.”
"My lord, this is the mask."
"That's right, sir, this is a mouth ball. I've disinfected it. You can remember to disinfect it after you use it in the future."
"Ah, also, this is the highlight, it's me..."
.........
So, life is like this. When you find that the road in front of you is not going to work, you might as well change your mind.
In addition, there are so many successful samples in front of me. When I make a summary, I can always find some patterns.
Xue San felt that he had found a way and succeeded. When his aura increased sharply, his heart was filled with a sense of satisfaction.
The suffocating psychological pressure was suddenly relieved, the sun became brighter and the air became fresher.
Originally, Xue San planned to go to the blind man's roof at night to listen to the noise.
Didn’t the blind man say last time that he would not let him go if he went again?
come,
Who is afraid of whom?
Bibi!
But Xue San didn't go in the end. In fact, the last time he went to see the blind man, he just wanted to see if the blind man had advanced. He had no intention of actually listening to the corner. The blind man still understood that a friend's wife should not be bullied, and he would not make such a decision. Such a shameless thing.
As for leaving the blind man's place to go to the roof, it was a sign of losing control of his mind. He actually forgot that the master would throw the magic pill out of the window when he and Siniang were doing needlework!
Patience, patience,
Be reserved, be reserved;
So Xue Sanyi didn't sleep at night,
When everyone gathered together to have breakfast the next day, and at the same time to see off Liang Cheng once again leading the army into the mountains, Xue San walked over with the step of not recognizing his relatives.
The blind man was sitting there drinking porridge, taking small sips slowly. The Lord and Siniang hadn't come yet, and Fan Li and Liang Cheng were sitting there eating their breakfast.
Xue San deliberately sat next to the blind man. When he sat down, a shadow began to spread out from his body, gradually wrapping the blind man's arms.
The blind man stopped drinking porridge.
Xue San said hurriedly:
"Oops, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just got promoted, and I still can't control my strength attributes. Oops, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
When the blind man heard this, he didn't necessarily feel angry. He just smiled and continued to drink porridge.
Pack,
You pretend to be me,
You are now at the top of the class, truly at the bottom of the class,
You must be very unhappy, angry, ashamed, and restless. Pretend, pretend, pretend!
Xue San picked up the chopsticks,
Road:
"Everyone should have advanced, so we have to celebrate, hehehehe."
As he said that, he continued to look at the blind man from the corner of his eye, only to find that the blind man continued to drink porridge with peace of mind, as if he was detached from everything else.
At this time, Zheng Fan and Siniang came over to eat together. Except for A Ming, everyone was sitting together again.
Xue San kept smiling while eating the buns, eating them with the blind man in his sight. They were delicious, so delicious!
Zheng Fan didn't notice at first,
After discovering that Xue San had been looking at the blind man, Zheng Fan realized that among the seven demon kings, the only one who had not been promoted was the blind man.
Everyone has been promoted, but the blind man has not been promoted, and the blind man's contribution and hard work are definitely second to none among the many demon kings.
At this time,
The blind man finished his bowl of porridge.
Facing Xue San with some surprise, he said:
"San'er, have you advanced?"
Xue San was stunned for a moment.
"Ok?"
"Congratulations, I really envy you. Congratulations."
"What?"
The blind man faced Zheng Fan again and said:
"My lord, I still have things to deal with there. Cheng, please pay attention to your safety. My lord, I will go to work first."
The blind man got up,
turn around,
Slightly hunched back,
The hair on the temples is slightly white,
Ink stains on sleeves,
The cloth shoes under your feet,
Frame after frame,
For a time,
The guilt in Zheng Fan's heart became more and more intense.
And in the next moment,
The blind man straightened his back suddenly, and his aura also increased sharply at this moment!
"..." Xue San!
(End of this chapter)