The devil is coming

Chapter 536 Showdown!
The sword master has returned home,
I took Hu Bamei with me.
It also brought with it the reluctance and heavy longing that belonged to Xue San.
Getting together, because it is short and precious, is the real normal state, or we go our separate ways for life;
Next, the demon kings and Uncle Zheng, the master, will separate to do their own things.
The blind man and Jin Shuke led a troop of troops to the rear;
From the earliest guard of the Merchant School, no one had any money, weapons or horses. Later, in Cuiliu Fort, he could only choose prisoners. After going to Jin Dynasty, he could only accept the surrender of Jin Dynasty. He looked at Zhenbei countless times. The army and the Jingnan Army are drooling over the high-quality soldiers;
This time, it was finally my turn to have a big meal.
Xue San led the team of craftsmen to also set off to support the brothers' siege.
Yesterday, Uncle Zheng invited Gongsun Zhi and Gong Wang to meet in the castle and have a meal.
Because there will be a long period of peace on the Eastern Front;
Therefore, Uncle Zheng took Gongsun Zhi's son Gongsun Zhen to the king's tent. He wanted to receive the teachings of King Jingnan, so he took Gongsun Zhen there to receive his own teachings.
In addition, Gong Wangzhi Gong Lin was also transferred by Zheng Fan to serve as military counselor.
During the dinner, Uncle Zheng asked Liang Cheng to sit next to him.
Everyone's son is by their side, and with their own instructions, Gongsun Zhi and Gong Wang should know whose orders the next three troops on the Eastern Front should follow.
After doing this, Uncle Zheng packed up his things and went straight to the royal tent of the Chinese army with some entourage and guards the next morning.
……
Everything seems to be the same as before.
The royal tent is located in the central area of ​​the military stronghold, separated by independent fences, and has strong independence.
Uncle Zheng's tent is in this small circle, not far from the king's tent.
It can be seen that Gongsun Huan and Gong Lin are a little excited and a little nervous. After all, what they have to face is King Jingnan, a god-like existence in the Yan army.
In comparison, Uncle Zheng is much more calm.
"You, go and wash these vegetables. You, go and clean these bones. After they are done, sir, stew them."
After giving instructions to Gong Lin and Gongsun Zhuan, Uncle Zheng tidied his clothes and walked towards the king's tent.
After nodding with the guards under King Jingnan at the door, Uncle Zheng opened the curtain and walked in without making any announcement.
In the king's tent, King Jingnan was sitting there, reading the military report.
"My lord."
"come over."
Uncle Zheng came closer.
Tian Wujing did not raise his head, but pointed at the folding papers stacked on one side of his desk and said:
"approved."
amount……
Uncle Zheng nodded, picked up the fold, and sat down in the starting position.
Uncle Zheng did not expect that he would enter work mode at this time, but he had no room to comment.
After opening the folder, I found that it was sent from Yingdu, and it was basically related to logistics.
This type of discount is relatively easy to deal with.
Although Siniang is in charge of the daily work of Xue Customs, Uncle Zheng has been sitting in that position for so long, and his structure has been established for a long time. It is not difficult to do these reviews.
There was nothing wrong with the phone call routine, it was just a routine twist. Uncle Zheng approved it and put it aside.
For those who sought an extension without giving specific reasons, Uncle Zheng gave instructions to "do it as quickly as possible." The second half of the sentence was not written, but anyone who read this statement should be able to guess that "those who delay will be engaged in military law." ".
This type of excerpts are also placed separately.
Some of them did give specific reasons. Uncle Zheng judged based on his own experience and knowledge that it was not the officials at the rear who were deliberately delaying, but that there were real difficulties.
For example, heavy rain in Wangjiang washed away two pontoon bridges, causing a delay in the delivery of military supplies. This situation cannot be overcome in a short time by manpower and attitude.
Fortunately, there are not many discounts in this case, only a few.
The three categories were folded and stacked together. Uncle Zheng picked them up again, walked to the Jingnan Marquis Case, and sorted the three categories again.
King Jingnan raised his head, looked at Uncle Zheng, and said:
"Has it been approved?"
"Okay, Your Majesty. I need you to take a look at this pile, Your Majesty. I have given instructions on this pile."
There is no need to say another pile of cliches and nonsense.
King Jingnan flipped through a few books, nodded, and said:
"Do you know what this king wants to say?"
Uncle Zheng nodded and said: "With these Hong's abilities, it would be a pity not to go to the Bureau of Ceremony."
"Ha ha."
King Jingnan smiled, stretched out his hand, pushed these folds aside, and said:
"It is very difficult for a commander to do everything in detail, but my habit is to know everything well. Running an army is like running a country. It is extremely satisfying to order thousands of troops to charge with drums and drums. But most of the time, I still have to sit down and get stuck in the paperwork.”
"Yes, I will eventually be taught."
"There will be another batch coming in the afternoon. Just follow this way and help me review it."
"Yes, my lord."
"How's the injury?"
"It's all right now."
"Although a martial artist's real support is his own physical body, the essence transforms into spirit, and the body and spirit are inherently one. We don't need to be like a Qi practitioner who overly pursues the closeness between self and Tao, but at least we have to do not Hold back, otherwise it will be detrimental to your future cultivation path."
This was the conclusion drawn when I went to Dongshan Fort to meet Uncle Zheng who had just woken up from a coma.
But that time, Uncle Zheng was first possessed by the magic pill, and then took Xue San's medicine, and suffered a double mental overdraft.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I remember."
King Jingnan nodded and asked, "Instruct us to send food outside."
"Your Majesty, I have already ordered people to prepare the small hot pot, which you have already eaten."
"Are you still in the mood to prepare these?"
"No matter how busy you are, as long as conditions permit, you have to eat well."
"Let's go."
Gongsun Ling was lighting the fire, while Gong Lin was sitting there lazily, not intentionally, but because he really had nothing to do. As soon as Uncle Zheng entered the king's tent and didn't come out for so long, they were actually Uncle Zheng's personal followers. , and there is no other errand to do.
When she saw Uncle Zheng and King Jingnan approaching in the distance, Gong Lin immediately got up and went to chop vegetables.
Uncle Zheng opened the lid of the pot and added all the vegetables himself. He knew that King Jingnan was very busy now and had no time to cook the vegetables and meat slowly, so he just made a hot pot with vegetables.
"Let's eat together." Uncle Zheng said to Gongsun Huan and Gong Wang.
The two of them nodded, took some bowls, and then crouched in a corner far away. They were both from the second generation of the army, so naturally they couldn't be less discerning.
Uncle Zheng and King Jingnan sat down together and began to have lunch.
"At Xishan Fort, Li Fusheng's offensive has never been effective." King Jingnan said.
"I think it's because we failed to win the first wave, and now it's entering a stalemate and attrition." Uncle Zheng said.
Tian Wujing nodded, "However, with your lessons learned, he went to investigate specifically. Inside the Xishan Fort, there was a private army of the Dugu family of the Chu State, not the imperial imperial army.
Although there is also a general named Dugu Nian in the Royal Forbidden Army, who is also a member of the Dugu family, but they are not together. "
"In this case, it's just a matter of time."
"Sweep slowly, there's no rush anyway."
"This time, it can be regarded as the slowest battle that the prince has ever fought. In fact, the prince should prefer fighting this kind of battle, right?"
Tian Wujing didn't answer.
"Your Majesty, I have heard that the river workers at Wangjiang are still repairing it?"
"It's repairing."
"What is it for?" Uncle Zheng asked directly, "Is it related to attacking Chu?"
Originally, Uncle Zheng was very surprised by the construction of the Wangjiang River. There was a national war here, but there was still construction of the river there.
After Xue San came back, he also talked about river engineering.
You know, San'er is an expert in this field. If he sees a problem, there must be a problem.
Uncle Zheng hesitated for a moment and then asked: "I have heard that when we defeated the main force of barbarians in Wangjiang and besieged Yupan City, Your Majesty ordered us to build Dayan's navy."
In the past, Dayan did not need a navy at all, but as the external expansion war progressed and faced new terrain and new battlefield environments, a navy was a must.
Wangjiang Hegong easily reminded Uncle Zheng of Dayan's newly built navy.
Tian Wujing seemed to have no intention of deliberately concealing it.
He put down his bowls and chopsticks,
Looking at Zheng Fan,
Road:
"Even now, I don't know whether it can be done. Human power is still a bit insignificant in the face of the celestial phenomena."
"My lord, is this one of your plans...?"
"Ah."
General Tian Wujing picked up the chopsticks, drew a line on the ground, tapped it, and said:
"This is Wangjiang."
Uncle Zheng nodded.
At the end of this line, Tian Wujing drew three lines with chopsticks and said: "This is the Mengshan Mountains, which is where you walked when you last entered Chu."
Uncle Zheng nodded again.
"Wangjiang River enters Chu from the west side of Mengshan Mountain, and finally flows into Daze of Chu State. From here to here, it is the canal of the Chu people. Through this river, the Chu people control a large area from the west of Daze to Qishan.
At that time, the navy of the Chu people also followed this river north to enter the Wangjiang River, blocking the river and destroying the boundless Eastern Expeditionary Army.
The last time you entered Chu, you went east of the Mengshan Mountains. "
Uncle Zheng immediately said, "You can travel by boat there, and there are some tributaries branched off from Wangjiang River, but the waterway is very short and difficult to walk. Only the small cargo ships smuggled by caravans can go there, and they can enter from here. Finally, we have to face the long and winding Mengshan Mountain Road, where there are terrains where one man can't get through and no one can get through.
It is simply impossible for our army to enter Chu from here.
If we go to the west of Mengshan Mountain, there is enough river surface to do it, but the Chu people's navy there is densely populated, and they can easily block the river surface.
If we force our way in from here, it will be no different than marching directly out of Nanmen Pass and taking advantage of the Liang Kingdom to attack Chu. "
at this time,
Tian Wujing's chopsticks pierce into "Wangjiang" and pull diagonally eastward to the east of Mengshan Mountain.
"This………"
Uncle Zheng suddenly understood.
He really didn't expect to use this method before!
He thought about flooding with water. After all, there have been many such battles throughout the ages, but where Zhennanguan is located, it is almost impossible to divert water to flood.
However, Tian Wujing's advice completely cleared up the original doubts.
For a moment, when Uncle Zheng looked up at Tian Wujing again, he was really speechless.
Tian Wujing ignored the change in Uncle Zheng's expression and focused on his own narrative:
"During the summer floods, not only the water level on the Wangjiang River, but also in its lower tributaries is actually higher than usual during the year. To the west of Mengshan Mountain, the river channel is wide, but our Dayan Navy is not the Chu Navy at all. Opponent, taking this road is a dead end.
Once Wangjiang successfully changes its course and branches into a tributary, the river east of Mengshan Mountain will be able to support large ships in a short period of time.
We, the Yan Navy, were able to take advantage of this opportunity and enter Chu from the east of the Mengshan Mountains from the diverted tributaries before the Chu navy had time to react. "
Upon hearing this, Uncle Zheng immediately said: "This shouldn't be the navy entering Chu."
Tian Wujing nodded slightly and said: "The navy is newly built. Although it has built a few large ships, they are all of the same quality. Even with the addition of some remaining navy ships received from the Situ family, in such a short period of time, there is no way to build a fleet." It won't create any combat power.
Therefore, I had no intention of carrying out any surprise attack with the navy. The navy entered Chu with the purpose of helping me carry a troop of troops into Chu.
After successfully entering Chu, this army will quickly advance eastward before the Chu people have time to react. "
said,
Tian Wujing pointed out a dot with chopsticks.
"This is Zhennanguan."
Subsequently,
Tian Wujing clicked a point after "Zhennanguan" and drew a circle based on this point.
Uncle Zheng answered quickly: "This is Shanggu County, and this point is the county seat of Shanggu County."
Uncle Zheng passed by Shanggu County when he brought the princess back. At that time, he was disguised as a merchant selling grain to the border.
So, when he got here, Uncle Zheng picked up his chopsticks and tapped a dot at the southwest corner of the "Shanggu County" circle.
"My lord, here, it should be here, there is a city called Jingcheng. To the south of Jingcheng is the Weihe River in the Chu Kingdom. The Mijiang River outside the capital of Ying, the Chu people, is actually a tributary of the Weihe River."
The river surface of Mijiang is actually very narrow and cannot be called a river. However, because of the legend that the capital was built here, it can be called a "jiang", which has a kind of imperial designation.
Tian Wujing said nothing and looked at Zheng Fan, as if waiting for Zheng Fan to continue speaking.
After all, Uncle Zheng was no longer as stupid as before. The most important thing is that he walked past here, thought for a while, and immediately continued:
"Jingcheng is the strategic point that chokes the Wei River. It is the throat of Shanggu County to the outside world. If the strange troops who entered Chu from the east of Mengshan Mountain rush here and occupy Jingcheng, it will be equivalent to cutting off Shanggu County and Chu State in the entire Chu State. Hometown connections!”
Tian Wujing nodded with satisfaction.
However, he still added,
Road:
"Nian Yao is an extremely cautious person. According to the information from the Secret Intelligence Department, the Chu army's grain and grass this time were not placed in the military camp behind Zhennanguan, nor in the county town of Shanggu County, but... Jing... city."
"Nian Yao was probably afraid that our Yan army would not attack Zhennanguan after clearing most of the obstacles outside Zhennanguan, but would instead detach multiple troops to go south around Zhennanguan, so he moved the grain road Placed so far back.
His original intention, presumably, was to limit the battle to not only the south of Zhennanguan, but also to include Shanggu County and the entire Shanggu County.
In fact, the Chu people's Shanggu County has been empty for a long time. It is not as serious as our ten houses and nine empty houses in eastern Shanxi, but the Chu people will not feel bad if it is used as a battlefield.
And if our army can take advantage of the Chu people's unpreparedness in advance and capture Jingcheng in one fell swoop, the food and grass that the Chu people have mobilized and prepared for this war will be burned to the ground!
At that time, the morale of the Chu people must have been greatly affected! "
Tian Wujing shook his head.
"Your Majesty, are you right?"
"On the front line of Wangjiang River, countless civilians were recruited and forced to change the course of Wangjiang River, flooding the surrounding areas and ignoring them. After the newly-built navy entered the Chu Kingdom, it was almost impossible to come out again, and it would be destroyed.
The surprise troop that was transported over at such a price was just to burn the food and fodder to dampen the military morale of the Chu people?
Zheng Fan,
appetite,
Could be bigger. "
"Bigger?"
Tian Wujing used chopsticks to circle the entire Shanggu County and Zhennanguan Pass.
Road:
"My king wants that strange army to block Jingcheng, block the Chu people's reinforcements, and cut off the Chu people's food routes;
At that time, hundreds of thousands of Chu troops in Zhennanguan, the military forts in Zhennanguan, Shanggu County and other cities in them will all be isolated in a big urn!
This king,
We must eat them all in one fell swoop!
This king wants to let Nian Yao, the main force of the Chu royal family’s forbidden army, and the main force of Da Chu’s aristocratic private army be buried here.
Having lost these elites all at once, the state of Chu will definitely be severely weakened. Not to mention the Northern Expedition. Next, Zhennan Guangu County is in the hands of my great Yan. It is up to me, my great Yan, to decide when to go south. , he Chu people can only suffer passively.
In this battle, I will defeat him as a great leader! "
Uncle Zheng's breathing became rapid involuntarily. When Tian Wujing revealed all the plans in his heart,
Uncle Zheng was shocked by the size of the chessboard, and also shocked by Tian Wujing's appetite.
Therefore, Tian Wujing said that the peripheral siege war could be carried out slowly and not in a hurry, because he wanted to give the Chu people enough mobilization time to mobilize more soldiers, horse reinforcements, grain, grass ordnance to rush to Shanggu County;
He thought, once and for all!
If this battle is successful,
A few years ago, Jiang Bu went to fight thousands of miles away to destroy the Helian family and the Wen family. Even a thousand years later, it will still be a battle that history observers talk about.
Tian Wujing used his chopsticks to point at the location of Jingcheng that Uncle Zheng had poked out earlier.
Road:
"Tell me, the king, who is suitable to lead this extraordinary army?"
coming,
coming,
familiar feeling,
familiar way,
familiar rhythm,
Again!
Uncle Zheng raised his head and looked at King Jingnan.
This time,
Uncle Zheng did not shirk or deliberately recommend others, because he had already been mentally prepared.
The benefits have already been taken, and it would be too pretentious and meaningless to shirk it anymore.
Now that I know it must be me, I should be more generous, cheerful, and straightforward. There is no need to be coy every time.
Therefore, Uncle Zheng was very honest and direct this time.
"Your Majesty, after this battle, we will finally conquer Nanguan."
"I will give it to you."
"After this battle, Jindong will finally be conquered."
"Give you."
"After this battle, I will finally become a true general of the country."
"As it should be."
"and also………"
"Anything else, tell me."
"Please, Your Majesty, please help me think of a title for the general. What should I call Hou Hao?"
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Thank you to LH Xiao for becoming the 138th leader of "Demon Arrival"!
good night.
(End of this chapter)