The devil is coming

Chapter 557 Surname
The Chu people deployed a formation that was strong in front and weak in back, or it could be said to be hard in front and soft in back.
His own magical soldiers landed from Jingcheng Pier. Liang Cheng and Jin Shuke, the two most capable generals under his command, deliberately made calculations but not intentionally, and even put on Chu people's armor;
The Chu reinforcements were routed in one battle.
Is it surprising?
Uncle Zheng really doesn't think this is any surprise. This is normal, right?
The soldiers he brought this time were all elite soldiers. With elite soldiers and strong generals, wouldn't it be natural to achieve such a record?
You should be shocked if you can't hit it.
Therefore, Uncle Zheng is not pretending to be serious, but he really doesn't care.
However, when he handed the soup bowl out, he saw the eyes of the generals around him, and the deep admiration was so strong that it almost turned into water drops.
Only then did Uncle Zheng realize that his previous indifference and overconfidence reflected the image of "a kid who is a big thief".
Smiling and shaking his head slightly,
this time,
he just realized,
In the past, King Jingnan was really not pretending;
People should think that it is a normal thing like me now, so they have a normal reaction;
But because of the different levels, it gives you a feeling of standing high on a mountain.
In fact, this has nothing to do with the person’s movements, posture, expression, and all kinds of details;
Ultimately,
It still depends on the identity.
The word "identity" contains a lot, but it can be roughly divided into three parts;
Past, present and future.
Applying it to Uncle Zheng, it means past achievements, current status and future development.
The fish soup was served by Si Niang.
Uncle Zheng took the fish soup, looked at the coriander floating on it, blew it gently, and took a small sip.
Road:
"Uncle Ben is not trying to pour cold water on you. What Uncle Ben means is that we have endured hardship for so long and been squeezed and suffocated in the cabin for so long before we were able to settle here.
The current situation is indeed very good, but this good situation is deserved. Otherwise, wouldn’t the hardships of these days be in vain? "
There are some words that Uncle Zheng cannot continue to say;
It’s not just them who suffered, but the people who were drafted to build the river, and the people in the lower reaches of the Wangjiang River who were displaced because of the broken embankment. Is it possible that their suffering was also in vain?
Of course, if they were given a choice, they would definitely not be willing, but who said they didn't have a choice?
Now that Uncle Zheng can remember their selfless contributions, he is already very conscientious.
Uncle Zheng put down the soup bowl.
continued:
"The situation has just begun. Next is the time when we really need to make decisions and get the charter. When I entered Jing City, I walked over step by step and took a closer look. I believe you have also seen it. .
This city,
It doesn't seem to be very guarded. "
Not only is it difficult to guard, it is simply impossible to guard.
Jingcheng has a city wall, but the city wall has long been in disrepair. The funniest thing is that in order to quickly transport the looted proceeds back to the snowy plains, the savages did not hesitate to make holes in the snow customs wall. thing, and the same scene appeared here again.
The southern city wall has a feeling of combining civilian and military functions. One is because of the expansion of the city, and the other is because in the past six months, a large amount of grain, grass and military supplies need to be transported through here every day. For the sake of convenience, the Chu people must have taken the initiative to expand it. The warehouses in the city also opened a few more doors.
Yes,
Several more city gates were opened.
This is where Chu people are better than savages.
Savages only know holes, so they are barbaric;
After the Chu people broke the hole, they would also build a door on top of the hole.
But these two doors are useless!
How did he break through Xishan Fort in the first place?Why don't you just point at the city gate, drill in hard, and then break the surface with some force?
It's good now, this side of the city is not just one door, but many doors.
Moreover, it is impossible to repair the city wall again at this time. The reason why I was able to repair the city wall when I was at Xuehaiguan was because the savages did not come fast enough and gave me enough time. , which is equivalent to hurting the chrysanthemum of the entire Dachu at this time;
Chu people would never give themselves the time to leisurely repair and strengthen the city walls.
The second is that there were a large number of Jin slaves in the Snow Customs that the savages had not had time to transport back to the snowy plains. But now, I have killed all the ones I can, and the rest have scattered and fled;
Of course, it is impossible for these people to be deliberately captured alive and used as hard labor. The Chu people will come soon. Keeping these hard laborers is equivalent to artificially adding countless small holes to the already dilapidated city wall. Hole.
This is... my brain is filled with water.
Uncle Zheng narrowed his eyes,
immediately,
Then he continued:
"Brothers from the Secret Service have done a great job. The current situation in Jingcheng is like this. I don't blame them or anyone else. After all, if Jingcheng is really 'impregnable', we won't be able to break in at all costs." Well, even if we do get in, it will never be as easy as today.
Therefore, I think it is debatable whether we can defend Jingcheng or not. "
Tian Wujing is not a god, and the battle plan cannot be truly seamless;
But fortunately, Uncle Zheng already had the status of "King Jingnan" in the Yan army. Other generals would not dare to disobey the military orders issued by King Jingnan, but Uncle Zheng had "explanation" right".
"Uncle, please give your orders, and we will do as you ask." Gong Wang said.
Although this army and horses were put together by many families, they were scattered but not chaotic, because from beginning to end, Uncle Zheng's will was able to carry out the entire army.
"Let's do this for now, Si Niang, let San'er take someone to the other side to get a feel for the situation."
"Yes, my lord."
"Gongwang."
"The end is here."
"I ordered you to take your soldiers and burn everything in the city that is edible and destroy everything that is useful, leaving not a grain of food or armor for the Chu people."
"The last will obey!"
There are tens of thousands of pigs, and it would take a lot of effort to catch them all.
There is a large amount of Chu army rations stored in Jing City. It is not an easy task to burn them all. As for the armor, it can be piled together and burned together. If it is burned, it will be destroyed. .
"Gongsun Zhi."
"The end is here!"
"I ordered you to work with Ruan San to sort out our ships and the ships captured today on the dock, grab more boatmen and ask them about the situation of the waterway."
"The last will obey."
Uncle Zheng looked at Gou Moli who was standing there again,
Road:
"The first town is leaving the city to meet Liang Cheng and Jin Shuke's troops."
"Subordinates obey."
Uncle Zheng stood up.
His eyes scanned all the generals present,
Seriously said:
"Everyone, whether to fight, defend or move, I have to wait for two more days for the Chu people to give me a definite answer, but one thing is certain, there is no 'retreat' option.
To the north of us, there are hundreds of thousands of Chu's most elite troops blocking the way. The river where we came from is probably already showing the Chu navy.
We actually have no way out;
but,
That's pretty good too,
We are here to win. "
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
……
A military meeting at the dinner table ended, and the various troops in the city began to mobilize again under the command of their respective generals.
Uncle Zheng also interrogated the city guard of Jingcheng at this time.
The Lord City Guard was very tough. He was tied and kneeling on the ground, but his neck was still strangled.
However, it can be noticed that his eyes are not looking forward to death, but are constantly looking at Uncle Zheng's expression secretly, and his body is still trembling slightly.
For a civil servant to be able to do this, it is already pretty good.
Uncle Zheng can almost conclude that with a small punishment or some in-depth intimidation, it is almost certain that the city guard will turn traitor.
But Uncle Zheng ignored him and didn't take his performance of "Da Chu Loyalty" seriously.
Because, I originally wanted to let him go, but somehow, I could still play the trick of "Jiang Qian stealing books".
the most important is,
this stuff,
He is indeed not a capable person.
If the Chu people were really capable and had no time to persuade him to surrender without defecting, Uncle Zheng would have killed him with a single blow.
But this Jing Suiyuan, Uncle Zheng wanted to "release" him.
If he consumes an extra bowl of rice for each meal here and throws it back to the Chu people, he will probably be praised for "preferring to die rather than surrender", even if he loses Jingcheng.
Most of Uncle Zheng's eyes fell on the illegitimate son.
Illegitimate son, oval face, charming eyes.
It is true that feminine beauty was once popular in later generations, but those yin bacons could not compete with the pure and natural one in front of them.
Uncle Zheng waved his hand, and the guard next to him took Jing Suyuan back to the custody.
Next, under Siniang's arrangement, the probability of Jing Suyuan's escape is still very high. Of course, if he still fails, he will still be unable to hold up the wall;
Then the Yan people can only dress up as Chu soldiers and rob the prison cells.
"What's your name?"
Uncle Zheng asked.
"Returning to my uncle, my surname is Zhao, and my name is Zhao Qi."
When answering, Zhao Qi glanced at Uncle Zheng with a very sad look, his eyes full of admiration.
"I heard that you are an illegitimate child. Which family do you belong to?"
"Uncle, I don't know this. Otherwise, how could I be so miserable in the first half of my life?"
said,
He actually started to shed tears.
"Oh, how pitiful." Uncle Zheng sighed with emotion.
"Isn't that right? Uncle, it's really not easy for a helpless person like me to live in this world."
"Yes." Uncle Zheng nodded.
"Please uncle, please help me, woo woo woo..."
"Okay, I'll help you."
"Uncle is so kind to me, I must..."
"Since you are so tired from living, let me help you die."
"..." Zhao Qi.
Uncle Zheng said to Siniang: "Kill him."
Siniang's fingertips were surrounded by needles and threads, and she said, "My lord, no punishment is required?"
Few people can withstand Siniang's torture methods.
"No more effort."
Zhao Qi was anxious after hearing this conversation.
shouted immediately;
"Uncle, my surname should have been Qu!"
Uncle Zheng turned his head to look at Zhao Qi with some surprise.
Road:
"Really?"
"It's absolutely true. If you don't believe me, you can bring Jing Suyuan back to him and ask him. He actually knows it too."
"It would have been better if I had said no earlier. I know Mr. Qu well and we have a very good relationship."
Zhao Qi smiled bitterly and said: "Uncle, you don't have to tease me anymore. Who doesn't know that Qu Tiannan died in your hands, and that the princess his son Qu Peiluo wanted to marry is now in your snow customs?" Keep it up."
Hatred in the true sense is nothing more than "national hatred" and "family hatred."
Unfortunately, Uncle Zheng was at odds with Qu on these two points.
"You hate Mr. Qu?"
"I don't hate it." Zhao Qi shook his head, "Although the Qu family members regard me as a shame, I have indeed taken advantage of a lot of the Qu family. If I were an ordinary child with no name and no surname, I would probably be a long time ago. Sold into a brothel."
A beautiful woman is a disaster.
It is actually a sin for a man to be too good-looking.
Uncle Zheng smiled and said, "With the one just now?"
"Ah."
It's quite personal.
Uncle Zheng looked at Siniang again and said, "Bury it."
"Uncle, I have military information to report. I entered the Wei River from Mijiang by boat, and then passed through the Wei River and took my team to Jingcheng."
"First, my time is very tight, so I don't have time to judge whether the military information you gave me is correct; second, my own people will investigate the military information, and I still trust them more."
Zhao Qi doesn't want to die. Generally, good-looking people don't want to die early, because they often taste the beauty of life earlier and more easily than most ordinary-looking people in the world.
"Uncle, your army came by boat, didn't you bring war horses? Without war horses, how can Dayan's cavalry still gallop? Eighty miles east of Jingcheng along the Wei River, there is a Chu horse farm , where the Chu people’s war horses are kept.
When I was in Mijiang before I came, a man told me that he would go to the horse farm in Shanggu County in a few days. There, several batches of war horses transferred from other horse farms in the country had already been gathered there! "
War horses are a strategic resource.
Neither Qian nor Chu were suitable for raising horses.
There are deserts in Yan and snowfields in Jin, both of which are rich in war horses. Moreover, since 800 years ago, Yan and Jin both realized that they could not defeat their opponents without enough cavalry.
Therefore, there was the birth and development of the Dayan Iron Cavalry, and the glory of the Three Jin Knights expelling the savages;
Comparatively speaking, the state of Chu's war horses is better than that of Qian.
The nobles under the Chu State spared no effort when breaking out private soldiers. Therefore, there was great enthusiasm for raising horses in the local area. Although the imperial army of the Chu royal family could not mobilize many cavalry, only the cavalry of tens of thousands of people could be mobilized. They are still regarded as treasures and are reluctant to use them, but if the cavalry in the hands of the nobles can be gathered together, Chu's cavalry, at least in terms of quantity, is still very impressive and fully capable of fighting a large-scale battle with the Yan cavalry. cavalry duel;
Of course, only for one session.
As for the Qian Kingdom, in fact, the three sides of the Qian Kingdom all the way to Chu County are covered by flat rivers, which is also suitable for raising horses. In addition, there are activities of the Northern Qiang tribe in the Qian Kingdom. It is said that the Northern Qiang are a close branch of the barbarians and are also good at raising horses.
Ganren also engaged in horse administration himself and invested a large amount of taxes for this purpose. However, slowly, the number of horses in the horse farms that originally belonged to the imperial court began to decrease, and the number of sheep began to increase. Sheep are provided for the enjoyment of the powerful in Beijing.
Ganren's lack of cavalry was largely due to his own fault. When Emperor Taizong of the Qian Kingdom went on the Northern Expedition a hundred years ago, there were also a large number of cavalry in the army. Now, they are getting more and more active.
If the foundation of Emperor Yan is not the Great Yan, but the wealth of the Qian Kingdom, maybe His Majesty can wake up from his dream with a smile, right?
This is also the reason why Emperor Yan has always been eager to attack Qian. Qianren cannot give them a chance. If they really awaken, the war potential they can unleash will be extremely terrifying.
"Racecourse...war horses..."
Uncle Zheng, my heart is moved.
He doesn't expect to get too many war horses. This is unrealistic, but even if he only gets a few thousand horses, it will be enough, and even enough to change the overall situation.
Right now, this Jing City is really difficult to defend, but it cannot be ignored.
These soldiers under his command are all truly excellent cavalry. With war horses, they can immediately display their combat effectiveness.
When,
Liang Cheng could stay in Shanggu County and command these thousands of cavalry to carry out raids.
I can take the main force and take a boat along the Wei River to find traces of Mijiang, so that the people and dignitaries in Yingdu, Chu, can see what the romance of the Yan people is!
When she was in Xueguan, Xiong Liqing once told Uncle Zheng that she was still a little... homesick.
Uncle Zheng is a good husband. As long as conditions permit, he is willing to help his wife go back and see if everything is okay at home.
Zhao Qi gritted his teeth.
When he gritted his teeth, he also used to use his extremely dexterous tongue to quickly lick his white teeth.
He opened his mouth and said:
"Uncle, I can take my singing troupe to deceive the guards of the racecourse. That young man has a high status in the racecourse.
If a beautiful woman stood in front of him and talked about honey traps, Uncle Zheng wouldn't think there was any problem, but the coquettish one in front of him was a man.
"When I landed, your singing troupe was first in line. They were dead."
Upon hearing the news, Zhao Qi didn't take it seriously and said casually:
"That's not good. My uncle can send the soldiers of the Yan Army to change their clothes and follow me in. They can directly cooperate with the inside and outside to capture the racecourse as completely as possible."
"what do you want?"
"Live."
Uncle Zheng shook his head and said, "More than that."
Zhao Qi covered his face, shook his head helplessly, and said, "Isn't it too cliché to say that you want revenge? But I really don't hate the Qu family."
Generally speaking, illegitimate children will suffer great injustice, and their mothers will also have a very difficult life.
"What's your mother's last name?"
Uncle Zheng suddenly asked this question.
Zhao Qi licked his lips,
Answered:
"Also surnamed Qu."
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good night.
(End of this chapter)