The devil is coming

Chapter 558 Heading South to the Imperial City
"interesting."
Both parents' surname is Qu.
Of course, this is actually nothing. In later generations, it was very common for husbands and wives to have the same surname. Children did not have to argue about whose surname they wanted to take.
but,
how to say,
Yao Zizhan himself was extremely romantic, and he had left behind love stories when he traveled around the world. It can be said that he unbuttoned his belt to feel comfortable, and then ran away after feeling comfortable, and then wrote poems from afar, and outsiders saw him as unrestrained and romantic. But in fact, he is really shameless.
But a person like this once said in an article that the most filthy and stinky place in a big house is so dirty that people dare not set foot in it, so bad that it makes people's hearts tremble, and it is so smelly that people can't control themselves.
Therefore, Uncle Zheng cannot help but not think in that specific direction.
Zhao Qi said;
"This is really the first time that someone asked me what my mother's last name was."
immediately,
Zhao Qi said again:
"Because outsiders know that I am Qu's illegitimate son, this is enough for me to eat and drink. Uncle, your focus surprises me."
"What do you want to say?" Uncle Zheng asked.
"If uncle wants to know, how dare I not tell you?"
"It's different. Before, you were a prisoner and I was the master; now, after the matter is over, you are..."
"friend?"
Zhao Qi's eyes began to shine.
"You are the leper talking under the locust tree at the entrance of the village, and I am the lazy guy sitting there enjoying the cool air and listening to the gossip."
If you want to speak, I can listen.
"Uncle, this metaphor is interesting. Let's put it this way. Nu's mother is one generation higher than Qu Peiluo, whom you know. And Nu, if Nu can enter the Qu family tree, she will be one generation higher than Qu Peiluo. generation."
"Oh~"
"What do you think, uncle?"
"It is interesting."
"I feel the same way, slave."
"You want to live?"
"I want to live a good life."
"Take the racecourse, Uncle Ben, and I'll give you a future."
"How many handsome men's futures can be exchanged?"
"Uncle Ben is not good at this kind of tone, so if you don't want him to chop you off if he is in a bad mood one day, then act normally in front of him from now on."
Zhao Qi knelt down and
"The little man understands."
……
Liang Cheng and Jin Shuke led their troops back. In this battle, they gained a lot and suffered very little damage. However, they were still limited by the mobility of the infantry, which resulted in the failure to further expand the results and formed a rolling curtain.
And we can't go any further north, otherwise we'll be in danger of being made dumplings by the Chu people, so just accept it as soon as it's good.
Soldiers can rest, but generals cannot.
Uncle Zheng just fell asleep for a while in the middle of the night. When he heard that A Cheng and the others were back, he immediately called them over.
Also coming with him was Gou Moli, who was responsible for the reception.
If the blind man were here, Gou Moli's role would be somewhat useless.
But the blind man is now in charge of the affairs of his hometown in Xue Customs, and Gou Moli's strategic vision and ability have been highlighted.
After all, it was the Savage King who once caused the Savage Troubles. No one dared to ignore his suggestions and opinions.
He Chunlai, a righteous man who "anti-Qing and restored Ming", has now completely become Uncle Zheng's life assistant. He and Niu Dongguan prepared supper in advance.
It could have been placed in the yard.
But grain was being burned on a large scale in the city, and the smell of the grain alone was enough. The problem was that the long smoke and dust were really unbearable, so we could only close the doors and windows and stay in the house.
"The situation is like this. I want to express my thoughts."
Uncle Zheng took a bite of wontons and put the spoon in the bowl.
Road:
"This is what I think. Jingcheng cannot be defended, and we must strangle this position to prevent the connection between Shanggu County and Chudi from being restored.
What we want is just this effect, and there are many ways to change the method.
such as,
That horse farm. "
Uncle Zheng looked at A Cheng,
"If we can capture the racecourse and arm it with thousands of cavalry, Cheng, are you sure you can use these thousands of cavalry to continue to contain this area?"
A few thousand cavalry is not a small number, but a large number is not a lot. The key depends on how you use it.
If you are charging into the enemy's formation, the thousands of cavalry are just a one-shot deal. If you cannot break the enemy's formation, you will probably fall into it.
But if Jin Shuke could suddenly attack like when the Yan and Chu armies were fighting outside Dongshan Fort and overturn the battle situation in one fell swoop, the effect would be huge.
Liang Cheng could understand Uncle Zheng's thoughts, so he said directly:
"My lord, this time we have captured a lot of ships at Jingcheng Pier. If the next sneak attack on the racecourse goes well, I will leave some ships for my subordinates, and I will have the confidence to stay and play a few rounds of push hands with the Chu people.
In addition, if the leader leads the main force southward, Chudi's subsequent troops will most likely not be able or dare to continue northward to Shanggu County, which can be regarded as relieving a lot of pressure on his subordinates. "
If Uncle Zheng leads the main force to go south by boat, he can directly threaten the imperial capital of Chu.
Emperor Yan could have written directly to King Man in the letter:
"If you dare to send troops, I, the Yan Dynasty, will fight hard for Yanjing to reject them. We will also gather all the available soldiers and horses to press into the desert with all our strength and attack your royal court!"
The Prince Regent probably dared to say this, because from what he heard, saw, and personally came into contact with, he could conclude that the Prince Regent, who was Uncle Zheng's uncle, was really not an ordinary person.
But to put it bluntly,
Dachu has its own national conditions,
If you threaten others by flipping the table, you have to check whether you have the ability to flip the table.
The Emperor of Yan was arbitrary, and after the horse stepped on the family, no one in the court dared to disobey him. Part of the Yan military power was in the hands of the court, and the rest was all in the hands or under the rule of the two princes, and these two princes, One is the Zhenbei Hou who is most feared by the barbarians, and the other is the Nanhou who dares to destroy his entire family.
Emperor Yan wants to go crazy, and Dayan can and will go crazy with him. This table can really be overturned!
Therefore,
The Barbarian King was cowed. From the beginning to the end of the Three Kingdoms War, the Barbarians did not dare to mobilize troops. They even took the initiative to send two tribes that they could not deal with into the Yan Kingdom and surrendered.
As for Chu State,
If the Prince Regent shouts this,
Don't worry about Yingdu, don't worry about your family, go for the Northern Expedition!
First of all,
You can ignore Yingdu, but can you ignore the fiefdoms of the great nobles?
God knows if this Yan army came to Yingdu and found that the city wall was too high to be broken, so they would turn to other places.
The regent can be "upright and honorable", but the nobles below may not really be willing to leave their families alone.
Simultaneously,
the most important point is,
The Yan Kingdom went crazy and it was impossible to exterminate the barbarians. But if I catch you Wang Ting and beat him, I will directly eat your Wang Ting cavalry and give you Wang Ting a few laps in the desert. I will directly take away your legal honor. It's no problem if both his and his actual strength are cut off.
For the Barbarian King, from now on, even if the royal court is still there, it will probably become an ordinary tribe in the desert.
As for Chu State,
Northern Expedition across the board,
It sounds brave,
But does Chu State dare to do this?
Outside Zhennan Pass, hundreds of thousands of King Jingnan's cavalry are waiting. If he really dares to go out for the Northern Expedition, why do he still need to build so many turtle shells there?
At last,
After all,
Uncle Zheng dares to be so relaxed,
These generals under their command dare to feel so good about themselves when they are deep behind enemy lines.
It’s really not that they have poor military literacy, or that they don’t have a sense of crisis.
But national strength, national power,
at least,
At the level of war,
Yan Jun occupies the absolute initiative.
Whether the kid is crazy or not depends entirely on who the king of hell is standing behind;
You know, even if Uncle Zheng's main force goes south and can take away all the Chu troops and horses from Chu land, there are still hundreds of thousands of Chu troops with the strongest combat power in Zhennanguan. .
But Liang Cheng still dared to be so confident that he used thousands of cavalry and some warships to expand the battlefield and fight guerrillas. He was sure that he could continue to strangle the Chu people's logistics;
The fundamental reason is that,
To the Chu people in the north, King Jingnan was watching personally.
Gou Moli smiled,
Then he covered his mouth,
Then he covered his eyes again,
For a time,
He was a little out of control emotionally.
After putting down his hand, his eyes were a little red.
This was not Gouzi's intention, he was not pretending, because here, there is no need to pretend, and he also understands that Uncle Zheng and his subordinates who are called "sir" prefer "authenticity".
Gou Moli thought of how he had
After learning that Xue Customs was captured by Uncle Zheng,
He immediately froze;
And for a time, I felt extremely regretful, regretting why I wanted to know this news.
Because as long as he knows and wants to pretend that he doesn't know, he will naturally show traces of "pretending";
but,
Opposite is Tian Wujing.
That was a being whose thoughts on the battlefield were so subtle that it made one's hair tingle;
The final outcome is,
Tian Wujing saw the secret of the instability of the Savage's rear, so he predicted the Savage King's prediction and used one move to hide the truth from the sky, luring the Savage's main force across the river and then directly defeating it with Dayan's main force!
"What's wrong?" Uncle Zheng looked at Gou Moli.
Gou Moli wiped his tears.
laughed:
"I just feel that in a short time, that Chu State general Nian Yao will experience the same injuries as my subordinates. I'm so happy."
When others repeat your bad luck,
You probably
Will gloat.
"Hehehe..."
Uncle Zheng smiled.
The others also laughed politely.
"Everyone, we are all considered family members, and we must understand the significance of this battle to us. I will not hide it from you. No matter how difficult we are now, it is worth overcoming.
Just imagine,
Zhennan Pass was broken, all the northern elites of the Chu State were lost, and Shanggu County fell into the territory of the Yan State;
After this,
The whole Shandong,
This is our family fortune.
He, the first Zhenbei Marquis, relied on the great victory a hundred years ago to establish his government for a hundred years, and is still the pillar of Beifeng County.
at the moment,
That’s when we set up this pillar! "
Everyone was about to kneel down and shout slogans again, but Zheng Fan raised his hand to stop him.
Road:
"It's better to do things sooner rather than later. We need to find an opportunity to capture the horse farm to the east as soon as possible. Otherwise, I'm afraid there will be precautions there, Liang Cheng."
"Subordinates are here!"
"I'll leave this matter to you. You personally select a team of people. After seizing the racecourse, if everything goes well, send someone over immediately to report back to me."
"Yes, my lord."
"Everyone else, let's get ready. I hope everything goes well, because I want to go to Yingdu to see the scenery."
.........
He Chunlai, who had finished his supper, did not have the opportunity or qualification to attend the meeting that truly belonged to the core circle of Xue Customs.
He sat on the steps,
Beside him, Niu Dongguan sat.
Niu Dongguan took out a handful of dried fruits from his pocket and handed it to He Chunlai.
He Chunlai reached out and took it.
"Your cooking skills are excellent." He Chunlai said.
"Hey, this is the most nervous meal I have ever had in my life. I have been an apprentice with the master for ten years. I have never been so nervous before when I went to the stove to cook for guests for the first time."
Niu Dongguan is an honest man;
Therefore, when he saw Siniang, he could call Yan Jun outside a Yan dog, and then when he saw Uncle Zheng, he could kneel down and shout "noble man".
Although everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world, he, the cook, has no idea how much he has been shared.
The nobles and generals are not all dead yet, and it seems that it is not Niu Dongguan's turn to fight for his life.
Another aspect of Niu Dongguan's honesty is that he feels that He Chunlai is very kind, because in his opinion, He Chunlai is also a cook like himself.
"What are you going to do?" He Chunlai asked.
Niu Dongguan replied:
"Alive."
The world is so difficult, and I have witnessed so many people die inside and outside the city. I am extremely lucky to be alive.
"You haven't thought about the future, you haven't thought about the future?"
"I won't live anymore? If I don't live anymore, how can I have a future?"
He Chunlai thought this was very reasonable and nodded seriously.
"Get some rest. My uncle got up early. He has to make breakfast tomorrow. My uncle likes noodles. You can make a ground noodles. Add more chopped green onion and herbs. I'll mix the spicy oil..."
"Okay, brother."
the next morning,
Uncle Zheng woke up, and at the same time, Liang Cheng, who had deployed his troops and horses without even bothering to rest, had already taken Zhao Qi out of the city and headed east.
As for the granaries in the city, they have not yet been completely burned and are still being burned.
However, the soldiers' food for these two days was quite luxurious, because burning was a solution, and eating was also a solution.
Of course, the food needed by his own soldiers and horses was separated and prepared early. If he burned all the food and ended up with no food to eat, he would be really crazy.
Uncle Zheng took a shower first. He had taken a boat ride before and had limited conditions. Now that he was "down to earth", he had to seize the opportunity to wash and wash more.
The bath water was prepared by Siniang. At Uncle Zheng's request, the two of them washed together until foaming at the mouth.
I opened the door, walked into the yard, and took a deep breath of the scent of plant ash and grain, almost suffocating Uncle Zheng's sense of refreshment.
As a last resort, Uncle Zheng had no choice but to retreat into the room and order the guards outside to bring breakfast in.
The breakfast was very rich and Uncle Zheng was very satisfied.
After eating and wiping his hands, Uncle Zheng looked at He Chunlai and said:
"That Niu Dongguan seems to be pretty good at his craftsmanship."
"Yes, uncle."
"Let's take him with us. It's a pity to lose such a good cook. Let him learn Yancai again and try to make a Yanchu banquet."
"Okay, uncle."
"What about you, what are you going to do in the future? Chen Daole stayed in Xue Customs and followed the blind man to take charge of affairs. You can't be responsible for cooking just by my side all the time, right?"
"Uncle, I think this is pretty good."
"It's a shame."
"It's a big deal for my uncle to eat and drink well. To be honest, I'm... impressed that my uncle dares to eat the food I cook."
"I think the blind man has already told you some things, but I have to say what I should say. In my eyes, there is actually no distinction between Yan and Jin, but I like the country of Yan."
"My subordinates can feel it."
"But what I really care about is my own people. This is what I said to the Sword Master. I don't care if my subordinates are Yan people, Jin people, or barbarians. There may even be Chu people in the future.
If they are willing to kneel to me and follow me, I will treat them as one of my own, and I will protect them. Except for my own life, I can protect them with anything else. "
"Subordinate, I saw it."
Seeing something is worse than hearing it a hundred times.
The Sword Master once guarded the city gate in Shengle City, and also killed pigs at Xuehaiguan.
He could clearly feel that the former General's Palace and now the Earl's Palace were truly willing to spend money on people's livelihood.
Perhaps, according to the history books, this was an attempt to compete for the power of the world, so it was not like having fun in advance like the peasant army uprising, but had a bigger plot.
But the Sword Master and He Chunlai were not from the temple. What they saw with their own eyes was the living standards of the people under the rule of the Earl's Mansion.
"I don't want to ask about your past, but if you are willing to work with me to create a better and happier future home where people live and work in peace and contentment, without oppression, exploitation, or even racial distinction, where everyone coexists peacefully, respects each other, and is equal, I Willing to accept you."
"Is this... a dream?"
"Dream first, then you can realize it in reality."
He Chunlai nodded and said:
"Uncle, what do you want to eat for lunch?"
"Want something light to eat."
"Okay, uncle."
"Hard."
"pleasure."
Lunch was indeed light, and after nightfall, the food burning there finally came to an end.
I heard reports over there that many soldiers were burning and crying.
This is understandable. If possible, Uncle Zheng would also like to carry these grains back;
Except for those wealthy and powerful people who don't touch food and say things like "why not eat minced meat", most of the rest of the people, especially those from lower classes, have a deep-seated...reverence for food.
The sword master sat there drinking tea,
With emotion:
"What a waste."
Uncle Zheng nodded and said:
"Yes."
The sword master asked again:
"The Chu people haven't come yet?"
The first group of nearby rescue troops were defeated by Liang Cheng and Jin Shuke, but the Chu people obviously would not give up and were not qualified to give up.
"It's almost time."
at this time,
A messenger rushed into the courtyard and knelt down in front of Uncle Zheng who was sitting at the door enjoying the cool breeze.
His lips were chapped and his expression was exhausted. He was obviously very tired, but he still saluted immediately.
shouted;
"Uncle, General Liang has captured the horse farm and can use the horses, no less than four thousand!"
Uncle Zheng smiled,
stand up,
ordered:
"Send the order, set fire to the city, and raze Jing City to the ground!"
Uncle Zheng straightened his sleeves.
He focused on his appearance.
The sword master sitting opposite said:
"what happened?"
Uncle Zheng replied;
"I'm going to see my mother-in-law, I'm a little nervous."
(End of this chapter)