The devil is coming

Chapter 626 Sunrise in the west and rain in the east
This is a pleasure,
This is a kind of happiness,
This is an indulgence,
In the battle between Yan and Chu, Da Chu lost;
No matter how you argue,
The capital of the country was burned, Zhennanguan was given away, Shanggu County was ceded, and the Yan army was plundering your country. It is said that the Pingxi Marquis even created the official position of Mojin Xiaowei.
No matter how you calculate it, you have lost, and the loss is ugly.
but,
to be honest,
Up and down the great Chu,
No one really dared to accuse the young general of leading the army unfavorably;
Even the high-minded generals of Yan State would not laugh at Nian Yao for being a cowardly person.
Because of the opponent he faced,
It's Tian Wujing.
King Jingnan gathered together countless people and resources from Yan and Jin, piling up or even overdrafting the national power, and assembled more than half of the Yan cavalry.
That's it,
The situation was opened up by a naval raid that breached the dikes;
That's it,
Nian Yao still safely withdrew hundreds of thousands of Chu royal imperial troops from Zhennanguan.
Sometimes, whether a general is excellent or not depends on foil;
For example, some generals spent most of their lives quelling countless rebellions by peasant armies, but the reputation of their military achievements was really mixed with too much water;
Their level is actually like the gap between the Jinshi of Dayan and the Jinshi of Qian Kingdom. They both seem to be Jinshi, but in terms of cultural background, the gap is really visible to the naked eye.
And Nian Yao is the only one in these years who can face a decent opponent in a head-to-head confrontation with King Jingnan, which is enough to be proud of.
Wada Wujing's game made the old man very depressed, and this depression lasted for a whole year.
But he just couldn't tell, roar, or roar to others:
Do you know how I got through this year?
He had to break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.
right now,
He was elated,
He was finally released.
The young general was very grateful to Ganren. It was Ganren who gave him the confidence to be a commander again and allowed him to find the long-lost happiness.
"Come on..."
Boots, stepping on the bloody puddle.
Not accidentally, but on purpose.
Because it didn't take much effort to win this Minzhou city.
Half of the defenders simply abandoned the city and fled, and most of the rest chose to surrender;
Therefore,
General Nian really had to look carefully for blood puddles if he wanted to get the soles of his boots wet.
After the Chu army captured the city, they did not burn, kill or loot on a large scale. This was due to General Nian's rigorous military management;
Not only that, even the Shanyue Bai tribesmen who were recruited to help in the war did not go to plunder, because those Chu soldiers reminded them with a murderous look, who has the final say here.
A group of clan elders knelt down in front of General Nian.
General Nian was not in a hurry to wake them up. Although the king meant that from now on, Shanyue people would also be Chu people, but it was still difficult for General Nian to regard them as human beings.
Fortunately,
The young general was born a domestic slave.
he,
Will pretend.
"It's yours, after all, it's yours. I, the general, know that your sons are already holding it in so much that they don't look like it, but now, they have to continue holding it in.
Have you seen the clouds in the west?
There,
There is a city richer than Minzhou City,
There is a denser population than Minzhou City,
It has greater military achievements than Minzhou City.
You also know the king's will, and you also know the general's meaning.
Follow this general,
continue west,
Continue to win meritorious deeds,
You yourselves can serve as officials in the court, and your heirs can serve as generals in our army.
The nobles who once conquered you have become rotten as moths;
Next,
It will be your time.
west,
Take more land, more gold and silver, more population, more...glory from the weak Ganren! "
"Die in the service of the king!"
"Die in the service of the king!"
"Death for the general!"
"Death for the general!"
……
The Chu army's offensive was extremely swift and fierce.
At the same time, it also shows that the Ganren's defense in the southeast is really weak.
The fall of military forts one after another is actually secondary, because it is difficult for you to defend such places when the general trend is not yours.
What's really fatal is,
In the next more than a month, four more military towns like Minzhou City fell.
To the end,
Nian Yao's army even broke through the county seat of Nanyuan County in Qian Kingdom.
The fall of a military town means the collapse of the entire defense system originally built on this military town, and the fall of a county city means the collapse of a county's defense system.
Local military strongholds, county towns, or soldiers and rebels, even if they want to do something, they will face a leaderless situation. What awaits them will be the leaves swept away by the autumn wind very simply.
The whole war,
After Nanyuan County was captured, it stopped.
It’s not that General Nian is satisfied.
But his vanguard army fought too fast, and the center army was too scattered, and the rear army could no longer catch up.
Yes,
The speed of conquering cities and territories has exceeded the speed of marching in the traditional sense.
This is incredible,
But when it comes to Gan Ren, any unbelievable thing that happens seems to be a little bit taken for granted.
if we assume,
Ganren wants to trade space for fighter planes,
That must be successful.
Because if Ganren's main force suddenly attacks at this time, it will surround General Nian's vanguard army.
Whether you eat it directly or gather around for help, you can be extremely calm. After all, if you save the land and lose people, everyone will lose; if you save people and lose land, you will gain everyone.
At this time, the Chu army had committed a major taboo among military strategists, and it could be said that they completely spread their fists.
If the Chu army faced the Yan army at this time, without the need for King Jingnan to send troops or even Liang Cheng to intervene, Lord Zheng himself could decisively order the cavalry to split up and cut the battlefield, and crush the Chu army in the future.
But the problem is,
General Nian is now facing Ganjun.
When dealing with opponents of different levels, sometimes you are too cautious, that is, if you use all your strength to fight a lion against a rabbit, it will have the opposite effect, for example, delaying the opportunity to fight.
Facts have proved that General Nian's approach is extremely correct.
It was not until Qian's army captured Nanyuan County for a period of time and the follow-up troops and horses responded that two groups of Qian's troops arrived, and one of the two groups of troops did not join forces and the other did not attack. They were stuck on the southwest and northwest sides of Nanyuan County, showing a clamp-like shape.
After receiving this news from the Sentinel Cavalry,
The old general laughed twice,
He knew that the two troops coming from the west did not merge because they were waiting for the specific summit to subordinate themselves;
The reason why they did not attack immediately was because they were soldiers transferred from the two neighboring counties. They did not dare to advance rashly, and they were unwilling to advance rashly, so they chose the safest and most passive response method.
This situation,
It is impossible to appear when playing chess with Yan Jun!
The Marquis of Pingxi of the Yan State led his lone army deep into the capital and burned Jingcheng. Although he had already achieved great military exploits, he still took risks and went lone into the capital of Chu. What an aggressive attitude this was!
Therefore, General Nian felt very at ease, which was the same as when he grabbed the princes one by one like chickens.
Make strategic plans, as if watching fire,
The general's itch is actually right here.
Therefore, General Nian ordered the follow-up troops to arrive according to the schedule.
At the same time, he ordered the Chu troops under his command who had experienced a long-distance attack in the city to rest generously.
in addition,
He ordered his soldiers to boil hot water for him.
His young general wants to take a bath!
……
dry country,
Shangjing.
Mr. Xundao came down from the mountain, became an official, and was appointed as an envoy to the southwest.
All this is in line with the rules, because Mr. Xundao was born in Tanhua and was a member of the scholar-bureaucrat class. Although he had never entered the court as an official, his status as the helmsman of the back mountain allowed him to enter the court to assist the emperor. It gave him a feeling that the official family was "destined to return" and even the "gods" in the sky came down to assist him.
Furthermore,
Luo Mingda was not the only person who knew Li Xundao's true identity.
The descendants of Mr. Xiangmian were reused and patrolled the southwest again. It was very convincing in terms of emotion, reason and even "for good luck";
The most important thing is that the patrol envoy is not a high-ranking official. In fact, it is an errand, similar to an imperial envoy, patrolling the security area for the emperor. Therefore, this position has been sorted out by this official of the state in recent years. There is nothing strange about the court.
Although everyone knows that the role of this errand can be great or small, it all depends on the trust of the officials. Since the officials let him go to the southwest, they will definitely give him the greatest power. However, as long as he can really make people already Once the situation in the Southwest, which was gradually eroding, calmed down, it was understandable that he would be promoted to a full-time position based on his merit.
The day Mr. Xundao left Beijing,
Not only did three thousand forbidden troops go together,
Most of the people who came to the capital also came to see him off.
The common people didn't know that Mr. Xun Dao was the orphan of Mr. Thorny Face, and they didn't know what the official title of the security guard was. They came to see the "immortal" who came down from Houhai.
Therefore,
Incense tables and candles were placed on both sides of the road as the procession left the city. Many devout people in Beijing had made all preparations just to pay homage to the "god" Tianyan.
This pomp is even greater than welcoming the official's family to go on patrol.
……
Li Xundao is no longer dressed in white, but in a set of red official uniforms. The back mountain is the back mountain, and the officialdom is the officialdom. It is natural to follow the rules of the same place.
However, even though he was wearing official uniform, he still did not give people a calm and sophisticated image in the traditional sense, and still looked elegant and otherworldly.
It is not easy to wear official uniforms with an otherworldly atmosphere and stand out from the category of "dressed beasts".
Outside, the imperial army is ready. The leader is a newly appointed Zhonglang general named Wang. He will lead his troops to escort the patrol envoy to the southwest, and upon arrival, he will obey his orders.
A decree has just been sent from the palace, saying that the officials will come out of the palace to see him off in person, which is a great courtesy.
This is actually a kind of overweight. After Li Xundao enters the southwest, civil and military officials from all over the southwest will also weigh in their hearts how to arrange the position of the patrol envoy.
It's almost time,
General Wang is going to report it.
When he was halfway there, he heard footsteps coming from behind. When he looked back, he saw the man with a sword on his waist. He was a little thin, but his eyes were as cold as ice.
then,
There was a time when someone in white clothes came to Beijing by boat and was welcomed by the officials, causing a sensation in the whole city.
"I have seen..."
General Wang was about to salute, because the man in front of him also held the official position of the prince's martial arts master.
Baili Jian waved his hand directly, passed by General Wang and entered the house.
General Wang hesitated for a moment, but decided to wait a while to report.
……
"It's such a big scene in the city, but you don't shy away from it at all."
Baili Jian looked at Li Xundao standing in the house and said with a smile.
"I heard that you went to the South China Sea. I thought you would never come back."
"How can I? My Baili family always keeps our promises."
"Have you been back long ago?"
"Yes, I've been back a long time ago, but I planned to go to the house for an appointment on New Year's Eve."
When Li Xundao heard this, he smiled and said, "It's so frank."
"The officials will come out to see you off later."
"I know."
"The scene is too big. It's not good. I am a swordsman. To put it bluntly, I entered the temple from the Jianghu. After going around in circles, everyone knows that I am still in the Jianghu after all.
If you enter the court from the back mountain, it will be difficult and almost impossible to get out.
Such a big scene will lay the seeds of disaster.
as,
When the assassin-faced Xianggong arrived in Beijing after he conquered Southwest China, the people welcomed him with such cheers;
And finally? "
"What the common people want to see are the gods. The reason why the gods are gods is that the common people cannot see it. When they see it, when they keep hearing about what he has done, the gods are no longer gods. .
Just make it lively this time, and next time, it won’t matter.
Besides, practicing in the back mountain, the so-called refining qi, is nothing more than cultivating oneself and competing with the sky for one breath, even if there are thousands of people there. "
"This sounds a bit harsh."
Baili Jian reached out and touched his earlobe.
He and his sister were once very close to killing Ping Xihou, who was still on guard at that time.
However, something unexpected happened midway, and the Yan army's cavalry rushed out.
He and his sister chose not to use a sword and turned around to return to the city immediately.
this thing,
became an indelible stain;
Especially later, after the record of the Sword Master Xue from Shanxi appearing in front of the customs, killing thousands of cavalry and taking the heads of the barbarian generals,
This stain on the Baili brothers and sisters was highlighted more and more conspicuously.
And then,
As Zheng Fan continues to climb up the ranks, from garrison to general to commander-in-chief, from a newly emerging young general to the four famous young generals to the other three, he can no longer be compared with him.
I couldn't make up my mind to kill him at first.
The degree of loss in this transaction,
It is also constantly amplifying,
nowadays,
That one was even granted the title of Marquis.
From the Yan people, he was a Marquis of Military Merit.
"There is some mud in the lotus pond in the back mountain. I need to use your sword energy to clear it out." Li Xundao said.
"Okay." Baili Jian agreed.
Li Xundao turned around, walked to Baili Jian, looked at Baili Jian, and said seriously:
"Everyone has their own choices. You can listen to me. Everyone has their destiny. This, this is my destiny to find the way."
"I can go with you. After I clean the lotus pond in the back mountain, I will set off to the southwest to find you."
"I am not the Pingxi Marquis of Yan State, and I am not qualified to accompany him with the sword master."
"You have to do something, otherwise, you always feel like you have been left too behind." Baili Jian said.
"It seems that you gained a lot from this trip to the South China Sea?"
"Nothing."
"Putting it down and having empty hands is actually a kind of gain."
"These words should be spoken to the chieftains in the southwest. They will probably be confused by what you say."
Speaking of which,
Baili Jian yawned,
Road:
"After seeing some real scenery, you will find that what you had before is really not worth mentioning, and you will get nothing."
"Ha ha."
Li Xundao opened the door.
"I'm leaving."
"Bon Voyage."
"Barry."
"Ok?"
"If you were given another chance, would you have used that sword against that man named Zheng in the suburbs of Shangjing?"
Even if they will face the encirclement of the Yan Kingdom's cavalry next.
Baili Jian shrugged,
Road:
"Live, isn't it good?"
Li Xundao asked again: "If a person lives for one life, a hundred years is already a long life, but if he sleeps for a long time, it can last for thousands of years. So, what do you think people do for living?"
"What do you say?"
A smile appeared on Li Xundao's lips and he replied:
"People live to find a suitable way to die for themselves."
Baili Jian licked his lips and said: "I thought that what you Qi refiners should say is to seek enlightenment and immortality."
Li Xundao waved his sleeves,
Go out freely,
Walk on one side;
"My master told me before he went to Yanjing that it would be meaningless to live too long."
……
The ritual music sounds,
The common people lined the streets to say farewell,
Waves of white mist with a solemn aura rose from the incense table.
Going to the capital today is not like saying goodbye to an imperial envoy who is about to go on a mission to the borderlands, but more like saying goodbye to a statue of a god.
The people cheered devoutly and kowtowed devoutly;
They don't know that their current actions are actually stabbing the person they worship in the future.
The officials led a group of civil and military officials to send them off in person, with full courtesy.
After a set of procedures is completed,
complicated,
grand,
solemn,
finally,
Li Xundao, his entourage and three thousand forbidden troops went to the capital from the west gate.
Many people still went out of the city to follow him, wanting to see the fairy a few more times.
All the officials seemed to have finished today's tedious work and took a breather. Some were sneering, some were shaking their heads, and some older people were in a daze. It seemed that they were lamenting their fate, as if they had really seen some kind of reincarnation.
There are also censors who have prepared a complaint with the papers written last night. They are dignified and prosperous. How can they be confused by "emptiness" in a civilized place? I am a civil servant who does not love wealth and military men and will not hesitate to die. The king and his ministers are single-minded. , in the prosperous age of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, how can we not ask the common people and ghosts and gods?
Fortunately, the silver-armored guards, who had already understood in advance, suppressed the censors, and before they could shout out, they were taken down by Yi Junqian for being impolite.
In today's atmosphere, the officials were a little tired and too lazy to pay attention to these flies that screamed loudly.
of course,
This is also because after expelling the older generation of husbands from the court, the power of this official family has grown, and there is no need to excessively pursue the good reputation of doing things in public.
The official was sitting in his carriage. He had just taken off his dragon robe, and there was a charcoal fire burning inside.
Someone outside reported that Baili Jian asked for an audience.
"Let him in."
Baili Jian came in.
The official pointed to the position beside him,
"sit."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The eunuch serves tea,
Luan Jia then began to return to the palace.
The official picked up the teacup,
It is a kind of etiquette to think about something before saying anything.
a long time,
The official said: "Yu Ciming lost the bet and was moved to Yanjing to be his prince of Jin; Situ Lei lost the bet and became the betrothed prince of Dacheng Kingdom;
Don't look at the guy from Yan who keeps winning, he is actually gambling all the time;
They are all betting,
Because they can't afford to lose,
Only I,
Can afford to lose.
Let’s go to the southwest to find the way. Things in the southwest should be settled, and then..."
Outside Luan Jia, suddenly came:
"Report! Eight hundred miles, hurry up!"
The official frowned slightly and said;
"Xuan."
quickly,
A messenger soldier entered Luanjia and knelt down:
"Nian Yao, the great general of the Chu State, led his army to invade our southeast, and the city of Minzhou has been destroyed!"
The official put down the tea cup in his hand.
Baili Jian spoke;
"Guan family, how about I go and chase Xundao back now?"
(End of this chapter)