The devil is coming

Chapter 773
Fengxin City is the largest city in eastern Shanxi. It is no exaggeration to say that it is the political, economic, cultural and other center of the entire eastern Shanxi;
Every day, a lot happens here;
But recently, two things have really affected the lives of the people in Fengxin City.
one thing,
It was the Marquis who ordered that a temple be built in the west of Fengxin City.
This is definitely an unprecedented first time. In recent years, with the rise of Pingxi Marquis, many people from outside the country have come to seek refuge.
In the early days, such people were sent away;
Afterwards, such people were packed away;
Packed up and went to the snowfield to preach.
Nowadays, the Marquis ordered the construction of temples, which to a certain extent satisfies the spiritual life needs of the people in Fengxin City. Although there are not many people who truly believe in Buddhism, there are definitely many who are willing to worship during festivals.
It’s a small thing;
The second event was a major event, and the aftermath even started from Fengxin City and spread to the surrounding areas, shaking the entire eastern Shanxi.
The Hou Mansion issued an order to start counting the registered households.
The New Year is over, and it’s still time to take stock. Everyone has already vaguely guessed what the purpose is.
The blind man once said that whether it is the former Shengle City, the later Xuehaiguan City, or the current Fengxin City, what has changed is the territory, what has changed is the title of the master, but what remains unchanged is this disguise. Integrated military and civilian military groups have emerged in various forms but are essentially the same.
Pingxihou Mansion is a vassal town that looks like a vassal under the Zhuxia system but is actually a war tribe.
There are shops, workshops, schools, hospitals, and various industries under the Hou Mansion. When the Hou Mansion controls everything, it means that the people are also controlled together, and this control is mutual.
When people who have experienced troubled times face such a life, they will use their sharp eyes to see clearly, and use their own feet to vote firmly.
For a new and vigorous military group, it is an instinct that has not yet been extinguished.
An extremely simple year has passed. Everyone is actually looking forward to it, thinking about it, and even looking forward to it anxiously.
Now, it's finally here.
The mobilization of the war has actually begun. After a year of hardship and a year of accumulation, it is impossible to fight a national war, but to fight a local war of controllable scale, all kinds of warehouses The reserves inside are absolutely sufficient.
The Hou Mansion was either fighting a war or preparing for the next war. In the meantime, he was allowed to rule the people and live a stable life that was envied by the people in other places.
The root of war is people.
People who did not have a standard household registration began to inquire about the information, inquired about the requisition of civilian husbands, and volunteered, hoping to gain some military merit and be able to take their families and become standard households.
It was a member of the standard household, so the men began to ask questions from the corps commanders and chiefs, one by one, until they finally reached the level of the commander-in-chief.
Look at this wind, it's going to be a war, isn't it?
Which troops to use?Which way should I go?
We can’t let others eat meat, and we can’t even drink soup?
This kind of rejoicing at the news of the war from below forced the generals who commanded the troops under the Marquis Mansion to move out. In fact, Gong Wang and Gongsun Zhi even used the excuse of paying homage to their old age to ask for regulations to come to Fengxin City Marquis from their base. Mansion.
They all think about war, they all look forward to war, and they all hope to share the credit and actual benefits through war.
Everyone knows that fighting means killing people, but compared with the expected benefits, it is worth risking your life.
As for the question of what if we were to be defeated...
Hey,
No one has really thought about this, at least, for those who really need to go to the battlefield and fight for their lives and their families, they have not thought about this possibility.
Tian Wujing once taught Zheng Fan that the foundation of a general's life is not to love his soldiers as his own sons, eat and live together, but to be qualified, capable and confident to lead them to victory in battles.
This is also the reason why King Jingnan had a very poor reputation in the government and the public even though he had killed himself, but his prestige in the military was extremely high. Showing favor to his subordinates and controlling them with high pressure were what businessmen in temples and street corners were keen on doing. The thing is, the Qiu Ba people in the military camp only recognize that one thing.
So,
Because of this incident, Fengxin City became lively as if celebrating the second New Year.
Even Marquis Pingxi, who always stayed away from foreign affairs after returning home, had to come forward to meet with several generals to appease people's hearts.
……
"A Cheng, please tell me."
Marquis Zheng, who had just received the general, walked into the custody room of the Marquis Mansion. There was a large sand table in the room, which was not made by San'er. San'er is now awake, but has not recovered yet, but San'er has brought out the We hired many skilled craftsmen and gave them accurate measurements, and they were able to build it.
At this time, there were not many people in the signing room.
Lord Zheng came in and took the first seat.
Liang Cheng was holding a putter next to the sand table.
The blind man and Gou Moli were separated.
Chen Daole and He Chunlai acted as secretaries and listened from the side.
There are only a few people, but it doesn't take too many people to formulate a grand and strategic battle plan. If there are too many people, things will go wrong.
Furthermore, with Liang Cheng and the Savage King, the happiness is already overflowing.
"My lord, my subordinates feel that this time the troops are mobilized, the main focus should be on military training."
This directly sets a tone.
Marquis Zheng nodded. As a leader, he added nonsense: "But you must be fully prepared."
"My lord is wise."
"Okay, let's get straight to the point."
"Yes, your Majesty has personally gone to Shanggu County to check. There is a flat river. After our horseman's cavalry leaves Zhennanguan, they can go all the way south. The obstacle after that is the Wei River.
But the Wei River stretches. In fact, the Chu people's Wei River defense line can play a key role in large corps, that is, in national wars, to divide and balance our army. However, when faced with small-scale single-point raids, Not to mention a river, even a big river, will never be the so-called real natural moat.
The same is true for the Wangjiang River, and the same is true for the Weihe River. "
Gou Moli said, "I heard that the Lord went to the Wei River a while ago and frightened the people of Chu. The government by the Wei River in Chu people mobilized the people under their control to start lapping the ice on the river that had frozen after the winter. "
Everyone laughed when they heard this.
This is true;
The yamen of many counties along the south side of the Wei River have arranged a new corvee, which is to mobilize the people to smash the ice to prevent the Yan army from going south directly when the river freezes in winter.
Lord Zheng took a sip of tea and said, "This is indeed Nian Yao's style."
Corvee is an obligation of the people to the government and a burden for the people. If it is building canals, roads, palaces and fighting wars, then that's it. At least, it can be something practical;
But what’s the point of smashing the ice?
Of course, it has military significance, but for this, it has to bear a lot of criticism.
Nowadays, teahouse storytellers like to talk about two categories, which are also the two categories that listeners love to hear the most. One is the rivers and lakes, and the other is the ups and downs of the war.
Because Mr. Zheng was repeatedly chased by Lao Tian and made many attacks from thousands of miles away, he was rated as the No. 1 best-utilized weapon in the world;
General Nian, on the other hand, is nicknamed "Nian Da Bastard".
"My subordinate's plan is to quickly cross the Wei River with all his troops and horses, enter the Chu land, and go as far south as possible. I don't ask for military exploits, beheadings, or conquering cities and territories. I just want to get as close as possible to the Chu people's new capital of Ying. , used to arouse the grass and scare the snake.
Then a group of soldiers and horses left the Wei River from another direction, followed the Wei River, and headed west. They still did not seek military exploits, beheadings, or conquer cities and territories, but only wanted to be in contact with Qu Peiluo's forces. Finally, Get in touch with the Fan family and open up this line.
Finally, with the third line of troops..."
Gou Moli suddenly said, "Three groups of troops?"
This is a mortgage room discussion. If you have any questions, you can naturally raise them directly. There is no need to hide them.
"Yes, this time, we plan to use three groups of soldiers and horses. The first group will be led by me personally, with [-] horses."
This is the most dangerous road. After going south deep into the hinterland of Chu State, if you make one mistake, you may be surrounded and swallowed by the Chu army several times or even ten times.
"The second route to the north is also composed of [-] cavalry. I suggest that Jin Shuke can lead the troops."
"It's only [-] yuan to ride out." Gou Moli pinched his fingers.
"Yes, but these two groups will mobilize most of the Chu army's cavalry." Liang Cheng said.
"Then, how many troops do you plan to put in front of Zhennanguan? Although Nian Yao was called a bastard, I don't think he knew that it was not a national war and that Dayan had not mobilized all the war. Nian Yao would be willing to sit down and be beaten.
Bastards also have tempers, and their bites can hurt. "
Lord Zheng said:
"Gou Moli, what do you think Nian Yao will do?"
"My lord, if I were Nian Yao, I would allocate part of my troops to show off. I would chase him or stop him. It doesn't matter if I can't stop him or catch him. General Nian really doesn't care much about the shock in the capital. After all, the regent's face has already happened once.
The most important thing is that the reason why the capital of Ying was destroyed and burned last time was because the main force of the Chu royal family's forbidden army was at Zhennanguan, because King Jingnan personally led [-] cavalry to the south, and because the Chu people simply Neither expected nor experienced it.
But what about again?
It's not that the Chu people have a perfect plan, but it's impossible for you to steal the capital again, right?
Therefore,
I will cross the river and push all the way to the heart of Shanggu County, where the former Shanggu County seat is. Then, without attacking Zhennanguan, I will continue to do my old job, build cities and strongholds, and build my own bastard shell. !
Since it was our Marquis who broke the peace treaty first and mobilized troops, he had no pressure on him. Afterwards, he could show his merit in the name of regaining the lost territory.
During the National War, hundreds of thousands of cavalry went south. In the end, they were not able to destroy the Chu State. How could it be possible for only [-] cavalry to do so?
And if Nian Yao could regain the Shanggu County and the city and push the Chu State's defense line against our Marquis Mansion from the Wei River to here, the situation would be completely different.
Although the Wei River is an excellent line of defense against cavalry, the river is too long and requires a large number of troops to be stationed. In fact, as General Liang said before, the effect will not be very good.
The big ones can't be stopped, and the small ones can't be stopped.
And if the defense line is pushed up, then the Chu people will no longer have to recruit civilians to break ice. They can also put down the burden of this long river. Shanggu County is divided into two from the waist, builds city walls, and builds fortresses.
The width of this defense will be greatly shortened, and the strength of the defense will also be greatly enhanced.
Even if we take into account the national power of the entire Chu State and the land of Jindong, which has just resumed development, our Marquis Mansion is no longer the only country of Chu that relies on Zhennan Pass to suppress others. Instead, the state of Chu used its general power to suppress our prince's mansion from south to north.
The regent of the Chu State is not a master without foresight. On the contrary, he once dared to lend me Dayan's knife to cut the flesh of the nobles of Chu. Now, he dares to use his so-called mere face to exchange offense and defense. Yishi, at least, is reciprocal. "
Liang Cheng looked at Gou Moli,
road;
"Don't forget, it's not just the State of Yan that hasn't mobilized for war or prepared for a national war, but the State of Chu has also not done so.
Therefore, the troops and horses that both sides can use are limited, and it is impossible to repeat the situation where the two sides deployed millions of troops to confront each other.
Therefore,
Nian Yao dared to send his troops across the river to Shanggu County. We, the Marquis Mansion's cavalry, dared to engage in a bloody battle with him on the plains of Shanggu County! "
Gou Moli pointed at the center of Shanggu County on the sand table.
Road:
"Although the Hou Mansion is known as one hundred thousand cavalry, the real elites are only [-] in your headquarters, plus the town under Jinshu Ke in Zhennanguan. You tell me that you have sent [-] elites to the Chu Kingdom to race horses. went,
In Shanggu County, what troops and horses do you use to counter the Chu State's army? "
Liang Cheng asked rhetorically;
"Who said we should send elite troops deep behind enemy lines?"
"..." Gou Moli.
Gou Moli immediately pointed to the territory of the Chu State south of the Wei River and said, "Aren't you going to send elite troops deep behind enemy lines?"
Liang Cheng smiled and said:
"You have already said that Nian Yao will not take it seriously and just show off, so why should I send elites?
We have no shortage of horses or riders. We have auxiliary troops and wild soldiers. We can get some armored flags to decorate the facade and increase the number. "
"Didn't you say you want to train soldiers? What kind of soldiers are you training?"
"Forty thousand servants and servants went deep behind enemy lines and wandered around the Chu Kingdom. Even if there were [-] pigs, they would never be the same pigs as before."
"Heheheheheheheh!"
Gou Moli laughed,
I simply jumped onto the sand table,
A slap was slapped on Shanggu County,
Road:
"So, if Nian Yao takes advantage of the situation and goes north, what he will face in Shanggu County is..."
Liang Cheng nodded,
Road:
"What we are about to face is the most elite cavalry under the command of my Pingxihou Mansion, led by the Lord himself!"
Gou Moli breathed a long sigh of relief.
Road:
"There will be risks. Jinshu, who is heading west, has support from Qu Peiluo and the Fan family. You just need to keep your head down and run. The problem will not be big. The road you led will be very small." Something could go wrong.”
"The ones who died are just the savage servants and some handymen. I recruited a group from the snowfield, and another group from your town. If they are all dead, there is no loss. On the contrary, you can take this opportunity to consume a wave of snowfield The savage population on.”
Gou Moli licked his lips. He was not angry, in fact, he was convinced.
road;
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, haha, I see, Yao never dreamed that there would be a King of Jingnan, but in the east of Jin Dynasty, there is actually more than one King of Jingnan."
What is mentioned here is obviously not Ping Xihou.
After sighing with emotion, Gou Moli realized that he seemed to have said the wrong thing, but Lord Zheng was not displeased at all.
"What's the required recruitment?" Zheng Fan asked.
"The two groups of soldiers and horses that have gone out have only provided enough food to the enemy. The rest of the food, grass and baggage are already being transported to Zhennan Pass. It is expected that the war will not last long, and there should be no problems with the logistics."
The blind man spoke.
Zheng Fan nodded and said: "On the battlefield, any accident can happen. Blind man, go and send a letter to the court later. Add a letter of fire from the Marquis Mansion and send it secretly to Xiao Liuzi. Let Xiao Liuzi know and let him do it." Be mentally prepared.
in addition,
Then pass the message to Li Fusheng and other troops stationed in Jin, so that they can also make some preparations.
Xu Wenzu of Yingdu wanted to spread the word.
Our plan is to fight a short-term, quick-result, controllable-scale battle, but we must also be prepared to have to rush the ducks to the shelves once the game is out of control.
It’s really a joke. The big deal is, let’s start another national war. Whether Yan can afford it or not is another matter. At least in this battle, we can’t admit defeat. "
The blind man smiled and said: "Xiao Liuzi was probably so angry that he stamped his feet after seeing the secret fold. Did he say that he would have to rest for two or three years?"
"Hahaha, that's not up to him. Besides, this is also a fine tradition inherited from the previous generation. There is no complete battle until you have prepared everything before starting the fight. The tradition of this Black Dragon banner is that I think we can fight, Then fight."
Lord Zheng placed the teacup in his hand heavily on the coffee table.
"Damn it, I didn't see any real fighting in the snowfield last time. These days I've been busy with my wife and children, so it's time to go out for a real horse ride."
……
Mr. Zheng, who had just expressed his disdain for "wife and children on the hot bed" in the signing room,
After leaving the signing room,
He lay down on the princess's bed.
After building a greenhouse, it is actually equivalent to having floor heating, and it is very warm inside.
The princess lay there on her side and watched Lord Zheng reaching out to touch her belly.
"My husband looks very energetic today."
"Yes."
"Husband, I have received a letter from my family. My mother has prepared some expenses for me. Things will be different after my brother becomes the emperor, but my mother still cares about my daughter."
"Ah."
In this regard, the Chu royal family has never been stingy. Of course, this is also based on the Pingxihou Mansion's willingness to do horse business with the Chu people.
Lord Zheng stretched out his hand and gently tapped the princess's belly.
road;
"Hey, did you hear that? Your grandma and your uncle have prepared a lot of delicious food for you. Come on, let's thank grandma and thank you uncle."
"Husband, the child is not born yet, how can he talk?"
"Oh, that's right, it doesn't matter, the adults are here."
"Well, I'll write back later to say thank you."
"No, I'll come."
The princess looked at Lord Zheng with a smile and said curiously:
"Do you want your husband to write a letter to your royal brother in person?"
Lord Zheng shook his head and said:
"Writing letters is too time-consuming and disrespectful to my uncle. Think about it, my uncle has so many things to do so how can he find the time to calm down and read a letter?"
"How about..."
"After a while, I will attack Chu directly."
"………"Princess.
(End of this chapter)