The devil is coming

Chapter 93 Ulla!
The night is already deep.
The cavalry's horses were still galloping, and their speed didn't even slow down at all.
This cavalry team was the foundation of Zheng Fan's career. From the beginning, it was luxuriously equipped. In some places, it was even better than the Zhenbei Army.
One person and two horses are standard equipment, which can ensure the long-term mobility of the cavalry.
More than a hundred years ago, during the war between the barbarians and the Yan State, the barbarian cavalry relied on this advantage to set the entire seven counties of Yan on fire.
Now, the barbarians are no longer capable, but strictly speaking, this barbarian cavalry has exceeded the limitations of its ancestors.
Because the barbarians have never truly defeated the Yan State from beginning to end, but now they have crossed the Yan State and arrived on the land of the Qian State.
This is already considered a historical breakthrough.
"Lord, which one is our goal?"
"I don't know, look further south!"
Along the way, he saw some forts from a distance, but Zheng Fan didn't even think about touching them anymore. He just kept a little distance and avoided them. Those forts didn't notice the cavalry team that was attacking late at night.
With the lessons learned from the previous castle, Zheng Fan really didn't want to go out to "scare himself" late at night anymore. At the same time, he also didn't want to eat a duck pot after eating a chicken pot.
at last,
A city appeared in everyone's sight.
Zheng Fan raised his hand, and all the cavalry reined in their reins.
"The Sentinels disperse."
Dozens of barbarian cavalry took the initiative to disperse and cruise nearby.
Zheng Fan dismounted and stood on the slope, looking at the city ahead.
The city is not very big, much smaller than Hutou City.
But it is a city after all, and those forts are incomparable to it. In addition, it stands near the border, so it is not an exaggeration to call it a "military town."
Zheng Fan pulled out the stopper of the water bag and drank several sips of water.
Liang Cheng stood next to Zheng Fan. When Zheng Fan handed him the water bag, he took it but didn't see Zheng Fan reaching out to wash his hands.
"Aren't you thirsty?" Zheng Fan asked.
"Not thirsty."
"I haven't seen you eat anything either."
"Ate."
"You and A Ming are both easy to support."
Zheng Fan smiled, pointed to the city in front of him, and said, "You have good eyesight. Check to see if the city gate over there is still open."
"The city gate is indeed open." Liang Cheng confirmed.
At the gate of the city, there seemed to be several motorcades entering and exiting, and there were several rows of torches lit outside, which were brightly lit.
Outside the city wall, you can see a cluster of "shanty houses", some of which only have the simplest tents, like a slum attached to the city.
"Do you think it's okay?"
Zheng Fan looked at Liang Cheng and asked.
"There are only 400 of us."
"Li Yunlong dared to attack Ping'an County with his own regiment."
"That's a literary work."
Zheng Fan stretched out his hand as if to touch Liang Cheng's chin.
hesitated,
Instead, he placed it on Liang Cheng's shoulder.
I pinched it,
Road:
"It's not the same for you."
"If your Majesty wants to give it a try, my subordinates can lead a team to charge once."
"No, I'm such a procrastinator that I can't stay behind and watch. If we want to play, let's play together. If we want to finish, we'll finish together."
"It's too dangerous and too reckless."
"Are you telling the truth or are you telling the truth?"
"Speaking against one's will."
"Ah."
"It's night, the city is open, and it's still so lively outside. I'm really not willing to try to rush in."
"After we pulled out a fort, we moved southward from that fort's defense zone without encountering any resistance from any soldiers.
The Yan State had all the forts abandoned, and our Cuiliu Fort was used to raise chickens. In some forts, even the bricks were used by local households to build pig pens.
On the Qian Kingdom side, the fortresses are indeed still there, but there is no difference between them and those without.But, Cheng, are we both too exaggerated? "
"Lord, we are still cautious."
"Yes, we are not inflated. We are from the Qian country, which gives us too much confidence."
…………
Under the north gate of Mianzhou City, the lights were brightly lit. Carloads of goods were transported out of the city, and batches of goods were transported into the city.
Several Qianguo Commercial Banks were waiting at the gate of the city, and several stewards were urging Lifu to be more diligent and quick in his movements.
Occasionally, the eyes of the stewards from each house met, and each could see the provocation and anger in the other's eyes.
It was freezing cold this night. If I had brought the freight out (in) from home, it would have been done a long time ago if I had been quicker.
Who knew that it was just a coincidence that tonight, several motorcades actually met together.
The city gate is only so big. If you want to go in and I want to come out, it will be blocked. The most important thing is that there are only so many civilians in Mianzhou City. How much your family requisitions, my family will use less. , but no one is willing to take a step back. After all, when you come out to be the steward of the team, you are representing the face of your master outside. How can you just give in?
As for these busy civilians, if you look closely, you can see that the clothes some of them wear are actually cotton clothes issued by the Qianguo army.
.........
"Dad, it's cold, why are you still standing here?"
An old man with white hair and beard was standing on the tower wearing a thin gown. Below him, there was a bustle.
The middle-aged man stepped forward, took off his cloak and put it on the old man.
"Humph."
The old man shook his body and his cloak fell to the ground.
"My father is getting old, and his energy and blood are not as strong as before, but he is still an eighth-level martial artist after all. This coldness is not noticed by my father!"
The middle-aged man picked up the cloak again, grabbed it with both hands, and forced it on the old man, saying:
"My son knows, my son knows, but this is also part of his filial piety. I am freezing here, how can you make your son feel so good?"
"What about the soldiers below?"
The old man pointed to the peasants below who were busy carrying cargo, his voice trembling a little,
"Are they cold, are they hungry, are they tired?
They are the frontier troops of Daqian. The frontier troops are here to take swords, not to be coolies! "
"My dear father, please don't be stubborn. Which family here doesn't do this?"
"Do you feel that you feel aggrieved by having me as your father?"
"Grieved? How can I? You are my biological father and I am your son, so there is no such thing as grievance."
"So you still have resentment?"
"Tsk, it's true that you know your son better than his father. You said that you have reached the realm of an eighth-grade warrior over the years, and you are a veteran in the military. When my son was young, he thought that with you as his father to support him, he would not have to use it in this life. sad;
Who knows, you are handing in information and reporting to the top, causing your official position to decline year by year.
Good regiment training officers have all been promoted to the rank of captain of the city patrol in Mianzhou City. My dear father, you are really my dear father.
However, just in the evening, my son had dinner with the prefect. The prefect said, if you just give in and admit your mistake, some of the worries on you will be gone. It is impossible for the official to be reinstated, but in You can move it higher before taking off your armor and returning to the fields, so that when your son takes over, the position will be more comfortable. "
"Is this why you came to me?"
"You say yes."
"Please, I'll be the son of those bullshit civil servants?"
"Dad, what you said is really right. Your son will always be treated as a grandson in front of the prefect. According to this seniority, you are just right."
"Hehehe..."
The old man laughed.
The middle-aged man also laughed.
"Son, dad knows that he can't help you."
"Why are you saying this again?"
"It's not like dad doesn't know how to plan for the family and his descendants, but it doesn't work!"
The old man lowered his head and glanced at the spear placed at his feet.
"Okay, I know what you are going to say. You are also saying that the Yan people may go south. We, the frontier army, cannot continue to be so ignorant. But to tell the truth, dad, in this life, you will never be with the Yan people. Have you ever had a fight?
no?
It's almost 100 years ago, and the Yan people can't even see a hair. My son knows, Dad, in your life, you have seen that you are very old, but you have never been able to display your martial arts skills. You feel unconvinced, but... "
The old man suddenly turned his face and looked at his son,
Seriously:
"There has been no news from the desert barbarians for a long time."
"What's the matter..."
"This shows that it is becoming increasingly difficult for the barbarians to contain the Yan people. Once the Yan people have no pressure from the north, what will they do?"
"Dad, these matters are matters that only the princes and officials in the court need to consider. Why should we worry?"
"The officials don't understand. The officials don't understand how rotten our army is. Most of the gentlemen don't understand either. Even if there are a few who do, they pretend they don't understand.
Look, look, I am now the captain of the patrol in Mianzhou City, but how many people can I mobilize under my command?
These garrison soldiers in Mianzhou City were not only used as coolies by various military leaders and prefects, but the barracks originally placed in the city were demolished to make warehouses. Instead, all these soldiers were driven outside the city. Go live in a tent!
Can such soldiers and such an army be able to fight a war?What kind of battle can it fight? "
"Dad, just be rest assured, the Yan people won't come. The Yan people are busy doing business with us, and they don't have time to fight. Did you see that it's so lively down here?
There are two convoys that are transporting goods back from Yandi today, and there are two convoys that are transporting goods out of the city to Yandi.
If you make money and live a good life, why fight?
Do you think those Yan barbarians are stupid? "
.........
"Others will definitely regard us as fools."
Zheng Fan, who was already sitting on the horse, said to Liang Cheng, who was riding the horse beside him.
With four hundred cavalry, going to attack an important border town, you are not a fool, you really can't do such a thing.
"Lord, it doesn't matter what others think of us. What matters is how we think of ourselves."
"Actually, I also feel that I am quite stupid. I am letting go of my comfortable life, but I am obsessed with pursuing excitement.
You said, when I rush to the door later, if a sharpshooter on the tower shoots an arrow down and kills me, will I be in a panic at the loss? "
"Just be happy."
"Alas, I have been led astray by you. The closer I get to the red, the red, the closer to the ink, the darker."
"Lord."
"Ok?"
"We were designed by you."
"so?"
"It should be said that the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked."
"You're getting skinny."
"This is called red when one is close to red."
Zheng Fan put down the face protection he specially requested on his helmet.
Simultaneously,
He raised the knife in his hand,
shouted in barbarian language:
"I don't allow you to touch women, but today, in this city, I allow you to have as much wine and meat as you want!"
All the barbarians followed Zheng Fan's actions and raised their weapons.
"kill!"
Zheng Fan slashed forward with his blade!
"Ula!!!!!!"
"..." Zheng Fan.
"Who the idiot Ula taught them?" Zheng Fan shouted.
"Fan Li."
(End of this chapter)