The devil is coming

Chapter 944 The Great Swallow Wind Rises
The wind blows gently, and what is present all around is the ripe atmosphere of the countryside.
In the two or three years when Gou Moli first entered Fan City, the south of Fan City was still in the quagmire of entanglements with the Chu army. Not only were the small groups of sentinels and cavalry from both sides fighting each other here, but also the rivers and lakes, Small local forces are fighting over one small territory after another.
When Zheng Fan first entered the fourth level, he brought the demon kings with him to "level up", also taking advantage of the environment at that time;
right now,
Not the same.
There are 36 military forts, [-] land strongholds, and six water strongholds. This is a military presence that is actually controlled by Fan City. On the basis of this organizational structure, it often comes with the advantage of local dependence.
If when Qu Peiluo and Fan Zhengwen were here, all they could do was build a few wooden fences here, then Gou Moli first laid out a fire break and then planted flowers in the inner circle. It's rough, and some refinement is done from time to time. It's bloody on the outside, and there's no singing and dancing on the inside, but it can still be a kind of "living and working in peace and contentment."
Of course, such a pure comparison is actually a bit unfair to Qu Peiluo. After all, when Fan Zhengwen was in charge of Fan City, Qu Peiluo was wandering around the periphery, which was a bit of a separation of military and political affairs. Gou Moli took care of it with one hand. There is also ample supply from Jin.
However, being able to place a Savage King on the auxiliary side battlefield was an extremely arrogant act.
Especially for the Chu State, whose famous generals have withered in recent years, it is enough to make Zheng Fan's uncle drool with envy.
At this moment, Zheng Fan and Sword Master were sitting together and playing chess. The game they were playing was no longer backgammon, but a serious game of Go. However, the regent's chess skills could not be said to be bad, but they could only be played. Considered average;
Fortunately, the sword master's Go skills were just a sliver higher than the regent's, so there was no need to let anyone down, and the two of them could easily kill each other to their heart's content.
Gou Moli stood next to him, offering tea and water in front of him.
On the periphery, Jinyi's personal guards had already been deployed to take charge of the surrounding vigilance.
Zheng Lin and Da Niu sat next to Tiantian, one on the left and the other on the right.
"Brother, why did the people of Chu let Uncle Gou grow up here step by step?" Zheng Lin asked curiously.
The road from Jindong to Fancheng is not easy to walk, and Fancheng's troops are actually not very many. It can be said that Gou Moli opened the situation with a single attack under the eyes of the Chu people.
Tiantian replied: "Before you were born, the Chu army once attacked Fan City, but was caught off guard when my father led his army from Zhennanguan to attack.
It was in that battle that Brother Xianba personally beheaded the head of Dugu Jiazhuguo of Chu State and gained military merit.
It’s not that the Chu people don’t know how Fan City feels like it’s stuck in their throats, but the Chu people have no choice. Unless they are sure enough to block the front line of Zhennanguan, otherwise our army will respond from head to tail. If the Chu people want to bite Fan City, they will almost not be able to do so. Possible things. "
The big girl sitting next to her used Long Yuan to paddle on the ground. At first, she didn't think it was anything, but gradually, Tiantian discovered that what the big girl drew was actually the line from Zhennan Guan in the east to Fancheng in the west. Relief map.
"This is just like when I play a game with a big python. If I grab its tail, its head will come over. If I grab its head, its tail will come over." Da Niu turned to look at Brother Tiantian and said sheepishly: " When I ran away from home, I was afraid that I would get lost, so I wrote down some notes on the sand table in my father's custody room."
The advantage of a spiritual child is not only physical "prematurity", but also mental advantage;
This is actually easy to understand. If you can get out of the "infancy" state earlier, crawl earlier, stand up earlier, and explore the surrounding environment earlier, you will naturally understand things much earlier than ordinary children.
At this time, a group of cavalry appeared in the distance, led by Liu Dahu and a general with a savage background.
Liu Dahu got off his horse and came to the chessboard to report:
"My lord, the man has brought it."
Zheng Fan nodded and continued to make moves.
Soon, three men came here, two of them were dressed in traditional Shanyue costumes, and the other was wearing Chu clothes.
Gou Moli, who was pouring tea, put down the teapot, looked at them with a smile, and said kindly;
"Come here?"
The three of them looked at each other;
They knew Gou Moli, and they also knew his identity in Fan City and Jindong. Now, there were two people sitting, and Gou Moli was standing to wait on him. The one sitting there was wearing white. The identity of the man in the python robe is already revealed.
The three of them immediately knelt down:
"I'll pay my respects to the Prince Regent."
The three of them are actually from the Shanyue tribe. One is named Meng Na, the other is Ba Gu, and the other is wearing Chu costume. Because his tribe was tamed by the Qu family back then, he was given the surname Xia and is now called Shanglou.
This large complex and chaotic area south of Fan City was actually the core of the Qu family's fiefdom. After the Qu family was separated or even nearly uprooted, a power void was formed.
The tribes of these three people are actually located relatively far away in the south, enough to extend to the southern end of the Qishan Mountains. If they continue south, they can reach the southeastern border of the Qian Kingdom;
It's just that because General Nian led his army to attack that area, it now belongs to Chu Territory.
The tribe of three people is not very powerful. In the face of sufficient regular troops, it can be said that it is not worth mentioning. However, this kind of local snake can sometimes play an extremely outstanding role, especially in military advances, with their internal and external cooperation. , can work wonders.
Zheng Fan waved his hand and threw the chess pieces casually on the chessboard. He ignored his irreversible chess position and turned to look at the three people kneeling on the ground, pretending to be dealing with business.
However, the prince did not say anything, but casually picked up a bunch of grapes placed next to the chessboard and placed it in front of the three kneeling people.
"The prince will reward you." Gou Moli reminded him.
"Thank you, Lord."
"Thank you, Lord."
The three of them took the grapes together, divided them, and put one grape into their mouths each, laughing and saying how sweet they were while eating.
"Ha ha."
The prince smiled, stood up, and said nothing more to them.
The person here, meeting them, is actually worth a thousand words. There is no point in being polite to the virtuous corporal, and there is no need.
Gou Moli immediately walked over, motioned for the three of them to get up, and asked them to follow him to discuss.
Zheng Fan stretched his waist.
Yawned,
Walking to where Tiantian and the three of them were sitting, he first picked up the big girl, then touched his son who was still sitting with his boots.
road;
"Pack up your things, it's time for us to go back."
"Father, I came here like this, how can I have anything to pack?" Zheng Lin asked.
"Collect your heart."
"..." Zheng Lin.
"Dad, will Brother Tian go back with us?" Da Niu asked curiously.
"Yes." Zheng Fan replied.
Tiantian immediately leaned over and said, "Here!"
In the army, you should perform a military salute.
Tiantian has been sent by Zheng Fan to Gou Moli for a while to practice. However, when the real national war begins, Zheng Fan hopes that Tiantian can stay with him.
That’s not to say that the side battlefield is unimportant. After all, Zheng Fan relied on his brilliant achievements in the side battlefield to get ahead. But now that he has this opportunity and he has this status, why not put his son by his side and let him face the operation of the army center? Woolen cloth?
And for a child of Tiantian's age, even if he doesn't say it, what he longs for is definitely a head-on battlefield confrontation.
Zheng Fan has never liked to create a sense of "impartiality and selflessness" to the outside world, and he is too lazy to use his own son as an example.
The Jinyi guards began to collect the team, and the return journey began.
In the eyes of outsiders, the regent came here to accompany the child on a "tour of the mountains and rivers", but in fact, the child was just along the way. As the real host of the war, Fan Cheng didn't come over to take a look in person. , I can't always feel completely at ease.
right now,
He can rest assured.
The boat was traveling, and with my daughter by my side, the journey was not monotonous.
After leaving Mengshan Mountain and entering Wangjiang River, you can clearly see that more and more cargo ships are heading downstream from Jindi to Wangjiang River.
Fan Cheng has its own system. Fan Zhengwen can't fight, but he can do operations. After Gou Moli took over, he took care of everything from the mines to the blacksmith shop to farming.
Zheng Fan also looked at the treasury, and it was very fulfilling;
But for this national war that is brewing, it is not enough, far from enough.
In those days, many battles were won, but had to be withdrawn, or the troops were in danger every time, including the death of Li Fusheng in the current battle. The fundamental reason was still the national strength and logistics.
Now, after five years of cultivation and recuperation.
He Zheng Fan,
Finally, I can calmly free my hands to fight the battle of wealth!
Zheng Fan did not disembark in advance and head east to Fengxin City. Instead, he took the boat all the way to the Yupan City area and even landed on the east coast.
Gongsun Zhi, the son of Gongsun Zhi, and Gong Wang, Gong Wang's son, each led a fine cavalry and were waiting on the west bank early.
It is normal for troops and horses from eastern Jin Dynasty to appear west of Wangjiang River. Since last year, troops and horses from central and western Shanxi, and even some troops from Yandi, have gradually begun to switch defenses.
"I will meet the prince at the end!"
"I will meet the prince at the end!"
Zheng Fan walked off the deck and nodded to the two generals kneeling in front of him.
The two of them have also served under his handsome commander, and they are already considered the second generation of generals in the Jindong lineage.
Look at Tiantian standing next to him, wearing silver armor;
It is impossible for the Prince Regent not to feel that "there are talented people from generation to generation" in his heart, but this feeling is indeed good.
The palace's carriage had been prepared a long time ago, and Zheng Fan got into the carriage.
immediately,
The guards opened the way forward and backward, the royal guards held up the guard of honor, and the regent marched straight into Yingdu.
To know,
The regent has not been to Wangjiang for many years.
Everyone in Yingdu had been notified of this a long time ago. Liu Dan, the current governor of Yingdu, led all the civil and military personnel in Yingdu and knelt down to welcome Wang Jia, together with Prince Situ Yu.
If when Zheng Fan was still the King of Pingxi, the reason why Yan officials knelt down to greet him was because of the tacit understanding that Yan's military meritorious service was the first class for hundreds of years, then now, the title of regent has given Zheng Fan the title of regent. Legally, he had the qualification to sit with the emperor.
Kneeling is what you should do, and you should kneel without any resentment or discomfort.
In addition to the local civil and military forces in Yingdu and the Prince Cheng's Palace, there is another team that is also kneeling in the welcoming sequence, holding a canopy and holding a golden umbrella;
Apart from other imperial envoys, this canopy was just a representation, but for him, it was actually not enough to provide shade from the sun.
No matter how big the canopy is, it can't cover this mountain of flesh.
Tiantian rode his horse out and issued an order:
"The Prince Regent has ordered the imperial envoy to get into the carriage."
"Your servant obeys."
Xu Wenzu stood up with help from the left and right.
The rest continued to kneel.
When Xu Wenzu got on the carriage and opened the curtain and came in, Zheng Fan was sitting on the throne inside, with the heads of two children peeking out from behind.
"Your Majesty Xu Wenzu, I bow to the Prince Regent. I wish you a thousand years old!"
"Come on, don't kneel down. It's not easy for you to get up one at a time." Zheng Fan said with a smile.
Xu Wenzu also laughed and did not force any manners.
In fact, he is an imperial envoy, so there is no need to kneel, but in front of this person, there is really no need to worry about the details of etiquette.
Xu Wenzu sat down, took out a small bottle from his arms, poured out some pills, put them into his mouth, swallowed them with the tea brought by Liu Dahu, and then breathed heavily for a while.
Lao Xu has become fatter, and what's more serious than being fat is that the aura on this guy's body clearly gives people a very disordered feeling, which means that his three-high problem is very serious.
"Old Xu, take care of yourself."
"Hehe." Xu Wenzu smiled, "Look, aren't we here to refine oil?"
Xu Wenzu patted his big belly and immediately stirred up a "thousand waves".
Xu Wenzu did a good job as the governor of Yingdu. Three years ago, he was recalled to Yanjing to join the cabinet. Based on his qualifications, he jumped directly into the queue and became the second assistant.
The year before last, the chief minister Mao Mingcai and Ding You returned home, and Xu Wenzu was automatically promoted to the second chief minister since Dayan had its own cabinet.
Half a year later, the emperor issued an edict to seize Mao Mingcai's love on the grounds of state needs, ending Mao Mingcai's worries and allowing him to return to the court.
In the next six months, it can be said that there were two chief ministers in the cabinet, but the two did not compete for status. In fact, they had a tacit understanding with each other and with His Majesty.
nowadays,
Xu Wenzu came to Yingdu from Yanjing on the errand of being the chief minister of the cabinet, the imperial envoy, and supervising the patrol in Jin;
He returned to the land he had worked so hard for.
The current prefect of Yingdu, Liu Dan, is a close official of the emperor, and he has been under his command since he was still a prince.
When Xu Wenzu's imperial envoy entered Yingdu a while ago, Liu Taishou took the initiative to give up the Taishou Mansion and signaled Xu Wenzu to move in.
Xu Wenzu didn't refuse and moved in directly.
This is very incompatible with the so-called "humility", "harmony", "moderate" and other so-called word cards in the officialdom, but in fact, these word cards are basically the busybodies of folk teahouses, plus the local government officials who are responsible for watching the county. The deceitful operations of the Ling, the Registrar, the County Lieutenant and other adults further extend the assumption that the real high-level officials of a country must also abide by the rules of this game;
Unfortunately, things are not like this. The emperor's eyes fall on you. When the emperor gives you the imperial flag and sends you out, you must do things, achieve results, and fulfill the will of the emperor and the court. Yes, one problem with standing too high is that there is nowhere to hide if you want to.
On the first day when Xu Wenzu entered Yingdu, he moved into the prefect's mansion where he had lived for several years.
This means that the entire Yingdu has completed the transfer of power, and the current prefect Liu Dan will automatically slide into the position of deputy. Next, Yingdu and even the entire Jinzhong, as well as radiating to western Shanxi, everything, as long as it involves the direction of eastern Shanxi , will all come under Xu Wenzu’s control and dispatch.
"I'm out, I can finally breathe some air. My lord, I'm not afraid of your jokes. Living in Yanjing City is not only not as comfortable as Yingdu City, but it's even worse than Hutou City, hahaha."
"Hehehe."
Zheng Fan also laughed and said: "That's why there is a saying among the people that it is better to be the county magistrate than to be a second-rank official."
"My lord, you don't need to tell us how to fight. What you need and what you want is written on the paper, and we will send someone [-] miles away to deliver it to us in a hurry.
We will not give you any excuses, nor will we complain about any hardships, nor will we say anything to you about how difficult people's lives are.
Let’s just say a word,
If one day the prince discovers that the food delivered to the military camp is not enough,
You go and find it,
In the last car, hanging is our own fat body! "
"Brother, with your words, I can rest assured." Zheng Fan changed his sitting posture and tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest, "This battle is safe."
My troops and horses are strong,
I have sufficient logistics,
The general's heart is with me,
The Emperor stands with me,
It’s not impossible to lose. If we measure it in terms of ten, 20, 30 years, or even “violence” and “militancy” in the history books, it is certainly possible to lose;
But at the moment,
Zheng Fan really couldn't think of a reason for him to lose.
Such a situation,
How many famous marshals throughout the ages could laugh out of their dreams?
If I could still play with it,
Then Zheng Fan can only admit that he is a waste.
At this time,
Xu Wenzu spoke again:
"Your Majesty, it's a pity that the old Marquis is no longer here. It would be great if the old Marquis were here at this time."
Xu Wenzu was from the Beihou Mansion in Laozhen. He called Li Liangting, and in private he called him Lao Houye.
"You will be pleased, Lao Xu. I still remember... It has been ten years, it seems, it has not stopped. In the Imperial Garden, I watched the old Marquis roasting the leg of lamb.
He said that this big swallow is still too small, and fighting over it is really uninteresting. "
"This is indeed what the old Marquis would say, haha."
"coming."
Zheng Fan's eyes became a little more serious,
Xu Wenzu, who was sitting below, immediately stopped smiling and stood up. Although it was difficult, he still knelt down:
"In the past, I, the Yan Dynasty, were lucky enough to win the title of the late Emperor, the old Marquis, and the Marquis of the South;
Today, I, Dayan, are lucky enough to have your majesty and your prince.
Since the Great Xia Dynasty began 800 years ago, princes have been vying for supremacy, and the world has been vying for supremacy;
All summers, all summers,
I've been called that for too long, and the more I hear it, the more awkward I feel. It's time to change my title.
May my descendants rise up,
Whether the wind blows from the desert, blows from the snowfield, or echoes in the valleys and swamps, or chases the blue waves of the East China Sea;
Wherever the wind smears,
All are black;
Wherever the sun and moon shine,
They are all Yan soil! "
(End of this chapter)