The devil is coming

Chapter 957 The battle of the new generation!
Wang Qingmei's head was hung on the flagpole.
The city is broken,
he died;
Under the flagpole, there are several piles of human heads with ferocious faces.
"The prince once said that the reason why the Gan people and the Chu people call us Yanmanzi is not because we are really culturally inferior to them."
"But what?" Tiantian answered the question very thoughtfully.
"Instead, in the past hundred years, we Yan people have always been strong. Because we are strong, we are barbarians. Just like in the Great Xia, the reason why the barbarians were called barbarians was because they were entrenched in the northwest of Great Xia and threatened Daxia's safety.
Only the strong can continuously create an image of arrogance, while the weak can only blame helplessly. "
Chen Xianba clapped his hands, and a guard brought a box up.
Chen Xianba opened the box. Inside was the head of the previous messenger, but some simple preliminary treatment had been done to prevent it from rotting.
The head is a very good thing. There is no taboo against the head in the army. Although the Shanxi Eastern Army has long changed the practice of using the head to determine military merit and tried its best to make the distribution of military merit more reasonable, but It still cannot change the love of soldiers for their heads.
Whether it's the enemy's or your own.
Chen Xianba placed the head on a pile.
Withdrew,
commanded:
"Buried them together."
"Here."
Chen Xianba closed his eyes, as if he was mourning in silence, or adjusting his emotions.
"Dad said that when he was killed and captured under the orders of my own father under Yupan City, he almost collapsed."
When he was a child, Zheng Fan liked to hold Tiantian and talk about the past, and Tiantian's memory has always been very good.
Chen Xianba nodded and said: "So, this is what I have always admired most about the prince. The prince is very great."
"Yes." Tiantian never denies his father's greatness.
"But the prince is not a god, and the prince's greatness is neither blown out nor created, but is real.
Because of this, I am willing to stand behind the prince, walk the path he has taken, and reshape and relive his glory.
Not two years after the bloodshed in Yupan City, the prince led the Xuehai Iron Cavalry into the snowy fields and forcibly drove the barbarians into those castles so that our Yan army could take this opportunity to practice siege. "
Chen Xianba twisted his neck.
"Actually, this is also my first time. Brother, do you feel any discomfort?
I have. "
"I do not have."
Chen Xianba was slightly surprised when he heard this answer, but looking at Tiantian's calm eyes, he smiled:
"My brother is more promising than me."
Tiantian shook his head and pointed at the pile of heads in front of him:
"I don't really feel anything for them."
Tiantian spent his childhood with Mowan, Shatuo Queshi, etc. His concepts of "life" and "death" are more direct and profound. He has the so-called moral principles, but he doesn't care. .
"Ha ha."
Chen Xianba smiled, reached out and patted Tiantian on the shoulder, then turned his head and said to the soldiers behind him:
"In addition, pick out some more heads and send them to the surrounding towns to warn them that my Yan army of 20 has entered Chu. The Chu royal family's forbidden army has been defeated and Chu's death is imminent. However, if there are those who resist in the city, the city will be destroyed. That day is the day when my army will massacre the city!"
"Here!"
"Here!"
Chen Xianba walked to a water tank and began to wash his hands. While washing, he said to Tiantian:
"Actually, massacre is the most effective means of deterrence. Of course, benevolence and righteousness are sometimes useful, but they are not used here. For example, if the prince marches to Yanjing City one day, benevolence and righteousness will be very useful.
As for Chu land, especially places like Sansuo County that were almost abandoned by the Chu state, if the Chu people see blood, they will learn to behave. "
"Brother Ba said yes."
"If you stay with the prince all the time, you will know more about these principles than I do. In fact, although I have been leading troops outside in the past few years, I feel more and more that it is still the days when I stayed with the prince as a personal guard and made progress. maximum.
It's not the art of war, it's not the cultivation, it's the truth. The few words that the prince sometimes said casually may be the truth that others can't summarize in a lifetime. "
"I also feel that many of what my father said are thought-provoking."
"There is a very ridiculous rumor that when our Emperor Yan was still a down-and-out prince, it was because our prince spoke nicely that he was willing to befriend the prince who was just a school captain at that time;
Moreover, he calls himself a brother and respects our prince as a brother. "
Tiantian nodded in agreement; "The emperor is my father's younger brother."
Immediately afterwards, Tiantian said: "The prince is also my younger brother."
Chen Xianba laughed "haha",
He said without any scruples:
"That's a good relationship. Everyone in the Tian family is a younger brother."
In the Jindong Army, there is really nothing to avoid saying these words.
"Brother, what shall we do next?"
“Continue to fight, continue to collect, and there will be no separation of troops to garrison. Just knock on the door one by one and go in to say hello.
It doesn't matter even if these cities go back again and again and the Chu flag is raised again after we leave.
I still remember that when I followed the prince into Qian, Chuzhou City was invaded once last time, and the second time I entered it, it was much smoother. "
Speaking of this metaphor, Chen Xianba looked at Tiantian with some scruples and found that Tiantian didn't understand the meaning. Chen Xianba shook his head. Fortunately, this brother also didn't understand something.
……
After Xiawei County was defeated, this army, with auxiliary soldiers and civilians as the majority, began to move forward.
In less than a month, seven small county towns and two Fucheng, which are slightly larger cities, were conquered.
Basically, they were invincible and did not make any resistance. What's more, because the Yan army was a little tired from the journey and arrived late, the city guard and representatives of the old nobles in the city even took the initiative to go out of the city for twenty miles to ask for surrender.
The resistance in Xiawei County is a bloody warning;
The county town that later surrendered and opened its gates without being plundered or massacred was Dazao;
Under this situation, most of the local Chu people were still willing to surrender. It was just a drop in the bucket compared to the city being invaded by soldiers.
The morale of Chen Xianba's team began to become higher and higher.
Unlike Tiantian, who can be a bit "green" and "insensitive" in some aspects, Chen Xianba's character has a very clear and public side.
When he first got him in the early years, Zheng Fan once said that he had the shadow of Tian Wujing;
It's a pity that people will change. After growing up over the years, because I really respect the prince too much, I gradually live my life like "Zheng Fan".
During the march, Chen Xianba occasionally asked Tiantian if some of his actions, words, and actions at times were a bit like a prince.
Of course Tiantian said yes.
But what Tiantian knows better is that the father he remembers in the military, in the eyes of outsiders, and at home is actually completely different.
It's just that when Blind Man and the others first helped to create a god for Zheng Fan, Tiantian was still a little boy. When Tiantian grew up, Zheng Fan was already very accustomed to his identity. He didn't need to be deliberate and could naturally show off the aura of a truly superior person. ;
Therefore, in Tiantian's view, this difference is a sign of his father's love for his family.
Outside, he is the majestic regent and the patron saint of the soldiers and civilians in eastern Shanxi. At home, he is a good father who is kind and willing to play with his children.
I can only say that these two brothers, the older one and the younger one,
The perception of "Prince" is really too preconceived. In many aspects, I can automatically supplement and beautify it.
The auxiliary soldiers marched all the way and "captured cities and territories" all the way. Their military exploits made everyone scream.
With morale alone, it is naturally impossible to become a truly strong army, otherwise Gou Moli would not have lost so miserably in the second Battle of Wangjiang;
But if there is no morale, then it is not even an army.
After the baptism of "big victories", the temperament of the auxiliary soldiers is gradually changing. Coupled with the daily training and the indispensable procedures every time they go to a city, this auxiliary army, He is growing up rapidly and is beginning to look like a serious soldier.
in addition,
Chen Xianba did not make it difficult for those cities that voluntarily surrendered, nor did he touch the local nobles and big families;
But he actively asked them to join him;
This is actually what the smugglers in these places want, and it does not count as "catching young men."
For a time, many of the children of local wealthy families brought their own rations, armor, ordnance, etc., and took the initiative to work under Chen Xianba's tent.
The size of this group of people is now nearly three thousand, and many of them have their own war horses;
At the same time, whenever the army arrived, they were often the most active, exploring, persuading surrender, and even occasionally encountering some resistance, they were also the most energetic in charging and killing.
Chen Xianba even chose [-] young men from wealthy families, broke the drinking ban, and broke bowls with them to worship, but they were moved to the point of bursting into laughter.
Tiantian did not join in the excitement, and most of the time, he watched calmly;
Chen Xianba also knew Tiantian's personality and did not find it difficult for him to "socialize" with him.
after all,
If the identity of the eldest son of the regent is revealed here, and he is more noble, it will be more useful to those people.
today,
After defeating another city without a fight, Chen Xianba took these "eighteen" sworn brothers to drink and celebrate together.
……
"Ate?"
Chen Xianba walked up behind Tiantian and asked.
"Yeah." Tiantian responded.
Chen Xianba sat down next to him. Initially, Chen Xianba thought that Tiantian was sitting here to look at the moon, but after sitting down, he discovered that what was drawn with branches under Tiantian's feet was a map.
"Those guys earlier encouraged me to ask the prince for orders to guard Sansuo County, haha."
"What do you think, Brother Ba?"
"In order to appease them first, of course I agreed with my heart in my heart. However, I felt that it was meaningless. Encircling a straw shed and claiming kingship might be a very good idea in the eyes of the powerful children in those places, but in my mind, It's not worth mentioning here.
We are still young and have not yet reached the age of retirement. "
"Yes."
"What, what are you thinking about?"
"Brother Ba, have you noticed? It's been a little too smooth lately."
"Isn't it right to be obedient?" Chen Xianba asked back.
"It's too smooth, it's not good either." Tiantian frowned slightly and continued, "In a few days, we will arrive at the location of Sansuo County's county seat. The other small and medium-sized cities surrendered without a fight. This county city, the overlord Brother, what do you think it will be?"
Chen Xianba didn’t take it seriously and said:
"What will happen? Aren't they sure to trap us here and try to gather them together and annihilate them?"
"Well……"
Tiantian stood there stunned,
Originally, he was thinking about, he was worried about, and he was thinking about all the words he could organize to express his admonishment. After Chen Xianba's words, he couldn't say them out.
Chen Xianba also picked up a branch and kept sketching around the map Tiantian drew:
"Here, here, and here, haha, besides, there is also here."
This is the western half of Sansuo County. They can only touch it after crossing the hurdle of the county town.
"According to our marching speed, we are almost inseparable." Chen Xianba coughed lightly and continued, "Actually, from the earliest city of Xiawei County to the cities we destroyed later, there has always been a common problem.
According to them, first of all, the Chu State Royal Forbidden Army had evacuated here long ago. Without the support of the Royal Forbidden Army, the local military strength should have lost confidence early on.
When we passed through a city, the city opened its doors and surrendered, but... the local garrison was rarely seen.
Their theory is that the garrison simply slipped away, abandoned its armor, and went into the civilian world for fear of being liquidated by us. This theory is actually quite tenable, really.
When two countries are at war, the confrontation and confrontation between soldiers and horses often exceeds the level of the people of the other side.
But brother, I only massacred half of Xiawei County. Next, I said that Qiu had done nothing wrong. But at least it could be considered polite and made the Chu people who were on the side of the city feel flattered, right?
That's it,
Those who are entrenched around me and those who come to seek refuge are also the children of local powerful men.
The number of people, now, is quite large.
but,
The rich people in these places all know that after our army enters here, they should come up early to hug their thighs and become familiar with them, so that they can continue to thrive here, and even gain the discernment of our prince's palace.
Can,
Where is the soldier?
The local Dazu children, to put it bluntly, there are some talented young men in the family who are sent here to pursue a career in the new imperial court, which is understandable.
But it's possible that those soldier leaders don't know if they can get a better ladder by turning their troops into more organized units.
When Dayan destroyed Jin, many of the leaders of Jin's army suddenly changed their identities. Aren't they also generals in the army now?
Not to mention that our palace still has Qu Peiluo as a movable type signboard.
not a single one,
Just not one,
Not a single one of the troops stationed in the established place came over. They were all so damn afraid of me that they all dispersed and ran away?
Just say so,
Even if I massacre the city, no matter how bad my reputation is, I still can't extinguish some people's desire to take advantage of my east wind to climb higher.
Especially in the recent cities, they have all asked those guys to help me spy and persuade them to surrender, but the garrison still collapsed.
Ha ha. "
Chen Xianba took a deep breath and pierced the branch in his hand directly into the soft ground:
"Brother, you are looking down on us, don't you think so?"
Tiantian nodded and said, "Yes."
"Come on, brother, tell me too."
"Brother, you've finished talking."
"I'm sorry. I'll tell you in the commander's tent when you get to the county town in a few days, okay?"
"Ah?" Tiantian smiled, "Brother, no need."
Tiantian thought that Chen Xianba was taking care of his need for limelight;
however,
"Oh, every time our prince discusses something in the commander's tent, he always has the wisdom. General Liang and the others will speak first, and then the prince will make the final decision.
So,
Brother, I didn’t want to say too much that day. "
"Okay, brother."
"Thank you, brother."
"Brother, just be happy."
Tiantian stretched out his hand, pulled out the branch that Chen Xianba had inserted into the ground, and said:
"Brother, do you feel that this scene is very similar? A hundred years ago, the army of the Qian Kingdom went on the northern expedition, conquering cities and territories along the way, and was invincible."
"Well, it turned out that at that time, Yan State was strong and clear, and finally when the Northern Expedition army of the Qian Kingdom was exhausted and civil strife, the first generation of Zhenbeihou killed him with one blow. Therefore, the person who was dispatched by the Chu people in Sansuo County regarded himself as the first generation of Zhenbei Hou. It’s really interesting to be the Marquis of the North.”
Tiantian Ze said:
"Brother, what's more interesting is, shouldn't it be the one who regards us as our murderers?"
"Yes, yes, this is the most intolerable, how can it be unreasonable!"
……
On the city wall of Sansuo County,
A middle-aged man wearing a blue official robe and an official hat stood there, the wind was a bit strong, and kept blowing his long hair on the temples.
"Sir, are you really not leaving?"
"I am the governor of Sansuo County. How can I leave?"
"But it is His Majesty's will that you leave. The mission of this humble position is to escort you back to Yingdu and to His Majesty."
"Cui Duzhang can go back and report to His Majesty first."
"What about you? Mr. Xu?"
"If there is something we can do, how can we not do it?" Xu Weichang smiled, "I have always been at odds with His Majesty's political views. In His Majesty's opinion, we can clean up everything and start over.
But in my opinion, His Majesty’s idea is too wonderful. The Yan people did not give us a chance.
For ten years,
First there was the tragic song of Qu Tiannan under the Yupan City, the war between Yan and Chu, and then His Majesty used the sword of the Yan people to cut off the wings of the nobles.
Even Yao gave him away that year without knowing anything about it.
It's like on a chessboard. If you want to make a steady layout and take advantage of the general trend, you have to see if the opponent will give you this opportunity.
And even if you pursue and fight fiercely, fighting for every inch of ground, and losing, the loss will usually not be too ugly.
Commander Cui, you see, we have clearly found out that the main force of the Yan people is still on the front line of Moya County. The people who entered Sansuo County this time are clearly a small force of the Yan people.
Although the Royal Imperial Army is not here, our Sansuo County's county soldiers and rural soldiers, together, can number [-].
How can one escape?
How can I run?
How can it be reduced? "
Xu Weichang spread his hands and bowed to the Fengchao Internal Guard Commander. Cui Commander immediately stepped aside.
"I dare you to ask Cui Du to go back and tell your Majesty the reason why our great state of Chu is in its current state of decline;
The people of Chu dare not fight except for me. Your Majesty, please open your eyes and see how many great Chu Zhu kingdoms died in the battle!
We are not Chu people who are not good at fighting. Please listen attentively and look at the banks of the Yangtze River. In the land of Liang and Zhao, other Yan people have also been wailing miserably!
The defeat of my great Chu,
It's because Your Majesty has many thoughts, because Your Majesty has mixed thoughts, because Your Majesty... always wants to leave one hand to settle the situation, but the situation is about to turn upside down.
I, Xu Weichang, request you with my life. I hope your Majesty will think twice. "
Cui Dushi immediately shook his head and said: "I dare not tell this to your Majesty."
Then,
Cui Dushi took off his cloak, pressed down his saber,
road;
"We'll stay."
"Really?"
"Actually, it's not just you, my lord, who can't figure it out. We, the old Fengchao internal guards, also can't figure it out. When did our Great Chu Fengwei and his Qianguo Yinjiawei become inferior to the Yan people's secret spy department?
Can be biased,
lose,
lose,
For ten years,
Keep fucking losing!
I,
Enough has been lost! "
.........
"Bah!"
In the city of Sansuo County, two figures from Chu State were mourning.
And the location sixty miles away,
Two very young generals stood face to face.
They were arguing earlier about who would lead the Chinese army into the circle first, and who would lead the cavalry to maneuver and respond on the outside.
Everyone wants to work in the circle because it is the most dangerous.
"Brother, why don't we have a fight?" Chen Xianba suggested.
"No." Tiantian shook his head, "It would be outrageous for us to have a fight with one commander and one deputy commander. If the commander-in-chief knew about it, we would never be able to lead troops again in the future."
"Too."
Chen Xianba was obviously the most in awe of the prince. Every time he moved Zheng Fan out every day, he was almost invincible against Chen Xianba.
"Let's do this, brother, let's find a stone and carve two characters on the front and back. Write the word 'sky' on one side and the word 'earth' on the other. Throw it up, and I will lead the Chinese army into the circle. Otherwise, you come. "
"This……"
Chen Xianba really didn't want to grab credit this time, but he didn't want to put himself in danger every day.
"Brother, how about you throw it?"
"it is good."
Chen Xianba immediately agreed and added: "A gentleman's words."
"It's hard to chase a horse."
Chen Xianba felt that if he threw it himself, it would be stable. His realm was higher than Tiantian, he could control the energy and blood to be invisible, and he could completely control the results without looking at the probability.
"Brother, wait a moment, I'll find a stone."
Tiantian lowered his head and looked around,
"Hey, brother, look, this red stone is pretty good, let's throw it."
(End of this chapter)