Devil’s Advent

"It hurts... lightly... hiss..."

Si Niang pulled out the silver needles from Zheng Fan's chest one by one, and said with a smile, "My lord, the pain means that the hidden worries caused by the failure of the previous step-up are basically eliminated."

"En." Zheng Fan nodded, and after all the silver needles on his body were pulled out, he habitually reached out and hugged Siniang into his arms.

Over the years, Zheng Fan has obviously felt that his appearance has become mature, which is the so-called middle age.

But fortunately, he insisted on practicing, and he has the physique of a martial artist, so he won't become as potbellied as the little six in the capital.

But Si Niang... Her appearance seems to have not changed at all, everything is as if she met for the first time in the Tiger Head City Inn.

Many people will naively think that it would be wonderful if their partner could stay young forever;

But when it really happened in front of you, the frequent soreness of the waist and knees can definitely bring you endless despair and pressure.

Fortunately, it is happy.

"My lord."

Liu Dahu reported outside.

"Enter."

Siniang stood up and left the Lord's embrace.

"My lord, General Li sent someone to report."

Normally, each department and the commanding account maintain a news communication in the morning and evening, but once there are special circumstances, they will be rushed temporarily.

General Zheng Fan opened the newspaper, glanced at it, and stretched out his hand involuntarily, rubbing the space between his brows.

It was written in the military newspaper that the Chu army in Wenqiu County had recently started some large-scale and somewhat abnormal transfers, and Li Chenghui could handle it on his own with the application.

Zheng Fan is not worried about the so-called abnormal transfer. In the current situation, everyone is fighting against soldiers, generals against generals, and there are basically no secrets on the continuous front.

The meaning of Li Chenghui's post on the military newspaper was actually to test the initiative. His hands were itchy, and the hands of his generals were itchy, and he couldn't help but want to move his hands.

After all, although Li Chenghui's town was transformed by the standard household system after entering Jindong, it still retained the original framework. After entering Jindong for five years, it hadn't had time to make any military exploits, so now it is urgent to prove it. Own.

"Master, are you worried?" Si Niang asked with concern.

Zheng Fan shook his head, picked up the pen, and seemed to be preparing to write a response note, but hesitated for a while, and was afraid that such a non-trivial response would not be effective.

Therefore, he looked directly at Liu Dahu;

Liu Dahu stepped forward knowingly;

Zheng Fan threw his Wang Ling directly into Liu Dahu's hands, and Liu Dahu knelt down holding the Wang Ling:

"Humble orders!"

Zheng Fan threw the military report that Li Chenghui gave him in front of Liu Dahu,

road;

"With this king's order, enter Li Chenghui's military tent, and in front of his generals, give me this military newspaper directly in Li Chenghui's face."

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Liu Dahu took Wang Ling and walked out of the tent.

Zheng Fan closed his eyes and sat on the handsome seat.

Siniang stretched out her hands to help her massage her temples, the intensity was appropriate.

"Is the Lord angry?" Si Niang asked.

"That's not enough, oh, by the way, the children at home have letters, do you want to read them?"

Si Niang asked: "Did that wicked son also write?"

"No, the eldest girl said in the letter that my younger brother misses us very much."

"He is sure that I am too far away to hit him, so the skin is itchy again."

"You can be gentle with our son, after all, he is our own flesh and blood."

"Okay, okay." Si Niang sighed helplessly, "I'm worried about those two little ones at home, what kind of moth will they make again."

"Don't worry, before going out this time, I told Lao Sha to let him look after the children. Before we go back, the two of them will not be able to leave the palace. When this battle is over, take them with you. Learn something."

"My lord, the general is here."

"Enter."

Liang Cheng walked in and said, "My lord."

"Coincidentally, Li Chenghui just sent someone to report to the army that there was a change in his side and wanted to deal with it by himself. I just asked Du Hu to take my Wang Ling to shake his face. If I knew you would arrive now, I would let you drop in for a while." trip."

"He probably couldn't restrain the anxious mood in the army, which is actually the case in all armies."

"That's right, so I asked Dumb to help him. This battle is about stability. It's a competition of who can endure loneliness better, and who can lie down better.

Anyway, I am ready to spend the winter here. "

"With the master sitting here, the subordinates will feel more at ease."

"Hehe." Zheng Fan couldn't help laughing, "I don't know if it's because I'm always unconfident or because you lick very hard every time, so every time you praise me, I feel like you're mocking me."

"The subordinates dare not."

"Okay, you go, Gou Moli should have activated it. As for me, I will continue to lie here and fish with my uncle."

"Subordinates obey!"

...

"Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"

"Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"

Emperor Chu's gaze stayed on Prince Ding's broken arm for a moment, then moved away.

Looking at Xie Yu'an, Xiong Tingshan, and a group of core generals who were kneeling on the ground, Emperor Chu didn't even sit in the commander-in-chief seat, but said directly;

"I didn't come to the front line this time to supervise the battle. I just came to see and know what you lack. I will try my best to make up for you later. The only things I can do now are these gone."

"The minister is in fear!"

"Everyone, the future of Great Chu, the future of the people of Chu rests on your shoulders, and I will share it with you."

"The ministers swear to die to be loyal to His Majesty, and to die to be loyal to Great Chu!"

The emperor didn't stay in the tent for a long time. After a brief meeting, he left the tent. It was not the emperor's brother, Prince Ding, but Xie Yu'an who followed him.

The location of the barracks here is not actually a front line. Strictly speaking, the forces of Yan and Chu are spread too wide, and after the front line is stretched too long, it loses the meaning of careful calculation.

"When I came here, I met a group of savages and asked my guards to kill them. I even killed one myself."

"Your Majesty is brave."

The emperor took out an orange from his cuff and began to peel it.

Seeing this scene, Xie Yu'an's eyelids twitched involuntarily, and immediately changed his words;

"Actually, I have already made it clear in the booklet. For the palace in the east of Jin, the lives of savages are not worth much. Maybe they wish that the savage servants transferred to Guanzhong can consume as much as possible."

"I'm actually aware of the method my brother-in-law used against wildlings. It's an extremely clever method of domestication."

"Your Majesty's method is also extremely clever."

In fact, at present, a large number of Shanyue people have begun to appear in the forbidden army of the Great Chu royal family. Compared with the past, the use and development of the Shanyue people by today's saints can be said to be unprecedented.

The price, of course, was the decline of the power of the aristocracy.

The ancestors of the aristocrats of Chu all followed the first generation of Chuhou to conquer Shanyue, and that was their glory. Therefore, the existence of the nobles of Chu State at the beginning not only caused the imperial power of Chu State to be greatly suppressed like that of Yan State back then. , At the same time, it also caused a long-term legacy of ethnic conflicts within Chu.

Because the Xie family has the blood of the Shanyue tribe, even if the ancestors are the continuation of the ancient nobles, they have not been able to integrate into the Chu country's noble circle system for a long time;

Even the Xie family is like this, let alone other regions.

But feng shui took turns, and now the Xie family, with the high positions and weights of Xie's father and son, has instead become the reliance of the oppressed Chu nobles.

On the other hand, the emperor of the Xiong family, who was supposed to be elected to the throne by the nobles, relied on the poor family and the untouchable system that broke the monopoly of the nobles with his left hand, and with the Shanyue family with his other hand.

Everyone, I changed my home.

"Xu Weichang is dead." The emperor said, "Before he left, he wrote a scripture for me, and in the scripture, he scolded me severely."

"That's his temper, Your Majesty, don't take it to heart."

"What he said is correct." The emperor suddenly stopped, and at the same time, he brought the peeled oranges to Xie Yu'an.

Xie Yu'an reached out to take the orange, and began to "gnaw", the juice fell on his uniform.

"But even if what he said is right, I don't think I'm wrong."

Xie Yu'an, who wolfed down a whole orange, breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately answered:

"I think so too."

"Truth?"

"The truth."

The emperor nodded in satisfaction, and took out another orange.

"..." Xie Yu'an.

"Keep speaking your truth."

"Your Majesty, if Yan Guo is destined to have someone like Zheng Fan, and you do nothing, Your Majesty, our situation in Dachu will not be much better.

Possibly, the national strength of my Great Chu will not be so weak;

But in fact, my big Chu will be more vulnerable.

At least for now, His Majesty can twist me into a rope. "

"It's me and your Xie family who twisted Da Chu into a single rope together."

"The minister is terrified."

"Don't worry, Emperor Yan can sit on an equal footing with my brother-in-law. If I can't compare to his father, could it be possible that I can't compare to his son? Let's talk about the war."

"Yes, this time, Yan Jun is very calm."

"With money in his pocket, he is no longer barefoot, and he enjoys it the most. After he has savings, he knows how to spend it comfortably.

I just want to ask you a question, what is the best ending for me in this battle? "

"I dare not lie to Your Majesty. In fact, Your Majesty should also be clear in his heart. In this battle, the best outcome for my Great Chu is to rely on this iron lock to defeat Yan in the land of Moya, Wenqiu, and Shangyang. The army intercepted it.

Force the Yan people... to return without success and withdraw their troops by themselves. "

"It's the same as when Nian Yao was there."

"Yes, I have heard that there are already rumors among the people that after one year's bastard left, another Xie bastard came."

"Hahaha."

The emperor smiled, and then handed the peeled orange to Xie Yu'an.

Xie Yu'an could only take it and continue to eat with big mouthfuls.

"The support from the Qian Kingdom is coming soon."

"It's good for them to support food, grass and military equipment, and the army of Qianguo should not come."

"Well, they didn't plan to send troops. Do you know what Qianren is most afraid of now?"

Xie Yu'an wiped the orange juice from the corner of his mouth, and replied with a smile:

"I'm afraid that the people of Yan will attack again."

"yes."

"There is no way around this. After the Yan people took over the land of the Jin Dynasty, the entire north was the Yan people's racecourse. Eight hundred years ago, the barbarians in the northwest corner made it difficult for the entire Great Xia to sleep and eat. Today's Yan Humans are far, far stronger than barbarians at their peak."

"The land of the Three Jins was taken by the Yan people, which is the biggest mistake."

"Your Majesty did the best he could."

"Don't comfort me."

"Chen didn't... hiccup..."

Seeing the emperor, Xie Yu'an took out a third orange.

Fortunately, the emperor did not continue to peel, but faced the north, said;

"My brother-in-law doesn't like doing business at a loss the most."

"Your Majesty, you should be General Nian." Xie Yu'an stretched out his hand and waved it at the bottom of him, "And it's General Nian who was cut with a knife."

The emperor looked at Xie Yu'an and didn't speak.

Xie Yu'an licked his lips, knelt down, and said sincerely;

"Your Majesty, I think I'm extremely smart, but I don't think I can compare with the person opposite.

Therefore, the minister will choose to do nothing;

just keep

It's defense.

Just be a turtle,

Be a... a tortoise with no distractions.

Please, Your Majesty, put out all other thoughts and concentrate on coordinating the logistics and military supplies in the rear, and appease the court.

Monarchs and ministers have their own orders,

Shelter my great Chu, through this calamity. "

This has already been said very seriously, and it is also very blunt. Next, there is even more blunt:

"Your Majesty, Shanggu County has long been in the hands of the Yan people for many years, and the land of Sansuo Liusha and the two counties have long been useless. They are nothing more than a piece of meat on the lips of the Yan people;

In Fancheng's place, the situation has long been corrupted.

The land that should be lost has already been lost, and fighting for it now will only make the situation worse.

I am Da Chu, and I am still Da Chu;

Can lose one more game,

Your Majesty, you are not the king of a country... but the king of a country. "

"I...understood." The emperor raised his head, "I won't say one more word to the front line. Here, I entrust it to you."

At this time, a team of Phoenix Nest inner guards came here at a fast pace, this team was actually divided into two parts;

Some are used by the army, and some are by the emperor's side.

"have a look."

"Follow the order."

Xie Yu'an stood up and received the message from Fengchao's inner guard.

When he turned his head and wanted to tell the emperor, he found that the emperor was peeling the orange again.

"Your Majesty, this is news from Eastern Jin. The reinforcements from the Yan people's court have entered Eastern Jin."

"Did the news come out slowly, or was the Yan army moving slowly?" the emperor asked.

Now it is getting more and more difficult to place people in eastern Jin. Correspondingly, the speed of message transmission is also getting slower and slower.

"None." Xie Yu'an replied.

"oh?"

"The secret letter said that the imperial army of Yan State who entered the eastern Jin Dynasty was ordered to disarm and return to the fields."

"Disarmed and returned to the field?" The emperor was a little surprised.

"It is said that it was an order from the royal palace. Because Jindong mobilized too many soldiers and civilians to go to the front line, it ordered the reinforcements sent by the imperial court to help...

Grab the autumn harvest. "

...

"Hey... ah!!!!!!"

Gou Moli, who was dressed in military uniform, galloped wildly on his horse, and couldn't help howling.

Behind him, there are continuous barbarian cavalry.

Their armor is bright, their weapons are sharp, and their morale... is high.

In a daze, Gou Moli seemed to have found the feeling he had when he was still the wild king.

However, he tried not to let himself think about it as much as possible;

Whenever, rough memories are better than careful ones.

The savage army that had been raised in Fancheng for many years finally dispatched its main force and began to attack south along the Qishan Mountains.

Like a sharp knife that had been prepared for a long time, it cut along Chu's ribs!

Along the way, the effects of the deployment and infiltration of the past few years began to appear one by one. Wubao began to surrender in pieces, and some army villages even opened the gates of the village and chose to surrender.

Along the way, Gou Moli gave full play to the maneuverability of the cavalry, in order to go to the main artery of the Chu people early and give him a knife.

In stark contrast to Gou Moli's "Fresh Clothes and Angry Horse\

,"On Guyue City, which is two hundred miles south of Gou Moli's vanguard army,

Xie Zhuyang, who was dressed in armor, was sitting there steadily.

"Patriarch, the Yan army in Fancheng has moved!"

Xie Zhuyang nodded, stood up, faced the north, and said in a deep voice:

"Send the order, pocket, it can be arranged."

"Obey!"

Xie Zhuyang stretched out his hand and patted the battlement.

The rear of this ancient Yue city, that is, the south, is densely packed with rivers, which the court of Chu State specially dredged a few years ago.

When the great general was enlisting, he also led his troops from here.

But now here,

It is the largest communication channel between Qian State and Chu State.

After the emperor of the Yan people and the prince of the Yan people issued a declaration of unification to the entire Xia, cargo ships from the Qian Kingdom began to appear in this river.

Today, the two countries of Gan and Chu are very clear that there is no longer any capital to fight with each other, but a real relationship between lips and teeth. If Chu cannot support it, then the next one will be Qian.

Ancient Yue City is the largest and last barrier to the north of this area. Once it is lost, the Yan people will harass this area and block the blood transfusion between the two countries.

"Nian Yao saw this step back then, and that's why he didn't hesitate to risk his life and pull out that nail."

Xie Zhuyang raised his head, looked at the sunset, and smiled:

"Since you can't pull it out, wait for the nail to pop out by itself, it's the same."

Xie Zhuyang looked at the magnificent mountains and rivers ahead,

Can't help but sigh;

"It's a pity that this beautiful country is picturesque, but I hate that Yan people are rampant;

otherwise,

Father will fight for the throne for you no matter what! "

"It's not too late now."

A woman's voice appeared beside Xie Zhuyang, but Xie Zhuyang was not surprised at all, as if he had known the existence of this woman for a long time.

The woman is dressed in blue silk with bare feet, giving people an ethereal feeling;

"Xie Patriarch, have you taken the antidote given to you?" the woman asked.

Xie Zhuyang shook his head and said, "It's just the medicine of extinction. Do you think my son gave me this medicine without me knowing?"

"Then you really love your son."

"You haven't raised a child before, you don't understand, a son like this, a litter is not worth a caring and wishful one."

"Hehehe." The woman laughed, "Patriarch Xie sees it through."

"I've always been ignorant of one thing."

"You say."

"Nowadays, people with discerning eyes in the entire Xia can see that the general trend is in Yan.

Your clan has been hidden in the world for a hundred years, now that you have left the customs, why don't you go to the country of Yan to do the icing on the cake, instead of coming to my great Chu, to do this business of sending charcoal in the snow?

Besides, Your Majesty, I want to recommend you, but you are still not willing?

Could it be that the suzerain has taken a fancy to my old body? Or, did you fall in love with my son?

The suzerain can choose whatever he wants, my father and son have a good relationship. "

"Hahahahaha..."

The woman laughed again,

Smiling and laughing, he began to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes,

immediately,

gaze fixed,

With a single palm, he slapped the battlement in front of him, and directly made a sunken palm print. Even the bricks and tiles around him were shocked as a whole!

"A hundred years ago, the family teacher ordered the whole sect to retreat and not to be born, to accumulate a hundred years of spirit, and when the world is determined again, after leaving the customs, follow the trend and exchange for the three hundred years of romance.

It is said to be closed, the door is closed, but the window must be opened occasionally to let in a breath.

Look at it, look at it,

Discover,

It won't work if you don't leave the gate anymore.

Unbelievable, inexplicable,

this world,

It has been changed...unrecognizable! "