100019429 Chapter 273: Seizing Power, Counterattack

The north city tower of Shicheng is surrounded by the Yicheng Defense Army's military camp, so it is rare... It has been deleted. It is a wide and flat land with a flat land in a radius of several miles. In order to facilitate the resistance of the enemy, the city walls are surrounded by all sides when building the capital. The arrow tower of the four gates and the main building are connected by a wall. The empty space in the middle is conveniently called the urn city. It is used to garrison and train troops.

At this moment, tens of thousands of city defense soldiers were concentrated in the middle of the city wall, staring at General Fang who was standing on the city tower with a look of shock, fear or anger.

Their reaction was long as Fang Zheng expected. After all, the senior generals who were arrested together had been in the city defense army for many years, and they must have a large number of soldiers who were loyal to them. In an army, it is normal for generals to cultivate their confidants. Fighting will kill people. As a qualified general, if there is no means to garrison subordinates and if there is no confidant for their gang, it is hard to imagine whether this general will be pushed out by soldiers who dissatisfied with him after he goes to the battlefield to block the knife and arrow.

However, it is no longer important for Fang Zheng now. No matter how many confidants the generals have, their leader is in his hands, and the king will be captured first. The wisdom of the ancients pointed out the most correct way to deal with such things.

Fang Zheng is very lucky now, it seems that he has used this method correctly.

Standing on the city tower and looking down at the soldiers with different expressions in the middle of the city, Fang Zheng couldn't help but feel a sense of complacent scenery.

Wen Sen will definitely write down this matter word by word later. In the future, he will add an attachment to the family genealogy of the Fang family, which records General Fang's great achievements, so that the descendants of the Fang family will worship and long for the holidays and remember the bitterness and sweetness.

It's a good habit to do it when you think about it.

"Hey, hey! Old Wen." Fang Zheng faced the soldiers, with a flat face and called softly.

Wen Sen was complacent about his assistance to Lord Fang today to make a contribution to the court. Standing beside Fang Zheng, he was calculating about what reward the emperor and Lord Fang would give him. He heard this and immediately leaned over his head, showed a flattering smile and said, "What are the instructions of Lord?"

Fang Zheng pondered for a moment, and then said, "Please take paper and pen and write down my great achievements today. Remember, the handwriting should be neat. Not only should there be time, characters and locations, but also more polished in the plot. First describe how cruel and difficult the enemy is, and then the key is how I dealt with these cruel and difficult enemies today. The soldiers are not bloody, and they will be defeated without fighting. Oh! I am really just today!" Why are you stunned? Go and write!"

Wensen's eyes were straight and he said in a flash: "Write" what to write? How to write?"

Fang Zheng said unhappily: "Is this my teaching? Don't you slap these flatteries very neatly? Just turn those flatteries on your lips into words. Cough, it doesn't seem good. Your flatteries are flashy and untrue. Although it scratches the itchy area, it's not strong enough. You just write: In order to control these fucking generals, Fang Zheng deliberately took risks alone and went deep into the enemy's hole, and then punched them naked and beat more than 800 pounds alone. Finally, he used a move to use a long-lost "Wanfo Chaozong" who finally slapped the enemy down, made contributions to the court and relieved the emperor's worries. Great, Lord Fang! Great, Lord Fang! Okay, go down and write."

Wensen shivered his lips, tears rolling in his eyes, looking at Fang Zheng with great pity, and said quietly: "Then, what about us?"

Fang Zheng was stunned: "What are you?"

Wensen wiped his tears and said with a sad face: "Sir, you are a pound. You beat more than 800 people, and you have also dealt with the enemies of "Ten Thousand Buddhas Chaozong". Why are we doing?"

Fang Zheng then understood what he meant. It turned out that he thought I had snatched all their credits. Damn, I am most afraid that the emperor will be promoted to my official position again, so how could he snatch the credits from you?

"Look at your unreliable look!" Fang Zheng scoffed at Wen Sen's petite belle: "This is my memoir, which I have kept for myself. In the future, it will be used in our Fang family's ancestral hall and for future generations to brag about. What's the matter with you? What's the matter with your name on the side of the ancestor card of my family's ancestral hall?"

Wen Sen turned sadness into joy when he heard this, and happily turned around and recorded that Lord Fang had made more than 800 pounds of great achievements.

Before leaving, he turned around and said carefully: "Mr. Fang, are you really just leaving it for yourself? You won't just use it as a memorial and hand it to the emperor to report the merits, right?"

"Get out! Get away!" Fang Zheng was furious.

I have no brains, I beat more than 800 people by myself. When the emperor saw this, he would not only not remember my merits, but instead cure me for deceiving the emperor. He was so bragging that he was too unpredictable. Do I dare to show it to the emperor?

Turning back, Fang Zheng looked at the tens of thousands of soldiers with different expressions in the urn, and his heart couldn't help but sank again.

Can these people be used by me? Will they still mutiny? If the city defense force is unstable, the variables in this battle will be too great.

After getting lucky, Fang Zheng stood on the high battlements of the city walls and sang: "Soldiers, you can see that I have just taken down these dozen generals because "they intend to rebel!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the soldiers were in an uproar again. Some were disbelief, some were angry, and some were great.

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The soldiers' reactions fell into Fang Zheng's eyes. He couldn't help but frown, and then shouted: "I know that they are your bosses and the generals you are willing to be loyal to, as long as they have their own lives, you are willing to go through fire and water, and even sacrifice your life."

After a pause, Fang Zheng continued, "But have you ever thought about it? Why do you want to give them allegiance? Just because they are your generals? Or are they as much kind as a mountain to you? Where did the kindness they gave you come from? I won't tell you the great truth, why do you serve the country, the people, the court and the country? That's all nonsense! I'll ask you: Who gave you the meal you eat every day and the salary you receive every month?"

Pointing at the dozen generals who were tied up and had a gray face, Fang Zheng shouted: "Is it them?"

The soldiers remained silent, but the resentment in their expressions decreased a lot.

"If I don't say it, you know that the food, wine and meat you eat, the military pay you receive, were all ordered by the emperor, and were allocated from the treasury and sent to you! In other words, the soldiers, the people who support you every month and every year are the emperor! They are not the bullshit generals you are loyal to! But do you know what they want you to do? They want you to pick up the swords and guns in your hands, and deal with the emperor, your king and father, to feed you, and to wear them, and to give you silver!"

Slowly glanced at the soldiers, Fang Zheng's eyes showed a violent fierce light, and pointed at the soldiers and said viciously: "You can keep a dog to protect the family. What is the use of the emperor to raise you? Turn the gun to deal with him? Does the emperor raise more than 50,000 white-eyed wolves? You pat your chest and ask yourself. People's hearts are full of flesh. Can you do this? If you had known this, the emperor would rather raise 50,000 dogs! Because dogs know loyalty better than you, it is hard to be a dog that is not as good as a dog.

As soon as these words were spoken, the soldiers were in an uproar again. The resentment on their faces disappeared, and all that was left was resentment and guilt.

Yes, the emperor has been raising them with the treasury silver for so many years. Are we going to raise the swords and guns in our hands to deal with the emperor because of his loyalty to these generals who intend to rebel? What is the difference between doing this and doing beasts? General Fang is right. The emperor is better than raising us!

The soldiers' expressions seemed to have some understanding, and their expressions finally gradually calmed down.

A real man does what he does and does not do what he does. He is a bloody man, and he cannot do anything ungrateful.

Fang Zheng watched coldly and then said, "I am the emperor's order. The head general of the city defense army appointed by the Ministry of War. Today I will behead these dozen generals in front of you! If anyone is not convinced, whoever wants to follow them to the dark side, let the horse come over! I will stand here to see how you do things that are worse than beasts! Come!"

Dozens of guards behind him stood up and clasped their fists to respond.

Fang Zheng coldly glanced at the dejected generals, then shouted: "Tie them down and behead them all in front of the soldiers! Those who are ungrateful and ungrateful, just die!"

The guards took the order loudly, and then each of them held a general of the Ban Army and tied them to the square in the middle of the city, pressed them to the ground, facing the tens of thousands of soldiers of the city defense force, and then waited for Fang Zheng's order.

At this time, a strong wind blew across the square, bringing dust all over the sky, and the entire square was suddenly shrouded in dust. The sound of the whistle and whistle was invisibly added with a solemn and murderous aura that soared into the sky, making tens of thousands of soldiers feel awe.

"cut!"

A fierce light flashed in Fang Zheng's eyes and he ordered loudly.

A sharp sword light passed by. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen heads fell into dust. I saw the cracked bodies rolling in front of the soldiers. More than a dozen bodies with blood sprayed on their necks twitched unwillingly, and finally fell softly on the dusty square. Blood gradually spread around the corpse and was quickly sucked into the soil. The soil at the place where the execution immediately turned into a shocking dark red.

"I killed more than a dozen rebel generals today to tell the soldiers what the national law is and what the military law is. The military law is strict and the national law is also strict. If you want to make a mistake and follow the usurper, they will end up!"

"Now, I will give another military order, and the gates of the four cities will be closed immediately, and no one is allowed to enter or exit. According to the wartime laws, the whole city will be covered with armor and spears to start patrol the city to assist the prefect of the capital to maintain public security in the city. All the equipment used to defend the city, including tinder oil, arrows, wood, stones, sandbags, etc., are all moved to the city walls, just like ready to fight at any time!"

Looking at the soldiers coldly, Fang Zheng shouted: "Do you understand all of them?"

The soldiers looked at each other below and finally said in unison: "Abide by the order!"

At this point, the 50,000 soldiers of the City Defense Force finally grabbed Fang Zheng's hands completely and firmly.

Fang Zheng's cold eyes were fat, Qin Chong, who was hanging his head beside him, turned his head very quickly and shouted sternly: "Let's go back to the main building!"

After saying that, he walked towards the main building of the city wall.

The guards surrounded Fang Zheng and walked into the main building. Fang Zheng's legs were weak and he almost fell to the ground. Wen Sen's eyes were quick and his hands were quick. He hurriedly held him. Fang Zheng raised his head again, but he was shocked. He was pale and his face was pale. Cold sweat broke out, his whole body was trembling, and even his lips began to turn blue, as if he was dying.

Wensen was shocked and hurriedly shouted: "Sir! What's wrong with you? Are you poisoned?"

Fang Zheng ignored him and kept muttering to himself: "It's so terrible, Damn, I killed their heads in front of 50,000 people." It's so terrible! I won't do such a dangerous thing next time, life is so precious, how can I not cherish it so much?"

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"Wenson, note it. This official looked at thousands of men with cold eyebrows. With the hostile eyes of tens of thousands of people, he killed hundreds of rebel generals without hesitation. The aura of kings and domineering was dispersed, and tens of thousands of soldiers were all crawling deep under my feet.

…yes

Under the Shenlie Mountain.

The war has taken a one-sided trend, and the balance of victory has completely turned to the emperor.

The prince's face had turned pale in the military tent and was paced back and forth, but his face was still calm and calm, and he was not anxious about the defeated war.

Fan Rui lifted the military tent and walked in. The prince hurriedly came forward and asked, "Is there any news? Why haven't the border troops of Chai Mengshan arrived yet?"

Fan Rui shook his head and sighed: "A dozen groups of spies have been sent out, but they all have gone but never returned, and no news has been passed back.

The prince looked gloomy and sighed: "I am afraid that my father has also made arrangements for him. Sir, how are our army's casualties at present?"

Fan Rui said: "Your Highness’s 50,000 private troops are now less than 30,000, and half of the casualties are over, and"

“And what?”

Fan Rui looked up, looked at the gray weather outside the military tent, and said in a deep voice: "And if nothing unexpected happens, the emperor will launch a counterattack against us immediately. It is getting dark and our soldiers are fighting bloody for a day. It is the time to slack off. If we attack us at this time, our army may not be able to resist it for long. Your Highness. Let's make plans early..."

The prince's face became paler and smiled lonely when he heard this: "Plan? I have reached this point. What else can I plan? Surrender or escape?"

Fan Rui bowed and said, "Your Highness, today's battle has actually fallen into the emperor's calculations. With intentional calculations but no intentions, we are already at a disadvantage before the war begins, let alone the two armies of Longwu and Longxiang, with more than 100,000 troops, which is twice our strength. Moreover, they are condescending and occupying the territory. It rains heavily and the mountain roads are muddy, which is not conducive to our army's attack on the mountain. We have lost the time again. Chai Mengshan's border troops are not delayed, so there must be something wrong." Your Highness. This battle is already very unfavorable for us. If Your Highness stops at this moment, leads the army across the Yangtze River, and goes to Youzhou where Chai Mengshan has been running for many years in the north, and then prepares for the troops and conquers the world again in the next year.

"Stop talking! Sir, Gu Xiang's figure is the emperor's figure for more than ten years. Gu spent the past ten years in suffering all the time. Gu will not spend more than ten years in suffering, or even decades! Gu Wan doesn't want to do this! Gu Ruo is defeated in this battle. Would you die!" The prince waved his arm and interrupted Fan Rui's words with a hysterical look.

Fan Rui's face turned pale and he sighed. He finally didn't speak again.

The prince apologized and looked at Fan Rui, and suddenly laughed and said, "Sir, don't worry, we still have a chance, and

The prince slowly looked up and looked at the torches that had just been lit in the military tent. The fire pounded, and the prince's expression became very secretive.

"And" this is a great opportunity to kill the enemy with just one knife."

Sisi sat in the corner of the military tent, and her delicate body suddenly shook slightly.

Outside the military tent, there was a sudden shout of killing like a mountain collapsed and cracked.

The prince and Fan Rui looked at each other, with a little panic and fear in their eyes.

The emperor's counterattack finally began.

At the side of Shenlie Mountain.

This has become an important position for soldiers on both sides to compete for. Because there is a relatively open open space on the mountainside, which is conducive to the buffering of offense or defense, this position is crucial to both sides. Since it is a mountain forest combat, both sides are infantry, holding standard spears and swords. Fierce fighting, blood, broken limbs and broken arms can be seen everywhere. In the dense woods not far from the mountainside, a cold arrow is shot from time to time, without any sympathy, and the enemy's life is instantly taken away.

Killing people fills the fields, blood flows into a river. On the mountainside dozens of feet a radius, there are broken military flags and broken corpses, the bloody smell that makes people feel sick. When all kinds of scenes are combined, they are like hell on earth, extremely terrifying and miserable.

Feng Qiudao was covered in blood, his shiny armor was covered with scratches of swords, and it was so damaged that it was incredibly damaged. His face was also covered in blood, and it was impossible to tell whether it was his own blood or the blood on his enemy's body.

The arm flipped, and the long sword that was almost curled into the abdomen of an enemy soldier. Then he immediately let go. After rolling, he picked up a standard long sword from the ground, and the light of the sword burst out with blood. Another enemy soldier's head left his body.

After wiped the blood from his face, Feng Qiudao took a few steps back and panted and asked to the personal soldiers who were standing by, "Can the flag on the mountain be waving? When did the emperor order the attack?"

The personal soldiers flashed smartly, avoided a spear stabbed by the enemy, and then turned around. The big knife ruthlessly cut into the enemy's neck. Perhaps it was because of the exhaustion that the sword was only half of the neck, and blood flowed out along the blade. It was dazzling red.

The personal soldier took a breath and said loudly: "General, there is no order on the mountain. Should I send someone to stop and ask the emperor for instructions?"

Feng Qiudao turned sideways and slashed an enemy again. He shook his head and gasped, "Forget it, the emperor will not issue an order. There is his reason for it. Let's work harder and take this open space into your hands!"
To be continued...