"You can take this general's seal for now. Once the war is over, you can return it."
Marquis Zhongxin said as he handed over a ribbon made of yellow jade.
"Thank you, Lord Marquis!"
Fang Yun knew very well that once this ribbon seal was in his hands, he would probably have no chance to hand it over.
It is much easier for officials in high positions to achieve military exploits than for those below.
No matter how hard a soldier works, he can only kill enemy soldiers. But when he reaches the position of a general, he can achieve great achievements by waving his command flag. The two are completely different.
"Well, I'll give you three days. You should get familiar with it and practice it as soon as possible!"
Marquis Zhongxin waved his hand to express his intention to see off the guests.
"Then Fang Yun bids farewell."
Marquis Zhongxin watched Fang Yun leave and suddenly said:
"Prince, you can come out now."
A sound of footsteps came from behind the screen. Prince Liu Xiu frowned slightly and sat down opposite Marquis Zhongxin.
"Marquis Zhongxin, you invited me here, but asked me to stay behind the screen. What does this mean? Is it just to see you promote Fang Yun?"
Prince Liu Xiu's face was indifferent, and there was a hint of displeasure in his heart.
"Prince, do you still think that I am promoting Fang Yun?"
Marquis Zhongxin said with a smile.
"Oh?" Liu Xiu said coldly, "Does Marquis Zhongxin have something else to say?"
"I already know that the prince sent his subordinates to punish him and prevent Fang Yun from being promoted to captain." Marquis Zhongxin looked calm.
Liu Xiumu was expressionless. He was the majestic commander of the army. It would be strange if he didn't know these things.
"If the prince really doesn't want Fang Yun to gain power, it would be a good idea to promote him to general!"
"Huh?" Liu Xiu frowned.
"The prince may wish to think about it. If Fang Yun fails to manage the army well and leads to the defeat of the army, can he be punished openly?"
Marquis Zhongxin looked confident.
Liu Xiu's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, but after all, he had an extraordinary mind. He thought for a moment, then sneered:
"What if Fang Yun is good at running the army? He can even defeat Yang Hong in the three halls, so he is qualified as a general. Is it any wonder?"
Marquis Zhongxin suddenly straightened his clothes, stood up, and with a solemn expression, he knelt down respectfully: "Then I will congratulate the prince."
This move by Marquis Zhongxin caught Liu Xiu off guard.
"Marquis Zhongxin, what are you doing?"
Prince Liu Xiu was also in a hurry.
"Your Highness, please forgive me for being so presumptuous. Your Majesty, who will inherit the throne a hundred years from now?"
Zhongxin Hou Hongsheng said.
Liu Xiu was silent. He was also a smart man. When he heard this sentence, he immediately understood what Marquis Zhongxin meant.
"Marquis Zhongxin, you are interested!"
Liu Xiu was stunned for a moment, then sighed.
When the human emperor abdicates, the person who inherits the throne will naturally be the prince.
"Your Highness, no matter how big Fang Yun or the Fang family becomes, they will still be ministers and will always be ministers. They cannot become human emperors. The unification of the Zhou Dynasty can only be inherited by the prince."
When Marquis Zhongxin saw that the prince had regained consciousness, a smile of relief flashed in his eyes, and he continued:
"Whether the Fang family grows bigger or the Yang family grows bigger. In the end, it can only make me, Dazhou, stronger and stronger, and make the kingdom that the prince inherits in the future more stable! The prince has also seen Fang Yun's previous performance. Among the army,
Only he can break Xie Daoyun's arc-shaped tactics. If Fang Yun fails to manage the army well and cannot break Xie Daoyun's tactics, resulting in heavy losses to the army, this is an excuse to kill him. He is a mediocre person anyway, so it doesn't matter how many times he dies.
"
"If he is qualified and breaks Xie Daoyun's arc strategy, then as Wei Chen said, congratulations to the prince. I will have another great talent in the future. In the future, the prince will inherit the throne.
Regardless of whether we like it or not, we must still be loyal to the prince and your majesty! No matter how Yang Hong and Fang Yun fight, they cannot threaten the prince's succession to the throne!"
"Your Highness, I know that Yang Hong has been the prince's companion since he was a child, and he has a close relationship with the prince. But the way to be a king is to master the emperor's mind and maintain a balance among his ministers.
"Let me think about it," the prince said with a complicated expression. Deep down in his heart, he still preferred Yang Hong, whom he grew up with.
Seeing that the prince still couldn't let go of his feelings for Yang Hong, Marquis Zhongxin finally added a strong dose of medicine: "Prince, Your Majesty, I have been watching you!"
Buzz!
Hearing these words, the prince was startled, his whole body went cold, and he suddenly woke up.
"During the three halls' interrogation, I reminded Yang Hong that my father was extremely displeased. The second brother and the fourth brother have been eyeing my position. Marquis Zhongxin said it right. I must not be affected by Fang Yun.
What my father thinks of me!"
A breeze blew into the tent, and Liu Xiu felt a chill on his body. The dethroning of the crown prince of the Zhou Dynasty was in the hands of the Human Emperor. As long as he had not inherited the throne, he could not relax for a moment.
"My father has always said that to be an emperor, one must be magnanimous and tolerant. He must master the emperor's mind and the way of balance. If my father knows that I can't tolerate even Fang Yun, I'm afraid the impression he has on me will be greatly affected.
discount."
At this point, Liu Xiu no longer wanted to contain Fang Yun.
"Marquis Zhongxin, if I inherit the throne in the future, I will never forget what you said today. - I will leave it to you to make the final decision regarding Fang Yun!"
After the prince said this, he had no intention of staying any longer. With a flick of his sleeves, he turned around and left the tent.
Marquis Zhongxin watched the prince leave and sat up with a smile on his face.
The Zhang family has already hooked up with the Three Dukes, and now they are trying to create a connection between the prince and the Fang family. In the future, the Zhang family will definitely have a place among the important ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Suddenly, the smile on Marquis Zhongxin's face faded. He stretched out his hand and took out a thin letter from the place close to the coffee table. This letter was rushed 800 miles from Shangjing to Dihuang in the northwest.
The square envelope was stamped with a large jade seal, which was written in the Emperor's handwriting.
Looking at this letter, Marquis Zhongxin felt an awe-inspiring feeling in his heart and sighed silently:
"The emperor's grace is so great, and the power of God is unpredictable!"
This letter was originally intended to wake up the prince when he was stubborn. But now it seems that this is not necessary at all!
…
Three days is really too short.
However, fortunately, those in the northwest battlefield are all regular troops. They have been fighting in the frontier wilderness for several years. They have experienced all kinds of military tactics. Therefore, Fang Yun does not have to worry so much.
Panlong, long snake, sharp arrow, crescent moon, fish scale, wild goose...
Various formations were practiced one by one as Fang Yun's command flag was waved. Fang Yun was born as a formal Confucian, familiar with the art of war, and experienced battlefield training. After practicing this set of formations, it is better than the original one.
That general is much more skillful.
The army of more than 70,000 people, under Fang Yun's command, was in strict formation, showing a formidable atmosphere.
At the same time, a letter from Marquis Zhongxin was rushed eight hundred miles away and delivered to Shangjing City, and then secretly delivered deep into the palace.
Just when Longting was furious and the Great Zhou Dynasty was about to send troops to conquer, Tianxie Sect seemed to have gotten the news and took action.
Among the vast mountains in the northeast of the Great Zhou Dynasty, a huge mountain peak straddled the sky and the earth. There was lightning and thunder on the top of the mountain, and a thick black cloud covered the top of the mountain, looming the entire mountain.
"Crack!"
Suddenly the mountain shook, and there was a loud noise like the earth was falling apart from the bottom of the mountain. In the blink of an eye, a huge hand hundreds of miles long was seen, shaking off countless soil and dust, and emerged from the ground.
This palm made of stone held the entire mountain peak in its hand with just one move, and then headed north.
A strong wind blew between heaven and earth. In the blink of an eye, this palm and the mountain gate of Tianxie Sect disappeared without a trace...
…
Woo!——
The vast and loud sound of horns resounded throughout the world.
After retreating for several days, the Zhou army finally launched a counterattack against Di Huang. The densely packed Zhou army continued to advance in the direction of Di Huang.
Infantry, archers, heavy armor, cavalry, crossbowmen... all kinds of arms slowly but surely advanced towards Dihuang.
"go ahead!"
On the left wing of the army, Fang Yun sat astride a horse. The four captains in front of him were each listening to orders. Below the captains, there were two to three captains each listening to orders. Fang Yun gave an order, and a mighty seven
Thousands of troops immediately marched towards Dihuang.
Seeing the densely packed regular army of more than 70,000 in strict formation, under his command, advancing and retreating in a well-established manner, as if pointing his arms, Fang Yun couldn't help but feel a surge of pride in his heart.
"I have read hundreds of volumes of military books, and now is the time to show off my talents. Xie Daoyun, today, you are my first stepping stone to the world!"
The army rumbled forward, and smoke and dust rose from the ground!
In contrast, the hundreds of thousands of troops led by Xie Daoyun suddenly disappeared without a trace!
The army of Zhou Dynasty crossed the mountains and woods one by one and soon entered the woods.
"The Marquis has ordered that the left, center and right armies be separated by half a mile and watch each other!"
Soon, the army of nearly one million was divided into three, separated by half a mile from each other. This was also to ensure the formation, and at the same time, to reinforce each other in any situation!
Soon, the army advanced another fifty miles.
"kill!--"
At this moment, the Dihuang cavalry all over the mountains and plains were killing people from all over the mountains and forests, their sabers flashing with cold light in the void.
"The army obeys the order! Full Moon Formation!"
Fang Yun gave an order, and 70,000 troops immediately formed a huge formation in the shape of a millstone.
"kill!--"
The Dihuang cavalry came menacingly. Fang Yun stood in the center of the mill, waved his command flag, and fired dense bows and arrows. Hundreds of cavalry turned over and fell to the ground. Then the formation was divided, hundreds of passages were exposed, and these Dihuang cavalry were shot out.
Immediately, like beans that slipped into the eyes of millstones, they rushed into these millstones and disappeared.
"Whoa!"
Fang Yun waved another command flag, and the entire formation suddenly became filled with murderous intent. Countless flags turned, and in the blink of an eye, only bursts of screams could be heard. Thousands of Dihuang cavalry who rushed into the formation had all been killed.
At this time, a general adjacent to Fang Yun was still fighting hard.
"The army attacks!"
"kill!--"
The loud sound resounded throughout the world. The huge millstone was like a killing machine, actively advancing forward. All the Dihuang cavalry who entered the formation were killed at an unparalleled speed!