Li Ding's statement that the overall situation is going to be bad is not an alarmist statement.
Just think about it. As soon as Zhang Xing left, Li Ding immediately encountered such a large-scale military resistance. And according to him, everything around him was in chaos. Every part of the Demon Guard was actually paralyzed, so there must be something else.
That's why.
And if you listen carefully, you will find that this is obviously an original problem within the Demon Guard, because this time the matter was forcibly torn apart and broke out.
Specifically, there are internal contradictions within the Demon Guards. This is of course reasonable. Contradictions such as geography, economy, belief, and centralization can be imagined with closed eyes. But the problem is that one of the main contradictions is local
The conflict with Da Siming...for a long time, because the various guards were separated geographically
Come, so the actual military and political power is in the hands of the commanders of various places, but there is no doubt about the cultivation of the commander and the orthodoxy of the Immortal Cave, so the influence of the commander also exists objectively.
The opposition will naturally use Da Siming and the Demon Guard Center as an excuse to suppress the various guards.
For example, Zhang Xing's uncle Huang Ping in the Tieshan Guard was just a half example.
Then this kind of contradiction, suddenly encountering the incident of surrender in the form of a commander-in-chief's order, will naturally intensify the contradiction and lead to internal paralysis.
Of course, there is a story about what Li Ding did to Mr. Lu Ye’s family... including what Zhang Xing did to Mr. Liucheng’s family when he was away, and Zhang Xing’s taking away Tieshan Guard Zhu Siming.
This contributes to this problem to a certain extent.
The current Northland is in a state of turmoil, with direct military confrontation in the west; paralysis and riots in the east; and undercurrents in the south.
"Ignore all this, we can't take care of it immediately. The most important thing now is to fight this battle well, right?" Zhang Xing thought for a while and could only give up.
"Yes." Li Ding replied simply.
"Even if you want to take care of it, I'm afraid you have to start taking care of it from this war." Bai Yousi also felt a headache. "What's going on with the war? Are you worried about Liu Wenzhou?"
"I must be worried about Liu Wenzhou. As you said last time, this guy may have something similar to the Fulong Seal on his body. How dare I let Niu Du... Niu Da Leader take action?" Li Ding said seriously. "But.
It’s definitely not just this. The current situation is that Liu Wenzhou is responsible for intimidation, Lan Dawen is responsible for coaxing people’s hearts, and there is Mrs. Lu who is hiding at the back and has no influence at all to provide food..."
"It is said that there are hundreds of thousands of people... Mrs. Lu only controls three or four cities, can she afford it?" I don't know when, Mang Jingang suddenly appeared in the door.
"About that, the flags and camps are clear, there are indeed one hundred thousand." The person who interfaced was Su Jingfang, who had disappeared before. "I'm afraid the entire Daxing Shanxi Road, four cities, two guards, and all the battle groups are here... As for the food, from now on
Logically speaking, it is affordable, because I think they must be
There are considerations, maybe because we feel that the situation behind us is not good. If something happens behind us, we may have to withdraw our troops. As long as they rush through the swamp, these battle groups will fight on their own. Mrs. Lu will not
We will take care of it; or perhaps, there is indeed a plan to outflank it by sea."
"It's okay to outflank the sea route, but is it too shrewd to push the battle groups to fight on their own? You have to use Luo Bocheng and Liucheng as bait so that these people can work in vain, right?" Bai Yousi also asked
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"That should be the meaning." Li Ding said before Su Jingfang. "The living daughter of Lu Ye Gong in Luobo City is with Mrs. Lu... And, if I guessed correctly, Li Shu and Cui Tuan should also be there.
Opposite, the intelligence said that they were heading in that direction... The only thing strange is that if Cui Suan was on the opposite side, why didn't he reveal the master's cultivation level? Two grandmasters, plus Mrs. Lu who was hiding behind, three grandmasters,
When you are on the defensive, the role of boosting military morale is different."
"Cui Tuan has already gone to the witch land, right?" Bai Yousi thought thoughtfully.
"It's really possible." Zhang Xing finally spoke again. "Cui Suan has lost his temper, but Li Shu might struggle... But it doesn't matter. You decide how to fight this battle."
Li Ding nodded and wanted to say something, but nothing came out for a long time, and he didn't know why he was in a daze at this time.
Summer is hot, but for Northland, it is the best scenery of the year. The so-called sky is blue and the ground is green, but the top of the mountain is pure white, occasionally mixed with white clouds, making it difficult to see the boundary between heaven and earth. In addition,
The snow on the top of the mountain and abundant rainfall have made the rivers wide, the swamps rich, and the vegetation denser. Everywhere is lush and lush, with deers and eagles flying.
At this time, the Northland Allied Forces, tens of thousands of people, were stationed for dozens of miles in a swampy Luyeze at the southern end of Galloping Horse City. It was inevitable that all the deer, rabbits, fish and birds in the surrounding area would suffer... There was no way, the old grain shipped from the north could be eaten.
But who wants to eat it?
After the Lian Gang broke through the warehouses of the Wei Dynasty, they all knew that they would use the new grain as military rations.
In fact, during the twenty days when the coalition forces gradually gathered together, the most common dispute in the camp was the competition for prey and camps, and camps were often divided into three, six or nine grades based on whether they were convenient for hunting.
Of course, everything is under control, especially the actual commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, the former Anche Guard Commander Lan Dawen, who has always had great prestige. He is the last one to sleep, only eats the most ordinary old grains, and has to jump in the air several times every day.
Each time, make sure you have a brief look at all the battle groups within three days, and conduct a roll call every morning and hold a military meeting in the evening to resolve conflicts and discuss military strategies.
It can be considered to be handled in an orderly manner.
And on this day, at noon, the well-organized Lan Dawen suddenly put aside the complicated military affairs, just like when he was a little deacon in the Demon Guard, and personally drove a car under the scorching sun, and drove in with skillful driving skills.
A warband's camp.
In the camp, the flag with the word "Yuwen" fluttered in the wind.
This is not surprising. This kind of compound surname with obvious shamanistic color is a common surname in the North. It is very likely that the ancestor of the leader of this war group escaped from there, or it is less likely that the entire mixed-race tribe
The whole group is transformed into a war group. This kind of war group is relatively united internally, and the whole war group may even have the same surname.
This is not the case with Yuwen Wanchou's battle group, but he is Madam Lu's confidant, so Lan Dawen and Madam Lu put these two important figures in this camp.
"I already understand what Mr. Lan means." Behind the table under the shade of the tree, Li Shu looked at the roast venison in front of him, which was served by Yuwen Wanchou, the leader of the regiment, with an expressionless face. "You just want me to go again.
Can you please advise Mr. Cui? With one more Grandmaster, the morale of the army will be boosted, and then you will have more confidence when marching to the south?"
"There is no need for him to take action personally. As long as he comes over from Galloping Horse City to show his master's cultivation and boost the morale of the army." Lan Dawen sincerely requested, without even taking a second look at the roasted venison. "If we really fight, we can't pass.
Let’s talk about Lu Ye Ze.”
Li Shu sighed, and his expression finally became lively, but it looked a little weird: "Mr. Lan, the stance of us homeless dogs is firmer than that of you northerners. I will definitely bring this to you and try my best to persuade him!"
"What are you advising?!" At this moment, Cui Xuanchen, who had lowered his head and ate two bites of venison, with oil on his unruly beard, suddenly threw away the venison in his hand and had a fit on the spot. "I tell you, leave quickly and cross the sea with your uncle.
Go to the Witchland... You can't stay in the Northland for a moment, and you want to persuade him to come and die?!"
"Xuanchen..." Li Shu tried to persuade him, but stopped.
Lan Dawen instinctively went to Yuwen Wanchou, but the other party's entourage was having a seizure, so he couldn't speak directly. At this time, it was best for Yuwen Wanchou to speak, softly or hard. However, when he looked back, he found that the leader of the Yuwen regiment
While grilling meat with your back to yourself, your head
He didn't even raise his head, but looked very serious and helpless, so he turned around and frowned in person: "Cui Silang just say what you want to say, why bother to get angry? You have such a temperament, whether you are in Beidi or Wudi, you are just fooling around.
If you come out, you will be stabbed by others."
Cui Xuanchen hesitated, then immediately raised his head and said: "Then let me tell you directly... Lan Gong, may I ask how many masters we have here?"
"Of course there are two..."
"If there are two people, why fight? There are four! There are probably five! There will be a great master soon, and maybe we can invite another great master to condense the elixirs into dozens of elixirs. It's amazing.
Experienced masters can gather three hundred people even if they leave the army and the local area. What will you do?
What are we going to fight for? Even if we fight today, reinforcements will come back and they will be beaten back. What are we going to fight for?" Cui Xuanchen was furious, but in the end he calmed down. "Only three masters, at least three masters, can hold on... Lan
Sir, do we have three masters?"
"If Cui Gong asks sincerely, then including Mrs. Lu, there are still three of them." Lan Dawen tried his best to answer.
"This is the problem." Cui Xuanchen stood up directly and pointed to the surrounding camps unceremoniously. "What are these people doing here? Is it right to fight? Who are they fighting with? Is it a gang? Why are they fighting with a gang?
Guarding the hometown, right?
Whose country is it? There are four cities and two guards behind it. Does it mean that three cities belong to her, Mrs. Lu? Then I dare to ask why a hundred thousand people are here to fight for her, but she did not appear in front of the battle to boost morale, but asked me
Is my uncle, a fleeing outsider, doing this?"
At this point, Cui Xuanchen directly forced himself in front of the other party and reminded him sternly: "Mr. Lan! The reason is very simple. If she, Mrs. Lu, doesn't come, no matter whether my uncle comes or not, there is no hope for Beidi! As long as she comes, it will be clear.
Ma wants to fight to the death with the gang, and then everyone can unite as one, and only then can she have a three-point hope! Let others work for her, while she hides behind and waits for a price, there is no such logic in the world! "
Lan Dawen remained silent.
Yuwen Wanchou looked at the venison on the fire pit in front of him and said nothing.
After a moment of pause, Li Shu broke the silence with a sigh: "Mr. Lan, the situation is worse than you thought. It seems that the gangs are now strict in governing the country, making the situation in the North unstable. There are opportunities to take advantage of them, but there are opportunities.
By then, even this opportunity is fleeting. Zhang Xing's reinforcements will arrive as soon as possible... Assuming that they support fifteen battalions, they will arrive in the second half of the year. By then, they will have stabilized the situation in Luobo City, and then
What should we do when the backup comes to support us?"
"But our army of 100,000 is here..." Lan Dawen actually blushed.
"There is something wrong with this army." Cui Xuanchen said seriously. "Lan Gong, don't think that the camp system of the gang is very similar to your war group system. They are the same thing... Zhang Xing is indeed using the Beidi system.
He was hooked up, but he knew the problem with this system from the beginning, that is, the battalion and generals are integrated, and it is easy to
Yi disobeys the command and does his own thing, so as long as he wins a battle, King Xiongtian will ask him to replace a group of people in the name of reward and punishment. The people from this battalion will be promoted to that battalion, and the people from that battalion will join this battalion and change.
Seven or eight times, during the war at the beginning of last year, did Mr. Lan know what happened?"
Lan Dawen's face tightened, but he couldn't help but ask: "What's the matter?"
"Dengzhou, Cheng Dalang, who was born into a wealthy family on the edge of Qi County, had hundreds of knights raised in his own manor before joining the gang. Because he married our daughter Cui, he was deprived of military power and went to another place... In just half a year, he
He went to pick up the defeated soldiers of the gang, but he met his old battalion on the way. His former domestic guards actually turned out to be because of him.
Cui's son-in-law suspected that he was rebellious and drew a sword on him in public." Cui Xuanchen said quietly. "After this incident, Cheng Dalang continued to argue, and he was still careful, but in fact he had no thoughts of being outside the gang, and he was single-minded.
Working in the gang... Leader Yuwen, you were there at the time, have you heard about this?"
Yuwen Wanchiu didn't even look back, and continued to fiddle with a new piece of barbecue with a dull expression: "I've heard of it."
Li Shu also took another look at Cui Xuanchen.
"Lan Gong, do you think your army is the same as other people's army?" Cui Xuanchen continued to sigh. "For an army like yours, it is not a good thing to have too many people. When they advance, they will rush in, and when they retreat, they will rush in.
It doesn’t matter if you are scattered, you can’t command when fighting, and you can fight for a hunting ground when setting up camp. The key is that the information is so messed up that you can’t even distinguish the authenticity of the information..."
"If you said that, wouldn't you want to fight?!" Lan Dawen asked angrily. "Sit back and watch Zhang Xing take away our Demon Guard's foundation with just one sentence? Sit back and watch that Li Ding kill all the princes of the town guard one by one?
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"So invite Mrs. Lu here! Let her stand in this camp and say, we people in the north want to live and die together, and we want to be one body with honor and disgrace. I, the Lu family, will only charge forward, but I will not care about the cities and places in the south. Who can
Who deserves more credit! But why didn't she come?" Cui Xuanchen asked, spreading his hands.
Lan Dawen was speechless again.
"Lan Gong, this is a world of great strife. There is no room for half-heartedness or self-righteousness." Li Shu also said. "It's not that we are unwilling to help. We have already said that no one is more determined than us to deal with Zhang Xing. It is you.
It's so outrageous... It's as if you were blinded by someone's stick before you even realized what kind of world this is... But you only have so much money. If you are really confused by this stick, you will be stunned.
I can’t open my eyes anymore.”
Lan Dawen stood up helplessly and agreed without eating a bite of meat: "In this case, you go and invite Mr. Cui, and I will write a letter to ask Mrs. Lu to clarify the interests immediately."
"We don't actually need to invite him. We have made an agreement with Cui Gong that as soon as Mrs. Lu leaves, he will come. Just ask Mrs. Lu to bring people to Benma City on the way." Li Shu explained again.
"Okay." Lan Dawen nodded directly, turned around and got into the empty truck, and drove away.
After the people left, Li Shu took the lead and waved to the soldiers who were resting and watching to come over and eat meat. Yuwen Wanchou also took the opportunity to put down the roasted meat and called his subordinates to do it for him. The three of them walked to the side together, obviously everyone had their own concerns.
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After walking a few steps, Li Shu spoke first, but he came to ask Cui Xuanchen: "Old Cui, is what you just said about Cheng Dalang true?"
"Of course." Cui Xuanchen was startled, and then asked, "Don't Mr. Li know?"
"I didn't know before." Li Shu said in a low voice.
Cui Xuanchen immediately realized what the other party meant and came to persuade him.
Unexpectedly, Li Shu stood up first, then put his hands behind the tent and sighed: "Old Cui, you said that even Cheng Dalang couldn't pull the troops from his own village. I can still deceive myself and others, thinking that the gang will definitely
Will any of my veins respond to me in the future?"
Cui Xuanchen was silent for a moment, but did not answer directly. Instead, he asked: "If you are so careless, does Mr. Li regret leaving the gang?"
Li Shu responded with silence.
Cui Xuanchen sighed and continued to ask: "Let me ask you another question. When Li Gong decided to lead troops to Xuzhou, did he ever waver before being blocked by Shan Tonghai and the others?"
"I've been shaken, but I'm still not convinced...I can't bear to live under him." Li Shu spoke simply.
"Then what else is there to think about?" Cui Xuanchen asked.
"That's right." Li Shu came to his senses and smiled bitterly. "As things have come to this step by step, it's all my own decision, so why should I hesitate? It can't be done, it's just a matter of death. If I can survive by chance, I will go to the Witchland again.
If we can't leave... we are all from the Guanlong lineage, so we will join Bai Hengqiu as a casual official and spend the rest of our lives in the old house in Chang'an."
Cui Xuanchen's expression did not change.
After Li Shu sighed, he seemed to think of something, and then looked at the gloomy Yuwen Wanchou behind him, and said sincerely: "Captain Yuwen, I know that you have been wronged in the army before, and I want to give you a message today... When a man is alive,
If you want to know what you want, and if you want peace for the war group and clan, you should bow your head and be a philistine, there is no shame in it; but if you want to display your ambitions, then you have to think clearly about where your ambitions are to be developed, and you have to be promising.
This determination to abandon all others must not be scrupulous about this or want that. In the end, it will only harm yourself."
Yuwen Wanchou couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: "Someone told me the second half of this..."
Li Shu's heart moved slightly, and he wanted to ask, but at this moment, the sound of drums suddenly sounded in the camp, which made several people change their colors in shock... You know, this is not the drumming every morning to gather people, this afternoon
, if the top fails to catch up with the three and the bottom fails to match the four, there must be a critical situation in the military.
Sure enough, Li Shu did not show up as usual, and Cui Xuanchen followed Yuwen Wanchou to the Chinese army's tent. When he met other regiment leaders on the way, he first heard enough miscellaneous rumors. This one said that Mrs. Lu succeeded in bypassing the sea route.
They are about to attack from both front and rear; some say that the main force of military reinforcements has arrived and they want to discuss countermeasures; others say that someone is indeed going around the sea, but it is not Mrs. Lu, but the army. They came from northern Shanxi and must withdraw quickly now.
In the end, everyone held back their temper and came to the Chinese Army's tent... The so-called Chinese Army's tent was not a big tent, but a temporary shelter just like the gang had when they had a meeting on the roadside. Then they quickly learned the specific information -
- Opposite the swamp, thirty miles away, the main force of the army, which had been at a stalemate for nearly twenty days, suddenly broke camp and left.
Those who left were clean and those who left were caught off guard.
"Then we're going to march?" After a long silence, a regiment leader stood up slightly puzzled. "Aren't we just waiting for them to withdraw? Hurry up and catch up! Or are you afraid of taking the lead?"
"It's not that simple." Someone rubbed his chin and said thoughtfully. "One hundred thousand troops, dozens of battle groups, soldiers and horses from four cities and two guards are all detained here. If someone lures us to go deep, then in
The south end of Luyezawa has been completely defeated, but it’s all over... You have to be more cautious.”
"Isn't it?" Someone else said jokingly. "Leader Yuwen has said again and again before that the army is tyrannical. Although our hundreds of thousands of people are several times more than the opponent, it is best not to attack, but
Go back, lure the enemy deep, and eat them at the Luyeze side... It seems that the leader of the Yuwen regiment did not go to Hebei in vain, nor did he assume the role of leader of the gang in vain. He wanted to go together. He just followed this path.
Count, which one is better, the 20,000 or 30,000 people on the other side, or the 100,000 or so of us?"
Everyone laughed, but a few people didn't laugh.
After a while, as Lan Dawen glanced over expressionlessly, the laughter quickly stopped.
"Is there anything wrong with Leader Yuwen being more cautious? Is it a lie to join the gang?" Lan Dawen's face was extremely ugly. "The families in the entire North who are willing to fight against the gang are all here. If you are not careful, everything will be lost.
Why do you want to be laughed at instead? Speaking of ridicule, I was the one who didn’t want you to take the initiative to attack before, and I am also afraid of the enemy? Do you want to laugh at me too?!"
No one in the crowded tent refuted it, but the noises of various movements, coughing, and wheezing were still very obvious.
Lan Dawen sighed and continued solemnly: "Speak carefully, what kind of situation should be ahead, and how should we deal with it?"
"What I said again is that we should catch up and fight!" the first person to speak reiterated. "Throughout the ages, whenever you want to do something, there is no one who dares not move even if he has a hundred thousand soldiers? Isn't this a joke?!"
"Indeed, how can there be any reason to have a hundred thousand soldiers but not dare to advance?"
"That is, we are not blind or deaf when we really arrive at the south of Luyeze. How many of you here have never been there? We are familiar with the geography there... They have only been here for a few days, are they just here?
Are you going to become your main guest?"
"Yes, they can't do any conspiracy."
"So, even if the army has a plan, it is just a conspiracy?" Many people agreed to attack, but Lan Dawen remained unmoved after hearing this and just continued to ask. "What about the conspiracy?"
"That means the reinforcements have arrived? Lure us into going deep, and then turn around and surround us?"
"Impossible... It would be good if the reinforcements could almost reach the vanguard. It is absolutely impossible for more than 50,000 reinforcements to come... It is one thing that the weather is so hot. He thought that so many people would have to take their time in the miserable place of Thudao Ridge.
ah!"
"That's true..."
"Then the elite vanguard of the reinforcements should have arrived. Didn't they say there were three hundred strange warriors riding on white horses?"
"Three Hundred Strange Scriptures, this idea is correct. In fact, they did not dare to retreat before, and they were worried that the demon guards behind them would rise up and cause trouble and cut off their escape route. Now that they have some elite support, they quickly retreated to the city.
The province's retreat has been cut off...the next step is to defend the city."
"It's hard for the reinforcements to pass through Thudao Ridge. Will they come from the sea?" someone asked again.
"Don't worry about it." Lan Dawen took the initiative to explain. "The east side of the sea can't catch up, and the west side of the bitter sea, Lu... Mrs. Lu has already sent all the fleets from Guanhai and Tingtao towns to Ben
Macheng Port... The original plan was that if there was no chance of meeting face to face, we would divide a group of troops to cross the sea and go around the back." At this point, Lan Dawen emphasized. "They want to come from the bitter sea, so the fleet can only rely on it.
Northern Shanxi and Youzhou are not regulated at all, let alone compared with our fleet."
"Then what else is there to say...just fight! Fight quickly and send out troops now!" The person who was the first to speak shouted loudly. "You are afraid of death. We, the war group, are rushing in front and doing reconnaissance by the way.
...On the off chance that the army is too tight and one, two or three of our battle groups are defeated, it will not delay your overall situation, but will block the sharp edge of the army for you! What is so scary?!"
"Leader Cheng!" Someone raised his voice in response. "It is right to fight quickly, and it is also right to send troops now. Anyway, the whole regiment will be sent to investigate, but if you don't say something clearly... you are willing to die,
But we are not happy!"
"What are you talking about?" The same person asked again.
"Mr. Lan." The person who answered the call turned back to look at Lan Dawen, but pointed at the people in the front of the seat. "These people are obviously counting on us to work hard to preserve their power, so why do they always sit here, like puppets?"
, every time it’s like looking at a fool
Come and see us discuss... Let me make it clear today, what if we pass through Luyeze and they feel that the crisis is over and the garrison remains stationary, or simply return to the city? Mr. Lan, we are here for your reputation, you want
Just explain it to us clearly!"
Lan Dawen looked serious.
In fact, this is the biggest division within the coalition. Among the scattered battle groups and the direct forces of the four western cities and two guards, the former is radical and the latter is conservative. The former has mixed sources and a mixed command system. The latter is influenced by Madam Lu, including
The powerful faction supports it, so the position is consistent.
Lan Dawen also did not expect that the leaders of these war groups would choose to force the emperor to go to the palace when the situation changed.
But the problem is this, and you have to solve it...either by convincing these leaders or by making a commitment.
After once again scanning the dense crowd present, Lan Dawen hesitated for a moment, and then said in a strange way: "Don't worry, I won't let you go forward alone while they sit back and reap the benefits... This
The battle was originally fought for them."
Hearing this, many people under the greenhouse were stunned. Even the heads of several regiments who were obviously colluding were a little surprised. Some of the regular army generals from the city couldn't help themselves and wanted to ask.
In the chaos, several people wanted to get up and make noise.
"Okay!" Lan Dawen suddenly expressed his expression. "I have made up my mind. From today on, no matter whether we advance or retreat, the battle group and the troops of the garrison will march hand in hand... Starting from now, Chief Cheng, you will take the
Your regiment, as well as Li Lang from Tingtao City, will send troops together to conduct reconnaissance first, and go immediately. The scouts will report once every quarter of an hour, and both sides will report."
The leader of the Cheng group was pinched, and he had no choice but to stand up and hand over his hands: "Since Mr. Lan said this, I, the blind Cheng, will naturally do my best."
Immediately, under the watchful eyes of everyone, General Li Lang, the general from Tingtao City, had no choice but to stand up in a low voice and go with the leader Cheng.
After the people left, Lan Dawen came to see the remaining people again, and continued to tell him sternly: "It's not just them. The sentries will report back later. If there is no obstruction in front of us, we will continue to march and sweep Luobo Plains according to the original plan, or expel the opponent."
, or after the city is trapped, the battle group must go hand in hand with the soldiers and horses of the garrison, no one can hide here!"
Hearing this, it turned out that they had already decided to send troops, but I don't know if they already agreed to send troops, or because they were frightened by the other party's prestige, and no one immediately stood up and resolutely opposed it.
On the other hand, Yuwen Wanchou looked back and glanced at Mr. Cui standing behind him. He knew very well that the words of this man and Li Shu had an effect. However, after hesitating for a moment, he decided to put his
Express your opinions clearly.
As soon as he thought of this, he took the initiative to stand up, raised his hands and asked: "Lan Gong, has this battle been decided? Is it just to attack through Luyezawa? Can't we be cautious? What if the chief Zhang came there on his own with three hundred white horses?
, I’m afraid that maybe…”
Before he finished speaking, everyone around him burst into laughter.
Lan Dawen had no choice but to point to the crowd and say: "Captain Yuwen, I understand what you mean, and I respect you as the only regiment leader who went to Hebei to see the strength of the army. However, I was entrusted by someone to
, the coalition forces in charge here, look at the people here, you are the only one who opposes going to war, and most of the others agree, tell me, can I still listen to you alone? "
Yuwen Wanchou's stool also became bitter.
At this time, a voice suddenly sounded, vague and indistinguishable. It seemed to be inside the shed, but it seemed to be outside the shed, but everyone could hear it clearly: "Leader Yuwen, you are embarrassing Lan Siming."
Well, even Lan Siming has recognized your truth in his heart, so I’m afraid he has to go to war, right?"
Many people in the shed were a little nervous and defensive after hearing this, but a few people quickly stood up as a gesture.
Yuwen Wanchou could only lower his head and continue to salute forward: "Please give me some advice, Mr. Liu."
"What can I teach you? These are all simple principles." A person walked in from outside the shed. Under the sunlight, it was clearly visible that all the smoke and dust in the air were separated, revealing a slender figure with a long beard and phoenix eyes, but he was dressed in cloth.
There were several bags and bottles hanging on his waist, which made a jingling sound as he walked. It was because the Northland had been booming in recent years, but outsiders had taken over Liu Wenzhou, the master of Bingliu City.
And strangely enough, after Liu Wenzhou came, the ice flow city dried up in just a few years and was renamed Ice Swamp City. Rumors spread everywhere that this person was born.
The grandmaster under Jin Gefu's sect has practiced evil magic and can steal earth energy. Ice Swamp City is his masterpiece... It is precisely because of this that everyone in the North has formed an alliance with Mrs. Lu. In theory, the grandmaster's ally is still with him.
Look at it a bit.
"Leader Yuwen." Liu Wenzhou ignored the salutes of the other people, and ignored Lan Dawen's embarrassed expression. He came directly to Yuwen Wanchi and stood with his hands folded. "Do you think that if we keep guarding, our food and grass will be able to survive?"
How many days can we support these 100,000 people? Let me tell you bluntly, even if we last until autumn, there will be no military rations at the beginning of next spring. What will we do when people come again? We can't even defend the city!"
Yuwen Wanchou was about to speak but stopped.
"I know what you mean, but how is it possible? People have to give it a try before they are willing to accept it, otherwise why come here?" Liu Wenzhou laughed. "But now, they have really withdrawn, exposing the gap. We can either move forward.
, scatter dozens of fighting groups to the south to eat, or disperse the army and leave it alone. What Mrs. Lu and Lan Siming originally discussed was to scatter the fighting groups when the time comes, and our army will be stationed here to watch the front.
situation……"
"Mr. Liu!" Lan Dawen suddenly interrupted him.
"What's the harm?" Liu Wenzhou turned around and said. "Didn't Lan Siming also realize that this was wrong and take the initiative to change the strategy?"
Lan Dawen had no choice but to remind him with a straight face: "I am no longer Siming. Please don't call me that, Mr. Liu."
Liu Wenzhou nodded, as if he wanted to continue to say something to Yuwen Wanchou, but in the end he sighed softly: "Actually, it doesn't matter whether these principles are stated or not, but the first words of that Cheng Tuan are enough... Throughout the ages, it is necessary to
How can one hundred thousand people who are doing something dare not move forward?"
Hearing this, Yuwen Wanchou could only sit back again.
Lan Dawen also quickly asked seriously: "Mr. Liu, are you here just to say these words?"
"Of course not." Liu Wenzhou pinched his beard and smiled. "I came here to ask, if the gang has sent elites to support them, will there be any Tabai cavalry? And will Chief Zhang personally lead the Tabai cavalry here?
?”
Lan Dawen had no choice but to shake his head: "We have to wait for the information to come back."
"Pass it back and tell me." After Liu Wenzhou finished speaking, he actually turned around and left the shed.
As soon as the people left, most of the people under the shed breathed a sigh of relief. Lan Dawen also felt bored and waved directly: "Now go back and prepare your troops... I will dispatch them at any time. In addition, it is customary to gather before sunset."
Everyone did not dare to neglect, responded one after another, and then went back in a noisy manner.
Back in the camp, Cui Xuanchen told Li Shu everything he saw and heard under the tent. After learning the situation, Li Shu couldn't say anything and could only wait for further key information before making plans.
And this information came faster than expected.
Just as the leaders of the regiment said, south of Luyeze, they knew that the army was an outsider, and the outsider who had just killed someone. Therefore, when Cheng Xiazi crossed the complete camp abandoned by the army and came to a similar place.
When they were familiar with the market, they immediately got the most critical information they wanted to know - the reinforcements had indeed arrived, led by Chief Zhang, who was from the Tieshan Guard, but it was said that they only had 800 riders.
Under the banner of "Yuwen", after hearing this narrative, Li Shu, Cui Xuanchen, and Yuwen Wanchou all lost their composure.
Several people wanted to express that conjecture several times, but in the end they all shut up.
After a long while, Yuwen Wanchou still stood up helplessly: "I'll go there first, for the military meeting in the evening, and I must persuade them again to let them know that if there are... if there are eight hundred white cavalry, a hundred thousand people are really
Yes, it’s really... I don’t know what the situation is, but you really have to be careful.”
"It's useless!" Cui Xuanchen stamped his foot. "It's not like you don't understand in your heart... No one in the North has experience in such a war, and in this atmosphere, your opinion is useless!"
Yuwen Wanchou was about to cry: "But since I know the danger, I have to go and persuade him."
"Then go." At this moment, Li Shu suddenly stepped forward and touched the opponent's hands. "But Leader Yuwen, after we do our best for others, we have to think about ourselves at the same time... You are the leader of the gang.
He accepted us to go to Mrs. Lu before, and now he actually leads the troops opposite him. He is a traitor. Zhang Xing will never let you go... Listen to my advice, let's do our best first. If things don't work, there is no need.
If you die in vain, cross the river and go to the Wu Clan!"
Yuwen Wanchou wanted to say something, but he could only smile bitterly, then turned around and hurried away.
Under the afternoon sun, after watching each other leave, Li Shu and Cui Xuanchen looked at each other, then turned and left without hesitation... They did not leave the high ground in the camp, but without hesitation, they each mounted a horse and went straight out of the camp.
Went north.
That's right, the two of them have realized that if they don't leave, someone will die.
On the other side, Yuwen Wanchou's persuasion did not work as expected. His suspicion of Babai Tabaiqi was overturned with just one sentence - "Leader Yuwen thinks Zhang Xing is the Black Emperor!"
At the same time, the intelligence from the front continued to be transferred back, and the troops continued to advance in sequence.
Before sunset, the coalition forces had determined through various intelligence sources that the army in front of them was indeed evacuating to Luobo City in the south, and the gang had only sent 800 riders, but it was very likely that there was a Grandmaster Bai You.
Think about it.
The coalition forces have also deployed four battle groups and four directly affiliated troops to the south of Luyeze, with a total of 10,000 people.
At this time, after discussing with the generals and regiment leaders, Lan Dawen went to find Liu Wenzhou again, and obtained the latter's promise to accompany him south. Without hesitation, he immediately gave the order, taking advantage of the terrain, and marched overnight under the light of the summer stars and moon.
, another thirty or forty thousand people must pass through at night.
At this time, Yuwen Wanchou returned to the camp and discovered that Li Shu and Cui Xuanchen had escaped.
But what surprised others was that he was not surprised at all.
The stars are like a river, and there is the widest "official road" in Luye Ze below, which is why the camps of both sides were established here. At this time, the coalition troops held torches and passed through the swamp on the official road, which was like a river of fire...
...In the distance, Li Shu and Cui Xuanchen, who had not gone far, looked at this scene from a distance with complicated expressions.
"It's a pity that so many soldiers and horses, and so many good practitioners among them, are just gone!" Li Shu was heartbroken.
"Zhang Xing came too fast." Cui Xuanchen reluctantly advised. "Too fast! In just half a year, after traveling thousands of miles, the situation has been decided... Li Gong, let's go! Let's go to Wu Di!"
Li Shu was silent for a long time, then turned around, reined in his horse and walked away.
Under the same sky, in the wilderness about fifty miles to the south, Zhang Xing was also looking at the river, but at the Milky Way. He looked at it for a long time, and then he asked the people around him in confusion: "What are these stars?"
"It is said that when a practitioner attains the throne, or reaches the level of a true dragon, he can manifest a star in the sky." Bai Yousi blurted out. "Isn't it right?"
"I dare not lie, but some stars must not come from that way." Zhang Xing looked at the Altair and the three stars on the side of the Milky Way above his head. "Otherwise, how could there be so many stars, especially this Milky Way?"
"That's true." Bai Yousi nodded in agreement. "You mean, these stars in the Milky Way come from you... from somewhere else?"
"It's hard to say." Zhang Xing turned around and said with a smile. "Maybe it's like this... The stars in the Milky Way are all people. From the time when hundreds of tribes became wise, every person has emerged from a star, condensed into a river, and the real dragon and immortal jumped out
The Milky Way is a star of its own."
"How can a human being become a star?" Bai Yousi asked quietly. "Mortal people spend their whole lives, growing old, sick and dying, without even touching other people, let alone the induction of heaven and earth?"
"Who knows? Maybe what the human heart wants is what heaven and earth want, or maybe even the Supreme Being is just a tool under the will of heaven." Zhang Xing said with a smile. "But no matter what, people can't lose their thoughts... Happy
Anger, sorrow, joy, virtue and ambition, and even the reverie you and I have now, are the precious things that make us human.”
Zhang and Bai were talking nonsense. Qin Bao was used to not saying anything, but Yu Chirong was encountering this situation for the first time. He couldn't help but think wildly and was eager to give it a try.
After all, not only is Zhang Xing the chief, but Bai Sanniang was also the one who relied on the Northern Shanxi uprising. Hong Changya also told him many times when he came here, asking him to look for Chief Zhang, and then Manager Bai, and follow these two closely.
It’s enough to take the position, and Chief Zhang came directly to take it with him as soon as they met... This is hundreds of strange scriptures, how can you not be flattered?
In this kind of mentality, it is natural to show off.
"Chief, General Manager, there are some similar sayings in our tribe." Yu Chirong said seriously. "It is said that the stars in the sky are indeed more than just reflections of real dragons and gods. As long as they are a witch... they are a person. After the foundation is completed, they can guide the world.
When the vitality enters the body, it can communicate with the heaven and earth, and then it can manifest into the sky and become a star."
"So that's the case, it makes more sense." Of course Zhang Xing did not blame the other party for ruining the atmosphere, but nodded in approval. "This vitality of heaven and earth is not only the way for God's will to shine on people, but also the way for people's will to reflect the sky... That's why we have the certificate.
said."
"Indeed." Bai Yousi also nodded. "If this is the case, this world's vitality is just more powerful in fighting, wouldn't it seem too useless? How can it bear the title of heaven and earth's vitality? Why should anyone borrow it?
Is there a pagoda for this certificate?"
A few people were sighing, but several horses galloped from a distance, went straight through the woods, and dismounted when they arrived at the slope where Zhang Xing and others were staying. It was Li Ding, the commander of the Northland, with another helper behind him.
Inner Grandmaster Ushikawa.
Zhang Xing stopped the discussion and came from a distance to ask: "What's going on?"
"It's okay...but it's not the best, but it's enough." Li Ding said some strange words, and without stopping, he came to the front. "About 40,000 people came, and 30,000 of them stayed behind. We gave up.
In our camp, there are more people in the north of Luyezawa, so it shouldn’t be a problem, right?”
"It's not in the way... What's in the way?" Zhang Xing said disapprovingly. "The worst is that they turn around and leave. At worst, they can wait for the reinforcements to arrive, catch up and fight."
"That's true." Li Ding nodded. "During the day, I also thought about being too hasty, but after thinking about it, I still have to hurry up so that they can't react... And since there are fewer enemies in person, Niu Gong can do whatever he wants.
You act best."
Zhang Xing nodded towards Niu He: "Thank you, Niu Gong."
Ushikawa was more magnanimous: "I'm just a rotten rope, that's all it's good for."
"A rotten rope may not be able to lift a thousand pieces." Zhang Xing immediately corrected him. "But if it can still lift a thousand pieces, then what's the point of talking about a rotten rope?"
Ushikawa chuckled but didn't say much.
"Do you want to do it now?" Zhang Xing asked the last question.
"Now..." Li Ding thought for a moment. "I didn't let the troops enter the city. If we really continue to rest, I'm afraid the other side won't be sleepy and our people will be sleepy first. That would be bad. Let's take action first and see if we can
We can’t attract more people here, you will come later.”
Zhang Xing nodded and said nothing.
Li Ding then rode away directly.
Just like that, when the time came to the second watch, the 30,000-strong Beidi West Road Allied Forces had just entered the abandoned camp and made some repairs and arrangements. They had just laid down, and before they fell asleep, a sentry riding Pegasus turned back, waking up all the Allied Forces.
At the same time, it also brought about a military situation that surprised everyone but suddenly dawned on them - the main force of the army that left in the afternoon came back again.
In addition, the army that originally withdrew did go to Luobo City, which was seventy or eighty miles away. However, since it was camped out in the afternoon, it was naturally impossible to arrive overnight. Therefore, the previous army was on the right road thirty miles away at dark.
It is common sense to set up camp again and rest. On the other hand, the coalition forces waited until sunset after driving out from Luyezhongguandao for 30 miles and arrived here. They had just been struggling until now and were ready to rest, but they happened to be hit by a time lag.
.
"So smart! They rested for half the night, but we didn't sleep at all! We didn't dare to sleep anymore!"
"That's not all. The antlers and wooden fence of this camp are facing Luyezawa. There is not much defense on this side. We did a little tidying up before, but we just moved some fences. Wouldn't it be easier for them to attack?"
"The key is troop strength! We are wary and don't dare to send more troops here. The two leaders led by Cheng Xiazi have dispersed to conduct reconnaissance. Now they are turning around, exactly 20,000 vs. 30,000. It's hard to say the outcome!"
"If you defend 20,000 from 30,000, it's hard to tell the outcome?"
"Have you forgotten the reinforcements? Eight hundred white cavalry..."
"We have more cavalry!"
"It's because there are so many cavalry that they have to block us in this camp with a swamp at night, and Tabaiqi doesn't just have horses..."
"Stop arguing, Mr. Duan, you are the leader. Hurry up and call for reinforcements!"
"Already called!" The eldest son of the Champion Duke of Galloping Horse City, who can also be called Prince Duan, responded immediately. "Everyone quickly arrange the defense line according to the previously designated defense zones! The backup people are also ready, and then come to me to listen at any time.
Tiao...I'll go see Mr. Liu first and make a report, and I'll be back here right away."
The crowd roared, and then quickly became busy. It was obvious that these people were not overly depressed or uneasy, but rather eager to try. In the end, it was just talk on paper before. Although the army swept across Hebei and easily defeated the two southern cities, everyone had to
He tried to improve the military's combat power, but in fact he was still unconvinced.
Moreover, it seems that the army's subsequent performance was really not that good.
Not to mention that the Carabine was easily discovered by the Northland Allied Sentinel Cavalry from the very beginning. Now that it was discovered, the army should move more quickly, let the cavalry attack first, and come from the road at night to make a fierce attack first and then the infantry.
It was only right to keep up, but it turned out that the army clearly had two battalions of cavalry, and had added a large number of war horses after defeating the two southern cities in the North, but it actually chose to maintain the posture of a dozen battalions advancing in tandem.
If this continues, okay, soon after they arrive at the camp, the reinforcements behind them will have already crossed the swamp and come over? This will also give these coalition troops the opportunity to calmly leave the camp and form a formation behind the camp.
No matter what, at the third watch, the battle broke out.
Perhaps due to the similar organization, the two sides unanimously adopted the roller-type turn-taking tactic, and then in the open space outside the southern end of the camp abandoned by the army, at night, a seemingly chaotic, but in fact it felt fair.
of melee.
Of course, during this fight, the Northland Allied Forces did feel that the other side was stronger than their own.
Combat experience, troop discipline, officer quality, neat and complete equipment, including the cliche ratio of practitioners before, a little more here, a little more there, all together create an extremely obvious and stable advantage.
Soon, as someone from the rear issued a clear military order, the army actually organized and launched a simple but extremely effective tactical assault at night. First, a group of pikemen who had been assembled at unknown times advanced in unison, squeezing the coalition forces back.
Within the scope of the camp, they suddenly retreated, but an entire straight-knife battalion rushed in. Taking advantage of the situation, they entered the camp area and started a hand-to-hand fight.
What is called pressing and beating? This is called pressing and beating!
Duan Shizi, the actual commander of the former army, who was sitting there on the ready-made general platform repaired by the rear army, was frightened and instinctively turned to the master beside him. Unexpectedly, Liu Wenzhou held the bottle in his waist and laughed: "Young Master, you
Do you really want me to take action?"
Duan Shizi was stunned for a moment and immediately shook his head: "Liu Gong, please sit down! The situation is not that serious. If you take action, their grandmaster will definitely take action. They should wait for our reinforcements to come, overwhelm them, and force their grandmaster to take action first."
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"What is a grandmaster?" Liu Wenzhou slowly shook his head. "Don't take the grandmaster too seriously. I once heard him say in front of my mentor in Nanpo that in the military, the military formation is the first, and the true energy formation is the first among the military formations.
, among the true energy formations, large formations are the best, but they are rare in this world, so the most common and most powerful ones are the small formations built by practitioners... Later, Yang Shen used it once during his rebellion. Although I was still there at the time, I happened to
I missed it, and then I came directly to Beidi. I was actually quite curious."
Prince Duan was even more nervous, but he didn't know whether the enemy should chat with this person at the moment.
However, fortunately, the help came... The army's too slow advance left enough time for the coalition's rear reinforcements to arrive. Shortly after they lost on the front line, a fire dragon merged into the already-fired force from the rear.
In Guang Linlin's camp, the Northland Allied Forces cheered unanimously.
The cheers were so earth-shattering that they could even be heard by the coalition rear troops who were twenty or thirty miles away. On the contrary, Lan Dawen, who had just learned that Li Shu and Cui Xuanchen had escaped, became even more nervous, because he didn't know which side was cheering at all, so he could only
Urge the troops to move forward quickly, and don't forget to pass on news at any time.
Fortunately, Yuwen Wanchou finally stopped talking about retreating and instead took the initiative to ask for a fight, which reassured Lan Dawen a little.
Immediately, Lan Dawen made arrangements for Yuwen Wanchou and his battle group to join the support sequence and prepare to march south to join the war.
Just when Yuwen Wanchou returned to the camp to reorganize the army, Lan Dawen suddenly noticed a new huge movement on the other side of the swamp... It was a bit inaccurate to say that the movement was the color. He suddenly realized that amid the faint shouts of killing,
A golden light lit up in the opposite direction of the battlefield.
It's not dazzling, but it has some huge golden light.
It seemed wrong to use Pang Da to describe the light, but Lan Dawen immediately realized what it was. It was a fluctuation of zhenqi. Pang Pang was right... Could it be that Liu Wenzhou was fighting with the opponent's grandmaster? Is it one or two people on the other side?
A grandmaster?
As a military commander, do you want support?
Is there any chance that Cui Tuan will come to support me?
Of course Lan Dawen made a mistake in his judgment. Outside the military camp twenty or thirty miles away, eight hundred white cavalry used Bai Yousi's glowing energy as the base of the formation. They connected in a line and easily formed an unprecedented formation.
The Pure Qi Army Formation then ignored the fierce battle in the military camp and stepped directly through the swamp next to it. The light came from them.
And looking at this posture, they actually want to ignore the warring parties here, pass through the swamp, and go straight to the coalition rear camp opposite Luyezawa!
That's all. The next moment, as the zhenqi cut through countless grass and trees in front of him, Bai Yousi, who was rushing to the front, suddenly found an underground swamp river with abundant water in summer in front of him. Then, almost instinctively, he raised his crotch to the east
The dragon colt given by the Governor of Yi jumped high and was about to fly across the river with the help of the true energy formation.
Flying in mid-air, feeling as blessed as his soul, Bai Yousi's heart moved slightly, and his true energy suddenly bloomed, manifesting his majestic phoenix in front of the formation.
Zhang Xing and Niu He in the formation noticed Bai Yousi's thoughts almost instantly. In shock, the former rushed to send Qi into the formation frantically, while the latter quickly separated the ropes of Qi in the formation, trying to pull everyone as deep as possible.
coupling.
Then, in the dull gazes of the soldiers on both sides, including the opposing coalition rear troops, including Li Ding, Liu Wenzhou, Lan Dawen and other well-informed people, a majestic Zhenqi Phoenix appeared at the front of the huge glowing Zhenqi army formation.
It manifested first, and then instantly integrated with the entire military formation. First, it turned the military formation into a huge majestic phoenix, and then it actually raised its head, flapped its wings, and soared into the sky!
People with advanced skills can clearly see that the eight hundred knights in the military formation wrapped in majestic phoenixes also stepped on the air waves and leaped high in front of everyone.
Then Wei Feng lowered his head again, and his wings spread out as the knights dispersed in the air. They flew for several miles above the swamp vegetation, including the heads of the marching coalition troops on the official road, and then pointed towards the ground, and then soared into the air.
He got up and crossed again... only two or three times later, he actually landed on the open space behind the opposite military camp. Then he calmly turned around, like a living majestic phoenix looking back at its prey.
This scene seemed familiar to the people from the North who were used to seeing Lord Tunfeng, but everyone knew that this was not the same thing.
So after the majestic phoenix landed, after a while, a long dragon roar with no idea of what emotion it represented suddenly came from the white mountaintop at the far end. Many people were still in a sluggish state.
Liu Wenzhou seemed to be the first person to react among all the people. He seemed to have seen something he had been waiting for for a long time. He suddenly held the bottle on his waist and danced around, laughing like crazy, without the style of a master.
But it didn't matter, he didn't need to worry about being said to have lost his grace - the next moment, including Prince Duan beside Liu Wenzhou, witnessed Wei Feng taking off at close range. The coalition forces at the southern end of the swamp almost collapsed without a fight.
The confused sergeant abandoned his helmet and armor and ran away like crazy to the east and west of Luyezawa.
There were also a few people who took advantage of the army's confusion to break through to the south, but no one dared to go toward their hometown in the north, which was as bright as day.