Chapter 125: A Hundred Battles
Zhang Wenbiao did not have a battle of will with the ghost general Peng Nanjin, after all, he is now in the Xiangjiang River, which is a wide river in the direction of Yongzhou, and it is not wise to go ashore and enter the water with the other party. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info not to mention that he is some distance from the shore, and it is not easy for Peng Nanjin and them to control the river.
I am worried that my trip to Yongzhou will not be as I wish, and if I lose Yongzhou City, it will mean that Chu Di will lose half of the territory to contact the barbarians, and I will also lose the gateway to contact the Wuxi barbarians.
Zhang Wenbiao, as the assassin of Chu Di Zhou Xingfeng arranged in Hengzhou, has a strategic significance far greater than the position itself. Historically, the south of the five ridges of Lingnan has been regarded as a land of barbarians, so from the previous dynasty to Ma Chu, it is believed that Lingnan is not a place to advance northward. But in the last years of Ma Chu, Liu Sheng of the Liu family of the Southern Han Dynasty actually took advantage of the civil strife of the Ma family and occupied a large area of Chu land, and finally woke up the controller of Chu land.
Therefore, since Zhou Xingfeng took power, it can be said that he has been cautious about Quanzhou, Daozhou, and Guiyang. To the southwest of Yongzhou was the Wuxi barbarians, and the warlords of Chu had completely lost control of this place since the late Tang Dynasty. Then it is equivalent to Chenzhou, Xizhou, Xuzhou, and even along the Chengzhou line, which is not controllable by Chudi.
If Quanzhou, Daozhou, and Guiyang are lost, then Yongzhou City and Hengzhou will be the deadly frontier defense of Chu. Shaozhou, which is close to Hengzhou, has been the central part of Chu since ancient times, and if Hengzhou becomes a frontier, the Xiangjiang waterway will become a deadly nightmare for Chu.
Zhang Wenbiao is well aware of this, so he will not hesitate to invite Nan Fenghan, hoping that he can quickly control the situation in Yongzhou City. He has some scheming in his heart, that is, he has heavy troops, stationed at the south gate of Chudi, and slowly tries to develop.
The spies sent out earlier got accurate news that there were not many soldiers in Lingnan who had entered Chudi, and they felt like they were forging ahead alone. It's just that he got Daozhou by raid, and Zhang Wenbiao regretted it a little, and he shouldn't have sent his cousin Zhang Wenxuan to Daozhou, because his ability was really not enough to be competent in any state.
It's already happened, and regretting it won't help. Zhang Wenbiao wanted to make amends, and fought against the army of the Southern Han Kingdom in Yongzhou City. After all, he has always been guarding against Chenzhou, where there is Pan Chongche, the most famous general of the Southern Han Kingdom, if he knows that he is going to Yongzhou City, he is afraid that he will also take advantage of the fire to rob.
After arranging the garrison of the Guiyang Prison front, Zhang Wenbiao even made a trick at the border in Hengzhou near the direction of Southern Tangji Prefecture. That's why he came with confidence, divided into several armies and prepared to outflank the soldiers of the Southern Han Kingdom.
At this moment, Zhang Wenbiao knew that he had far underestimated the form, and the combat effectiveness of this team. If you are entangled and fighting with these people, although you don't know how it will end, there will definitely be many soldiers on your side who will die.
Although he also has a team on land, now he can't save the fire from far water, and he may have to worry about their safety. Zhang Wenbiao made a decisive choice, although he is not a famous general, after all, he is also experienced in a hundred battles, and has a bit of decisive decision-making ability.
Seeing that the number of opponents is small, the power shown should not be underestimated.
This era lacked heavy weapons with great lethality, because due to the limitations of various conditions, many weapons in later generations could not be produced, and it was still a real era of cold weapons. The explosives occasionally used in the Southern Han Kingdom were a myth in this era, and no one had heard of them at all, so they were invincible all the way.
It is in Zhang Wenbiao's cognition that if his own strength is stronger than He Xiaoyao, even if Yongzhou City is occupied by him, it is only a matter of time before he wants to take it. He is a local force, He Xiaoyao is just a foreign attack, and he will definitely have an advantage for a long time. Therefore, if he conquers the city, Zhang Wenbiao knows that the number of people must still have a great advantage.
The spies reported that when the Southern Han Kingdom entered the Chu land, their manpower was limited, and since the capture of Daozhou City, Lingling City, and even the current Yongzhou City. They seem to have a lot of territory, but if their limited forces are used to defend the city, they will definitely be stretched.
Zhang Wenbiao saw this, thinking of the troops he had in several states and the officials he sent in various county governments, all of which were his personally selected henchmen. Thinking of this, Zhang Wenbiao's heart was a little calmer, and he still had great hopes for the control of Yongzhou City.
However, at this moment, it seems that these highly mobile soldiers on the other side do not contact their own team at all, and if they fight guerrilla warfare with their own soldiers, they really do not have the slightest way.
Maybe he secretly surrounded Yongzhou City, but he was afraid that He Xiaoyao's way of acting like this, knowing his troops in advance, would give up defending the city and hide in the surrounding mountains. So Zhang Wenbiao knew that he was very wrong at the moment, but fortunately he was not arrogant enough to think that he could do anything. will invite Nan Fenghan and the two to come to Yongzhou City first to explore the reality of Yongzhou City and He Xiaoyao.
Now it seems that He Xiaoyao and the others really adopted a strategy, not only completely calculated their own actions, but also dispersed their forces to ambush all around Yongzhou City in advance, waiting for the arrival of their own army.
It is conceivable that Zhang Wenbiao is angry in his heart at the moment, as well as the humiliation of being teased by a junior general, although he is silent on the surface, in fact, Zhang Wenbiao is almost roaring in his heart.
Although he didn't know what He Xiaoyao was thinking, Zhang Wenbiao had no doubt that maybe people didn't think about defending the city at all, and Yongzhou City at this moment might be an empty city.
In fact, He Xiaoyao did not send anyone to garrison Yongzhou City at all, he knew that for a city surrounded by mountains and rivers, if he wanted to hold on, he would undoubtedly trap himself.
What he needs to do is to wait for the rabbit to wait, if Zhang Wenbiao sends troops to come, the net he has cast is just small and big. If Zhang Wenbiao didn't come with the heavy troops on the surrounding borders, then he could slowly encroach on the surrounding territory and take the opportunity to increase the results of the battle in Chu.
Because the enemy outside Yongzhou City has gone, there is almost no danger in the city. The waterway Ma Huateng has returned to the Han Dynasty, and it can be said that the main road to Langzhou has been controlled in his own hands. As long as everything is stabilized, within a period of time, the Great Han Kingdom will be able to completely control the surrounding areas of Yongzhou City, and he can also make the Great Han State's naval army grow in Yongzhou City again.
The troops under his command are boldly scattered everywhere, and He Xiaoyao has already received Liu Jixing's face-to-face instruction. Establishing a foundation in Yongzhou City means that it can not only connect the north and the south, but also establish the largest naval base in the north of the Han Kingdom. Therefore, fighting for Ma Huateng's backwater will be the biggest problem in this northward expansion.
In fact, everything went smoothly, and the fulfillment of He Xiaoyao's wish has also become the biggest nightmare in Zhang Wenbiao's heart. He Xiaoyao's orderly allocation of his troops can not only prevent the arrival of Zhang Wenbiao and clear the remnants of the soldiers in various Chu places, but also greatly deter the surrounding states and counties.
is Zhou Dunqi, who is still struggling in the city and refuses to surrender, He Xiaoyao feels that he is no longer a threat, the key is to see if he will return to the Great Han Kingdom. After all, it is now a fact that Chu Di has no talent, and Xiang Zhou Dunqi, a big man stationed on one side, can gain a foothold in Yongzhou City, which shows that he still has some ability.
Zhang Wenbiao naturally didn't know Zhou Dunqi's current situation, because he hadn't received the information from Nan Fenghan's side, and he was anxious about the situation in Yongzhou City. When he thought of this in the middle of the river, Zhang Wenbiao couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, standing on the fighting ship and looking at the ghost-faced soldiers on both sides of the strait, his heart was really mixed.
The other party stood on the slopes of the hills on both sides, although there were only a few hundred people, even the horse generals did not exceed ten, but they made thousands of people on their side have no way.
That day, he contacted Pan Song in Shaozhou, although Zhou Xingfeng's intention to send him was very normal, but as Zhang Wenbiao, he still had a little jealousy in his heart. So not only did he not urge Pan Song, but only hoped that he would go from Shaozhou to the periphery of Yongzhou.
Needless to say, Zhang Wenbiao naturally didn't want Pan Song to enter his own territory, but he wanted to spend Pan Song's troops in order to outflank He Xiaoyao. If you succeed, you don't need to spend much energy, even if you lose Pan Song's strength.
Originally, it seemed to be a seamless idea, but now it seems that not only is it lifting a stone to shoot itself in the foot, but now it is just wanting to have Pan Song's support, and it seems that the far water can't save the near fire. Looking at He Xiaoyao's layout around him, I am afraid that not only will he not have this help, but he will seem to be broken by each other.
Zhang Wenbiao didn't seem to have the slightest expression coldly, and let his men command the fighting ship to slowly retreat. In the cabin, his face was already pale, and he couldn't vent the stuffiness in his chest, as if he wanted to spurt out a stream of blood.
No one cared about the corpses in the river, and a short rain of arrows had already taken the lives of no less than two or three hundred soldiers. Some people fell into the water and did not die, but because there was no rescue from a partner, they quickly sank to the bottom.
Zhang Wenbiao did not call people to rescue, that would only make more people die.
The corpses in the river looked a little weird, especially in the firelight. The life that was alive and kicking just now is now going to be separated. The rich blood was soon washed away by the flowing water, but the person was still floating in the water, slowly flowing downstream.
It was already getting late, and both sides knew that there was no way to attack, and even if the two sides were to shoot at each other, it would be in vain. There must have been a lot of people on the boat, and although there were also long crossbows and arrows, they didn't pose much of a threat to the ghost soldiers on both sides at the moment. On the contrary, it is the Hengzhou soldiers on the ship, if the other party shoots arrows again, look at the power of the iron arrows, I am afraid that many people will suffer.
The ghost soldiers and ghost generals on the shore seemed to cherish the arrows in their hands, and the soldiers on both sides watched the fighting ships slowly change, and did not stop and interfere with their changes, because Peng Nanjin did not give the order to attack. Everyone watched the fighting ship slowly retreat to the beginning of the river, although there was still a faint wail, which was chilling in this night, but no one would pay attention to it.
With the return of the eight fighting ships, the ghost soldiers and ghost generals on the shore slowly became invisible again. watched the other party retreat gloomily, and then the fire slowly went out again.
The cold and dark river channel calmed down, as if nothing had happened just now, and this tributary of the Xiang River recorded everything that happened at this moment.
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The lychees full of trees are particularly attractive in the huge shade of the branches, and although they are wrapped in colorful skins, they look beautiful in the sunset.
Although I haven't tasted it yet, seeing the fruitful fruits of the branches has also caused the stamens to roll in their throats, and their mouths are already full of relish. Every year when he was in the Shuzhong Palace, Meng Chang liked to learn from Emperor Xuanzong of the previous dynasty. Naturally, he cares for the stamen who is the favorite concubine, and he is even more concerned about what Taibai said at the beginning: Hongchen laughs as a concubine, and no one knows that it is a lychee! I was really touched.
She will also eat a lot of lychees, naturally there are lychees from all over the world, but how can they be so fresh.
Looking at this alluring scene, the stamen couldn't help but look around, but she didn't find the shadow of a person around. It seemed that the people who had just been on the boat were gone, and the sounds and movements could still be faintly heard, but at this moment there was no one to restrain themselves.
Suddenly, Hua Rui's mood relaxed, it seemed that she hadn't been so happy for a long time, but in fact, it was only a few days ago.
It is an ancient road paved with stone slabs lined with huge lychee trees on both sides. The stamens stepped lightly on the stone slab, feeling the freshness of nature and the faint fresh smell of the air. The bright big eyes flashed for the first time, and he took a deep breath, looked at the stone path in front of him and actually smiled.
I haven't laughed for a long time, looking at this stone path, Hua Rui suddenly remembered that when she was a child, there was also such a stone path on the hillside in front of her house. Parents will always look at themselves from the other end of the road, watching themselves bounce.
Retracting her thoughts, the stamen gently grasped a thin branch, where there were a few extraordinarily large lychees. The stamen smiled happily and gently plucked one. Looking at the moist and plump lychees, a longing arose in my heart.
"Wait, don't rush to eat!" A clear voice sounded, stopping the idea of peeling off the lychee in her hand.
A young man sat on a large lychee tree in front of him, holding bunches of lychees that had just been picked in his hands, and even the skewers of lychees on his belt. His decoration is similar to Liu Jialong, but his hair is tied high on the top of his head and pinned with a wooden hairpin.
It can be seen that his complexion is dark, his eyebrows are big, and his lips have grown a fluffy light beard, and he seems to be slowly moving from a young man to a crown year. Looking at the stamen, he smiled faintly, obviously he had just stopped the stamen.
Hua Rui looked at the strange boy in the tree in front of him with some surprise, not that he suddenly stopped himself in surprise, nor that his appearance was frightening. But when he looked at himself, although his eyes also had a concerned scrutiny, he did not reveal the obsession of Liu Jialong and the others.
He looked at the stamen with a smile, up and down, but after seeing the stamens up and down, his eyes were naturally clear and quietly looking at the stamens. Hua Rui is extremely confident in her appearance, and she can't help but be a little more curious when she sees that a teenager is not particularly amazing at herself.
"Can't you eat this lychee?" The stamen's voice was sweet and euphemistic, and she raised the lychee in her hand with some kind surprise. actually looked at this young man with a smile, because his outfit was the same as Liu Jialong's, she thought that he must also be from the organization of the Youth Hall, so she was naturally unguarded in her heart, but a little more cordial.
The young man jumped down from the branch quickly, raised the lychee in his hand, looked at the lychee in the stamen's hand, smiled and took a few steps, and said: "Don't look at the big one you picked, in fact, it grows on the west side of the tree, but it may be a good opportunity to grow big, in fact, it will take a few days to taste good, but now it is far inferior to these lychees that grow on the sunny side!" Why don't you try it! ”
Looking at the pile of lychees sent to him, and the young man's kind smile, Hua Rui did not hesitate or throw away the one in his hand. Instead, among the lychees in his hand, he picked a small red-skinned variegated lychee, and looked at his encouraging eyes, and couldn't help but skillfully peel off the lychee.
The red lips gently swallowed the white and tender lychee meat, and the watery entrance was sweet and glutinous, and a burst of green and tender sweetness greeted the mouth.
A smile bloomed on Hua Rui's face, and the corners of the young man's eyes were upturned, the delicious lychee was very fresh, but it was an evocative taste that had never been tasted. The stamens were interested, and they tasted a few more, and they were all very sweet and delicious.
The young man was not polite, and while peeling the lychee in his hand and eating it, he told the stamen not to eat too much. Speaking seriously, Hua Rui asked him the reason in surprise. The young man said that the climate in Lingnan is humid, and since ancient times, there has been a lot of miasma and condensation, and living here has a lot of moisture in the body. The dry nature of lychee is easy to make people angry, so it can only be stopped in moderation.
The stamen is interested, because the fresh delicacy of the lychee has aroused the craving of the stamen. So I asked him what kind of lychees were ripe and delicious, and what kind of lychees were beautiful but not yet ripe.
This young man is very expert, and while leading the stamen to look at the big trees on both sides of the stone, he introduced the stamen to what kind of lychee is ripe. The two of them communicated softly along the winding path, and unconsciously their words were much more relaxed and kind.
Because of the caution that the young man said, although he felt a little regret in his heart, he still looked at the fruitful branches and forcibly suppressed the desire in his heart. Although I haven't tried many of them, every lychee I try is sweet and delicious.
Hua Rui asked the young man what his name was, and the young man said that his name was Liu Qingnu. Originally, I asked a strange teenager, Hua Rui felt a little shy in her heart, but thinking that she might not be able to go back to Shuzhong, maybe she would die of old age in Lingnan, and she didn't know how to feel a lot more indifferent.
What made the stamen a little excited was that Liu Qingnu introduced a wild fruit, which was a small fruit with yellow skin, which looked like bunches of grapes, but the color was yellow. It tastes fresh and sweet, but it has never been tasted before, and it is even more novel for a while.
Because of small talk, Hua Rui inadvertently mentioned the singing voice she had just heard, and Liu Qingnu said that the Lingnan ethnic groups are mixed, and there are many ethnic groups who are good at singing. Although most of them are descendants of the barbarian Yue people, since many remnants of the previous dynasty came to Lingnan, it has greatly enriched the lyrics and music here.
Ordinary people can hum a few songs and songs, not to mention those who are usually educated. Hua Rui was a little relieved, and naturally asked if there were a few songs here, but they were taught by Wang Shen before.
When I heard Liu Qingnu come one by one, he said that everyone in the streets and alleys of Lingnan was well-known, and he hummed two more songs to Hua Rui. Hua Rui's heart suddenly brightened, it turned out that she had been deceived by Wang Shen all along. Although I felt that there was no need to blame him anymore, I felt a little more relieved.
Suddenly, Wang Ying's call came, and he saw that the sky had darkened. Liu Qingnu said that he would lead the stamen over and lead the way in front. Because it was a little dark, Liu Qingnu raised his hand from time to time to support Hua Rui's arm.
Hua Rui was surprised by Liu Qingnu's carefulness, looked around to darken, and asked Liu Qingnu where he was going on this trip. Liu Qingnu didn't refuse to answer, and told Hua Rui that she would be able to reach the Xingwang Mansion in the capital of Lingnan tomorrow.
The two of them walked a stone path in a zigzag way, and then they saw a few horse-drawn carriages parked on the side of the road, and the steel-axed carriages that began to pick up their own, and the people in the lychee forest walked out one after another.
On the side of the road where Hua Rui walked out, it was Gong Shu sitting in the carriage. Seeing Hua Rui and Liu Qingnu coming out, Gong Shu immediately jumped down, lifted the curtain of the car, set up Maza, and let Hua Rui get into the car.
Liu Qingnu stood aside, standing beside Gong Shu with his hands in his hands, watching Hua Rui get into the car. Hua Rui stretched out his head and asked Liu Qingnu if he would go to Xingwangfu, Liu Qingnu smiled and said that he would go and pick lychees for Hua Rui to eat.
Hua Rui asked Gong Shu if Liu Qingnu could go with him, Gong Jian glanced at Liu Qingnu, and replied respectfully to Hua Rui that he couldn't be the master, so he could ask Wang Ying when the time came.
Liu Qingnu told Hua Rui not to worry, because after entering the city, everyone would stay in Quang Ninh at night. Hua Rui sat in the car with peace of mind, but Liu Qingnu kept standing next to him, like a disciple of the Juvenile Hall who appeared faintly on the side.
The car enters Quang Ninh.
Liu Qingnu sat in the last carriage, and Wang Ying and Shi Shiniang sat in the carriage. Liu Qingnu walked straight past the desk placed in the middle and sat down inside.
There were a few documents on the desk, Liu Qingnu did not move the documents, but glanced at the two people, and said with a slight smile: "How is it!" ”
"The journey has been smooth, Your Majesty, please rest assured, these teenagers are doing well!" Wang Ying glanced at Liu Qingnu boldly, and when she saw him looking at herself, she actually moved a little earlier, approached Liu Qingnu's side, and opened the documents around him for him.
This young man Liu Qingnu is actually the Lingnan Emperor Liu Jixing!
Smelling the faint fragrance emanating from Wang Ying's body, it was actually the sandalwood he liked, he didn't respond to Wang Ying's actions, but he appreciated this art museum insider a little more. I've just received a lot of documents from the secret party, and I'm trying to see if anything happens.
Still sitting cross-legged on the couch, quietly flipping through the documents, the two women sat next to Liu Jixing without squeaking. Liu Jixing is just a young man, and he is the emperor of the Lingnan Han Kingdom, which woman doesn't have any thoughts in her heart?
When I saw one of them, it was said that the grave of Liu Hongda, the late king of Qi, had been dug up, and the body was missing. The reason why Liu Jixing saw it was that this document was special, not only had it been reviewed by Yang Jiong, but it was also reviewed by Shi Wu at the same time, saying that King Qi was poached by the people of Hell Gate.
On the same day, the king of Qi attacked the first emperor Liu Sheng in the palace, because he used the "Great Law of Powerful Ghosts and Dementors", overdrew his potential and vitality, but was suppressed by Xia Qinghou, and finally did not succeed and died at the same time as Liu Sheng. The court did not announce the cause of Liu Hongda's death, but found an excuse to take advantage of Liu Sheng's death and buried Liu Hongda in an inconspicuous place.
That place was originally relatively secret, and it was originally a place where people who were afraid of the hell gate found it and Shigo went to see it himself. After all, there is still the gray bat Huo Han who died in the Qi Palace's mansion to deal with, he is one of the two envoys appointed by the former master of the Hell Gate, and he is also a disciple of the Nine Sons Ghost Mother.
I didn't expect to be found out, although I don't know what the purpose is, but it is obviously that the hell gate has an idea in his heart, or someone close to Liu Hongda did it.
Now his actions in Shu are at a critical time, and the Hell Gate is the head snake that has been entrenched in Shu for many years, and it is the self-proclaimed number one faction in the world, Liu Jixing quietly thought about what kind of impact this seemingly small thing will bring.
This time, I really gained a little more insight and a little more in-depth understanding of this era. What is the purpose of exhuming graves and robbing corpses?
I didn't expect that there were such strange things in this world, although it was a very strange thing to come to this world by myself, but when faced with these things, Liu Jixing still felt deeply surprised. There are still too many things in this world that I don't know, and I can't help but yearn for this era a little more.