Devil’s Advent

"It's raining."

Gou Moli, who was sitting on horseback, raised his head and looked at the night sky. The rain fell on his face drop by drop, with an obvious trend of falling down and getting bigger.

Beside them are soldiers who are busy, because their coach has just ordered that the army is about to retreat.

During this period, it wasn't that there were no generals who wanted to come to Shuai Zhang to express their opinions after receiving the order, but Gou Moli let his personal guard directly block him.

This is an attitude, a decision that belongs to the coach and cannot be discussed.

Even Chi Lin and Hao Min, seeing that the Juggernaut is still standing beside their coach, will no longer insist on making suggestions, and can only continue to do so.

The white-clothed swordsman seldom shows up in front of others, but because of this, he can be the spokesperson of the prince to a certain extent.

Longyuan of the Juggernaut has long been given to the little princess of the palace;

But the Juggernaut himself is here, as if the prince sent a Shangfang sword to Gou Moli.

"Will it be uncomfortable, brother?"

Gou Moli turned to look at the Juggernaut and asked.

Being used as a "Wang Ling" should not make you feel happy, after all, Gou Moli knows the temper of the sword master.

Sometimes Gou Moli would also try to reminisce about the past. If there was no Juggernaut who forcibly opened the second-rank Zhan Gerimu before Xuehaiguan, would everything be different?

Of course, it's just a matter of thinking about it. No matter how much you assume about the past, there is no point in hanging half of the money.

The Juggernaut shook his head and said, "I'm used to it."

To a certain extent, the temper of the Juggernaut has long been understood by Zheng Fan;

Of course, Zheng Fan also paid a huge price for this, one son and one daughter were accepted as disciples of the Sword Master.

"Your temper has really changed a lot."

"Who will remain the same?"

"Do swordsmen change? I thought that a swordsman's sword would always be straight."

The Juggernaut spread his hands and said;

"So now I don't wear a sword."

"Tsk." Gou Moli sighed in admiration, "Yes."

"You've changed too."

"where?"

The Juggernaut looked at the hurried and nervous Junzhai in front of him, and said, "You have already guessed this scene, and then you deliberately played with big girl's toys there.

Purpose,

Just waiting for the military report to arrive,

You can react exactly. "

"Okay, you've noticed this little thought too?" Gou Moli stretched out his hand and wiped the rainwater off his face.

"So does he."

Gou Moli added: "It's called thinking of others when they see a virtuous person."

immediately,

Gou Moli waved his whip,

road:

"Excuse me, run with me."

"got used to."

The Savage Army began to retreat, retreating in a hurry.

On the same rainy night, Xie Zhuyang was riding a horse and leading his soldiers in pursuit.

"Patriarch, there is one thing that I don't understand at the end." A general beside Xie Zhuyang asked.

His name is Xie Yi, and he is Xie Zhuyang's nephew.

Xie Zhuyang has only one son, so it is only natural that there will be many nephews around him who will be brought up by his side.

Of course, the Xie family's Qianliju is really too good, even if the main family is a single pass, the collateral line does not dare to have any other ideas.

"ask."

"Why did the Yan army withdraw like this?"

For a lone army, when surrounded, the first instinct is to find a way back. This is the safest and safest choice.

But this Yan army, in fact, has other options, and that is to deliberately choose a road of no return.

Xie Zhuyang glanced at his nephew, and couldn't help but let out a sigh:

"I'm afraid."

"Are Yan Jun afraid?"

"No, you are afraid."

"us……"

"In your eyes, the Yan people are already so powerful that they are invincible, you are used to losing to the Yan people, you are used to avoiding the Yan people's sabers, and you are used to being cowardly in front of the Yan people.

But...Yanren are also human beings.

You only saw the massacre of Qu Tiannan and the Qingluan army at the foot of Yupan City, but you ignored the corpses of Yan people floating on the Wangjiang River;

You can only see the fire that ignited in Yingdu that night, but you have overlooked the scene of Wilbur, the Yan man and tiger, dying in battle by the lake.

The Yan people are not invincible, they are not gods.

It is true that their previous generation had Jingnan King, and this generation has the Regent. I admit that they are all first-class heroes, but as long as my great Chu can continue to exist, I, a Chu, can continue to protect my identity as a Chu.

There will always be a day when Feng Shui will come to my house in turn! "

"Yes, Patriarch, the end will be taught."

"But this time, what you said is actually correct. If there are other soldiers and horses from the Yan people on the opposite side, it would be normal for them to break through to the north now.

But the leader on the opposite side was the wolfhound on the snow field in the past.

Wolves travel thousands of miles and eat meat;

How could he just run away willingly? "

"Patriarch, the meat he wants to eat is..."

Xie Zhuyang looked at his nephew with deep eyes,

Under the rainy night, everything seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, and it was not clear enough to see clearly, but Xie Zhuyang's eyes seemed to exude an evil luster:

"That's... us."

...

"Hoo...hoo..."

The bitter cold wind has already rolled up, and the coldness of winter has arrived ahead of schedule.

The projects south of the Wei River have not stopped.

Army strongholds rose from the ground one after another, and fortifications built forests;

From the looks of this scene, if people who don't know the previous situation, they may mistakenly think that the Chu army is the main attack, while the Yan army is the main defense.

Compared with the people of Yan who are in full swing, the people of Chu look a bit bleak.

The Yan people sacrificed the lives of a large number of savage servants. In essence, the Chu people's three-county defense was developed from local defense to enclave defense as much as possible.

These three counties should have been relatively rich areas of the Chu State, but since the first Yan-Chu State War that year, the original fertile land of the Chu people is gradually being eroded, that is to say, the overall national strength of the Chu State is in a state of constant weakening.

In addition, after Jindong was taken over by the regent after Zhennanguan was in his hands, the prince who never forgot to care about the spiritual civilization construction of his neighbors in Xueyuan never slackened his care for his daughter-in-law's natal family, and never forgot to bleed the state of Chu .

The fundamental reason why the court of Chu State can continue to persevere and maintain its own military strength is that after the Emperor Chu reduced the nobles of Chu State through external force, the power of the court has been expanded. A series of wooing and dividing policies of the Shanyue people in the south also allowed the court to get further support from the south.

From the perspective of the entire Chu State, it is weak; but from the perspective of "Chu State", it is actually "strong".

But this kind of strength is achieved by overdrawing the vitality of the entire country, that is, potential.

"My lord, in fact, the current state of Chu is very similar to the north and south of the Three Kingdoms."

"Three Kingdoms?" Zheng Fan said.

"Yes." The blind man nodded, "During that period, the north was the best developed and developed, but in fact the south, which was richer in later generations, was actually a relatively 'wild' place.

The current situation of Chu State is like this. To a certain extent, our offensive against Chu State forced your uncle to increase the development of the southern Chu area. "

"In this way, my uncle has made a great contribution to Zhu Xia, hehe."

"hehe."

Zheng Fan stretched out his hand and tugged at the cloak on his body, and walked up to a lookout tower with the blind man.

"Blind man, how long do you think Chu people's logistics can last?"

"For the past five years, we have devoted ourselves to development, and they have not been idle."

Zheng Fan nodded when he heard this, and said: "It's mainly because of Daze, the wildling servants have played a great role, but when the Chu people completely shrink their necks and Daze is on their side, our army can't cut it off." In the rear, this allows my uncle to continuously provide supplies for the army in front."

It should not be called the habit of being handsome, but should be called instinct.

Zheng Fan stopped in his tracks, and said again: "However, Chu State is due to the terrain, but in the future when we attack Qian, we can use this trick to break through the three sides of Qian State. The north of Qianren is very flat."

"The Lord said so."

The two walked to the top of the observatory. Zheng Fan didn't look south, but turned around and looked north.

From there, the figures of two armies appeared, and their armor was different from that of the Eastern Jin Army.

"Has the rotation gone up?" Zheng Fan asked.

"Returning to the Lord, it has been arranged a long time ago. You have specially ordered it, and the subordinates dare not neglect it."

"Um."

Zheng Fan turned to the south again, reached out and patted the railing in front of him lightly: "Actually, this national war is much larger in scale than the first Yan-Chu national war fought by Lao Tian. "

In terms of the number of people, it may be the same, but the number of soldiers and the abundance of logistics are much higher than those of Lao Tian.

"It was also planned by you, the lord. Sometimes when subordinates see the lord, they will be surprised. They always feel that it is a little unreal, but now they have gradually gotten used to it."

"Your way of praising people is much better than that guy Ah Cheng. It is well-prepared and not blunt."

"Thank you, Lord."

Under the watchtower, Manton led his men back. He didn't know that standing above his head was the Prince Regent.

He didn't even bother to look around, because his mood was very low.

With the arrival of winter, the people of Chu people also stopped most of the production activities that must be done, and began to shrink back.

Ears are not so easy to deal with, and soldiers of the Chu people are not so easy to chew. They often pay several times more than before to get much less ears than before.

The most exasperating thing is that batches of cavalry under the banner of Yan Kingdom's court began to rob the jobs that belonged to their savage servants.

The above statement is that they have just arrived and need a chance to practice their hands.

According to the understanding of Dayan by Manton and a group of savage servants, the court of Yan Kingdom is also a powerful tribe, and it is an alliance with the Eastern Shanxi tribe of the Regent.

But they are Yan people...

Therefore, when the soldiers and horses of the imperial court entered, the wildling servants did not dare to compete with them for meat. Occasionally, some easy targets could only be left to them.

Manton and the other savages didn't think they were being bullied, and they didn't think there was anything wrong with being inferior. On the contrary, they would be more eager to obtain the status of bidders. In this way, everything would be different.

It's a pity that it's still a little bit worse, just a little bit worse.

Manton led the horse with some wimpy heads and entered the army camp with a group of subordinates after inspection, just in time to see the earless Guo Dong running past him in a hurry.

Manton was a little strange, but his identity was not enough to call people out of thin air, but after seeing Guo Dong running up to the watchtower, he didn't dare to delay any longer and went to clear the position of the ear.

"I pay my respects to the lord, the lord is a thousand years old!"

Guo Dong knelt down in front of Zheng Fan.

"Is it still orderly here?" Zheng Fan asked.

"If you go back to the prince, it's not orderly, but it's orderly."

"What kind of word is that?" Zheng Fan couldn't help laughing.

Guo Dong also smiled awkwardly, got up, and stood aside respectfully.

"Is the family okay?" Zheng Fan asked.

Guo Dong was flattered and hurriedly said: "If you go back to the prince, everything will be fine at home."

"I heard you gave birth to a daughter?"

"My lord, they are two daughters."

At this time, the blind man interjected, "Xu An's family gave birth to two boys."

Zheng Fan's impression of Guo Dong comes more from his previous experience and his "disability", but this disability itself is a military medal for walking.

As for Xu An, the stern and selfless military discipline officer, he naturally remembered it better.

"Oh, I remember you two are very close, did you get married?" Zheng Fan asked.

"Returning to the words of the prince, never."

"Delayed by the war?"

"no……"

"What's the reason for that?"

These days, there is no such thing as free love.

The fact that I robbed Princess Dachu back then is already a pioneering example of "free love" in this era.

"Returning to the prince, I wanted to marry one, but that guy actually wanted to marry two. I'm not too humble, so I won't talk about it."

"Hahahahaha." The prince laughed loudly when he heard the words, "He has a good plan, but he can't agree, otherwise he will lose money to grandma's house."

Guo Dong nodded vigorously and said: "Yes, yes, what the prince said is true."

At this time, Xu An also walked up to the lookout tower, and was not surprised to see Guo Dong standing beside the prince. He first saluted the prince and Mr. Bei, and then presented a booklet to the prince.

The prince didn't answer, but Mr. Bei did.

Inside is a list, a cleansed list, some of which are officers above lieutenant colonel;

Some were taken directly, and some were "accidentally" killed in battle.

For example, the person in charge of logistics suddenly asks you to go out to collect your ears, and then there is no more.

The blind man didn't open it, but he had finished reading it, and nodded to Zheng Fan.

Zheng Fan sighed and said, "Thanks for your hard work."

"The duty of the last general is that he dare not speak bitterly."

"I have to reward you with something."

"The last general dare not..."

"Hey, rewards and punishments are clearly not right, how about this, Gu will marry your child, Guo Dong, do you agree to Gu being the matchmaker?"

Guo Dong immediately put on a bitter face and said: "My lord's gift of marriage is an honor of a humble position, thank you lord."

Xu An immediately saluted, "Thank you, my lord."

"Hehehe."

Zheng Fan turned around and continued to look south.

This cleansing was not for political reasons. In Eastern Jin, the prince was the only one, and there was no difference in political opinions.

The root cause of this round of purges is that in the early days of the business, there was a representative force that played a great role, that is, smugglers from all over the world.

When Jindong needed them most, they came in, making Jindong able to trade and trade. While they made a lot of money, Jindong also got its own urgent needs.

Their relationship with the palace was once excellent.

But not every smuggling caravan is the former Fan family.

In fact, it was Fan Zhengwen, the emperor's uncle, who thought of ceding land and self-government at the beginning. If he hadn't been forced into a corner and rescued by himself with his own army, he would not have taken the initiative to hand over the Fan family's ancestral foundation land to him. from.

The most important thing is that when the little six sons in the court and himself both issued a declaration to unify Zhuxia, this group of people became a force that hindered this process.

Jindong is fine, the palace has a strong control, and for the military war group under the palace, the benefits brought by foreign wars are obviously greater than the confession of smugglers, so these guys are Jindong has not become a climate.

What Xu An cleaned up was only some small trash fish, and only these small trash fish.

On the contrary, it was more serious on the side of the imperial court.

When Ji Laoliu underwent surgery, he pretended to die suddenly, and then used Lu Bing as a knife to clean up a group of people. A large part of them were "officials" colluding with government and businessmen.

After Yan Guoma stepped into the door, a huge gap was created, which would always be quickly filled by other things;

And Ji Laoliu, who was still the prince in charge of the household department at the time, did everything he could to support his father in the war. In fact, Ji Laoliu was the biggest smuggler in Dayan at that time!

Under his leadership, for a period of time, smuggling almost became Dayan's most dependent source of income, bringing together a large number of vested interest groups.

These smugglers all over Zhuxia often have their own local backgrounds behind them. They can be the eyes and ears of the Yan people, but they are certainly not just the eyes and ears of a single person;

They would cry and shout, support and look forward to the unification of Dayan, wishing to make their hometown into Yan soil immediately, and eagerly looking forward to the arrival of King Master Dayan, but they are actually the ones who don't want the unification the most.

"I think Ji Laoliu will jump his feet in anger." Zheng Fan suddenly laughed.

Jindong himself made the first move, which was equivalent to catching the grass and startling the snake, which would catch Ji Laoliu of Yanjing by surprise.

The blind man said, "It's urgent, the subordinates have already greeted the emperor."

"Oh, that's good."

When the emperor knew for a long time that it was not himself but someone else who communicated with him on weekdays,

Not only did the prince not feel ashamed, but he felt more at ease and didn't reply to the letter in person and handed it all over to the blind man, who would only pick the key points to tell himself.

At this time,

Two Jinyi personal guards ran up to the watchtower quickly.

"Report, my lord, Fancheng's urgent military situation!"

This time, without waiting for the blind man to pick it up, Zheng Fan reached out to pick it up, opened it, and immediately let out a loud laugh:

"Ha ha ha ha,

Our puppy is surrounded. "