560 Strike first
King Xiyan broke in without passing the rumor because he wanted to suppress Gu Zheng in terms of momentum, but he didn't expect Gu Zheng to be full of confidence, and he was even more desperate than what he did. Gu Zheng's words were high-sounding, and the domineering King Xiyan didn't know what else to say for a while? The first confrontation was destined to endure this breath, because he never expected that Gu Zheng had entered the realm of the Five Elements True Yuan silently, so that King Xiyan would not be able to steal chickens and rice.
I have decided to endure this breath, and the mood is a little bit so that I can return to normal. King Xiyan considered it from another angle, and asked Gu Zheng like a fire cloak, if Gu Zheng was not convinced with another attitude, wouldn't it immediately evolve into a discord between Gu Zheng and King Xiyan? Moreover, the mood of discord had already appeared in the mind of King Xiyan at that time. After Gu Zheng made this fact clear, King Xiyan suddenly realized that if he had friction with Gu Zheng in a daze, no matter what the result was, it would be a bit more than worth the loss. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that the fire cloak had impure motives for his actions without his instructions.
King Xiyan had a dry mouth, after a sip of tea moisturized, the accumulated stuffiness was washed away, and his heart was more comfortable, not only did he have no resentment towards Gu Zheng, but also some gratitude to Gu Zheng, fortunately he killed the fire cloak in time, otherwise today's trip to Wangshui City would not end well, but the face still has to be symbolically fought for.
"He is the king's personal guard, how can he have two hearts for me?"
Gu Zheng sneered, "People will always change, knowing people and knowing faces but not hearts, the chief manager Yuefeng that I trusted so much in the past is not the same, pull out a Five Elements Divine Sect to oppose me, hum, there will be his suffering, his loyal subordinates, how many people can't resist the temptation of interests and are willing to serve me, King Xiyan, don't be too confident in yourself, you are just King Xiyan, not the ancestor of the Ronglie Emperor!" ”
Gu Zheng's tone was so confident that for a while, King Xiyan didn't know what to say to refute Gu Zheng, and what Gu Zheng wanted to say was not finished.
"Your personal guards are too weak, the dignified fire cloak can't even accept a single move from the alliance master, it seems that it has been pampered for too long, and it has long lost the domineering that the fire cloak should have, let them kill a little child, this has been a few years, that child is going to grow up to adulthood, the fire cloak is constantly damaged, one by one only knows arrogance and self-use, in those places where I haven't heard of any masters appearing have been frustrated again and again, how many fire cloaks have lost contact with today? Is it several, or a dozen? ”
When King Xiyan heard Gu Zheng talk about the fire cloak, a flame suddenly rose in his heart. The Ronglie Empire's support for Gu Zheng can be said to be all-round regardless of the cost, from soldiers and horses to military supplies, and also sent dozens of first-class masters to the fire cloak, in the past, the world's Taiping Fire Cloak was only eliminated naturally because of old age, or the cultivation was successful and he was promoted to leave the fire cloak, just to help Gu Zheng in just three years, there are no less than ten people who know that they have indeed been damaged in a foreign country. At that time, there were ten members of the Fire Cloak, and for the sake of a child named Shengfeng, the whereabouts of the child named Shengfeng are still unknown, and the ten Fire Cloaks sent out have not been heard from at all.
King Xiyan appeared in Wangshui City today to ask Gu Zheng about his guilt, a first-class master of the Five Elements True Qi Realm is not so easy to cultivate, after being preached by Gu Zheng's righteous and strict words, he was a little speechless. It's all because the moment he entered the door, he was suppressed by Gu Zheng's momentum, first he died of a fire cloak like a chicken, a dog, and then remembered that he lost ten fire cloaks because of a child, after all, it was just a child, did the fire cloak really regress? He was also at a loss for words. The fact is indeed like that, Gu Zheng just waved his hand seemingly very casually, and a fire cloak was simply solved, making him have some doubts about the strength of the fire cloak, and it was difficult to mention the matter of the fire cloak again.
But things still have to be discussed, otherwise why would he bother to come all the way to this trip? Recently, Gu Zheng's request really made him and all the kings of the Ronglie Empire complain.
"Lord of the Ancient Alliance, today I am here to check your use on behalf of our Ronglie Empire, what is the reason why you have repeatedly urged military supplies, when autumn comes, haven't we already gathered all the military supplies for this winter and next spring? How many troops do you have, and how many military supplies do you need? ”
was mentioned by King Xiyan, Gu Zheng couldn't help but pat the bookcase in front of him, and the anger in his heart, which was already weakening, rose again. Gu Zheng now has a million troops in his hands, some of these troops are borrowed from the Ronglie Empire, some are brought out by Gu Li back then, and only a very small part is the family wealth accumulated by Gu Zheng as the leader of the alliance for more than ten years.
At the beginning, he was forced to leave the Golden Knife Villa and go to the ancestral land, and then to the Ronglie Empire. Of the four families separated from the Golden Sword Alliance, only Gu Zheng had no foundation and no inch of land at the beginning. An army of a million can't go a day without food, so where do the military supplies come from? Gu Zheng adopted the method of raising war by war, and in recent years, he has laid down a lot of territory within the sphere of influence of the Golden Sword League, which is mostly in the frontier, and the wealth of the frontier can not be compared with the hinterland of the Golden Sword League, which is relatively backward and poor, coupled with years of war, the people are not able to make a living, and the landlord's family does not have much surplus food in these years, and the materials looted from every place are not enough to feed millions of troops, and in desperation, Gu Zheng had to make a promise to the Ronglie Empire that it is only possible to fulfill it until he recovers the Golden Sword League. A large number of military supplies were transferred from the Ronglie Empire to replenish it.
In the past few years, more than half of the materials needed by Gu Zheng's army were provided by the Ronglie Empire, in order to survive this winter, Gu Zheng increased the amount of materials transferred from the Ronglie Empire, originally thinking that there should be no problem this winter, who knows that the plan will not be able to catch up with the changes at all.
Wangshui City is the bridgehead where the Golden Sword Alliance leads to the Ronglie Empire, and it was determined after Gu Zheng's thousands of selections, and all the military supplies transported by the Ronglie Empire will be concentrated in Wangshui City first, and then distributed by Wangshui City to the frontline stations of various armies. As soon as autumn began, a large number of military supplies were distributed one after another. Only a month or two has passed, and news has come back that the supplies have not been received.
Not only did the supplies that the army needed to replenish not be received, but even the army responsible for escorting the supplies disappeared like a human evaporation, and no relevant news came back. It can be said that such a thing happened once by chance, but it turned out to happen one after another. According to figures reported by the quartermaster in charge of military supplies, at least half of the supplies needed to survive the winter were lost in the process of being transported.
Every time he thought of the missing military supplies that could ensure that nearly half a million people could survive comfortably for a winter, Gu Zheng's heart couldn't help but tremble. Nearly half of the winter supplies will be lost, and 500,000 soldiers will not be able to be replenished in time this winter, will not be able to eat, will not be able to wear warm clothes, and will not have replenished weapons, what will they use to win the battle? It's no wonder that the Saint King's army would win a series of battles under Gu Zheng's nose. If a soldier is not well fed and clothed, how can he still have the heart to fight? It is said that in various places the soldiers have become bandits. It's not that they want to oppress the good and make trouble and disturb the people, but it's really that soldiers are also human beings, and they also have to dress and eat. The worst thing of the year is winter, but Gu Zheng encountered such a bizarre and bizarre mass loss of materials this winter.
"Gao Cheng, tell King Xiyan what's going on?"
Gu Zheng's cold gaze stabbed Gao Cheng like a knife, Gao Cheng was worried that Gu Zheng would be angry, and a Zhenyuan slapped on him, like the fire cloak that was dragged out before the solution, his body trembled, as if he was about to stand up and fall.
"Alliance leader, prince, subordinates think that so many materials lost are likely to be somewhere in that mountain, but the materials have been lost, and there is no shortage of carriages transporting materials, so it is not so easy to transport a large number of materials out, since it was found that the materials were lost, all traffic intersections have been arranged with round-the-clock eyeliner to strictly guard against death, and so far no large quantities of materials or horse convoys have been found, so the subordinates think that the materials can only be hidden, maybe, there may be a chance to find them back."
Gao Cheng's voice became lower and lower the more he spoke. The reason why Gao Cheng does not need to be on the front line of the battlefield in person, all of Gu Zheng's military supplies are deployed and arranged by him. Working under the nose of the alliance leader, Gao Cheng thought that he was conscientious and conscientious day and night, and he was about to die. The quartermaster is a fat man, and few people think it is an unbearable drudgery like Gao Cheng. Since the inexplicable loss of military supplies, Gao Cheng has been awakened by nightmares countless times, and he has nowhere to confide in his grievances.
Such a large number of supplies are enough for 500,000 troops for almost half a year, even if they are transferred, the carriages needed are unimaginably huge, and Gao Cheng's search for the carriage as a starting point is fruitless. If you don't need a horse-drawn carriage and only carry it on your shoulders, how much manpower will it take to move it? Therefore, Gao Cheng has always had the last vestige, and in the surrounding area of the place where the materials were lost, he spared no manpower and material resources to send a large number of personnel to search the mountains, villages, and towns, and all the places that could be searched had to be turned over and checked. Although no clues have been found, haven't we also found proof that so many large quantities of materials have been transferred?
"Very good," Gu Zheng let out a sneer. "That's the good news you told me, can I wait, can the hungry soldiers wait?"
Gu Zheng's voice suddenly raised, Gao Cheng couldn't stand the fright, and when he retreated, his left foot tripped his right foot and fell to the ground. King Xiyan gently and silently picked up the teacup, and at this moment, he understood the cause and effect of the matter, and had completely walked out of the shadow of the death of his personal guard fire cloak, and returned to his arrogant posture of King Xiyan.