It's not that everyone is willing to provoke this powerful enemy, but because of fear, or rather paranoia of victimization, they are so preemptively attacking. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Seeing Lei Ming's face change drastically, Tang Feng comforted: "Actually, there is no need to worry so much, the empire has begun to decay, and the most combat-effective in the entire seaside province is Longji's Fifth Wing."

"Now that the Fifth Wing has been wiped out by us, as long as we don't arrogantly annex the entire Haibin Province, then the timid and fearful Haibin Provincial Garrison Division, as long as we teach them a few more lessons, will acquiesce in our occupation of Jinwen County."

Lei Ming was a little puzzled: "Uncle, are we going to occupy the entire Jinwen County?" It doesn't matter if the mountains and forests are still there, how can we defend other places? And how can the Haibin Provincial Garrison Division afford this crime of losing the country? Won't they ask for reinforcements? ”

Tang Feng smiled: "Reinforcements? Hehe, they can't bring in reinforcements, because the other troops need to take care of more important places, as long as we don't annex the entire coastal province and lose a county on the border that the empire doesn't have much control over, they can still endure it. ”

"Are other countries going to attack together?" Lei Ming asked with a flash of inspiration.

Tang Feng nodded and said, "That's right, because the Augustus Empire is too powerful, the surrounding countries don't have a single ally, and they are all enemies. Needless to say, the Freedom Alliance is a mortal enemy with the Empire, and they have been fighting each other for many years, and the Feimu Banner allies have now attracted the three regular legions of the Empire into the steppe, and the remaining Emirates of Berat and the Khnate of Chengsi have begun to fight the idea of the Empire.

In this case, our Shanyue allies can't be left behind, take advantage of it first, and then say, if we're lucky, maybe we can draw down all the territories adjacent to us in the empire. ”

Lei Ming said in surprise: "Ah, doesn't this mean that all the countries around the empire are involved in the operation? With such a huge plan, I'm afraid it can't be planned in a year or two, right? ”

"Of course, it took three years to negotiate with all the countries, and this plan has been preparing for more than 10 years. But if it weren't for the problems within the empire, this plan was just a castle in the air, who would have thought that the powerful people within the empire would be able to sell their country for the sake of a position of power? Tang Feng said with a smile.

Thunder Thief smiled: "Hehe, I think these imperial magnates definitely don't take us seriously, thinking that as long as they gain power with our strength, they can use the imperial army to eliminate us, so that their position will be stable."

In fact, they don't want to think about how the phrase "luring the wolf into the house" came from, by that time, I am afraid that the imperial army will already be in chaos and fighting on its own, and still want to destroy us? ”

"It's good that you have such an opinion, so you have to remember that no matter how much you fight for power, you can't collude with outsiders. As long as you, the tribal leaders, do not collude with outsiders, no matter how much trouble you make, the mountain group will remain neutral. Tang Feng said solemnly.

Knowing that his uncle was waking him up, Lei Ming immediately said respectfully: "Yes, my nephew remembers." ”

"Well, our hero is back, let's gather the party and get ready to go." Tang Feng looked into the distance and said.

Lei Ming took a look and saw thousands of troops huddled around a man in an imperial military uniform, walking this way. He smiled and began to gather troops.

Although the assassination of Jin Wencheng is very mysterious, it is said that "if people don't know, unless they don't do it", no matter how detailed the preparation is and how much they hide, they will still leave clues. Especially after Zhao Hu's reward of 1,000 gold coins came out, all the people began to rack their brains to find clues.

Not to mention, some things that I was used to and didn't pay attention to, after thinking about it, I really felt a little weird, so the people who had learned it immediately found the cavalry patrolling the streets to report.

As soon as the cavalry got the clue, they immediately called the troops to round up, needless to say, those who resisted were definitely enemies, and those who did not resist should also be taken back for careful examination.

Under the charm of money and the people's scrutiny, before night fell, Zhao Hu's escort arrested thousands of people, but none of them were arrested for resisting.

These hundreds of people who blatantly resisted were either killed in a desperate battle, or committed suicide immediately when they saw that the situation was wrong, or they died a fine death anyway.

The next day, a Zhao Hu guard suddenly broke in and reported: "My lord, five soldiers of the Fifth Wing called the door under the city, and they looked like they were wounded. ”

"Get them in." Zhao Hu said as he stood up and walked out.

When they came to the city gate, the five soldiers had already entered the city, and they were desperately drinking water. When they saw their appearance, everyone was surprised, only to see that these five people were scarred, their faces were black and burnt, and they looked like they had been roasted by the fire.

Zhao Hu hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Hearing the voice, the five soldiers immediately stood up and saluted one by one, and a soldier who could barely see the rank of captain choked up.

His eyes were red, and he said in a bitter tone: "Sir, the third lieutenant colonel has betrayed, the fifth wing has been completely wiped out in an ambush, and the Shanyue allies have sent tens of thousands of troops to invade the border, including the Shanyue country's ace mountain regiment, please prepare for war immediately." ”

"What?" Zhao Hu and the others were all taken aback, how could it take so much time to not only appear that the third lieutenant colonel had become a traitor, but also wiped out the entire Fifth Wing?

After the commander told the story in detail, he took the four brothers to salute Zhao Hu and said, "Sir, the people of Jin Wencheng will be handed over to you." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Hu immediately felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Wait, you want to ......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw these five soldiers draw their knives and kill themselves, and their movements were sudden and fast, so that the people around them did not react at all.

The Wu Chang, who was still a little angry when his neck was cut, smiled slightly, and said in a weak tone: "Sir, the assassination in this city should be the ghost of the third child and those who have the blood of Shanyue.

I thought that with the existence of the second commander, I could still leave roots for the Fifth Wing, but it was a pity, the hard work of the Wing Captain, the Fifth Wing was completely destroyed. In that case, then we should also follow the Wing Captain, and our brothers are waiting below. As he spoke, he passed away with a nostalgic expression.

There was silence at the scene, and everyone was speechless.

Zhao Hu and the others all understood that these five soldiers would not commit suicide, but as soon as they came back, they asked the people of the escort team about the situation of the troops left behind, and the escort team who did not receive the gag order answered truthfully, letting them know that they expected the pillar of the revival of the Fifth Wing, the second lieutenant colonel left behind, including all the brothers left behind, to be assassinated.

It can be said that there are only five of them left in the entire wing, and they know that there is no way for a small soldier like him to rebuild the fifth wing, so since this is the case, let's follow the brothers.

So it is certain that even if they were stopped from committing suicide at that time, they would have committed suicide immediately at the first opportunity. For them, the United is their home, and the robe is their family, and without all this, there is no hope of survival.

At this moment, these soldiers did not think about their families at all, maybe they did not have families, maybe their families were not as good as their relatives. Or maybe they just used it to express their loyal feelings.

Everyone present had different ideas, Zhao Hu was sorry, and Zhou Wen and Sun Jie, Zhao Hu's personal guards, respected them and regarded them as their own code of conduct.

As for the members of the escort team, they were enthusiastic and terrified, both enthusiastic about the fierceness of these regular troops, but also worried about the upcoming battle, not knowing whether they would survive the battle.

Zhao Hu's words made everyone sober up: "Notify their relatives and bury them." The cavalry immediately went out of the city to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, recruited the strong men of the city, and informed the whole city of the arrival of the enemy army. The whole army is ready to defend the city! ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers were ordered to retreat, and when the news was delivered, the whole city immediately boiled.

Zhao Hu and his entourage first gathered the 5,000 young men who were equivalent to slaves, and said that as long as they joined the escort team, they would be relieved of their slave status and have a monthly salary, and these 5,000 young men immediately rushed to become a member of the escort team.

Zhao Hu did not let them elect the captain of the squad this time, and directly selected the officers from the two thousand auxiliaries. Immediately after the decentralization of the officers, the army framework was formed. Then take these young men to open the arsenal of the wing headquarters and start equipping weapons.

When the young men gathered at the city gate with weapons, the strong men of the whole city were also forcibly recruited, and the number of nearly 10,000 people was counted.

This time, the 2,000 auxiliaries were all scattered to serve as grassroots officers.

Since the weapons in stock were all equipped with young and strong, these strong men had to be equipped with the bamboo poles and iron-headed guns brought back by Zhao Hu, and the other bare-handed people had to be porters.

After the formation was completed, the whole city began to search for the equipment for defending the city, and wooden tubes, stones, oil, torches, dung, iron pots, and timber were all carried up to the city tower, and sandbags began to be piled up at the city gate.

The city's blacksmiths began to make arrows, and the infirmary began to prepare medicine for wounds. The wealthy families donated large quantities of cloth, food, and personal weapons, and the women of the city began to prepare food and bandages, and the whole city contributed money and efforts.

will be so enthusiastic, the main reason is that they know that this time it is a large-scale attack by mountain bandits, and even the richest people who are usually the most greedy for money are willing to bleed, after all, they know that once they let the mountain bandits enter the city, their lives will be gone, not to mention money, and now is not the time to be stingy.

The cavalry in charge of reconnaissance reported loudly: "My lord, the enemy army of Shanyue appeared fifty kilometers outside the city, numbering about 10,000 people, all infantry, equipped with swords, guns, bows and arrows, and they have prepared dozens of ladders. Judging by their speed, they will probably be able to reach the city by noon tomorrow. ”