Chapter 646: Cutting the robe and breaking the righteousness
If you want to replace the county seat Xiling, you must take Nanzhang, and if you want to take Nanzhang, you must first take Hefeng and Jianli, Zhao Mu knew that Zhao Zhuo died in Handan, and knew that King Zhao must take this opportunity to take Daijun once and for all, completely erasing Zilan, the royal brother of the same clan who has made him uneasy for decades, Zhao Mu has no choice but to quickly send troops, and wants to take Nanzhang before Zilan does not react.
I have to say that Zhao Mu's understanding of King Zhao may be deeper than King Zhao's understanding of himself, when King Zhao's royal order was sent to Zhao Mu, his army had already arrived in Dai County, the first few battles, extremely victorious, Dai County obviously did not react so quickly, but when Zhao Mu took several counties and approached Nanzhang, Hefeng, as one of the gateways of Nanzhang, firmly blocked him for half a month.
The plan to quickly take Nanzhang has gone bankrupt, and now, Nanzhang must have been heavily armed, and if they want to take Nanzhang, who is many times more difficult than Hefeng, Zhao Jun must pay the price they don't want to pay.
Moreover, the battle of Hefeng made Zhao Mu shocked, he knew that Zilan's prestige in Daijun was extremely high, but he never expected it to be so high, the soldiers and civilians of the city, in order to buy time for Zilan, were willing to die for Zilan.
In hindsight, wasn't this qiΔ created by King Zhao? Zilan was enshrined in Dai County, which was originally the largest county in Zhao State, so many years, in order to weaken Zilan's power, King Zhao can be said to have done everything, it can be said that King Zhao single-handedly contributed to the situation that today's Dai County only knows Zilan and does not know that there is King Zhao.
Zhao Mu knew King Zhao, but he didn't guess that King Zhao hid too much suspicion about him. Especially for his personal relationship with Zilan, just when Zhao Shangbing sent Hefeng, he once again received an order from King Zhao, this time to let him return to Handan to sit in the town, and Zhao Qi was fully responsible for the crusade against Daijun, which was tantamount to depriving Zhao Mu of his military power in disguise, and from then on, one of the two largest armies of Zhao State fell into the hands of Zhao Qi and one fell into the hands of Jing Rufeng. Zhao Mu. became an empty captain, and when he returned to the court, all he could do was give advice.
Or. His advice. Not necessarily adopted. If it weren't for Zhao Mu's prestige in the army and his deterrence of other countries. King Zhao may have already had the idea of letting him return to the field.
The lonely lamp was bleak, and Zhao Mu wiped his sword lonely, from then on. The sword is in the box, the pearl is covered with dust, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to go to the battlefield again.
The battle of Hefeng made Zhao Mu understand that Daijun was not so easy to fight. If he can cut through the mess quickly and don't give the outside world time to react, it is the best result, but now, a crane peak makes Zhao Jun difficult, which also makes Zhao Muyi only arrive, and he will return to Daijun from Zilan, I'm afraid he is preparing for this day.
Zhao Qi, can he be his opponent?
Did Qin Guoguo see Zilan fall quickly? Yes, they want to take back Shannan County, but they want to see the civil strife in Zhao State continue for a long time, and it is best to fight a mess to best suit their wishes.
Will Zilan's ally, Gao Yuan, watch Zilan fall? No, he won't, although he is fighting against Donghu, even if he squeezes through his teeth, he will squeeze out some troops to help Zilan.
Make an alliance with Yan Guo and let Yan Guo exert pressure on Gao Yuan? I'm afraid this is just a joke, Tan Feng Zhou Yu, why don't you want to see Zhao Guo weaken a little more, so that they can regain the five cities?
Zhao Mu only felt that there was darkness in front of him.
Or, he can only hope that Zilan can understand the general situation, understand the righteousness, and give up resistance, although he can't stay in Zhao State, Zilan can always go into exile in other countries.
He let Lin Sen go back, just to use Lin Sen's mouth to tell him the tragic situation of the first battle of Hefeng, and to tell him the truth that all the soldiers and civilians in the city died for him, Zilan is also from Zhao State, is he willing to watch Zhao State decline? He and King Zhao must always fall down. Since King Zhao is in Handan, the only one who will fall can only be his Zilan.
With a choking sound, Zhao Mu returned the sword into the sheath, and the white hair on his head seemed to be more.
No matter which path Zilan chooses to take, her friendship with him for decades has finally come to an end.
Nanzhang, Zilan Zhuoli city head, as the gateway to the west of the county town of Daijun, Nanzhang terrain is dangerous, by the mountains and rivers, the scale of the city is several times that of Hefeng, there are 10,000 residents in the city, nearly 100,000 people, from the outbreak of the war, Zilan sat here, began to evacuate the people of Nanzhang, and the soldiers of Daijun County all the way gathered from the rear, integrated into the city, more young and strong people volunteered to stay, organized into groups, as a reserve, although Daijun now only has 50,000 troops, of which 20,000 are still in Shannan County, but now guarding Nanzhang, There were nearly 30,000 people, although among them, only more than 10,000 were regular troops, and the rest were people who rushed to Nanzhang from all over the country.
Zilan's efforts over the past few years have finally paid off, he adopted a lofty Jianyi, while organizing and training the new army, let retired veterans and officers train volunteers and soldiers in the countryside, and practice the army when they are idle, originally just to resist the Qin army one day, but they did not expect that these measures are now used to resist the standing army of Zhao State and resist their old friend Zhao Mu.
Lin Sen was extremely weak, now he was lying on a door panel, his injury was not light, after Zhao Mu let him go, he rode alone, ran hundreds of miles to Nanzhang, and when he saw Zilan, he only had one breath left.
"Death to the whole city!" Zilan looked up to the sky and roared, tears falling like rain, "Fathers and fellow villagers, I'm sorry for you." β
The thin Zilan stood at the head of the city, exchanging tears, crying, inside and outside the city, everyone raised their heads, looking at their county lord Zilan, the news of Hefeng moving the city to death had spread, and the entire Nanzhang was immersed in sadness.
"County Lord, this is Zhao Muzhi's trick, he wants to induce the county lord to give up resistance, the county lord must not be fooled!" Beside him, Pan Hong's eyes were red, he helped Zilan and said in a low voice.
"I understand!" Zilan wiped the tears from her face, "Ten years ago, I starved to death of a son, and the other son was born deficient in his mother's womb. Zao Wou-ki, you hurt me on behalf of the people of the county, and I hurt my son Lan Manmen, and I swear to stand with you. β
With a sigh, Zilan pulled out her saber, cut off a piece of her robe, and said loudly: "Someone!" β
A pro-soldier stepped forward.
"You, take this, go to Hefeng, and give it to Zhao Mu. Sue sΓΉ him. That's my answer. Zilan said sharply.
Cutting off the robe and breaking the righteousness, this is Zilan's answer to Zhao Mu, and it is also Zilan's war letter to Zhao Wouji.
Hearing Zilan's decision, Pan Hong showed a relieved smile. Decades ago. Zilan has already missed it once. This time, he finally made up his mind.
"County Lord, go back to Xiling. General Qin Lei is experienced, and Zhao Wouji is so mediocre that he actually recruited Zhao Mu back and replaced him with Zhao Qi, who is a guy whose heart is higher than the sky, but his ambitions are sparse, you only need to sit in Xiling, it is enough. Pan Hong persuaded: "Moreover, the envoys of the Qin State and the envoys of the Eastern Mansion have already arrived in Xiling, and you should also go to meet them." β
"Qin people, hey, they must be very happy this time." A hint of blush flashed across Zilan's face.
"County Lord, this time, you must not miss the opportunity again, the Qin people came to show goodwill, just take advantage of it, you go back to Xiling, but I am ready to enter Zhao, although I can't command thousands of troops, but I can find more support for you, under the rule of Zhao, there are not a few people who are dissatisfied with Zhao Wouji, that is, Zizhang, and now he regrets it." I am willing to use my tongue to seek a bright world for the county lord. β
Zilan turned around, stretched out her hand, and held Pan Hong's cold hands, looking at the face that was also getting old with herself, "Sir, I regret that I shouldn't have listened to you at the beginning, and let go of the current end. β
"It's useless to regret it, it's too late to make amends!" Pan Hong said in a low voice.
"It's hard to know if you're going to be lucky, you, you have to be careful." Zilan hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.
"If the county lord can win consecutive battles here, I will naturally be as stable as a mountain, even if it is those wall grasses, before the county does not show its defeat, they will not take me to ask King Zhao for merit and reward, they still want to leave a way back for themselves!" Pan Hong smiled.
Xiling City, Bai Yu Cheng was bored wandering around the city, the most prosperous city in Dai County, but now it is heavily guarded, and all of them have entered a state of wartime control, on the city wall, at the gate of the city, the soldiers who are waiting for each person who enters the city are strictly checked, and teams of patrols patrol from time to time from the streets, and outside the city, there are more and more people from all over the city, they don't even have the most basic tents, they just hastily set up a shack outside the city and lived, when Bai Yucheng came, I saw many of them, carrying weapons such as hoes, sheep forks, guillotines, etc., and some even just carrying a kitchen knife. Some of these people had some of the most basic military training, and some were purely farmers.
Such a person formed an army to fight, Bai Yucheng couldn't imagine the consequences on the battlefield, but the more so, the more he admired Zilan, the county lord who could make the people under his rule fight for him regardless of life and death was indeed too rare.
Those who had received basic military training were picked up first, but the rest were stationed outside the city, refusing to leave, they even brought their own dry food, but in Bai Yucheng's opinion, this was completely unnecessary, they gathered here and did not leave, sooner or later it would become a heavy burden for Xiling City.
Bai Yucheng naturally did not come alone, in the past few years, under Gao Yuan's instructions, he has been training a special force, this force is called a special team by Gao Yuan, Gao Yuan's requirement is that they can complete some special tasks without backup and without supplies.
In a few years, Bai Yucheng had only trained a thousand people, and this time, they all came to Daijun with him, and now they are stationed outside Xiling City.
In order to support Zilan, the expedition to Dongfu can be regarded as a bloody capital this time, not only Bai Yucheng's troops, but also the Ye Zhen Department of the Central Group Army, which also sent a thousand cavalry led by the infantry to arrive later, of course, in order to take care of the feelings of the Daijun people, among the thousand cavalry, there is not a single Huns.
Walking through the streets of Xiling City, Bai Yucheng couldn't help but think of what Jiang Yizheng said to him before leaving, which shocked him, after beating Donghu, Daijun will be another target of the expedition to Dongfu. But now it seems that if you want to get Daijun, I'm afraid you have to wait until Zilan dies before you can get it. Perhaps, in his own report, he should take this article as the top priority and report it. (To be continued......)