Chapter 33: The Cliff of Ten Thousand Buddhas

Last time, Huang Chengxiao took the then King of Jin'an and the current prince to the south to conquer Cheng Jinshang, but he lost a lot of men and horses, although this was mainly because the prince and the king of Changning secretly wrestled and was broken by Jin Yi, the last king of Taochen, but in his heart, he still felt that it was a shame to lose so many horses in vain, so this time he was determined to make a gain.

More than ten cities such as Wanning and Fengxi in the north of Yuzhou are still under the control of the imperial court, and from Wanning down, as long as he takes the two important towns of Baiyun and Anxian, then his army can drive straight into the city of Yuzhou.

Cheng Jinshang naturally knew the role of Baiyun and other places in defending Yuzhou, so not long after taking Yuzhou, he took Baiyun, Anxian and other places from the hands of the Dayuan defenders, and now the main forces of Yuzhou are also concentrated in these two places, I heard that Qin Yong sent troops south, Cheng Jinshang arranged for Ding Kangyang to guard the base camp in Yuzhou, and he took Wang Liyang and Wei Wenzhong directly to Baiyun, his move made those people who wanted to control everything behind them extremely helpless, these people were nothing more than deliberately stirring up the situation and making the Central Plains forces fight with each other, In order to seek the benefit of the fisherman, but Cheng Jinshang has always had an opinion, so in the face of such a crisis, he did not panic, but passed a military order to let Tao Chenmo and Wang Jinyi continue to hold Yinzhou, and he had to do the affairs of Yuzhou himself.

There is a battle, Wang Liyang is the happiest, especially thinking that Tao Chenmo led Li Xiu, Ji Heqing and others to show their skills in Yinzhou, his hands have long been itchy, Cheng Jinshang needs such a person the most at the moment, in comparison, the strength of the troops left in Yuzhou is about the same as the strength of the imperial court going south, but if Qin Yong suddenly has a bright brain, no longer entangled in the imperial power of Tai'an, and orders the defenders of Zhongzhou to pour out, then the current strength of Yuzhou is obviously not enough to deal with it, so people like Wang Liyang are just using it at this moment, dare to fight and kill, Morale is crucial at this time.

For Huang Chengxiao, Cheng Jinshang also understands, if it comes to charging into battle, he is a good hand, so he can gradually be promoted to the lieutenant general of Gyeonggi Wei without nepotism with Qin Yong, of course, in this process, it is naturally indispensable to show favor to Qin Yongba, but, when the two armies are facing each other, it is naturally not enough to charge into battle, among the three armies, there must be fearless soldiers and generals who take the lead, but there must be a handsome talent who is thousands of miles away in the strategizing, Cheng Jinshang is not a conceited person, But he knows very well that compared with Huang Chengxiao, this Huang Chengxiao is at most a general, and he himself is definitely a handsome talent.

Cheng Jinshang can get the three continents in the south with the land of projectiles, in Huang Chengxiao's opinion, he is just lucky, if you talk about age, Huang Chengxiao will be a few years older, so from the bottom of his heart, he is naturally not convinced by Cheng Jinshang. So as soon as he arrived in Wanning, Huang Chengxiao recruited the generals of the defenders, roughly figured out the situation of the garrison, compared with Wanning, the terrain of the two towns of Baiyun and Anxian was not so dangerous, he decided to take the two acropolis of Yuzhou first, and then adopt siege tactics for Yuzhou, attracting Tao Chenmo and others to come back to help, and then set up an ambush halfway to beat all the nets.

What he can see, Cheng Jinshang can naturally see, but since he came to Baiyun, Cheng Jinshang did not have any action to strengthen the city, on the contrary, he moved all the people in the city to the south, although there were actually not many people here because it was on the front line, and then, the inner city gate was sealed, and the outer city was covered with all kinds of organs, arrows and so on that could kill people.

He didn't intend to defend Baiyun, but naturally he wouldn't abandon it.

Huang Chengxiao gathered 100,000 people and all rushed towards Baiyun, and for a while, he rushed towards the Baiyun City Wall like a tide, yes, he planned to use human wall tactics to smash this small city.

The Baiyun defenders did not focus on this section of the city gate, but focused on the ladder of the Dayuan army, anyway, they knocked down a plane anyway, and if they couldn't push it down, they moved stones and rolling wood to the next smash, Huang Chengxiao suddenly found that it was much more difficult to storm the city than he imagined, and when he was constantly urging to continue the attack, news came from the front, saying that the defenders of the city gate were weak, and they were already a little tired. The soldiers of the abyss roared in, but the people who rushed to the front suddenly found that the city was entered, but the stone staircase on the city wall was demolished, and replaced by a stone wall with almost no edges and corners, but at the moment there was no way to control so much, since a gate was broken, then they had to continue to rush forward, and strive to take the inner city earlier, so they continued to shout forward.

Then, there was a boom, and the soldiers who rushed to the front fell down like an evil spirit, followed by the "poof" sound of sharp weapons piercing into the flesh and bones, and then a burst of heart-rending wails.

It turned out that Cheng Jinshang intended to give up the outer city gate, and dug a big pit as big as the outer city wall enclosure near the inner city gate, which was covered up, and the bottom was covered with sharpened bamboo tools and sharp blades. In this way, the people who saw the trap in front wanted to stop, but they were forced to squeeze down again by the people who rushed up from behind, and so on and so on, so it was not smooth.

The most fatal problem is that when you enter the outer city, all the stairs on the city wall have been demolished, leaving a circle of towering city walls, and the walls are also covered with a thick layer of animal oil, where can you still get out, and at this moment, the Yuzhou army guarding the city wall just keeps throwing arrows and throwing stones as if they are teasing their prey.

After a long time, Huang Chengxiao found that his soldiers were blocked at the gate of the city and couldn't enter, and there were all kinds of shouts inside, but it was not clear what was going on, so it lasted for a long time, and a captain covered in blood squeezed out of the cracks, shouting that there was an ambush, and after a group of soldiers rushed into chaos, they turned around and squeezed outside the city, Huang Chengxiao found that the situation was not right, and hurriedly Mingjin withdrew his troops.

Asked about the situation in the city, Huang Chengxiao was furious, he didn't expect that Cheng Jinshang had such an evil gate, but after thinking about it carefully, he figured out that the outer city enclosure is not big, he has 100,000 people, even if he fills it with corpses, he can fill it up, so it didn't take long to order an attack, this time, not only to storm the city gate, he increased the use of the ladder, in order to climb the city wall from outside the city and drive the Yuzhou army down.

The soldiers who suffered once began to become grinding when they stormed the city gate, no one wanted to die for no reason, and became a stepping stone for others, Huang Chengxiao held a sword to guard the periphery, but there were retreaters, all stabbed to death with a sword, everyone couldn't help but be in chaos, this advance is not, retreat is not, it is really good not to be embarrassed.

At this time, Wanning came to report that Wang Liyang of Yuzhou led the crowd to attack Wanning, Huang Chengxiao's heart was cold, it turned out that this Cheng Jinshang was just using Baiyun as bait, and Wanning at this time only had more than 1,000 defenders, where could he hold it, thinking that not only did he not take Baiyun at that time, but he lost Wanning, if the prime minister blamed it, he would not be able to cut off ten heads.

But he is not a straw bag like Chu Chun'an, and he did not immediately order the withdrawal of the army, but first Mingjin collected the troops, and then slowly retreated after rectifying the men and horses, because he knew that once he retreated indiscriminately, Cheng Jinshang would inevitably pursue again, and when the time came, he would be chaotic and become a fish on Cheng Jinshang's chopping board.

However, Cheng Jinshang did not intend to give him the opportunity to calmly return to Wanning, his side was about to retreat in a set, Cheng Jinshang ordered Wei Wenzhong to kill from the side door, leading 20,000 cavalry to pursue, Wei Wenzhong took the lead, the golden wolf tooth lance in his hand flew vertically, where he passed, the people turned over on their backs, and the guards who had been in a slight formation were killed by Wei Wenzhong for a while, and they were instantly chaotic, and a group of soldiers fled for their lives, where to care about the order, at this time, Cheng Jinshang also carried the Shuanglong Eight Ring Knife that he had not used for a long time to rush to the rescue, Huang Chengxiao was shocked, but the matter has come to this point, and retreating is tantamount to seeking a dead end, so at the moment, he decided to fight a decisive battle, and Cheng Jinshang divided the high and low, and immediately ordered to turn the horse's head, and the Yuzhou army head-on, although Huang Chengxiao lost the opportunity, but after all, he is also a battle-hardened person, and the command and dispatch will naturally not be too bad.

When the two sides were fighting inseparably, there was a sudden shout of killing from the rear of the Yuzhou army, Huang Chengxiao thought that the reinforcements from the north were coming, and he couldn't help but feel a little lighter, but when he looked at it, he saw that the handsome flag was Chongqing, and the leader of the troops was none other than Wang Liyang, who went to attack Wanning. It turned out that Wang Liyang's attack on Wanning was fake, and it was true to lead Huang Chengxiao to return to the reinforcements, and when Huang Chengxiao collected his troops and returned to the north, Wei Wenzhong and Cheng Jinshang pursued him, so as to drag Huang Chengxiao, at this time, Wang Liyang immediately led troops south, and Wei Wenzhong, Cheng Jinshang and others formed a joint encirclement of Huang Chengxiao, in order to completely annihilate this force and relieve the pressure of Baiyun's defense of the city.

Seeing that Yuzhou came to reinforcements inexplicably, the Dayuan soldiers, who had been fighting hard for a long time, were suddenly deflated, and the square inch was in chaos, Wang Liyang led the horses to run around, like hungry and cold wolves, the Dayuan soldiers couldn't avoid it and dared to touch it hard, Cheng Jinshang and Wei Wenzhong seized the opportunity, a burst of killing, the so-called defeat was like a mountain, Wang Liyang pretended to be a million, the Yuan army's morale fell, and the combat power was instantly discounted, and the situation on the field changed from a close match to a dominant side of Yuzhou in a snap of his fingers, Huang Chengxiao knew that the general trend had gone, and immediately urged Ma to flee north, Wei Wenzhong saw it really, Huang Chengxiao suddenly bled like an infusion, and saw that he was about to be captured, and suddenly a few pro-soldiers appeared out of nowhere, and quickly drove him away, Wei Wenzhong was furious, and chased after the horse, and several other pro-soldiers saw this, and hurriedly surrounded Wei Wenzhong with a spear, Wei Wenzhong shouted, and after a while, these people were knocked down, but then Huang Chengxiao had fled in a hurry under the cover of a group of people, and disappeared in the crowd in an instant, Wei Wenzhong had no choice but to give up.

In this battle, not only the acropolis of Yuzhou Baiyun and Anxian were not injured at all, but Cheng Jinshang led Wei Wenzhong and Wang Liyang to pursue the victory, took Wanning, Fengxi and other places, and completely drove the forces of the imperial court out of Yuzhou, and since then, the entire territory of Yuzhou has fallen under the control of Cheng Jinshang.

Huang Chengxiao fled all the way, until he fled back to Fushan, where the defenders of Zhongzhou were stationed, and then stopped, and was already stabbed by Wei Wenzhong.

This time, not only Qin Yong was angry, but An Yingdong, Qi Ningyu and other people were also extremely angry, originally Yuzhou City was empty in air defense, and there were only tens of thousands of defenders, not to mention that Huang Chengxiao really wanted to take Yuzhou, but at least let Cheng Jinshang suffer, Qin Yong wanted to take advantage of this to capture Yuzhou and completely solve Cheng Jinshang's trouble, while An Yingdong, Qi Ningyu and others hoped that the imperial court could create some trouble for Cheng Jinshang, and then let Yinzhou's Bo and Chongqing armies consume each other, so as to balance each other, not as good as Xigu, but the result was good, Not only did they not take Yuzhou, but they lost the important towns of Wanning, Fengxi and other places in northern Chongqing, and now Cheng Jinshang is really within reach of Zhongzhou, which is not beneficial to what they are planning, after this battle, the imperial court will only be more afraid of Cheng Jinshang, and Cheng Jinshang's troops in Yinzhou will not be less than a soldier, so if it continues, I am afraid that it will eventually become the dominant trend of Cheng Jinshang's family.

"It's really a waste, a group of waste, there really isn't a person who can be used in the Dayuan court!" Qi Ningyu was extremely angry.

"Mother is angry, things won't be so bad." An Yingdong comforted.

"How do you calm your anger? Why did Huang Chengxiao rush to have a hard fight with Cheng Jinshang, didn't he know how many catties and taels he had? It's good now, after this battle, Cheng Jinshang's power is bound to be greater, if he really takes down Lu Shoufu again, this Tai'an will be his sooner or later, when the time comes, can little Wei Rong help him? ”

"Niangniang, I have to say that Cheng Jinshang himself is eloquent and strategic, and he is an extremely difficult master to deal with, and now he has Tao Chenmo, Wang Jinyi, Wei Wenzhong and other good players, it will indeed be a big trouble for us, but Niangniang doesn't have to worry too much, as long as it is a person, there will always be weaknesses to find, not to mention many people, besides, although Lu Shoufu lost power in Yinzhou, but it did not hurt the fundamentals, at the moment this Lu Wenting is defending to the death, no matter how great Tao Chen's skills are, it is difficult to gain now? Think about it from another angle, the wider Cheng Jinshang's territory, the more difficult it is for him to control the minds of his subordinates at any time, and when the time comes, we will not have the opportunity to do something from it, so what about Lu Wenzhao, didn't he swear to follow King Changning at that time? But now, don't you also look forward to becoming the king of the world? ”

Qi Ningyu slowly calmed down, and as soon as An Yingdong said this, his heart became more thorough, and he slowed down, and said: "This palace really makes these straw bales of the imperial court angry and lose their minds, yes, not everyone is so easy to use, there will always be accidents like Cheng Jinshang, and what Bengong Shicai said Mr. has heard and forgotten, and then, our plan still has to be carried out gradually." ”

"Don't worry, my subordinates don't remember anything."

"How's the situation in Youzhou?"

"This Qin Yong is really scheming, he didn't immediately send the prince after he transferred troops and horses from Youzhou, but first watched Song Yao's movements, and saw that there was nothing unusual, so he let the prince set off, and now, it has been a few days."

"Sir's move is really high, let the prince and the king of Changning face each other, I really can't say what sparks will be sparked, when the time comes, our prime minister will be busy, sir, can you figure out what to do?"

An Yingdong smiled wickedly and said, "Don't worry, Niangniang, my subordinates have already ordered Jiao Lian Song to add more fire, and there should be results soon." ”

Chuzhou, the king of Changning.

A little eunuch was trembling and lying on the ground.

Song Yao, the king of Changning, held the emperor's decree and the letter written to him by the crown prince in his hands, and was constantly yelling and scolding.

The holy decree was naturally written in accordance with Qin Yong's intentions, and the content was nothing more than the deeds of King Changning in Chuzhou to expel the Northern Deserters, and then let him continue to carry forward the heroic and heroic spirit of the royal children, move to Tongzhou, and assist Ran Mingli in completely driving the Northern Deserters out of the Dayuan country.

As for this prince's handwritten letter, the content is naturally finalized by Qin Yong, you are my younger brother, I don't want to kill your siblings, since it is the ancestral system, the elder is not the young, and I am still the eldest son, what are you talking about, I like the spirit of fighting the north and abandoning the north very much, so right now, I have already arrived in Zhongzhou, and you can rest assured that you can hand it over to me in Chuzhou, you can take your army to Tongzhou to continue to fight the north abandonment people, my brother loves you very much, so I have been interceding for you in front of my father, even if your imperial doctor framed me, My father didn't say that it was instructed by you, as long as you continue to be loyal to your father, loyal to me, the orthodox prince, and then obediently go to Tongzhou, then I will give you a prince in the future, and then brothers join forces to fight foreign enemies.

Although the prince's letter is sincere, the meaning is very clear, the future emperor of Dayuan is him, there is no doubt, if you want to be unprepared for the shame of the world, just be a good king, don't think about those who don't have, plus the pressure of the holy decree, the general in the camp will naturally know, and the rebellion with the king of Changning is tantamount to rebellion, which is more important, you can grasp it yourself.

Of course Song Yao is not happy, how did you come to be the crown prince, don't you know in your heart, you stay in the palace every day, don't think about governing the country and defending the enemy, let others make this country full of holes, now it's okay, I am fortunate to have Chuzhou that I worked so hard to fight, you still have the face to ask?

After a scolding, Song Yao scolded the little eunuch back. But scolding and scolding, now that the prince has arrived in Youzhou, although the position of the prince is not very bright, but after all, it is the emperor's imperial pen Zhu Appropriation, although Song Yao has resentment in his heart, but he can't explicitly order to attack Youzhou at this time, otherwise what he did in Chuzhou before has become an empty talk, although the Chuzhou soldiers are now following his side, but after all, it is based on his expulsion of the northern abandoned people, many soldiers in the army still have a great relationship with Qin Yong, and it is too unwise to openly resist the order now.

Although Song Yao took the holy decree, he didn't plan to act now, he had to wait and see.

One day later, a little eunuch came and said that he was sent by the prince, and then said in front of everyone that the prince had left Youzhou and wanted to come to Chuzhou to meet Song Yao in person, so as to eliminate the gap between the brothers.

Everyone persuaded Song Yao to be careful of the deception, especially Yu Wenfu, he didn't believe that this prince would be so calm, and Lu Wenzhao also suggested ignoring him for now.

But Song Yao thought that the prince dared to leave the base camp of the Youzhou Yuan army, and if he didn't see it, wouldn't it be timid, so he still decided to see it.

The little eunuch said that the prince did not believe in the soldiers under Song Yao's account, so he could not come to his camp to meet him, and asked to meet at the Ten Thousand Buddha Cliff about twenty miles away from the defenders of Chuzhou.

Song Yao totaled, the Ten Thousand Buddha Cliff is very close to his base camp, but it is nearly a hundred miles away from the Youzhou garrison, since his prince brother dares to go out, then he has nothing to be afraid of, so he took Yu Wenfu and two hundred guards who defected to him from Tai'an, and let Lu Wenzhao order the army and be ready to respond at any time.

Ten Thousand Buddha Cliff is located in Chu, you junction, belongs to Chuzhou, starting from Chuzhou camp, less than ten miles of road, here the mountain stone is tight, the grass and trees are sparse, can not hide any ambush soldiers, but there are many Buddha statues carved on the mountain, it is said that there was a temple here in those years, and the incense was prosperous, but later because of the fire, the temple was burned to ashes, coupled with the official road diversion, here it slowly withered, now the temple is difficult to find, only a lot of broken Buddha statues are faintly revealed.

Song Yao came to the bottom of the mountain with his personal guards, and did not hurry up the mountain, but first let these guards go up the mountain to search around, and did not see any ambush, and then slowly came to a gentle area, the mountain is not high, and there is no shelter, looking far away, you can see a rough picture on all sides, but there is no one coming from the direction of Youzhou, Song Yao can't help but be a little impatient, what the hell is this prince doing, and he waited for half an hour, but still didn't see anyone coming, Song Ji suddenly felt that something was wrong, but he didn't know what went wrong, After a little contemplation, he left with his guards.

As soon as he walked down the mountain, Song Ji hurriedly got on the horse, beat the horse and left, walked about three miles, and saw that he was about to go out of the boundary of the Ten Thousand Buddha Cliff, and even could see a towering stone wall faintly written on the three big characters of "Ten Thousand Buddha Cliff", and it was in a group of dwarf trees on these three big characters that a dark arrow flew towards Song Ji's chest, and it happened suddenly, where did Song Ji have time to dodge, only to hear a wail, Song Ji fell to the ground with a bang, and the guards around him were shocked for a while, and quickly surrounded it in a circle, Yu Wenfu and the rest of the people immediately chased after the stone wall.

Song Ji didn't expect it at all, he had made the most thorough preparations, his men searched the mountain first, Lu Wenzhao waited not far away with thousands of soldiers and horses, but he didn't expect to ignore this halfway, of course, he would never understand, because his breathing began to be short, his whole body began to convulse, he knew in his heart that this was not a simple arrow wound, but a poison, he roared unwillingly, struggling, but to no avail, until everything in front of him became blurry, and finally lost all the light.

Seeing the pre-agreed signal not far away, Lu Wenzhao was shocked and immediately urged the troops to go to the rescue, and when he arrived, Song Ji was already breathless, and Yuwenfu sat on the ground, crying and laughing, completely unconscious.

Lu Wenzhao was shocked in his heart, and suddenly understood something, but he immediately suppressed the thought in his heart, he hoped that it was not true.

At this time, the Chuzhou military camp was dead silent, but there was a secret anger.

Everyone knows that King Changning was assassinated in order to go out to see the prince, most people think that this is Qin Yong's trick, but some people think that things are not so simple, the prince is bright and bright about King Changning to go out, and then send someone to assassinate him, this is not clear to tell the world that he killed his own brother, so some people don't believe it, they hope that there is more direct evidence to prove that Qin Yong and the prince are the murderers behind the scenes.

The assassin, not caught, escaped.

Dark Arrow, well-built, but without any markings.

The only clue is that when Yu Wenfu took his personal guards to fight the murderer, the murderer's blade was broken, but this blade is only the second half, except for a few threads on the blade, there is nothing, which proves nothing.

Yu Wenfu searched hard in his mind, and this thread seemed to be similar.

After a long time, Yu Wenfu suddenly got up and carefully looked at the broken blade that was cold to the spleen and lungs again.

"Yes, yes, the prince is the murderer!"

"What? Why is Brother Yuwen so sure? The crowd asked.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the contemptible man used to be a squire in the military department, and he naturally understands this weapon system, although he can't know all the blades in his chest, but he can also know a seven, seven, eighty, eight, eight, and eight, and this broken blade is the weapon system of the East Palace Guard." Yuwenfu said hatefully, since the founding of the country, Dayuan has strictly reviewed all kinds of official weapons, and registered by the Ministry of War, although the East Palace Guard is not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, but its weapons are still subject to registration and verification by the Ministry of War, the East Palace Guard and the Yulin Guard are royal guards, and their weapon styles are naturally different from other blades, the Yulin Guard blade has auspicious cloud patterns, and the East Palace Guard is a thread.

Yu Wenfu has been in the military department for many years, he is naturally the most vocal, seeing that Yu Wenfu is so sure, everyone has nothing to say, at this moment, only Lu Wenzhao is still full of questions, but he knows that there is no answer here.

Back in his camp, Lu Wenzhao passed Jiao Lian Song over.

"Sir, do you know that King Changning has been assassinated?"

"It's spread all over the barracks, and my subordinates naturally know about it."

"Does that gentleman know more?" Lu Wenzhao's words were a little cold.

Jiao Lian Song bowed deeply and did not speak, or it may be that he could not speak at all.

"The dark arrow used by the murderer has no characteristics, so he naturally doesn't want to leave any clues, but he left half a blade, although it was broken when he fought with the prince's personal guards, but since he didn't want to leave clues, why did he carry the Donggong Guard waist knife that was extremely easy to identify? Even if it is the waist knife of the East Palace Guard, how can it be broken so easily? Lu Wenzhao seemed to be asking Jiao Lian Song, and it seemed to be talking to himself.

Jiao Liansong still didn't speak.

"Yuwenfu has been in the dynasty for many years, and naturally knows that Qin Yong and the crown prince are jealous of King Changning, so he will have a preconceived idea, coupled with that short blade, doubt becomes conviction, he is not unaware of these doubts, but he selectively ignores these problems, I think, Mr. will be able to answer questions for this general." Lu Wenzhao looked at Jiao Lian Song fixedly.

"Since the general is suspicious, he can escort his subordinates to the army for interrogation, and tell the generals those questions that the general Shicai said, or the general will push the boat down the river, and then add fuel to the anger of the soldiers, remember the king of Changning, and denounce Qin Yong."

"You ......" Lu Wenzhao was speechless for a while, not because he had no way to take Jiao Liansong, but because Jiao Liansong said it too reasonably.

At the moment, he doesn't have many options, and he is not embarrassed at all, tell his doubts to the generals, hand over Jiao Lian Song, or take advantage of this opportunity to gather the hearts of the army, and under the slogan of seeking justice for the king of Changning, he denounces Qin Yong and crusades against the imperial court, and controls all the soldiers in Chuzhou from now on.

Seeing that Lu Wenzhao calmed down, Jiao Lian Song said earnestly: "General, the subordinates' intentions have long been clear, in the hearts of the subordinates, except for the general's Wang Tu hegemony, there is no selfish desire, if you want to become the lord of the troubled times, in addition to the powerful soldiers, you must also be virtuous in the world, so the subordinates once said that the general only cares about the hearts of the people and strengthens the army, those treacherous things, the subordinates do it for the general, some things will inevitably happen, the general don't care about it and don't ask, everything is borne by his subordinates." ”

"Sir, can you afford some things?"

"Since the general can pursue the Baili general and welcome back his subordinates, his subordinates have nothing to repay, only sincerity, so there are some things that they can't afford to bear." Jiao Liansong's words were a little poignant.

Seeing that Jiao Lian Song was so earnest, Lu Wenzhao thought about it, these things were indeed beneficial and harmless to him, so he couldn't bear to blame him anymore, just sighed deeply and said: "Mr. has worked hard, let's go and rest first, this general will go to the army to preside over the overall situation." ”

"Congratulations to the General." Jiao Liansong knew that Lu Wenzhao had already accepted this situation, and he would not object, because the current situation was too tempting for him.

Everyone in the world knows that the Lu family in Bozhou and the king of Changning have always achieved each other and relied on each other, if the two families can make any gap in the current situation, no one will believe it, and now that the king of Changning is dead, Lu Wenzhao has naturally become the backbone of the army of more than 200,000.

Lu Wenzhao did not disappoint Jiao Lian Song, he and Yu Wenfu together conveyed the cause of the death of King Changning to the whole army, the murderer was naturally the prince and Qin Yong, the 100,000 army from Bozhou plus the original more than 100,000 defenders of Chuzhou plus the 50,000 soldiers brought by Yuwenfu from Tai'an have never been so united, more than 200,000 troops vowed to seek justice for the king of Changning, Chuzhou and the imperial court, the same fire.

The king of Changning was assassinated by the crown prince, and the world was shocked.

Cheng Jinshang knew that Qin Yong's methods were ruthless, but he never thought that he would dare to assassinate the prince of the dynasty.

Tulan Bingmu and Ran Mingli had been fighting in Tongzhou for several months, and they were working on themselves, so he naturally couldn't imagine that this Qin Yong would be so dangerous in order to keep the position of the crown prince.

Lu Shoufu is extremely sad, the king of Changning has a great favor to the Lu family, and this time, even if there are thousands of gratitudes, it is difficult to repay.

Tao Chenmo, Wang Jinyi, and Lu Wenting in Yinzhou were naturally extremely shocked, isn't this Qin Yong crazy?

Qin Yong was naturally even more shocked, he had never ordered Song Yao to be assassinated, and he didn't believe that the cowardly prince could have such courage, and it must be a false accusation.

And the prince of Youzhou is even more inexplicable, he has written a handwritten letter to his younger brother, but he has never done anything, seeing that the Chuzhou soldiers are angry, he can't wait to return to Tai'an quickly, in order to be self-sufficient.

Looking at the whole world, the most calm people are naturally Qi Ningyu and An Yingdong, because all of this is their planning.

Qin Yong asked the king of Changning to go to Tongzhou, and the prince also wrote a personal letter to persuade his younger brother, these two things gave them the best cover for assassinating the king of Changning and blaming the court, after the eunuch left, he quickly sent someone to pretend to be the eunuch of the East Palace to meet the king of Changning in full view, and then sent a killer to disguise himself as the prince's personal guard to assassinate him, everything fell into place, there were few flaws, from then on, it was almost impossible to have peace on the border of Chu and You, and the more chaotic the place was, the more they had the opportunity to make a big difference.

After the incident, Qin Yong urgently ordered the prince to continue to stay in Youzhou no matter what, otherwise once he left, he would inevitably be charged with assassinating the prince, and then sued the world, saying that the rebels in various places deliberately planted the blame in order to create contradictions between the court and the locality, but they did too much evil on weekdays, and almost no one believed their set of words, plus Yang Shufei, the mother of the king of Changning, cried in front of the emperor in a dark light, and the emperor Song Ji was also distressed that his son died in a foreign country without knowing it, and in a fit of anger, Qin Yong entered the palace and vowed to pay for his life. But this Qin Yong has been the prime minister for decades, and he is naturally good at it, and after some analysis, although Song Ji didn't believe it completely, he had to temporarily suppress his anger and gave Qin Yong a one-month deadline, and the murderer must be identified, otherwise he will be removed from the post of prime minister.

And here, Lu Wenzhao pointed all the evidence to the crown prince Song Xiao, and sent a letter back to Bozhou, asking to continue to lead the troops to Chuzhou and confront the imperial court.

Lu Shoufu is naturally happy, although the king of Changning was assassinated, but now that he has a solid control of Chuzhou, he can enter Zhongzhou under the banner of the king of Changning.

An Yingdong and others tossed, Cheng Jinshang was embarrassed, although there was nothing to do with him at the moment, but King Changning was assassinated, Lu Shoufu justifiably took the strong Chuzhou, and the trapped Lu Jiajun in Yinzhou overwhelmed him in the overall situation overnight, this analysis, thinking about Song Yao's assassination, is by no means as simple as the rumors of the public.

The anxious Northern Deserters seemed to have a chance to breathe, and all the generals in the king's tent were in high spirits, and they all asked to take advantage of the low morale of the defenders of the Great Yuan to launch an attack on Ran Mingli, and Tulan Bingmu happened to have this plan.

But Qiu Xinzhi disagreed.

The crowd was puzzled.

Qiu Xinzhi said slowly: "King Changning was regarded as a threat by the Dayuan court headed by Qin Yong, but because the emperor did not explicitly say that he was a thief, King Changning was assassinated, and the people in the court who were loyal to him naturally hated Qin Yong extremely much, and even wanted to kill him quickly, but after all, these people are in the minority, Qin Yong's decades of operation in the court have made these people unable to turn up any waves, their hatred does not play a big role, and it has no impact on most of the soldiers in Dayuan, and this Ran Mingli is even more Qin Yong's line, The army led by him will naturally not have low morale, on the contrary, without the king of Changning to divide the army's heart, he can mobilize the enthusiasm of the soldiers, and fighting hard with it at this moment will not bring us any benefit. ”

"What does Mr. Yi mean?" Turan Bingmu asked.

"Exit Tongzhou."

"What?" Everyone was surprised, including Turan Bingmu.

"Lord Wang, now you are naturally clear about the situation of our army, compared with the soldiers of Dayuan, our advantage is cavalry, it is a rush, and now Ran Mingli is fighting steadily, our advantages have long been unable to play, plus in Tongzhou for several months, the soldiers are very tired, and their morale is no longer as good as before, it is better to retreat to the north first, recuperate, and fight again in the next year."

"But we lost our troops and finally took half of Tongzhou, so if we give up, won't it chill the hearts of the soldiers, and how can we explain to the dead soldiers?" Turanbo Xiu has always respected Qiu Xinzhi, but this time he was also extremely puzzled.

"Brother Boxiu, don't worry, and listen to me carefully," Qiu Xinzhi first comforted Tulan Boxiu a few words, and then said, "First, we don't let everything go when we retreat, this Tongzhou will definitely come in the future, this retreat, we have to leave a back hand in the border town, so that there is no need to be so prosperous next time, as for what is the back hand, it will naturally be clear to the prince when it is old; Second, the assassination of the king of Changning, the Lu family in Bozhou said that it was done by Qin Yong and the prince, but the court said that someone planted it, as for who it is, it depends on who gets the greatest benefit from the assassination of the king of Changning, at present, it is naturally the Lu family, the king of Changning was assassinated, but the Lu family firmly controls Chuzhou, and if you move your mind a little, the court will definitely push this matter to the Lu family, so that the court will inevitably face each other with the Lu family in Bozhou, and from then on, there will be no peace on the border of Chu and You, and they will not be able to deal with us; Third, you have also seen Ran Mingli's means, since he came to Tongzhou, the soldiers have fallen into a bitter battle with it, and there are many casualties, although Dayuan is said to be on fire everywhere, but after all, the foundation is still there, weapons and grain and grass are very abundant, but we are different, in Tongzhou for a few months, our grain and grass have been stretched, and then consumed, it will do us all kinds of harm and no benefit, on the contrary, if we retreat at this moment, on the one hand, we can recuperate, on the other hand, Ran Mingli will inevitably turn the gun to deal with Wei Rong, don't forget, Wei Rong now occupies the entire Jingzhou and most of Anzhou, they are obviously unstoppable, but why did Ran Mingli suddenly stop marching after he arrived in Tongzhou, the reason is very simple, they don't want to provoke Ran Mingli, but want to keep him to deal with us, even so, how can we let others enjoy the benefits of this fisherman? Once we retreat to the north, Ran Mingli will inevitably deal with Wei Rong, so isn't the benefit of this fisherman ours? ”

Listening to Qiu Xinzhi's analysis, everyone suddenly realized that in fact, the simplest point is that since Ran Mingli came to Tongzhou, the advantages of the northern abandoners have long been gone, and now the soldiers are tired, there is a shortage of grain and grass, and it is naturally no good to consume it again.

"Mr. Gaojian, this world is really not contestable, since we can come to Tongzhou once, we can naturally come twice, then it is so decided, pass on the king's order, tomorrow, the three armies will retreat, Tulan Boxiu, you are responsible for the palace, all defenses, camps, and flags remain unmoved, don't let this Ran Mingli see any clues."

"Humble command!"

Although Qiu Xinzhi tried his best to explain the necessity of withdrawing the army, there are still some people who are not convinced, and the biggest opinion is naturally Tulan Wu Kaoxian, he was demoted to a small soldier, fought in Tongzhou for several months, and was promoted to a hundred households, whether it is a small soldier or a hundred households, after all, he was a general who commanded the three armies, so there are naturally a few henchmen around him, these people are around and complaining about Qiu Xinzhi, if it weren't for Tulan Bing Mu Tianwei, Wu Kao Xian would like to let this Qiu Xinzhi get out of the way immediately, but after all, he is guilty, At the moment, they can only obey military orders.

There is another person who is also very unhappy to withdraw his troops like this, and that is Turan Gurou.

Tulan Gurou has no opinion on Qiu Xinzhi's arrangement, and also agrees with his statement, but these days, whether it is in Chuzhou or later transferred to Tongzhou, what she hopes most is that the army abandoning the north can destroy the abyss as soon as possible, and then go south, so that she can see Tao Chenmo again, although the future goodbye will inevitably be the enemy, but what can it represent, no one can say what will happen in the future, but now not only did not take the abyss, but also retreated north, farther and farther away from her destination, Naturally, this is very sad in my heart.

Three days after the army retreated north, Tulan Wukao led the follow-up more than 1,000 people and horses all the way to quickly follow, and after two days, the Dayuan spies saw the abnormality, and when Ran Mingli reacted, the North abandoned people and horses had safely withdrawn from the territory of Dayuan, of course, as Qiu Xinzhi said, they did not retreat as soon as they retreated, on the premise of ensuring that they did not harass the people, the North Abandoned people took away all the military resources, grain and grass in the occupied city, and what is more terrible is that they dug a secret passage in and out of the city defense in Molan Pass and several nearby border towns, Prepare them for a comeback in the future.

Soon, Ran Mingli got the news that several tribes in the north had rebelled, and Tulan Bingmu had to withdraw his troops to protect himself, of course, there was indeed a rebellion, but it didn't set off any waves. Qiu Xinzhi made good use of this reason, dispelled the doubts in Ran Mingli's heart, and not long after the northern abandoners retreated, Ran Mingli took over all the towns occupied by him, and the entire territory of Tongzhou returned to Dayuan.

This news is undoubtedly the biggest benefit for Qin Yong, the northern abandoners were driven out of the abyss, and the threat from the north of the imperial court was lifted, so he could let go of his hands to deal with the people who framed him, the one-month period was very short, but he was free.

The Northern Abandoners suddenly withdrew their troops, but Qi Ningyu and An Yingdong couldn't sit still, this was no longer in their plan, the two discussed, and decided to let An Yingdong instigate Qin Yong to transfer Ran Mingli back and go to Youzhou to deal with Lu Wenzhao, so as to find out the truth about the assassination of King Changning.

But this time, Qin Yong suddenly regained his former shrewdness, he did not listen to An Yingdong's opinion, but decided to go to Youzhou in person to appease the army, and prepare for meeting the saint in a month, on the other hand, urgently ordered Ran Mingli to transfer troops to the west, in order to drive the Wei Rong people out of the abyss together.

In this way, Qi Ningyu and the others couldn't sit still, and immediately sent a message to Anzhou, asking Nie Wuxiang to be careful, on the other hand, urgently ordering people in the direction of Chuzhou and Yuzhou to create some more trouble for the imperial court no matter what.

After receiving the order, Jiao Liansong immediately gave Lu Wenzhao an idea, saying that now the prince is charged with assassinating the king of Changning, and he will not be able to sit still in Youzhou, as long as he sends troops to attack, the prince will inevitably flee, Lu Wenzhao thought so, and immediately ordered 100,000 troops to storm Humen Pass, the gateway of Youzhou, and the two sides fought for several days, and suffered heavy losses, but unfortunately, in the end, Humen Pass was still controlled by the imperial court.

Jiao Lian Song accepted it when he saw it, and pretended to let Lu Wenzhao rest first, and then find an opportunity to attack, he was not really distressed about the tens of thousands of soldiers who sacrificed in vain, but he was afraid that blindly persuading him would cause dissatisfaction among other soldiers, so that it would be self-defeating, and he would just wait for another opportunity to let Lu Wenzhao continue to attack Youzhou.

The direction of Yuzhou is not so easy to control, Cheng Jinshang is not Lu Wenzhao, he has been in the army since he was a child, and he is familiar with the use of soldiers, although he is not suspicious of employing people and is very good at listening to opinions, but he has to weigh all decisions in an all-round way, and does not listen to bias, whether it is Tao Chenmo or Wang Jinyi, or whether it is Bian Xiangyu or Qu Hongsleeve, he can rest assured that everything will be handed over to them to do, but he will not blindly rush forward, so when Qin Yong went to Youzhou and Zhongzhou was empty, he was not in a hurry to attack Zhongzhou, Instead, Wang Liyang, Wei Wenzhong, Bian Xiangyu, Ding Kangyang, Qu Hongsleeve and others who stayed in Yuzhou were summoned to the tent to agree on whether to enter the army.

But this time, except for Wei Wenzhong, who didn't speak, the opinions of the others were surprisingly unanimous, and they all suggested taking the opportunity to attack, which made Cheng Jinshang very surprised, but the stakes were so high, he still decided to wait and see, everyone dispersed, and soon after, Cheng Jinshang called back Wei Wenzhong.

"Everyone is suggesting to enter Zhongzhou, why don't you speak?" Cheng Jinshang asked with a smile.

Wei Wenzhong was a little stumped.

"It's okay, just tell me about it."

"The lowly position just felt that since everyone suggested joining the army, it was not impossible, so the lowly position didn't say anything."

"But you still disagree, don't you?"

"Yes," Wei Wenzhong plucked up the courage to say, "The reason why we were able to seize Wanning and other places from the imperial court was because Huang Chengxiao recklessly went out of the city, but Zhongzhou is the place where the imperial capital is located, naturally no more than other states and counties, Qin Yong dared to put down the government and rush to Youzhou, it must be fully prepared, Zhongzhou is the hub of the world, naturally it is to be taken, but the food has to be eaten one bite at a time, the war in Yinzhou is tight, and most of the troops in Yuzhou have been contained, and the remaining defenders of Yuzhou have just experienced a major war. But what is wrong with it, I can't say for a while. Therefore, the appropriate person deliberated, and the lowly position did not speak. ”

Cheng Jinshang nodded and said: "It's okay, this king knows what you mean, there is no specific reason, but intuition tells you that it is not appropriate to attack Zhongzhou at this moment, and now that Beiqi suddenly withdrew his troops, the situation in the world has been reversed, our game of chess has been laid out for a long time, and it is not appropriate to move the chess pieces at this moment, very good, Wen Zhong, if you have anything to say in the future, it doesn't matter if it is intuition, no one can grasp it 100% in battle, sometimes intuition is also very important, however, this king has an idea, you might as well listen to it." ”

"Please show me."

"Zhongzhou still has to fight, after all, you have to go sooner or later, how do you know if this bone is good to gnaw if you don't try, but we don't have to work hard, this time, it's just a temptation, this king decided that you will lead the troops north, go and try Chengping first, you don't have to attack if you can't take it, you don't have to fight, as long as you can't take it, you will immediately withdraw to Wanning, this king will pick you up in Wang Ning, what do you think?" Cheng Jinshang asked with a slight smile.

"The prince is right, anyway, this Tai'an is going to go sooner or later, but it's not a way to wait, so why not give him a try." Wei Wenzhong also thinks this idea is very good.