On the first day of April, at the turn of spring and summer, there are often showers in Nanyang, and as usual, the farmer Qiandu has to hold on to the farm tools, crack his toothy mouth, and rejoice that the rain moistens all things.

However, in Xixian County (Xixia County, Henan) on the bank of Junshui, Sima Ying, who was ordered by Wang Ben to replace him, raised his head worriedly, looked at the dark clouds in the sky and frowned.

Behind him, the Northern Army pulled a long snake, slowly marched west along the gallop road, rested in Xixian, and then crossed the pontoon bridge to the Danyang area on the opposite bank, and then returned to Wuguan.

The west of Denglin, the right soil of Chu, are all wide valleys and rivers, mountains, forests and valleys are not eaten, the traffic roads are not good, if this rain falls, the roads are muddy, and the progress of the three armies to evacuate to Wuguan will be a little slower.

Most of the 150,000 people in Nanyang have now been evacuated to Danyang and Xixian, and what remains is the part that burned grain in Suixian and Xinye, as well as in the aftermath of Wancheng.

From Sima Ying's side of the troops one after another, the spirit of the officers and non-commissioned officers is obviously different, the generals learned that they were going to withdraw their troops to Wuguan, they were full of suspicion, at this moment their eyes continued to search under the banner, Sima Ying knew him, they were looking for the news that the Marquis of Tongwu had passed away, and they were still silent about the middle and lower level officers.

The soldiers were happy, talking and laughing during their breaks, looking forward to the days after entering the customs - no one wanted to fight this battle, and after more than half a year, everyone was tired and wanted to go home.

Wuguan is two hundred miles to the west, and it can be reached in five days, but the bad news continues:

The day before yesterday, Sima Ying arranged for a chariot to be in the south of Xixian County to report that the rebel scouts were frequent and that they might have noticed the withdrawal of the northern army.

And yesterday, Danshui County hurriedly came again: the rebel Dongmen Leopard Department, which had originally retreated to Danyin, crossed the water again, and when Sima Ying received the news, Danshui had fallen. Sima Ying knew that the Dongmen Leopard would definitely storm the gallop and do everything possible to prevent them from entering the pass.

To make matters worse, earlier today, the county side reported that the rebels had gathered 40,000 or 50,000 troops to Denglin, and they were unable to resist and asked for support!

Sima Ying didn't plan to help, he knew how many catties he had, and Heifu's hard bone, even Wang Ben didn't gnaw it off, let alone him? Returning at this moment, not only will it not be able to save the county, but even the troops who have evacuated the dangerous area will have to be put in.

Sima Ying asked people to reply to the three lieutenants of the county: "Give up the county and retreat, how much can be withdrawn, how much can be recalled, how much ......"

He stayed here, just to wait for the last group of troops to evacuate from Wancheng, and Changshi Gantang was also among them.

The sky was even more cloudy, and a flock of swallows flew by from a low altitude with black wings, bringing black news.

Sima Ying waited for a group of embarrassed remnants of the defeated soldiers, as well as a depressed Gan Tang, whose body was covered with smoke and dust, and his face was also wiped with a large piece of skin, and before the horse stopped, Gan Tang fell down.

"Changshi, what's wrong?" Sima Ying stepped forward to help Gantang.

"Wancheng has rebelled!"

Gan Tang said with red eyes: "Lu Qi, it's dark!" ”

……

After all, Wang Ben is not Zhuge , so he can't be counted as a last resort, and he can't leave a bag for Sima Ying and Gan Tang and say: "After I die, XX will be reversed." When it backs, you will be in battle with you, and you will open this bag......"

Naturally, it is even more unlikely that someone will suddenly jump out and behead Lu Qi.

It was Sima Heifu, who had already sent an army of 50,000 at this time, waving his flags, going out of Jianghan and Han, and marching to Linxian County (Dengzhou City, Henan) - since the Battle of Jiangling, Heifu has been instigated for more than half a year, and he has not been so high-spirited for a long time.

The advantage of being a lord is that you don't have to know everything, and whenever you come to a strange place, there will naturally be scribes and ministers who will stand up and popularize science for you.

At this moment, casually pointed to the county in the distance, which was surrounded by the heavy troops of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and talked eloquently:

"Sui County is the capital of the ancient Deng Kingdom, Deng Guoman's surname is also, the princess Deng Man married the King of Chu Wu, gave birth to King Chu Wen, Lu Zhuang Gong six years (688 years ago), King Chu Wen passed through Deng Guo, was entertained by Deng Hou, Deng Guo Doctor said, the person who died Deng Guo, must be this person, why not early? Deng Hou didn't listen, thinking that King Chu Wen was a sister and would not be unfavorable to Deng Guo. But in the second year, King Wen of Chu had destroyed Shen, so he attacked Deng and destroyed him. ”

This is the southern version of the fake Yu Yu, but the destruction of the Deng State is not unjust, this is the midpoint between Wancheng and Xiangyang, and it is a shortcut to Wuguan, of course the Chu State will be captured.

Heifu stood on top of the chariot and looked at the west of the county, and could see the faint hills, which was the so-called "danger of Dunlin".

So gradually, a hundred years ago, Ru Ying thought it was dangerous, Jiang Han thought it was a pool, it was limited to Deng Lin, and it was a square city, coupled with the excellent iron tools of Wancheng, it became the northern defense line of Chu State.

"And now, with the surrender of Wancheng and the encirclement of Gongao, help me surround the county, Deng Lin is also at my fingertips, and the five northern places in the past when the whole Chu were in place, except for Ru Ying, have all been held in my hands......"

Heifu is not proud, and the old Confucian next to him, who had persuaded Heifu to "call the king of Chu" more than half a year ago, sighed inexplicably.

"This place is indeed a place where the north and the south must fight, but it is not rich, and the taxes are far less than Jingyang and Xincheng.

The marquis is Wei Ran, the king of Qin Zhaoxiang when he was the prime minister of Qin.

Heifu replied nonchalantly, "Perhaps, the marquis of that time was still loyal." ”

"But in his old age, he only thought about sealing the Tao Mound for himself."

Sui He did not give up, and sighed: "But the old minister thinks that Wei Ran aided the king of Qin Zhao, except for his disaster, recommended Bai Qi as a general, took Yan and Ying in the south, and the east belonged to Qi, and Qin so the east benefited the land, and the weak princes made the world the head of the Qin, and Wei Ran's merit." Its merit is much higher than that of Fan Ju, and it is no less than Shang Ying! ”

"Therefore, with Wei Ran's Xun, a pottery mound, what a way. However, King Qin Zhaoxiang actually chased him, and the two younger brothers Jingyangjun and Huayangjun took the country again without guilt, which is really a bit unfair. ”

Sui He said with a smile: "The old man once heard that the husband is the king of the country, the king of the patent harm, and the king of the power of killing and killing." ”

"When King Qin Zhaoxiang was not in power, it can be said that the Marquis family was the real king of Qin! It is no wonder that people in the world hear that Qin Zhi has a queen mother and a marquis, but they don't hear that he has a king. ”

"However, even if the marquis has made great achievements, is extremely rich and rich, and a husband opens to say, he is defeated and killed, as an uncle of the king, it is still like this, let alone an ordinary minister of custody?"

Heifu glanced at him, "What do you want to say?" ”

"The old man just thinks that he is a great minister, and he is good at the country, patents, and killing, but as long as he is not the king, his name is not right, and there will always be a day when he will decline, and he will not be able to retreat, and he will die of grief and anger like a marquis, which is already lucky, and more importantly, he has really fallen into the fate of Cui Zhu and Chunshen."

Sui He said: "I'm thinking, what would happen if the Marquis could establish himself as the king, follow the example of Sanjin and Tian Heng, and replace Qin?" ”

Well, the old bastard began to hint frantically again, but the black man only smiled:

"I don't know if the end of the marquis will be Zizhi, who was killed by the anger of the countrymen, or Tian Heng, who successfully completed the career of Dai Qi."

"I only know that even if the four nobles such as the Marquis of Sui successfully replace Qin, they will not be able to go far."

In Wei Ran's mind, he is still helped by relatives, and he can discover a white Qi, but he ignores Fan Ju, who can defeat for a while, but it is difficult to maintain two generations. Not to mention establishing a persistent system like Shang Jun. ”

"And King Qin Zhao, he is not merciful to the people, but he is indulgent to his cronies, he has times when he is wise, and there are times when he is mediocre. But even if he killed Bai Qi and made a big mistake that made the Qin people resentful, Qin was still capable of defeating the six countries. ”

"Why?"

"Because the cornerstone of the system has been completed, although the genius of the military family is dead, there are hundreds of Qin officials and Qin Wei, they are like nails, wedges, silently maintaining the operation of Great Qin, it is they who guard the mountains and rivers for King Qin Zhao, waiting for the next male lord: Qin Shi Huang to appear!"

Sui He had the intention to persuade again, but he didn't expect Heifu to answer like this, there was a bit of information in it, and he couldn't laugh for a while.

Heifu stopped the topic, pointed ahead, and said: "But then again, if the system has been trampled on, and the talents who can support the overall situation die, what will happen?" “

"The 30,000 northern soldiers in the city, will they continue to fight for the second and resist to the death, or will they collapse with a little story and lobbying?"

looked forward with He, but saw that the mysterious figure arranged by Heifu was riding forward accompanied by Ji Ying and others.

The man was forty years old, and when he walked two arrows away, hundreds of sturdy soldiers lined up, and before the man arrived, they had already shouted for a while:

"Wancheng has fallen, and you have been abandoned by Sima Ying and Gantang, so why not surrender!?"

The man dismounted and stopped, several people held shields in front of him, carefully protected, he took a deep breath, and after thinking for a long time, he said loudly:

"I am the younger brother of the Marquis of Tongwu, riding Sima Wang!"

……

This person is the horseman Wang Phong who was captured by Heifu in the Battle of Gangneung a year ago!

Wang Fei was originally Feng Wuxuan's general, when Xin Yi defected, Lao Feng died in battle, Yang Xiong was killed, Heifu saw that Wang Fei's attitude towards death was not so resolute, and knew that he was Wang Qian's nephew, so he left his life and entertained him in Jiangling.

After being under house arrest for more than half a year, the situation in the world has undergone a huge reversal, and the south has gradually gained the upper hand, and now even Wang Ben has died......

When Heifu asked Wang Fei to lead him to the front line to persuade him to surrender, he took a fancy to his identity as "Wang Ben's younger brother".

"Regarding Wang Ben's matter, if he says it, it will be easier to win the trust of ordinary soldiers."

Standing at the foot of the city of Suixian, stared at by tens of thousands of pairs of eyes in front of and behind him, Wang Fei's face was a little ugly, and he secretly said in his heart:

"Brother, don't blame me, I just want the Pinyang Wang clan not to be cut off from blood."

So he closed his eyes and shouted, "Wang Fei is here today to tell the second and third sons something. ”

"It's about, my brother, the death of Tongwu Hou!"

"The Taiwei of Great Qin, the Marquis of Tongwu, the head of the Wang family, my brother Wang Ben, is no longer there!"

Hundreds of great men will repeat this statement, and the sound will shake the sky and enter the city.

"What!?"

The pawns of the Northern Army who were holding on to the head of the city were petrified for a while, and they couldn't believe that this was true!

They were ordered to stay in the county, that is, they believed in the Marquis of Tongwu, believed that he was invincible and invincible, and would not abandon his soldiers.

But now, if the Marquis of Tongwu is really gone, where do they have the courage to defend against twice their own rebels here?

Everyone turned to look at the captains, and the three captains looked at each other and let the arrows be released, but the range of the arrows was not enough, even if one or two flew downwind, they were blocked.

Finally, the eldest gritted his teeth and ordered to his guard:

"Shout back, scold the rebels, you must cover up those nonsense!"

But it's a pity that there are 70,000 people besieging the city, and when they really shout, it's far bigger than the city......

After a while, even more disturbing voices came in again.

"The Marquis of Tongwu was originally mistaken by the traitorous ministers and rebels, and he didn't know that the Marquis of Wuzhong was edicted and the Northern Expedition was difficult, so he took you and others to make enemies with the volunteers in Nanyang."

"But recently, the Marquis of Tongwu saw Xianyang kill Feng Qujian and kill Gongzi Gao, all of which are pseudo-emperor Hu Hai, and traitor Zhao Gao brutalized Zhongliang."

"Tongwu Hou wrote to Zhao Gao, but was slandered by Zhao thieves, Hu Hai sent twelve gold medals, summoned Tongwu Hou to return to the dynasty, and wanted to kill the entire Wang family on trumped-up charges."

"Tongwu Marquis Fang Zhiyi is in the south, but it is too late, his old injuries recurred, and he died in a fit of rage, and he only had time to leave a book and guard Nanyang County before he died."

"Now Nanyang Shou has been ordered by the Marquis of Wu to go anyway, Wancheng has fallen, Wang Fei knows that before his brother died, he did not say a word or family affairs, only said, 'I am wrong to be an enemy of Wuzhong, and I am so angry, if you can do it right, then I will die without hatred'......"

"In front of the Xu, the Marquis of Tongwu pointed at the west even more angrily, and shouted three times......"

What's the matter?

Even though the three lieutenants asked the guards to order everyone not to be disobeyed, the soldiers couldn't help but raise their heads and wait.

As the three armies of the Northern Expeditionary Army shouted together, a roll of white silk was also unfolded under the city, with six large ink characters written on it!

"Enter!"

"Enter!"

"Enter!"