Volume 3 The Wind and Cloud of the Two Capitals Chapter 51 The Valley of Flames
The bright moon is in the sky, illuminating the four fields.
Under the lonely and cold moonlight, Nanying stood quietly, with a trace of excitement between his eyebrows. It is getting closer and closer to Zhang Jiao's agreed period, and the Zhao'an event entrusted by the Son of Heaven has also had a good start, just waiting for this matter, you can meet Zhang Jiao to wait for the day when the gods come, and the wish that has been haunting Nanying's heart for several years is finally expected to come true.
Daddy, you wait! Nanying clenched his fists tightly, even if you are now completely immersed in endless darkness, your son will definitely manage to pull you back into this world full of sunshine!
Behind him, the sound of soft footsteps sounded.
"It's Yuanyi, right?" Nan Yingtou didn't reply: "Your junior brother, have they already returned to the mountain overnight?" ”
"Exactly!" Ma Yuanyi was shocked and said: "It turns out that the legend that the lord can hear and distinguish people, is not an exaggeration!" ”
"Carving insect Xiaojier, it's not worth mentioning!" Nan Ying laughed and turned around: "It's Yuanyi, you have a lot of credit with Bocai and Mancheng today, if it weren't for you knocking on the side, Xiao Yi is powerful, I'm afraid that those leaders will not be so easy to accept Zhao'an!" ”
"The lord praised it!" Ma Yuanyi said shamefully: "In fact, the lord has taken advantage of the brave momentum of sweeping the world, and put forward such generous conditions, how can they not obey?" ”
"Yuanyi, you didn't come here tonight to sneak around and shoot horses, right?" Nanying smiled: "There must be something incomprehensible in my heart, right?" ”
"The Lord is wise!" A trace of hesitation flashed on Ma Yuanyi's face, and he finally lowered his head and said, "I have something to ask for advice, and I hope the lord will give me advice!" ”
"Ask!" Nanying nodded and said, "As long as you can say it, you should have nothing to hide!" ”
"Thank you, my lord!" Ma Yuanyi was slightly stunned, as if he was savoring Nanying's sentence "What can be said, there should be nothing to hide", and then said: "The general is in the account today, Liao Liao said a few words, and he analyzed the inside story of the thieves in Taihang Mountain to the point, which made Yang Feng, Bai Que and others look at each other and be in chaos. I want to know if the lord has secretly recruited other thieves? ”
"I don't have to hide this from you!" Nan Ying said directly: "Ben General did not secretly send people to surrender, and he did not even increase the scouts sent to the mountains, all the news was transmitted by Zhang Liang through the old troops and henchmen in the mountains!" ”
"Zhang Liang?" Ma Yuanyi said in disbelief: "Is he still alive?" Then he ...... too."
"Don't be surprised!" Nan Ying spread his hands and said, "Since you can all be under my account, why is it surprising that he can help a little?" ”
"I understand that the lord's foreign aid is really endless!" Ma Yuanyi was silent for a moment and said: "The general sent grain today, which made several leaders grateful, this hand is indeed beautiful!" It's just that I don't know, so Sima Zhi said that there are only 1,000 stone of military ration left in the army, is this true, or is it a deliberate gesture made by the lord? ”
"Sima Zhi didn't lie!" Nan Ying bowed his head and said, "There is indeed only one thousand stone of military ration left in the army!" ”
"What?" Ma Yuanyi said discoloredly: "Then it is only enough for seven days in the army at most, what if it is good once the food is exhausted?" What's more, with the precedent of a few of them, in the future, the group of thieves who accept Zhao'an will only ask for food, how will the lord deal with it? ”
"Don't worry about Yuanyi!" Nan Ying waved his hand and said with a smile: "Since the day the army was stationed, this general has already secretly sent people to transport grain. Counting the time, there will be three days at most, and 100,000 stone of grain will arrive. Not only is there no danger to the big army, but it should also be enough to deal with the future situation! ”
"The lord is really a last resort!" Ma Yuanyi sighed, and then worried: "But the lord's delivery of food so freely will it cause the court to blame?" After all, the war in Liangzhou is in full swing now, and food is scarce! ”
"Blame?" Nan Ying stared at Ma Yuanyi with a smile, and said a bold sentence that stunned him: "These 100,000 stone grains are the private property of the general, who is willing to give it to whom!" Can the court fuck manage it? ”
"No wonder the general said today that he would find a way to raise food by himself, instead of asking the court to allocate food!" Ma Yuanyi suddenly said: "This is a clear plan to buy people's hearts!" ”
"Of course, none of the twenty-five Taihang thieves are good at stubble. Although he is forced to accept Zhao'an due to the situation, how can he easily soften in his heart? Nan Ying smiled slightly: "But with the great reputation of this general, coupled with the grain of Baihuahua, I believe that it is enough to suppress them in the short term!" ”
"This is the combination of grace and power!" Ma Yuanyi sighed and said, "But there is still one thing in my mind." The original intention of Chu Yan and the three of them to come today was obviously to test the reality of our army, how could the general be so sure to persuade them? ”
"It's easy!" Nanying smiled: "What they want is to live, what we want is stability, both sides take what they need, of course they will hit it off!" ”
Ma Yuanyi hesitated for a moment, and finally asked the final question: "If they refuse to accept our conditions, how will the general deal with them, will he kill them?" ”
"Murder? No, no, no! Doesn't that completely cut off the requiberation of the rest of the thieves? Nanying's voice said coldly: "Ben General has already said that it is either friend or foe!" If they refused to give in, they would have had to use their three lives to force Zhang Niujiao to take the initiative to surrender! ”
Ma Yuanyi's heart froze, and he continued to ask: "But what if Zhang Niujiao refuses?" ”
"Haha! That's even better! Nan Ying said happily: "Ben will release these three boys immediately, I believe they will hate Zhang Niujiao for seeing death and not saving him, right?" It's up to them to coax each other, and we just have to wait to clean up the mess for them! ”
Ma Yuanyi was shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help but look up at Nanying, but saw that his cold eyes were staring at him tightly, and he couldn't help but lower his head again, and said sincerely: "The lord is wise!" Yuanyi has been taught today! ”
Watching Ma Yuanyi disappear into the distance with brisk steps, Nan Ying couldn't help but sigh softly and said, "Lao Jia, I don't know if that horn can break through the sky and become a god, but you have almost become an omniscient immortal!" Why did you not only calculate that Ma Yuanyi would come to me, but also guess his questions? ”
"Also, I don't understand!" He turned around and stretched out his hands into the darkness and said, "Why did you teach me to answer like this?" You know there's no way I'm going to use those leaders to blackmail you! ”
Jia Xu quietly stepped out of the shadow behind him, and said with a solemn expression: "You can only say that!" At least, you have to say so when you face Ma Yuanyi! ”
"Ma Yuanyi was so ambitious that day, since Zhang Jiao revealed the news that he might break through the air, he was even more empty-eyed! Only someone who is more ruthless and stronger than him can completely suppress him and the desires in his heart! Jia Xu stared at Nan Ying and said in a deep voice: "So I advise the lord, don't expose your weakness in front of him in the future." Because, everything he said just now is to test you! ”
"What did you say!" Nanying took a step back and blurted out.
In the silent valley, except for the sporadic braziers still emitting a beating fire, there were still a few warriors on duty, and there was no sign of any movement.
This small valley is the residence of Zhang Niujiao, the famous leader of the Taihang bandits. The number of people attached to his subordinates has reached 40,000, and the number of warriors is 3,500.
This kind of strength does not seem to be outstanding, but Zhang Niujiao's three brothers are all strong, especially Chu Yan, who once commanded the Yellow Turban Army of 30,000 that day, although he was defeated by Nanying in a battle near Thorn Mountain, but after cleaning up the remnants, he still had 13,000 troops, and withdrew into Taihang Mountain with him. Only his family strength can be regarded as second to none among the twenty-five leaders of Taihang Mountain.
In addition, Yang Feng and Baique also have tens of thousands of people and thousands of soldiers and horses, and the four sides are united, with no less than 200,000 people and nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses. The most rare thing is that the four of them are like brothers, regardless of each other. For example, Chu Yan, although he has many soldiers and horses, but there are few people who belong to him, so that the food often cannot make ends meet, if there is no full support from the other three families, I am afraid that they have already become starving ghosts.
Thanks to the concentricity of the four people, in the adjacent valleys to form a horn trend, in the Taihang Mountain to dominate, occupy half of the country, if there is no poison, Bai Huan, Zhenggu several families to resist together, I am afraid that the four brothers have already unified the Taihang Mountain.
Because of the deep-rooted and powerful strength, no one dares to provoke nearby, and these valleys can be defended according to danger, easy to defend and difficult to attack, because the valleys guarded by these four families are all lax in defense, and their subordinates will be arrogant and lazy.
Tonight, the moonlight was like snow, reflecting the clear light in the valley, and a few soldiers on duty relaxed their vigilance even more, they were either sleepy, or in groups of three or five, excitedly discussing the matter of recruiting peace.
No one thought that in the shadows of the mountain forests, a large group of strange black shadows were slowly approaching, and countless snow-bright long knives were hidden behind them, like hideous fangs that were ready to be devoured at any time.
A majestic figure stands on a large rock on the mountainside, looking down at the dotted wooden houses and grass huts in the valley below. The moonlight sprinkled down, clearly reflecting the fierce smile on his lips.
Behind him, countless arrowheads, wrapped in tarpaulin, plunged into the black liquid, clacking against the taut bowstring in a tooth-aching "creaking" sound. The viscous liquid that dripped from the tip of the arrow from time to time was like saliva flowing from the mouth of a fierce beast.
The figure slowly raised its right hand and suddenly pressed down hard.
The starry sky suddenly lit up, and in an instant, rockets surged towards the valley like fire crows.
Several of the valley guards stared in amazement at the firebirds flying in the sky, and watched as one of them hit the grass hut in front of them.
With a "boom", the flames rose into the sky, and the fire caused by a small rocket instantly ignited the roof of the entire grass house.
As countless rockets ignited countless fires, the valley was in chaos in an instant, and the figures covered in fire struggled and screamed in the fire, and the untidy lucky ones endured the moxibustion of the flames and the smoke of the smoke, and poured buckets of water into the flames. In the midst of the fireworks, only to hear the heart-rending cries of the children, the sad screams of the old people beating their chests, and the quiet and peaceful valley has become a purgatory on earth.
However, all was to no avail! Buckets of water poured flying flames head-on, but instead burst into higher flames. Just as people were rushing in disbelief in vain, the tall figure on the mountainside slowly drew the long sword at his waist, and from between his teeth burst out a fierce attack order: "Attack at will, kill me!" ”
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