Chapter II. 118. Mountaintop Tea Party
Yan Chongwu covered his nose and followed the stove hook for a long time before he came to the top of the mountain in front of everyone. And Yan Chongwu had also fantasized about countless possibilities on the road, but he never thought that his meeting with Shen Gui would be this scene.
Coupled with the tall and thin man with an obscene face who led the way for himself, there were three beggars standing on top of him! Shen Gui, the only civilian, also had dirt on his hands; And at the feet of these four people, there is still a corpse in black clothes, which looks like it should not have been dead for a long time, but the death is very terrifying!
"You can be surnamed Shen! I really didn't expect you to be such a bully in Fengjing, and your methods are quite vicious after leaving Beijing! Such a ...... Well...... Girl, why are you willing to do this? What a feud? And if you kill someone, you will kill, and you came to me with the intention of intimidating me? Do you still want to turn yourself in? Lao Tzu is the commander of the Flying Bear Army, if you want to surrender, you should also go to Jincheng County to find Gu Hui! What majesty do you want me to shake? ”
Yan Chongwu has been fighting at the border all year round, and he has seen countless corpses in a terrifying state. Although the corpse of this beautiful girl is also very terrifying at the moment, it is already strange to him.
Shen Gui was so blocked by his speculation that he wanted to open his mouth to refute, but he didn't know where to start, and he was stunned on the spot for a while, and he couldn't find a way to speak.
"What's the crime? If you don't want to surrender, you should quickly let these brothers help you bury the body? Lao Tzu didn't think he had ever been here? ”
Shen Gui was caught off guard by his blatant "perverted" behavior: not to mention the secret "love rival" relationship between the two, just saying that he and his Yan Chongwu have no friendship on the surface, but he never imagined that he would think about himself now!
"Don't guess, if this person was really killed by me, can I still let you come to see it? It would have been burned to ashes a long time ago! And you just asked me to go to Gu Hui to surrender? Don't make a fuss, this deceased should be a person from Nankang, named Liniang; It's the concubine that Lord Gu bought back for two thousand taels of silver! ”
"Why did you kill Concubine Gu Hui? People didn't recruit you or provoke you, because of love and hatred, or are you jealous? Then you have to kill Gu ...... too."
"I didn't kill it! Can you let me finish speaking? The chatter is endless, why is your mouth so broken! ”
Shen Gui really didn't expect that Yan Chongwu, who looked like a black bear had become a spirit, had so much and dense nonsense in private that it would make his head explode!
Seeing the appearance of the two of them, the "young helmsman" next to him had no choice but to suppress the smile on his face, and said:
"It was on this hilltop that our beggar brothers found this female corpse. And the location of this mountain is only ten miles away from your Flying Bear Army camp, we want to ask if it is your hand, or if there is anyone in your Flying Bear Army who knows this woman. ”
Yan Chongwu heard this, and hurriedly walked to the edge of the cliff and looked down. It didn't matter if I saw this, my heart instantly became nervous. The reason is simple: standing on this hill and looking down, the camp that has been carefully built by you can already be seen in full view, and the top of the mountain is an excellent viewing spot. Yan Chongwu, who was silent, observed for a long time before coming back to his senses, pinching his chin and muttering:
"First of all, there are no women in the army, so it goes without saying. And I see that this deceased is wearing a night suit, which should be a spy or killer of some family. And if the Scout of the Flying Bear Army gets rid of one of these eyeliners, I, as the commander of the army, will definitely not be ignorant...... At the moment, I am worried about the safety of the Flying Bear Barracks. If this woman is a spy sent by the Pingbei Marquis of Beiyan, then the defense map of our military camp has been leaked...... In this way, I am afraid that from today onwards, my Flying Bear Army will have to step up patrols day and night to prevent the Northern Yan army from taking advantage of the night to rob the camp. Being secretly watched by Guo Xiao's old man day and night, it's too passive! ”
As soon as he said this, Yan Chongwu didn't care about the decency of Li Niang's body, and directly began to rub it in his night clothes, and it didn't take long for everyone to see his face change, and then they saw him take out a carbon rod from Li Niang's left sleeve!
"Over!"
Yan Chongwu walked to the edge of the cliff and looked at his well-built camp at the foot of the mountain with a solemn face. The stove hook next to him didn't care, and said with a big grin:
"What's the big deal with a camp map for them to copy from the Northern Yan? Either change places, or set up camp again, or return to Jincheng, how big of a problem can it be? ”
Shen Gui heard his doubts and patiently explained:
"First of all, Li Niang just has the possibility of drawing a camp defense map, but once she has indeed drawn it, who will give the map to in the end? Where is this picture now? Was it used to make a deal, or was it taken away by the murderer? Who is she instructed to do? These questions are still unknown......"
"And the Flying Bear Army is now stationed in an open area, but it still has attracted Li Niang, or the murderer who killed her, to wait in secret, how many unidentified spies are there in Jincheng, this is also something that no one can say; Moreover, each general has a unique and clear idea of the construction of his own barracks, so even if Yan Shuai changes the camp defense, even if he really returns to Jincheng, there are traces to follow. And
This Pingbei Marquis Guo Xiao is not a mediocre and incompetent person, if such a big flaw can't be caught, then he is not worthy of being stationed in the world's first male pass at all. ”
When Yan Chongwu heard Shen Gui's words, he nodded thoughtfully. Although Shen Gui's idea is not yet exhaustive, it is not difficult to see that he already has a certain foundation and concept of military affairs, and the remaining details, as long as he has personally experienced a few major battles in the future, it will not be a problem at all. In other words, Shen Gui already has the basic qualities to become a generation of famous generals, and what he lacks now is just some practical battlefield experience.
"And whether this corpse is the Nankang spy Liniang in your mouth, that's not necessarily!"
As soon as Yan Chongwu's words fell, Shen Gui nodded, whispered a few more words towards the furnace hook, and after throwing out a silver ingot, the furnace hook ran down the mountain happily.
"We'll see in less than half an hour. However, I advise you not to have too much luck, in my opinion, eight or nine are not far from ten, this is Li Niang herself. As for who killed her, it doesn't really matter, we just have to prepare for the worst. Oh yes, if the people of Beiyan really got your camp map, would they come to rob the camp tonight? Why don't you go back and get ready? ”
Yan Chongwu heard Shen Gui's words and smiled bitterly:
"Hey, if only it were that simple, why should I be bothered? Just make a move to invite you into the urn, or leave this camp outside the city to him, and at the same time we will make a detour into the East Customs, and then come to close the door and beat the dogs, and Guo Xiao's 150,000 Northern Expedition army will not be able to escape. ”
Yan Chongwu took out a yellow silk letter from his pocket and threw it to Shen Gui, still muttering:
"Just look, don't talk about it! It's blown up, but no one will give you a cover."
Shen Gui unfolded this rag-like imperial pen operation, and after seeing it hastily, he threw it back in a ball:
"We are Emperor Xuande, and we really dare to think and dare to speak out. With the 50,000 Youbei soldiers under your command, you still want to swallow the Eastern Customs? Can you keep it if you take it down? Still closed the door and beat the dog? If you close the door, you can't tell who the dog is who is being beaten. When the time comes, Guo Xiao and Beiyan, under the attack of the inside and outside, none of your 50,000 soldiers will be able to escape; And the Mobei people just don't move, and they really think that other people's iron horses are paper-paste? According to our Majesty's letter, it is clear that he wants to stabilize the Mobei people with good words first, and then take the East Customs with lightning speed, and then turn around to blackmail Mobei! His abacus is beautiful and fine, and he clearly wants to empty the white wolf. This is to treat those two families as fools! ”
Yan Chongwu smiled bitterly and shook his head:
"Your Majesty...... It can be said that they do not know anything about military finance, and they are ...... Hi......! Although the 50,000 Flying Bear Army under my command is the elite of the Yan clan, in the first few years after I took over, I didn't go through any decent training at all! I put all my energy on eliminating the children of the royal family who eat empty salaries in the army, and I don't want to say anything about offending people, the key is to waste time; Although there has been some improvement in recent years, the rate of increase in combat power has also been extremely slow. Although our Youbei men are much stronger than the soldiers of Beiyan in terms of physique, the supply of soldiers is simply incomparable to others. At present, there are only more than 12,000 young and strong people in the main battalion of the Flying Bear Army, and the rest are either logistics troops or auxiliary soldiers. With such a force, let alone attacking the city, it is a big question whether or not it can hold the East Customs. ”
When the young helmsman heard Yan Chongwu's complaining words, he also asked with some doubts:
"Then why not expand the army? In the past 20 years since the last defeat of the Eastern Customs, our Youbei army has been maintained at about 200,000 people, and half of them are the private armies of various princes. At present, although the Youbei Third Road is not as rich as Nankang, it is not difficult to raise half of the army, right? ”
Shen Gui nodded at the Son of Heaven sword that straddled Yan Chongwu's waist, and smiled bitterly at the young man and counted with his fingers:
"Youbei now has 200,000 troops, and 30,000 gold-armored forbidden troops defend the city defense of the capital; 20,000 Flying Tiger troops were held in Zhang Huangling's hands, and they were still being trained; Another 50,000 flying bear troops were in Yan Shuai's hands, but they were also nailed to the East Customs and couldn't move a bit. This is all the 100,000 private army of the Yan family. There are also 3,000 elite Taibai guards who originally belonged to my Guo family to guard the palace city defense. And the other 100,000, there are 60,000 Zhongshan governor's army that Pei Ya has just taken over and has not yet digested, which is also nailed to the northern border of Zhongshan Road; The remaining 40,000 are all the "guardians" of the Dongyou Li family. ”
Speaking of this, the helmsman of Jincheng raised his eyelids disapprovingly:
"What? Another 200,000 troops, what does it have to do with what you said? ”
"Do you think your majesty doesn't want to expand the army? He dreamed of it! But the people are soldiers just to eat, and now the money bags in Youbei are all held in the hands of Li Xiang, or the Li family in Dongyou. If once His Majesty opens his mouth to recruit soldiers, then these 200,000 recruits will receive the Li family's salary, and then there will be an upside down military force in Youbei, and the Li family will have 200,000 new troops, plus 20,000 Flying Tiger Army after the whole training, what do you say will happen at that time?
Yan Chongwu also nodded towards the Jincheng Young Helmsman and added:
"What's more, this 220,000 army that eats the Li family's food and salary can still be mobilized at will! However, Pei Ya's 110,000 border guards and I were nailed to the border and could not move a single bit. ”