Shen Leng and Meng Changan walked side by side to the camp, and the two of them discussed how to fight the enemy as they walked.

"Xin Fengyue's army is numerous, but it is only numerous."

Shen Leng said: "The most elite army of the black martial arts is the camp of the South Courtyard, all of which are in the hands of Samburu, Samburu has brought 300,000 elites, and the army that stays on the side of the wild deer plain to resist the general Wu Xinyu should not exceed 300,000, after the northern courtyard camp of the black warriors is destroyed, now the black army outside the ancient city plus the one on the side of the wild deer plain is already the limit that the black warriors can make up at the moment, not to mention ......"

Shen Leng glanced at Meng Changan: "Besides, the 500,000 people in Xin Fengyue's hands are not a real army, Xin Fengyue claims that hundreds of millions of believers can be dispatched under an order, he asked these hundreds of millions of believers to donate money to him, I believe it, he let these hundreds of millions of believers fight with him, I don't believe it, if you can bring a million hearts, Fengyue will not bring 500,000, since it brings 500,000 ......"

Meng Changan nodded: "Since he brought 500,000, it means that he can only send 500,000 people, and it is still 500,000 recruits." ”

Shen Leng snorted: "So this battle is not for Samburu on the side with fewer people, but on the side with more people." ”

"I'll guard the south."

Meng Changan stepped forward: "You go to the north." ”

Shen Leng pouted: "Why?" ”

"Rock-paper-scissors?"

Meng Changan's footsteps stopped, and he looked back at Shen Leng: "One game will determine the winner." ”

Shen Leng hehe: "Afraid of you? ”

The two looked at each other, Meng Changan counted one, two, three, and the two of them shot at the same time, Shen Leng took out the scissors and Meng Changan was a stone.

Shen Leng frowned: "This is a coincidence, for the sake of fairness, it should be a best-of-three game." ”

Meng Changan shook his head: "Can you ask for face?" ”

Shen Leng: "What if you can't?" ”

Meng Changan: "How many times will you lose, when have you won since you were a child?" What you're going to do, I can tell. ”

Shen Leng sighed: "Otherwise, who loses and who will go to the south?" ”

Meng Changan waved his hand: "I said, I don't want to lose, I don't want to lose no matter what I do." ”

Shen Leng pouted.

Meng Changan strode out in the direction of the south of the city, without looking back, his voice floated from a distance, and his tone was unparalleled confidence.

"You are not as familiar with the people of the camp of the Black Martial South Courtyard as I am, even if you are more familiar than me, you will not fight better than me."

Shen Leng raised a middle finger towards Meng Changan, as if he could see his movements, Meng Changan gestured backwards, Shen Leng took a sip and scolded shamelessly.

In the north of the city, Shen Leng sat on the city wall and looked at the north, it seemed that he felt that there was going to be a big war, the sky began to cry in advance, the rain was sparse and not big but lasting, from Shen Leng to the city, there was still no sign of stopping after an hour, a rain is a good thing for the Ning people, a rain will slow down the speed of the black army, even if it is just a long time for the Ning army is good news.

An urn city was built outside the city gate, and the soldiers of the Ning army on the urn city were adjusting and overhauling the heavy crossbow, and the soldiers knew that there would be a fierce battle, and everyone was very nervous, nervous was not afraid, nervous because His Majesty was here.

A lot of trenches were dug outside the city, and it became difficult for the army of the black warriors to charge, Shen Leng sat on the city wall not in a daze, but in the position of condescending command of the soldiers to dig the trench, the width of the trench was about seven feet, and the mai could not step through, and the jump was reluctant, if there was enough time, it would be dug wider, and the trench was not a whole but a partition, and there would be a place about one zhang wide between the two trenches for people to pass through.

The defenders on the ramparts are also adjusting their crossbows to the trenches, and the archers on the turrets are using their arrows to determine the range.

It looked peaceful, really peaceful.

But everyone knows that this tranquility will not last long.

"General."

Chen Ran ran up quickly: "Your Majesty let you pass." ”

Shen Leng snorted, and explained that Chen Ran continued to stare at the city wall and went down to see the emperor, and when he arrived in the middle of the city, he found that His Majesty was asking people to build a high tower, this tower has been completed by about one-third, and it will be completed in about three days, the wooden tower is thirteen or fourteen zhang high, standing on this wooden tower, you can look around the ancient city, and the deployment of enemy troops on all sides can be seen.

The emperor stood at the bottom of the tower and looked up at the soldiers tying up the wooden stakes, and stood beside the emperor with an oil-paper umbrella on behalf of the boat, Shen Leng walked over, and the rain made a crackling sound on the black armor.

The sky is ink-colored, and the iron armor is ink-colored, which looks like an ink painting.

The Emperor pointed to the tower in front of him: "I will stand on top of this, and I will inform you of the enemy's movements with the sound of drums, and I will be in the center. ”

Shen Leng lowered his head: "The minister would rather His Majesty return to the Three-Eyed Tiger Mountain Pass." ”

"That's all over again."

The emperor smiled: "There are not so many things that life starts over...... Besides, starting all over again is something after losing the bet, and I haven't lost yet, do you think I'm a gambler? ”

Shen Leng shook his head: "People are gamblers from birth, everyone is, every child born alive is a winner of gambling, the crying and laughter when I was a child gambled on the attitude of adults towards themselves, and then I gambled with youth, then I gambled with health, and finally I gambled with life and death...... Chen Ran said to the minister yesterday that he also gambled, he had a stomachache, and he bet that it was a fart, and he won. ”

The emperor was stunned.

Shen Leng continued: "Because I won, I was presumptuous, and the second one turned out to be not a fart. ”

He said expressionlessly, and the emperor couldn't hold back after enduring: "Hahahaha...... You young people. ”

Shen sneered: "Your Majesty is still young. ”

The emperor looked at him: "All my children are as old as you, where are they still young." ”

Shen Leng said: "A man can only be regarded as in his prime at His Majesty's age. ”

Emperor: "Your kung fu is also self-taught?" ”

Shen Leng replied: "The main thing is that the talent is good. ”

The emperor said in his heart that he was farting, would I be a sycophant?

The Emperor smiled and said, "I am very relieved that you can tell jokes that you are not so frightened, and that the number of enemies does not make you afraid." ”

Shen Leng said: "The main thing is that Your Majesty is here, and the minister is embarrassed to run." ”

The emperor snorted and was amused by Shen Leng again: "Your mouth, swishing, sweet and cheap." ”

Shen Leng smiled.

The Emperor pointed ahead, "Go with me." ”

Shen Leng lowered his head and said, "Obey." ”

The emperor took the oil-paper umbrella in Dai Fangzhou's hand and held it himself, he walked in front and Shen Leng followed behind, half a step behind, not far or close, always.

The emperor said as he walked: "It suddenly rained on this day, and I suddenly remembered that you grew up in Fish Scale Town when you were a child, and the weather over there was very unpredictable. ”

"yes."

Shen Leng replied: "In the morning, the sun is shining, I don't know where a cloud can rain from nowhere, it is cloudy at noon, and a gust of wind may blow the clouds away in the afternoon...... That time, the minister roasted a little more, did not finish eating, and used lotus leaves to wrap the rest and bury it in the sandy soil by the river, the minister was afraid that he could not find it, so he sprinkled a soak of urine not far away, and urinated a pit to make a mark, and it rained before leaving, and when he came again, he did not find the urine pit...... But I didn't plane less, I didn't find it after all, and I regretted it for a while, and I knew that it would be nice to flush the pit a little deeper. ”

The emperor listened to it and laughed, laughing and smiling The smile suddenly stiffened on his face, he stopped and looked at Shen Leng's eyes, Shen Leng was still smiling, but he was panicked by His Majesty looking at him like this, and he didn't dare to laugh.

"As a child, you suffered."

The emperor reached out to touch Shen Leng's face, but Shen Leng subconsciously dodged back, and the emperor was stunned, and finally just patted Shen Leng's shoulder.

"There's something I haven't told you about in years."

The emperor stepped forward again, and said as he walked: "I know that you are an orphan, I know that you suffered a lot of grievances when you were a child, you have made meritorious contributions to the country, and you also know that you have been rewarded a lot, and I can't give you a promotion too fast in the official position, so I asked Han Zhaozhi to send someone to Yuscale Town, Jiangnan Province to inquire about your childhood." ”

Shen Leng's footsteps subconsciously stopped.

The emperor said: "I thought, there should be many wicked people in that place, since there are many wicked people, the wicked will naturally have evil retribution, I ordered the Tingwei Mansion to investigate thoroughly, and all those who bullied you when you were a child will be imprisoned." ”

Shen Leng hurriedly said: "No, no, the villagers treat me well." ”

"It's not bad if you don't, after all, there are some bad ones, and I have done everything for the people who bullied you."

The emperor glanced at Shen Leng and continued to walk forward: "The people from the Tingwei Mansion reported to me that they didn't know that it was not what I thought, so they didn't do all the people in Fish Scale Town......

As if he was afraid that Shen Leng would hear that something was wrong, the emperor explained again: "I am the emperor of Daning, and I do not allow the existence of lawless people who oppress the young. ”

It's good that Shen Leng heard this, but he was worried about the villagers in Fish Scale Town, if Meng Changan heard it, he would definitely be shocked...... Meng Changan was taken away by the old Taoist when he was a child and sent to Chang'an Yanta Academy, and the old Taoist said a lot of things on the way, and Meng Changan remembered some, such as ...... The old Taoist said that Longyou was trapped in shallow water, and the people of Fish Scale Town were going to have a catastrophe, which was a heavenly punishment.

Your Majesty's wrath is heaven's punishment.

Fortunately, Shen Leng was treated well by most people after all.

The old Taoist also said that there are changes in physiognomy, there is impermanence in life, and the success or failure of life and death is not up to heaven, but by people.

What is made by people?

To fight or not to fight.

The emperor walked to a wooden building in the city and stopped, and looked at the wooden building: "You see that this wooden building is still in the style of Central Plains architecture." ”

Shen Leng snorted: "Although it has been reduced to the land of black warriors for nearly a thousand years, there are still many things that cannot be changed. ”

"You're wrong."

The emperor said: "It can't be changed because time is not long enough, time can change everything for everyone, and the only thing that remains constant is time itself...... In the past few decades, people have changed again and again, and in the past thousand years, things have long been different from people, and they are cold...... I hope that you will not change, and you are still like the young man who jumped into the Nanping River to save Shen Xiaosong. ”

Shen Leng was shocked in his heart, there seemed to be some meaning in His Majesty's words.

"I have something to say...... If the war is not in my favor, I want you to live, don't be in a hurry to speak, I have a very important matter for you to do, I own the world, and my subjects are billions, but this matter can only be handed over to you. ”

Shen Leng lowered his head: "Your Majesty will speak first." ”

The emperor was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Shen Leng and said word by word: "If I can't be saved, don't save me with my life, I need you to go back to Chang'an alive to assist the second prince Changye, do you understand?" ”

Shen Leng felt a little pain in his heart and was reluctant to answer.

After a long time, Shen Leng shook his head: "I can't do it." ”