Chapter 752: The Old Guys Are Not Dead?

Fengping City is 360 miles away from Qingyuan City, as one of the two northernmost cities in Nanyan, it has always been a strategic place, the city lord Zhu Baotian has also experienced the destruction of the Shang State, is already 70 years old and can still wear armor to go into battle, it is said that there is a hundred steps to wear Yang's ability.

The Zhu family was originally a prominent family in the Shang Kingdom, and there were four prime ministers and seven generals, and there were countless officials below the fourth grade. Such a famous family is much more deeply rooted than Fu Zhengnan's family. The current Zhu family is not only in control of a Fengping city, but there is also a big city in the hands of the Zhu family in the south of Dali, and Zhu Zhizhen, the prime minister of Nanyan, is calculated to be Zhu Zhutian's nephew, and he is already fifty years old.

This kind of big family, which holds power inside the court and military power outside, has always been a double-edged sword for the royal family. If you use it well, you will stabilize the country, and if you don't use it well, it will be the foundation of destroying the country.

However, the Zhu family never had the intention of seizing the throne of Nanyan, because they knew very well that the position of this Emperor of Nanyan was not easy to sit on. Speaking of Murong Yan, the throne is also a little embarrassing, and the order of the imperial court is still effective for thousands of miles around Dali City, and it really involves the interests of the big family, and the emperor's order is put down to the cities, which is useless at all.

The reason why they knew that Murong Yan was not the prince of Dashang at all and still agreed to him to be the emperor was because as long as someone was called the emperor, they could exploit their interests. And if someone from the local family stands up as emperor, they will immediately become the enemy of several other families.

It is not a good thing for all families to have someone who is not very strong to be the emperor.

When the Sui army fought a decisive battle with the Shang army along the Yangtze River, the Shang emperor urgently transferred his army from the south back to Yongzhou to defend the capital, but Zhu Baotian refused to move. He was worried that once he brought his troops back, the military power in his hands would be immediately taken back by the emperor.

When Luo Yao led his troops to Yongzhou, the emperor of Shang issued thirteen decrees to let Zhu Baotian come back, but he didn't move.

Not only him, but almost none of the generals in the southern part of the country were willing to take their troops back. At that time, the Shang State was already on the verge of falling apart, and even if there was no Great Sui army going south, the Shang State would not last a few more years. The local wealthy families have their own troops and are not subject to the imperial court's decrees. And the last emperor of the Shang State was still an unprofessional person, and he was most obsessed with two things in his life.

One is immortality, and the other is pen and ink Danqing.

Because of the former, he spends at least ten days a month in the alchemy furnace, studying how to live forever with a group of wizards of the Su clan. Nineteen of the remaining twenty days he spent painting with a group of literati. However, the emperor's calligraphy and painting is indeed very stylish, a few years ago when the Great Sui was peaceful, a genuine painting of the king of the Shang Kingdom was worth at least 50,000 taels of silver, and as for the masterpieces, it was a priceless treasure.

Even if the Great Sui is in chaos now, whoever holds a copy of his true handiwork in his hand is enough to ensure that he can eat and drink without worry for a lifetime.

Whatever the emperor likes, the people below will do what he likes. As a result, the entire Shang court was in a miasma, and the status of the Su people in the Shang was higher than that of the Han people, and as for the sorcerers, they were even more above the officials. It would be a miracle if such a country could last.

After the fall of the Shang Kingdom, Zhu Baotian never left Fengping City. Later, Murong Yan usurped the throne and invited him to Dali City to participate in the ceremony, but he didn't go. But even so, Murong Yan didn't dare to offend this big man with heavy troops. Decades have passed, and Zhu Baotian's status has become more transcendent. He is now the oldest person in the Zhu family, and even if Zhu Zhizhen, who is the prime minister, sees him, he has to perform the courtesy of his juniors.

is such an old man, and his relationship with Fu Zhengnan in private is not bad.

It is said that the two of them often get together and swim together, for the sake of forgetful friends.

So before leaving, Fu Zhengnan would write him a letter.

This letter, in Fang Jie's hands, Fang Xie did not send anyone to hand it over to Zhu Baotian.

"General, why don't you open that letter and take a look?"

Chen Xiaoru couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Look, Fu Zhengnan's family won't be able to go to that fishing village alive. Since I let him go, I didn't think about intercepting him halfway again. But this letter was definitely not to persuade Zhu Baotian to surrender. Nine times out of ten, Fu Zhengnan reminded Zhu Zhutian what to pay attention to and how to keep the seal safe. ”

"Huh?"

Chen Xiaoru was slightly stunned: "This Fu Zhengnan is too bold." Isn't he afraid that his actions will harm his family? ”

Fang Xie smiled: "Such a person will always have something in his heart that he can't give up, such as his family, he would rather die than give up." And he and Zhu Baotian are old friends, so I'd rather anger than give up this opportunity to remind Zhu Zhutian how to prevent me. He used his own experience of defeat as an example to allow Zhu to guard against the mistakes he had made. ”

"It's better to get rid of this person."

Chen Xiaoru said with some uneasiness: "He is only afraid that he will not be able to endure the ordinary life, and he always thinks about making a comeback." ”

"Not necessarily."

Fang explained: "He wrote the letter, but he just thought that was what he should do. So I kind of admire this guy, he's a very clear person. He can die for the sake of his family, and he can even give up his family for the sake of his friends. Such people are rare, just when I do good deeds and leave a little purity for this world. ”

"Can we really deceive Kaifeng Pingcheng Gate?"

"Can't be fooled"

Fang explained: "Zhu Zhutian is old and calculating, he can still put on armor at the age of seventy, and he has more than fifty years of ups and downs in the officialdom, and there are not many ways to hide him. ”

"Wouldn't it be useless for us to send someone to trick him into sending rescuers?"

Chen Xiaoru was even more puzzled.

Fang Xie asked those literati to imitate Fu Zhengnan's handwriting, forged a letter from Fu Zhengnan and sent someone to Feng Ping, asking Zhu Baotian to send troops to help. The Xiao Riding School with this forged autograph letter had already set off, but because of this, Chen Xiaoru was curious why he had to arrange it like this since the general knew that he couldn't deceive Zhu Baotian.

"Useful."

Fang Xie smiled: "There is a kind of person in this world who will do something even if he knows that he may be deceived. Fu Zhengnan could write that letter for the sake of Zhu Baotian at the risk of angering me and even harming his family, precisely because he felt that Zhu Baotian was a friend to whom he could be. Having such an understanding and such an idea is often mutual. Fu Zhengnan treats Zhu Baotian sincerely, and Zhu Zhutian will treat him like this nine times out of ten. ”

Therefore, even if Zhu Baotian clearly suspects that the letter is fake, he will still send troops. What kind of people and what kind of people become friends is definitely not accidental. The speed at which we broke through Qingyuan City was too fast, so fast that Zhu Baotian didn't know the news, if the city was broken four or five days later, the reinforcements from the Fengping City side would inevitably arrive. ”

Chen Xiaoru frowned and pondered for a while, and finally understood.

"It's nice to have such a friend."

Fang explained: "Zhu Baotian values Fu Zhengnan, so he will definitely send troops to rescue him." As long as his men and horses go out of the city, no matter how many come out, it will be the next thing we will swallow. Trying your best to kill and wound the enemy's forces outside the city will not hurt in the siege battle in the future. ”

"Subordinates understood!"

Chen Xiaoru nodded: "Are we going to pull out?" ”

"Hmm"

Fang Xie nodded: "I'll leave tonight, I let Chen Dingnan lead the army out of the city, the first is to make a show to confuse the scouts of Fengping City." It was less than three days from our siege to the breakdown, and there was a distance of three hundred and sixty miles between Qingyuan City and Fengping City, and if the news spread fast enough, three days would be enough. Zhu Baotian, who heard the news, would definitely immediately send scouts here to find out the news and determine Fu Zhengnan's life and death, so I would let Chen Dingnan, Xiahou and Qin Yuan out of the city. ”

"Second, it's for the sake of ...... Chen Dingnan's men and horses set off tonight, and I asked Xiahou to divide half of the cavalry to his camp, and it didn't look like there were many people missing. The light cavalry advanced westward at night, and I told Chen Dingnan to run eighty miles this night, and there was a valley eighty miles away, and the men and horses of Fengping City must go here if they want to come to support. When you get out of the valley, it's the best place to raid. ”

Chen Xiaoru rubbed the corners of his eyebrows, and said in his heart that his mind was really not enough to lead the troops to fight. Taking the Xiao Cavalry School to do things and leading the troops to fight are two concepts, Chen Xiaoru is smart enough and safe enough, but he is a person with careful thinking, and he does his best to do the things of the Xiao Riding School. The overall situation is not good enough to lead the troops.

"Shall we wait for news?"

Chen Xiaoru asked.

"Unequal"

Fang Xie smiled, mysterious and unpredictable: "There is another thing that is more important than Chen Dingnan leading the troops to ambush." Let Wei Xiting come to see me, it's time to ask him how many good things are in the treasury of Qingyuan City. ”

Chen Xiaoru is really not good at military affairs, so he didn't think much about it. When he left the City Lord's Mansion, he couldn't help but be curious, and finally took out the letter that Fang Xie asked him to put away temporarily, opened it and looked at it, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and every word in the letter was not unexpected by Fang Jie, it was all a reminder that Zhu Zhutian should take precautions or something. It was even mentioned that troops should never be sent to rescue Qingyuan City......

After reading this letter, Chen Xiaoru was shocked to realize that a layer of cold sweat appeared on his back.

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On the banks of the Yangtze River

Yang Jian looked at the galloping river and couldn't help but shake his head: "Back then, I started my army from the northeast, and fought all the way, from the northeast to Jiangbei to Chang'an, and then to the northwest, and the territory north of the Yangtze River was all fought by me. But south of the Yangtze River, I have never been there.

Flutter Tiger nodded and did not speak.

At that time, he fought beside Yang Jian. When the Great Sui was first founded, its territory was less than half of what it is now. The entire Jiangnan was defeated by the great general Li Xiao during the reign of Taizong, and the Southwest Zhudao was only defeated during the reign of Zhenzong. The annexation of half of the Eastern Chu country, the northern determination of the barbarian territory, and the expansion of the Qiang Department in the west are all the merits of the emperors of Yang Dasui.

He could hear it from Yang Jian's tone, there was a kind of amazement in it, but it was more arrogant.

"The national strength of the Great Sui at that time was not enough for me to continue to wave my army south. Failing to pacify Jiangnan was the most regrettable thing I regretted at the time, and later Mian'er knew how to make good use of it, the kid of the Li family was indeed a genius, and my sons and daughters of the Great Sui were all tigers and wolves, and it was a matter of course to destroy Nan Chen. ”

The Mian'er he said was Yang Jiding, the Emperor Taizong of the Great Sui Dynasty, whose name was Mian'er.

"I have always regretted that Jiangnan was not pacified by me personally, so God gave me another chance."

Yang Jian stood by the river, looked at the warships on the river and said, "Even if there are some small obstacles, what can you do?" It is said that the Yangtze River is a moat, and my son can leap over, but I can't? ”

The tiger opened his mouth, but said nothing.

He just suddenly felt that the taste seemed to have changed a little now with the eldest brother's conquest. If it was before, when the eldest brother said such heroic words, he would also be agitated. But this time, there was no grandeur in his heart, only sadness.

Jiangnan bank

Luo Tu looked down at the knife hanging from his waist, and a trace of regret flashed in his eyes.

"It's a pity...... I only cultivated the Heaven Swallowing Skill that Li Qingfeng taught me, and I was not able to completely absorb the cultivation of Zhan Sha Tian. If you can completely absorb it, you should be able to enter the Upper Realm of Enlightenment, and it is not impossible for one foot to step into the Near-Heaven Realm. With my current cultivation, how can I beat that old immortal? ”

Ye Jinnan stood beside him and was silent.

"However, I will come to deal with the things on the battlefield, and to deal with that old immortal thing, Tonggu Academy should have to make some efforts. Wan Xingchen's sword killed all the old perverts on the bright side, and it was time for the secret to come out to breathe. It's really a big time...... Die, old guys, it's my turn. ”

Luo Tu picked the corners of his mouth and smiled, so flamboyant.