Ma Yuan, who had pressed over the long bluestone road and struggled to walk past among the angry people on both sides of the street, slowly walked to the prison platform, and sat precariously looking at everyone.

He really didn't like today's errand, so he asked him to kill people, and the person who was killed was still a famous fierce tiger in the northwest, Peng Qi, the general of the West Protector, which attracted many people who came to watch the streets, if it weren't for the sergeant, even the prison beheading platform could be full of people. The eldest brother doesn't know what to think, it's impossible for him not to know that what he doesn't like the most is to show up in public, he likes to be in the dark, behind his back, and it's best that others don't know that he is a good person.

However, the eldest brother did just that, he wanted to ask the eldest brother to take back his life, but the eldest brother didn't agree to anything, so he had no choice but to come.

looked at the pair of round eyes in the audience, all staring at themselves, as if they were constantly asking who this person was, why they had never seen it before. When someone noticed the notice in front of the prison beheading stage, they realized that he was Ma Tangfeng's younger brother Ma Yuan! Everyone has only heard of his name but has never seen him!

In this way, some people were even more curious, looking at him patiently, asking how he didn't look like his brother, and naturally there were also people who knew something about saying that they were half-brothers and so on. Anyway, no matter what you say, just sitting here makes Ma Yuan extremely uncomfortable.

He was a little anxious, and he was about to leave immediately, so he called Qianhu, who accompanied the prisoner, and asked, "What time is it?" ”

Qianhu replied very simply, "My lord, there is still a quarter of noon and three o'clock." ”

"One more moment!" Ma Yuan repeated impatiently, feeling that the time was still a little long, and wanted to find a place to be quiet for a while, and then come back when the hour came, so he whispered in Qianhu's ear, "You take care of the prisoner, I'll go to the back room to rest." ”

After Ma Yuan finished speaking, he stood up and was about to leave, but Qianhu hurriedly stopped, "My lord." The general has instructed that this time the killing of Peng Qi should be as big as possible, and there are still some things you need to do, can you go. ”

Ma Yuan stopped very unhappily and said angrily, "It's all some small things, you just do it for Lord Ben!" ”

Ma Yuan said casually, Qianhu obviously didn't dare to trespass, and said helplessly, "My lord should stay, don't embarrass your subordinates, your business, your subordinates don't dare to replace." Besides, this quarter of an hour is coming soon, and even if the adults are a little tired, they have not yet sat down to go back and forth, and the hour has come. It's better to kill Na Pengqi and then go again. ”

Ma Yuan saw that he was really a little embarrassed, and he didn't want to embarrass him anymore, so he had to sit down again, but he still instructed him, "If there is any excitement, try to do it as soon as possible, don't delay the execution." ”

"Yes, sir." Qianhu immediately went down and ordered.

This time to kill Peng Qi, Ma Tangfeng arranged it very carefully, even how to make the scene bigger, so that the people moved all their grievances to Peng Qi, that was obviously a big thought.

The paper figures and portraits that had been made to symbolize Peng Qi were all taken out by the sergeants and distributed to the people who came to see the excitement one by one. What dancing gods, playing with big knives, dancing guns and sticks, and juggling people keep playing around with the words Peng Qi traitor, attracting onlookers and cheers one after another.

As if that wasn't enough, the Qianhu took two rows of ten cavalrymen, each tied an iron chain to Peng Qi's body, dragged his cloak and scattered, and he dangled through the crowd with a blue and a red body, and shouted, 'The thief Peng is up!' ’。

The people in the audience wantonly vented their grievances, and Peng Qi, who was once a famous fierce tiger in the northwest, was erected on a high platform by them, ragged and alive like a doll that was played with by everyone, you can come and hit twice, and he can also come and kick twice.

Ma Yuan sat on the prison platform, looking at everything under the stage, his face was gloomy and a little scary. He felt that the eldest brother had gone too far, even if he wanted to attribute all the faults to Peng Qi, he couldn't do without a degree. In this way, the eldest brother will make the people of Xihu feel that he is wise and decisive. But the person who Peng Qi has made great contributions is now being taken to the downtown and scolded by 10,000 people, which is bound to chill the hearts of the soldiers of the Western Protector.

Seeing that the hour was approaching, he sent someone to call the Qianhu over and said, "When the hour comes, press the prisoner to the execution table and prepare for execution!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Qianhu immediately arranged for his sergeants to put down Peng Qi on the high platform, and then dragged Peng Qi from the angry crowd to the execution platform.

The big-shouldered, round-waisted executioner was ready, and he stripped his hair to the side, exposing his neck, so that he could be executed.

At this time, the people shouted angrily in the audience, "Kill him!" Kill him! ”

Ma Yuan saw that it was almost over, took out the execution card, and was about to throw it out, when suddenly the thousand households came over and said with a cautious face, "My lord, it's not right!" This person doesn't seem to be Peng Qi! ”

"Not Peng Qi?!" Ma Yuan immediately looked at the execution table and found that the person under the executioner really didn't seem to be Peng Qi. However, he was distraught by the shouting noise, and he didn't care so much, and said, "It's really not Peng Qi, it's a damn thief!" With that, Ma Yuan threw the token out.

......

Since discussing with everyone in the council hall that day, Gao Hongyi took Tu Su and others to each city to take a look at them one by one to see what happened to each city after it was merged. Gao Hongyi came to the invincible city on this day, and saw that the people in the city lived and worked in peace and contentment, the granaries in the city were full, the people were very lively, and the streets and alleys were full of happy atmosphere, and he was very satisfied.

Standing at the head of the Invincible City, looking at the red glow in the distance, he said to himself, "The prosperity of the West Protector is nothing more than that." ”

At this time, Tu Su came over with Yuan Hui'er.

"I've seen the general!" Yuan Hui'er said.

Gao Hongyi nodded and said with concern, "I was in such a hurry to find you, but I am still so far away, I have worked hard for you." ”

Yuan Hui'er glanced at Gao Hongyi, as if she didn't understand why he said this, but found that Gao Hongyi's face was expressionless, so she replied, "Thank you for the general's concern, the people's girls don't work hard." May I ask why the general let the people come here?! ”

Gao Hongyi looked back at her and said, "A few days ago, the military advisors and others discussed the strategy of attacking Xihu as soon as possible, and finally thought that the first thing to do was to send a large army to take the Xihu City directly and take down the strategy of Matangfeng in one fell swoop. And you mean to be quicker and last to attack the western moat. Ben has been thinking about it for a few days and has some questions for you. ”

Yuan Hui'er said calmly, "General, may I ask." ”

Gao Hongyi retreated from the others and asked seriously, "According to what you said, since you want to be fast, why don't you directly attack the West Protector but the other small cities in the West Protector?" You must know that the siege battle is not our forte in the north, there are a total of six big cities in the west, we have to go to the west to attack them one by one, not to mention how much manpower and material resources are consumed, it is impossible to complete in the short term, right?! ”

Yuan Hui'er glanced at Gao Hongyi, she felt that it was strange for Gao Hongyi to say this, because she thought that with Gao Hongyi's intelligence, he would not be unexpected. But he wanted to ask, and he couldn't help but answer, so he replied, "General, manpower and material resources and the like, the people don't understand, so they don't dare to say anything."

The reason why the Minnu suggested that the general should attack the West Protector finally was because of Ma Tangfeng's current situation, the West Protector now has the threat of Western Xia, the General and the Jin State, and the Southwest Cheng family, which is already embattled!

So at this time, what should Ma Tangfeng do, the folk girl doesn't know much about Ma Tangfeng, and she doesn't dare to make a judgment!

But the folk girl knew that once a person felt that danger was coming, his first thought was to protect himself, and he tried everything to keep himself alive.

Therefore, the folk girl thought that Ma Tangfeng would definitely gather all the soldiers of the entire West Guard Horse Division to defend the West Guard City in case of contingencies.

At this time, if we venture to attack the west guard, we will be subjected to the tightest defense and the most fierce counterattack, and it will become an empty word to take the west guard in a short time.

But if we go the other way and don't attack the west city, but instead attack other small cities in the west, then no matter how Ma Tangfeng reacts, it will be good for us.

If he gathers his troops to the west to defend the city, the other cities will be empty, and we can easily take them. If he doesn't gather all his soldiers in the western moat, then their forces will be scattered, and no matter how much we attack each city, we will attack as many as we can, and the chances of victory will be doubled. ”

Gao Hongyi stood quietly next to Yuan Hui'er, watching her finish such a long sentence, at first glance what Yuan Hui'er said seemed to be very reasonable, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was still a little inappropriate.

Yuan Hui'er said a lot of what she thought, she felt, she thought, although she may be modest, but she can't act by feeling on the battlefield, she must know herself and know her opponent.

Therefore, he still needs to understand it again, Gao Hongyi thought for a while and said to her, "What you said is good, but if you want to win with one blow, you need to plan in detail." He looked at the sky, it was already dark, and after thinking about it for a while, he said again, "It's getting late, you go back to rest first, and I'll invite you over if you have any questions!" ”

Yuan Hui'er left quietly, didn't ask anything more, and said more, which made Gao Hongyi very comfortable.

After Tu Su sent Yuan Hui'er back, Lu Jun hurriedly ran over and said, "General, Master Mei rescued Peng Qi, and the people have already arrived at the Invincible City." ”

Gao Hongyi exhaled a long breath and said, "Let Mei Rou take a good look at him, let's return to the North Protector!" ”

"The general doesn't see him?" Lu Jun asked curiously.

"Let's wait a few days!"