Chapter 753 gives you a chance

The clouds floating in the sky are leisurely pushed forward by the wind, just like an old man lying in a rocking chair, enjoying the happiness and comfort of his children and grandchildren gently shaking the chair to lull him to sleep. The wind was so gentle, as if it would wake him up.

Although Nanyan is small compared to the Great Sui, there is no doubt that Nanyan is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. The scenery of the Great Sui lies in solemnity, the scenery of Mengyuan lies in the magnificence, and the Southern Yan is the shyness of a typical small jasper, revealing gentleness everywhere. If Emperor Zhenzong had personally taken a look at the rivers and mountains here, he would have been greedy in his heart and would have zoned this place as the southern imperial garden of the Great Sui Imperial Family.

The white lion is big enough and has a broad enough back.

Fang Xie was lying on the back of the white lion, looking up at the long white clouds, clear water, and blue sky, a little distracted, the team had been marching in a hurry for a day and a night, resting in the mountains, forests and grasslands here, so that people could temporarily forget that this time the south was not to fight a war, but to enjoy the mountains and rivers.

He glanced back at the tallest tree, a disguised scout that would be difficult to spot without looking closely. The scout with clairvoyance stared at the valley mouth more than ten miles away, and looked down condescendingly.

"General, are we going to copy the back road of the Fengping army?"

Kirin asked

That day, after letting the people of the Xiao Cavalry School set off overnight to deliver a letter to Feng Ping, Fang Xie personally ordered 5,000 infantry to set off, and after a day and a night of rapid marching, he suddenly stopped here, and Fang Xie just ordered everyone to rest on the spot.

These 5,000 people were carefully selected from the elite of each battalion, and all of them were veterans of a hundred battles on the Wolf Milk Mountain. In the team under the command of any person, such a veteran will be valued by the generals. Not just because they are all powerful killing machines, but also because of their unmatched experience.

One veteran can influence several or even dozens of recruits.

They are an asset.

And Fang Xie mobilized these 5,000 elites this time, obviously not to visit the mountains and rivers.

"More than that"

Fang Xie shook his head.

"The Fengping army has been handed over to Chen Dingnan, the defenders in Fengping City are no less than 30,000 people at most, Zhu Baotian and Fu Zhengnan are old friends, in order to save Qingyuan City, Zhu Baotian will definitely send troops, but it will definitely not exceed 15,000 people. Transferring half of the troops to battle is already the limit, and the remaining men and horses must be able to ensure the garrison of the seal. ”

Zhu Baotian was a general when he was in Shangguo, and at most he had 100,000 troops under his command. However, he was later stationed in Fengping, and his troops were reduced a lot.

Can't afford it

This is the fundamental reason.

Although the Great Shang is rotten, the treasury is still abundant, and the grain, grass and supplies delivered to people from a powerful and prestigious family like the Zhu family will not be particularly seriously deducted.

However, after the destruction of the Great Shang, it was impossible to rely on a city to feed an army of 100,000. Feng Ping added up to only a hundred thousand people, and a citizen raised a soldier, and he couldn't feed himself even if he was tired to death. Therefore, Zhu Baotian began to disarm from a long time ago, and seventy percent of his subordinates returned to the fields with disarming, so that there were 60,000 or 70,000 more people in the prime of life to cultivate and open up wasteland, and the income at least doubled. And the remaining 30,000 or so elite centaurs are enough to keep the seal.

Zhu Baotian and Fu Zhengnan are good friends, not only because the two of them are like-minded, but also because they both understand that if they want to defend Qingyuan City or Fengping City, they must have a good relationship with each other.

Feng Ping and Qing Yuan are dependent on each other, one is broken, and the other will not last. If the two cities support each other and act as horns for each other, it will be a long-term solution.

Therefore, even if there is no lifelong friendship, for his own sake, Zhu Baotian will still send troops.

As Fang Xie said, the advantage of the Black Flag Army now is that the speed of breaking through Qingyuan City is fast enough, so fast that there is no reaction from Fengping's side.

This is the only opportunity that can be exploited.

"It's coming!"

Nie Xiaoju saw that the scout on the big tree sent a signal and immediately reminded Fang Jie, Fang Xie got down from the white lion, went up to a high place, stood on a boulder and raised his clairvoyance to look at the valley. I saw a team of Fengping troops coming out of the valley and immediately set up a defensive formation.

"The man who led the troops was quite scheming."

Fang Xie nodded: "The team is still behind, and this team is the first to come out to test." The reason why I didn't put the ambush in the valley was to paralyze the Fengping army. According to common sense, the best ambush location is naturally in the valley, but I don't do this, Feng Pingjun came out of the valley safely, and it is inevitable that he will breathe a sigh of relief. Out of the valley is when they are most defense-weak. It's like a person crossing a single-plank bridge, coming over in fright, and after stepping on it, he must have loosened his heart, and at this time someone suddenly pushed it, most likely he was defenseless. However, looking at Feng Pingjun's posture, the military discipline was quite strict, and he did not rush out rashly. ”

Qilin was a little worried: "If General Chen can't hold his breath, he will kill it, and the Feng Ping army behind is afraid that he will turn around and go back immediately." ”

"If Chen Dingnan is so unusable, I won't let him lead the army alone."

Fang Xie pointed in the direction of the valley: "Send scouts over, keep an eye on the Fengping army behind, and see how many men and horses are broken, and after the team is entangled by Chen Dingnan, I want this broken force to be useful." ”

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Seal the city

Castle Lord's Mansion

den

Zhu Baotian was stunned with a bowl of wine, and the Spring and Autumn Period, who had read it dozens of times and had no disgust, said that he couldn't stand anything today. He is seventy years old, but he still maintains an incomprehensible but admirable habit, that is, he never drinks tea, only alcohol.

Even, he never drank water.

Drink when you are thirsty, drink at rest, drink when you are happy, and drink when you are unhappy. His stomach was like being made of rubber, and there was no reaction when he poured three or five catties of liquor. Over the years, he has only sinned twice. The first time was when he stole wine for the first time when he was a child, a six-year-old child poured nearly a pound of old wine in one go, and he was drunk and unconscious, and slept for two days and two nights. The second time, when Dashang was destroyed, when he heard that Yongzhou was broken by the Sui army, when he looked at the thirteen holy decrees on the table in front of him, he only drank a few glasses of wine, but he was drunk.

At this time, on the table in front of him was a book that had been turned and rolled up, and a letter that had been soaked in sweat and was blurred by himself.

He read it three times.

The messenger came in a hurry, handed the letter to the city gatekeeper, and then hurried away, saying that he was still going to Peicheng to ask for help. Bai Kaishan, the city lord of Peicheng, and Fu Zhengnan are general friends, if the messenger is really sent by Fu Zhengnan and has to rush to Peicheng, it can be seen that Qingyuan City is really in danger.

So Zhu Baotian almost didn't hesitate, so he dispatched his general and nephew Zhu Ding to lead an army of 10,000 to Qingyuan City, and then he wrote a personal letter and sent people to Peicheng and Jin'an overnight, asking the city lords of these two cities to send troops to rescue.

Everything has been arranged, the team has set off, and the messenger has set off, but after calming down, Zhu Zhutian's heart became more and more unsteady. He always felt that this matter was a little weird, and he obviously felt that he had caught some mistakes, but he just couldn't sort it out. It feels like there is a thread in my heart, as long as I grasp it, it will become a pull out of the truth, but the thread is shaky and difficult to grasp.

"Finalize ......"

He handed the letter to a young man beside him: "What do you think about this?" ”

The young man named Dingcheng took the letter and read it carefully, he had read it once before, and found no mistakes, he compared the previous letters between the city lord and Fu Zhengnan and found that the font was almost indistinguishable, especially it had been wet with sweat, it was even more difficult to read, even the city lord couldn't see it, he was even more uncertain.

The letter is short, and it is difficult to infer from the wording whether it is in line with one's habits. Looking at the font, it is a little hasty and scribbled, as if it was written in a hurry.

"I don't know about the city lord of Fu, after all, it has only been two years since the humble position was sealed, and I only have a one-sided relationship with the city lord of Fu. But he still has some understanding of Fang Jie, and he had some past with this person in Chang'an City. ”

"I've heard you mention it."

Zhu Baotian nodded: "This person has already shown his grandeur when he was a teenager in the Chang'an City Martial Arts Academy, and it is not surprising that he can have his current achievements." I haven't been to Chang'an, but I can guess what kind of place it is. Not even a person like you has been able to get ahead of him, and I have never taken this person lightly. He is now strong and strong, the southwest is far away from the Central Plains disputes, the place is rich, the fertile fields are thousands of miles, and his ambition is not small......"

"But ......"

Zhu Baotian sighed slightly: "With your character and cultivation, if it weren't for the great changes in your family, your achievements would naturally not be under him." Things are changing too fast, when your father led the troops south, I also had a correspondence with him, and I never broke off contact later, and you came to vote for me, which can be regarded as choosing the right path. ”

"City Lord, since I have stayed in Fengping, I have forgotten my family background, I have forgotten that I am a Sui person, I only remember that I am a subordinate of the city lord, and it is the city lord who has saved my life. The humble duty is to fight for this life, and to block the foreign enemy for the sake of Fengping. ”

"Hmm!"

Zhu Zhutian nodded: "I know your intentions, that's why I came to you." After all, I am old, and my children are not around, and you are the only one who can help me share more of the affairs in this city. From this day on, I will hand over the weight of the city's defense to you, and you must be careful. ”

"Thank you for the city lord's trust!"

The young man who was determined to take two steps back, knelt down in his robe and kowtowed three times: "The grace of the city lord's reconstruction, the humble duty is unforgettable!" ”

"Get up"

Zhu Zhutian smiled and said: "You go down first, do what you have to do, you have the talent to learn, I can see it clearly." ”

"Thank you for the city lord's appreciation!"

The young *** got up, and after clasping his fists again, he withdrew from the study.

He walked out the door, looked up at the sky and muttered, "Fang Juexiao...... There is really some fate between you and me, and I can still meet you when I take refuge here...... Hehe...... At the beginning, you pressed me in the Chang'an Martial Arts Academy, but now that you are here again, how can I let you gain the upper hand again? ”

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valley

Qilin and Nie Xiaoju were cleaning up the battlefield with their men and horses, and about 1,500 people in the rear team of the Fengping Army were dumplings by their raid, and none of them escaped. I have to say that the Feng Ping Army is indeed much more elite than Fu Zhengnan's subordinates, and its combat power is not at the same level, even if it is suddenly attacked, it still causes some trouble to the Black Flag Army.

However, compared to these 5,000 war veterans, the Fengping Army is still a little worse.

"General!"

A team of soldiers escorted a Fengping general who had his helmet knocked off, led by Chen Dingnan: "General, this person's name is Zhu Ding, he is Zhu Zhutian's nephew, and he led the army to rescue Qingyuan City. His subordinates captured him alive and did not dare to delay, so they immediately brought him over. ”

"Stay."

Fang Xie said lightly: "The person with you will follow behind my team, don't follow if you don't see a signal." Liu Xuri guards Qingyuan, Qin Yuan and Xiahou's men and horses will arrive later, and you will wait for my order after you meet. ”

"Whoa!"

Chen Dingnan agreed, turned around and went back to arrange.

Fang Xie glanced at Zhu Ding: "Give you a chance to survive, there is only one time." ”