9429 Chapter 273 Seize power and counterattack

The north tower of Shecheng is sparsely populated because it relies on the barracks of the Yicheng defense army. Delete from the roots. In order to facilitate the defense of the enemy, when the capital is built, it is surrounded on all sides by the city wall, and the arrow tower of the four city gates is connected with the main building with a wall, and the vacant ground in the middle is conveniently called the urn city. It is used for troop training and training.

At this moment, tens of thousands of soldiers of the city defense army were densely gathered in the middle of the urn city, staring at General Fang who was standing with his sword on the city tower with a frightened or angry expression.

Their reaction had already been expected by Fang Zheng, after all, the senior generals who had been arrested had been operating in the city defense army for many years, and there must have been a large number of loyal soldiers under them. As a qualified general, if you don't have the means to drive your subordinates, if you don't have cronies to help you, it's hard to imagine that after the general goes to the battlefield, he will not be pushed out by the soldiers who are not satisfied with him to block the sword and arrow.

But now it doesn't matter to Fang Zheng, even if the generals have more cronies, but their leader is in his hands, and the thief captures the king first. The wisdom of the ancients pointed out the most correct way to deal with this kind of thing.

Fang Zheng is very glad now, it seems that he has used this method correctly.

Standing on the city tower, looking down at the soldiers with different expressions in the middle of the urn city, Fang Zheng couldn't help but feel a sense of complacency.

In the future, an annex will be added to the back of the Fang family's genealogy, which records General Fang's great exploits, so that the descendants of the Fang family can worship and look forward to the New Year's holidays and remember the bittersweet ones.

It's a good habit to do what you think.

"Hey, hey! Old Wen. Fang Zheng faced the soldiers with a flat face. Whispered.

Wen Sen was complacent about his assistance to Lord Fang for making a contribution to the imperial court today, standing beside Fang Zheng and counting with his fingers calculating what reward the emperor and Lord Fang would give him, when he heard this, he immediately tilted his head and said with a flattering smile: "What do you command?" ”

Fang Zheng pondered for a moment, and then said: "You take a pen and paper later, and write down the great achievements of this official today, remember, the handwriting must be neat." Not only should there be time and place, but also more polish in the plot. First describe how fierce and difficult the enemy is, and then focus on how the official cleaned up these fierce and difficult enemies one by one today, without blood, without a fight, without a fight, oops! Lao Tzu is really today! "What are you doing? Go write it! ”

Vinson's eyes straightened, and he said, "Write" what to write? How to write? ”

Fang Zheng said unhappily: "Do you still need me to teach this?" Isn't your usual sycophant quite neat? It's okay to turn those sycophants on the lips into words,,cough,It doesn't seem to be good.,Your sycophants are flashy.,Although scratching the itch.,But the strength is not enough" You write like this: In order to control these generals and prevent them from leading the troops to make trouble, Lord Fang Zheng deliberately took risks alone, went deep into the enemy**, and then fought with his bare hands, one person beat more than 800 catties, and finally made a move The long-lost "Ten Thousand Buddhas Dynasty" finally took the enemy down, made meritorious contributions to the court, and relieved the emperor's worries, great, Lord Fang! Strong, Lord Fang! , okay, go down and write. ”

Vincent pursed his lips with tears in his eyes, looked at Fang Zheng with great pity, and said, "Then, then, what about us?" ”

Fang Zheng said: "What are you?" ”

Vincent wiped away his tears and said with a sad face, "My lord, you have a pound." More than 800 people have been beaten, and you have cleaned up the enemies of the "Ten Thousand Buddhas Dynasty Sect", why did we go? ”

Fang Zheng only then understood what he meant, and dared to think that Lao Tzu had robbed them of all the credit, damn, Lao Tzu is most afraid that the emperor will be promoted to my official again, how can he rob you of the credit?

"Look at your worthless look!" Fang Zheng scoffed at Wen Sen's little belly chicken intestines: "This is my memoir, kept for myself, and it will be used in my family's ancestral hall in the future to brag to future generations, what is your business?" What's the matter with your name appearing on the side of my ancestral plaque in my ancestral hall? ”

When Wen Sen heard this, he turned his sorrow into joy, and happily turned around and recorded that Master Fang had beaten more than 800 catties. The great feats are gone.

Before leaving, he turned his head and said cautiously: "Lord Fang, are you really just keeping it to yourself?" Won't you just take it as a fold and hand it directly to the emperor to report your merits, right? ”

"Get out! Get out of here! Fang Zheng was furious.

Brainless things, Lao Tzu fought more than 800 by himself, and when the emperor saw it, not only would he not remember my merits, but he would treat me for the crime of bullying the king, and the cowhide was too unsound, do I dare to show it to the emperor?

Turning his head again, Fang Zheng looked at the tens of thousands of soldiers with different expressions in the urn city, and his heart couldn't help but sink again.

Can these people be of my use? Will they mutiny? If the city defense army is unstable, the variables of this battle are too great.

Luckily, Fang Zheng stood on the high city wall battlements and raised his voice: "Soldiers, you have also seen that I took down these dozen generals just now, because" they intend to rebel! ”

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers were in an uproar again. There are unbelievers, there are those who are angry, and there are those who are great

Target.

The reaction of the soldiers fell in Fang Zheng's eyes. He couldn't help frowning, and then then said loudly: "I know, they are your superiors, and they are the generals you are willing to serve, as long as they have an order. You are willing to go to the trouble and even risk your life."

After a pause, Fang Zheng continued: "But have you thought about it? Why do you want to give them allegiance? Is it because they are your generals? Or are they so kind to you? Where does their favor come from? I don't tell you the big truth, what is for the country and the people, for the court and for the society, it's all nonsense! I will ask you, "Who gave you the bread you eat every day and the money you receive every month?" ”

Pointing to the dozen or so generals who were tied up sturdily and with gray faces, Fang Zheng said loudly: "Is it them?" ”

The soldiers were silent, but there was much less resentment in their expressions.

"I don't say that you also know that the food, wine, meat, and military salaries you eat are all ordered by the emperor himself and transferred from the treasury. Sent to you! In other words, soldiers, the people who provide for you every month and every year are the emperor! Not the bullshit generals you're loyal to! But do you know what they want you to do? They want you to take up the swords and guns in your hands and deal with the emperor and your monarch for you to eat. for you to wear, and for you to be given silver! ”

Slowly glancing at the soldiers, Fang Zheng's eyes showed a violent and fierce light, and he pointed at the soldiers and said viciously: "You can also take care of the family and protect the master with a dog, what is the emperor raising you for?" Turning the gun against his own? Did the emperor raise more than 50,000 white-eyed wolves? Pat your chests and ask yourself. The human heart is made of flesh, can you do this? Knowing this, the emperor might as well raise 50,000 dogs! Because dogs know how to be faithful better than you, and it is difficult for them to be ungrateful and even worse than dogs

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers were in an uproar again. The look of resentment on his face was gone, and all that remained was resentment and guilt.

Yes, the emperor has been raising them with the money from the treasury for so many years, but now we have to raise the swords and guns in our hands against the emperor because of our loyalty to these generals who intend to rebel? What's the difference between doing this and being a brute? General Fang was right. The emperor is better at raising a dog than raising us!

The faces of all the soldiers were realized, and their expressions finally gradually calmed down.

The eldest husband has something to do and something not to do, they are all bloody men, and they can't do ungrateful things no matter what.

Fang Zheng watched coldly, and then said: "This general is the chief general of the city defense army appointed by the emperor's decree and the Ministry of War, and I will be in front of you today." Behead these dozen generals on the spot! If any of you are not convinced. If anyone wants to follow them all the way to the dark, let the horses come! General Ben is standing here and watching how you can do something that is not even as good as a brute! Come! ”

Dozens of guards behind him stood up and responded with fists clenched.

Fang Zheng coldly glanced at these dejected generals, and then shouted: "Tie them down and behead them all in front of the soldiers!" Woe to the country and the people, ungrateful things, even if they die! ”

The guards shouted orders, and then each two of them carried a general of the board army, half-dragged and half-tied to the square in the middle of the urn city, pressed them to kneel on the ground, faced the tens of thousands of soldiers of the city defense army, and then waited for Fang Zheng's order.

At this moment, a gust of wind blew through the square, bringing up a cloud of dust, and the whole square was covered in dust in an instant. Xiao Xiao's wind invisibly added a murderous aura to the sky, which made tens of thousands of soldiers feel awe.

"Slash!"

Fang Zheng's eyes flashed with fierce light, and he ordered loudly.

The snow light of the sword swept by, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen heads fell into the dust, and they saw the tears rolling down in front of the soldiers. More than a dozen bodies with blood spraying blood on their necks twitched unwillingly, and finally fell softly on the dusty square. Blood. It gradually spread around the corpse, and was quickly sucked into the soil, and the soil where the execution was carried out suddenly turned a shocking dark red.

"General Ben beheaded these dozen rebel generals today, in order to tell the soldiers what is the law of the country, what is the law of the military, the military law is strict, the law of the country is also strict, and those who want to plot misdeeds and support usurpers will be the end!"

"Now, General Ben has issued another military order, and the gates of the four cities will be closed immediately, and no one will be allowed to enter or leave. According to the wartime order, the whole city was under martial law, and the soldiers began to patrol the city in armor to assist the capital governor Yin to maintain law and order in the city. All the equipment used to defend the city, including oil, arrows, wood and stones. Sandbags, etc., all on the city walls, ready to fight! ”

Glancing at the soldiers with cold eyes, Fang Zheng shouted, "Do you understand?" ”

The soldiers looked at each other below, and finally said in unison: "Obey!" ”

At this point, the 50,000 soldiers of the city defense army were finally completely and firmly grasped in Fang Zheng's hands.

Fang Zheng coldly glanced at Qin Chong, who was silent, and turned his head very quickly, and shouted: "Go, go back to the main building!" ”

After saying that, he walked towards the main tower of the city wall.

The guards surrounded Fang Zheng, and everyone walked into the main building, only to see Fang Zheng's legs weak, and he almost fell to the ground, Wen Sen's eyes were quick, and he hurriedly helped him, Fang Zheng looked up again, but saw that the guards were startled, and saw that his face was pale. Cold sweat broke out, and I couldn't stop shivering, and even my lips began to turn blue, like a dying.

Vincent was startled and hurriedly shouted, "My lord! What happened to you? Poisoned? ”

Fang Zheng ignored him, and kept muttering to himself: "It's terrible, damn, Lao Tzu killed their leaders in front of 50,000 people" It's terrible! Next time I don't do such a dangerous thing, life is so precious, how can I not cherish it so much?"

"Vinson, make a note. The official raised his eyebrows and pointed coldly at Qianfu, and in the hostile eyes of tens of thousands of people, he did not hesitate to kill hundreds of rebel generals by himself. The spirit of the king was so dissipated that tens of thousands of soldiers were all prostrate under Lao Tzu's feet

… be

At the foot of Mount Shenlie.

The war has shown a one-sided trend, and the balance of victory has completely tilted to the emperor's side.

The crown prince was in the tent, his face had turned pale, and he kept pacing back and forth, but his countenance was still calm and calm, and he was not in the slightest anxious about the defeat in the war.

Fan Rui opened the military tent and walked in, and the prince hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Is there any news?" Why hasn't the border army of Chai Mengshan arrived yet? ”

Fan Rui shook his head and sighed: "More than a dozen batches of spies have been dispatched, but they have not returned, and no news has been sent back."

The crown prince's expression was gloomy, and he sighed: "Chai Mengshan's department, I'm afraid that my father has also made arrangements for him, sir, what are the current casualties of our army?" ”

Fan Rui said: "His Highness's 50,000 private troops are now less than 30,000, and more than half of the casualties have been killed, and"

"And what?"

Fan Rui raised his head, looked at the gray weather outside the military tent, and said in a deep voice: "And if nothing else, the emperor will immediately launch a counterattack on us, the sky is getting dark, and the soldiers of our army have been fighting bloodily for a day, it is the time to slack off, if we attack at this time, our army may not be able to resist for long, Your Highness." It's better to plan ahead..."

The prince's face turned even paler, and he smiled lonely when he heard the words: "Plans?" Lone has come this far, what else can he do? Surrender, or run away? ”

Fan Rui bowed down and said, "Your Highness, today's battle has actually fallen into the emperor's calculations. Not to mention that there are more than 100,000 people in the two armies of Longwu and Longxiang, and the strength is twice as high as ours, and they are condescending, occupying a favorable location, heavy rain from the sky, and muddy mountain roads, which are not conducive to our army attacking the mountains. When we lost the sky again, the border army of Chai Mengshan was delayed, and something must have happened." This battle is already very unfavorable for us, if His Royal Highness stops at this moment, leads the army across the Yangtze River, and goes to Youzhou, which has been operated by Chai Mengshan in the north for many years, and then fights hard and horses, he will try the world again in the year

"Say no more! Sir, the emperor has been thinking about it for more than ten years, and these ten years have been spent in torment all the time, and Lone will not spend another ten years, or even decades, in torment! Lone doesn't want to do that! The battle was a lonely defeat. I'd rather die! The prince waved his arms, seemingly hysterically, interrupting Fan Rui's words.

Fan Rui's face turned pale and he sighed. Finally, he didn't speak again.

The prince glanced at Fan Rui apologetically, and suddenly smiled again: "Sir, don't worry, we still have a chance, and."

The prince slowly raised his head, his eyes fixed on the torches that had just been lit in the military tent, the flames danced, and the prince's expression became secretive.

And "it's a great opportunity to kill the enemy with a single sword."

Sisi sat in the corner of the military tent, and her delicate body suddenly trembled slightly.

Outside the military tent, there was a sudden sound of killing like a landslide.

The crown prince and Fan Rui looked at each other, both with some panic and fear in their eyes.

The emperor's counteroffensive has finally begun.

The mountainside of Mt. Shinre.

It has become an important position for soldiers on both sides, because there is a relatively open space on the mountainside, which is conducive to the buffer of attack or defense, so this position is very important for both sides. Since it was a battle in the mountains and forests, both sides were infantrymen, armed with standard spears and swords. There was a fierce fight back and forth, blood and stumps and severed arms were everywhere, and in the dense woods not far from the mountainside, a cold arrow was shot from time to time, and without a trace of mercy, it took the life of the enemy in an instant.

Murder is full of wilderness, and blood flows like a river. On the mountainside with a radius of dozens of zhang, the broken military flag. The mutilated corpses, the disgusting smell of blood, the combination of all kinds of scenes, like hell on earth, is terrifying and miserable.

Feng Qiu's knife was covered in blood, and his shiny armor was full of sword scratches, and it was so damaged that it couldn't be seen. His face was also bloody, and he couldn't tell whether it was his own blood or the blood of his enemies.

The arm flipped and the bladed sword stabbed into the abdomen of an enemy soldier, and then he immediately let go, and after a roll, he picked up a standard long knife, and the light of the knife burst out with blood. The head of another enemy soldier left the body.

Wiping the blood from his face, Feng Qiudao took a few steps back, panting and asking the soldiers beside him who were not leaving an inch, "Is there any waving of the order flag on the mountain?" Did the emperor give the order to attack when? ”

The soldier flickered, dodging a spear stabbed by the enemy, and then turned around. The broadsword slashed mercilessly into the enemy's neck. Perhaps it was because his strength was running out, and the knife was only half in his neck, and blood flowed down the blade. Bright red and blinding.

The pro-soldier took a breath and said loudly: "General, there is no order on the mountain, do you want to send someone to stop." Go to ask the emperor? ”

Feng Qiudao slashed sideways at another enemy soldier. Shaking his head and gasping: "Forget it, the emperor doesn't give orders." He has his own reason, let's work harder to take this vacant land into our hands! ”

After speaking, Feng Qiudao shouted at the soldiers behind him: "Brothers, raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while, today is the time for you and me to fight bravely to kill the enemy and serve the court!" Retake the mountainside and drive the enemy down the mountain to repay the emperor's favor! ”

Thousands of soldiers behind him suddenly shouted excitedly: "Rush to the bottom of the mountain to repay the emperor's favor!" Rushed to Jean. Under. To repay the emperor's kindness! ”

Then the soldiers rushed like tigers out of a cage in a net, and pounced quickly and swiftly on the weakened prince's private army, and where the sword light flipped and flashed, the enemy's heads and blood suddenly flew all over the sky, making countless more miserable corpses on this Shura field-like position.

Feng Qiudao looked at the high-morale sergeants, then looked up at the sky, and couldn't help but feel a little anxious in his expression.

After all, the mountainside is still too narrow, but the two armies can't open a queue against the enemy, and the various formations on the war book can't be arranged. Only when the emperor ordered a counteroffensive and drove the prince's rebels to the plains below the mountain, then. This battle will be a complete victory.

Gritting his teeth, Feng Qiudao picked up a shiny long knife again, and gasped for a few moments. Eased his emotions a little, shouted and rushed forward to take the lead and kill the enemy bravely.

At this moment, only a dull and deafening drum sound was heard from the top of the mountain. On the other side of his waist, Han Dashi's department erupted into a deafening shouting and killing sound, and his voice was high-pitched and excited, rushing straight to Yunxiao.

Feng Qiudao couldn't help but pause, and a personal soldier ran to his side and shouted excitedly, "General." The flag on the mountain waved, waved! ”

Feng Qiudao turned his head and stared at it, and was immediately overjoyed, and shouted: "Brothers, the time for a counterattack has come!" Let's go down the mountain in one go, exterminate the rebels, and make meritorious contributions to the country! ”

The soldiers looked excited, but they were not tired at all after a whole day of fighting, and shouted with their swords and guns: "Destroy the rebels and make meritorious contributions to the country!" ”

In the shouting of a landslide and tsunami, the two armies of Long Wu and Long Xiang were like two unstoppable huge dragons. Roll straight on the mountain road, meander all the way down, and advance quickly. The rebels encountered along the way fled in despair, or were wiped out by the impact of these two gray dragons, turning into a handful of dust on the path of the righteous army.

On the Temple of Heaven on the top of the mountain, the emperor was carefully supported by Gonggong Cao, and looked coldly at the two armies on the mountainside like a torrent rushing down the mountain, and the rebels were defeated and retreated, and the whole army was about to collapse.

The emperor was not half happy, frowned and muttered: "Could it be that the prince's strength is only here?" ”

Wei Chengde, the secretary of the military department, seemed to be confused, shook his head and said: "The prince has been planning and operating for many years, it is said that there should be more than this strength, these rebels under the mountain, in the opinion of the old minister, the strength is only about 50,000."

The emperor shook his head: "Wei Aiqing, don't you know yet, the prince has privately colluded with the border army of Chaimeng Mountain in Youzhou, a total of 50,000 troops, and now he is marching towards Shenlie Mountain."

Wei Chengde was shocked when he heard this: "There is such a thing? Emperor! You must quickly order the army to return to defense, otherwise the border army will cross the Yangtze River. Attack the north side of this mountain, and we will be in danger! ”

The emperor shook his head slowly and said with a smile: "Wei Aiqing doesn't need to worry, since Lian already knows, how can he not make arrangements?" Don't worry, Fang Zheng has handled this border army properly."

Wei Chengde was stunned: "Fang Zheng? "Isn't he guarding the capital?" The border army was so far away from him. What did he do? ”

The emperor smiled and said nothing, and then his expression became a little puzzled: "The prince's entire strength is these 100,000 horses?" Isn't it too hasty to rely on these 100,000 horses to do that rebellious thing? With the prince's scheming, he shouldn't be such an impulsive person."

The emperor's eyes turned to the direction of the capital again, and his eyes were full of anxiety: "I don't know if Fang Zheng has controlled the city defense army, if the more than 50,000 people of the city defense army follow the prince to rebel, the situation of the alliance will be very passive."

The mountain breeze is blowing, with a slight chill.

Gonggong Cao said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's almost night, you better go back to the round tower of the Temple of Heaven to rest." Don't catch a cold

The emperor covered his mouth and coughed twice, then nodded slowly.

Looking back at the bottom of the mountain, the two armies of Longwu and Longxiang have joined forces, like the water of the Yellow River bursting the embankment, rolling towards the camp of the prince's rebels, the momentum is magnificent and unstoppable.