Chapter 4: The Way, the Sword, and the Thief (I)

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"It's spring again, and catkins are floating all over the sky......"

The singing and dancing in front of the hall is like a turn, and the sound of the piano on both sides echoes, no matter the dancer and the piano, they are all first-class people here, especially the old violinist, who is said to have even wandered in the imperial capital back then. It seems that this kind of vulgar peasant ballad is simply ...... An insult.

But even if they had any thoughts in their hearts, no one dared to reveal them.

“…… I remember that year, every time in the spring, the white hair was carried by the wind and fluttered, and when it fell in the corner of the wall or something, it would accumulate into a thin layer. At that time, my second brother and I liked it, and a few times, we almost burned down the imperial garden......"

With his eyes closed, half-lying on the chair, Emperor Mufeng had a thick stack of military information in his hand, all of which had just come up, but he didn't look at it, just idle about these old things.

"Later, it was Mr. you who taught me to quit, and told the people around me that the white hair coerced the seed and took root on the ground, and burning like this would hurt the virtue of heaven...... Sure enough, my father felt that my mother-in-law and mother were like a mother...... From then on, I parted ways with my second brother Wenwu and sent him to the army to be beaten, but I was sent to Hanlin to study......"

With a sigh, he took a hot handkerchief from the plate next to him, put it over his face, and muttered, "If it weren't for that, how could I be in charge of the army alone today?" Mr...... High-quality! ”

The "gentleman" sat on the side of Emperor Mufeng, with a green robe and a square scarf, and three locks of long hair were not messy, like the general of ink savings, about forty years old, listening to Emperor Mufeng say this, he was not inferior, and he did not get up, only owed, and said with a smile: "The three princes know that they are not fighting when they are old, and they know that they are not as good as showing their benevolence, and that is the wisdom of the sky." ”

"My father is going to be a prince this winter...... What do you think? ”

The gentleman didn't answer, but the general took the newspaper and flipped through it, read a few pages, and said with a smile: "Liu Heding also came up to scold his mother...... More than 400 people were eaten alive by the undead under his nose, and not all of them were new copies, and thirty percent of them were his old background...... It really hurts! ”

Di Mufeng still didn't get up, he only smiled: "In the past ten days, I have only listened to the three words of immortal and immortal, and the limelight is out!" ”

It is now mid-November, and according to the end of last month, Yun Chongbo has been fighting alone for nearly 20 days. In the past twenty days, Yun Chongbo was definitely the person whose name was mentioned the most by the imperial army.

Five days later, he appeared a hundred miles away with a team of military horses, and knocked out a military station of the imperial army with lightning speed, and the unprepared five hundred defenders could not survive for half an hour, and they were eaten clean.

Strictly speaking, this is not all a dereliction of duty on the part of the leading officer, the place is quite far from the tug-of-war zone of the front line, although there have been underground members of Taiping Dao who have been harassing it, but it is really beyond imagination to be infiltrated by a large army of thousands of people like this, and calmly launch a siege.

"He was the first to hit Gong Pingfan's soldiers, and this old guy reacted quickly, and the horse team arrived at the scene in less than two hours, but he didn't even cut his tail."

At that time, looking at the military station that had been burned to a blank field, Gong Pingfan, who had worked hard for decades in the ranks, was not very angry, but was quite happy, and felt that the time for meritorious service had come.

"Of course it was a good opportunity, especially when he heard that it was the undead himself who was leading the team."

The imperial army adopted the tactics of "dissipating in the middle and outflanking on both flanks", and kept advancing, not seeking to directly compete with the Taiping Road, but only seeking to control those water and land points outside the force. The leaders of the right-wing troops were six generals, including Wang, Gong, Liu, and Sun, each of whom had thousands of veterans who had fought in battles, and they also requisitioned the people to reorganize the regimental training, claiming to be more than 100,000, and the momentum was very great. That Gong Ping Fan was the oldest among the generals, and the most powerful, with 5,000 foot soldiers, 1,000 horses, plus the newly recruited army, there was a total of 20,000 people. Although he knew that the immortal was brave and invincible, but after all, he was alone behind the enemy, so General Gong used his life to fill it, could he still not kill him?

…… As a result, his people chased to the side of the mountain, did not dare to enter, chased to the water's edge, did not dare to go down, originally thought that they had surrounded this army in the mountain, but a few days later, they heard the news that Yun Chongbo had appeared in the defense area of Guo Hua next door, and calmly knocked out a small town.

"That's it, out of nowhere, one blow kills...... At first, others still wanted to see Lao Gong's jokes, but later everyone was jumping. ”

Closing the military newspaper, the gentleman smiled and said, "This was four days ago, count it up...... Now I'm afraid that there will be another one who has suffered there! ”

Di Mufeng closed his eyes--- the towel was already cold, and he didn't change it--- and said lightly: "Strong soldiers, it's a pity that it stops here." ”

The gentleman smiled, "Exactly." ”

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"It's about a little over a thousand, and at one point there were nearly two thousand people, but it was the defeated soldiers of the previous battle, and then they dispersed."

With a focused expression, the gentleman pointed vaguely, but it was as if he was looking at a huge map.

"The first point, here."

Drawing a circle in the air, and then drawing a curve diagonally to the lower left, the gentleman said, "Three days later, a hundred miles away, the second point." ”

"The defense areas of those two places are divided according to the mountain, right?"

"Yes."

Answering Di Mufeng's question, Mr. Na said: "In three days, a hundred miles of mountain roads, get rid of the chasing soldiers, and rest to the point of winning another battle, strong soldiers." ”

"That's nothing, it's just a light pawn."

I didn't care very much, Di Mufeng said: "The series of actions of the immortal, on a large level, is meaningless at all...... In the face of a defense area connected by more than 100,000 troops and horses, he was just a fly, and he didn't even have the qualifications to be a mosquito. ”

"Still, flies can smell and go for food, the undead...... What did he smell? ”

"It doesn't matter what it is."

Laughing and waving his hand, the gentleman said that the most important thing in Taiping Dao is loyal believers, and the party is a guest army from the north.

"The point is that Yingda Sima doesn't seem to be ready to fight this fly seriously."

This is also the most important reason why the generals keep cursing and complaining to the big tent of the Chinese army, although Yun Chongbo is uncertain, but all the generals believe that if the use of troops is coordinated, with ten times or a hundred times the military superiority of the side, it is easy to find and strangle this small army, and even the undead are piled up to death in the chaos army.

However, Yingzheng suppressed all these attempts with an extremely resolute attitude, and a series of arrangements demanded that all localities strengthen defense and control of key points of transportation, and that all armies should pay more attention to intelligence work and enhance their ability to respond quickly, but ...... But he was not willing to listen to the plans that called for a joint force to pursue him.

"The big picture. Yingda Sima has the overall situation in mind. ”

Nodding in agreement, the gentleman said: "If you really let these more than 1,000 people lead the 100,000 troops on the right flank, and they will set up nets one after another to fight this swimming fish, then it is nonsense...... Stretching the two wings, blocking the way, and waiting until the meeting with the East and West Route armies to eat all the main forces of Taiping Dao with one blow is the most important thing at present. ”

"In this battle, the imperial court is bound to win, and the key is to win quickly and win without leaving trouble...... Otherwise, it will be useless to win. ”

"Sir said yes, and ...... Yingzheng is indeed a smart man. ”

"Huh?"

The gentleman cast a questioning look, but saw that Di Mufeng had taken a letter from the other side and gave it to him, so he opened it and looked at it, and said with a smile: "What a smart man...... How did you come into being so vicious? ”

Di Mufeng smiled: "He got closer to his second brother before, and now it's inevitable to think more." After a pause, he said, "That's good." ”

He said, "What happened to the west?" ”

The gentleman said, "It can come as scheduled." ”

Di Mufeng smiled: "That's good...... Teach them to prepare. Tomorrow, Duhuai. ”

Rubbing it vigorously, taking the towel down and throwing it away, Di Mufeng pointed his fingers and said, "Three, four...... Ten days. Ten days is enough. ”

"It's rare for Ying Zheng to be so courteous, but it's not good to dismiss his heart...... Ten days later, the undead will be used to sacrifice the flag. ”

The gentleman bowed down and smiled: "The minister wishes the horse success first." ”

The two of them just talked, but they dared to stop singing and dancing in front of the hall? A few songs were sung over and over again, all of them were very tired, but they didn't dare to complain or stop, and it was easy to see Di Mufeng smile and raise his hand and say, "It's all stopped." Just like Meng Dahe, they stopped and knelt down to salute.

Seems to be in a good mood, Di Mufeng smiled very gently, waved his hand again, and said, "Kill them all." ”

Just listen to an equally gentle, even almost gentle voice, say, "Yes." As he spoke, he saw a gray shadow flashing, and everyone kneeling down only felt a chill in their throats, and when they wanted to speak, they couldn't make a sound, and the blood splattered out from the wound on the neck, as gorgeous as a flower!

"The Edge of Life and Death...... is the most beautiful thing in the world, those old masters in the Hanlin Academy only know how to find chapters and excerpt sentences, where do they know that there is a golden house outside the book, and there is Yan Ruyu outside the book? ”

Smiling, Emperor Mufeng said: "Pass the word and summon the local officials to listen to the order."

“…… The inner treasury guards the official door, greedy ~ corrupt and incompetent, coping with the errands, delaying the military aircraft, knowing that he is guilty and unconscious, and bribing with money to seek exemption...... The crime is white, and Long Yan is furious. ”

After a pause, he said: "His crime should be punished, but the grace of heaven is mighty...... and sent his life to the palace punishment. ”

The gentleman coughed and said, "Yes." ”

Suddenly, he heard the sound of footsteps, and a person shouted outside the courtyard: "Military affairs...... Urgent! ”

The gentleman nodded slightly, and the murderous gray shadow before disappeared in a swirl, and Fang said, "Submit it." ”

For a while, he had taken the submission into his hand, opened it and read it, and Mr. Rao was always deep, and he couldn't help but be stunned: "This, what's going on?" ”

Seeing him like this, Emperor Mufeng was also quite strange, he took it and looked at it, but he was suddenly shocked, and for a while, he smiled bitterly: "What kind of ...... is this?"

On the submission that was sent as quickly as possible, the handwriting was scribbled, and it turned out to be written by Yingzheng himself: just yesterday, the Tanglin robber king came to the army and said: "Nanhua morality is in the same vein, the small ones are beaten, and the old ones come out, since the old man on Longhu Mountain wants to be the style of his predecessors, he can't say it...... I'm going to take this burden over! ”

Crying after the article: Lian Geng's job is really not done by people...... It is a great harm to physical health and mental health! I miss the time when there were guilds.... If there were still feudal guilds now, we would be able to be like those predecessors who smashed Jenny's machine, and all the black sheep who dared to fight viciously three times a day and harm others and destroyed the normal operation of the market were all hoisted in the electric tower!!!!!!!!!