A great battle ended, and the Tianjia Army was completely defeated, but Zhang Ling fled.

Wei Zeng looked at the aftermath of the battle, his eyes were full of broken corpses and damaged ice blades, and the joy of victory was more sad.

"Yu Chaogui is dead? Was he killed by Zhang Ling himself? Wei Zenghu had tears in his eyes and asked the attendants around him.

"General Yu originally wanted to intercept and kill Zhang Ling, but he didn't want to be killed by Zhang Ling. At that time, we saw that the general was in distress, so we immediately stepped forward to rescue. Unexpectedly, Zhang Ling shot too fast, and before we arrived, General Yu couldn't do it. The squire said sadly.

"Where is Yu Chaogui? Take me to see it. How can someone who was alive a few days ago die now? Even if he dies, I'm going to see him one last time. Wei Zeng couldn't hold back his tears, but immediately wiped away his tears and walked straight in the direction of Guan Shanjun.

Huang Yufei walked towards Wei Zeng's Chinese army with Yu Chaogui's corpse, Yu Chaogui made Wei Zeng's confidant beloved general, and now Yu Chaogui is dead, Huang Yufei doesn't know how to explain to Wei Zeng.

Seeing Wei Zeng coming over, Huang Yufei knelt in front of Wei Zeng and said: "The general is not good for me, it is me who did not protect the little brother, I am willing to accept all punishments." ”

"Life and death are life, no wonder you. Fighting on the battlefield like this, the Horse Leather Shroud is also the best place to be. Compared to those who died and couldn't even find their bodies, that's good. Wei Zeng said that he couldn't help but stay in tears, but he just endured it and didn't let himself be knocked down by sadness, I don't know if he said it to Huang Yufei or to himself.

"But he's still too young, maybe I shouldn't have taken him to war in the first place, I should have arranged for him to be in a stable place, so that he could live a good life." Wei Zeng finally looked up to the sky and sighed.

"The general's day mourns, fighting always kills. It's me who didn't protect him, and I'm to blame for everything. Huang Yufei knelt on the ground and cried.

"Needless to say. Nothing can be changed. Bring Yu Chaogui's body back to Shifeng City, his widowed wife and infant child must be taken care of. As for Guan Shanjun, it will be put in your charge in the future. After recovering the lost territory this time, I will continue to pursue Zhang Ling, and I will leave it to you to do. I'm a little tired and want to go back to Stonewind City to rest for a few days. Wei Zeng helped Huang Yufei up. explained the matter of using troops in the future.

"Wei Zeng, are you okay?" As soon as Gu Cha rushed over, he saw that Wei Zeng was in an abnormal mood, so he asked.

"It's okay, it's just that I'm tired of fighting and want to rest for a while. Originally, I should have personally commanded the three armies to march to Anyun, but now I will leave it to you. After Wei Zeng finished speaking, he left, never looking back again.

The main force of the northern Yanbei army, under the command of Gu Chayi and Huang Yufei, continued to march towards Anyun, and Wei Zeng, who was supposed to go together. returned to Stone Wind City.

"Actually, people are dying all the time, but it's not the people closest to me who are dying, so I don't feel anything. Jiang Luqing is dead, Yu Chaogui is also dead, and I don't know how many people will be in the future. Perhaps only by unifying the world, when there will be no more wars in the world, there will be no more deaths. Wei Zeng was thinking about this question all the way. I didn't even think about it when I arrived in Stone Wind City.

"Husband, still can't let go? If a person dies and cannot be resurrected, you must mourn. "Wei Zhen has been sad to see Wei Zeng. He comforted on the side.

"It's nothing, it'll be fine in two days. Just wanted to come back and be there for you, to see you, to see our kids. I've been running around for the war for the past few years, and even if you're pregnant, I can't accompany you. I miss you all of a sudden these days. I'll be back. Wei Zeng did Wei Zhen's side, stroked Wei Zhen's already bulging abdomen and said.

"Actually, I miss you very much, although there have been fewer gatherings and more separations over the years, but as long as I think of you in my heart, I don't feel so hard. Always wanted a child. Soon the child will be born. As soon as the child is born, our family of three will be together, which can be regarded as harmony and beauty. Wei Zhen looked at Wei Zeng affectionately and said.

"It won't be long before I can stay with you all the time. After defeating the Sect of Power, the Central Plains will be unified. The unification of the Central Plains is not far from the unification of the world. Now we are also full of talents, and we will not need them in the future, so I will fight in person every time. We will spend more and more time together. Wei Zeng hugged Wei Zhen and said.

"I know, I've been waiting for that day." Weizhen said that she felt really relieved to be in Wei Zeng's arms like this, and she wanted to stay for the rest of her life.

Just when the Central Plains was about to be unified, the governor of Jiangnan, Fan Yuanyi, had personally led a large army to conquer the southeast.

The southeast is surrounded by large rivers, which are the natural barrier of the southeast. Lu Boding's sailors and Fan Kuyi's army confronted each other on both sides of the river.

Lu Boding was originally a water thief, and he had no great ambitions, and after occupying the rich land in the southeast, he had been enjoying himself, and the major affairs of the military state could be said to be a mess of governance.

After the failure of the invasion of Yaodong, he has been fighting with the Yaodong naval army in Siqinghai, and has hardly won a few victories in a few years. Lu Boding asked all the sailors to return to the front line of the defense of the river, and completely abandoned Siqinghai.

In the years when Fan Zhiyi and Du Feng fought, it was Lu Boding's happiest days. There is no nuisance of war, and the indulgence of lustful dogs and horses makes Lu Boding happy. Only now his good fortune has come to an end.

The news that Fan Kuyi personally led the army to attack made it difficult for Lu Boding to sleep. In the mouth of the southern bandits who took refuge, Fan Yuyi was almost a god-like character. led hundreds of villagers to defeat countless thieves in the south; and the 100,000 troops of the capital were powerless to fight back. All this gave Lu Boding no confidence to resist Fan Yuyi.

"Southeast Shilin has always been dissatisfied with Lu Boding, who was born as a water thief, and has expressed his willingness to cooperate with us to defeat Lu Boding's men." Fu Zuci handed over a letter to Fan Zhiyi and said.

"Southeast Shilin has a lot of influence in the local area, and if we can get their support, it will be easier for us to conquer the southeast this time. Lu Boding stole the throne, and now it is time to settle accounts with him. Fan said.

"The southeast is a land of abundance, and if we get the southeast, we will be more financially rich. Suicheng in the land of Xu Huai has sent people over, expressing their willingness to surrender, and after we capture the southeast, we will take advantage of the northern expedition and pacify the Central Plains. Fu Zuci said optimistically.

"Now that Wei Zeng and Zhang Ling are at war in the north, we can seize the opportunity to go on a northern expedition, and we can indeed have a great advantage. But Wei Zengqi is as fierce as a tiger, cunning as a fox, occupying the land of the Three Norths, and has the heart to look down on the world. It's not a good-to-get character either. Wei Zeng has 200,000 elite soldiers in his hands, even if he is now competing with Zhang Ling for hegemony in the Central Plains, but it is not something we can deal with alone. In my opinion, it is more prudent to dispatch with other people. Fan said.

"Someone else? Brother Jian Yi refers to the Ding family brothers in Yaodong? Fu Zuci asked.

"Yes, it's the Ding brothers. Three years ago, the Ding brothers were defeated by Wei Zeng. I was ready to defend Yaodong to the death. It was only when Mobei occupied the rear of the Turks who invaded Wei Zeng that Wei Zeng gave up his march to Yaodong. The Ding brothers will never let Wei Zeng become bigger, but since they failed, they are unable to compete with Wei Zeng. Now we can unite with the Ding brothers to attack together, which will be more secure. The Dejia Guard was also ordained by the imperial court, and there is nothing wrong with us uniting them. Fan said.

"This is the best, I will send someone to Yaodong to contact the Ding family brothers, and make an appointment to attack Wei Zeng together. With the cooperation of Jiangnan Shilin, it is not difficult to defeat Lu Boding. Then we will immediately wave our army north, and we will definitely be able to defeat Wei Zeng. Fu Zuci said with a smile.

"Naturally, but we must be sure that the people of Suicheng are completely on our side, and send someone to test them. If they are hypocritically obedient, we will be the first to sweep them away on our way north. Fan said.

Fu Zuci nodded yes and sent envoys to Yaodong and Suicheng respectively.

Jiangnan's envoy soon arrived in Suicheng, but Jiangnan's envoy's speed was fast. But it couldn't match the speed of Lupoding's defeat.

After hearing the news that the Jiangnan army was about to go north, the governor of Suicheng was not only unhappy. Instead, he became anxious.

"We don't go over to show goodwill, but we don't want Fan Yuyi to really want us to submit. Lu Boding won't last long, what should we do? A military attache said.

"If Fan Yuyi really comes with a large army, there will be no problem for us to take refuge in him. We just want to make a living in the troubled times, and we can't fight them. Chief Suicheng said with a frown.

"But we have promised to return to Yanbei, in case Wei Zeng knows that we have taken refuge in the Jiangnan people. Doesn't he send troops to fight us? The envoy of Yanbei is here, so difficult that we want to kill the envoy of Yanbei and surrender to Fan Zhiyi? The military attache asked.

"Naturally, you can't kill the Yanbei envoy and offend Wei Zeng thoroughly, in case the Jiangnan people fail. We will definitely be retaliated against by Wei Zeng. When the time comes, we will have no choice but to leave our hometown and go to Jiangnan with them. However, when we arrived in Jiangnan, we were not familiar with the place, and the days under the fence must not be easy. The chief of Suicheng shook his head.

"What are you going to do? We can't afford to offend Wei Zeng and Fan Zhiyi, and if none of us are attached, I'm afraid both sides will take advantage of us. According to the Yanbei envoy, Wei Zeng had already defeated Zhang Ling and was about to be killed; Fan Jiyi also pacified the southeast and will go north in a few days. We can't wait, we have to make a decision. In my opinion, Yanbei is relatively close to Suicheng, and we can't afford to offend, so it is better to kill the Jiangnan envoy and surrender to Wei Zeng. The military attache looked at him fiercely, and said with a gesture.

"Confused, if we could take refuge in Wei Zeng, we would have taken refuge a long time ago, and we would have dragged it out until now? Our main forces here are the remnants of the Jingnan Army, which destroyed Wei Zeng's hometown. We took refuge in Wei Zeng, and for the sake of face, he naturally wouldn't say anything. But one day he has a cramp in his head and wants to avenge his hometown father, should we stick his head over and let him cut it off? The chief of Suicheng replied with wide eyes.

"Then kill the Yanbei envoy and take refuge in the Jiangnan people. But the lord just said that he couldn't kill the Yanbei envoy, so what should we do? My lord, we really can't put it off, and if we drag it any longer, our heads will be gone. The military attache said.

"Who can we kill? If others don't come to kill us, we will burn high incense. How to decide, I will think about it again. The Suicheng Commander frowned and pondered.

At this time, a civil official came to the hall and said: "It's a big deal, the Jiangnan people have been killed, and it is less than a hundred miles away from Suicheng." ”

"What? So fast? Are all the water thieves in the southeast muddy? Governor Suicheng was surprised.

"Decide your lordship, otherwise you really won't have a chance." The military attache persuaded.

"In this case, we can only take refuge in the Jiangnan people, tell the envoys of Jiangnan that we are willing to submit, and the civil and military officials of Suicheng will obey Fan Zhiyi's dispatch. However, Yanbei's envoy still can't be killed, as for how to deal with it, leave it to me. The chief of Suicheng said with a sigh.

On the same day, the envoy of Jiangnan was treated by the governor of Suicheng, and was arranged to sit on the throne and drink with the civil and military officials of Suicheng. During the banquet, the civil and military officials of Suicheng flattered greatly, making the Jiangnan envoy feel like heaven.

The Yanbei envoy was detained in a dungeon, waiting to be beheaded.

It was late at night, and the envoy of Yanbei was escorted outside the city, flanked by strong soldiers, and he was to be put to death.

"What a shameless dog thief, treacherous and murdered me! We, General Wei, will go south in a few days, and we will definitely kill you without leaving a single chicken or dog. The Yanbei envoy knew that the deadline was approaching, so he scolded.

At this moment, the chief of Suicheng walked over with a gloomy face, stared at the Yanbei envoy twice, and then slapped the sergeants on both sides and said

"Bastard, didn't I tell you to bring the messenger over? What are you doing here? Don't let it go soon. ”

"Why are you? Since you have decided to take refuge in the Jiangnan people, you can kill me, but our General Wei will definitely avenge me. The Yanbei envoy was loosened, but he still said indignantly.

"The envoy misunderstood, the Jiangnan army is coming, if we don't surrender, everyone in Suicheng will die. We are also forced to be helpless. I asked people to imprison the envoy just for show, but I didn't want these Qiu Ba to treat the envoy so slowly. The lower official apologized here. The chief of Suicheng bowed to the end and said.

"That's it, since you are forced to be helpless, our General Wei will naturally not blame you if you know it. But what are you going to do, do you really want to stand on the opposite side of my Yanbei army. Yanbei's envoy said slowly.

"Naturally we don't dare, we are bent on General Wei, how dare we stand on the opposite side of General Wei. We are willing to endure humiliation and wait for the arrival of General Wei's army. It's just that the Jiangnan people are pressing, and they ask the messenger to rush to leave. Here are all the festivals of the messenger, and there are hundreds of taels of silver that are not a tribute. Please ask the envoy to tell General Wei that we are completely forced to surrender to the Jiangnan people! Governor Suicheng said.

"It seems that you are indeed in trouble, since you are bent on General Wei, just wait for General Wei's army to arrive. You can rest assured that our General Wei attaches great importance to love and righteousness, and with General Wei here, no one can hurt you. The Yanbei envoy sighed and said.

"Messenger, let's go, don't be discovered by the Jiangnan people. This is my mount, and the messenger will take it for his journey, so let's go. ”

"I take the kindness of the lord in my heart, don't worry, I will definitely tell General Wei that you are all loyal. Our Yanbei army is approaching soon, and your suffering will not last a few days. After speaking, the Yanbei envoy left. (To be continued.) )