After directing and acting in the farce of "Yellow Robe", Wang Feng's heart did not feel any light. The eldest brother Wang Mian oversees the army in the south of the Yellow River, and the third brother Wang Lin is now the chief general of Huyan Valley.

Wang Feng spent the first three days tremblingly. During these three days, he did his best to adjust the power structure of the Tiande Army. Wu Gyu-ho was promoted to deputy envoy, but was relieved of his post as commander-in-chief of the Ya Army. Wang Qian's chief guest and his teacher, Liang Yangu, served as the marching Sima, and his two closest cousins, Wang Yun and Wang Bi, were appointed as the chief general and deputy general of the Ya Army. As a placation for supporting the meritorious service, the head of the Later Army handed over the position to Wu Guihao's cousin Wu Guiyuan.

The city has not been directly threatened by the enemy at present, but Wang Feng does not dare to take it lightly, this border city built more than 100 years ago, south of the Yellow River, left and right against the mountain, the city wall is 12 zhang high, 9 zhang thick, the city is full of weapons, there are 100,000 bundles of feather arrows alone. There are no more than 100,000 siege enemies, so there is basically no need to worry. More than 100,000, don't worry too much, there are dozens of military villages built outside the surrendered city, and thousands of troops are stationed. The enemy besieging the city will not be able to hold on for long.

However, the disadvantages of the surrendered city are also very obvious, and the small people in the city have few people and less hoarding of grain and grass. In the past, this disadvantage was not very obvious, three miles south of the city is the Yellow River, there is a wharf built by the river, and high walls are built on both sides from the south gate to the wharf, even if the city is surrounded on all sides. Grain and grass from other places can still be transported to the city by the navy. Although the scale of the naval division of the Tiande army is not large, it is already second to none in the Heshuo region, and the landlubbers of the Uighurs and Khitans are even more unreachable.

But that's all changed now. Although Wang Mian remained silent, some of his guests had openly accused Wang Feng of "usurping the throne", and Ma Yue, the former deputy general of the army, even threatened that the former army soldiers would not recognize him as a queen. Zhu Gong, the commander of the Tiande Naval Division, was a close confidant of Wang Mian, and his naval division had blocked the river south of the Zhongshou Surrender City. It is impossible to expect grain to come in from the river.

The east and west sides of the city are mountainous, and the north side is the defense of the Huyan Valley garrison. Although Wang Lin did not openly accuse him of "usurping the throne" like Wang Mian, his attitude was also very unfriendly. The garrison of Huyan Valley had crossed the border and occupied several passes that should have been garrisoned by the Tiande Rear Army, blocking the communication between the surrendered city and the foreign land.

The food in the city was only enough to eat for ten days, and Wang Feng was at a loss.

Suddenly, Liang Yangu hurried in.

"Jinyu," Jinyu is Wang Feng's expression, and there is only Liang Yangu in the Tiande Army.

"Teacher," said that the teacher did not call for an official position, which also shows Wang Feng's trust in Liang Yangu.

"It's so late, you should have rested early. Only by cultivating the spirit can we have the strength to plan big things."

"I can't sleep, I don't know how expensive firewood and rice are if I don't belong home."

"Haha," Liang Yangu laughed, not going around in circles, "Hedong replied." As he spoke, he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Wang Feng. Wang Feng was about to open the envelope as if grasping a life-saving straw, but when he saw that the gold lacquer seal on the seal was very complete, he asked in surprise: "Hasn't the teacher read it yet?" ”

Liang Yangu said with a smile: "This is a handwritten letter written by Liu Envoyshuai to you, how can I read it first." ”

Wang Feng said: "Then the student will say it again: the teacher must read the letters related to official business in the future, and have a plan in mind first, so as not to delay the official business." Liang Yangu laughed wryly.

After reading the letter, Wang Feng's brows furrowed slightly, and he handed the letter to Liang Yangu. walked to the door and ordered a bowl of tea, and personally brought the tea bowl to Liang Yangu. At this time, Liang Yangu had already finished reading the letter and asked, "Liu Envoyshuai has said it thoroughly, I don't think you should hesitate anymore." You miss brotherhood, but he may not miss you. ”

Wang Feng sighed and said: "I am unwilling to give away the thirteen counties of Henan like this. ”

Liang Yangu smiled and said, "Liu Qingling thinks that those thirteen counties are a treasure, but we know that these thirteen counties are the thirteen names on the map." The total number of households in the thirteen counties is only 10,000, and the annual tax collected is not enough for the Yajun army for a month. In order to deal with those bandits who came and went like the wind, the counties had to divide their troops and garrison them, and the military rations spent accounted for 50 percent of the total annual expenditure, of which 60 percent were spent on the transit journey, and in the long run, the Tiande army would be dragged down. ”

Wang Feng said: "The students also know that it is a bottomless pit of dissatisfaction. But there are thirteen counties, and Fengzhou is only six counties, and falling into the Meng family has caused my father to be infamous for nearly ten years. If I had lost these thirteen counties, I would not have drowned alive by their spit. ”

Liang Yangu sneered and said: "They have scolded the old man for ten years, but without this scolding, there would be no family business of the Wang family." ”

Wang Feng asked in surprise: "How do you say this?" ”

Liang Yangu said: "At the beginning of the second year of Yamato, the original Tiande Army made Xue Cheng seriously ill, and wanted to pass on his son Xue Long, and designed to trap the old marshal. The old man was naturally unwilling to sit still, but that day Xue Cheng was very protective of the old handsome, and the old man felt that he was weak, so he had to visit Meng Chu at night, and begged for the whole talent to form an alliance with the Meng family. Meng Chu was reluctant to send troops, and only agreed to restrain his cronies from standing still, but the condition was that the old marshal made a note to cede the three cities of Fengzhou.

The three cities of Fengzhou were taken back from the Uighurs by the old handsome in the blood, but now they have been taken away by the Meng family for nothing, is this humiliation something that ordinary people can bear? You know the rest of the matter, the old marshal led 300 personal soldiers to attack Yacheng at night, and fought with Xue Cheng's father and son and the 800 Ya army all night. Three hundred against eight hundred, and it is in other people's territory, how hard is this battle? It can be said that it is a life of nine deaths, fortunately, God helps the nobles, Xue Long was injured by a stray arrow, Xue Cheng was angry, and he was killed, and the old handsome turned defeat into victory, and took charge of the Tiande Army on behalf of the Xue family.

The old marshal in that battle had 28 stab wounds on his body, and his blood was almost dry. But what about Meng Chu, who watched from the wall all night long, did not fire a single arrow, still served as the deputy envoy of the Tiande Army, and still wanted to occupy the three cities of Fengzhou. Lao Shuai has been scolded for nearly ten years, do you really think that Lao Shuai doesn't want to recover the three cities of Fengzhou? I was thinking day and night, could I not beat Meng Chu? The 100,000 Uighurs who Lao Shuai fought in the old years lost their armor, how could they not defeat that rotten Confucian? But he is holding the document written by Lao Shuai himself, can Lao Shuai go back on his word and slap himself to shame his children and grandchildren? ”

When Wang Feng heard this, he broke out in a cold sweat, he held Liang Yangu's hand, and said emotionally: "I listen to the teacher and form an alliance with Hedong." As for...... After all, it is his father's flesh and blood, so let's keep his life if I can. ”

Liang Yangu said happily: "If you can achieve great things and not forget your family affection, the old handsome man can also be blinded by the spirit of the sky." ”

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Wang Qian's wife, Feng Shi, was originally an ordinary peasant girl, and when she married Wang Qian, Wang Qian was still a very unambitious commander in the Hedong Army. After giving birth to a son, Wang Qian defected to the Zhenwu Army and then switched to the Tiande Army, leaving the Feng family alone to raise his young son in his hometown, and there was no news for more than ten years.

It wasn't until Wang Qian became the commander of the Tiande Army that he sent someone to take Feng's mother and son into the army, at this time he had already married a three-room concubine, but the Feng family was aging before he was old due to year-round fatigue. The mother's unfavorability and neglect greatly affected the relationship between Wang Mian and his father, and Wang Mian stood firmly on his mother's side in all previous parental conflicts, so he was beaten and scolded by his father. After becoming an adult, Wang Mian led the troops outside, and refused to even see Wang Qian's face except for official business.

But in the second year of Yamato, the decisive battle between the life and death of Wang Xue's two families miraculously changed the relationship between father and son. Under the persuasion of the Feng family, Wang Mian abandoned his prejudices, personally led the eighteen righteous brothers to fight bloodily, and killed four generals under Xue Cheng in a row, making great contributions. Since then, he has been the former commander of the Tiande Army, and Wang Qian also trusts him like a father and son.

Wang Mian has a loyal personality, is taciturn, and is extremely filial to his mother Feng. Wang Feng was elected as the queen of the stay, and Wang Mian immediately sent people back to the city to visit his mother's safety, and after learning that the Feng family was safe, he was ready to recognize Wang Feng's status as a queen. But this move was resolutely opposed by the deputy general Ma Yue, who was originally a general of the tooth army, with a strong personality and often insulted his boss. After Wang Feng became the deputy general of the Ya Army, in order to establish his authority, he took Ma Yue and found a reason to demote him to a military slave. Ma Yue absconded overnight and gathered the old department to fall into the grass in Henan.

A year later, Wang Mian left Henan, and by this time Ma Yue had thousands of people. Wang Mian made several unsuccessful attempts, and later listened to the advice of his advisers and surrendered Ma Yue. In the first year of Kaicheng, Dong Bacheng besieged Feng'an, Wang Qian and Dugu Chang joined forces to march westward, and were later blocked by Han Sui at Jiuniang Pass.

Subsequently, Dong Bacheng led the remnants of Hedong to suddenly bypass Jiuniang Pass and attack the coalition army. The various units of the Tiande Army were caught off guard and could not form an army, and only Ma Yue's troops retreated. Later, Dong Bacheng took advantage of the siege to surrender the city, at this time the number of troops in the city was less than 1,000 people, Wang Benqiang ordered the people to go to the city to kill the enemy, and the situation was very critical. Thanks to Ma Yue's decision to resolutely return to the division for reinforcements, this forced Dong Bacheng to abandon the city and march westward. Ma Yueji was promoted to former deputy general.

Ma Yue opposed Wang Mian's submission to Wang Feng, although he had his own selfish intentions, but it also fit the thoughts of the former generals. The front army had more than 10,000 soldiers, accounting for sixty-five of the total number of Tiande troops, occupying all the checkpoints around the surrendered city. As the eldest son, Wang Mian has a very high prestige in the army, and if he is elected as the queen of the Tiande army and succeeds him as the envoy of the festival in the future, then the glory and wealth of the generals of the former army will be at your fingertips. On the contrary, if Wang Mian surrendered to Wang Feng, it is difficult to say whether he can save his life, and it is even more difficult to hope for the glory and wealth of the generals.

Therefore, Ma Yue raised his arms and shouted, and the generals responded in groups, and the crown did not dare to offend the anger of the people, so he had to stand still for the time being. After that, Yu Wanjin's nephew Yu Shizhuo rushed to the army and cried about the beginning and end of Wu Guihao's mutiny when Wang Qian was dying. This time, Wang Mian had no way back, and the generals immediately recommended him to stay behind the Tiande army, and forced him to swear to defeat Wang Feng.

Wang Mian was manipulated like a puppet by his own guest Feng Qingfeng and his deputy general Ma Yue, until Wang Feng sent someone to deliver a handwritten letter from his mother Feng. Feng opened the letter with filial piety, asking Wang Mian not to forget the hardships of his father in overcoming obstacles to establish a family business, so that he would not be used by the profit-hungry generals and guests, and turn back as soon as possible. Feng also included a short note from Wang Feng in the letter, in which Wang Feng expressed his willingness to work together with his brother to protect the foundation founded by his father, and promised that as long as Wang Mian was willing to return to Zhongcheng to surrender to the city, he was willing to support him as his successor. At the end of the short note, Wang Feng mentioned that the Feng family was worried about his affairs, and he had not thought about tea and dinner for several days.

When the crown had read the letter, he began to weep and go back to the city that day. The generals begged bitterly, but Wang Mian was desperate, and on the day of Shen, he led a group of pro-troops to leave the camp and go north, not wanting to encounter a strange wind when crossing the river, and the boat capsized and died. When Ma Yue learned of his death, he immediately summoned the generals as a left-behind guard in the army and announced that Wang Mian had been assassinated by Wang Feng. The lord was indignant and vowed to avenge the crown by storming the city of Zhongshou.

At that moment, the generals elected Ma Yue as the former army commander, Feng Qingfeng joined the army for Sima, and raised a vengeful army to cross the Yellow River north.