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Qiu Zhi stood on the top of the hill where the Qingtan clamped the Lai River, watching the rushing Lai River surging from the upper reaches and stirring up the waves at the bottom of the mountain, that is because under this section of the river, there are sunken ships and iron piles, which have blocked the river to death, in order to prevent the sailors of Dingzhou from having the opportunity to enter the Lai River, tearing the entire Central Plains along this river across the Central Plains, Qiu Zhi took great pains. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It's the end of September, the weather is gradually getting cooler, the first assistant Shang Haibo is indeed the person who knows the generals of Dingzhou best, painstaking management, after several years of weaving a big net finally Dingzhou's first general over the mountain wind net in the middle, luring the mountain wind into Qingzhou, the strange soldiers highlight to cut off his way back, hidden in Xingzhou, Pingzhou, Suzhou hundreds of thousands of troops flocked into Qinzhou, intending to run down Qinzhou, Quanzhou, Yizhou, cut off Li Qing's big hand into the Central Plains, the first half of the journey went extremely smoothly, but after entering September, It's not so easy.

First of all, Guan Xinglong, who stayed in Qinzhou, broke his wrist to survive, and gave up Xiaoaihe, Huting, Anfu Temple and other important places at the first time, withdrew all the troops in his hands to Qinzhou, concentrated all the troops in his hands to the greatest extent, and gave up most of the land, only holding a few key points, but it was these points, including Qinzhou Chengcheng, that constituted a complete defense system, not only made Shang Haibo's original plan to eliminate the troops of the Dingzhou army stationed in these places in the blitzkrieg attack, Under the command of Guan Xinglong, the tenacious Dingzhou army firmly held Qinzhou, and the battle lasted for more than half a month, but still no effective breakthrough was made.

The second is the Qingzhou war, which greatly surprised everyone's expectations, there is Yuan Fang in charge, the veteran Wanli personally commanded the battle of the mountain wind 1 in the case of occupying the world, the place and the people, was successfully counterattacked by the mountain wind, Wanli tens of thousands of troops were defeated into an army, and now can only retreat to Changhua, avoid the strong and hold Changhua, Pinglu, Tacheng, Chenghua and other places, and the mountain wind formed a stalemate, the original plan to defeat the mountain wind from the other side of the plan to attack Qinzhou also became a bubble.

And the death of King Ning in the 100,000 mountains, Qin Kaiyuan, the son of King Ning, surrendered to Dingzhou, so that Dingzhou was able to draw out tens of thousands of troops belonging to the Fengli division who fought in the 100,000 mountains, and at the same time, the whole Qiang tribe led by Ma Lanhua mobilized and dispatched 50,000 elites to assist the Dingzhou army in combat, intelligence shows that these two forces are very likely to enter Qingzhou and cooperate with the mountain wind to fight, if the department and the mountain wind will meet, then Qingzhou will inevitably not be guaranteed, Qingzhou will be lost, and the Qinzhou offensive planned by Shang Haibo will come to naught.

In Bozhou, Lu Dalin recently suddenly stepped up his offensive, frequently launched attacks on the entire front, and his combat purpose was clear at a glance, if he could not hold Bozhou and let the Laihe River fall into the hands of the opponent, then Xingzhou would inevitably fall into danger.

From the beginning of September, Li Qing set out from Dingzhou, began to inspect several major war zones, in Qiu Zhi's view, this is Li Qing's last battle before the decisive battle research or deployment, at the latest in the spring of next year, Dingzhou will inevitably launch a war with Luoyang, and under his own eyes, on all fronts, Luoyang is actually at a disadvantage, and Shang Haibo painstakingly planned this battle, if you can't compete for merit, then Da Chu will be charcoal in danger, in the next time, there will only be the ability to parry, There's no way to fight back.

sighed, Qiu Zhi's heart was inexplicably cool, since he was a young boy, he joined the Great Chu army, starting from a small big soldier, and slowly grew into one of the most famous generals in Great Chu, the official to the best, but those old comrades-in-arms who had fought side by side with him were either purged by the emperor, or they betrayed from Dachu, they were all away from themselves, a few days ago his grandson Li Feng sent a letter, Xiao Haoran, the pillar of the Xiao family, also passed away, The friends who galloped together on the grassland back then are finally gone.

Although in the end, he parted ways with Xiao Haoran and Li Yuanshan, they chose to give it a go for the sake of the family, but he chose to do his last bit for Da Chu, but this did not prevent Qiu Zhi from missing them.

Li Feng still writes often, I am afraid that this is also the instruction of the Li family and even the high-level of Dingzhou, and the meaning is of course very clear. I don't have any relatives anymore, I only have a daughter and such a granddaughter who didn't have a good time a few years ago, and I can even say that it was very miserable, but fortunately, it has been much better in recent years, Li Muzhi took her to Yizhou, with Li Muzhi and Li Feng here, my daughter will not have any major tribulations, I hope this will make her change her character. For this matter, Qiu Zhi is still grateful to Li Qing.

Grandson Li Feng has nothing to worry about, the boy of the year is now a famous general in Dingzhou, with tens of thousands of cavalry under his command to shock the Central Plains, and there is such a great brother as Li Qing, his life of glory and wealth is indispensable for him, what is there not to be satisfied with living to this extent?

Then in the end, he will fight for his own morality, he has become the waiting master of Da Chu from a big soldier, and from a son of a poor family to one of the top people in Da Chu, it is time for him to repay himself. Qiu Zhi said in his heart, for the meaning revealed by his grandson in the letter, Qiu Zhi just said silently, I'm sorry, my good grandson, grandpa can rely on you for anything, but this matter is not good, grandpa has a moral sense in his heart.

The wind raised the flag on the top of the village and the crimson cloak on Qiu Zhi's body, the sound of hula and the river stirring, Qiu Zhi's heart was filled with sadness, as an old minister who was determined to ask for life and death with Da Chu, Qiu Zhi really didn't understand, why did the powerful head Mao fall to this point, Qiu Zhi didn't read much, and he couldn't open a lot of deep-seated things, Da Chu has developed to this day, with a lot of strong and powerful, land annexation, and a large concentration of wealth in the hands of a few people, and a small number of people standing on the top of the pyramid take away the majority of the people. Social contradictions are on the verge of breaking out, this is a stage that will inevitably be experienced after the rise of a dynasty, the Great Zhou did not avoid it, and the Great Chu that destroyed the Great Zhou did not get out of this vicious circle after all, and went to the step of the Great Zhou of that year, and it may end worse than the Great Zhou, at least when the Great Zhou fell, it still retained a strong sea power, and finally the Prince of Zhou sailed away, preserving the continuation of the Great Zhou bloodline

And if Great Chu perishes, will the Qin Clan's temple still survive?

"Old General Qiu!" A respectful voice came from beside him, and Qiu Zhi turned around, "Zu Yan, you're here!" ”

"Old General, you've been standing here for an hour, go back and rest

The food and drinks have been prepared inside, and I will accompany you to have a few drinks to get rid of fatigue. ”

Qiu Zhi smiled slightly, turned around and wanted to leave, but he stumbled, and Zu Yan hurriedly supported the white-haired old man, "Old general, be careful." ”

Qiu Zhi shook his head

"It's really old, it's useless, and I just stood for a while and didn't listen to my legs and feet!" Stood still, thumping his thighs

"I can't take a few looks, but I can take one more look!"

Zu Yan said with a smile: "The old man should be old and strong, and the days to come will be long!" ”

Qiu Zhi laughed, "I haven't seen you for a few years, but you have learned to pat on the horse's feet, but your horse's hooves are slapped on the horse's feet, Xiao Zu, I think when I was your age, you were still a big-headed soldier!" ”

"yes!" Zu Yan said with a smile: "Still in a martial arts exercise, the old man took a fancy to him and transferred him to your personal team, and he taught me hand-in-hand for so many years, so I have today!" ”

Qiu Zhi said sadly: "You have a lot of beard, can I still not be old?" Xiao Zu, this time I brought you here, you won't blame me, right? ”

Zu Yan said with a smile: "It is my honor to follow the old man to fight again, Zu Yan is a soldier, and it is my glory to die on the battlefield. Besides, with the old man here, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to die in battle! ”

Holding Qiu Zhi, he smiled as he walked into the room.

Walking back to the room and sitting at the table, Qiu Zhi picked up the wine glass on the table, raised his neck and drank it all, looking at Zu Yan, "Xiao Zu, this time you have to be prepared, this time it is not the same as before, Dingzhou Li Qing, hehe!" Qiu Zhi shook his head, "Qing, we are old and useless." ”

Zu Yan filled Qiu Zhi with a glass of wine, and asked tentatively: "Old man, in the current situation, how many wins do you think we have?" “

Qiu Zhi was silent for a moment, and said: "If this battle planned by Shang Shoufu is a great success, we win Qinzhou, Quanzhou, and get Yizhou with better luck, then we will have half of the victory in the battle with Li Qing in Dingzhou, if we can't compete for all the merit or fail, then the fate of Dachu will be between this two years!" ”

Zu Yan's hand shook, "Is the old man too pessimistic?" ”

"Pessimistic?" Qiu Zhi smiled, "If this is asked by someone else, I won't say it, Xiao Zu, you are my old subordinate, I don't have to hide it from you." This is the truth, but then again, not thinking about victory, thinking about defeat first, considering everything is not a bad thing, we can't control the overall situation, but as long as we do our thing, we can make the situation not collapse to the point of being out of control, you know I got you back to preside over the Qingtan war, it is because it is too important here, if Qingtan is lost, then the Laihe cave will be opened, and Dingzhou can go up the river, threatening Xingzhou, Suzhou, Pingzhou, even if I have no way forward in Bozhou, there will be chasing soldiers behind, then there is really no way to heaven, There is no way to get into the ground. ”

Zu Yan nodded, "Don't worry, old man, with the six thousand soldiers and horses trained by the old man himself, plus the steep fortress on both sides of the Laihe River, I still have confidence in defending Qingtan." ”

"Don't be careless, you have to face the marine corps of the Dingzhou Naval Division, this is a strong army, this army set a record of three hundred miles in three days, and broke the record of several counties on the way, the commander of the marine corps, Zheng Zhiqiang, is also from a small soldier slowly step by step, extremely rich in combat experience, and his character is also quite tenacious, you don't underestimate him because he is young!"

"Don't worry, this old general, the opponent is a rabbit, and I will also treat the opponent as a tiger." Zu Yan said with a smile: "Speaking of which, there are mostly young generals over there in Dingzhou, and Wang Qinian, Chen Zeyue, Yang Yidao, etc. are not very old!" ”

"Li Qing's ability to train people is indeed superior."

"Old man, there is one thing I don't understand, speaking of which, your relationship with the Li family in Dingzhou is extraordinary, and you were put into the cold palace because of these things a few years ago, but why are you ......."

"You're asking me why I'm making enemies of them instead, aren't you?" Qiu Zhi said with a smile.

"Old man forgiveness!" Zu Yan said.

"Because, I have my way!" Qiu Zhi once again drank all the wine in the cup, his face full of vicissitudes.