"Has it been all these years?"

In the lobby of the City Guard Mansion, Wu Heng sat alone in the center of the lobby, drinking glass after glass of spirits.

Although the sound of killing outside the mansion was still shocking, these noisy sounds could not shake Wu Heng's mind at the moment.

And at this moment, a somewhat playful laugh sounded in the hall.

"It's so calm, Wu Shuai!"

With this laughter, Liu Yan, the thirteenth prince of the Liu family of the Southern Tang Dynasty, walked in from outside the house, holding two jars of wine in both hands.

"The Zhou army seems to have entered the city! Didn't Wu Shuai once say that this battle is foolproof? ”

I don't know what kind of thinking came from, Liu Yan ridiculed and ridiculed Wu Heng. Perhaps, he also has resentment in his heart, he was controlled by Wu Heng, although he had to become the nominal loyal lord of the Taiping Army, but in fact he was just a puppet's grievance.

"I'm tired ......"

Facing Liu Yan's ridicule, Wu Heng said lightly, tasting the wine by himself.

Liu Yan was stunned, and then seemed to feel the heavy mood contained in Wu Heng when he said this, so he didn't taunt again, but walked to him silently and sat down.

After being silent for a long time, Liu Yan said in a low voice, "You...... Underestimate the withered sheep! ”

This tone of comfort rather than ridicule made even Liu Yan himself puzzled.

He couldn't figure out why he was going to comfort Wu Heng.

When Wu Heng did not appear, he Liu Yan had already abandoned his identity as the prince of the previous dynasty, and An An was a poor scholar who was hungry and full in Guangling, occasionally doing some "private work", not killing people, but just robbing the rich businessmen who seemed to know that they were rich in the past, and charmed them with sweat medicine, and then scraped away the valuables, and finally found an inn to open a room and throw them in.

As for these ill-gotten gains, most of Liu Yan was scattered to those warblers and Yanyan in the Qinglou, to a certain extent, this can be regarded as robbing the rich and helping the poor, right?

No matter what others think. Anyway, Liu Yan is very keen on this kind of free and free life.

In his opinion, life in the world does not have to be vigorous, as long as you live well and live long enough, this is the greatest relief for your parents.

The rest, such as status, fame, prestige, and money, are just things outside the body, and if you don't bring them in life or die, why bother chasing them?

At that time, he Liu Yan might as well think of a few beautiful words to win the smiles of those girls in the Qinglou.

Yet in this world. There are indeed some people who don't live freely. They dwell on what has passed. And try to get it again. Liang Qiu Hao is, Yang Yu is, and now this hero named Wu Heng is also the same!

For Wu Heng. Liu Yan was a little hateful to be honest, after all, it was the appearance of Wu Heng that forced him Liu Yan to face the miserable past that he finally gave up, and was forced to give up his new identity and return to the whirlpool of power struggle.

And Wu Heng seemed to have heard the comforting element in Liu Yan's words, sneered, and said lightly, "Your Highness is laughing!" ”

"What?"

Seeing that Liu Yan couldn't understand what he meant, Wu Heng explained lightly. "It's not that the subordinates underestimated the withered sheep, but that the subordinates overestimated the subordinates themselves!"

Liu Yan was even more puzzled when he heard this, and looked at Wu Heng as if he didn't understand.

Seeing this, Wu Heng sighed lightly and muttered. "His Majesty originally thought that even if he relied on one person alone, it would be enough to revitalize the Taiping Army and support the Southern Tang Dynasty...... But now it seems that I am underestimating myself. ——His Majesty was not defeated in the hands of the withered sheep, nor in the hands of any one of the Zhou Army, but in the hands of His Majesty himself! ”

"......" Liu Yanyan was confused when he heard this, but he didn't speak, after all, he also knew that what Wu Heng needed at the moment was not his comfort, but listening, listening quietly.

"Zhou Jun is not afraid! Although our Taiping army was in a dilemma by Xie An at Hukou, it was just a scoundrel played by the other party, if it wasn't for our army rushing to seize Jiangdong at that time, Xie An would not have been able to defeat our army at all! ”

"......" Liu Yan pondered for a while and nodded affirmatively. After all, Wu Heng was not wrong, at that time, Xie An saw that the Taiping army was eager to defeat the Zhou army led by him and marched into Jiangdong, and deliberately did not fight with the Taiping army, which made the contradiction between Wu Heng and Liu Qing within the Taiping army escalate day by day, and eventually led to the situation of parting ways.

"Chen Bei's bravery, Yang Yu's commander, and my scheming, this is the initial prototype of my second-generation Taiping Army......

Chen Bei is very strong, quite strong, so strong that he is not at all like the people who should appear in this world, but he lacks power and strategy, and he does not know how to use tricks...... The position of commander-in-chief fell into his hands, and I often worried that this guy would ruin my Taiping army...... I didn't expect that in the end, the Taiping Army was buried in the hands of my Wu Heng......"

Taking a sip of tea, Wu Heng let out a long sigh.

Yang Yu ...... That guy is not as brave as Chen Bei, and his power is not as good as mine, but he is extremely good at commanding troops and is a natural handsome, maybe this has something to do with the fact that his father and brother are the first generals of my Taiping Army...... If he were in the city today, wouldn't he be more useful than Zhang Hong's idiot? ”

"......" Liu Yan glanced at Wu Heng in astonishment. It was hard for him to imagine that Wu Heng would bury his subordinates at this time.

But having said that, there is one thing that Wu Heng is not wrong, if Liang Qiuhao, Yang Yu and the Tianfu army are still alive today, and the Zhou army wants to capture Guangling, it will definitely not be an easy task. There is even a possibility that the Zhou army will be defeated in this battle.

After all, like Liang Qiuhao and Array Lei, the two world-class heroes, Zhou Jun has never defeated them in the real sense. Even Yang Yu, the commander-in-chief of the Tianfu Army, only died in the betrayal of the traitor Wei Xuan and died in the midst of more than a thousand chaotic troops, and he never had the slightest opportunity to show his unparalleled command ability in the Taiping Army.

If Liang Qiuhao and Yang Yu are all here today, the Tianfu Army is also there, the Six Divine Generals are also there, and the Taiping Army generals are also there......

After fantasizing for a while, Liu Yan was secretly frightened. After all, the Taiping Army forces that have all surfaced are extremely powerful.

"Kaiyang Divine General" Liang Qiu Hao, the undoubted number one general in the world, even if Yan Hu Ji Liang Qiu Dance and Ghost Ji Jin Ling'er join hands, they can't help this person, they are really a rare genius in a hundred years.

Yang Yu, the "commander of the Tianfu Army", was the first person in the Taiping Army to discuss the ability to command troops, and it is said that he was a handsome talent at the strategic level.

"Tianxuan Divine General" Wu Heng, the son of Wu Wei, the deputy commander of the first Taiping Army, was a powerful and ruthless hero, in just half a year when Xie An led the Zhou army to fight with the three anti-kings and the king of the Nineteenth Road. This person led the troops to encompass the entire Jiangdong, although there are some suspicions of taking advantage of people's danger, but it is undeniable that Wu Heng is powerful.

In addition, Chen Liuhaojie, the Northern Army of the Great Thursday Town, Geng Nan, the "former Tianshu Divine General", the Yancheng swordsman, the staff next to Li Xian, the Eight Sage King of the "Five Rice Warriors", the Shangshu of the Great Zhou Imperial Court, the "Original Tianquan Divine General" Ji Hong, the current Zhou Army's first fierce general of the Jizhou Soldiers "Tiger of Liang State", the former "Tianji Divine General" Fei Guo, and the "Yuheng Divine General" Qi Zhi, who had completely suppressed the withered sheep on the frontal battlefield and played with it on applause, had followed Liu Qing's orders and quietly came to the ambush under the noses of several Zhou troops. But because of bad luck, he bumped into Yan Lei, the "light-shaking god general" of Liangqiu Dance.

The Taiping Army in its heyday was so terrifying!

It's a pity that two geniuses, Xie An and Li Xian, appeared in the Great Zhou court, disintegrating the camp of the six gods in the heyday. The "Tianshu Divine General" Geng Nan, the "Tianji Divine General" Fei Guo, and the "Tianquan Divine General" Ji Hong all rebelled. and even the next "Tianji God General" Wei Xuan. also secretly submitted to Xie An's wife, the eldest grandson Xiangyu.

But no matter what, when Xie An forced the Taiping Army to show up when Xie An took Jiangnan a few years ago, the Taiping Army can also be called full of talents, not to mention Qi Zhi and Yan Lei, two veteran generals. Wei Hu and Withered Yang are also extremely outstanding young people, not to mention that the real backbone of the Taiping Army, Tianfu soldiers, has not been damaged at all, and the uncle like Feng Xi in the army, which one is not a fierce general with the strength of a god general?

[The Taiping army was not defeated by the external enemy Zhou State, but destroyed in internal strife......]

Although Liu Yan honestly did not have a good impression of the Taiping Army, he thought that what had already passed should be allowed to pass, and there was no need to force it anymore, but. He couldn't help but feel sorry for it.

Perhaps, even Liu Yan actually hopes that the Southern Tang Dynasty can be restored deep down, although it is only a glimmer of hope......

Sighing slightly, Liu Yan raised his head. Only then did he realize that Wu Heng stared at the wine cup in his hand, wandering out of the world.

[What was he thinking?] This iron-hearted hero? Do you regret killing Liang Qiuhao and other pillars of the Taiping Army, or do you simply remember the past? ]

For some reason, Liu Yan's resentment towards Wu Heng quietly disappeared. Perhaps he realized that although Wu Heng was extremely ambitious, his loyalty to Nantang may be sincere.

Perhaps, this hero named Wu Heng simply inherited the unfulfilled long-cherished wish of his father Wu Wei, nothing more.

And just when Liu Yan was secretly guessing, Wu Heng's mind had already drifted to Jingzhou twelve years ago......

It was the third year that it had taken root in Lingling County, and the form of the Taiping Army, which had tasted its courage, had improved significantly.

However, they lost a meek leader.

Liu Qian, the second-generation commander of the Taiping Army, the gentle and dignified woman, had been suffering from hard work for a long time, and finally passed away. Before dying, Liu Qian entrusted the Taiping Army to Liang Qiuhao, Wu Heng, and Yang Yu, the three leaders of the young generation of the Taiping Army.

Among them, Liang Qiuhao served as the third generation commander of the Taiping Army, Wu Heng served as the deputy commander, and Yang Yu served as the second generation commander of the Tianfu Army.

But all the veterans of the Taiping Army remember that on that day, their three generations of commanders-in-chief accepted the challenge of many generals in the army such as Yi Wuheng, and finally won and won the crown of commander-in-chief.

Perhaps at this time, Liang Qiuhao and Wu Heng had a mustard.

"You say, why did the second-generation coach hand over the position of commander-in-chief to Chen Bei, instead of me?" Wu Heng, who was wandering in the world, suddenly asked coldly, almost startling Liu Yan.

"This ......" Liu Yan groaned while holding the wine cup, and guessed, "Could it be that he sensed that Wu Shuai was too ambitious?" ”

"Ambition?" Wu Heng snorted disdainfully.

Seeing that Wu Heng was not satisfied with this answer, Liu Yan thought about it again, and then said hesitantly, "Isn't it...... Seeing that Wu Shuai is not very close? ”

The words "......" were like thunder in the sky, which made Wu Heng shake, and he stared at Liu Yan in disbelief, until Liu Yan faintly felt a little uncomfortable, and then he nodded slowly in shock.

"I see...... Am I being too ruthless? ”

In an instant, Wu Heng's prejudice against the second-generation coach Liu Qian disappeared without a trace, because he finally understood Liu Qian's good intentions at that time.

Yes, he Wu Heng is too ruthless......

Although Liang Qiuhao is sometimes ruthless, he only targets outsiders, and as for the brothers or acquaintances in the Taiping Army, he will never harm them. is no better than him, in order to achieve the goal, even if he sacrifices and betrays his brothers in the army, he will not hesitate to do so.

[I see, I see...... His Royal Highness Liu Ji knows that I hate Chen Bei and Yang Yu. If I were the commander-in-chief, the two of them would have died of depression; On the contrary, if Chen Bei is used as handsome, then with his strength, he can tolerate me Wu Heng...... Is that so? ]

With a "snap", the wine glass in Wu Heng's hand was crushed by him.

Once upon a time, he has always been angry about the second-generation coach Liu Qian's favoritism towards Liang Qiuhao. He fantasized more than once that if Liu Qian gave him the position of coach Wu Heng and ordered Liang Qiuhao to assist him as the deputy marshal, then. Liang Qiuhao's bravery, Yang Yu's commander, and his Wu Heng's strategy. How did the Taiping Army end up like this?

But. Wu Heng never thought about whether he would be willing to give up the rights to Liang Qiuhao and Yang Yu if Liu Qian really gave him the position of coach Wu Heng at the beginning, but said. One person is the only one, leaving the two idle?

"It's the latter, isn't it?" Wu Heng smiled bitterly with self-deprecation.

Perhaps people's perception of certain things only changes when they are irretrievable.

Only now did he Wu Heng figure out the key to it, and before, he had never looked for the reason in himself, but simply attributed his resentment to Liang Qiuhao. And now he realized that the real reason why Liu Qian didn't use him Wu Heng as a handsome man may be that he Wu Heng did not tolerate people.

After all, he Wu Heng is just a ruthless hero, but he can't be called a master who can lead the Taiping Army to glory. On the other hand, Liang Qiuhao. He has no scheming, but with his unique personality charm, he can attract one after another fierce generals and handsomes to be loyal to him.

[Lord Liu Ji didn't do anything wrong, it was me who was wrong......]

Wu Heng pinched the fragment of the wine glass in his hand, even if the fragment cut his palm, he didn't realize it. Maybe the pain in the palm of his hand is far less than the pain in his heart.

After all. The Taiping Army left by his father Wu Wei and made Wu Heng regard it as his life turned out to be destroyed in the hands of Wu Heng himself, not in the hands of Liu Qing, Liang Qiuhao and other "foolish masters" whom he had fantasized about more than once.

How sad!

At the same time, at the west gate of Guangling, the main force of the Zhou army, which had been belated, finally arrived.

How could the Taiping soldiers, who were already short of troops and their morale plummeting, be able to stop the Zhou soldiers who were like tigers and wolves, and had to drop their weapons and surrender under Xie An's persuasion.

After entering the city, Wang Huai, Dian Ying and other generals quickly seized the favorable terrain in the city, joined forces with Fei ** and Ma Dan's army to attack the resistance forces in the city, and then rescued the besieged Liao Lijun and the withered sheep army, so that the situation of the entire battlefield completely fell to the Zhou army.

"Haha, this battle is decided!"

Seeing that the overall situation had been decided, Xie An and Li Xian looked at each other and smiled, and the generals beside them also smiled.

Of course, there are also those who are very dissatisfied with this, even to the point of anger, such as Ji Liu Qing in the sky.

[How can this be...... Outrageous! ]

Glaring at Xie An hatefully, Liu Qing asked viciously, "Is our army really the main force?" Why, in my opinion, can we only be regarded as cleaning the battlefield?! ”

"Oh? Really? Xie An had an unconscious expression on his face.

"Isn't it?" Raising his hand and pointing to the burning city, Liu Qing asked angrily, "Why didn't I know that Liao Li, Fei Guo, and Ma Dan would participate in this attack on Guangling?" - Aren't they supposed to be in charge of the Taiping army outside the city? ”

"The Taiping army outside the city?" Xie An had an ignorant and pretentious expression, and it wasn't until Liu Qing's ground turned red that he suddenly realized, nodded and said, "What do you mean, what are the Chinese army generals Zhao She, the former army generals Mu Guang, and the right army generals Du Fang?" ”

"Uh-huh!" Liu Qing snorted viciously.

"Won the battle......" Xie An said pretending to be puzzled.

Liu Qing was slightly startled when she heard this, and asked in astonishment, "When?" ”

"Yesterday, the three generals Fei Guo, Ma Dan, and Liao Li sent good news respectively...... shrugged his shoulders, Xie An was relieved to have a good general under his command, and said complacently, "Well done, those three guys!" - Fei Guo and Ma Dan don't talk about it, Liao Li has made outstanding achievements this time! He successively supported Fei Guo and Ma Dan, and attacked Zhao Shi and Du Fang......"

The more Liu Qing listened, the more frightened she became, not only shocked by the strength of Liao Li, Fei Guo, Ma Dan and other Zhou generals, but also wondered why she herself had not seen such a similar good news.

Suddenly, Liu Qing seemed to realize something, her beautiful eyes narrowed, and she glared at Xie An viciously.

As if realizing something, Xie An subconsciously tilted his head and chatted with Li Xian without saying a word.

"Thank you, sir! Master Xie Anxie, the secretary of the Criminal Department! Putting his face in front of Xie An, Liu Qing glared at Xie An viciously, gritted his teeth and said, "The good news of the three generals Fei Guo, Ma Dan, and Liao Li, why hasn't this army division received it?" - Or is it that Lord Xie privately withheld three good news and didn't let his military division know about it? ”

"It's good, why does this government want to withhold the good news?" was stared at by Liu Qing directly, and a layer of cold sweat oozed from Xie An's forehead.

"That's not sure...... However, this military division has a good explanation, I don't know if Lord Xie wants to hear it? ”

"It doesn't have to be, does it?" With a sneer, Xie An looked at the war in the city seriously, and said, "Look, the war is not over yet, anything can happen, we have to take it seriously, right?" ”

Listening to these prevarication words, Liu Qing didn't understand, her pretty face turned red with anger, and she scolded angrily, "Xie An, you liar!" - You didn't even think about letting me deal with Wu Heng......" Speaking of this, crystal tears burst out of his eyes.

Seeing this, Li Xian quietly slipped away.

Secretly scolding Li Xian's unrighteousness, Xie Anxin smiled bitterly, and put his right hand on Liu Qing's head.

"It's me who broke my word, but I think ...... The Taiping Army can be destroyed in anyone's hands, but it must not be destroyed in your hands! If you insist on going your own way, one day, this memory will become a lingering nightmare in your heart! - Don't forget, your mother, and your brother-in-law, have worked hard for this...... This is their life's work! ”

"......" Liu Qing couldn't help but raise her head to look at Xie An, who had become serious, and faintly, she felt an inexplicable warmth.

Once upon a time, after Liang Qiuhao died in battle, Liu Qing never thought that she would have someone to care about, and the reason why she approached Xie An was just to take revenge on Wu Heng with Xie An's power.

But Xie An is sincerely thinking about her.

[Yes, the Taiping Army is the life's work of my mother and Brother Chen Bei......]

Liu Qing bit her lip in a complicated mood.

Perhaps guessing Liu Qing's extremely depressed mood, Xie An smiled slightly and rubbed the hair on her forehead heavily.

"Alright, don't be unhappy! - Although the Taiping Army is an anti-army, it is always the life's work of your mother and eldest brother, and I don't want you to get involved in it and bury the hard work of your mother and eldest brother. But, I didn't say that you weren't allowed to bury Wu Heng...... Let's go, find that guy, that guy, shouldn't die so easily! As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand to Liu Qing.

I don't know what kind of thinking it is, Liu Qing held Xie An's outstretched hand after hesitating.

“…… Well! ”

ps: I forgot to type (two) in the previous chapter, I'm really sorry.