The generals retreated. Hong Jixun pulled the hem of his robe, not inferior at all, and sat down.

Deng She was sitting precariously, as if he was in front of a big guest, and said solemnly: "Mr. Fang just said well. For more than a month, I sat on pins and needles, wandering around the room. I can't think about a plan, I can't sleep at a table, I can't eat with food, I am worried all day long, and I don't know what the road ahead is. Listening to Mr. today's words, it is really like seeing tomorrow through the clouds and mist, and suddenly brightened. As he spoke, he stood up and bowed uprightly, "Sir, don't be surprised that the general is rude." ”

Hong Jixun sat still and accepted this salute. said with a smile: "Since the general broke Zhang Jujing and Shijiabao in Liaoxi, his prestige has spread all over Liaodong. Knowing that the soldiers used by the general to break the enemy were only 10,000 new soldiers, Xiao Ke couldn't help but be fascinated. It is also known that the general fled with 800 fleeing troops, conquered the town of Yongping, killed thousands of enemies, and lost dozens of himself. It is even more amazing for Xiao Ke. ”

Deng She smiled: "Killing prisoners without benevolence, why is it worth being amazed?" ”

Hong Jixun said: "Xiao Ke can be said in the account, and he is joking." Why should the general make fun of it? The main player is weak and the guest is strong, he is in the enemy territory, and he has to kill three thousand soldiers. The general discerned the situation and was resolute and resolute. The defeated army, and not moved by the small profits in front of them. Looking at Liaodong, there are few people who can be like generals. ”

He also said: "After the general breaks the city, he is not in a hurry to recruit troops and collect money, but first asks for orders." The official is a guest at the table, and the eunuch is a thousand households. It's small and convincing. Therefore, I waited for Liaoyang and waited for the general. Unexpectedly, the general traveled at night, so that Xiao Ke had a good time to catch up. ”

"Liaoyang?"

"Tell me the truth. When the general's name was not revealed, Xiao Ke was already in Liaoyang. It's just that Liu Pingzhang doesn't know anyone,......"

Dunshe was dumbfounded. smiled: "Mr. Tianyi gave it to me." Before asking about the best policy, he first explored the details and asked, "Listening to the accent of Mr. Yan's speech, it seems that he is a native of Liaodong?" ”

Hong Jixun nodded: "Xiao Keshi lives in Goryeo, Liaodong. Tang sent eight talented people to teach Goryeo, and one of them was the ancestor of Xiao Ke. After that, he lived in Samhan and became a nobleman. The ancestors did not dare to forget their roots, and called the place where they lived called Tang City. After talking about his background, he said, "Since Mengyuan, I have dedicated the people of the city to Mengyuan." The ancestor Kublai Khan, who led Goryeo to annex the military and civilians, set up a 10,000-household mansion, and Xiao Ke's great-grandfather served as its chief. I wonder if the general has ever heard of it? ”

He was talking about Hong Fuyuan, and Deng She had heard of it. Said: "It turned out to be a famous family, disrespectful and disrespectful." Since Hong Fuyuan, the three generations of the Hong family have been the officials of Mengyuan, and they looked at Hong Jixun's dress, wondering why he was so down. is even more suspicious, his family is a eunuch Mengyuan, but how can he vote for himself. I doubted in my heart, but I didn't say anything.

Hong Jixun's temperament is sensitive, Deng She's demeanor changed, he could see it clearly, and took the initiative to explain: "Xiao Ke's father ,......" He paused, "It's a concubine." ”

His father, who said that he was boasting, was actually the result of his grandfather's temporary nature, and his mother was a slave. Therefore, his lineage has no status in their family.

He continued: "There is no ancestor, my father is with my uncle, and he does everything. Unexpectedly, a few years ago, because of some trivial things, he angered the magnates of Meng Yuan,...... "His calm demeanor changed, his face was muscular, and he said hatefully, "He was killed on the spot, and he brought horses, dragged his father's corpse, and ran for fun." ”

Deng She sighed, scolded a few times as a "dog Tartar", and comforted her.

He gasped for breath and said for a while: "There is no need for the general to comfort you. At that time, Xiao Ke witnessed the tragic scene. If you don't avenge this revenge, you swear not to be a man! …… Xiao Ke originally wanted to ask his uncle to play Emperor Yuan and punish the wicked. Who knows, he is as timid as a mouse! shirked everything, and in the end, Xiao Ke was driven out.

"Xiao Ke's home is in Twin Cities. The twin cities are the places where Helan Mansion is located. Xiao Ke decided to go home first and tell his mother to know, and then make plans. When he returned to Liaodong, he heard that Goryeo took advantage of the chaos and seized Shuangcheng. Xiao Ke traveled day and night, and hurried back. When I arrived at the old house, I only saw a vacant land after the fire.

"When asked about acquaintances in the city, after the city of Goryeo was taken, there was a fire for three days. Mother-in-law, mother-in-law. He burst into tears, "I guess it's not in the fire." ”

The parents died one after another, and it was unbearable to hear, and Deng She sighed again and again.

Hong Jixun paused for a while, stabilized his emotions, and said, "General, my father is not Yu Yuan, and my mother is not in Gaoli. Xiao Ke swore on the same day, in this life and this life, Mengyuan and Goryeo are my mortal enemies. Determined to destroy these two countries. Xiao Ke can't do it, so he will hand it over to Xiao Ke's son to do it, and the children and grandchildren will never end! ”

He stretched out his left hand, and sure enough, a little finger was missing.

Deng She was in awe: "Mr. is filial, and I will admire him." He also harbored hatred and deeply understood the pain of seeing a loved one die, but being powerless. Suddenly, I felt that I had some common language with Hong Jixun. dispelled suspicions about him. Deng She came over, and it can be seen at a glance that Hong Jixun is indeed revealing his true feelings.

"My father-in-law also died tragically at the hands of the Tartars. I know all the pain of the gentleman. "Call the soldiers," Wine! The soldiers rushed in, put down the wine glass, and Deng She got up and raised it, "Drink this cup with Mr." Revenge with killing. ”

The two of them touched their glasses and wiped their mouths at the same time. Look at each other and cherish each other. Quite a confidant. After the soldiers retreated and got back to business, Deng She asked: "I have heard about the second policy of the lower and middle schools. Dare to ask, what is the best policy? ”

Hong Jixun turned his head to look outside the account. Deng She understood, and ordered the soldiers outside the tent: "Take another hundred steps back." Do not give orders, and those who trespass will be beheaded! ”

Outside the tent, the night was dark. The torches in the tent were bright. The footsteps of the night watchmen were heard in the wind from afar. The spring cold was precipitous, Hong Jixun moved the wine glass in front of him, his eyes were shining, and he lowered his voice: "The best policy, just ten words." If the general can follow it, he will become the king's business. ”

"Sir, please." Deng She listened intently.

"Build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slow down Goryeo."

Deng She was stunned, suspicious, surprised, and happy. jumped up and woke up the dreamer with a word, these nine words are not only suitable for Zhu Yuanzhang, but also for himself. It is most appropriate to put it in front of you. The location of Horan Province is at the turn of the coast, from which to the southeast, Goryeo can be seen at a glance; From this to the north, there are mountains and rivers as the screen; From here, to the southwest, overlooking Liaodong.

Gather the grain of several places, accept the people of Liaodong, gather sufficient momentum, and it is out of control.

In ecstasy, he laughed out loud: "Sir! Great minds think alike. I have to get a sir, like a tiger! He had mixed emotions, and he didn't know whether he was saying that he and Hong Jixun were both heroes, or that Hong Jixun was slightly the same as the one who gave advice to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Hong Jixun didn't expect him to react so much. However, the stronger Dunshe's reaction, the more satisfied he felt.

He further analyzed in detail: "Helan Mansion controls Yidi, and the door is adjacent to the island. Its land is dangerous and far away, and salt and iron are rich. And recruit the side counties, drive the Jurchens and Khitans, take advantage of the gaps, and advance and retreat by me. Get this place, become the business of the king. ”

The distress for days was swept away. The road ahead is clearly visible. Not to mention the business of the king, at least there is a place to stand. Deng She was in a good mood and picked up his wine glass: "Sir, drink another glass!" ”

He dropped his glass, shouted to his soldiers, and ordered the generals to change their plans overnight. The generals listened and discussed, and there were no objections. Each went back and prepared.

Early the next morning, the person who had left to give gifts to Sha Liu Er in Liaoyang came back, and with him came a messenger from Sha Liu Er.

The envoy asked Deng She who crossed the river to serve as a pioneer, on whose order? Deng She didn't see him, so he asked Luo Guoqi to send him away. Luo Guoqi has read books, can pat horses in a crepe manner, and is sleek, and will fool people seriously.

Since last night, Posa Province and Yiju on both sides of the Yalu River have sent small groups of people to monitor from afar. More than 100 miles away, in Guicheng and other places, Deyi Prefecture was in a hurry, and also sent rangers to explore the movement. They were too few to take the initiative to attack.

Deng She ordered that the whole army rest, and no one was allowed to go out. At the same time, he sent Zhao Guo and Lu Qianduo to lead the team out of the camp and attack the Goryeo rangers. He also built a tall building, his own fresh clothes and bright armor, with Hong Jixun, who was fluttering in white, and the generals, climbed the tower to look south, and pointed to the city of Yizhou in the distance.

These are very simple and suspicious tactics, which can be seen at a glance from the outside; In the game, it is difficult to judge.

The so-called virtual is real, and the real is virtual. How do you know if he is false or real? The soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and to put it mildly, it is related to the life of the individual; To put it mildly, the fate of the country is involved. If you make a mistake, you will die and your blood will flow like a river. Therefore, if he is not a peerless general, he can see the whole situation clearly, know himself and the other, and dare not categorically distinguish the fake.

Cruising in Goryeo outside the camp, compared with Zhang Jujing and the Shijia Treasure Department, there is a world of difference in combat effectiveness. In less than half an hour, except for one or two who deliberately let go, all of them were wiped out. Deng She ordered Chen Hu to write down the credit and leave it for later.

Night.

Deng She urgently assembled, and the people were silent. With Chen Hu and Monk Li as the pioneers, the introduction of the department first. The army then marched out of the camp. All the way to the state and county, far away, interspersed with gaps. If you encounter natives, all of them will be held hostage in the army, and not one of them will be let go. For more than 100 years, the two sides of the Yalu River have been in constant war, sparsely populated, not many cities, and the city gates are closed early at night.

Therefore, they sneaked all the way, and the states and counties along the way were not at all able to react. Even if they learned that the messengers had been sent, they were all taken down by the rangers scattered by Dunshe, and the news could not reach the front. By dawn on the third day, we had already arrived at the junction of the Yalu River and the Wolf Forest Mountains.

The Wolf Forest Mountains stretch north and south on the south bank of the Yalu River, dividing the northern boundary of Goryeo into two, with the twin cities to the west. The altitude is very high, with an average of two thousand meters, but the place connected to the Yalu River is relatively low, only one or two hundred meters. Therefore, Deng She chose to cross the river in this position.

It took a day to collect coastal boats, cut down trees to make rafts. Cross the Yalu River that night and cross the Wolf Forest Mountains the next day. Entering the Gaima Plateau area, this area is mostly inhabited by Jurchen indigenous people with tribal groups, and the place is steep and desolate. The temperature was very low, the roads were difficult, tortuous, and full of rocks, so the march was not fast. Five days later, there were only a few dozen miles left from the twin cities.

The Goryeo peasants, who got up early, were startled when they saw them. They were all stunned and terrified. Ha Guangxiu was ordered, dispersed his subordinates, and comforted him with the army. When passing through Liaoyang, many Koreans came to vote, and the total number is now more than 1,000.

Dunshe ordered, hastening the march.

In the afternoon, the Twin Cities came into view. This raid is really fast. Guan Duo sent a message to Goryeo in February, and then the army went down to Fengzhou. Everyone in Goryeo knows it. They had also heard of the defeat of Toyoshu. I didn't expect that at this time, an army would suddenly arrive.

In the farmland dotted outside the Twin Cities, the people who were engaged in agriculture saw Deng She's army from afar, threw down their farm tools, and ran all over the mountains and fields into the city. The defenders of the Twin Cities did not have time to let them in, so they pulled up the drawbridge and the gates were hastily closed. The drums and trumpets sounded at the head of the city. The anxious Goryeo soldiers, under the urging of the officers, rushed to the city in a group. A cannon was pushed up to the top of the city.

The people outside the city cried and shook the sky, and the chaos roared like a hornet without a nest. Some were paralyzed on the ground, some ran to the back of the city, some cried and pounded the city gates, and some were so frightened that they crashed headlong into the army.

A banner of Zhao characters erected the head of the twin cities. There are more than a dozen soldiers under it, and they have thousands of people dressed up. Gao asked the city: "Who is coming?" ”

Deng She's soldiers wore most of the Yuan army armor obtained from Yongping. Most of them are not White Lotus cultists, and there are not many who wear red scarves. There was only one Deng character handsome flag, and the guards of the twin cities could not distinguish their origins.

After Goryeo seized Shuangcheng, it was renamed Xianju and then Wanhufu. The Yuan Dynasty was too busy to take care of itself, and the whip was out of reach, so there was nothing to do with it; But he has been sending envoys to and from the Yalu River to intimidate Goryeo. In Goryeo, it was rumored that the Yuan Dynasty was going to send a million Liaodong soldiers to attack.

Therefore, the first reaction of this Goryeo general was that the Yuan Dynasty really came to attack.

Deng She ignored his questioning. Arrange the generals and distribute the armies by themselves. The city of Shuangcheng is not large, with a radius of two or three miles. There are four city gates, and Deng She personally stationed at the main gate; Wen Huaguo and Guan Shirong are in charge of the west; Chen Hu and Luo Guoqi led the army and surrounded the east side. At the back door, two hundred-man teams were arranged, and they were all stopped by the people who went out of the city and the enemy's messengers. It would be better if the enemy was cowardly and broke through from now on. Deng Shezhi is taking the city, not killing people.

The garrison of Goryeo here all came from the eastern coast, with two or three thousand men. Most of the residents in the city are Liaodong and Goryeo landless people. The generals ordered each to set up camp, and the cavalry, archers, and musketeers moved forward to guard against attacks in the city. Two cannons were rolled out, facing the front door.

What else did the thousand households have to ask, Deng She waved his hand and ordered: "Test the cannon." ”

The cannon roared, and the ears were buzzing. The first shot hit the ground and landed on the city wall. Many stones and bricks were shaken down, and the wind blew and sprinkled the Goryeo general's head with dirt. The banner rolled upside down, and he turned and retreated. Leaving behind the soldiers who were all over the city walls, hurriedly and busily carrying all kinds of equipment to defend the city.

After looking at the head of the city, Deng Shejing watched the formations of the various armies. Horses galloping, guns are everywhere, shining in the sun; Flags were everywhere, and the dust raised almost covered the entire twin cities. The people outside the city, kept out of the trenches and within the great army, gathered in a desperate heap, men and women, old and weak.

Hong Jixun stood beside Deng She, holding a paper fan, and pointed around: "General, please look." Here, the northeast is overlapped by mountains, and the southwest is far away. The north controls the plateau and reaches the Baitou Mountain, and the south connects the fertile fields to Tieling. It is bordered by the sea in the east and Gaoli in the west. It is a key point in the north and south, and the soldiers must fight for it. At the same time, the land is fertile, and there are benefits of fishing, salt and gold mines. It is not too much to say that it is the foundation of the royal industry. ”

For a few days in a row, he was first the cause of the king, and then the foundation of the king's industry. Deng She didn't mean this, and he couldn't help but be thrilled when he heard it. After thinking about it, I didn't get any land, and it was too ridiculous to talk about the royal industry. Even if there is really a king here, can you still be the king of Goryeo? I just dropped this idea.

The Goryeo army in the city has never attacked out of the city. The previous thousand households soon followed several officers to the city wall. Condescendingly, carefully observe the Dunshe army.

Hong Jixun's local natives are very familiar with them, and introduced them one by one: "The previous one, surnamed Zhao, is named Zhao Duchi. Locals. Before Goryeo broke the twin cities, he took the initiative to go to the court to meet the king of Goryeo and was awarded the title of Goryeo Twin Cities to manage thousands of households on the ground. The one on his left, with a white face and a long beard, is Jiang Zhongxiang of Wanhu. The young general on the right is also a native of Shuangcheng, and his official residence is a soldier and horse envoy in the northeast, named Li Chenggui. - His residence is not here, he is probably coming back to visit his family.

"When the king of Goryeo attacked Shuangcheng, it was his father, Li Zichun, who was the original Qianhu of Mengyuan Shuangcheng, who did the internal response."

The name Li Chenggui sounds familiar. Deng She thought about it for a long time, and couldn't remember where he had heard of it. The military aircraft was complicated, and after a while, he was forgotten.

The twin cities are close to the sea and have a humid climate. It's much warmer than the highlands. The soldiers were stationed in the camp at great speed, and at dusk the camps were set up. Each of them cooks their own meals. The generals came to see each other, and Wen Huaguo couldn't hold his breath: "General, the grain and grass in the army will be exhausted, and there is only half a month left." When is the siege of the city? ”

Some of the food stocks in the army came from Yongping, and some of them were marching along the road, coming from the old outposts. The so-called sentinel food is actually grabbing. Not only did King Xiaoming's subordinates do this, but also Zhang Shicheng, Xu Shouhui and other rebels. As long as the generals did not go too far, Deng She would turn a blind eye and acquiesce. This part of the grain is added up before and after, and the amount is quite large.

The more armies he commanded, and the more people he killed, the harder Dunshe's heart became. More than a month ago, the story of the murder of a pawn in the village is like a dream when I think back now. Deng San had beaten him for Deng She for preventing him from grabbing grain, and now he could understand Deng San's mood at that time.

If you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government. More than 10,000 people, how to feed? No city, no land, no robbery, how can you lead troops? Didn't the homeless people come to vote for him just for a bite to eat? If you can't feed them, you can do it for one day, you can do it for two days, and on the third day, they will scatter in a hurry.

Think about your former self, look at your current self, he smiled bitterly.

He hated himself now, and he couldn't change it. Unless he disbands the army, however, the army is disbanded, how can he take revenge? Not to mention revenge, how can he survive in this troubled world? Think about how Deng San died, and then look at what happened to Mrs. Wang in the forest, there are no soldiers in her hands, only these two ends.

Righteousness does not guard money, and compassion does not lead the army. He comforted himself that I had become sane. A voice in his heart angrily retorted to him, you are hypocritical! Cold-blooded. He chose to ignore the voice and returned to the tent in front of him.

The soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, this question, when Hong Jixun offered advice, he asked. At this time, Hong Jixun is also invited to answer.

"Generals need not worry. Xiao Ke was born and grew up in Si. Inside and outside the twin cities, the soldiers and horses, the equipment, grain and grass, and the population of the old and young are like looking at the patterns of the palms, and they are so familiar that they can't be more familiar. Moreover, the Xiao Ke family has a little prestige in the local area, and the fathers and elders in the city, if they know that there is Xiao Ke, they will not sacrifice the city immediately, and it is expected that they will not be of the same heart and mind as the Goryeo army in defense. After all, it has only been three years since Goryeo won the city, and many Han Chinese have not moved.

"Our army came quickly again, and the Koreans were caught off guard." Hong Jixun is confident and talks eloquently; The folding fan struck on the palm of his hand, and he said categorically, "Xiao Ke asserts that within three days, this city will be firmly broken." ”

He opened the folding fan again and handed it over. Look: "The Twin Cities are on them." ”

This folding fan, Deng She has seen it, but the generals have not seen it. A look around it, it turned out to be another map of the defense of the twin cities. Wen Huaguo laughed: "With this picture, Sun Tzu said, everything is ready, only the east wind is owed." Flicking the gold chain around his waist, he asked Deng She again, "General, when will the city be attacked?" ”