Chapter 114: The Storm Rises
Xu Wenzu returned to the post station with his soldiers, and what he brought was not the defenders of Yincheng, but the soldiers in the county military station in the southern suburbs of Yincheng.
The local official system of Yan State is a bit chaotic, divided into real and imaginary children, plus a lot of symbolic official positions used to appease the local gate valve family, which always gives people a hodgepodge of appearance.
However, the military system of Yan State is very concise, and it is divided into three major armies, one is the Zhenbei Army under the jurisdiction of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, the second is the Jingzhong Forbidden Army, and the third is the Jingnan Army that has been stationed in Yinlang County.
These three armies can be called the trump card field army of Yan State, and they are the cornerstone of the country.
The Zhenbei Army was controlled by the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, and to a certain extent, it could even disobey the edicts of Emperor Yan, while the Forbidden Army and the Jingnan Army were the forbidden troops in the hands of Emperor Yan in previous dynasties.
Below these three armies, there are county soldiers, the strength and equipment of the county soldiers vary greatly from county to county, Tiancheng County as the land of Gyeonggi, led by the great prince, is naturally superior in terms of loyalty and equipment quality, and the county soldiers of the rest of the counties, whether in terms of quality or in the infiltration of local clans, there are some inexplicable factors.
Below, there are the local garrison troops in the pure sense, similar to the defenders of Hutou City and Zheng Fan's current garrison in Cuiliu Fort in Yinlang County, to put it bluntly, more than seventy percent are the meat in the bowls of the local gate lords, such as Ji Huibao of Zuo Jiqian, which is completely supported by the support of the Zuo family.
It stands to reason that Xu Wen's ancestors must have gone to shout when they left in one step, and they should have shouted the defenders of Yincheng, which was closest to the post station, but as a result, the defenders of Yincheng did not come, and it was indeed the county soldiers in the county soldiers of Yinlang County outside Yincheng who came.
There's something to be fun with.
is like the Hong Kong police in later generations, when people come, the matter is over, and only the blind Bei and Xue San are left lying on the ground with serious injuries.
Originally, Xu Wenzu planned to send Xue San and Blind Zibei to a nearby medical officer for treatment, but Blind Zibei refused, and Blind Zibei insisted on returning to Cuiliubao.
Xu Wenzu agreed, and he personally led eight hundred county soldiers with two county soldiers to Cuiliu Fort, and the blind Bei Ze and Xue San were also marching towards Cuiliu Fort in a follow-up carriage.
When the carriage of the blind man Bei and Xue San arrived at Cuiliu Fort, it was already dawn, and when the car drove into Cuiliu Fort, he happened to meet Xu Wenzu, who had a gloomy face, and led his troops to leave.
Ah Ming and Liang Cheng hugged one by one and carried the seriously injured blind Bei and Xue San in the carriage into the room.
After retiring the rest,
Siniang used scissors to cut all the clothes on the blind man's upper body, and then took out a needle and thread and began to help the blind man mend the terrible wound on his chest.
Liang Cheng was helping Xue San to connect and fix the bones, and at the same time instructed Fan Li to go outside to make stone slabs.
Ah Ming was not idle, and told the blind man Bei about it.
The blind man was thinking while listening, and Siniang, who was mending his wounds, said with some concern:
"Don't think about it anymore, rest when the sewing is done."
The blind man shook his head and said:
"I can't rest, at least, I can't rest now, that Chen Daxia was also sent to the fortress, right?"
"Well, according to the Lord's instructions, I have already given him some medicine, but I haven't done anything else, the Lord has already fallen asleep, probably after being put on the magic pill, he was hollowed out, and he was too tired."
The blind man nodded and said:
"That Chen Daxia, although he is a little naΓ―ve, a little second, and a little reckless, but he is still a good and honest man, and the Lord has done the right thing."
"What did you do right, the Lord asked Ah Ming to help him walk to the man, and he was almost dragged down by the man before he died."
The blind man shook his head and said:
"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger, and you can't bear the child without the wolf, the Lord does this because of his deep intentions."
"Are you praising the Lord or are you comforting yourself?" Ah Ming asked.
"It's all there." The blind man paused, gritted his teeth, obviously, Siniang's sewing on his body, the pain was still very strong, but the blind man Bei was still fighting and said, "Ah Ming, you immediately go and contact the person who was in charge of liaison left by the six princes near us, and ask them to check the caravan spies in Qianguo to find out what is going on in Chahe Village, and tell that person that this matter is very important and must be found out as soon as possible." β
"yes, okay."
The blind man opened his mouth again, endured the intense pain and continued:
"Chen Daxia, give him the best medicine, and then transfer two little ladies from the house to serve him day and night, and he can't stop eating and drinking."
This kind of treatment for a guy who almost killed himself is really difficult for ordinary people to do.
"I see." Siniang responded.
The little red whisk girls she trained are still too young to go out on a mission, but this kind of caring work is still no problem.
"Ah Cheng, tell the barbarians under your opponent well, the fact that Sha Tuo Que Shi and Chen Daxia are in our fortress is definitely not allowed to spread out, you have already told Xu Wenzu that Chen Daxia was driven away by you, I think Xu Wenzu should not believe it, but he will not pursue this."
"Okay." Liang Cheng should go down.
"This time, it's too weird, it involves a lot of forces inside, although the target is our lord, but it is likely that the lord was just touched by hand."
"Who will strike at the Lord?" Ah Ming asked.
"How do I know, I'm not an immortal, anyone can possibly, but it depends on the next development of the situation, no, my energy is already seriously overdrawn, later, maybe someone from the secret spy department will come over to check the situation, Siniang, you go and deal with it."
It is estimated that it will not take a few days for the turmoil of this matter to come. β
"I know, you can rest, I'll make it up too."
The blind man lowered his head, looked at the wound on his chest that had been repaired, and said with some dissatisfaction:
"Didn't you be told to use beauty needles......
"Such a big and thick wound, you can't stop it with other threads, it's okay, when the wound heals and a scar will form, it looks quite mighty."
"San'er ............"
Xue San lay there silently.
"San'er ............"
"Shaqima?" (What's the matter?)
Xue San didn't want to speak, his teeth weren't leaking, they were piercing the hall.
"When you can go to the ground, you command Fan Li and do ...... Make a prosthetic leg for Chen Daxia. β
Xue San was not angry, nor puzzled,
Just said very calmly:
"Whoosh." (Received)
"For the sake of the two bowls of noodles from a few years ago, I can help others run to Yan Kingdom to take revenge.
We...... We must redouble our kindness to him, so that after learning the truth, he will feel guilty and ashamed, and he will not be able to live up to the foreshadowing made by the Lord who is desperately trying to be killed. β
"Understood." Siniang nodded.
"Got it." Ah Ming should get down.
"Also, and, most importantly, when the truth of the matter is found out, before telling him, pay attention to ......"
"Notice what?" Liang Cheng asked.
"Be careful, don't let this force go too far, kill yourself directly!"
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After Zheng Fan was taken back to the fortress, he only had time to say two words about Chen Daxia, and then fell into a coma.
This coma is three days and three nights.
The last time he was put on the body by the Demon Pill, he didn't stay in a coma for so long after killing the eight-rank silver armor guard, but the reason for so long this time was because his already overdrawn body was seriously injured, and he and Chen Daxia rushed back to Cuiliu Fort overnight, constantly fighting with their spirits and fighting wits and courage.
After three days in a coma, Zheng Fan woke up, thanks to the careful care of Siniang, although his body was still in pain, he was already in the recovery stage.
Xu Wenzu sent people from Nanwang City to Cuiliubao every day to check on Zheng Fan's situation, and when he learned that Zheng Fan woke up, he came to Cuiliubao in person the next day.
After retreating left and right, Xu Wenzu knelt down directly in front of Zheng Fan.
Zheng Fan didn't get out of bed to stop him, first, he was unable to move, and second, Zheng Fan knew that if Xu Wenzu knelt down steadfastly, Xu Wenzu could let go of the mustard that he ran first that night
After Xu Wenzu left, Zheng Fan was pushed by Siniang in a wheelchair and came outside to bask in the sun.
came out to bask in the sun together, as well as a blind man in a wheelchair, Bei and Xue San.
Cuiliu Fort can be renamed and called the Disabled Fort.
The winter sun is always so comfortable, Zheng Fan couldn't help but squint his eyes.
Then, Zheng Fan turned his head to look at the blind man Bei and Xue San.
Zheng Fan found that the wheelchairs of the three people were actually of the right size, especially Xue San, whose wheelchair was obviously small.
And he and Xue San's wheelchairs all have handles, which are convenient for you to turn this one to move the wheelchair forward, but there is no one in the wheelchair of the blind man, because the blind man can use his mind to push the wheelchair forward.
"Who made this wheelchair?" Zheng Fan asked.
Is it so sweet?
The blind man smiled helplessly,
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"San'er did it."
Xue San, who was still leaking from his speech in a wheelchair, hurriedly looked at Zheng Fan and said with an expression of asking for merit:
"Lord, does this wheelchair still fit?"
"It fits perfectly, this is you, did it in advance?"
Xue San was also seriously injured and was transported back, and it was obvious that he could not start making a wheelchair immediately after he returned.
"But it's not my lord, you all had something to do in the previous month, just me, I was too idle, so I thought that being idle was also idle, so I simply made seven wheelchairs according to the size and habits of the seven of us."
"I have a heart."
"You're welcome, Lord, if you feel comfortable."
Zheng Fan really doesn't know how to praise Xue San, what is the difference between making a wheelchair in advance and making a shroud in advance in later generations, isn't this cursing his own people?
But from another point of view, there are too many situations where everyone encounters danger on weekdays to fight, and it is really no problem to prepare in advance to facilitate recuperation.
"Lord, in the last few days, things have been brewing, and the wind has finally begun to blow."
Blind Zibei woke up the next day, and then began to conduct intelligence analysis, as for the work of collecting intelligence, he still relied on the people of the Six Princes' caravan.
Building a fortress is only the first step, the "funding" of the six princes is actually still in a steady stream, just the weapons and armor stacked in the fortress warehouse, and then five hundred people are easy to pull up, but Zheng Fan listened to the blind man's advice and did not rush to the army.
As for intelligence sharing, in this era, there is really nothing more well-informed than being a caravan, and in fact, it is common for all countries to insert their own details in the caravan to listen to the news.
"Tell me."
Zheng Fan took a cup of tea from Siniang's hand and blew it.
"It was a group of people who assassinated us that day, but there were three components, Chen Daxia was one person, the first group of assassins to enter was one component, and the puppeteer was from the Tianji Pavilion of the Jin Kingdom, which was a department of the Jin State Department responsible for creating artifacts and war weapons for dignitaries."
"Hmm." Zheng Fan took a sip of tea, he had actually heard Chen Daxia say it when he was in the carriage that night.
"Because the previous prefect and general soldiers of Nanwangcheng died very strangely, and the Marquis of Jingnan led the Jingnan army into Nanwangcheng on the day of the funeral, this move is indeed too ridiculous.
Moreover, so far, the Jingnan army has never moved its men and horses out of Nanwang City, and Jingnan Hou himself lives in Nanwang City.
Therefore, it is rumored that the Marquis of Jingnan was worried that Xu Wenzu, who came from the north, would be sent by the imperial court to Nanwangcheng as the chief soldier in order to restrain and balance him, so he did not do anything and directly asked people to intercept and kill him at the Yincheng Post Station. β
"No, it's me who the assassin shouted to kill."
Xu Wenzu did report truthfully, but judging from the reactions of all parties, this is Xu Wenzu and the imperial court in order to take care of the face of the Marquis of Jingnan, so they deliberately said this, what they are afraid of is that at this juncture, the imperial court has been opposed to the Marquis of Zhenbei, and they have torn their faces with the Marquis of Jingnan.
Therefore, even if Xu Wenzu's performance and the performance of other channels all say that the assassin's goal is to master you, but all parties and feedback directly believe that it is Xu Wenzu who wants to kill. β
"Oh, I see, it's just that Lao Tzu has no cards, right?"
You don't have a hand, you don't even deserve to die.
A small fortress garrison is qualified to be assassinated with such fanfare?
"However, I have been in contact with this person twice, how can I say it, I don't think he is a person who can do this kind of assassination, if you want to deal with Xu Wenzu, you should not use this method."
The arrogance of the Marquis of Jingnan, Zheng Fan has seen it, this kind of person, he wants to kill Xu Wenzu, Zheng Fan's mind made up in his mind, when Xu Wenzu came to Nanwang City, he was ordered by the Marquis of Jingnan to shoot directly under the city tower, and then cut off Xu Wenzu's meat to make bacon.
"The puppeteer of the Tianji Pavilion of the Jin Kingdom, who was taught by the Great Si Cheng of the Tianji Pavilion of the Jin Kingdom, has an unlimited future, but he participated in this assassination and died in the Yan Kingdom.
Then, on the day of the assassination, it was the 70th birthday of the head of the Tian family, and the envoys of the Jin State also went to congratulate him on his birthday, and on the congratulatory sheet sent him, his son Tian Wujing was written as the King of Jingnan of Yan State instead of the Marquis of Jingnan. β
"King Jingnan?" Zheng Fan smiled, "It's too deliberate." β
The rules of Dayan, non-princes are not allowed to be crowned kings, as powerful as the Marquis Mansion in Zhenbei, and he is still the Marquis, and the Marquis is already the peak of the Lord of the opposite sex in Dayan.
"The explanation given by the envoy of the Jin State is that the congratulatory note was written incorrectly, and the person who wrote the congratulatory note has been punished."
"Huh."
"There is another one, that is, the first batch of assassins who entered the first-class courtyard of the post station, they are officers and soldiers, and they are the soldiers of the rear camp of the Jingnan Army."
"Rear camp?"
"That's the case, my lord, the actual amount of the Jingnan Army is 50,000 soldiers and horses, but only 50,000 soldiers and horses are still a little too thin to guard the southern Xinjiang of Yan State, so the Jingnan Army has its own rear battalion, and it is usually scattered everywhere to train or act as a county soldier, in fact, it belongs to the reserve of the Jingnan Army.
Once the war starts, these people will be immediately reorganized and enlisted in the Jingnan Army. β
"It's still too deliberate."
After Xu Wenzu left the post station, he first went to the north gate of Yincheng to knock on the door, but the captain of the north gate of Yincheng refused to open the door, and did not let Xu Wenzu enter the city, Xu Wenzu had to go to the county military station and called the county soldiers.
Captain Yin Cheng Beimen was once a personal soldier of the Marquis of Jingnan, and was released the year before last.
The lieutenant had committed suicide the next day, leaving no last words. β
"Tsk........."
"Your Lord, yesterday the governor of the three sides of the Qianguo sent an official letter, hoping to meet with the Marquis of Jingnan once to solve the problem of friction on the border of Yannan and Qian, and hoping that Yinlang County can be in harmony with the Qianguo under the rule of the Marquis of Jingnan."
Zheng Fan drank all the tea in his hand,
Road:
"In this way, no matter how fake it is, it is no different from the real thing."
"Yes, Lord, whether it is a conspiracy or a conspiracy, its purpose has been achieved. The help of the Jin State, the recognition of the Qianguo, and the support of the Jingnan Army are just a set of dragon robes. β
Zheng Fan nodded.
This is no longer a question of whether Yanhuang Ji Runhao is still eloquent and can tolerate people, because at this point, he is infinitely close to the yellow robe.
The rise and fall of the world, in the royal family and the emperor, he is playing a game that as long as he loses, he will die the whole family, throughout the ages, the royal family who can die well, almost none, even if you have abdicated, although you will be given a preferential treatment on the surface, but the imperial lineage will inevitably be a unique end.
And the minister's family below, in fact, still has a chance to shuffle the cards and start over, so it's a big deal to change the table and continue to play.
"I just don't know, how Jingnanhou will choose to deal with it." Zheng Fan said.
The blind man nodded and agreed:
"The Tian family is the first relative today, and the Tian family is also one of the big family gates, if you take advantage of this limelight, take advantage of the confrontation between the imperial court and the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion to make a force, even if you don't do anything, don't say anything, Emperor Yan will inevitably pinch his nose and send a prince up."
Then
Liang Cheng walked in from outside, holding a letter in his hand,
"Lord, the results of the investigation in Qianguo Chahe Village have come out, and the spies of the caravan have been sent back quickly."
"Look."
Zheng Fan pointed at the blind man.
Let the blind read the letter, this is the unique style of Cuiliu Castle.
Liang Cheng handed the envelope to the blind man, and the blind man took the letter, did not open it, just pinched it with his hand, pondered for a moment, and turned his head to face Zheng Fan,
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"Lord, it's not difficult to find out about this matter, because there are a lot of people involved."
"Say."
"When a general of Qianguo led the troops to pursue the master, he went to Chahe Village on the way to collect supplies, and clashed with the villagers of Chahe Village, and the soldiers below killed people."
"And then?"
"Then the general simply didn't do anything and slaughtered Chahe Village directly."
"So, is Chen Daxia really a second-class person, when he saw that a village was gone, he directly thought that I slaughtered it, and he didn't know to investigate it himself?"
After the general ransacked the village, he inscribed a line on the archway at the entrance of the village.
Dayan Cuiliu Fort garrison Zheng Fan came here for a visit! β