Chapter 42 - The City of Demons lurks

Today, it was another sunny morning with soft weather on the Demon Spirit Continent, and the current situation on the Demon Spirit Continent was still not very clear. The battles between the Feng and Qi states are now mainly fought in Ruocheng, a city in the south of the Qi state. And the feudal state and the Qi country around Ruocheng did not break out into a hearty battle. If there are 150,000 troops stationed around the city, Qi has 100,000 troops. Cooperate with the 20,000 troops in the city of Qi Guoruo, and launch a combined internal and external campaign against the Feng War Society. In terms of combat effectiveness, it is not particularly afraid of the army of the feudal country. The state of Qi can take advantage of Ruocheng's natural danger to defend. You can even use the "Ling Feng" army formed by Feng Yuchong around the city to launch a huge threat to the city.

Now the commander of Ruocheng is none other than Zhang Lingyi, the commander-in-chief general who is still in Ruocheng City. Zhang Lingyi's side is still following Jin Xu, and another general, Li Xin, has now returned from supervising the grain, and is now stationed on the hill outside Ruocheng with Li Fu, a general who is aided by the Qi State, on a hill a certain distance away from Ruocheng, forming a situation of solidarity and even sending troops to support at any time. The three armies of the feudal state are stationed in the three directions outside the city of Ruocheng, Santang is located under the east border pass, which is the farthest army stationed, and in the south, the nearly 100,000 troops in the north of the city are now due to the appearance of the "Ling Feng" army led by Feng Yuchong and have to temporarily choose to send a part of the army south to defend the city, after all, for the feudal state, the city of the city is of very long-term strategic significance. The sea salt produced by Huicheng can basically supply the salt expenditure of the entire Qi country, and the original salt and iron output in the feudal country basically relies on the supply of salt and iron in the mountains and mountains of Yicheng, which has been mined for more than 100 years, and the salt and iron mines in this mountain range have basically been exhausted. The city has a very long-term purpose for the feudal country. This is also the reason why the Holy Emperor spared no effort to take this city into the pocket of the feudal state last time.

The 30,000 "Ling Feng" army led by Feng Yuchong, although the combat effectiveness was not very strong, and this "Ling Feng" army did not have the intention of fighting all the time. They just wanted to recapture the Huicheng, and it just so happened that now, Feng Yuchong had a way, maybe he could get the opportunity to attack the Huicheng.

Ling Feng's army was now led by Feng Shanshan and Lu Deng, and this army did not come directly to the city of Huicheng, but chose to temporarily station in a relatively remote county town. It was precisely because of this method that this "Ling Feng" army, which basically had no combat effectiveness, was stationed first, and was not discovered by the feudal army that returned to the city.

However, Feng Yuchong, the real leader of this Ling Feng army, had left the Ling Feng army three days ago, and he had in his hand the letter that the female layman who took care of Gao Hanyue had asked him to bring, and he had every reason to sneak into the city to find out. Although the singer may not be able to help herself, she is a person from Huicheng after all, and she knows a lot about the information in Huicheng. Feng Yuchong looked for her, although it was a bit risky, but Feng Yuchong felt that it was meaningful. So, with the support of Feng Shanshan and Lu Deng, Feng Yuchong left this army alone and infiltrated the city alone, he wanted to take advantage of such an opportunity to fight for the biggest advantage of the current Qi country. Although he also understands that at this time of year, there will not be a more tragic battle in a short period of time. In this case, the only way that can be used now is to contain some of the monarchs of the feudal country through such means, and win the greatest possibility for the battle of the front-line Qi country.

In this way, Feng Yuchong became a mysterious military force in the south of Qi State, and some courtiers who originally wanted to find trouble with Feng Yuchong immediately changed their attitude and expressed deep and unconditional support for Feng Yuchong. In addition, because Li Dan, the prime minister of Qi State, vigorously promoted Feng Yuchong, he doubted that Feng Yuchong killed Chen Jie for the time being. Feng Yuchong's shoulders finally didn't have so much pressure on his shoulders, although he knew in his heart that even if he believed his prime minister Li Dan before finding definite evidence, in the absence of evidence to prove his innocence, Feng Yuchong was still one of the most wanted criminals in Qi State. It was only now that the situation forced him to use Feng Yuchong and the seemingly powerful "Ling Feng" army he had formed to contain the 100,000 feudal troops in the southern capital of Qi State.

No matter what, now Feng Yuchong finally doesn't have to live so fearfully every day. For him, the loss of freedom is more important than anything else.

Although Feng Yuchong's speed was fast, he had already arrived outside the city in less than half a day. Although the surrounding counties are now occupied by the feudal state, but because the feudal country is now pouring troops north, not only are there not many troops stationed in these counties, but also the city gate is not closed to prevent the people in the city from leaving, which makes Feng Yuchong all the way as if entering a no-man's land, and in less than half a day's effort, Feng Yuchong's figure has appeared below the city tower of the city.

When Feng Yuchong came to the city, the 30,000 troops who had gone south to assist the guards had begun to garrison the city, and although the city gate had not yet been closed, the number of soldiers guarding the gates of the city had also begun to increase. From a few guards to nearly 100 people guarding the city gates, every citizen and merchant who came and went had to go through strict questioning and body searches before they could be released. Feng Yuchong, who was standing outside the city, couldn't help but secretly worry that if he didn't take advantage of the cover of the night and the opportunity to jump into the city with the temporarily weaker guards, no matter how he looked at it, he would have no chance to enter.

Feng Yu rushed around, and found a tea shop that was still open and sat down not far outside the city, this tea shop was still simple, but now this tea shop was also full of people at this time. If it weren't for a middle-aged man who looked like he was in a hurry and left in a hurry, Feng Yuchong wouldn't have a place to sit down and wait.

The tea shop was small, with only seven or eight tables and a dozen or so modest benches. The top of the tea shop is just a tent-like roof made of ordinary burlap. There is only one person in this tea shop who serves tea and water there, and this middle-aged man is the shopkeeper of this tea shop. There was also a woman in the back to help, and the tea shop was run by these two middle-aged couples who looked like husband and wife.

Feng Yuchong's position happened to be sitting down in a relatively remote corner, but his eyes were still on the heavily guarded gate of the northern city of Huicheng in front of him, and before Feng Yuchong sat down, the middle-aged man who was originally greeting other guests immediately turned around and greeted him warmly: "This young man, I don't know what you want to drink?"

Feng Yuchong was more unintentional now, so he smiled slightly, and replied lightly: "Then a pot of relatively ordinary bamboo leaf tea, plus a stir-fry, you can do it."

"Okay," the middle-aged man smiled, the corners of his mouth flashing into the sharpest smile. He nodded slightly, then placed a brown wooden sign on Feng Yuchong's table, turned around and walked to the kitchen behind the tea shop to talk to his wife about these things. This kind of division of labor is indeed very clear, Feng Yuchong looked at such a tacit cooperation, and he couldn't help but feel a deep nostalgia in his heart.

Since childhood, bamboo leaf tea is also something that Feng Yuchong knows very well, he has lived in the most lush bamboo forest on the Demon Spirit Continent since he was a child, and when he was a child, his father and mother have always taken him and his sister Shanshan, and his sister Gao Hanyue often drink fresh wine made from bamboo leaves since he was a child. When I was a child, the unforgettable taste was not only the faint fragrance of bamboo leaves, but also a kind of nostalgia for childhood and a kind of sadness that I couldn't go back to.

Staring at the north gate of the city where more than 100 guards were still guarded, Feng Yuchong's heart couldn't help but feel an inexplicable fire of bravery. Now he is burdened with the heinous crime of killing Chen Jie, an important minister of Qi and the governor of the south; Gao Hanyue, who is the most beloved in his heart, has now lost the memory of his past with the sister who cared for him since he was a child; Chen Jie, his original most trusted general, is also a descendant of the Ming clan, and he entered the Qi country to avenge all kinds of things that happened in the past, which has made Feng Yuchong a little numb, and he is already a little sluggish about what is happening around him, and he can't react. Now he was already immersed in his own memories, and he didn't hear the whispers of the three middle-aged men sitting there not far from him talking in a low voice.

Generally speaking, with Feng Yuchong's keen observation and unusual hearing. It is indeed difficult for ordinary people to eavesdrop like this, and it is not a matter for him at all. However, the current Feng Yuchong was completely immersed in his own memories, and he didn't have time to pay attention to what these men said to each other for the time being.

As the so-called "smell like", Feng Yuchong's bleak and melancholy cover also attracted the attention of these people who were whispering something. One of them, a middle-aged man who was a little younger and wearing a gray-black robe, smiled and picked up the bamboo leaf tea in his hand, and smiled faintly, "The taste of this tea can really help me make me refreshed, I don't know what this little brother is worried about here now, can you tell me in the next two?