Chapter 52 - The Fall of the Evening City
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Half an hour later, Wang Ling returned to the main hall with Mei Lin, Feng Yuchong, Feng Shanshan, and Kong Hong. The main hall has now been removed from the banquet and has been replaced by the original appearance. Wang Ling invited the four of them to the main hall and ordered the family to bring tea. He himself was still sitting on the main seat of the main hall, Mei Lin was the first person on the left, and Feng Yuchong was sitting behind him. The two girls, Kong Hong and Feng Shanshan, sat on the other side.
Merlin looked around the main hall of the family, surrounded by golden curtains and walls, and the tables and chairs were all very precious beings made of nanmu. Coupled with the scale of this main hall, the nine-turn corridor looms, which looks very chic. There are also four or five exquisite landscape paintings hanging on the wall, which is particularly comfortable. Merlin couldn't help but sigh and smiled: "The Wang family is worthy of being a famous family, this kind of elegant bone is not something that ordinary people can have, this feeling of wandering in the water is very rare." ”
Wang Ling heard the meaning of Merlin's words, but he couldn't do anything about it, so Wang Ling simply didn't mention it. Instead, he sat on the main seat and said to Mei Lin, the general of Qi who was sitting at the head of the left: "General Mei Lin, now that Qi City is in the hands of your Qi State, I don't know if you have any requirements that I need to do my part? The Wang family will do their best to help Qi achieve the greatest goal, please rest assured that the general will do his best." ”
Regardless of the next result, the attitude displayed by Wang Ling now is indeed very satisfactory to Merlin. He shook his head and said, "This can't be said to be a request, we have no right to ask the Wang family to do anything." It's just," Merlin took out a sealed letter from his bosom, which was also handed over to him by Li Fu when he was still in Xiao Pass. Merlin stood up and handed the letter to Wang Ling's hand, and then continued, "This is a letter from the general to the head of the family, to be honest, now we don't necessarily ask the Wang family to help us do something, I still have to lead the army to Thorn City to meet the general's army, and the next series of situations depends on the sincerity of the head of the family."
This sentence is actually very straightforward, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, the two brothers and sisters in front of him, plus Kong Hong, have also fully understood the meaning of the great general Li Fu represented by Mei Lin. Although he said so, he didn't need the help of prices, in fact, he was telling the Wang family that whether he could save his current interests depended on the attitude and enthusiasm of the Wang family in doing things.
As an older generation figure who has been on the rivers and lakes for more than 20 years and immersed in officialdom, how could Wang Ling not know the meaning of this sentence. He nodded and smiled: "General Merlin is so straightforward, then I won't hide the general, because of the means of centralizing the power of the royal Chen family, some of our original family soldiers have been directly taken away by the royal Chen family in various ways, which also makes some of the family members of our family dissatisfied with the royal Chen family, fortunately, we have now chosen a very correct partner." Rest assured, General Merlin, I know in my heart that I will never let General Merlin down. ”
Merlin nodded, this is a wise person, and it doesn't cost him too much to be a man and do things. So, Merlin continued: "Now that the general direction has been decided, let's talk about the specific content, such as the handling of the 5,000 prisoners of war of the Chen family of the royal family."
This high-stakes and even far-reaching conversation has been discussed and negotiated for nearly two hours, and finally a good consensus has been reached. Merlin promised the Wang family that they could continue to live in the Qi city, but the most important point was that they had to provide the Qi army with logistical assistance and a series of all the necessary supplies, and their Wang family would be responsible for pacifying the people and troops in the current Qi city. The Wang family made a guarantee that now their family would give up a large number of vital interests to the Qi State. Use these things to ensure the loyalty of the Wang family to the Qi State.
After this negotiation was over, Merlin took Feng Yuchong, Feng Shanshan and Kong Hong, leaving three thousand elite troops to assist the Wang family's army in guarding Qicheng, which was now in their pockets. After two days of rectification, he immediately dispatched to Thorn City to join the Qi army and jointly attack the military town that was now guarded by Zhao Ling, the general of the Chen family. Once the city of Thorns was captured, the army of the Qi State could logically point directly at the four garrison counties around the city. At that time, the royal Chen family will inevitably come to the point where the mountains and rivers are exhausted and major events will be lost.
Of course, for the two siblings, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, they actually have another layer of ideas for being so proactive. Because the wife of Zhao Ling, the defender of Thorn City, was the same Kong Hong who followed them to act. Moreover, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, two siblings, had heard from Chen Xinyu that Zhao Ling doted on his wife very much, and even regarded her as more important than his own life.
However, this kind of thought, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, the two siblings, did not mention it, it was just a plan that the two of them had discussed in private and did not necessarily have to put it into practice. If the Qi army had already broken through Thorn City now, there would naturally be no need for these senseless actions and plans. But if the Qi army did not capture Thorn City or Li Fu did not want to damage the army now, they could come up with this plan.
These things are just an embellishment, what really makes Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan two brothers and sisters feel excited is that in this time period, not only their two partners Xia Liuli and Lu Deng are in the Qi army, but even Yu Fei and Nangong Yun have come here, which is what makes them really happy. Many reasons boil down to the reason why the two siblings, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, are so eager to rush to Thorn City
At the same time when the Qi army joined forces with the Wang family to occupy Qicheng unknowingly, the vanguard of 20,000 troops who left the country also rushed to Xicheng, where the garrison was weak, at the fastest speed. The 20,000 troops now relied on the fifty capable brothers who had now disguised themselves as the army of the royal Chen family, and these fifty people had now infiltrated the city. Then, the departing army immediately launched an attack, and directly broke through the weak guards at the head of the city and the response of fifty internal responses before the reinforcements of the imperial Chen family arrived, and captured this important city in one fell swoop, capturing the governor of the city of Xicheng, Wu Zhen.
Immediately, 20,000 troops were temporarily stationed here, waiting for the next situation to become clear and thinking about other things. In fact, what they are most concerned about now is when Empress Shotoku's order will be issued and when they will be able to continue marching into the army. At the same time, they also sent scouts to pay attention to the movements of the Qi army, and tried to understand some general information from the current movements of the Qi army.
Now this army is not in a hurry to continue the attack to the east, their commander Wang Yan has not yet arrived here, and the army does not have a good command, which is also a test for the soldiers. Fortunately, this army is all battle-hardened warriors, and their morale is not chaotic about this situation, and they have even become more stable and indifferent.
Half a day later, Xia Chengcheng, the general of the Chen family of the royal family, who led 10,000 troops to rush to the aid of Xicheng, rushed to the outside of this Xicheng city at this moment, and before that, the scouts he sent from all sides had already told him the news of the change of the banner at the head of the city. This made Xia Cheng a little dilemma, and he really sent troops to attack their royal Chen family. Coupled with the current army of the Qi State, their royal Chen family is facing the biggest crisis, and once it is not handled well, the royal Chen family will directly perish.
Although Xia Cheng knew that he did not need to bear the responsibility for the loss of Xicheng, his rash withdrawal would inevitably cause Chen Xuan's dissatisfaction. Xia Cheng is also a very experienced general, and he knows what he needs to do most now. As a result, Xia Cheng withdrew his army from fifty li and set up camp, holding the Baichikou, which is now the most critical leading to the city, to buy time for the royal Chen family to send troops.
This is also what Xia Cheng thought about before, if Xicheng could not hold it, he immediately led the army to retreat to Baichikou and stationed, relying on the defense of the Baichi Ferry River, and did his best to stop the attack of the departing army. In this way, it can also unilaterally stop the attack of the departing army and shift the strategic focus to the side of the Qi army. Of course, this is a move from power, and if he can, Xia Cheng still wants to try his best to keep Xicheng.
It turned out that Xia Cheng's current move was really a very wise move, but he didn't expect that Xicheng would change hands overnight and be occupied by Liguo. This made Xia Cheng secretly hate Wu Zhen, and withdrew his troops back to the Baichikou garrison. And sent spies to closely monitor the city, pass the news to the city at any time, and enlist the help of the city army.
Two days later, the messenger of the Chen family of the imperial family and Wang Yan, the general of the northern part of the country, rushed to the army of Xicheng and Baichikou at the same time. Wang Yan's return made it completely clear what the departing army needed to do now, and Empress Shengde ordered that the departing army temporarily stand still and wait for the battle between the Qi State and the imperial Chen family to discuss the situation before discussing the situation in front of them. At the same time, she finally persuaded the factions seeking stability in the country, and ordered the governor of Songcheng, Wu Zong, to lead 15,000 troops to rush to the aid of Xicheng. As soon as the news reached this army, it greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers, and every soldier rejoiced at it, feeling that the situation before them was very suitable for them to continue to fight. But this idea was stopped by Wang Yan, as Chen Xinyu's confidant, he naturally understood Chen Xinyu's thoughts now, Chen Xinyu wanted to fight for the greatest interests, it was obvious that he had to wait for the royal Chen family and the Qi army to fight before thinking about it, now they really don't need to worry, if they are in a hurry, they may cause chaos.
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