Chapter 108: Decision-making
Chapter 108 Decision
What Qian Yuchuan lacks is humanity, but it is not ability, otherwise it would be impossible to spoil Nanyang like this and the scourge of him is regarded as a savior: not only the violent fools regard Lord Qian's instructions as supreme, but the vast majority of victims who have been humiliated in every way have pinned all their hopes on him before they died, hoping that Lord Qian will no longer be deceived by the bad guys and uphold justice for himself.
Qian Yuchuan didn't expect the first batch of tens of thousands of cannon fodder to be sent out to defeat Guan Shengyun, the meaning of these lives was just to consume his combat power. Qian Yuchuan had already told Chen Bowen, Master Kang and others in his heart: It's a big deal that half of the people in Nanyang are dead! Thieves, it's one less to die, where can we afford it? When this matter is settled, the court will always waive taxes for a few years. Half of the people are gone, and there is all the earth! In addition to some of their own circles, the good land can also be sold to the wealthy families in the surrounding prefectures and counties, and the rest is temporarily distributed to those survivors, which must be exchanged for their more heartfelt gratitude! Then, when everyone has cleared the wasteland and raised it, it will be time to play the game they have played again - it would be great if there was another enemy! I just don't know if it will appear...... Well, this one can and must have! The enemy is the core force that firmly unites all the oppressive objects around him! Well, if there really isn't, Lord Qian doesn't mind making one for them from time to time!
Therefore, when Qian Yuchuan heard the report of the henchmen who were sent out to observe the results of the battle, the first batch of people were killed and injured under the rain of thieves' arrows, not only was he not surprised, but smiled contemptuously: Lord Ben has human life, do you have so many arrows! With a wave of his hand, he calmly prepared to send the second batch of high-spirited cannon fodder to the slaughterhouse.
"Today's Dongpo meat is too greasy, and I will have to change it in the future." As soon as he instructed the cook waiting on the side, Qian Yuchuan suddenly had a new idea, and he couldn't help but laugh - "Share weal and woe with the people, Lord Qian doesn't eat meat!" "If this word gets out, those fellows will have to be even more snot and tears of gratitude!
After eating, it was dark, and the people lit lanterns. Qian Yuchuan returned to the back hall, and two beautiful maids greeted him and helped him take off his official uniform. Qian Yuchuan leaned lazily into the chair, rubbed his eyebrows, and sighed comfortably. A beautiful maid picked up the pipa, sat on the round stool opposite, tuned the timbre slightly, and played the jade finger Qingshu. The other stood behind him, kneading Qian Futai's shoulders, and singing softly to the sound of the piano: "A pair of embroidered shoes can't be separated from the bottom, thick and sticky with glutinous mud." I am a purple-robed man under the chaos of the wind and hail, I don't know you a white-clothed ...... who has not yet arrived" sang Guan Hanqing's miscellaneous drama "Wang Ruilan's Resentment and Moon Worship Pavilion". The two beautiful maids are the most famous Xie family class in Nanyang, Guilan and Guizhen. Everyone is very beautiful, the fly in the ointment, both of them are Tianzu - no way, those who learn drama are poor families.
Qian Yuchuan squinted his eyes and gently shook his head to follow the rhythm of the song, thinking that he would be able to break the thieves outside the city in three or five days, and a picture gradually appeared in his mind: the ragged old man in the dilapidated house hugged his skinny grandson and told the story - back then, under the command of Lord Qian, the grandfather drove the fierce thief with a dung fork to the head of the rat! Speaking of excitement, the cloudy old eyes lit up with two points of starlight, and the old face that was crisscrossed by the ravines was flushed red. The baby with a vegetable face also forgot to shout that she was hungry, and waved her little fist and said, When I grow up, I will also kill the thief for Qian Xiangye...... I couldn't help but get up, waved my hand, stood up and walked towards the big bed. The two beautiful maids stopped playing and singing, snorted, and followed with their heads down.
The atmosphere in Guan Shengyun's handsome tent was very solemn.
Soon after the horse team returned to the camp, Guan Shengyun and Luo Yonghao successively received reports from scouts and horses in the west and south of the city, and countless people were flocking to Nanyang Mansion. There is an endless stream of people on official roads and field paths, and even fifty or sixty miles away you can see villagers marching to Nanyang on foot.
So a military meeting was hastily convened.
Luo Yonghao pinched his fingers and silently estimated for a while, and said to the generals with a heavy heart: "Generals, in tomorrow's battle, you must not underestimate the enemy. Luo Moufang just made a little calculation, according to the situation reported back by several probes, we may have to fight tomorrow, I am afraid there will be seventy or eighty thousand people. ”
The generals who were still giggling and laughing just now fell silent for a moment.
Guoqing Lin cleared his throat and took the lead in asking cautiously, "Master Strategist, how many arrows do we have left?" ”
Without waiting for Luo Yonghao to speak, Luo Shifan quickly replied: "There are probably more than 50,000 of them." ”
Guo Qinglin breathed a sigh of relief: "Then it's fine." More than 30,000 were consumed today, but there were always 40,000 or 50,000 people defeated, right? The last general's son is the first time to meet the enemy, and tomorrow he will be more courageous, and 50,000 arrows should be enough. ”
Zhang Ding glanced at Guo Qinglin: "With this little family background, I taught you to lose all of a sudden, what will you do in the future?" ”
Guoqing Lin wanted to ridicule him, but because Zhang Ding was a genuine general, no matter how many people he led and how great the results he achieved, his subordinates were all inferior auxiliaries after all, and they were all long-distance killings, which were not as good as the soldiers who fought face to face with a knife and a gun, so he whispered and argued: "The tens of thousands of auxiliary soldiers under the last general are indeed not good, but on the day when he had no choice but to send the knife, he was not afraid of his ordinary people!" ”
Gao Tengdou continued: "That's right! With my three flying beast battalions, if I can't treat the villagers, I might as well find a piece of tofu and kill my head! are all ordinary people, who have killed so many in front, and who is not afraid to see them in the back? Kill it in one go, maybe you will break this bird city! ”
Gong Derun poured a scoop of cold water on his head: "You are a fart!" In a war of this scale, no matter how smoothly it is fought, it will be killed until the afternoon, and the sons and daughters are already tired, and they may not be able to lift the knife and climb the wall. Besides, Qinglin will win tomorrow for a while, and what about the day after tomorrow? Your soldiers, my soldiers, and Lao Zhang's soldiers are all filled in, let's just say that if you win for a while, what about the day after tomorrow? After filling in Qinglin's subordinates, will you fill in the marshal's personal soldiers? ”
Gao Fujidou argued angrily: "Then what do you say should be done? All the way here, is it possible that we will be scared back by such pigs and dogs? ”
Luo Yonghao waved his hand to stop the unconvinced Gao Tengdou, and said, "What General Gong said is extremely true. We've spelled out all the people, and we may not even have touched the cold hair of the money dog official. You can't fight like that. Otherwise, not to mention Huguang, it will be difficult for us to escape a few people from this Nanyang Mansion. ”
Guan Jianlin, the official of the Breaking Sky Battalion, scratched his head and said, "What the hell is wrong!" Obviously, we won, tens of thousands of people were killed, why are we going to lose? ”
Gu Baisong was about to speak, but Zhang Ding shouted violently: "Transfer Gu Manzi back!" As he spoke, he grimaced at Gao Tengdou, "His battalion can withstand your three battalions!" Don't be unconvinced, Lao Gao. ”
Gao Tengdou was angry, and pondered for a while, Gu Manzi's combat power was really recognized by everyone, so he didn't fight back, and added: "That's fine." Small country, let your people work hard again tonight and build a new line of defense. By the way, let Lao You's two battalions not be idle, and fight from the south to the north tomorrow, which can always make some trouble for the surnamed Qian, at least reduce some pressure on our side. As he spoke, his eyes looked at Guan Shengyun.
Zhang Ding didn't expect Gao Tengdou not to quarrel with him, and without waiting for Guan Shengyun to express his position, his eyes rolled and said, "Otherwise, it's better to just go around it." Qian Gouguan will not raise those hundreds of thousands of mouths for a long time, and I will come back and forth when the time comes...... Obviously, Zhang Guerrilla still retains that attachment to the gold and silver in the palace.
As soon as these words came out, all the generals shut up and turned their eyes to Guan Shengyun, who had not spoken.
Guan Shengyun didn't look at the generals, but instead cast his smiling eyes on Luo Shifan: "Nephew, what do you have a clever plan to listen to." ”
Luo Shifan was taken aback, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Marshal, generals." The little nephew really didn't dare to be. ”
Guan Shengyun laughed and said, "Don't pretend, nephew, your father is busy talking to the generals, and I've been watching you." At first, you looked up at the sky, and there were words in your mouth, and then suddenly your eyes flashed, and you secretly opened the fun! If there is any strategy to break the enemy, tell me quickly! ”
Luo Shifan's face flushed, and he clenched his fists again: "Marshal, generals." In Xiaoke's opinion, he only needs to fight tomorrow. If you win this battle, Nanyang Mansion will be broken the day after tomorrow. ”
All the generals were stunned, and they all snorted softly, and looked at the young army division in unison.
Luo Shifan smiled at Gao Tengdou: "There is no need for Brother Guo to build a line of defense, we have one more, it is enough." It's just that tomorrow we have to bother General Gao's soldiers to work hard for another half a day, and after this battle, the day after tomorrow, we can go into the city to rest...... Little but I think so......"
didn't wait for Luo Shifan to finish speaking, Guan Shengyun was the first to shoot the case, and the cheers of the generals swept away the heavy atmosphere that had shrouded the handsome tent for a long time! A group of rough men's praise from you made Luo Shifan embarrassed, and his face was red to the base of his neck.
Night fell.
A waning moon casts a cold spell over the earth through the flowing clouds that sweep across the night sky from time to time. When it was dark, all the doors of Nanyang Mansion were closed. There are soldiers holding torches and lanterns lazily patrolling the city, and you can vaguely see in the dappled light and shadow, and the fields outside the north, west and south gates are full of villagers who have not had time to enter the city, snoring, dreaming, and the sound of rushing water, the dark city wall looks more majestic. The moonlight reflected in the water, gilding the surface of the water with a layer of silver light. Suddenly, the sparkling waves were silently cut away by a black shadow, and a small boat quickly sailed down the river to the south, and landed on the boat formation of the white birch in the valley on the east bank of the river outside the east gate.
Gu Baihua felt bored in the past two days. There are also people and villagers on the east bank of the river who approach from time to time, but all the rafts that can be ferried have been swept away by Youfutian, who went south first, and the banks have also built circular fortifications on the banks of the rafts moored by the river. Those villagers who were close to each other were all in the village, a group of two or three hundred people, gathered together to gather with each other's courage, and there was not even an organization of government soldiers. Gu Baihua would not take them seriously, and every time he waited for them to cringe and rub to within a hundred paces, he would send a foot team out of the camp to drive them away. What made him more depressed was that as soon as he saw the gate of the fence being opened, before all the infantry troops left the camp, the people shouted and fled in all directions. At first, neither the officer wanted to waste his strength on these people, but after the troops were collected and returned to the camp, the group gathered together again and came together again, waving sticks and pitchforks not far away, and some even threw stones and slammed them on the fence, annoyed. Finally, the team officer who was provoked simply stopped closing the team and led the crowd to kill him...... However, it is impossible for a soldier in armor to catch up with a guy who is dressed in rags and empty-handed, and every time he is busy in vain. Angry, the officers unanimously asked Gu Baihua to apply, and simply took off their armor and rushed out.
Gu Baihua Pingsuli looked down on the crossbowmen, and the Gangfeng battalion was only equipped with about fifty archers, and there was no reserve of arrows, and they had to be kept to deal with the emergencies at the east gate, of course, it was not worth shooting such pickled with precious feather arrows. In the end, I couldn't stand the endless harassment, and finally made up my mind, gathered more than 20 guards with horses, and personally led the team to kill them out in one go, and cut them heartily.
The corpse lying in front of the fortifications in front of the fortifications, with blurred flesh and stumps and broken necks, finally quieted Gu Baihua's ears, and no one dared to approach it again. However, when I saw the smoke and dust billowing from the north at noon today, I became irritable again, knowing that my opponents were all vulnerable country villagers, but I was still awkward to just watch others be lively with nothing to do.
It's nightfall. I couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, and I was thinking that I would send Jia Yanzi, who had the fastest legs and feet, back to the camp tomorrow to ask for battle, when I received a report that the army had sent a messenger. Because the river is completely controlled by his own side, only his own people can go down the boat, and the night sentry along the river has not sounded the alarm.
The messenger didn't stay long before continuing south, but Gu Baihua was very happy: just endure it for another day, and the day after tomorrow you will be able to vent the blocks in your chest!
Like Gu Baihua here, the Nutao Battalion moored in the thorny water did not make a big noise when it saw the coming boat, and under the guidance of the battalion officer Tang Fu, the boat turned west and sailed into the White River, and it was not far away before it approached the boat formation of the Tianyi Battalion. You Futian was woken up from his dream by the guards in a daze, and just rubbed his eyes before he woke up from a nap when he heard a familiar greeting: "Brother You is good." ”
What catches my eye is a smiling face.
The messenger turned out to be the young master Luo Shifan himself.