Wangzhou Mountain

In the town military city, the highest altitude of a natural peak, about the height of the city tower, and because the geographical location is close to the border, standing on the top of the mountain, you can overlook the opposite side of the green and secluded two states, so it is named.

At this time, on Wangzhou Mountain, from the halfway point of the mountain, there were a large number of soldiers, patrolling back and forth, and it seemed that the mountain was closed.

The people in the city want to climb the mountain to enjoy the beautiful scenery around them, but now the people in the city are afraid that they are not in the mood to climb the mountain.

In this situation, on the surface, it seems that the crisis of Daei's invasion was lifted a few days ago, but in fact, this is a kind of temptation, and I am afraid that it will not be a few days before Daei's full-scale invasion will come.

How to say that the people in the city, who live on the border all the year round, are much more sensitive to the war between the two sides than the people of Kyoto.

The clouds of war have never dissipated, but have only been temporarily hidden, and once the time comes, it will be an extremely tragic war.

The people of Ningzhou were worried in their hearts, but more of them were ready to obey the orders of the city lords, even if they were asked to go to the front line, everyone was not sloppy.

After all, this is their homeland, the hometown where they have lived for generations since their ancestors, where can they flee if they flee?

The people of Ningzhou, more than the other twenty-seven states, have a higher consciousness of death.

On the top of Wangzhou Mountain, in a small pavilion, there are two people sitting, looking around from the top of the mountain, almost the whole city of Zhenjun City.

Compared with the scene in the city, in the distance, there are two vague huge cities, which make people yearn for it.

Darong was able to occupy the two states of Qing and Youzhou for a hundred years, and it was not taken, on the one hand, the combat power of the Daliang cavalry was not good, but more importantly, it was developed in a hundred years.

Da Rong had already established two huge cities in Qing and Youzhou, which were also impregnable.

Coupled with the education of a hundred years, Darong has learned from the example, dividing the two prefectures of Qing and Youzhou into 27 counties, opening imperial examinations, selecting talents, and providing fresh blood, Darong's national strength can be said to be thriving.

With such a series of many policies, most of the local descendants of the Ryoshi people are completely inclined to Daei.

Once people's hearts are bought, they will undoubtedly ascend to heaven if they want to recover the so-called homeland.

This truth is not only understood by Su Qi'an, but also by Xie Cang beside him.

He knew the purpose of Xie Cang's trip, and hoped that Su Qi'an would have the opportunity to provide a real strategy and have a chance to recover the two states of Qing and You.

It is difficult to recover Erzhou, but after all, it is the former homeland of Da Liang, no matter how many years have passed, as long as the Da Liang soldiers exist for a day, this wish in the hearts of these warriors will never be shaken.

This kind of belief, Su Qi'an can understand, and he has been at the Ningzhou border for some time.

During this period, you can feel all aspects of the city, as well as the bravado of the Daei cavalry on the opposite side.

Being on the real front line, the mood of making contributions and recovering his homeland, even Su Qi'an will be surging in his heart at times.

As a man, the big husband should take the world as his own responsibility, and that is what the big man does.

Su Qi'an, as a Daliang person, is willing to contribute his strength if he has the opportunity, even if it is to lead the troops to the battle, he is also willing.

Su Qi'an didn't speak, just quietly drank the tea on the table, but Xie Cang, who was beside him, could feel the throbbing in Su Qi'an's heart.

In the past few days, Xie Cang has taken Su Qi'an to Wangzhou Mountain almost every day, hoping that Su Qi'an can truly achieve the pride of being a cool man.

It's not that Xie Cang doesn't trust Su Qi'an, but this is a front line, and there is no room for selfishness.

Those gentlemen, Xie Cang can't control them, but Su Qi'an, he must be clear about his inner thoughts.

Although in the past few days, the two of them have eaten normally, gone up the mountain, watched the beautiful scenery, and have not talked much.

But the two have a real tacit understanding, and they don't need to say anything to understand what each other means.

Fortunately, this time, Xie Cang didn't misunderstand Su Qi'an, the two looked at each other and smiled, just as Xie Cang opened his mouth to say something.

Suddenly, a very low and long military horn sounded.

The faces of the two changed instantly, they got up directly, went down the mountain as fast as possible, and went straight to the Zhenjun Tower.

This military trumpet, in addition to representing the assembly of the whole army, also indicates the invasion of the Daei army.

The two of them went back quickly, and in about a quarter of an hour, they returned to the lobby of the castle tower.

In the lobby, everyone has arrived, and they don't need to ask, just by looking at their faces, you can see the solemnity of everyone.

Xie Cang and Su Qi'an walked one after the other to the lobby, and a lookout platform appeared.

With a sweep of his eyes, outside the town army, about two or three miles away, densely packed, like a black torrent of troops, gathered endlessly.

"Sure enough, it's time to come, or come back." Looking at the amazing momentum of the Darong army in the distance, Su Qi'an couldn't help but sigh.

As they expected, the attack of the Daei cavalry was really just a test, and it was best to succeed, and if it failed, then an all-out war would begin.

How many years have passed, when will there be such a large-scale invasion of the Daei army, and it was only harassed by cavalry before.

Even at the peak, the strength is only twenty or thirty thousand, and this time at a cursory glance, there are as many as 50,000 cavalry, not including the tens of thousands of infantry behind them.

This kind of posture, where is the siege, this is to take Ningzhou.

"Elder Fan, did the scout send a message to Kyoto?" Xie Cang asked.

"An hour ago, the scouts will depart, and in three days at most, Kyoto will receive the news."

Xie Cang nodded, he had to admire Fan Wenzhong's vicious eyes, he was worthy of being a veteran who had been guarding the border for more than 20 years, and any disturbance by the Darong army on the opposite side could not escape Fan Wenzhong's prediction.

"Fan... Fan Lao, you said, they suddenly gathered so many troops, are they going to attack us? ”

It was Zhao Ang who asked the question, and although he covered it up well, everyone could still see the nervousness in his heart.

No wonder he is so worried, this kind of formation, let alone him, even Xie Cang is the first time he has seen it.

"Possibly!" Fan Wenzhong said.

"Ahh Is Fan Lao really? So what are we going to do, or we..."

Zhao Ang was obviously shocked by Fan Wenzhong's words, his face changed instantly, and he almost subconsciously said.

However, just as he was about to say something, suddenly, Zheng Liang, who was speechless, stood up and interjected.

"Fan Lao, the Darong army seems to be menacing, quite a siege, but the younger generation is not talented, according to the observation of the juniors, the Darong army has a large number, but the assembly speed is slow, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a demonstration to us."

"The younger generation knows that Zhao Ang is a little frivolous and doesn't have much combat experience, but since we have come to the front line, we are definitely not greedy for life and afraid of death.

As soon as these words came out, not only did an old general like Fan Wenzhong feel sideways, but even Su Qi'an looked at Zheng Liang a few times.

thought that Zheng Liang would be like Zhao Ang, who was an unlearned and unskilled son, but Su Qi'an underestimated him a little.

In just a few words, not only stopped Zhao Ang from saying something wrong, but also reversed Fan Wenzhong's opinion of them in one fell swoop.

Even if it's a show, no one can be as good as Zheng Liang.

Fan Wenzhong retracted his gaze and said to Zheng Liang, "Hehe, no wonder I said that Lao Zheng Tou sent you, little doll, in terms of insight, he followed Lao Zheng Tou." ”

"Fan Lao praised it, there are still many juniors who can't, this time I came to the front line, and my grandfather said that I must learn from Fan Lao."

Regarding Zheng Liang's homeopathic touting, Fan Wenzhong nodded, looked at the Darong army gathered in the distance, and then said.

"Zheng Doll is right, this time the Darong army is menacing, not to attack the town of Juncheng, but more of a show-off."

"But don't be too happy, Da Rong was able to gather 80,000 troops for the first time, and the purpose was not to town the military city, but the entire Ningzhou."

"If you want to take Ningzhou, you have to launch an attack on the other nine military cities at the same time, and it is impossible to have an army of 80,000, so this is most likely the previous strength."

"But once the fight starts, anything will happen on the battlefield, once one of the ten cities is in danger, Darong will definitely invest follow-up troops, so, in order to deal with this battlefield, all of you have to be under my command, transfer, there must be no doubts during the period, remember what the old man said!"

Fan Wenzhong said so much, the last sentence is the point, all of them to put it bluntly, it is a chess piece, and everything has to be commanded by Fan Wenzhong.

Even if Fan Wenzhong asked them to be a pioneer and sent to death, they would have to endure it.

These words are the most important in the hearts of these boys, just kidding, they are also the size of the Hou Ye, not to mention the background behind them.

If you really die here, then it is cool, in order to make military merits, you will take your life, and you can't commit it.

But if you open your mouth to refuse, shame is secondary, who knows what Fan Wenzhong, a veteran, will do to them.

Everyone present was silent, and not one of them spoke.

Fan Wenzhong didn't seem to see it, he paused for a moment and continued, "The old man is not a ruthless person, how can you all be the descendants of the old man's old comrades-in-arms, what is really going on, the old man doesn't want to see the chatter of those old men." ”

"The big war is coming, give you a chance, take advantage of the fact that the Daei army has not yet fully attacked, leave the town military city, return to Kyoto, and enjoy the life of your son-in-law, but there is one way to leave, you must be relieved of the military power and leave the army here."

"Either stay with the old man and go into battle to kill the enemy, if you encounter any danger, you will ask for more blessings."

As the words fell, there was silence in the lobby again.

Fan Wenzhong's words did leave them alive, but when people go, the army can't take them away, which also makes them feel painful.

Most of these 3,000 or 5,000 troops were raised at the expense of their respective families.

Otherwise, I really thought that the imperial court would be so relieved to hand over the army to these princes, and no one would spend money.

But Fan Wenzhong's words asked them to hand over the army, which undoubtedly led to a salary from the bottom of the kettle.

Their lives were saved, but they lost their army, and they had a better life after they returned?

But if you stay and your life is gone, what's the use of having a few troops?

This seemingly dilemma, soon, someone made a choice.