Yuezhou was wearing the standard armor of the generals of the Qi State, straddled the horseback, and looked from a distance, quite a heroic and mighty spirit.

But if you look closer, you will find that Yue Zhou's face is full of blank looks.

Who knows how much humiliation he experienced that day.

On that day, he was bent on death, but the general surnamed Chu did not kill him, but asked people to tie himself hand and foot, hang upside down on a branch, head and foot, and say that he wanted him to taste the methods of the Jishifu, and then it was not too late to make a decision.

Yue Zhou laughed at that time and said, even if it is a thousand cuts, he will never frown.

If he opens his mouth to beg for mercy, he is not a good man in Qi Country!

But the man named Wei Yan just smiled at him, and then asked his subordinates to cover their faces with a stinking and torn silk cloth.

The smell of extreme fishiness, even after a day or two, he still remembers Yuezhou deeply.

Then he noticed that the Nachu people had begun to pour water on rags.

The feeling of unhappiness in his heart grew stronger......

Sheet after piece of silk cloth was folded over his face, and cold droplets of water flowed down his face.

The gradually increasing feeling of suffocation, the shadow of slowly drowning, just like this, little by little, devours his reason and magnifies his fear.

This kind of physical and psychological torture is far more terrifying than the so-called sword and a thousand cuts.

Yue Zhou finally understood why Wei Yanfang looked at him like a warrior......

The punishment made by the Chu State Compilation Mansion is simply unbearable!

So, in the end, Yuezhou still gave in.

He surrendered and became what he called a despicable man.

He watched as the Chu army transferred the grain he had worked so hard to escort to the people of Supu County, and in the gratitude of the other party, he left the county seat and headed towards the next goal.

He even heard with his own ears that the squire elders in those counties even dared to tell the Chu army that there was a large-scale military horse farm about 200 miles north of Supu County, in which at least nearly 3,000 horses were raised.

It's just that if you want to get there, you have to pass through several towns and cross the Fengshou River.

Then, Yue Zhou saw that the two Chu generals got together and muttered for a while, and then turned their ill-intentioned eyes on him.

For the first time, Yuezhou had a feeling.

He, the dignified general of the Qi State, may probably really be a traitor to the Great Qi this time......

The next day, his premonition was fulfilled.

"This General Yue, you don't want to taste yesterday's life is worse than death, do you?"

Under the unceremonious threat of the other party, the humiliated Yuezhou had to grit his teeth and agree, go north this way, cover for the Chu army, and open the city for them, so that the Chu army can go north smoothly.

Being a traitor for the first time, Yuezhou couldn't let go, both physically and psychologically.

But later, after doing more, he simply broke the jar and broke it, and the whole person was completely numb.

For the fraudulent opening of the city, he Yuezhou bet that the generals of the entire Qi country did not have their own mastery and handy.

……

In this way, the two thousand Qi troops went smoothly and went all the way to the north.

Looking at Fengkou County in the distance, Wei Yan turned his head and showed a smile to Yuezhou.

"Next, there is still General Lao Yue."

Although he was his own captive, if he went north during this time, if he didn't have this person, he didn't know how much trouble he would have, so Wei Yan was also willing to sell the other party a face.

The reason why Fengkou County was chosen is because it is the largest county town on the south bank of the Fengshou River, and it is also the best place to cross the river, the bank mouth is open, the water is gentle, and there are a large number of boats for the Chu army.

As long as this place is taken and the Fengshou River is crossed, the Chu army can go straight to the military horse field as fast as possible.

Yue Zhou smiled bitterly in his heart, but on the surface, he said: "General Wei is joking, the general of the defeated army in Yuezhou is just trying to survive now." It's just that along the way, although a few towns have been defrauded, it is inevitable that news will leak after a long time. Also ask the general to prepare for the worst. ”

Wei Yan glanced at Yue Zhou lightly and said, "It's okay, General Yue will do his best." If it really doesn't work, it's not too late to attack. ”

With his own Nine Rank Grandmaster Realm in charge, he was not afraid of any accidents at all.

In this ordinary township, the chance of a master appearing is very small.

Hearing Wei Yan's words, Yue Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, arched his hand towards Wei Yan and the two of them, and took several Wei Yan's personal soldiers who pretended to be his own guards, as well as nearly a thousand "Qi troops", and ran towards the countryside in the distance.

Seeing Yue Zhou's figure gradually disappear, Gao Ran walked to Wei Yan's side and said in a low voice:

"Wen Chang, I think this Yuezhou is probably going to make a ghost."

Wei Yan glanced at Gao Lan in surprise and asked:

"How do you know?"

Gao Ran snorted from his nostrils and said:

"I asked the captives, and from their mouths, I learned that this Yuezhou has an upright and cautious character, and has always been loyal to the Qi State. Now surrendering is just because of your means, so you have to be aggrieved. But how could he watch me lead the troops to rob this military horse farm, and he would definitely make a move. The first ones are just to paralyze you and me. ”

Hearing Gao Ran say this, Wei Yan was quite surprised in his heart.

You, the thick-eyed one, will also analyze the intelligence now?

And the analysis sounds plausible.

Although he thought so in his heart, Wei Yan was noncommittal on the surface.

"What the general said is just speculation, you and I are prepared, just wait and see."

After that, Wei Yan asked the remaining 1,000 soldiers under his command to rest in the woods on the side of the road, and just waited for Yuezhou to open the city gate, and then rushed up and captured Fengkou County.

At the same time, Yuezhou rode a war horse, under the escort of the "personal guard", came to about fifty steps outside the city of Fengkou County, and shouted at the guards who were nervously watching him on the wall:

"I am Yuezhou, a grain transport officer, and I was ordered by General Xie to deliver grain and grass to the front line. Now that I am returning, passing through Fengkou County, I just want to let the soldiers enter the city to rest, but why do you close the city gate and block the general and his brothers? Let your county order come out and talk back! ”

Accompanied by Yue Zhou's words, nearly a thousand soldiers behind him waved the weapons in their hands in unison, and shouted "Open the door, open the door quickly".

The iron spearhead blade reflected a dazzling brilliance in the sunlight, and the soldiers at the head of the city trembled.

Behind the city wall, Xu Xin, the county commander who got the news, looked at the crowd below, and only felt that his mouth was full of bitter taste.

Early this morning, he received an order from a neighboring county to report quickly, saying that in the past few days, the Chu army pretended to be a Qi army, opened the city gate, and plundered the grain in the county.

Unexpectedly, I got the news early in the morning, and it didn't arrive at noon, and the other party had already arrived in the city.

They only have less than 500 untrained soldiers in this county, how can they win against these wolf-like Chu troops?

"If you open the door and wait for the other party to enter the city, it will already be a general trend."

"But if you don't open the door, with Fengkou, a small city, with four or five hundred soldiers, how can you be the opponent of these wolf-like Chu army. When the time comes, the other party will be unhappy and the entire county will be bloodied, and the official will be guilty of too much. ”

What can I do about the current situation?

After thinking about it, Xu Xin couldn't think of a good way, so she was so worried that she pulled off several beards one after another.

"Your Excellency, are you worried about thieves?"

At this moment, a voice sounded in Xu Xin's ears.

Xu Xin nodded subconsciously, then came to his senses, hurriedly turned his head to look at a young man beside him, and asked urgently:

"Does County Lieutenant Xiao have a strategy to retreat from the enemy?"

This young man's surname is Xiao Chengji, about twenty-five or six years old, with an eight-foot body, ape arms and a bee waist, and a thin face.

After Xiao Chengji arrived, he swept away the thieves around Fengkou County, so he won the trust of Xu Xin, the county commander, and often listened to his opinions in military affairs.

Now, seeing Xu Xin asking about himself, Xiao Chengji smiled:

"Don't worry, my lord, Xiao is the same township as Na Yuezhou, and I have heard of his reputation, and I know that this person is not a person who betrays the country and seeks glory. Now, there must be hardships. There is a plan to destroy the Chu army and share the worries of adults. ”

Xu Xin was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Will the plan be released?" ”

He didn't care about the hardships of Nayue Prefecture at all, what he wanted most now was how to leave, or eliminate the group of Chu troops under the city.

Xiao Chengji said: "In the next plan, I'm afraid I will have to wronged the adult." ”

"As long as you can send it, ah no, kill this group of Chu soldiers, what if the official suffers a little grievance."

Xu Xin hurriedly nodded in response.

Glancing at his chief officer, Xiao Chengji looked at the soldiers outside the city, and then glanced in the direction of the woods in the distance, and said, "In this case, then please open the city and surrender to welcome the Chu army into the city, right?" ”

"You, what did you say?!"

Hearing Xiao Chengji say this, Xu Xin almost thought that he had auditory hallucinations in his ears.

Kaesong surrendered, what kind of joke is this?!

Xiao Chengji pointed to the woods outside the city and said, "My lord, look, there are no birds flying out of the woods, which means that there must be an ambush in it." There are more than 1,000 soldiers in this city alone, and they can't resist it according to the garrison in the county, not to mention the ambush soldiers. I can't fight and fight, I can't defend and can't hold it, except for Kaesong and surrender, I can't think of any other way in the next time. But in my opinion, as long as the other party is welcomed into the county seat, and then quietly get in touch with General Yue, there may be a way to deal with these Chu troops. In the short-sightedness and haste, I can only come up with such a solution. It's up to you to decide if you dare to bet on it. ”

Xu Xin looked at the soldiers on the left and right, and saw that they all looked cowering, and their hands and feet trembled, so he knew that these soldiers guarding the city alone could not stop the other party at all, and after thinking about it again and again, he finally gritted his teeth and said:

"Okay, this official will gamble with Lieutenant Xiao County!"

If you don't open the city gate, when the Chu army breaks through the county seat, as the lord of a county, you will definitely die, even so, it is better to gamble like Xiao Chengji said.

"The county order of Fengkou County said that it was unable to resist the heavenly army, so it could only open the city gate and welcome the heavenly army into the city, and said that he hoped that we would not disturb the people?"

In the woods, Wei Yan and Gao Ran, who were resting, couldn't help but look at each other when they heard the news from the front of the soldiers.

It's like a punch on cotton, so that their backhand that they have prepared is completely useless.

The other party was able to see through Yuezhou's trick to deceive the city, and Wei Yan was not surprised.

It has been nearly three days since he landed, and there are three or five towns and cities that have been conquered along the way.

No matter how dull the people of Qi are, with the efforts of the past few days, the news that they are pretending to be soldiers of Qi to defraud the city has already spread in the surrounding area.

Wei Yan and Gao Ran had already made psychological construction for this in private, and today they let the soldiers ambush in the woods outside the city, just to prepare for the failure of the city to prevent fraud.

Unexpectedly, both of them took off their pants, and when they came to the end, the county order of Fengkou County suddenly gave them such a thing.

"There are capable people in this county." Wei Yan said to Gao Ran with a smile, "This Xu County Commander is a clever man, knowing that he can't defeat us, he decisively opened the city and surrendered, and was even willing to provide heavy supplies, and was willing to send us across the Fengshou River." Hey, interesting! ”

Gao Ran stretched out his hand and scratched his head, looking puzzled.

"If this guy does this, aren't you afraid that after you and I leave, the Son of Heaven of Qi will find trouble for him?"

Wei Yan grabbed Gao Lan's shoulders and said with a smile: "Old Gao, you don't understand." Do you think, if you and I really succeed this time, what will the Son of Heaven of Qi think? Most of the land in Dongchang Mansion was plagued by the Chu army and suffered heavy losses, but although this Fengkou County was compromised, it was not badly preserved. In this case, even if it is to set a model, he will not be too embarrassed by the county order surnamed Xu, at most he will issue a decree and reprimand a few words. ”

"Then change it to the order of Naxu County, if you don't surrender now, defend the city, and wait until you and I break through the city, which is the day he dies. You say, is it important to be reprimanded by the Son of Heaven in the future? ”

Gao Ran said without thinking:

"Of course, it's your own life that matters! The life is gone, and the Son of Heaven of Qi just wants to reprimand and reprimand. ”

Speaking of this, Gao Ran realized something, and said to Wei Yanzhengse:

"Wen Chang, this guy is just trying to protect himself, so he has to surrender. Although you and I are strong enough to suppress all disobedience, we must also be careful. You say that there are capable people in the county, so if you see that you are not capable of the enemy, you may also turn to outwitting. ”

Wei Yan said solemnly:

"General Gao reminded me well, you and I are in the enemy territory, no matter when and where, we should be cautious."

"Didn't the man surnamed Xu send an envoy out of the city and want to negotiate terms with Ben General? Then you and I will listen to what this Xu County Order wants to say. ”

So saying, he commanded the guards beside him to let the messenger come.

Soon, the messenger sent by Xu Xin was searched by the soldiers and confirmed that they did not carry a blade on their bodies before they were released, and followed a Chu soldier who led the way to the forest.

Entering the woods, Xiao Chengji's eyes inadvertently swept left and right, and sure enough, he saw that the forest was standing or sitting, full of soldiers of the Chu State wearing armor and holding swords.

After roughly estimating the number, Xiao Chengji was in his heart.

More than 1,000 people!

And he looks full of energy, the weapons in his hands and the leather armor on his body are very well maintained, and he looks like the elite of the Chu army.

It's just that the elite soldiers in the Chu army did not go to battle with Zhang Dashuai's side, but quietly came to Dongchang Mansion......

Xiao Chengji felt as if he had vaguely grasped a clue, but because his official position was too low and the intelligence was too little, he couldn't make a judgment.

But the only thing that is certain is that these Chu soldiers and soldiers definitely came to Dongchang Mansion on a secret mission!

Although Xiao Chengji was shocked, his face did not show any sound, he lowered his head, and followed the soldiers who led the way forward, and after taking a few steps, his whole body couldn't help but tremble, as if he was full of fear for the road ahead and the Chu soldiers beside him.

Wei Yan's personal guard, who led the way, inadvertently saw this scene and smiled secretly in his heart.

I thought that there were generous and heroic men among these people, but I didn't expect that this messenger would be like the captured general of the gate, and his mouth would be loud, and he would come to the first one of the soft eggs.

Calling General Men is the name of the Chu soldiers to Yuezhou in private.

The general also said that there are capable people in this county, and now it seems that this county order can send such a gutsless person, which shows that his general is too worried.

"Don't be afraid, the envoy, my general said, since your family is willing to surrender, our army will naturally not embarrass the envoy."

The guard smiled and said to comfort Xiao Chengji.

Noticing the contempt flashing in the other party's eyes, Xiao Chengji sneered in his heart, but said in his mouth:

"It's very good now, and I ask the general to lead the way."

"I don't want the general to say it, I'm just a pawn under my general."

The guard said as he led Xiao Chengji to the place where Wei Yan Gaolan was.

The two of them were sitting on a bluestone in an open field in the forest, and the weeds around them had been simply cleaned by the guards, so they looked quite clean.

"Well, that's my general." The guard said to Xiao Chengji.

Xiao Chengji looked up and saw a middle-aged man in his thirties sitting on the main seat.

This person is quite tall, wearing a uniform armor of a general of the Qi army, his face is like a heavy jujube, his eyes are like a star, and the whole person exudes an unruly smell from the inside out.

This must be the general in the mouth of the soldier.

Beside this red-faced general, there is also a middle-aged general with a square face, who seems to be the lieutenant general of this team.

"This is the messenger of the county order?"

Wei Yan looked at the young man who was brought over by the guards, raised his eyebrows, and asked with a smile.

Hearing the other party's question, Xiao Chengji trembled at the right time, saluted Wei Yan and Gao Ran, and opened his mouth in fear.

"The villain Xiao Chengji has seen two generals. The villain was ordered by Xu County to discuss the surrender with your army. ”

Wei Yan glanced Xiao Chengji up and down, and Fang said:

"The general Wei Yan Wei Wenchang, next to him is the general's deputy, Gao Ran. Since your county decree is willing to surrender, the general does not want to kill more, after all, this Dongchang Mansion is my hometown of Dachu, and too many killings will damage the reputation of my Son of Heaven. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Yan leaned forward, stared at the other party, and said word by word:

"Ben will hope that you and Na Xu County Ling will not misunderstand, Ben will just be unwilling, not unable. If the conditions are not satisfactory to the general, then the general will have no choice but to let his brothers take it for themselves. So, you messenger can understand, right? ”

Facing Wei Yan's aggressive gaze, Xiao Chengji felt a pang in his heart, and hurriedly lowered his head, and said in a row with a frightened face:

"The villain understands, the villain understands."

Seeing that the other party was like this, Wei Yan smiled and said, "Since you understand, let's talk about your conditions." ”

Xiao Chengji pretended to roll his throat a few times, calmed down, and began to answer according to the sentence he had designed with the county commander Xu Xin earlier.

"The villain didn't dare to hide it from the general, and this time the general soldiers came to the city. The county commander was supposed to fulfill the responsibility of guarding the land, closed the city to resist the enemy, and dealt with the general. But when I think of the war, how can the people in the city be innocent? For the sake of the thousands of people in the city, in order to save Fengkou County from the flames of war, the county commander was willing to surrender to the general. ”

When Gao Ran heard this, he looked Xiao Chengji up and down, then sneered and said in a rough voice:

"What I said is that it seems that you, a small broken county, can you stop my Chu army from attacking the city? You surrendered quite quickly, but it's a pity that Lao Tzu's military exploits have grown wings and flew! ”

"I, I, you ......"

Facing Gao Ran's complaints, Xiao Chengji opened his mouth and froze in place, not knowing how to answer for a while.

After all, what this Chu general surnamed Gao said is the truth.

If they really want to fight, they really can't beat each other......

"Okay, Lao Gao, don't embarrass the other party." Wei Yan motioned to Gao Ran with his eyes not to say more, and then said gently, "Xiao Chengji, don't pay attention to him, continue to talk about your conditions." ”

"Thank you, General Wei."

Xiao Chengji arched his hand towards Wei Yan, cleaned up his mood, and continued: "Lord Xu said that the general led the army to come, presumably to cross this peak and head north from the peak. Therefore, my lord is willing to provide you with all the boats to help the two generals' corporal soldiers cross the Fengshou River, and at the same time I am willing to provide the grain and grass to the best of my ability to show my sincerity. ”

Wei Yan heard the conditions offered by the other party, glanced at Gao Ran, and nodded without a trace.

It was not far from what the two of them thought, crossing the river, and enough food supplies.

Acceptable.

"So, what about the conditions of waiting?" Wei Yan asked.

Xiao Chengji glanced at Gao Ran timidly, and then bowed deeply to the two of them, and said:

"The county commander has nothing else to ask for, only that the general can restrain his subordinates and not kill in Fengkou County. Of course, if the general agrees to lead the army to stay outside the county and not enter the city, it will naturally be better. As long as the general can agree, my lord promises to immediately mobilize manpower to collect boats, so that the general's subordinates can cross the river as soon as possible. ”

Gao Ran on the side spoke again.

"Your county order treats us as plague gods, and you can't wait to send us away immediately, right?"

Xiao Chengji looked at Wei Yan with a bitter expression.

How can he take this sentence?

He can't say that he can't say that it is Xu County's order, even himself, and he can't wait to send the group of Chu troops in front of him back to the west immediately......

"Lao Gao, talk less!"

Wei Yan glared at Gao Lan, thought for a moment, and then nodded.

"Okay, my Chu army is not an indiscriminate killer. As long as your county commander can provide enough ships and food, we will not enter the city, let alone kill people first. ”

Here, Wei Yan kept a heart's eye.

You can't do active wounding, but it's okay to fight back passively.

Hearing Wei Yan's promise, Xiao Chengji was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Thank you for your promise." ”

As he spoke, he looked embarrassed and said, "It's just that the adults said that if the general just verbally agrees, it is not enough, it is better to set up a note, which can be used as proof." The fact that the adults showed the notes to the people of the city would also reassure them that they could concentrate on helping the general find the ships. ”

Hearing this, Wei Yan smiled and said, "This county order is interesting, and it can also be considered for the sake of the people in the city." Anyway, since Ben Jiang agreed, he wouldn't break his promise easily. Since you want to prove it, let's write one. ”

Soon, Wei Yan asked someone to take a pen and paper, write down the corresponding matters on it, and give it to Xiao Chengji to take it back to his life.

Before Xiao Chengji left, Wei Yan looked up at the sky, saw that the sun was in the middle, and knew that no matter how fast it was, it would be too late to cross the river today, so he said to Xiao Chengji: "Since you and I have set the conditions, then you go back and tell your family that you must immediately send the food, clothing, and food we need out of the city, and we must deliver it tonight." ”

"And collect the ships as soon as possible, tomorrow morning, our army will cross the Huai, when the time comes, if your family has not done it, it will be a breach of the contract, and it will be blamed for being ruthless."

After that, Wei Yan snorted coldly.

When the surrounding soldiers got the signal, they raised their swords and guns one after another, shouting and cheering.

Faced with this situation, Xiao Chengji was so frightened that his legs weakened, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Don't worry, don't worry, general, when the villain goes back, he will definitely bring the general's words. Early tomorrow morning, Lord Xu will definitely prepare a boat to help the general cross the river, and please don't get angry. ”

Seeing that the messenger named Xiao Chengji walked out of the woods and headed towards the county seat with trembling while confessing his guilt, Wei Yan and Gao Ran both laughed.

After laughing, Wei Yanfang said with some doubts:

"A martial artist with a seven-rank cultivation is so daring? Ben always felt that something was strange in his heart. A few of you, quietly go and inquire, what is this messenger surnamed Xiao doing in Fengkou County? ”

At this time, it is not too little to be sent by the county order to be a messenger, and it is not too little if he is not a cronie.

Wei Yan always felt that this time it was a little unreasonable, so he thought of sending someone to secretly investigate the identity of this envoy.

(End of chapter)