Chapter 145: Zhou Xifeng's evil intentions are hidden, and Emperor Tiande is about to attack

A luxurious mansion in the west of Tayon City.

This was originally the family residence of a wealthy merchant in Taiyuan City, but when the Tiande army attacked the city, the rich merchant fled to Jingshi with his family, and this house was vacant.

In fact, not only here, but also a large number of people in the city fled to other places, and many mansions and houses were idle.

After the reinforcements from the counties arrived, these houses were temporarily requisitioned by Li Hengchuan to house the generals of various military horses.

Here are the many generals of the reinforcements of Hengfeng City.

At the moment, in the lobby of the mansion.

A captain with a long beard let out a rampant laugh, his face was full of self-satisfaction, and he danced to the people in the room: "Hahahaha, didn't you see that those soldiers who transported arrows were beaten half to death by us, and we didn't dare to return one hand, so we swaggered and transported the arrows back to the barracks." ”

A general said with a smile: "In the past, there was a hussar general Hu Chao in Taiyuan City, with 30,000 troops. Now that Hu Chao is dead, the 30,000 army has also been wiped out, Taiyuan City is already at the end of the crossbow, there is only an empty shelf left, and it is not necessary to rely on our assistance to defend the city, they naturally dare not offend us!"

That Li Hengchuan now only has 3,000 soldiers and horses under his hands, but he wants to command our army of four cities, which is simply arrogant. In my opinion, that Li Hengchuan is far worse than our general! The general should be in charge of defending the city this time!"

"Yes, yes!" the crowd agreed.

"You can't say that!" said the crowd, and the man at the top spoke.

As soon as this man spoke, everyone immediately stopped discussing and looked at him one after another, their expressions full of respect.

The person who spoke looked to be in his forties, with a short beard under his chin, a high nose, and a square face, but his eyes looked a little gloomy, it was Zhou Xifeng, the general of the Hengfeng City garrison.

Zhou Xifeng said with a smile: "This Li Hengchuan is the deputy general of Taiyuan City, and he can be regarded as the master of this place, and his grade is half a grade higher than the four of us, so it is reasonable to serve as the commander of the five armies." On the contrary, it is a general, but it is an object, and the grade is also slightly insufficient, so it is a little unreasonable to serve as the commander. ”

A general complimented: "The general is too humble! For example, when the German army is approaching the city today, what we need is a commander who has the ability and ability, not relying on the official hat to determine the level of the army." This position of control is inherently occupied by the virtuous and talented. In my opinion, in this city now, only you are the most suitable general!"

Everyone agreed, and the words of praise were not stingy.

Zhou Xifeng waved his hand again and again, looking humble, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was actually very useful to these sycophants.

Zhou Xifeng is actually not incompetent, on the contrary, his military talent is extremely good, and his own cultivation is also quite good.

After serving as the garrison of Hengfeng City for so many years, Zhou Xifeng handled Hengfeng's military affairs in an orderly manner, and the defenders under his command could also be regarded as a capable army, which was also one of the reasons why he was so arrogant.

Zhou Xifeng always thought that with his own ability, he could actually go further, enter the power center of Zhou Xiwu, and become a real person in the south.

But just when he was dreaming of a sweet dream and trying to find a way up and down, Hu Chao suddenly came to Taiyuan City.

As a hussar general, Hu Chao was a veritable giant in the army, and he was an absolute cronie of Zhou Qiuwu. Zhou Qiwu sent him in

After here, Hengfeng City was under the command of Hu Chao and obeyed Hu Chao's orders.

As an important border town bordering Tiande in the south, Taiyuan City is naturally the closest place to the war. It can be said that it is under the constant threat of war.

After Hu Chao arrived, he strengthened the power of Taiyuan City with great fanfare, and the materials and resources of Hengfeng and other nearby cities all began to tilt towards Taiyuan City.

In addition, Hu Chao made a big rectification in the army, promoted capable generals to the top, and eliminated some incompetent people who were in the dead position.

Zhou Xifeng, as a general with a good reputation and ability, was naturally valued by Hu Chao and ordered him to stay as the garrison general of Hengfeng City. This was originally an affirmation of Zhou Xifeng, a good thing that was understandable and beneficial to the army and the people, but it happened to block Zhou Xifeng's way to drill the camp upward.

Originally, Zhou Xifeng had already used a lot of money to buy off several high-ranking officials in Changfeng Province, and when the time came, he would be transferred out of here and enter the county government yamen.

But Hu Chao's military order made all this a dream.

No matter how powerful those high-ranking officials who were bought off were not as powerful as Hu Chao's status, who would dare to easily transfer the people that the hussar general wanted to keep? Zhou Xifeng's money had already been spent, so naturally he could not come back, and in the end, the money was spent in vain, and nothing was done, which can be described as a loss of power and wealth.

As a result, Zhou Xifeng secretly held a grudge against Hu Chao. However, holding grudges and remembering grudges, he would never dare to disobey Hu Chao in the slightest, but received praise from Hu Chao several times because of his ability to do things.

However, Zhou Xifeng was not proud of this, but ashamed, and he was thinking about how to get out of Hu Chao's control all the time. Because of the Hu Nest on his head, he will never be able to soar.

Just a few days ago, Hengfeng City received an order from Hu Chao to quickly support Taiyuan. Zhou Xifeng didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately picked up the people of the headquarters and set off, and as soon as he was halfway there, he received the news that Hu Chao had died in battle.

At that time, Zhou Xifeng almost laughed out loud, although he pretended to be sad on the surface, he was very happy in his heart. On the one hand, he ordered the army to hurry to Taiyuan City, and on the other hand, he sent a horse scout envoy to spy on intelligence. At that time, he had already begun to plan to control Taiyuan City in his hands, and use this battle to defend the city to open his career.

In Zhou Xifeng's view, Tiande's million-strong army attacked Taiyuan, and only the soldiers and horses of the four cities and the remaining defenders of Taiyuan would definitely not be able to defend it. But if you just hold on for a few days, it's still possible.

Tiande knocks on the realm, Taiyuan City is the last barrier of Changfeng Province, and the Metropolitan Governor Zhou will definitely not give up Taiyuan easily, presumably at this moment, the soldiers and horses of the entire Changfeng Province have been gathered to come to help. So it won't take long, as long as you can hold Taiyuan City for three or four days, reinforcements will arrive!

The battle of Taiyuan City can be said to be the key point related to the fate of the entire Changfeng, if you can sit on the merit of defending the city, it is to show your face in front of the governor of Zhou, and the future career will naturally soar and rise to the top!

And now, Li Hengchuan is the commander of the five armies, nominally controlling the five army horses. If Taiyuan City is finally defended, most of the credit will fall on Li Hengchuan, which is unacceptable to Zhou Xifeng.

But Li Hengchuan is of a higher grade than him, and he is the deputy general of Taiyuan. Hu Chao is dead, according to military law, it is natural that Li Hengchuan is the general of Taiyuan, which is a fact that cannot be changed.

In this case, how can we grab the merit of defending the city?

There is only one answer, and that is to let Li Hengchuan and his men die!

Li Hengchuan only has 3,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and his strength is weak, and he can't withstand the toss at all. As long as they are forced to the most dangerous place, it will not take them a few battles before they will be slaughtered by the Tiande people

Gone.

At that time, Zhou Xifeng, who has the most soldiers and horses in his hands and the strongest strength, will naturally become the commander of Taiyuan City and take over the control of the soldiers and horses in the city.

Zhou Xifeng thought that Wen Tao's martial arts strategy was above Li Hengchuan, and the soldiers and horses in his hands were all elite soldiers and strong generals, and they were used to using them in their hands. And Tiande soldiers and horses are mostly cavalry, not good at attacking cities, and there are no siege equipment in their hands. Under such favorable conditions, he was completely sure that he would hold Taiyuan City for at least three days.

After having the overall plan, Zhou Xifeng secretly met with the leaders of the remaining three soldiers and horses, promised heavy profits, reached a consensus with them, and pushed Li Hengchuan's orders back, and disobeyed the yang. forced Li Hengchuan to deploy his 3,000 soldiers and horses in the most dangerous defense area in Taiyuan.

At the same time, Zhou Xifeng ordered his subordinates to loot the equipment defending the city, hoard supplies, and wait for Li Hengchuan's soldiers and horses to be defeated before taking over as the main force defending the city.

At this moment, everything is ready, just waiting for the Tiande army to blow the horn of attack.

In the hall, the generals under his command were still criticizing Li Hengchuan and praising Zhou Xifeng, they didn't know that Zhou Xifeng's arrogance had forced Li Hengchuan to Liangshan.

At this moment, Li Hengchuan was sitting in the corner room of the city gate, waiting quietly. Just now, he had already ordered someone to bring Zhuang Xiaowei to discuss the matter.

A moment later, Zhuang Xiaowei hurried over. He jumped off the horse before he could stop and threw the reins to the gatekeeper on the side, Zhuang Xiaowei hurriedly entered the corner room where Li Hengchuan was.

It took half an hour before Zhuang Xiaowei appeared from the corner room again, he stepped on his war horse with a relaxed expression, raised his whip and drank lightly, and rode away.

In the camp of Tiande, Yelu Tailong withdrew from everyone and walked into the big tent alone.

Around his tent, there are many sentry posts and heavy guards, which can be described as impenetrable. At this moment, even the Seven Great Beast Masters were ordered not to get close to the big tent.

The Seven Great Beast Masters knew that at this moment, Yelu Tailong was secretly meeting with those mysterious immortal envoys.

The existence of the immortal envoy was only recently known by the Seven Great Beast Masters.

It was after the assembly of the eight armies, and one day Yelu Tyron suddenly summoned the beast lords and magnates of the various tribes to the palace to discuss matters.

In the middle of the banquet, Yelu Tyrone suddenly sealed the entire palace, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. At that time, the major beast masters were taken aback, and they all panicked when they thought that Yelu Tyrone was going to kill them.

But immediately, a miracle began to appear in the main hall, and a person wrapped in black mist appeared in mid-air. What surprised them even more was that their emperor, Jerutaron, slowly left the ground and soared into the air.

Yelu Tailong respectfully bowed to the mysterious man in mid-air, calling him the messenger of the wolf god and the supreme immortal master. Later, Yelu Tailong bowed three times and bowed nine times, claiming to be a disciple, and prayed to the immortal master to help him fight for dominance on the continent and capture Southern Qi.

As soon as the immortal master waved his hand, several men in black appeared out of thin air, and the immortal master said that they were immortal envoys who would assist Tiande in achieving hegemony.

This scene deeply shocked all the eight nobles present, although they were skeptical, but next, the fall of Tianguan City made them completely believe in the strength of these immortal envoys.

Overnight, several generals in Tianguan City were quietly killed, resulting in Tianguan City falling apart and being captured by the Tiande army in one fell swoop.

The immortal envoy showed his might, so that everyone in Tiande no longer had any suspicions, and the immortal master who was originally hidden behind the scenes, only known to Yelu Tailong and the hidden wolf, gradually came to the front of the stage.