Chapter 293: Guarded
When Gu Shenwei left the camp in the Great Snow Mountain, one of the things he was most worried about was that the Jinpeng Fort army would storm the camp.
The opponent Dugu Xian is a real soldier and is familiar with battle battles, compared to it, the swordsmen of Daxue Mountain rarely participate in battles with more than 1,000 people, and they are more than brave alone, but they are almost like a rabble when they are gathered together.
Looking at the entire camp, the only person Gu Shen could rely on was the old swordsman Tuo Nengya.
Although the sword array of Tuo Nengya can only accommodate two or three hundred people at most, it already has the rudiments of a military formation, which can be compared to Dugu Xian.
In addition, Gu Shenwei also trusted this old swordsman very much, even if he hadn't met for more than three years, his trust level was more than that of those Great Snow Mountain swordsmen who fought side by side with the Dragon King.
In Gu Shenwei's eyes, Tuo Nengya is a strange person, just because he has received very little favor, he is loyal to the great young lord Shangguan Chui, after his death, tirelessly want revenge, when he has the opportunity to kill the murderer Shangguan Fei, but he thinks that the opponent is too weak and changes his mind, to challenge a stronger enemy, claiming to travel all over the Western Regions to raise money to recruit swordsmen, ready to fight with the Dubu King.
It is likely that the Dubu King had no idea of such an enemy.
Gu Shenwei scoffed at Tuo Nengya's behavior at the time, but when he looked for the most trustworthy person among the people, the first thing that came to his mind was this old swordsman.
Stupidity and perseverance often look the same way, and they both wear a cowardly mask, but when Tuo Nengya really took more than a thousand swordsmen to defect to the Dragon King and openly became enemies of Jinpeng Castle, Gu Shenwei finally understood that the old swordsman's persistence was perseverance.
During a long conversation all night, Gu Shenwei asked him: "If Dugu Xian is attacked, how should he deal with it?"
Tuo Nengya has been thinking about this problem for a long time, "The Great Snow Mountain only defends and does not attack, and it has a certain advantage. If the enemy is below 5,000, my sword formation of 1,500 men will be enough to deal with it, and if it exceeds this number, I am afraid that it will not be an opponent. ”
There were about 5,000 men and horses in the Jinpeng Fort army at that time, but it was still increasing, and it seemed that reaching more than 10,000 people would not be a problem, so Gu Shenwei asked him again: "Our army still has more than 1,000 swordsmen, can they be used?"
Tuo Nengya pondered for a long time before answering, "The courage of the swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountain far surpasses that of the swordsmen under my command, but they are unruly, if the enemy comes to attack and provoke, I am afraid that they will rashly go out to fight, and then there will be no defensive position, and even my sword formation may be affected." ”
The swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountain are such a group of people, they don't need any incentive when they attack, let them defend, but they have to find ways to persuade them.
Gu Shenwei summoned the Huagai Peak Patriarch Long Chuanyun, this young man once served as a waiter with a back sword, and was presented with a Dharma Protector Long Knife on the battlefield, his father died in battle, he took over the position of patriarch, and he had the highest degree of loyalty to the Dragon King.
Gu Shenwei begged Long Chuanyun to support Tuo Nengya no matter what, especially in the face of the enemy's attack, and even more so to follow the old swordsman and the horse.
Long Chuanyun swore to the god of the sky that he would obey Tuo Neng Ya like obeying the Dragon King, in fact, it was precisely because Tuo Neng Ya led the swordsman to arrive in time that the Great Snow Mountain was not completely wiped out, and the young patriarch had great respect for the old swordsman.
More than a month later, Jinpeng Fort really launched an attack, about how to meet the enemy, there were disputes within the Great Snow Mountain, and the swordsmen who had been depressed for many days shouted that they wanted to fight, and only Tuo Nengya insisted on holding it.
At the critical moment, Long Chuanyun did not live up to the trust of the Dragon King, openly supported Tuo Nengya at the patriarch's meeting, and even privately persuaded Xiaojian Peak and Luoshen Peak, and vetoed the proposal to fight in a three-to-two ratio.
The opening in the valley where the camp was located was too large for defense, and Tonoya decided to lure the enemy deeper, and after the first few days of tentative exchanges, he voluntarily abandoned the outer camp fence and retreated his forces to a narrow area that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Dugu Xian, the commander of Jinpeng Castle, was a cautious general, but most of his soldiers were swordsmen hired by Jinpeng Castle, and they were anxious to make meritorious service and invite rewards, and when they saw the enemy retreating, they demanded immediate pursuit.
The pursuit was catastrophic, the main force of Jinpeng Fort crashed into the knife formation of fifteen hundred swordsmen, the terrain was narrow, the weather was cold and slippery, the people in front could not continue, but the people behind could not keep up, and it was difficult to move an inch.
Halfway through the battle, the Five Peaks Swordsmen of the Great Snow Mountain suddenly emerged from the slopes on both sides, like fierce tigers rushing into the flocks of sheep, venting their excessive energy to the trapped Jinpeng Fort army.
In this battle, although Dugu Xian collected his troops in time, Jinpeng Fort still suffered more than 3,000 casualties, and after that, a large number of hired swordsmen saw that the situation was not right, and fled overnight, and Dugu Xian suddenly changed from the encirclement to the self-protection side.
It was in this situation that Dugu Xian sent an envoy back to the city to meet King Dubu and ask for immediate peace, and he also needed time to reunite his army.
Gu Shenwei's hanging heart finally let go, believing that even if he stayed in the camp of the Great Snow Mountain, he would not be able to do better than Tuo Nengya.
Fang Wen was extremely excited, and said "great" more than a dozen times, "This victory is too timely and too important, and the Dragon King's hegemony must be based on this." ”
No one knows the true thoughts of King Dubu, but on the third day of Dugu Xian's peace envoy, the city governor Mo Chu finally appeared, first summoned the envoy of the Central Plains, and expressed his willingness to act as a mediator with the Central Plains, urging Jinpeng Fort to negotiate peace with Daxue Mountain.
The long-awaited peace of the people of Biyucheng began in this way.
Negotiating peace is a very complicated matter, no matter how sharp the sword is, no matter how much an invisible killer kills people, it won't help much, at this time, it is Fang Wen's turn to show his strength.
The first step in negotiating peace is to ensure that the status quo is maintained on both sides, and no one is allowed to provoke provocations, for Jinpeng Castle, it does not want another war in the western border, and for Daxue Mountain, it is to ensure the safety of the Dragon King in Biyu City.
The preliminary agreement was quickly reached, a temporary truce of three months, and any party that violated the contract would be punished jointly by Beiting and the Central Plains.
The second step is the lengthy formal peace talks, which have a few difficult issues:
The status of the Great Snow Mountain and the Dragon King is a bandit or a force;
Who exactly belongs to the land occupied by the camp in the Great Snow Mountain, the trouble is that the Shule Kingdom also claims ownership, which makes the situation even more complicated;
Whether the dragon king and his swordsmen and swordsmen want to return to the Great Snow Mountain.
Fang Wen is arguing with all parties, saying more words every day than Chu Nanping said in a year, and his reputation spread at this time, and he has another nickname in addition to "shaking his head military division" - Lianzhu Arrow Fang Kuaizui.
Gu Shenwei handed over the matter of peace to the military advisor, and he was busy establishing a firm foothold in Biyu City.
He can't live in Beicheng, although it is safe here, but he is not allowed to carry weapons, he has to hide his sword every time he enters, which is very inconvenient, in addition, on the night of the fire of the proud building, he killed several assassins in the Central Plains envoy's mansion, which also made the rich merchants and nobles of Beicheng tremble, and did not want to be neighbors with the Dragon King.
Gu Shenwei bought a rather large mansion in the westernmost part of the southern city as a foothold, and soon, this place was called the "Dragon King's Mansion" by the residents of Biyu City.
The next thing is similar to the establishment of the Kun Society, only the scale is larger, but Daxue Mountain has an army of more than 3,000 people in the west of Biyu City, and there is no extra money to recruit swordsmen, so this step can only be saved.
The Tianshan Sect has helped a lot, this secret organization among the swordsmen in Nancheng is only semi-public now, and only the blacksmith Lao Hong is known among the leaders, and he lent dozens of swordsmen to the Dragon King, saying that the remuneration can be calculated later.
There was also a group of people from the Great Snow Mountain, they were sent to the Dragon King by the old patriarch of Luoshen Peak, Long Capture Eagle, who came all the way to the temporary truce just in time for the temporary truce and was able to arrive safely in Biyu City, a total of twenty young swordsmen who acted as guards, and ten young girls who specialized in serving the Dragon King.
Gu Shen was entangled in trivial matters, and it was Xu Xiaoyi who rescued him from a bunch of troubles.
Xu Xiaoyi had an appointment with the Dragon King in advance, as long as he heard the news of the beginning of the peace discussion, he immediately went from Shule City to Biyu City to help, he managed the Dragon King's Mansion in an orderly manner, and Gu Shenwei was finally able to get out and do some important things.
He was waiting for the Hall Master of Xiaoyue Hall.
Among the various forces in Biyu City, Gu Shenwei believed that only Xiaoyuetang was the best ally to fight against Jinpeng Castle, and this gang had long enough hatred, ruthless means, and deep enough hiding, and would act as a strange army to assist the Great Snow Mountain.
Accepting Xiaoyuetang as an ally, Gu Shenwei had a lot of trouble in his heart, because the Lotus Girl was a disciple of Xiaoyuetang, and she was probably hiding in a corner of Biyu City now.
Thinking of the lotus girl, Gu Shenwei had a complicated mood, it was precisely because she privately changed the seventh chapter of the "Book of No Dao" that he underwent more than half a year of hellish madness, and since then he has not been able to eliminate it, and he has to have an attack every one to three months.
Every time he survived the frozen pain that penetrated into the bone marrow, a strong killing intent would rise in his heart, and at that time, his right hand was not touching the Wufeng Sword, but the Dragon Head Sword.
But she is also the most tacit partner with Gu Shenwei.
Chu Nanping and Tie Linglong can fight side by side with him, but neither of these two people is a killer, and they will not become killers in the future, and at the most critical moment, he can only rely on himself.
At this time, he would miss the indifferent girl again.
The female Qingmian Guan Shang once said that she would convey the intention of meeting the Dragon King to the hall master of Xiaoyue Hall after seven days, but after two seven days, the hall master disappeared, and Guan Shang never appeared again.
Xiaoyuetang still seems to prefer to hide behind the scenes.
Gu Shenwei couldn't sit still, he spent a lot of time interacting with the second-level forces in Biyu City, helping Xu Xiaoyi expand his business channels, everything needed money, if it wasn't for the large amount of materials left by Jinpeng Castle in the camp of Daxue Mountain, his little silver would not be able to support it for even a month.
The peace was not reached, the situation was unclear, no one was willing to openly make a good relationship with the Dragon King, and even Lu Qiying, the shopkeeper of the South Wall Tavern, was only willing to meet the Dragon King under the most secret circumstances.
Because, the progress in this area is not smooth.
But no matter what, Daxue Mountain can survive this winter, Gu Shenwei feels that the next few months will only be a secret fight, probably there will be few opportunities to use the knife, and when he waits for next spring, he will always come up with a way to solve all difficulties.
The residents of Biyu City also had similar feelings, and their topic turned to wine and women, so the news that Miss Ru in the stone castle was about to marry immediately surpassed the peace and became the focus of the most attention.
Fang Wen brought this news back and told the Dragon King as an inconsequential matter.
"Miss Ru?" Gu Shenwei didn't understand who this person was at first.
"It's Shangguan Ru, who used to be called the Ten Princes, I remember, weren't you her subordinate killer in the past. ”
"Hmm. Gu Shenwei replied coldly, wanting to end the topic.
Fang Wenshi was still amazed, "I can't think of it, I really can't imagine that these two people were like enemies of life and death back then, I never thought that Dubu Wang would marry Miss Ru to Meng Wugongzi, this pair of rivals formed a husband and wife, hehe, there is a lot of fun." ”
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