Chapter 474: Building Bridges
Shangguan Jianyi stared at the large map on the table, his mind was not on it, and he looked at Shangguan Yun on the side, dissatisfied with this nephew's relaxed attitude.
Shangguan Yun didn't seem to take the war seriously at all, leaning over in his chair, trying to make himself comfortable, holding a wine glass in his hand, but not drinking, just dangling it gently, with that transcendent smile on his face forever, as if it was none of his business, he was just an audience watching the play.
Many generals, especially young generals, support and even worship Shangguan Yun, but Shangguan Jianyi can't have much affection for him.
The appearance of the uncle and nephew is quite different, Shangguan Yun resembles his father Dubu Wang, but his expression is very different, Shangguan Jianyi is not like a child of the Shangguan family, he does not have slightly sunken eye sockets, and he does not have a signature long face, but his gloomy and ruthless temperament is almost exactly the same as that of his cousin.
Shangguan Jianyi admitted that his nephew was a very capable leader, but he just hoped that he would be serious, "It seems that there are still many people from Xiaoyaohai who plan to follow the Dragon King, and it is said that there are not enough ports and ships. ”
"That's fine, the people on the south bank support the Dragon King, and the people on the north bank tend to Jinpeng Castle, whether they are friends or foes, it is clear at a glance. Shangguan Yun can skillfully use all kinds of tones and tones, but in front of Uncle Tang, he doesn't plan to pretend.
Seeing that his nephew deliberately avoided the question, Shangguan Jianyi decided to say something straightforward, "You shouldn't plan that mutiny, your task is to retrieve the "Book of No Dao", there is no need to make extraneous branches, but it gives the Dragon King a chance to unite the army's heart." ”
Shangguan Yun let out a long breath, like a sigh of shame, more like a habitual reaction when he was too comfortable, "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, how can he also be the Dragon King, let me fail once in a while, even if it is to show respect to him." ”
"Hmph, what kind of dragon king is he? It's just Jinpeng Castle......"
"The escaped minions in Jinpeng Castle, yes, I know, but it doesn't affect his current status, this young man is very interesting, very interesting. ”
"You are King Xiaowan, not a child of a few years old, it doesn't matter if he is interesting or not. Shangguan Jianyi's tone became stern, he believed that the ambition of the Shangguan family was not to find fun.
"I'm the little Wan King-" Shangguan Yun yawned lazily, "I'm afraid it's similar to the Dragon King, in name only, otherwise, you wouldn't dare to talk to me like this." ”
Shangguan Yun's words sounded like a joke, but Shangguan Jianyi's heart was cold.
Shangguan Jianyi is not familiar with his nephew, about Shangguan Yun, he has only heard of a few bold nonsense, and that was many years ago, and his nephew can be reused and trusted by King Dubu, which is completely unexpected to him.
The struggle within the family will never end, a Lady Meng has fallen, and a third young master has risen, Shangguan Jianyi even suspects that the reason why his nephew can be released from the dungeon is because King Dubu wants to balance his power.
"It's not just you who have no real name, the entire career of the Shangguan family has not yet laid a solid foundation. Shangguan Jianyi was careful in his words, "This battle is therefore very important, not only to destroy the Dragon King and occupy the Xiaoyao Sea, but also to prove to the people of the world that the Jinpeng Fort army has strong strength, not just the followers of Beiting." ”
"So, the stronger the dragon king, the better, how can you show the true colors of the strong when you destroy the weak enemy?"
Shangguan Jianyi raised his head slightly, pretending to seriously think about his nephew's opinion, "Well, that makes sense, so we should find a chance to lose to the Dragon King a few more times, or let 20,000 soldiers give it to him." ”
"Hahaha......" Shangguan Yun's laughter seemed to come from the heart, "Uncle always refuses to forget my failure this time, you seem to have forgotten, you also went to Shiguo a few years ago and planned a series of assassinations, but all of them ended in failure, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it failed." ”
Shangguan Jianyi snorted heavily, this was one of the things that made him extremely dissatisfied with his nephew, "It's not you, why do you say that the Dragon King has the fragment of the "Book of No Dao" in his hand, and he has to stop all the fighting and delay my follow-up plan, otherwise- Hmph, I hope what you get is true." ”
"Only the Dubu King can tell whether it is true or false, and he is willing to pay a huge price for it. ”
Shangguan Jianyi found that the third young master always called him "Dubu King" when he mentioned his father, and there was a hint of rustiness in his respect, "Then what are you still doing here?" Why don't you go back to the stone castle with the remnants and ask the king lord to take a look?"
"Don't worry, Dubu Wang said that I am still young and need to learn more from my uncle, I don't think it will take much time, 80,000 people in a month, 30,000 people, it must be like a bamboo. ”
Shangguan Jianyi ignored the irony in his nephew's words, and said lightly: "War can never be predicted, it only took a few months for Beiting to occupy the entire Shule country, but there are two small cities, besieged for more than a year, and they have not been taken down until now, the dragon king refuses to fight a decisive battle in Shiguo, and retreats to the south bank of Xiaoyao Sea, which has to delay me a lot of time." ”
"It won't take a year and a half, right?"
Shangguan Jianyi really wanted to tell his nephew: You are not a prison army, and you are not qualified to ask questions and make irresponsible remarks. But what he said was, "No, before summer comes, the war will end, and then the army will march eastward and fight against the Central Plains with Beiting." ”
"The Dragon King deliberately chose to retreat to Anguo, where the terrain is narrow, this is to deal with our tens of thousands of iron horsemen, and we don't have a boat in our hands, which is also a problem. ”
Shangguan Jianyi doesn't like the word "we", although the cavalry nominally belongs to Xiaowanguo, but from establishment to training, he participated in the whole process, and Shangguan Yun was still hiding in the dungeon at that time and had nothing to do.
"I have my own way. Shangguan Jianyi's fingers slid across the map to show that he was too busy to chat with his nephew.
Shangguan Yun was like an ignorant child, not only did he not shut up with interest, but stood up, leaned to Shangguan Jianyi's side, glanced at the map, and said with a smile: "Uncle plans to build a bridge to cross the sea?"
Shangguan Jianyi was taken aback, only a very small number of people knew about this plan, and he promised that no one would dare to leak it, and his fingers and eyes were far away from that key position.
"You can give it a try. Shangguan Jianyi understated and didn't reveal a word more, he believed that his nephew would not betray King Dubu, but he didn't want to share the strategy with him, he still thought that he was the commander of the 80,000 army, and Shangguan Yun was just a special guest.
"Huh. Shangguan Yun made up his mind to intervene and pointed to the only suitable place for building a bridge in the Xiaoyao Sea, "I don't know if the Dragon King has discovered the importance of this place, just a few hundred soldiers stationed will be a big trouble." ”
"Then let the dragon king win again, and give him a little sweetness. "Shangguan Jianyi is not a person who relents casually.
Shangguan Yun smiled, knowing that his uncle had already prepared, and the Dragon King would not have good luck this time.
Gu Shenwei really didn't have much energy to care about a small dot on the map, for more than half a month, he had been busy moving everything that could be transported onto the ship, and at the same time he had to guard against the attack of the Jinpeng Army.
At the beginning, he and Dugu Xian kept the Nandu plan secret, because they didn't want to cause controversy too early, and they didn't want the opposite Jinpeng Army to formulate a response plan in advance, but the secrecy also had a side effect, everyone was not prepared, especially those people who decided to follow the Dragon King, regarded Nandu as a permanent secret to their homeland, and they wanted to tear down the house and take it away, which greatly affected the progress of transportation.
There were many conflicts between the military and the people, and on one occasion the dragon king even had to intervene himself to get a stubborn farmer to abandon his old ox.
"I delivered it to him, and he was closer than his son. The farmer's feelings were sincere, and although he accepted a large amount of compensation, he was still reluctant to give up on the old scalper.
At that time, Zhong Heng had not yet crossed the sea, so he stood beside the Dragon King and said to him: "The human heart is a resource and a fetter, Dragon King, you can't be as free as before." ”
It's not the first time that Gu Shenwei has won the hearts of the people, but the residents of Daxue Mountain can take care of themselves and don't need the protection of the dragon king, but these people in front of them are different, without the dragon army, they are a group of lambs to be slaughtered.
The Dragon Army could not abandon them, and most of the people in Nandu were the families of the soldiers, which was an important support for the morale of the whole army.
However, the most difficult period has passed, and in a day or two, the people will be able to complete the transportation, and all that is left is more than 10,000 dragon troops.
The forward of the Jinpeng army has already attacked the border, first Liucheng in the west, and then the pass in the east, and there have been large-scale battles.
The dragon armies on both sides complied with the order, and after three days, they abandoned the city and rushed to the nearest pier, where they crossed the sea by boat under the protection of the rear troops.
It only takes three days.
The Dragon King will be one of the last people to board the ship.
There was another dispute ahead, and Gu Shen rushed over to pat the horse, and the authority of the dragon king, coupled with a little monetary compensation, was always an excellent means to resolve the dispute.
On one side of the dispute were a few soldiers, on the other side apparently a large family, an old couple with women and children, and like many families, there were no young men.
"My two sons are working for the Dragon King, and the whole family is forced to leave their hometown, and they are not allowed to take this or that, do they drink the northwest wind after crossing the sea? Or does the Dragon King support our whole family?"
The soldiers just smiled bitterly, and when they saw the dragon king, they all respectfully stepped aside.
The old man did not recognize the dragon king, and when he saw that the soldiers only retreated and did not kneel, he judged that the young man was a petty officer, so he said angrily: "Young man, you come to judge the reason, you have to live at home wherever you go, can't I bring these things?"
Gu Shenwei understood the difficulties of the soldiers, and the family drove a cart pulled by two oxen, from pots and pans to all kinds of utensils, and even carried a large bed, which made it difficult to even get on the boat.
"Old man, Anguo has all these things, so you don't need to bring them. ”
"It's easy to say, don't you need money to buy things?"
Gu Shenwei motioned to the guards beside him to take out a voucher and hand it to the old man, "Take it, when you arrive in Anguo, you can get the items you need." ”
The old man took the voucher, flipped through it and looked at it a few times, but he didn't recognize a word, called his daughter and grandson, and the three of them got together for a long time, and finally confirmed that this thing was useful, so he carefully put it away, looked at the car full of things, and pulled out a few pieces and carried them in his hands.
"Alas, all the belongings, I had known this, it was better to cross the sea from the west. ”
The old man sighed repeatedly, Gu Shenwei didn't fully realize the true meaning of this sentence at this time, nodded and let them go, this was one of the biggest mistakes he made in the confrontation with Jin Pengjun.
"When you see the dragon king, tell him for me. The old man took a few steps and turned around, "We must win, our whole family's lives are on him." ”
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