Chapter 292: Inevitable Sacrifice
The tide rises and falls, and the river is choppy.
Straddled on the war horse, Boyan stood on the edge of the Yangtze River, looked at the city on the other side, and asked, "Is that Zhenjiang Mansion?"
It has been more than half a month since the first battle of Luzhou, and after the capture of Luzhou, Boyan has not stopped, and continued to go south with his army, and now he has come to the edge of the Yangtze River, and the location on the other side of the Yangtze River is Zhenjiang Mansion.
As long as the Zhenjiang Mansion is breached, the Yuan army can cross the Yangtze River and attack Lin'an directly.
"Exactly. As long as this defense line is broken, you can drive straight into Lin'an. And the one guarding this pass is Chen Wenlong. Following closely behind Boyan, Xia Gui groveled, showing the appearance of a servant.
"Chen Wenlong?"
Boyan pondered for a moment and asked, "But I don't know what kind of character he is?"
"This Chen Wenlong is a native of Xinghua, Fujian, a descendant of Chen Junqing, his real name is Zilong, and the word is just in the middle. Later, because of the name of the champion, the first emperor gave the name, and since then the name has been changed to Wenlong, and the word Jun Ben is given, and the number is like the heart. Because of Zhao Ding's inheritance, he has already been an earth immortal figure. If you want to defeat him, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult. Xia Gui hurriedly explained: "If the marshal allows it, I may be able to visit Xia Xia to see if I can convince that person." If he is allowed to join our army, then it will be smoother for me to enter the Lord Lin'an. ”
"No need, I've already sent someone, and I should have a response after calculating the time. ”
Boyan shook his head, his gaze continuing to stare at the city in the distance.
And at this moment, a sharp arrow flew out in the distance, and with a "bang" stabbed in front of everyone, and there was a head behind it, which was the messenger they had sent earlier. When Xia Gui saw this head, Yo Xue shrank his head in fear, and he was probably also frightened.
If it had been him before, I was afraid that he would have looked like this person.
Boyan sighed slightly: "It seems that he refused." ”
"Marshal. ”
Xia Gui shouted: "Then Chen Wenlong is so contemptuous of the marshal, it is really an unforgivable crime, why don't I wait to attack the city now and give the other party a powerful one?" If you can, your subordinates are willing to take the lead." ”
"Oh?"
Boyan chuckled, probably a little confused by Xia Gui's high-pitched appearance, his tone was a little confused, and he opened his mouth to ask: "You also used to be Song Chen, why are you in such a hurry? Anyway, they used to be comrades-in-arms with you, didn't they?"
"It's-"
Xia Gui looked stunned for a moment, his eyes rolled slightly, and he explained: "The marshal said with a smile, haven't I already invested in your command? Since the general wants to capture Jiaoshan, then the courtiers should naturally do their best, right?"
He was afraid that he would accidentally provoke the other party to be angry, and as a result, he would kill himself.
"Humph!"
Boyan snorted coldly, and said: "Even so, then when you were in the Song army, you didn't do your best?" When he attacked Luzhou, fortunately, this person surrendered, so that he could speed up his pace and continue to operate against the Yuan Dynasty.
But at this moment, even in front of the generals, Boyan did not hide his disdain.
Xia Gui's body shook and knelt on the ground with a "snap".
He kowtowed and shouted, "Marshal." I am loyal to the Khan, and I dare not have two hearts. If the marshal doesn't believe me, why don't you let me be the first to go up? I will definitely take down Najiao Mountain and convince the marshal. ”
Xia Gui knew quite well that Boyan was quite favored, otherwise how could he be appointed as the marshal of the Yuan Dynasty?
And his life can also be said to be in the hands of Boyan, so he is naturally afraid that Boyan will kill him in anger.
"Huh!"
Boyan saw Xia Gui's crying appearance, he only felt extremely funny, and he didn't trust much of what he said, but because of the eyes of the generals around him, he had to complain: "I was just joking about what happened before, you better get up." ”
"This ——, marshal!"
Xia Gui blushed, his knees still kneeling on the ground: "I must have done something bad in the next place before, which angered the marshal, so let me kneel like this." ”
Boyan pursed his lips and opened his mouth and said, "Okay, then you just kneel like this, who asked you to call Xia Gui (kneeling)?" and he was even more disgusted in his heart, thinking: "These southerners are really treacherous and cunning, and they have no shame at all." Even though Xia Gui was thinking about him apologizing, he still couldn't change his opinion in his heart, and he still felt that the other party was shameless.
"As for Chen Wenlong, I want to see how strong he is, and whether he can really stop me?"
Looking into the distance, Boyan felt extremely excited.
Compared with guys like Xia Gui and Jia Rudao, who surrender and run away at every turn, he is more interested in iron-clad heroes like Chen Wenlong, just because of the hero's heroic respect.
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"The Yuan army has arrived in Zhenjiang Mansion?"
Suddenly startled, Wang Yao asked with a solemn face.
Lu Shimeng replied, "That's right. According to General Chen's report, Na Boyan had indeed arrived at Zhenjiang Mansion with his army. ”
"If it's true, it's really bad. As long as this Zhenjiang Mansion also falls into the Yuan army, then I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist the Yuan army, and it will be really dangerous at that time. Wang Yi nodded solemnly, then raised his head, stared at Lu Shimeng and asked, "By the way, who else is stationed in Zhenjiang Mansion besides Chen Wenlong?"
"Fan Wenhu. ”
Lu Shimeng replied.
After Wang Yao heard this, he was surprised: "Fan Wenhu, is it him?" His eyes suddenly wrinkled, obviously full of worry.
"That's right, Prime Minister. It's just what's wrong with you?" Lu Shimeng hurriedly asked, not knowing why Wang Yao was like this.
Wang Yao replied: "Lu Shimeng. Do you know that the reason why Xiangyang was not recaptured at the beginning, and was even captured by the Huaxia army, was because of this Fan Wenhu who fled from the battle, which led to today's disaster. What the hell was Jia Rudao thinking, that he didn't punish this person, and let him continue to be in charge of the Zhenjiang Mansion Water Army? Isn't this a joke?"
It was only at this time that Wang Yao realized what Jia Rudao had done, and its impact had not ended until now.
Lu Shimeng sighed: "Alas. In the current situation, we can only do our best to make up for it. ”
"It's nature. ”
Although he felt lost, Wang Yao still had a strong spirit, and planned to start arranging troops against the Yuan army, even if it was just a little delay.
At the very least, it would give them a chance to escape without being wiped out by the Mongol army.
"It's just that if that's the case, I'm afraid that I will have to cooperate with Chen Yizhong. ”
Thinking of the method, Wang Yao was even more annoyed, that Chen Yizhong was once an envoy of the Privy Council, and his influence in the army was not small, if he wanted to mobilize the army of the Song Dynasty, he would have to go through his hands.
So, Wang Yao found Chen Yizhong.
"You mean, I hope to transfer Najiang Wanli, Li Tingzhi and others back so that they can cooperate with Chen Wenlong to fight against the Yuan army?" Chen Yizhong was a little surprised, just because in the past, Wang Yao had always adhered to his innocent will and did not have much contact with him.
Now, Wang Yizhong's sudden visit naturally surprised Chen Yizhong.
Wang Yi closed his head and replied, "That's right. In the attacking Yuan army, there were not only two earth immortals, Boyan and Zhang Hongfan, but also more than 100,000 troops under his command, and the most important thing was that Na Xia Gui and others helped him lead the way. If Chen Wenlong was alone, it would be difficult to resist at all. It is precisely for this reason that I hope you can persuade Jiang Wanli and Li Tingzhi so that the two of them can also return to help, so as to completely defeat the Yuan army and protect Lin'an. ”
"This-"
Chen Yizhong suddenly felt difficult, and then reminded: "Prime Minister Wang, have you forgotten? In addition to the Yuan army, there are still Huaxia troops eyeing them. And Xiao Feng's strength, you are not unclear. If there is no Li Tingzhi and Jiang Wanli, how can the rest of the soldiers resist?"
After decades, Zhao Ding, Yu Jie, and Meng Heng, who once supported half of the Great Song Dynasty, have long since passed away, and now in the huge Song Dynasty, only Jiang Wanli, Li Tingzhi and Chen Wenlong remain.
The rest of the people are not without opportunities to achieve earth immortals, such as Nalu Xiufu, Wen Tianxiang and others, and even Chen Yizhong himself, who has also stepped into the realm of Danding.
But if you want to break through the earth immortals, it is an extremely risky one, and it requires a long period of meditation to break through. At the beginning, Xiao Feng tried hard, and it took ten years to officially break through, but even so, he was almost calculated by others, and almost went mad.
In this stormy situation, even if they have this opportunity, they dare not gamble.
Sacrificing their lives is secondary, the key is that they can't sit idly by and let the Yuan army slaughter the people, and in this guilty situation, it is even more impossible to break through the three tribulations.
"Then can you sit back and watch the Yuan army defeat Chen Wenlong, capture Zhenjiang Mansion, and wipe me out all over the world?" Wang Yizhong was annoyed and scolded Chen Yizhong angrily.
Chen Yizhong was also annoyed, and retorted: "Isn't this also for the sake of the imperial court? You must know that Xiao Feng is not the same generation, if you let the Huaxia army also set foot here because of this, wouldn't it be a disaster?"
"Of course I do. ”
Although he is old, Wang Yao's momentum still exists, and he has not declined slightly because of Chen Yizhong: "You also know that things have priorities. Now that the Yuan army is close to Zhenjiang, it is not the same as before, but it is here to completely annex us and others. It is precisely the most serious and urgent problem to be solved. In that case, why not put all the forces together and if we can thwart their ambitions, maybe buy us some time, right?"
"Oh, I wonder what Prime Minister Wang plans to do?"
Chen Yizhong calmed down, and then asked: "You have to understand, that Yuan army is not an ordinary person, if you don't have a good battle strategy, I'm afraid it will be difficult to defeat the other party." ”
Wang Yao snorted lightly and replied directly: "This is nature. Therefore, I plan to use Lin'an as bait, let Chen Wenlong defeat first, lure him to Lin'an City, and then order Jiang Wanli and Li Tingzhi to cooperate with us and others, and we will definitely be able to annihilate him. ”
"Lure the enemy deeper?"
After hearing this, Chen Yizhong was shocked in his heart: "If this is the case, have you ever thought about how much panic it will cause if the Yuan army really comes to this Lin'an City, and how many people will be sacrificed?"
Wang Yao replied undeniably: "Of course I know, but this is an indispensable sacrifice that must be made to defeat the Yuan army. Isn't it?"