Chapter 166: The Tiger of the South (2)
It had been a long time since the mission from Lanling City arrived at Qijiang, and they had rested for several days with their backs to Torrent City.
Qi Shu had long known that Luoyang would make such a request.
This is a very important negotiation.
Important for the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Qi Shu stood on the dragon boat, the robe draped behind him gently rhythmized in the river breeze, Wang Luo stood beside him, and the two looked at each other silently.
The river breeze is refreshing.
Qi Shu narrowed his eyes and looked at the scenery on the other side of the river: "Who do you think will come from the Northern Wei Dynasty?"
Xiguan Baipao has long since died.
Jiang Qingyi reversed.
Of the four vassal kings at the time of the founding of the country, three have passed away.
The Northern Wei Dynasty has long been gone.
Now it seems that the temple is also almost withered.
The temple that should have been full of incense in the Northern Wei Dynasty is withering at this moment...... The children of the Zhong family are struggling to support part of the front line, and the two people who should be the most brilliant in the lineage, one of them sleeps on the peak of the South China Sea, and the other person fled to Lanling City.
"Chen Wanjuan caused the fuse of this incident, and now this battle post is in my hand...... Of course, rather than negotiating, I would like to just watch Qi Liang's army plunder the southern city of the Northern Wei Dynasty like this. Qi Shu stood on the deck, the dawn of dawn came, the river wind blew his hair, and his voice was also blown gently: "Then again...... Luoyang wants to negotiate, who will come this time?"
This scene is somewhat familiar.
When the demon clan went south, a negotiation was staged on the dragon boat of Qijiang almost identically.
Qi Shu clearly remembered that when they met, he read the unwilling and restrained emotions in the eyes of the young man named Chen Wanjuan, and there seemed to be some unusual longing hidden in the eyes of the scholar.
"Chen Wanjuan is dead, and the silver city has also fallen...... Wang Luo said softly: "The silver city behind the Northern Wei Dynasty is gone, it is not clear whether it is possible or not...... Now, is the trend gone?"
His Royal Highness is not dead, and the news of destroying the city with a sword has already spread all over the north and south of the Qijiang River.
The people of the Seven Great Families have returned to Lanling City one after another.
If it is said that the city lord of Fengxue Silver City, who is known as the "first person in the world", has always been the confidence of the Northern Wei Dynasty, then now...... The backbone of the Northern Wei Dynasty had been cut down by the sword qi.
"Yi Xiao is now on the Holy Island, if Qi Liang needs it, then the Demon Cultivators of the Holy Island can become a group of killers who break the rules at any time. Qi Shu stood on the deck, his fingers lightly tapping on the railing: "A few days ago, there was a communication between Lanling City and the Holy Island, and Yi Xiao didn't seem to want to do this...... Not only Yi Xiao, but also His Second Highness did not want to act like this. ”
He was in a trance, and one hand touched his waist.
Wang Luo suddenly asked: "Our trip is to persuade Luoyang to surrender?"
"It is impossible for Luoyang to surrender. Qi Shu smiled, "This time it is impossible for anyone in Luoyang to negotiate, Cao Zhixuan will not come, and neither will Li Yu of Fengxian Palace, not to mention the purple robe, it is not a huge disparity in status and status...... It is the anxious situation that the Northern Wei Dynasty is in now, and it is impossible for the three of them to get out. Thousands of messages are pouring into Luoyang every day, about the battle of the West Rejection, about the collapse of the Silver City, about the comeback of the Holy Island......"
Wang Luo nodded.
"The only one who came was him. ”
The four vassal kings went to the third, and the only one left had the ability to speak for the Northern Wei Dynasty, and also had the power to make decisions for the Northern Wei Dynasty.
On the river bank in the distance, someone came with a lamp, running for a long time, passing through the night, and the ancient lamp was always carried by him.
Now the lights are faint, swaying in the river breeze and difficult, and may be extinguished at any time.
He did not take a sword boat, but calmly stepped on the surface of the river with a lamp in one hand.
Like a lone wolf.
Ning Fengzhi.
He was dressed in a white-washed cloth robe, and stepped on a pair of simple straw sandals. At the wrists and ankles, the black cotton rope is wrapped around the cuffs, looking like a warrior in the dust during the Eight Great Kingdoms.
Stepping on the surface of the river, the pace is not impatient, he carries the lantern with one hand, the water vapor on the river surface stains the straw sandals, Ning Fengzhi stepped on the river, and the layers of linen behind him tied up a long and thick outline of things.
A big gun.
Wang Luo said with a solemn face: "I heard that he is a first-class gun master in the Northern Wei Dynasty. ”
The king of the Heavenly Wolf Domain, dressed in simple cloth clothes, stopped under the bow of the dragon boat, and he looked up at the big boat, with no joy or sadness on his face: "Mr. Qi Shu, God has been friends for a long time. ”
The Qijiang River in December is not as cold as imagined, perhaps because the dawn that illuminates the night brings a trace of warmth.
Qi Shu smiled: "Mr. Ning is here alone?"
Ning Fengzhi unloaded the big gun behind his back, but did not remove the black linen cloth wrapped in the big gun, he saw clearly the soldiers standing on the bow of the ship, Qi Liang's dragon boat was very large, and it could accommodate a large number of armor soldiers...... No one knows how many people are hidden in this dragon ship.
He didn't bring a single retinue.
Meng Qi and Zhang Wenyuan were both thrown by him in the Western Defense Line.
It is true that he came here alone, with only one gun.
Qi Shu smiled and said, "Qi...... Mr. Ning, please come up and talk about it. ”
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A bank of the Qi River.
The empty river bank, and the big ship in the distance has been set sail for some time.
The shadow of the big boat slowly disappeared into the rising river fog, and the fluttering river wind rolled up the hem of the old man's clothes.
The young man in cloth was holding his father, and the guards behind him were far away, and it was an absolutely safe area on the bank of the river.
One after another, the number of dragon ships is incalculable...... Just got off from here.
The sails are full, the entire Qijiang River line, avoiding the negotiation radius of ten miles, the river fog is very large, even if the martial artist with good eyesight, it is impossible to be separated by a whole Qijiang River, when the dragon boat has just set off, he has insight into such a change.
And when the dragon boat is halfway through, even if the other party reacts, it is too late.
Today is a good day.
It was the day of negotiations between the Northern Wei Dynasty and Qi Liang, and Luoyang was in a dilemma, so no matter what, even at all costs, he demanded this peace.
The silence on the riverbank did not last long.
"Everybody has misconceptions. ”
"People who seek peace will think that when they seek peace, everyone will sit down and negotiate calmly and not think about fighting......" The old man looked at the big sails that disappeared from sight one by one in the distance, and said softly: "But why can't you?
Xiao Buyi's eyes were a little complicated.
I have to admit that the old man next to me, when talking about certain things, even if he is weak and no longer young, he is still a majestic old lion.
Xiao Wang pursed his lips and said a little hoarsely: "I have been waiting for today, I have been waiting for a long time." ”
He stared at the river line, and on the other side of the river was the opponent with whom he had been confronted for twenty years. After the great Wei and the eight major countries, the two sides wrestled so far, and now, the situation of victory and defeat has gradually become clear......
"Northern Wei Dynasty, I am very disappointed. ”
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Qi Shu stood on top of the dragon boat, his expression did not change in the slightest, staring at Ning Fengzhi under the boat.
Perhaps it was some subtle psychological factor that troubled him, but he always felt that somewhere parallel to this river, or somewhere on the other side of the river, the sails of the dragon ship were folded and anchored, and the river wind had been ignited by the flames, and the sharp arrows were raised high, and they were tense on the bow and crossbow, ready to break through the dampness above the river and shoot through the northern land.
In fact, the river was calm.
Neither Qi Shu nor Ning Fengzhi could sense something else that was happening on the river at this moment.
From a high enough height, in the vast river fog, there is a huge and silent shadow, marching on the surface of the river, the water under the hull of the boat silently let go, the wind current, from the south to the top, like a silent roaring tiger, helping one after another dragon boats, smoothly from the south bank, and finally slowly reduce the speed.
The entire river line was guarded by armor soldiers from Nanguan, and Luoyang exerted great effort to guard against a surprise attack that might come at any time before this negotiation.
It's just that today, their vigilance has relaxed a little.
The flames slowly rose in the river mist, all this happened, there was a distance of nearly ten miles from the north of the river, the fog was too big, so quenched poison, lit the fire arrow, put it on the bowstring, and tense over the last section of the distance.
With a "whoosh", the sound sounds like fingertips brushing over the strings.
Then there was a dense sound of loose strings, bursting out one after another, covering the entire coast, and the armor soldier who was shot by the arrow did not have time to cry out in pain, and his whole body was covered with flames, and the humanoid flames only had time to stumble a step, and then were shot into a sieve by the overwhelming array of sharp arrows.
Such a continuous shot lasted for a small half column of incense.
Until the fire wind by the river became stronger and stronger, burning the fog hot, and from a distance, you could see the scene of death on the other side of the river.
The dragon boat slowly smashed through the river fog.
The hideous dragon head and the flying banner reflect each other in the bursting and tumbling sparks.
The clouds are from the dragon, and the wind is from the tiger.
The southward wind swept the Qijiang River, so the dragon boat that came with the wind landed on the river bank very smoothly.
This is...... The territory of the Great Wei.
No one will let their guard down, and everyone knows that a smooth landing does not mean a smooth attack.
They needed to lay the first point to provide support for Qi Liang's follow-up armorers, and then they needed to build a fortress across an entire river line, using this as a base point to continuously transport troops.
And after this rain of arrows was extinguished, on the opposite side of the swirling fire wind was the city that was always on high alert.
Sirius City.
The tiger rises from the south, rides the wind, and the first food it wants to swallow is the wolf.