Chapter 161: One Word and Two Meanings
When Huang Yuanwu heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, he looked at the sergeant in front of him, and asked in a deep voice: "Why do you say that, you and I will talk about it in detail." ”
The sergeant said yes, straightened up, and spoke eloquently.
On that day, Ye Guan also Liu Yuan, led thirty centurions and two thousand soldiers from Dongxuancheng to the enclave along the Black Stone Bridge.
Holding the flag high, the team lined up neatly, and at the end of the bridge, it was the defensive wall of the enclave forces, and at this moment, he saw Ye Guan leading the army to press the border, and he was about to counterattack.
Ye Guan suddenly exerted his fighting spirit, and the surrounding wind was full of wind, enveloping Ye Guan's words, and flew towards the city. Ye Guan held high the surrender order of the East Palace, so that the people at the head of the city could see it clearly.
In this way, the people of the enclave understood Ye Guan's intention, they had already received an order, and soon, someone from the Eastern Palace's Mansion would arrive and let them open the door and let them go.
With the opening of the city gate in front of him, at the city gate, he rode his horse and galloped, and quickly went to the main city of the enclave to notify the chief. And Ye Guan, with a large group of people, rushed in, followed the continent in the enclave, and went straight to the main city of the enclave.
The enclave, with a special landform, borders the Canglan River in the west and the Guishui River in the east, and is blocked in the middle by these two rushing rivers, which has become a natural danger, easy to defend and difficult to attack. This land is very large, in terms of area alone, there are about four areas under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Prince's Mansion, but there are many mountains and barren fields, which also leads to the limited population of the enclave and the insufficient supply of grain and grass.
It is rumored that there are many strange people in this place, and for a long time, it has been a hidden place for many high-ranking people. The scenery here is magnificent, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the mountains and mountains are steep, and the mist is around, just like a fairyland on earth.
Such an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack place, if it weren't for the long-term strategy of the East Prince's Mansion, which constantly consumed the enclave forces, and the continuous conquest within the enclave, it would not have forced the enclave to surrender in the end.
On a one-day march, they passed through three cities, but they did not enter. Every city was like a great enemy, the city gate was closed, and Ye Guan led the troops, bypassing the city and going straight to the main city of Feidi.
Without saying a word all the way, Ye Guan led the army and marched straight forward for three days and nights, camping in the wilderness at night and hurrying during the day, so that their itinerary was clearly displayed in the eyes of the people in the enclave. They are here to talk about surrender, not to fight.
On the evening of the fourth day, after passing through several high mountains, finally, in the distance, I saw the main city of the enclave, Wufeng City.
This city, surrounded by mountains on three sides, close to the cliff cliff, looking from a distance, like a castle, standing on the cliff, the city wall is extremely high, about 100 zhang, the distance is still far away, you can feel the majestic momentum brought by this city wall.
Wufeng City, which has a history of hundreds of years, is known as the land that will never fall. No matter how war-torn the enclave is, it has never been conquered.
The leader of the enclave is the city lord of Wufeng City. The enclave was conquered, the group lords were divided, and there was little contact between the various cities, all of which claimed to be states. The city lord of Wufeng City, after several generations of hard work, has pocketed the entire enclave country and made it surrender, speaking of which, this city lord of Wufeng City can be regarded as a talent who has passed through the heavens and latitudes.
However, in the confrontation stage of the Eastern Palace, it suffered endless blows, and the East Palace's plans continued, and the newly unified enclave was in danger of falling into war again. And the combat power of the enclave can never be compared with the East Wangfu.
Dongwangfu, there are 250,000 regular troops, each of which is carefully selected, and can only be enlisted after long-term training, with extremely strong combat effectiveness and loyalty to the Qitian Empire and the East King. Under the rule of the Eastern King, a population of several million was selected, and an army of 250,000 was selected, which was more than enough.
The enclave, with only 100,000 regular troops, relied on the two rivers to survey and defend against the imperial attack. Although there are millions of people, they are too widely dispersed, and the people in the enclaves live and work in peace and contentment, and the number of conscripts is scarce. And there are many mountains and mountains in the enclave, and most of the naturally formed villages and towns have their own armed forces, and they do not obey the dispatch of the enclave leader, which also makes the enclave forces, although there are 100,000 mercenaries, but the comprehensive combat effectiveness is not as good as the tiger and wolf division of the East Wangfu. Although there are many strange people, most of these people hide in the mountains and forests and do not ask about the world, let alone help the leader of the enclave to increase his national strength. Most of them came here to escape the troubled times.
A wide official road leads directly to Wufeng City, and Ye Guan led the army and slowly walked on the road. When I arrived at the edge of the city, I saw that the gate of Wufeng City was wide open, and a group of officials and sergeants outside were waiting quietly, and at the front, a person wearing a luxurious robe was looking at Ye Guan with a smile on his face.
After a short negotiation, Ye Guan ordered 2,000 soldiers to stay at the city gate, 1,000 to enter the city, 1,000 to stay outside the city, guarding the city gate, and he took Liu Yuan and 30 centurions to enter the city with the leader of Wufeng City.
And the sergeant who returned to report the news was the scout battalion sergeant who stayed outside. After Ye Guan and Liu Yuan entered the city, there was no news for two days. Just when all the sergeants were feeling bad, a centurion came out of the city, holding the black jade box in his hand, and brought Ye Guan's order, asking the scout battalion to quickly convey this order.
Good news: The leader of the enclave has agreed to surrender, and in order to show his sincerity, he specially presented a letter from the leader of the enclave, asking the little prince to send troops to the enclave as soon as possible to complete the surrender.
At the same time, the sergeants guarding the city gate were ordered to perform their duties and wait for the follow-up army to enter and take over Wufeng City, and during this period, they were not allowed to interfere with the people and not to leave the camp without authorization.
When the scout sergeant received this order, he immediately hurried back with the news.
Huang Yuanwu listened to the events of the past few days, and his brows furrowed slightly. Holding the black jade box in his hand, he paused, smiled, looked at the sergeant in front of him, and said, "Brother has worked hard all the way, go down to rest, if this matter is successful, it will be counted as your credit." ”
"Thank you, little prince!" the sergeant was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately knelt on the ground to thank him, then got up and quickly retreated.
The sergeant retreated, Huang Yuanwu's face sank like water, his mind was flying, he thought for a while, got up directly, and regardless of the sergeant on duty around him, he opened his legs and quickly returned to the Dongwang Mansion.
The Dongwangfu station was not too far from the city wall, and it didn't take long for Huang Yuanwu to return to the Dongwangfu. He went straight into the study, and in a hidden corner of the study, he pressed the mechanism, and a soft sound came, and a brocade box suddenly popped up on the wall next to him.
Huang Yuanwu quickly picked up the brocade box and opened it, and took out a chapter of red paper from it, this paper was a little red, it must not be an ordinary thing.
Running the fighting qi, the light red fighting qi came out of his body, and quickly gathered on his palm, without hesitation, Huang Yuanwu slapped his palm directly on this paper. After a moment, he lifted his palm, and on the paper, an even redder cumbersome mark appeared, and a red mist was slightly dispersed.
"Array. Huang Yuanwu picked up the paper and said a word softly.
The surrounding aura moved slightly, and a figure suddenly appeared, without a sound, appeared on Huang Yuanwu's side, kneeling on one knee.
The man's whole body was shrouded in black, the black clothes were tight, outlining the man's burly figure, this man was hidden in the darkness, only a pair of eyes, shining with essence.
Huang Yuanwu handed the red paper in his hand to this person, and said softly: "Find Yu Sheng, give this thing to him, and let him come to the City Lord's Mansion as soon as possible, as soon as possible!"
The man in black raised his hand and took the red paper handed over by Huang Yuanwu, and without saying a word, his figure disappeared in an instant.
The doors and windows were not moved, the man had disappeared, and there was silence around him, and I did not know where he had appeared or disappeared.
Huang Yuanwu saw that the man in black had disappeared, so he breathed a sigh of relief, closed the brocade box, and put it back into the dark grid on the wall again.
This man in black is the secret guard of the East Palace, a total of nine people, all of whom practice strange body methods and sect secret arts, and are good at concealment, and their body methods are erratic, and they never show others. Their mission is not to protect a certain person, but to protect the East Palace, and they are the most hidden guards of the East Palace.
The existence of these nine people, except for the East King, the entire East King Mansion, only Huang Yuanwu knows. Even his younger brothers, including Huang Yuchen, didn't know.
This red paper, called the Flying Signature Fire Ticket, will only be issued when there is an urgent matter of 100,000 fires, and anyone under the command of the East Prince's Mansion who receives this fire ticket must immediately put down all matters and obey the order.
The reason why Huang Yuanwu signed a flying ticket and was in a hurry to transfer the rest of his life back was because he found out about the urgency of 100,000.
Ye Guan and Liu Yuan entered the main city of the enclave, there was no news for two days, and finally the order was conveyed, and he did not show up, what happened in the past two days is the most important thing.
In Huang Yuanwu's analysis, Ye Guan must have encountered some thorny problem, if it weren't for this, he would not have arranged someone to convey such news.
There are several doubts in this news.
One: Why did you send only one scout with such an important thing in your hand to report the news, why didn't you send the entire scout camp, or let Liu Yuan lead the team back to report it. Thinking like this, Ye Guanying can't leave Liu Yuan at present, and I'm afraid there are more tricky things in it.
Two: The leader of this enclave already had the intention of surrendering to Cheng earlier, and since he had promised to surrender, why didn't he come to the Blackstone Bridge in person and meet with the people of the East Palace, but he handed over the seal letter and asked people to send it, saying what to say to show sincerity, isn't this an itch in the boots?
Three: The news sent back by Ye Guan is also strange, let Huang Yuanwu quickly send troops to hand over, Ye Guan is not unaware, most of the troops in the East Wangfu were taken to the front line by the old prince, and they are being collected by Huang Yanghui at the moment, even if they have returned to the East Wangfu at this moment, it will take time to repair, and it is impossible to send troops immediately, and in the territory of the East Wangfu, in addition to the 40,000 soldiers who protect the frontier, the rest of the defenders of the cities after that, this is the minimum guard, how can there be an army to hand over such a large enclave?
To sum up, Huang Yuanwu felt that Ye Guan was in trouble.
But he was able to bring the seal of the leader of the enclave, but he would not be in danger. When this scout left, the gate of Wufeng City was still being guarded by his side, so there shouldn't be much risk.
Ye Guan's news, in fact, the fundamental meaning: Come quickly, 100,000 urgent.
It is precisely because he saw through this layer that Huang Yuanwu issued a flying fire ticket and quickly transferred the rest of his life to the Dongwang Mansion, and now, he can no longer train sergeants.