Delong

Chapter 299

"I..." Su Jingfang paused for a moment, then answered softly. "To tell you the truth, uncle, I'm actually tempted."

"But...?" Zhang Xing joked.

"But..." Xiao Su said seriously. "Although the uncle and the master seem to have a clear distinction between superiors and inferiors, I still believe in my mentor more. He has taught me a lot. I am willing to go with him. If the uncle really thinks that one day my mentor will be willing to do it for you, I naturally I will also come back with him, so why should my uncle care about this moment?"

Zhang Xing thought for a while, but nodded instead: "I mean to say you're slippery, but you're actually kind of sincere."

"The words are nothing more than that, whether it's slick or sincere, it depends on the boy's behavior in the future." Xiao Su still spoke with certainty.

"Forget it." Zhang Xing nodded again. "Then where are you going to celebrate the New Year?"

"I want to go back to Wu'an." Su Jingfang replied frankly. "I'm homesick, and I miss my teacher."

"Then go." Zhang Xing said with a smile. "Go ahead and go to the camp of a leader named Fan Bao, and ask him for a letter..."

Su Jingfang thought for a while, and asked seriously, "Fan Lihua?"

"Yes." Zhang Xing responded simply. "I asked Master to gather her from Qinghe, otherwise I don't know what trouble she will cause in Hebei."

"It's better to be famous than to meet each other. After this encounter, I am convinced of my uncle's ability." After speaking, Su Jingfang nodded, no longer hesitated, got up and said goodbye, and walked away simply.

Zhang Xing sat still, just continued to look at the sky.

After a while, another person came here hesitantly, Zhang Xing did not invite the other person to sit with him, but stood up and smiled, "Sister Cao."

Cao Xi, who had just changed into new clothes for a few days, was a little bit astonished, and wanted to raise his hand full of chilblains, which was destined to break out every winter, to return the salute, but he seemed to realize something in the middle, and then stopped, wanting to imitate a woman and bow slightly , I didn't adapt to it, only to be embarrassed.

It was Zhang Sanlang who took the initiative to laugh: "Sister Cao just surrender, we will see each other more in the future, and you have to work hard on some things... I heard them talk about what happened to Sister Cao in Gaojibo. It was really hard work and rewarding." So I would like to invite Elder Sister Cao to come out and do things. As the rudder master, I will take care of all the family members in the military camp here and the affairs of the military market. Especially now, the military market is not just the nearby women and children who come to live There are also some serious private market transactions... This kind of thing is inevitable, so it is better to control it seriously."

"It's natural to do things as you should. This is Zhang Longtou's care." Cao Xi was a little cautious. "But I don't know how to manage it?"

"It's nothing more than fair business, try to help, let widows and sergeants get married if they are serious, and do business if they can do business in an open and fair way... It's better to keep it open, and then try to be as fair as possible." Zhang Xing blurted out, And pointed to the steaming barracks behind him. "For the specific situation, Sister Cao might as well go inside and ask Chief Dou. This is serious military affairs. I mainly ordered Sister Cao's personnel appointment. You can discuss how to do it in the public office inside."

Cao Xi nodded, clasped his hands in salute, and then mustered up the courage to walk in.

After a while, before they even came out, the third visitor arrived.

"Sit." Zhang Xing raised his hand and pointed, more casually. "They all call you Xiaoniang Dou, but do you have a proper name? Or is it just Xiaoniang?"

"In the words of Mr. Zhang, I will call you Xiaoniang." Dou Xiaoniang sat aside with her head bowed, fiddling with her military sword uneasily in her hands, and the red rope on her head fluttered continuously along her hair blown by the cold winter wind.

Zhang Xing nodded without wasting time: "Then I'll ask directly, little lady, do you want to join the army or stay at home, or do you want to do other things in the gang, such as documents and logistics?"

"Naturally, I want to join the army." Dou Xiaoniang's voice rose instantly.

"Will it be fighting on the front line or defending at the local area?" Zhang Xing kept asking.

"Fight on the front line." Dou Xiaoniang didn't hesitate for a moment.

"I agree in principle." Zhang Xing used a word that Xiaoniang Dou hadn't heard much, but it didn't matter, she understood the second half of the sentence. "But you are not an adult, I want your father's approval, or at least your adoptive mother's approval... Go in and ask!"

Dou Xiaoniang was stunned, obviously aggrieved and dissatisfied, but she still got up and turned into it.

But Zhang Xing only yawned and continued to look at the sky.

This is his boring day-to-day work...but to be honest, Zhang Dalongtou thinks it is boring, but in fact, at this year's end, the whole of Hebei is trembling under the shadow of this big leader.

Because so far, the Bohai Sea and the plains have lost seven large and small docks in four counties. This new tactic is nothing from a tactical point of view, but from both inside and outside, it emphasizes military discipline, one battalion by battalion The demonstrative emphasis has been drawn out, and the effect has already begun to emerge; outside, the Chulong Gang gave up the city that was regarded as the lifeline by the officers and soldiers, and marched into the next level of Wubao, still established a practical strategic fulcrum, and gained Enough loot and control of rural resources is a very realistic expansion route.

For the officers and soldiers, it is hard to imagine what will happen if only a few or a dozen bare counties are left once all the Wubao in the territory are taken away?Can you still transfer troops between cities?Is there any tax?Can you still control the countryside?Can effective combat power be summoned?
Who owns the resources and population?

With the clarification of the Dragon Gang's tactics, not to mention the two counties of Pingyuan and Bohai who had just recovered from despair and were pushed into the ice water with their heads held down, even the counties of Qinghe and Wuyang, up and down Began to panic and feel uneasy—the Wubao women and children who were let go by the Dragon Gang spread the tactics and attitude of the Dragon Gang.

Dongdu and Hejian kept receiving direct requests for help from various counties, even counties, and even some related Wubao masters. Even several famous families panicked and couldn't help but participate in the series.Regardless of whether it is Dongdu or Hejian, they all know the power of the Dragon Gang, and they also attach great importance to Wubao's maintenance of the place under the current situation. Therefore, it is rare for the two places plus the local states and counties to reach a complete consensus. Attitude, I feel that I should do something... But after much deliberation, there is no good way.

Because the solution to military problems must ultimately fall on the military.

But when the ground is covered with snow and the river is frozen, they can't imagine how to support them, how to send troops?How to step on the snow to go deep into the big river, and fight the decisive battle with the 25 battalions and the possible reinforcements of the Dragon Gang.

Ban County, where the Dragon Gang sits in front of Douzigang, is backed by the eight counties in the east.

From this point of view, most of the plains and the Bohai Sea seem to be strategically abandoned because of their geographical location.

"Pingyuan is about to be abandoned." Near the end of the new year, a new round of snowflakes fell. On the head of Ande City, the prefecture of Pingyuan County, under a simple wooden shed, Lu Changheng put down his wine glass and looked at the sky full of snow. "It's too close to the Dragon Clan, too far from Hejian. It's too close to Zhang Sanlang, too far from Zhongcheng... But it's true, if not, why would they send troops here?"

"Do you know what I'm thinking?" Qian Tang, who was on the opposite side, took a sip of the cold wine, his expression calm. "I'm not afraid that they will abandon the plain. What I'm afraid of is that after the beginning of spring, the Hejian camp will not give up and will send troops in a hurry, and Dongdu will not give up and will send people to help..."

"Indeed." Lu Changheng thought about it under the wind and snow at the top of the city, and took it seriously. "But that's probably falling into Zhang Sanlang's trap. The army will come from afar, and it won't last long. If the Dragon Army retreats on its own initiative, they will have no way to start, and then they will be out of order. At that time, they will be dispatched here, and there will be loopholes. I am afraid that if the entire organic army is lost as before, this place will become a bloodshed for the Hejian camp. Once the Hejian camp weakens as a whole, not to mention the plains and Bohai Sea, the entire south of the Zhangshui River will change. It has become the territory of the Dragon Gang. At that time...the Dragon Gang will not only gain a foothold in Hebei, but will already have a chance to win."

"It's not that simple." Qian Tang nodded, then shook his head again. "Once the Dragon Gang takes down the four counties to the south of Zhangshui River, it will fly side by side with the East, and the strategic situation will be completely opened. Whether it is to enter Hebei or go south to Huaidong, they will be unscrupulous. Take advantage of the momentum."

Lu Changheng thought about it again, and could only nod: "Indeed,"

Qian Tang continued to speak, his face becoming more and more difficult: "Actually, what I am afraid of is not losing, but I am afraid that I will be defeated but helpless. What I am afraid of is that everyone knows what is right and what is wrong, but they are subject to the situation. , but can only follow the wrong step by step.”

Lu Changheng looked at the person in front of him, and noticed that the person who had just turned thirty already had gray hair on his temples, but he had nothing to say.

He also had this feeling of wanting to kill thieves and being powerless to return to heaven, and it was even more obvious in Li Qingchen, and now it was the turn of the best of his former colleagues.

And this feeling, if it is not in some key positions, is difficult to detect.

The two were silent for a while, Qian Tang suddenly took out a piece of paper from his arms, and handed it to the other party: "Look."

"If it were the leaflet written by Zhang Sanlang, the one that was sent out when Zhao's Wubao was destroyed, I would have read it a long time ago." Lu Changheng didn't answer it at all. "There are transcripts all over the city, and it is estimated that Hejian and Dongdu can also see it... The key is what do you think?"

"The first half is the truth." Qian Tang squeezed the paper in his hands and looked at it again. "It's a big truth... The Great Wei court seems to be doing something in the middle and local areas at the state and county level. There are many victories, at least they have their own victories, but at the top and bottom But it was a crushing defeat... This, others don't know, don't we know?"

"Yes." Lu Changheng also became bitter. "The sage abandoned the world, and he still ruined the hearts of the people in the southeast. We originally expected Zhongcheng to clean up the situation in the eastern capital and re-establish a core of the Great Wei, but Zhongcheng worked so hard, but he couldn't win the hearts of Guan Long. Those people are simply waiting for the Cao family to die and find another way out... So far, the strategy of letting Jing'antai children go to the local area to run their own business has been considered a failure, right? We have not been able to support Zhongcheng at all, but Zhongcheng Cheng wants to spend all his energy for us."

Qian Tang just stared at the paper dancing in the wind, without making a sound.

"As for the hearts of the people below." Lu Changheng looked out at the snow field and sighed. "I originally thought it was just to patch up the gap in the Three Trials of Saints, but after half a year in the Eastern Territory, I came to Hebei again, and I lost my mind... With this vast expanse of whiteness, what can I use to compete with Zhang Sanlang? I really thought he was a little boy." Is Zhang Shizhao's name fake? He can really stabilize the people in the eastern border."

"It's all in the past, and it's an established fact." Although Qian Tang was still looking at the paper, his tone calmed down inexplicably. "The key is the second half of his document... He said that Xue Changxiong is a military leader who has no ability to govern and has no view of the overall situation. He only knows the soldiers and horses in his hands and only cares about the interests of the Italian army. Only those who maintain a strong army, taxation, and strong people's hearts have always been the soldiers and the people, exhausted their resources, and lost their hearts. They will never worry about the local people and the people. Therefore, this time the Fanwu Fort has been broken again and again. In the beginning of spring, he will definitely Unable to withstand the pressure conveyed from the army by tyrants everywhere, we will throw ourselves into the trap; we also said that we local officials, it seems that the city has not been lost, but without the people under the rule, we have actually been reduced to dry bones in the tomb, and we can only sit and watch The isolated city has neither intention nor ability to do anything; and the Hejian camp has no local assistance and restraint, it will only intensify and become unscrupulous, and it will be like a fish without water, and it will be easily defeated by their Dragon Gang... What do you think? Woolen cloth?"

"I..." Lu Changheng was a little dazed, a little scared, and a little hesitant. "I'm afraid that's the case, even if he says so in public, it's still going to be the case."

"When I go back, I will go with Governor Cao of Qinghe and write a joint letter to Xue Changxiong, asking him to be more cautious. After the spring plowing, the common people will have a year to look forward to, and he will also prepare his troops. It won't be too late." Qian Tang calmly said right. "And if he listens to my words, I will do my best to maintain the half-county situation here for him, and do my best for him, Zhongcheng, and the court."

"What if he doesn't agree?" Lu Changheng asked urgently.

Qian Tang didn't answer directly, but just looked at the palm of his hand holding the letter. Lu Changheng followed the trend, but saw sparks suddenly appeared on the fingertips of the other party, and then Li Huo's true energy exploded, instantly burning the leaflet to death .

"Then I'll surrender." Qian Tang shook off the ashes of the paper in his hand and picked up the wine. "Go and be my leader! Let's see whether Zhang Xing or Bai Changjian has the fate of Wan Cheng!"

Lu Changheng was relieved.

And the next moment, after Qian Tang drank it all in one gulp, Fu felt a little sad again: "It can be regarded as worthy of Zhang Gong's exhortation before his death."

The snow is getting stronger outside.

Besides, before the New Year's Eve, heavy snow swept Hebei again, and after a new round of simple snow removal, even the Banxian County's Chulong Army camp fell into a certain kind of relaxation and relief, and many soldiers from the Eastern Region had already left. Some of the leaders also asked for leave to cross the river and go home.

The gates of Banxian County next to it were wide open. Although the materials were poor, simple goods such as red-headed ropes, fried dough, and peace coins appeared, including fortune-telling, writing, and letters. People began to rejuvenate, and then showed the tenacity of life.

Of course, in addition to this, of course, the iconic sports competitions in the big camp are indispensable.

Zhang Longtou was not idle either. He, Wei Xuanding, Xiong Bonan, and Wang Shuyong, who was left behind in place of Shan Tonghai, went to visit several docks occupied by the front line respectively. It's the night of New Year's Eve.

Not to mention sleeping all night, when it was dawn on the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, it seemed very boring at this time.

There will be a big banquet the day after tomorrow, but right now, Zhang Xing has nothing to do.

There is really nothing to do, and he can't hang a military sword like Dou Xiaoniang, participate in competitions everywhere, use his own cultivation to compete with the sergeants for those profitable markets, and he can't gather like Wang Shuyong and Dou Lide A group of township people cook porridge and talk about the good life... Most people are doing this, even Wei Xuanding has his fellow countrymen to join him, and he is selling sour in his barracks!

To be honest, Jia Yue was probably the only one who was as lonely as himself, who happened to be from the same town as him, and I should have asked him for some porridge.

But in fact, Zhang Xing didn't know what to say to Jia Yue... about the customs of the Northland?Talk about the belief of Lord Heidi?Or ask him if he has misunderstood himself?
I can't open my mouth.

So, Zhang Xing became so bored that he left the barracks, and used his true energy to practice jumping... After half a year of condensing his pills, he more or less mastered some skills of releasing his true energy.

In his opinion, the so-called two true qi skills that are the hallmarks of the condensing period, one is the so-called body-protecting true qi, and the other is true qi jumping. The vitality of heaven and earth is regarded as an engine or fuel storage device, which is released through the Zhengmai and Qijing.

Then according to the context, direction, and amount of the release, some seemingly mysterious things are formed.

Even, gentle, and comprehensive release is the body-protecting zhenqi, which is the simplest, and after a long time, it is easy to form muscle and vein memory, and it becomes a casual feeling like putting on clothes.

Use the meridians on the feet as the main way to release the true energy, the main meridian is the main channel, and the extra meridians are the supplementary ones. If you control and connect them, you can easily jump up.

But it is more dangerous, because it requires skill and experience when landing, and it also requires a lot of practice.

Including riding on a horse, releasing some true energy to resist gravity is actually a similar low-level skill variation, and correspondingly, Bai Yousi's "Lingbo Weibu" at that time is obviously a high-level skill variant.

Theoretically speaking, Zhang Xing has practiced the "Yi Jin Jing", and the amount of true qi stored does not seem to be comparable to common sense condensed pills, so he should still have advantages in some aspects, but in fact, he is a bit stupid in this aspect , It has been half a year, and I barely mastered the jumping technique, but I dare not easily apply it in actual combat, let alone "Lingbo Weibu".

But having said that, his true qi is to be full of energy, and this is something that other people can't learn from Ben.

Zhang Xing had seen with his own eyes that those who had recently congealed alchemy, such as Cheng Zhili and Wang Shuyong, couldn't sustain high-intensity jumping and fighting for more than an hour, and Zhuge Yang, a master of alchemy, was captured in an afternoon.

But so far he hasn't tested the limit of his true energy release.

To the south of Daying in Banxian County is Douzigang. This hilly area mixed with saline-alkali swamps is already completely white at this time, only a few logging sites are slightly clear at high altitude.

It wasn't even noon, so Zhang Xing didn't hesitate, and continued to ignite his true energy and jumped over from one of the more obvious frozen swamp areas. Around noon, he came to the bank of the big river.

Then he was taken aback.

Because the big river, which usually looks like a watershed, is frozen like a mirror at this time, and even pedestrians and vehicles obviously pass by it like walking on flat ground... What else do we need?
Zhang Xing's heart moved slightly, his expression was in a trance, and then the cold zhenqi was released again under his feet, and he jumped up suddenly, but he actually went to the opposite bank of the river in the southeast with his hands behind his back.

At this time, the surroundings are white, and the top of the head is blue, with no variegated colors.

After Zhang Sanlang crossed the river, not only did his footsteps stop, but he accelerated frequently, and he went to Dengzhou along a slightly familiar road.

In the evening, I passed Zouping and came to Jishui. I even saw Gaoyuan County on the other side of the river through the same frozen Jishui.

At this time, Zhang Xing hesitated a little... Obviously, this journey is unlikely to arrive in Dengzhou tomorrow morning, and it may take the day after tomorrow. When it's time to go back, there is no delay in the matter.

But he didn't hesitate for a long time, then jumped up again and continued to go to the other side of Jishui.

At this time, a golden light flew by in the distance, easily brushing over Jishui from a little further downstream... Zhang Xing was startled, and stopped on the embankment on the south bank of Jishui in surprise.

Immediately, that golden light also turned back, and after a while, it landed in front of Zhang Xing.

"Why is Saburo here?" Bai Yousi rarely smiled like a flower.

"I miss you." Zhang Xing replied simply, equally pleasantly surprised.

"Do you only want me alone?" Bai Sanniang was rarely a little girl.

"No, when I was in the camp, I actually missed Qin Er, Li Si, Yue Niang and the others." Zhang Xing answered frankly. "If they were there, I might still be able to get through it, but they are not only not there, even if I try to find them, I can't find them... Therefore, today, within the four seas, between the heavens and the earth, apart from you, I don't know anyone else." Do you know who can still miss you? Who can still rely on hope? So I walked to the river bank. When I came to the river bank, I couldn't restrain the feeling of missing you, so I came directly across the river."

Bai Sanniang nodded, walked forward, supported the other person's cheeks with both hands, her eyes were starry, and she breathed into her face: "Me too."

Poetry:

Kunlun is my home, Zhongzhou is not my home.

Will return to pay homage to the father of the East, and surpass the quicksand in one fell swoop.

When the wings dance, the wind sings loudly.

Gold and stone are solid and easy to harm, and the sun and the moon have the same brilliance.

Qi Nian and heaven and earth, ten thousand rides are safe enough.

PS: Everyone will know after a while that I'm really not lazy, I just didn't hold on last night.

Sacrifice a new book "Li Han"

(End of this chapter)