Delong

Chapter 341 Long Shangxing (20)

When the first half of the night was about to pass, with Xiong Bonan, Xu Shiren, Shan Tonghai, Wang Shuyong, Niu Da and others "meeting" one by one, at the suggestion of Xie Minghe, the two senior officials in the city agreed in principle to send some drinks to the city , Torches and the like are even used as rewards for the army.

But the effect is not very good, because the troops in the city have been in a state of panic. In the dark night, they expressed obvious resistance and disregard for the so-called military orders brought by the two senior officers, especially the most critical Cangcheng and the barracks. Opted to close the door.

Zhu Longjun had no choice but to do it himself. He took some spare wood piles and fire starters from the city, and managed to light a few fires... No matter what, as the sky became darker and darker, the soldiers gradually became tired , the singing fell down, and many soldiers of the Dragon Army who came to help bumped into the tight camp, causing unnecessary casualties. Fortunately, more and more masters of the Dragon Army were able to take care of the situation.

But it seems that precisely because of this, the official army decided not to wait any longer.

"Let's go, while the thief army is the most exhausted at this time!"

Unexpectedly, it was Li Twelve who suggested it on his own initiative. Even if this guy had just said "flexible and stretchable", it also attracted the rest of the people to look at it in surprise.

"Don't look at me like that." Although he didn't dare to raise the flames, the practitioners could barely see the faces of the people. Li Qingchen only sighed, and then explained seriously. "I wanted to fight before, because I felt that I still had the strength to fight. The main reason was that only two big officials in the city were captured, and the soldiers and horses in the city must be careless. They might not be able to cooperate with the city. In addition, it was dark. They have no place to stand, but we have cities and strongholds... But the bandit army directly inserts itself between the strongholds to gain a foothold, and gathers more and more people. Immediately, seeing that the singing is tired, these masters gather together, maybe they can break through another wave of camps, boost morale, come down again and again, but they can't kill, our army collapsed directly ? Or take advantage of the situation and withdraw the troops on their own.”

After saying these words, several generals around him breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's okay to withdraw, but there are a few things that need to be clarified." I don't know if it was because of a concert, Qu Tuda was obviously a little depressed and his face was ugly, but he still tried his best to make an announcement. "One is that, as Li Twelve Lang said, the opponent is really strong, has many generals, and is more powerful than us, and cannot fight or drag on; the other is that the thieves have pinched Liaocheng. Not only can we not save it, but we are also afraid , we need to consider Mr. Yuanfu and Ambassador Lu..."

The people around were speechless. It was clear that their thoughts on defeating Long Jun were all on this big stuffed bun in Liaocheng, and they threw the mouse in the opposite direction, so they gave their own people a chance to escape.
But now is not the time to worry about this, General Qu Tu is also difficult, especially after tonight, it is probably even more difficult!
"Let's withdraw the troops, and we will worry about the hatred of today." Seeing that no one spoke, Qu Tuda continued to speak vigorously. "Just as I said before, pass down the order layer by layer, tell them to walk through the back door of the village, look at the stars, if not, go to the south, and walk along the embankment... After dawn, they will gather along the embankment."

"It has to be like this." Qin Bao also just wanted to leave quickly.

Qu Tuda nodded again, then waved his hand as a signal.

Everyone got a clear military order and turned around.

But at this time, Captain Huang Duwei of Wei Jun walked a few dozen steps, but in the twilight, he obviously felt a little emotional: "The withdrawal of the army at night, although it is a plain, although it is common for the army to gather and disperse...but this withdrawal is not the same. Do you know how much money you have to lose?"

The rest of the people could only pretend not to hear their figures flashing in the dark night.

Why did you send troops this time?
Save Qinghe, save that Lord Cao.

What now?
Qinghe is doomed to be hopeless, Mr. Cao...doesn't know if he is alive or dead, and then he lost Liaocheng, a Wuyang Yuanfu and Ambassador Lu from Yecheng...and then it is difficult to withdraw the troops, so how do you care about how many sons you lost?

"Third brother, the officials and thieves have begun to withdraw." About two quarters of an hour later, as the movement in the camp could not be concealed, Zhou Xingfan came over to report immediately. "Do you want to move?"

"You can move." Zhang Xing, who was sitting under the banner looking up at the starry sky, came back to his senses and spoke frankly. "Organize troops to enter the village, tear down the fence to set fire...then the large troops rest, and then organize a group of elites to chase, along the river! But don't go..."

"Why?" Xiao Zhou heard it properly in the front, but was puzzled in the back.

"You don't have Congealing Pill... If you didn't meet Qin Bao today, you would have died a long time ago, not to mention that he is returning to the teacher now, and he will do his best, so only let Congealing Pill chase after him." Zhang Xing obviously knew what happened today. Lots of battle details. "As for your thoughts...how can you take revenge if you don't survive? If you really have the heart, focus on your cultivation."

Zhou Xingfan stopped talking.

In this way, the military order was conveyed from Chen Bin.

After a while, following the clearing of the way by the leaders of Ningdan, the Chulong army began to try to enter the camp, and quickly obtained fuel, built a fire, and then large troops swarmed in.

When the camp was under control, another eight Ningdan soldiers were assigned to the army, each leading two or three hundred men, some riding and some walking, and carrying some torches, and they launched a pursuit.

But these didn't have much to do with Zhang Xing, he didn't go after him personally, nor rejected Xie Minghe's invitation from the city, but just slept in the camp.

Both sides have no fighting spirit, and this battle seems to be ending like this.

However, the matter of war can never develop according to the commander's vision. Even if the commanders of both sides have the same vision, there will always be some small waves.

"what happened?"

In the early morning, Zhang Xing, who had only slept by the fire outside the tent for half the night, turned over and sat up in a daze, and then asked in surprise—it was Xiong Bonan, who should be the supreme commander in charge of the pursuit, but when the troops did not turn back The situation appeared here.

"There is something that needs to be decided by the leader... I am the fastest, and I will come back first." Xiong Bonan replied seriously. "Liu Heiju and Lu Dayue intercepted a large group of officials and thieves by the river, Wang Shuyong and Niu Da caught up from behind, and they have already suppressed them. There should be a Ningdan among them."

Zhang Xing opened his eyes, but immediately became a little dazed: "Liu Heimi and Lu Dayue are... what's going on?"

Xiong Bonan immediately realized that Zhang Xing woke up immediately because he heard that a Ningdan was intercepted, and thought it might be Qin Bao, but he was still confused about the situation, so he suppressed his temper and explained seriously:

"Liu Heimei was after the battle yesterday afternoon. His troops were on the left wing of the army formation. After being broken by the officers and soldiers, they happened to be cut off to the west. Baiqi gathered to the west and waited in advance at an intersection of the official road in the west; Dalu was a navy, originally to prevent Liaocheng from escaping from the waterway, and he received a single-pass navy order before joining the battle yesterday, telling him to pay attention to the official The army fled westward along the river embankment in the south... After dawn in the morning, the whereabouts of the officers and soldiers and our pursuers were revealed. One of the two groups approached the embankment, and the other landed from the embankment, on the official road next to the river. They joined together, just in time to cut off a batch of chasing soldiers."

Zhang Xing nodded, and asked again seriously: "About how many people?"

"Two or three thousand."

"Good enough... who is that Ning Dan?"

"I don't know, but maybe it's not Qin Bao. Ordinary condensed pills can't stop Qin Bao with three or four. But this person lost his fighting spirit when he met Wang Shuyong and Niu Da... But it's hard to say, it might be Qin Bao. After being shot by that arrow, he may have figured it out, because he quickly begged for surrender after being surrounded."

Zhang Xing was silent for a while, and then came to ask: "It doesn't matter to him, King Xiong Tian, ​​​​you, what do you mean?"

"That person wanted to meet you in person, and Niu Da and the others in front wanted to ask, do you want to be treated without drawing lots?" Xiong Bonan explained the reason. "The last time when a Zhonglang general from the Hejian camp was intercepted at Qingzhangshui, Chief Feng served as security, so he didn't smoke."

Things are still different.

Zhang Xing knew it well, that time the two sides encountered each other again after a few days of separation after the battle, and the other side fought for the river and lost the opportunity to cross the river and then chose to surrender. This time, it was intercepted during the pursuit. A cold fight.

"Does the Heavenly King know what I was thinking just now?" At this point, Zhang Xing suddenly sneered and looked at the other party seriously.

"..."

"I just thought, if Qin Bao's fate is unlucky and he gets a death lottery, how should I write a letter to his wife, Yueniang... So, if this person is Qin Bao, King Xiongtian will just bring it to me when the lottery is drawn. Draw, let me see with my own eyes how his luck is, and let me give up. If it is someone else, draw immediately on the spot, and just tell me the result." Zhang Xing said, turning over and lying down in the pit , actually want to continue to catch up on sleep.

Xiong Bonan thought for a while, looked at the other person's back, then rose into the air and headed west.

In the morning, relevant news came back, but the result was a bit lamentable—because of the outstanding performance of Liu Heimei and Lu Dayue, the pursuit was a great success, and thousands of prisoners were actually captured. The captain of Wei Jun and Huang Haichen, a master of condensate, who had already surrendered, actually won the death lottery in the following ten draws!

With this result, it is said that the seven or eight alchemy masters present were a little confused, but after Huang Haichen tried to escape, he was executed in public by the general judge of the Dragon Gang and the purple-faced king Xiong Bonan.

And Zhang Dalongtou, who was located in the west camp of Liaocheng City, even just responded after hearing the news, and didn't make any unnecessary expressions.

There was an inexplicable shock up and down.

At noon, the situation gradually stabilized, the dethroning army began to clean up the battlefield, and the follow-up troops began to take over Liaocheng—different from the fugitive army, because there was a secret agreement with Yuan Baocun, and last night Yuan Baocun and Lu Daobin maintained their relationship. Some kind of decency, Liaocheng's troops also maintained restraint, so there was no massacre here.

The two sides are obviously a city handed over in a semi-peaceful way.

At this time, Xie Minghe also sent someone to invite Zhang Xing to the city to have a face-to-face talk with Yuan Baocun and Lu Daobin.

There must be a talk, but Zhang Xing just pushed and procrastinated, saying that he was not prepared enough.

Moreover, he really studied the guard of honor, but he summoned all the leaders brought by the Qinghe raid this time, and asked Wang Xiongdan and Jia Runshi to prepare the guard of honor, selected and captured the prisoners, and even the others The head of Huang Haichen, who had just died, was not forgotten either.

From what it looks like, there is really going to be a ceremony of entering and exiting the city.

Everyone was a little puzzled at the beginning, after all, they had been with this leader for a long time, and they knew some of the other's temper. They just felt that this kind of behavior was not Zhang Dalongtou's usual hobby... But soon, when the afternoon came, a bicycle The east came late, but the generals suddenly realized.

Without him, Wei Xuanding, the head of the Dethrone Dragon Gang, has arrived.

"Talk, you can talk."

Zhang Xing explained this in the camp. "In short, let him recognize the reality...Wei Gong can just talk, I just sit outside the city."

Why didn't Chief Wei know about Zhang Dalong's kindness?He also nodded in a hurry, only saying that his family had already made preparations, and he looked confident.

Zhang Xing stopped talking, just waved his hand, and the many masters and leaders in the gang who had worked hard all night yesterday cheered up again, gathered soldiers and horses, captured and captured prisoners, set up a guard of honor, and surrounded Chief Wei into the city .

It is necessary to give Chief Wei a strong momentum.

In this way, on the afternoon of the first day of summer, Wei Xuanding, who was dressed in commoner clothes, returned to Wuyang County, Hebei Province, where he had always dreamed of, entered Liaocheng, and met the old master Yuan Baocun.

Frankly speaking, before Taoist Wei entered the city gate, he had a strong desire to care about his overall situation and consequences, and I will talk about it when I feel better today.

Zhang Xing was also obviously indulging him, and even fueling the flames.

However, when he saw Yuan Baocun standing inside the city gate, he waited for him carefully staring at his bloodshot eyes, and then he was half hesitant and half embarrassed when he saw him. Rao Chief Wei had countless ideas before. , I can't help but feel funny at this time.

So, he paused on the horse, then got off the horse, saluted far and wide, then stretched out his hand with a smile, and said:
"Yuan Gong, don't come here unharmed."

With that attitude, the leaders in the back, including Wang Shuyong, who knew the other party's background and previous sharp personality, were almost dumbfounded.

"Wei... Duke Wei!"

Compared to Wei Xuanding, Yuan Baocun was obviously at a loss, he didn't know whether to salute or to shake hands for a while, but he blushed and shouted, which was not sharp enough.

Wei Xuanding, on the other hand, still stepped forward calmly, held the opponent's hands, and then sincerely sighed behind the door: "After a farewell for three years, Duke Yuan's style is still the same."

Yuan Baocun was also a bit sober at this time, he knew the other party's temperament, and this time he stumbled again, thinking he would suffer humiliation, but he couldn't help but blush:
"What about the same demeanor? It is obviously a reversal of demeanor. That day in Wuyang, when you were poor, I lived on top of it, and often saw you lose your temper, but I was always calm. At that time, I was still secretly self-sufficient. I only thought I was arrogant. Excellence, Your Excellency has a fierce temper. But today the situation is reversed. I am a prisoner, and the king is the master, but I behaved badly, and Your Excellency is arrogant... Wei Gong, tell me, this so-called demeanor, is it your own demeanor, or the current situation? , What about the demeanor of the official position?"

Wei Xuanding was silent for a moment, then seriously nodded: "Duke Yuan is right. At that time, I also thought that I had great ambitions and great talents but I couldn't let it go. I also thought it was ridiculous... In the end, we are all just mortals, and the chaotic world is like a tide. Do abstinence."

Yuan Baocun nodded heavily.

Wei Xuanding then turned around and greeted Xiong Bonan: "Heavenly King, I have been friends with Yuan Gong for many years, and we can talk about everything thoroughly...Let everyone leave, and pack up everything except the gifts I brought. "

Xiong Bonan found it interesting, so he nodded and left, but when he turned around and saw the gift brought by Wei Xuanding, he was a little speechless.

In this way, the rest of the people dispersed and got busy. Wei Xuanding and Yuan Baocun went up to the city wall hand in hand, and they shook hands and talked on the city facing the Nanlai River. They first told some old stories, then some experiences, and finally chatted After all, it is inevitable to face reality.

"Yuangong, look at this spring and summer, the fields are full of seedlings. Although there is a little mess due to the First World War, if we can quickly clean up, there will be a good result in the end." Wei Xuanding pointed to the battlefield in front of him, The field where the camp lives, a little reminder. "Our Dragon Clan won the battle at the beginning of the year, but we restrained ourselves wholeheartedly, just for the sake of a stable spring farming in southern Hebei, and it finally showed up?"

Of course Yuan Baocun knew what the other party meant, but he still couldn't help but responded earnestly: "Wei Gong, let me say something more, it is of course very important to have a season of millet seedlings and spring plowing at the right time, but is this enough? Now that summer is here, Is it necessary to prevent drought and flood, and weeding and insect removal during the day? Who can say what will happen in the future? Where will there be corn in the urn?"

"Duke Yuan is right." Unexpectedly, Wei Xuanding did not refute directly. "Don't say that the summer is hard, it means that the weather will be good one year, and it will be good next year?"

Yuan Baocun was slightly taken aback.

"But Duke Yuan, why don't you work hard to cultivate the fields?" Wei Xuanding suddenly changed the subject. "Because there may be droughts and floods in summer, do you not clean up in spring? Or is it wrong to say that the cultivation in spring is not right? Let me say that things have been done in a down-to-earth manner, and even if there is no result for some reason, it should not be said that people are in vain. Hard work, or not accepting this account... yes, it is right!"

Yuan Baocun remained silent.

"I prepared a gift for Yuan Gong." Daoist Wei didn't care when he saw this, but turned around and greeted him.

After a while, while Yuan Baocun was stunned, someone brought up a dead body that was wrapped in a white cloth but could not conceal the smell.

"This is the corpse of Qinghe Cao Shancheng." Wei Xuanding still held his arm with one hand, and pointed to the corpse with the other. "He didn't die in battle, but was scolded to death by Zhang Longtou! The article scolding him is also in my arms."

As he spoke, Chief Wei took out another piece of blood-stained paper from his bosom, and unfolded it in the slightly numb hand of the other party: "Please take a look, Duke Yuan."

Yuan Baocun was grasped by the other party with one hand, and held half of the bloody Bulaji paper with the other hand. He obviously flinched, but he could only force himself: "Wei Gong is very different after all."

Then, he also looked down.

After reading it for a while, Fu sighed again against his will: "Good article, no wonder you scolded Mr. Cao to death."

"It's not a good article, but it wins in one blow." Wei Xuanding corrected. "Yuan Gong, Cao Shancheng is not corrupt, capable, and persistent. He is a talent no matter what, but he uses his strength like a stubborn bull in the wrong direction... I only ask Yuan Gong a word, and the hearts of the people in the world Vast and mighty, does it belong to Wei?"

Yuan Baocun fell silent, then shook his head firmly: "No."

"That's it." Daoist Wei sighed while holding the opponent's wrist. "I know where Duke Yuan is hesitating. As the former royal family, we have a high vision, and our Dragon Clan seems to be arrogant, but in fact, it has only been two years since the turmoil, and we may not be able to have the last laugh, and we may even be defeated quickly in two years... ...But so what? What about the Dragon Gang? Duke Yuan will take a closer look, but there is one thing that is clear about success and failure, but it is as natural as plowing the fields in spring, so there is no need to say much...that is, the people of the world do not belong to Wei. So no matter what, it is absolutely right for us to fight against the violent Wei! Even Cao Shancheng, who was as tough as Cao Shancheng, knew this truth when he died. Ashamed to commit suicide."

At this point, Taoist Wei let go of the hand holding the paper, and held the other wrist, and his words became more and more earnest: "Yuan Gong, spring is plowing!"

Yuan Baocun was pinched by both wrists, and couldn't help releasing his strength. He saw the paper notice being rolled by the wind, flying directly from the top of the city, and rolled towards the messy fields in front of him. :

"What Wei Gong said is very true, spring is plowing! But in my hands, Wuyang County will never have the slightest chance of serving the violent Wei!"

Wei Xuanding laughed on the spot: "In this way, we can be regarded as renewing our relationship, let's forget about the spring affairs of the Dragon Gang."

Yuan Baocun smiled wryly, but looked at his wrist and asked: "The plowing in spring is naturally the most reasonable saying, but since I have promised, let me ask one more question, Xuan Ding, who have you learned these methods from in the past two years? It's another handshake. It's a corpse again, it's just pressing on every step of the way, and it doesn't take a breather with anyone."

Wei Xuanding glanced at the dilapidated barracks in the west of Liaocheng, blinked his eyelids, and spoke in a crisp and unrestrained way: "It's all about crossing the river with bare feet that day, and I learned from one incident."

Yuan Baocun was greatly moved.

"The first day of the first day of the lunar new year: snakes lie in the mud, there are no males and females. They will never be given."

On the west side of Liaocheng, two middle-aged men from the Yuan and Wei dynasties were shaking hands and chatting happily. On the side of the east side of Liaocheng, Ambassador Lu and Xie Minghe were also having fun.

"What do you mean?" Xie Minghe looked at the wooden sticks under his feet, puzzled.

"Snakes lie in the mud, whether you are a king or not." Lu Daobin leaned over to pick up his precious wooden stick, and answered with a smile. "Aren't you measuring the situation? Is this not allowed?"

Xie Minghe thought for a while, then nodded heavily, "Yes! Your hexagram is really accurate! The biggest problem in the current situation is whether you are king or not!"

Lu Daobin was very pleased with himself.

PS: Thank you Xiong (Bull) for your reward.

(End of this chapter)