Astral Apostle - Chapter 271

[Two hundred and fifty-eight changes]

After sending a message for the imperial court, Cao Shengyu waited for several days before he was finally summoned privately by Fan Zong again.

Fan Zong’s attitude was a lot warmer this time, and he invited Cao Sheng to take a seat.

He was cold for a few words, then went on to talk about the main topic, and said solemnly:

“Then the thief Chen gathered a crowd to rebel, I was only coerced, but in fact I didn’t have the intention to rebel, I wanted to abandon the dark and turn to the light long ago, and now the court looks up to me, I am willing to accept Recruit security and be an internal response for the officers and troops.”

Cao Sheng was overjoyed when he heard the words: “Then the thief Chen raised the flag of rebellion and acted in reverse, and sooner or later he would fail. Brother Fan, this is a wise choice!”

Fan Zong interrupted with a wave of his hand, and continued:

“However, now that After all, Chen Thief is powerful, and I can’t fight against him. It’s not easy to do this. If the rumors leak out, he will surely die without a place to be buried. I can’t go back to Longwangzhai anymore, I have to let me retreat to the rear and not fight on the front line.”

“I can’t decide this matter, I have to report back to the court.”

Cao Sheng replied quickly, he was not afraid of bargaining, anyway, in the end It’s not his decision either.

Fan Zong nodded and said solemnly:

“Although the old saying goes that those who know the current affairs are handsome, that Chen Thief is fierce and powerful, if I turn my back on him, I will definitely incur revenge, but although I am a green forest and grass bandit, I have a fist to serve the country. My heart, I want to be loyal to the emperor, to help the society, my blood is hard to cool…-…I can’t share the sky with the rebels!”

“Okay! Big brother is loyal to the country, distinguishes right from wrong, and is really a first-class husband!”

Cao Sheng echoed the big praise and flattered.

The two chatted for a while before Cao Sheng left excitedly.

A few days later, Fan Zong received a letter from the officers and soldiers, expressing his acceptance of his conditions, and the inscription was Cheng Liqing, the commander of the imperial troops and horses along the way.

Next, Fan Zong and Cheng Liqing, through the intermediary Cao Sheng, kept sending and receiving letters, conspiring to cooperate with each other and conquer this pass.

In order to avoid being seen by others, the imperial troops and horses feinted to attack the pass from time to time, forming a stalemate.

The days passed, and finally came the day of the conspiracy agreement.

According to the agreement, Fan Zong needed to send his subordinates to open the gate, control the portal, welcome officers and soldiers to enter, and

occupy the pass.

Things were going well. The officers and soldiers approached quietly while taking advantage of the darkness. Fan Zong got the signal and attacked from within, seized the pass, opened the door to welcome the officers and soldiers

. It’s

over, the officers and soldiers are in complete control of the pass.

He is quite satisfied, and he is very content with his plan.

“This will be a little tricky, and I will take this place without any blood. Hehe, the bandits in Longwangzhai, in my opinion, are only Chen Thieves, and the rest of the people are all idiots that can’t be used. Wagyu

, low in intelligence, rude and stupid.

Cheng Liqing smiled to the adjutant.

As a pacifist envoy from the imperial court, he did not despise these reckless men.

A group of ignorant and incompetent gangsters can be compared.

At this time,

Fan Zong came in a hurry, expressing his urgency:

“General Cheng, there is a small accident, the head of the gate, Fang Zhen, sees that the situation is not good, and has already brought a group of people with him. The leader and personal soldiers abandoned the pass and fled, but we were unable to capture this man.

Cheng Liqing frowned: “This person is quick to respond

.

Fan Zongxian said: “General, this Fang is really the sixth master of the cottage, and he has good skills. He is also the sworn brother of the thief Chen. If he catches this person, he will definitely threaten the thief Chen, and he cannot be allowed to escape like this.

”

”

Well, it makes sense. I understand that this bandit can’t run very far. It’s better to chase after the victory… Quickly gather your troops and leave the big troops here to guard the gate, and the rest will follow me to chase the bandit leader!”

Cheng Liqing Immediately

, he ordered thousands of soldiers and horses to leave the customs, following the scattered footprints on the road, chasing the enemy troops who abandoned the customs and fled.

The group, dressed in moonlight, chased all the way, followed the footprints to the rugged trail, and finally found a group of defeated thieves in front of a forest.

“Ha, the thieves and bandits are off!”

Cheng Liqing was overjoyed and ordered the soldiers and horses to kill the generals.

The face of this group of thieves changed greatly, and they got into the woods and fled in a panic.

Seeing this scene, Cheng Liqing didn’t care about any encounter with Lin Mo. He called the soldiers and horses into the forest to pursue

them. After walking away, Cheng Liqing realized that something was wrong.

“No, I’m afraid there is a fraud!”

Cheng Liqing’s eyelids jumped, and he woke up suddenly, and he was about to order the entire army to assemble and withdraw.

But just at this moment, there was a sudden burst of shouting and killing in the forest,

“Come on!” A

large number of thieves and soldiers emerged from the ground, surrounded and killed in all directions, and immediately caught the officers and soldiers by surprise.

“Hahaha, the officials and thieves have fallen, sons, follow me to kill!”

Fang Zhen burst out of the ground, laughing non-stop, holding a copper-headed stick and rushed into the officers and soldiers. enemy.

After two years of practicing advanced martial arts, his martial arts have also made great progress. According to the percentage system, it has risen from 88 to about 93, and he has initially entered the ranks of top masters.

“No, it’s a hit!

“Oops, the gate has changed, and the back road is broken!”

Cheng Liqing was shocked.

Before he could react, the sound of killing suddenly exploded on both sides of the road,

“Kill!” It turned out that there had long been

gangsters

in the ambush here.

Ridge spear, struggling to kill a few minions, but in the end, he was overwhelmed by the crowd, and was tied to the ground.

The fire in the pass burned for a full night, and almost completely destroyed the place.

The bodies of officers and soldiers were layered on top of each other, sticking together, most of them burned to death and choked to death. The fire is completely extinguished.

However, this is a military fortress, and there are no residential buildings around, so it doesn’t matter if the villagers are involved.

It was only then that the cottage soldiers and horses hidden in all directions returned to the pass and cleaned the battlefield.

On the other side, the minions led the disheveled Cheng Liqing into the temporary tent.

Entering the military tent, Cheng Liqing raised his eyes and saw that Fang Zhen, Fan Zong and others who were guarding the pass were all present. His eyes were red, and he didn’t know where he was tricked.

“Fan Zong! You son of a bitch, it turned out to be a fraudulent surrender!”

Cheng Liqing roared furiously and struggled hard. If he hadn’t been tied tightly, he would have rushed up and desperately.

When Fan Zong heard the words, he laughed

, “The soldiers are not afraid of deceit, you are not as good as others, what can you say? I have been in the green forest for decades, how can I go to the court with only a few words from you, you are also in the scheme, who else can you blame? A human-like character, I will only turn to the court if I lose my mind!”

At that time, when he received a letter from the court persuading him to surrender, Fan Zong had a scruple, that is, he would take care of his plans.

In fact, under normal circumstances, Fan Zong does not reject recruiting security.

However, in the current war situation, the imperial court was clearly at a disadvantage, and was beaten by the main force of its own village.

Moreover, Chen Feng’s bravery shocked the world. Wei Jia Hai is truly a hero of the world. If he turns his back on this person, there is no way to go to heaven.

Due to these two factors, he still “abandoned the darkness and turned to the light”. Isn’t that the birthday star eating arsenic?

Although Fan Zong is not very successful in the Dragon King Village, he does not intend to seek death. It is better to take this opportunity to make contributions and show loyalty.

So how to choose, he already knew.

However, Fan Zong only reported the situation, and the specific strategy was not formulated by him, nor was it conceived by the arrogant Fang Zhen.

After the incident was reported, the third master, Duan Yunfeng, came to secretly support him.

Based on the correspondence presented by Fan Zong, Duan Yunfeng roughly judged the enemy general’s temperament, and formulated a special strategy.

Lead the monarch into the urn and attack with fire!

Use this place as a bait to lure the court troops and horses into the tunnel, while the thieves are lurking in the tunnels, where the gates set fire to the camp, annihilate the enemy army, and try to be one of them. Not staying alive.

Duan Yunfeng didn’t even blink an eyelid when he set up such a poisonous plan to burn tens of thousands of officers and soldiers to death.

In the end, the plan was successful, and the effect was remarkable.

The threat of the imperial troops and horses along the way has been cleared in the first battle, and there is no need to worry about anyone endangering the backyard of Longwangzhai.

At this time, Duan Yunfeng sat on the main seat of the military tent, coldly scolded Cheng Liqing, and said slowly:

“General of the defeated army. , I still dare to need Zhang, come here, push it out and behead it, with its head hanging on the flag, there is no need to leave the whole body for this kind of thing.” The

voice fell, and the personal soldiers immediately pushed Cheng Liqing out.

Soon, there was a short scream outside, and it stopped abruptly.

Fang Zhen retracted his gaze and said with a smile, “Brother Duan is really both civil and military

. Nothing.”

Duan Yunfeng waved his hand, not taking credit.

He paused, squinted his eyes and said,

“The victory in this battle is considered to have solved the danger in the rear of the cottage. Now the owner of the village is wandering outside with his troops and horses, harassing the officers and soldiers, and making the enemy stand on the left and right, but we can’t rely on the owner of the fortress alone. Independent support for the war…

Brother Fang, you captured thousands of officers and soldiers alive last night. I have a plan to choose a group of elites from the cottage to change into officers and soldiers’ clothes and deceive the officers and soldiers nearby fortresses. That surnamed Cheng killed the main force in this direction. Soldiers, it’s time for me to expand the results.”

Fang Zhen’s eyes lit up: “I think it’s okay, just do it!”

He is not a man who likes to use his brains to avoid being distracted by others, but Duan Yunfeng is a ruthless and clever person. , he doesn’t mind listening to the other party’s command.

The imperial army attacked Longwangzhai in several ways. Under Duan Yunfeng’s strategy, the strength of the army in one direction was severely damaged, and it was difficult to maintain a strategic role.

The battle situation led to the whole body, and there was less siege all the way. The pressure on Longwangzhai suddenly decreased, and the situation was getting better and better, gaining the upper hand with the wave of snowballs.

Ma Zhen received the battle report and was so angry that he drew his sword and cut the case.

His character is the commander of the army, but the efficiency of the information transmission of the middle cadres is limited. Most of the time, he blames the commanders and generals of other troops and horses to play on their own, and cannot micro-manage the front line at any time… Although he really wants to do so.

“Cheng Liqing! Holding on to incompetence, so underestimating the enemy’s rash advance will ruin my overall situation!”

Ma Zhen was annoyed.

Yu Wenyan frowned: “Commander, calm down. Now that the boat is over, we can only try to remedy it.”

At this time, there were only three top decision makers, Ma Zhen, Huang Ping, and Yu Wenyan. It was a private meeting, and

Ma Zhen spat out a He took a

breath, calmed down, sat down again, and said solemnly:

“The situation is not good for me, the Dragon King Race has cleared one side of the siege, and it is difficult to block it again, and the thief Chen is constantly attacking and harassing the outside world. If you want to drag out this winter, I am afraid you will have to pay tragic casualties, and the effect is not big.”

“The commander’s meaning is…” Zi Wenyan tried.

A cold glow flashed in Ma Zhen’s eyes:

“Continuing a long-term battle will only increase the number of injuries, and the chances of winning are quite severe. It is said that if the delay continues, it will inevitably be good in private, but the imperial court sent me to fight. Now

, it’s better to preserve the vitality of the court.”

He and Pang Hong are still somewhat different, after becoming Duke Yi, if the country is unstable, the family will suffer even more, so it is inevitable to consider more.

After speaking, Ma Zhen turned his head to look at Huang Ping, and said coldly:

“Since we are going to withdraw our troops, naturally we can’t return empty-handed, so I want to give Chen Thief a big gift. Success, even if Chen Thief wins this battle, he will not be able to slow down his breath without a few years of circumstances. It’s a great achievement!”

Hearing this, Yu Wenyan couldn’t bear it in his heart.

It seems that the commander has made up his mind, and in the end, he has to use the plan of breaking the embankment and water bay to turn Huyang into a thousand miles of Zeguo.

As soon as this plan came out, it was equivalent to treating the whole of Huyang as an abandoned child, ignoring the people in vain, just to hurt Chen Feng’s group.

But then again… the rebels want to overthrow my Daxia Jiangshan, but they are enemies of life and death.

As long as the final result is valid, it is acceptable for Fushang and Manchu civil and military officials to pay such a price in order to maintain the stability of the country.

After all… If there is no country, what is the use of the common people?

Yu Wenyan sighed secretly.

Although he still had some conscience left, as a noble class with vested interests, he naturally would not object to this decision, so he nodded slowly and acquiesced.

[End of this Chapter]