Chapter 605: The open struggle has not yet begun, but the secret struggle has already begun
Chapter 605: Before the open dispute, the secret fight came
Five days later, Liangzhou City.
As mentioned before, all the border states of Daning have their capitals located on the national border.
The same is true for Liangzhou City, which is located at the northernmost part of Liangzhou.
Liangzhou is in the northernmost part of Daning .
In this way, Liangzhou City, with a population of only 300,000 households, is the northernmost city in the entire Daning.
To the south is Dingshan County, and 300 miles
to the north is the Tianshan Mountains. If the weather is good, you can see the snow-capped mountains from a distance standing on the city wall.
Such geographical location and climatic conditions have destined that Liangzhou City, even if it is the capital of a state, will definitely not be very prosperous.
This is indeed the case.
Putting aside the population, Liangzhou’s various “economic indicators” are ranked last in Daning. When people in other places hear this name, they can only think of war horses and good knives.
That’s right, the specialty of Liangzhou is a brown-bodied and white-headed war horse, as well as a Liang knife with a very high cost performance.
This also reflects from the side that the folk customs of Liangzhou are more sturdy than those of other states and counties.
Brave and good at fighting, generous and righteous, drinking big bowls and eating big mouthfuls of meat. This is the general impression of people in Liangzhou.
Although this impression may not be completely applicable to every Liangzhou person, it is generally correct.
In short, everyone’s impression of Liangzhou was relatively good before.
Until a year ago, Liangzhou General Wen Wen led more than 10,000 Liangzhou soldiers to surrender to the enemy Dafeng in Yuanzhou City.
Abandoning the city and surrendering is a very shameful thing.
In addition, the Shuzhou army, led by Liang Zhen at that time, fought to the death to the last soldier, which further highlighted the unbearableness of the Liangzhou army.
You know, Shuzhou was already firmly controlled by the Wei family at that time.
In this case, Liang Zhen and the Shu army were both willing to sacrifice themselves for justice and would rather die than surrender.
However, the Liangzhou army, which was known as “white armor on horseback and red armor on horseback”, all surrendered to the enemy, which is indeed hard not to make people despise.
In this way, the reputation of Liangzhou in the hearts of the people of Daning took a sharp turn for the worse, as if all the Liangzhou people had changed from heroes with great righteousness to rats who were afraid of death overnight.
As for Wen Wen, who surrendered to Dafeng,
although he accepted the surrender, Dafeng certainly could not retain the organization of Liangzhou Army, and soon dispersed the more than 10,000 people to various Dafeng camps.
Some of these people died in the subsequent battles, and the rest were buried in Yuanzhou City with 500,000 elite Dafeng soldiers.
Wen Wen was a third-grade realm, so he did not die in the dragon-locking formation.
But his life was not easy.
After the “Yuanzhou City Tragedy”, Dafeng Daning changed its attack and defense, and Wen Wen followed Wu Ding and fought and retreated until he retreated to Fengyuan.
As a surrendered general, Dafeng naturally would not reuse him, and even repeatedly sent him to lead troops to charge.
Fortunately, Wen Wen was a bit capable and did not die on the battlefield after all.
Later, Li Qi surrendered, and he stayed in Fengyuan.
And now it is said that he has gone to Xinfeng.
The matter about Wen Wen is irrelevant, so I will not go into details here.
In short, since he led the Liangzhou Army to surrender, the situation in Liangzhou has become more and more difficult.
According to the “Daning Law”, whether the soldiers in the army deserted the battlefield or surrendered to the enemy, they were all punished for “treason”, and their families were implicated.
For this item alone, nearly 50,000 people in Liangzhou were conscripted as coolies, sent to the front line to transport food and build fortifications, and only one in ten were able to return home.
And there were countless people who left Liangzhou for various other reasons.
In this way, the already remote Liangzhou became even more desolate.
Until recently, with the arrival of troops, it became a little more lively here.
At noon, the south gate of Liangzhou City.
The golden sun was overhead, and the dazzling sunlight shone directly on the fluttering “Liang” flag, but it could not melt the cold of deep winter.
The soldiers on the city wall were all wearing thick cotton robes, holding long spears and patrolling back and forth in formation.
And under their feet, or outside the entire Liangzhou City, looking around was densely packed with tents and camps.
Roughly estimated, there are nearly 500,000 troops stationed around Liangzhou City at this time, and they can be roughly divided into three parts. The
black-armored troops in the farthest distance are the most mysterious and feared Tengu Army.
The ones wearing green armor a little closer are the 100,000 Dashu reinforcements brought by Liang Zhen. The yellow-
armored troops closest to the city wall are the 400,000 Daning troops led by Han Zhao.
The visual effect of 500,000 troops stationed outside Liangzhou City is undoubtedly very shocking.
They are all the forces that Ning Wenjun and Wei Changtian can show at the moment, and they are also the main force of the upcoming great battle.
As for the only 3,000 white-armored Liangzhou troops in the city, their mission is just to maintain order in the city.
”Open the city gate!”
”Open the city gate quickly!”
”Boom boom!”
A quick shout suddenly sounded, and then the iron chain rolled, the tall city gate slowly opened with a loud noise, and the suspended drawbridge also fell on the other side of the moat.
At the same time, two carriages also drove straight from a distance, and the black flags with the word “Wei” hanging on the carriages were particularly clear in the sun.
”The Wei family is here.”
”It should be the young master Wei.”
”I guess so.”
”Alas, you say this world is also strange. The Wei family and the court were fighting so fiercely years ago, but in the blink of an eye…”
”Be careful! These things are not for you and me to discuss!”
”.”
Looking at the carriages galloping from afar, the soldiers on the city wall couldn’t help but whisper a few words.
And just as they were talking, the two carriages had already passed the city gate and headed straight for the state government office that had been requisitioned as the “war command center” without slowing down.
”Make way!”
”Make way!!!”
The roar echoed in the city, and the people hid on both sides of the road in panic wherever the carriages went.
This chaotic scene undoubtedly reflects the mood of the people in the car from the side.
Obviously, something unexpected must have happened.
”Huh!!!”
After an incense stick, the carriage stopped outside the state government.
Wei Changtian, with a serious expression, quickly got off the car and immediately walked towards the three people who had been waiting for a long time in front.
“Changtian.”
”
Young Master.
”
”Young Master Wei.”
Liang Zhen, Du Chang, Han Zhao.
At this time, the leaders of the three armies stationed outside the city were all here, and their faces were also very bad.
They took a few steps forward and each briefly greeted Wei Changtian.
The latter did not stop, but just nodded slightly to the three people.
”Let’s go, let’s talk inside.”
”Okay.”
The four people walked quickly to the meeting room, and the guards outside the house closed the door after they entered the house.
It was not until this time that Wei Changtian finally stopped and looked back at Liang Zhen and the others.
”What’s going on?”
”How could they catch all our spies at once?!”
”.”
”I don’t know.”
The three looked at each other, and finally Liang Zhen answered with a frown:
”Since midnight last night, all the more than one hundred spies we planted in the enemy army have disappeared.”
”And up to now, the life tablets of fifty-three people have been broken.”
”Report!”
Liang Zhen hadn’t finished his words when a voice suddenly rang out outside the house.
”Report to Master Wei! Report to the three generals!”
”Half an incense stick ago, the life tablets of two more scouts broke!”
”.”
ps: I’m a little tired today, so I’ll only update once, and I’ll make up for it with three updates tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)
