Nanming Engineer

Chapter 172
Several defeated soldiers in the room were still crying. Zeng Ying frowned and squinted his eyes and listened patiently for a long time. Then he suddenly opened his eyes wide and shouted: "Shut up!"

The air in the room was suffocated, and everyone fell silent. The defeated soldiers kneeling on the ground knocked their heads to the ground, not daring to breathe, and trembling all over.

"The theory of gods and monsters has no basis, but it's just your imagination, so it's not accurate." Zeng Ying said slowly, "Wang Xiang's death was just a trick of the stone pillar soldiers. I guess the so-called thunder and earth fire must be We planted gunpowder in the ground in advance, deliberately lured our army to go deep, and then suddenly detonated it, this kind of tactics was used in the confrontation with the bandits a few years ago, it is not surprising."

Everyone in the room suddenly realized, and they all showed the original expression. The haze brought by the defeated ghost blowing away was swept away, and they all echoed: "It must be so, it must be so, the army is wise."

Zeng Ying said to Jiang Li, who was standing beside Jinyiwei Qianhu, "Who is leading the troops at Shizhu? Have you found out?"

Jiang Li was in charge of intelligence collection, and his minions were all over Sichuan. After suffering a defeat in the silver mine, he deliberately paid attention to the spread of spies in the direction of Shizhu, and had already figured out the situation in Kuizhou Mansion. At this time, Zeng Ying asked He got up and immediately bowed and reported: "I have found out clearly. Shizhu sent out almost all his troops this time, with a total of 6000 soldiers and horses. 3000 people stayed in Chongqing. The one who ambushed General Wang in Hezhou was only 3000 people. The leader was Qin Liangyu. The adopted son Wang Huan was heard to be no more than ten years old and as cunning as a fox. The defeats of Yang Junmen and Tan Wen were all due to his handiwork. It was also his idea to take out Shizhu to occupy Kuizhou and go to Chongqing to destroy Wang Junmen. "

"Wang Huan? I haven't heard of it." Zeng Ying said lightly, and snorted in his nostrils: "However, he has some skills. He defeated my general three times and four times. Could it be that he is really a hero?"

When he said this, his eyes glanced at the people in the room intentionally or unintentionally. There was indescribable dissatisfaction in his eyes, as if he was very angry that his generals had suffered continuous losses on Wang Huan.

All the generals couldn't sit still.

Yang Zhan took the lead to stand up, pushed away a few defeated soldiers kneeling in the middle of the room, raised his head and shouted angrily: "Junmen, Shizhu barbarians are really hateful, they killed me and occupied my state capital, and they don't pay attention to the imperial regulations at all. It is no different from rebellion! If it is not destroyed, if you lead its leader to the four realms, there will be a group of people with strange intentions to act. Yang is not talented, and he is willing to send troops to crusade for the military gate. Hang the head of the rebel Wang Huan on the stone pillar at the gate, and come out Take a breath!"

As soon as he stood up, the rest of the generals and guerrillas immediately stood up to express their views. They crowded the middle of the small room to the brim, impassioned and united with the enemy, clamoring that they were willing to issue a military order and lead the troops to attack Kuizhou.

Zeng Ying listened to the generals shouting for a long time. After the noise subsided for a moment, he stood up abruptly and scanned the crowd with squinted eyes. Yang Zhan and others looked at him with expressions of arrogance and invincibility. Wang Xiang died, and the large area of ​​land east of Chongqing Prefecture was unguarded. It was a good opportunity to gain the territory through meritorious service. At this time, he could regain face for Zeng Ying, seize the land and kill the general. Afterwards, he would be rewarded according to his merits, and Kuizhou would also distribute it to Zeng Ying. someone else?
Zeng Ying grinned at the corner of his mouth and smiled, his squinted eyes became narrower and became a line, he nodded in satisfaction and said: "Okay, the army's spirit is available! The army is ordered to have a good rest today, and to kill pigs and sheep to eat a full meal." Fan, tomorrow morning the whole army will set off and run to the Chongqing government!"

He looked at Yang Zhan, who was full of ambitions, and continued happily: "Tomorrow, Yang Zhan will be the front army, and our army will lead the center army. We must defeat this traitor with one blow and eliminate a scourge for the imperial court!"

All the officers stood upright and shouted in unison: "I wish to follow the army to put down this traitor!"

Early the next morning, Zeng Ying's army, which had been well fed and drunk, set off in full force. Except for some small troops left in Shunqing Mansion to defend Zhang Xianzhong, all the officials and assistant generals, large and small, followed Zeng Ying on the official road. , all fronts and backs add up to 5000 soldiers.

Zeng Ying also considered going by water. After all, the Jialing River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, is in Shunqing Mansion. Going down the river is much faster than taking the dry road. But Li Guo's army just floated down by water. If they don't go fast, It's very troublesome if you encounter it on the river. Compared with the elite Chuangwang who have been tempered for thousands of years, Zeng Ying feels inferior.He also didn't want to provoke the King Kong Li Guo again when he had Zhang Xianzhong on his left and Wang Huan on his right.

The army stretched for ten miles along the official road, with banners flying and horns flying to the sky. The cold light on the soldiers' swords competed with the scorching sun. From a distance, they looked like a flowing steel giant snake. Under the banners of various colors that cover the sun, the aura of Zeng Ying's officers and soldiers is set off even more majestic.

Zeng Ying is much calmer than Wang Xiang, and he pays attention to rules and regulations when marching. He travels no more than fifty miles a day, scouting horses and shuttles back and forth. Whenever he finds a dangerous place, he must first check it out, and then drive the army past. The closer the Chongqing government is, the more careful the investigation will be. , almost every step of the way, in this way, has been walking for nearly ten days before entering Hezhou.

As soon as Zeng Ying's horseshoe stepped into the border of Hezhou, Wang Huan knew about it.

Chen Xiang's spies work equally sharply, and the number of his subordinates has greatly expanded during this period. There are all kinds of people, traffickers on the side of the road, farmers hoeing the fields, woodcutters cutting firewood on the mountain, as long as they are not eye-catching , the occupation that can hide in the dark and spy can become his eyeliner. Although Wang Huan didn't give him many horses, he used them wisely. Along the way, relying on some big car shops and roadside shops as strongholds, we can find out exactly where Zeng Ying's army went every day.

This is the power of money. Without money, it is impossible for Chen Xiang to recruit so many fine people, and it is impossible to form a large-scale team in a short period of time. Although Chen Xiang is not good at words, he is not stupid. On the contrary There are also some smart people who have been in the market since they were young. After being mentioned a few words by Wang Huan, they immediately draw inferences, manage the message delivery system and the spy system separately, and imitate a famous spy organization in the later generations in the spy system. Ten people form a group, The team leader is the person in charge, and the other nine spies have a single-line connection, each in charge of their own territory, and they are not subordinate to each other. The team leader is directly responsible to Chen Xiang, and the command is parallel and effective, providing Wang Huan with the basis for his decision-making. Very great source of information.

At this time, Wang Huan was sitting on the mountainside of Chunyang Mountain in Hezhou, listening to Chen Xiang's report of Zeng Ying's movements in a low voice.

"Zeng Ying really can bear his temper. Wang Xiang was slaughtered by me. Such great hatred did not stimulate him. He still followed the steps step by step according to his own rhythm. Just because of this, he is much better than Yang Zhan and Wang Xiang. After hearing this, Wang Huan said with sincere emotion, and began to lightly tap a big bluestone beside him with his fingers again.

This action of his shows that he is thinking. Everyone knows this habit, so Zu Bian waited for a while before he said: "Isn't that also expected by adults? Change the plan and ask Ma Xintian to train for a few more days , come over after our subpoena, it is the adult who estimated that Zeng Ying would procrastinate before making the decision."

Ma Wannian also said: "It's just right for him to procrastinate. Ma Long has more time to manage the defense of Diaoyu City, and Ma Xintian can train more fully, which is in our favor."

Wang Huan nodded, frowned and said: "That's what I said, but for Ma Long, it is by no means good news. A calm person must attack the city in every possible way. Although Diaoyu City is dangerous, it is trapped by insufficient troops. If Zeng Ying does not stop day and night Attacking, Malone is under a lot of pressure."

Zu Bian said, "My lord, worry too much. Diaoyu City is surrounded by water on three sides and faces cliffs on one side. Even if Zeng Ying has thousands of troops, he can only line up to climb the mountain. The city wall on the mountain is strong, and Zeng Ying doesn't have red cannons. Afraid of him being a bird!"

"The city is solid, but it has to be defended by people. Ma Long's subordinates are all recruits. Whether they can hold it under heavy pressure is related to whether the master's plan can be implemented. Most of the adults are worried about this aspect." Ma Wannian He reminded that during the past few days by Wang Huan's side, Brother Huan had already changed his name to "Master". Nian immediately followed everyone's shouts of "Adults and adults".

Wang Huan stood up and looked outside the mountain. Across several peaks, the hazy shadow of Diaoyu City was looming in the mountains. At this moment, the mountains were green, the birds were singing in the green valley, and it was a pleasant scene. But Wang Huan knew in his heart , but the Diaoyu City was in a tense situation with a powerful enemy. Ma Long was leading people sweating profusely to reinforce the city defenses, waiting for the dark clouds that would come soon to overwhelm the city.

"I hope Ma Long can persevere, otherwise, I, the chief soldier of Kuizhou, may be in the end." Wang Huan looked at the void in the distance, and murmured softly to himself.

(End of this chapter)