Devil’s Advent

On the banks of the Xuanyang River, a group of knights rode past. The farmlands on both sides of the river were full of farmers who were busy with the autumn harvest. They were no strangers to these knights in black armor riding tall horses.

It's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married. It is said that there is a war going on in the east. The two sides add up to hundreds of thousands of troops, and they are fighting around Wangjiang. According to the people who escaped from there, the killing is terrible. Even the Wangjiang River has been dyed red.

But as long as the battle is not in front of him, the crops in the field have to work as hard as they want, otherwise they will starve to death if they are not ruined by the soldiers, and they will die anyway.

On the contrary, the Yan people who were originally in the west began to run here more diligently these days.

Jin Shuke waved his hand, signaling the knights behind him to dismount and rest.

My lord, let's stop exploring further?

A school lieutenant asked.

You must know that this place is not too far from the battlefield ahead. If you rush forward now, you will probably be able to see the development of the battle situation tomorrow morning.

This is also the order given to them by General Zheng.

As far as Shengle City is concerned, it is natural that they do not want this big battle related to their future development to fall into their own hands after such a long delay.

So I can only send troops and horses to collect the battle situation in person.

Jin Shu shook his head and said:

It's getting dark, let the brothers rest. Now cross the river and go east. At night, it is easy to meet the scouts of the army in front of you. It is easy to fight with your own people. It is not worthwhile.

Yes, my lord, this subordinate understands.

Um.

Jin Shuke didn't feel offended when his subordinates questioned his previous decisions, because when he was in the desert, he was used to sitting around the campfire to discuss countermeasures before every battle.

He took out a brick of salt from his pouch and put it on the ground, and the horses around him immediately moved over and started to lick it.

The rest of them each took out the dry food they carried with them and began to eat.

The number of people in this group is about fifty. Because they have to take into account the responsibility of sending messages back and forth, and they have to go deep into the battlefield, so the number should not be too small, otherwise it is easy to cause trouble.

Everyone have to remember that Mr. Bei said that we don't have much grain in our city now.

Alchemy is a loyal fan of Blind Man, as long as people are enjoying music and Blind Man starts classes at the same time, he will definitely go to listen early.

And these days, all the clerks in the army have received written notices from the General's Mansion, asking them to tell the sergeant about the current situation in Shengle City.

In Sheng Le's army, Yan people accounted for a minority, Jin people accounted for the majority, followed by barbarians, and Jin people and barbarians were equivalent to second-class or even third-class people in Dayan.

Everyone also knows that this military salary and treatment, including the weapons used by the horses he rides, is really no different from the Yan people's Jingnan Army and Zhenbei Army.

It is simply impossible for other Jin regions to have such dignity.

It is precisely because you know that it is hard to come by, so you will cherish it, so you will be grateful.

During the official publicity, of course it is impossible to foolishly say that General Zheng hopes that the First Prince will lose the war, but in private, the public opinion always thinks that if we don't fight, if we don't make a vote, our life will really be difficult. !

My lord, don't we still raise a lot of cattle and sheep outside our city? A sergeant asked.

In his opinion, with so many cattle and sheep, everyone will never be really hungry.

Jin Shuke glanced at him and said:

I grew up in the desert. I ate cattle and sheep as food. In your words, I am a prodigal. What we lack is not only food. Where does our monthly salary come from? Many of our brothers But for those who have settled down in the city, where does the food for the mothers-in-law and children in the city come from?

The monthly payment of the private school teacher, the monthly payment of the doctor in the medical center, those pens, ink, paper and inkstones, books, and medicinal materials, which one should not be spent?

Hungry, of course you can’t die from starvation, but since you have lived a good life, eating steamed buns must be a good life with stuffing, do you want to go back again?

The whole family worked so hard from morning to night, just to survive starvation?

The sergeant blushed from being criticized.

Jin Shu obviously listened to the blind man's lecture, and also tried to pass on his own understanding to Pao Ze beside him.

Because Mr. Bei once said that we are fighting for General Zheng, so why is General Zheng fighting? That is for us to live a good life all the time.

Therefore, we are fighting for ourselves to continue the good life and to live a better life.

Whenever he thinks of the scene of everyone shouting these slogans together with Mr. Bei at night, Jin Shuke feels his blood boil.

Life is full of hope!

My lord, how long do you think this battle will take? Why do I feel that the eldest prince is almost fighting Wangjiang?

The New Dynasty established by Situ Yi will have its capital in Yupan City, on the east bank of the Wangjiang River. Under the leadership of the First Prince, the Yan Army and Cheng Guo Army, after a period of integration, began to separate out several groups of troops. , Gradually sweeping the area from Yingdu to Wangjiang hundreds of miles away, constantly compressing and squeezing the space for the activities of rebels and savages.

This is destined to be a long and boring process, but the eldest prince played very solidly and steadily.

Right now, the area on the west side of the Wangjiang River has been recovered by the Yan Army and Cheng Guo's army. The two sides are fighting around several crossings of the Wang River, but the strategic initiative has completely fallen into the hands of the Yan State.

As long as Wangjiang is conquered and Yupan City is conquered, Situ Yi's new dynasty is doomed to become cloud and mist. Then, after losing the natural barrier and buffer zone of Wangjiang, there are only two options left for the savages :

Either pack up your things, return with a full load, and return to the snow field;

Or have a head-to-head bloody battle with Yan Jun on the east bank of Wangjiang.

It looks like it's almost over Wangjiang. Jin Shuke said.

Aren't we completely fine then?

Jin Shuke shook his head and said: When beating a wolf, it is not finished until the wolf dies.

Life itself is a science, and Jin Shu, who grew up in the desert and came from the prisoner tribe, has a good understanding of this knowledge. Many of his ideas and experiences are also derived from life.

Most importantly, he knew that if the battle went on smoothly, then his own general might really be in trouble.

Lieutenant Wang, you take a group of people to disperse, and the rest, rest.

yes.

yes.

After a night's rest, when it was just dawn, Jin Shuke led his team across the Xuanyang River and continued eastward.

After marching for half a day, they gradually encountered Yan Jun's sentry cavalry.

Although it is not a large army, but at any rate, everyone is flying the Yan army's flag, and the sentry cavalry did not make any troubles, at most, they just heh with their nostrils facing the sky, your hands are really far enough, It's a pity that this battle is not for you.

For these, Jin Shu ignored them, and he still led his subordinates to continue advancing along the edge of the battlefield.

Every other day, Jin Shuke would ask three of his subordinates to report back what they saw and heard.

After resting for another day, and then marched eastward for half a day, Wangjiang was not far from everyone.

The Wangjiang River originates from the Tianduan Mountains, and then extends all the way south, entering Chu State, and then merges into the Daze of Chu State. Many rivers in the territory of Chu State converge, and finally flow into the sea.

The real confrontation and temptation between the two sides happened intensively in the section of the river near Yupan City.

Because Situ Lei's blow before his death not only defeated the rebels, but also preserved Yingdu, the largest city in Chengguo and even in the Sanjin region, both in terms of actual value and political value. , have been greatly protected. Looking back at the rebels, Situ Yi's new dynasty seems a bit congenitally deficient.

In addition, the entry of Dayan's army and the beginning of joining forces with the Situ family brought an extremely strong sense of oppression to the rebels. After all, the Yan people have been invincible in the past two years. Originally, the two neighbors of the Situ family were directly stepped on by cavalry destroyed.

Therefore, as long as Yupan City is broken, the rebel regime woven by Situ Yi and Situ Jiong will naturally collapse, and the savages will also lose their shields.

Of course, the Yan army and the Chengguo army, with such a large number of soldiers and horses, it is naturally impossible to confront each other in a small area alone. Except for the section of the river in Yupan City, there should also be soldiers and horses in other locations upstream and downstream. Ready to try to cross the river.

On the one hand, it can divide the strength of the savages and rebels, and reduce the pressure on the frontal main battlefield;

Second, if any point is successfully infiltrated first, then a large number of soldiers and horses can be sent to that area, making the defense line of Wangjiang of the savages and rebels directly declared useless.

Now, the battlefield closest to Jinshuke should be the Left Route Army in the upper reaches of Wangjiang River.

According to the investigations these days, the Left Route Army should be dominated by local county soldiers in Yan State. According to Jin Shuke's perception, the combat effectiveness of this army seems a bit uneven.

Therefore, the most difficult part is the front line of Yupan City, where the First Prince's central army is responsible for the attack.

However, when Jin Shuke's troops continued to move eastward, they suddenly discovered that soldiers from all walks of life began to pour in from other directions. Obviously, this was a manifestation of the large-scale deployment of troops on the battlefield.

This is only the outer circle, the Yan army in the inner circle is probably more excited and active.

These Yan people's knights were all in high spirits, as if they were running a race, and the soldiers and horses from all walks of life galloped quickly to the side of Wangjiang.

My lord, this, this is...

A soldier beside him asked in disbelief.

A soldier surnamed Liang next to him said:

My lord, it seems that the defense line on the upper reaches of the Wangjiang River has been breached. Do you want to send someone to convey this military information to the general now?

The line of defense should have been breached, and such a move at this time is just a frantic mobilization of troops to the opposite bank to increase troops.

As long as a well-organized army is sent to the east of Wangjiang, the entire Wangjiang defense line will be completely shaken, and the unbalanced balance of war will let go of the remaining tweaks and reservations, and completely fall to the Yan army. To the First Prince.

Jin Shuke suddenly raised his hand,

road:

No, wait, wait, wait.

But the general...

Jin Shuke suddenly turned around and shouted at the soldier:

If you win, what's the difference between two days earlier and two days later?

Yes, my lord.

Indeed, if the battle is won and Wangjiang is broken through, the situation will be completely clear. For Shengle City, this news is nothing more than the difference between preparing for layoffs two days earlier and those two days later. How much difference can it make?

Follow me forward, you, you, you, each lead a team to spread out.

Yes, my lord.

Yes, my lord.

Jin Shuke personally led a team of people to Wangjiang. In fact, it was not that Jin Shuke couldn't afford to lose, but a kind of intuition, a deep intuition, that made him feel that there seemed to be something in all of this. There is an undercurrent surging.

Those who do well in the workplace can be roughly divided into three types of people, one is capable people, and the other is people who know how to behave.

For these two types of people, the former often looks at the latter with pride, while the latter often looks at the former with guilt and jealousy.

But there is another kind of people, that is, the kind of people who can be human and capable. This kind of people is very rare, but they do exist.

Jin Shuke is actually this kind of person. The Juggernaut recommended him not because he is purely flattering. With the status and force of the Juggernaut, he simply told Zheng Fan to support someone who can flatter him comfortably. , he really couldn't do it.

It's because after getting along for a period of time, the Juggernaut discovered that this barbarian is broad on the outside and thin on the inside.

It would be a pity if it was buried.

But right now, Jin Shu really has a feeling of uneasiness. This kind of uneasiness is caused by putting aside the development of Shengle City, but the uneasiness caused by substituting himself into the Yan army in front of him.

But Jin Shu is not sure where it came from, because no matter how you calculate it, on the basis of the obvious strength gap between the two sides, it is almost impossible to rely on conspiracy to make a comeback.

Hurry up, before sunset, Jin Shuke finally brought his men to the bank of the Wangjiang River. Ma, Jin Shuke and others gathered in that direction, but in Jin Shuke's view, the real main force of the left army may have passed.

Obviously the situation of the Yan army is very good, but Jin Shu is not depressed at all, instead, what is filled in his heart is a kind of panic that is getting more and more impatient.

This may be the sixth sense on the battlefield, and this sixth sense is often only possessed by the real famous generals born for the battlefield.

Suddenly,

Alchemy reined in the reins in his hand,

He turned his head slowly,

Looking towards the upper reaches of the Wangjiang River,

Yes,

upstream,

for a while,

Including Jin Shuke, all the Shengle knights around him were dumbfounded.

Why, how is it possible...

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This is not for breaking the chapters and showing off, but just to form a comprehensive perspective to fully unfold the plot, everyone, don't scold, Long continues to code words, don't panic!