Sha Po Lang

Daliang and the western armies confronted each other for a long time on the front lines, and neither side was willing to back down. They fought countless battles, and the overall calculation was basically evenly matched, and no one could do anything to the other.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, a group of Liang Haijiao battleships set off in the early morning and left the port without anyone noticing. When the supplies were already tense, they once again separated part of the troops and went quietly along the river. .

At that time the dawn had not yet risen, Shen Yi said to Gu Yun in the darkness: "It's too risky for you to do this."

Gu Yun ignored it, but said irrelevantly: "In the morning, ask someone to cook a bowl of noodles for me, and I need to crack an egg."

Shen Yi was dizzy in a hurry, he was baffled by what he heard, and it took him a long time to remember what day it was, and he muttered: "You are quite leisurely."

He whispered a few words to the soldiers next to him, and then continued to chatter persistently: "Didn't you say that you should at least wait for the railway line to be repaired? If the Ziliujin special line is really opened, then our chances of winning It's much bigger, if you do it now, if there is a slight problem with the cooperation between the two sides, then... this is too risky!"

"Seeking wealth in danger," Gu Yun said without changing his expression, "I am a man in his prime, why should I be as cautious as the old man opposite?"

Hearing that he didn't speak human words, Shen Yi said angrily: "Gu Zixi!"

Gu Yun sighed, and glanced in the north direction, his eyesight at this moment was no longer able to penetrate thousands of mountains and rivers.

"Ji Ping," Gu Yun said in a low voice, "If the capital had been smooth, we would have already surrendered without a fight. If you say this battle is too risky, let them drag it on until the court Middle life becomes more adventurous?"

Shen Yi was stunned, speechless, he was the general in charge of one side, he only needed to arrange troops, he didn't have to think about the layout of the four realms, and he didn't have to worry about whether there would be military disasters in the 50 years before and after Liang.

"This time, no matter what, we have to go to the city before the Lord Peace faction speaks. Once we give them a chance to speak, I don't know how long they will be dragged. In three to five years, otherwise, the heavenly nobles in the northern capital will gradually heal their scars and forget about the pain, and when our generation dies, future generations will think that the southern half of the country was born to be governed by the so-called mutual governance," Gu Yun glanced at Shen Yi glanced at it and said, "It's worth taking a risk. I will leave you the Black Iron Tiger Talisman at that time. Just in case... you can quickly gather the remaining troops. When you come, don't panic. Immediately dispatch the Black Iron Battalion temporarily. Support, Westerners are at most capable of water, and there is nothing to fear on land, we still have room for maneuver.”

Shen Yi's brows were about to wrinkle.

At this time, the cooking soldiers brought the cooked noodles, and the people who made the noodles made it very carefully for the small stove of the general. The longevity noodles are one by one, even in thickness, the eggs are cooked and tender just right, and the soup is soup meat. It is meat, and there are thin shreds of bamboo shoots soaked in broth floating in it.

Gu Yun took it and ate two chopsticks, and suddenly asked: "Why are there no green leaves?"

Shen Yiqi said: "Didn't you not eat?"

"When did I say I don't want to eat..." Gu Yun muttered, took a few mouthfuls casually, but still felt that there was something missing in this bowl of noodles, he thought about it for a while, and suddenly realized.

It turns out that the so-called birthdays and festivals are actually just caused by people. There is such a person who is willing to hold a small "ceremony" for him on such a day, which is a different way to express "I put you in my heart".

The taste in it is actually hidden in the sentence under the noodle soup, rather than these few mouthfuls of neither salty nor bland food.

Five days later, Gu Yun officially received the list from the foreign affairs group. He only glanced at it, and then he handed it to Shen Yi, and lightly ordered: "You see, I can only prepare to do it."

Shen Yi had no choice but to obey.

"Just in case, Ji Ping, I want to tell you a few words - if something really happens, you can take my place in the central army, and you can fight foreigners on the ground, but remember not to go into the water, you fight in the water He has too little experience, so he is no match for that old guy." Gu Yun said, and took out four written letters from the account, "If there are generally no mistakes, send the first battle report to the capital. If something really happened, then send a second letter and ask the Military Aircraft Department to fully cooperate with the remedy, and don’t forget to attach an apology letter, stamped with the Black Iron Tiger Talisman, and I will bear the responsibility alone... The latter two are private letters, and the third Send the letter to Chang Geng first, keep him safe, and when the situation calms down, if you have a chance, you can send the fourth letter to him."

Shen Yi said angrily, "Are you going to tell me about the funeral?"

"Is this commander guilty because of a few Western monkeys telling the funeral?" Gu Yun raised his eyebrows nonchalantly and said, "I am thoughtful, and I will write it again when I can save time. The military order is like a mountain, don't talk nonsense with me here, Go to work!"

On the second night, without warning, the Daliang navy launched an attack and invaded the positions of the Western Army with great fanfare. The two sides were almost familiar with each other, and they were extremely jealous when they met.Although the Western Army was unexpected, it still quickly organized a counterattack. As soon as it started, it felt that the large number of navy troops this time was particularly fierce.

Mr. Ya directly put a coat on the outside of his nightgown, and he couldn't figure out what made Gu Yun suddenly want to break the already stalemate frontline situation. According to the information they got now, there shouldn't be such an opportunity in Daliang.

This time Gu Yun even skipped the routine probing process, as if he didn't care about the enemy's storage and distribution situation at all, he directly loaded the heavy artillery, and the "Sea Squid" shot out like raindrops, the Western main ship was caught off guard several times, just repaired His side oar sank again, almost paralyzed.

The Western main ship was in chaos for a while.

"Don't panic, don't panic!" Mr. Ya pulled a copper roar, "Stand by! The short dragons immediately gather and stop them...Your Majesty!"

The Pope walked out slowly, came to the deck and looked out through the clairvoyance.

"Calm down." He whispered.

The aged leader seemed to have the power to soothe people's hearts. With a soft word, the messy crew and guards all fell silent, waiting for him to give orders.

"The size of the opponent's vanguard ship is only a little more than half of the usual size. It's not Gu Yun's style to charge so hard," the Pope whispered, "Why?"

Mr. Ya barely suppressed his emotions: "Liang people are too crazy. I don't think they are charging, but rather like the last fish to die."

The pope shook his head while asking the orderly to adjust the formation of the escort fleet: "This is illogical."

Mr. Ya frowned and thought for a long time, then suddenly said: "That's right! I remember that His Majesty received a message a few days ago that a foreign affairs team from the enemy camp was about to arrive at the front line. Could it be related to that?"

Pope: "You mean, there is a rift in Liang's internal affairs, and someone wants to compromise to end this war?"

"There is evidence to support it," Mr. Ya said quickly, "You think, we once estimated the time when the Daliang train will be completed and open to traffic. His Majesty also said at that time that we would be very passive after the completion of their entire line. Didn't we design a few Is there a plan to destroy the line? But according to our calculations, the railway line should have been completed before the end of last year anyway, and may even have started trial operation, but they have not made any movement so far, indicating that it is indeed an internal problem. problem!"

The Pope clasped his hands in front of his chest, rubbing his chin slightly with one finger. At this moment, Gu Yun's striker had already pierced through the defense line of a Western battleship like a sharp knife, coming through the waves with a murderous aura.

The Western Guard surrounded the main ship into a solid ball, and the stored Eagle Armor flew out from the main ship, raining attacks from above.

"If it was me," Mr. Ya said self-consciously, "I would retreat the main ship, quickly create an encirclement circle, draw this forward into it, outflank and annihilate them. Their fierce artillery fire will definitely not last long. If you cut off contact behind you, you will die here!"

The Pope asked quietly: "Do you think Gu Yun would make such a low-level mistake?"

Mr. Ya: "..."

"Before you go to the battlefield, the most important thing you have to do is to understand your opponent—give orders, shrink your wings, focus on defense, move to the southeast, and immediately call for reinforcements." The pope gave orders in an orderly manner while addressing Mr. Ya said, "If you have really carefully studied the classic cases of Gu's suppression of the rebellion in the East China Sea and the capture of bandits in the Southwest, and seriously reflected on the few times we fought him in the north, you should treat Gu Yun I have a rough understanding that when the resources in his hands are really at a disadvantage, not only will he not let you see it, but he will seamlessly pull the purged Black Iron Camp to you, making you terrified when you see it ...their Liang people call this 'the imaginary is the real, the real is the imaginary'."

Mr. Ya didn't think so, but he didn't dare to object, so he could only follow the Pope's voice and say, "Yes, Your Majesty."

"Look, this is just a bait." The Pope smiled. "We are a little patient, drag his hook and run a little farther, and soon we can really see the chips in his hand."

At this moment, the messenger came to report: "Your Majesty, the fleets of the First, Second, and Third Armies are not in Hong Kong, and are on a 'far sea mission'. Look..."

The "Far Sea Mission" is dedicated to escorting and picking up the Holy Land supplies ship.

The Pope said without turning his head: "They should have not gone far, and they should be called back immediately. The 'Far Sea' route is very safe. There is no need for three fleets to escort that little supply. To deal with my dear old enemy, we must have respect and sincerity."

"Yes!"

"Go back! Fold your wings!"

"The escort fleet adjusts to the southeast, pay attention to the speed—"

"Eagle! Temporarily withdraw. All the defensive steel plates of the main ship fell, and the drainage was activated—"

The entire Western Fleet quickly gathered into a compact behemoth, and the material escort fleet that had just left the port quickly returned, staring at the rampant Daliang Navy in front of it, forming a thick defense.

Every time it was Gu Yun walking the Westerners, but this time the situation changed suddenly, and it became the Westerners walking around with the big beam striker in heavy defense, looking for a place to bite.

Two quarters later, Daliang's mad dog forward army finally slowed down, obviously exhausted.

Pope: "Look, Jacques."

After he had finished speaking, he saw a large number of support and supply fleets descending from three directions, Daliang finally couldn't hide his trump card, and showed his ferocious fangs in the night.

Mr. Ya was taken aback—if he did what he said just now and immediately encircled and killed Liang Ren's forward, then the two sides of our side, which lacked three fleets, would be stretched and weakened by the enemy, and easily pierced and torn by Liang Ren who was ambushing him. crack!

"As I said," the Pope gave him a slightly reproachful look, "you'll only know where your real chances are when you know your enemy—all fleets ready to fight back! Give them A blow to the head!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the artillery fire of the Westerners was pushed out like a tsunami, and the main force of the Daliang Three Routes had suffered heavy losses as soon as they met each other. They didn't even have time to fight back, and the frontmost sea dragon battleships were already sunk one after another. .

At a glance, the effective supply this time almost wiped out nearly a quarter of the main force of the Daliang Navy's main force.

The Western Navy fleet is boiling, since the day when Gu Yun took charge of Liangjiang, they have never gotten such a big deal from him!

However, Gu Yun himself was not as angry and overwhelmed as he imagined.

At this moment, Gu Yun, on board an inconspicuous medium-sized sea dragon in the Daliang Navy, just watched his large number of "battleships" being sunk, and said to the guard beside him without blinking an eyelid: "You Look, what am I talking about? Knowing yourself and your enemy, that old guy can prepare for a war for more than ten years, probably because he has studied me very hard."

If it was daytime, it would be easier for Westerners to discover the special features of those sunk ships.

The boats are all empty, more like another form of "sea squid".

This is still the bad idea of ​​the gang of the Lingshu Institute - to gather the scrapped warships on the front line, and then imitate the power system of the sea squid, and empty the entire ship. This kind of superficial warship is very light and uses very little power. It can make it slide on the water for a long distance automatically. Although it is useless, it is a powerful weapon to scare people.

Gu Yun sent a part of the navy in his hands, and if he really went directly to the battlefield, he would be suspicious by foreigners, so he simply used this method to feint.

"It would be even better if they could be dazzled by the momentary victory," Gu Yun sat on the side with his legs crossed, "Stay away, remember, our task today is to hold back the enemy."

The soldier licked his lips: "Marshal, can 'over there' catch up?"

"I don't dare to say, if I can't catch up, I will be exhausted," Gu Yun laughed softly, "Pay attention to maneuvering."

On the Western main ship, Mr. Ya was really overjoyed and dizzy, but unfortunately there was His Majesty the Pope next to him, so he didn't dare to get too carried away.

And he soon discovered that the Daliang navy with a disadvantaged division was not so easy to deal with. After Liang's troops stumbled, they quickly made adjustments, and Gu Yun's hob-like combat style advanced again, making Western The people were overwhelmed, and turned this annihilation battle that was supposed to be more hits and fewer to an almost evenly matched situation.

The main forces of the two armies have been entangled from midnight to the next morning——

When the first ray of sunlight pierced the sea, the battlefield pattern of chaotic fighting in the dark was suddenly exposed to the sunlight.

On the main ship of Daliang, the soldiers hurriedly said: "Commander, there is no news over there, let's withdraw. If this continues, the position of the main ship will be exposed. We don't have their big iron monsters that can't sink no matter how bombed, you Don't risk yourself!"

Gu Yun reached out and stroked the frame of his glass mirror: "Be safe and don't be impatient."

And at this moment, the pope suddenly put the clairvoyance in Mr. Ya's hand: "That Wuyue ship! It must be the enemy's main ship, Gu Yun must be on it, take it!"

The intensive artillery fire was shifted following the Pope's order, and the main ship where Gu Yun was located was unavoidable for a while.

Soldier: "Master!"

In the nick of time, four or five short ships rushed out without Gu Yun's order, and blocked the front of the main ship with their own hulls, and then there was an explosion on the ground.

Gu Yun's side face suddenly tightened, at this moment, a sailor staggered in: "Commander, we can't stand it anymore!"

Gu Yun narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Big guy!"

"It's okay, don't panic...the back team has changed to the front team, walk them for a while," Gu Yun ordered in a low voice, "from..."

Before he could finish his sentence, suddenly, there was a chirping sound in the air, the sound was as sharp as an alarm whistle, even Gu Yun, who was half-deaf, heard it.

Gu Yun suddenly turned his head.

That was the signal given to him by Shen Yi, who was in charge of the chief dispatcher on the shore—the other side succeeded!

The soldiers froze for a moment, then jumped up: "Our eagle!"

Gu Yun: "Give me clairvoyance."

The soldier licked his chapped lips: "Marshal, we..."

"careful!"

"Boom"——

At this moment, a stray bullet passed through the gap of the frigate and hit the tail of the main ship of the main beam. The entire Haijiao battleship shook violently, and smoke, dust and sparks were everywhere.

In the hustle and bustle, a glass mirror flew out and shattered cleanly.

On the 24th day of the first lunar month, before the foreign affairs group, who couldn't keep up with the heat, even arrived at the front line, Li Feng had already been woken up in the middle of the night by the urgent battle report from the front line.

Signature of the Black Iron Tiger Talisman——Great victory on the front line!

Gu Yun's arrangement in the past six months has begun to take shape. He did not know when he sent people south to Nanyang, and secretly instigated a group of Nanyang Islands that were occupied by the Western Army, and ambushed a large part of the troops on the southwest border.

On the night of the 21st day of the first lunar month, the Daliang navy used part of its main force to surprise the enemy on the frontal battlefield, and took advantage of the cautiousness of the enemy generals to contain the enemy's strength. Annihilate the forces of foreigners entrenched here, and then immediately send troops to intercept the enemy's ocean-going supply line, and strangle the opponent's neck without anyone knowing it!

Who said that the mighty Liang navy can't fight the distant sea battle?

The battle report is very concise, only the results are mentioned, and the details and casualties are not repeated.

After this battle, the Western Army retreated to the sea area of ​​Dongying in embarrassment. The militiamen from all over the country took the opportunity to launch attacks on the enemy forces on the ground.

Li Fengjin jumped up and put on his clothes in the middle of the night to call a court meeting.

The bullshit foreign affairs group can beat foreigners back to their hometowns, and they won't take a single piece of dirt away.

The servants circled around him. Since Zhu Xiaojiao's death, the people around Li Feng had changed several times, but none of them liked him very well. The one serving him now is also an old man. He doesn't talk much, but he is quite clever: " Congratulations, Your Majesty, with Gu Shuai here, the recovery of Jiangnan is just around the corner!"

Li Feng smiled "haha", and said almost incoherently: "I finally don't have to worry about explaining to my ancestors, really."

Li Feng, who had been limping for a long time, almost ran out with the wind on his feet. Halfway, he was blown by the night wind in the morning. Emperor Long'an's feverish brain finally cooled down, and the joyful expression on his face also dimmed a little.

That's right, this battle has been won, and then what?

Many government orders implemented by the Military Aircraft Department are under the banner of "war first". Apart from moving out Dan Shu iron coupons every day to rely on the old and sell the old, the major families only want to stop the war.

If it was said that Li Feng was still a little hesitant about Zhanhehe before, Gu Yun's victory this time put a lot of chips on one of them, which made Li Feng's heart lean to one side.

"The aristocrats of these aristocratic families are getting more and more ambitious, and they can even interfere in a big war." The emperor thought silently, "What is the intention?"

Li Feng's footsteps paused, and he said to the servant without thinking: "My wet nurse, Mrs. Zhao, hasn't been in the palace for several years, do you still remember her?"

The servant didn't know, so he bowed his head and responded: "I heard that Mrs. Zhao has only one daughter under her knees now, and she is still working in the palace. She has recognized Mr. Fang San as her adopted son. She frequently handed over signs a while ago, presumably to beg for mercy."

Li Feng let out a "huh" and lowered his eyes halfway: "The prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. Back then, King Wei was still imprisoned, and he didn't see anyone stand up to say a word of justice. Why are the sons of these families more expensive than gold?" ?”

The servant heard a bit of killing intent, looked at Li Feng cautiously, and didn't dare to say anything for a moment.

The hot sweat on Li Feng's forehead was blown down by the cold wind, he covered his chest, coughed a few times in a low voice, the servant hurriedly put a piece of fox fur on his body.

The prince is seven years old and looks old. He is still smart, but his personality is too meek and weak, not quite like himself, but more like Yuanhe Xiandi. What was the situation like during the Yuanhe period?

Li Feng still remembers now—the first emperor always felt that his throne was not justly named, and he relied on this and that, and he couldn't even control the military power. Even though the Gu family had only half a child left, he still let him The deadly black iron tiger talisman was spread outside, and he had to ask this and that's opinion on every little matter, and he was always gentle and emotional, raising a lot of moths in the country, and almost wiped out the wealthy family left by Emperor Wu.

It took Li Feng ten years, but he still couldn't clean up the mess left by the late emperor.

In the past two years, Li Feng felt more and more powerless. He didn't want his son to fall into the same predicament as his father.

But in this situation, who should he trust?

Is the wild goose king?

King Yan said things like "not marrying a wife", "not having children", "willing to die for Shang Yang" and so on. There are many people in the world who speak better than these words. Those rebellious officials and thieves are still crying when the evidence is convincing With runny nose, he said that he was devoted to serving the country and the people. Although Li Feng could be moved by him for a while, it would always calm him down after a long time.

Li Feng is protecting Chang Geng right now because he has also seen the value of this reform. Yan Wang is right in one point, the system and rules are the most important. No matter what Yan Wang wants to change, this is full of holes The country is indeed developing for the better, and Li Feng hopes to use the hands of King Yan to completely wipe out the previous grievances, and leave a clean life for the prince in the future.

However, at the same time, it is absolutely impossible for him to hand over his weak son to this decisive younger brother. If he wants to follow the late emperor one day, then the first person he will take care of is King Yan, and the second is King Yan. Gu Yun.

"No, go back to the palace, call again tomorrow morning, wait for dawn, you let the prince come over." Li Feng suddenly ordered without thinking.

The servant was baffled, he didn't know why the emperor was silent for a while and then brought up the prince after he was still talking about the Zhao family.

"Also," Li Feng said again, "Where's the notebook I brought back? Show me."

The memorial was written by Xu Ling. Regarding the reform of Guozixue’s regulations, the idea is immature, even a little immature, but it doesn’t matter, it can be left to the Military Aircraft Department to coordinate and improve. The whole court is clamoring to kill people and behead their heads to severely punish the imperial examinations. Fraud, only a few scholars can remember the future.

If possible, Li Feng, like an ordinary father, hopes to protect his young son for a few more years and let him play with grass and insects in the harem as much as possible, but who knows what will happen in this era of turmoil?

In the early morning of the next day, the news of the great victory on the Liangjiang front line hit the head, and the forces of all parties had not had time to react to the sudden result.

For the first time, Li Feng took a clear stand and strongly implemented two new policies at the Dachao Conference: First, he agreed with the "Long'an New Deal" of the Military Aircraft Department to abolish beacon tickets and change the minting policy.

Second, in principle, agree with Xu Ling and others of the two courts to jointly request the reform of the articles of association of Guozixue. For the imperfections, the Military Aircraft Department takes the lead, and the Guozijian of the Ministry of Rites and the two courts jointly revise.

At the same time, Li Feng brought Jiang Chong and Lingshuyuan together in the main hall and reprimanded him. He demanded that the investigation of the fraud case in nine provinces be accelerated immediately. Immediately draw up a charter to open the steam railway line from the capital to the south of the Yangtze River. There must be no room for breathing for the Westerners, and this victory must not be wasted. They must win in one go.

When he was about to go to court, Li Feng announced his final decision-the 11-year-old prince was about to attend the court.