Lan Ke Qi Yuan Chapter 659: Have such character

Taoist Qingsong’s fortune-telling is indeed the kind of person who doesn’t express his displeasure, but in fact he also knows that everything he calculates cannot be a good thing. Life has ups and downs, so how can everything go as planned, especially some words, even Qingsong Over the years, the Taoist has occasionally expressed himself in a more embellished way, but he is still very cruel, so he has always been prepared to be scolded or even beaten. However, Du Changsheng did not lose his temper in the end, which made Taoist Qingsong feel bad about him. Du Changsheng looked even higher.

Taoist Qingsong felt a sense of accomplishment considering that Du Changsheng, with his special status and vague appearance, was able to figure out destiny entanglements through divination.

So while Du Changsheng was sulking alone in the school grounds to calm down, Taoist Qingsong felt refreshed and contentedly returned to the tent assigned to him to rest. As for the war issue, Dazhen was now on the defensive side. It is not advisable to move too much, the general will make arrangements for you.

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Qizhou is relatively cold in winter. On New Year's Eve, heavy snow fell all over Qizhou in the north. Before nightfall, the falling snow had covered most of the places where it could fall.

On the Qilinguan city wall built at the mountain pass, Yin Zhong was inspecting the defenses. It had been cold these days and the New Year was approaching, so both warring parties intended to reduce their activities.

Yin Zhong walked through the city, and many sergeants saluted him along the way.

"General!" "General!"

Every familiar or unfamiliar soldier saluted and greeted them, and Yin Zhong nodded to them one by one. Seeing that many of them had cold hands and red faces, he couldn't help but ask the captain next to him.

"Are there enough warm clothes?"

"Returning to the general, it is very cold after the winter in Qizhou. The cold-proof materials are the most important thing in the army. The rear has already supervised the completion and delivery. Every sergeant has internal and external cold-proof clothing, as well as his own raincoat and firewood. Charcoal and other supplies are also available.”

Yin Zhong nodded and looked outside Qilin Pass. Whether it was forest vegetation or wild plains, they were all covered in a layer of snow-white color.

"General, our army has complete supplies, but our hands and feet are trembling with cold. The country of the Zuyue traitors is in turmoil. Even if the rear is forcibly unified due to the war, the supplies will inevitably be insufficient..."

Yin Zhong raised his hand to indicate that he didn't need to say any more, shook his head and said.

"According to Tan Ma's report, the enemy's current size is already said to be one million. Excluding exaggerations and auxiliary soldiers, the number of soldiers who can fight is by no means a small number. With so many people, nothing can be done in a day like this. If we do this, the people of Qizhou, who have already been plundered by bandits and soldiers, may suffer again..."

Although Yin Zhong is now a military general, he was born in the Yin family after all. His vision is not comparable to that of an ordinary young soldier who just joined the army. He is also familiar with the situation of the Zuyue Kingdom and the habits of hostile soldiers. If the recruits in Dazhen's army who had just left the training camp were all well-disciplined and well-trained soldiers, then Zuyue would be a group of ferocious soldiers full of wolfish and banditry, and seven out of ten might be **.

The Zuyue army itself lacks supplies and either competes with each other or robs the people of Qizhou. It is not only Yin Zhong who knows what will happen, but also many knowledgeable people.

The facts are similar to what Yin Zhong thought. The Zuyue Army formed a camp with a scale of 30,000 to 50,000 people. In the area of ​​Qizhou outside Qilin Pass, the total area of ​​the camp alone stretches for more than 300 miles. It is far away from Zuyue. The towns and even villages in Qizhou, which were slightly closer to where the army camped, suffered great disasters.

Especially in some villages and towns, it is better in big cities. After all, the Zuyue Kingdom is now dreaming of expanding its territory and will not be too decisive, and those villages and towns are completely lambs to be slaughtered.

Jianqiu Mansion north of Qilinguan is the main garrison point of one of the main forces of the Zuyue Army. On the day of the New Year's Eve, a general in the army said that the soldiers should have a good New Year, and took advantage of the situation to relax Due to the recent restrictions, many eager Zuyue soldiers rushed to nearby counties and villages.

This year is bad luck for the people of Qizhou. Normally, they don’t dare to go out and buy too much. But today is New Year’s Eve. You don’t have to buy firecrackers. You must have a decent reunion dinner. To prepare, it is best to find a scholar you know well to write a Spring Festival couplet or something. Some people also want to go to temples and other places to pray, praying that the traitors will not come, and that King Dazhen's army will defeat the traitors as soon as possible.

The original county captains and most of the county officials and soldiers in Zhuluo County had already died when the Zuyue army attacked. Now the county is undefended, and order is maintained by The prestige of the county magistrate, the few remaining government officials, and the consciousness of the people.

There are several vegetable farmers at the gate of the city carrying baskets and they are about to enter the city. During this period, no one dares to go out. Today, on New Year's Eve, some people can't help but want to do business, selling some stored radishes and other vegetables. They want to exchange Order some meat and go home.

Before the farmers entered the city, they suddenly heard a noise from behind. They looked back and looked into the distance and were confused for a while. Then a look of horror gradually appeared on their faces. It was the dust raised by the army.

"Thieves, thieves, here they come again!"

"Run, run!" "Hey, don't go out. If we walk like this in the open area, we will be shot to death by the bandit soldiers!"

"Let's go into the city, hurry up!"

Several farmers rushed towards the city with carrying poles. Some simply didn't want baskets and cabbage, so they just took out poles and ran as fast as they could. Several people shouted when they entered the city.

"The thieves are coming~~~The thieves are coming again~~~~~"

"Huh?" "Daddy!"

"The thieves are coming?" "Hurry up, go home quickly!"

"Run quickly, the thieves are here again!"

"Ah..." "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

The people in the city were in a panic, with horrified shouts and children's cries intertwined. The crowds fled in all directions like headless flies. Some people ran directly to their homes, while others were a little confused and went to what seemed to be a secluded and remote place. The place rushed, and there were also children who were separated from their adults and just cried in place.

With a "bang", a child was knocked down by someone who was panicking and fell directly into the door of a shop next to the street. The shop owner over there was locking the door, but the man who knocked down the child just looked back at the child. , still ran away.

"Woo...wu...wuwu...mother, mother..."

A farmer with a gray beard saw the child and rushed over to help him up.

"Oh, whose child is it? Where are the adults? Where are the adults? My child, where are your parents? Don't keep crying, stop crying! Ouch!"

The old farmer couldn't care less, so he took the child's hand and ran deep into the city. But more than ten seconds after they left, a woman with a pale face ran into the chaotic street and shouted to her child, Then he was taken away by the people around him and fled to other places.

Situations like this are not rare. They are just a microcosm of the chaotic scenes in the county. People instinctively realize that disaster is approaching.

"Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap..." "Tap-tap-tap-tap..."

The sound of horse hooves and chaotic footsteps finally spread to the gate of the county town. The gate was half closed. I don’t know who was planning to close the gate just now. Halfway through, they gave up their escape. The streets at the entrance of the city looked empty at the moment. There were only a few bamboo baskets rolling on the street in the cold wind, and there was no sound in the city. If the Zuyue soldiers hadn't heard the noisy and panicked shouts in the city just now, they might have thought it was an empty city.

A middle-aged man wearing an official robe, a square-topped black gauze hat, and a sword slung around his waist, walked step by step from the end of the street, his steps steady, his face calm but angry.

The sergeant leading the Zuyue soldiers rushed into the city with his troops. When he saw the man in front of him walking from a distance, he narrowed his eyes and raised his hand. Even if the soldiers at the rear were agitated, they had to gradually stop. They had not started to fight yet, but they were still restrained and would not blatantly disobey the advance orders.

The man in official robe faced the cold wind and walked step by step in front of the officer's horse, raised his hands and gave a slight salute.

"I am the magistrate of Zhuluo County. Your army has already promised that Zhuluo County will be safe. The general has mobilized troops to come here today. Is it possible that he wants to break the contract?"

The one on top of the army horse was just a captain, but he liked to hear others call him general. At this moment, he said with a smile.

"Oh? Lord County Magistrate, since we have made an agreement a long time ago, we will naturally abide by it... However, doesn't it mean that no one is allowed to have a weapon? What is the magistrate wearing on his waist?"

After hearing the captain saying that he would keep his promise, there was a commotion among the soldiers in the rear. The captain turned his head and glanced to the rear, and the commotion subsided.

The county magistrate looked seriously.

"The scholar's sword is just an accessory. Since the general said he would keep his promise, I still ask the general to leave with his troops. If you have any difficulties, please find another way to discuss with me, and I will do my best to help."

"Well, that's no problem. Oh, by the way, I dare to ask the county magistrate, who told you that Paul Zhu County would be safe?"

"General Wang Chenghu in your army."

The captain nodded, smiled again, and looked back at the soldiers behind him.

"Brothers, who is General Wang Chenghu? I haven't heard of it at Shuyuan www.zhaoｓhuyuａan.com. Have you heard of it?"

"No~~~" "No, hahahaha..."

"Hahahahaha..."

The captain turned his head and smiled.

"Since there is no such person, the agreement will naturally not count, hahahaha..."

The county magistrate looked fierce and angry, pointed at the captain on the military horse and shouted angrily.

"You and other rats will not die well! When my Master Dazhen Wang comes to kill you, I will definitely kill you and others Ling Chi——"

"铮~"

Before he finished speaking, the county magistrate had already drawn his sword and slashed directly at the school captain. He had no intention of living here.

"Woo~~" "Dang~"

With one move of his horse gun, the captain easily blocked the sword swung by the county magistrate, and then sent the gun forward.

With a "poof~" sound, it stabbed into the county magistrate's chest and lifted it up.

"Master Dazhen Wang? It seems like you are just weak and weak."

"Brothers, if you can carry it, just wait and do it!"

As the captain spoke, he swung his spear and threw the county magistrate to the side of the street, then rode his horse towards the city. The surrounding soldiers shouted in excitement and rushed towards all parts of the city.

"Cough...cough...thief...bandit..."

The county magistrate clutched the hilt of the sword tightly, and while cursing angrily, he opened his eyes and died.

An officer wearing armor and two soldiers walked up to the magistrate. He looked at the magistrate with bulging eyes seriously, and then looked at the sword that the other party was holding tightly.

The officer bent down, stretched out his hand to close the magistrate's eyes, and said in a low voice.

"A scholar and county magistrate has such character..."