A venomous winged cavalry carrying the Daibun flag … The officials and advisors in the hall were at a loss. For a moment, they couldn't associate the Daibun flag with the venomous tribe.
Huh? Winged cavalry?
In the next moment, everyone caught the main point and looked at Yang Gong in unison.
"Clear the weapons and let him in."
Yang Gong pondered for a moment and said unhurriedly.
The officials took the order and retreated. A quarter of an hour later, a guard from the administrative envoy's office brought two people into the hall.
Yang Gong, Li Mubai, and the advisors looked at the newcomers with scrutinizing eyes.
The one on the left was a person from the Southern Wilderness. He had dark skin, light blue eyes, and naturally curly hair. His clothes and explosive muscles made him look very wild.
But that pair of light blue eyes contained the light of wisdom.
He is indeed a Heart Voodoo Master … As the highest governor of a state, Yang Gong maintained his solemn dignity and looked at the soldier beside Ta Mo.
He was Xu Erlang's deputy general.
Gu Qi immediately understood the inquiring gaze of the administrative envoy. He cupped his fists and bowed.
"I'm Gu Qi, your excellency Xu's deputy general, Xu Xinnian."
He paused for a moment. Seeing Yang Gong nod, he continued.
"This is Ta Mo from the Heart Voodoo Division of the venomous tribe, the commander of the Flying Beast Army. He is the reinforcement invited by Xu Yinluo."
Li Mubai and the advisors swore that this sentence was the most pleasant and beautiful voice they had heard in the past ten years.
When did Xu Yinluo go to Nanjiang's venomous tribe again? And he even invited the Flying Beast Army of the venomous tribe?
In addition, how many flying beasts were there, where were they, and what was their combat ability? They had a series of questions to ask, but before Yang Gong opened his mouth, everyone restrained their impulses.
However, their hearts were secretly burning.
Yang Gong straightened his back a little, and he stared at Gu Qi.
"Why did the Flying Beast Army of the venomous tribe come with you?"
He asked the question that was on the minds of the advisors.
Gu Qi said,
"The warriors of the Heart Voodoo Division were ordered by Xu Yinluo to come to Songshan County to help the garrison force repel the enemy."
As he spoke, he took out a letter from his pocket.
"With your excellency Xu's handwritten letter as proof."
The official stepped forward to take the letter and respectfully handed it to Yang Gong. After Yang Gong finished reading, he nodded at the aides who were staring at him.
Songshan County was saved …
It was another flattering sentence. All the advisors were pleasantly surprised. They looked at each other and conveyed their excitement and joy.
At this moment, Gu Qi's words made everyone feel elated.
"This is Xu Yinluo's personal letter. He asked me to pass it to Minister Yang after I arrived at Qingzhou."
This time, Yang Gong directly raised his hand and grabbed the letter from afar. He couldn't wait to open it.
Unlike the neat and elegant handwriting of Xu Xinnian, Xu Ningyan's handwriting was distorted and ugly. The handwriting seemed to be forcibly pieced together from strokes.
That's right, it's Ning Yan's handwriting … Yang Gong believed it immediately and no longer had any doubts.
It wasn't that Xu Ningyan's handwriting couldn't be imitated, but Xu Ningyan's calligraphy was extremely rare. In today's Jiuzhou, except for the Yunlu Academy and the capital's Xu Residence, Xu Ningyan's handwriting could hardly be seen.
Xu Ningyan was a person who valued his reputation, so he cherished his calligraphy and would never let it leak out.
So even if someone wanted to imitate it, there was no sample to provide.
Yang Gong continued to read. The first half was Xu Ningyan's description of how he battled with the Confucian scholars in the southern border, using his unparalleled eloquence to convince the Gu Tribe, using his noble sentiments to influence the Gu Tribe, finally making the Gu Tribe bury the hatchet and send troops to the north to support Great Feng.
Yang Gong believed that he might be eloquent, but his moral character had to be questioned.
Further down, it was the number of troops sent by each division.
"Heart Gu Division's flying beast cavalry, five hundred …"
When he saw the first line, Yang Gong was stunned.
He suspected that Xu Ningyan had written wrongly. During the Shanhai Pass battle, Daibun's flying beast army only numbered one thousand and five hundred.
After the Shanhai Pass battle, within a few years, the imperial court disbanded half of the flying beast army and sold a large number of red-tailed eagles.
Why? Because they couldn't afford it.
If the heavy cavalry ate silver, then the flying beast army ate gold.
What did five hundred flying beast army mean? It probably accounted for half of the flying beast army of the Heart Gu Division.
Continuing to read, there were four hundred soldiers of the Power Gu Division, six hundred corpse controllers of the Corpse Gu Division, eight hundred elites of the Dark Shadow Division, and five hundred flying beast army …
Yang Gong's heart sank. He was pleasantly surprised and worried. He was surprised because these elite warriors of the Gu Clan could undoubtedly alleviate the current decline of the Qingzhou army.
He was worried because the Gu Clan had given too much, and what they wanted was not small. Minister Yang was worried that Xu Qi 'an would carelessly promise something that the imperial court could not accept.
He frowned and looked at the end of the letter, which was the promise that Xu Ningyan had made to the Gu Clan.
This … Yang Gong once again suspected that Xu Ningyan had written wrongly.
Just now, he felt that there were too many flying beast army, but now he felt that the price was too small.
Too cheap …
Unknowingly, Yang Gong's back became straighter and straighter. He still maintained his dignified and rigid expression, but his eyes had become exceptionally bright.
He put away the book without batting an eyelid and stared at Tamor.
"Has the leader of the Heart Gu Division seen the contents of the letter?"
Ta Mo did not understand why he asked this, but after thinking about it, he understood and nodded calmly.
"Minister Yang, rest assured. The contents of the letter are accurate."
The intelligence of the Heart Gu Masters was generally above average. This was also the reason why Xu Qi 'an had given them the letter.
If it was someone from the Power Gu Division, they would probably respond like this:
"How would I know!"
Or they would only say: "Me too!"
Ta Mo continued.
"I hope that Minister Yang will write to the imperial court as soon as possible and confirm this matter."
Yang Gong nodded.
"I understand. Commander Ta Mo has come from afar and must be tired from the journey. I will arrange for you to rest first, and we will have a banquet in the evening."
Yang Gong let out a sigh of relief after getting someone to take Tamo away to arrange a place for him to stay. He cast his gaze at the advisors around the table.
And these advisors, who were proficient in various fields and well-read, could not wait any longer.
"What does Ning Yan's letter say? How many flying beasts are there?"
Li Mubai asked on behalf of everyone.
Yang Gong revealed a smile. "Five hundred."
"Five hundred?!"
Exclamations sounded at the table. The busy officials in the distance also stopped what they were doing and looked over in astonishment.
"Let me see."
Li Mubai stretched out his hand and said in a deep voice: "Come!"
The letter in Yang Gong's hand suddenly disappeared and appeared in Li Mubai's hand. He opened the letter and read it. As he read, his breathing became slightly rapid. The hand holding the letter also trembled slightly, but it soon calmed down.
The letter was circulated among the advisors. Pairs of hands holding the letter were trembling, and their faces were filled with excitement.
The arrival of the elites of the Gu Race was like a timely rain for Qingzhou.
It watered the dry battlefield.
"With just this price, he managed to invite so many elites of the Gu Race. Xu Yinluo's noble sentiments can even move the Gu Race."
An advisor stroked his beard and praised.
Naive … Li Mubai and Yang Gong glanced at him.
The latter said slowly, "Maybe there is a price that we don't know about. Ning Yan will pay it himself."
The atmosphere at the table eased up. The advisors sighed and laughed.
"I don't know when Xu Yinluo will finish dealing with the Southern Border. If he can come to Qingzhou, the rebel army will be destroyed."
"Although he is not on the battlefield, he still cares about Qingzhou, isn't he?"
Speaking of the Warrior, whose reputation was like the sun in the sky, even if they were all scholars, there was only reverence in their hearts. It should be known that scholars looked down on the vulgar Warrior the most.
"Looking at it now, we still have to thank Duke Wei. He allowed Daibun's National Pillar to continue and did not collapse because of his sacrifice."
Daibun did not have Wei Yuan, but with Xu Qi 'an, the inheritance was still not extinguished.
Li Mubai frowned and snorted.
"Ning Yan deserves to be my student. His skill of cooperation and coordination has reached the acme of perfection. My many years of teaching are not in vain."
Xu Ningyan was his student in name.
Yang Gong looked at his good friend expressionlessly and said, "Yes, I am also very satisfied with Xu Ningyan.
"That's right. I'm also very satisfied with Xu Ningyan's student. He didn't disgrace me for teaching him all these years."
The two scholars from Yunlu Academy exchanged glances, and it seemed like sparks were colliding in the air.
Two days later, ten miles away from Wan County, in the headquarters of the Yunzhou Army.
Eight giant crimson birds flew over from the sky. They flew over the tents and landed on the northwest side of the military camp.
Eight giant scarlet birds flew over from the horizon. They flew past the tents and landed on the northwest side of the camp.
At this moment, Qi Guangbo was working with the strategists and the commanders of the various camps on the sand table.
"With our military strength, we can take over Wan County within ten days. However, Great Scholar Zhang Shen is in charge of Wan County. This person specializes in the art of war and cannot be underestimated. Ge Wenxuan looked at the sand table and analyzed.
Seeing that the generals around him frowned and did not take it seriously, he said in a low voice,
"As I said before, the most important thing to conquer Qingzhou is stability, not speed.
"As I've said before, the most important thing in attacking the Azure Province is stability, not speed. By the time we reach the capital, there will not be many elite troops left. "Therefore, the best way to deal with Wan County is to surround it and slowly exhaust it.
"Therefore, the best way to deal with Wan County is to surround them and not attack them. If the Qing Province Army comes to support us, we'll eat them. A square-faced general shook his head.
"The premise is that we can take Songshan County.
Only by taking Songshan County and Dongling can we force the Qingzhou army to do their best to stabilize Wan County. "Otherwise, they can use Songshan County as a stronghold and send troops to meet up with the garrison in Dongling. They can then take down Ji Xuan's troops.
"Otherwise, they could have used Songshan District as a stronghold and sent troops to join up with Dongling's garrison to destroy Ji Xuan's troops. In this way, Wan County has become a stumbling block for our main force. "
The commander-in-chief of the three armies, Qi Guangbo, finally spoke.
"Did Zhuo Haoran send back any information?"
A few days ago, Zhuo Haoran had sent back an urgent report. The six thousand elite troops in Songshan County had encountered resistance from the defenders and were requesting reinforcements.
Qi Guangbo had sent forty Vermilion Bird soldiers to reinforce them as quickly as possible.
Songshan County should have been conquered by now.
"This Xu Xinnian has surprised me. Although Zhuo Haoran is not good at sieging cities, the six thousand elite soldiers under him are good at fighting. It is not easy for a young man in his twenties to do this."
Qi Guangbo smiled. "He is a talented general."
As he spoke, the sound of running footsteps stopped outside the tent. Qi Guangbo looked out of the open tent and saw a soldier approaching from afar. He said, "What are you waiting for?
"What is it?"
The soldier reported loudly.
"The Vermilion Bird soldiers have returned to the camp. They brought back information that the six thousand elite troops sent to Songshan County have been wiped out. Zhuo Haoran has fled and is nowhere to be found. Only eight of the forty Vermilion Bird soldiers have returned. "
As he spoke, he flipped open the report.
Inside the tent, the expressions of the generals changed.
Qi Guangbo narrowed his eyes and his expression became solemn. He strode forward, took the report from the soldier and opened it.
"Great General?"
Ge Wenxuan called out in a low voice.
Qi Guangbo expressionlessly handed over the information in his hand.
Ge Wenxuan was silent after reading it.
The report spread among the generals of the various camps. In the silence, someone finally could not hold back and said through gritted teeth.
"The voodoo tribe has formed an alliance with Daibun."
When Ge Wenxuan returned to the camp and informed everyone that the alliance with the voodoo tribe had failed, the higher-ups of the Yunzhou Army had a bad feeling.
The generals looked at Qi Guangbo.
The supreme commander of the Yunzhou Army was silent for a long time. Then, he scoffed.
"Interesting."
Back then, when he first joined the army, he said those two words. Xu Pingfeng was still talking about the same thing when he was deducing with the sand table.
…
Dongling. The southern gate had collapsed into ruins.
At first, the Daibun army and the Yunzhou Army fought in the streets in the city. The flames of war burned every inch of land in the city.
After six days of fighting, the population of the city was reduced by half.
Some people escaped from Dongling, some were forcibly recruited by the Yunzhou Army or the Daibun army, and some died in the flames of war.
Then, the Daibun army withdrew from Chedongling and fought with the Yunzhou Army.
The flames of war in the city subsided, but what followed was the looting of the Yunzhou Army. The money, food, and beautiful women of the people were all taken away.
In a well-preserved small courtyard, Xu Pingfeng coughed with a pale face. Blood seeped out of his palms.
Galo Tree Bodhisattva sat cross-legged on a cushion. The temperature in the small courtyard was as hot as midsummer because of his existence.
"I haven't suffered such a serious injury in many years. Teacher is still teacher."
Even though he was seriously injured, Xu Pingfeng's eyes were smiling.
He glanced at Galo Tree and said, "But even teacher couldn't hurt you."
Galo Tree closed his eyes and meditated.
"The Initial Supervisor didn't hurt me either. I haven't been injured for five hundred years except when I was almost killed by Shen Shu during the destruction of the Demon Kingdom.
"The Gu Tribe seems to have joined the war."
Xu Pingfeng shook his head casually.
"It's not a big deal. The alliance with the Gu Tribe is just a cover. The purpose is to send the incarnation of the White Emperor to meet the Gu God. As for my eldest son, he can do whatever he wants. When he reaches Fusing Dao, he will be qualified to be my opponent.
"Alas, after so many years, I have finally solved a puzzle in my heart."
Galo Tree opened his eyes and stared at him.
"What is it?"
Xu Pingfeng smiled and said, "I think I know who the gatekeeper is."
