Compared to the back and forth battle in Hu County, the Wanzhou battlefront seemed dull and boring.
The person guarding the Wanzhou battlefront was Qiguan Rang, the commander was Fu Wang, and the troops he led were all elites. No matter what tricks Feng Jue used to lure and mislead them, the entire army adopted the safest strategy. It wasn't that Qiguan Rang didn't want to change from defense to offense, but he had Wanzhou behind him.
If Hu County fell, they would at most lose a year's harvest. Next year, they would have to tighten their belts. If Wanzhou was lost, then the battlefront would completely collapse.
Qiguan Rang knew this, so he didn't dare to slack off. He often deduced the enemy's tactics late into the night, so busy that he even forgot where to put the feather fan in his hand. Yes, that's right. The feather fan that Qiguan Rang never left his hand all year round had finally lost the favor of the main wife.
Suddenly hearing that Hu County had fallen, even Fu Wang, the commander, couldn't sit still. Qiguan Rang was still calm and unperturbed.
"Isn't the advisor worried at all?"
"Of course," Qiguan Rang said. "If all of Hu County falls into Huang Song's hands, not only will they get millions of dans of new grain, but the tens of thousands of elites under the lord's command will also be lost. However, if we lose Hu County, we still have a chance to win. If we lose Wanzhou, it'll be hard to turn things around. "
The land of Wanzhou was the culmination of seven years of his lord's hard work. Hu County's greatest value lay in its grain.
Qiguan Rang knew very well which of the two was more important.
Fu Wang let out a sigh after hearing this. He put away all his anxiety and nervousness. He seemed to have calmed down, but the aura around him was slightly terrifying.
As soon as Fu Wang thought of the local forces in Hu County rebelling against Huang Song, who had backstabbed them in their vitals, causing the defense line in Hu County to fall and the army to have to retreat to the Three Mountains Canyon, he was instantly enraged. He gritted his teeth and said, "If the people in Hu County hadn't …"
Qiguan Rang frowned and looked at a spot on the sand table. He clicked his tongue. "Maybe the lord would be happy to see this."
Fu Wang almost exploded in anger. How could the lord be happy to see betrayal?
"The lord seized the opportunity to clean up Chongzhou, but Hu County is not easy to deal with." Qiguan Rang's eyes were cold as he said meaningfully, "Now that someone is courting death, of course, she doesn't mind them being bolder. If they know their place, who would the lord kill? "
Fu Wang furrowed his brows. He had a feeling that Qiguan Rang was implying something.
Although the general looked burly and honest on the surface, as if the general was all brawn and no brains, in reality, that was not the case.
The scheming on the battlefield was no less than the fighting in the imperial court.
A commander capable of commanding hundreds of thousands of soldiers in battle would not be a simple-minded person.
Fu Wang probed, "Why do you say so? Could it be that my lord already had the intention to get rid of those people? "
If that was the case, Fu Wang was even more puzzled.
Other than the stab this time, the forces in Hu Commandery have been very obedient the rest of the time. There is no reason for the lord to want to kill them so early on.
Qiguan Rang was startled for a moment, then smiled faintly.
"Perhaps. How can an outsider guess the lord's thoughts?"
Fu Wang choked on his words. Qiguan Rang was pretending to be deaf and mute.
Qiguan Rang obviously knew something but refused to say it. This made Fu Wang's heart itch, but Qiguan Rang was tight-lipped and refused to reveal anything.
Qiguan Rang replied, "It's not a good thing to know too much."
As soon as Fu Wang heard this, he knew that he should not continue to be curious. Even the cautious Qiguan Rang said so, so it must not be a small matter.
He decisively changed the topic and changed the topic to his opponent, Feng Jue.
If Qiguan Rang's steady style was a shield, then Feng Jue was a sharp spear, extremely aggressive and deceptive.
Fu Wang occasionally lamented that Feng Jue had followed the wrong person to follow Huang Song. His temperament was more like the lord's.
"If Huaiyu was not in Cangzhou but here, it would be interesting for the brothers to fight."
Qiguan Rang said, "My lord deliberately transferred Huaiyu to Cangzhou to avoid the brothers from killing each other."
Fu Wang made a sound of surprise.
"Aren't the brothers Cheng Xun and Cheng Yuan a warning?" Qiguan Rang said, "Old Master Feng Ren is old and can't take the stimulation."
Cheng Xun's death caused Cheng Cheng to become seriously ill. Many famous doctors said that he could not hold on any longer.
If the same situation happened again, if Old Master Feng Ren was also sick, he might not have the luck to recover.
Fu Wang said, "If that's the case … no wonder the lord transferred the troops to Hu Commandery and avoided Nie Xun. Is it the same reason?"
Qiguan Rang nodded.
"It's rare for my lord to be so considerate." Fu Wang stretched and perked up. "The enemy hasn't moved for two days. It doesn't look normal."
Feng Jue led troops to attack Wanzhou, but they were stopped by Fu Wang and Qiguan Rang. The two sides were in a stalemate.
A while ago, the battle was quite fierce, but these two days, it had become uncharacteristically quiet.
There must be a reason for this abnormality.
Fu Wang felt that Feng Jue was definitely up to something.
Qiguan Rang said, "If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move. As long as something doesn't happen in Wanzhou, what tricks can he play? "
The main theme of the battlefront in Wanzhou was defense. They absolutely could not push the battlefield into Wanzhou. This was the bottom line that the lord had told them.
It was best if Feng Jue was willing to stop for a while. Qiguan Rang could take the time to make other arrangements.
Reality proved that Feng Jue was a restless person. How could he waste his limited time on meaningless things?
Fu Wang had a brainwave and said with a smile, "What if Feng Jue instigates the Feng family to defect?"
"General Fu, do you know how long the Feng family has been around for?" Qiguan Rang secretly rolled his eyes and chuckled. "Feng Jue instigates the Feng family to change their stance, but the premise is that the lord dies and Wanzhou and Hu County fall into Huang Song's hands. Only by achieving this premise can Feng Jue have a chance. The Feng family has gone through several dynasties and several troubled times. If they don't even have the ability to protect themselves, how could they have survived until now? "
The Feng family of Shangyang was not something that the upstarts in Hu County could compare to.
Fu Wang asked, "What if Feng Jue forged a letter to force the Feng family?"
Qiguan Rang said, "That's even more impossible. No matter how rebellious Feng Jue is, he won't be so cruel as to drag the entire Feng family into a situation of eternal damnation. You also know the lord's temperament. She won't easily let go of those who betray her. No matter how stupid Feng Jue is, he won't do that. If he dares to do that, Old Master Feng Ren will be the first to step forward and strike Feng Jue out of the family tree, or even kill family in the name of righteousness — "
Fu Wang nodded as he listened.
Not long after the two of them ended this topic, they were "slapped in the face."
"Report — We've caught a suspicious spy —"
Fu Wang waved his hand and said, "Spy? Bring the person in. "
As soon as he finished speaking, two soldiers escorted a woman in a summer gown into the room. The woman struggled as she walked.
Fu Wang said, "Is this a spy?"
The woman looked to be about 27 or 28 years old. Her black hair was tied up in a woman's bun, revealing her clean neck and collarbone. Her figure was plump, and her skin was delicate and rosy, like a ripe peach. She was also very good-looking, and her eyes were charming and moving, as if they could suck in a person's soul.
Fu Wang took a look and was stunned for a moment, but he came to his senses the next moment.
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