Chapter 439

Just as Yan Zheng summed up his own shortcomings in his heart, the shouting and killing voice in the city gradually decreased, and soon fell into silence. Except for the bright torches that shine most of the Qingquan City, and the corpses and blood stains in the long street, it seems that today is no different from the usual days.

Yan Zheng is clear that the chaos tonight is finally in the past, but the weapons scattered on the main street of Qingquan and the corpses that haven't been cleaned up in time, especially those in the light armour of the evergreen army, make him feel particularly dazzling. Although the losses of the Third Battalion of Changqing have not yet been counted, Yan Zheng knows that if he can make a decision as Hou Baiyi said in Wu'an, the casualties of the Third Battalion of Changqing will be reduced by at least 30% tonight.

When I think about it, Yan Zheng is a burst of remorse. Today, she really understood the true meaning of the wanguku. A decision made by the general often involves the lives of thousands of officers and soldiers. What is most uncomfortable is that sometimes the lower level officers and soldiers who are the cornerstone of the army don't know when they die. Their sacrifice is caused by the general's wrong judgment. In fact, their sacrifice can be avoided.

At the same time, he felt remorse, guilt and remorse. When he thought of those young soldiers who were still smiling in the afternoon, hoping that after the battle in zhennanguan, they could return to the Changqing army and fight against Nanli with Lu Shuai, so as to win military service. At this time, they became cold corpses lying on the elder sister. Yan Zheng felt breathless.

Bai Yi looks at Yan Zheng standing there with a lonely face and sighs in his heart. Such things have happened to almost every leader. War is not a modest and courteous noble fight, it itself represents the cruelest killing and death in the world. Generals always judge heroes by victory or defeat, rather than thinking about how to protect their own soldiers. If Yan Zheng can't get through this, it can only show that he is not suitable to lead soldiers.

However, there are exceptions to everything. Bai Yi thinks of Lu que, a 17-year-old boy in Danshui, whose military style is different from that of everyone else, including his father, who used his military skills to defeat Lu Chun, the Duke of Wei.

In Bai Yi's eyes, Lu Chun's military strategy is based on the right combination and extraordinary victory. No matter he is marching, camping, or fighting, his strategy is rigorous. First, he makes his own side invincible, so that the enemy can not find the slightest chance. Then he uses the right array to resist the enemy, and then he uses the extraordinary plan to defeat the enemy.

Lu Kuo prefers to use force. In silence, he only strives for the initiative of the war, but does not fight for the gain or loss of a city or a place. When his opponent reacts, he will find that he has been firmly bound by a huge network. No matter how hard he struggles, he can't escape. He can only wait for the arrival of his final destiny.

That is to say, if Lu Chun, Lu Que and he fight the same war separately, he is the one who can end the war as soon as possible, but will suffer the most damage himself. Lu Chun is the one who will not lose the war and is also the one who makes people feel at ease. Lu que, on the other hand, is the one who can get the most results with the least cost. The commander's character determines his military style. He is the only commander who cherishes the lives of his soldiers and works hard day and night. That's why he is supported by the whole army at such an age.

Although there is a precedent of Lu que, it does not mean that Yan Zheng can imitate Lu que. For the previous Tianxing war, Bai Yi once made a deduction. If he was in charge of the southern Xinjiang army, the war would end about a month earlier than now, but he would also pay the price of losing more than half of the Fengxiang army and less than half of the badminton army. In other words, Lu can't even learn this way of using troops, let alone speak up.

"Bai Shuai ~" just as Bai Yi and Yan Zheng were thinking about their own affairs, Jing Wenyang, commander of the right rosefinch guard, hurried up to the city wall and gave a military salute to Bai Yi, saying, "Bai Shuai, fortunately he did not disobey his orders. The successful rebellion has been put down. All the family soldiers who participated in the rebellion have been captured, except for those who died in the chaos

"Just what?" Bai Yi smell speech in the heart move, he don't know why in the heart suddenly rise a kind of bad feeling, hurriedly open mouth to ask a way.

Jing Wenyang hesitated for a moment and said, "except for following more than a dozen small families involved in the rebellion, only a few collateral children of Lian, Bian, Zeng and Xiang families were captured, and there were no major figures in the four families."

"How many prisoners are there?" Bai Yi asked with a frown.

"There are about 27000 people, and the specific battalion Sima is screening and counting." Speaking of this, Jing Wenyang takes a look at Bai Yi's face and sees that his expression has not changed much except for a slight frown. Then he goes on to say, "Bai Shuai, Lian, Bian, Zeng and Xiang are all famous families in the south. They know a lot of people in Qingquan City. Although the war has just ended, the captives have not been investigated one by one, But I don't think it's because they are among the captives and haven't been found out yet, but they really slip away ahead of time. "

"Have you ever asked the leader of a rebellious family? Do they know where the four families are going? " Bai Yi thought for a while and then asked.

"This ~" Jing Wenyang heard the speech and shook his head with a bitter smile. As soon as the war was over, he came to recover his life. He handed all these things over to the deputy commander. It must have been fruitless in such a short time.

"Bai Shuai, why don't I go over and have a look? I've been to Qingquan city for some time, and I've dealt with many aristocratic families. Although I can't say that I've met all the members of the aristocratic families who participated in the rebellion tonight, I know most of them." Yan Zheng Wen Yan asked for help.

"No more." Bai Yi waved his hand, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth. "Sure enough, Jiang is still old and spicy, and this hand is really beautiful."

"What does Bai Shuai mean by that?" Yan Zheng and Jing Wenyang look at each other, but they don't quite understand what Bai Yi means.

Bai Yi's eyes flashed a trace of Jing Mang and said, "if I guess correctly, the chaos of the left and right Swan guards and Qingquan city is just a cover to divert our attention, and the rebellious fifteen aristocratic families are just the ghosts of Lian, Bian, Zeng and Xiang, and their real purpose is to escape from Qingquan city."

"How can this be possible? These soldiers are the backbone of the four families. Now they have temporarily lost their original land because of the immigrants in southern Xinjiang. If they give up these 30000 young people, most of their wealth will be in Qingquan city. In this way, even if the four families escape, what will be left?" Yan Zheng asked.

"Yan Zheng, you are also from a noble family, and your Jinghu Yan family is one of the top ten. It's impossible that you don't know the details of the noble family." Bai Yi light saw a speech to be one eye to say.

Yan Zheng's heart moved when he heard about Yan. Although Yan's family was granted a plaque by the emperor ten years after Yu Yuanxu's succession to the throne, it was also the door of poetry and calligraphy before, and the family history can be traced back to Yan Shen, a famous official in the middle period of Da Xuan.

As a family handed down from generation to generation, it's impossible to show all the cards to others. They say that this is true of the family, and so is the family of Southern Xinjiang. After the collapse of the great Xuan Dynasty, the four families of Lian, Bian, Zeng and Xiang were once princes and independent rulers of one side. Even though the four families have lost their glory in the 2450 years since the founding of the state, there must be some cards to protect their lives.

All of a sudden, my heart flashed. He quickly asked Jing Wenyang, "commander Jing, are you sure there are no four legitimate children in the captives?"

"This ~" when Jing Wenyang hears the words, he just comes to reply to Bai Yi in a hurry. He really doesn't wait for the result of the investigation. Now it's quite certain that there are no four direct children in the family who lead the matter. He really can't be sure.

"No, I'm sure not." At this time, Luan xuance, deputy commander of the right zhuquewei, also went to the city, gave a military salute to Bai Yi and Jing Wenyang, and then said, "after preliminary investigation, it is now certain that there are no important people and things in the main branches of the four families, except for a few of the side branches of the four families."

"Brother xuance, these four families will not stay in the city waiting to die. They will try to get out of the city. Have any brothers in the army found out the whereabouts of the four families?" When Jing Wenyang heard that there was a trace of disappointment in his eyes, he asked.

"Our brothers of zhuquewei all said that they have not seen the people of the four aristocratic families, and I have sent someone to inquire about the third camp of Changqing. General He Tao, Cheng Yuan and Feng Yang all said that they have not seen the main figures of the four families since they went to the city to put an end to the chaos." Luan xuance said that he took a look at Jing Wenyang and went on to say, "commander, the Third Battalion of Changqing has been responsible for the defense and daily public security of Qingquan city during this period. For the important people in the four aristocratic families, they must be more familiar than us. Since the three generals all said that, I think the four aristocratic families fled secretly after detonating the Qingquan chaos."

"No, before I saw Lian Bi, the legitimate son of the Lian family, from a distance. Although it's a little far away, I'm sure it's him." Yan Zheng shook his head, then looked at Hou Baiyi, who had never said anything, and said, "Bai Shuai, if I think it's right, Lian Jia, Bian Jia, Zeng Jia and Xiang Jia must have dug a secret road in Qingquan city that can lead directly to the outside of the city. After the chaos, all the important figures of the four have escaped through the secret road."

Yan Zheng took a look at the four directions of Qingquan city and continued, "Bai Shuai, commander Jing and deputy commander Luan, I really saw Lian Bi before. He graduated from Qiyun Academy last winter. I'm the chief of Qiyun Academy. I won't admit it wrong."

"What do you want to say after all you've said?" Bai Yi starts to smile and looks at Yan Zheng with interest.

"What I want to say is that since Lian bi was in the group when the soldiers of the previous families attacked the city wall, the time when he left should be after Bai Shuai and two commanders led zhuquewei to the city. From the time when he left the rebel team, we can infer the time when the four families left Qingquan city." At this point, Yan Zheng took a look at the sky and continued, "now it's just Haishi, that is to say, the people of the four aristocratic families have walked for an hour or two at most. In this way, they must not have gone. As long as we send out elite riders, we can catch up with them."

"Let's not say which direction we're going to send troops to chase. I'll just ask you what if you catch up?" Bai Yi smell speech the smile of the corner of the mouth is more obvious a few minutes, continue to ask a way.

"Naturally, there is no end to eliminating evil. According to the law of Da Qian, those who disobey the chaos will die. Since they dare to create chaos in Qingquan, they have to pay for it. Bai Shuai, the so-called root cutting, now these four aristocratic families are not only the cancer of Nanjing and Daqian, but also the hidden danger of the battle of zhennanguan. We must not let them go like this. " Yan Zheng's eyes flashed a cold light and said.

The assassination of Asian Prime Minister Liu, together with the casualties of the Third Battalion of Changqing, makes Yan Zheng feel angry at this time. Whether it's because of his family's country or his personal feelings, he hopes to uproot the four families and punish them.

Bai Yi takes a surprised look at Yan Zheng. Although Yan Zheng had a military talisman given by Lu Que and controlled the three battalions of Changqing, in his eyes, Yan Zheng was more like a literary minister than a military general. Because Yan Zheng thought too much about gain and loss, he lacked the decisiveness to fight in the battlefield. However, he did not expect that Yan Zheng had such a side, This makes him surprised, but also some gratified. Because only the young generation of Daqian are so enterprising, constantly correcting their own shortcomings, can Daqian usher in the real glory.

Thinking of this, Bai Yi shakes his head slightly in Yan Zheng's expectant eyes and says, "it's not urgent. The barracks of several Phoenix guards are just outside the city. Even if they have premeditated, they must avoid the barracks of Phoenix guards. In this way, they won't go far in a short time. We don't have to be in a hurry at this time."

Speaking of this, Bai Yi looks at Jing Wenyang and Luan xuance and says, "commander Jing, deputy commander Luan and prisoners are all under the custody of Changqing Third Battalion. You take zhuquewei's brothers to look for four houses to see if there is a secret road leading to the outside of the city. If not, search again along the route before the rebels. Once you find it, return it to me immediately."

"Nuo ~" Jing Wenyang and Luan xuance looked at each other, gave a military salute, and walked under the wall.

"Bai Shuai, why don't you worry at all?" Yan Zheng believes that Bai Yi knows the consequences of letting the four families go. However, he can't see the slightest urgency in Bai Yi's face. Although he should be calm as a coach, Bai Yi gives Yan Zheng the feeling that he really doesn't care about it.

"It's not that you're not in a hurry, it's that it's useless." Bai Yi took two steps forward, supported the crenels on the city wall and said, "if you want to chase them back, you have to use cavalry. However, among the Phoenix guards in Qingquan City, only the left and right rosefinch guards have regular elite cavalry, and the rest are mainly infantry, bows and crossbows. Now the elite cavalry of zhuquewei has been sent to Qingxi mountain to hunt down the three rebel battalions. I don't have any soldiers in my hand. What's the use of being worried? "