Fang Jie has seen this scene more than once, or he has such a strong sense of familiarity with everything he experienced today. When he saw the golden armor presented by the gentry and the common people, he suddenly felt as if he had been in another world. At this moment, he had to think of the mountain and the high platform he passed by when he went south.
Now it was on the bank of the Yangtze River, and the golden armor was delivered at this time, not too early or too late.
It seems that there is really a will in the dark.
Chen Xiaoru carried the golden armor and walked in front of Fang Jie, the sunlight reflected on the golden armor was so dazzling. The gold might not have any special meaning on the day it was forged, but when the golden armor was delivered to Fang Jie, its meaning had already changed.
Perhaps it is impossible to verify whether this golden armor was specially made for Fang Jie.
"good sign."
Wu Yiyi, Marquis of Sanjin, couldn't help laughing when he saw this pair of golden armor. He walked over quickly, looked at the shining golden armor on the tray, and praised: "The people before the battle send golden armor... Lord, This is a very lucky thing.”
Fang Jie stretched out his hand to touch the golden armor, but stopped in mid-air.
"Send the golden armor to Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess."
Fang Jie's hand stopped in mid-air and then waved. After giving an order, he turned and got on the carriage without looking at the golden armor again. Everyone was a little puzzled as to why Fang Jie reacted this way. Such an auspicious event was a great boost to morale, but Fang Jie didn't seem very happy.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing his strange expression, Shen Qingfan, who was making tea in the carriage, couldn't help but ask him. In the past two years, Shen Qingfan's temperament has become more and more quiet, and he no longer sees the wild enchanting and cold arrogance of the past. This is an inevitable growth process for women. It is actually very good to be quiet in comfort.
"It's nothing, it's just that I suddenly don't want to see that golden armor."
Although Shen Qingfan and the others didn't get out of the car just now, they also saw Chen Xiaoru carrying the golden armor to Fang Jie.
"If you don't want to watch it, don't watch it, just have a cup of tea."
Shen Qingfan didn't ask why at all, not only her, but also the other women in the carriage didn't ask why. Maybe if the carefree Wanyan Yunshu was around, he would ask him, that's because Wanyan Yunshu didn't think about complicated issues at all.
And the few of them belong to the kind of people who are so smart that they never need others to remind them of anything.
"I just resist..."
Fang Jie sat down in the carriage by the window, and took the teacup Shen Qingfan handed him: "If I said that I saw this scene today a few years ago, would you find it unbelievable? When I came out of the city and crossed the Yangtze River, I stood on a high platform and had hallucinations. I saw today a few years later... I saw myself wearing a golden armor, standing on a huge chariot and walking northward, beside me Followed by countless soldiers in black armor..."
Fang Jie touched the teacup with his lips, but he didn't drink it: "If God had arranged all this long ago, then is everything I have done all these years out of my own will or was preordained?"
After listening to Fang Jie's words, Mu Xiaoyao suddenly felt a little cold in her heart... Fang Jie's words sounded nothing special, but if you think about it carefully, you can feel the coldness in those words. If everything a person has to experience is arranged, and everything that happens follows the route set by others... then everyone is a marionette? How others shake, how you go.
shudder
"It's just a coincidence."
Shen Qingfan thought for a while and said: "We have always encountered very strange things, such as dreaming about something, and these things really happened a few days later. Maybe when we walk somewhere, we will feel that we have been to a special place. These are mysterious and mysterious, and I can’t explain them clearly, but this does not mean that everything has been arranged by something. You can think about it yourself, which step you seem to be following the route set by others these years? "
Fang Jie smiled: "I'm fine, it's just that I hate this feeling. Every time I feel this way, I can't help but look up to the sky to see if there is really a person with a blank face descending coldly. Look, tell me with your eyes that you can't escape anything..."
"Maybe there is."
Mo Ningzhi suddenly said: "But even if there is, I don't understand why you hate that feeling. If it were me, I would be very excited..."
He glanced at Fang Jie: "When I was taken away by them, I thought about why fate would play tricks on me like this. Obviously, the life I should have is to grow up quietly, learn female red embroidery, and learn piano and chess. Calligraphy and painting, and then wait for my family to choose a suitable person for me to marry, take care of my husband and teach my children, and live this life in a normal way. The biggest enjoyment every day is just sitting with a book under the gazebo by the lotus pond and flipping through it. For a while... But when I started to flee instead of you, I knew that all of this had drifted away, and what I had was no longer the original future."
"At that time, I couldn't help but think, which kind of life is better? Indulging in ease, or struggling out of adversity and finally achieving something? I have the current level of cultivation precisely because of those few years. You flee. If it is fate to flee for you, do you think I am obeying fate?"
"I'm not."
Mo Ningzhi said slowly and seriously: "If I followed the choice of fate, then I would have died. I don't want to be manipulated by others, so I want to fight!"
"Struggle?"
Fang Jie repeated himself.
"Yes, fight!"
Mo Ningzhi said word by word: "If you arranged my fate without my consent, why should I listen to your arrangement? I want to fight! If God arranged my fate without my consent, I Why do you have to obey God's arrangement? I want to fight!"
She paused for a moment: "Your current height is actually no longer a competition with others, but a competition with the sky."
"What are you fighting against the sky?"
Fang asked.
"The sky is the sky, and the world is people."
Mo Ningzhi looked into Fang Jie's eyes and said slowly: "The one who fights is the world... After the fight, he will dominate the world."
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Two naval divisions have long been waiting by the river, with 380,000 soldiers and more than 100,000 government soldiers, plus a large number of logistics supply convoys, it is definitely not an easy task to transport all these things across the Yangtze River. According to the current strength of the navy, if you want to send such a huge army there, it will take about ten days.
This is the most difficult battle that the Black Banner Army has faced, and it is already very difficult before the war begins. This battle is different from any war that has been fought before, and there are many things that need to be changed. The grain road was too long, and before the largest granary in Jiangbei was captured, the grain supplies were mainly transported from the southwest. As for Jiangnan, after the Black Banner Army drove away, few of the big households who had food in their hands were willing to donate some food so easily, and the granary in Jiangnan was not in the hands of the Black Banner Army.
If the attack on Nanyan was also an expedition, then the significance of these two expeditions is absolutely different. When attacking Nanyan, Fang Xie could unscrupulously let the soldiers empty out the food in the major cities of Nanyan, but Fang Xie couldn't do that when attacking Gyeonggi Province.
"The granary is in Liyin."
Fang Jie pointed to the map: "More than half of Liyin City is against the mountain, and the granary is built on the mountain. The reason why Liyin City is difficult to attack is firstly because it was built on the basis of the mountain, and secondly because the city wall is strong enough. .Different from other places, Liyin's city walls are all built with local materials and large stones quarried from Liyin Mountain, even artillery can't break through it."
He looked at the generals: "But when the army goes north, food and grass must be settled first, so this time it is imperative to attack Li Yin. Gao Kaitai took advantage of Yang Jian's southward journey to Jiangbei to defend the emptiness, and came from the west to take Li Yin by surprise. But Gao Kaitai knew the importance of Liyin, so he left at least 20,000 troops here to guard. According to the news from the scouts, the walls of Liyin City were much higher than before, and more fortifications were built... "
Fang Jie drew a semicircle outside the city wall of Liyin City with a charcoal pen. The semicircle on the south side of Liyin City perfectly wrapped the half of Liyin City that was not backed by mountains: "Gao Kaitai's general Yan Zeng is a general, Gao Kaitai After he was sent to defend Liyin City, he took advantage of the heavy rain and the river swelled to divert water into the canal. Now this semicircle is the moat of Liyin. Although it is not very wide, it can be passed by building a floating bridge, but the biggest hidden danger is that the river is far from the city wall. very close…”
He glanced at Chen Xiaoru, and Chen Xiaoru continued: "The distance between the city wall of Liyin City and the moat is less than ninety paces, this distance, let alone a ballista, even a stone and a half hard bow can easily take a feather from the city wall. When the arrows are sent over and the pontoon bridge is built, the feathered arrows of the defenders will cause heavy losses to our people."
"But if you don't build a pontoon bridge, the siege equipment can't get through."
Fang Xie said: "Xiahou's men have already started attacking the city on the north bank, and the county towns near the bank are not difficult to take. When the large army crosses the river, Xiahou's team will attack Li Yin. There are 20,000 people in Li Yin city. Elite, with such a good terrain, this first battle is not easy to fight, you guys discuss it carefully, think of any way that might help Xiahou."
"Subordinates think..."
Dugu Wenxiu thought for a while and said: "Even though Li Yin City is strong, the defenders in the city are elite, and even if they don't lack food and grass, it's not that there is no chance of persuading them to surrender... The subordinates feel that they want to take Li Yin as soon as possible. , the best way is not to directly attack Li Yin."
Wu Yiyi was silent, listening carefully to Dugu Wenxiu's words.
Hearing him say that the best way is not to attack Li Yin, Wu Yidao suddenly understood what Dugu Wenxiu meant.
"A person makes a decision, and on the surface it seems that most of it depends on external influences. We thought that Liyin City had food and weapons, and the enemy would not be persuaded to surrender. That's because we failed to make them feel hopeless. If When a person is in despair, what's the point of surrendering?"
"How can we despair of an enemy that is well-equipped, well-trained, and not lacking in food and supplies? What's more, they have an advantage in the terrain. The terrain of Liyin City cannot be conquered by a large number of troops."
Cui Zhongzhen said.
"Attack the heart."
After Fang explained these two words, he couldn't help laughing, walked up to Dugu Wenxiu and said, "Although Dugu is not a general, he is really talented in using soldiers! If you want to make a person despair, then let him Feel alone first."
Fang Jie glanced at the map, and the smile on the corner of his mouth has eased: "I'm going to go across Jiangbei to Xiahou's vanguard camp first, and you guys will come over later."
"My lord!"
Dugu Wenxiu called out from behind, then glanced at Wu Yiyi. The two people quickly exchanged something in their eyes, and then they leaned over and explained to each other at the same time: "There is one more important matter, please make a decision early, my lord."