Chapter 659: Twenty-seven Departments of Shanyue, Willing to Die for King Ren
Chewing a reed stick, Tang Wuyuan's face was full of the expression of his dead parents.
It was not that he was thirsty for water, but that he had seen too many corpses floating on the river these days. He would rather chew reed sticks than know the water in the river.
"Lord, the commoner thief has caught up with me again!"
"damn it."
Tang Wuyuan gritted his teeth and threw the reed pole into the river, "Tell the boatman not to rest any longer and paddle immediately."
"Lord, the boat master is exhausted..."
"What will happen? If the common thief catches up, we won't be able to survive. Don't the common thief really not understand the principle of not pursuing a poor enemy? If he pursues him again, he will end up in the sea!"
Tang Wuyuan did not dare to think that when he entered the sea, there would be no reed poles floating on the river.
"When I sent him off, I just wanted to establish a prestige. He must have understood. Now, it's clear that he won't let me go."
"Lord, we are ready to go to Wuzhou."
Tang Wuyuan did not answer, his eyes were filled with exhaustion.
"Let's go and set sail immediately! I, Tang Wuyuan, know a little about the art of observing the sky. There may be heavy rain on the Xiangjiang River in the past few days. At that time, we can use the rain and fog to escape from the pursuit of the Western Shu Navy."
Tang Wuyuan didn't know.
Xu Mu, who was behind him, was making arrangements in an orderly manner. When night fell, he asked his general Wu Wei to separate more than 6,000 people and sneak into Wuzhou from the dark.
"Wu Wei, after lurking in the mountains, don't go too far. There are quite a few Shanyue people in Wuzhou."
"Don't worry, my lord." Lao Pi, General Wu Wei, clasped his fists seriously.
Xu Mu had always felt at ease with these old team members who had followed him in the north and south. Only after Wu Wei led the people away did Xu Mu exhale and look back at the river ahead.
Tang Wuyuan was like a lost dog. He chased him for days and nights, and he was probably still cursing at his mother.
"My lord... are you still chasing me?" Ma Yi swallowed, "Wu Wei brought more than 6,000 people with him, but now we only have two or three thousand people."
"Donald Duck doesn't know."
"My lord, this is the youngest Tang."
"I'm used to talking." Xu Mu nodded and thought seriously, "Ma Yi, how far is it before we can enter the sea?"
"It will take at least six or seven days to travel by water. In addition, some veterans said before that there may be heavy rain on the river on this day. If the rain is heavier, it will be detrimental to sailing."
Xu Mu was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face.
"Then we'll catch up to the heavy rain and then we'll rush back. Tang Wuyuan is so dizzy now that he's been driven away. He reckons that even if it rains heavily and he can't distinguish between the rain and fog, he won't dare to go to the shore."
"So, it's a lot of fun to make him change from a lost dog to a drowned rat. By the way, Ma Yi, go to the shore. You send a secret envoy to drop a letter to Yuan Song, telling Tang Wuyuan to bring him
The remaining soldiers may want to take a detour to Qingzhou."
Ma Yi was surprised and delighted, "In this case, even if we get ashore, this young man Tang might be ambushed by Laizhou. Could it be that Young Master Tang is... my lord's former enemy? The kind with deep hatred."
"No, I've told you before. He's very unhappy."
As expected, after more than a day, a heavy rain fell on the river. The last round of war drums sounded, and the last batch of flying arrows were thrown out randomly. Xu Mucai asked people to stop the boat slowly.
Follow the nearby river bank to take shelter from the rain and rest.
On the river where the heavy rain was pouring, Tang Wuyuan was shivering with cold, gritting his teeth and huddled in the cabin. He claimed to be a famous conspirator, and he should be famous all over the world, but how could he have imagined that he would be chased into the sky by the Western Shu Navy?
Even if it rains, they don't dare to go to the shore to take shelter.
"Send the order, keep marching forward! The rain and fog are very heavy, it is impossible to avoid the common thieves!"
In front of Tang Wuyuan, the young and strong soldiers who had set fire to the coalition forces at the beginning no longer had the spirit of victory as before. After being chased and suppressed all the way, and divided into groups, less than 7,000 of them were left, with exhausted faces on their faces.
"Common thief, how dare you bully me, Tang Wuyuan!"
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The rain not only falls on the river, but also in the southwest of Cangzhou.
Sitting in the Sheriff's Mansion, Zuo Shiren was preoccupied. He did not expect that Demon Empress Su still did not send troops to rescue her even though they knew that the city was falling one after another.
"Lord, if we continue like this, I'm afraid something will happen in the three states of Dongling." Next to Zuo Shiren, Zuo Shixin, the young general of our family, had worry all over his face.
Zuo Shiren held hot tea and looked up at the rain outside.
"Xu Buyi will definitely not attack Dongling. The Demon Queen will not dare to mobilize troops easily in this situation. What I am most worried about is the pseudo-emperor Yuan Song. There are really too many changes in this war.
So that my plan keeps changing step by step."
"My lord, why don't you return to Dongling first and then make plans? As for these towns in the southwest of Cangzhou, my lord can move the people, poison the wells, destroy the fields, and deprive the population of the Demon Queen for at least three years.
The defense line in the southwest of Cangzhou has completely collapsed. We just have to wait for the army to rest and recuperate. In one or two years, we will unite with Xu Buyi and continue to attack Cangzhou. My lord, please don’t forget that we still have 20,000 navy troops staying with Xu Buyi."
"Teacher Xin." Zuo Shiren closed his eyes, "Don't mention such words in the future. I know that there are many people in the world who say that I am hypocritical and deceive the people to gain power. But you don't know, sometimes,
I really can’t bear to do something evil.”
Zuo Shiren put down the tea cup, his eyes a little painful.
"I built water conservancy in the three states of Tangling, harmonized the family internally, and conducted diplomacy in the mountains and rivers, so that the people of the three states of Tangling could still survive in troubled times. You think it's all for reputation."
"As I said before, my Zuo Shiren's greatest long-cherished wish is to put an end to the troubled times, create a new dynasty, become a sage and emperor for the ages, and leave a name for all generations. These things are connected together and there is no conflict."
Zuo Shiren stood up.
"Furthermore, if we retreat to Dongling at this time, I'm afraid the situation will become even more difficult. The three states of Dongling are sandwiched between the two emperors. If we don't move fast enough, it will be too late to do anything in the future."
"Master Zuo Xin, please pass on the order and immediately explore the real situation of the Demon Queen again. I want to persecute the Demon Queen! This war cannot be delayed any longer."
"I have a good plan in mind."
Zuo Shixin was silent for a while, accepted the order with clasped fists, and left the governor's mansion.
"Knowing to fight quickly but not decisively, the Demon Queen's city is extremely terrifying." Zuo Shiren sat down again, frowning deeply.
"Kang Zhu."
Not long after, an armored general stepped out from behind the governor's mansion. His face was the same as that of a Central Plains man, but the difference was that his skin was much darker.
"Kang Zhu, just follow the plan you and I made before."
"The people of Shanyue live up to the benevolent king and are willing to die for the benevolent king." The dark-skinned general named Kang Zhu suddenly fell to the ground.
"Okay, I did not misjudge you." In the long period of disappointment, Zuo Shiren rarely smiled.
"Without a benevolent king, our twenty-seven tribes in the mountains and rivers would be like refugees in the mountains and fields. It was the benevolent king who taught us the joy of waiting for rice, soup, fish, and farming mulberry trees."
"The twenty-seven tribes of Shanyue are willing to die for the benevolent king."
The general faced Zuo Shiren, repeated it once more, and knocked his whole head heavily on the floor.