Chapter 560: Idle Man

The sky, which had been gloomy for almost a whole winter, finally put away the heavy lead clouds. The long-lost sunshine poured down from the blue sky, illuminating the whole world. What could be heard in my ears was the patter of water drops falling. The sound was from the colorful icicles on the branches and under the eaves melting under the sunlight. The snow is thinning day by day, and in some places, the tenacious weeds are poking their weak heads out of the snow, swaying in the breeze, breathing in the fresh air and bathing in the warm sunshine. On the branches of flowers, plants and trees, if you look closely, you can see a little weak green dots appearing quietly.

Spring is coming after all.

Everyone was in a good mood, and people in Fufeng County began to move. Farmers began to organize their farm tools, and merchants began to clean the shafts of their carts and prepare goods. As soon as the snow melted, the caravans could move on a large scale again. Throughout the winter, Except for the powerful Sihai Trading, which has not stopped doing business, some other small trading houses have begun the cat winter. When spring comes, their spring has also come. The number of pedestrians on the street suddenly increased several times, and the business of shops selling farm equipment and some necessities for traveling immediately increased by several percent.

When Zhou Yuan left Fufeng County, he saw such a prosperous scene.

"Lieutenant Zhou, Li Yuncong is dead. If you want to come here, there should be no danger to Captain Zhou. Godsend will accompany you all the way to the border between western Liaoning and Langya. The current garrison general of Langya County is Hu Yanchao, who is Taiwei's old man. "My subordinates, I think we are completely safe wherever we go. Gao Yuan has important matters involved, so we can't accompany him!" Gao Yuan clasped his fist towards Zhou Yuan and said with a smile.

"Thank you, General Gao, for sending me all the way." Zhou Yuan also clasped his fists in return and put down his hands, but his expression was very complicated, "I really didn't expect that I would actually need the protection of a guy who is regarded as my enemy to stay." The next life is coming. Nothing is more strange than this. Gao Yuan, you really impressed me."

Gao Yuan laughed boldly, "Each of us has different positions, and naturally we look at problems from different aspects. Captain Zhou, we were enemies before, but now, although we can't be friends, at least we can coexist peacefully. In the future , maybe we can have a chance to cooperate, who would have thought? A year ago, I would never have thought that I would try my best to protect your safety?"

"We can coexist peacefully because I am no longer qualified to be your enemy." Zhou Yuan sighed, "A fallen phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken, and a tiger down the mountain is bullied by a dog."

"Lieutenant Zhou is too arrogant to belittle himself." Gao Yuan shook his head.

Zhou Yuan let out a long breath. "Gao Yuan, I also know why you are trying to save my life. You want me to return to Jicheng and have another fight with Tan Feng and the others. You might be able to gain something, at least for you. It won't be a bad thing, but I'm afraid you will be disappointed with the current situation. Even if I return to Jicheng, I can't do anything, let alone I don't want to do anything again. take responsibility,

If I hadn't underestimated the enemy, if I hadn't been greedy for success and wanted to establish unparalleled achievements, I dare not say that I will win this battle, but I will never lose. It is my responsibility, and I will never back down, even if Yan If the king wants to punish me, I will not escape. "

Gao Yuan laughed, "To be honest, I really hope that after you return to Jicheng, you will have an ambitious fight with the Tanzhou people and regain the power. This is indeed good for me, at least when I fight Donghu. Jicheng didn't have time to take care of me before, but now that it's all said and done, I don't have any hope."

"You seem to be very sure about defeating Donghu?" Zhou Yuan glanced at Gao Yuan strangely, "In my opinion, you are still a complete weakling in front of the Donghu people."

Gao Yuan shrugged, "Sometimes the strength of both sides cannot be seen clearly. Five years ago, when I faced the Donghu people, the strength ratio between me and them can be said to be that of ants and There is no difference between an elephant, but I have proved with victory after victory that ants can also defeat elephants. Five years have passed, and now I have become a strong wild wolf, but Donghu, the elephant, is much weaker. , it can be said that he is plagued by all kinds of diseases. Although Thorpe wants to be a good doctor, Dong Hu, who is seriously ill, cannot be cured so easily. Taiwei Zhou, in a few years, maybe I will become a good doctor. A fierce tiger, and Dong Hu, an elephant, has collapsed and is dying. "

"This is the first time I heard someone compare myself to a wild wolf." Zhou Yuan smiled, "You know, wolves are not a good thing in the hearts of the world."

"That's because they don't understand wolves!" Gao Yuan shook his head, "If Taiwei lived on the grassland for a longer time, he would know how much hardship a wolf has to endure in order to survive."

"In any case, I still wish you success. Regardless of our mutual positions, Donghu is our common enemy. Publicly and privately, I hope you can defeat them. Even if you control Liaodong and Liaoxi because of this, The vast area threatens Dayan. I would like to see the Chinese clothes spread to the barbarian areas and the white mountains and black waters be brought back under the control of the Chinese. "

"With your auspicious words, I can tell you with confidence that in a few years, you will be able to see my flag planted on the top of Helin's city." Gao Yuan said proudly. "At that time, I'll ask you to go take a look around Lin and take a look."

Zhou Yuan laughed, "Okay, if I can live to that time, I will definitely accept your invitation, but take a look at the place that left me with endless shame. Gao Yuan, before we part, I have a favor to ask, I wonder if you can agree?"

"Taiwei, please tell me, I will do my best."

"Kill someone for me."

Gao Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked curiously: "Kill someone?"

"Yes, kill a person, his name is Lu Shiren. The highest person in charge of Yanlingwei stationed in Donghu, Dayan has invested a lot of manpower and material resources for his concealment for many years, and spared no effort to push him step by step to Miranda's side, but in the end, we lost to this person. If it weren't for him cooperating with Miranda and sending out crucial information that made me misjudge, perhaps we wouldn't have lost so badly."

Gao Yuan smiled slightly. Intelligence is important, but it is not the most fatal. The defeat of Donghu, in the final analysis, is still because Zhou Yuan is too anxious. The idea of ​​leaving a name in history books and making an unparalleled contribution occupies his mind. With his ability, he can make the right judgment. However, Gao Yuan was not afraid to satisfy Zhou Yuan's obsession. Perhaps, this was the only excuse Zhou Yuan could find for himself.

"Well, if the opportunity is right, I will make this person disappear." He nodded.

"Thank you, that's all, Gao Yuan, we'll say goodbye now. I hope you'll have the opportunity to invite me to visit Lin again."

"Don't worry, that day won't be too far away." Gao Yuan smiled.

Zhou Yuan nodded, turned and walked towards his carriage. When one foot stepped on the carriage, he suddenly turned his head and said, "Maybe this time I will soon return to my old home in Fenzhou to retire. I've thought about the matter you mentioned, and I can consider it. When the time comes, you can send someone to find me!"

Hearing that Zhou Yuan finally agreed to this, Gao Yuan was overjoyed, "Thank you, Taiwei. After Taiwei returns to Fenzhou and everything is settled, I will send someone to find Taiwei. Qi State is too bullying. Not only did it plot against my Great Yan territory, it even helped Donghu. If we don't teach them a lesson, they will become even more arrogant. "

Zhou Yuanwen said, "I will do my best to help you and Dayan, but Gao Yuan, building a navy is not something that can be accomplished overnight, and fighting with the Qi people on the water is not something that can be accomplished overnight."

"You have to do it first before you can have hope of success. If you don't do it because of difficulties and slim hope, you will never be able to defeat the enemy." Gao Yuan didn't care about the difficulties Zhou Yuan mentioned.

"No wonder you can get to where you are today. Maybe this is the reason for your success!" Zhou Yuan looked at Gao Yuan deeply, turned around and stepped onto the carriage. The driver whipped the horse whip and the carriage started slowly.

Watching Zhou Yuan's carriage going farther and farther away, Gao Yuan shook the reins and looked back and said, "Let's go back to Jishi City."

Like Fufeng, Jishi City, which felt the arrival of spring, became even busier. In addition to the countless workshops that never stopped working even in the dead of winter, the people inside and outside Jishi City also started to move. Spring plowing is imminent, and the season of the year is in spring. The next farm work cannot be delayed. And the various materials needed by Sun Xiao's Northern Field Army, which went to the Hetao Plain, must also be transported more vigorously. The most difficult period for opening up the border is always the first period. As long as you can gain a foothold somewhere, things will get better and better in the future. Sun Xiao and Yan Peng set out with their men after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. They were about to reach their destination. The news from the Donghu was that the Donghu people had not made any major moves. It seemed that Thorpe was still busy sorting out a series of problems within the Donghu. He would not turn his attention to the Hetao area until everything went smoothly. Gao Yuan was convinced that Thorpe would not ignore this place.

But he had fallen behind. When he reacted, Sun Xiao must have made some preparations there. Next, it was a fight between the two armies. If Sun Xiao could take root in the Hetao and defeat the Donghu people in that direction, he would have more confidence in attacking the Donghu in the following days.

Jishi City was a thriving and joyful atmosphere, while in Jicheng, the capital of Yan State, the atmosphere was inevitably a little depressed. Li Yuncong died accidentally, Zhou Yuan had entered Langya County, and Hu Yanchao, the garrison general of Langya, had sent a battalion of soldiers to escort Zhou Yuan to Jicheng.

How to deal with Zhou Yuan who came back alive became a difficult problem for Jicheng. (To be continued...)