Chapter 594: Dilemma

"I regret it!" Zeng Qingfeng, who was hunched over and curled up on the bed, had lost most of his gray hair, and his scalp was vaguely visible. Every time he said something, he would cough violently. The girl who served had been sent out, and Zeng Yifan personally held the spittoon and served his father. Seeing the thick phlegm with blood mixed with phlegm, Zeng Yifan's brows became even tighter.

"I regret it!" Zeng Qingfeng looked at the tent with his eyes blank. If he did not listen to Yuan Fang's bewitching, he would unite with Li Qing to suppress the Lü family. Even if Li Qing had bad intentions, he would be able to get a vassal under Li Qing's tent, and not be in a dilemma like he is now.

The beautiful prospects depicted by Yuan Fang were as Li Qing returned, and the Dingzhou army launched a large-scale counterattack, defeating the Luoyang army invading Yizhou in one fell swoop. What made the Zeng family even more terrifying was that while Li Qing counterattacked the Central Plains, he did not forget them. Chen Zeyue and Tang Hu's troops of Baima Ferry were still firmly controlled the Baima Village. The Zeng army, which had been unsuccessful in repeated attacks, had completely lost their confidence in attack. In Weizhou, although Tian Feng's Changsheng Division transferred the Changsheng Camp Tornado Camp, it transferred a large number of infantry, and the total strength increased. As Lu Fengchun retreated, he had already firmly controlled Weizhou. Recently, he sent troops to conduct tentative attacks many times.

And these are all second-hand. What made Zeng Qingfeng even more frightened was the Dingzhou Army's navy. Seeing that the weather was warmer and warmer, the Tuojiang River would freeze, and the powerful Dingzhou navy would inevitably go upstream. How could the water camp at the mouth of the Tuojiang River be the opponent of the Dingzhou navy? If the opponent was allowed to break through the water camp, the land of Liaoshen would be like a thin girl in front of her clothes. He would rudely tear off the last layer of fig leaf and exposed it nakedly in front of the opponent. The opponent could follow the Tuojiang River and attack the places they wanted to attack at any place. In front of the Dingzhou navy, Liaoshen had almost no defenses.

"Dad, since you have done it, don't regret it!" Zeng Yifan opened his eyes wide open, "My Zeng family still has three states and tens of thousands of troops that have experienced wars, which are not so easy to be destroyed, but Dad is willing to recuperate, so the child will definitely let Zeng family stand up from the ruins."

Zeng Qingfeng coughed a few times and smiled on his face, "It's good that my son has this kind of heart, but the situation is like this, so what can I do? There are many discerning people in the three states. I can see that my Zeng family's dilemma is already paying attention. If people's hearts go away, big things cannot be done!"

"Children must take strict precautions, but if there are such things, they will not let anyone go!" Zeng Yifan said loudly.

"Sometimes, the problem cannot be solved, but it will intensify the conflict even more. Child, it has been a long time since Zhong Ziqi arrived in Liaozhou. How are you talking?" Zeng Qingfeng shook his head.

"Dad, that Zhong Ziqi is too much!" Zeng Yifan stood up angrily, "What we want is alliance, what King Ning wants is incorporation. What do we are, are we dead people who have no way out? I, Zeng, have never fallen to this position!"

Looking at his indignant son, Zeng Qingfeng's face flushed. This look was so amazing to me when he was young! He called his hand and said, "Come on, sit by my side!"

Zeng Yifan leaned over to sit on the edge of the bed. Zeng Qingfeng held his son's hand and said hoarsely: "Whether it is united or incorporated, Yifan, this is just an external name. What is important is, inside, what have you got! Why did King Ning make such an excessive request? It is because he saw that we were desperate and did not mention the threat of Li Qing from the outside. Just because the Lü family, who is stationed in Shunzhou, is it that we are restless. I am afraid that the Lü family has agreed to Zhong Ziqi's recruitment now!"

"Zhong Ziqi arrived at this time. Whether it was intimidation or seduction, he saw our weaknesses and knew that we had a request to him, but on the other hand, they also had a request to us! We are not the despairing dog Lu Fengchun, we also have a large number of supporters in the Liaoshen land. This time, Ning Wang cooperated with Li Qing perfectly. It seems that Li Qing agreed to resell us to Ning Wang!" Zeng Qingfeng laughed.

Zeng Yifan's face flushed and his chest was slumped. Although he knew what his father said was the truth, he still couldn't help but be excited. One of the great heroes was actually traded like goods. I'm afraid that only the parties involved could understand this humiliation.

"But this time and another time, are we anxious now? Yes, we are indeed anxious, but King Ning, he is not anxious? He is even more anxious than us. If Li Qing takes Qinzhou, frees up his hand, turns around, and the army swept down. We, Lu Fengchun, cannot escape, but King Ning is just empty. Without us, without Liao Shun sinking into the three states, King Ning will definitely be the first to suffer in the next battle for hegemony!"

"So, no matter what Zhong Ziqi says, we should not be anxious, because they should be anxious, right, son?" Zeng Qingfeng looked at his son.

Zeng Yifan suddenly realized that Jiang was still very old. He only saw the current crisis of Liaochen, but he ignored the crisis of King Ning. If Li Qing repents and the army swept down and annexed him, the next King Ning would be unable to save himself.

"Drag, then we will drag it down!" Zeng Yifan said excitedly, "until they have to agree to our conditions!"

"Stop it!" Zeng Qingfeng shook his head, "You can't anger King Ning. If you anger him, he might mobilize a large army and come straight to attack, because he must get these three states to recuperate. And I can be sure that Lu Fengchun, who lives in Shunzhou, will definitely cooperate with him, and then we will be deceased in no time!"

"Not left or right, Dad, what are you going to do?" Zeng Yifan was a little anxious.

"Tell Zhong Ziqi that we can submit to King Ning, and he can also send officials to Liaochen to manage people's livelihood, but he must not intervene in the Zeng army. The Zeng army is obedient to the tune and not the Announcement! In the troubled times, as long as the army is still in our hands, our Zeng family will have hope of a new rise."

"Secondly, it is a prerequisite to require the Southern Army Navy to station at Anshun Port. As long as the Southern Army Navy arrives, it can curb Li Qing's navy."

"Third, I have compiled a letter to Lu Fengchun and Shunzhou, we have given it to him!" Zeng Qingfeng said so much in one breath, his face turned from red to white, and he was breathing a little unevenly.

"Dad, why did you give Shunzhou to Lu Fengchun?"

"Shunzhou has become Lu Fengchun's territory. Will he listen to King Ning so much? Son, in the future, you must firmly maintain your alliance with Lu Fengchun. Your lips are dead and your teeth are cold. Lu Fengchun will not understand this principle. Moreover, he faces the threat of Tian Feng in Dingzhou. Only by uniting us can we resist our opponents. Moreover, our two families can only unite to maintain some hope of revival for the two families. Otherwise, sooner or later we will annex Li Qing or King Ning! For the continuation of the family, what is a mere Shunzhou? People live and land survive, and people die, and nothing will be left!"

"I understand Dad!" Zeng Yifan said with some grief and anger.

"With King Ning, and then secretly communicate with Luoyang to the music. In the face of Dingzhou, you must be tough and resist. This is the last strategy I came up with. Ning Wang is weak and relying on him will not be in danger of being swallowed in one bite in a short period of time. To fight Li Qing, you can get benefits from Luoyang. If what I expected is good, in the future, Li Qing and Luoyang will definitely fight to the final decisive battle, and Ning Wang will eventually be defeated by the two of them!"

"The boy remembers it!"

"Go, go and tell Zhong Ziqi these conditions. I believe he can't sit still anymore. The battle in Qinzhou will not last for too long!" Zeng Qingfeng said this, and was extremely tired. He fell asleep again in a daze. Looking at his father on the sickbed, Zeng Yifan couldn't help but show a deep sadness in his eyes. It's over here, what else can he say?

As Zeng Qingfeng expected, the negotiations between Zeng, Lu and Ning Wang were finally reached an agreement after Zeng Yifan proposed new conditions. Since then, the Zeng family has been under the command of Ning Wang. Ning Wang will send officials to govern the three prefectures of Liao, Chen and Shun. The Zeng army is still self-organized. Ning Wang sent Dengzhou Navy to station Anshun Port and sent 10,000 troops to station Shunzhou to help the Lu family and Zeng resist Li Qing's possible invasion.

Zhong Ziqi returned with satisfaction, and the first step was expected to be achieved successfully. As for the next step, Zhong Ziqi did not think that Zeng Yifan, who was still a little young and immature, could not stop the scheming and conspiring King Ning's plan.

The fierce battle at Qinzhou City had been fierce for seven or eight days, and both sides had their eyes red. There were corpses on the city and under the city. Although they felt sorry for the losses of the soldiers, Li Qing gritted his teeth and said that this battle must be fought, and the soldiers must have a clear understanding of attacking the city.

These days, the soldiers have experienced too many siege methods that can be thought of have been used one by one, but Guo Zhen, who was guarding the city, was also a master in this field, and guarded it without any leakage. After seven or eight days, Li Qing's army had nearly thousands of soldiers injured and killed under Qinzhou City, but the best result was to kill the city and barely occupy several isolated bridgeheads, but it couldn't last long and was wiped out one by one.

The generals under Li Qing were extremely angry. If the fierce and hatred eyes could also attack the city, Qinzhou City must have been attacked.

Another wave of Dingzhou troops rushed up. For several days, the ice cubes in the moat were trampled by thousands of people. Coupled with the attack of stone bombs, they were already full of holes. In some places, they had already broken open, revealing the deep water below. When they were running, people would occasionally lose their feet, step into the ice water with one foot.

The continuous attacks of Dingzhou soldiers made Guo Cheng unable to bear it. The 30,000 soldiers of the Right Camp of the Capital have now lost more than 10,000. The catapults in the city have been destroyed by the Dingzhou catapults that have been pushed closer in these days. The Eight Niu Crossbows are almost gone. Unlike Li Qing who is carrying the Craftsman Camp with his army, in Qinzhou City, these heavy weapons are now less than one.

"Open the secret door and pour a lot of turmeric oil!" Guo Zhen ordered.

Dingzhou soldiers who were crossing the moat suddenly discovered that a layer of black viscous liquid flowed from the moat. When they smelled the pungent smell, the Dingzhou officers were shocked, "Retreat, retreat!"

Before he finished speaking, countless rockets were fired in the city, and a flame that soared into the sky was lit on the moat, and countless Dingzhou soldiers screamed and were covered in fire.

As soon as the moat that was already in danger was burned by the fire, the ice surface finally collapsed. As the ice cubes sink into the water were thousands of soldiers in Dingzhou!
Chapter completed!