I'm the villain in the book

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After bidding farewell to the old woman, Wei Changtian went to the Hexin Pavilion to find one of Han Zhao's soldiers.

The latter gave him a set of clothes, a waist card, and a war horse.

Dressed up as an ordinary scout, Wei Changtian galloped out of the city in such an aboveboard manner, and then galloped towards the south.

Although the scouts belonged to the scout battalion, in order to detect intelligence in a wider range, they usually only work in groups of a few people, or they simply act alone.

So he didn't arouse any suspicion along the way, and soon completely left the area where the imperial army was stationed, and went directly to Niutoushan.

As the shortest route from Guanghan County to Shuzhou City, Niutou Mountain is not too far from Guanghan County. If you don’t rest on horseback, you can get there almost overnight.

And if it is a march, it will take almost two days.

In other words, the imperial army should arrive at the Niutoushan pass in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow.

At that time, what awaits them is a net of heaven and earth.

"call!"

The gust of wind whizzed past my ears, and the grass trembled and fell down wherever the steeds plundered.

Wei Changtian usually travels by car, and rarely rides a horse, so he didn't dare to ride too fast at the beginning.

However, after a short period of adaptation, he gradually let go of his worries. Not only did his horse run faster and faster, but he also slowly began to enjoy the process of "riding a fast horse".

Squinting his eyes slightly, feeling the strong wind across his face, his body heaved up and down rhythmically with the hoof of the horse.

Wei Changtian suddenly somewhat understood why so many people liked drag racing in his previous life.

Speed ​​can indeed bring people an inexplicable sense of excitement.

It's just that this kind of "passion" is based on the "sense of danger", and the speed of the horse is obviously not enough to make Wei Changtian feel the "danger", so after a long time, he loses interest.

Even a little boring.

By the way, I don't know where Xu Suisui was teleported...

Looking at the endless wilderness in front of him, Wei Changtian who was bored suddenly thought of this question.

According to this woman's IQ, she should be able to judge that the Shu army has successfully broken through, so she should go to Niutoushan to find herself.

But after getting the new son-mother jade, Wei Changtian sent information to Chu Xianping, knowing that Xu Suisui did not appear in Niutoushan.

In addition, Han Zhao didn't have any news about "catch the strange woman".

So... was there a delay?

Or is the teleportation location bad?Died unfortunately?

After all, the Qingjue jade pendant is sent randomly, so it is not certain if it accidentally falls into any river or lake.

But Xu Suisui's luck should not be so bad...

With a mutter in his heart, Wei Changtian didn't continue to think about it.

In other words, since he found out what Xu Suisui's system is, he has been deliberately controlling himself not to think about it.

Because the more you think about it, the less "meaningful" some things become.

When the boundary between "real" and "false" in the world becomes blurred, and then it is revealed layer by layer in the form of nesting dolls... Maybe the truth of the universe is far beyond what Wei Changtian can understand and accept.

Therefore, in order to prevent his world view and values ​​from collapsing, Wei Changtian decided that it is better not to think about such profound issues for the time being.

"Da da da, da da da..."

In the ears, the sound of horseshoes blown by the wind was fragmented.

At this time, the sun had already set in the west, and soon it would be dusk.

Wei Changtian raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and what he saw was the scene of an open wilderness that is rarely seen in the south.

The mountains follow Hirano, and the river flows into the great wasteland.

There is not a bird in the sky, and the wilderness at the foot of the mountain stretches far to the left and right.

A not too wide river flows slowly at the end of the line of sight, and there is a looming wooden bridge beside the river.

This is what Wei Changtian saw, the only scene left in the bleakness of late autumn.

At this moment, Wei Changtian's figure in it seemed a little small and lonely, even if he pulled his gaze further away, he might only see a small black dot moving slowly forward.

Someone once said in a previous life - the more people experience, the less they talk; the more books they read, the more they understand their ignorance.

And if it is combined with Wei Changtian's current experience, perhaps one more sentence can be added to this statement.

The farther you go, the more you realize how small you are.

......

......

At night, Daning capital.

At Xu time, nearly a day had passed since Wei Xianzhi led people to surround the palace.

Naturally, it is impossible to completely block the news for such things, let alone Wei Xianzhi never thought of doing so.

Therefore, such a major event that can be called "shocking the world" has already reached the ears of the people, and even ignited the public opinion in an instant.

That is to say, there is no hot search list this year, otherwise the topic of "Wei family intends to rebel" will definitely occupy the top spot for a long time.

Until another heavy news that could overwhelm this matter suddenly came...

"Brother Feng! Have you heard? Dafeng has surrendered!"

"You just know that the Beijing News reported this matter at noon today, saying that the imperial army has already entered Fengyuan City!"

"Already entered the city? What about Emperor Dafeng? Escaped?"

"Escape? That person is stupid now, I heard that he has been placed under house arrest by General Wu."

"Stupid? Tsk tsk tsk, you are still an emperor with such a heart, no wonder Dafeng was defeated so quickly!"

"Who says no? If you want me to say it's our sage..."

"Cough! Brother Feng, be careful! Be careful that walls have ears!"

"Brother Liu, you and I are on the street now, there is no wall..."

"..."

At the moment when Wei Xianzhi had already made it clear that he wanted to confront Ning Yongnian, Da Feng's surrender was undoubtedly a timely rain, helping the latter to consolidate the people's hearts that were already shaky due to the food price issue.

Greatly defeated the enemy's country and helped more than 200 million compatriots in Yuanzhou City "revenge"... Although most of the people in Daning have eaten their last meal and never finished their next meal, such a meal of "spiritual food" is enough for everyone Get excited.

After all, this is a great thing no matter what, and it can definitely be regarded as Ning Yongnian's eternal achievements.

Just like the two people just now, most people did not dare to "blatantly" praise Ning Yongnian.

Even Ning Yongnian himself didn't feel excited at all right now, his face was expressionless, as if someone owed him so much money.

"Old Li, what's going on in Shuzhou?"

In Shiqu Pavilion, Ning Yongnian asked about the situation in Shuzhou for the fifth time today.

And Li Huaizhong quickly replied:

"Back to the emperor, General Han has led his army out of Guanghan City, and went straight to Shuzhou City."

"Ah."

Nodding his head, Ning Yongnian looked at the map in front of him and frowned again.

Ever since the Battle of Shuzhou started, he has been thinking about one thing.

That's why the Shu army dared to fight head-on.

You must know that the imperial army has a full 30, while the Shu army has only [-].

Under such a disparity in strength, Wei Changtian still dared to fight, which meant that he must have felt that he had a chance to win.

But where is this opportunity?

Ning Yongnian can only think of Da Li at the moment.

However, the intelligence showed that Dali only sent 10 people to Shu Prefecture at most, which was still far from enough.

And why did Wei Changtian defend Guanghan City?Instead of directly defending Shuzhou City?

Although there has never been a saying in wars since ancient times that "the army is not as powerful as the enemy, so don't fight at all", and there has never been a shortage of classic battles in history that "win more with less".

But Ning Yongnian still felt that it was a bit weird.

"Old Li, why do you think Wei Changtian wants to defend Guanghan?"

Turning around, Ning Yongnian suddenly asked Li Huaizhong: "You know this guy's temperament better than I do. Is he the kind of person who will do things he is not sure about?"

"this......"

Li Huaizhong bowed his head to think for a while, and replied cautiously: "Your Majesty, although this thief is quite scheming, he often takes risks in his actions."

"According to what the old slave saw, the reason why he guarded Guanghan City was probably to delay the pace of our army, so as to wait for the Dali army to rush to Shuzhou."

"Um......"

Slightly nodding his head, Ning Yongnian seemed to accept the only reasonable explanation.

But just before he picked up the vermilion pen and was about to continue reviewing the memorial, he suddenly raised his head and asked:

"correct."

"Which way did Han Zhao take to enter Shuzhou City?"

Chapter 472 Variables

"Niutoushan..."

With both hands bent over the desk, eyes fixed on a small mountain in the map.

After Li Huaizhong pointed out the route of the army, Ning Yongnian immediately noticed the Niutoushan area.

"Your Majesty, the line of Niutoushan Mountain is the shortest road to Shuzhou City. If you take other roads, it will delay more than five days of work if you don't talk about it."

Li Huaizhong on the side guessed what Ning Yongnian was worried about, so he explained in a low voice: "Although Niutou Mountain is a mountainous area, there are not many natural dangers in it, and the southeast, north, and west are considered unobstructed."

"If you think about it, the Shu army shouldn't set up an ambush here."

"..."

After briefly introducing the situation of Niutoushan, Li Huaizhong stopped talking.

His analysis is actually correct. Although Niutoushan is somewhat more dangerous than other places, it is far from being called a "natural danger", and it is very difficult to set up an ambush in it.

What's more, the Shu army now has only more than 3 people, and it simply does not have the ability to ambush an army of 30.

Therefore, Li Huaizhong felt that the Shu army would definitely not do such a "death" thing, and must return to Shuzhou City to defend the city with the Dali reinforcements.

The old eunuch's idea is reasonable, but in fact this is the "illusion" that Wei Changtian wanted to create at the beginning.

After all, if you set up an ambush in a very dangerous area, a fool can see that there is a fraud, but this piece of Niutou Mountain, where the "danger factor" is not so high, is unlikely to have such a problem.

That's why he chose to set up a trap on Niutoushan, and made a whole battle plan from it.

Of course, in the original plan, the imperial army should have pursued to Niutoushan immediately after the Shu army broke through, and Ning Yongnian would not be given time to think about the order.

But now, due to the appearance of Zhenshanying and Qin Zhengqiu, the imperial army set off two days late, and the "pursuit" became "advance", which somewhat affected the smoothness of the entire plan.

Wei Changtian thought that such a small "accident" was not a big problem and should not affect the overall situation.

But in fact, when the opponent is someone like Ning Yongnian, any small mistake may be infinitely magnified.

"..."

Looking at the map, Ning Yongnian did not speak at all.

In fact, he didn't doubt Han Zhao, nor did he question Han Zhao's decision to take the front line of Niutoushan, and he understood that he should interfere as little as possible in the war.

After all, Han Zhao was on the front line, so he knew the situation far better than himself.

But Ning Yongnian always felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Although there was no abnormality in the war in Shuzhou except for the master who "killed three thousand soldiers with one sword", it can even be said that it went very smoothly.

But because it was so smooth, it made him feel the crisis hidden in the darkness.

"Tell Han Zhao..."