Chapter 271: Zhao'an (2)
However, it was said that Li Yi led the army to Wan'an Mountain to suppress bandits and suffered several defeats. www.biquge.info I can't help but say that Huang Junyan is indeed extraordinary, although it is a means to hide people's ears, but it also makes these officers and soldiers very frightened, and even those who were in a hurry did not dare to go out to fight lightly.
These defeats were exactly the strategies set by Li Yi and Huang Junyan. If the battle is not fought, Huang Junyan will surrender to Zhao'an, and he will inevitably fall into the hands of others and be suspicious.
The officers and soldiers fell into the formation arranged by Huang Junyan several times and suffered a big loss, and when Li Yi was sending the vanguard officers, they all flinched a little. Only General Wang, because he was an old subordinate of Qi Guogong, stepped forward to ask for battle. Li Yi was secretly funny in his heart, and he didn't say anything at the moment, and then took the information obtained by the spies to explore the road, arranged the troops, and of course won a big victory in the end. Huang Junyan took the opportunity to send someone to express his intention to accept Zhao'an.
Li Yi discussed with the generals, and everyone was in a hurry to go home to have their wives and children hot on the kang, so they naturally didn't want to fight again, not to mention that the people who were lost at that time also made people feel uneasy, and they didn't know if this victory was a fluke, so almost all of them agreed to recruit Huang Junyan. Even Fan Liang, a confidant of Scholar Wang, did not raise any objections, anyway, he also found a way to tell Scholar Wang about Li Yi's black state, and now that he has won the battle, it is naturally indispensable to be promoted to become rich.
However, it was said that in the Jinluan Palace, the emperor heard a few words of the Luoyang war report and ordered someone to pass it on quickly. When the emperor read the battle report in his hand, everyone under the stairs had their own stomachs.
Seeing that the emperor's face was grim at first, and then he was smiling, and Qi Guogong and Kong Chongzheng and others relaxed a little. Scholar Wang was a little disappointed, could it be that there was no good news from Li Yi's side, or that the information sent by Fan Liang was untrue.
At this moment, the emperor put down the paperwork in his hand and laughed.
"Sure enough, I really didn't read it wrong, Li Yi has already won. ”
All the ministers knelt down to congratulate the emperor, long live the mountain, and the blessings were all in the sky. The emperor was happy in his heart, and even his tone was a little more joyful:
"And Li Li Yi said that Wan'an Mountain wants me to recruit An, what do you think Aiqing?"
"Your Majesty, it is absolutely impossible to recruit peace!"
"Why not?" The emperor's eyes didn't show any anger, just looked at the scholar Wang, waiting for his answer. Scholar Wang was depressed, how could he just come to the battle report at this time, so that the plan that was about to be realized was in vain. But at this time, he could only bite the bullet and say:
"Lao Chen thinks that this gang of bandits is attacking the city and harming the people, and now is a good time to exterminate it in one fell swoop. ”
The emperor listened to the opinion of the scholar Wang, and did not say a word, but lightly twisted a few strands of beard, and thought to himself. At this time, Kong Chongzheng stepped forward and said:
"Your Majesty, the minister has a word, I don't know if it should be or not, and I ask Your Majesty to make a clear argument. ”
"Aiqing, but it will be fine. ”
"Your Majesty, this bandit on Wan'an Mountain, after all, is also the people of my Celestial Empire, and it must be because life can't go on that he made this decision, but in fact, he has no intention of plotting against the rebellion. Before Kong Chongzheng's words were finished, he heard a sneer,
"Hmph, Master Kong seems to know this group of bandits very well, this is really incomprehensible!" The person who spoke was none other than Wang Miao, the counselor, and it was a close confidant of Scholar Wang. His words were all on time, and Kong Chongzheng was related to the bandits, and his intentions were quite sinister. Kong Chongzheng didn't mind when he heard this, turned around slightly and glanced at Wang Miao, and continued:
Lord Wang was calm and impatient, and listened to Kong's speech. After speaking, he bowed his hand to the emperor and said:
"Your Majesty, as far as Weichen knows, the bandits of Wan'an Mountain once attacked Xin'an and Ruyang counties, but they only opened the granary and took part of the grain and grass, and distributed the rest to the local people. The minister thought that such a benevolent and righteous person would not commit a rebellion and rebellion, but why these people fell into the grass must be carefully considered. Although Kong Chongzheng's words were not explicitly stated, none of the people in the court could understand the meaning of the official coercion and the people's rebellion. Sure enough, someone spoke.
"Although Master Kong is reasonable, but people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, if these people rebel again after Zhao'an, won't there be trouble. Tobe Shifu said.
"What Lord Shi said is very true, but those bandits are limited in number after all, and after recruiting An, they will be scattered in different places to prevent them from getting together. What's more, with the strength of our Celestial Empire, what can a few bandits be afraid of? What's more, if I don't recruit at this time, I will also lose the bearing of my Celestial Empire!" said Luo Kun, the squire of the military department, this person is an upright person, and he also has some friendship with Qi Guogong, and he has always been unaccustomed to the faction of Wang University's scholars, and he also spoke out at this time.
The emperor's favorite thing is to show his bearing, Luo Kun's words are exactly what he likes, and he really said:
"Kong Aiqing is reasonable, since they are all people of the Celestial Empire and have a good heart, why can't it be fulfilled, come and pass on the decree, let General Li be responsible for all matters of Zhao'an. ”
When the news reached Luoyang, everyone was relieved, and now they should be able to catch up with the Chinese New Year. Huang Junyan and the others also put their minds at ease and released Gai Fei back as previously agreed. Li Yi received a secret letter from King Fu at this time, asking him to go to Shandong as soon as possible, Li Yi guessed that it should be related to the news he sent to him last time, so he thought about asking people to invite Gai Fei into the room. A short time later, Gai flew in. Since this incident, Gai Fei has been hit harder, and this kind of failure is a great shame that Gai Fei has never suffered, but because of Li Yi, he can't seek revenge on Huang Junyan. So after returning from Wan'an Mountain, Gai Fei rarely stepped into Li Yi's yard, and only then did he come over when he heard Li Yi looking for him.
"Brother Gai. As soon as Li Yi saw Gai Fei, he greeted him, what a smart person he was, and he naturally knew everything about Gai Fei's unhappiness, but now there is no way to resolve the contradiction between the two, so he can only wait for an opportunity in the future.
"Zifei, what's the matter with being so anxious to find me?"
"King Fu has a letter. Li Yi said in a low voice.
"What's the matter with the prince?"
"The prince asked me to come over. ”
Saying that, Li Yi whispered his thoughts to Gai Fei, and Gai Fei nodded again and again.
"Without further ado, I have to bother Brother Gai to help arrange it. ”
"Zifei don't worry, I'll inform them immediately. ”
"There's Brother Laugai. ”
Li Yi knew that Gai Fei was still resentful of Huang Junyan, but he also knew that Gai Fei's personality was by no means indiscriminate, so he was relieved to hand over the matter to Gai Fei.
He tightened his grip and walked out of the house, it was dark and a snowstorm was coming. (To be continued.) )