Chapter 337: Death and Life (1)
Not to mention that Cen Saburo in the capital was stopped by Cen Dalang's group of hardcore personal soldiers, so he didn't kill his brother. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info and then how to strike with the burden, forcing Cen Dalang, who was bedridden to recuperate, had to do things by himself.
When his eldest brother was so busy that he couldn't sleep for three hours a day and was tired of becoming a dog, he took people back to Anping Town and lived a leisurely life with his family.
also wrote a letter every day for people to send to the capital to show off to Cen Dalang: how beautiful the landscape in the southwest is; How idle and interesting his days were; how loving his parents took care of him; How cool and capable my sister is; How smart and lovely the nephew is; How happy and leisurely he was when he taught at the academy!
Cen Dalang was so angry that he scratched his heart and lungs! Every day I feel like I want to kill my brother. Move.
It's a pity that he is busy with government affairs, busy dealing with this, cleaning up that, and the whip is beyond his reach. I can only look at the letter like a masochistic person every day.,Cursing the ignorant brother.。
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An Sanshao and his soldiers were having a very difficult time in Mobei at this time.
Mobei is vast and sparsely populated, only winter and summer, the weather is either severe cold, or very hot, and the climate is very bad. As a result, there is a huge desert north, almost no vegetation can be seen, and there are few oases. When I walked there, the wind was raging and the yellow sand was all over the sky.
This made An Sanshao and the soldiers under his command who were accustomed to staying in the green mountains and green waters of the southwest and the gentle wind and drizzle very uncomfortable. Many people suffer from acclimatization and heat stroke. Some people are so sick that they can't get out of bed at all.
If it weren't for the reminder and help of Master Divination Operator earlier, An Sanshao brought with him enough doctors, medicinal herbs, and thousands of sturdy servants with some medical knowledge, so that the soldiers in the army could receive timely and effective treatment and care, the situation would have only become more serious.
Rao is fully prepared, and the current situation still worries An Sanshao, Yang Ze, Lin Hui and others.
They marched all the way from the southwest to Mobei, and it took less than 20 days. This also led to the fact that more than 10,000 of the 1560,000 troops fell ill on the way and when they arrived at Beiliu County, the southernmost county in Mobei!
There are still 30,000 or 40,000 people, and some of them are sick, and although they can fight, their combat effectiveness has plummeted. It takes three or four of these people to join forces to overthrow a Mobei soldier.
Yesterday, in the first battle between Beiliu County and the army of the Five Princes, the Southwest Army suffered a lot of losses. An Sanshao asked Yang Ze and Lin Hui to lead 50,000 southwest troops to fight the 30,000 vanguard army under the Five Princes, but they barely got to a draw, and more than 30,000 people were killed and wounded.
In the end, if he hadn't received the news of the unfavorable situation of the war, he led his troops to join Yang Ze and them in time, and wiped out the 30,000 vanguard troops of the Five Princes before and after, and killed the tens of thousands of reinforcements who later rushed to 30 miles outside Beiliu County. Their station in Beiliu County may have to be lifted by the people of the Five Princes.
If he really stepped into Mobei, he would ask someone to drive him away, so how could An Sanshao explain to his majestic uncle? How do you have the face to go home to see your loved ones?
After paying a lot of price, after winning the first battle, Major An San handed over the wounded soldiers to Yang Ze and Lin Hui to lead people to arrange. He and the rest of the junior generals immediately ordered people to start building strong fortifications as quickly as possible in Limu Town, thirty miles outside Beiliu County.
He also sent 30,000 uninfected elite soldiers to move to the army, stationed around Limu Town, set up many checkpoints, and strictly inspected them to prevent the five princes from leading people to leave Mobei from here and go south to Beijing to make trouble.
The defeat in the first battle of Beiliu County made the five princes and Liu Guobang furious.
Before he left Mobei, he called people to fight back, especially the elite vanguard among the 30,000 elites, who were all wiped out! This is a huge blow to them who are full of ambition.
An Sanshao provoked the anger of the five princes and Liu Guobang at once.
If it weren't for Liu Guobang to stop him, the five princes would have wanted to lead the troops immediately, personally lead the soldiers under their command, and rush to Beiliu Town to kill An Sanshao and his people.
"Your Highness, please calm down!" In Beixing Prefecture, more than 100 miles away from Beiliu County, in the study room of the Mobei General Military Governor's Mansion, Liu Guobang and several other henchmen knelt at the feet of the fifth prince, holding his legs and preventing him from leaving: "The spies reported that An Zhijun brought 160,000 soldiers from the southwest this time, and those were all elite soldiers. ”
"We only have 135,000 people, and more than 38,000 people were killed by An Zhijun, and now there are less than 100,000 soldiers left. can't fight hard with An Zhijun's southwest soldiers. Otherwise, it will be the result of all the jade burning. ”
"We have been working hard in Mobei for many years, and every soldier is extremely precious. You are training with us ****, but you are not here to fight to the death with An Zhijun's people! You have the world in mind, and you can't stop there. Today, no matter what you say, we won't let you lead your troops into battle. Ask Your Highness to think twice! ”
Several others also spoke.
"Your Highness! If you insist on going to war, step on our heads and go forward. Unless we die, we dare not let His Highness destroy the Great Wall! ”
"My subordinates also knew that the more than 30,000 vanguard troops had died, and His Highness was very angry! But the strength of the Southwest Army is extraordinary, the number of people is more than ours, and there is the support of the Cen family army behind it, so it is really not appropriate to fight with them. ”
"Yes! Your Highness, now that Cen Qingyan has occupied the capital and proclaimed himself king. The states and counties outside Mobei were all subdued by him one by one and included in the bag. Just wait for the army to go north, join with An Zhijun's people, and forcibly capture our Mobei. According to the opinion of our subordinates, we should defend not attack at the moment! In the past few years, under the governance of you and the Governor, Mobei has been like an iron bucket, and our walls are stronger and taller than anywhere else. As long as we retreat to Mobei, don't let the people outside try to attack it. In the world, we have lost the opportunity, it is better to take a step back, protect ourselves first, and then seek the future. ”
"Your Highness, General Wang is right!" Others echoed the words of the general who said that he would retreat to Mobei and no longer go south: "Now that we are weak, only by staying in Mobei can we get a glimmer of life." Leaving Mobei is tantamount to opening the shell of a mussel and giving people a chance to destroy us! ”
"Now that the country has been decided, as long as we stay in Mobei, give Cen Qingyan a letter of peace, and announce it to the world, agreeing that he will establish himself as king. He will not immediately send troops to us, whether it is for the sake of public opinion or for the sake of governing the country. Otherwise, it will be difficult to block the world's mouths. As long as we win three or five years, we will be obedient on the surface, and we can secretly recruit troops and accumulate strength. Wait for Cen Dalang to relax his vigilance and capture the capital in one fell swoop. Your Royal Highness, the road to becoming a king and emperor since ancient times has been difficult to walk, you have endured it so difficult in the past, please be patient and bear with it. Liu Guobang bitterly advised the five princes.
"Well, please get up." The fifth prince sat back in the first place with an expressionless face, and said lightly: "What you just said, Your Highness naturally thought of it. But now it's not like we can do it if we want to stay here. ”
He looked out of the distance and looked at the window to the south, "I want to take someone to a decisive battle with An Zhijun, not out of my own rush. moving, but well thought out. Although the city wall of Mobei is high and strong, there is a shortage of food here, so we retreat here and cannot support ourselves. Self-proclaimed here, when Cen Qingyan led people to besiege the city, they had to trap us to death. (To be continued.) )