380. Make the best use of people

How easy is it to solve a general who is seriously ill and guarding a heavy city?

Shao Zhong has been tepid for decades, and it can be seen that he has a calm temperament, neither in a hurry to make meritorious contributions, nor in a timid retreat. It's just that such people are even more difficult to deal with. If he is in a hurry, he will naturally have a way to calculate him. If he is cowardly and cowardly, he will naturally have more ways to deal with it. But Shao Zhong was touched by decades of military career. Even if there are hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city, he can defend the city without arrogance or impatience, as if he is a hedgehog without flaws, making people have nowhere to eat.

In this case, there is no other way to think of it than to storm it. It's just that Shao Zhong still has a lot of experience in defending the city, even if he is a veteran like Chen Yu, he can't do anything about him for a while. Peng Cheng can be said to be the hardest and most difficult bone that Yan Wangfu has encountered in the past three years.

Chen Yu couldn't help it, and Wei Junmo couldn't help it either. No matter how resourceful Wei Gongzi is, you are helpless if the opponent ignores you. However, Wei Junmo was not in a hurry, and said in a deep voice: "Since Shao Zhong wants to drag it, let's drag it first." ”

King Yan raised his eyebrows, "Dragging?" Do you think Nangong Xu's side can win against Nangong Huai and Shi Jingxiang? "Nangong Xu is bringing the Chenzhou army, if the whole army is annihilated, who is more distressed than whom?

Wei Junmo frowned slightly, and said, "Since Nangong Xu hasn't asked for help yet, it means that he can handle it." ”

King Yan was a little surprised. He didn't know much about Nangong Xu. All he knew was a few good battles he had fought in Youzhou. But it's just good, and it's not an amazing Cheng dΓΉ. But his nephew obviously has a lot of trust in Nangong Xu's ability.

nodded and said, "Okay, you just know it in your heart." The king's injuries will not heal for a while, and you will not be able to do without you in the army. "Before King Yan can be the director, Wei Junmo will no longer be able to personally go out to lead troops to fight. Sitting in the army is not just about the trivial matters in the army. There is also the monitoring, scheduling and control of the entire battlefield. Even in the huge northern region that has been defeated by the Youzhou army, all things need to be dealt with. In such a situation, as the commander of the first army, he cannot personally charge into battle. Because he needs to be ready to deal with all kinds of changes or things. It can't be said that there are 100,000 urgent things in other places that need to be decided immediately, only to find that the person who can call the shots has not returned from the battlefield.

Wei Junmo frowned slightly and did not speak again.

King Yan looked at the crowd and ordered, "This king is a little tired, so you should go and get busy." Jun'er and Flawless stayed. ”

Xiao Qianchi and the three of them also knew that their father had something to say to their cousins and sisters-in-law alone, so they all retired in unison.

There were only three people left in the big tent, two sitting and one lying.

Wei Junmo looked at King Yan and didn't speak, King Yan sighed and said, "This king knows that you are very unhappy about this incident, but this king can't help it." The three brothers of Qianzhi, this king can't rest assured. "This time I can't help Wei Junmo, King Yan is not guilty, but as the commander of King Yan's Mansion and the Youzhou Army, he must make the most favorable decision from the overall situation.

Handing over the seal to Wei Junmo for the time being can be said to have pushed Wei Junmo to the forefront all of a sudden. Even the three brothers of Xiao Qianchi were afraid that they were not without ideas. Wei Junmo controls the Chenzhou Army alone, if he controls the Youzhou Army again, what else can anyone else do?

Wei Junmo didn't speak, Nangong Mo had no choice but to speak, "Uncle is serious, Jun Mo understands his uncle's hard work." ”

In fact, there is a little bit of unhappiness in this matter, but I can't say how angry I am. No one is an ignorant child, and King Yan is indeed a helpless choice to do this. If he could, would King Yan be willing to make the army uneasy? Xiao Qianchi's three brothers are not yet capable of taking charge of the Youzhou Army, and even the relationship between the brothers cannot be handled satisfactorily, how dare King Yan hand over the Youzhou Army to any of them?

This is like the Chenzhou Army, if there is anything wrong with Wei Junmo and Nangong Mo, the first heir is naturally An An. However, can they hand over the Chenzhou Army to a child who doesn't understand anything? In the future, the reputation ability is naturally Shang Rong, but can they rest assured that the Chenzhou Army will really be handed over to Shang Rong? Likewise not. Although the three brothers of the Xiao family do not know anything about children, if the brothers are against the wall, they are afraid that they are more dangerous than ignorant children. At that time, it is not impossible for the Youzhou army to be divided.

King Yan had a headache, "This king prides himself on being smart, how can he teach such three boys?" For his three sons, King Yan can really only be said to be speechless. Since he was a child, he has also studied literature and martial arts, asked Confucianism to teach, and even taught the art of war himself. There is no dispute between concubines and concubines in the house. The princess has always taught the three brothers to live in harmony and love each other. The result?

Perhaps it is precisely because the Yanwang Mansion is peaceful and peaceful, and there is no external pressure and worry at all, that these three brothers have grown into what they are now? King Yan pondered with some doubt in his heart.

Wei Junmo is not interested in paying attention to whether King Yan has a headache or not, he just needs to ensure that King Yan's life is not in danger, where can he blame him for being in a good mood?

said calmly: "Since my uncle is fine, let's retire first." ”

King Yan snorted coldly, "You get out, leave flawlessly." ”

Wei Junmo raised his eyebrows and stared at King Yan with displeasure on his face. In the past few days, it has been very hard to take care of him flawlessly, and now that he has returned to the Youzhou military camp, there are many people who call him, and he doesn't have to worry about safety, why is he still flawless?

Nangong Mo couldn't cry or laugh, and helplessly patted Wei Junmo's shoulder, signaling him not to block King Yan at this time. Depressed in his heart, His Royal Highness King Yan must want to find someone to complain. But the nephew he wanted to confide in the most didn't give him face at all, so King Yan had to arrest her, the nephew and daughter-in-law, instead. After listening to it, she felt that she needed to tell Wei Gongzi.

Wei Junmo didn't know what was sounding, raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay, it's going to be flawless for two more days." Soon you won't have to work so hard. ”

King Yan squinted, and vaguely heard a hint of interest from his nephew's words, "What do you mean?" ”

Wei Junmo said calmly: "The news of my uncle's serious injury came back to Youzhou, and my aunt naturally wanted to express it." Therefore, my aunt sent a concubine to visit and take care of my uncle. ”

King Yan's eyes sank slightly, "Nonsense!" ”

Wei Gongzi was in a good mood, and asked Nangong Mo to go back and rest early, and then turned around and walked out of the big tent.

Nangong Mo didn't know how to secretly guard His Royal Highness King Yan, who was angry with his nephew, so he had to go and take a medical book to read. King Yan is actually not a person who needs to be persuaded to calm down when he is angry, not to mention, King Yan's current physical condition does not allow him to have any atmosphere, and he knows it in his own heart.

King Yan looked at Nangong Mo, who was sitting calmly reading a book, and only felt extremely helpless. That's a couple of two!

"What does Uncle have to say?" Perhaps His Royal Highness King Yan's gaze was too sharp, so Nangong Mo had to put down the book and say respectfully. King Yan snorted lightly and said, "Let's listen carefully to what happened after this king was injured." "Although I can't manage things now, as a watcher, I still have to grasp the overall situation. And among them, it should be Nangong Mo, who is detached from the outside, has the most detached position and the most objective view. Of course, if this involves Wei Junmo, it is not necessarily.

Nangong Mo hesitated a little, "Are you sure?" "I'm afraid I'll be angry with you if I speak too carefully. You've already guessed it, so why bother looking for abuse yourself? Nangong Mo said silently with some helplessness in his heart.

King Yan glared at him fiercely, "Sure." ”

"Okay." Nangong Mo shrugged his shoulders and sat down to tell King Yan in detail about the big and small things of these days. Unexpectedly, King Yan was not very angry, and he didn't even raise his eyebrows. just said lightly: "This king knows." ”

Habitually raising his left hand to his chest, King Yan's face suddenly changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "What about this king's things?!" ”

Nangong Mo was stunned for a moment, and for a while he didn't understand what King Yan was talking about.

King Yan said in a deep voice: "Jade pendant." ”

Nangong Mo suddenly realized, remembering the thing that looked like a jade pendant that she casually took off from King Yan's neck that day. At that time, I was still surprised that Yan Wang's dignified man would wear that kind of thing, it seems that it is really a very important thing? At that time, it seemed that he was casually put under the mattress. Later, after the operation, he was worried that the military doctor and the attendants would lose it when they changed their clothes, so Nangong Mo casually put the things in the small drawer under the low couch for things.

Fortunately, because King Yan was not suitable to move, they were carried over with the soft couch. Nangong Mo stepped forward and took out the jade pendant from the small drawer in the corner under the soft couch.

I didn't look carefully before, but now I can see that it is indeed a jade pendant. It's just that the whole jade pendant is very delicate, and the characteristics are also a little strange. The finest mutton fat white jade is engraved with intricate flowers and plants and a swimming dragon, which shows its meticulous carving. Nangong Mo handed the jade pendant to King Yan's hand, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Only then did I understand that this jade pendant was obviously only half a piece, no wonder the traits were so strange.

Nangong Mo also remembered why she felt that this jade pendant was a little familiar, on An An and Xiaoxiao's first birthday, there was a jade pendant with the same texture as this one in the things prepared by Princess Changping to grab Zhou. The shape is better than this, even smaller, and it is carved with phoenix patterns. Although the size and shape are different, the texture is the same, and the carving is the same, obviously from the same piece of jade and the same person's hand. At that time, Nangong Mo didn't care very much, just regarded it as a good jade pendant, and in the end, that thing was taken away, so it became a dead thing. The little girl was very stinky and beautiful, and she grabbed the jade pendant and refused to let it go, so she had to give it to her in the end.

It's just that she can't use it when she's young, and Princess Changping is worried that she will be lost, so she coaxed it for several days before she took it in her hand and carefully packed it with a purse and put it in the thing that was young, and only said that she would use it when he grew up.

Nangong Mo raised his eyebrows, King Yan has a piece, and Princess Changping also has a piece. Could it be that this is an accessory that their brother and sister have? What will be in the hands of the King of Qi? Kirin? Or is it also a dragon?

didn't come up with anything for a while, Nangong Mo shrugged and ignored it.

King Yan held the jade pendant in his hand, and his expression suddenly eased a lot. I just didn't know what was ringing, and I was a little stunned, and I didn't speak. He has carried this jade pendant with him for decades, and it has long been the same as his own body. In the past few days, I have been drowsy with poor spirits, and I didn't even realize that Yu Pei was not by my side. At this time, the things were lost and recovered, and when I relaxed, I really felt a wave of sleepiness hit.

How did Nangong Mo know what important a small jade pendant was to King Yan, only when he was tired from the journey. So he asked him to rest, and he turned and withdrew.

A hundred miles away in the middle of a mountain. The cottage halfway up the mountainside of the highest main peak is quiet and solemn, and there is no chaos and noise in the village of ordinary bandits and bandits. Of course, it is true that this is no ordinary bandit village now. The original bandits and bandits didn't know where they had been driven for a long time, and the huge cottage was full of murderous soldiers with weapons.

"Master, Nangong Gongzi is inside, please."

Nian Yuan was led by Chen Yu and walked towards the depths of the cottage. Nianyuan walked forward, looked at the layout along the way, and couldn't help but smile: "I heard that the Chenzhou army has paid a lot of bandits and bandits in the past two years. Why is Nangong Gongzi going to fall into the grass himself this time? Nianyuan knew from Siyang's hurried feeling that Yundu knew that Nangong Xu didn't have a hard time with Nangong Huai at all, nor did he go to attack Yundu City. Instead, he took people around in a circle and plunged headlong into the mountains. In the past few years, it can be regarded as a great chaos in the world, and naturally many people have fallen into the grass or boasted that they want to learn from the first emperor to create a grand plan and hegemony. However, most of them are a joke, and some of them have become cannon fodder caught between the imperial court and the Youzhou army. The village here is no exception, it originally had the advantage of terrain, and the bandits lived very freely. Unexpectedly, in this world, I am afraid that there is no army with more experience in suppressing bandits than the Chenzhou army, and the village moved to the master in less than half a day after being targeted by Nangong Xu.

After Nangong Xu occupied the cottage, he didn't move the nest, but he just used the terrain advantage to harass Nangong Huai from time to time, but Nangong Huai had no way to take him for a while.

Chen Yu smiled a little gently, but he didn't say anything, "Master, please." ”

Walking into the lobby of the cottage, I saw Nangong Xu sitting in the lobby reading a book. Only when he heard the footsteps did he raise his head, get up and say, "Master Nianyuan." ”

Nian Yuanhe saluted, and the two sides exchanged a few words of greeting before they sat down.

Nangong Xu and Nian Yuan can be said to be completely unfamiliar, and they have not dealt with each other much in either Jinling or Youzhou. However, Nangong Xu has heard of Nianyuan's reputation, as a Buddhist disciple, Nianyuan followed King Yan to raise troops, and also gave advice to King Yan, in this world, he can definitely be regarded as a maverick. Moreover, Nangong Xu has also seen those schemes of Nianyuan in the past few years, and I have to say that Nianyuan, a monk, is indeed a natural strategist, looking at the white clothes like snow, with a kind face. In fact, the shot is ruthless, and the blow will be hit. However, Nangong Xu himself is also this kind of person, and he has no rejection of such thoughts.

Nian Yuan said with a smile: "The prince ordered the little monk to come to assist Nangong Gongzi first, if Nangong Gongzi has anything to do, please command, don't be polite." ”

"The master is gracious." Nangong Xu said lightly, Nian Yuan can be regarded as the chief strategist beside King Yan, but this is indeed polite. Nangong Xu didn't know what King Yan thought, and sent Nianyuan, who had just lost in Siyang, to his side, whether it was to atone for his sins or to have other plans, which had little impact on Nangong Xu. Nangong Xu is not good at charging into battle, he relies on his own wisdom to fight, so he doesn't really need strategists, and therefore he doesn't rely on strategists very much, so no matter what King Yan is sending Nian Yuan for, Nangong Xu can still do his own thing.

Nian Yuan didn't say anything polite to him, just looked at the empty lobby and said: "Wake up all the way, Nangong Gongzi's military appearance is neat, and the little monk admires it very much, but... The imperial court has just increased its troops by hundreds of thousands, plus Nangong Huai and Shi Jingxiang, and now Yundu's troops are better than Pengcheng. Nangong Gongzi doesn't seem to be in a hurry? Could it be that you already have a plan in your heart? ”

Nangong Xu shook his head and said, "No, but... I think they're more anxious than we are. ”

"Oh?" Nian Yuan raised his eyebrows.

Nangong Xu said: "In the past few years, the imperial court has suffered defeats and lost soldiers. When I was in Chenzhou, I calculated a little, and the soldiers and horses in the hands of Tainingwei, Chenzhou Army, and Youzhou Army in the past two years should have exceeded at least 1.5 million. In the past two years, the Jinling Imperial Court has ordered three conscriptions, and the 800,000 soldiers and horses reinforced this time should be the one recruited three months ago, right? ”

Nian Yuan was a little surprised, but he didn't expect Nangong Xuyuan to know these things so clearly in Chenzhou. Even Nianyuan himself has followed King Yan in the past few years, but he is afraid that he has not carefully calculated how many soldiers and horses there are in the imperial court, and how much has been lost. Of course, compared to Nangong Xu, who was idle in Chenzhou and had nothing to do except suppress bandits, he didn't have that time.

"But, even so, that's an army of 800,000."

800,000 new troops, of which 400,000 came to Yundu to support. Nangong Huai brought more than 100,000 soldiers and horses from his hands, plus nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Yundu itself. There are almost nearly 600,000 soldiers and horses in the entire Yundu. And in their hands ... With Nangong Xu's more than 100,000 Chenzhou troops, the enemy army is almost four times as large as them. Under such a gap, Nangong Xu can still be so arrogant and impatient, and Nianyuan is the first time that he is a little interested in this eldest son of Nangong Huai.

I only heard Nangong Xu say indifferently: "So what? The only places that the imperial court can control now are the vicinity of Jinling and a few places in the south. With so many soldiers and horses requisitioned, where did the imperial court get so much grain and grass from? If the strong men are taken away, what should the people do to farm? The reason why Xiao Qianye was so impatient this time was just because he knew that he was about to lose his ability and wanted to draw his salary from the bottom of the kettle. Mobilize several times the strength of our troops, as long as you take advantage of the heavy defeat of the Youzhou army in one fell swoop while His Royal Highness King Yan is seriously injured and dying. The problems mentioned above can be easily solved. However, if it fails......" Nangong Huai sneered, if it fails, Xiao Qianye can only be doomed. However, for the current situation, Xiao Qianye cannot be allowed to make other choices.

Nian Yuan looked at the young man with a cold expression in front of him with some surprise, originally thought that Nangong Xu had some talent in marching and fighting, but he didn't expect that his judgment of the situation would be so sharp. Nangong Xu's speculation is not entirely unreasonable, and even many of them are very consistent with Nianyuan's own views.

"Under the command of Wei Gongzi, he is really a capable person." Nian Yuan sighed lightly. Since the seemingly inconspicuous Nangong Xu has such ability, how many hole cards are still hidden under Wei Gongzi's hands?

"However, Nangong Gongzi has not yet said how to contact our current predicament." Nian Yuan said with a smile.

Nangong Xu said indifferently: "Predicament, why is the predicament?" ”

Nian Yuan raised his eyebrows, looked at Nangong Xu, and then looked at the empty lobby in front of him. If you can't compete with Nangong Huai, why live in this small cottage?

Nangong Xu said: "What does the master think of this mountain?" ”

Nian Yuan glanced back at the outside of the house and sighed, "Good place." ”

Nangong Xu continued: "The master thinks... If the soldiers and horses of the imperial court want to exterminate us in this mountain, how many soldiers and horses are needed? Nian Yuan lowered his head and thought for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "At least 500,000, I'm afraid it may not be enough." "The place where they are located is the closest mountains to the north bank of the Li River, and the entire mountain range stretches for hundreds of miles, with a total of 64 peaks, large and small. Nangong Xu hid in this mountain with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, but it was not as easy to deal with as a few bandits. Nangong Xu nodded slightly, obviously agreeing with Nianyuan's judgment, and said, "So, what if our army wants to rush out and attack Yundu?" ”

Nianyuan's eyes flashed slightly, "Thirty or fifty thousand people are enough." "Moreover, there are countless paths out of the mountain, unless Nangong Huai sends people to enclose the entire mountain range, it is indeed difficult to completely trap Nangong Xu in the mountain. But would Nangong Huai do such a boring thing? If that happens, I'm afraid that 500,000 soldiers and horses may not be enough to surround the entire mountain range.

"How to solve the problem of grain and grass?" Nian Yuan asked.

Nangong Xu showed a faint smile between his eyebrows, "This is going to bother the master." ”

Nian Yuan frowned, shook his head and said, "Nangong Gongzi is only afraid of looking down on the little monk." "I don't know how long it will take to get more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and Nian Yuan doesn't think he can solve this problem lightly. If he can solve this problem lightly, the previous mistake in Siyang is simply unreasonable.

Nangong Xu was not in a hurry, but said: "I have long heard that Master Nianyuan is resourceful, and I already have food and grass, but how can I get it, I still have to ask the master for advice." ”

Looking at Nangong Xu's focused and calm eyes, as if he were very sincere, Nian Yuan had nothing to say. Can he still say that he is not willing to give advice? He was originally sent by King Yan to help Nangong Xu. People will lay out the soldiers and horses, and the future plans are properly arranged, can you refuse this little thing if you need help?

Of course not!

Nian Yuan sighed lightly and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, it is better for the little monk to be respectful than to obey his fate." Give it a try. ”

Nangong Xu nodded, "The master is modest, and there is Master Lao." ”

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The world without a protagonist is open-minded: A Thousand Blazing Chapters

My name is Xiao Qianchi, and I am known as the prince of Yan Wang. I was not in good health since I was a child, I couldn't go to war like my father, and I had two bad brothers. The father said all day long: The son is not like the father. The baby is bitter, but the baby doesn't say.

One day, my father suddenly wanted to go to Jinling to clean up the little emperor who was disrespectful to his uncle. The baby is actually not very interested in the throne, and feels very tired when he is the king of Yan. But the staff around me said that I am the eldest son, and if my father becomes the emperor, I will definitely be killed by the second brother if I can't be the prince. The baby is so scared.

The baby studies hard and is low-key. Love your father and be filial to your mother. The second brother wanted to compete with me for the crown prince, but I ignored him. The third brother wants to fight with me all day long, but I ignore him. The mother said that I am a good child, and I will definitely take good care of my younger brother in the future. The father felt that the mother was right. So, I won.

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