Chapter 55
In the capital, Xiao Moheng's two military advisors quietly gathered together, Jiang Mei took a sip of wine, and reported the situation in Jiangzhou to Dongfang Zhan one by one.
"Gao Chi really deserves to be a real general! What an extraordinary shot! Dongfang Zhan praised.
"He's really done a great job this time! Almost did not move a single soldier, and let Jiangzhou save the day. Those three strategies are really wonderful! Jiang Mei's eyes were full of relief, since ancient times, good generals have been hard to find, and commanders who can make good decisions and have the demeanor of a general are even rarer.
"Pei Yun's army will arrive in Jiangzhou in a few days, he only took 10,000 elite soldiers from the capital, just because he knew that Yuan Zhen went south to Jiangzhou, so he transferred the soldiers and horses of Yuzhou, and would rather abandon Yuzhou and go upstream, because he wanted to get Jiangzhou and Jingzhou all the way." Dongfang Zhan analyzed,
"Fortunately, Gao Chi has repeatedly blocked the news, otherwise Pei Yun would not be willing to move the army in Yuzhou, so that we would have a chance." Jiang Mei continued, "My aunt's guard, Yang Jingren, has already followed to Liyang, and I didn't expect Pei Yun to give up Yuzhou so easily." Jiang Mei was a little surprised.
Liyang is the seat of Yuzhou, located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and is an important military town in the upper reaches of Jiankang in Yuzhou.
"This is also his cleverness, he is now a general who protects the country, if he can defeat Yuan Kai and Yuan Zhen in one fell swoop, then Jingzhou and Jiangzhou will be in his hands, in this way, the imperial court will definitely try to remove the Yuzhou assassin history, rather than make the imperial court jealous, it is better to start by himself, so that Liu Ji can still end up well." Dongfang Zhan explained, "Pei Yun is a scheming fox, but it's a pity that this time it's going to be planted in our hands. ”
"In any case, you can't let him get his wish, even if Jingzhou gives it to him, it will be temporary." A sharp brilliance crossed Jiang Mei's eyes.
"Now after this battle, we can get Jiangzhou and Yuzhou, which is already a rare achievement!" Dongfang Zhan said with a smile.
Jiang Mei closed her eyes and sighed, "Yuzhou is not so easy to gain a foothold, Pei Yun is an old fox, he will definitely not sit back and watch Yuzhou being taken away." Jiang Mei said worriedly.
"Yes, I will tell them to be cautious!" Dongfang Zhan replied.
The two pondered for a while, and Jiang Mei asked out loud, "The Seventh Prince has already gone to Jingkou, right?" ”
"It should be almost there." Dongfang Zhan looked at Jiang Mei with a smile, "Let's make this move to attack the east from the west!" ”
Jiang Mei thought about it when she heard this, and said with a smile: "Haha! Exactly! We have already won Jiangzhou and Yuzhou, and let's see how the Seven Princes win downstream! ”
The Seven Princes in Jiang Mei's mouth were on the carriage heading to Jingkou at the moment, Xiao Moheng was half-squinting and reclining on the couch to rest,
At this time, Wen Du lifted the curtain of the carriage, bowed in, and handed the strip of cloth in his hand to Xiao Moheng, "Your Highness, this is the book of flying pigeons in Beijing." ”
Wendu is an important adviser by Xiao Moheng's side, and his status is no less than that of Dongfang Zhan, if Dongfang Zhan is Zhang Liang by his side, then Wendu is Xiao He. This time, Dongfang Zhan stayed in Beijing to preside over the overall situation, so Wendu followed him to Jingkou.
And Xiao Moheng only brought three people on this trip, in addition to Wendu, there was Qiulin who was in a car, and his personal guard Qin Xin.
Xiao Moheng lazily opened the strip of cloth, glanced at it, and said with a smile: "Jiangzhou has succeeded!" ”
Wen Du's eyes lit up, "Really? That's great! ”
Xiao Moheng lightly supported his chin with one hand, and pondered in his heart: Gao Chi? Sure enough, it's a general, and you have to try to subdue him!
At this time, Qiulin's voice came from outside the carriage, "Your Highness, Jingkou has arrived!" ”
Qiu Lin saw a general dressed in military uniform walking towards the carriage, and someone came to Qiu Lin and asked, "Is there His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince in the carriage?" ”
Qiu Lin calmly replied: "It is the Seventh Highness!" ”
The general straightened his clothes a little, and said loudly to the carriage: "Huo Congyan, the guard general of the Jingkou Guard, greets His Royal Highness the Seventh!" ”
Wen Du lifted the curtain, Xiao Moheng walked out of the carriage elegantly, he stood on the edge of the carriage, and said loudly: "The hard work general is out to greet him!" ”
As soon as Huo Congyan raised his head, he saw Xiao Moheng wearing a cyan robe and a moon-white cloak, he was handsome and elegant, and he was extraordinary, but Huo Congyan immediately lowered his head after taking a look, "Your Highness is coming, and the minister dares not to do his best!" ”
He looked up at Xiao Moheng's scattered entourage again, his heart was full of worry, shouldn't this prince be a large number of entourages and guards, why are there only three entourages of the seven princes, he thought to himself: Now that the displaced people are scattered, isn't this noble prince coming to Jingkou purely to cause him trouble? If there is a bad one, he can't afford it.
Xiao Moheng seemed to see through Huo Congyan's thoughts, but smiled silently.
Huo Congyan was distressed in his heart, but in any case, now that people are on his territory, he still has to entertain, so he said: "The minister led His Highness into the city to rest." ”
"So there is General Law." Xiao Moheng replied, and after speaking, he turned around and entered the carriage, reclining in the carriage again, and resting with his eyes closed.
Jingkou City is not big, but two quarters of an hour later, he arrived at Huo Congyan's mansion, Huo Congyan approached the carriage after getting off the horse, helped Xiao Moheng to get out of the car, and said as he walked: "Your Highness, there are many displaced people inside and outside Jingkou City, for the sake of Your Highness's safety, I wronged Your Highness to live in the minister's mansion, so that it is convenient for the minister to protect your safety." ”
Xiao Moheng smiled: "It's so good, it's just bothering the general!" ”
"Your Highness has tormented your subordinates!" Huo Congyan said in fear, but he felt that the Seventh Emperor was a corporal and treated people generously, and he also had a good impression of him in his heart.
Because it was getting late, Xiao Moheng was not in a hurry to tell Huo Congyan to do things, but just rested early.
Early the next morning, Huo Congyan waited in front of the gate of the courtyard where Xiao Moheng was resting, and he saw that Xiao Moheng was already standing alone in the courtyard, dressed in white, and he was leaning down to smell the light fragrance of chrysanthemums in the courtyard.
"The chrysanthemums on the General's Mansion are fragrant and refreshing." Xiao Moheng said lightly, although he didn't tilt his head, he had noticed Huo Congyan's figure.
"Thank you Your Highness for your appreciation, dare to ask Your Highness what arrangements you have today!" Huo Congyan asked, a martial artist is a martial artist, his brain is a tendon, when people talk to him about chrysanthemums, he only thinks about what to do today.
Xiao Moheng didn't care, he patted the flower dust on his body, turned to look at him, and said: "The general only needs to do one thing, that is, to post notices in the places where the homeless people gather, and register all the homeless people who are willing to enlist in the army." They were then gathered together and assigned to different branches of the army according to their strengths. ”
Huo Congyan was dumbfounded when he heard this, "Conscripting the homeless people as soldiers? "A few days ago, General Shi Bing had been thinking about how to suppress it, and the imperial court had always been quite jealous of the displaced people, and now these seven princes kept saying that they wanted to recruit them into the army, whether it was appropriate or not, it was really difficult to say.
Huo Congyan's lips twitched, and he asked a question that should not be asked.
PS: Do you still remember the battle of Weishui in history? The Beifu soldiers, who have a great reputation in history, were established by recruiting displaced people as soldiers, and Xiao He borrowed this allusion, looking forward to seeing everyone's messages