Chapter 342: Candidates for the Southern Expedition

When the Caizhou soldiers saw that the commander was angry, they hurriedly covered their faces and fled, and Commander Li glanced at the back of the capital eunuch with resentment, and left with a sneer.

This scene had fallen in the eyes of Xu Wen, who had fallen on the city, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

Xu Wen had just finished explaining to a craftsman the place where to lay the tribulus and antler wood, where to lay the pit, how to lay the iron tent horns in the moat, where to dig the horse trap, and where to insert the antler gun and bamboo sticks in the pit. ”

Xu Jing glanced back at the group of craftsmen. whispered to Xu Wen: "Dad, the Yangzhou soldiers are too harsh on the attached Caizhou soldiers. Dad often said that if the strong and the weak are small, the city is large and the soldiers are few, the grain and grass are few and the defenders are many, the goods are stored outside, the strong do not need to die, the garrison is insufficient, and the military salary is not supplied, then the city is not guarded, and the city must be abandoned even if there are high walls and dangerous cities. Now the Shou Chūn defenders can't go up and down on blind dates, and they are severely punished, and they are worried that "even if Daddy arranges this Shou Chūn City into an iron wall, the water can't be splashed and the needle can't be inserted, I'm afraid there will be a big problem." ”

Xu Wen smiled bitterly: "This point, I said to the marshal, the Yangzhou soldiers here are all the subordinates of the marshal, the marshal is popular, and now he has to turn a blind eye, so he can't be unfavorable to them, Yangzhou can not be equal to the soldiers, although the marshal has given an order, but the people below are Yang Feng yīn violation, what can we do?" ”

Xu Wen stroked his beard gently, raised his head to look at the sky, and said confidently: "Jing'er doesn't have to worry too much, the commander of the army this time must be the Seventh Prince Li Jie or Tian Lingzi, but whether it is the Seventh Prince or Tian Lingzi, it is okay to do political articles, but they are not good at attacking and defending the city, quite early Huang Chao only used three thousand jīng soldiers to conquer the dangerous Tong Pass, Tian Lingzi has tens of thousands of heavy troops but can't hold this Tong Pass, even if this Shou Chūn City is not perfect, they have to return with a feather!" ”

"Daddy, don't forget, now there is a Duan Mingyu in Chang'an, this person has defeated Huangchao several times, and he has conquered Bianliang, which is guarded by Zhu Wen's 100,000 army, and he is extremely powerful...... Xu Jing couldn't help but remind.

"I don't have to worry about it, Duan Mingyu was able to defeat Huangchao several times, relying on nothing more than the powerful cavalry and field group in his hands, the field battle is naturally not a problem, and it is not necessary to attack and defend the city, he captured Bianzhou, it is nothing more than relying on Li Keyong's assistance." Xu Wen said unhurriedly.

"In this way, the child will be relieved." Xu Jing responded, raised his eyes and looked at the city, as if he didn't know when a dense Tang army would appear under the empty city.

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"Seventh Prince, how much credit has you made to the Huangchao Rebellion, and Tian has won the trust of His Majesty in this high position, but he has not been able to share His Majesty's worries, Tian is really afraid, this time Jianghuai will put down the rebellion and hand it over to the old slave." Above the court, the officials quarreled into a pot of porridge, and what they did was to compete for the position of the commander of the southern expedition, and the focus of the competition was nothing more than the Xiangye and the prince, and these two uncles invariably wrestled their wrists in front of Li Yi. Tian Lingzi said this, but the seventh prince was no longer easy to fight, shook his head and sighed, now is not the time to tear his face with Tian Lingzi, look at Tian Lingzi's resolute attitude, he is bound to win the position of the boss, and now his strength is slightly inferior to Tian Lingzi, this hand, he has to give up the seventh prince.

Imagine that after this big battle, Tian Lingzi will be defeated, and if he wins, his control over the army will be more handy.

Tian Lingzi defeated Huangchao and lost, just wanting to use this military merit to restore his prestige, and at the same time, he could also install his own henchmen in the Shence army, and blatantly change the Shence army, and his military power would be greater, in short, he Tian someone must firmly control the power in his own hands. Although the Seventh Prince made concessions, it does not mean that he will completely give up this good opportunity to make meritorious contributions, no matter what, he must also strive for some deserved benefits for his own people, the Seventh Prince winked at Duan Mingyu, Duan Mingyu immediately understood and went up to the mountain and shouted Long live: "Your Majesty, Weichen is also willing to share worries for Your Majesty."

Li Yi couldn't help laughing, this time he finally stopped arguing, he stretched out his left hand: "Okay, very good, Duan Qing please, Tian Aiqing, Yang Aiqing also come forward to listen to the seal together." ”

Two people suddenly stood up on the left and right, one was naturally Tian Lingzi, the envoy of the Tenth Army of the Shence Army, and the other was Yang Fugong, the left envoy of the Shence Army, Yang Fugong and Duan Mingyu were of the same rank, and the three of them were in charge of the 150,000 army of the Shence Army.

"Yangzhou Yang Xing's secret plot is wrong, since then, I deprived him of the position of section commander, Feng Tian Lingzi recruited envoys for Jianghuai soldiers and horses, Yang Fugong, Duan Mingyu paid deputy envoys for Jianghuai soldiers and horses, and I sent 100,000 Shence troops to Jiangnan in Chang'an, hoping that the three Aiqing would live up to expectations and fight this battle well for me." Li Yi sat on the throne excitedly and gave a decree quite majestically.

"If the minister obeys the order, he will die to repay His Majesty's grace." The three of them knelt down in unison to thank him.

"Seventh Prince Li Jie, I order you to lead the remaining 50,000 Shence troops, be sure to guard my capital, and at the same time hand over the grain and grass logistics of the three armies to you to co-ordinate, Brother Huang, the three Aiqing are about to go on an expedition, and the affairs of Chang'an are all decided by you, you must not live up to my high hopes." Li Yi smiled proudly, all the troubles were thrown to others, and now it was much more leisurely, thinking of this, this faint gentleman couldn't help but admire his own good scheduling.

Tian Lingzi was as if he had been struck by thunder, but the Seventh Prince was overjoyed when he heard this, which meant that he could take the opportunity to have command of the 50,000 left-behind Shence Army, and at the same time, during the expedition of the army, he could turn the political affairs of the Manchu Dynasty into his own hall. ”

In the White Tiger Festival Hall in Chang'an City, Tian Lingzi sat on the handsome chair, and there was a faction of Xiao Yu between his eyebrows, and he shouted loudly.

This is the second time that Tian Lingzi has gathered civil and military forces in the White Tiger Hall, the first time is to serve as the defense envoy of Tongguan, and to formally meet with the officials as a camp envoy, but this time, it is to determine the direction of the attack of the 100,000 Shence army, and to deploy troops and generals, to prepare for the first major battle after he served as the Jianghuai envoy.

Duan Mingyu and Yang Fugong sat on the left and right of Tian Lingzi, and the other officials stood in the hall according to the civil and military sequence, sitting next to the two eunuchs, Duan Mingyu couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable, touched his lower body, and made sure that he was still there, which made him feel a lot more relieved.