Chapter 713: Fang Shuai's Crisis
"The sons fought bloodily, and blood built high walls. In the court, on the first day of the new monarch's accession to the throne, what was staged was a civil strife between the monarch and the ministers, in order to eradicate dissidents, he did not hesitate to collude with the opponent and frame him, and the new monarch had lost his majesty before he took the throne, how ridiculous is this......"
In the city cave, Fang Youqun's voice trembled, as if there was endless anger and grievances that could not be poured out.
But after a long time, only a low and lonely thing remained: "Sad, sad......"
Hua Mingfu raised his head slightly, looking at Fang Youqun's back that seemed to be slumped down in an instant, his lips moved a few times, wanting to comfort, but he didn't know how to speak.
This famous iron-blooded handsome man has made great achievements in his lifelong career as a horseman.
On the battlefield, he was invincible, and there was never any enemy who could shake his fighting spirit.
But a military commander's belief in victory, and even the most critical factor in the success or failure of a war, to a large extent, comes from a monarch worthy of the general's willingness to repay him with a horse leather shroud.
But at the enthronement ceremony, the absurd scene undoubtedly hit this iron-blooded handsome.
As soon as an auxiliary ascended the throne, in order to eradicate dissent, he did not care about the overall situation of the country and the dynasty, and even did not hesitate to collude with hostile forces, how could Fang Shuai continue his fighting spirit.
In order not to lose the country, the soldiers killed on the battlefield were full of blood, and the bones were mountains, but the lord who sat on the high throne ignored the lives of the soldiers and fought for it, and turned his head to collude with the enemy.
Hua Mingfu understood that Fang Youqun was lost at the moment, and in the end he could only persuade softly: "Don't worry too much about this, the enthronement ceremony is ...... Your Majesty may have fallen for the Lin family's plan to sow discord, and listened to King De's slander, so he acted like this...... Fortunately, it didn't lead to much harm in the end......"
This passage was said intermittently by Hua Mingfu, and it was obvious that if he wanted to talk about Chu Ruocai at the rank ceremony, it was really just King De's own opinion, and he didn't even believe it.
But there is no way, this is the case, he can only be so generous and have a group of hearts.
Fang Youqun didn't say a word, just silent.
After another half an hour, Fang Youqun suddenly opened his eyes, stood up, and walked straight out.
"Dashuai!" Hua Mingfu was taken aback by his sudden move.
Fang Youqun: "This handsome man has nothing to do, there is no need to do this." ”
After that, he turned his head and said to Hua Mingfu with a serious face: "Your Majesty has been swept away by this experience, and I am afraid that it will become more and more troublesome inside and outside." The things on the Golden Palace can't be hidden from the people with intentions, and they can't hide from the banner barbarians, they won't let go of this opportunity to hit our army hard, and Jingyuan City may not be able to hold it. ”
"Dashuai, do you want to give up Jingyuan City, this is absolutely impossible, once Jingyuan City is lost, Subei will be finished......" Hua Mingfu was shocked when he heard this.
"Not to mention the ...... of northern Jiangsu" Fang Youqun's eyes were also bloodshot, but he just said in a low voice: "Southern Jiangsu is also finished, but there is no way, instead of waiting for the flag to ruin our army's heart and retreat, it is better to take the initiative to retreat." ”
"I can't retreat, Dashuai, I can't retreat now!" Hua Mingfu was in a hurry after hearing this.
The low-voiced Fang Youqun heard this, but his eyes widened, and the boredom in his heart could no longer be suppressed, and he wanted to roar when he opened his mouth.
But looking at Hua Mingfu's eager face, he closed his eyes, took a deep breath, suppressed it again, only shook his head and said nothing, and turned to leave.
Hua Mingfu immediately followed, regardless of the fact that he had already walked out of the room, and was busy whispering in Fang Youqun's ear: "Handsome and slow, have you ever thought that Your Majesty ordered us to retreat before, but we refused to comply, and now Your Majesty has gone through this experience, and you are on fire, but you have retreated, how can this not make Your Majesty misunderstand, you are deliberately embarrassing with the king, so, Your Majesty is only afraid that it will be more ......."
After Fang Youqun listened, his face was indifferent, he just raised his hand to stop Hua Mingfu from talking further, and then strode away.
Seeing this, Hua Mingfu could only stomp his feet on the spot in a hurry, watching Fang Shuai gather the generals to discuss the retreat.
Hua Mingfu didn't know the real situation in Beijing, in his eyes, although His Majesty was swept away this time, but in the end, it was still His Majesty, and if he really wanted to offend His Majesty, His Majesty would have no place to regain his authority, and if he didn't do it, he would take Fang Shuai to the knife.
This Jingyuan City can be lost, but it must not be taken the initiative to lose, otherwise His Majesty will deal with Fang Shuai, and there is no need to find the crime, and he can be directly punished for the crime of abandoning the city and land......
Seeing that Fang Shuai had made up his mind, Hua Mingfu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
When he had nothing to do, he suddenly only heard a noise coming from the city tower, Hua Mingfu was upset, hearing the noise, he became more and more irritable, when he walked over, he grabbed a soldier who was about to run down the city tower and scolded: "In the important place of the army, who dares to make such a noise, is not afraid of losing his head?" ”
The soldier was shocked when he heard this, turned his head and saw that it was Hua Mingfu, hurriedly saluted, and hurriedly asked for sin: "Your Excellency, forgive ...... sin."
Seeing that the soldier was still wrapped in gauze on his arm, and his blood-stained robe had not been changed, Hua Mingfu suppressed his anger and calmed down: "Get up, what's going on downstairs in the city?" ”
"Your Excellency, General Zuo has brought back a batch of wound medicine, and everyone is overjoyed...... "The soldier explained carefully.
"Herbs?" Hua Mingfu raised his eyebrows, could it be that reinforcements from the DPRK have arrived?
Thinking of this, he was overjoyed, and he didn't care about talking to the soldier, so he hurriedly said, "Where is it, lead me quickly!" ”
In fact, there is no need for soldiers to lead, when you get off the tower, you will see the soldiers gathered in the open space under the tower.
Hua Mingfu looked at it from a distance, and saw dozens of carts and horses parked, several of which had already lifted the covers, and it was clearly visible that they were full of various medicinal materials, and there were generals loudly directing the soldiers to carry them.
Seeing so many medicinal materials, Hua Mingfu was also overjoyed in his heart, but then his eyes showed doubts: "Could it be that he really came to backup, but ......"
The medicinal materials were not sent to the wounded barracks, and they were pulled down to the city tower for a walk, but Hua Mingfu understood the reason, this was to boost the morale of the army, and it was no secret that there was a shortage of wound medicine in the army.
Although the soldiers fought bravely, they would have some scruples due to the lack of medical treatment, after all, once they were injured, it meant that they were injured and died.
The generals pulled the medicine cart and wandered around the front line in order to calm the morale of the army.
Hua Mingfu pondered for a moment, summoned the guardian grandmaster, and after a few words, the grandmaster nodded and left.
Hua Mingfu didn't join in the fun, turned around and went up to the city tower again.
After a while, I saw the Guardian Grandmaster coming over with a general, and it turned out to be General Zuo who went to get the medicine with Du Juan today.
However, this General Zuo is not the General Zuo Rulong that Du Juan wants to talk to frequently, but his son General Xiaozuo.
General Xiaozuo, who is a parent who sits like a dragon, a family of generals, has been in the army since he was more than ten years old, and now it has become a climate, and his subordinates lead hundreds of people, of course, he can't be called a general, but because of his father's relationship, most of the army jokingly call him General Xiaozuo.
"I've seen Mr. As soon as General Xiaozuo arrived, he respectfully saluted Hua Mingfu.
Hua Mingfu turned around, saw him and hurriedly smiled: "It's Shengzhi who is here, no need to be formal, come and sit!" ”
"Mr. Xie!" Zuo Shengzhi and Hua Mingfu were also familiar, but they were not afraid, but they never sat down, only stood aside and said: "Father has to be called by the handsome, at this time I can't get out, I heard that Mr. wants to ask about medicinal materials, Shengzhi has the courage to come to reply to Mr. ”
"Just call my uncle!" Hua Mingfu nodded when he heard this, and said, "You also know about medicinal materials?" ”
Then he said, "Come, sit down and speak!" ”
Zuo Shengzhi heard Hua Mingfu change his title, then bowed down and thanked him and sat down, and said, "Uncle Xie!" ”
"Uncle, this batch of medicinal materials was just brought from the Quartet medicine store outside the city, and I also went with the general to receive it, so I know a little about it, but I can report it to my uncle first, as for other specifics, or there are things I don't know, I dare not assert it, and please don't blame my uncle." The way to win on the left.
Hua Mingfu nodded again and again: "Yes, at a young age, he is thoughtful in his words and deeds, and he will not be able to weaken his father's majesty in the future!" ”
Praised by Hua Mingfu, Zuo Shengzhi was obviously excited, although Hua Mingfu had no official position in the army, but he was the confidant of the marshal, in the sense of his eyes, he praised Zuo Shengzhi in front of the marshal, and he could make Zuo Shengzhi struggle for many years.
Zuo Sheng's heart was happy, but his face was forced to be calm: "I don't deserve to be praised by my uncle, there is still a lot to learn from Shengzhi." ”
"Not arrogant, not impatient, very good!" Hua Ming Fu nodded his head, and then cut to the chase: "You said that the medicinal materials were pulled from the Quartet Medicine Store?" ”
"Yes!" Zuo Shengzhi replied in detail, saying in detail, the cuckoo came to offer medicine, and it was clear until the medicinal materials were pulled back, and even the cuckoo had to talk to his father on the road several times, and how his father reacted was clear.
Who is Hua Mingfu, of course he knows Zuo Shengzhi's intention in saying this, and he is clearly afraid that Hua Mingfu is suspicious of their proximity to Du Juan, so he didn't dare to delay, and immediately ran to clarify.
"Okay, I got it." After listening, Hua Mingfu nodded.
"There may be endless points, when my father comes out of the handsome tent, I will come back to explain to my uncle." Zuo Shengzhi got up and said goodbye.
"I am generally clear about the matter, the general is busy, so I will no longer delay the general's time, and there is no need to go again, greet the general on my behalf." Hua Mingfu waved his hand and declined.
After Zuo Shengzhi left, Hua Mingfu's smile slowly converged, and his eyes were silent for a long time.
He didn't expect that this batch of medicinal materials would be brought by the cuckoo.
As for the cuckoo's intentions, there is no need to think about it, but it is clear at a glance, these days the cuckoo jumps up and down, and the meaning of wanting to make friends with the army is almost undisguised.
Needless to say, this offering of medicine must be to curry favor with the commander and draw in relations with the army.
If it was in the past, Hua Mingfu would definitely have to think deeply about the situation of the cuckoo's delivery of medicine, and consider all the details of various side branches, but at this time, he had no intention of thinking about those.
All he was thinking about was how to dissuade the marshal from withdrawing and get through the crisis.
Fang Shuai said that he agreed, once the news of the Golden Palace Qiman got the news, he would definitely take advantage of the unstable morale of the national army to attack and take Jingyuan City at any cost.
With the current situation in Jingyuan City, once the Qiman spreads the situation in Beijing, the people will inevitably be greatly affected, and they will definitely not be able to resist the crazy attack of the Qiman.
It was with this in mind that Fang Shuai decided to withdraw his troops, and the already predictable defeat did not require the lives of the soldiers to be wasted.
"Cuckoo, King Ming's ......" Hua Mingfu muttered in his mouth, picked up the letter from the capital again, and locked his eyes on the article "King Ming granted the Minister of Supervision and Military ......".
Hua Mingfu got up and paced, muttered for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, and turned around and walked out the door.
According to the analysis of the current situation, the rebellion of the enthronement did not help King Ming in the end, but allowed King Ming to gain a firm foothold in the court.
For today's plan, he has no choice but to commit Fang Shuai's taboo and contact King Ming.