Three years of Sidley, June 18.

Xiao Hanbu of the Second Army of the Flying Tigers tore through the enemy's Bozhou defense line, and within three days, the four cities of Wushui, Tangyi, Boping, and Gaotang were connected, and the enemy of Bozhou was compressed in Qingping City.

Facing the "spider web" carefully arranged by Wanyan Trout, Xiao Hanbu was like a raging fire, and everywhere he went, it was wiped out.

thought that Xiao Han had invented some new tactics, Huo Zizhen was overjoyed, but what he got in return was that Xiao Han's ministry ignored the commander's order and the commander's military order, and burned the village to death in the spider's web, along with the male soldiers and the people.

Xiao Han is ruthless and has long been famous, but Huo Zizhen didn't expect that he would be so vicious that he could do whatever it took to win.

Xiao Han, the first general of the Ximen family and the general of the Nine Ranks, is only twenty-eight years old this year. But it's already famous. Simon Mamori recognized him as his adopted son, and his status in the Simon family was second only to the two sons.

How to punish him for breaking military regulations and flouting the commander's order and supervising the military order has become a common problem in front of the marshal Huo Zizhen and the superintendent Zhao Guangda.

No punishment?

It is detrimental to the prestige of the commander and the people's will.

Punish?

The first general of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the first general of the Simon family, has a very hard backer, how to punish him?

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At the same time, Tang Su, the general of Longyou, sent an urgent military report, changing horses without changing people for 800 miles, and three divine horses galloped to Luoyang.

The military newspaper said: It was found that the Sangla Kingdom was gathering troops, about 100,000, and had set out from Jiuquan to Wuwei.

Hearing the news, Empress Dowager Cao frowned, and immediately summoned hundreds of officials to gather at the Jinluan Palace.

The little emperor Zhao Ce was dressed in a crown robe, sitting on a dragon chair, with a solemn expression.

In front of him, hundreds of officials stood in two compartments, and the Jinluan Hall was depressed and solemn, and no one said anything. A large member of the first product gave a seat, Meng Danqing, the prime minister of Jingguo; Sima Tang Zhen of the Duke of Qi; Emperor Shi Dafu of Chu State; Wu Guogong, the crown prince and the prince of Fu Qian Qibo; Fan Yao, the crown prince of Song Guogong, was dressed in the purple court clothes of the highest glory of the people, and sat firmly in the court.

Behind the emperor, there was a white curtain, and behind the curtain sat a woman, wearing a purple and gold robe, with a phoenix crown on her head, which made people feel domineering through the curtain.

Above the court, there was silence.

But when the eunuch read the military report submitted by General Longyou, the court immediately exploded, and for a while, the peace faction and the main battle faction spoke out one after another, and the two sides argued, and gradually escalated into a war of words and swords, until they could not be separated. There was a lot of noise in the court, which damaged the majesty of the emperor.

At this time, the little emperor Zhao Ce seemed a little anxious, but suddenly there was a light cough from behind the curtain, and the court immediately quieted down, only a few people who realized it later, seeing that everyone stopped talking, they immediately closed their mouths.

"Please ask the three auxiliary ministers to stay, and the mourning family wants to consult with the three about the plan to retreat from the enemy, and the rest of the Aiqing will retreat first."

"Whew-"

The ministers spoke out collectively, and then withdrew respectfully in an orderly manner.

Empress Dowager Cao also drove back to the palace, and the eunuch sent a message and asked the three auxiliary ministers to go to the apse for talks. But she didn't call Zhao Ce.

For this reason, the little emperor tightened his nose and had a lot of complaints, but he didn't dare to question the queen mother, so he ran to the imperial study and went to find Zhao Ya, the princess of Chang'an.

The three ministers came to the apse one after another, and the Empress Dowager Cao was still sitting behind the curtain, but the curtain here looked too perfunctory, and there was almost no difference between hanging the curtain and not hanging it. Empress Dowager Cao's delicate face can be seen clearly by outsiders.

However, the three ancient ministers sitting opposite each other, how could they have the heart to look at the queen mother's appearance, each with a ghost, thinking about their own affairs.

"The sudden movement of the Sangla people must not be ignored." Empress Dowager Cao's crisp voice sounded: "I don't know what Meng Xiang thinks?" ”

Empress Dowager Cao's first sentence had already set the tone, about the Sangla people gathering 100,000 troops, this matter must be immediately countermeasured.

Meng Danqing sat in the chair, bowed slightly, and said: "According to the old minister, King Sangla is just pretending, as long as he sends an important minister to appease him, this matter can be settled." Queen Mother, don't bother. ”

Empress Dowager Cao didn't speak, her eyes fell on the great Sima Tang Zhen.

Tang Zhen coughed lightly and said, "According to the old minister, this matter will never be so simple. Mobilize 100,000 troops at a time, is it possible that he just came out to the border to slip around? Meng Xiang thought things simple. ”

As soon as Tang Zhen exited, it was-for-tat.

Empress Dowager Cao was very satisfied, and the corners of her mouth lifted slightly. Her smile was not to express her feelings, but to send a signal to the third auxiliary minister, Simon Mamori, hoping that Dr. Yushi's answer would also satisfy the "mourning family".

His eyes fell on Simon Mamori, and Simon smiled and said: "Please also ask the Empress Dowager Cao to call the shots, whether the Empress Dowager Cao wants to fight or peace, my Simon family is willing to support it." Hehehe. ”

Empress Dowager Cao's smile disappeared, and she said, "Please also tell the Duke of Chu Guogong, if you fight, how should you fight?" ”

Empress Dowager Cao has already drawn the Tao clearly, leaving no room for Ximen Zhensen to be sloppy, Ximen Zhensen did not smile, pondered for a moment, and said: "In order to deal with the Sangla people, this dynasty has already cultivated a large number of warriors in Longyou, and over the years, it has cost a huge amount of money. Now that the enemy has moved, it is time for the Longyou Army to rise up and resist. It is a time to raise soldiers for a thousand days, and this is the time to use them. ”

After talking for a long time, Simon Mamori didn't pull out a dime.

Meng Danqing sneered, glanced at Ximen Zhensen, and said: "Since the Queen Mother is determined to fight, then the old minister thinks that this battle should be in accordance with the old method." Wherever the war took place, the local garrison was the first to resist. And the ministers gathered troops in Kyoto and were ready to support Longyou at any time, that is. ”

Tang Zhendao: "This time is different from before, now it is at war with Nan Jia, the three armies of Shence have been transferred to the Hebei battlefield, at this time Longyou only has the first army and the second army of Shence, 60,000 horses, 100,000 enemies, I am afraid it is impossible to resist." ”

Empress Dowager Cao said: "Yes, every time the mourning family thinks of General Qi, they feel a little uncomfortable. Although he was defeated, he also had his own reasons, but the soldiers given to him were too few, and it was really difficult for him. ”

Simon Mamori nodded and said, "Yes, you can't repeat the mistakes of the past." The words changed: "Since the Queen Mother has this concern, my Ximen family is willing to allocate the First Cavalry Division of the Fourth Army of the First Tiger Ben to help General Longyou." ”

Empress Dowager Cao did not speak.

Tang Zhen frowned and said, "It's only one division, I'm afraid it's too little." ”

"Hehe, the heavy responsibility of guarding the Yangtze River, don't dare to slack off." After saying this, Simon Masen stopped looking up, and he didn't even look at the Queen Mother, putting on a posture of refusal.

The Queen Mother picked the corners of her eyes, and turned her gaze to Meng Danqing.

Meng Danqing's face sank like water, and said: "In this Northern Expedition, my Flying Tiger Army is the main force, the best troops, I have pulled them to Hebei, and I think the Queen Mother also knows that Meng Yang has just died, and the Meng family will not be able to send anyone at this time." ”

Too back expressionless.

The room was silent for a while, and no one spoke.

Empress Dowager Cao said coldly: "In any case, please also ask the three auxiliary ministers to worry more about Daliang, in the face of Sangla's 100,000 cavalry, only with the two armies of Longyou, they will not be able to win." If Longyou is lost, the Sangla army can drive straight into Chang'an, and at that time, if you want to recapture it, it will be even more difficult. ”

"In addition, the mourning family has also heard about the affairs of Meng Xiang's family, and they have also sent people to secretly investigate, and now the results are basically clear. When the Guard Division Yin Wantang comes back, he will give you a clear answer. ”

Meng Danqing was stunned.

Empress Dowager Cao continued: "In addition, I heard that the puppet emperor of Youlu died, and there are rumors that I sent assassins to assassinate Yelu Tianyou, which is really a big joke. At this time, I was fighting against the male Jia, and it was too late to win over the right lawyer, how could I anger the right law at this critical moment. This must be someone with ulterior motives. I hope you don't believe these words. And don't spread false information. ”

At this time, Meng Danqing said: "Queen Mother, this is exactly what the old minister is worried about. Maybe King Sangla just listened to the rumors, so he had a disobedient heart to Daliang, but the old minister still insisted, it is better to talk about it first, it is not appropriate to talk, and it is not too late to fight. ”

"Yes." Empress Dowager Cao raised her voice and said, "Then take Meng Xiang's opinion and talk about peace first." However, this support still needs to be supported, and there must be no strategic mistakes. This time, the mourning family would suggest that the emperor send 20,000 Xuanjia troops to support Longyou. The mourning family hopes that the Meng family and the Sima family will also be on par with the Xuanjia army. Otherwise, who can afford to be defeated in the war can not send a single soldier. ”