Chapter 165: Chasing the North (14)
Dozens of torches lit up, reflecting Wang Rengong's figure.
Wang Rengong was nearly 50 years old at the time, and most of his beard was white. Dressed in gilded silver armor, he pressed a fierce sword, his back was straight, his eyes were like electricity, and he scanned the dense crowd of people under his feet.
Thousands of soldiers and thousands of people looked up at this Mayi County Taishou blankly. There was no sound for a while.
Just now, every soldier was roaring to see Wang Rengong. And when Wang Rengong suddenly appeared, every soldier lost his arrogance.
The prestige of the famous ministers and generals of the Great Sui in the past 20 years, the most outstanding person in the world of the Taiyuan royal family, is indeed extraordinary!
Wang Rengong's heart is also surging with all kinds of complicated emotions.
The two generations of the Great Sui Son of Heaven have suppressed people from the family as much as possible. Although the Taiyuan royal family has a noble family background, it has been inherited for a long time. But it is no more important than those new families from the six towns of Xianbei, and the most important thing is that they do not have enough influence in the Great Sui army.
Therefore, the Li family, the Yuwen family, the Dugu family, etc., have always been in a position of power, and the two generations of the Son of Heaven of the Great Sui have always been cautious against several families, and they dare not punish and deal with them. And these people from the family who do not have enough influence in the army have always been targeted by various means of the two generations of the Great Sui Emperor.
Wang Rengong has a small name, and he is excellent in both civil and military affairs. In the center can be a famous minister, in the outside can be a border town. But he has been constantly sent by two generations of the Son of Heaven to serve as an official all over the country, and he is not given time to cultivate his strength.
In the Yang Xuangan Rebellion, Wang Rengong contributed a lot to the quelling of the rebellion, but the Son of Heaven served Yang Xuangan with several children of the Wang family, and belittled Wang Rengong for a considerable period of time. In the end, he was used to guard the border with Mayi County.
If it is said that when he was prosperous, Wang Rengong still had the meaning of living in the border area and sealing the wolf. So after going through so many things, Wang Rengong only has the ambition to bring the family to the most glorious position. He can't tolerate the Taiyuan royal family being treated like this again, and he can't tolerate other families with contemptible inheritances living on the head of the Taiyuan royal family!
Since the end of the Han Dynasty, the Taiyuan royal family has been inherited for hundreds of years, and the family background is Qinghua and noble, how can it be trampled under the feet of these military men with Hu blood in the six towns of Xianbei?
As a county vassal, facing great pressure from the Turks. Wang Rengong was frantically looting the whole county, desperately installing his cronies as generals in the county, desperately expanding his military strength, desperately suppressing Liu Wuzhou in the clouds, or even negotiating peace with the Turks, preparing to cede half of Mayi County.
Everyone seems to end up being what they hate.
It is precisely because of this that the Yingyang Mansion of Mayi, which had outstanding combat power and strict military discipline, was ordered to go into battle, and as soon as it came into contact with the opponent, it collapsed, and now the hedgehogs are gathered under the city, almost setting off a mutiny.
Wang Rengong never thought that it was Liu Wuzhou's main force that appeared in Shenwu, if Liu Wuzhou's main force came out of the Yunzhong Basin and attacked Shenwu. He also had thousands of troops blocking the exit of the basin and confronting Liu Wuzhou. This movement is too big to hide from yourself no matter what.
The one who appeared in Shenwu was just a partial division led by that damn Le Langjun! At most, it's only a few hundred rides!
Thousands of military horses who had exhausted the resources of Mayi County collapsed like this, giving themselves a good look!
Maybe what I did before was really a bit of a mess.
Now the situation is so bad that the news is spreading. Liu Wuzhou will inevitably rise to greater ambitions and want to replace himself. And the real enemy in his mind, Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang in Jinyang, will gain greater freedom of action, and can go to Chang'an without scruples, and after obtaining the nominal status of the center, and after receiving the soldiers in the pass, he can clean himself up like crushing an ant.
At this moment, it is useless to regret that I acted too harshly before. Now we have to quickly stabilize the situation in Mayi, no matter what, Liu Wuzhou should be cleaned up quickly, and then connect with the Turks to resist Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang. Keep the situation in Mayi, and then wait for the changes in the world, waiting for future opportunities!
But before these future steps, we must first settle the hearts of the Ma Yi Ying Yang Mansion army, and then firmly control them in our own hands!
Fortunately, these military men are not so difficult to deal with.
In troubled times, it is the opportunity of these soldiers who lick the blood with their heads, and with great luck, they may have the opportunity to become the nobles of the new dynasty in the future. Nowadays, these military feats are all in full swing, aren't they all like this?
But the first thing these soldiers have to do is to follow the right people!
And in Mayi County, although Liu Wuzhou won the hearts of the people, what use was it? Compared with the foundation of the Great Sui, compared to the family world, and compared to the intertwined relationship in the Central Plains, he Wang Rengong is a hundred times stronger than Liu Wuzhou?
And these soldiers of the Ma Yi Yingyang Mansion Army can be regarded as his descendants of Wang Rengong. If you turn to those families outside the county, such as Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang in Hedong, you can't be regarded as a descendant. Sent to death in the front, meritorious service in the back, these soldiers can also distinguish the severity.
As long as they are given what they want, and a few more people are disposed of to calm their grievances, it will not be difficult to win the hearts of the Ma Yi Ying Yang Mansion army. These puppet pawns are just like this!
In the silence, in front of the army, Wang Rengong had countless thoughts in his chest in an instant.
In the end, he spoke slowly, and although he was already old, his voice was still full of breath and sent it to everyone's ears.
"Don't you want to see a certain Wang Rengong? This is out! If there's anything you want to say to someone, just say it! ”
Thousands of soldiers looked at each other and did not say a word.
The soldiers relied on the courage of the group to make trouble, but at this time, there was no one to talk to Wang Rengong. Those generals were pushed out of the crowd by the soldiers just now, and they lost control of their subordinates for a while, and they didn't have the confidence to bargain with Wang Rengong for a while.
When Wang Rengong stood at the head of the city, his eyes were like electricity, and he asked everyone what they wanted, but no one said anything for a while.
Wang Rengong did not give thousands of people a chance to launch a leader in tandem, and if a stunned young man had a conversation with himself at this time, it would be easy for the situation to get out of control. He sneered right now and spoke first.
"How can you not know why you are resentful? It's nothing more than a recruited Quartet who has robbed you of your position. A certain enlargement of the army has diluted your gains. I want to unify Mayi, and what kind of hometown feelings have I hurt you! So you just go down and show so-and-so! ”
Wang Rengong walked a few steps around the city, stood up suddenly, pressed his sword and shouted angrily: "Do you want to stay in this place of horses for the rest of your life?" The troubled times are coming, it is the opportunity for the heroes of the world to work hard, but in your eyes, you only have the acre and three points of land in Mayi, are you willing to eat sand here every day? Are you willing to face an endless number of Hu people every day here? Are you willing to endure this day, the wind, frost, sword, and bitter cold? I want to take you to the Central Plains and become a new noble family, if you don't want to, you can go, you will be in this Mayi County, and you will be a pawn forever! ”
Under Wang Rengong's momentum, thousands of troops were defeated, and the birds were silent!