329: Troops, generals, and pirates
The autumn rain falls again.
The army of the Western Expedition could only stop again, just because the plank road was too difficult.
While Chen Scar and the others could recuperate with peace of mind, Wang Zhaoyuan of Lizhou City breathed a sigh of relief, and looked forward to the autumn rain falling a little bit and a little longer.
The request for help has been sent to Yizhou for 800 miles, and I hope that the saint can make arrangements as soon as possible and deploy more strong soldiers and good generals.
But I didn't know that the news of his repeated defeats was more effective than any special diet pills in the world, and now the dragon robe was worn on Meng Chang's body, and he was swaying when he walked, and the cool breeze was blowing.
Meng Chang fell ill on the couch, cold sweat broke out, and his teeth chattered.
But he still held a military meeting in the dormitory.
"Chongming has been defeated repeatedly, Sanquan is not guaranteed, the sky is full of Dazhai and lost, the Zhou army is about to come to the city of Lizhou, what is the strategy for Aiqing to retreat from the enemy?"
"Wang Chongming talked about the soldiers on paper, lost his teacher and humiliated the country, he should be locked up and taken out of prison immediately, and another general should be sent to replace him."
"Hu Yushi's words are wrong, now is not the time to be held accountable, it should be the first to retreat from the enemy, besides, since Chongming took command, the victory is not nothing, and can be defeated and fought repeatedly, loyal to the heart of the country, heaven and earth can be learned."
"Ahem......"
Meng Chang, who was on the couch, stopped the argument that was about to spread, and asked: "The forbidden army still has 20,000 adjustable, who is suitable for this support?" ”
"Holy Lord, the minister suggested that the prince should be in charge, when the morale of this successive defeats is low, if the prince can come to the front of the battle to condole, it is the most able to boost morale, as long as the morale is together, the three armies are killed, and the 20,000 Zhou army is enough."
"Li Xiangzhi's words are from a lofty position, this proposal is very wonderful, and the minister seconded it."
"The minister seconded the proposal."
"What does Yi Qing think?"
The privy envoy Yi Xianzheng glanced at the ambitious prince Meng Xuanzhe, and said: "The prince is benevolent, filial piety and intelligence, if he can generalize the soldiers, he will definitely succeed, but the affairs are complicated, and the prince can't do everything himself, so he should choose another general to help." ”
"Yi Qing is reasonable, I don't know who can be appointed?"
"Wu Xinjie has made Li Tingqi have been in the military for a long time and is competent."
“…… Good. ”
Meng Chang has three sons, the eldest son Xuanzhe, the young and intelligent, and the good lishu. At the age of fourteen, he was named the king of Qin, the captain of the inspection school, and the Tongping Zhangshi, and sentenced the six armies to all the guards.
The second son, Xuan Jue, is a young man, good at bows and arrows, and has a martial strategy. Praise the king, lead the Baoning military festival envoy.
The third son, Xuanbao, was born strange. When he was a child, he could recite poems and write ten thousand words, and he died at the age of seven.
Prince Xuanzhe was twenty years old at this time, and it was the time when he was strong and domineering, and when he saw his father and emperor entrusting him with this important task, he was very happy in his heart, and he promised at the moment that he would go out of the country against Zhou and return the peace of the people.
When the palace returned to the East Palace, the news was already known to the whole palace, everyone congratulated each other, and some chamberlains asked with a smile: "The prince will not go out on the expedition, I don't know what preparations are needed?" ”
"Military affairs, everything is simple, just wear a sword."
"Ah, His Royal Highness the Prince, this is going to Mianzhou, the official road is flat, the carriages and horses are acceptable, and you can still settle, once you get out of Mianzhou, the plank road is difficult to walk, how can there be no people who live to serve, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a golden branch and jade leaf, is it difficult to let those Qiu Ba who are covered in stinky sweat serve?"
Meng Xuanzhe immediately felt pimples all over his body, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "The companion reminded me right, then arrange two more clever ones, and you have to keep up with the footsteps of the army." ”
"That's nature, and ......"
Under the gossip of his cronies and attendants, on the day of Li Xuanzhe's expedition, dozens of beautiful women, kabukis, and maids were carried, and the fragrance was gusting and beautiful.
Wu Xinjiedu, who received the edict of flying horses, made Li Tingqi lead 5,000 men and horses of the headquarters to rush in the rain, until the rain stopped in Yanting, and heard that the prince was out of Yizhou, so he turned and went west, and received the prince's car in Hanzhou, and the party went all the way to the east.
Failure is the mother of success.
Qin Fenglu's fiasco made Li Tingqi, a famous general from Xiangxiang, have no shame to see Jiangdong's father again, however, Meng Chang not only did not punish him, but instead gave him the important position of commander of the left and right armies of the Weisheng Army, and comforted him with kind words, saying that victory and defeat are a common thing in the army.
Li Tingqi was grateful, but he was defeated by the government and the opposition, and the three expressed his gratitude, and reappointed the Suizhou Wuxin Army to inspect the town and the Baoning Army.
Far away from the court, he learned from the pain, after he took office, he changed his mind and face, changed the elegant style of the past, shared weal and woe with the soldiers, and ate in a pot.
When I arrived in Mianzhou, Hongling in front of me reported urgently that the Zhou army had broken through the golden cottage and was approaching Lizhou City.
"How can it be so fast?"
"Rainy night raids, don't be careful."
"Hey, didn't you say that the plank road is difficult to walk, and Zhou Jun is resting in Mantianzhai?"
“…… I don't know what to do. ”
Meng Xuanzhe was a little dazed and asked Li Tingqi: "General Li, what should we do now?" ”
Li Tingqi was anxious, but he kept a smile on his face: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, our army needs to speed up and rush to Lizhou as soon as possible...... You have to march at least fifty miles. ”
"Oh, well, won't it be too hard for the soldiers to do this, when I was patrolling the camp alone for the past two days, I saw the soldiers with blisters on their feet, and they were in pain, and then let them speed up the march, how could I bear it."
“…… The prince is benevolent and kind, so sympathetic to the lower feelings, it is really the blessing of all the people, but the military situation is better than the fire situation, and it cannot be delayed for a moment, or Rong Mou leads the headquarters first? ”
Meng Xuanzhe categorically denied: "Your state soldiers are so dark and thin, they are weak, it's useless to go, but the enemy still has to protect the elite, come, General Li, get in the car, let's hurry up." ”
"No."
When Li Tingqi boarded the car, he looked at the two healthy cows driving, which were leisurely and leisurely.
……
On the golden cottage, in front of the horse stone.
Pan Mei, who was standing with a knife, was dressed in a military uniform and was full of spirit.
He glanced back at the Dazhai that he personally led the Guangjie Army to attack in the rain and night, and captured Dazhai in one fell swoop, his heart was full of pride, 1,000 broke 3,000, 200,000 pieces of grain were seized, countless armor and equipment, and real military exploits.
"General, the three armies are on standby."
"Let's go and join the big army."
"No."
The last Dazhai outside Lizhou City was captured, and the Western Expedition army also drove to the city of Lizhou, and at the same time, there was also Kang Yanze, who was in Jiachuan Zuo near Yaowu and was full of power.
The Huya Army did not move forward for the time being, and only let Shi Cheng and Li Xing lead the Flying Tiger to ride in front of the tent for the time being.
The main generals were all wounded, and the loss of the barracks was also great, and they needed to rest.
……
In view of the fact that the in-depth residential inn is more suitable for living, all the wounded and sick are settled here, the ordinary wounded are in the Anlan Inn, and the senior generals such as Chen Scar are all in the Sixi Inn, this inn is famous and customary, but the environment is not bad, Qin Yue naturally stayed here.
At this time, he and Mu Yun were writing and painting according to the case.
One is writing military affairs, the other is drawing.
Zhang Tong's life was saved, although he pretended not to care, but everyone knew the sadness under the forced smile, after all, he was only an eighteen-year-old boy, and he hadn't entered the regular cave room yet.
Qin Yue couldn't be comforted, so he prepared to paint a picture for him.
White sketch of the character.
The hair is unkempt, tied only with a three-finger-wide cloth scarf, the center of the cloth forehead, is a big skull, facial features like a knife, eyebrows and eyes are rare three-point open, bare-chested, the left arm is tattooed with a green dragon, the right arm is painted with a white tiger, the muscles are bulging and full of masculinity, a scimitar in one hand, and an iron hook in the other.
In the background is the sails of an ocean-going ship, and a red sun is leaping over the horizon.
With this painting sent over, it was a pirate story adapted by Qin Yue, Zhang Tong hid this painting close to him, and for the first time there was a real look in his eyes.
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