Chapter 685: Dragon Slaying (54)
The tent was eerily quiet, and there was no sound except for the sound of heavy breathing. The three people present are all experienced warriors, and their own skills are not weak, and their status and official positions are not idle. Sima Dekan has a wide range of backers in the army and the court, and Pei Qiantong is an old man of Yang Guang's mansion, and he can be regarded as a close confidant in front of Yang Guang. These people supposedly didn't encounter any difficulties in the past, even if they encountered them occasionally
Even if you are in trouble, you can also deal with it easily. However, after hearing what Sima Dekan said, the three of them were all speechless. Yuan Li's expression was sluggish, and his forehead was covered with beads of sweat in a short time, but he didn't care about wiping it. Pei Qiantong is a little older, and he is calm, and he is not as out of shape as Yuan Li.
But the violently trembling arm still exposed his panic.
After being silent for a while, Pei Qian asked, "Where did this news come from?" "What? Brother Pei, I can't believe my little brother, thinking that I am deceiving you with lies? Sima Dekan stared at Pei Qiantong with both eyes: "It's a matter of life, who dares to use it to play?" Brother Pei doesn't have to ask where this news came from, and he can't tell it. It's not that the little brother is weak-hearted
, but for the sake of the two brothers. If you believe me, find a way to escape. If I can't believe it, just let me talk nonsense and still act according to my own heart. When the time comes, you'll know if what I'm saying is true or not! Looking at his appearance of turning his face at any time, Pei and Yuan knew that Sima Dekan's source must be reliable, and this news was mostly true. Yuan Li looked at Pei Qiantong, his eyes full of suspicion. After all, Pei Qiantong is the emperor's confidant
Ge, how could he know such important news first, how could Sima be the first? Pei Qiantong's face turned slightly red, and he turned his head away and didn't dare to look at Yuan Li, obviously feeling a little ashamed in his heart. Yang Guang's beloved is a brave and powerful beautiful boy, although Pei Qiantong is an old department, but his martial arts are not outstanding and he is old, and he has long been disliked by Yang Guang. Of course, there was a love affair with the incense back then, and occasionally he could say a few words for someone in front of Yang Guang, but the secrets in the palace were no longer able to participate, and they were no better than Yuan Li and Sima Dekan when it came to being well-informed. It was with this message to him
It was the first time I heard it, and I was both surprised and a little frightened.
Yuan Li looked at Sima Dekan again, and his tone trembled a little: "The matter ...... Really got to this point? Sage: This is ...... Is this going to leave us a way to go? ”
Sima Dekan shook his head: "There is no way to guess how the saint intends to do so, only that the old road is destined to fail. If you want to find a way to live, you have to find your own way! "But why is that? is good, how can it be read by the whole army? Could it be that a traitor has entered into slander? Or is it ...... Is that news true? Yuan Li seemed to think of something, and looked at Sima Dekan with wide eyes: "Sima, let's have a few."
It's a friend of life and death, and you can't lie in front of me. Just tell me, is that news true? Does the sage really plan to move the capital to Danyang and never return to Guanzhong? "So-and-so has said, how does the sage calculate, how does so-and-so know? The matter of moving the capital is very important, and even Pei Da doesn't know, who is he looking for to ask? A certain person only knows that this all-army review is already a must-do, and when the review is completed, I don't know how many generals will be in the army
Head to the ground. And most of these people are our Guanzhong children, and those Jianghuai people are very free! Yuan Li said angrily: "How can this be reasonable! Those Jianghuai people's hometown is here, so they are naturally willing to stay, even if they are driven away with sticks, I am afraid that they will not be able to drive them away. If everyone changes places, Grandpa guarantees that Jianghuai people will run more than Guanzhong people! Besides, forget it
There are some deserters, there are still so many more people in Guanzhong in the Xiaoguo army than in Jianghuai, protecting the saints to attack the thieves, isn't it our Guanzhong disciples who are selling their lives? We can't just kill us because of a few deserters! Pei Qiantong sighed at this time: "If it were a few deserters, it would naturally not kill us." But if it is for Rong Guogong and the Yu family Kunzhong, I am afraid it will be difficult to say. I have also heard people say that the saint intends to guard the palace and be confused
The fruit of the building was replaced by the foot of the temple. ”
Yuan Li was stunned: "The foot of the palace? Where do those farmers who pull fiber know how to fight? The saint asked them to guard the palace, so they were not afraid of any accidents? Pei Qiantong's tone was neither yin nor yang: "Fighting can always be learned." All the way south, the feet of the palace are strong, and Rong Guogong is used to training soldiers, and it will not take long for him to practice, and these farmers will be able to go into battle. Besides, even if the temple foot is not proficient in the army
Array, isn't there still those Jianghuai crossbowmen? They are the elite of the saints' hearts, and with their escort, there must be no mistakes. "Fuck it! When Lao Tzu was working hard in Liaodong, where were these Jianghuai people? If you are brave enough, you will take off your clothes and Bibi to see who has more scars on their bodies? Lao Tzu gave up his life to protect them, but they became the confidants of the saints, how can there be such a thing in the world
Reason? "Reason? Brother Yuan Xian, you are also an old soldier, how can you say such foolish words? Whether it is the court or the army, where is the place to be reasonable? The wealth, honor, disgrace, and even the life of your family and me are all in the thoughts of the saints, not in the sense. In terms of credit, how are you and me better than Pi Guogong? What about the two princes of Song and Qi? In all these years by the saint's side, the foolish brother has never learned any skills, only one thing. If you want to preserve the leader, don't treat the saint as a human being. He is a god in heaven, and when he rejoices, he brings blessings, and when he moves, he brings calamity. As for how many lives are involved, the saint doesn't care at all. You and I always think that we are military men who are used to seeing life and death, and don't take human life seriously. But what are we compared to saints? At best, I have seen thousands of dead and wounded. Who is a saint? That's a random will, a million lives, has he ever cared? When he conquered Liaodong, he killed and injured many horses, and the saint never let go
In the heart. Now there are only tens of thousands of soldiers around him, and he ...... Afford to kill! ”
Pei Qiantong gritted his teeth in the last sentence, and the hatred between his words was undisguised. The other two people in the military tent did not open their mouths to refute, and naturally agreed with Pei Qiantong's words in their hearts. Yuan Li's face collapsed instantly, his hands rubbed back and forth, and he couldn't help but say, "How is this good?" How is it good? The saint clearly wants our lives! We are clearly the loyalty of the Great Sui, but the saints forced us to die, the world
How can there be such a reason? "The Xiaoguo army has escaped since the southern hunt, no matter how much Yang Guang rewards the goods and how he tortures the law, he can't stop the soldiers from fleeing. In particular, these Xiaoguo soldiers are selected tiger ben, most of them are strong and powerful, and if they want to escape, it is difficult to prevent the military camp. Regardless of whether the end result is a successful escape or being captured and beheaded, there is always one less person. Although the generals can capture strong men from nearby to offset the numbers, compared with the number of fleeing,
The captured strong men are far from enough to make up for the shortfall. Besides, this kind of thing can't be done too blatantly, after all, those Jiangnan scholars in the court have done everything possible to collect and fight for power against the ministers of Guanzhong, and this kind of thing is a big trouble, and it is not a small disaster to provoke the ministers of Jiangnan to make trouble
。 It is inevitable to arrest people, but we must always control the scale and not let the matter get into trouble. As a result, it is difficult to make up for the losses of the various prefectures from Guanzhong for a while. Especially in the recent past, all the women who had been rewarded before were returned, which caused a lot of complaints in the army. Later, rumors came out that the saint was ready to move the capital to Danyang, and according to Jiangnan, he would not return to live in Guanzhong. In this way, Xiaoguo is in the army
The children of Guanzhong were either flustered or disheartened, and most of them had no intention of becoming soldiers, so the number of deserters became extraordinarily high. Not only did Sima Dekan's own soldiers and horses flee seriously, but the situation of other generals was not much better. Everyone suppressed the matter and didn't report it, and the mind was naturally to fool as long as they could. After all, Yang Guang has been in the Jiangdu since he entered the capital
was busy building a palace and a wide range of beauty pageants, and he didn't have much thought about the military and politics. Occasionally, I think of the Xiaoguo Army's order for proofreading, and most of them act on behalf of the military attachés who are close to them, otherwise they will select a few Xiaoguo for review. After all, there are many generals in Xiaoguo's army, and Yang Guang doesn't have so much energy to look at them one by one. The generals of various provinces have reached a tacit understanding in private, and they will borrow soldiers and horses from each other every time they encounter a school review. Anyway, whether it is the emperor or the military attaché, it is impossible to know every soldier. only
If the soldiers themselves don't open their mouths to denounce it, they won't be able to make mistakes. The soldiers must be selected in advance to trust the Lord's henchmen, and threaten them with their lives to ensure that these soldiers will not be in trouble at the imminent opportunity. After each proofreading, Yang Guang will inevitably give a large amount of money as a reward, and another meal of good wine and meat will be in his stomach. For the military men in question
It is also a good deal. With the passage of time, these military men also regard substitute service as a beautiful errand, and the military generals also rely on this method to pass the test safely, which is a happy thing. Now Yang Guang actually wants to review the whole army, so that the tricks of the generals of various provinces will fail, for Yuan Li, it is tantamount to a thunderbolt in the clear sky, which shocked his soul and he has not spoken for a long time. Although Pei Qiantong is not a military attache with troops, he is not responsible, but his
His face was not better than that of Yuan Li, and he muttered in his mouth: "It is not trivial to review the whole army, it seems that the previous rumors are correct, the sage really wants to move the capital to Danyang, and he doesn't want to return to Guanzhong." I can't wait to go back to my hometown, and I can't see my wife at home! "Being able to be by Yang Guang's side is naturally not a person with a frizzy temperament. Coupled with this age, it is necessary to be more cautious in acting as a person. But at this time, Pei Qiantong was even more excited than Yuan Li, and he couldn't stop muttering about his wife and child
After a while, he suddenly stared at Sima Dekan again, his eyes were full of bloodshots, and he looked like he was going to eat people. Rao is Sima Dejiao and Pei Qiantong have a good relationship, but at this time, they can't help but be frightened, I don't know what kind of madness they want to be, and whether they suddenly want to understand something, which is not good for themselves.