Since Wenzong's death and Chengzong's accession to the throne, the simple and unpretentious Neilemen small hall has not welcomed several good news.

This small hall is built in the mode of a folk mansion, due to a long time, there are obvious traces of moss under the palace steps, the green pine and cypress trees under the palace are lush, and the halls such as the Xuanzheng Hall in the distance are the cornices arch bucket, under the huge pillars stand the palace Lang Wei wearing a round-necked military robe, hanging a gold belt from the waist, wearing deerskin boots, only on the body of those Lang Wei, it seems that you can vaguely see the traces of the great Wei when it was in its heyday.

According to the report of the newcomer on Fujian Road, Xu Zi, the king of Zhongshan, first sent troops, broke more than 1,000 elite horsemen of the thief, beheaded hundreds of levels, and then led the army to attack the thief...... This news undoubtedly made the ministers of the two governments breathe a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty." Han Zhong said to the Son of Heaven: "The latest report has confirmed that the soldiers of the King of Zhongshan have entered Jianyang, perhaps when the monarchs and ministers in the palace are talking, the King of Zhongshan is already presiding over the soldiers' conquest of the thieves." If this is the case, if the prince is not given a knot, it will not be able to show the great merit of the king of the mountains, and it will also make the court look forward to the people at home. ”

Han Zhong's words have been said quite thoroughly, and the Son of Heaven is helpless, this matter has been deadlocked for a long time, and the princes of the two governments have put on a resolute attitude of never giving in, plus the actual situation is indeed critical, and it is difficult for the center to be at ease without the prince in charge.

The Son of Heaven was still hesitating, and the cardinal envoy Zhang Guangen couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, if you think about Fuzhou and Quanzhou, what about state affairs?" If there is chaos in the southeast and the Northern Expedition is a major event, Your Majesty is afraid that it will be too late to regret it. ”

Zhang Guangen's eyebrows were white, wearing a purple round-necked robe, sitting on the first chair on the right side of the hall, leaning towards the Son of Heaven. Its voice is like a bell, but its old state is fully revealed, and its words are sincere, but also sad.

"It should be according to the opinions of the secretaries." Linked to the overall situation of the Northern Expedition, the Son of Heaven could only agree, and on the face that had always been rigid and self-serving, there was a rare appearance of powerlessness.

But then, everyone saw the color of "fortitude" from the face of the Son of Heaven, Han Zhong and Zhang Guangen glanced at each other, and they both shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

The character of the Son of Heaven is like this, I am afraid that he will not be able to change it in this life.

Sure enough, the Son of Heaven said angrily: "Li Guorui has 300,000 forbidden troops, spending countless money and food, and the country has sacrificed a lot to support the overall situation, but he is holding back the soldiers in Qiantun, what is the reason?" ”

This is also an old tune, Zhang Guangen, as a cardinal envoy, clasped his fists and said calmly: "Your Majesty, the minister is outside, and the king's order is not subject to ...... Remember the defeat of Changping. ”

The Son of Heaven stood up suddenly, and said angrily: "I have also heard that the general is from the emperor, and it is also the ancestral system!" ”

After that, the Son of Heaven turned around and descended from Jintai, and a group of panicked attendants followed, Zhang Guangen's face was ugly, and Han Zhong smiled: "How?" The official family can't bear it anymore. ”

Zhang Guangen smiled bitterly: "I am also surprised that the official family can endure it until now." ”

"Li Guorui, they are too slow and too serious." Han Zhong said indifferently: "It's not a good thing to let go of the Son of Heaven and knock it." ”

"The major affairs of the country are in Rong." Zhang Guangen said: "Xiangguo is cautious in his words and deeds. ”

"I see." Han Zhong smiled slightly and said, "With Yue Zhi and the others here, there should be no fiasco, and even a small setback can't shake the overall situation." My generation is in the middle, the key is to maintain the overall stability, money, food and equipment, and the people's husband, this is the responsibility of my generation. ”

Zhang Guangen knew that Han Zhong regretted Li Guorui's appointment as the envoy of the Northern Expedition, after all, Li Guorui, the privy deputy envoy, was not Han Zhong's person, and could even be said to be the backbone of the hostile forces, for the sake of the overall situation, Han Zhong could ask Li Guorui to be the envoy first, but once the other party showed his flaws, Han Zhong would definitely not mind using his own people.

When Zhang Guangen was worried, Han Zhong shook his head, smiled dumbly, and said: "General Congyu, this was said by Emperor Xuanzong, and then he lost a lot of land, Xuanzong can't do it, and the official family is true."

It is to dare to think, dare to speak. ”

"It's okay, there is a figure like King Zhongshan in the clan."

"Isn't it?" Han Zhong laughed and said: "If he hadn't been tossing on Fujian Road, he would have led an army of up to 10,000 people, and the old man would have wanted him to go to Yuguan to preside over the Northern Expedition." ”

"300,000 forbidden troops, handed over to a prince?" Zhang Guangen smiled dumbly and said, "The official family is afraid that they will not be able to obey even if they die." ”

Han Zhong also smiled and said: "This is also true, if this is the case, the official family would rather not go on the Northern Expedition." ”

Zhang Guangen's expression finally had some joy, no matter what, the country still has a clan talent like King Zhongshan, he said to Han Zhong: "How about it, send Jieyue and other things to Fujian as soon as possible?" ”

"There's a ready-made candidate." Han Zhongdao: "The right minister has already handed over thirteen sparse, and it can be approved." ”

Right Prime Minister Xu Xiashang has resigned two months ago, and he has been thirteen times in a row, and at this point, it is indeed possible to allow the old minister to resign from the post of right minister.

When Xu Xiashang goes to work, he must add a palace envoy, and the Son of Heaven will send Lang Wei to return to his hometown with the old minister, and the official post will provide chariots and rides along the way, which is the treatment given by the state to Xuanli ministers.

It is a good idea to convey such an important edict with this old minister, and there is no need to choose important ministers to go south.

Zhang Guangen agreed, but also shook his head slightly, Han Zhong is quick to think, clear in judgment, everything is fine, there is nothing wrong, but he is too narrow-minded, and he acts in the interests of himself and his own forces, which is actually similar to the endowment of the Son of Heaven, that is, he is smarter and more skillful.

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"Bastard, damn it."

Liu Maoqi swung angrily, and kept hitting the long whip in his hand on Liu Zongdi's face and body.

Liu Zongdi knew his cousin's temper, if he dared to wail and beg for mercy at this time, he was afraid that he would be cut off directly, so he couldn't kneel down for a long time, and let the whip open his skin and flesh, and the flesh and blood flew sideways, but he didn't dare to snort.

"Kill it, right?" Liu Maoqi gave dozens of whips, pressed his hand on the handle of the horizontal knife, and said to Li Kaiming: "This guy has lost hundreds of our old brothers, and he should be beheaded for public display." ”

Li Kaiming had not dissuaded Liu Maoqi before, and his face was extremely gloomy.

More than 1,000 thieves ride, of which more than 100 are military attaches above the head level, and the time of thieves is more than ten years.

There are also hundreds of people who are also good at riding Qin Feng people or Hedong and Hebei people, who have not died in dozens of battles after being thieves, so they are qualified to become the cavalry of the old battalion.

These essences, in the face of the forbidden cavalry, can still ride horses and shoot arrows, defeat the enemy with cavalry formations, and lose more than 400 people in the next battle of Fuzhou City, plus more than 200 miners, more than 1,000 cavalry only ran back more than 300 people, and the rest were beheaded by the Zhongshan army.

Even if they ran back, everyone was terrified, and there were even some veteran soldiers who had experienced a hundred battles and were covered with scars...... This army is unusable for the time being, and once the soldiers lose their courage, it will be difficult to reuse them in the short term, and even if they barely go to the battlefield, they will most likely collapse at the touch of a button.

But asking Li Kaiming to kill Liu Zongdi to vent his anger was also reluctant.

Qin Fengxiang Party, who has followed Liu Maoqi for more than ten years, is still Liu Maoqi's only brother in the camp, has always been loyal, and is also an excellent cavalry general.

If it is changed to Hebei, the passers-by in Hedong, even if they are generals, will be killed.

Li Kaiming took a step forward, took Liu Maoqi's hand, and said in a deep voice: "Before the cavalry battle starts, don't talk about him, it's us, can we know that the soldiers are so powerful?" ”

Luo Zhenbang said: "This cavalry combat method is secretly in line with the way of the infantry formation, and it is a dignified formation

, strict and tight, with this hedge, plus the armor is thick, long and sophisticated, it is invincible. It's just strange, how did they train the riding formation so neatly? ”

"There's a magic way to it." Li Kaiming was quite disturbed in his heart, and said: "Judging from the results of the cavalry battle, the Zhongshan Mansion Army is consistent with the rumors, the armor is thick and the weapons are fine, and they are fighting in formation, and the elite is still above the forbidden army. There are only 10,000 of them, but when it comes to speaking, it is more dangerous than the 80,000 people brought by King Zhao. ”

"What are you going to do?" Liu Maoqi stared at Li Kaiming, waiting for this leader to make a decision.

Jianyang to Jianzhou and the counties are in the undulating valley, such a terrain is not conducive to cavalry engagement and pursuit, if the thieves abandon Jianyang, sneak into the mountains, Zhongshan army wants to exterminate the main force of the thieves is difficult.

In this way, the previous good situation was completely lost, Fuzhou and county were not guaranteed, and after a large number of thieves entered the mountains, only a small number of villages and towns in the mountains could provide supplies, unable to feed the army.

If the situation develops like that, the ambition and ambition of the past will become a joke.

There is no way to raise troops in the mountains, money and food will not continue, and the combat effectiveness of the army will not increase, but will decline.

Liu Maoqi couldn't help but said again: "You can go to Quzhou, or Fuzhou, Qianzhou, Xu Zi is the deputy governor and prince of Fujian Road, but he has no right to go to Jiangxi or Zhejiang to fight us." ”

"It's useless." Li Kaiming smiled coldly and said, "The imperial court will definitely give the name of King Zhongshan and be responsible for exterminating us." This court has always been chasing and killing our brothers who made trouble, for fear of being subverted by Ding Ge, those big shots, no matter how ruthless they fight, when it comes to exterminating our thieves, they will also contribute, not like the usual intrigue and struggle for power and profit. ”

Liu Maoqi, Liu Zongdi, Li Kailiang, Luo Zhenbang and other thieves in the camp were silent for a while, everyone knew that what Li Kaiming said was true, because under the Chinese millennium, starting from Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, although most of the rebels were making wedding dresses for others, such as Chen, Wu and the two of them fulfilled Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, and there were red eyebrows, and the green forest achieved the imperial cause of Han Guangwu. Then there were Wagang and other thieves who achieved Li Tang's hegemony, and Huangchao tossed for more than ten years, causing chaos in the entire territory of the Tang Dynasty, but it was his subordinates who finally fulfilled it, Zhu Quanzhong and Zhu Wen, who had read books.

Li Kaiming kept reading, and knew that he could not become a leader at the beginning of the uprising, so as not to be too jealous and chased and beaten by the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, such as the current Liu family brothers.

And if you have an opportunity, you must seize it, first have the strength of the territory, and then expand it, neither to be a bird, nor to be ambitious, and finally die in the ditch and become a stepping stone for others.

A lifetime of achievements is in front of him, and the only obstacle is coming along the Min River, Li Kaiming stood up violently, pulled out the horizontal knife at his waist, and slashed at the cases behind him, cutting the cases into two!

"This battle must be fought." Li Kaiming said with a solemn face: "The soldiers are newly attached, if they flee without a fight, it is a matter of time before the army is depressed and collapses." The army has no guts, and it is still a bird's battle? ”

"I see." Liu Maoqi turned his head to Luo Zhenbang and said: "Zhenbang, you take the old and weak women and children in the old camp to the direction of Fuzhou first, and the cavalry who escaped back is also taken by you, and then bring some new attached soldiers, set up villages along the way, and set up grain stations to help the army." ”

"My subordinates understand." Luo Zhenbang solemnly bowed his hand, knowing that Li Kaiming and Liu Maoqi were determined to fight, if they really couldn't fight, they would not fight to the death, and the rogue had a lot of experience in escaping on the battlefield to save his life.

"Dare to bully me?" Li Kaiming put away the long knife and said: "Since the iron cavalry of the government army is powerful, he will send soldiers to dig a long base tomorrow morning, he is good at using cavalry, and he will fight in formation, I will drag this battle into a mess, see how he is!" ”