His Majesty's edict is very easy to make, but it is not easy to implement it.

Gai Yan sighed secretly, looked around at the generals present, and asked, "What do the generals think?" ”

None of the people present answered.

The Son of Heaven issued an edict to let his side adopt the tactic of encircling Wei to save Zhao, but the risk was too great, but they could not say that the edict of the Son of Heaven was wrong.

Just when the generals were silent, Pang Meng suddenly asked, "General, Your Majesty only sent this edict?" ”

Gai Yan was stunned by Pang Meng's sudden words, and subconsciously said, "Yes! Only this one edict! ”

Could it be that His Majesty sent someone to send a secret edict?

Pang Meng frowned and asked, "Your Majesty didn't send an edict to the last general?" ”

Last time, he sent a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry to His Majesty, as well as so many beauties, His Majesty passed a letter to the Eastern Expeditionary Army, there is no reason not to mention this matter, and there is no reason not to give himself an edict! Hearing his words, Gai Yan's nose was almost crooked, this kind of thing, Pang Meng didn't say it once or twice in front of him, every time they met, he had to ask if the Son of Heaven had given him an edict.

He is the chief general of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and if the edict of the Son of Heaven is not passed on to himself, can he still pass it over himself and pass it directly to Pang Meng?

It's a joke.

The big war is imminent, the situation is so tense, Pang Meng doesn't think about how to fight and break the enemy, and he is blind in his heart to find out what he has and what he doesn't have.

Gaiyan said angrily, "No." ”

"Your Majesty really didn't give an edict to the last general?"

"I've already said it, no!"

Pang Meng's face turned gloomy, glared at Gai Yan angrily, and said, "Can the general show the edict to the last general!" ”

Gai Yan suppressed his anger and handed the edict to Pang Meng.

The latter took it and looked closely.

The edict begins, 'Edict against the Great General of Huya'.

Pang Meng is General Pingdi, in the Eastern Expeditionary Army, except for Gai Yan, he belongs to him, under normal circumstances, Liu Xiu's edict should be written as 'Edict Huya General Yan, General Pingdi Meng', but I don't know if Liu Xiu was negligent, only wrote Gai Yan, but not Pang Meng.

After reading the edict, Pang Meng's face became more and more ugly, he handed the edict back to Gai Yan, turned around and returned to his position, lowered his head, and did not say a word.

It stands to reason that he sent a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, and beauties seized from Liu Yongxing's palace to Luoyang, and the Son of Heaven should issue an edict to commend his merits.

But now, not only has the edict commended by the Son of Heaven never come, but even in the edict to the Eastern Expeditionary Army, it only mentions Gaiyan, but does not mention himself.

The reason why this is the case is that there is only one possibility, someone has slandered the Son of Heaven and said bad things about himself.

And I am afraid that there is only one person who can do this kind of thing, and that is the Huya general Gai Yan in front of him.

Pang Meng has always been very popular with Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu praised Pang Meng in public, not once or twice, with Pang Meng's ability and achievements, soaring, just around the corner.

Originally, he thought so himself, but now, he felt that things had changed.

He recognized that Gaiyan was jealous and jealous, for fear that his status would surpass him, and repeatedly slandered and framed himself in front of the Son of Heaven, which caused the Son of Heaven to be dissatisfied with himself, and neither gave himself an edict, nor did he mention his name in the edict of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

Pang Meng is actually very good, but his mind is too sensitive, and when he encounters something, he is always suspicious and suspicious, to put it bluntly, he is too small-minded and lacks the measure that a general should have.

Gai Yan glanced at Pang Meng and didn't say anything more, he turned his eyes to look at the other generals and asked, "Do all the generals think that Your Majesty's tactics of encircling Wei and saving Zhao are feasible?" ”

A general cleared his throat and said, "General, the tactics of encircling Wei to save Zhao are probably ...... Not feasible! ”

Gaiyan asked, "Why?" ”

The general frowned and said: "Donghai County is Dong Xian's lair, Dong Xian's power has long been entrenched, our army has rushed deep, and there are too many variables.

In addition, Donghai County is the place of the barrier separating our Han and Zhang Bu, Zhang Bu will never let the East China Sea lose, if our army goes deep into the East China Sea, it is not good, Dong Xian has not led the army to rescue, Zhang Bu has sent reinforcements first, at that time, our army will fall into the situation of being attacked by Dong Xianjun and Zhang Bujun on both sides, and there is a danger of annihilation! ”

His words entered the hearts of the generals, they also thought that it was too risky to rush into the East China Sea, Dong Xian and Zhang Bu had already reached an alliance, and after the East China Sea, it was Zhang Bu's sphere of influence, and Donghai County was a natural barrier for Zhang Bu, could Zhang Bu make his natural barrier fail?

The generals present nodded their heads and agreed: "That's right! With the current situation, our army must not rush deep into the East China Sea! ”

"I hope the general will make a clear decision!"

Pang Meng, who had been silent, glanced around at the generals present, and said loudly: "Your Majesty has issued an edict to my Eastern Expeditionary Army to act in accordance with the edict, but now you want to resist and disobey the edict?" ”

The general who spoke just now frowned and said, "The general will not be subject to the foreign monarch's order!" Haven't General Pang heard this? ”

Pang Meng, who was already in a bad mood, was furious when he heard this, and said angrily: "Your Majesty is a genius in using soldiers, you can't win the battle, and you must conquer it, is Your Majesty's talent not as good as you?"

The danger you can think of, your majesty can't think of it? ”

When Pang Meng said this, it was tantamount to using the Son of Heaven to force everyone, which naturally aroused everyone's dissatisfaction.

A general said meaningfully: "The reason why there is a sentence that the general is not subject to the order of the foreign monarch is because the Son of Heaven is thousands of miles away and does not understand the situation on the battlefield at all, and even if he understands some, it is outdated information, so the orders of the Son of Heaven are often out of place." ”

"So, do you decide that it is not feasible for Your Majesty to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and you want to collectively resist and disobey the order?

Think the law doesn't hold the public accountable? ”

Pang Meng asked angrily.

Everyone present looked at each other, lowered their heads, and stopped talking.

No one can be unpredictable, and as long as the tactics of encircling Wei and saving Zhao have not been actually implemented, no one can know whether this strategy will fail or succeed.

The only thing people can judge now is that this strategy is too risky, once Zhang Bu raises heavy troops to aid Donghai, his 100,000 generals are likely to be trapped and killed in the hinterland of Donghai County.

Gai Yan frowned, after thinking about it, he also thought that Liu Xiu's siege of Wei to save Zhao was not feasible, and he couldn't take the lives of 100,000 soldiers to make this big gamble.

He took a deep breath and said: "At present, although Dong Xian's army is numerous, the city defense of Lanling is not so easy to be breached. ”

The generals nodded one after another, in their opinion, it is most feasible to directly solve the danger of Lanling's trapping, their own 100,000 soldiers, Benxiu has tens of thousands of soldiers, together there are more than 100,000 people, the enemy's Dong Xianjun is numerous, but it is only 200,000, this battle is not really impossible for their own side to fight.

Taking a step back, even if you are really defeated, you will not be wiped out, and you can still withdraw.

As for Ben Xiu and the tens of thousands of people under his command, after all, they are surrendering the army, and there is really no need for their own side to risk the lives of the entire army for the sake of these tens of thousands of surrendered troops.

As soon as Gai Yan's words were finished, Pang Meng pointed to the edict on the table and said sharply: "General Gai, Gai Yan!" Your Majesty's edict has been delivered to you, and if you disobey it, do you know what kind of crime it is? ”

Squinting his eyes, Gai Yan looked directly at Pang Meng, who was furious, and said in a loud voice: "I know very well what I am doing!" If I fail to follow the edict, I, Gaiyan, as the commander of the whole army, will go and explain to Your Majesty! ”

"You...... How daring! ”

Pang Meng raised his hand and pointed at Gai Yan, trembling with anger.

Gai Yan was also angry, and shouted loudly: "If General Pang is afraid of being implicated, you can leave now, or you can go back to Luoyang and go to your majesty to sue me about Gai Yan!" ”

Pang Meng's face turned red with anger, and his fingers trembling when he pointed at Gai Yan, he nodded again and again, and said, "Good, good, good!" General Gai has a lot of ability, since this is the case, I Pang Meng will not accompany me, I will see how you explain to Your Majesty! ”

After speaking, Pang Meng flicked the sleeves of his robe and turned around and walked out of the Chinese military tent.

Seeing this, Gai Yan slapped the table hard, and was so angry that he was panting.

The generals present looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Regarding the differences between Gai Yan and Pang Meng, it is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong, one advocates that the foreign monarch will not be subject to the edict, and the other advocates that the edict should be followed, both have their own reasons.

The direct consequence of the dispute between Gai Yan and Pang Meng this time is that the relationship between the two has completely broken down.

Pang Meng took his subordinates, a total of 30,000 people, and left Lanling and retreated to Chu County.

Pang Meng's negative departure was a big blow to the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

The first was the dispersion of troops, and the second, and most importantly, dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Han army.

In this division of troops, even the lowest soldiers realized that there had been serious differences among their own high-ranking generals.

The big war is coming, and the generals are not in harmony, isn't it too bad?

Pang Meng led the army to withdraw to Chu County and stationed in the area of Pengcheng, the county seat of Chu County.

Gai Yan didn't take Pang Meng's departure too seriously, in Gai Yan's mind, there were not many more Pang Meng, and there were many less Pang Meng, and now Pang Meng led the troops to leave, it was okay to save himself from causing trouble.

Even if there are only 70,000 soldiers and horses left under his command at present, in his opinion, there are still a dozen on his side in this battle.

Gai Yan and most of the generals thought that Liu Xiu's tactic of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao was too risky, and decided not to act in accordance with the edict and forcibly attacked Dong Xian's army besieging Lanling City.

The Han army, led by Gai Yan, launched an all-out onslaught against Dong Xian's army.

At present, the commander of Dong Xianjun is Dong Xianjun himself.

Dong Xian is not an ordinary person, he can occupy the East China Sea and claim the king and hegemony in the East China Sea, which makes Liu Yongdu afraid of three points, and has to win him over with the title of king, which shows the power of Dong Xian.

Knowing that Gai Yan was personally commanding the main force of the Han army to attack, Dong Xian was not panicked, he smiled slightly, and said to the generals under his command: "Since Gai Yan is in a hurry to enter the city and wants to join forces with Ben Xiu, then, let him enter the city!" ”

"Your Majesty, this ...... This is absolutely unacceptable! ”

When the generals below heard this, their faces changed and they were dissuaded.

Dong Xian waved his hand to everyone, and said with a smile: "Gai Yanxiaoer, you have courage but no strategy, in front of Lone, you are just showing the courage of a husband!" ”

He overrode public opinion, ordered his generals to avoid the edge of the Han army, make way for Gaiyan, and let him lead the Han army into Lanling City to join Benxiu.

Dong Xian is the commander of the whole army, even if the generals below feel that it is inappropriate, they have no choice but to follow the general's orders.

The menacing Gai Yan army, which wanted to fight to the death with Dong Xianjun, did not encounter the stubborn resistance of Dong Xianjun, and Dong Xianjun, who was at its edge, retreated to the east and west, and the encirclement outside Lanling City then cracked a gap, deliberately letting Gai Yanjun enter the city.

In this way, Gai Yanjun was like a clenched fist, and he threw a punch with all his strength, which was completely hit on a ball of cotton.

Dong Xianjun's evasion of the battle made Gai Yan's army almost unobstructed, and successfully advanced to Lanling City and joined up with Benxiu's army.

It's just that it is easy for the Gaiyan army to enter the city, and if you want to get out of the city, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky.