Chapter 488: This Bureau, That Bureau

The imperial army left a small number of men and horses to garrison Xiangcheng, and the 400,000 morale-like brave marches were all in high spirits. The people who are still alive after the war feel that they have cleared that layer of fog and gradually see their bright future. They are just ordinary people, they think about how to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield every day and survive. They can't think about any intrigues, and they can't think about any social affairs.

They only knew that Xiangcheng had been broken, and Li Yuanshan had retreated with more than 100,000 remnants, so there was no reason not to pursue at this time. They only see victory in sight, and they don't see any traps and pits.

There was a lot of grain and grass in Xiangcheng, because Li Yuanshan was worried that if he transported all the grain and grass, it would attract the emperor's suspicion. After replenishing the provisions, the 400,000-strong army continued to march westward in three directions.

The emperor sat on the tall and magnificent imperial chariot, and specially ordered people to open the window and look at the still depressed scenery outside. This palace is also called the Imperial Palace, and it requires hundreds of horses and manpower to pull it. Jin Shixiong sat beside the emperor a little nervously, hanging his head and looking at his toes.

The emperor slowly withdrew his gaze from the window, feeling that the temperature of the hand stove was already slightly cold, but he didn't bother to hand it to Su Buxing to change the charcoal fire, he stuffed the hand stove into his cuffs, and he didn't know whether he wanted to warm himself or maintain the temperature of the hand stove for a while.

"Do you know why I took you?"

The emperor asked.

Jin Shixiong nodded first, and then immediately shook his head: "I don't know." ”

The emperor sighed slightly: "I took Su Fearless with me, so that he could follow me to the end." I took you not to die, but to have an important errand for you to do. I won't tell you where the knife I hid is, but I can tell you I can't lose it. After the rebellion, the endgame in the northwest is too chaotic and too bad, and there must be someone with stronger wrists to suppress it...... After the decisive battle, I will let you sit in the northwest and help the prince clean up this mess. ”

"Minister......

Jin Shixiong got up and knelt down: "Your Majesty, please think again, since Your Majesty has already won this battle, why take the risk yourself...... The minister is willing to lead 400,000 to bravely pursue Li Shun, and will never fail to live up to His Majesty's trust. ”

"It's so easy somewhere."

The Emperor smiled, seeming a little bitter.

"If I hadn't chased after him personally, Li Yuanshan wouldn't have fought with all his might. But the main thing is not this, but the knife I hid beforehand, and I have to go there to reveal it myself. I can't tell you yet, and you don't need to ask. There's no room for retribution, you just have to remember what I've done. ”

"Minister...... Compliance. ”

Kim Se-woong bowed his head.

The emperor said: "Get up, you and I have been a monarch for more than ten years, and we have never been so restrained, don't cry and mourn, the pacification of the rebellion in the northwest is just around the corner, and most of the moth-eaten tumors in the court have been removed, so there is nothing to be unhappy about, if you think that I am doing this because I am forced to decide, then you are wrong...... Now I don't plan to hide anything, my body can't carry it for long, no matter how it's death, it's better to walk magnificently than to curl up on the sickbed**, I am really happy in my heart. ”

He asked Jin Shixiong to sit down: "In the northwest, it is particularly difficult to rule after the chaos. You are a military general, but you are careful and act safely, and I can rest assured that I will hand over the stall in the northwest to you to clean up. You must keep in mind that although the people of the northwest are innumerable thieves, they should not be strict with the law and show more kindness, because the existence of a country is not to kill the people to obedience, but to raise them to live and work in peace and contentment. Only when the people are stable can the country be stable. For the remnants of Li Rebellion, kill. For the people, raise. Do you understand? ”

"The minister understands"

"Hmm"

The Emperor seemed a little tired, and shrunk back into the wide seat: "Looking at the uneasy look on your face, I know what is going on in your heart. I've now explained how you're going to control the chaos, and you can't make yourself confident of victory, can you? ”

"Minister......

Kim opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

"Look."

The emperor waved his hand lazily: "I have made such a big bet, and I know what I will exchange my life for." I thought that if my body still allowed it after the elimination of Li Yi, I would go and see the Wolf Milk Mountain. When I first met with Koktai Mengge, I came and went in a hurry, and I didn't take a good look at the westernmost scenery of my rivers and mountains. Or maybe I can get better with the heaven and earth spirit to nourish my body? ”

He smiled and said, "I used to look at things, and I always looked at the bad things. Now my mind has changed a little, and I want to see the good. ”

"Your Majesty is safe!"

Kim Se-woong said with an oath.

"Haha"

The emperor smiled heartily: "I hope so...... By the way, there is one more thing you may not know yet, Fang Jie, you don't know this person, and you have heard his name. ”

"The first place in the martial arts academy entrance examination, the minister knows."

"Well, now your team, he's carrying."

The emperor turned his gaze to the window again, and said in a natural and calm tone: "After the war, I will let him return the military power to you...... I always had a feeling. ”

The latter words were too light for Kim Shixiong to hear.

"Can't let him lead the troops for too long......"

The emperor said.

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Two hundred and seventy miles southwest of Xiangcheng

Sipan Town is the center, and there are camps within a radius of more than ten miles. Hundreds of thousands of elite armor have been stationed here for more than ten days, and the people nearby have avoided it far away in order to avoid the scourge of war. At a glance, there were murderous soldiers everywhere, so much so that the weather became colder and colder.

Patrol soldiers in thick leather armor walked in a neat procession, and the ice ballast hanging from the blades of the lances could be cold to the hearts of the people.

A general in iron armor walked briskly, ran to the top tent of the battalion, shouted, and then opened the heavy curtain and went in.

"General, Xiangcheng has been broken!"

The man who came in was a man who looked to be in his twenties, and his armor made a dull sound as he clenched his fists. Just like his voice, it was low and slightly hoarse.

His name is Luo Xiaotu.

A cold and arrogant man who rarely speaks, but today, he can't hide the joy on his face.

The middle-aged man sitting behind the desk stopped the movement of his hand and glanced at the half-written words, which had already been written in three large characters in thick ink on the rice paper, but the three words seemed to be incoherent.

appearance

snatch

enlarge

Hearing the news that Xiangcheng had been broken, he paused for a moment before finishing the last word.

decide

Luo Xiaotu looked at the four words on the rice paper, and the joy on his face gradually calmed down.

"Little Slaughter...... You're still not calm enough. ”

The middle-aged man who was writing hung the wolf on the pen stand, turned around and walked to the map and looked at it: "You look happy, so you come and tell me, where is the joy to be?" ”

Luo Xiaotu pondered for a while and said: "General Hui, Xiangcheng has been broken, the emperor has pursued the remnants of Li Yuanshan with an army of 400,000, and has entered Li Yuanshan's ambush, and things are developing smoothly, so his subordinates feel more happy." It is beyond words, it is not enough for subordinates to practice. ”

"Four hundred thousand?"

Luo Yao was slightly stunned: "According to calculations, there are far more people left in the court than this. ”

"General Hui, according to the news reported by the spies, the emperor took Gao Kaitai as the main general and led an army of 200,000 troops to garrison in the Qinchuan area. The emperor brought more than 400,000 horses across Xiangcheng and went all the way to the west. ”

Luo Yao couldn't help but smile after being silent for a while: "The emperor is still not at ease with me, Gao Kaitai is calm with his troops, and the emperor asked him to garrison Qinchuan with 200,000 people, and it is me who is guarding against it...... What the emperor was worried about was that he led his troops to pursue Li Yuanshan, and I led my troops to copy the back road of the imperial army, hehe...... The king does not believe in the ministers, the ministers do not respect the king, and the number of Qi of the Great Sui is really coming to an end. ”

"General, what should we do then?"

Luo Xiaotu asked.

"Do you think Li Yuanshan's strategy is really so easy to succeed?"

Luo Yao glanced back at Luo Xiaotu and said indifferently: "I told you, the emperor is an unborn Ming monarch, Li Yuanshan pit the 700,000 troops of the imperial court for the first time in Mandu Banner, and the emperor fell for him, which is right." But the emperor is not the kind of person who will trip over the same stone twice, and it would be a joke if he couldn't see through Li Yuanshan's arrangement. And Li Yuanshan set up an ambush so big, with a range of 270 miles, he couldn't trap the emperor with the men and horses in his hands now...... Pinning your hopes on me and on the people of Mengyuan, in fact, Li Yuanshan has already been defeated. ”

He kicked an opponent out of the game with an understatement: "He is no longer qualified to remain on the board because he is too arrogant." Meng Yuan people will not be willing to only make knives, although the temptation of killing the emperor Meng Yuan people can not resist, Kuoketai Meng Ge has also been looking forward to it for more than ten years, but Meng Yuan people's thoughts are not only on the emperor, as long as the emperor is dead, Meng Yuan people will also get rid of Li Yuanshan before returning to the grassland. ”

"Why?"

Luo Xiaotu asked.

"Because Koktai Mönggo doesn't want to have a strong neighbor."

Luo Xiaotu was silent, and then asked, "Then should we enter the army or not?" ”

"Enter"

Luo Yao said with a smile: "Naturally, I want to enter the army, otherwise what am I going to do with the troops in the northwest?" Whether Li Yuanshan calculates the emperor or the emperor calculates Li Yuanshan, I am still an outsider until now, and only when I enter the army can I really enter the game. No matter what calculations the emperor had, he only had those forces left. No matter how Li Yuanshan calculated, there were not many people in his hands. Gao Kaitai ...... I haven't taken it yet. ”

"Send someone to tell Koktai Menglie and let him fight Gao Kaitai. More than 200,000 wolves rode 200,000 infantry, and the scene should also be spectacular. ”

"So where are we going?"

"Another Bureau"

Luo Yao smiled indifferently: "The bureau I set up...... I have already ordered the Yongzhou soldiers and horses to rise, and they should have crossed the Yishui by this time. As long as the Yangtze River is crossed again, the 700,000-strong army will be in the Central Plains. I would lead my troops to cross the river to the east, and then join the soldiers and horses of Yongzhou, and I never set my sights on the tired place of the northwest, but the city called Chang'an. ”

Luo Xiaotu was stunned for a moment, and then clenched his fists: "My subordinates are willing to follow the general and create an immortal cause!" ”

Luo Yao smiled and didn't speak again.

He picked up his pen again and wrote a line of small words on the rice paper.

The west also becomes the east, and there is no trace of the east, and the south also determines the north, and there must be no beginning and no end

Luo Xiaotu glanced at it and didn't understand.