Chapter 455 Rushing to Hanhai City, I became a pawn

"You don't know what crime you're guilty of?" Zhang Xuan was furious and sneered.

Suddenly, he raised his hand and pointed at Cheng Qianli and scolded angrily, "Since you are pretending to be confused in front of me, then, I will tell you about it." ”

"You moved the Beiting Protectorate from Hanhai City to Balikun, have you ever reported to the imperial court? The Turgish people invaded the North Court, why did you deceive Yu Me? As soon as Zhang Xuan's voice fell, Cheng Qianli defended himself, "Your Majesty, the minister led the Beiting Protectorate to move to Balikun, and he didn't make an opinion. The minister had written to the court three times to surprise the cavalry people to betray the court, and united the great cannibals and the Qarluq people to attack the northern court. ”

The minister wrote three times, but did not receive a reply from the court. The minister wanted to come, or because of the turmoil in the Western Regions and the Northern Court, the messenger sent by the minister was intercepted by the Turgish. ”

"At that time, the 20,000 troops of the Turgish people attacked Beiting in two ways, and even more than ten cities, and the ministers had no choice but to raise troops to move south, and led the army to be stationed on the front line of Balikun to block the southern invasion of the Turgish."

Zhang Xuan was stunned, he had seen such a shameless person, but he had never seen such a shameless person. He never thought that this Cheng Qianli would be such a shameless person. It seems that Cheng Qianli has already made up his mind, that is, SI does not admit it.

"In this way, as the Metropolitan Governor of Beiting, you lost most of the territory of Beiting to the hands of the Tuqi Shi people, and you also concealed it from the imperial court and did not report it, not only are you not guilty but also meritorious?"

Zhang Xuan's face became extremely gloomy, "What a way to block the southern invasion of the Tuqi Shi people!" Cheng Qianli, you are really shameless to the extreme! ”

"I came to Barikun, and on the way I encountered the Turgish cavalry. Cheng Qianli is right under your nose, on the outskirts of Balikun City, the Turgish cavalry is plundering merchants everywhere, and you still have the face to say that it is merit to block the Turgish people? ”

"The garrison of Balikun is close to 20,000, and the total number of Turgish in Beiting is less than 30,000. But you couldn't retreat from the army, so that all the more than ten cities in Beiting fell. Cheng Qianli, in front of me, you dare to be so clever and sophistry, prevarication, and unrepentant! ”

"Bastard, shameless!"

"I can still annihilate the 20,000 troops including the Turist Cavalry Shi Thousand Soldiers, but I am entrenched in Balikun, and I am afraid that I will not be able to make the Chinese Imperial Court majestic!"

Zhang Xuan suddenly waved his hand and angrily reprimanded, "Nanba, declare the decree to depose Cheng Qianliyi from his official and military positions, demote him to a commoner, and escort him to Beijing to wait for the return of the Western Expedition to Beijing, and then dispose of it." ”

"Hurry up to 800 miles and expedite the order to send the servant Gu Huaien, and order the servant Gu Huaien to rush to Balikun within ten days to replace Cheng Qianli."

Zhang Xuan stomped his foot and kicked up a circle of smoke and dust.

Cheng Qianli's face suddenly became extremely pale, his shoulders trembled slightly, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he collapsed on the ground and couldn't say a word. He didn't expect that the emperor would be so unsympathetic, and he would be so decisive and directly dismissed him for less than a cup of tea, and he was reduced from a second-rank high-ranking official and a local magistrate to a prisoner.

In fact, he didn't mean to deceive the emperor, but he was afraid of the strength of the Tuqi Shi cavalry and did not dare to fight, for fear that the defeat with the Tucai Shi people would lead to a stench for 10,000 years and ruin his reputation for a lifetime, so he retreated step by step and forbeared, and waited for the emperor's western expedition army to enter the Western Regions, and then led the army to counterattack and recapture the land of Beiting, so that even if the emperor knew that he had some mistakes, he would not lose his official position and resign.

But the emperor came too quickly. And the emperor's punishment of him was too lightning and thunder. He didn't know that Zhang Xuan had already decided to take him down before he set out on the expedition, and Fugu Huaien was to replace him.

Cheng Qianli's subordinate generals were a little panicked, for fear that the emperor would start with Cheng Qianli and implicate many people.

After all, if Cheng Qianli is guilty, his subordinates will also be responsible.

But the emperor was clearly not ready to strike at a large area. Cheng Qianli had to do it, but for the sake of the stability of Beiting, he decided to only hold the chief evil accountable and not ask the followers.

Cheng Qianli was taken down by the soldiers on the spot, took off his official robe, and put him in a prisoner car to prepare to escort him back to Beijing.

The officials of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate Mansion gathered in the lobby of Cheng Qianli's Marshal Mansion in Balikun City, Zhang Xuan changed into a bright Son of Heaven armor, held the Longquan Sword, and strode in with a solemn expression. Behind him are Li Tengkong and Guo Fu, two female generals who are also dressed in armor and heroic posture, and then Nan Jiyun, the accompanying general.

"Ministers to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live!"

In the shouts of the officials and generals of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, Zhang Xuan strode up to the handsome hall and sat down, Guo Fu and Li Tengkong sat on his left and right, and Nan Jiyun stood behind him.

"Let's get even." Zhang Xuan let out a sigh of relief and said loudly, "The intention of my imperial expedition to the Western Regions is to wipe out the external troubles and sweep away the Zhuhu in one fell swoop, and bring the entire Northern Court of the Western Regions under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. ”

"Everywhere I went, the people's livelihood was withered and chaotic, and the Turkish cavalry plundered merchants everywhere, and the trade routes were almost cut off. As the emperor of China, I felt very ashamed that my army of 20,000 was in Bari, consuming grain and grass and national crossbows in vain, and watching the Turks burn, kill and plunder! ”

"A businessman once said to me that the Beiting Protectorate has long existed in name only, and the Chinese military horses are decorations in the Beiting, and they don't dare to fight against the Tuqi Shi people at all! I have come to ask you, is that so? You are all my courtiers, court officials, and generals in the army, are you really scared by the Turgish? ”

Zhang Xuan's voice was full of emotion, and he slapped the table suddenly.

All the people turned red and were speechless in shame, and hung their heads.

"Raise your head and look at me! Answering me, was it scared out of my guts by the Turgish? Afraid to fight? Zhang Xuan snorted.

Sun Ting, the commander of the Han Navy under the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, gritted his teeth, bowed down and said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, the last general and others know that they are guilty, and they are ashamed. The last general is willing to ask His Majesty for his life, and immediately lead the army out of the city, rush to attack Hanhai City, and fight with the Turgish people, washing away the shame of the Han Navy retreating without a fight! ”

"Please be gracious to Your Majesty, and the last general will be willing to fight the snow shame!" Many generals followed Sun Ting, knelt down, and chanted in unison.

In fact, these generals have a lot of complaints about Cheng Qianli's retreat without a fight, just because Cheng Qianli has been operating in Beiting for many years, and he is the chief official who covers the sky with one hand, no one dares to oppose his order.

Zhang Xuan sat there, the corner of his eyes swept over the more than ten civil and military generals led by Ouyang Jie, the deputy capital protector of the North Court, who were still standing on the side and were silent, knowing that these people were Cheng Qianli's henchmen, and Cheng Qianli retreated without a fight and did not come out of Balikun City, which had a lot to do with the demagogy of these people.

Although Zhang Xuan was very dissatisfied in his heart, at this time, it was not good for him to punish these people again, because after all, he still had to take into account the stability of the military spirit of the 20,000 Han Navy and the smooth transition of the situation in the entire Beiting. Of course, once his army of the Western Expedition arrived at Balikun or Yiwu, and Fugu Huaien arrived with his army of 20,000 Flying Leopards, he would no longer have so many scruples.

"Okay, I'll give you a chance." Zhang Xuan got up slowly, "Nanba, I order you to temporarily act as Admiral Han, Sun Ting, I canonize you as Admiral Han and Deputy Commander of the Beiting March, the two of you quickly gather the whole army, and leave Balikun early tomorrow morning to attack Hanhai City!" ”

"I, Concubine Li and Concubine Duan will personally join the army, and I will fight in front of the horse in the army, and I will use this battle to announce to the Northern Court of the Western Regions that the prestige of our Chinese army is inviolable!"

"Your Majesty! Long live my emperor, long live! ”

At the time of the third watch, Nan Jiyun and Sun Ting led 20,000 Han Navy out of Balikun to attack Hanhai City. Zhang Xuan, Li Tengkong and Guo Fu were also in the army, and the emperor was not afraid to personally participate in the battle in the face of danger, which greatly mobilized the morale of the Han naval guards.

From Balikun to Hanhai City, the straight-line distance is actually less than two hundred miles. Nan Jiyun immediately made a decision, led the army to insert the desert Gobi, took a shortcut to march to Hanhai City, and arrived at the periphery of Hanhai City in the afternoon of the third day.

The Chinese army attacked in a big way, and the Turgish people got the news two hours ago, closed the city gates, and made a posture of holding on and waiting for help.

In fact, at this time, there were only 10,000 Tucai soldiers and horses guarding Hanhai City. Zhang Xuan's hundreds of thousands of troops marched westward, and the main force of the Turgish began to recover the Turgish, preparing for a decisive battle with the Chinese army.

Because it was getting late, Zhang Xuan ordered the Han Navy to camp on a high slope more than ten miles away from Hanhai City.

Early in the morning of the second day, the 20,000 Han Navy divided into two routes, and under the leadership of Nan Jiyun and Sun Ting, they outflanked Hanhai City.

Hanhai City is the Beiting Governing Office, the city defense is strong, it is the largest city in the Beiting, if the Tuqi Shi people can't hold out, it is also a problem. However, Nan Jiyun knew that the Tuqi Shi people were not good at defending the city, and sooner or later they would still be unable to hold it and go out of the city to fight head-on with the Han Navy, so Nan Jiyun was not in a hurry, but ordered the two armies to approach slowly and besiege it.

The two Han navies intertwined Hanhai City like two arrows, and the cavalry soldiers in Hanhai City guarded the city gate, and no matter how the Han navy soldiers scolded the formation, they refused to come out.

This is not quite like the fierce style of the Tuqi Shi people, which makes Zhang Xuan judge that there must not be 20,000 Tuqi Shi people in the city, maybe not even 10,000. As soon as he thought of this, he waved his hand suddenly, and the Mo sword in the hand of one of the iron guards beside him was raised high, making a signal.

Nan Jiyun immediately hit the horse over, bowed down on the horse and said, "Your Majesty, the end will be polite!" ”

"Nanba, escort the hundreds of Turks captured along the way in front of the battle, and behead them all to show the public!" The corners of Zhang Xuan's mouth twitched, and his voice was extremely cold.

The so-called mercy is not in charge of the army, the two countries are at war, the army is marching westward, killing is inevitable, and he will not be benevolent to women. Moreover, these turks robbers robbed merchants and civilians, and they did not know how many lives they had, and they were already guilty of not being punished. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. [Word provided by the Sailing Update Group]