Chapter 162: Riding into the enemy camp
Thirty miles southwest of Chengdu, swords and guns are like forests, camp tents are all over, groups of patrolling soldiers are coming and going, the four armies are facing each other, who would have imagined that on this small plain, there are 8,000 men and horses from Jiannan Road, and it is also the most elite border army. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Mo said that it is a time of peace, even if it is a Tibetan invasion, there has never been so many people outside Chengdu, fortunately, Li Qing has already ordered the closure of the four gates of Chengdu, if the people in the city find so many soldiers and horses standing outside Chengdu, and the two sides are still tense, the panic caused by it, even Li Qing will be difficult to suppress it.
Hanzhou military camp, the commander of the big tent, Li Qing was in the first place, looking at the face in front of him, Li Qing nodded with satisfaction, sure enough, it was the iron army, after seeing the laziness of the city defense army, now seeing these iron-blooded soldiers in Hanzhou who really guarded the territory of the Tang Dynasty, a sense of admiration arose.
The first to speak was naturally the supreme commander of the entire military camp at the moment of the Hanzhou guard general-Ma Hongyuan, who arched his hand to Li Qing and said: "At this moment, His Royal Highness appeared in the military camp, presumably everything in the city has been arranged, I really didn't expect His Highness to really bring down Xian Yu Zhongtong!" I don't say this as a compliment, but as a kind of admiration from the heart.
Originally, the reason why Ma Hongyuan agreed to support King Shou was just that he couldn't get used to the arrogant and domineering people who were rarely seen in Zhongtong, and he didn't take them into account as soldiers who were really fighting on the front line, but now that there is such an opportunity to bring down this person, Ma Hongyuan will naturally not give up.
Besides, according to Li Qing's understanding, this person is still a staunch supporter of imperial power, and since His Majesty has handed over power to King Shou, this person will naturally try his best to support the emperor's orders, which is why Li Qing dared to find this person.
Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if King Shou fails, with the eight thousand elites in his hands, Xian Yu Zhongtong still can't do anything to him?
looked at Ma Hongyuan, who was bookish, and then looked at the generals under him who were all strong and full of anger, it seems that this person must have a certain strength and means to be able to control the power in the army, otherwise the generals in the army are most likely to breed arrogance, no military merits and no strength, and they will not be recognized by people in the army.
With a wave of his hand, stopping Ma Hongyuan from continuing to talk, Li Qing asked directly: "Analyze the situation of the generals on the opposite side, this matter should not be delayed for too long, if the imperial court knows that so many border troops are transferred internally, none of you present can escape the involvement!" ”
Knowing the seriousness of the matter, Ma Hongyuan also said bluntly: "From this early morning to now, General Ben has been confronting them for a whole day, during which he has not received an order, and neither of us has acted without authorization, so we have maintained such a strange situation!" ”
After a day's investigation, the 4,000 soldiers and horses on the opposite side came from three directions, namely Victoria, Yazhou and Rongzhou, of which General Wang, the commander of the Victorian army, led 2,000 troops, General Ma of Yazhou sent 1,000 troops, and General Liu of Rongzhou sent 1,000 troops.
Seeing that the dignified commander of the army actually said this, Li Qing was slightly surprised, after all, along the way, Li Qing had seen the style of Hanzhou soldiers and horses with his own eyes, these soldiers were more than one level higher than the city defense army that was not registered in the army, but despite this, this Ma Hongyuan was still so jealous of this Victorian guard, how could Li Qing not be curious?
Perhaps seeing Li Qing's incomprehension, Ma Hongyuan opened his mouth and explained: "Your Highness doesn't know, compared with Ma and Liu's two people who rely on whiskers and horses to get the position today, this person is completely bloody with a knife and a gun to get today's status, even if the Victorian military horses under his command are not more than compared to the Hanzhou soldiers and horses, the lower officials are worried, if they fight together, it will definitely be a battle to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred!" ”
Speaking of this, Ma Hongyuan's face was heavy, after all, for the sake of the power of the ruler, he had to sacrifice his hard-trained soldiers, and his heart was not comfortable!
Walking forward, Li Qing said comfortingly: "Don't worry, even if you want to solve it by force, this king will not agree, once you fight hard, even this king can't afford to take this responsibility!" After arranging, this king will go to the Victorian military camp in person to see what kind of general Wang is? ”
Seeing that Li Qing was going to go in person, Ma Hongyuan on the side hurriedly said: "The lower official will arrange a thousand elite soldiers to escort His Highness, and as he spoke, he was about to turn around and walk outside the tent!" ”
Seeing that Ma Hongyuan was so anxious, Li Qing smiled helplessly and said: "General Ma doesn't have to go to such great lengths, this king doesn't plan to let you send an army to escort you, this time this king will only bring one person, after all, he is going to negotiate, not to fight!" ”
"There are more people with me, but it will be half the effort!" After that, he instructed Li Ye not far away: "Commander Li will follow me to the Hanzhou military camp!" ”
After that, he turned to Ma Hongyuan on the side and ordered: "I have to bother General Ma to prepare two fast horses for us!" ”
Ma Hongyuan looked at the young man in Xuanyi who had already made up his mind in front of him with an embarrassed face, and persuaded: "Your Highness has a noble status after all, and besides, Your Highness is responsible for the safety of the entire Jiannan Dao, if there is any accident this time, the court will track it down, and we will not escape death!" “
"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger! As long as this General Wang is solved, this crisis will definitely be able to be resolved, and it will be worth taking this risk! ”
Completely contrary to Ma Hongyuan's performance, the other generals in the tent were all impressed when they saw that this young prince dared to go to the enemy barracks guarded by layers of armor with only one person. Originally, with his identity, he didn't have to take this risk, but in order to solve it as soon as possible, he did it!
Looking at the backs of the two of them, Ma Hongyuan faded away from his own elegant temperament, and looked at a very majestic command from his subordinates: "Arrange it, the whole army will advance ten miles, and send an elite army to follow His Royal Highness King Shou far away, if there is any accident found, summon the general, and then the whole army will come to the rescue!" ”
The general's order, the people present did not dare to be the slightest slack, bowed down and said: "Subordinates obey orders!" With that, they hurriedly withdrew from the camp and went to arrange the march.
Although he only brought 2,000 soldiers and horses, the momentum of the entire Victorian military camp did not seem to belong to half of Hanzhou, but it had more of the spirit of an iron-blooded army, so an iron army, no wonder even Ma Hongyuan was a little jealous!
The commander of the Hanzhou military camp camp, the generals who were discussing the tent were interrupted by a guard who hurriedly broke in outside the tent, this person looked at the chief general sitting on the handsome seat, and said tremblingly: "General, His Royal Highness King Shou has arrived, and now he is going here!" ”
One word stirred up a thousand waves, and Huo Ran, the big man sitting in the first place, got up and said: "Oh, how many people did he bring, and ordered him to go down and arrange fifty sword and axe men in the account, and you all went with me to meet His Royal Highness King Shou!" After the order was completed, this person commanded to the more than ten generals present.
The guard said embarrassedly: "General Yu, His Royal Highness King Shou only brings one person!" "Although I don't want to say it, but it is true, this person does not dare to deceive at all.
Hearing the guard's words, Rao is big man with rough skin and thick flesh, he couldn't help blushing for a while, and scolded angrily: "Bastard thing, you can't finish talking at one time!" ”
After being delayed by him like this, Li Qing and the others had already walked into the account, looking at the middle-aged man with a stubble on his face, Li Qing said with a smile: "What provoked General Wang and made the general so powerful?" "Between the conversations, there is no strangeness, as if I haven't seen an old friend for many years.
The guest arrived, and this person naturally didn't want to expose his troubles, so he quickly changed the topic and said: "It's nothing, His Royal Highness King Shou actually deigned to come to my Victorian military camp, really let us what kind of shed and what Hui!" ”
Fortunately, a man who looked like a scribe next to him whispered to General Wang, who was struggling on the side, and kindly reminded: "The main general, it is" Peng Sheng Shine".
Li Qing couldn't help laughing, he didn't expect that the side general who commanded the side of the party would have such a "cute" side, forcing his inner smile, Li Qing hurriedly said: "The general doesn't have to be like this, as early as the king of Chang'an, he has heard of the general's prestige, and now that he has this opportunity, the general led his troops into Chengdu, and the king naturally wants to come here to see the general's demeanor!" ”
Seeing that Li Qing went straight to the point so much, the big man did not turn around, after all, he was originally a straightforward person, looked at the young Shouwang in front of him and said: "Since Your Highness said so, I must also know that I am a person who is Xianyu Adult, Your Highness is here alone, and the lower officials admire it, but Your Highness is not afraid that Your Highness will be arrested and handed over to Lord Xianyu for disposal?" ”