Chapter 67: Sending Troops (II)

Xuanzhou, which was once Yang Xingmi's base against Sun Ru. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

More than ten years ago, Yang Xingmi raised troops in Luzhou, and after a year of hard fighting, he finally defeated the combined forces of Qin Yan and Bi Shiduo and captured Yangzhou; However, before Yang Xingmi could gain a firm foothold in Yangzhou, a terrible enemy appeared, which was the "cannibal army" Caizhou Army led by Sun Ru.

Although the Caizhou army was as brutal as a beast, its combat power was amazing, and it was not something that Yang Xingmi could resist at all. So Yang Xingmi had no choice but to retreat to his hometown of Luzhou.

In Luzhou, the anxious Yang Xingmi felt that he was no match for Sun Ru, and planned to lead his troops to attack the territory of Zhongchuan in Jiangxi, but his advisor Yuan Xian said that there were many households in Xuanzhou, and there was enough money and food, which was very rich, which was enough to be the foundation for him to achieve great things. Yang Xingmi followed his advice, crossed the river and captured Xuanzhou, and with Xuanzhou as the foundation, he occupied the surrounding Changzhou, Runzhou, Chizhou, Hezhou and other places, and his strength grew rapidly.

When Sun Ru, who was entrenched in Yangzhou, heard about it, he immediately led a large army to attack. In the past few years, Yang Xingmi has been defeated many times, and all the states he occupied before have been lost, and even Luzhou, where he started, has been lost, leaving only Xuanzhou in his hands.

However, relying on Xuanzhou's abundant money and food, he persevered in the defeat after defeat, and finally defeated Sun Ru in one fell swoop. It can be said that without Xuanzhou, there would be no current Yang Xingmi.

Later, Yang Xingmi handed over Xuanzhou to Tian Yan and appointed him as the assassin of Xuanzhou.

And Tian Yan this person is not only fierce and good at fighting, but also very elegant, and can be a corporal of courtesy, recruited a large number of scribes for him to govern Xuanzhou, after Tian Yan's years of governance, here has been further developed, not only money and food are sufficient, but also a large number of generals, the strength is extremely strong.

With sufficient money and food, a strong army, and Tian Yan's ability to command thousands of troops on the horse and the ability to govern one side when he dismounted, it can be said that Yang Xingmi was not afraid of him for no reason.

In the city, the Ningguo Army was in the embassy, and Tian Yan was discussing the news he had just received with his cronies Shen Wenchang, Du Xunhe, Yin Wengui and others.

Shen Wenchang is a native of Huzhou, he is quick to write, and he writes as if he has written in advance.

Du Xunhe was the poet who made a Yongxue poem at the beginning, but was impersonated by Zhu Guangde at the banquet. It is said that this person is Du Mu's youngest son, Du Mu had a concubine who was pregnant, but he didn't know, he was expelled from the house by Du Mu's wife, and later gave birth to a son, who is this person.

However, there is no evidence for this rumor after all, but Du Xunhe is indeed very poetic, as if he really inherited Du Mu's talent, and is one of the most famous poets of this era.

As for Yin Wengui, he has studied hard since he was a child, and the bottom of the ink inkstone used has been worn through, and he is also a famous talent in the world.

These scribes were either fond of fame and fortune, or they were impressed by Tian Yan's favor, and they all joined Tian Yan's subordinates and gave him advice.

The news of the rebellion in Wuyongdu in Hangzhou three days ago has already spread here, and it is not a secret. But now the news I just got is the news that Yang Xingmi, the king of Wu, sent Zhou Ben to lead an army to attack Suzhou.

"Jieshuai, the king sent Zhou Ben to attack Suzhou, but ignored Hangzhou, this is because of his distrust of Jieshuai!" Staff member Shen Wenchang said.

On the side, Yin Wengui, Du Xunhe and other scribes also nodded in approval.

According to common sense, there was a rebellion in Hangzhou, and the rebels of Wuyongdu captured the outer city, only the inner city was still in the hands of Qian Di, and it was a good time to send troops to capture Hangzhou, but Yang Xingmi sent troops to attack Suzhou, ignoring Hangzhou, which was obviously worried that capturing Hangzhou would be cheaper.

Tian Yan's face was gloomy, since the last time he asked Yang Xingmi for Shengzhou in Guangling and was refused, he had been completely disappointed in Yang Xingmi. After returning to Xuanzhou, on the one hand, he actively expanded the army and recruited talents, and on the other hand, he constantly sent people to contact An Renyi and secretly formed alliances. However, he also knew that his strength was far from being Yang Xingmi's opponent, so although he had been preparing for many years, he did not dare to launch rashly.

Now that he finally waited for the opportunity of the Wuyongdu Rebellion, he felt that the time had come to expand his power, and he originally wanted to go to Guangling, hoping to send troops to Hangzhou. Who knew that before he could think of the wording in a hurry, the news that Yang Xingmi had sent troops to attack Suzhou came.

Along with this news, there are also various rumors of suspicion of Tian Yan. What "Xuanzhou Tian Yan is the great enemy of Huainan, and at this time we should guard against Tian Yan taking the opportunity to expand his power", and what "Wu Yong is Tian Yan who secretly provoked the rebellion"......

In short, there are all kinds of rumors, but the meaning is that Tian Yan is secretly plotting against each other and the like. I don't know who spread these rumors, but they have a nose and eyes, and they almost say that Tian Yan is going to rebel.

"The king has been suspicious of Ben Shuai for a long time, and this is nothing unusual!" Tian Yan said lightly.

Since the imperial court named him as the envoy of the Ningguo Festival, he regarded himself as the envoy of the festival canonized by the imperial court, and secretly tried not to listen to Yang Xingmi's orders.

"What we want to discuss now is that Guangling's side will definitely not give us an order to send troops, and will even send people to stop us from sending troops. Without the legal name of sending troops, should we insist on sending troops at that time? Tian Yan actually had the answer to this question in his heart, but he still wanted to know the opinions of his staff.

"Jieshuai, since the king appointed you as the assassin of Xuanzhou, you have been working diligently for the king for the first few years; Later, Feng Hongduo rebelled, and it was the commander who led the army to defeat him, but the king just let Li Shenfu assassinate the history of Shengzhou, which shows that the king can't count on it. In my opinion, if the marshal wants to expand his power, he must not let go of this opportunity! Yin Wengui said.

"Yes, now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, even without the king's order, can't the marshal send troops?" On the side, Du Xunhe said, "You must know that although you are the assassin of Xuanzhou, you are also the envoy of Ningguo, so you naturally have the right to send troops!" ”

Tian Yan nodded, "What about the time to send troops?" Do you send troops now, or do you wait and see? "He had already made a decision, no matter what reaction Yang Xingmi's side had, he would send troops. But now he is very happy to be recognized by his staff.

Shen Wenchang pondered for a moment and replied, "I think that although the commander can send troops regardless of the king's orders, but now Xu Juan and Xu Zaisi in Hangzhou are still in the upper hand, if we send troops now, I am afraid that they will be hostile to us." So it's better to wait. ”

"Wait? When? Du Xunhe asked suspiciously.

"Wait until Xu Juan and the others take the initiative to invite us to send troops."

"This, how can Brother Shen conclude that they will definitely invite us?"

Shen Wenchang said confidently, "The so-called 'one drum, then decline, three and exhaustion', Xu Juan and they failed to capture Hangzhou in one fell swoop, and then there is no possibility of capturing Hangzhou." And once the rebellion is launched, there is no reason to retreat; Since they have the possibility of failure, the only way is to find reinforcements. ”

"Yes, the only ones around us who can be used as Xu Xuan's reinforcements are our Xuanzhou or Huainan troops, but Huainan is powerful, and they must be worried that they will not be reused in the past, so they must take refuge in us." On the side, Tian Yan continued, "So, Ben Shuai has already decided not to send troops for the time being, and will send troops to Hangzhou after Xu Juan and them invite us." ”

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