Chapter Seventy-Six: On the Way
On the waterway leading to Pengcheng, the right Yiwei sailor took a boat to escort Yang Guang's dragon boat slowly, and the 120,000 Xiaoguo army on the bank of the river escorted along the way, and the 180,000 army on land and water, with flags covering the sky, even along dozens of miles, was driving towards Pengcheng.
Yang Guang went on this expedition and learned the lessons of his predecessor Emperor Yang of Sui, and did not make great efforts to carry out thousands of large and small dragon boats, and only brought out two dragon boats, and the number of slender men required was sharply reduced from more than 80,000 at the peak to hundreds.
There are two dragon boats, one is Xiao Zhuhang, which is taken by Yang Guang himself and Baiguan, and the other is Xiang Yanzhou, which is taken by the harem clan.
There are four layers of structure on the dragon boat, forty-five feet high and two hundred feet long. The uppermost floor of the dragon boat is the main hall, the inner hall, and the east and west courts; The middle two floors have one hundred and twenty rooms, all decorated with gold and jade; The lower floor was where the courtiers lived.
At this moment, Yang Guang stood on the bow of the dragon boat, looking at the scenery along the way and the grand scene of the king's expedition around him, and couldn't help but sigh: "In the past, every time I went to Yangzhou, it was a grand travel scene, and its luxury was a hundred times better than it is now!" I even wrote a song "Dragon Boat" to express my mood at that time! ”
"Thousands of miles back to the boat, the old town of Yangzhou. By asking where Yangzhou is, Huainan River Beihai West Head. The six reins chatted about the rest of the country, and the song of the mountain was temporarily stopped. It is like Jiangdong in the palm of his hand, and he is alone in the middle of the words. ”
"However, prosperity must decline, and things must be reversed! No matter how good the poems are, no matter how grand the scene of the outing is, now I don't have the capital to play like this again! However, I was more excited than ever before. If I said that I came to Yangzhou to play before, then now I am swearing to go to the Northern Expedition to fight hard! The state of mind of the two is really different! ”
In addition, this Yang Guang is no longer Yang Guang. This kind of unique emotion, outsiders can't get this point.
At this moment, Yu Shiji held the book in his hand, raised his eyebrows, walked quickly behind Yang Guang, and said in a slightly cheerful tone: "Holy Lord, great joy!" Ambassador Pei came to report that under Zhang Xiaoqi's persuasion, Zhang Zhongjian had surrendered Pengcheng, and our soldiers had taken Pengcheng without bloodshed, and had also received the support of the local scholars, and the matter of raising grain and ships was proceeding smoothly. Not only that, Zhang Zhongjian, who had just surrendered, offered Ambassador Pei, and Zhang Xiaoqi personally went to the danger, and won the thief leader Li Gongyi to lead the army to Pengcheng and lure him into the encirclement of our army. Our army annihilated the thief army in one fell swoop, beheaded 8,357 people, captured 13,399 enemy soldiers, and the thief army general Li Shanxing was beheaded by Yuwen Chengdu, and the thief leader Li Gongyi was defeated and forced to commit suicide! ”
Hearing this, Yang Guang's eyes lit up, and he was immediately overjoyed, snatched the fold in Yu Shiji's hand, and said with a smile while turning it over: "Okay, very good!" Zhang Chuchen made such a great contribution as soon as he entered Jinyiwei, and Zhang Zhongnan is righteous and resourceful, and he has just surrendered to offer this miraculous feat, I want to reward this brother and sister! ”
Yu Shiji smiled and patted his ass and said: "That's not all thanks to the wisdom of the saint, pulling out a small flag in the micro-end!" Knowing people and being good at their duties, only one side of the relationship, they will not doubt the use of people, so that Zhang Xiaoqi can achieve this great achievement! This is not only a blessing for Zhang Xiaoqi, but also a saint! ”
Yang Guang is in a very good mood now, listening to this pleasant and fact-paying sycophant, then fucking it is comfortable!
However, in the early days of the establishment of the industry, he still couldn't be too proud, Yang Guang avoided Yu Shiji's sycophants, and said straightforwardly: "Now send someone to Pengcheng quickly, tell Pei Yun that the king of the Northern Expedition is on the way, and at the same time tell him not to bother to entertain me, and make every effort to handle the affairs of Pengcheng!" ”
"No, the minister will go to the cursive edict and send a fast horse to pass the edict!" Yu Shiji first saluted Yang Guang, and then retreated respectfully.
At this moment, at a certain height, there were two pairs of eyes staring intently at Yang Guang's dragon boat.
One of them was a handsome young man with a handsome face, wearing a jade crown on his head, a silver belt around his waist, and a folding fan in his hand, dressed like a handsome son. At this moment, he was stretching out his slender fingers, pointing at the Northern Expedition King in the distance, and said, "Hey, this faint monarch has really sworn to the Northern Expedition!" It seems that after more than a year of turtle speed in Jiangdu, the courage has grown! ”
Another young man dressed as a scholar and with a thin figure sighed and said, "Alas, the Holy Lord still can't change the bad habit of being fond of putting on a show!" Is he on a march or a parade? The troubled times have come, the country is like this, as the king of a country, in the face of the situation that the imperial court building is about to collapse, he should go deep into the grassroots, base himself on the military camp, and condense the heart of the army! How can we continue to be high in the past!? ”
"Runfu, this is much better than before! In the first year of the Great Cause, when I was still a child, I had seen Yang Guang's outing scene in the crowd with my father from afar, and the grand and luxurious scene was unprecedented. A state with many should offer a hundred carts of food, and make the most of the curiosities of land and water; The harem was tired of eating, and when it was time to set off, they threw away the food and buried it all. I still remember that scene vividly! The young man dressed as a handsome boy sighed.
The young man who was called Runfu was Li Mi's marshal's palace to join the army, and Jia Runfu, his father Jia Wuben was originally Zhang Xutuo's deputy general, since his father died in an ambush in the Dahai Temple with Zhang Xutuo, Jia Runfu persuaded the successor general Pei Renji to kill the prison army Xiao Huaijing, and surrendered Li Mi with the elite of Qi County and the Tiger Prison Pass. Because he is good at planning, Li Mi reuses and trusts him.
Jia Runfu asked: "Yingdeng, since the imperial army has sent out the Northern Expedition, do we also have to go back to report to the King of Wei!" ”
The young man who was called Yingdeng is Xie Yingdeng, after Xie An, the famous minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Changzhou people, smart and studious since childhood, reciting scriptures and never forgetting, fourteen years old in Xiucai, after learning martial arts, proficient in bows and arrows, familiar with military books, eighteen years old that is both civil and military, famous far and near, known as "Saixin Ling".
Xie Yingdeng is good at using silver guns, invincible marksmanship, and is on the same level as Wang Bodang, the "white-clothed arrow", and is known as a general. It was originally the right-hand man of Wagang Zhai Rang, but since Li Mi was anti-guest and the torch Zhai Rang, Xie Yingdeng had no choice but to surrender. Because of his wide range of friends and shrewdness, he was appointed by Li Mi as the chief sentry officer.
Hearing this, Xie Yingdeng shook his head, his eyes flashed, and said, "No, you go back and report to King Wei first, and I'll give him a try!" ”
Jia Runfu changed color and said, "You don't want to assassinate the Holy Lord!?" ”
Xie Yingdeng smiled fearlessly: "You guessed it! ”
Jia Runfu said worriedly: "With your archery skills, I believe you have a chance of success!" But, do you have a way to get out? ”
Xie Yingdeng clapped his hand on Jia Runfu's shoulder and said with relief: "Don't worry, I will arrange a way out!" ”
Seeing this, knowing that Xie Yingdeng's intention had been decided, Jia Runfu helplessly hugged his fists and said: "In this way, Runfu will go back first to report to King Wei!" Take care! ”
"Take care!"