On August 25, Wancheng was panicked because of the bandits in the Xiaochang'an gathering to the Jianyang generation, but because the barrier in the south of Wancheng was occupied by bandits, the Wangcheng guards did not dare to rush into battle, and stuck in Nanxiaoju to wait for the arrival of follow-up reinforcements, which means that the information transmission in the south has been cut off by the bandit army, and Wancheng knows nothing about the news in the south.

However, there is news coming one after another, and all kinds of news are available, and it is difficult to confirm for a while.

This is also because the bandit army did not show any obvious desire for the last barrier in the south of Wancheng, otherwise, the imperial court might have to call back the border army to rescue.

If there is no accident, today's theme is how to clean up the water bandits gathered in Xiaochang'an to the area of Jianyang.

The doctors in the court have already determined their opinions, that is, they request that some people from the two border armies of the Nanyang Army or the Fangcheng Army be transferred back to Wancheng to quell the bandits.

The chief eunuch Gao Jin opened the palace door and summoned various ministers and doctors to the court.

Emperor Wu's imperial decree for the eldest son's forbidden palace Baishi was issued orally, and the edict was not passed, so the first few times the eldest prince Ren found that he was not reprimanded by Emperor Wu through temptation, and he had been going to the court to participate in the deliberations of the Xun Dynasty.

However, during this period of time, the situation of the two princes jointly assisted by the former eldest son Ren and Gongzi Xin was not there, but became the monopoly of Gongzi Xin, which was undoubtedly the last "bribery incident", Gongzi Xin hit the "Ren Party" on the side of the eldest son Ren too much, so that the eldest son has now gradually become a blind man in the court, no one has reported to him, and no one has given him advice, and now the eldest son has been forced to the edge of an irrelevant position by Gongzi Xin.

However, the eldest son is also happy, because as far as he knows, his second brother, because of the bandits in the area of Xiaochang'an to Jianyang, has been scolded by his father many times in vain, and such a tricky thing has fallen on the head of the second child, and the eldest son is also gloating.

was also at the gate of the palace, watching the minister of state and others enter, the eldest son sneered at Gongzixin: "Second brother, put yourself in the right position, what you can't fight for if you want to!" ”

Listening to the words of the eldest son, Gongzixin also ignored it, the bandits have not subsided so far, and it has a great relationship with himself, the city defense camp of the Wangcheng Guard Army is controlled in his own hands, over the years, because he must win the support of the old clan of Wuguo, so as to compete with Lin Yuren, the righteous eldest son, most of the places in the city defense camp are given to the children of the old clan, who knows that the children of these old clans are so uncompetitive, For so many days, he has been hiding in Nanxiaoju, and he didn't dare to make any substantive attack on Xiao Chang'anju.

Gongzixin also got the news that a number of ministers and doctors in the imperial court wanted to ask Emperor Wu to call back the border army to quell the bandits, if this is the case, after the autumn reckoning, the attitude of the city defense battalion to respond to the battle will inevitably be attacked by the court after the war.

And the eldest son, Lin Yuren, took a fancy to this, so he challenged Gongzi Xin a lot, thinking about how to get back his position in the court at this time.

In this way, the two of them each led someone into the Xuanzheng Palace.

Emperor Wu has not slept well these days because of the uneven troubles, and now he looks worried, Gao Jin made a cup of refreshing tea for Emperor Wu before the court, but it didn't work long.

Minister Baili Huai was the first to step forward and report to Emperor Wu about today's banditry: "Your Majesty, the bandits in the area of Xiaochang'an gathered in Jianyang are becoming more and more serious, according to the news, the bandits have numbered in tens of thousands!" ”

Another old clan from the local area of Xiao Chang'an Ju said sadly: "Your Majesty, where the bandits pass, they will burn, kill and loot, and all the mausoleums will be sent to rob the tombs, and the places where they go are in a mess...... I ask Your Majesty to call back the border army to suppress the bandits! ”

"Your Majesty, there are tens of thousands of bandits, the Wangcheng guards are the armies guarding Wancheng, and they cannot be easily mobilized, please call back the border army to quell the bandits!"

"Please call back the border army to quell the bandits!"

"The minister seconded the ......"

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"The minister seconded the ......"

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"Ministers seconded the ......"

Seeing the doctors and guests in the court standing up, Emperor Wu was also worried, during this time, the general of the Nanyang Army Ju Xin and the general of the Fangcheng Army Huangfu Song were all sent back, and the Jin Han clan in northern Xinjiang moved troops and horses frequently, and it seemed that there was a southern invasion of Wuguo, how could this stall dare to mobilize the border army to guard against the north.

But the bandit trouble was imminent again, Emperor Wu suddenly frowned, looked at his second son, and said in a reprimanding tone: "Second brother, why hasn't the city defense battalion taken Xiaochang'an Ju yet, and I have handed over the Wangcheng Guards to you, is this the strength now?" I can't even take down a little little Chang'an gathering! ”

Gongzixin had to bite the bullet and said: "The bandits are overwhelming, entrenched in Xiaochang'anju, and it is not easy for the city defense army to hold Nanzheng Ju......"

When Emperor Wu heard this, he directly interrupted him: "Enough, enough!" It's all excuses! Dick, you've disappointed me! ”

It was already a time when he was anxious and worried, and the eldest son didn't want Emperor Wu to calm down for a while, so he said directly to Gongzi's letter: "Father, as far as the sons know, this city defense battalion was the elite of the Wangcheng Guards at the beginning, but now it is so unbearable, they don't dare to attack when they see such a group of bandits, and it is all the second child who sold the place in the city defense camp to some old clans!" ”

Hearing this, Emperor Wu glared at the eldest son, at this time, he was still fighting for power regardless of the occasion, and he was not angry with the son's letter, what the eldest son said, how could he not know it, in the past, it was Wu Guo who did not encounter anything, so he turned a blind eye to the behavior of the second child, but now it is when banditry is rampant, such drawbacks have appeared.

At present, Emperor Wu has also made a decision, the city defense battalion of the Wangcheng Guard has been transferred, and the remaining patrol battalion is the last defense force of Wancheng, so it can only be transferred to the Yulin Army.

But the Yulin Army? As the name suggests, it is the wings of the Lin clan of the royal family of the Wu Kingdom, and such a mobilization of troops and horses is of great significance, which is to raise this bandit to the same level as the difficulty of the Jin and Han dynasties, which is to inform the people that there are enemies outside the martial arts, and there are bandits inside, so that it is not a good thing for the stability of the Wu country.

Emperor Wu pretended not to care about the complaint of the eldest son, Lin Yuren, regardless of the occasion, but looked at the ministers in the court, and asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, what is the best way to calm the situation?" ”

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No one answered.

However, someone still stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Ge Bao, the little Chang'an Judu Lieutenant, is the leader of the bandits, and I am afraid it will be difficult to recruit peace!" ”

Emperor Wu's heart was depressed, and he asked a good way to calm the situation, but this person replied that it greatly increased the oppressive atmosphere in the court of Wuguo.

Zuo Xiang Shen is the only old clan among the three ministers of Wu, and he stood up and said to Emperor Wu: "Minister, I am willing to lead the Shen clan to Xiaochang'an to gather and quell the rebellion!" ”

The dignified Wuguo Zuo Xiang actually said this, Emperor Wu knew that he was the heart of serving the country, but he couldn't agree to this time, so he waved his hand and said: "Qing is the left minister of Wuguo, how can he lightly say that he will go to the front line to fight, I am reluctant, and I can't agree to Qing ......."

When Shen Case heard this, he was very moved, but Emperor Wu rejected his request, and Shen Case retreated.

Minister Bai Lihuai stepped forward and suggested: "Your Majesty, the minister asks the Yulin Army to take over the defense of Wancheng, and send the patrol battalion to Nanzheng to meet with the city defense battalion, and attack Xiao Chang'an to quell the bandits!" ”

Emperor Wu heard that this was a way, not only did not need Yulin Jun to personally reduce the impact of this banditry, but also sent additional reinforcements from Nan Xiaoju, although there was some self-deception, but this was also an expedient measure.

The court didn't know for the time being that they thought that the imminent Xiao Chang'an Ju had already let Lin Yuyan recover the Jianyang Mansion on the 24th, and the good news of the first battle on the Jianyang border written by Huang De of the Shuyang Order, the good news of the Jianyang Field Battle and the recovery of the Jianyang Mansion written by the Jianyang Linglu, and even the good news that the Xiao Chang'an Ju had recovered by Xiang Ying himself was also recovered from the bandit army in the southern barrier of Wancheng, and it was quickly reported to Wancheng, and now it was in Wancheng that he rushed over to the Xuanzheng Palace.

Xiao Chang'an Ju is just four or five hundred bandits left, but because before the bandit leader Ma Zhong left, he ordered people to put a lot of scarecrows on top of this city, coupled with the continuous provocation of Xiao Chang'an Ju bandits, so that the Wangcheng guards of Nanzheng Ju mistakenly thought that Xiao Chang'an Ju was a place where bandits gathered, but they didn't know that the main force of the bandits had turned around and captured Jianyang. But they didn't expect that this battle would be delayed by them for so long.

It was when Emperor Wu was about to make a decision that a long "newspaper" sounded outside the Xuanzheng Palace.

This is a communication of the military intelligence on the front.

This matter was reported again, could it be that Nanzheng gathered wrong?

Even the courtiers in the court, even Emperor Wu, were in their throats.

Gongzixin returned to his normal color slightly, and watched the pawn who passed on the military information on the front line walk into the Xuanzheng Palace, but he looked dry and unkempt, and suddenly his heart sank, and he asked: "But Nanzheng has a loss?!" ”

This is rumored that the pawn is a soldier of the Shuyang Army, rushed over from the border of Shuyang and Jianyang, because of the bandits of Xiao Chang'an, he circled on the edge of Xiao Chang'an for a few days, and when the Shuyang Army recovered Xiao Chang'an, he immediately rushed over, Xiao Chang'an gathered to Wancheng Palace for a day and a night's journey, how could it not be such a dry mouth, unkempt appearance?

The communication team's lips were white, and he couldn't speak because of the continuous hurry, and he fell to the ground and just waved his hand at Gongzixin.

What does that mean?

Emperor Wu sat on the dragon seat, looked at the fallen messenger below, and knew that it should be caused by the hurry, so he immediately said to Gao Jin beside him: "Gao Jin, bring my tea to this pawn to drink." ”

Gao Jin answered, and went down the steps with the teapot, ignoring the dirtiness on the pawn, helped him up, and poured the tea into his mouth.

The messenger drank the tea, immediately recovered, and said to Gao Jin: "It's good news......

Hearing this, Gao Jin immediately turned around and smiled at Emperor Wu and said, "Your Majesty, it's good news!" It's good news! ”

When Emperor Wu heard this, his brows furrowed, and he suddenly said with joy: "The Wangcheng Guards have recovered Xiaochang'anju?" ”

This made the communication team shake their heads and nod, and then took out a book from his waist and handed it to Gao Jin, Gao Jin because he was supporting this communication pawn, he asked the little attendant next to him to pass the book to Emperor Wu.

Emperor Wu took the book, and he couldn't wait to open the bamboo slip to check, and in the process of reading, he gradually smiled, and in the end, he actually laughed and said: "I have a tiger!" ”

I have a tiger?

When Childe heard this, was he talking about himself?

The eldest son also thinks so, because it is the second child who plans to quell the bandits, and now there is good news, it must be a victory on the battlefield, but the eldest son is curious, what kind of credit will make his father praise the second child as a tiger? Thinking like this, the eldest son couldn't help but look gloomy.

Seeing this, Minister Bai Lihuai also stepped forward and asked, "Your Highness, but there is news from the front line?" ”

Hearing this, Emperor Wu Lang laughed a few times, and then asked the little attendant general around him to gradually hand it to Baili Huai, and also instructed Gao Jin: "Help this person down to rest, take care of him, he sent good news to Wancheng, and he ran hundreds of miles, and he made a great contribution!" ”

"Yes!" Gao Jin responded, and let the two little guards help up the messenger.

The Minister of State Baili Huai took the bamboo slip and looked at it carefully, but there was a lot of surprise on his face.

The left minister Shen case, the right minister Ming Zifu, and many doctors, Shangqing, and Keqing behind asked: "Prime minister, what is the news?" ”

Gongzixin and the eldest son, Lin Yuren, also walked to Bailihuai's side, and they were very concerned about this good news.

Only then did Baili Huai raise his head, look at the courtiers and say: "The Shuyang army entered the border of Jianyang, fought with the 4,000 bandit army, beheaded 1,137 enemies, captured 2,084 people, and only wounded dozens of people. ”

"This ......"

Everyone was surprised when they heard this, and Zuo Xiang Shen felt that this matter was the same as telling a story, and he felt that there were many suspicious things, so he stepped forward and asked: "Prime Minister of State, does Wuguo have no establishment of the Shuyang Army?" Are you talking about the defenders of Shuyang City? ”

The defenders of the city of Yuyang? Everyone was amazed, those hundreds of defenders of Shuyang City were able to make such a contribution? Immediately, it was determined that this battle report was definitely a false report of war exploits!

Zuo Xiang Shen's case is in charge of the two matters of Wu Guo's punishment and soldiers, and he doesn't know if this Shuyang Army is the defender of Shuyang City, but where does Bailihuai, the minister in charge of officials and etiquette, know? Immediately, he looked at Emperor Wu.

Emperor Wu also remembered that this Shuyang Army was told to him by the second child some time ago, and he had not reported to Zuo Xiang, and he also looked at Gongzi and said: "This matter was raised by the second child, so let's ask the second child in detail......

In fact, after missing the joy of seeing the battle report for the first time, even Emperor Wu was wondering if this battle report was a false report of war exploits......

Hearing this, the eldest son looked at Gongzi Xin, sure enough, this matter had something to do with the second child, and suddenly the eldest son Lin Yuren also felt a little unwilling in his heart, why did the second son want to pull into the water, but he never succeeded!

Not to mention that other people were a little surprised, it was Gongzi who believed that he said to the Minister of State Baili Huai, and he was also quite surprised, Shuyang Army? Didn't you promise your sixth brother at the beginning?

However, looking at the eyes of everyone looking at him, Gongzi Xin also knew that no one would believe it when he said it at this time, but he still stubbornly said: "The matter of the Shuyang Army is indeed proposed by me to my father, and the water bandits are seriously troubled by the emperor's sixth brother, and it happened that the sixth brother of the emperor talked about this matter in Huaiyang, and I told my father about the formation of the Shuyang Army to level the bandits, and the Huaiyang Army was expanded from the original defenders of the city of Shuyang, and the establishment was 1,000, which was controlled by the sixth brother of the emperor......"

Even Gongzi himself didn't have enough confidence to say this.

The eldest son didn't expect that this matter would have something to do with the sixth child, but he grabbed the handle in the second child's words, and immediately sneered: "Second child, do you mean that the sixth brother defeated more than 4,000 bandits with these 1,000 people?" Or didn't a single person die? ”

Zuo Xiangshen was also slightly angry, stepped forward to look at the Minister of State Baili Huai and said: "National affairs, how can you be deceitful, Prime Minister of State, the war report was written by the sixth son of the emperor?" ”

Shen case's words also represent that most of them are courtiers, after all, this matter is linked to the arrogant and domineering sixth son of the emperor, it is not difficult to understand, it is obvious that His Royal Highness the sixth son of the emperor is a young man and greedy for military exploits, so he asked people to write such a war report.

At present, seeing that the case of Zuo Xiang Shen is being taken so seriously, I am afraid that he does not intend to easily let go of the sixth son of the emperor who falsely reported his military exploits.

Seeing Shen Case like this, the eldest son, Lin Yuren, also sneered in his heart, wouldn't it be better to have Zuo Xiang standing in front of him to make trouble to the second and sixth children?

Unexpectedly, the Minister of State Baili Huai stood up and shook his head and said to Shen Case: "No, it's the battle report written by Ling Yingde of Shuyang......

This...... Shen Zhi insisted that such a war feat did not exist, it was simply false, and he also said to Baili Huai: "Baili Xiang, after this incident, he will definitely pursue the crime to Shuyang Ling, in order to cater to the sixth son of the emperor, he will actually write such a battle report!" ”

Baili Huai didn't reply, to be honest, he was calm, he once went in and out of the 80,000 military camp of the Jin Han clan alone to persuade the Koreans to retreat, and he also knew about the affairs of the soldiers, injured the enemy by one thousand and damaged eight hundred, how could there be immortals in the war, the sixth son of the emperor may have defeated a small group of bandits in Jianyang, but the young man's temperament is so exaggerated about the great military exploits, and it is easy to understand, but the six sons of the emperor will actually help the six sons of the emperor to boast about the great exploits together, the sixth son of the emperor can't be held accountable, and the little Huaiyang Order can't be held accountable? Baili Huai is also facing this matter, and after that, he wants someone to investigate the person of Yuyang Ling. Those who flatter must be officials who are adjacent to each other.

Shen Case qualitatively said for this battle exploit like this, which also made Emperor Wu's expression calm down again with a smile just now, and even he was sure that his six sons were indeed lying about their war exploits.

Even Gongzixin shook his head, this time the sixth brother was indeed a bit excessive, at the moment, Lin Yuxin couldn't help but despise his sixth brother in his heart.

"The battle report sent by the sixth son of the emperor must have been spread in Wancheng, and it can be regarded as inspiring the people, and it is meritorious and meritorious......."

Just when the courtiers smiled at the sixth brother's false report of war exploits, they did not expect that the second battle report had already been transmitted to the palace.

"Report!"

"What's the report?"

"Could it be the battle report of the sixth son of the emperor again?"

Emperor Wu glanced at it lightly, and then asked Gao Jin, "What's the report?" ”

The grooming of this messenger's group was slightly neater than that of the previous messenger, and he replied, "Good news from Thorn Sun!" ”

Gao Jin returned to Emperor Wu and said: "Your Majesty, it's from Thorn Yang, good news!" ”

Emperor Wu did not have unexpected joy this time, but asked Gao Jin to go down and read: "Minister, the Thorn Yang Order is a good news, His Royal Highness the Sixth Son of the Emperor led the Shuyang army to fight with 3,000 bandits in the hinterland of Thorn Yang, and won, killing 670 bandits, dropping 2,296 people, and dozens of casualties of the Shuyang army. ”

"When did His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince of the Emperor have such prestige in the city orders in various places, and two city orders in a row asked for credit for him!" One of the counselors chuckled.

Another guest Qing also said: "According to these two city orders, His Royal Highness the Sixth Son of the Emperor, first four thousand bandits, and then three thousand bandits, in this way, the seven thousand bandits are gone, and the bandits will look at tens of thousands of people, so it seems that His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince of the Emperor alone led a thousand defenders of the city of Shuyang?" ”

"Haha, if that's the case, His Royal Highness the Sixth Son of the Emperor is not much more than the credit of Gongzi Xin and Gongzi Yuan who burned the grain and grass camp of the Jin Han Clan's Pheasant Mountain!"

"It's that Jin Wei clan Wu Qi is alive, but it's ...... so"

The guests in the court also laughed at each other.

It seems that Baili Huai and Shen Case also frowned, and wanted to stand up and say something, but they were stopped by the right minister Ming Zifu, shook his head slightly, and signaled the two of them not to speak for the time being.

Gao Jin looked at it and said, "Two battle reports were sent here, and they ......came together."

Emperor Wu said with a flat face: "You just read it." ”

Gao Jin read again: "Minister, the Thorn Yang Order's good news is repeated, the Battle of Thorn Yang Mansion, the Shuyang Army pursued the bandits and routed, dropped more than 2,000 people, no casualties, and now has recovered all the lost territory in Thorn Yang!" ”

Gao Jin had just finished reading, but he didn't expect a battle report to come over.

Emperor Wu's face was still calm, but his tone was slightly gloomy: "Continue reading." ”

Gao Jin's face was embarrassed, and he said in his heart, His Royal Highness the Sixth Son, you can't drink water and play with such military exploits, Your Majesty has already risen!

However, Gao Jin still continued to read the fourth battle report: "The last general, Xiang Ying, the commander of the Shuyang Army, has now been ordered by His Royal Highness the Sixth Son of the Emperor to recover Xiaochang'anju, kill more than 160 enemies, and drop more than 320 people!" ”

Hearing this, the eldest son, Lin Yuren, also felt that it was time to stand up and show his posture at this moment: "The four battle reports are all showing that the sixth man alone defeated nearly 10,000 bandits with a thousand troops in Shuyang, haha, the second child, you still teach well!" ”

Gongzixin also had a gloomy face, but he didn't expect that this old six didn't have the slightest scale to do things, and he dared to report such a big move by lying about his military exploits, the Shuyang army was only a thousand establishments, and the army only had more than a month to come, how could he have such combat effectiveness, it was a thousand soldiers, and it was not necessarily possible to have such combat effectiveness, but Gongzixin really had no way to refute anything, because it was he who set Lin Yuyan, the sixth brother of the emperor, and put him into the "letter party".

Now Gongzi Xin also feels that he has suffering and can't say it!

The eldest son, Lin Yuren, was also overjoyed when he saw the expression of the second child eating flies like this, and felt that he was just around the corner to get back his former authority, and said in his heart: "It's really self-inflicted, if you don't pull the sixth child to your side, I really can't find your shortcomings......"

"Nonsense!" Emperor Wu finally couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, and reprimanded angrily, and suddenly there was no other sound in the court except for Emperor Wu's wheezing, and Emperor Wu looked at Gongzixin and wanted to blame: "Military affairs, how can you ......?"

"Your Majesty!"

Just as Emperor Wu was about to scold Gongzi Xin as a way to scold Lin Yuyan, the sixth son of the emperor, a call came out of the Xuanzheng Palace.

Everyone looked over, who dared to interrupt Emperor Wu's anger at this stall, and a burly figure walked into the Xuanzheng Palace.

"Could it be him?" After the ministers were surprised, they also felt reasonable.