Zhao Ziliang's scolding voice has been heard in the entire Chinese army's big tent, and the generals and colonels all stood aside and did not dare to make a sound, and the scolded Wang Sili, Li Chengguang, Pang Zhong, Tian Liangqiu and others even knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"I tell you, even if you escape, you will die!" Zhao Ziliang scolded and was thirsty, picked up the teacup and poured a sip of tea, sat on the big chair and closed his eyes.

Cen Jianzhi stood up and interceded for Wang Sili and the others: "Marshal, in fact, in the opinion of the following officials, the responsibility for the defeat in the battle of Lingbao cannot be borne by General Wang and others, and there is a brother Shuhan above!" In addition, from the point of view of the marshal, this battle itself is wrong from a strategic point of view, the 200,000 defenders of Tongguan themselves are uneven, the overall situation is unfavorable to the imperial court, the rebels came by the power of Dasheng, the momentum was in full swing at that time, our army should have avoided its edge, should not have taken the initiative to attack out of the pass, the strategic mistake made our army lose completely, General Wang and others were greedy for merit and made mistakes compared to strategic mistakes are not worth mentioning! ”

Cen Shen can put the main responsibility for the defeat of the Lingbao Battle on the imperial court, because he is not a supervisor, just an auxiliary official, but Zhao Ziliang cannot, although this is a fact, he can't agree with Cen Shen's point of view, otherwise he is openly admitting that the mistakes of this war should be blamed on Emperor Xuanzong, as a courtier, even if the king is not, he can think in his heart, but he can't say it verbally, otherwise how will the monarch and the minister get along with each other in the future?

Zhao Ziliang neither agreed with Cen Shen's statement, nor objected, and said to Wang Sili and others: "When you were defeated, I was still in Beiting, and now that you are back, it stands to reason that you should be handed over to the imperial court for disposal, but now that you are still far away in Ma Weiyi, there is chaos in the court, I am afraid that I will not be able to deal with you!" I have been added as the deputy marshal of the soldiers and horses, and you are fully responsible for counterinsurgency matters, and you, as the defenders of the original Tongguan, should also be under my jurisdiction, the details of the battle of Lingbao, you who have experienced it firsthand, should know whether you are guilty or not, I will not make up my mind for the time being, you each write down the entire campaign process in detail, including the pre-war battle plan, any order issued by Geshuhan and yourself, you must write it down one by one, if you can't write, you can say it, I will find someone to record it for you, I can tell you, Don't make things out of nothing, if I find out that you are fabricating facts and nonsense, it will be a crime on a crime! Did you hear it all? ”

Wang Sili and the others hurriedly said: "Yes, we must write it truthfully!" ”

Zhao Ziliang shouted outside the tent: "Come on, take them out, let them separate, don't let them meet each other to collude in confessions, prepare the four treasures of the study room for them, if someone can't write, arrange for the scribe to make a record for them, and they will dictate it by themselves!" ”

"No!"

An hour later, Wang Sili, Li Chengguang, Pang Zhong and Tian Liangqiu all finished writing, among which Li Chengguang and Pang Zhong could not write, and when they dictated by themselves, the scribe recorded them on their behalf.

Zhao Ziliang took the confessions of the four people, compared them with each other, and found nothing wrong or different, he found Cen Shen and said: "This is the detailed process of the battle of Lingbao written by Wang Sili and the four people, I have read it, in the process of the battle strategy and the battle orders issued by Ge Shuhan, they should not have lied, because they could not find any differences in the confessions, and the other part was about the military orders they issued and the dispositions they made in the battle, as well as the battle situation at that time, Of course, we don't know these situations when we are not there, so we can't tell whether they are lying or not, but this can be investigated, and there will definitely be their generals among the soldiers who have fled back, you send someone to verify it overnight, and strive to find out before we go on the expedition tomorrow, this matter cannot be delayed, if it is left to the court to deal with, I am afraid that there will be more trouble! ”

Cen Shen immediately understood what Zhao Ziliang meant, if these people sought truth from facts in their confessions and did not exaggerate and conceal them, Zhao Ziliang would deal with them by himself and try to be lenient as much as possible, after all, the main responsibility for the defeat could not be borne by them, and if they could be punished lightly, they would open the net and make a conclusion on this matter before they set out on the expedition, and if this matter was left to the court to deal with, on the one hand, it was not known how long the court would drag on, and on the other hand, he was worried that someone in the court was mainly responsible for covering up the emperor's defeat in the Battle of Lingbao. And to blame Wang Sili and others for all the crimes of defeat, this method of transferring the blame, Zhao Ziliang knows too well! And now that Yang Guozhong has been killed, how many of the current ministers in the court were not promoted by Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong? Counting on these people to come to ZTE Datang? Zhao Ziliang didn't expect it at all, and he didn't believe that they would deal with Wang Sili and the others fairly.

Early in the morning of the 10th day of the first month of July, Cen Shen came to the big tent of the Chinese army to meet Zhao Ziliang, and reported: "Marshal, the humble post sent someone to verify their confessions overnight last night, and the result is that their confessions are basically true!" ”

Zhao Ziliang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and shouted outside the tent: "Come on, bring Wang Sili and others over!" ”

"No!"

It didn't take long for Wang Sili and the others to be taken to the big tent.

"Meet the Commander!"

Zhao Ziliang looked at Wang Sili and the others: "Yesterday, Ben Shuai sent someone to verify your confession overnight, and you are quite honest and did not defend yourself and conceal your guilt, which is worthy of recognition!" However, with your crimes, if you put them in normal times, they will definitely end up being killed! However, considering that the main responsibility for the defeat of this battle does not lie entirely with you, plus now that the war is imminent, it is the time to employ people, so I will leave you alive for the time being, and see your performance in the future, if you don't perform well, it will be counted together with the previous sin, and if you behave well, you can atone for your sins! ”

Wang Sili and the others hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The last general understands, thank you for the grace of the handsome not to kill!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said again: "Don't be too happy, although you have saved your life for the time being, but the death penalty can be avoided!" During this time, you can't lead the troops, let me stay honestly in the camp to reflect on my mistakes, no one is allowed to leave the camp without permission, three meals a day, someone will bring it to you! In addition, if each of you writes me a letter of repentance, if you don't write it well, if it's not your own truth, or if it's not profound, then let me stay here until I am satisfied! Do you understand everything? ”

"Yes, yes, I must be deeply repentant!" How dare Wang Sili and others bargain, it's good to be able to guarantee a life, and if they dare to bargain, they are really looking for death!

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand impatiently: "Get out!" ”

"The last general will retire!"

"Huh!" Cen Shen said to Zhao Ziliang: "The lower officials still have something to do, so I will leave first!" ”

When he came out of the big tent, Cen Shen caught up with Wang Sili and the others and said with a smile: "Generals, congratulations!" ”

Li Chengguang couldn't help but roll his eyes: "What do I mean by Lord Cen?" Congratulations to us, where does this joy come from? Although this life was saved, he could not leave the tent, and he ate and drank in the tent, what is the difference between this and imprisonment? ”

Tian Liangqiu next to him said: "I said General Li, don't be too demanding, we people can save their lives because of the grace of the handsome and God's eyes, you are still not satisfied, stay in the camp with peace of mind!" ”

Cen Shen nodded to Tian Liangqiu and smiled: "It's still Lord Tian who is reasonable, in fact, you should also know that if it weren't for the marshal, if someone else was here to preside over the overall situation, you would have been beheaded a long time ago, and the marshal knew that the main responsibility for the defeat of the Lingbao battle was not you, and who else would care about the net worth and life of you, the defeated generals?" The commander is not grounding you to imprison you, but to protect you! You're still complaining, hey, the way of the world, ・・・・・・."

Several people looked at each other, and Wang Sili asked, "Lord Cen, how do you say this?" ”

Cen Shen looked left and right, saw that there was no one else around, and whispered to Wang Sili and the others: "But anyone who understands military affairs knows that Ge Shuhan should not go out to meet the enemy in the first place, of course, Ge Shuhan himself knows that he should not take the initiative to attack the pass, it is the emperor who has issued a holy decree, and there are precedents and lessons from Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing in front of him, how dare Ge Shuhan disobey the holy decree?" Taking the initiative to attack is a mistake in itself, but the ministers of the court and the central government will not blame the emperor for this mistake, and the emperor will not admit that the defeat is his responsibility, and the emperor and the court ministers will only think that the defeat is the fault of you people! Today, the marshal is about to lead the army to the east, if you don't deal with your affairs, and wait for the court to deal with you in the future, what will happen to you? If someone in the court knows that you are still alive, and the commander has not killed you, I am afraid that someone will secretly attack you, and it is safest for you to stay in the barracks, and no one dares to break into my Beiting army camp at this time to arrest people, understand? You fools! ”

Wang Sili and the others were both frightened and grateful when they heard this, and they all clasped their fists and saluted Cen Shen: "Thank you Lord Cen for mentioning it, otherwise we and these rough people still don't know that this matter is so mysterious!" ”

Cen Shen waved his hand: "Don't thank me, I didn't do anything!" You want to thank you, or thank you Dashuai, who else in this world dares to risk offending the emperor and the court to protect you? ”

Wang Sili and the others looked at each other when they heard this, and bowed down to Zhao Ziliang's Chinese army tent together.

After Zhao Ziliang and others left, he returned to the desk and sat down, opened a blank notebook, took the pen and thought for a while, and then began to write hard, and after a while, he finished writing a notebook, closed it and packed it in a cloth bag, and shouted outside the tent: "Someone!" ”

A personal soldier walked in with his sword and arched his hand: "Handsome! ”

Zhao Ziliang handed over the cloth bag and ordered: "Send someone to send this piece to Ma Weiyi!" ”

"No!" (To be continued.) )