Sour jujube (now Yanjin), county government. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

It was almost noon, the rain was still falling, but it was a little smaller than yesterday, but it didn't stop, Cui Qianyou finally took a lazy sleep, and didn't get up until it was close to noon to have breakfast, on a large table, there were no less than fifteen dishes, only he sat at the table alone to enjoy, and there were seven or eight serving maids standing around.

A soaking wet armor soldier ran in panting, fell to his knees with a thud and said, "General, urgent military situation!" Last night, the Tang army forcibly crossed the river overnight in the section of the Chenliu River and raided Li Huaixian's general Zhu Xicai, Zhu Xicai was defenseless, 20,000 horses and horses were wiped out, Zhu Xicai only took a dozen personal soldiers to flee north, passing by Dunqiu but did not enter, directly bypassing Dunqiu and fled to Kuangcheng, Kuangcheng Li Huaixian learned that Zhao Ziliang personally led the news of the troops, worried that Zhao Ziliang divided his troops to besiege Kuangcheng, so he discarded a large number of heavy grain and straw armaments, and fled to Puyang with soldiers and horses overnight, and the villain and others probed Zhao Ziliang had captured Dunqiu last night, 3,000 cavalry have been sent to Kuangcheng this morning, and it must have been occupied without a single soldier at this time! ”

Although Cui Qianyou has a perverse and violent temperament, but he is not ambiguous in the military, such a heavy rain, he has to send outposts to investigate the military situation in various places around, he not only guards against the Tang Army, but also guards against Li Huaixian, but also guards against his own generals, a large part of the generals under his command are taken over from Cai Xide, these generals are not very obedient to him, often his military orders are not the same, for which he killed a lot of people, and finally made those people obedient, but he knows that some people must be eager to kill him, So he had to be careful.

Cui Qianyou listened to the report of the sentinel, his face turned pale, and he immediately put down the dishes and chopsticks and asked, "Is the news reliable?" ”

"The villain dares to vouch for it with his head, there is no falsehood!"

Cui Qianyou no longer had an appetite at this time, his brain started urgently, he analyzed that the reason why Li Huaixian was defeated so quickly and so miserably, on the one hand, was because the Tang army braved the rain and forced the Yellow River to catch Li Huaixian off guard, and the rebels were already weak-hearted, and they didn't have much resistance after being raided, so they were defeated quickly. On the other hand, because Li Huaixian had been scared by Zhao Ziliang for a long time with Yin Ziqi in the past, under Zhao Ziliang's surprise attack, he had already been scared of his bitter gall, where did he dare to stay in Kuangcheng?

The Tang army seized Dunqiu and Kuangcheng so quickly, and it was very cheap to take advantage of the weather to carry out a sneak attack, and Zhao Ziliang should not do this next, this rain is so heavy, even a particularly strong soldier can't stay outside in the rain for a long time, and it won't work at all to use the cavalry to besiege the city, Zhao Ziliang is a lightly armed raid, and he must not carry the baggage in the camp tent, so Cui Qianyou deduced that Zhao Ziliang's Tang army should stay in Dunqiu City and Kuangcheng, and there will be no more big moves before the sky clears, But even so, Zhao Ziliang's move has already caused Cui Qianyou to have tremendous pressure, facing enemies on three sides, this situation is not pleasant, and once it is not good, it is very likely to be dumplings.

Cui Qianyou scolded Li Huaixian in his heart for being frightened by Zhao Ziliang and leading his troops to escape, making his left wing a huge threat, but he also had to sigh that this person was running fast.

Since Li Huaixian ran away, Cui Qianyou thought that he could not outflank the Tang Army's nearly 500,000 troops with only more than 100,000 horses in his hands, and he felt that it was time for him to withdraw, and if he didn't take advantage of this ghost weather to withdraw, if he waited until the sky was fine, the infantry of the Tang Army Brigade crossed the river, and there were cavalry high-speed maneuvers to round up and outflank, it would be impossible for him to retreat calmly to lead his troops at that time.

Cui Qianyou immediately ordered: "Come here, send the order to Yangwu County, let the generals of all departments brave the rain and lead the troops to retreat, until they are garrisoned in Weizhou, and the garrisons and garrisons in other cities are not allowed to retreat without orders, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" ”

"Yes!"

Cui Qianyou immediately gave orders to the generals and colonels of the sour jujube departments, asking them to act urgently, pack up and prepare to retreat.

In the eighteenth year of Tianbao, on October 28, Cui Qianyou's main force of 120,000 troops began to retreat to the north, and some of the 20,000 troops had been withdrawn to Weizhou, and he himself withdrew to the front line of Huazhou and Chaoge with the main force of 100,000 troops, and at the same time sent people to contact Li Huaixian's department who was retreating to Puyang to discuss the matter of assisting in the defense of the Tang army.

Zhao Ziliang is indeed as Cui Qianyou speculated, after occupying Dunqiu and Kuangcheng, he is not ready to launch an offensive for the time being, because the weather does not allow, there are no conditions for attacking, now the weather is very cold, and it is raining, the soldiers can not march and siege the city in the rain for a long time, these will not only not achieve results, but will also backfire, although the soldiers will carry out the order, but the heart is always reluctant, force the Yellow River to carry out a surprise attack such a thing can only be done occasionally, but if the soldiers are often allowed to march in the rain and fight against the cold, No matter how loyal a soldier is, his loyalty will inevitably decrease. The commander of the army should be lenient and severe, and appropriately soothe, and occasionally let the soldiers fight once or twice in bad weather and achieve good results, not only will not make the soldiers resentful, but will make the soldiers more loyal, because if they win a battle, there will be a reward, and the soldiers will not care about the matter of marching and fighting in the rain.

Princess Xinping has been entangled with Zhao Ziliang since she became married, she always has more than 20 days a month and stays with him all day, she has been dancing with knives and guns since she was a child, her body is strong, her body is tall, she is very good at riding horses and archery, even if she follows Zhao Ziliang to march and fight, there is no problem, even if Zhao Ziliang is dealing with official business, she often wears the armor of her own soldiers and serves with tea and water by her side, Zhao Ziliang sees that Princess Xinping has no princess style at all, On the contrary, he stayed by his side and took care of himself like a small jasper, which was very touching.

"Husband, I'll boil you some bird's nest porridge, you can taste it!" When Zhao Ziliang was processing the official documents, Princess Xinping came over with a bowl of steaming porridge and said.

When Zhao Ziliang heard this, he put down the official document and brush, and said with a smile: "Madame boiled it with her own hands, then I must taste it!" ”

After speaking, he took the bowl, picked up the soup spoon and scooped it into his mouth and tasted it, nodded again and again while eating, and said, "Well, well, delicious, delicious, madam, your craft is so good, who did you learn it from?" ”

Princess Xinping heard her sweetheart praise her cooking skills, as if she had drunk a bowl of sugar water, her heart was sweet, and she smiled: "When the slave family married her husband, my father was worried that the slave family would not be used to the taste of our family's food, so he rewarded a chef from the imperial dining room to the slave family, and the slave family learned from the imperial chef!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "I see, there are imperial chefs in the house, but you still cook porridge for me with your own hands, Mrs. is really a good wife!" Well, I'm done, thank you Madame for the porridge! ”

Princess Xinping took the bowl and said with a smile: "Then you continue to be busy with official business, I will go back to the backyard first, and I will copy a few side dishes for you to make snacks at noon!" ”

"Madame can also copy vegetables, then I must taste it!"

Princess Xinping returned to the backyard and found that there was still a lot of porridge left, and she felt a little hungry, so she asked the maid to fill herself with a bowl, scooped it with a spoon and ate it, and a bitter salty taste filled her mouth, and she immediately vomited it with a bitter face, "How bitter and salty, I must have put too much salt!" Oh, it's so unpalatable, how can my husband say that it tastes extremely beautiful? ”

The maid smiled beside her and said: "Princess, Dashuai feels sorry for you, even if the things you make are unpalatable, Dashuai will eat them, how can you say in front of you that it is not delicious and make you embarrassed?" Princess, you are so happy, the handsome man loves you so much, the slaves and maids are envious to death! ”

Princess Xinping heard the maid say this, the bitterness on her face was gone, she felt very happy in her heart, and her mood was extremely executionary, but at this time she felt a sour feeling gushing out from the depths of her throat, and she couldn't help but vomit on the spot, but she couldn't spit out anything, and the maid saw this and exclaimed: "Oh, what's wrong with you, princess?" Sick? The slave maid immediately went to invite Lang Zhong to come! ”

Not long after Xinping left, Xuan Ba, the envoy of the Youyi army, walked in and reported to Zhao Ziliangyu: "Marshal, the captives have all found a place to be held and settled, these captives are very honest, and no one has been found to try to escape or encourage other captives to escape, and many captives have taken the initiative to join our army!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while, and instructed Xuan Ba: "Guarding these rebels will use up a lot of our troops, I think so, temporarily transfer some deputy positions from the Youyi Army to serve as the main generals of this captive army, as for the following middle and low-level positions to be promoted from the original captives, the main targets are those who perform well and actively ask to join our army, after completing these parts, the guards will be abolished, and the generals sent over will be led by themselves, I believe they have the ability to manage this captive army!" ”

Xuanba hugged his fists and said, "Okay, handsome!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked again: "How is the situation of our soldiers in the past two days, has anyone been infected with wind and cold?" ”

Xuan Badao: "There are more than a dozen soldiers whose physique is almost infected with the wind cold, but the last general has already ordered someone to isolate them, and at the same time sent someone to ask Lang Zhong to treat them!" ”

"Good!" Zhao Ziliang nodded, thought for a while and ordered: "Send people to Chen Liu, let Gao Shang, Cen Shen, Zhao Ting, Lai Yao, Li Yuan and others lead troops to cross the river one after another, but don't be too hasty, and don't be too large, now it's raining heavily, it's not easy to transport the grain and grass, and if there are too many soldiers and horses coming over, the grain and grass will not be supplied, although we have captured some in Dunqiu and Kuangcheng, but we can't withstand the consumption of hundreds of thousands of troops!" ”

"Understood, the last general will arrange it!"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Ziliang also got up and walked to the door of the county government to carry out activities, but met a maid with a Lang Zhong coming out of the backyard.

"Meet the Commander!"

Zhao Ziliang saw this Lang Zhong carrying a medicine box and asked, "What's going on, who is sick?" ”

Na Langzhong smiled and saluted: "Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations, Mrs. is happy!" ”

"What? Yes······ Bun in the oven? Zhao Ziliang was stunned, and then walked quickly to the backyard. (To be continued.) )