Chapter 411: Yangzhou's Dilemma
"Smack, it's just bold, say, which of you did this, you actually dare to pass on the news here without telling a certain general, you really ate the bear's heart and leopard guts, don't you know that military law is ruthless."
After receiving the order sent by Xu Jingye, Xu Jingyou knew that the situation in Runzhou City must have been reported to Xu Jingye, and the only people who could do this, or dare to do this kind of thing, were these henchmen under his command.
Hearing Xu Jingyou's angry rebuke, several people present couldn't help but glance at each other, some were confused, some didn't know what to do, and some sighed.
"Returning to the general, at this time, it is the responsibility of his subordinates, and it has nothing to do with other people, if the general wants to punish, punish so-and-so!"
I have to say that Lao Cai is still a responsible person after all, and after Xu Jingyou asked, he did not have the slightest intention of prevarication, but stood up very singlely.
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Looking at Lao Cai who stood up and admitted, whether it was Xu Jingyou or a few others, except for Lao Guo, who had already known the inside story, they were all full of surprise, no wonder they were so, in their minds, Lao Cai was the kind of reckless man who was extremely rude and always tough when he encountered problems, how could he do such a scheming thing.
"No, my subordinates are just not good for the general and all the soldiers of the Xu army, and they don't want to see us fail, unlike watching you be wiped out by the imperial army in the near future, so I disobeyed the general's order and sent the situation of Runzhou City to the camp."
"For all the soldiers, for our lives, hahaha, it's so funny, who do you think you are, immortals, arrogant, disrespectful orders, you look at you for your own merits, you did such a thing, if it weren't for the fact that you once followed a certain person to die in love, someone must have cut you, even so, the death penalty can be avoided, the living crime is inescapable, come to someone, pull him out, beat a hundred military sticks, be able to survive, count your luck, if you can't survive, count you unlucky." Xu Jingyou said.
"The general is angry, the general is angry, Lao Cai, he is not for the sake of grabbing merit, it is indeed for everyone, although he did violate your military orders, please watch him be loyal and bypass him this time!" Hearing Xu Jingyou's punishment, Lao Guo couldn't help but plead.
"Oh, why, Lao Guo, even you know about it, okay, good, it's really good, it seems that a certain is too preferential to you, one or two, you really treat a certain military order as a child's play, since this is the case, don't blame a certain for being unsympathetic, come on, drag the two of them down, eighty military sticks each, no matter whether they live or die."
After hearing Lao Guo's plea, Xu Jingyou became even more furious, originally he thought that this was just Lao Cai's behavior, although he was angry, it was understandable, but in addition to Lao Guo, who is usually very honest and dutiful, he also knew that he didn't report it, which made him have a little more other thoughts in his heart in addition to fear.
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Hearing Xu Jingyou's treatment of the two, the remaining people were a little ignorant of what to do, they wanted to intercede for the two, but they were afraid of following in the footsteps of Lao Guo, and were punished by Xu Jingyou together, and for a while, the faces of several people became extremely ugly.
"Slow, the general and slow, we disobey the general's order, whether to kill or chop, let the general dispose of it, we have no complaints, but before leaving, please listen to the general to say a few words at the end, after speaking, if the general still wants to punish me, I will die without complaint." Lao Guo suddenly shouted.
Hearing Lao Guo's shout, Xu Jingyou nodded and said, "Okay, for the sake of us working together for so many years, I'll give you a chance to hear what you have to say." โ
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Sitting alone in the house, because the doors and windows are closed, the whole house looks a little gloomy, and the time since these houses were built is not short, and there are many musty smells in the house, which makes people feel extremely uncomfortable, but for all this, Xu Jingyou seems to have no feeling at all, so he sat in the room in a daze, thinking about the words of Lao Guo and Lao Cai and others just now.
For this rebellion, although I am not very optimistic in my heart, I have always thought that there is still a certain chance of success, which is from the beginning of the incident, in just over ten days, more than 100,000 people have gathered to come to defect, it can be seen, and then all the actions have been smooth, except for the time outside Runzhou City, encountered obstacles, but other actions, are all ended in the victory of the Xu army, but now, I didn't expect that these henchmen of their own, actually feel that this move will fail, This made him a little difficult to accept.
Although it was difficult to accept it in his heart, after listening to the opinions of Lao Guo and Lao Cai just now, he felt that what the two said was very reasonable, which is why he only locked the two up in the end and did not punish them.
It's a pity that if others surrender now, maybe they can still get the court's or Wu Meiniang's pardon, but the two brothers, whether they surrender or not, there is only one way to die, for today's plan, except to continue walking, either they will overturn Wu Meiniang, or they will fail and be killed by the imperial army, there is no other way.
And want to avoid defeat and achieve the final victory. The top priority is to take Runzhou City.
"Hehe, Runzhou City, I didn't expect that I tried everything I could to avoid, but in the end, I couldn't avoid it anyway, just that, in this case, it seems that it is God's arrangement, rather than hiding, it is better to face it directly."
Xu Jingyou made up his mind and said.
"Lang Jun is really clever, when we go out of the city, the city is like a boiling pot, it is completely boiling, the spies under the command of Xu Jingyou are everywhere in the city to investigate intelligence, and the spies who go back and forth between the Xu army camp and Runzhou City can be said to be endless, and the scene is really spectacular."
Jinshang is a small town, fifty miles away from Runzhou City, in order to avoid the spies of the Xu army, Duan Jian took the army under his command and hid here.
"It's nothing now, wait a little longer, it will be really lively at that time, and when Xu Jingye is overpowered again, all kinds of clowns in the city will come out, and at that time, it will be a good time for us to appear." Duan Jian said with a smile.
"Lang Jun, you said, this time there is no us in the city, and the preparations in the city are not sufficient, whether Runzhou City can resist the Xu army's attack again, in case they can't withstand it, our plan will be completely ruined." Yan Ming said.
"Don't worry, don't underestimate Li Yuanjun, although he and Xu Jingye are uncles and nephews, and he is just a weak scholar, but he is still extremely hard to resist Xu Jun, as long as he is there, Xu Jun wants to take Runzhou City, it is not so simple, and I heard that the 300,000 army led by Li Xiaoyi is about to arrive in Yangzhou, just by virtue of the people and troops left in Yangzhou City, he is not the opponent of the imperial army at all, so, as long as Runzhou City can resist for a while, Xu Jingye will definitely withdraw his troops to the north. At that time, our opportunity to make a difference will come. Duan Jian said with relief.
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Yangzhou City
In just two years, Yangzhou City has continuously appeared major events that have attracted the attention of the world, although this has enhanced the reputation of Yangzhou City in disguise, but also made many people think that Yangzhou is a disaster place, if it is not a very urgent matter, they are not willing to come to Yangzhou.
This has also led to the once extremely prosperous and lively Yangzhou City, which has become increasingly depressed, of course, now because it is a war period, the depression of Yangzhou City or not also makes people feel that it does not matter.
As the base camp for the crusade against the Xu army, it stands to reason that this should be the most peaceful and stable place, but these days, Tang Zhiqi who stayed in Yangzhou has been extremely anxious, (the above is wrong, it has been modified) and even eating and sleeping are extremely unpeaceful. The reason why this is so is because the 300,000 elite Tang army led by Li Xiaoyi is not far from Yangzhou City, and although there are still tens of thousands of soldiers in Yangzhou City, they dare not send them out to resist the Tang Army.
"Ladies and gentlemen, before the Metropolitan Governor went south, I entrusted you and me with this Yangzhou matter, and now the imperial army is about to come to the city, what should we do to delay the imperial army and delay the northern counter-rebellion of the Metropolitan Governor, and I hope you will not hesitate to give advice, and listen to you."
Looking at the many Xu officers sitting in the hall, Tang Zhiqi asked.
Although Tang Zhiqi seemed to be the one who asked, his eyes were tightly nailed to one person, not someone else, it was precisely because the concept was different from Xu Jingye, and Xu Junjun was made a cold bench by Xu Jingye Wei Siwen.
Speaking of which, Wei Siwen, although he is a traitor who aids and abets in the orthodox records, whether it is at that time or in later generations, many people still appreciate his ability, and even the person concerned has said that if Xu Jingye really follows Wei Siwen's approach, at the beginning of the army, he led the army north and smashed the eastern capital Luoyang City, maybe the history of the Tang Dynasty will undergo great changes.
It's a pity that all this was put down with Xu Jingye's own selfishness, and the mighty Xu army was also wiped out by the imperial army.
Although Xu Jingye was extremely dissatisfied with Wei Siwen in his heart, which led to Wei Siwen being an ostracized existence in the entire Xu Army, but at this critical moment of life and death for the entire Xu Army, Tang Zhiqi couldn't care so much, as long as he could save Yangzhou City's current predicament, let alone turn to Wei Siwen for help, even if it was something more difficult, he dared to do it.
It's a pity that Luohua deliberately flows ruthlessly, but Wei Siwen didn't seem to see Tang Zhiqi's gaze for help, and still tasted the fragrant tea leisurely, which is the tea brewed with the roasted tea invented by Duan Jian, which is Wei Siwen's favorite thing.
"Tang stayed behind and asked a little strange, the soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, this is the eternal truth, now the Tang army is menacing, we can only send troops to intercept them, so, the top priority is to send people to lead the troops to fight, what else can be discussed." When a general heard Tang Zhiqi's words, he couldn't help but shout roughly.
This general's words were immediately unanimously agreed by many generals, after all, for generals, the meaning of their existence is to lead the troops to fight, so no matter when, what they are most eager for is to lead the troops to fight.
"No, no, General Meng was surprised, if the strength is equal, or if the strength is not much different, sending troops to block the enemy's attack is of course the best plan, but the current situation, you also know, the Tang army has a total of 300,000 troops, and they are all the elite of the elite sixteen guards, what about us, full of calculations, not even 100,000 people, and most of them are temporarily recruited Ding, saying that they are a rabble, it is almost the same, in this case, we may not even be able to defend the city, how to go out of the city to fight, I'm afraid that after leaving the city, it will not be to face the battle, but to give the Tang army a chance to destroy us. Right Chang Shi Du Qiuren shook his head.
Du Qiuren's words instantly won the support of many officials, after all, there were not many people here who wanted to fight, and they still wanted to wait until the return of Xu Jingye, the governor of the capital, before making a decision.
The words of General Meng and Du Qiuren immediately caused a dispute between the two groups, and for a while, the originally quiet hall instantly turned into a battlefield, and many officials got up to attack each other, and the whole mess was indescribable.
After a period of quarrel, the dispute slowly expanded, and even to the point that some people actually wanted to use force, fortunately, some of them were still sane, and they were stopped, but this also made the atmosphere of the entire hall extremely weird, and even Tang Zhiqi, who was left behind, shouted several times and three times, but could not calm their dispute.
"Bang Bang"
Just when everyone was striking, they suddenly heard a loud noise, and saw a porcelain cup smashed to the ground.
This sudden thought made the people who were arguing in the hall instantly calm down and raised their eyes to look at the person who threw the porcelain cup.
Under the attention of everyone, Wei Siwen slowly got up from the chair and said coldly, "Yes, yes, all of them are quite capable, why, this Tang army has not yet come, you want to have an internal fight first, if this is the case, it is better to give you a long knife each, wouldn't it be better to commit suicide by cutting your neck, and save yourself from harming others here." โ
If it were someone else, if he dared to reprimand everyone like this, I am afraid that someone would have stood up to teach him how to behave, but if this person is Wei Siwen, it is different, for Wei Siwen, everyone is still extremely respectful, not only Wei Siwen has the highest status here, but also because Xu Jun can have today, it is all the credit of Wei Siwen.
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