The emperor's camp in Daliang City dismounted, and the guards and infantry troops commanded Cao Ying to deploy the camp in the east of Henan, Shi Yanchao, the deputy capital of the defense camp in the east of Henan, and Xiang Xun, the envoy of the imperial city and the defense of Hanoi, and the supervisor of the camp in the east of Henan, Xiang Xun, all of them, all stopped their steps, and let the 66-year-old veteran Chen Zhou defense make the camp in the east of Henan, and the Marquis Yu Yao Yuanfu walked in front.

In terms of the position of the camp, the three Hou Zhou generals are all above Yao Yuanfu, but when it comes to military exploits and qualifications in the army, the three of them together are afraid that they can't be compared with this old guy, so before the formation of the camp in the east of Henan, Emperor Guo Wei specially issued a decree to one of the three camp commanders, ordering the three of them not to be sent in the army, and let Yao Yuanfu take precedence in everything. Therefore, this time they came to meet Daliang, and these three still humbly asked the veteran to go ahead.

The gray-bearded medicine Yuanfu was not humble and polite, strode straight into the camp, stood outside the Chinese army, and waited for a long time on the side of the Zhongshu Tongshi and trotted into the inner tongyu, Guo Wei immediately announced the edict and summoned him.

After entering the Chinese army, several important generals found that the emperor was not the only one in the Chinese army, Zhongshu Ling Feng Dao, Zhongshu Shilang and Pingzhang Shi Fan were present, and there was a rather young purple-robed official standing on the side. However, Wang Jun, the left servant and privy envoy, and Zheng Renxue, who had just been transferred from the envoy of the Inner Guest Province to the deputy privy envoy a month ago, were not there, nor were Guo Chongchong, the commander of the supreme general of the forbidden army, and Guo Chongchong, the commander of the guard Ma Jun, and even Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin, who the emperor usually took with him for a moment, were nowhere to be seen.

The emperor drove the expedition in person. The important military staff and the generals of the forbidden army were not around, but they brought out the two civilian prime ministers, Fan Zhen was young and strong, and it was okay to deal with daily political affairs with Emperor Zuo, Feng Dao was seventy years old and decrepit, what was the use of bringing it out? Watching the old guy sit in his seat and doze off. Several front-line generals couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic to this prime minister of the four dynasties.

The status of the five generations of soldiers is higher, but there is still no seat in front of the emperor, Wang Jun was the privy envoy at the beginning, and the respect of the deputy commander of the close comrade-in-arms can still only stand in the Yanying Palace.

Wang Jun was able to serve as a cardinal and prime minister. It's just that simple.

Therefore, the four generals came in, and after saluting Guo Wei, they retreated to the two sides and stood and waited for the emperor to speak.

Guo Wei smiled and waved his hand: "Today's deliberations in the army are different from the rules of the court, and a pair of seats will be added to the medicine minister!" ”

Left and right hurriedly added a seat for Yao Yuanfu, and after Yao Yuanfu thanked him, he sat down, and Guo Wei said: "I came this time, leaving Li Weizhen to stay in the capital to judge Kaifeng Mansion, and to inspect the capital of Zheng Ren's teaching, and to inspect Guo Chongchong as the capital of Beijing. Yunde re-entered, and the two took turns guarding in Ouchi. I didn't want to interfere with the deployment and command of the camp, so I didn't bring any military ministers, only Ling Gong and Fan Cheng to come here. It was originally the intention of trusting the generals of the camp, and since the beginning of the year, the princes have been trapped in Yanzhou for three months, and they have not been able to break the city so far. But I don't know why? ”

As soon as the emperor asked, several generals suddenly couldn't stand still, and Cao Ying knelt down on one knee to plead guilty: "It's the last general who is incompetent, His Majesty Lao is personally recruited, and he is willing to be a military law ......."

As soon as these three people knelt, Yao Yuanfu couldn't sit still, and just as the old man was about to get up, Guo Wei stretched out his hand to stop him: "Yao Yuanfu sits!" Although I am in Beijing. After all, he was born in the army, and he still knows a little about the situation on the front line. It's not your fault, and I won't wronged you. It's your negligence, you have your own military law, you don't need to speak, you should take it yourself! ”

Cao Ying smiled bitterly and kowtowed: "The siege has not been saved so far, it is really a certain fault, and I am willing to be a military law ......"

Guo Wei smiled faintly: "The siege of the city is not wrong, it is the royal road to trap the thieves, but the siege of the city on all sides makes the thieves fight the trapped beasts, is it done by a wise man?" ”

Yao Yuanfu spoke: "Your Majesty, it is the old man's foolish opinion to build a city to cut off the traffic on all sides of Yanzhou, and several generals are not at fault in this matter......

Guo Wei stroked his beard and laughed: "The old general doesn't have to cover up for them, I am not a person who knows soldiers, the purpose of building the city is to cut off the grain and grass resources in the city, and the thieves will disturb them, so that the thieves cannot transport grain into the city from outside, this is the best strategy for attacking the city." However, the city is surrounded by walls on all sides, so it's not the old general's suggestion, right? ”

Cao Ying kowtowed and said: "Exactly, the old general thought that when he was in the south and replaced the blockade with raids, it was the last general who did not listen to the old general's advice. ”

Guo Wei snorted: "If that's all, it can be made up, and then fight Muyang, completely extinguishing Murong Clan's thoughts, and it's also a good idea that a few of you came up with after killing, right?" ”

Cao Ying sighed and lowered her head in acknowledgement.

Guo Wei said: "The way to attack the city is to attack the heart first, field battle to the second, and shaking the city to the third." Murong Yanchao refused to surrender, so he should be forced to go out of the city to engage in battle, waiting for an opportunity to take the city; Or is it forced to abandon the city and flee, and the wild defeats it, and you are also a person who has been in military affairs for a long time, how can you be so stupid? Five thousand rabble in the Southern Tang Dynasty, a small city in Muyang, can be easily pulled out by the army. Leaving this bait, the Murong clan panicked, and would abandon the city and go south to Muyang, in order to return to the Southern Tang Dynasty. Now that you have swallowed this bait in one gulp, is Yanchao still willing to go out of the city? At best, it was only a month's war, and after three months of delay, you still can't go down to the city, dare you say that you are not guilty? ”

Cao Ying and the others only asked for guilt, and Yao Yuanfu said: "Your Majesty, Cao Shuai also has a hard time, the country has raised tens of thousands of troops to the Taining army, if he escapes."

Rong Yanchao will be in vain. It was not without reason that several generals were worried> Rong was nailed to Yanzhou, and it was indeed a steady and steady way. You can't win a quick game like this, but you won't lose it either! ”

Guo Wei said hatefully: "Why don't I know? I hate, they captured a Tang general, and they had to send it all the way back to Beijing to offer prisoners to show merit, this means to fool the Han family who don't know how to war, it's just a doll, and they actually use it to fool me, thinking that I can be bullied? ”

Fan Zhen didn't understand military affairs, and he couldn't hear anything wrong with the handling of several generals, but he knew why the emperor was angry. Originally, the generals were able to handle things. Now he has been forced to march in person, and at this most inappropriate time to leave Bianliang, you can imagine how disappointed the emperor will be with the generals on the front line.

At the moment, Yao Yuanfu was easy to say, and finally persuaded Guo Wei not to punish Cao Ying on the spot, and several generals retreated in disgrace, but the emperor left Yao Yuanfu alone.

"Yao Gong. Last year in Jinju, why didn't Xiufeng allow the generals to pursue Liu Chong? ”

Guo Wei made no secret of it, and asked Yao Yuanfu straight to the point.

Yao Yuanfu's eyelids moved, and he said, "Xiu Shuai said at that time that the enemy army might retreat by fraud, so summon the last general to come back!" ”

Guo Wei nodded: "What did Xiufeng say when he was chasing after Yao Gong before?" ”

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Yao Yuanfu said: "Xiu Shuai only said that Liu Chong destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty in one move, but he didn't say anything else!" ”

Guo Wei's eyes looked at Feng Dao, who was dozing. Helplessly, he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Xiufeng is good at everything, one is too stubborn, and the other is too narrow-minded, even if the world is stable, am I such an ungrateful faint king?" ”

He paused and asked, "Yao Gong has fought in Guanzhong for many years, and from Yao Gong's point of view, how is Li Hongxin?" ”

Yao Yuanfu thought about it and sneered: "People have a saying, called Mu Monkey and crown. The last general felt that it was appropriate to describe Li Hongxin. This person can fight in battle, the people's livelihood and politics are purely amateur, and the management of the army is also a mess, and the corruption of the military discipline of the soldiers under his command is famous in Guanzhong, but this person has no ambitions, and it is a matter of time before he returns to the dynasty......"

Guo Wei nodded: "That is to say." Even if Xiufeng didn't send Wang Chun to lead his troops to Chang'an, he would be obedient sooner or later? ”

Yao Yuanfu smiled: "That's the case! ”

Guo Wei asked again: "Yaogong is in Guanzhong, do you know what is Gao Yunquan's reputation?" ”

Yao Yuanfu thought for a while and said, "I haven't seen this person, but it is rumored that this person is good at dancing with long sleeves and is quite capable of judging the situation, and the Gao family's status in Yanzhou has been continued, thanks to him." This man is not good at using soldiers. It is also not good at governing the army, and the weakness of the Zhangwu army is famous for the earthquake. The Feng family often laughed at this matter. The Dingyan army did not dare to provoke the Feng family, but they had to go down to Yanzhou every year, which shows that Li Yiyin did not take the Gao family in his eyes! ”

Guo Wei groaned and asked, "If the party goes south." Can Gao contain it a little? ”

Yao Yuanfu immediately shook his head: "Impossible, if the party is interested in Yanzhou, the Gao family would have been annexed by it a long time ago." However, I see that the Li family seems to have been staring at Fuzhou and Shengzhou, and they have no intention of going south for a while. ”

"I see......" the emperor said thoughtfully.

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"Li Wenge, the lowly Luziguan inspection envoy, has seen the folded servants-"

Li Wenge led all the officers in Luzi Pass, except for Shen Chen, to line up to welcome Zhe Congruan's "temporary guidance", and Zhe Congruan was not polite, and generously accepted Li Wenge's salute, and then stretched out his hand to help, which was regarded as a return gift.

"Li Xuanjie has managed the army in a good way, which has opened the old man's eyes......"

Zhe Congruan looked at the neat four squares standing in front of him, and said with great emotion.

Li Wenge smiled and said humbly: "The Cultural Revolution does not dare to be commensurate with the official title in the waiter, just call the name of the Cultural Revolution in the waiter!" ”

Zhi Congruan waved his hand: "The old man is not polite to you, but it is not appropriate to call you by name, so the old man will call you Huairen with the quality of the old brother!" ”

Li Wenge smiled and no longer shirked.

Zhi Congruan immediately climbed the city tower accompanied by Li Wenge and Li Bin, and looked at the city head that had been dug into a ravine, and the old guy was stunned for a while before asking: "The city head is like this, aren't you afraid that your own people will run and fall?" ”

Li Wenge smiled: "As long as you are well-trained, you won't!" ”

Zhe Congruan frowned and looked at it for a long time, then turned his gaze to the outside of the city, looked at the few trenches, and sighed: "Wonderful! Wonderful! Unless the Tuoba family sends a large team to attack, they don't want to get here! ”

Then he turned his head and asked, "Seeing Huairen's move, can you know that he is a person who knows the soldiers, are there many archers in your camp?" ”

Li Wenge shook his head and said: "I am ashamed of my humble position, I brought some new recruits who have just entered the battle formation, and I haven't had time to train them in archery!" ”

Zhe Congruan frowned, Li Wenge called Li Hu with a smile, and ordered him to take a pair of horned bows and crossbows to show Zhe Congruan.

Zhi Congruan fiddled with the crossbow machine and nodded slightly: "Good thing...... It's a pity that you can't get such a good thing in a place outside Fuzhou! ”

Li Wenge said with a smile: "Yanzhou is an important town in Guanbei after all, after the four-year battle of Changxing, the Zhangwu Army was equipped with these things, but it is a pity that the father and son in the high servant do not know how to do it, and put these things in the treasury to rust and mold." Good luck with your humble duties. It's just right to get these things to fight the Tuoba family! ”

Seeing that Zhecongruan seemed to be carefully studying the structure of the crossbow machine, Li Wenge said generously: "If you like it, you will send ten crosses to the servant, this thing is used to defend the city and the wall, and it can't be sharper!" ”

"Oh——?" This time Zhe Congruan was really taken aback. Crossbow machines are very few weapons in military towns. Except for Bianliang

In addition, there are not many feudal towns in the interior equipped with this kind of land. Li Wenge is really a big deal.

Li Wenge didn't care, after months of trials and actual combat tests, he and Xifeng Minda had already come to the conclusion that both of them believed that the shooting effect of the horned bow crossbow was far inferior to the Fuyuan crossbow and Zhang crossbow. During the military discussion, it was agreed that in the future, the small arsenal on Fenglin Mountain would take the Fuyuan crossbow and Zhang crossbow as the main production objects. After several months of trials and trial operations, the production of these two crossbow machines has basically been put on track. The production of parts has been largely standardized, and there is less and less waste. Now that the crossbow machines that have been assembled on the mountain and passed the test firing have been added together, there are thirty-four crossbow machines, with the improvement of the proficiency of carpenters and blacksmiths, the probability of defective products will be smaller and smaller, and the production speed of the assembly line will be faster and faster, theoretically as long as the raw materials are sufficient, it is not impossible for the Fenglin Mountain Arsenal to produce fifty to sixty crossbow machines every month.

Therefore, sending ten horned bows and crossbows to Zhecongruan, Li Wenge did not feel heartache at all, not to mention that the tactics of using crossbow machines are the most critical thing at present. Even if the folding family takes the crossbow machine, it will not be used correctly. After all, it is difficult to form combat effectiveness. At least for a short period of time, Li Wenge thought that it was unlikely that he would be able to fight the Zhejia army on the battlefield.

Fold Congruan groaned, but Li Bin on the side smiled: "In the waiting, Huairen is sincere, so what's the matter if the servant accepts it?" ”

Zhe Congruan glanced at Li Wenge and said with a smile: "Take people short." Eat people with a soft mouth. The old man still understands this truth, although this gift is heavy, the old man is afraid that he will not be able to bear it......"

Li Bin sighed lightly, but Li Wenge immediately took over the conversation: "I'm too worried about the waiter!" One yard to one yard. Where it should be bargained with the waiter, the Cultural Revolution will not be polite with the waiter, and the so-called fair trade and fair trade are not bullied. But that's a deal, not a gift. Giving gifts is about sincerity, and asking for something is not a gift. These ten crossbows were a gift from the Cultural Revolution to the Zhijia Army. It's not a bargaining chip for buying things, so you can take it with peace of mind. The Zhejia army is our military and local allies, and their lips and teeth depend on each other, and their lips and teeth are cold. The stronger the folded army. Our army will be more secure. The Cultural Revolution gave these things to the servants, but they were sincere, and as for the transaction between the two parties, it had to be negotiated separately, but it had nothing to do with these ten crossbow machines! ”

Zhe Congruan laughed and nodded, "Okay...... On the contrary, the old man is angry! Anyway, the old man accepted Huairen's gift. The family lives outside the plug, but there are no good gifts to get their hands on, but they are ashamed! ”

Li Wenge smiled: "I said it, this is not a deal!" ”

"Happy!" Zhi Congruan stroked his beard lightly, praised, and then turned to Li Bin and said: "Brother Wenwen, he is born, military affairs and soldiers can be taken slowly, experience and experience are not a matter of one or two days, but the mind and bearing are by no means acquired, Huairen can win battles, and it is not accidental that he can be supported by soldiers!" ”

This evaluation is already extremely high, but Li Wenge knows that so far what this servant has said is all the scene, and the real core problem has not been mentioned by the old fox so far, which is not something that ten horned bows and crossbows can exchange.

Li Bin also knew that from the very beginning, Ruan was more patient with Li Wenge. Whether or not they can get the support of the Zhe family is extremely crucial for Li Wenge and Yanzhou, but no one can influence Zhe Congruan. Although there is nothing to do in this matter, but the person who opens his mouth to ask for someone will eventually be a head short of the other party when bargaining. In Li's view, this is almost inevitable. He still hasn't thought about what Zhe Congruan wants.

If Zhe Congruan just wants to prop up a weak puppet regime in Yanzhou, then the current Gao family will be a more suitable choice.

If Zhe Congruan wants to gain a strong and reliable ally, then Li Wenge is a good choice. However, Li Bin really couldn't think of what Zhe Congruan could get from Li Wenge and himself.

The allies are just a verbal promise, which is very simple for Li Wenge and Li Bin.

But the folding family is such a big favor, and only getting a verbal promise is probably not the goal.

No one will make a loss-making deal, a literati like Li Bin will not, and it is even more impossible to fold an old fox like Ruan.

Zhi Congruan looked at the two masters and servants with ghosts in their hearts, and secretly thought about their own conditions in their hearts.

No one is a fool, everyone knows that a compromise will be reached at the negotiating table in the end, and as for the conditions of Li Wenge and Li Bin, Zhi Congruan already has a good idea of it, and he is thinking about another issue.

This old guy has been working in the military all his life, and at a glance, he knows that these soldiers under Li Wenge are rare soldiers who can fight, and they are extremely incommensurate with the bad reputation of the Zhangwu Army.

What Ruan thinks is, is it possible for Li Wenge, who looks unattractive, to become the second Yang Xin in the future? ( )