Chapter 563: Marching into the Prairie (9)
Gao Manzheng was looking at the defense map of Heng'an City and the situation map of the enemy and us in his mansion -- according to the Malay report, the Tang army led by Li Jing had already left the customs and was taken to Heng'an through Hedong. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info army is about 150,000 people, and most of them are cavalry, but they are camped in an open area fifty miles away from Heng'an City.
"Investigate well, and if there is an abnormality, you must find out quickly!" After the horse left, Gao Manzheng said with a smile:
"This Li Jing is indeed worthy of his name!" Because the area of Monan is located in the plain, it is conducive to cavalry charging and fighting, but the cavalry has a weakness, that is, the best distance to charge is forty miles, and the lethality is the greatest in the distance of forty miles, and the impact distance can not exceed fifty miles. Just when Gao Manzheng was admiring Li Jing's strategy of using troops, the personal soldiers in the palace came to report:
"General Qiyu! Someone in Xiangguofu asks to see you! ”
"Hmmm! Xiangguofu, what are their people doing here? The pro-soldier stood at the door and did not leave, waiting for Gao Manzheng's instructions:
"What are the people from Xiangguofu doing here?"
"According to the people of Xiangguo's Mansion, Yuan Xiangguo woke up, and decided to officially hold a funeral for Yuan Xiaozheng's son, and after the funeral is completed, he will officially bury Yuan Xiaozheng's son, so please go to the general."
"What? Sangkoku-sama woke up, when is it! ”
"My lord, according to the people of Xiangguo's Mansion, Yuan Junzhang Xiangguo woke up this morning. Other things that the man didn't say! Gao Manzheng waved his hand and motioned for his soldiers to go down. Then he sighed - after the incident between Ashina Luoer Huiqin and Yuan Xiaozheng, the Han people in the Heng'an area had already regarded Yuan Xiaozheng as a hero, and the Turks did not treat the Han people as people, so Yuan Xiaozheng came forward for the Han people and killed Ashina Luoer Huiqin. Now that Yuan Xiaozheng died in the hands of Li Tang, this incident has cast a shadow on the psychology of all the Han people in Heng'an, and Gao Manzheng's heart is also a little melancholy. Another point is that now the entire Heng'an City is Gao Manzheng in charge, and suddenly wants to divide the power in his hands again, Gao Manzheng is a little unwilling!
To go or not to go? went, when the time came, with Yuan Junzhang's character, he would definitely be with Li Tang endlessly, but if he didn't go, as the saying goes, the dead are the greatest, Gao Manzheng and Yuan Xiaozheng also had some friendship with wine and meat, and if you don't go, you can't wipe your face, so let's go! Look at Yuan Junzhang's reaction, although we are both former Sui rebel generals, we have been away from home for a long time, and the wanderers outside want to go home. I've been out for a long time, and I really want to go back to my hometown! After Gao Manzheng made up his mind, he took his soldiers to Yuan Xiaozheng's mansion. I saw that the entire Yuan Junzhang's mansion was white, and Yuan Junzhang's personal commander Yuan Da stood at the door to greet the guests.
"The soldiers and horses sent Lord Huang to send forty taels of silver."
"The commander has arrived, Lord Wei, and sent fifty taels of silver!"
"The king of the army has arrived, and he will send twenty taels of silver!"
"Lord Joiner Zhang, send twenty taels of silver!" …… Yuan Junzhang's personal commander saw Gao Manzheng coming, and immediately greeted him:
"Ahh Tall man is here! Gao Manzheng sent the Dian Yi in his hand to the hands of Yuan Junzhang's personal soldiers:
"This is my funeral!"
"Yo! Tall is polite. ”
"That's for sure, by the way, I heard that Master Yuan is sober, is it true?" Yuan Junzhang's personal commander Yuan Da pulled Gao Manzheng aside and said:
"Hey! Compared with before, he is a little sober, but his expression is still a little trance, and his spirit is still a little weak, so please take care of the defense of Heng'an City!" Gao Manzheng nodded, and was about to go in with his own soldiers, but Yuan Junzhang's personal soldier commander Yuan Da stopped Gao Manzheng's personal soldiers:
"Lord Gao, although the defense of Heng'an City is now dominated by you, I am afraid it is not appropriate for you to bring your own soldiers and weapons in!" Gao Manzheng's personal soldiers were about to reprimand Yuan Junzhang's personal soldiers to lead Yuan Da, but Gao Manzheng stopped his own personal soldiers:
"Don't be like this, this is someone else's house after all, don't be rude!" In fact, Gao Manzheng did this on purpose - it is to test whether this Yuan Junzhang is sober or not, if he is not completely sober, then the pro-soldiers in Yuan Junzhang's mansion will definitely not prevent him from bringing his pro-soldiers into the Yuan Mansion, but if Yuan Junzhang is sober, if he brings weapons and leads his pro-soldiers into Yuan Junzhang, on the one hand, this is too rude, on the other hand, it is to show his authority, now, Yuan Junzhang's pro-soldiers block Gao Manzheng's pro-soldiers, and they have to untie their weapons, This proves that Yuan Junzhang is completely sober and has not taken action yet, which proves that Yuan Junzhang is not willing to completely tear his face with himself. Gao Manzheng let his personal soldiers wait outside, listened to Yuan Junzhang's personal soldiers' arrangements, and untied his saber and handed it to Yuan Junzhang's personal soldiers:
"Tall man, please!" Gao Manzheng then walked into Yuan Junzhang's mansion, in the main hall of Yuan Junzhang's mansion, a big word was pasted on the main hall, Yuan Xiaozheng's head was placed on the mourning hall, and Yuan Junzhang burned paper money in front of Yuan Xiaozheng's head. Gao Manzheng came to Yuan Junzhang's face:
"Yuan Xiangguo!" Yuan Junzhang glanced up at Gao Manzheng, Gao Manzheng looked at Yuan Junzhang carefully, and saw that Yuan Junzhang's eyes were hollow and his eyes were blank - this was a person who had just woken up, and there was no original essence in his eyes.
"Yuan Xiangguo!" Yuan Junzhang looked up at Gao Manzheng and said weakly:
"Oh! It's General Gao! Here it comes! ”
"Ahh Yuan Xiangguo, Ling Lang is about to enter the ground for peace, in the next good and adult colleagues, and Ling Lang has several sides of wine and meat, Ling Lang is dead, and it is also painful in the heart! Yuan Junzhang looked at Gao Manzheng, his eyes were still so empty, he didn't say anything to Gao Manzheng, he still lowered his head and burned paper money. Yuan Junzhang's housekeeper came up and greeted Gao Manzheng:
"Lord Gao, I'm sorry, our master has just woken up, so his mind is still a little trance, please forgive me, Lord Gao, please come and sit here!" Gao Manzheng smiled, and under the leadership of the housekeeper of the Yuan Mansion, he sat down on the side of the mourning hall. Gao Manzheng looked at the guests carefully, and found that the guards in Heng'an City had all arrived, and Gao Manzheng had some doubts in his heart - now the major military camp commanders in the entire Heng'an City have been invited, if something happens to Heng'an City now, when the time comes, there will not even be a person in charge. Gao Manzheng looked at it and got ready to get up, and at this time, Yuan Junzhang's butler came to Gao Manzheng's side:
"Hey! Tall, why did you stand up? Are you leaving? ”
"Oh! This Li Tang's soldiers and horses are stationed fifty miles outside Heng'an City, so this military affairs are a little busy, so he wants to leave early and return to the military camp to handle military affairs! Yuan Junzhang's housekeeper blocked Gao Manzheng's way:
"Lord Gao, it would be rude if you left now, too! In order to thank all the guests, our family specially asked the villain to prepare a good tea from the Central Plains, and in addition, a sumptuous banquet was prepared in the backyard to entertain all the adults! Tall, please drink tea! Gao Manzheng was still about to leave, and at this time, Yuan Junzhang spoke:
"Brother Manzheng, why are you leaving so soon, don't worry, this Xiangguo will not fight with you for power, I just hope that you will leave after eating here now! All right? "Yuan Junzhang's housekeeper Gao Manzheng can not give face, but now that Yuan Junzhang has spoken, Yuan Junzhang's face can't be withheld, so Gao Manzheng sat down again. At this time, Yuan Junzhang's personal commander came to Yuan Junzhang's side and muttered a few words to Yuan Junzhang's ear, Yuan Junzhang nodded and stood up. To the guests present:
"Thank you for coming, and I have prepared a few tables of vegetarian seats for you in the backyard, thank you for visiting! Please! Under the leadership of Yuan Junzhang, Gao Manzheng and all the officers came to the backyard, and more than a dozen tables of vegetarian seats had been set up in the backyard, Yuan Junzhang came to the first place to sit down, and after the guests sat down, Yuan Junzhang picked up the wine glass on the table:
"Ladies and gentlemen, since today is the day of the child's funeral, thank you for the arrival of the guests, you can come to send the child on the last journey, the wine here is thin, there are no vegetables on the grassland, fortunately there are some soybeans, so all the dishes today are made of tofu, please don't mind!"
"Ahh Yuan-sama was polite. ”
"Come on! Drink this cup to your heart's content! Feel free to do so, everyone! After Yuan Junzhang drank the wine, when the people present were about to eat, they suddenly heard the sound of a broken wine glass, and at this time, a large number of Yuan Junzhang's personal soldiers appeared around, and all the people present surrounded them.
"Ahh What's going on? Some officials who were timid and had some contradictions with Yuan Junzhang were frightened and stood up directly:
"Master Yuan, although you and I have some contradictions in the officialdom, today is your son's funeral day, should you let us be buried with your son!"
"Master Yuan, you and I have no grievances, I didn't kill your son!" Gao Manzheng shouted loudly:
"Yuan Junzhang, what are you going to do? I, Gao Manzheng, am a man who stands up to the sky, if you want to kill or chop up, you can do whatever you want! Yuan Junzhang smiled:
"Ladies and gentlemen, you misunderstood, there is no malice towards you today, no matter what, you are all fleeing from the Central Plains, as the saying goes, this mountain is not close to the water, the water is not close to the family, everyone is Han, I will not kill you, I just hope that you can hand over your own seal letter, and hand over all your soldiers and horses to the commander of the Xia, this general has decided to open the south gate of Hengan City, lead the people of the city, and return to Li Tang's arms from the new!" When the people present heard this, they all talked quietly, and an official stood up and asked Yuan Junzhang loudly:
"Lord Yuan, you have a grudge against Li Tang for killing your son, have you forgotten?" At this time, one of Yuan Junzhang's personal soldiers took off his helmet:
"Ladies and gentlemen, Yuan Xiaozheng is here, he is alive and well, why did he die? You must have heard some misinformation! Several officials who sat with Gao Manzheng secretly said to Gao Manzheng:
"Master Gao, you can say something!" Yuan Xiaozheng saw someone muttering in Gao Manzheng's ear, and immediately shouted to Gao Manzheng:
"Lord Gao, you have a letter to me! Also, here are several letters from adults! ”