Chapter 14 Shame and Thief Acquaintance Not Born with Kou (5)
Li Congjing looked at Li Shaocheng's blood book in his hand, was silent, took it into his arms, and asked Meng Songbai to take the war horse and leave without saying a word.
What Li Shaocheng said is good, the defeat of the Battle of Beishan did lose the situation that was not easy to open. Originally, although Langzhou was broken, Suizhou was still there, and Guo Wei marched into Hezhou, echoing with Xia Luqi in the near and echoing with the Northern Route Army in the distance. If Jianzhou can be conquered, not to mention how much it will shake the two rivers and how much it will hit the morale of the soldiers and civilians of the two rivers, under the attack from three sides, the destruction of the two rivers is in sight.
And now, the good situation is ruined, the vanguard can indeed retreat to Jianmen, waiting for Li Congjing to lead the main force to arrive, however, the reinforcements from Jianzhou are also coming in a steady stream, and there is also the victory of Beishan, it is conceivable that the morale is high, and the next battle is naturally not easy to fight.
At this time, Li Congjing only knew that the vanguard army was defeated, and he didn't know that the Shu soldiers who led to the collapse of the ten thousand troops were only more than a thousand people. If he knew the details here, I am afraid that he would be so angry that he vomited blood, he has been the commander for so many years, from 500 people to capture Xinxiang, Gongcheng, Qimen, 3,000 soldiers Qimen to build an army, and the 100 battle army to Lulong, uniting all parties to step on the grassland, and has not suffered such a loss.
Of course, Li Congjing learned the details of the Battle of Beishan afterwards, and he was indeed angry, and took it as a shame for using soldiers in his life. This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.
Let's say that Li Congjing went out of Jianmen Pass, Li Shaocheng, Li Congke, Shi Jingjiao and others have all returned to the pass, and when they heard that Li Congjing had arrived, they all took off their drapes, put on white clothes, and came to visit, which meant to ask for guilt.
After Li Congjing came out of the customs, he did not go to his residence, but dressed neatly, stood in the school field, and ordered the rampaging army to assemble. When Li Shaocheng and the other three came to visit, they saw expressionless, freshly dressed and angry horses, and they were all in camp on all sides of the two rivers and four sides of the parade soldiers.
"The last general will meet the commander!" The three of them bowed their heads in front of Li Congjing for a long time, but they only heard the sound of soldiers galloping back and forth and the sound of armor colliding on the field, and never heard a word from the commander in front of them.
The autumn wind was bleak, I don't know how long I waited, until the three of them oozed sweat on their foreheads, and then they heard that the commander of the Hengchong Army made Gao Xingzhou stride forward, beside the three of them, and replied to the commander: "According to the order of the commander, the army of the rampage has been assembled, please give instructions to the commander!" β
Li Congjing took two steps forward, looked at the endless ironclad soldiers in front of him, opened his mouth without instructions, and simply issued a military order: "Capture Jianmen County and camp in Beishan!" β
ββAfter the defeat of Beishan, the three armies fled, and the defenders of Jianmen walked away, and retreated to Jianmen with all the soldiers.
Gao Xingzhou stood up and agreed, turned over his horse, and led the army. The more Li Congjing did not give instructions, the more obvious the meaning became: it was not difficult to capture Jianmen County and camp in Beishan, so there was no need to say more. As for what happens after encamping in Beishan, not to mention Li Congjing's words, it is necessary to build a camp of 70,000 troops. And among them, if something goes wrong, there is its own military law - punishment, with Li Congjing's style of governing the army, there will be no mercy.
In Gao Xingzhou's view, using the forbidden army to attack Jianmen County and camp in Beishan can be described as killing chickens with a knife, this is the task of the pioneer, and if the pioneer is not completed, they will do it, since they are the forbidden army, they have to show the appearance of the forbidden army. Gone wrong? That's a joke!
After arranging the actions of the Rampage Army, Li Congjing shifted his attention to Li Shaocheng, Li Congke, and Shi Jingjiao.
The reason why Li Shaocheng was alive was that Ding Mao was quick to shoot and stopped him at the moment when he killed himself, and after that, Shi Congda led a Jingnan army to respond, and Li Shaocheng was able to survive. As for Li Congke and Shi Jingjiao, why they can live - there is no reason why they can't live.
The three of them all looked ashamed, but they were different, Li Shaocheng's face was calm, and he was ready to be dealt with by military lawβhe even wanted to be dealt with, so that the guilt in his heart would be smaller.
Beishan was defeated, and the vanguard army of more than 15,000 soldiers was killed and wounded. Thanks to Pang Fucheng and Xie Qi's lack of manpower, otherwise, under the pursuit, the casualties would have been heavy.
However, during the flight, there were countless people who lost their armor and abandoned their armor - after all, the armor was heavy, which greatly affected the speed of escape, and it was that any army that was defeated would basically take off their armor and throw away their weapons.
Although Li Congke was also ashamed, he was even more ashamed, facing Li Congjing, he was a little embarrassed, he wanted to speak, but he was glutinous and half-loud, and finally he was speechless.
Shi Jingjiao is the lowest buried head, he and Li Congjing originally had a holiday, on the bright side you love me, behind the back, very jealous, this time as a vanguard, thanks to Li Siyuan's arrangement, he intended to take this opportunity to establish a meritorious career, but also to expand his power, in order to confront Li Congjing in the future, he never wanted to be frightened in the middle of the night, he was furious, eager to raise a knife and fight again, but after all, he was not as angry as Li Shaocheng, because he judged: the general trend has gone.
As the general of the defeated army, there must be punishment, Shi Jingjiao knew that he couldn't avoid it, but he also knew that Li Congjing couldn't do too much, could it be that he beheaded him in front of the army? Yes, the head is buried low, but in fact, the dead pig is not afraid of boiling water. Of course, he was also resentful, resentful of failing to establish military merits, and now he had to wait for his guilt in front of Li Congjing, which made him feel extremely humiliated.
Taking the three of them into their eyes, Li Congjing got off the horse. Today, Li Congjing already knows the specific situation of the Battle of Beishan.
He first walked in front of Li Shaocheng and helped the other party up, "The Jingnan army is the vanguard of the Shu army for me, the task is to capture the Jianmen Pass, your department has been running for more than a thousand miles in half a month, and won the Yongding Pass in one day. When he came, Ben Shuai saw the battlefield, it was bloodstained, and the battle situation at that time was as tragic as if he had seen it himself. The defeat of Beishan is not your responsibility, you don't blame yourself too much. β
Li Shaocheng is quiet on weekdays, with a tenacious temperament, and in previous years, he was Li Congjing's deputy, so he inevitably had very high requirements for himself, and he was always vigilant about himself.
This time the empire invaded Shu, the imperial court did not use the new forbidden army as the vanguard, nor did it use the prominent national protection army and the Baoyi army, but named the little-known general of the Jingnan army, although the Jingnan army had the geographical convenience, Li Shaocheng also felt high hopes, so when attacking Jianmen Pass this time, he was extremely cautious, cautious, and did not lose the opportunity to change, but he did not want to do a bad errand and live up to the trust.
The defeat of Beishan, Li Congjing is certainly ashamed, Li Shaocheng, as a party, how can he not blame himself, this time he came to ask for guilt, he has long been ready to be severely punished, he never thought that he would listen to Li Congjing say this, surprised, shocked, but inevitably his heart was sour, thinking of the years of sleep, the hard work of this battle is not easy, and his eyes are red.
In an instant, I thought of the defeat of Beishan, knowing that the situation in Liangchuan had become difficult because of it, and remembered that in the second year of Tiancheng, when Li Congjing pacified Jingnan, Lin Ying was unable to attack Changlin, which caused Li Congjing to almost fail to subdue Jiangling, and then was dismissed, and is still not used. β
Li Congjing sighed and helped Li Shaocheng up again, "The battle of Liangchuan, this has just begun, there will be battles in the future, the Jingyan army bravely won the Sword Gate Pass, the name of good fighting has been spread, and there will be a place for you to use it in the future, why mourn at this time!" And I stopped crying, I went to pack up the soldiers, and I still need to use you when I come to Japan! β
Li Shaocheng's heart was moved, tears flowed, and when he heard the military order, he immediately wiped away his tears, lifted his spirits, and held his head high, "The last general obeys the order!" β
After Li Shaocheng left, Li Congjing looked at Li Congke and Shi Jingjing.
Li Congke's face was scornful, and he was a little embarrassed, "Handsome Congjing, the third brother has missed his front hooves this time, and he has been careless, you can punish the third brother as much as you want, only one, even if it is to be a pawn, let the third brother continue to participate in the war, so that the third brother has a chance to wash away his shame!" β
On weekdays, he and Li Congjing have a very close personal relationship, and they never call each other by titles or official positions, but still maintain an intimate style. But at this time, he is in the army, so commensurate, but there is some charm of going through the back door.
Li Congjing didn't speak, his eyes fell on Shi Jingjing.
Shi Jingjiao has mixed feelings in his heart, but he also knows that people have to bow their heads under the eaves, anyway, they have made up their minds to pay attention, Li Congjing will not kill him, so he doesn't have much scruples, besides, if Li Congjing really lets Li Congke make meritorious contributions, can he still kick him out alone?
"The general of the defeated army, please punish the king of Qin!" Shi Jingjiao's words were concise and to the point.
Li Congjing smiled, let the two of them get up, and then said slowly: "This commander governs the army, which is no different from ordinary people, but it is just a reward for merit and punishment." The rewards and punishments are clear, and the military law is strict, presumably the two of them are also governing the army. Now our empire is cutting Shu, it is the great plan of the country, this battle is the beginning, if there is no reward and punishment, I am afraid that the soldiers will not be satisfied, and this battle will not be able to continue. The city of Langzhou was broken, and Yao Hongchang Street fought bloodily, with blood piling up like a stream, and the corpses were blocked, and he still refused to give in to the thieves; Suizhou fought hard, Xia Luqi took the lead, did not avoid the arrows, Kang Wentong led his troops to surrender to the enemy, Shi Yanchao was angry and drove the horse to kill him, shaking the three armies. All armies and soldiers, why are they so hard? Serve the country! β
"The soldiers have never disappointed the country, how can the country make the soldiers feel cold?" Li Congjing asked Li Congke and Shi Jingjiao with a smile.
Li Congke said yes again and again, he thought to himself, Li Congjing said these words, and he worked hard to count the soldiers, isn't it just to understand them? His heart was slightly relieved.
Shi Jingjiao stiffly responded, looking indifferent.
"Okay, since the two generals are both yes, they are also reasonable people, and they must be able to understand Ben Shuai's intentions." After Li Congjing finished saying this sentence with a smile, his face suddenly changed, and in his eyes, the killing intent overflowed, and his voice was fierce, and he shouted: "Where is the military lawyer?" β
"In!"
"Drag these two defeated generals out of the camp gate and behead them!"