Chapter 686: A Good Strategy for Retreating from the Enemy at the Poetry Meeting
Abolish the government, waste the people's resources, build a large number of buildings, appoint treacherous erectors, and indulge in women......
Chen Shubao, the queen of Nanchen, stared at the Sui Gaozu Yang Jian's order to copy 30,000 copies of the edict of the Emperor Chen in front of him, and the edict of the war Chen distributed along the river, one by one of which counted his twenty crimes, Rao is accompanied by peerless beauties such as Zhang Guifei and Kong Guifei, and he no longer had the interest of having fun.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Na Luoyan Lao'er ignored the agreement of peaceful coexistence between the two countries and brazenly raised a million-strong army to invade the south. A few days ago, I had ordered Xu Shanxin, a regular attendant of the cavalry, to go to Chang'an to reprimand him and order him to withdraw his army. However, I recently heard that Xu Shanxin was actually left in Chang'an by the old man Luoyan. Today, I have sent a message to the ministers to come, that is, how to prepare for the meeting to meet the enemy, but you have a clever plan to resist the enemy and retreat the enemy, as far as you can, I will choose the good one and accept it. ”
Chen Shubao sat upright in the Guangzhao Palace, accompanied by two concubines, Zhang and Kong, on the left and right, and asked a group of cronies and courtiers who were invited to participate in the palace poetry today.
When the emperor was pressed by the army, he was still interested in holding a poetry meeting in the palace, which was an incredible thing in itself, and he did not chant poetry at the poetry competition, and asked the summoned people about preparing for war to meet the enemy as soon as he opened his mouth.
When everyone looked at each other, the official Shangshu Kong Fan pondered the emperor's thoughts, and boldly arched his hand forward and said: "Although the Northern Dynasty has a million troops to press the border, our dynasty has a great river and natural dangers to defend, and the second is hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, and thousands of warships are lined up on the south bank of the Great River. Only today can our emperor convene the ministers to hold a poetry meeting in the palace, and the ministers are not talented, that is, they can see that our emperor has already had a good strategy to retreat from the enemy, and he has the spirit and demeanor of the holy lord who comes out once in a hundred years. ”
When he said this, Mr. Jiang, Shi Wenqing and others standing behind him couldn't wait to step forward and give him a kick, kicking this sycophant to the ground, and then stepping on one foot fiercely.
Chen Shubao listened to Kong Fan's words, and he was not as happy as usual, he felt quite useful, and just frowned, wanting to remind Kong Fan Mo to only care about patting his own ass, and he had to offer some practical and feasible strategies to retreat from the enemy, but saw that Kong Guifei, who was sitting next to him and Kong Fan had already recognized him as a godbrother and sister, had already stood up with a smile, and handed him a plate of freshly peeled lychees in both hands. ”
Kong Fan also realized at this time that just saying a few sycophancy words today would not please Chen Shubao in front of him, so he watched his godsister feed the emperor two lychees with her own hands before he continued: "Chen Sansheng is fortunate to have to follow the Holy Lord, and he does not want to do nothing to live up to the grace of the Holy Lord. At present, fortunately, when the Northern Kou is coming, the minister is willing to personally lead a branch of soldiers and horses to meet the enemy, and only hope that the post of the Holy Lord Void Captain will be rewarded with merit, and the minister will be able to defeat the enemy who is coming. ”
As a famous Confucian and a minister of resignation, Kong Fan actually asked the emperor to lead the army to meet the enemy, and Jiang Zong couldn't help it anymore, and deliberately reminded Kong Fan behind him: "Kong Shangshu, Your Majesty is the only way to ask you and me for a good way to retreat from the enemy, not to let the generals worship the commander." If you want to lead the army to the battle, you must first offer one or two good strategies to retreat from the enemy, so that Your Majesty will believe that you have the ability to retreat from the enemy. ”
"Exactly, exactly. Kong Qing, if you want to lead the army to go on the expedition, if you have any good strategies in your mind to retreat from the enemy, you might as well speak it out and listen to it first. Chen Shubao hurriedly echoed Mr. Jiang and urged Kong Fandao.
"This ......" Although Kong Fan was quite dissatisfied with President Jiang in his heart, he saw that the emperor also urged him to ask for a good way to retreat from the enemy, so he sighed slightly, and then replied, "There is a way to be a soldier that is also powerful." As far as the minister knows, although the Northern Dynasty raised a three-way army to invade our border, the upper and middle reaches of the Great River were all sideways armies, and only nearly half of the soldiers and horses of Yang Guang, the king of the Sui and Jin Dynasties, were the main attacking army in the lower reaches. Please Your Majesty immediately issue an edict to mobilize all the garrisons in the lower reaches of the Jiujiang River, gather Jiankang, swear to go on the expedition, and use the majestic voice of our army to defeat its sharp spirit, then the Sui army will be broken in the near future. ”
Mr. Jiang stood behind him, his nose was almost crooked, and he thought: If Yang Guang could be intimidated by momentum alone, the Turks would not have surrendered to the Sui Dynasty two years earlier.
Chen Shubao heard Xu Shanxin ask him for his life a few days ago, saying that he was willing to go to Chang'an alone, and he could persuade Yang Jian, the ancestor of Sui, to suspend the army and attack Chen at the cost of ceding an inch of land. Only then did he panic and ask a group of scholars at the scene of the poetry meeting about the strategy of retreating from the enemy.
At this time, when he first heard Kong Fanguang's remarks about dispatching troops from all over the country into Beijing and swearing to go to the army, compared with the previous proposal of Xiao Maha, Ren Zhong and other generals to divide troops to meet the enemy, it was quite refreshing, and his spirit was lifted, and he immediately turned his worry into joy and asked Kong Fan: "Kong Qing, after Jiankang gathers troops and swears to fight, how should he meet the enemy?" ”
Before Kong Fan could speak, he heard the crown prince Chen Shen, who was sitting next to Concubine Zhang Guifei, say to the emperor in a crisp voice with a bit of childlike sound: "Father, if the troops stationed along the river downstream are concentrated in Jiankang, there will no longer be a single warship patrolling and defending on the lower reaches of the river. ”
Chen Shen is just fifteen years old this year, and his son is his mother, because his biological mother is Zhang Lihua, the concubine of the Zhang family who is most loved by Chen Shubao, was only canonized as the prince of Nanchen two months ago, and today he was called to the palace to watch the poetry meeting in the palace.
"Shen'er, my father is discussing the government with the courtiers, what are you talking about when you have a child?" Chen Shubao stretched his face and scolded his son.
Chen Shen's young temperament, he believed that he was reasonable, and he wanted to open his mouth to argue, but suddenly felt that his sleeve was pulled, and when he looked back, it was Xu Deyan, the prince's housekeeper who came to the palace with him, and he hurriedly swallowed back the words that had come to his mouth.
"Your Majesty, the concubine should not interfere in the affairs of the court, but now that His Majesty has retreated from the enemy at the poetry meeting, I secretly think that it is more appropriate to summon the generals of the court and the central government to come to the meeting together." Zhang Lihua saw that her son was being reprimanded, so she came forward for him to persuade her husband.
"Alas, Ai Fei, I will naturally consult Xiao Lang and Ren Lang later." Chen Shubao was furious by Kong Fan's suggestion to show off his might and concentrate his troops to meet the enemy, and explained to Zhang Lihua disapplausively, then turned to Kong Fan and asked, "Kong Qing, you go on." ”