Chapter 345: East or West
Wang Shen: "The current situation is that in the east, there are tens of thousands of thieves in the north of Anlu's hometown, Zhang Yong and Cao Cheng in the north, and Li Chengxing in the south. Facing enemies on all sides, strategically it is already on the absolute defensive. To the west of us, there are three thousand Jurchen iron horsemen of Wanyan Xiyin. Now everyone is discussing whether to go west first to eliminate Yan Xiyin, or immediately raise troops to rescue An Lu. If you have any ideas, let's talk about them! ”
"Isn't this nonsense, naturally I went to save An Lu first." Yue Yun jumped up.
Yan Yuemeng glanced at him solemnly, and said in a deep voice: "General Ying Xiang, please pay attention to your wording, in front of the prime minister, how can you be rude?" ”
Wang Shen: "That's it, Ying Xiang can speak freely." ”
Yue Yun was reprimanded by Yan Yumeng, and he restrained himself a little, and said: "An Lu is our foundation, and there are military assets accumulated by our army in the past two years in the city. If there is a fundamental loss, the soldiers will immediately starve, and what kind of war will they fight? Now don't care if it's a Jurchen or not, immediately lead the troops back to Anlu to get serious. ”
"Yes, yes, General Ying Xiang is right, we should go back immediately."
"I can't be melancholy anymore, Xianggong, let's go!"
The generals echoed their words, abandoning the army in Anlu City, not to mention that their families were all there. At this moment, I am thinking about my relatives at home, and I just want to have wings on my body to fly over.
Wang Shen frowned: "It seems that everyone means to return to Anlu immediately?" ”
"Naturally, please ask the military envoy to give the order!" Everyone was nodding.
A general looked at Wang Shen's hesitant appearance, his heart was anxious, and he said loudly: "Military envoy, how long will you wait if you don't leave now?" I heard that the old man said that the thief of Huyantong had already voted for Li Heng, if the former army was pulled over by the surnamed Li, we would not have a single soldier in the entire Anlu. If Li Heng is willing, he can go into the city at any time. By that time, it was too late! ”
"Ah, military envoy, we can't wait any longer." The faces of the people changed drastically, and they shouted in unison.
Wang Shen nodded: "The rear is tight, it seems that it is not possible to go back." ”
Daws ...... Military Envoy ...... I can't go back to Anlu now......" a timid voice came.
Everyone looked at each other, and it was Lu Benzhong behind Yue Yun who spoke.
Yue Yun was furious, put his hand on the handle of the waist knife, and scolded: "What are you talking about, old horseman, today's situation is all caused by you, a birdman. Grandpa pleaded in front of the military envoy to spare you a dog's life. You don't know how to be a man with your tail between your legs, but you talk nonsense and live impatiently? Now, Huyantong's thief has rebelled, and An Lu is in danger. My sister is still in the city, and my wife and children, if they have a good one, see if Lao Tzu doesn't tear you apart? ”
"yes!" When everyone thought of this, they scolded one after another. Some scolded Li Heng, some scolded Lu Benzhong, and some scolded Hu Yantong. Among them, the voice of scolding Hu Yantong was the loudest, the reason why An Lu was so critical today was because of this rebellion, which was really hated to the extreme.
When Wang Shen thought of Hu Yantong's rebellion, he was also heartbroken. He attaches great importance to Hu Yantong, this person can lead troops, Xiaochang is military, and his martial arts rank first in the army, even higher than Yue Yun. In his future plans, he is going to use it alone.
But he never expected that this Huyantong would rebel, which gave Wang Shen a heavy blow, and he was also extremely angry.
When he thought of An Niang in the city, he was impetuous.
However, when everyone shouted to rescue An Lu, Lu Benzhong actually spoke out against it, what is the reason?
Didn't he know that as soon as he said this, he would be torn to pieces by the angry soldiers?
Wang Shen was strange in his heart, he still admired Lu Benzhong's strategy and strategic vision. shouted: "Be quiet, Lu Benzhong, tell me your opinion." ”
Lu Benzhong said: "Lord, little old man wants to ask, if you go back to Anlu now, what is the first thing to do?" ”
Yue Yun interjected: "Nonsense, naturally you first suppressed the rebels of the old thief in Huyantong?" ”
Wang Shen also nodded.
"Okay." Lu Benzhong said: "The current situation is that Huyantong has rebelled, and the garrison is outside Anlu City. And Lu Can led the Feng Army to defend Yunmeng and Li Cheng to confront him. Li Cheng, the tiger of the world, and the deputy military envoy of Lu was already struggling to defend the city, so he naturally couldn't spare himself to support the military envoy. ”
"No, no, don't misunderstand, generals, with the strength of the back and stepping on the white, quelling the Huyantong Rebellion is just a gesture, and there is no need for other armies to come over to help in the war."
"I'm afraid, I'm afraid, once the military envoy is in a hurry, Li Heng and Hu Yantong knew that they were invincible, so they simply led the army into Anlu City and captured all the families of the soldiers. At that time, with An Lu Jiancheng and hostages in hand, our army will already be at an absolute disadvantage. ”
"The most troublesome thing is that we withdrew our troops from Hui'an Lu, and the Jurchen Iron Cavalry crossed the river into De'an Mansion, and attacked Li Heng, Li Cheng, and Cao Cheng and other thieves in the north. At that time, it was really the general trend! ”
This was reasonable, and when they thought of this serious consequence, everyone was suffocated and speechless.
Only the sound of heavy breathing remained in the huge Chinese army's festival tent.
Wang Shen's heart was also beating suddenly, he took several deep breaths, and finally calmed himself down.
At this time, he suddenly grasped something, and couldn't help but lose his voice: "Lu Benzhong, hasn't Huyantong attacked An Lu yet, why is this?" ”
Hearing him ask this, everyone was strange in their hearts. Yes, the Huyantong rebellion was a heavy blow to the Sizhou army. As long as he takes Anlu, detains the families of the lieutenant generals and soldiers, and robs all the baggage supplies, everyone will really disperse.
However, why didn't he attack An Lu, no matter how you look at it, it's weird, so people can't figure it out anyway.
Lu Benzhong looked at Wang Shen flatteringly: "Envoy Wang, before the little old man came here, Hu Yantong actually hadn't descended to Li Heng. This General Huyan ...... In fact, he is still loyal to the general. ”
Wang Shen was stunned, and his heart was even more puzzled.
Yue Yun: "You old puppet Hugh wants to speak to conceal us and others, didn't Hu Yantong sign and draw on the surrender document, didn't you still show it to everyone before, and force everyone to press their handprints too?" ”
"Yes, yes, you have to make this matter clear." The crowd shouted.
Wang Shen's face was stern: "Lu Benzhong, say, what's the matter?" ”
Lu Benzhong: "The military envoy, as you know, Li Yanping's line is located in Anlu, but except for a group of literati, he has no soldiers. Although Li Cheng was contacted, now Li Jiajun was given by Lu Can to be in Yunmeng, and he couldn't go to Anlu. Without soldiers, how can he launch it, how to seize Anlu. Therefore, after Li Cheng entered Jianghan, on the day of the launch, Li Heng entered the Huyantong camp, sat in the front army, seized the military power of General Huyan, and forced him to sign the surrender document. ”
Yue Yun said angrily: "All the military power has been handed over, and the number has not been reduced?" ”
Fang Irong, who had been sitting next to him and didn't speak, suddenly interjected: "General Yingxiang, you let Lu Benzhong continue." ”
Lu Benzhong said: "Whether to descend or not depends on what he says, but on what he has done." General Hu Yantong has a violent personality and is arrogant, and no one is false in his eyes. But after he is loyal, he is still very loyal to the court. After all, Li Heng was the minister of the imperial court, and during the period when Wang Jun'an was not in Jianghan, he was the highest position in the entire Jinghu. An order, how dare Hu Yantong disobey. However, before I came to Yingzhou, Hu Yantong refused to lead the army to attack Anlu County. I don't know if it's a wait-and-see or whatever...... After all, he is in command of an army, and if the front army is not launched, Li Heng has no choice, just waiting to be entangled by his side all day. ”
Xiao Lao'er couldn't help it at that time, and he was eager to seize the military power of Tabai, so he didn't care about it. I thought in my heart, it really doesn't matter if Hu Yantong refuses to launch, as long as he gets the cavalry and returns to Anlu, Hu Yantong will naturally give in when he sees that the general trend has gone. It doesn't matter if he moves or not, as long as he doesn't mess with me and Li Heng, he will be invincible. ”
In the end, Lu Benzhong said: "I also understand Hu Yantong's thoughts, he is grateful for the affection of the military envoy, and he does not dare to disobey the orders of the imperial court, so he rides on the wall and watches, and the two do not help each other." Therefore, Xiao Lao'er said that Hu Yantong could ignore it for the time being, and then repelled Yan Xiyin first. ”
Hearing him say this, everyone understood.
Yue Yun was so angry that his face turned blue: "Huyantong is at both ends of the first mouse, seeing the wind and making the rudder, he wants to be opportunistic, villain, villain!" The vain army envoy is so heavy on him, Lao Tzu has to kill him alive when he goes back! ”
Wang Shen finally understood that this Huyantong was a descendant of Huyan's praise after all, and the concept of monarchs and ministers had been deeply rooted in the bone marrow. As soon as the order of the imperial court came, he didn't think much about it, and he had to carry it out to the letter. However, the reason why he is where he is today is all by himself. Hu Yantong was grateful for his kindness, and it was impossible for him to lead the army to attack An Lu and point his knife at Brother Paoze. At this moment, he must be at war with heaven and man in his heart, and he doesn't know what to do.
In this way, there should be no danger in Anlu in the short term.
Of course, people's hearts are fickle, and the next moment who knows what he will think in his heart.
Yes, it's time for me to decide what to do next.
Thinking of this, Wang Shen said: "Okay, since the matter is already like this, we don't care about Anlu's side, immediately gather troops to fight a decisive battle with Wanyan Xiyin, and then return to Anlu after defeating the invading enemy, let's go west." ”
"What!" And all the people cried out.
Yue Yun yelled: "Military envoy, what should I do with my sister? ”
Wang Shen had a cold face: "I have made up my mind, go west, and now there is no point in returning to Anlu." Now, my Sizhou is surrounded by enemies, whether it is Cao Cheng or Li Cheng, it doesn't matter, as long as my main force arrives, I can easily suppress them. As for Li Heng, it is not worth mentioning. However, if it is the case now, if the Jurchens are released into the territory of Anlu, the situation will be uncontrollable. Our biggest enemy is Wanyan Xiyin, and only by defeating them can we deter the ugly. Tomorrow, our army will advance westward and fight a decisive battle with the Jurchen cavalry, everyone is ready to go! ”
yes, there's no point in going back to Anlu now. If it is pressed, it is not good to say that it will really force Huyantong to rebel and lead the army to rebel. When the time comes, will it be possible to fight with the former army first?
Moreover, this head is fighting lively, and Wanyan Xiyin suddenly kills, and the problem is troublesome.