Chapter 51 Offering the Emperor's Reward, the Siege of Pusaka

When Emperor Xian arrived in Pusaka, Zhao Yan had just prepared for Tian Jing's confession of erecting a monument for the fallen soldiers, and was preparing to find an auspicious day to erect the monument for everyone to admire. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info happened to be in Pusaka, and Zhao Yan hurriedly arranged a pavilion for Emperor Xian and Yang Biao and others to live temporarily.

Then Zhao Yan asked Tian Jing whether Tian Jing's monument should be carried out with great fanfare, and Tian Jing felt that he was taking this opportunity to hold a ceremony. One makes Emperor Xian feel his imperial dignity, the other is to win the hearts of the people by commending and rewarding the current generals, and the other is to inspire morale by commemorating the fallen soldiers.

After discussing with Zhao Yan, Tian Jing went to Taiwei Yang Biao to communicate the matter. Yang Biao did not live in the pavilion, but returned to Yang's temporary residence in Pusaka. Tian Jing arrived at Yang Biao's mansion, Yang Biao saw that Tian Jing was very close, and thanked him for saving the emperor in the public and giving him kindness to the country; Yu privately saved his own lives, including the lives of everyone in the Yang Mansion.

Tian Jing naturally didn't dare to take credit, and was very respectful to Yang Biao. Then he talked about the idea of wanting Emperor Xian to reward the generals under the edict of Pusaka and attend the monument ceremony at the same time. It turned out that Yang Biao's idea was to let Emperor Xian go to Anyi as soon as possible, after all, Anyi is the seat of Hedong governance, and the city is high and deep, which is convenient for defense. But as soon as I heard Tian Jing's words, I also understood that now it is Li Wei and Guo Yan who are fighting without free hands and feet, if the two unite again and enter Hedong, Tian Jing and the generals of Hedong will go desperately. The sooner you reward this thing, the better, so that the meritorious person will be grateful to Dade. And Emperor Xian needs to come to Hedong through a name, so he can't say that he has fled. However, offering the emperor to Hedong to comfort the front-line soldiers, coupled with a sentence of imperial driving to conquer and suppress Hulu, may be more reasonable, the key is to block the mouth of the world, according to the heart of the Hedong soldiers.

After Yang Biao sent Tian Jing away, he immediately went to see Emperor Xian and said that he would reward the siege of the city and commemorate the idea of commemorating the fallen soldiers, and Emperor Xian also felt that this plan was very good. What does he want now, what he wants now, is the identity of a son of heaven, and those official positions that are not awarded for nothing, and the titles that are not rewarded for nothing? Emperor Xian has never tasted the feeling of being in power for many years, and this is a good opportunity for him to show his imperial temperament and buy people's hearts. But how everyone rewarded and let go, Emperor Xian and Yang Biao thought a lot, and in the end, they discussed with Tian Jing what was not allowed.

On the second day, Zhao Yan held a ceremony for the site laying of the Meritorious Shrine and the erection ceremony of the monument to the fallen soldiers in Puban City. The high specification of the ceremony can be said to be unique, and the ceremonial official read an edict on the crime of Fengtian, to the effect that the emperor drove the expedition in person, exterminated the thieves of Hedong secession, and deterred the state of the Huns in Shangjun. Its merits are comparable to those of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, and he will be able to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty. And then down is to reward the generals.

Therefore, the hussar general Zhu Jun was loyal to the country, died in Sheji, and was posthumously presented to the Marquis of Xixiang, nicknamed Wu Yi. The title of Wu Yi is the second highest among the generals, the first is Wu Ning, but no one has ever received this title before, which shows that the honor given to Zhu Jun is the highest.

Tian Jing, the captain of the Hu cavalry, led the troops to break through Anyi on behalf of the hussar general, pacified Hedong, and moved to the north to lead the eight colonels of the northern army, and added the title of general Zhendong and gave the title of Marquis of Guannei.

Hongnong cavalry captain Xu Huang rescued the driver, added an Han general, and gave the title of Marquis of Guannei.

Tun cavalry captain Li Meng, infantry captain Zhang Bao, and Yue cavalry captain Wang Fang fought bravely, repeatedly made meritorious contributions, and were crowned generals of Yangwu, Yangwei, and Yanglie, and were given earls.

Zhang Quan, Zang Shun, Chongji, etc. all have military merits to lead Huben, Hu Qi, Changshui Captain, and give the viscount.

Yang Xiuqian, the chief secretary of the Hussar General's Mansion, moved to Hedong County, and Wannian County ordered Zhao Yan to move to Hedong Changshi and lead Tuntian Governor.

Qi Tai, Leping, and Wu Fang were respectively the lieutenants of Hedong, Hedong, and Shangjun, and Wu Guoxing, Shi Da, Liu Meng, and Mao An were the county lieutenants of Puban, Fangcheng, Xie and Yishi. The rest of the meritorious soldiers were rewarded.

After rewarding the meritorious ministers, it is the foundation laying ceremony of the Meritorious Shrine and the erection ceremony of the Hedong Memorial Monument, which was presided over by the emperor himself. After the stele was erected, a person stepped forward to read the words on the stele, and the sincerity was as simple as the ancient style, and Huang Zhong Dalu stirred people's hearts.

After reading this article, Yang Biao and other officials all said, "It's really a good article through the ages." Tian Jing just didn't understand it all, but also understood a rough idea, and said that this person's article was really extraordinary, and when he asked, he realized that the person who wrote this poem and read it aloud was the same person. This person's surname is Xu Minggan, the word is great, he is a native of Beihai County, and he was filial piety when Emperor Ling, because he was recruited many times by the officials to govern the darkness. When Tian Jing heard it, it turned out to be Xu Gan, one of Jian'an's seven sons. I only knew that his "Farewell Poem to My Wife" was lingering and compassionate, but I didn't know that I could write such a simple and atmospheric rhetoric. Tian Jing thought to himself that this person could be used, if he could go to his account to make a sacrificial wine, he didn't have to worry that his ancient literary skills were too poor. At this time, Taiwei Yang Biao immediately had the idea of letting him enter the court, and now there is a shortage of officials in the court, and he wants him to serve as Dr. Taichang.

However, it doesn't matter what position they do, the important thing is that the two of them thought of one place, that is, they came to Xu Gan as soon as the ceremony was dispersed, and wanted Xu Gan to write an article to announce Guo Yan's crime and call on the world to crusade. In this way, the longer Li Dao fights with Guo Yan, the more time he can buy to stabilize the situation in Hedong.

Xu Gan's essay was not written in a day, and thousands of words were sprinkled, scolding Guo Yan for being incomplete. At the same time, it was mentioned that the general Li Daoying waved the thunderous army, recruited people from all directions, and fought against the national thieves, and Guo Yan's defeat was only in the marrow.

The text is good, but Li Dao is not so stupid, and when he knew that Emperor Xian was rescued by Tian Jing to Hedong, his first reaction was to attack Hedong. Emperor Xian fled, and Tian Jing betrayed - at least he thought that Tian Jing had betrayed him only this time, and the blow to his prestige was too great. Although Emperor Xian's inscription also put himself in the same camp, saying that Guo Yan is a national thief, but so what, didn't Emperor Xian issue an edict to ask for his heinous crimes according to Guo Yan's intentions. Politics is all imaginary, and only strength is real.

Li Wei asked his cronies to quickly notify Hu Feng, who was preparing to go south to support him, changed the route and led 20,000 soldiers and horses to Hedong to conquer Pusaka and take back Emperor Xian.

At the same time, Tian Jing asked Yang Biao, Zhao Yan and others to escort Emperor Xian to the temporary palace in Anyi, while he led the men and horses of the Northern Army to arrange the defense of Pusaka. At the same time, Tian Jing also understood that his foundation in Hedong was too shallow after all, and since he had such a good opportunity to support the emperor, it was better to rely on the strength of others.

Tian Jing sent a handwritten letter to Zhang Ji of Hongnong, asking him to bring troops to Pusaka to meet, and the soldiers and horses that had been sealed by Hu Feng.

The defense force of the third school of the Northern Army in Pusaka is only more than 3,000 people of the fourth school, and Li Meng, Wang Fang, and Zhang Bao's soldiers and horses Tian Jing don't know whether they can take the test in the face of Li Wei's Liangzhou soldiers, that is, only his own Hu cavalry school can really fully command, Tian Jing decided to let the fourth school of the Northern Army defend the city, because compared to the Tun army, there are enough arrows. In the city, there were also Liu Meng, Mao An's prisoners and 1,000 people from Minzhuang as a backup.

Xu Huang, the general of Anhan, had no more than 500 soldiers and horses under his command, and Tian Jing handed over all the 2,000 troops of Wu Guoxing, Shi Da's headquarters and the 2,000 troops under the command of Xu Huang. Xu Huang went down to the north of Puban City and formed a horn with the city.

Only Li Kang's 500 cavalry was left to maneuver, and they laid an ambush in the north of Puban City, waiting for orders to attack at any time.

Since he didn't know when the enemy would come and when the reinforcements would come, Tian Jing could only ask the schools and battalions to prepare early.

After arranging everything, when she was finally able to rest, Tian Jing went to see Lu Wen, she studied Tuntian with Zhao Yan and learned very well, and she was also handy in managing the tuntian, and she had already planted some seeds, but the war came again, and I was afraid that the life of Tuntian was not easy. When Lu Wen saw Tian Jing, she finally felt that the burden on her shoulders was a little lighter, and she said a lot of considerate words to Tian Jing. Asked when Tian Jing was going to send his mother to Yanzhou, Tian Jing comforted him and said that as long as the war was over, Emperor Qian would go to Luoyang, and he would take them back when the time came.

Tian Jing said a little strangely: "Don't you don't want to go back, why are you in a hurry to ask?" ā€

Lu Wen pursed her lips and didn't speak, Tian Jing smiled, she had already guessed that she was getting married to herself as soon as possible. Tian Jing hurriedly said, "In this way, when the emperor moves the capital to Chang'an, I will ask the Son of Heaven to give us a marriage, and then we don't have to worry about whether your father agrees or not." ā€

"Is that okay?" Lu Wen said curiously.

Tian Jing smiled, "Naturally!" As long as you want. ā€

Lu Wen quietly leaned into Tian Jing's arm and said to him, I really hope that day can come sooner.

Two days later, Hu Feng led 20,000 people to go down to the village thirty miles from Puban, and directly led the troops to attack the city after a short rest.

Although Hu Feng was Li Dao's nephew, he had always been given the opportunity to lead the troops alone, and his position in the Liangzhou Army was higher than that of Li Dao's younger brother, son, and nephew. On the one hand, it can be seen that Li Wei trusts Hu Feng, and on the other hand, it can also be seen that Hu Feng is able.

Hu Feng led 20,000 soldiers and horses nearly twice as many as Tian Jing's side, and the quality of soldiers and horses and combat power were also much stronger than those of the Hedong Army. And tactically Hu Feng is also very clear, no matter how much Pusaka City is repaired, it is still just a small city, and since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the city has been broken many times, and it has changed hands many times, which can also be seen that it is not easy to defend.

If it weren't for Xu Huang's soldiers and horses outside the city, Hu Feng would be ready to attack the city on a large scale. But now that Xu Huang is outside the city, he has become a lone soldier who is the easiest to eat.

Hu Feng ordered 5,000 soldiers and horses to besiege the city, but only besiege but not attack; Then gather all the elite nine thousand people to firmly surround Xu Huang's camp, ready to eat this team.

Although Xu Huang has been in battle for a long time, and has the courage of ten thousand people, but after all, he has few soldiers, relying on his own 2,500 men and horses to face 9,000 enemy troops, although there is no trace of fear, but you must think that the outcome of this battle has actually been decided before the war.

Seeing that Xu Huang's soldiers and horses were surrounded, Tian Jing asked Zang Shun to defend the east gate instead of him, and then selected 300 brave men from the camp of Captain Hu Cai to break through the siege when the enemy was not tightly encircled, and directly attacked the enemy's right flank. Xu Huang's side was originally barely supported, but when he saw that Tian Jing led troops to help, it stimulated the morale of the whole army, and the whole army attacked in one direction, hoping to defeat the enemy in momentum, and he couldn't care about life and death.