Chapter 56 Seven The Bow Is Wound
Liu Xianzhi sat in the main hall of the Zhongyi County Palace, looking at more than a dozen family members in front of him.
These are not ordinary family members, but Liu Xianzhi's henchmen. Since he was named the king of Zhongyi County two years ago, Liu Xianzhi has lived in a simple house on the pretext of being sick, and has never interacted with anyone. But in fact, Liu Xianzhi was not sick at all, although he was really weak, he did not have any symptoms. The reason why he did this was purely to avoid suspicion, as the son of the rebellious Jin king Liu Qian, even if he erected a banner to support the imperial court, he could not completely dispel the emperor's suspicions. Therefore, Liu Xianzhi avoided any behavior that would arouse the emperor's suspicions, and put on a posture of recuperation with peace of mind. Of course, he couldn't have done nothing in the past two years, and he used the opportunity of collecting taxes from the fiefdom to secretly arrange a large number of eyeliners to collect all kinds of information for him.
Because of this, Liu Xianzhi was able to give advice to Liu Yan in time when the Yellow River burst its banks, which made Liu Yan greatly improve his opinion of him, and Liu Xianzhi also superficialized his intelligence network and shared these intelligence resources with his imperial brother Liu Yan.
At the moment, Liu Xianzhi was calmly drinking the tea that had just been cooked, and said slowly: "So, Anbalturi Khan has gone to Tibet? ”
"Yes. The Tibetan prince Gesang invited him to his house and became a celebrity in front of him. A family member immediately replied.
Liu Xianzhi nodded, sneered and said: "It seems that this Gesang is ambitious, although Anbalturi is a useful chess piece, it is useless for Tubo itself, and it is only valuable when its power extends to the Western Regions." The various factions in Tibet have been fighting for so many years. No one can break this situation, it seems that this Gesang intends to unify the Tibetan tribes. Now that Anbalturi is a chess piece, it is really far-sighted to plan for the future expansion to the north. In the future, it is necessary to strengthen the collection of intelligence on the Tibetan side. ”
"Yes. Master. The family member respectfully agreed.
Liu Xianzhi looked at another family member and said, "What has Abicheril been doing lately?" ”
"Back to his master, Abicheril is in a hurry to put the interior in order, and it seems that he is planning to attack our country in a big way." Another family member replied.
Liu Xianzhi bowed slightly, and continued to say unhurriedly: "What is the movement of the military situation in Liaodong?" ”
A family member hurriedly bowed and said, "Please forgive your master." Recently, the whereabouts of the Liaodong Army have suddenly become very secretive, and the villain has not been able to find out the exact news. It's just rumored that the Tiger Guard Battalion has lost its trace. ”
"Oh? Is this winter missing? Liu Xianzhi put down the tea bowl, raised his eyelids and glanced at the family, and then rolled his eyes a few times. smiled: "It's a bit interesting, immediately order someone to investigate the news, especially pay attention to the movements of Zheng Menglong's army." ”
"Yes. The villain immediately went to check. The family kowtowed as if they had been granted amnesty.
Liu Xianzhi didn't pay attention to his actions, but raised his head and squinted his eyes, and muttered softly: "Gao Dingbian, Wang Hanxin." These two boys"
Meanwhile. Thousands of miles away, outside Beisha City, Liaodong, a fleet of ships is advancing towards the east against the wind and waves, and these fleets are the sailors of Youzhou's deputy general Zheng Menglong. The ship was carrying 8,000 elite cavalry led by Gao Dingbian and Wang Hanxin, with the Tiger Guard Battalion as the backbone.
Originally, this army entered the territory of Goryeo to attack and harass after the beginning of spring, but first, the border area of Goryeo had been completely destroyed, and second, this mode of action had become familiar to the Goryeo army, so in order to achieve the suddenness of the attack, Wang Hanxin proposed this new combat plan and attacked the area south of the Cheongchon River from the water. The time was chosen in the winter when the country of silk would never do anything.
After two years, the high couting edge. Wang Hanxin and Zheng Menglong reunited again, and the three of them were full of joy. Zheng Menglong has always valued these two young generals, especially Wang Hanxin, because this child has some shadows of his own youth. Wang Hanxin was just as happy to see him, and surrounded Zheng Menglong like a child to ask long and short questions.
The fleet drove all the way to the east, Wang Hanxin ran back and forth from the bow to the stern without stopping, directing the sailors how to behave, Zheng Menglong saw that although he jumped up and down, the command was very appropriate, obviously it was the result of careful study of the water warfare method he had taught at the beginning, and he couldn't help but be more satisfied, so he smiled: "Don't you feel tired of this kid, seeing that you are getting bigger and bigger, you are already an adult, how can you still behave like a little monkey?" ”
Wang Hanxin looked back when he heard this and grinned: "I haven't been on a boat for two years, and if I don't take this opportunity to practice, I'm afraid I'm going to be rusty." ”
Zheng Menglong laughed: "Okay, okay, I'll serve you, just let you go." But I want to ask you, if you secretly bring out all the people in the Shenji Battalion, in case a fire gun falls into the hands of the Koreans, aren't you afraid that He Du will protect you? ”
When Wang Hanxin heard Zheng Menglong say this, he stopped what he was doing, walked up to Zheng Menglong, stuck out his tongue at him, and said, "I'm not afraid." Leaving this army in the rear to defend is nothing short of a catastrophe! It's obviously a killer feature, so it should be used in the most critical place! What's more, our preparations for an attack on Goryeo are almost complete, and even if they fall into their hands, we will launch a full-scale attack without waiting for them to study and understand, and even if they study it, they will not need it. ”
"Hmph, you're calculating. However, the Shenji Battalion is not the establishment of the Liaodong Army, it is the emperor's exclusive army. If the emperor blames you, I'm afraid that you won't be able to cut off ten heads, and you won't be able to protect you if you want to. Gao Dingbian, who had been standing on the side, dropped a sentence coldly.
Wang Hanxin scoffed at this: "The battle is won, why worry about such a trivial matter?" The emperor is too late to be happy, how can he blame it? If the battle is lost, not to mention that I have mobilized the Shenji Battalion, even if I have not mobilized the Shenji Battalion, I will have to cut off my head. In this way, isn't it the same result whether you transfer or not? Why don't I need to? ”
Gao Dingbian sighed: "You can break it." ”
Zheng Menglong looked at the two young generals in front of him, and secretly calculated in his heart: Gao Dingbian is heavily appointed, and his martial arts are even more than those of the generals, so he is really a great general; Although Wang Hanxin acts nonsense and is not constrained by the rules, he can often be unexpected, and Gao Dingbian is one good and one evil, one yin and one yang just complement each other, and this pair may become the most dazzling star in the country of silk in the near future.
Zheng Menglong looked up at the sun rising into the sky: The battle of Goryeo is almost over. It seems that he should also strive for as much merit as possible before the end of this war, because there is no room for his own performance in the war against Tuqi. (To be continued......)