Chapter 366: Who's and Who's Game (2)

Li Kui actually burned the flames of war on his head. It's just unbearable and unbearable!

Kong Sheng sat there with his eyebrows furrowed suddenly, and a clear look of anger appeared on his face.

At that time, Li Jiao, as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, did issue such an order to transfer troops, and ordered Kong Sheng to lead the army to pursue An Qingxu. However, Kong Sheng considered that the situation in Luoyang was unstable, and the remnants of An Qingxu were scattered all over Henan and Hebei, and it was simply unrealistic to rely on the 20,000 or 30,000 people of the Xiayi army to besiege and annihilate it.

And if it really caused An Qingxu's desperate counterattack and gathered the remnants of his subordinates to fight against Kong Sheng, he would not be able to bear it with the 30,000 Xiayi army under Kong Sheng's command alone. Kong Sheng knows this very well in his heart, the so-called hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, and An Qingxu, who was besieged in Yecheng by Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's 300,000 troops, was defeated miserably, not to mention the soldiers and horses of Xiayi!

Therefore, Kong Sheng explained to Li Jiao and the imperial court, in fact, he was later recognized by the imperial court - what kind of disobedience is this? Li Kui's use of this directly touched the bottom line that Kong Sheng could bear.

Of course, Kong Sheng also knew very well in his heart that this was completely the instruction of Li Jiao, the king of Chu, and the main purpose was to take the opportunity to make trouble.

King Zhao and Li looked at Kong Sheng with some concern. Li is the person who knows Kong Sheng's personality best, and knows that Li Sheng's words have completely angered Kong Sheng, and next, Kong Sheng will inevitably rebound and fight back.

Sure enough, Kong Sheng slowly got up, took two or three steps forward, looked at Li Yu coldly and said indifferently: "Lord Shangshu, do you know what it means to stand and talk without backache?" ”

Li Kuo smiled coldly: "This official is just talking about things, regretting the delay of the fighter plane, and discussing the battle situation, it is definitely not intended to target Chang'an Hou personally." ”

Kong Sheng laughed sarcastically: "You keep saying that Kong disobeyed orders and did not delay the fighter, and talked about the court to suppress the rebellion, but in Kong's opinion, Lord Shangshu has not been on the battlefield for half a step, but he is just talking about the army." ”

Li Kuo's face turned red, and he retorted: "Chang'an Hou, this official is a civil minister, and it is your general's business to lead the army to fight, but you ridicule this official for not going into battle to kill the enemy, it is really a strong word!" ”

"In fact, strictly speaking, Kong is also a scribe. The so-called rise and fall of the world, the husband is responsible, the world like Kong went to the national disaster, fearless of life and death, I don't know how many, since we can go into battle to kill the enemy and quell the rebellion, why can't Lord Shangshu? Kong Sheng's counterattack was not hurried: "Could it be that Lord Shangshu is greedy for life and afraid of death?" ”

Li Kuo's face turned even redder: "You...... Chang'an ...... What you say is pure vexatious! This official assists His Majesty in handling state affairs and government affairs, how can you speculate? ”

Kong Sheng sneered: "Yongchen misleads the country, that's all!" ”

Li Kuai was furious: "Chang'an Hou, if you hurt people again, don't blame the old man for meeting Your Majesty and playing you a copy!" ”

Kong Sheng sneered in his heart, and said in his heart, you only have the ability to complain to the emperor, just sue, I'm afraid of you!

Kong Sheng responded coldly: "Is it only allowed that Li Shangshu is allowed to set fires, and Kong is not allowed to light the lamp?" How can there be such a truth in this world? Since the beginning of the army in Xiayi, Kong has not received a bucket of grain and grass and a penny of military salary from the imperial court, and has relied on his own strength to recruit and raise the army, and has gone through dozens of battles, countless times of escaping death, and countless bloody battles, which opened up the situation on the territory of the rebels and held the last pure land for the imperial court. ”

"At that time, the number of rebels stationed in various prefectures and counties in Henan was as high as 300,000, and the total number of soldiers and horses in Xiayi and Zhangzhongcheng in Suiyang was only 20,000 or 30,000. The enemy is outnumbered, and the rebels have gathered more than 100,000 troops to attack Suiyang and Xiayi. ”

Kong Sheng looked around at everyone, his eyes blazing: "All the generals fought desperately and bloodily, the battlefields of Suiyang and Xiayi were full of bones and blood, and those who sacrificed their lives for the country didn't even have time to leave their names and surnames!" But our blood-spattered Henan's arduous loyalty to the country, and the bloody sacrifice of forgetting to die, were all wiped out by Li Shangshu's understatement! ”

"Everyone in the world knows that our army easily took Luoyang, but they don't know the blood and sweat sacrifices made by Xia Yi Erlang in order to take Luoyang! At that time, Luoyang Anqingxu had 100,000 troops, nearly 100,000 rebels from the surrounding counties and counties, and as many as 100,000 defenders in Bianzhou. Kong swore an oath from Xiayi, and there were only more than 30,000 people. Kong led more than 30,000 people to fight in the west, crisscrossing Henan, and finally forced away An Qingxu and recovered the eastern capital Luoyang. ”

Although An Qingxu was defeated in Yecheng, he still had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Moreover, An Qingxu regrouped after arriving in Yecheng, and in the middle of the day, Cai Xide from Shangdang, Tian Chengsi from Yingchuan, and Wu Lingxun from Nanyang, each led his troops to Yecheng to join forces, together with the recruits recruited by An Qingxu in Hebei counties, a total of about 100,000 people. Kong Sheng's eyes looked at Li Kuo with anger and contempt, and he said: "Li Shangshu, if Kong takes a rash move to lead the 30,000 tired Xiayi army to attack An Qingxu, who has more than 100,000 troops, not only will Luoyang, which he worked so hard to take, not only be unable to keep Luoyang, but will bury the sons of the three armies!" ”

"Knowing that you are invincible, this is not stupidity, but irresponsibility to the imperial court! It's a matter of human life! Li Shangshu is playing with his tongue here, accusing Kong Sheng of delaying the fighter, what is his intention? ”

Li Kuo's old face became more and more red, and he was speechless when he was refuted by Kong Sheng's righteous and stern words. And everyone in the audience maintained a strange silence, Kong Sheng's words may be a little emotional, but it is obviously also true - it's just that many people usually don't think deeply, and many people are deliberately avoiding this, but after Kong Sheng pierced this layer of window paper, who can stand up and say irresponsible things with a clear conscience?

Li was speechless.

"What qualifications do you have to talk about the overall situation of counterinsurgency? Who are you to judge our loyal soldiers? Kong Shengyang pointed at Li Kuo, and was furious: "Kong doesn't want to cause trouble, but he is never afraid of things, if anyone stands up and says irresponsible things, don't blame Kong for being ruthless!" ”

Seeing that the situation was reversed by Kong Sheng's hand, Li Jiao frowned, and had to open his mouth to relieve Li Kui: "Chang'an Hou, your loyalty to the country's bloody battle in Henan has never been denied by the imperial court, and there has already been a reward, why do you boast about this in front of this king and all the princes and ministers?" Do you think that Chang'anhou's favor reward was obtained out of thin air? ”

"You are just a young man in cloth clothes in Jiangnan, if you don't have military exploits, how can you be in the title of Chang'an Hou?"

Li Li's words were lofty and full of invisible contempt and arrogance.

Of course, his arrogance is not without reason. In the current era of royal power, no matter how much the courtiers sacrifice their lives or even give their lives, it is taken for granted by the imperial power - and the royal family has given corresponding rewards, which has completed the praise of the courtiers.

The so-called people of the world are not the king's ministers, you should be a courtier and work hard for the emperor's family, that is a matter of course, what are you complaining about?

Li Jiao's voice is obvious, if you don't have outstanding military exploits, how can you be crowned Chang'an Hou with your Kong Sheng, a young man who is not enough for a weak crown?

To be honest, Kong Sheng is most disgusted by Li Li's posture.

In Kong Sheng's heart, the Tang Dynasty that he has dedicated and fought for is the world of the Great China family, not the Li Tang court, and not the Li Tang Imperial Family, let alone serving such a ruling family as the Li royal family - although this is difficult to distinguish today, but the people in the Li Tang royal family put on a gesture of almost charity, Kong Sheng can't say it on his lips, but the rebound in his heart is extremely strong.

Kong Sheng turned his head to look at Li Jiao, and said calmly: "The title of Chang'an Hou is not what I want. ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Kong reiterated once again that Kong Sheng threw his pen from Rong to the national disaster, not to get any fame and fortune and court rewards, from Kong's heart, it was the original intention to retire after success. Kong repeatedly insisted that he would not accept the title of Chang'an Hou, which was by no means hypocritical. If the king of Chu can't believe it, he can go to His Majesty for Kong again, take Kong Sheng's Chang'an marquis title, and let Kong return to Jiangnan in cloth. ”

Kong Sheng arched his hand and said coldly: "There is His Royal Highness King Lao Chu!" ”

Kong Sheng's words were very indifferent. His extraneous meaning also hit back fiercely, just a title of Chang'an Hou, Lao Tzu is really not rare!

The corners of Li Jiao's mouth twitched, but he was speechless.

It is a fact that Kong Sheng submitted his resignation several times in a row on the same day. It is enough to see that the title of a mere Chang'an Hou is really not very worthy of Kong Sheng. But Li Li never believed that Kong Sheng was a person who was indifferent to fame and fortune and had no intention of fame and authority, and he had a hunch and intuition that Kong Sheng would be the biggest obstacle and resistance on his way to becoming emperor.

If a person like Kong Sheng can't surrender to him, he can only get rid of him unswervingly.

"Are you trying to blackmail this king?" Li Jiao sneered, his eyes as sharp as a knife.

Kong Sheng arched his hand: "How dare Kong Sheng?" ”

"Is there anything else you don't dare to do?" The corners of Li Jiao's mouth flashed a trace of anger, and Kong Sheng dared to go toe-to-toe with him in public, which directly touched his supreme self-esteem as the eldest son of the emperor and the future crown prince.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu didn't dare to take this seriously. Kong Sheng has always been loyal to the court and His Majesty since he put pen to paper, and has never done anything that violates the rules of the court and the laws of the Tang Dynasty. Kong Sheng's voice became more and more indifferent, since he was about to tear his face, what was he afraid of?

Li Li was furious: "Kong Sheng, you are really presumptuous!" Dare to collide with this king! ”

Kong Sheng sneered in his heart, but his mouth was not forgiving at all: "Ask Your Highness, where is Kong Sheng's presumptuousness?" ”

Everyone on the field, including King Zhao, Princess Li of Ningguo, Princess Ji Guo, and other magnates and scholars were dumbfounded. No one thought that Kong Sheng would dare to fight the powerful King of Chu face to face, without saving any face for the King of Chu. From this point of view, Kong Sheng is indeed bold.

Li hurriedly came out to play a round: "Brother Chu Wang, Chang'an Hou didn't mean to contradict, he has an upright personality, and some things are too rushing, please forgive Brother Wang!" ”

Li Jiao snorted coldly and took the opportunity to step down. If it weren't for Li Xian and the mud, he would be "fighting" with Kong Shengbai like this, and he would not have a head at all. Kong Sheng is a candidate of Chang'an, and a hero of counterinsurgency, famous all over the world, although he is the most powerful prince, he has no power to arrest people because of Kong Sheng's verbal conflict. (To be continued.) )