Chapter 336: Suspicion in the Dark
Wang Dun was finally suppressed, and the Qin army was the largest contributor. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoIn the feudal towns of King Qin in various places, many of them are waving flags and shouting, and there is no actual action. Only Xie Ai's Liangzhou Army and Sima Cheng's Xiangzhou Army really fought to the death. However, although Sima Cheng was a clan member and was promoted by Xie Ai as the leader of the alliance, his troops were not more than 10,000 people, and his combat power was not very high. Therefore, if it is discussed, the number one feat of the Qin army is beyond reproach.
should have been particularly rewarded, but under the persuasion of Wang Dao, Yu Liang and other important ministers, Emperor Sima Shao began to hesitate. Several cronies said that Gao Yue was already the king of Qin, and although he had made meritorious deeds now, he could no longer be rewarded. Yu Liang even said that Wang Dun's experience in the past is still in front of him, if he gives Gao Yue a noble name, it will be difficult to guarantee that he will not be Dong Zhuo and his ilk in the future. The monarch and the ministers discussed privately, but in the end, they did not give Gao Yue any substantial reward, but only issued a holy decree and praised him verbally.
When the news spread, the whole Qin State had resentments, even inside and outside the Jiangdong government, and there were many criticisms in private. Sima Cheng, the king of Qiaojun, was honest by nature, and he didn't think much at the beginning, but asked for credit for Gao Yue's court, and after receiving the few words of the Son of Heaven's 'self-governor Xiangzhou, don't ask about Qin's affairs', he suddenly realized that he didn't dare to say more.
After coldly dealing with the matter of sealing Qin, Yu Liang said that the imperial court gave Xie Ai a heavy reward, on the one hand, he showed favor to win over, on the other hand, even if he failed to win over, it could also make Xie Ai and Gao Yue suspicious, provoking the relationship between the two of them, so that Xie Ai could break away from Qin and weaken Gao Yue's strength. The emperor thought so, so he vigorously rewarded Xie Ai, the assassin of Liangzhou, and publicly praised him as a loyal and good general of Zhou Yafu, and directly promoted him to the Duke of Nanzheng County, the general of Zhennan, and the military governor of Liang, Yi and Ning, and opened the government.
The main bookkeeper Zhao Zhao was alert, and immediately guessed the true intentions of the imperial court, and hurriedly blocked Xie Ai. So Xie Ai resolutely resigned from the prestigious title, and at the same time, Feishu sent the decree of the imperial court to Chang'an, and told Gao Yue as soon as possible. At the same time, he personally wrote and once again expressed his loyalty to Gao Yue. Gao Yue saw the performance and smiled, but in fact, he was very unhappy in his heart. Originally, he was full of loyalty and spent countless energy to help the court quell the rebellion, and it really didn't matter if there was no real reward, the key was that the court was not only not grateful, but came to look at him with deep suspicion and malice, which was emotionally unacceptable. Even his own subordinates have begun to be provoked by ulterior motives, which is really indignant.
Gao Yue secretly thought, Sima Shao was sharp and heroic, but compared with his father, he was a little less honest and sincere. It seems that showing loyalty in the future will not have much effect, but it will be vain and wronged. At Yang Ke's suggestion, Gao Yue finally did not react excessively and calmly accepted the court's false courtesy, but the two parties began to have a dislike from then on.
According to Yang Ke's words, Gao Yue took corresponding countermeasures, and Mianli Hidden Needle began to deploy targeted responses. Not long after, Xie Ai once again asked the imperial court to resign from all titles, and on the order of Gao Yue, he asked the imperial court to concurrently serve as the assassin of Jingzhou. The result can be imagined, the court saw that Xie Ai had no intention of surrendering, and where was there a good face, so he resolutely refused.
Xie Ai asked again to cede Xiangyang County to his garrison, but he was not approved. At the end, Xie Aiyan said, no matter what, please allow you to train troops in Xinye, guard against the Hu people in the north, and enter the Central Plains at any time. If it is not allowed again, I am afraid that it will hurt the enthusiasm of the soldiers to serve the country. From the state to the county and then to the land of a city, the court also felt that it was really difficult to find an excuse to refuse, and finally agreed to Xie Ai's request. So Xie Ai ordered Shi Wanhong to stay in Nanzheng, and he personally led 10,000 elites to be stationed in the Xinye area, so as to be regarded as a sharp nail for the Qin army to be rooted in the land of Jingxiang.
The affairs of the south have been settled for the time being. The court thought it had a plan and was very pleased. As everyone knows, after a few years, another big rebellion broke out, and because of the lack of strong help, the Eastern Jin Dynasty court suffered a big loss, resulting in embarrassment, and it will be recounted later.
Let's say that Liu Yin, the former prince of Zhao, was ordered by his father's strong man to break his wrist, gave up Guanzhong, escaped from Chang'an, and went to Luoyang to join Liu Yao, and was determined to deal with Dongfang Shile to the end. Liu Yao ordered Liu Yin to sit in Luoyang, specializing in logistics affairs such as grain, straw and ordnance, and personally drove the expedition himself, outside the Tiger Prison Pass, and fought to the death with the Later Zhao army. Shi Le spent a lot of energy, the soldiers lost tens of thousands of people, even Shi Hu was injured several times, the tiger prison to Xingyang gained and lost and regained, back and forth, although the former Zhao only had the size of the land left, but the latter Zhao did not make greater progress for a while.
It was the time to fight with all his might, but he saw that Liu Yao would rather give up Chang'an and compromise with Gao Yue, which caused Gao Yue to successfully occupy Guanzhong at the moment, and called Wang Liye, but also fought with him Shi Le to the death without taking half a step back from him, which made Shi Le very annoyed. But for example, when the two wrestle with each other, they have reached the critical juncture of the last step, and they can completely defeat each other if they work harder, and they can't be the first to be discouraged at this time.
Seeing that Gao Yue had already quelled the rebellion in the south, he came back in a circle, sitting on the entire northwest, and he was about to recuperate, but he was still fighting hard, Shi Le was angry and anxious, secretly thinking that you Gao Yue wanted to watch the tiger fight leisurely, I didn't let you succeed, and I would drag you to death no matter what, so I sent messengers to urge Gao Yue to recur the army and attack Luoyang with him.
Gao Yue said to Zhao Envoy in a serious manner, it was Zhao Wang Shile who took the initiative to explain that the two families worked together to attack Liu Yao and divide their land equally, and the west of Tongguan belonged to my Qin State. At present, I have achieved the military objectives set by my country. It has not been able to defeat Luoyang, that is a matter of the strength of your army, but our army does not have any obligations and responsibilities, and must send troops to help your country again. And in the Heluo area, King Zhao seems to have always been determined to win, if our army helps, it will lose countless money, food, and manpower, and I am afraid that I will not even be able to share a handful of soil, where in the world is anyone willing to do such a stupid thing?
When Zhao envoy came, Shi Le also confessed, saying that Gao Yue would inevitably sell the price and put forward all kinds of requests, no matter what it was, don't refuse in person, and wait to come back to report back. Therefore, Zhao Envoy also knew in his heart, so he asked Gao Yue to make it clear that there were any conditions to enable the Qin army to send troops to help. Gao Yue hesitated for a while, really not very interested, and finally said lazily, if Hongnong County can be transferred to me after the war, then the matter of sending troops can be considered.
Before Zhao Envoy could bargain, Gao Yue had already collapsed his face, and left straight away with a flick of his robe sleeves. Zhao was embarrassed and cramped, he didn't know what to do, and he also owed Yang Ke, the left minister, but he was polite, and came up to persuade him, my king kept his promise, so he didn't go out of Tongguan. Otherwise, if the king orders and the army marches eastward, will Heluo be the thing in your country's pocket? Or quickly turn around before King Zhao drove, and ask for instructions. If it is not allowed, my family will not be reluctant, and the two will have nothing to do with each other from now on.
Zhao Envoy left in a daze. As soon as he left, Gao Yue turned out from behind the screen and said with a smile: "Shi Le is desperate to eliminate Liu Yao as soon as possible. After that, most of them will promise to give me Hongnong County first, coax me to send troops, and wait for Liu Yao to really die, and then fight with me at that time. Zuo Xiang, do you really want to help him fight Luoyang in the next step? ”
Yang Ke stepped forward and said, "The king's words are very true. As long as we can finally ask our army to send troops to help him conquer Luoyang, don't say that it is just Hongnong County, or ask him to cede four or five more counties, Shi Le is afraid that he will agree first. The king is wise, how can he be deceived by a few words? When Zhao envoy came again, it would inevitably bring Shi Le's promise, and the king said to him that he could send troops to help, but the specific time, don't bite to death, vaguely deal with it, and said that once the army is completed, he will help him in time, in short, if he urges, we will delay. According to the minister's wishes, he agreed to Shile but did not agree on a time limit, just to stabilize him, and to free up effective strategic time for me. The minister saw that Liu Yao still had some spare strength at present, and he could hold on to Shile again, so while the two families were entangled, our army had to send troops quickly, but not really to help him Shile, but to attack another place. ”
When Gao Yue heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and said strangely: "If you don't help him Shile, but you really want to send troops, then where are you going to fight?" ”
Yang Ke smiled slightly and said, "Daiguo." ”