It wasn't until the beginning of September that the news from Pan Chongche's side came back to Xingwangfu, and at this moment, the supervisors Chen Yanshou and Li Tuo died in the army, and Pan Chongche led the army to rebel, and the news from Guizhou said that Pan Chongche led the army to the southwest, and it seemed to be in the direction of Zhenzhou. ↗，

Guizhou was an important and important warship building base of the (Southern) Han Dynasty, and it was heavily guarded here, so Pan Chongche naturally could not go there, and at the suggestion of the Song people, Pan Chongche went to the southwest.

It's just that at the moment, it is not easy for Liu Gang to mobilize the troops of several states on the Lingnan border, I am afraid that such a transfer to suppress Pan Chongche's troops will give the Song army Pan Mei an opportunity to take advantage of the troops in the north, and now Liu Gang wants to expand the domestic heavy armor war elephants.

The purchase of war elephants has been handed over to Gong Chengshu and Xue Chongyu, the death of the "comrade-in-arms", Xue Chongyu was sad at the moment, and then he also sighed that fate made people, why Gong Chengshu escaped back, he was also puzzled in his heart, but with the death of the two, he thought that it was good if there were fewer people, a pot of porridge, and more porridge for monks. Now that Liu Gang has given them the task of buying war elephants, he can also take the opportunity to make a big profit.

Gong Cheng Shu's Mansion, located in the west of the city, and Gong Cheng's Mansion across a river is Xue Chongyu's mansion, because Liu Gang and these people control the government, these two people have scavenged a lot of people's fat and people's ointment, and the mansion is decorated with splendor, which is almost comparable to the palace.

When Gong Chengshu heard that Chen Yanshou and Li Tuo had died in the army, he was surprised and delighted, and he only howled a few words in front of Liu Gang. However, the most important thing at the moment is how to make Xue Chongyu completely fall out of favor in front of Liu Gang, so that in the inner court and the imperial court, he will definitely control the power completely.

Gong Chengshu has been holding evidence in his hands for all these years, how Xue Chongyu embezzled money, looted people's fat and ointment, and brutalized Zhongliang, but some of them were also involved in things that were not favorable to him, but this time Gong Chengshu had already made a plan, attacking a thousand enemies, and losing eight hundred himself, and sometimes making a little sacrifice.

This time I bought war elephants, and in the end, I only bought a total of sixty heads, and it cost thousands of dollars in total, but Gong Chengshu knew that the price was boring.

At this moment, in the Yangcheng guest restaurant in the west of Xingwangfu, An Dongye came back from outside panting, and he also saw the prosperity in Xingwangfu, but he also got a glimpse of its cruelty, and he went out and heard that the (Southern) Han Emperor had handed over the purchase of war elephants to his cronies and eunuchs.

Above the market, three elephants suddenly appeared in the distance, and they were all adult elephants, covered with heavy armor, this is the heavy armor war elephant that the (Southern) Han Emperor wanted to buy equipment.

The war elephants were covered with heavy armor, and the people of the (Southern) Han Dynasty were accustomed to seeing them, and they were all standing by the road at the moment, watching the elephants pass through the streets blankly, and they also hoped that they would no longer be demolished and rebuilt because of the accommodation of these beasts.

In order to accommodate these war elephants, the officials of the (Southern) Han Dynasty also demolished many people's houses and razed them to the ground, and the people could not complain, and once they complained, they were tortured......

Antonye also looked at these behemoths, he had seen this kind of giant beast for the first time, and at this moment there was a three-story thing like a tower in the north of the war elephant. The tower is divided into three floors, the first floor is the driver, at the moment is driving the elephant, the man is shirtless, exposing his chest muscles, it seems that he should be from Dali or Annan.

There were six archers on the middle floor, and on the top floor, there stood an lookout, looking proudly at the people around him.

Antonye watched for a while, and the three elephants gradually walked away, and suddenly he was hungry, but it was still early before the meal, and Antonye no longer joined in the fun, but rushed to the restaurant.

Wu Yongzi saw An Dongye coming in a hurry and asked, "Brother Dong, what's wrong?" ”

Antonye had forgotten about his hunger, and he asked, "Master, I don't know how much Master knows about the war elephants?" ”

"What are you asking?"

"Today, I saw three elephants on this long street, and I heard from the people of the capital that these were war elephants bought by Liu Gang."

"I've heard a thing or two about this, in fact, this war elephant has been there for decades ago, but I didn't expect Liu Gang to spend a lot of money to buy some this time, I really don't know the people's compassion and abuse the people's power." Wu Yongzi then said, "However, if Liu Gang wants to use these elephants to fight against my Great Song Dynasty, it will take him a lot of time, and the elephant cavalry itself consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, so it should only be used in a strong attack battle, otherwise it will do more harm than good." ”

"So there's still a saying about it."

"But this time Liu Gang spent so much, this matter still needs to be investigated by Lord Yang Duo, after all, elephant soldiers and cavalry fight, knowing themselves and knowing that they will win a hundred battles." Wu Yongzi got up from his seat, and his stomach was hungry at the moment.

"Master is really knowledgeable." An Dongye patted his ass, but he suddenly heard his stomach growling, "Hehe, I'm sorry Master, I'm hungry." ”

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After a few people had lunch, Wu Yongzi entrusted the matter of the war elephant to Yang Ming, and when Yang Ming heard about it, he said: "Don't worry, Dao Chief, our people and horses in Changchun Hall have been planting people in various mansions all these years, just waiting for the last, and one blow will be hit." And recently, our people reported that Gong Chengshu had fallen into the trap we set, and he was determined to eradicate Chen Yanshou and Xue Chongyu, but Chen Yanshou had died in the chaos because of the unauthorized mobilization of Pan Chongche's army orders, and Xue Chongyu was Gong Chengshu's next target to be defeated. ”

Wu Yongzi laughed, and almost squirted out the food, "This Xingwang Mansion is getting more and more chaotic, it's messy, it's good, let them eat dogs...... Did Lord Yang know what Gong Chengshu did? ”

"Elephants."

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In the blink of an eye, in the mansion of Gong Chengshu, Gong Chengshu has recently summoned several cronies to discuss countermeasures in the mansion. And to overthrow Xue Chongyu, this matter also requires a lot of regulations.

Guo Chongyue is the adopted son of Gong Yuan Liang Luanzhen, and he is also an important figure in Gong Chengshu's faction, but this person is cowardly, brave and scheming, and only prays to ghosts and gods every day. ”

"What you said is not bad, but Xue Chongyu is also involved with the two, and this matter is not very easy to handle."

Guo Chongyue smiled and arched his hand: "Taishi, there are no eternal friends in this world, in the face of interests, everyone is jackals, tigers and leopards, and Taishi has also made a lot of efforts to buy war elephants this time, but I don't know who Your Majesty will hand over the command of elephants to?" ”

"You're right." Gong Chengshu listened to Guo Chongyue's words, and his heart was much clearer, and he looked at the palace at this moment.

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The next day, the war elephants had arrived at the periphery of the palace one after another, and Liu Gang clearly knew from the left and right attendants that the war elephants were in total sixty sizes, and outside the palace, sixty elephants arrived in the square.

At this moment, Gong Chengshu and Xue Chongyu also arrived in the palace, and men were forbidden to enter and leave the inner palace, but now in the Southern Han court, even the ministers have become eunuchs, which is also Gong Chengshu's misinterpretation of Liu Gang's meaning, delineating that the officials to be used must be castrated, so the (Southern) Han Dynasty ministers are basically eunuchs, Gong Chengshu They do this because they themselves are eunuchs, and now the eunuchs control the government, so they naturally use eunuchs to rest assured.

On the stone steps, a sneaky person has already headed towards Zhaoyang Palace, and today coincides with a happy event, and no one pays attention to this person at all.

Gong Chengshu looked towards the place where the person disappeared, his eyes showed a fierce light, and at this time, Xue Chongyu came over, and the two exchanged pleasantries, but they also looked like they were detached.

"This time I owe it to Lord Xue."

"Master Gong praised it falsely."

The war elephant has arrived, Liu Gang is very relieved about this, he thinks that if this war elephant is trained, it can resist the southward movement of the Song army, so he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money, buy many elephants, and then hand them over to the forbidden army in the palace for training.

Liu Gang immediately ordered the men to wear heavy armor around the war elephants, the armor was lined with thick cowhide, and the sixty war elephants suddenly became giants, and the elephants' legs were also protected by steel armor with movable knee pads. The elephant's head is covered with a steel shield, and even the elephant's trunk is wrapped with chain mail.

Liu Gang looked at his elephant soldiers, as if it was difficult for the Song people to break through these "giants".

Gong Chengshu and Xue Chongyu patted their asses on the side and said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty, after my Han has these elephant soldiers, there will be no Song army since then." ”

At noon, Liu Gang ordered the palace people to set up a banquet in the palace to celebrate this time Gong Chengshu and Xue Chongyu made efforts to buy elephants, and the two were naturally humble one by one, but Gong Chengshu's gaze at Xue Chongyu was different, in his eyes, Xue Chongyu seemed to be like a grasshopper after the autumn for a few days.

Gong Chengshu and Xue Chongyu were chatting and laughing, and they were sitting and eating together at the moment, and at this time, the witch Fan Huzi also walked into the hall, followed by Lu Qiongxian, the maid, and the two began to salute after seeing Liu Gang, and Liu Gang got up from his seat and ordered someone to prepare a seat, not far from him.

Gong Chengshu got up and said: "The national teacher came this time, and it seems that he also knows His Majesty's plan to purchase war elephants and deal with the Song army. ”

"Your Majesty." The witch Fan Huzi suddenly knelt on the ground, then raised her head to look at Liu Gang, and said, "Last night, poor Ni watched the sky at night, and found that Ziwei Star moved north, and the Qi of the Son of Heaven weakened, and a black gas appeared next to Ziwei Emperor Star. And the heavens sent down a warning word, saying: The words are a prosperous palace, and the mountain bullies and oppresses a case, but it can't catch up. I don't know what this phrase is, whether it's a person's name or a place's name, and I ask Your Majesty to order someone to check it. ”

Liu Gang muttered: "It is said that there is a prosperous palace, and a case is bullied and suppressed under the mountain, but it is hard to catch up." ”

Gong Chengshu listened to the words of the witch Fan Huzi, and he deliberately pretended to blurt out, and said: "Your Majesty, isn't it the word 'reputation' to say that a prosperous palace is a palace; Isn't this Lord Xue [the honorific title for the palace servant]. Lord Xue, isn't it? ”

"Your Majesty, this ...... Isn't that what God meant? Xue Chongyu knelt on the ground and kowtowed in begging.

"That's right, Xue Qing has always thought about my big man, maybe it means something else, but just in case, the national teacher still needs to figure it out."

Liu Gang's words made Xue Chongyu also grateful, but the next moment, suddenly a group of people from outside the hall entered the hall with an awe-inspiring momentum.

The person who came was Guo Chongyue, he knelt in front of Liu Gang, and then said: "Your Majesty, the minister suddenly got a secret report, please take a look." ”

Guo Chongyue took out a secret report from the leather armor buckle, and then handed it to Liu Gang, who spread out the secret report, which was impressively impeached Xue Chongyu, and also listed Xue Chongyu's big and small crimes, as well as his use of the purchase of war elephants in recent years, falsely reporting the number, deducting military salaries when the army was on the front line, and encroaching on countless grain fields and torture...... A total of 10 crimes were listed.

The charges were directed at Xue Chongyu, but Gong Chengshu next to him was also stunned when he heard it, because these charges can also be applied to his head, but the words of the witch have already shown that even if Gong Chengshu is guilty, he should be innocent, and that sentence is a prosperous palace, and the mountain bullies and oppresses a case, but he can't catch up, and the spearhead is also pointed at Xue Chongyu, and naturally Gong Chengshu ordered someone to pass it on to the witch Fan Huzi.

After Xue Chongyu heard this, he immediately knelt on the ground and bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, that's slander." ”

Liu Gang said: "In this case, it is better to order someone to lock Xue Qing in the prison first, and Master Gong will order someone to investigate this matter." ”

Gong Chengshu also knelt on the ground, accepted the will, looked at Liu Gang and Xue Chongyu, and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, the old slave also believes that Lord Xue is not guilty." However, since His Majesty handed over this matter to the old slave, the old slave will definitely find out about this matter. ”

Gong Chengshu said that in the end, he suddenly raised his voice, and after Xue Chongyu heard it, he didn't know why, and he chuckled in his heart.

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