No one thought that Xian Yu Zhongtong, who was the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, would obey the orders of the deputy envoy and accept the reprimand and insult of a deputy envoy, but the next morning, Xian Yu Zhongtong's arrival really gave the generals a slap in the face.

At midnight, Xian Yu Zhongtong's car came all the way from Chengdu and arrived in Yaozhou within the deadline of ten days. Wang Yuan also led the crowd to greet him at the north gate in accordance with etiquette, and Xian Yu Zhongtong sat on a tall horse and arrived outside the north gate under the support of hundreds of soldiers.

Xian Yu Zhongtong saw Wang Yuan and the others, and without waiting for Wang Yuan to come forward to meet him, he dismounted first and gave it away, and laughed loudly: "Congratulations, brother, I am overjoyed to hear that my brother led his troops to break through Ge Luofeng and recover Yaozhou City." Yaozhou has finally been recaptured, and we can also give an explanation to the imperial court and the left minister. This is a great joy, let's immediately jointly report to the imperial court, so that His Majesty, the left prime minister and the ministers of the court are also happy. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and stepped forward and bowed back: "Dashuai has worked hard all the way, let's talk about these things later, let's ask Dashuai to enter the city first." ”

"Okay, well, this road is very tiring, and the road is very difficult. There are many mosquitoes in the mountains and forests, and the biting Ben Shuai is itching. I was also trying to take a hot shower quickly, but my whole body stinks, and I am out of place, out of place. Xian Yu Zhongtong laughed and said.

Wang Yuan smiled and didn't answer, and said loudly: "Welcome the handsome man into the city." ”

Everyone flocked to Zhongtong and entered the North Gate Square, but saw thousands of Jiannan soldiers standing in front of them in a neat line, their expressions solemn and solemn, and they were all straight like benchmarks.

"Hey, Brother Wang's leading results are different, and Ben Shuai is ashamed of himself. The appearance of the Jiannan Army has changed greatly, look at this momentum, it is not much worse than the forbidden army. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Thank you for the compliment, this is the ceremony to welcome the handsome, so enjoy it." ”

When the words fell, Wang Yuan waved his hand, but seeing the movements of thousands of soldiers standing upright, they were draped in white linen clothes at the beginning, and after a while, they were all plain, and the atmosphere suddenly became weird.

Xian Yu Zhongtong was surprised: "What is this? ”

Wang Yuan sneered: "These soldiers are accompanying the marshal to sacrifice the dead, and they will come and put on a sackcloth and filial piety hat for the marshal, and wait for the marshal to change his clothes." ”

The two guards held the tray in their hands, stopped in front of Xian Yu Zhongtong, and presented a set of linen filial piety hats. Xian Yu Zhongtong looked embarrassed and whispered to Wang Yuan: "Brother, it's not good for you to be like this." I've already come to Yaozhou, can't you leave me a thin noodle? ”

Wang Yuan said coldly: "Xian Yu Dashuai, because of your fault, I caused the unprovoked death and injury of 2,000 soldiers and horses, and I didn't report it to the court and Zuo Xiang, which is already very face-saving for you." ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong also sneered: "Wang Yuan, Ben Shuai is not afraid that you will sue, Ben Shuai can come to give you a lot of face, you don't want to gain an inch." Don't think that if you have some credit, you can point fingers at this handsome. You have to understand that Ben Shuai is your superior, and you are committing a crime. ”

Wang Yuan laughed and said: "Joke, before the military law, there was no distinction between relatives and relatives, whether you were high or low, whether you were up or down, as a leading commander, don't you understand this truth?" I am the right thing and not the right person, and the marshal's dereliction of duty has caused more than 2,000 of my deaths and injuries in vain, and according to military law, it is not something that I ask the marshal to do can make up for it. ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong frowned and said: "That incident is not my fault, I have already escorted several people who neglected their duties here, and I want to hand them over to you to deal with and clarify the facts." ”

Wang Yuan sneered: "Dashuai, why are you bothering to find a scapegoat?" I'm afraid you haven't realized the seriousness of the problem, the officers and men in the army are very angry about this matter, and if you don't give an explanation, I won't be able to fight this subsequent battle. You can not do what I say, but you can fight the battle with Ge Luofeng by yourself, and I don't want to wade into this troubled water again. You can clean up your own mess by yourself, when the deadline is up, if you can't explain to the court, whether you, a handsome man, lose your head, or be robbed and imprisoned, it's none of my business. ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong hated it so much, if he was confident that he could lead the army to take Nanzhao, how could he have so many concerns? It was precisely because he lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses that Yang Guozhong invited Wang Yuan to lead the army. He understood that he was already a waste in Yang Guozhong's eyes. If it weren't for Zuo Xiang's attempt to hide the truth of the defeat, how could he still sit in the position of the envoy of the Jiannan Jiedu. His future is completely pinned on the basis of whether Wang Yuan can turn the situation around, if not, how could he be reluctantly reprimanded by Wang Yuan's words sent by Wang Yuan, and come here to appease Wang Yuan's mood in a loud voice.

"Brother Wang, I know it's wrong, but you want me to apologize to the whole army, and to wear filial piety to the dead soldiers, is this too much? It's a big deal that I'll pay tribute to them and give them a generous compassionate gift. Besides, I didn't mean to do that. I was in order to catch up with the schedule, and I heard a few bullshit things say that the carbon core is shorter, but it is nothing, and the time to press the carbon core layer by layer is too cumbersome, so I agreed to reduce the process of pressing the carbon core in order to speed up the progress. Xian Yu Zhongtong said in a low voice.

Wang Yuantie snorted coldly with a blue face: "You still dare to defend yourself, knowing that these masks are related to life and death, you dare to reduce the process without understanding, aren't you joking with our lives?" Just ask, if I had been attacked by a miasma with the mask of that defective product that day, I would have been a dead man by now. Am I not dead at your hand? Tell me, what is your intention? ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong was taken aback, although it was a hypothesis, but it was indeed possible, Xian Yu Zhongtong realized why Wang Yuan was so angry, it was not a trivial matter that killed an ordinary soldier in his mind, but a major matter related to Wang Yuan and even the senior generals in the army.

"Brother, I don't have the slightest bad intentions for you, if you have this intention, you will not be able to live after death." Xian Yu Zhongtong did not hesitate to swear by the sky.

Wang Yuan waved his hand and said: "It's not that you need to explain to me now, I can not care about this, but the emotions of the soldiers need to be calmed down, otherwise I won't be able to fight the next battle." If you do not believe, listen to the voice of the soldiers. ”

As soon as Wang Yuan waved his hand, thousands of Jiannan soldiers dressed in vegetarian clothes in the square shouted in unison: "Please give us an explanation about the mask." It is strongly demanded that those who neglect their duties in disregard of human life be severely punished by military law. ”

The roar resounded through the square, deafening, Xian Yu Zhongtong's face turned pale, and his body shrank back. He knew how serious the consequences of arousing the people's anger would be, and it was possible that these soldiers would rush up and divide their bodies, and Wang Yuan might not even be willing to stop them.

"That's it, just do what you say." Xian Yu Zhongtong finally had to understand that today's thinking and mud are not possible.

Wang Yuan nodded and said: "This is a responsible move, Xian Yu is handsome, and you will understand in the future that I asked you to do this is not an insult and disrespect to you, but to help you." If you don't understand it thoroughly, you can write to Zuo Xiang and ask Zuo Xiang for advice. ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong nodded again and again: "I understand, I understand." ”

The two soldiers waited for the table Xian Yu Zhongtong to put on a sackcloth and filial piety hat, and the soldiers made way of a passage, but saw a square platform several feet high with bluestone not far ahead, and a black rock tablet was in the middle of the square platform, which was densely engraved with many names. In front of the square platform, there is a sacrificial table, on which the pig's head and sheep's horns and other sacrifices are placed on a table, and there are incense burners and other things.

Xian Yu Zhongtong stepped forward and was asked to light incense and worship like a puppet, and beheaded several people involved in the case. After the worship, Wang Yuan led him to the side to see the hundreds of injured people who had been poisoned but could not recover, although they had saved their lives. Xian Yu Zhongtong looked at the miserable situation of those soldiers whose ears and noses were crooked, their eyes and mouths were crooked, and their saliva was dripping and they couldn't even sit steadily, and he was horrified in his heart. There was also some remorse in my heart.

Next, Wang Yuan took Xian Yu Zhongtong to the various camps of the garrison, Xian Yu Zhongtong bowed and apologized to the soldiers of each battalion, saying that he would be merciful to the dead and treat the wounded well, and ensure that such a thing would never happen again.

At noon, the matter finally ended according to Wang Yuan's intentions, Xian Yu Zhongtong was also tired like a dead dog, from the mental and physical double blow made him feel like he was seriously ill, and he only drank a few drinks at the noon reception banquet and left the table to retire and go back to rest.

After Xian Yu Zhongtong left the table, the generals of the Jiannan Army burst into laughter and turned their admiring gazes to Wang Yuan. Wang Yuan drank indifferently without showing the slightest smugness.

"Ladies and gentlemen, don't think that I am deliberately going against Xian Yu Dashuai, I am just strictly enforcing military discipline through this matter. Remember, as long as I lead the army for a day, I will reward whoever has merit, and I will investigate whoever has done it. Even if you are my dearest, the people around you, or everyone here, or even your boss and officials, I will not let it go, this is my Wang Yuan's way of governing the army. ”

"Deputy marshal, I am convinced, as soon as the deputy marshal comes, the world is clear, and there is no more chaotic favoritism in the past. The old man concluded that the Jiannan Army will definitely become the first army of our Tang Dynasty, and it will be an invincible army under the command of the deputy marshal. Li Mi raised his glass and said.

"Borrow the old general's auspicious words, cheers." Wang Yuan raised his glass and drank it all.