Wang Shichong pursed his lips, and with this action, he quickly sorted out his thoughts, bowed to Yang Jian, and asked, "I don't know which paragraph Your Majesty wants to listen to?" ”

Yang Jian's eyebrows raised slightly: "Let's start with the battle of Wei County." ”

Wang Shichong began to recreate the battle in the wilderness again, the fight with the giant beast, the bloody battle with the barbarians, Zhang Xutuo's efforts to turn the tide, and the tragedy when the war elephant stepped back after the fire attack, all followed Wang Shichong's storyteller-like performance, so that everyone present was as if they were there, and even Yang Jian was moved several times and sighed. It wasn't until the final victory and defeat had been divided and the barbarian army was defeated on all fronts that Yang Jian breathed a sigh of relief, let go of the fist he had been clenching, and showed a knowing smile on his face.

Wang Shichong gave a trial lecture at Li Jing's place last night, and after he went back, he repeatedly sorted out his words, which can be called a careful consideration of words, and his performance today can be described as full of emotion, and he is also very satisfied.

Yang Jian smiled at the important ministers: "It turns out that there is such a wonderful story in the battle of Ningzhou, thanks to Wang Yuanwai's narration, otherwise only from the military newspaper, how can you know that Lu Dao will be like this?" ”

Yang Su took the opportunity to say on the side: "Thanks to His Majesty's blessing and the soldiers of the three armies with their lives, they defeated the Nanban and won a complete victory. ”

Yang Jian waved his hand: "It has nothing to do with me, it completely depends on the hard work of the soldiers." Wang Yuan, you just said that the leader of the rebel army saw that the defeat was decided, so he fled for his life in a hurry with a few guards, and then what? ”

Wang Shichong secretly complained in his heart, this wonderful victory is still not the main thing, it seems that Yang Jian is more concerned about Shi Wansui's behavior later. But his expression was still calm as usual: "Marshal Shi has more than two thousand cavalry. He also did not care about chasing and killing deserters of the enemy army on the battlefield. went directly to the two thieves, and left the command of the battlefield to General Yang Wutong, and also instructed General Yang to take over the command of the army with full authority, and to quickly send troops to meet him after cleaning up the battlefield. ”

Yang Jian frowned: "As the commander of the First Army, he should be as stable as Mount Tai and as solid as a rock, why did Marshal Shi leave the position like this?" What is your explanation? ”

Wang Shichong said loudly: "Weichen thinks." Marshal Shi only had the enemy chieftain in his eyes at that time, everyone in our counterinsurgency army was very clear, only by catching two enemy leaders, this rebellion could be truly quelled, Marshal Shi not only commanded the army when he made his arm, but also commanded this kind of two or three thousand people to pursue the team is also his strength, when the Jiangnan rebellion was quelled, Marshal Shi personally led two thousand sharp soldiers, turned to fight thousands of miles, and captured Wuzhou with strange soldiers. Quelled Wang Wenjin's rebellion, this time the pursuit. Weichen thought that Marshal Shi was also the most suitable candidate. ”

Yang Jian was obviously not too satisfied with Wang Shichong's answer, and his tone became a little higher: "Wang Yuanwai, according to what you said, Marshal Shi is a loyal and good general who is dedicated to the country?" How do you explain his later act of secretly releasing enemy chieftains? ”

Wang Shichong replied without thinking: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen was in the army at the time, and he could only do his duty, Marshal Shi pursued for thousands of miles, Weichen did not know the battle situation ahead, and when he heard that Marshal Shi finally captured the enemy's head at the junction of Ningzhou and Guizhou, Weichen was also excited and couldn't sleep at night. As for the fact that Marshal Shi suddenly secretly returned to the camp and convened a temporary military meeting, claiming that he would release the two thieves, Wechen was also taken aback at the time, and then tried his best to persuade him, in Wechen's opinion, this was a shortfall. ”

Yang Jian sighed "hmm" and continued to ask: "Then do you know that Marshal Lu Dao Shi wants to release those two thieves?" Has the reason been mentioned in the military conference? ”

Wang Shichong said loudly: "In the military discussion, Marshal Shi said that after this war, the losses of the Ningzhou departments, the east and west barbarian departments have seen the banner of our Sui army and lost heart, and there is no strength to rebel, in this case, stabilize the situation in Ningzhou, subduing the hearts of the southern barbarians is the first thing, after Zhuge Liang captured Meng seven times, he still made him the king of Nanzhong, ensuring that Nanzhong did not regenerate in the Shu Han generation for decades, he intended to follow the sages, so he let go of the brothers. ”

Yang Jian said coldly: "Shi Wansui also said this to me in the song, but the order I gave at that time was that the enemy must be captured or killed, and if it is captured, it must be brought back to the capital. ”

Wang Shichong straightened his waist and said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, it was in consideration of this order that Weichen tried his best to persuade Marshal Shi in the military discussion, Marshal Shi couldn't convince Weichen, and deliberately let the other generals withdraw first, and then leave Weichen to discuss alone, he said that the imperial court is about to use troops in the north, in the face of the powerful Turks, it is not appropriate to make trouble in the south at this time, if we bring the planing back to Daxing and sacrifice the Taimiao, the barbarians in Ningzhou will hate us to the bone, after all, the Jiashi has been operating in Ningzhou for hundreds of years, To do so rashly would lose the hearts of the Southern Barbarians. ”

Yang Jian pondered for a moment and asked, "Is there no other reason?" ”

Wang Shichong glanced at Gao Xi, who was frowning deeply, and said: "In order to show their respect for our Great Sui, the barbarians of Nanning Prefecture compensated for the country's losses and military expenses in this rebellion, and also took out a large amount of gold to Marshal Shi, which is probably an important reason for Marshal Shi to return to the Fu Yu brothers. ”

As soon as these words came out, Gao Xi's face finally soothed, and the faces of the others in the audience changed, Su Xiaoci's eyes widened, and he said sharply: "Wang Shichong, in front of Your Majesty, don't spread rumors for no reason!" Shi Wansui's military report to the Ministry of War did not mention the collection of gold, and the letter from the King of Shu to the imperial court did not mention it, what evidence do you have for this? ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "This matter is what Weichen saw with his own eyes, Marshal Shi said that these gold is the compensation paid by the barbarians of Ningzhou in order to show their respect, which shows their sincerity, as for why this matter was not mentioned in the military report, Weichen really doesn't know, if His Majesty does not believe in this matter, he can send the imperial history to investigate, including the investigation of the barbarian tribes in Ningzhou, and you will know it as soon as you ask." ”

Su Xiaoci's face turned red, his snow-white beard fluttered without wind, and his eyes almost popped out of his sockets: "Wang Shichong, you have framed the imperial court general without any evidence, and you are not afraid of touching Tianwei if you speak in front of Your Majesty?" ”

Wang Shichong had already made a choice before coming today, telling the truth would offend a considerable number of the generals of the Guanlong Military Meritorious Group, such as Su Xiaoci, but at least he could leave a good impression in front of Yang Jian, and he would not lose the support of Gao Xi and Yang Su, but if he helped Shi Wansui and the Guanlong Group behind him to lie blatantly, it is likely that he would not get out of Daxing Palace alive today.

So Wang Shichong said coldly to Su Xiaoci: "Su Shangshu, in front of His Majesty, Shichong didn't dare to say a word, not only Marshal Shi, but even the Wan Senjun sent to Ningzhou by the King of Shu, Yuan Sima, all took the opportunity of interrogating the local tribal leaders to wantonly loot local gold, all kinds of behaviors, a check will show that Shichong is willing to vouch for the head, if what he said is half untrue, he is willing to ambush him!"

Su Xiaoci's anger was like a volcano bursting out, if it wasn't in the palace now, he would probably have wanted to come up and beat Wang Shichong a long time ago, but Yang Jian's words were like a basin of cold water poured on his head, which made him sober up a lot at once: "Su Aiqing, what Wang Yuan has seen and heard outside the palace truthfully reported to me, this is his duty, as for whether it is true, I naturally have a way to verify it, why don't you give him a chance to speak?" ”

Su Xiaoci suddenly felt a chill rising down his back, Yang Jian looked at himself with the eyes that completely lost the usual kind of humility and charity, but had an awe-inspiring and inviolable imperial majesty, he realized that he was too excited just now, and hurriedly knelt down and apologized: "The minister is out of shape for a while, a capital crime!"

Yang Jian waved his hand, and there was still a coldness in his voice: "Su Shangshu, you are also an old minister of the imperial court, and you don't even know a little bit of etiquette. (To be continued......)