Chapter 548: Lingwu (3)

Lin Yong was very unimpressed with Kong Sheng's words, but he only twitched the corners of his mouth, because he still had to care about Kong Sheng's identity. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info he is the same as Kong Sheng's rank, but Kong Sheng is a celebrity around the emperor, a dignitary in the capital, he only serves as a feudal town in the local area, and he can't offend Kong Sheng too much.

The Beijing official is by the side of the Son of Heaven, and the so-called near the water tower gets the moon first, maybe one day he will sue himself in the emperor for a black state, like a local feudal town with military power, which is already suspected by the emperor, and once it is framed by others, the result can be imagined. Therefore, not only Lin Yong, but also those in the local feudal towns, there are very few people who are willing to offend the Beijing officials, especially those who are high-ranking and powerful Beijing officials above the third rank.

But Lin Yong's deputy general Zhou Zheng is a hot-tempered person, and he has long seen Kong Sheng a little unpleasant - in fact, in the eyes of border generals like Zhou Zheng, there are not many powerful people in the capital who can look pleasing to the eye, and in his eyes, these dignitaries in the capital spend all day drinking and eating vegetarian meals in the capital, and they can only talk on paper at critical times, and they don't understand military affairs at all, let alone the hard work of these border soldiers.

Just like now, you Kong Sheng knows a fart, why do you say that the Hui people won't attack Lingwu? What do you know? What is the nature of the Hui people, do you know?

Therefore, Kong Sheng's unintentional words caused a strong backlash from Zhou Zheng, and he couldn't help but stand up and sneered: "Chang'an Hou is saying that our Lingwu soldiers are making a big fuss?" Do you know that the 100,000 troops of the Hui army are pressed against the realm, if it weren't for our soldiers to wait for them, Lingwu City would be able to keep it? If it weren't for the blood and sweat of our soldiers who guarded the border all the year round, how could there be the stability and prosperity of the imperial capital of Chang'an? Open the city gate and let go of the war preparations, it is easy to say, you see, the Hui army is moving in the direction of Lingwu, if our army does not reorganize the army and fight, let the Hui people take Lingwu City in one fell swoop, the lives of the entire army and civilians in the city will not be guaranteed, and after Lingwu, how can the thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in the Tang Dynasty be saved? Once that time comes, let Chang'an Hou take responsibility? How to explain to His Majesty and the Imperial Court? ”

"What's more, the Hui people are enemies of me, but Chang'an Hou wants to give generous gifts to the Hui people, and ignore the hard work of our soldiers in bloody battles!"

The more Zhou Zheng spoke, the more excited he became, his voice became extremely high, and the series of interrogations were even more hearty, and he could hear the hearts of the Lingwu generals around him.

Everyone looked at Kong Sheng coldly, and saw how Kong Sheng agreed.

Lin Yong frowned, feeling that something was wrong. Zhou Zheng is just a deputy general of Lingwu, and General Xuanwei of the fourth rank is a subordinate official, and he provokes Kong Sheng, a senior official and a special envoy of the imperial court, in public.

But after all, Lingwu City is not the imperial capital of Chang'an, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and these subordinates are unruly and unruly, and Lin Yong cannot completely suppress it. And to put it bluntly, Zhou Zheng also said his heart, and he also wanted to use Zhou Zheng's mouth to suppress Kong Sheng's majesty and test Kong Sheng's reaction.

Kong Sheng turned around slowly, looked at Zhou Zheng, smiled faintly, and did not speak.

Kong Sheng didn't want to have an unpleasant conflict with these border generals, but Zhou Zheng's words had touched his bottom line, if Kong Sheng didn't do anything at this moment, his prestige as a special envoy of the imperial court and the general of Chang'an Hou and the forbidden army would be gone.

Wu Xianwu Xie was furious when he heard this, and immediately rushed forward and reprimanded angrily: "Bold, you dare to commit a crime and be rude to the general!" ”

Zhou Zheng is not even afraid of Kong Sheng, let alone the subordinates of Kong Sheng's subordinates. He snorted, glared at Wu Xianwu angrily, and explained: "I will talk about things on the matter, why should I be rude?" There are some words, don't say in front of Chang'an, even in front of His Majesty, the general should also say it! ”

"Presumptuous!" Wu Xian became furious, holding the saber at his waist in his hand, and he couldn't control his movements.

Kong Sheng patted Wu Xian's shoulder and said lightly: "Wu Xian, step down!" ”

Kong Sheng walked up slowly, stared at Zhou Zheng, and said with a light smile: "You have a lot of questions, Kong can only answer you slowly." ”

"First, the 100,000 troops of the Hui are pressing the border, which is nothing more than threatening the imperial court to fulfill the peace agreement, in order to ask for the princess's dowry and alleviate the current situation of the lack of grain and grass materials for the Hui. This point is very clear to the government and the opposition, but the court and His Majesty still have to maintain peace, because there are still rebels of An Qingxu and Shi Siming in Hedong and Hebei, and the Tang Dynasty is unstable and cannot be subjected to the enemy on its back. For the sake of the stability and long-term overall situation of the whole country, we have to make concessions to the Uighur strategy. This is one of them. ”

"Therefore, the Hui people will not really invade our borders, and it is impossible for Datang and the Hui to really start a war. The end of the war cannot be started lightly, whether it is for me Datang or for Hui Hui, this is the case. There is a shortage of grain and grass, and they can't afford to fight a war. Therefore, Kong Moucai said that the Hui people would not take the initiative to invade our border, otherwise they would have driven straight into it a long time ago, so why wait until today? ”

"For all the soldiers who defended the border for the Tang Dynasty, their merits, their hard work and their bloody sacrifice, including Kong, everyone has respect. Of course, it's not just the Lingwu soldiers who are fighting for the country?! But one yard is one yard, if the 100,000 Hui army really has the intention of attacking Lingwu, with tens of thousands of Lingwu troops and horses, they are powerless to resist at all, and Lingwu City is destined to not be able to keep it. This is the truth, and you may not want to hear it, but the facts are the facts. This is the second one. ”

"Chang'an Hou, don't underestimate my Lingwu soldiers! Our generation fought bravely to kill the enemy, forgetting to die, as long as there is a breath of our generation, we will never let the Hui people step into Lingwu City half a step! Zhou Zheng was indignant and took a step forward, angry and awe-inspiring.

Kong Sheng smiled lightly: "General Zhou, right?" Kong has never despised any border soldier, nor has he ever denied your true temperament of sacrificing your life and forgetting your life to defend the country! However, when the two countries are at war, the major affairs of the country cannot be controlled by the courage of flesh and blood. I am just stating a basic fact, not to underestimate your bravery, and please don't get me wrong. ”

As far as Kong Sheng's identity is concerned, for a low-level general like Zhou Zheng, patiently explaining and tolerating his aggressiveness is already a kind of generosity, which is actually where Kong Sheng's respect for the border soldiers lies-otherwise, how can Kong Sheng allow others to wantonly trample on his dignity?!

"Flesh and blood? Chang'an Hou's words would have been disagreeable. Our generation of spiritual warriors, since it is difficult to come with His Majesty, experienced in a hundred battles, invincible, which time did not rely on the so-called blood and courage? It's not that this general underestimates the forbidden army of Chang'anhou's subordinates, who is known as a brave army......" Although Zhou Zheng's words were stopped and did not speak directly, his ridicule and contempt were already overflowing.

"Chang'an has been living in Chang'an for a long time, and the warblers are singing and dancing, where do you know the sorrow and sadness of our border soldiers? Although there are only more than 30,000 Lingwu military horses of our generation, they can all be brave and good at fighting, and one is ten, we risk our lives, and what can we do with the 100,000 army? ! Zhou Zheng said proudly. (To be continued.) )