Guo Congyi's mistake had very serious consequences......

Although Wang Jun escaped alive and returned to the camp deployed in Yongxingdu, he only had more than 200 personal soldiers around him, and most of the other troops were scattered. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoSome of them fled far away from the battlefield and were difficult to retract, and many people were captured and trapped in the hell city ruled by Zhao Sixuan.

Guo Congyi's main force finally came to the city a few days later, and Zhao Siwan's defense was more tightly guarded at this time. Guo Congyi had no choice but to follow the advice of joining the army, build forts, dig trenches, and prepare for a long-term siege.

In May, Li Shouzhen sent reinforcements to relieve the siege of Chang'an, Guo Congyi knew that this reinforcement must be taken seriously, so he was ready to deploy elite tooth soldiers to wait for the battle, and at the same time he had to guard against the black-faced army in Chang'an City waiting for the opportunity to fight back and jointly attack himself with Li Shouzhen's reinforcements, which was really dangerous.

The news reached the center of Bianliang. The imperial court knew that whether it was Yongxing Guo Congyi or Bai Wenke in the river, they had no intention of forging ahead, but would only stand firm and wait for the imperial court to support. Liu Chengyou had no choice but to urge Guo Wei to take command of the expedition from time to time, but Guo Wei was restrained by Liu Yanseng and accompanying the capital, and did not dare to rashly put aside the chaotic situation and set out with peace of mind.

It was the end of May. At this time, it had been summer for a long time, and in the evening, Guo Wei summoned private guests in the mansion to listen to their views on the current situation.

In addition to Guo Wei, there were four other people in the room, one of whom stood beside Guo Wei with a respectful face, of course, it was his beloved son Guo Rong. Another white-faced man in the prime of life sits on the left. On the right is a sallow-skinned man with deep wrinkles between his eyebrows, the kind of face that gives people a "very serious" mark as soon as they meet. There was also a young man sitting in the corner, this guy seemed to have good facial features, but he stretched out his little thumb and couldn't stop picking his ears, looking a little absent-minded.

The private affairs of important members of the imperial court have always been like this, one after another, and after the henchmen of the older generation are reused, they will be gradually placed by the lord to the necessary vacancies in the imperial court, regardless of the local or central government offices.

The old man is gone, and they have sold themselves for many years to finally get a position, and become the old master's strategy, and then naturally a new curtain of guests will sprout again.

"The situation is difficult, the people's livelihood is difficult, the Northwest Rebellion cannot end in the short term, and the situation in the DPRK is turbulent," in the face of these newcomers in recent years, Guo Wei spoke, "Guo called to rank today, because he wanted to hear what good plans the princes had. ”

"Of course, Guo also hopes that you will not hesitate to teach you some contrary words."

Guo Wei added this sentence again, after all, after Zhenguan, people who want to win over elite and good people often have to make such an expression. It's almost routine, like a scene......

The white-faced man got up and arched:

"Lord Qiqi, although Chang'an City has not been able to overcome it for a long time, Guo Congyi has actually made great contributions, and his role is particularly critical."

"Oh? Please also ask Mr. Zhou to elaborate. ”

"Don't you think: the siege of Chang'an deployed by Guo Congyi seriously threatens Zhao Sijuan, which attracted Li Shouzhen in the river to send the main force to rescue, so that the pressure on Tongguan in the river is much less, and the imperial court has time to deal with it calmly."

Guo Wei frowned, thinking to himself that what this person said was complete nonsense, as a dignified privy envoy, can I still see that Li Shouzhen was attracted by Guo Congyi, and can relieve the pressure on Tongguan?

"Mr.'s words are indeed incisive," Guo Wei reluctantly squeezed out a word of praise, "I don't know what Yu Rangong's opinion is?" ”

The person who "frowned" saluted and said: "There is no danger in Tongguan for the time being, this is a fact. Therefore, the imperial court should reward the soldiers in front of them and encourage them to continue to fight bravely against the enemy, and at the same time do a good job in dealing with the inside of the pass, and keep the inside and the outside. ”

"Is that so?" Guo Wei was slightly moved, "That being the case, please tell me about the affairs in the Guannei, how to rectify the affairs in the Guannei?" ”

"My lord," the frown between his brows suddenly filled with tears, "I have heard a saying: Those who rule with benevolence and righteousness can last for a long time. ”

Guo Wei saw that Guo Rong's face on the side was ugly, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "The humane curtain guests are all not as good as a stubble, but now it seems that it is really true." Guo Wei knew that what this person said just now was actually to change the words in "Zhenguan Political Leaders" and throw them out roughly, this kind of truth is actually tired of hearing this kind of big truth.

"Guo Shumi," the frowning brows between his eyebrows tightened, and when he said the excitement at this time, his tears fell, "The envy of the imperial court is too strict, the people of the Central Plains have caught up with the snow in the early spring of this year, Su Fengji is still pressing them, and the privy council should fight with reason in the court, so that the people can have a chance to breathe." ”

Guo Wei couldn't help but feel a little unhappy in his heart, this person knew that the decision to save money was jointly approved by himself and Su Fengji, and I am afraid that saying these words at this time is not only to blame Su Fengji, but also to blame himself. Guo Wei said in his heart: "He is worthy of being a person who dares to make slanders." He knew that since the Zhenguan year, the literati had regarded it as fashionable to speak out.

Guo Wei shook his head slightly again, and thought, "It's a pity that I didn't say much about it." ”

Suddenly, the white-faced man echoed again: "This matter is a general idea in Xia and Yu Rangong, the imperial court must try to relieve the burden of the people as soon as possible and recuperate with the people!" ”

Guo Wei stopped praising their slander this time, he glanced at the young man in the corner and asked:

"Cheng Kuiyuan, what do you say?"

Of course, the person inside was Chengyuan, and he was still hesitating whether to speak out his words, but at this moment he had to reply: "I can't agree with the opinions of the two of you just now, and I'm offended." ”

Chengyuan couldn't care about the embarrassment of the two just now.

"Now the battle situation on the front line is stable on the surface, but the two major losses implied were actually lightly carried by Guo Congyi's war report: first, Guo Congyi did not listen to Wang Jun's advice and failed to take Chang'an first; Second, Bai Wenke, Chang Si, and Liu Ci in the river could not intercept the reinforcements sent by Li Shouzhen, so Guo Congyi was caught in a dilemma. ”

He saw that Guo Wei's eyes were encouraging, so he continued: "In this way, even if Guo Congyi resists Li Shouzhen's reinforcements and thus maintains the encirclement of Chang'an, then the besieged people in the city are afraid that they will also suffer." ”

"You're right!"

Guo Wei nodded again and again, if Chang'an City is besieged for a long time, then the lives of the people are at stake, these are indeed things that he worries about day and night.

"As for the envy of the imperial court's levy, I am only afraid that there are some other feelings," Chengyuan continued, "If the collection is effective during the summer harvest, then the grain and grass prepared when the expedition is sufficient." In this way, when the army drove to Yongxing, the scouts of Li Shouzhen and Zhao Sijuan would panic when they saw that our army had enough food, and they would either seek peace and save their lives, or take risks to break through the siege. ”

Cheng Yuan said energetically, and simply stood up and paced:

"On the contrary, if only not enough military rations are prepared and rushed into battle, then the thief army will have a fluke mentality, and they only hope that our army's logistics will not be able to withdraw on their own, and they will have the determination to stick to the lonely city and fight the beasts."

"Frowning between the eyebrows" heard the light in his heart, and hurriedly refuted him: "After all, there is snow in the early spring of this year, and taxes should have been reduced or reduced. The so-called country is people-oriented, people take food as their life, and if the grain is not listed, it is not something that the country can rely on. ”

Cheng Yuan said in his heart: "It's "Zhenguan Dignitaries" again, ......"

"However, I have a word, I want to ask Mr.: The person who compiled the "Zhenguan Political Dignitaries", Wu Jingye, after he submitted this article, what happened to him?"

He was stunned for a moment between his eyebrows, he knew that after "Zhenguan Political Dignitaries" was handed over, Li Shimin not only did not commend Wu Jing, but also demoted him.

Cheng Yuan patted the shoulder of the "frowning eyebrows" again and smiled: "This gentleman, you are benevolent, and you really make me admire!" ”

When he said this, he thought to himself, "I admire you Virgin!" ”

However, the gentleman did not know: compared with the Guannei, the people in Chang'an City during the siege were more in danger. A lot of summer grain was collected for circulation, although it would make the people of the Central Plains suffer, but after the enemy city was recovered, the military grain could be given to the people in the city. ”

Guo Wei breathed a long sigh of relief, he knew that even Guo Rong owed him some understanding, but Cheng Yuan said what he thought in his heart......

Guo Wei originally had no intention of telling the world about this, after all, he wanted to claim that he had taken something from A's mouth to save B, and B took such a thing for granted, and A would scold even more, so it was better not to say it if he said it with great fanfare, so it was better not to say it.

What's more, this world was originally his Liu family......

Seeing that the "frowning eyebrows" began to gush on Cheng Yuan's accusations again, Guo Wei finally interrupted him:

"Yu Ran Gong doesn't need to be angry," Guo Wei soothed, "Your opinions, I have already thought about it in my heart, it's not early, let's disperse." ”

Seeing the two of them walking out of the hall, Guo Wei gave Chengyuan a look and asked him to stay.

"Cheng Kuiyuan, it's almost June, the matter in the northwest is becoming more and more urgent, and the matter of Liu Yanseng and Hu Luan, I'm afraid that it will really be solved in danger."

"The lord has decided on it? Will you believe in my plan? ”

Guo Wei sighed: "I summoned a few of them today, and I listened to everyone's thoughts, but unfortunately the ideas of the other two still didn't work in the end......

"Cheng Kuiyuan, if you are really not sure, wouldn't you give up your life for this idea?" Guo Rong on the side finally interjected.

Seeing that Chengyuan's expression was very resolute, Guo Wei finally nodded again: "Those people in Dengzhou who have been favored by Hu Luan have already arrived in Bianliang, and they are making trouble in the city. Hou Yi of Kaifeng Mansion opened his eyes and closed his eyes, and did not disperse them. ”

Chengyuan nodded: "That is the case, tomorrow morning, I can go on the road." ”

Note 1: The word "Yuan Turtle" here means borrowing, which is similar to the usage of "Shufu Yuan Turtle".