Chapter 230: Westward Migration
The next day, General Huo Yan took the lead in speaking, he was extremely excited now, as a general, he should make contributions on the battlefield, just fight water thieves every day, how boring it is.
As soon as Huo Yan proposed, all the civil and military forces in the hall knelt down one after another to second; They were all bewitched by the Jinyi guard, the military generals were very persuasive, Dong Lian didn't waste many tongues, and the civil officials, Dong Lian also used both soft and hard, some lure, some coercion, in short, all done.
"Lord Wang, you just give the order, we are reversed!"
"That is, the court still wants double the salary, and we won't give him a cent!"
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Yang Ming swallowed his saliva and said in his heart, what's wrong today? Hell, all the officials agreed to rebel, and this kind of strange thing has never happened.
Yang Mingqiang stabilized himself and said, "What are you doing here?" My Yang family has always been loyal, how can it be the court! ”
Looking at He Li, who was in charge of the treasury, Yang Ming said, "Lord He, how is the preparation of the food and salary for the imperial court?" ”
He Li said: "Back to the prince, the treasury is empty, the people refuse to levy, and the ministers really can't get together 20,000 taels of gold and 200,000 denier of grain. ”
"Lord Wang, on the contrary, now that there is chaos today, it is a good time for me to rise in Dongjun, as long as the prince gives an order, this world is yours!"
This temptation is not insignificant, Yang Ming pondered, but he only hesitated for a moment before recovering: "There is no need to discuss the rebellion, and this king will not rebel against the court if he dies!" ”
Huo Yan came out and said, "Lord Wang, are you worried that the imperial court is invincible?" ”
Huo Yan said confidently: "As long as the prince gives the order, the last general will be able to defeat the naval armies of Bao'an County and North County within a few days, and these two counties are at your fingertips!" ”
The general of Dongjun was Yang Ming's uncle, named Yang Yue, who was fifty-five years old at the time, and he came out and said: "The old minister is willing to make a military order to capture Bao'an County within three months!" ”
Lose your marbles! All crazy!
Yang Ming glanced at the ministers in the main hall, but he didn't see the prime minister. I was overjoyed in my heart, and immediately said: "Such a big thing, you have to nod the prime minister, he is my patriarch of Dongjun." When the first king died, he said that this king should listen to his teachings more, so the matter of sending troops should be considered in the long run! ”
Yang Ming dismissed all the ministers' admonitions in one sentence. Then he brushed his sleeves and left. It's not that Yang Ming doesn't want to rebel, everyone wants to be the emperor! But he felt that it was impossible to win the rebellion, and in the end, it could only be self-defeating!
He didn't want to burn the foundation of his ancestors, if Dongjun was really destroyed in his hands, then he would really become a sinner for the ages, and he would not be able to meet the lords and sects without saying a word after his death.
persuaded Yang Ming unsuccessfully, Dong Lian was slightly angry, what a great credit. You can't stop halfway!
The two county orders told Dong Lian about the affairs of the imperial court, and Dong Lian said: "Since Yuan Tian has to come forward, then we must convince him!" ”
Xiaoqi said: "Lord Zongqi, Yuan Tianlai is very difficult to deal with, he has always been loyal to the Yang family, and once said that he would rather die bluntly than flatter Ronghua; It can be seen from this that this person is not moved by any gold, silver, money and food, please make it clear to the Chief Banner. How do we do that? ”
Dong Lian thought for a while and said: "Since wealth can't move his heart, then we will be hard; The two of you, take the two banners tonight and go to tie up all the members of the Yuan family for me. Especially Yuan Tianlai's two sons, they must be tied up, if he refuses to persuade Yang Ming, Lao Tzu will let him cut off his children and grandchildren! ”
The eyes of the two little flags lit up, and they arched their hands and said, "Obey!" ”
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Western capital, night.
In the Chengqian Palace. All the officials came, and tonight was the day to go to Xiaoting Lake, and the reason why they chose to evacuate the Western Capital at night was to avoid Ma Lan, and the other was to avoid the hundreds of thousands of people in the city.
Now Wang Xu can be described as a god-like existence in the hearts of the people of the Western Capital, and his prestige in the hearts of the people is extremely high.
In the main hall, there were dozens of officials, from Sun Yu, Jia Hui and others, to Jiang Fei, Liu Yang and two other county orders, all of whom came, and everyone knew Wang Xu's intentions, and they were all excited.
Wang Xu came to the hall and sat down, and directly ordered: "Liao Yun, you lead your headquarters to the valley outside the city to ambush, if Ma Lan chases, you will block it with all your might, and when the sun is past noon, you will withdraw and wait for the bank of the Yangtze River in the west of Fuchun County to standby." ”
"No." Liao Yun came out of the queue.
Wang Xu nodded and continued: "Sun Yu led the headquarters as the front army, taking the lead in pulling out, and Qiancang led the troops as the rear army, escorting the grain and grass baggage; The rest of you, straighten out the soldiers and horses, go west with me, and at the third watch, move west, and go to Xiaoting Lake! ”
Everyone gave their hands: "No." ”
After the arrangement, Wang Xu looked at Han Shushu and said with a smile: "Shushu, do you have anything to say?" ”
Han Shushu smiled and said: "King Wen, there is nothing to say about calligraphy and painting, I wish King Wen success and fame in Hexi!" ”
Wang Xu said: "That's good, then I'll borrow your auspicious words." ”
"Everyone, go and prepare, at the third watch, everyone will gather at Simon."
"No."
Han calligraphy and painting seems to be mediocre and scattered, he is actually very concerned about this matter, last night he has calculated a hexagram for Wang Xu, the hexagram shows that this trip is dangerous and abnormal, but fortunately there is no big problem, and finally can turn the danger into a disaster, so, Han calligraphy and painting have nothing to say, everything has the will of God, the will of God, no one can stop it, and it cannot be changed.
Everyone dispersed and withdrew from the main hall, and at the second watch, Liao Yun took five thousand troops down to the valley outside the southern city, which was the only barrier to block Ma Lan's army, which was very important, so his expression was very solemn, and as soon as he arrived here, he began to prepare rolling stones and giant trees.
In the third watch, all the troops were ready, Sun Yu's 7,000 iron cavalry was the front army, and the 10,000 soldiers under the Qiancang department were the rear army; Huang Quan, Li Zhi, Qin Shuang, Min Ling and others have a total of 60,000 people, plus the front army and the rear army, this time they moved westward, a total of 80,000 people, this is the strength of Wang Xu's army today.
Oh, by the way, plus Liao Yun's subordinates, it's a total of eighty-five thousand; Originally, Wang Xu had 100,000 people, but in the battle last month, Li Zhi's troops were killed and wounded, and now they have this number of troops.
Zhang Xue has a big belly, and his movement is very inconvenient, this is already the sixth month of his pregnancy, Wang Xu deliberately found a carriage, the outline of the carriage is seven feet, and eight horses are pulled, which is extremely stable, Wang Xu and Zhang Xue are riding in the carriage, and Zhang Meng is escorted by more than 6,000 forest troops around him, so there is no need to worry about safety.
With Wang Xu's order, the 80,000-strong army marched westward.
Qiancang's task is the heaviest, as the rear army, he is responsible for escorting all the baggage, trebuchets, three-bow bed crossbows, ladders, grain, gold, silver, etc., countless, as well as soldiers' equipment, such as spears, shields and whatever, Qiancang has issued a strict order, those who fall behind and hide their belongings will be beheaded immediately!
Before dawn, Ma Lan learned the news that Wang Xu had abandoned the city and fled, and he was overjoyed and immediately sent someone to find out the truth of the matter.
At dawn, the scout came back and came to the big tent of the Chinese army, and the scout said: "General, Wang Xu has indeed withdrawn, there is no more thief in the city, and even the palace is empty. ”
Ma Lan was overjoyed, but then he became worried again, this can't be a trap for anti-thieves, right? (To be continued.) )