Chapter 754: Civil strife in the Tang Army

PS: I drank too much, I passed it wrong, and it has been modified!!

Regarding Shen Yuanhe's death, Tang Xian was furious. Of course, what he was angry about was not Shen Yuanhe's death, but being provoked, making the Tang Army, which was already in danger, even more dangerous now.

"Your Majesty, now that all the clues have been broken, no matter who did it, the top priority is to stabilize the internal situation of our Tang Army. This incident has led to some instability within the entire Tang Army. A staff member said to Tang Xian urgently.

Tang Xian also understood at this moment that Shen Yuanhe's death was extremely unfavorable to himself now and to the entire Tang Army. Seriously, Tang Xian regretted a little, regretting that he hadn't gotten rid of Shen Yuanhe earlier. If the Tang Army was quietly eliminated when it was strong, and slowly took over the strength of the Genshin Ce Army, why would it be like this now?

"Pass the order down and remind all the generals to pay attention to protecting themselves. Since this unknown dead soldier can assassinate our military ministers and generals, it also means that other people are also in danger. In addition, let the secret guards increase the inspection of these dead soldiers, and also strengthen the monitoring of all generals. But there is an abnormality, and it is not to be killed. Tang Xian forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and ordered in a cold voice.

"Your Majesty, in this way, will it cause dissatisfaction among other generals and schools, or even ......," one person said urgently.

Tang Xian said sharply: "Dissatisfied? Just because of these rumors? Dissatisfied? Tang Jun is a soldier under the command of this king, not a certain person. Whoever dares to be dissatisfied, then first see if the head on his neck is hard enough. ”

"But ......"

"What? Do you also think that Shen Xiangguo was harmed by this king? Tang Xian immediately said angrily, "Stupid! This king really wants to be hostile to Shen Xiangguo, and if he wants to get rid of him, he will not let him serve as this king Xiangguo, let alone choose to do it at this time. Even if it is a hands-on one, it will not leave such an obvious handle. Besides, if this king really made a move, those Shence army generals would not have served in the army a long time ago. You are all important ministers under the command of this king, don't you even have this eyesight? As he spoke, a murderous aura appeared in Tang Xian's eyes.

Seeing that the king was furious, Fan Ziyu, an important strategist under Tang Xian, hurriedly said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the ministers are naturally convinced by the king, and they will not believe that this is what the king did, but those generals ......."

"Colonel? If they can't even see this, what qualifications do they have to lead? Let the secret guards strengthen their guards, and if necessary, take them all. The king wants to see who is restless. Tang Xian said coldly.

"But ......" Fan Ziyu saw Tang Xian like this, his face changed, and he wanted to dissuade him.

"Okay, there's no need to talk about this matter anymore, just do as you say!" Tang Xian refused with some tiredness. At this moment, Tang Xian really regretted that he regretted not being able to completely replace the generals of the first department of the Shence Army at the beginning. Of course, after Tang Xian took power, he first asked about stability, and then because of Shen Yuanhe's concession. Therefore, although it changed the positions of many generals and colonels within the Tang Army, it was not completely rectified. Therefore, among the Tang Army, there were many generals and colonels of the Shence Army in the past.

Seeing that Tang Xian didn't want to listen anymore, Fan Ziyu's face couldn't help but be discouraged, and his heart was lamenting. These generals should indeed be unclear, but at this moment, first Shen Yuanhe was killed, and later several generals were killed, a major matter related to their own lives, how could they consider it rationally? Will your tough stance cause other changes to these people?

But Tang Xian was extremely irritable at the moment, not only because of internal problems, but also because he was annoyed by the two small princes in the north who were not in her eyes this time, and kept his advice, what could he do?

Tang Xian's actions really made the Tang Army start to become unstable, especially when some generals talked about Tang Xian, after being killed in public by the secret guards, those former generals and colonels of the Shence Army within the Tang Army began to believe Tang Xian's statement that he wanted to be clear about the Shence Army.

Seeing this, how can Tang Xian endure it again? Immediately began to rectify the internal situation of the Tang Army, and transferred the generals and colonels of the Shence Army one after another. However, at this moment, even if these generals obey the order, it is impossible to keep the Tang Army's combat strength unchanged. Not to mention that many generals and colonels were dissatisfied with this and began to mobilize their soldiers to resist.

In fact, these generals didn't believe that Tang Xian did this, after all, whether it was the timing or the technique, it could not be Tang Xian's assignment. But it's about their own net worth and life, they can't help but think about it, and besides, not everyone has such a clear mind.

But Tang Xian's actions did let these people see Tang Xian's move to clear the former Shence Army. For the sake of their own net worth and life, will they not resist? If it was in the past, these generals might have complied with the order, but with the co-optation of other princes and the current situation of the Tang Army, these generals and colonies began to be bold.

The more confrontational those generals were, the more dissatisfied Tang Xian became. At this moment, the Tang Army is already in a crisis, where does he have time to slowly rectify? As a result, the problem arose, the Tang army in the east of Chunling Mansion mutinied, and turned into a rebel army, directly making the defenders of the three counties in the east of Chunling Mansion directly become rebels.

To the northwest of Chunling Mansion is Nanyang Mansion, which is occupied by Situ Hao, the king of Luoyang, and to the east is connected to Yuzhou. The defenders of Chaoyang, Xinye, and Anzhong counties in the east of Chunling Mansion were led by the former Shence Army General Wu Benlang and now the Tang Army's General Xiang Yan, beheaded the garrison generals and turned to the rebellion.

This Xiang Yan was also a fierce general in the former Shence Army, leading more than 5,000 troops, and his reputation in the army was not small. It is precisely because of this that he is also on Tang Xian's transfer list. In the past, Wu Benlang, who led the army alone with 5,000 troops, later became a general of the Yanzhou army stationed in the eastern part of Chunling Mansion to guard against the troops stationed in Yuzhou. On it, there is also a chief general, two deputy generals, and five auxiliary generals with the same status.

Although Tang Xian deployed 15,000 troops here because he wanted to guard against the Yanzhou army, Xiang Yan lost the right to lead the army alone. Even, these transferred Tang Xian's descendants still suppressed him everywhere. Xiang Yan hated this, but he also understood that considering the overall situation, there was no major contradiction with other generals.

Among the 15,000 officers and soldiers of the Tang Army, about 10,000 were the former Shence Army soldiers, and the remaining 5,000 soldiers were the former Wuwei Army. Tang Xian's arrangement was also due to the fact that this was close to the Yanzhou army, and once a war with the Yanzhou army started, it would be possible for the Shence army to come forward. After the Yanzhou army was annexed to the Zhao army, Tang Xian was even more prepared to use them as the vanguard against the Zhao army. Therefore, apart from increasing the transfer of posts in the army, nothing else has been done.

Shen Yuanhe was stabbed, and Xiang Yanhe and the Shence Army in the army also understood that this was not Tang Xian's doing, after all, at this moment, Tang Xian's actions were extremely unfavorable to the Tang Army. The lieutenant generals and colonels in the army also had a list of people who were dissatisfied with their past treatment, and they were dissuaded by Xiang Yan, and they talked directly with each other, but they were only worried that Shen Yuanhe would die, and they would no longer have a backing, and they would be abandoned by Tang Xian because they were not descendants.

It is also because Xiang Yan and others understand that this is on the border, and as the primary purpose of the Tang Army's secret guards, there is no general who has been implicated in Shen Yuanhe's assassination. However, the concession of Xiang Yan and others attracted the contempt of other generals. Shen Yuanhe is dead, how can these generals and colonels of Tang Xianyan, who originally cared about Shen Yuanhe, be soft on these, and have no good faces for generals and officers in the background?

Drunk and mishap, it is true. At a banquet, a deputy general insulted Xiang Yan and others in public because he was drunk, and even Shen Yuanhe insulted him together, while the other generals not only did not stop it, but even laughed on the side.

Shen Yuanhe has the grace of knowing Xiang Yan, and Shen Yuanhe is their old boss, how can Xiang Yan and the others endure it? immediately drew his sword and faced each other, once again showing the style of a fierce general, and took advantage of the strength of the wine to kill all the generals who went to the banquet. After killing someone, Xiang Yan immediately understood his situation, but at this moment, he couldn't turn back.

Under the persuasion of the generals under his command, Xiang Yan rectified the first line of the Yuanshen Ce Army, surrounded the first line of the Yuanwu Guard, the number of people had the upper hand, and it was a surprise attack, and each of the generals above Xiang Yan was killed, and the first line of the Yuanwu Guard Army collapsed. After killing more than 1,000 rebels, Xiang Yan rectified the remaining 14,000 soldiers, rebelled against Tang Xian, and the soldiers quickly occupied the three eastern counties.

All the manpower arranged by Tang Xian in the land of the three counties, without martial arts, was beheaded by Xiang Yan in order to cut off the rear road of the whole army. At this point, Xiang Yan divided the three counties to stand on his own. Xiang Yan also understood his situation, and while strengthening his combat readiness, he trumpeted that Tang Xian wanted to clean up the Genshin Ce Army, and instigated generals and colonels in other regions to resist.

"Bastard! How do you do this? What else do you say that there is no problem with the eastern battalion, which is called no problem? Fifteen thousand troops rebelled, and the entire east fell into an empty land, so there was no problem? Stupid pig, stupid pig! Tang Xian said with an iron-clad face to the dark guards.

"Wang Shang is angry, this is not Lord Yang's mistake, it is really ......" Fan Ziyu persuaded repeatedly.

"Hateful!" Tang Xian also knew the reason for the rebellion in the east at this moment, it was indeed not the fault of the secret guards, and it was not even Xiang Yan who took the initiative to rebel, it was really the generals under his command who had nothing to do. However, can the dead generals be blamed now?

"Your Majesty, now because of Xiang Yan's rebellion, all places are beginning to be a little unstable, especially in the south, where we will take it last, and it is not the place where we are based, and the southeast wants to connect with the Qi army, in case it is provoked by the Qi army, I am afraid that it will ......"

Tang Xian said coldly: "Qi Jun? These bastards just want to surrender to the enemy, but also to see the object clearly, which of them is not stained with the blood of the Qi army, they are not afraid that the Qi army is using them? Aren't they afraid that the Qi army will settle accounts after the autumn? Except for the camp in the eastern part of Chunling Mansion, in other regions, the generals under the command of this general still have the upper hand. In addition to the original two guards, more than half of the Tang Army is now the soldiers who have been accepted by the war for several years and the newly recruited soldiers, and the veterans of the two guards are still not much. And everywhere, most of them are based on their own descendants.

Fan Ziyu knew very well before, because of the defeat first, then Shen Yuanhe's assassination, and now because of internal instability and rebellion in the east, Tang Xian has lost his calm. It can be said that now Tang Xian has been filled with anger and has lost his usual calm and wise heart.

"Your Majesty, what we want to receive in the south is not only Jiangzhou of the Qi army, but also the Shu army in the southeast and south. If these generals rebel and turn to the Shu army, it will be a big disaster! Even if these generals don't rebel, who can guarantee that they won't be bought by the Shu army and become spies? ”

Speaking of Tang Xian's heart, he didn't care about it at first, but he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, "So, how is it good?" ”

Fan Ziyu smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, now we can only advance, not retreat." Especially after Xiang Yan's rebellion, these generals and colonels, whether they are moved in their hearts or worried about their current situation, will be separated from us. Therefore, we can only do it now, and we must quickly and in the shortest possible time, put our Tang Army in order and restore its due combat strength. Fortunately, the two princes in the north fought each other, otherwise, the consequences would be even more unpredictable. ”

Tang Xian grimaced, rubbed his eyebrows, and said hatefully: "Since this is the case, let's do as you say." This king really regrets it now, he knew that today, he shouldn't have taken care of Shen Xiangguo in the first place, and completely rectified it in the army. You are worried that there will be problems with the southern generals and schools, and they will be used by the Qi army and the Shu army, so wouldn't the situation in Chunling Mansion be even worse. ”

Although Situ Hao and Situ Fei are now arguing over interests, they will not ignore this rebel army. Now that the army under our command is less than 8,000 men, we still bear the responsibility of resisting the army of the King of Luoyang in the north. But in the face of the rebels, they were powerless. ”

"Although this king dispatched reinforcements in time, if Xiang Yan's thief waved his army to the west, Chunling Mansion would be completely finished. With Situ Hao's vision, he will not take advantage of the fire here. What this king is more worried about is that Xiang Yanhui will lead an army to join the king of Luoyang and join forces to attack Chunling Mansion. In this way, the north of Bei'an Province is completely in a situation where the enemy is on three sides. ”

Fan Ziyu said with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, the minister is not worried that Xiang Yan will take refuge in the King of Luoyang. Xiang Yan understood that this person would never directly take refuge in killing his own enemies who ignored his brothers because he was forced to do so, and instead attacked his own robes. What the minister is worried about is whether he can control the overall situation and whether his subordinates will defect to the enemy. ”

"This is not what the minister is most worried about, what he is most worried about is Yuzhou in the east of Chunling Mansion. What is the purpose of the initial construction of this camp in the eastern part of Chunling Province? Isn't it just to defend against Zhao Jun? Now Xiang Yan has betrayed us, and the enemy is the king of Luoyang to the north, and he is not enough to stand on his own, and even, he simply cannot support the consumption of 14,000 troops in January. Even if he can support it, in the face of us and the army of the king of Luoyang, he is not an opponent at all. ”

"And in the eastern part of Chunling Mansion, there is Zhao Jun, who has no grudge against us now. At this moment, it is very likely that Xiang Yan will surrender to the enemy, and the target of surrendering to the enemy is only Zhao Jun. Because Zhao Jun can accept him with confidence, he will not have any scruples, and he will not betray him because of external pressure. For Zhao Jun, why not get more than 10,000 troops for nothing? ”

"Damn it!" As soon as Fan Ziyu said this, Tang Xian scolded angrily on the spot. If you want to say who Tang Xian is most afraid of now, it is not the Qi army, not the two princes in the north, nor the Shu army, but the Zhao army in the northeast. What Fan Ziyu said was even reasonable, and he couldn't help but feel uneasy.

"Damn, really damn it, I shouldn't have arranged the 10,000 Divine Ce Army in the East Camp in the first place." At this moment, Tang Xian began to panic. For Zhao Jun, he was really afraid.

"Don't worry, the king, this is also a guess on the part of the minister. Moreover, even if we want to take refuge in Zhao Jun, for us, it is not as bad as now. The loss of the eastern part of Chunneung Province is already a foregone conclusion. If the Zhao army enters the eastern part of Chunling Mansion, we can only let it go. After all, it is better to fall into the hands of Zhao Jun than in the hands of the King of Luoyang. The Zhao army did not have the intention of attacking us, but the king of Luoyang in the north had already begun to take action against us. The lesser of two evils can only be so. What Fan Ziyu said was just a helpless solution.

In addition, the westward movement of the Zhao army was also a warning to the king of Luoyang. In any case, the king of Luoyang would be worried that the Zhao army would not continue westward, after all, to the west of Chunling Mansion, was Nanyang Mansion. ”

"For us, it's the internal troubles that matter. The south, on the other hand, is our rear, and it is even more chaotic. Therefore, solve the southern problem first, and in addition, the minister suggested that he send someone to persuade Xiang Yan to return to the Tang army. We can pardon all his mistakes, and even, we can promise him to continue to lead his 14,000 people to sit in Chunling Mansion. ”

"Continue to lead him, continue to sit in Chunling Mansion? Isn't this ......" Tang Xian instinctively prepared to refuse, and then thought of his current situation, and after a while, he finally said in a muffled voice, "It's okay, just act like this." The Shu army and the Qi army in the south should not get the details of Chunling Mansion so quickly, and the dark guard will immediately start to act directly against the generals of the Genshin Ce Army now, and do not leave any people left. As for Xiang Yan, then send someone to give it a try. ”

It is true that the south did not get the change in Chunling Mansion so quickly, but the army of the king of Luoyang, who was garrisoning Nanyang Mansion, got the news in time. When the king of Luoyang heard the news, he naturally understood that this was an extremely rare opportunity for his side. Chunling Mansion was originally stationed in many Tang troops, one was stationed in the east of Chunling Mansion to defend against the Zhao army, and the other was in the northwest to defend against their own side.

Now that the Tang army is in civil strife, isn't this a good opportunity to take Chunling Mansion by himself? Chunling Mansion is located on the southwest side of Nanyang Mansion, and if you take Chunling Mansion, you will go to the next place. In this regard, how could Situ Hao give up?

Of course, Situ Hao did not want to lead the army south, to the south of him, there were Tang army troops stationed in the north of Chunling Mansion. And the battle between his side and the Tang army for more than a month also suffered heavy losses, and the use of force was not the best way. Then, sending someone to persuade is naturally the best choice.

So, Situ Hao unequivocally sent an envoy to the east of Chunling Mansion to persuade Xiang Yan to submit to him.

At the same time, the other person who got the news at the same time as Tang Xian and Situ Hao was Zhao Jun. First, Zhao Jun and Chunling Mansion want to pick up. Second, Zhao Jun also paid attention to the situation of the southern princes at all times, and sent a huge amount of detailed work in various places. The situation that happened in Chunling Mansion naturally spread back to Yuzhou in the shortest possible time, and it was passed to Feng Ziming, who was sitting in Yuzhou.