Xuzhou Mansion. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xu Huanting sat in the big tent of the Chinese army, she held a scroll, crossed Erlang's legs, and looked quite leisurely facing the whispering generals under the tent. A faint smile always hung on her delicate face, and a pair of bright eyes stared at the scroll with relish, as if she did not pay attention to the noise in front of her.

"Xu Shuai, you are talking!" The one who spoke was Meng Hui, the commander of the Xuanwei Battalion of the Chinese Army, who was about twenty-five or sixteen years old and looked quite heroic. With thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a tall posture, if you walk out of the military tent, you must be a handsome guy who is popular with girls. It's just that at this moment, his pair of sword eyebrows are tightly entangled, as if he is dissatisfied with three points, and said impatiently: "The Banzhou rebels have retreated, with the military strength of my governor's mansion, why are you afraid of that Cao Hua?" You replaced the grandfather of the country, temporarily took over the post of commander of the whole army, and you should have led everyone to play the prestige of the Governor's Mansion, why did you retreat into the city for a long time, so like this, when can you take down Chongqing Mansion? ”

The more he talked, the more anxious he became, looking at Xu Huanting's indifferent appearance, he couldn't wait to rush forward and snatch the broken book in her hand and burn it.

As soon as Meng Hui's words fell, Cao Zhong of the Xuanwu Battalion took a step forward and said in a deep voice: "General Meng, Hugh is rude!" Xu Shuai has his own plans, how can you and I guess it? The so-called strategizing, decisive victory thousands of miles away! Since Xu Shuai led the troops, he has not tasted a defeat, and his thoughts must be Zhou Xiang, I can wait for the order to send troops, why do I need to say more? ”

"But when will the troops be dispatched?" Meng Hui hurriedly said: "After driving out the Banzhou rebels, the morale of our army has been greatly boosted, and the impact of the previous defeat has gradually been eliminated. At this moment, when he is taking advantage of the victory and going further, he is sitting in the city, if he waits for a while, he is afraid that his morale will fall again, how to fight again? ”

Cao Zhong is the old man of the Xuanwu Battalion, but whenever the Xuanwu Battalion comes out, who is not convinced by Xu Huanting? There is no doubt about his admiration, he was about to argue again, but he didn't want Xu Huanting to wave his hand lightly, finally put down the scroll, and said with a little astonishment: "When did Ben Shuai say that he was going to send troops?" ”

“。。。” With his mouth half-open, Cao Zhong, who was about to say something, suddenly didn't let go of a fart, closed his mouth again and retreated.

"What are I going to do here if I don't send troops?" It was a general in the crowd who spoke out.

Xu Huanting didn't look at who he was, lifted the scroll again, and said lightly: "The leader of the army is the most taboo who does not distinguish between priority and priority, and the goal is unknown. The old guy committed such a taboo, so that the other party had a chance, how could Ben Shuai repeat the mistakes of the past? If you want to fight, you might as well ask yourself first, are you sure of winning? ”

Meng Hui was quite unconvinced: "If Xu Shuai tries his best, it will not be difficult to win." ”

"Isn't it difficult?" Xu Huanting was angry and funny when she heard this, she stared at Meng Hui with a little playful gaze, and teased: "General Meng, how many years have you been in the army?" ”

Meng Hui was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly replied: "The last general joined the army at the age of seventeen, and it has been nine years since then. ”

"When did you receive the rank of general?"

"Four years ago, the grandfather of the country was promoted and recommended to the imperial court, so he was able to be entitled."

"Four years, that's not a short time." Xu Huanting glanced at him and asked, "Then you should know what the two armies are competing against?" ”

Is this going to test him? Meng Hui thought about it carefully, and then replied: "The wisdom of the commander, the courage of the general." ”

"That's wrong." Xu Huanting shook her head and sighed softly: "If it is a martial arts performance in the imperial court, there is no problem with your statement." But if the army fights on the march, it is not only these, but more importantly, the strength and financial resources. ”

She stared at her and continued: "The so-called military strength is not only the military power that can be used under your command, but the civilian power that can be converted into military power. Don't look at the fact that Cao Hua only has 200,000 troops behind him, and the military strength is not much different from our army, and it seems to be evenly matched. But don't forget, this is where! There are more than 3 million people in Shudi, even if the nine people raise a soldier, Ji Mingxuan can mobilize an army of 300,000, in other words, these 200,000 Shu Heavenly Army is only a vanguard force, and there are reinforcements behind. And what about us? In the previous war, 30,000 people had been lost, and now with 150,000 against 300,000, is it difficult to win? ”

"The second thing is financial resources! It can also be said to be ordnance, military salary, grain and grass, etc. Speaking of this, Xu Huanting sighed again. Ordnance and military pay are in charge of Jinling, and we don't need to worry, but now... There is not much food and grass left. Banzhou rebelled, and the imperial court was unable to clean it up for the time being, so the grain and grass sent by Jinling had to take a detour, and the transportation was quite inconvenient. The army of 150,000 people, the daily consumption of grain is extremely huge, and now the grain is not stored for more than a month, and it is uncertain when the follow-up grain and grass will arrive. If one is careless and the back road is cut off, the 150,000 troops will have to be explained here, how can they be careless? ”

"This..." Meng Hui had the heart to refute, but he couldn't think of an argument to refute for a long time, indeed, they were fighting away. The risk of rushing into the army is indeed extremely great.

Just when there was silence in the account, a shout suddenly came from outside.

"Report!" A soldier in military armor lifted the curtain and entered, half-knelt and hugged his fists and said: "Xu Shuai, the enemy army rose up and slowly retreated north." ”

"Xu Shuai, don't let him retreat." Meng Hui was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "I heard that the 500,000 troops of the imperial court went to Guanzhong, and Sun Lin was defeated and retreated, and now he has retreated to Liangzhou. But Liangzhou is a horse and Pingchuan, and he must not be able to hold it, and sooner or later he will have to retreat to Hanzhong to defend. If Hanzhong is lost again, Shu is in danger, and Cao Hua must be in a hurry, so he has to leave us and lead the army to support Sun Lin. ”

"Xu Shuai." Cao Zhong couldn't help it at this time, and couldn't help but persuade: "But do you want your subordinates to lead the cavalry to chase and find out?" ”

After a moment of silence, Xu Huanting dropped the scroll, raised her arms and stretched out. Although the movements are lazy, they show a little charming, especially the towering place on the chest, even the thick military armor can not cover it faintly. After lazy waist, she raised her hand and yawned again, and then said leisurely: "No, let him go." ”

"Let... Let him go? Can... ”

"Commander Cao, do you really think Cao Hua will leave?" Xu Huanting smiled and said: "It's just a means to lure the snake out of the hole." Hanzhong is the gateway to Shu, but Chongqing is the gateway to Chengdu, which is more important? What's more, although Sun Lin retreated to Liangzhou, after all, he had not yet arrived in Hanzhong, and he Cao Hua must be in a hurry, but he was far from being in a hurry to withdraw immediately. And... Even if he wants to retreat, the king of Shu will not allow him to retreat, it only takes a day or two to rush from Xuzhou to Chongqing, once Chongqing is taken, Chengdu is close at hand, if Cao Hua rushes to Liangzhou to help the war, once Chongqing is lost, he wants to return to the army immediately, and it must be too late. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Huanting also lost the interest in talking, she waved her hand and said, "It's all gone, what should I do." ”

When the people had dispersed, she took out a letter from her bosom, opened it and read it again. Xu Huanting unconsciously tapped the table with her index finger rhythmically, and then murmured in a weak voice of mosquitoes and flies: "Ming Xiu plank road, dark Chen Cang, this allusion is also very interesting." Now it seems that Ji Mingxuan doesn't need darkness, but he has picked up a big bargain for him. It's just that... Pay such a price, in case ... The situation is completely out of control. This plan is too dangerous, it's too dangerous, isn't this villain afraid to make a wedding dress for others? ”

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Capital.

In the court hall, on the dragon chair, Ji Qiyun's face was full of red light, and his eyebrows fluttered as he listened to the front-line battle report sent back by Wu Xiuming, the Duke of Song State.

Good news! This is real good news!

On the same day, Wu Xiuming led his army to Guanzhong, and there were two small battles with the Hanzhong rebels led by Sun Lin outside Chen Cang. After some temptation, Wu Xiuming knew that the opponent's combat strength was by no means under the imperial army. He is cautious and never easy to get into danger, before he is sure to defeat his opponent, he chose to forbear, and immediately led the army to hide back in the dangerous place of Chencang, and defended the place, not giving up half a step, but he did not have the slightest enterprising spirit.

This made the Manchu civil and military who were waiting for the victory very dissatisfied, and even Ji Qiyun complained.

If it was in the face of the combined forces of Cao Hua and Sun Lin, it would be fine if Wu Xiuming did not advance, but now against Sun Lin alone, the 300,000 Gyeonggi battalion under his command still did not dare to fight to the death with more than 100,000 Hanzhong rebels, which is a bit too much to say. Not only that, but he even went three or four times to urge reinforcements in a very shameless way.

If it weren't for the change of battle, it would be a taboo in the army, and Ji Qiyun really wanted to replace this timid old man.

But fortunately, after 200,000 reinforcements rushed to the front, Wu Xiuming's military strength suddenly increased to 500,000, and he finally had a full grasp of it. Under the absolute military superiority, Sun Lin was difficult to resist, and he was defeated and retreated, and now he has retreated to Tianshui.

Wu Xiuming sent good news and promised that if nothing happened, he would be able to recover the entire territory of Liangzhou within a month, and the troops would come to Hanzhong.

In several battles, Wu Xiuming fought extremely beautifully, although it was due to the superiority of military strength, but victory was victory, which greatly increased the morale of the imperial court, and Ji Qiyun also let out a breath of evil anger that he had been holding back for a long time. Shu rebelled, causing chaos in the world, and the menacing energy really made him frightened for several days, until this report came, and he put his heart back in his stomach.

"Good!" couldn't help but praise loudly, Ji Qiyun said excitedly: "Song Guogong has fought for the court in these battles. Now the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies has dragged the main force of the Shu army in Xuzhou, as long as the Duke of Song can defeat Sun Lin and recover Hanzhong, under the attack of the two armies, Ji Ming will be difficult to resist, and the day of quelling the rebellion is not far away. ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly rejoiced, lowered his voice and said in a deep voice: "But if you haven't attacked Chengdu for a day, you can't take it lightly for a day." The front line is in charge of Song Guogong, so we don't need to worry about it, but the imperial court's support for the front line cannot be problematic, especially the grain and grass. Sun Aiqing, has the new batch of grain and grass been raised? ”

Sun Jian, the new head of the household department, was stunned when he heard this, and Ji Qiyun saw his appearance, and couldn't help frowning: "Something is wrong?" ”

"This..." Sun Jian glanced at Zhou Ang, who was wandering out of the world, out of the corner of his eye, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the matter of raising food and grass has always been the responsibility of Lord Meng, minister... ”

"Oh." Ji Qiyun nodded, glanced around at the ministers, and found that there was no figure of Meng Xuyang, the left attendant of the household department, in the hall, and he couldn't help but ask in amazement: "Why didn't Meng Aiqing go to court earlier today?" He looked at Sun Jian, "Could it be that he is sick?" ”

"Ahem..." Sun Jian looked embarrassed, and saw that Ji Qiyun was faintly dissatisfied, so he stubbornly said: "Your Majesty, Meng Shilang... He... He... Went to jail. ”

"To hell?" Ji Qiyun is even more strange. "The dignified household servant, why didn't I know that he was in prison? What crime did he commit? ”

"This..." Speaking of this, Sun Jian didn't dare to hide it, so he had to say truthfully: "Weichen doesn't know very well, it was Lord Zhou Angzhou who ordered someone to escort him to prison. ”

"Zhou Ang!" Ji Qiyun called out, and there was already a little anger in his tone.

This week, Ang is getting more and more unpleasant! Told him three times or four times not to provoke the officials of the six ministries, but instead of listening, he intensified his efforts, and didn't even say hello to him, and he won the household servant by talking to himself. How can this be reasonable, it is simply that no one is in sight.

Zhou Ang didn't expect that Meng Xuyang had been in prison for more than ten days, and the emperor couldn't remember him on weekdays, so he was going to look for him today. Looking at Ji Qiyun's face, he also knew that he was afraid that he would mess up this matter, so he hurriedly went out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has recently reported that Meng Xuyang seems to have filled his own pockets while raising food and grass. The lord is in charge of the imperial historical platform, and his duty is to supervise the hundred officials. Fearing that Meng Xuyang would destroy the evidence of the crime, he ordered someone to send him to the Yushitai Prison first, intending to thoroughly investigate the matter and then show His Majesty. ”

I've never eaten pork, and I've seen pigs run. Although Zhou Ang is a gangster who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, after all, he has been an official for so long, and he still learns some things from the official face. Although these words are a little far-fetched, they are also reasonable. Ji Qiyun didn't want to be questioned by the palace, so he waved his hand impatiently: "If there is nothing else, retreat from the court." Zhou Ang, follow me to the imperial study. ”

Zhou Ang followed Ji Qiyun to the imperial study with apprehension, and was thinking about how to solve this matter, Ji Qiyun went around to the desk and slapped his palm on the table, Long Yan said angrily: "Say, what's going on?" ”

"This..."

Seeing that his eyes kept flashing, Ji Qiyun sneered, and said, "You'd better think clearly before answering, the crime of bullying the king is to be killed!" ”

"I don't dare." Zhou Ang's heart tightened, he knelt down on his knees, and the whole person lay on the ground, and said continuously: "The minister is guilty, ask Your Majesty to atone for his sins." ”

"Say it."

Zhou Ang didn't dare to continue to quibble, he blushed and said truthfully: "Minister... The minister had previously met Meng Shilang's daughter Meng Tong, a... At first sight, I found a matchmaker to go to Mengfu to propose, I don't want to... I didn't want to be a waiter, even if I refused. Minister... The minister was unwilling, so he wanted to find an excuse to put him in prison first, thinking about grinding his temperament, maybe... ”

"Just for this?" Ji Qiyun's face hated that iron could not become steel. "The court is in turmoil, you don't think about worrying about me, but indulge in the affairs of men and women, it's true... Truly ... ”

"Your Majesty... Not really! ”

"Not? What is that? ”

When Zhou Ang heard this, his face turned even redder. "Your Majesty, you also know that when Jiang Yun was imprisoned, Chen was played by his two wives, not only was the house ransacked, but Chen's old parents were also frightened by this and suffered a serious illness. . . ."

Where is this? The more Ji Qiyun listened, the more confused he became, and he couldn't help but interrupt him: "What does this have to do with Meng Shilang?" ”

"Your Majesty, you don't know anything." Zhou Ang defended: "That Meng Xuyang's wife and the late Princess Wu are really sisters. It was originally two families who were extremely close, but after Princess Wu died of illness, there was less movement. ”

Ji Qiyun couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. "And then?"

"The blindfolded pupils, and... It is quite similar to the appearance of the lord of Shuiyun County, and the minister will see it. . . Convenient... ”

I see, I understand!