Wang Shichong sighed: "The Ningzhou expedition is more troublesome than imagined, and now that the reward from the imperial court has not been awarded, it is not good for me to return to the military department at this time to report on my work, but I am really a little relieved about the situation in the north and the war in Lingnan, so I want to ask the pharmacist about the situation first." ”

Li Jing smiled: "Actually, as soon as I saw that you didn't kill or capture the leader of the rebellion in this expedition, I knew that something bad was going to happen." Before I talk about the war between the north and the south, can Xingman tell me about the battle of Ningzhou first? ”

Wang Shichong nodded, he knew that Li Jing was a soldier idiot, and he was very interested in the ongoing war, he cleared his throat and began to describe in detail the process of a series of battles after the army entered Ningzhou, especially the battle of Weixian, and heard Li Jing nod again and again, as for the process of Shi Wansui chasing the barbarian king after the battle, because Wang Shichong himself did not experience it, he passed by, and he did not want to reveal to Li Jing that Shi Wansui collected gold and set up the enemy.

After Li Jing listened, a trace of regret appeared on his face: "Okay, it's a pity that I didn't get the opportunity to participate in the war this time, and I couldn't witness those huge war elephants with my own eyes, it's really a lifelong regret." ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Pharmacist, don't listen to what I say, when you really fight, how can it be so exciting, when those giant beasts that are three feet high and weigh more than a thousand catties rush at you, you won't feel funny." ”

Li Jing smiled and waved his hand: "Actually, I have also read the ancient military book, dealing with this kind of giant beast, setting fire, and pretending to be a tiger are all very good methods, if it was me at that time, maybe I would follow the Tiandan of Qi during the Warring States Period and put up a fire bull array." It won't be worse than your dude's. ”

Wang Shichong picked up the yogurt on the tea. took a big sip: "Anyway." This battle can be regarded as going down in history, but people in later generations will only know that Lu Dao is Marshal Shi's great defeat of the Southern Barbarians, but no one will know that Lu Dao and my Wang Shichong are behind the credit. ”

Li Jing sighed: "As a staff member, as a deputy general, it is all this fate, but it is full, the country is not peaceful all around now, and there are fighters." You'll always have a day. By the way, if after the brilliant victory, why didn't Xingman follow Marshal Shi to pursue the enemy's leader? I know Marshal Shi's personality, and he won't pull you down for this credit, but I don't see that the military newspaper mentions that you participated in the capture of the enemy's leader. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "That kind of great merit is everyone's eyes, Marshal Shi also has to take into account the merits of the generals, but also take into account the role of His Royal Highness the King of Shu in this battle, of course, also take into account the aftermath of Weixian, so I took the initiative to ask for orders to stay." In fact, to tell you the truth, I'm tired of walking in the wild jungle of Ningzhou. I don't want to suffer from the scorching sun and poisonous insect bites anymore. ”

Li Jing smiled and waved his hand: "You Wang Shichong is definitely not this kind of person who covets comfort, if it is said that Wan Zhiguang can't bear this hardship, I still believe it, hehe, forget it, since it's inconvenient to say it, I won't ask." It's just that I don't know something, why did Marshal Shi let go of the rebel leader who had already been caught? ”

Wang Shichong said with a straight face: "Pharmacist, this matter involves military aircraft, you and I both serve in the military department, you should know that some things in Lu Dao involve secrets, not something that can be said casually, I can only reveal one point, this time the reward is uncertain, and it is also related to this matter." ”

Li Jing's expression also became serious, he was an extremely smart person, and he could guess seven or eight from Wang Shichong's words, knowing that this matter was not suitable to be asked, so he nodded: "Okay, Xingman, you just wanted to ask about the Turks in the north, and the southern expedition of General Zhou Fashang in the south, which one do you want to listen to first?" ”

Although Wang Shichong has always been very concerned about the Turks in the north, but since he heard about Yu Qingze's incident from Gao Xi, he has also become interested in the pacification of Guizhou, and he is more concerned about Wang Shiji's performance in this battle, so he said: "Li Guangshi's rebellion, I only heard one or two when I was in Ningzhou, it was too far away, and it was in a state of combat, and I had no time to take care of it. ”

Li Jing's expression became slightly serious: "Okay, do you know about Yu Qing and Yu Zhuguo?" ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "I heard a little, I heard that it was destroyed on his brother-in-law, and later Wang Shiji and Wang Zhuguo took over his command, but what is the most meritorious thing for Lu but it became Zhou Fashang?" ”

The corners of Li Jing's mouth hooked, took a sip of yogurt, and said: "Zhou Fashang once led a partial division into Lingnan back then, and also served as the governor of Guizhou, so he was very familiar with the terrain there, so after Li Guangshi rebelled, as soon as he received the order from the imperial court to let him be the vanguard, he took up the post of Lingnan alone, recruited government soldiers from all over Lingnan on the spot, and formed the vanguard of the crusading army.

Originally, Yu Qing was the commander of the army, and he needed to wait for Yu Qingze to take office before acting, but because Yu Qing was replaced because of the rebellion, it would take time for Wang Shiji to reorganize the army, so Zhou Fashang marched alone, and the rebels also found out about the change of commander in the army. ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "I heard the battle report when I was in Ningzhou, General Zhou's surprise attack was really powerful, but I have also seen Li Guangshi, who is cunning, and has a few brushes, plus when he was in Lingnan, he annexed the tribe of Wang Zhongxuan and Chen Fozhi before, and his strength is not weak, although he was caught off guard by General Zhou, he will not be defeated in a battle, why is it so soon?" ”

Li Jing said: "This is Zhou Fashang's ability, he captured a large number of rebel families after the success of the surprise attack, Li Guangshi was newly defeated, fled into the mountains, the officers and soldiers were insufficient, and it was difficult to exterminate, as a result, Zhou Fashang was stationed outside the mountain, as long as there were rebels who came to surrender on their own initiative, they would release their families, and they would not be held accountable for their crimes, relying on this method, within ten days, the rebels came to surrender nearly 10,000 people, Li Guangshi saw that the situation was not good, and found that Zhou Fashang's department was only more than 3,000 people, so he concentrated all his forces and went out of the mountains to fight.

However, Zhou Fashang was familiar with the local terrain, and on the day of the decisive battle, he led his elite soldiers to ambush in the dense forest, and let other troops line up to challenge, Li Guangshi saw that there was a chance to win, and poured out, and when the two armies fought fiercely, Zhou Fashang led the elite to kill, and directly took Li Guangshi's camp, and the rebels saw that the camp was on fire, and all of them collapsed.

Li Guangshi was defeated in a big battle, and wanted to flee to Jiaozhou to join the thief Li Fozi, but was chased by Zhou Fashang and led the cavalry, so far the Guizhou rebellion was all quelled, from Zhou Fashang to Lingnan, to kill Li Guangshi, it took less than two months, compared to the speed of your counterinsurgency, Wang Shiji's army did not even cross Wuling, the war was over. ”

Wang Shichong heard that Wang Shiji had returned in vain in this battle, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "General Zhou is really powerful, Han Xin fought against the water, and he used the trick of attacking the camp really well." Another day, when General Zhou triumphs, I will have to ask him for advice and learn the art of war. ”

Li Jing said with a smile: "Then you have to hurry, I heard that after General Zhou returns to the court to receive the reward, he will be sent to the land of Bashu, it seems that the rebellion there has not been completely quelled, not only General Zhou, General Yang Wutong Yang has also received an order, and it will be officially announced tomorrow that these two will be sent to Shu together and under the command of the King of Shu." ”

Wang Shichong knew that Long Live Daoshi had left a huge safety hazard, and Gao Xi was only afraid that it would be a precautionary move, but now he was not too interested in this matter, and the things in the north were what he really cared about, and he asked: "Where are the Turks?" What happened to Datou Khan and Dulan Khan? ”

Li Jing's smile disappeared completely from his face at once, and his expression became serious: "The situation in the north is very serious now, according to the summary of news from all parties, Datou Khan and Dulan Khan have officially joined forces, and the envoys of the two sides have been in constant contact. ”

Wang Shichong's expression also became solemn, he thought of the possibility of Datou Khan and Dulan Khan joining forces, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly: "Then what is the way for the imperial court to deal with it?" (To be continued......)