Chapter 312 Candidates for Battle

Zhou Yanpet pondered for a moment, still did not give in, thought of a compromise solution, and persuaded: "Your Highness can let General Ge Congzhou contain him, as long as Zhu Wen can't capture Puzhou." Zhu Youyu is just an unknown guy, and with the risk of Tongguan, Zhu Youyu may not be able to attack it in a short time. His Royal Highness sent troops to attack Liu Rengong. If Zhu Wen comes back to help, it would be the best, His Royal Highness asked Liu Zhijun and General Ge Congzhou to use troops in the river, flank on both sides, and clear Zhu Wen's forces north of the Yellow River in one fell swoop! ”

Li Cunhuan shook his head and said: "Zhu Wen got Ma Yuan when he got Guanzhong, and the reason why my Lu Longjun was able to suppress Zhu Wen again and again was not to rely on cavalry to suppress Zhu Wen." As for Liu Rengong. ”

Speaking of this, Li Cunhuan couldn't help but show a touch of disdain, in his opinion, Liu Rengong was just an opportunist, and he might have achieved good results, but it was just a temporary scenery. Speculation is always successful.

When Zhou Yanpet heard this, he persuaded bitterly again: "Your Highness, in the past, it was said that the overlord of Chu regarded Han Gaozu as a hooligan ruffian, but he was too light on the enemy, so he gave the country away. Your Highness must not be on guard! ”

When Li Cunhuan heard this, he hesitated and said, "Then let Yang Shihou lead the white-robed army to attack Shenzhou and Jizhou!" And this king led a large army to the river to support Liu Zhijun. Liu Rengong has no more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and the white-robed army is one of Lu Long's strong forces, with 30,000 people, and Yang Shihou is not an ordinary person, and it is not a problem to capture Jizhou and Shenzhou. ”

Li Cunhuan saw that Zhou Yanpet still wanted to say something, waved his hand, and said: "Okay, let Wang Rong send troops to help the war, so that there should be about 40,000 soldiers and horses, twice as many as Liu Rengong, even if Yang Shihou is useless, I am afraid he will be able to contain Liu Rengong." There is no need to say more about the military advisor, this king has made up his mind. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Yanpet sighed and said, "Your Highness, Poor Dao always feels that this matter is not so simple, and it is better for Your Highness to attack Liu Rengong." After all, Liu Rengong is close to Lu Long, and if there is anything, His Royal Highness can also come back in time. ”

When Li Cunhuan heard this, he said with a smile: "Zhu Wen's soldiers and horses are all in the west, what do I need to help?" There is Sun He in Pinglu in the south, and Liu Xun in Yanhai, both of whom are known for their good guards, even if Zhu Wen secretly Chen Cang, Liu Xun can't support the king's return? Besides, Zhu Wen dared to secretly cross Chen Cang, wasn't he afraid that this king would directly insert himself into Luoyang and turn Henan upside down? There are too many military advisors to worry about! ”

Li Cunhuan's rather disapproving tone made Zhou Yanpet quite uneasy, but he didn't say anything, after all, now that he thinks about it, there seems to be no loopholes. Li Cunhuan is a rational person, and Zhou Yanpet knows that Li Cunhuan can't change his original intention because of his own intuition. If so, I'm afraid Zhou Yanpet also feels too ridiculous.

Zhou Yanpet sighed and said, "I hope it's too much to worry about!" ”

Li Cunhuan smiled silently, but looking at his expression, he also agreed that Zhou Yanpet was too worried, but he was afraid of Zhou Yanpet's face, so he didn't say it.

On the one hand, Li Cunhuan wants the army to be relaxed and not let the army stay in a tense fighting state for a long time, otherwise it is likely that the enemy has not collapsed and the nerves of his army have been broken. On the other hand, it can also give various armies the opportunity to take turns to make meritorious contributions, so that there will not be too much difference in military merits. It also allows the soldiers not to relax in the regular training, so that those who are greedy for life and afraid of death can not steal their lives. As the saying goes, we don't suffer from widowhood, but we suffer from unevenness.

Therefore, this time the expedition is no longer the army that went to Hedong, but the old powerhouses in the Lu Long army, the loyal and filial piety army, the black-clothed army, the broken army, the iron cavalry capital, the imperial forest army, and the 30,000 Anton army. A total of 91,000 men were dispatched in this battle, and more than 14,000 people were served.

Although the number of people is second only to the battle of destroying Hedong in the first half of the year, the level of elite does not know how much it exceeds the battle of destroying Hedong. After all, nearly half of the soldiers and horses in the war to destroy Hedong were regimental training soldiers who had been trained for several years. These regiments have not gone through bloody battles in training, and although there are veterans who lead one by one, they still have a lot of impact on combat effectiveness.

Although the troops have been set to fight, out of scruples about Li Qi and those guys who are loyal to the Tang Dynasty, Li Cunhuan does not plan to use Zhang Chengye, one of the representatives of the royalist party, to sit in the rear this time.

Li Cunhuan no longer has such undoubted trust in Zhang Chengye as before, and has a little more scruples. All because Zhang Chengye has the ability, but he is a famous royalist, although this time he didn't say anything to his imperial brother, but Li Cunhuan knew that it was difficult for the two to restore the trust they used to have again, which made Li Cunhuan quite distressed, without Zhang Chengye in charge, Li Cunhuan was not worried about others.

Thinking of this, Li Cunhuan couldn't help but show a wry smile, Li Cunhuan found that he was actually a little similar to Cao Ying, not because of his surname, but because of his bad environment. I don't know how Cao Ying dealt with the royalist Xun Yu at the beginning? It can be said that without Xun Yu, there would be no achievements of Cao Ying to unify the north. It was Xun Yu who used four wins and four defeats to firm Cao Ying's confrontation with Yuan Shao, and it was Xun Yu who spared his life when Cao Ying was attacked by Lu Bu, and hugged the three cities for Cao Ying, leaving a way back, otherwise Cao Ying might have committed suicide in defeat. But in the end, Xun Yu chose the Baohan room.

And Zhang Chengye's help to Li Cunhuan is also obvious, since Li Cunhuan came, Li Cunhuan has been freed from cumbersome government affairs, and Li Cunhuan also knows that it is Zhang Chengye's wholehearted dedication to let himself unscrupulously conquer the south and the north. seems simple, but in fact, if this matter could be so simple, Liu Bang would not have such a high regard for Xiao He.

Li Cunhuan let out a long sigh and asked Zhu Jilong: "Jilong, you say, how about letting Gao Siji stay in Yanjing Mansion this time?" Zhang Jianjun is also quite old, let Zhang Jianjun go to Mount Tai in the south to recuperate! ”

When Zhu Jilong heard this, a complicated look flashed in his eyes, he knew that Li Cunhuan said this, not to explore his own opinions, but to confide, hoping that someone could listen to his words quietly. But Zhu Jilong still couldn't help it and opened his mouth, but in the end, Zhu Jilong still couldn't help but say nothing.

"What's wrong?" Li Cunhuan heard Zhu Jilong's vague and slight voice, looked sideways at Zhu Jilong, and couldn't help but ask when he saw his appearance of wanting to speak and stopping. In fact, Li Cunhuan didn't know, deep down in his heart, he hoped that Zhu Jilong would find a reason to refute him, and Li Cunhuan didn't want to be so ruthless to Zhang Chengye, Zhang Chengye was only fifty-four years old, it was estimated that there was no such thing, his face was white and beardless, and he looked like he was only forty-five or sixteen. In terms of official 70 Zhishi, Zhang Chengye's officialdom career is still very long.

Zhu Jilong didn't hold back, and said for Zhang Chengye: "His Highness's words have His Highness's concerns, but the last general has only heard some things, so His Highness will look at it with a small story." ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Jilong paused, seemed to be thinking about something, and after half a sound, he continued: "Has Your Highness noticed that many of your subordinates have intentionally or unintentionally slandered Zhang Chengye in front of His Highness?" ”

Li Cunhuan nodded and said: "This king also knows, he has already found out to Jinyiwei, these guys want privileges when they have power, and some even want to borrow money from this king's treasury, hum!" Zhang Jianjun is selfless, and this king will naturally not pay attention to these villains! ”

When Zhu Jilong heard this, he nodded and said: "This is what happened in April this year, it is well known that His Royal Highness favors Mrs. Lianfei, although His Royal Highness did not seal the official family, he also rewarded thousands of acres of fertile land. One day, Mrs. Lianfei's father-in-law came to the palace, and the father-in-law cried poor, so Mrs. Lianfei found someone to invite Zhang Chengye to supervise the army to come to the palace. But Zhang Chengye has always been selfless and selfless, and many powerful people can't escape from him. Mrs. Lianfei personally set up a banquet for Zhang Jianjun, and during the banquet, her father-in-law asked her son to dance for General Zhang in person. After the dance, the father-in-law took the opportunity to ask for a reward. Zhang Jianjun gave his father-in-law his gold-inlaid belt, the BMW he rode and all the money on his body. The father-in-law was not pleased, and pointed to the location of the treasury outside, and scolded: 'My daughter will personally feast you, my son will dance for you, and I will pour wine for you.' Now that my son has no money to spend, you give him such a thing? ”

When Li Cunhuan heard this, he shook his head and said: "Li Er is quite a scoundrel, Zhang Jianjun will give him some money to send him!" ”

Zhu Jilong did not respond to Li Cunhuan's words, and continued: "Zhang Jianjun apologized and said: 'Lang Jun danced for me, and Chengye has already taken out his own money to repay it. And the treasury is the property of His Royal Highness's treasury, which is used to support the combat of the three armies, and he does not dare to give away public property as personal belongings! Then the father-in-law was not angry and said, 'This is my son-in-law's money, so how can it be regarded as public property?' And I don't want more, just give me a thousand! ’”

When Li Cunhuan heard this, he shook his head and said, "This scoundrel, just give him a thousand yuan!" ”

Zhu Jilong still didn't respond to Li Cunhuan's words, sighed and said, "Concubine Lian is also persuaded on the side, just let General Zhang take out five hundred yuan." Zhang Jianjun said: "The minister was originally a messenger sent by the Tang Emperor, never seeking wealth for his descendants, saving money is for His Royal Highness's inheritance, if the lady wants to reward His Royal Highness's money to others, it is nothing to the old man, but when the wealth is exhausted, nothing will be accomplished." ’”

When Li Cunhuan heard this, he was silent.

Zhu Jilong continued: "Lady Lianfei also felt embarrassed when she heard this, so she took a hundred pieces from herself and came out to give them to her father-in-law. However, when it was said that Zhang Jianjun went back on foot, his clothes were also changed to a coarse cloth and tied to his belt. ”

Li Cunhuan let out a long sigh and said, "This king is sorry for Zhang Jianjun!" ”

Li Cunhuan now understands Zhang Chengye's ambivalent feelings, Zhang Chengye is loyal to the Tang royal family, but it does not mean that he is not loyal to himself, but he wants to have the best of both worlds, but in this world, where is it possible to have the best of both worlds!?

"Jilong, you go and ask Zhang Chengye to come over, well, Yang Shihou and Gao Siji are also invited to come." Li Cunhuan commanded.

"Yes!" Zhu Jilong owes his body and responds with his hand.

Li Cunhuan thought for a while, and instructed Feng Baodu on the side: "You go to the back stable, choose a good horse, go to the treasury to take a hundred taels of gold, and take it to the backyard." ”

"Whoa!" Feng Baodu responded respectfully.

Then Li Cunhuan was like a servant holding a banquet in the backyard, and originally wanted to ask Concubine Lian Li Sumei to come out to apologize to Zhang Chengye, but after thinking about it, she still didn't call it, although Concubine Lian was at fault in this matter, she was also considered to be in general, and she did not work hard for her father. In addition, Concubine Lian Li Sumei is now pregnant with Liujia, and it is estimated that she will give birth in November this year.

Li Cunhuan asked Ying Lian to bring the child over, the child was born on August 12, and according to the calculation of the pregnancy in October, it is difficult to say whose child it is. But fortunately, it is a girl, and Li Cunhuan is regarded as his adopted child. In the final analysis, Li Cunhuan still has a bit of patriarchal thinking.

"Your Highness!" Ying Lian's face was a little pale, and she smiled a little reluctantly when she saw Li Cunhuan.

Li Cunhuan couldn't help but feel a slight pain in his heart, walked over, hugged Ying Lian gently, and said distressedly: "Is it my fault?" You know, I'm not an ordinary person, I'm someone who wants to climb up! My children are destined from the moment they are born that they will not be ordinary, nor will they be ordinary. "Li Cunhuan didn't call himself this king, but used me, which can be regarded as bowing his head slightly to Ying Lian, expressing his apologies as a husband and father.

"The concubine doesn't blame His Highness, it's just ...... It's good to be a girl! Halfway through her words, Ying Ren sighed slightly and spoke. She didn't understand the meaning of Li Cunhuan's words, and she also knew that it was useless to continue to pursue it.

When Li Cunhuan heard this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and took Ying Lian's hand as white as jade and walked into the pavilion. Probably because of Li Cunhuan's words, Ying Lian was relieved, and the relationship between Li Cunhuan and Ying Lian suddenly improved a lot.

It didn't take long for Yang Shihou and Gao Siji to come over, Yang Shihou and Gao Siji couldn't help but be slightly stunned when they saw Ying Lian, for Ying Lian, many people can't say complex feelings, on the one hand, they are disgusted with Ying Lian's origin, but on the other hand, they also admire Ying Lian's wit.

"Come here, sit down!" Li Cunhuan saw that Yang Shihou and Gao Siji were coming, handed over the baby girl in his arms to Ying Lian, and beckoned to Yang Shihou and Gao Siji.

"The last general, participate in His Highness, I have seen Mrs. Shadow Pity!" Yang Shihou and Gao Siji are not ordinary people in the end, so they quickly cleaned up their mood and saluted Li Cunhuan and Ying Lian respectfully.

Li Cunhuan saw that Yang Shihou was still wearing light armor, and couldn't help complaining: "King Shihou asked you to come to the banquet, but he didn't ask you to ambush three hundred sword and axe men!" ”

When Yang Shihou heard this, he smiled and said: "As soon as His Highness's expedition order comes out, the last general is not to seize the time to train the rabbit cubs under him these days. Mo let them go to the battlefield, so nervous that they couldn't even hold the knife. ”

"Zhang Chi has a degree, they are about to go to the battlefield, let them go home and be with their families, I don't know how many people have not come back in this battle. In the battle to destroy Hedong, nearly 20,000 people have stayed in Hedong forever! When Li Cunhuan heard this, he didn't know why he suddenly became a little sentimental.

"Your Highness is sentimental! Don't stay in the gentle countryside and forget the world! When Yang Shihou heard this, he said half-jokingly and half-admonishing.

Li Cunhuan glanced at Ying Lian on the side, and said with a smile: "But you were complained by Shi Hou." By the way, what about Zhang Chengye? Shihou, did you see him when you came in? ”

"He's a big guy, who knows!" When Yang Shihou heard this, he sneered slightly, and said with a little resentment. As the main member of the anti-emperor party, Yang Shihou naturally disliked the royalist Zhang Chengye.

I didn't want Yang Shihou's words to fall, but I heard a rumor: "Zhang Chengye has arrived to supervise the army!" ”

"Hurry up, please!" Li Cunhuan said, but he felt that he couldn't show his favor to Zhang Chengye like this, so Li Cunhuan stood up again and came to the pavilion class in person. Seeing this, Yang Shihou and Gao Siji were helpless, His Royal Highness King Qin stood up, are you guys embarrassed to sit down?

Zhang Chengye didn't expect that as soon as he walked into the backyard, he saw Li Cunhuan standing up and waiting for him at the pavilion, so he couldn't help but hurriedly walked over, and said with sincere fear: "Your Highness, what are you doing here!" ”

Li Cunhuan smiled and held Zhang Chengye's elbow, and asked with a smile: "This king remembers Zhang Jianjun, it seems that he is ranked seventh among the brothers, right?" ”

"Oh yes!" Zhang Chengye was slightly stunned, and responded, not knowing what Li Cunhuan meant by this.

"Then this king will make a big deal and call him Seventh Brother!" Li Cunhuan shouted affectionately.

Not to mention Zhang Chengye, even Yang Shihou and Gao Siji were taken aback, I don't know why Li Cunhuan is so affectionate to Zhang Chengye, the main force of the royalist party, and does not hesitate to put his identity from superior to subordinate to treat his brother like a brother.

Zhang Chengye hurriedly said: "What is Your Highness doing, how can your lower officials deserve the title of Your Highness!" ”

Li Cunhuan sighed and said, "How can you not afford it?" Speaking of which, this king is sorry for Brother Seven! This king apologized to the seventh brother on behalf of Concubine Lian here. In the future, the seventh brother will not be polite to Li Er, if something happens, this king will be in his pocket! ”

When Zhang Chengye heard this, he understood a little, and it is estimated that who told Li Cunhuan about the original incident. Zhang Chengye couldn't help but feel that his nose was sour, although Zhang Chengye has been working hard and complaining, but he didn't know how to make people not aggrieved by Li Cunhuan's estrangement from him recently, but today, Zhang Chengye feels that it is worth it.

Li Cunhuan also sighed, personally pulled Zhang Chengye to sit down beside him, and said to Yang Shihou and Gao Siji: "This king will go to the river in a few days. Shihou, you also have to go to Jizhou and Shenzhou, and Siji will stay in Yanjing Mansion. The king is here to give an account for both of you. The words of the seventh brother are equal to the words of this king. ”

Although Yang Shihou and Gao Siji were a little resentful in their hearts, Li Cunhuan came forward in person, and they could only reluctantly agree. At the next banquet, Li Cunhuan persuaded the three of them, which eased the relationship between the three a lot. After the banquet, Li Cunhuan took Zhang Chengye's hand and said, "Seventh brother, there are a lot of vacant places in this king's mansion, you just move here to live, don't say no!" If you say no, you just look down on me Li Cunhuan! ”

Zhang Chengye was moved, and Li Cunhuan then put his white jade cloud dragon belt on Zhang Chengye personally, and then asked people to bring the horse and gold.

Zhang Chengye didn't accept it, but Li Cunhuan insisted on stuffing Zhang Chengye somewhere.

Li Cunhuan's move not only made Zhang Chengye, who was originally a little centrifuged, close to Li Cunhuan again, but also made Li Qi lose the opportunity to win over Zhang Chengye.

(To be continued)