Chapter 138: The Emperor likes to hear about Li Qin's deeds
Beigong Boyu rebelled, and the Han army that went to suppress it was defeated in successive battles, and the first victory was created by the Fujiao army, which is not surprising, in the entire Liangzhou, no one thought that the Fujiao army would lose the battle, and it was a matter of course for the Fujiao army to win the battle!
However, the news that only three large stones were fired and the victory was obtained was still shocking!
When Li Qin's battle report reached Longxian, Wei Yuanpi's mouth was almost crooked, and he hurriedly wrote a letter to Chang'an, and after Chang'an's captain Sili got the news, he even saved the process of checking, and directly wrote a chapter to Luoyang to report the victory. After Zhang Rang got the news, he immediately presented the piece to Liu Hong.
Liu Hong was not interested in suppressing the rebellious Qiang tribe at all, but with three big stones, he captured a city without losing a single soldier, and drove tens of thousands of Qiang soldiers away overnight.
The ministers of the court and the central government did not have a good impression of Li Qin, and the leaders of He Jin naturally wanted to oppose it, but they could not come up with evidence, so they could only say that Li Qin lied about his military exploits and talked nonsense.
Zhang Rang is particularly aware of Liu Hong's preferences, didn't He Jin say bad things about Li Qin, he and other eunuchs did not argue, but found a little eunuch who could speak well, in the court, like a storyteller, how Li Qin threw big stones, scared the Qiang soldiers away, if it weren't for the fact that there was no such performance as storytelling and allegro in these years, the little eunuch had to hold a bamboo board, spit on the court and said: "When the inside, when the inside, talk about Fujiao Li Qinlang......"
He Jin The opinions of those ministers, Liu Hong did not listen to them at all, but was full of interest in the little eunuch's storytelling, when he heard the little eunuch say: "In the heavy snow, Li Lang stood outside the city of Lingju County, he looked at the city wall, and said that the city wall is not high, look at my magic skills!" With a move of the handle, the two tiger generals under Li Lang, Dian Wei and Jia Xu, came up with a big stone, and while carrying the big stone, they were also panting for breath......"
He Jinqi said: "What a mess! ”
Liu Hong glared at him and said, "Shut up!" Then he looked at the little eunuch and asked, "And then?" ”
The little eunuch hurriedly said: "I saw Li Lang grab the big stone, a big stone of more than 100 catties, and it was as light as nothing in his hand, Li Lang took the big stone in his hand and said: It's too light......
The ministers are going crazy, this is the court, not a wine shop, how can you talk about this kind of nonsense, what is even more infuriating is that the emperor still listens to it with relish, it is simply out of place!
The ministers said in unison: "Hurray, quickly shut up this person, how can you say these inexplicable bastard words in the court!" ”
Liu Hongzheng was happy when he heard it, he usually played with the concubines in the harem, and he was a little tired, and finally had something interesting, how could he give up halfway? He shouted at the ministers, "Shut up, you guys! Then he said to the little eunuch: "Don't pay attention to them, you go on!" ”
The little eunuch said: "Dian Wei and Jia Xu, the two tiger generals, heard that Li Lang said that the big stone was too light, so he had to run to find a bigger stone, and after a long time, he found a big stone of more than 300 catties. Li Lang picked up the big stone with one hand and said: This is about the same, although it is still lighter, but let's deal with it! After speaking, Li Lang lifted the big stone and threw it to the city wall, there happened to be the leader of the rebel Li Plague monkey in the city, this person has extremely long arms, like an ape, and his arm strength is also large, and he has black hair all over his body, and he doesn't need to wear thick clothes in winter, and he will not freeze him by relying on long hair alone, and he is nicknamed Mighty Ape, he saw Li Lang throw up a big stone, so he said: It's just a stone, let me pick it up! ”
Liu Hong clapped his hands and said, "Then, did he catch it?" ”
The ministers couldn't help it anymore, the elderly ministers shook their heads and sighed, since the previous dynasty, they have been used to seeing absurd things, and this dynasty has absurd things every month, and every time it is more absurd, and today it is really not the most absurd, only more absurd, even in the solemn court, a small eunuch is talking nonsense, and the dignified emperor even listens to the direct question and then what?
The old ministers can accept the sale of official titles, although they are opposed, but they are always considered to be beneficiaries, after all, they have become big officials, and their families have money, and if their sons and nephews want to have a profit, they can buy officials with money, and selling official titles is still a profitable thing for these people.
Can you tout a local general? It's just a local general, no matter how great he is, it's just a local general, can he still go to the sky? How shamelessly he could boast for him! Of all the absurd things that the ten permanent servants have done, this is the most important, and among the absurd things that the emperor agreed to the eunuchs to do, this matter is also the most!
The old ministers could only sigh, but the young Zhuang faction stopped doing it, and a young general wearing a military general's uniform strode out of class and said: "Your Majesty, Li Qin lied about his military exploits and should be beheaded according to his crimes, Zhang Rang let him do what he wanted, he should sit together, Your Majesty must not listen to this little yellow door nonsense anymore, and the ministers implore Your Majesty to issue an order to push him out and behead him to show the public!" ”
The young military general spoke loudly and confidently, and the ministers turned their heads to look at him together, and the little eunuch also stopped talking, a little scared, but he didn't look at the young general, but looked at Zhang Rang. Zhang Rang pursed his lips, expressing disdain, but did not squeak.
He Jin turned his head to look at the young general, and thought: "What a Yuan Shao, there is a kind!" ”
Liu Hong glanced at Yuan Shao, very impatient, waved his hand, and said, "What's the matter today, I want to hear about Li Lang's affairs, there are so many people making noise." That's it, scatter the dynasty! He stood up, beckoned to the little eunuch, and said, "Let's go back, you go on, did the strong ape take the big stone?" I thought, he must not have caught it, no matter how strong he is, he can't be bigger than Li Lang! ”
The little eunuch bent down and followed behind, and said: "The emperor is like a god, didn't the strong ape catch the big stone, and he ...... not measure his strength" As he spoke, he followed Liu Hong back to the harem, and then went to the vernacular.
Yuan Shao was young and vigorous, and shouted from behind: "Your Majesty is the co-lord of the world, how can you call others Li Lang, it is not in line with the etiquette and law......"
Zhang Rang snorted and sneered: "Yuan Benchu, what do you know, what are you shouting, this is the court, how can you be allowed to shout!" ”
Yuan Shao's forehead was bruised, and he shouted: "You still know that this is the court, look at what you did just now!" ”
Zhang Rang didn't bother to look at him, waved his hand and said to the warrior on duty: "Boom him out!" "Flick the sleeves of the robe and go back to the harem.
No warrior on duty dared to really step forward and blast Yuan Shao away, Yuan Shao turned around and said to He Jin: "Lord Shizhong, it's just that the eunuchs are doing evil in Beijing, and now there are local generals who flatter them, this matter must not be helped, you have to come up with ideas!" ”
He Jin has a great sense of confidant, he usually doesn't pay much attention to Yuan Shao, he only became a servant by nepotism, but Yuan Shao is a child of a big nobleman from a top wealthy family, He Jin looks down on Yuan Shao, but today Yuan Shao is so "heroic" that he dares to act against Zhang Rang in court, which makes He Jin's impression of him change greatly, and his favorability value has skyrocketed!
He Jin took Yuan Shao's hand and said, "At the beginning, you still have momentum!" Come, let's go to my house, talk about the wine, and talk about how to deal with those dog eunuchs! ”
Yuan Shao hurriedly said: "In this way, I bothered the waiter!" ”
The two went out of the court together and went to He Jin's mansion.
Lingju County.
The Fujiao army did not enter the county seat, Li Qin just asked the people in the city to support him with some food and some craftsmen, there will always be a shortage of craftsmen in the Fujiao army, the more craftsmen with high craftsmanship, the better, as long as there is an opportunity, he will pull hard.
The county magistrate of Lingju County was killed by Li Wenhou, and the officials in the county were either killed or fled, and there was no official government left. Li Qin had no choice but to leave Jingchun behind for the time being, let him temporarily be the county magistrate, and take charge of Lingju County.
Jing Chun is a military doctor, his surname is gentle, and he is literate and hyphenated, and if no one else is elected, he can only let him stay here and become a county magistrate for the time being. However, Li Qin couldn't leave too many people for Jing Chun, so he could only send people back to Fujiao Fort and ask Liu Sheng to send some people over to help Jing Chun, so that they could be regarded as holding Lingju County and expanding their territory.
After only one day in Lingju County, Li Qin took the army on the road again. Originally, the plan was to fight city by city, like Lingju County, and Li Qin sent county officials after the capture, but when they saw Li Wenhou abandoning the city and fleeing, Li Qin felt that there was no need to attack the city by city, and he could scare the Qiang soldiers away by scare, which saved a lot of trouble and caused a lot less trouble.
Li Qin ordered Gao Shun to take a group of people, push a few chariots, cover the chariots with black cloth, pretend to be a secret weapon, and push them to the other two cities occupied by the Qiang soldiers, to scare the Qiang soldiers, if they can't be frightened, then attack at night, a few big stones will be thrown over, not afraid that the Qiang soldiers will not escape, with Li Wenhou as an example for them, the Qiang soldiers will definitely follow suit.
After calling Gao Shun, Li Qin instructed: "After you arrive at the place, don't attack immediately, but send soldiers with loud voices to shout to the city under the city, and tell them about Li Wenhou, but don't say bad things about Li Wenhou, to say that Li Wenhou is a handsome man, very knowledgeable about current affairs, he didn't dare to resist Wang Shi, and saw our meteorite from the sky, so he sent someone to negotiate with us, and we agreed to his conditions, so that his army could safely evacuate Lingju County, and did not pursue." ”
After a pause, he said: "Let those Qiang soldiers defending the city know that we have powerful weapons, and you can ask the heavenly soldiers and generals to come down to help us fight, the best thing for the heavenly soldiers and generals to use is meteorites, and those who see meteorites will get the plague, you just make the plague more terrible." ”
Gao Shun agreed again and again, and said: "The subordinates will say these things, mainly to ruin Li Wenhou's reputation and make other Qiang soldiers think that he is suspected of colluding with the government...... No, no, there is an act of secretly submitting to the government, and then using a meteorite that will spread the plague to scare away the Qiang soldiers guarding the city. ”
Li Qin smiled: "Yes, that's it." But there is one thing you should pay attention to, if the Qiang soldiers abandon the city and leave, you must make a situation to pursue them, so that they can feel that our attitude towards them is different from that of Li Wenhou. ”
(To be continued)