Chapter 795: Good Omen

Aozhou

Miyagi Goshu

Chen Zheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and several officials hurried over, and when they arrived at the door of the imperial study, several people glanced at each other, and the worry in each other's eyes was extremely strong, and in the worry, there was even a little bit of fear. Just half an hour ago, tens of thousands of horses suddenly appeared outside the city of Zhaozhou, and there was not even any news before!

Although it was the people of Great Xia who came, this unusual thing still made the ministers of the court suspicious. The emperor urgently summoned several important ministers of the imperial court, and the city gate of Zhaozhou was closed ahead of schedule due to the arrival of the army.

Chen Zheng, the secretary of the military department, was originally demoted to Dou Jiande with Nayan Pei Ju, who was just a small official who could not be on the stage in the Great Sui Imperial Court. In the last years of the great cause, he led a soldier in the imperial court from the official position of Liupin, and later followed Yu Wenhua and fled all the way, Yu Wenhua and successively defeated at the hands of Yanyun Army and Wagang Army, and finally had to surrender and be killed after being besieged by Wang Bo and the Xia army in Weizhou. And this person was a blessing in disguise, not only did he not die, but he rose step by step.

This person followed Yu Wenhua and was repeatedly promoted because of his cleverness, plus Yu Wenhua and his subordinates did not have many capable officials, so his career was not as bumpy as the journey, and it could be regarded as soaring. A small official from the sixth grade, followed Yu Wenhua and was soon promoted one after another, and was promoted to the Huangmen squire, and he was reused by Yu Wenhua and his subordinates like Pei Ju.

But after Yu Wenhua died, he did not follow suit. In this troubled era, there are no loyal servants to speak of. Take Pei Ju as an example, he holds an important position in Yang Guang's dynasty and is Yang Guang's most trusted person. When Yu Wenhua and the army rebelled, he didn't surrender neatly. Yu Wenhua and suffering, he surrendered to Dou Jiande without hesitation.

Assist this family today, and be loyal to that family tomorrow.

In troubled times, such courtiers abound. It is the famous ministers of the Tang Dynasty today, and how many of them have changed their doors one after another is also vivid.

Chen Zhengguan is the secretary of the military department of Daxia, and he holds a lot of power, and this military department is a very oily yamen, and he has fattened his own pocket in the past few years.

However, this person is very good at observing words and feelings, and he also has a lot of experience in figuring out Dou Jiande's thoughts. Therefore, there has never been any bad pool, and he is also like a fish in water in the Great Xia court.

After arriving at the door of the imperial study, Chen Zheng exchanged glances with a few good officials, and then pushed the door and walked in. After entering the door, Chen Zheng found that Nayan Pei Ju, Shangshu's left servant shot Xiao Lan, Shangshu's right servant shot Li Hongji, and the champion general Xiahou Burang and others had already arrived early.

Dou Jiande, the emperor of Great Xia, sat behind the bookcase with a gloomy face, and these important ministers under him also had a gloomy face and did not say a word.

After Chen Zheng entered the door, he first saluted Dou Jiande, and then stood in his place. Dou Jiande just waved his hand casually when he saw him come in, and then turned his gaze to Pei Ju and asked, "If it is true that Wu Bian took Wang Fubao's father and son back, why did he bring tens of thousands of horses?" And Wu Bian didn't send someone to report first, no matter how you say this, it's a bit strange. Do you think...... Did Wang Fubao and his son force Wu Bian to deceive and open the city gate? ”

Pei Ju scolded Wang Bo in his heart, and then bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this is indeed possible." After all, Wang Fubao has a lot of prestige in the army, and Wang Bo will not take over the camp too smoothly. It's just that...... The defenders on the city wall observed the flags of the soldiers and horses outside the city, and there were more than 10,000 people coming...... If it is really Wang Fubao's rebellion, it seems that there are fewer troops. If he really had the intention of rebellion, how could he rest assured that Qingzhang's army of more than 100,000 would be handed over to others? ”

"It's ...... reasonable"

Dou Jiande's brows softened, and he looked at the champion general Xiahou and asked, "Have you ever gone up to the city wall to observe in person?" ”

Xiahou was not allowed to be about fifty years old, and his prestige in the army was not very high. It's just that this person also has a good ability to slap horses with one hand, first got into a relationship with Cao Dan, and then took the opportunity of Queen Cao's birthday to pull this inside line. In the past few years, he has filled the palace with a lot of silver, but he has not paid in vain in exchange for the official position of a general of the garrison of Zhaozhou.

This person is a native of Guantao County, and he also did the county in the last years of the Great Sui Dynasty. It was only later that Zhang Jin said that he led troops to attack Guantao, and this person was the first to flee with his family after getting the news. Later, he took refuge in the thief Sun Xuanya, Sun Xuanya fled back to Hebei after the defeat of Qi County, when the area of Zhaozhou was still Cheng Mingzhen's territory, and he took his family to join Cheng Mingzhen's anti-army. Later, Cheng Mingzhen gave up his hands to Dou Jiande, and he became a general under Dou Jiande.

After Cheng Mingzhen was rescued by the people of the Yanyun Military Inspection Department, he sent a lot of gold and silver treasures to the palace, but instead of being implicated by this, he was promoted from the fourth rank of Lang General to the third rank of General Wu Ben. Later, most of the generals in the Xia army died, and Dou Jiande promoted him to the champion general, and he was well-known from the second grade.

Now that the Great Xia court is full of people like him and Chen Zheng, you can imagine what the Great Xia court looks like.

"Chen Dengcheng took a closer look, and saw that there were indeed more than 10,000 people outside the banner city. The minister has ordered all the garrisons to assemble, and Your Majesty can rest assured that even if the soldiers and horses outside the city are really rebels, with nearly 100,000 elite soldiers in the city, those rebels will only have to be killed! ”

Dou Jiande nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then I have nothing to worry about." I plan to send one of you to take a look outside the city, if it is really Wu Bian who returned with Wang Fubao and his son, if not...... It's a dangerous place, who among you wants to go? ”

Several people looked at each other, and none of them wanted to do this dangerous errand. Only Nayan Pei Ju smiled, stepped forward and said, "The minister is willing to share his worries for His Majesty!" ”

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"Your name is Wu Bian, right?"

Outside the south gate of the city of Zhaozhou, Wang Yan, who was kneeling on the ground, glanced at the eunuch Wu Bian who was trembling beside him, and the corners of his mouth twitched and said, "Wu Bian...... It's a fitting name. You, eunuch, don't have that thing, and you've already been sorry for your ancestors. But what I'm going to tell you today is...... If you dare to disobey my orders, I will help you change your name, and call it Deathless! ”

Wu Bian trembled with fright, and his face was pale without a trace of blood. The soldiers standing behind him in the uniforms of the forbidden army were all disguised by the soldiers under Wang Yan. The soldier behind him was holding a dagger against his lower back, and he had no doubt that he would be stabbed to death if he said the wrong thing.

"Big ...... Rest assured, the general will never dare to disobey your orders. ”

"That's good."

Wang Yan nodded in satisfaction, and couldn't help but move his body. The rope he was tied to was not fake at all, so he was very uncomfortable after being strangled for so long. Tied in front of him was his father-in-law, the general Wang Fubao.

When he was in the Qingzhang camp, Wang Yan finally persuaded Wang Fubao to raise troops to rebel. In recent years, Dou Jiande's distrust has also gradually changed Wang Fubao's mind. And Dou Jiande sent Wang Bo into the camp to seize the military power, which made Wang Fubao completely dead. It's just that he has been loyal for so many years, and it is still a little difficult to give up at this time.

It's just that Wang Fubao is unwilling to give up the love between him and Dou Jiande, or his loyalty, but I'm afraid that even he will be difficult to say.

In the Qingzhang camp, Wang Yan and Wang Qunlu, the captain of the pro-army, led the troops to kill Duguxiu and others without consulting him, and then led the men and horses to hunt down Duguxiu and others' cronies in the camp, and overnight, hundreds of generals above the captain level in the Qingzhang camp died.

Although Wang Fubao did not order this to be done, Wang Roar led the troops to slaughter and still obtained his tacit approval. After that, Wang Fubao took his cronies as his generals, and nearly 200,000 troops were really captured in his own hands.

Then, he began to wait.

Waiting for everyone to come and persuade him to rebel.

He is a loyal minister, and since the end of the great cause, he has followed Dou Jiande to fight in the east and west. Everyone knows that he is loyal to Dou Jiande, how can he rebel?

When everyone came to persuade him, he was not plotting rebellion, but conforming to the will of heaven and the people, and thinking about the hundreds of thousands of people under him.

Wang Roar came up with this way to open the gate of the city of Zhaozhou, although it was a bit risky, but Wang Fubao also thought that there was a possibility of success, as Pei Ju analyzed, he only caught the hundreds of thousands of troops in the Qingzhang battalion in his hands, how could he easily hand it over to others? At this time, the Qingzhang battalion actually only left more than 10,000 people as suspicious soldiers, in order to hide from the Yanyun army. The brigade of men and horses drove back to Zhaozhou in the middle of the night.

Because it was retreating in the opposite direction, it was impossible for Yan Yunjun's scouts to easily detect it.

Now there are more than 20,000 people outside the city, under the banner of 10,000. Twenty miles south of Zhaozhou, 100,000 Xia troops were waiting in the wilderness for a signal to enter the city. Wang Fubao's psychology has changed, especially before making the decision to rebel, Wang Roar's words to him made him feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

This sentence has been said by Wang Shichong and Yu Wenhua.

Since the eldest husband was born in troubled times, it is good to be an emperor even if he is an emperor for a day.

The dream of being an emperor is perhaps the greatest dream hidden in the most obscure corners of a man's heart.

All the gates of the city were closed, and the defenders on the city walls were already in full array. The archers had already placed their quivers within reach of their feet, and at the sound of an order, they would fire thousands of arrows. Xiahou didn't let him come out of the imperial study and rushed directly to the city wall, looking at the people outside the city, he couldn't help but let out a disdainful snort in his nose.

"Your Majesty is also too careful...... With the 10,000 people outside the city, even if Wang Fubao is really anti-willful, can he still attack it? The city has been repaired in recent years, and the city wall has increased by nearly a zhang, if anyone dares to attack the city, it is enough to shoot them into mud with these bed crossbows on the city wall. ”

"You can't say that, is it possible that the country is in great trouble, and Your Majesty should be careful."

Pei Ju stood beside Xiahou and whispered: "At this time, don't say that it is Your Majesty, that is, the people in the city who are not worried?" Yanyun thieves are only seven or eight hundred miles away from the capital...... At this time, the great changes in the army will inevitably make people vigilant. ”

Xiahou snorted and said: "It's just that Your Majesty chose Wang Bo, that idiot, to take over the army, if I change where I go, there will be so much trouble, wouldn't it be simple to behead Wang Fubao with a knife in the camp?" The guy who has not achieved enough things and has more than enough failures has never been a person who does big things. ”

He glanced at Pei Ju, and saw that Pei Ju's face was a little unsightly, so he suddenly remembered that Wang Bo was appointed as the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, and it was recommended by Pei Ju.

"Uh...... I just think that Wang Bo is procrastinating too much, but speaking of which, he wants to straighten out the people, maybe he is still busy in the camp at this time. Even if I go instead, I'm afraid that I won't be able to bear the trouble. ”

Xiahou didn't let him hurriedly cover up a few words, but Pei Ju smiled and said, "He...... Who knows what he is doing in the big camp now! Maybe it's the army drinking flower wine. ”

Wang Bo naturally didn't drink flower wine, and he was racking his brains at this time to think about how to live.

Ever since he was captured by Yan Yunjun's scouts, he has been locked up in a tent, and every day someone will come to ask him about the news of Xia Jun. I have suffered a lot these days, but the people in Yan Yun's army didn't think that he was really a big man in the Xia Kingdom, so the matter of capturing a prisoner was never reported to His Royal Highness King Yan.

After being forced to ask and tortured for more than ten days, Yan Yunjun's people couldn't ask anything when they saw it, so they simply pulled it out and cut it down, and when they were escorted out of the big tent, Wang Bo happened to see Li Xian passing by with his generals not far away in despair, and this guy who had experienced countless life and death struggles immediately let out an earth-shattering shout.

"King Yan! Save me! ”

Li Xian was about to take his generals to greet Daxi Changru, who had come to transport grain in person, when he suddenly heard someone shouting and couldn't help but look back, and saw a guy who had been beaten and couldn't see his human form was struggling desperately, he frowned slightly and asked Xue Wanche sideways: "Who is that person?" ”

Xue Wanche thought for a while and said, "It seems that he caught a Xia Jun's fine work not long ago, and it should be this person." I didn't ask anything from this person's mouth, and I thought it was an insignificant little character, so I didn't report it to you. ”

Li Xian nodded, walked over slowly, and recognized it for a while before he realized that the person who fell at his feet and begged was actually the famous Zhishilang who used to be on the green forest road.

"Your Highness...... Remembering the old acquaintances of you and me, Your Highness spares your life. ”

Wang Bo hugged Li Xian's boots and cried with snot and tears.

"Chishiro?"

Li Xian couldn't help but shake his head, squatted down and looked at Wang Bo's dirty face, smiled and said in a very soft voice: "You and I have been separated for many years, I heard that you have obtained a high-ranking official under Dou Jiande, and Gu has always been happy for you...... I didn't expect to meet again, you actually became like this in order to make Lone happy, and you were really considerate. Chishiro...... You are really a lucky star in a lonely life, it seems that this time the matter of destroying Hebei has been completed. ”

"Why did His Royal Highness King Yan say this?"

Wang Bo asked subconsciously.

Li Xian smiled and said seriously: "Since Gu went south, it seems that I have seen you once...... Lonely poop wins once, a good sign, it's really a good sign. ”

PS: You're going to work tomorrow, right? Don't want to go, do you? Haha, so am I, friends who have to go to work tomorrow, rest early, sleep well, and start work tomorrow full of energy. I wish you all a happy family, good health, a prosperous career, and all the best in life in the new year.