Chapter Thirty-Nine: Inspecting the North
Li Shimin next to him shook his head and said: "Uncle Xiahou's words are inappropriate, Xuanba may be able to compete with Yuwen Chengdu, but Yang Yuanqing is the best man in the world, his prestige no longer lies in martial arts, but in soldiers, Xuanba is not qualified to fight against him." ”
Xiahou was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "The virtuous nephew is right, I am shallow-minded." ”
Li Yuan secretly praised in his heart, but he stretched his face and feigned anger: "Shimin, don't be rude to Uncle Xiahou, don't apologize quickly!" ”
Li Shimin stood up and bowed deeply to Xiahou, "My nephew is rude, please forgive me!" ”
Xiahou Duan hurriedly waved his hand, "Hey! What do you want to apologize for this little thing, don't listen to your father's nonsense, sit down! ”
Xiahou Duan is Li Yuan's best friend, and Li Yuan's family is very familiar, he likes the second son Shimin and the third son Xuanba the most, he likes Li Shimin to be quiet and atmospheric, clever and astute, he likes Li Xuanba's simple head and brain, martial arts are world-famous, he doesn't like the old Siyuanji the most, Yuanji's eyes will always reveal a trace of viciousness, which makes him shudder.
At this time, he couldn't help but look at Li Yuanji who was sitting on the other side, Li Yuanji looked at his brother on the school field coldly, his eyes flashed with a jealousy that could not be concealed, Xiahou Duan sighed secretly, Li Yuan has this son, I don't know if it will be a blessing or a curse in the future.
At this time, Li Jiancheng hurriedly stepped forward and whispered a few words in his father's ear, Li Yuan stood up and smiled at Xiahou Duan and Gao Junya next to him: "It's a little trivial, let's miss it for a while." ”
Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng walked out of the school gate and asked, "Where are the people?" ”
"I let him go home, and it was inappropriate to be seen in the military academy."
Li Yuan nodded, "You did the right thing, you can't let people see the people of the Dugu family coming to me." ”
He looked at the letter again, Yang Guang was going to the north tour, and he would inevitably pass through Taiyuan, which was a big deal, he pondered for a moment, and then said: "I know about this matter, you go and tell Dugu Huai'en, ask him to go back and tell the head of the family, Li Yuan understands everything in his heart." ”
"Remember, child!"
Li Jiancheng turned around and left, Li Yuan sighed again, that proverb made him anxious, thanks to the Dugu family to smooth him out, whether he can survive this catastrophe depends on Yang Guang's attitude towards himself when he passed Taiyuan this time.
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Yang Yuanqing's 20,000 troops were stationed on the south bank of the Zihe River in the north of Mayi County at this time, and they entered the northeast of the river this time, indeed just to make a gesture, and did not plan to expand their forces to the south, the play has ended, at this time Yang Yuanqing was patiently waiting for news from the capital in the military camp.
At this time, 20,000 soldiers stood in 20 large phalanxes, divided into red and blue armies, and carried out actual combat confrontation on the vast grassland on the south bank of the Purple River.
The drums are pounding, the shouting of killing is shocking, a group of cavalry under the guidance of the Lingqi, galloping vertically and horizontally, the two armies are fiercely fighting, the commanders of both sides are Ying Yanglang generals, one is called Cui Pojun, the other is called Song Chun, and the two of them each command 10,000 troops to fight.
This is also the training of generals in the Fengzhou army, Captain Ying Yang should be able to command an army of more than 3,000 people to fight, and Ying Yang Lang will be 10,000 people, and the overseer army must consider the overall situation.
On a wooden platform more than ten zhang high for watching the battle, Yang Yuanqing watched the confrontation training of the two armies calmly, and Li Jing next to him shook his head and said: "General Cui's rear army was too anxious to invest, and he didn't see that the other party was a feint, and he lost this battle." ”
"I don't think so!"
Yang Yuanqing smiled faintly: "Song Chun is too forbearing, but his morale has been worn out by him, and it is unknown who can have the last laugh." ”
Li Jing smiled, "The chief manager is confused, this is a simulated confrontation, there is only the difference between physical exhaustion, and there is a high level of morale, so General Cui will definitely lose." ”
Sure enough, as the drums became denser, the red army suddenly launched a counterattack, and the blue army could not resist and began to retreat, and finally the blue army flag fell with a bang.
'When! While! While! The bell rang and the training was over, and the Reds cheered, while the Blues were dejected and dejected.
In a moment, the two Ying Yanglang generals were led up to the high platform and knelt down on one knee in front of Yang Yuanqing, "Humble and special orders to the governor!" ”
Yang Yuanqing smiled at Cui Pojun and said, "Do you know where you lost?" ”
Cui Pojun is only 20 years old, is a young general, he was born in Boling Cui, is Cui Hongsheng's grandson, has been practicing martial arts since childhood, studying the art of war, is a young general with both civil and military skills, joined the army at the age of fifteen, was originally a military captain in Youzhou, and was just promoted to Yingyang Lang General last month.
He just lost because of his lack of experience, and Song Chun, who played against him, was already a thirty-six-year-old veteran, who had been in the army for nearly 20 years and had rich experience.
Cui Pojun lowered his head and said with a depressed expression: "I was too anxious, and when I saw that the other party's command flag was in the wrong position, I thought it was the other party's position in chaos, and I wanted to capture the flag with one go, but it was broken." ”
Li Jing next to him said with a smile: "Your judgment is not wrong, on the real battlefield, no one dares to use the dislocation of the command flag as a cover for feints, if you find that the command flag is misplaced, it must be that the opponent's position is messed up, in this case, you can defeat the opponent in one go, but today is not a real battle, so General Song Chun dares to use the dislocation of the command flag to confuse you, this is the difference between simulation and actual combat, you don't have to think that you have made a mistake in judgment." ”
Cui Pojun was in a slightly better mood, and hurriedly said, "Thank you Sima for your teachings!" At the end of this battle, the general will admit defeat, and the end will be pulled back after a month, and I implore the governor to agree, and the last general will be allowed to fight against General Song again after a month. ”
Song Chun's mouth grinned, this kid was quite stubborn, and he also asked for war: "A month later, I am willing to fight with General Cui again." ”
Yang Yuanqing nodded and smiled, "Then I will fulfill you, and in a month, the two of you will be allowed to fight again, and now the whole army will return to the camp." ”
The two generals agreed, went downstairs and went back, and in a moment the army assembled and began to return to the camp in groups.
At this moment, several horsemen on horseback galloped from a distance, and were stopped by the patrolmen, and after a few interrogations, they brought them to the high platform.
Yang Yuanqing saw it clearly, he was overjoyed, it must be the news he had been waiting for for a long time, he walked down the high platform quickly, several knights had been led over, and the person at the head stepped forward to salute, "Report to the chief, we are from Taiyuan, relay the information of the capital." ”
He presented a piece of red information, Yang Yuanqing took it, quickly opened it, and saw that the information was written: 'The emperor set out on June 15 and led 100,000 forbidden troops to inspect Saibei....'
This news made Yang Yuanqing a little stunned.
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In the big tent of the Chinese army, Yang Yuanqing smiled bitterly and said to Li Jing: "I thought that Yang Guang would send a large army to encircle and suppress Fengzhou, but I didn't expect him to just come to the north to tour. ”
"What does the chief think is the purpose of his northern tour?"
Yang Yuanqing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, "He still came to deal with me on his northern tour, maybe he wanted to force me to see him, if I refused to see him, he thought that I would be unrighteous, and my officials and soldiers would be separated from this and would not want to follow me anymore, but if I went to see him, then I would not want to see the light of day again in this life." ”
Li Jing pondered for a moment and said, "Don't you think the manager thinks he is quite clever in this move?" Since the governor claims to support Sui, then he will advance step by step, and patrol all the way to Fengzhou, will the governor dare to touch him? If the governor really dares to touch him, then the governor will be the enemy of the world, and there is no hope of hegemony, if he is not moved, then Fengzhou will be finished. ”
Yang Yuanqing shook his head and smiled: "He won't go to Fengzhou, he doesn't have such courage, I know him very well, if force can solve the matter, he will never use this weak way, this can only show that his strength is no longer enough to exterminate Fengzhou, so he has to go on patrol, but when he moves, I'm afraid the Turks will also know." ”
Li Jing also agreed with Yang Yuanqing's idea, and he smiled slightly, "Isn't this better?" The emperor's goal was greater, and the Turks would inevitably be interested in him, and no longer Fengzhou. ”
"That being said, if something happens to him, I can't escape responsibility, I just hope that he can transfer a large army to deal with the Turks and force the Turks to retreat, and he only has 100,000 forbidden troops, and there are a few of those Gongzi troops who can fight, and if he doesn't know it, he will be wiped out in the whole army in Saibei."
"If the governor is not at ease, he can send someone to remind him that the Turkic army is approaching and ask him not to go north."
Yang Yuanqing shook his head, a sly smile appeared in his eyes, "He came to attract the Turkic army for me, no matter what, it's a good thing, why shouldn't I?" At most, I reminded him at a critical time, and did his best to fulfill the righteousness of a courtier, and I couldn't help anything else. ”
Speaking of this, Yang Yuanqing stood up and said with a smile: "Now I can go back to Yulin County with peace of mind." ”
The 20,000 army set out from camp and marched towards Yulin County.
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At the end of June, Emperor Yang Guang's northern tour arrived in Taiyuan City, but the team did not enter the city, and went to Jinyang Palace, where Yang Guang would rest for a few days, meet with the magistrates, learn about the situation in Hedong, and then continue north.
When arriving at Jinyang Palace, it was noon, Yang Guang and Empress Xiao, Yan Wang Yang Qi, Zhao Wang Yang Gao, Danyang Princess Yang Fangxin had lunch together, this is a rare situation, generally Yang Guang is alone in the imperial study to eat, especially in the Goryeo War for a few years, Yang Guang did not even have dinner with his family.
"How could His Majesty have thought of having dinner with us today?" Empress Xiao smiled slightly.
"I have been busy with court affairs all these years, and I have scattered more and less with my family, thinking about the fact that I am almost fifty years old, the years are not forgiving, I should try to accompany my family as much as possible, so this time the northern tour general I also brought Aman."
Yang Guang looked at his baby daughter lovingly, Ah Man is the nickname of Danyang Princess Yang Fangxin, she is twelve years old this year, she looks as beautiful as a flower, but her body is a little delicate, Xiao Hou also reminded Yang Guang that it is time to pay attention to Ah Man's husband, but Yang Guang always feels that his daughter is delicate and should not get married too early, and at the same time, he does not have a young handsome man who can be seen, so he did not agree to his wife.
Yang Fangxin has received a good education since she was a child, gentle and polite, she smiled lightly: "It's because my daughter hasn't been able to accompany her father more, and my daughter is very sorry." ”
Yang Guang smiled happily, "It's still my daughter who is considerate!" ”
Next to him, Yang Qi quietly glanced at Yang Gao, Yang Gao understood, and said a little coquettishly: "Father, last year you agreed to accompany me on horseback, and the sons and ministers have waited for a year, this time it is Saibei, and my father can no longer be discredited." ”
Yang Gao, the king of Zhao, was ten years old this year, smart and clever, and he knew that his father was busy with court affairs and had no time to rest, so he used the excuse of riding a horse to let his father relax.
Yang Guang nodded and smiled: "This time I will go to Saibei, I will definitely accompany everyone to ride horses." ”
Empress Xiao kept smiling beside her without saying a word, she was thinking about the last time Li Yuan entrusted her, Li Yuan gave her a true painting of Wang Youjun, she had to return this favor, find an appropriate opportunity to intercede for Li Yuan, today is a good opportunity.
"Holy Lord, is the last prophecy over?"