Chapter 301: It will be difficult to be a loyal minister
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"A shameful defeat, their presence has tarnished the banner of the Han army, and I am ashamed to be with this generation."
At the banquet to meet with the imperial court envoy Zhuang Zhu, Cao Shi made the above statement straightforwardly.
Zhuang Zhu is very embarrassed, as long as he is not blind, he knows that the general is angry, and in dealing with the arrangement of the general of the cavalry, the court is not authentic, and the emperor is not authentic.
The humerus ministers of the dignified court, the banners of the Han army who presided over the Battle of Yanmen and the Battle of Yinshan, were easily sent by the emperor to the border counties to guard against the Huns, and the handling of the court's politics was as ridiculous as child's play.
The emperor blatantly bullied people, why did the general of the Che Cai still have to give face to the court, so Zhuang Zhu was very difficult, as the Son of Heaven sent an envoy to ask about the solution of the Northern Expedition, but unfortunately the general of the Che Cai did not give a clear answer, and the whole process remained in awkward silence to end the banquet.
Cao Shi personally sent Zhuang Zhu back to the post house, and specially instructed the imperial envoys to pay attention to safety and try not to go out as much as possible, on the grounds that the Xiongnu Youxian Wang's department had unusual movements in Hexi.
Changed to other envoys, maybe they want to angrily reprimand the general of the Che Cavalry for being alarmist, and righteously and sternly said that the envoy of the Han family should serve his family and country, but last year Longxi County was ravaged by the Right Xianwang Department, but he caught up with the five tribes to fight a fiasco against the Huns, and any person with a normal IQ would be worried about running to the border counties adjacent to the Huns.
And the current imperial court envoy Zhuang Zhu has a habit of cleanliness, and he already hates the barrenness and dilapidation of Longxi County, and he heard that there is a military change in the department of the Right Xian Wang, and he repeatedly said that he resolutely did not go out. The ruined walls of Didao City have only been repaired, and the iron hooves of the Right Xian King will inevitably set off a protracted war in Longxi again. Zhuang Zhu couldn't wait to grow a pair of wings and immediately set off to fly back to Chang'an.
"Have you noticed, that Shosuke desperately hinted that the general took the initiative to bear the burden of the Northern Expedition. It's really well-intentioned to save face for the members of the Son of Heaven! It's a pity that we are taken for whom? Zhou Zuoche held a snowy dagger and said intently.
Chen He sneered: "The general once made an analogy, one day there was a fire in Didao City, the firefighting team went to the east of the city to extinguish the fire, and then went to the west of the city to put out the fire, and then went to the north of the city to put out the fire, and we also went to the north of the city to put out the fire. Is the fire easy to extinguish? ”
"Sitting in Chang'an to guide the country, and being on the front line to put out the fire." Fill strong gnashing of teeth.
Tian Wei suffered a defeat, and the Son of Heaven remembered that there was a general in the Han family who was thrown to the border, and regarded them as brainless firefighters, or the kind that was very brainless.
The older the emperor gets, the more suspicious he becomes of his former mentor and friend, and a wise emperor cannot allow an all-round talent to appear around him, even if he is loyal to him.
At that time, the Marquis Zhou Yafu was a loyal minister of the humerus, and the Marquis Zhou Bo was also a loyal minister who was not good at words, but the emperor felt that you were not good. The more you behave, the stronger the emperor's suspicion becomes, and he thinks that you are deliberately giving the face of the Son of Heaven, and the more you do it, the more wrong you will be.
What does the emperor really want?
Probably because he didn't want to let the general Cao Shi do things, it was best if he could have self-knowledge and lie in Longxi County for ten or eight years. Until the people of the Han family completely forgot the heroes of the past, at that time, the emperor showed a Ming monarch demeanor who did not forget the old ministers. Call this former mentor and friend back to be a mascot, if the emperor feels that he has treated Cao Shi badly. It's a big deal to compensate for Xiao Cao Xiang, this is not a trivial matter in the emperor's words.
Cao Shi sighed. His life was just beginning and coming to an end, and he once had the ambition to save the Han family from fire and water, but he didn't want to face the risk of dying halfway through the implementation of the plan, and he felt deeply worthless for himself.
But who can he blame?
Liu Che, the son of heaven, was not wrong in his thoughts, and if he was the emperor of the Han Dynasty in the face of a courtier with extraordinary ability and almost omnipotence, the emperor would inevitably have worries in his heart, desperately trying to catch this talented and uncontrollable person, but the result was that the tighter the emperor grasped it, the stronger Cao Shi's strength was struggling, and the two sides gradually drifted away from each other from the harmonious relationship between monarchs and ministers.
Cao Shi's mood was complicated, and the reaction of the officers of the Yulin Cavalry was also complicated.
Most of the officers still don't say a word, everyone has been educated since childhood to be deeply loyal to the Son of Heaven, even if they also feel that what the Son of Heaven has done is chilling, but they will still choose to passively accept, in the well-established Han Empire, every member is just a screw in this war machine called the Great Han, and it is inconceivable to resist the huge system within the system.
Perhaps in the future, this machine will gradually collapse and perish, and the system can take the opportunity to rebel against the opportunity to regain self-worth, but with the current situation, there is no hope of the collapse of the system for the time being, complaining and complaining are very normal emotional divergences, and the officers will not react more to the dissatisfaction of their comrades, but that's all.
Cao Shi's eyes swept to Longxi Taishou Li Guang, this flying general has always had a short temper, good riding skills, good archery, good background, and a hand that is not inferior to archery braggadocio skills, through the stone archery is blown by him in the sky and on the ground, so far there is a tiger-shaped rock with arrows inserted in Shanggu County, it is said that he once drank too much to go on patrol, and when he saw the white crouching tiger stone's head exploded, he used a stunt to penetrate the stone, and then shot a stone.
At this moment, Li Guang squinted his eyes and dozed off, as if he didn't hear complaints and dissatisfaction at all, this guy is a reckless man with five big and three rough on the surface, but he is actually very clear in his heart, on being born in Longxi, the Li family has been entrenched here for three hundred years, with big roots and deep branches, and he can be regarded as a local snake with extraordinary influence, but there is a stronger force in Longxi County, 23,000 Han cavalry wearing black armor.
Don't look at the only 23,000 people, the 100,000 Xiongnu army that was fought by such a few people almost collapsed, and the main Xiongnu army that cooperated with the brother troops pressed the main army of the Huns who came back to chase and fight.
Li Guang personally inspected the intensive training of the Yulin Cavalry, although during the inspection, he only saw the Yulin Cavalry pretending to be and did not show his real skills. But Li Guang is not comparable to the level of an ordinary cavalry commander, and he only needs to do very ordinary basic training from Yulin Cavalry. The relaxed attitude he showed with ease can lead to the terrible conclusion that Li Guang had never encountered a soldier with such a strong collective quality in his 30 years of training.
The individual combat ability of the Yulin Cavalry is not the strongest cavalry. However, the quality of everyone is very close to the strongest grade, and the overall quality of the Yulin cavalry officers is even more amazing, and it is no exaggeration to say that everyone is qualified to be a cavalry captain.
“…… Lee Taishou, Lee Taishou! ”
Li Guang raised his head and smiled embarrassedly: "People always love to doze off, what did you talk about just now?" ”
"I didn't say anything, I just wanted to remind Mrs. Li that it was not too early to keep time, and it was time to go home and rest early."
"Ouch, I just noticed that so much time has passed! I'm leaving! Farewell. ”
Li Guang got up and said goodbye, and the expressions of the officers were different from those of the flying general. There are relatively many cold-eyed bystanders, Li Guang is still struggling for the qualifications of the princes, the ancestors are neither military meritorious lords nor serious Chu people, eight out of ten officers here are meritorious princes, and they are Chu people with good roots, different circles and different systems, after all, they are not all the way.
He sent Li Guang back and closed the door with his hand, and the captains of the Northern Army's heavy cavalry and the captains of Yulin rode all pricked up their ears and listened carefully. Sending Li Guangcai away is a serious discussion.
Cao Shi glanced at it: "Where is Captain Sosu now?" ”
"Somewhere in the grassland in Hexi, probably near Yanzhi Mountain, it is said that Zhao Duwei found the ancient road near Yanzhi Mountain, which should delay a little time." Zhao Junyu replied.
"Tell him not to rush. King Hutu and King Hun are just meat on a plate, my target is the court of Youxian in the north, and I swept the north and south of Yinshan to deliberately force Youxian King to make a move. If he doesn't move, I will encroach on the pastures of King Hutu and the evil king step by step. If I don't move, I'll wait for the land west of the river to be in my hands. ”
Yu Yu wondered, "What if he moves?" ”
"The only thing that King Youxian can fight is Longxi County, Shuofang County and Beidi County. Suppose you are the Right Virtuous King, which one would you choose? ”
"After suffering a loss, Longxi County should be excluded, and the remaining two counties seem to be about the same difficulty, and Shuofang County should be chosen to do it."
Cao Shi smiled and praised: "You are very right, so I have to wait for the Right Xian King to take the initiative, no matter whether you can take Shuofang County or not, as long as the Right Xian King makes a move, I will give me a chance, within a month I will swallow the Hugh Tu King and the Hun Evil King, and give me another three months is enough to sweep every inch of the Xiongnu Right Land, do you understand?" ”
The generals suddenly realized that the two sides were not in a dilemma with the Han army, but the dominant Xiongnu Right Xian King, if the battle of Yanmen was a fierce stab of the military minister Shan Yu and Zuo Xian Wang, then the battle of Yinshan was a fire at the city gate and the right Xian King, and the war dividends from Longxi County were not enough to supplement the losses of Yinshan.
The two major tribes of the King of Aries and the King of Lou Fu plus dozens of large and small Xiongnu tribes were captured, the Hetao Plain south of Yinshan and Yangshan was recaptured by the Han army, and the Jiuqu Yellow River was only rich and cheap Han people, in contrast, it was not a matter to grab some people from Longxi County to search for some grain, get some cattle and horses and copy some gold and silver, and the Hetao Plain that the Han army snatched was not exchanged for 100 million catties of gold.
Xiahou Po asked: "But we are subject to too many restrictions, Your Majesty can remove us from our positions at any time, and even remove the command of the general, if our plan is abandoned halfway and someone picks peaches, what should we do?" ”
Zhao Junyu was silent, Zhou Zuoche was silent, the officers of Yulin Cavalry were speechless, the emperor has the right to remove and appoint officers, today you are a general, tomorrow you are nothing, no matter how much the soldiers worship you, they will not rebel for you, everyone in this world will be transferred, and how should the generals who have lost power deal with themselves at that time.
Cao Shi sighed: "So! I have to make meritorious service desperately, without merit, I can't protect my homeland at all, I can't protect the reward that the military meritorious lord threw his head and blood in exchange, it is difficult to be a minister, and it is even more difficult to be a loyal minister who has made a difference. (A pie-in-the-sky event, cool phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ point / official account (WeChat add friends - add official account - enter dd), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to the dd WeChat public account! (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!)