Chapter 17 Su Jun Rises Troops
In the camp of Su Jun's army in Liyang City, Su Jun sat on the throne with a worried face in the Chinese army tent, and the generals under the account, Su Yi, Su Shuo, Ren Rang, Xu Hui, Kuang Shu, Kuang Xiao, Han Huang, Ma Xiong, Zhang Jian, Guan Shang, and Hong Wei were on both sides.
All the generals understood that the imperial court wanted to seize Su Jun's military power, and these brave generals who crawled out of the pile of dead only recognized their master Su Jun, and no one else cared about it.
This time, Su Jun recruited them to come just to understand the attitude of these subordinates who were born and died towards this matter. He frowned, his eyes swept over the faces of the generals one by one, threw the holy decree in his hand on the case in front of him, and said sharply: "The imperial court has issued a holy decree, and I must enter the court as an official, and the general does not want to go to the capital to enjoy the blessings, but I am reluctant to let you love the generals, I have been born and died together for so many years since the beginning of the army, and now Hu Lu has not been destroyed, and the Central Plains has not recovered, it is the time when we and other generals have made meritorious contributions, and the court does not think about the Northern Expedition but first dismisses the general's military power, and now the rabbit is not dead, the bird is not finished, what is the intention of the court's move!" β
After Su Jun finished speaking, his right hand slapped fiercely on the case in front of him, shaking the holy decree on the case and rolling to the ground. All the generals under the account were stunned.
Ren Rang, who joined the army, stood up and said: "General, seeing that the imperial court persecuted the general so much, I am afraid that the general has already had murderous intentions, and if the general is called to the capital, I am afraid that there will be more luck and less luck." β
General Han Huang got up and said angrily: "What holy decree, now the emperor is only six years old, the so-called holy decree is just the meaning of Yu Liang, Yu Liang is in charge of the government as the uncle of the country, and now the world of Dajin is already his Yu Liang's world, the general does not have to be called, and we only listen to the general's orders." β
When Su Jun heard this, the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, and he nodded with satisfaction. Han Huang is the number one fierce general under Su Jun, and if he can get Han Huang's full support, Su Jun's heart will be half at ease.
He slowly stood up, looked at the generals under his tent, and said sharply: "I think that when the Hu army went south, even the Northern Expeditionary Army trained by General Zu Di was defeated and retreated, General Zu Yue was in a hurry again and again, and all the generals of the court were frightened, and no one could stop the edge of the Hu people. How can there be such a truth in the whole world. β
After Su Jun finished speaking, he turned his back angrily, at this time he was extremely angry, his broad face was flushed, and his hands trembled slightly from being too excited.
"What the general said is that we have made so many contributions to the imperial court in bloody battles over the years, but in the end we have not been appreciated by the imperial court. Now that Yu Liang is in control of the government and excludes dissidents, we and other generals have no way to serve the country, so we should kill Yu Liang to thank the world. Kuang Xiao said and stretched out his right hand and made a slashing motion.
"The general should immediately raise troops, kill Yu Liang, and clear the king's side." Kuangshu Jian yì Dao.
"Kill Yu Liang, Qingjun side"
The generals under the tent immediately spoke in unison.
Su Jun didn't expect that the generals under his account would actually instigate him to rebel, although he hated Yu Liang to the core, and he had thought about raising troops many times, but it was just a fleeting thought.
He always believed that it was against the way of the monarch and the ministers to rebel, and he only had more than 20,000 soldiers and horses at his disposal, and there was no chance of victory in the face of hundreds of thousands of troops in the imperial court, and the reputation of the rebellion was not good.
The main purpose of convening the generals today is to test how loyal the generals are to him, and to predict how many chances he has of winning in case he joins forces.
"But we only have 20,000 horses, and the imperial court has 100,000 troops around the capital alone, once the war starts, the armies of each state will lead the army to Qin Wang, and we can have a few percent chance of victory." Ma Xiong expressed Su Jun's concern.
When Su Jun heard this, he nodded thoughtfully.
Han Huang looked disdainful, glanced at Ma Xiong, and said lightly: "The soldiers are not many but fine, and the generals are not brave but strategic, General Ma has forgotten that when the Hu army marched south, hundreds of thousands of troops in the imperial court were terrified and collapsed, and the army of the king of Qin from all walks of life was stuck, it can be said that the enemy is like a tiger, and the Hu people are indeed strong, but so what, the tens of thousands of elites of our army broke the Hu people's army in only a few rounds. β
After Han Huang finished speaking, he raised his head slightly, with an unstoppable momentum, in that battle, Han Huang rode into the enemy formation alone and won a lot.
"Although the soldiers of our army are brave, the good tiger can't stand the wolves, and we must find an ally to raise troops." Su Yi glanced at Han Huang and got up and said.
"Who would ally with us in such a thing?" None of the generals agreed.
"It has to be the ancestral covenant," Su Yi said indifferently.
"I wish to hear it," Su Jun suddenly became interested.
Su Yi smiled indifferently, and said: "Emperor Ming died, the ministers and auxiliary ministers, Zu Yue's fame and prestige are no longer under Xi Jian and Bian Hu, but he failed to be an auxiliary minister, and he has a grudge against the court in his heart, and then Hu people attacked Shouchun in a big way, Zu Yue repeatedly reported urgency, but the court did not send troops to rescue, Zu Yue was even more resentful, the most important thing is that our army broke through the Hu army from the periphery, relieved the siege of Shouchun, and was also kind to Zu Yue, with these three points, and then send a confidant to Shouchun Zu Yue's camp, and move it with emotion and reason, It must be said that the ancestors will raise troops together.
"Hahaha, that's a good point, if such a big thing can be accomplished, what General Ben was most worried about was the 50,000 elite army in Zu Yue's hands. Shouchun is only three or four hundred miles away from Liyang, if Zu Yue is on the side of the imperial court, and the 50,000 army is pressed from the north, we will be in danger, but if we can turn enemies into friends, we will be like a tiger with wings. Su Jun couldn't hide the excitement in his heart.
"Which of the generals would like to go to Shouchun and his party," Su Jun said.
Xu Hui, who joined the army, got up, clenched his fists, and said, "The last general Xu will be willing to go." β
"Okay, General Xu later"
Su Jun said as he picked up the brush and wrote a handwritten letter to Xu Hui, who took the letter and carried it in his arms and rushed to the Shouchun Zuyue camp day and night.
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Three days later, in the camp of Su Jun's army in Liyang City, Su Jun stood on the platform of the generals, with more than ten generals standing behind him, and 20,000 elite soldiers under the stage were surrounded by food and strict clothing.
Su Jun looked at the energetic soldiers in the audience, the corners of his mouth showed a smug smile, two days ago, Xu Huifei pigeon passed a book saying that Zu Yue was very happy to accept his own proposal, and sent his nephew Zu Lian and son-in-law Xu Liu each to lead 10,000 troops to help, now 20,000 friendly troops should already be on the way, or a few days to arrive in Liyang, when the 40,000 army waved east to smash the capital, first kill Yu Liang, and then coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes.
"General, Xu Huifei Pigeon passed the book, Zu Lian and Xu Liu's 20,000 troops have now arrived in Hefei, and they can go to Liyang to join our army in two days." Kuang Shu whispered in Su Jun's ear, interrupting Su Jun's original train of thought.
Su Jun nodded, turned sideways slightly and said to Kuang Shu: "The soldiers are fast, we can't wait for them, we must immediately raise troops to seize Fuling as a mouth, and tell SΓΉ Xu to directly let the reinforcements go to Fuling." β
"Yes, General." Kuang Shu turned and stepped back.
Su Jun took two steps forward and shouted loudly at the 20,000 elite soldiers in the audience: "Soldiers, as soldiers, we are soldiers who have fought bloodily to defend the country, although the horse leather shroud is also unremitting, but now the traitors of the court are in charge, and the scourge is loyal and good, and we have repeatedly made war exploits but have been full of suspicion. β
"It's the end of the month, the grain and grass haven't arrived yet, doesn't the court want us?"
"Hmph, as long as Lao Tzu is hungry, Lao Tzu will be reversed."
The soldiers in the audience looked at each other and muttered to each other. In addition to horror, there was also a trace of unwillingness and anger on everyone's faces.
Su Jun looked at the reaction of the soldiers in the audience, and a sneer slipped through the corners of his mouth, in fact, there was no shortage of grain and grass in the army, and the grain and grass sent by the imperial court had been quietly intercepted by him on the way.
He stretched out his hands to signal the soldiers to be quiet, and then continued: "The general knows that most of the soldiers were originally refugees from the north, and the Mongolian court did not abandon them to settle here, and we should serve the court and be loyal to the emperor, but now the emperor is too young to manage the government, the national thief Yu Liang controls the government, and there are countless people who collude with Yu Liang in the court, these traitors regard me as grass mustard, and drive me at will like pigs and dogs. In the eyes of these traitors, they are the only ones who are on the high, and we are just slaves driven by them, should we be willing to let them be humiliated? β
"Unwilling, unwilling."
"Unwilling, unwilling."
The 20,000 soldiers in the audience were suddenly excited, all the soldiers were born in exiles, their status was low, and it was inevitable that they would be looked down upon by the children of the scholars, and a seed of hatred had already been planted in their hearts, and at this moment, irrigated by Su Jun's words, this seed sprouted and grew up at a very fast speed.
"Displaced people are also human beings, and displaced people also have self-esteem." A soldier in the audience shouted.
"Displaced people are also human beings, and displaced people also have self-esteem." Immediately everyone shouted.
Seeing this scene, the joy in Su Jun's heart was really difficult to express in words, he knew that he was one step closer to success, and now that the morale of the army was high, the time was obviously ripe to start the army.
Su Jun turned his head slightly sideways and glanced at Kuang Shu who was standing behind him, Kuang Shu hurriedly took two steps forward, raised his right hand and shouted to the audience: "The traitor Yu Liang is the culprit, only by killing Yu Liang can she Ji be saved, kill Yu Liang, Qingjun side." Kill Yu Liang, Qingjun side. β
"Kill Yu Liang, Qingjun side."
"Kill Yu Liang, Qingjun side."
The 20,000-strong army raised their weapons and followed.
A trace of evil in Su Jun's eyes suddenly flashed, and he snorted coldly and said aloud to the generals in the audience: "Soldiers, as long as you capture the capital and kill Yu Liang, the children and goods of the traitors who collude with Yu Liang in the capital, the concubines and palace maids in the palace are all soldiers, everyone can take them at will."
"Oh, you can grab the capital at will, and you can grab women at will."
"I heard that the concubines in the palace are as beautiful as fairies, and we and other homeless people are also blessed to enjoy them"
The generals in the audience immediately talked rudely about robbery and women, people have two sides, when resisting the invasion of the Hu people, they are all heroes of the nation, worthy of respect, at this moment, under the guidance of Su Jun, the evil and greedy side of their hearts is also exposed, the homeless people are the homeless, although the combat power is strong, but also simple-minded and easy to be manipulated by others.
Su Jun looked at the angry and greedy expressions of the soldiers, and understood that the desires of the soldiers had been awakened. He proudly pulled out the sword he was wearing, and shouted: "Go to battle"
"Knock knock knock ......" all the big drums in the barracks made a deafening loud sound at the same time.
The soldiers marched to the mouth of Fuling Dangli under the leadership of the generals of various armies according to the predetermined route, and a major battle within the Eastern Jin Dynasty began.