Chapter 3: Ups and Downs (Part 2)
If Liu Hongji was still by his side at this moment, he would clearly tell Xuzi that the eyeliner planted by the family in the Xiongwu Xiaoguo camp was not necessarily specific to him, and the current actions of wooing and rejecting were not entirely because Xuzi had any conflict of interest with others. These small actions are just an instinctive reflection of those wealthy families, and no matter which person from a humble background comes to this point, he will face the same difficulties.
Those wealthy families are like koi fish raised in a pond, and occasionally find that there is an extra loach next to them, so they naturally have to collectively take precautions and ostracize them. As for the purpose of the loach that inadvertently broke in, and whether it really posed a threat to the survival of the group, the carp did not think about it. As long as they see clearly that the loaches look different from themselves, they have already found enough reasons for their actions.
Xuzi didn't understand, so he could only learn to be obedient after suffering losses again and again, and slowly comprehend his life in stumbling. All the confusion and confusion in life need to be faced by himself, until one day in the future, he can suddenly understand the rules of officialdom or the true meaning of life.
Because he didn't understand, the only thing he could do at the moment was to lie on a stretcher and look at the clouds in the sky in a daze. There were more than 20 wounds on his body, large and small, which looked very terrifying, but in fact they were all skin wounds. Even if he gets up and rides now, it won't affect the healing of the wound too much. But Xuzi was reluctant to climb off the stretcher so early, and the old general Yuwenshu hadn't arranged which general would be responsible for the break, so there was no need for him to stand up and be a hero at this juncture.
Before leaving, Li Jiancheng and Liu Hongji specially told him to return to western Liaoning as soon as possible. Lying on a stretcher and pretending to be seriously injured is the best way for Xu Zi to think of at the moment to escape the task of breaking off. Using this method, he not only escaped today's routine, but also easily got rid of the celebration banquet that Lord Yuwenshu specially set up for the soldiers of the Xiongwu Xiaoguo Battalion last night. As for the heavy responsibility of going to the Chinese army to receive the task, when the main general is seriously injured, it will naturally be done by the Yu scribe and the supervising army.
Xu Zi wanted to use the actual situation to remind the old general Yuwen Shu that the current commander of the Xiongwu Xiaoguo Battalion was unable to lead the troops. If under such circumstances, the old general Yuwenshu still wants to keep the battalion behind the broken soldiers, the natural commander of this team will be the commander of the horses, Yuwenshi. As for the old fox's willingness to risk his own son, Xuzi believes that the other party has his own measure.
In fact, Yu Wenshiji's injuries were much more serious than Li Xu's. The armor on his body is not as good as that on Xuzi, and the kung fu under his hands is far less skilled than Xuzi. In yesterday morning's assault, Uvenshi and his body were wounded in several places, including a spear wound on his calf, so that he was now unable to stand for long periods of time. But Yuwen Shiji still insisted on rushing to his father's Zhongjun tent, his purpose in doing so was not to remind his father of the existence of the Xiongwu Xiaoguo Battalion, on the contrary, he now hoped that his father could forget about Li Xu for the time being, at least not in a hurry in the matter of winning over the other party to work for the Yuwen family.
"Are you saying that someone deliberately wanted to bury the Eastern Expeditionary Army in Liaodong?" After the generals dispersed, Yu Wenshu frowned and asked his son. The imprint of last year's stroke on his body has not completely faded, and to this day, the right half of his face is still expressionless when he speaks. This makes him look terrifying when he speaks, and even if he is facing his own son, it is difficult to show a trace of warmth.
"After Banzai sent someone to inform you of the withdrawal, the Chinese military forces of the DPRK were unable to agree on who to send to lead the second group to meet them. I can't find out who is behind this matter, so for the sake of insurance, I have to say that the emperor sent Li Xu to respond. Yu Wenshi nodded and replied in a low voice.
"That's weird, aren't they afraid that I will retaliate when I go back?" Yu Wenshu's gaze was as cold as a knife, sweeping around. Someone dared to plot that the Yuwen family was coming, wasn't he afraid of cutting off his children and grandchildren. You must know that since the death of Yang Su and Gao Ying, the Yuwen family has been the number one family in the army. Ordinary generals didn't dare to come out when they saw the people of the Yuwen family, who was so bold that they dared to take the initiative to brush the tiger's beard!
"I'm afraid, they prefer to believe that you can't return to the west bank of Liaoshui!" Yu Wenshi shook his head and lowered his voice to remind. "The emperor has already tolerated you once, if the 300,000 army can't return this time, I'm afraid our father and son will have to meet in Lingnan next year!"
This is not alarmist. The current emperor Yang Guang is a very righteous person, and he has always been very tolerant of the important ministers who have been with him. Yu Wenshu lost his teacher and humiliated the country last year, and he can still lead the troops as the commander this year, because His Majesty the Emperor misses the old relationship. But this tolerance is not unlimited, last year he led the generals to put the blame for the defeat on the prison army Liu Shilongtou, and has offended a large number of civil servants. This year, everyone still can't return with the whole division without the elbow of the supervising army, and those civil servants will definitely take advantage of the situation to fight back, and even if His Majesty the Emperor is magnanimous, he must have to borrow the head of Yu Wenshu to give an explanation to the scholars of the world.
Thinking of this, the left side of Yu Wenshiji's face twitched violently a few times, and the corners of his mouth and eyes twisted into an arc at the same time. The right side of his face is still as calm as a stone, and the comparison between the two makes him more and more hideous.
"Also, when we came east this time, we were actually blocked in the middle of the road by the Goguryeo people. If there is no internal response, I don't believe that Yizhi Wenxing dares to go out of the city to face the battle! Yu Wenshi looked at his father's face and continued.
This time, the Xiongwu Xiaoguo battalion encountered a very strange attack on the way to respond, and it is estimated from the time that if no one deliberately leaked the information like the Goguryeos, the defenders of the Black Bone City would not have appeared in advance on the way for the retreat of the expeditionary army. According to the confession of the captives last night, Eji Wenxing even incorporated all the men in the city into the army, and the defenders of the city remained less than 500, and all of them were old, weak, sick and disabled. If it weren't for the certainty of victory, I believe that this guy who was able to be frightened by the 800 grain guards last year and shrank in the city and didn't dare to come out would not have taken such a big risk.
But who informed Yizhi Wenxing of the movements of the Sui army? It's really hard to find the person behind this for a while. Several major families in the imperial court have long been red-eyed by the prosperity of the Yuwen family, and each of them can do this kind of thing that does not care about the life and death of the 300,000 Eastern Expeditionary Army and weakens the strength of political enemies with the strength of the enemy country.
The ministers, who were ostracized by the generals last year for interfering in the war, may also take the opportunity to attack. After the Great Sui Dynasty dominated the world, the struggle for power between the civil and military forces never stopped. The Yuwen family is the number one wealthy family in the army, and it is also the primary target of all those who try to rule the country with literature. Those people have always done whatever it takes to leak military information to the Goguryeo people for the sake of their goals, and they are not only capable of doing it, but they will definitely do it.
Another group of suspicious characters is some small families that have been suppressed by the Yuwen family, such as Tang Gong Li Yuan, Northeast Provincial Ambassador Xue Shixiong and other cronies. However, these people have very little influence in the imperial court, and although they have a deep relationship with the Yuwen family, they are the least suspected of taking the opportunity to frame them.
The person who knows all the inside stories best is Yizhi Wenxing, but he was beheaded by Li Xu on the battlefield, causing the Yuwen family to not even get the opportunity to ask for the final confession!
"Could it be that kid!" After pondering for a while, Yu Wenshu stared at his son and asked with a bit of murder.
"He doesn't like our family, but he hasn't learned to borrow a knife to kill!" Yu Wenshi and holding the table in his hands, almost jumped up from the Hu bed. "Ulzhi Wenxing was not killed by him! Last night, he found all the Xiaoguo around him in front of him, trying to find out the person who really made the contribution, but the brothers refused to take it, and everyone pushed and pushed again and again before the credit was pushed on his head! β
"Also, forgive this country boy for not being able to make such a big move!" Yu Wenshu shrugged his shoulders, and the expression on the left side of his face instantly turned into contempt. "How's the wound on your body? If you're badly injured, don't move! β
"I, my injuries are fine! He's, he's not just an ordinary country boy! Yu Wenshiji's answer surprised Yu Wenshu again. Looking at his father's strange eyes, he grinned again, "None of the country boys I've ever seen are as scheming as he is." Shhh This person has little experience, but he learns things very quickly. Shhh When leading the troops to fight, their minds also turned very quickly. Shhh As soon as Sun Langzhong mentioned that wolf smoke was poisonous at noon yesterday, he immediately thought of a way to use the poisonous smoke to break the fighting spirit of the enemy army! β
I was too excited just now and pulled the wound, and the calf hurt like a knife. In order not to worry his father, Yu Wenshi tried not to show the painful feelings, but when he spoke, he still unconsciously inhaled cold air.
"I seem to admire this man?" Yu Wenshu asked with a frown. It was another unexpected thing. He had three sons, the eldest of whom was ruthless and decisive, but he acted a little too recklessly. The second son, Yuwen, is wise and ambitious, flashy and unrealistic. Only this third son is the most in line with his heart, both flexible and flexible, and knows how to make trade-offs, the only deficiency is that he is a little pretentious. There are very few heroes in the younger generation who can be looked at by him, and it is the first time that a father and son have repeatedly praised a person and made a statement for it like today.
"Not just appreciation, but admiration!" Yu Wenshi shook his head, and nodded slightly. "It's hard to imagine that a man who has never led a soldier on his own knows how to cling to the enemy's rout. You can also see the results of yesterday's battle, the Xiongwu Xiaoguo battalion killed more than 2,000 people in total, but more than 30,000 Goguryeo soldiers and horses were defeated! This is not something that can be explained by the courage of a horseman, what is the original combat effectiveness of those Xiaoguo, I believe you also know it very well in your heart! β
"He is indeed a talent, and the more this is the case, the more I worry about him!" Yu Wenshu wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, shook his head and smiled bitterly. "Don't forget that he was picked up by Li Yuan, although it is no longer under Li Yuan's control at the moment, the relationship with the Li family is still broken."
"With his character, he may not lie dormant in the shadow of the Li family for too long!" Yu Wenshi and tilted his body on the Hu bed, trying to let the blood on his thighs be able to spread slowly, sitting for too long, and there was blood oozing out of the white Ge cloth on his calves, but he didn't have time to pay attention to it, many things at the moment were more important than dealing with the wounds, especially the decision related to the fate of the Xiongwu Xiaoguo Battalion, if he didn't bring it up as soon as possible, his father would have enough ways to make this army unable to return to Liaoxi.
"Dad, try not to arrange for him to break off, this time you have to listen to me." Yu Wenshi looked at his father, and his voice was weak.
"Listen to you! Do you know what you're talking about? Yu Wenshu's brows jumped suddenly, and his left and right faces stiffened at the same time.
"Don't let the Xiongwu Xiaoguo camp break off!" Yu Wenshiji's words carried a bit of begging, "This person is very likely to establish his own family in the future, even if we can't subdue him, there is no need to make enemies for ourselves!" β
"You seem to be pleading with him?" Yu Wenshu's brow jumped for the second time and asked.
"He saved me again yesterday and you once. I thought, if I had the chance, I would like to make friends with him! The brothers of the Mighty Fruit Camp are all good to me, and I think I want to help them! Yu Wenshi lowered his head and acknowledged with difficulty. He didn't dare to look his father in the eye anymore for fear of disappointment from within. For the children of the family, the interests of the family are often put first in daily activities, and the word friend is definitely a luxury. Indecisiveness, affection, and righteousness are more important in the eyes of the family than the sin of squandering money and oppressing the good. The latter will at best destroy the family's reputation, while the former may bury the entire family in a fight.
"I see!" Yu Wenshu's tone slowly softened, and for a moment, he 'understood' his son's intentions. The third child wants to keep Li Xu and take a descendant for himself. The foundation of the Yuwen family will definitely be transformed in the future, although Shi Ji is smart, after all, he is the third.
The power of the family is passed on to the elders but not to the young, this is the rule of the Yuwen family. If the third child wants to establish a team for himself outside the family, the father really shouldn't object. After "figuring out" his son's purpose, Yu Wenshu smiled kindly.
He stepped forward and patted his son on the shoulder kindly, "I promise you, you can do what you want." After returning to Liaoxi, I also tried my best to keep the Xiongwu Xiaoguo Camp for you, and did not let the emperor disband it directly. If you can make some contributions in the conquest of Yang Xuangan, I estimate that this army will always be under your command. Alas, Dad is old, sometimes he thinks less, and there is not much left for you and Zhiji! If you need Daddy's help in the future, just say it. Dad can help you create some convenience, just create some convenience! β
"Thank you, thank you Dad!" Yu Wenshi stood up with his hands on the table, and said excitedly. He didn't expect his father to agree so readily. If they are not used by me, they will be killed by me. This is the standard of the family since the Wei and Jin dynasties, and today, the father who has always been strict has made an exception for himself.
The two soldiers ran forward to help them, but were gently pushed away by Yu Wenshi and his hands. "Go, get me a horse!" He commanded in a low voice. He wanted to leak the news of his father's promise to keep the Xiongwu Xiaoguo Battalion from being disbanded to all the brothers in the army as soon as possible. The Yuwen family is not a family that does not repay kindness, he is proud of his father's decision, and he wants all the brothers in Xiaoguo Camp to share his pride.
"Actually, it's not entirely a bad thing for him that I co-opted him to work for our family!" Yuwen Shu smiled and sent his son to the entrance of the military tent, and a rare trace of humanity flashed in his eyes, "If you want to keep him as your arm, you need to be more careful, at the moment, the court is optimistic about him, but it is not only our Yuwen family!" β
"I know!" Yu Wenshi stopped and smiled helplessly. Looking at his father's unfathomable smile, he suddenly felt that the wound on his leg was very painful, and the pain was unforgettable.
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