In spring and March, the land of the Central Plains is already verdant, and the area of Ganzi Aba in northwest Sichuan is still a cold and desolate winter scene. The white-haired wind that passed through the vast desert like the Hanhai Sea outside the Yumen Pass rode down from the height, freezing the swamp exposed outside the muddy water of the yellow soup into a layer of hard shell, like the scabs of abscesses, scattered in the water, large or small, as if broken and broken, stretching to the boundless end. The crimson clouds moved slowly on the vast sky, sometimes sprinkling the freezing rain and mist, and sometimes sprinkling snow particles like fine salt, and the wind swept the freezing rain, blowing so that the reeds and white grass were all lying on the "scab" and shivering. Even if there is no wind and no snow, there are not many sunny days here, and the humid and hot air wrapped in the southeast river and the cold wind of the north of Sichuan converge here, and it is a heavy fog all day long, which is pervasive, covering the endless water and grass swamps, and the small trees, high ports, hills, ponds, mud pools, criss-cross and slowly rolling rivers...... All embraced in its veil of mystery. It's so humid that even the birds don't bother to fly. As long as a person walks through such a fog for an hour, all the clothes will be as if they have been soaked in water, sticky and wet all over the body, and cold to the bone.

Because of the dense war in Jinchuan, intermittent for nearly 20 years, the official army of western Sichuan and the Jinchuan Tusi Shaluoben two armies faced each other, and there were battles from time to time across the hundreds of miles of mud, and the Han people and indigenous Hui Tibetans who lived by trafficking in salt, grain, tea and horses fled nearby, and the Shujing Temple stretched for more than 300 miles from east to west, in addition to the barracks or barracks. The smoky cottages were filled with smoke and miasma, and the streets were full of charcoal and mud-filled grain carts, and the streets were full of donkeys, mules, camels, and horse dung that was trampled in the mud by the cowhide boots of the soldiers. There are hundreds of canopy boats soaked in the Suoma River, which are also used to transport grain, and now it is the dry season, which can neither go up nor down, and thousands of boatmen and migrant workers are trapped here, so they have to set up dense shacks on the shore and live on stoves. However, it is the boatman in the middle of Sichuan who is called a "shack tun", and the children and daughters are called shabu and wash vegetables, which brings a trace of human fireworks to this large military camp full of murderous machines.

When the fog cleared at noon, a group of about 50 officers and soldiers galloped from west to east, horses covered with mud, carrying Goshha, who was wet and unkempt, and galloped wildly on the "post road" more than four feet wide, splashing in all directions, bursting all over the cowhide tents beside the road, and even on the bedding that the soldiers had just dried in the distance. When the horse team passed, it immediately attracted a scolding from the soldiers:

"What are you burning when your turtle son is poor! That's all I have for this dry quilt! A bald man was drying the bedding pole next to the post road, and the gown was splashed with a piece of mud juice, and even a drop burst into his mouth, he spat "bah" and scolded: "The ancestors are boarded, the grain depot is full of food, and they are so panicked to die!" - The pole is going to fall! What do turtle sons sell? Come and help hold it up! Blood Ancestor, what the hell is this place. It's dark and frozen like a slate, and the old man (the sun) will turn into a mess of stinky mud as soon as he comes out! ”

A few soldiers who were laughing and joking in the tent hurriedly ran out, picking up the rubble and stuffing the crooked clothes pole. A short man turned his face up, snorted his nose and bared his teeth, grinning: "The bald fifth man has long wanted to drink the wine stored in the granary, but he doesn't want to eat a mouthful of urine juice first, how does it taste?" The bald man brushed off the mud on his body, and said hatefully: "Ge Laozi, Lao Tzu can't eat it, and his own son may not be able to eat it!" In the morning and evening, Salo Ben served the dog's day of the grain depot, and everyone couldn't eat it! It's really strange, Zhang Junmen took the old soldiers, but he didn't call it a belt, he was a stinky scholar, he only knew that he would fight with a cunt face? As soon as his words fell, they immediately resonated:

"The bald old man is authentic!"

"The pioneer was in Xiaojinchuan, nested in the muddy pond, and almost asked someone to serve the old camp of the Chinese army. Now that I've moved to North Road, it's still my mother's mud pond tent...... I even dreamed of sleeping in a shack! ”

"Capture the big Jinchuan, take the big Jinchuan, take it twice, hundreds of miles of rotten grass and mud, the grain can't go up, and if you take it, you have to go back! Ten times more people die in the mud than in a war! ”

"If we Zhang Dashuai are still in charge, how can we be so cowardly? When Zhang Dashuai attacked Miao for a while, the Miao Barbarian King of the Seventy-two Caves rebelled......"

The bald old man kicked the wooden pole with his foot, and said with a sneer: "That's what you said back then!" Cats should avoid rats when they are old! The battle of Xiaojinchuan was not commanded by Zhang Guangsi? I see that it was Sha Luoben who saved face for the court, otherwise even he would have been captured alive! The dwarf raised his voice, for fear that others would steal the conversation, and shouted: "That's all to blame for the relatives stirring up inside, he wants to ignore military affairs, Zhang Junmen is a mother-in-law in charge, and he can't get out of the chaos in Xiaojinchuan!" A bearded man immediately put up coldly and said: "Zhang Junmen is a living Zhou Yu, the most immeasurable, the older he gets, the more bastard!" My brother cooked for him in the Chinese army, Xiao Jinchuan lost the battle, but the surname Zhang did not listen to the idea of A Gui Junmen, and was jealous, so he first sent someone to take a group of grandfather and grandson soldiers who guarded the library deep into the lonely land to scrape the ear cliff, and afterwards he was jealous of Gui Ye, afraid of exposing his shortcomings, and wanted to kill people! Who would dare to follow him with this kind of virtue? Who wants to give him his life?! He looked out of the tent and whispered: "Qi Guan is here with the camp, the turtle son is Zhang Guangsi's own soldiers, let's go into the tent and sing!" One by one, several people slipped into the tent. In an instant, the tents rose one after another, and the broken gongs of the soldiers sounded:

Shengluoxuan, the emperor's majesty, the wind and electric shocks.

Things are shocking, the sound is smart, and the strength is not broken!

The Western Regions, the territory outline, more than 20,000 miles of my territory.

Liangjinchuan, dare to resist thousands, self-inflicted self-inflicted self-harm......

The spring breeze blows into Taoguan...... Song Kai returned, and the Huchen and the warriors were all happy......

Of course, the cavalry didn't pay attention to the soldiers' comments, and at this moment they had galloped in front of the Van Pagoda of the Shujing Temple. The two officers led by rolled the saddle and dismounted in front of the prayer wheel in front of the mountain gate, threw the whip and reins to Goshha, who was entourage, and saw the Chinese military gate officer greet him and said: "The two of them, Ne Jing and Zhang Junmen, are discussing things, please Hailancha Junmen and Zhaohui Junmen to the waiting hall to temporarily listen to the order!" ”

"Yes!" The young officer named Hailancha said with his arms on his chest, but he didn't move, turned around and smiled at another officer beside him: "Hefu, the waiting hall is going to be full at this time, it's all smoke, I'm afraid of smelling the smell of smoke." You're going to go in first, it's going to be dry outside, it's drying in the sun, and I'll go in when the clothes are dry. Zhaohui said: "I also think that the house is stuffy, and you ask me to do what you don't want to do!" I'm out to dry too! The two looked at each other and smiled.

The two officers were both in their thirty-two or thirteen years old, and they were about the same height, and they both liked to wear black armor and red robes. At first glance, a bit like twin brothers. Because the two usually get along well, they are inseparable from each other on wars and business trips, stirring horses and spoons in a stove, living in a big tent, managing the grain depot of the army, one is a pair of two general grain pipe belts, and they are both deputy generals, and they love soldiers like life, so there is a "red-robed double star general" in the army. But in fact, the two are very different in terms of background, temperament and appearance. Zhaohui is a long melon face, pale and clear, a pair of eye sockets slightly sunken, very few expressions on the steep face, under the heavy two broom eyebrows, a pair of pupils are pitch black, occasionally the eye waves roll and flicker, crystal like fluorescent gems, but it is fleeting. Hailancha's figure is slightly fatter than Zhaohui, his eyebrows are protruding, a bit like an eagle's wings are inserted upward, his slightly copper-colored face is not outstanding at all, and he has an unflattering garlic nose, but he is a happy character. At this moment, the two of them stood in front of the stone steps of the prayer wheel outside the temple, basking in the melting sun, Zhaohui closed his eyes to the sun with a peaceful face, but Hailancha kicked restlessly like a monkey, kicked his feet for a while, picked the mud spots on his boots with his hands, took off his robe and shook and rubbed for a while, walked back and forth quickly, smiled and turned the row of prayer wheels, and asked Zhaohui: "I don't know any of the words in this song!" Brother Zhao, you've been to Mongolia, tell us about it! ”

"That's not Mongolian, it's the Tibetan mantra of the six famous kings." The muscles on Zhao Hui's cheeks twitched imperceptibly, as if he had woken up from a deep reverie, and said word by word: "Om, well, well, well, let, mi, huh-" He tensed his lips again, and his eyes that were sparkled into a line by the sun shimmered with a glimmer, staring at the clear blue sky without speaking. Hailancha followed his gaze, only to see the lush mountains, the withered yellow old trees and grass steaming with pale cyan Lan Qi, the bright yellow border on the big silk in front of the temple, the royal blue handsome flag seemed to be wet with fog and not dry, hanging flat, and there were six large characters written on it:

Fuyuan recruited the envoy

From time to time, he was blown by the wind, lazily stretching out, like a person who was sleepy at noon yawning, which made this cold and lonely empty mountain even more lonely. Seeing that he had been distracted for a long time, Zhaohui approached, stabbed him with his fingers, and asked with a smile: "Hey, what's wrong, the old monk is settled again?" Let me tell you, I know the six mantras. I've never eaten pork and seen pigs go, which temple doesn't have one? The word '吽' is pronounced as 'boom', you are so wrong! Hailancha turned his face and said with a smile: "No wonder you pronounced Sun Jiagan's name as Sun Jiajin last time - is the word 'Yin' pronounced 'cow'?" ”

Hailancha stared and thought about it, clapped his hands and smiled: "Yes!" Last time, Le Min told a joke, Yongzheng Ye went to a red-clothed lama in Beijing at that time, and cursed a tanhua to death, and recited a six-character mantra, and woke up and asked him, 'What did you hear?' He laughed and said, 'I didn't hear anything but him, 'I'll coax you!' That's not the right scene, I can't be mistaken! He bared his teeth, sniffed, stomped his feet and was quiet for a moment, and said, "Why are you so careful?" What kind of bird looks at this flag, always staring at it? ”

"I'm worried about the big grain depot." Zhaohui took a deep breath, "Our big grain depot is too close to Xiaojinchuan, and there are only more than a hundred miles of grassland in the middle. It costs fifteen catties to transport one hundred catties of grain from Chengdu, and it will be snatched away by Sha Luoben, and it will be thirty catties if one is reversed, and this battle will not be fought. His thin white fingers were clasped together crossed, rubbing uneasily, knuckles gurgling, and his gloomy pale face made Hailancha shiver. Hailan Cha smiled, lowered his head and thought about it, pursed his lips and muttered for a moment, and said: "The grain in Chengdu is also transferred from the two rivers and lakes, but it is not paid from the military spending. Ah Gui was originally here, we don't have to worry about this, now he is far away, and General Jianya, who is sitting in Gubeikou, will leave us to deal with it-" He looked at the mountain gate of the Brush Sutra Temple, "- these two living treasures of the Japanese Niang Bird!" ”

The "two living treasures" he said naturally refer to Ne Qin and Zhang Guangsi. Zhang Guangsi was originally a general under the command of Nian Qianyao, the general of Fuyuan in the Yongzheng Dynasty, but because of his stubborn temperament, he was at odds with the main general, and was transferred to the command of Yue Zhongqi, the governor of Sichuan. In the battle of Qinghai in Nian Qianyao, he defeated Luobuzang Tenzin, and more than 200,000 Junggar Mongol soldiers were in chaos and scattered all over the place. Emperor Yongzheng issued an edict led by Yue Zhongqi to annihilate his troops, and Zhang Guangsi led 2,000 men and horses from Songpan to respond to Yue Zhongqi's main force, attacking the state and trapping the government all the way to the north, but it was like entering a no-man's land, capturing 30,000 enemies all the way, and relieving the siege of the Chinese army in Beiyuka, Qinghai. Since then, he has been promoted to the rank of Admiral of Yunnan and Guizhou. In the year of Yongzheng, the edict ordered Yungui to change the land and return to the stream. The Miao people of the two provinces rose up, the erosion was out of control, the villages were on fire, the trees were smoking, the government decrees of the two provinces did not go out of the provincial walls, Yongzheng was angry and removed the title of Minister of Military Aircraft and Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou Ortai, and Zhang Guangsi was appointed as the governor. Zhang Guangsi was a lone army with five cadres, and more than 70 Miao villages were ordered in three months, and in less than a year and a half, the two provinces were wiped out by the rebel Miao, and the false king who rebelled against Miao was captured. With this great feat, Zhang Guangsi was promoted to the marquis and controlled the garrisons of Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangzhou, Sichuan and Hubei provinces. With this prestige, since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, there has been no second person except Nian Qianyao. People privately gave the title of "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses".

Such a great general, who has won battles all his life, came to the land of Sichuan, Tibet, and Qiang, but he was defeated and lost one after another. Since Qianlong's ascension to the pole, in order to open up the road into Tibet, he first sent the university Shi Qingfu to attack the Banluo tribe entrenched in the upper and lower Zhan Pairs, which was just a small place, not as large as the inland villages, Qingfu actually fought for two years, cost one million, and only landed two empty "cities", and also had to be guarded by a large army, Ban Roll sneaked into Jinchuan, provoked the Tibetan people to rebel, but caused the war to spread to western Sichuan, almost to Qinghai. Qianlong was furious, sealed the knife of Qingfu's grandfather Ji Bilong, gave Qingfu to commit suicide, Zhang Guangsi was in charge of the military, stationed in the Jinchuan region, with 150,000 elite soldiers in three ways, without damaging the betrayal of the Tibetan Sha Luoben a hair, only found out Qingfu's bad deeds of fake military merits, fell into the trick of luring the enemy, was besieged in Xiaojinchuan, almost the whole army was wiped out. Qingfu was given to commit suicide, and Zhang Guangsi was also punished with "meritorious service" and "assisted in military affairs" in the battalion. That's more interesting. He is the first assistant prime minister of Qianlong, the "first minister of Xuanli" of the Military Aircraft Department, the nephew and grandson of Empress Kangxi Xiaocheng, and the position is still above the powerful and popular uncle Fu Heng. A peaceful prime minister Tianhuang and nobleman will suddenly want to make meritorious service and be crowned marquis, and automatically invite Ying to come to Ping Jinchuan. Zhang Guangsi, who assisted in military affairs, went to Chengdu to recuperate from his "illness", and the following group of Qiu Baye are all proud soldiers and fierce generals he has brought for decades, where can he afford this white-faced scholar? Several meetings in the camp of the Shujing Temple, all of them sang a one-man show, and the military men respectfully saluted to twelve points, but they were either humming haha or complaining bitterly, and the grain, grass, army, salary, carriages, horses, and baggage were all over the day and the boss was arguing, but the command was not moving, so I had to ask for thousands of people to personally move this "old handsome" back to the camp in Chengdu. Two people, one is ambitious and unscrupulous, and the other is a general of the defeated army. The junior and senior generals in the army all privately jokingly called "two living treasures".

Listening to Hailancha's words, Zhaohui looked up for a long time, and then turned his face and smiled: "Be quiet!" Don't you see what this place is? At the last meeting, you were chattering in the hall, who did you tell that Zhang Guangsi was Zhang Shigui's grandson? Zhang Dashuai is rubbing sand in his eyes? Asked Ma Guangzu to ask me privately a few times, what did you say about the two masters, breaking your ass and attracting wind, and offending them for your sins, is it worth it? ”

"I think you're scared in Heilongjiang." Hailancha snorted and said, "The two of them look like bears, and they don't want people to say a few words behind their backs?" You said that Ma Guangzu asked you, why didn't he ask me yours? - Rely on grace to lead troops, they don't have either. After losing the battle, I am afraid that I will shake out the ugly bottom, and get some eyeliner to prevent us like a thief! ”

"They are now the emperor of the mountain, and they have power in their hands. A Cai Jing and a Gao Yu, once they were in power, they gave the order. They have a hard time, and they have to be careful not to find the next one. ”

"Cai Jing Gao Yu doesn't care who has a sore tendon!" Hailancha kicked a pebble far away, "Lao Tzu is not Lin Chong, he doesn't have a lady to occupy it!" Master Cai saw me a few days ago and said that the grain depot was going to be moved. It is said that it is Ah Gui's Tiao Chen - the grain depot is too close to Sha Luoben, the emperor is not at ease, and he has issued three secret edicts - of course it is good to move here, but it is only close to these two bastards, there are many things, disgusting! Zhaohui said: "I estimate that this meeting is about this." The two of us, you are from Uriya Sutai, I am from Heilongjiang, the stepmother is not good in her arms, be careful! ”

As he was talking, a Chinese army seemed to run out of the mountain gate, shouting as he ran: "Xiangye Junmen has been promoted to the throne, why haven't you entered yet?" Hurry! When he was not in front of him, he stepped back. The two men looked at each other and said yes! "I trotted into the mountain gate. A stone's throw to the west, I have seen the front of the hall Goshhama Ben soldiers standing on both sides of the door like geese, each with his hands pressed to his waist and his eyes not squinting, standing upright like nails, a scene of slaughter. Hailancha and Zhaohui settled down at the door and reported loudly: "Fuyuan recruits Zhaohui, the chief grain manager under the command of the army, and Hailancha Jinjian!" ”

There was a dead silence in the room, and no one answered, and after a long time, I heard a slightly hoarse voice from Neqin, and commanded in a gloomy voice: "Come in!" ”

"Yes!"

The two men agreed in unison, and stepped into the house almost at the same time. This is the scripture room of the lama of the brush temple to recite the evening class on weekdays, because the gable is wide, the four rooms are enough to be the size of the ordinary six or seven rooms, the purlin in the middle room also supports the red lacquer gilded wooden pillar, the ground is spread with a color of terrazzo green bricks, just to prevent moisture, the window is very small, the house looks dark and gloomy, at first glance from the outside of the bright day, it is as black as if it is drilled into the hole in the ground. After a long time, the eyes of the two gradually adapted, only to see that there are seats in front of the warp cabinet on the east and west sides, a slip and two rows of generals will sit solemnly with both hands and swords, the wood carving clay sculpture is like a line of immovable, the north side of the Buddha offering place is set up with a huge offering platform without friends, the butter lamp bowl is stacked in one place, the empty place is placed enough to have a large sand table with a large sand table, the sand table is in front of the family and sits in the middle, the robe of the nine pythons and five claws is covered with a new cluster of cranes to supplement the clothes, the beeswax beads hanging on the top of the neck are faintly flashing under the window, and there is also a peacock feather of the green forest after the coral is worn. Behind him stood a five-grade lieutenant, holding a bright yellow tassel Nine Dragon Sword in both hands, with an embroidered satin dragon bright yellow jacket on it, shining in the dark, as if showing off its supreme authority - this is the so-called "Sword of the Son of Heaven".

Zhao and Hai saluted, but the relatives did not immediately let them take their seats. A long, expressionless, bloodless face with a pair of triangular eyes pressed under the tadpole's eyebrows, as deep as an ancient well, stared straight at the two late generals. After a while, he said, "You're late, sit down!" In front of everyone's eyes, the two of them walked straight to the two empty seats on the left, Zhaohui sat down calmly without saying a word, Hailancha turned his back to the side acquaintance and stuck out his tongue to make a grimace, but turned his face seriously, and then carefully looked at the general Zhang Guangsi who was sitting on the right side of the kiss, and Zhang Guangsi also turned his face, and the two looked at each other, and they all avoided it. But he was very uneasy, and searched for the army governor and counselor, but he saw that Lemin's seat was next to his relatives, and he was not in the same line as the generals, and he was thinking about his thoughts in a daze. Sitting side by side with Le Min was a third-grade civil official, short and thin, with a pair of small eyes like pepper beans on his pockmarked face, which was very energetic, but he didn't recognize it. Just thinking, "What does this guy do?" He coughed lightly and spoke.

"Everyone!" Neqin straightened his slightly hunched back, his face revealed a trace of blood, and said unhurriedly, "The Battle of Jinchuan has been fought for a full thirteen years since the battle against Madara's escape, and so far, the enemy and me are still in a confrontation situation. Although the emperor is in a high position, since he appointed me as the minister of economic strategy, he has almost issued an edict every three days and an order every five days, and inquired about the situation of the army. But up to now, our army has only created a situation of encirclement of Jinchuan. The two armies engaged several times because of the meadow swamp with a gap of more than 100 miles, which could not be used for a long battle. Ne personally served as the minister of economic strategy, and he lived in a vegetarian meal in a high position, and he has been leading the army for more than half a year, and he has not made an inch. Pushing the pillow in the middle of the night and wandering in the heart, I am really ashamed and can't help myself! Shang Wu was anxious about the Lord, thinking of Yuan Yuan's feelings, and ashamed of the soldiers of the three armies who trekked through the mud and worked hard with their lives. The labor army is old and fruitless. If this continues, not only will the court not tolerate it, but we ourselves, how can we treat the monarch and the people? When he said this, he sighed softly, pointed to the official beside Le Min, and said, "This is Master Li Shiyao and Li, who just came from Beijing to deliver the decree. He came and brought us 650,000 taels of military salaries, as well as 300,000 catties of air-dried beef for the three armies. Before we start planning about the military, I would like to ask Master Li for advice! ”

The generals couldn't help but look at each other: the commanders of the generals here, the high-ranking officials are the best, and the worst ones are also the generals of the three grades of the army, what qualifications does this little Taoist have to give lectures on this occasion?

"Brother is the instruction of the heavens!" Li Shiyao sat down and said in a loud voice. He seemed to have recovered from smallpox not long ago, the pockmarks on his face were scabbed and the tender flesh was shining under the window, his voice was sharp and bright, and there was a slight trilling sound like metal: "Originally, my brother was ordered to go to Yunnan to take charge of the Copper Political Division, but when His Majesty left, the emperor personally summoned him in the Qianqing Palace.

"Ordered to work for the army, what kind of 'labor' is used? The 650,000 silver was transferred from the household department and directly transported to Jinchuan from the Huguang Domain, all of which were handled by the brothers. None of the yamen could handle this. What I'm afraid of is that those black-hearted officials have two grams less than two grams of short scales, and they will deduct 'fire consumption'. I took three masters with me when I left Beijing, and now I only have one ...... left here."

When he said this, the generals were already whispering:

"This ghost cub, why are you so verbose......"

"Hey, Lao Wang, you worked as an errand in the military department, do you know where he was selected?"

“…… Don't underestimate it, it was recommended by Fu Liuye! ”

"No wonder it's so big!"

"Humph! Fox Fake Tiger ......"

Suddenly, their discussion was shocked by Li Shiyao's words: "The other two, I invited the Governor of Huguang at Hanyang Wharf to correct the law in public-silver boxes were loaded on the ship, and they took advantage of the chaos to load a box on their own ship!" ”

Li Shiyao's eyes flashed with vicious light, but his voice was still the same: "This seems to be off-topic." The emperor said that the total number of men, women, and children in Jinchuan Shaluoben was less than 70,000, and the casualties of our army were 30,000 before and after the two expeditions, and the casualties of our army were 30,000, and they were defeated repeatedly, costing more than 2 million taels, and there was no merit in moving an inch...... The emperor said and wept, and I also cried on the ground, the lord was worried about the humiliation of the ministers, the lord humiliated the ministers to death, and the servant Yao received the grace of the lord's knowledge, how dare he bend the public because of his selfishness? ! Therefore, 650,000 taels of silver were transported to the army three days later, and 300,000 catties of beef were transferred by me from the copper political secretary to pay extra tribute to the generals. With this as a limit, if you can't step on the size of Jinchuan, you can't capture Saroben, and if you can't plow the court and sweep the holes in Xichuan, I will give each of you a coffin! With that, he got up and sat down, his expression calm as before. The waiting hall was silent, so quiet that you could hear even a needle hitting the ground.

"Well, this—what Lord Shiyao just said, it's all in the Holy Oracle. The decree was not read to you, but it was addressed to the Prime Minister and me. Zhang Guangsi cleared his throat, squinted his eyes and said: "In the battle of Xiaojinchuan, Qingfu was rigid and self-serving, and did not listen to advice and went deep into the lonely land, causing a big defeat. I'm the deputy marshal, and I can't escape the blame. I am a veteran soldier who has led soldiers for decades, and I have suffered such a big loss, and I am really humiliated and embarrassed, and I am so angry that I am seriously ill. As courtiers, what we pay attention to is a civil death admonition, and a military death war. I can't win this fight, not to mention that Tianwei is unpredictable, and I myself am ashamed to die. Brothers, Jinchuan is just a small place, our army is seven times larger than the enemy, and it is surrounded by regiments, but it is tossed so that its own people are turned on their backs, is it not worthy? It's really hard to win, and I can't afford to lose! Everyone is the one who rolled out of the cannon fodder in the city with me, so this time I will fight for breath, and I will fulfill my old bones, and you will also fulfill your own ......" He glanced at everyone with a depressed, almost pleading gaze, and looked ahead as if he was about to penetrate a wall.

Although his tone is calm, most of the generals present here have been with him for more than 20 years, whether in Qinghai, across thousands of miles of yellow sand and Gobi, or in Yunnan, Guizhou, and dangerous mountains and bad waters, fighting against Qiang Meng and Qiang Miao, that kind of shrewd and resolute, resolute command, kind of leading and breaking the formation, and the momentum of dominating the three armies, it seems that they have all disappeared in the fiasco of the first battle of Xiaojinchuan. He had never spoken so eloquently and earnestly to his subordinates in an equal tone, let alone with a bleak and helpless plea in his words! Listening to him and looking at the short hair that was more than half white on his forehead, the generals' faces were silent, and their hearts sank. Just when he was helpless, he turned his head and asked Le Min: "Master Le, do you want to say a few words?" ”

"Don't dare!" Lemin lean in his chair and said, "Students don't understand military affairs, so they can't interject." I was ordered by the Son of Heaven to be in charge of the army's grain and straw. In the army, there is a shortage of food for a day, and it is all my responsibility. The document has been flown to the governor of Liangjiang, Jin, and the specially selected 3,000 stone polished rice was quickly transported to Jinchuan, and the battle was won, so that the brothers could have a good life and fight tooth sacrifices. Although Dajinchuan lost the first battle, but the mourning soldiers will win, this time it is good to raise, take advantage of the spring drought time to walk the road, and fight this battle before the rainy season! Nothing else to say. After speaking, he stood up, smiled and clasped his hands into fists, shook his head, gently straightened the braid on his shoulders behind him, and sat down again. He is a broken flag man, he studied in Beijing, and he actually climbed the dragon gate in one fell swoop, and he tried to be the champion in the palace. This ambition won Qianlong's love, and in the past few years, he has been overmoved again and again, and has added the title of the right deputy capital imperial history. and did not fall under the jurisdiction of the large battalion system, so from Qingfu to Naqin and Zhang Guangsi all paid tribute to him.

After Le Min finished speaking, he nodded gently to him and Li Shuyao, and said to Zhang Guangsi beside him: "We discussed all night last night, you talk to everyone, and see what the generals have to say." Zhang Guangsi only smiled and said, "Look, it's okay!" Or you preside. I will obey all the following generals! "That's good." Neqin turned his face, raised his voice slightly, and said: "We reviewed the defeat of Xiaojinchuan, and committed the taboo of a soldier who went deep alone and had no support. The south road attacked Xiaojinchuan, and the swamp was more than 300 miles along the way, and more than 800 soldiers fell into the mud and died on the way to the army. With a bamboo pole inserted in the quagmire mark, the Tibetans moved a little at night, and had to try again and re-mark, the Chinese army went deep into the hinterland, Agui went deep into the Scraping Cliff, Dawei, Xiaojinchuan and Scraping Cliff were divided by the Shaluoben section, and the end could not be taken care of. The people of the Salopun tribe are all indigenous, the terrain is familiar, and they are not afraid of miasma, and the soldiers can fight alone and endure hardships, so we suffered a big loss. He stood up, took a rod from Goshha's hand, ordered him to "stand down", pointed the rod at the sand table, and said: "Look, everyone! ”

"Wow!"

Dozens of generals stood up one after another, and suddenly the spurs and swords clanged. Surround a half-moon in front of the big sand table and listen to the deployment and command of the relatives.

"Let's take a look at this wooden map!" Neqin became a little excited, his cheeks flushed, his eyes flashed, and he pointed to the sand table with a rod and said loudly: "This is the Shujing Temple, this is our Songgang Grain Depot, and this is Dajinchuan." I have passed on the general Linglong's Southern Route Army to be stationed in Heika, and Kangding Cao Guozhen's troops have also occupied Danba. The enemy cannot flee west to Ganzi, and there is no way to escape to Yungui. This is the big picture. He paused, his voice was soft and a little hoarse, and he said: "Our army captured Dajinchuan twice, both because the food supply could not go up, and more than 100 miles of grassland between Dajinchuan and Songgang became a natural barrier, and the key to it was that we never occupied Xiazhai. Xiazhai is between Dajinchuan and Songgang, and laying it is equivalent to having a bridge across the grassland. Therefore, this time, we will use the most elite Hou Yingbu and 20,000 people to storm the village. The Southern Route Army and the Western Route Army were all immovable. In this way, Salopen must have fled to the cliff of Scratching Ears. I have sent detectives to scrape the ear cliff several times, although the terrain is dangerous, but as long as the Danxi is cut off, his old man's cave will be cut off. This is even more powerful than the lack of food. If Sha Luoben does not retreat to the ear cliff, he will become a rogue in this hundred miles of circumference, and under the siege of hundreds of thousands of troops, he can only be captured with his hands tied - what do you think? ”

Everyone was speechless for a while, and there was nothing wrong with the plan itself. They have all fought for decades, and every time they make arrangements before the war, why don't they all be the first to be the way? But when there is a battle, there are unexpected changes every time, which catches people off guard. The Southern Route Army and the Western Route Army were more than 100 miles away from the Chinese Army, and the Jinchuan Mountain in the middle crisscrossed the water potential, winding and coiling, like a maze array. Although Saroben is a Tibetan, he is actually cunning and meticulous, thoughtful and thoughtful, and knows Chinese and the art of war, so he is not an easy opponent to deal with. A few people came up with such a food strategy in just one night, and everyone felt that there was no bottom in their hearts. After being stunned for a long time, Ne Qin saw that no one spoke, so he said: "Everyone has no opinion, Zhang Junmen and I are about to give the order to act!" As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone say:

"I have a few foolish opinions!"

Everyone turned their heads together, and saw that it was Zhang Guangsi and his most powerful henchmen, Ma Guangzu, the commander of the Right Army, who spoke. Ma Guangzu also has a pockmarked face, but he is in his thirties, with a pair of triangular eyes above the slightly high cheekbones, compared with the whites of the eyes, the pupils are a little smaller, and there is a smart mole on the left side of the nose. Use 20,000 to capture the village, and the rest will have to protect the grain, roads, and camps, and the inside will be empty. If the Tibetan soldiers take advantage of the situation to copy our rear camp and cut off the grain route, how will they deal with it? As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Guangsi asked coldly: "Which way did they take to copy our rear camp?" Ma Guangzu lowered his head, crossed his hands and said, "I don't know, I just thought of it." Ne Qin said: "It's also good to talk about it, brainstorming!" Who has anything to say? ”

"If we fight like this, we can only play half the chance." Zhao Hui said in the silence of the people: "I can't find any flaws in this strategy, but it is just our calculation. Confidants don't know the other. We don't know what Salopen thinks. ”

"You mean, we should go and ask Saroben?" Kissed and teased.

"No need to ask. How many garrisons there are in Dajinchuan City, how many garrisons there are in Xiazhai, how the troops in Xiaojinchuan and Scraping Cliff are arranged, and whether there are any hidden garrisons in other places, all have to be understood by detectives. If it is feasible, it will be done, and if it is not feasible, then make plans. ”

"How long will that take?"

"No matter how much time passes, if you can't figure out the enemy's situation and act rashly, you only have half of the hope, this is not what I Zhaohui said, it was Sun Tzu who said!"

"The magic of use, with one heart, is Yue Wumu's words!"

"I know Nakado-sama's heart. But Salopen also has a 'one-heartedness', he is a hero, not a reckless bandit. ”

Zhang Guangsi saw that he was speechless, and said: "The emperor has been angry about the matter of Jinchuan, and has repeatedly issued strict orders to march immediately. Who will bear the sin of this slow king? After saying that, the eagle-like eyes stared at Zhaohui.

Zhaohui swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and under Zhang Guangsi's majestic gaze, he seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then regained his composure, and said, "I can't afford to bear it." However, the marshal also said that our army cannot win or lose. will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected. In my opinion, we are strong and the enemy is weak, so we should order the two armies of the South Road and the West Road to march slowly to Xiaojinchuan, and our Chinese army will press south from the North Road. Although Salopen is cunning, after all, there are too few troops, and he can't afford to provoke any way, and he can't win any way. It's slow, but it's a sure way to win. Before he finished speaking, everyone was already talking.

That's right! The 130,000 men and horses of the Third Route Army pressed into Jinchuan together. There are less than 70,000 people in the Shaluo Benman tribe, and there is no way for reinforcements to retreat, we are just tofu scum, and we can also break his old sow's belly! ”

"Entering all the way alone, it is indeed easy for him to break through the road."

"I said, it's better to send more details, and go to Jinchuan to find out his details!"

"No, it's easy for their people to mix with us. Han people pretend to be Tibetans not at all. His grandmother's, last time I sent twenty, only two came back, and asked someone to cut off their ears! ”

Hailancha loves to be lively, listening to the relaxed discussion of people in the room, but he is different, only squeezing around in the crowd, poking this armpit, patting the person's buttocks, making people laugh for no reason, but he has a straight face, right-wing deputy general Liao Xuemin is speaking, "Protect our grain road, be bold-" Suddenly he was picked up a few times, he was the most impatient to itch, and suddenly Gegege couldn't stop laughing, everyone knew that it was Hailancha who was a troublemaker, so he laughed even more presumptuously, and the discussion was sandwiched with scolding and laughter, which made the venue chaotic.

"Get back to your seats!" Listening to this messy discussion, his head swelled, and he ordered: "Continue to speak one by one!" Zhang Guangsi's face was pale, and when the generals returned to their seats, he pointed to Hailan and said: "This is a major matter of discussing military aircraft, you dare to make a fuss!" Have you lived enough? ”

Hailancha bowed down in the chair and said with a smile: "Don't dare to be humble!" I'm trying to get them out of the way, and I'll say a few words. ”

"You say!"

"If we protect the food, we will be invincible." Hailan Cha said, "Grain road, grain protection." I think it can be pressed by the three armies, it seems stupid, but it is steady and serious. Seventy or eighty thousand people on the south and west roads are not used, and we are here with the Saroben player's house, playing hide and seek, and it is difficult to get benefits. ”

"You mean—" Neqin's face flushed suddenly, "you mean we're negligent with military aircraft?!" ”

"The time, the place, the people," Hailancha was shocked for a moment, and immediately became indifferent again, "The location is not ours, even if we and Saroben are both 'human', we only have half of the chances of winning." This battle cannot be won by surprise, but can only be bullied and the weak can be exploited to avoid weaknesses. So what Zhao Hui said still makes sense. How dare you say that Zhongtang and the military gate are 'negligent', you asked us to discuss! ”

Neqin breathed a sigh of relief. He has been a minister for many years, and his temperament is rarely reached. I don't care about the verbal attitudes of Hailancha and Zhaohui. He was concerned about the content of what the two said, and in this way, it was tantamount to completely overturning the plan that he and Zhang Guangsi had painstakingly agreed upon. Don't talk about it, Qianlong can't explain! In an instant, he crossed his heart with Qianlong's secret edict attached to the imperial edict for himself:

Do you want to make the mistake of Qingfu? Since entering Sichuan, the time has been one year old and April 13, I have not seen the size of the work, mustard micro gain, I don't know what to do day after day? It is the prelude to ask for money again and again, and the postlude asks for Shang Fang's sword, and the reluctance must be Zhang Guangsi to enter the camp to suppress the generals. Today, the food and salary are sufficient, the sword has been given, and Zhang Guangsi has also been strictly ordered to go to the line, but there is still no news of the march! The court discussion is boiling, and the chapter is discussed and impeached, and the enemy is afraid of the country and misguided by the country, and the ambition is great and the talent is sparse. I look at the sound of the day, wander at night, curb the public opinion, the center is scorched and can't help myself, and it is easy to think of it and be angry! I don't want to be so ungrateful and derelict in my duties! Hurry up, otherwise, the will of the lock is coming, I want to preserve, what is the law of the country, what is the law of the military?!

The edict was dipped in cinnabar very thickly, the handwriting was stained with red, the blood was as eye-catching as the heart, and it was written in extreme letters, which showed that it was written after careful consideration. This alone is more frightening than the scribbled madness of his anger...... His heart trembled for a moment, and he looked at Zhang Guangsi again.

Zhang Guangsi's face tightened, and he squinted at Le Min and Li Shiyao with a slightly dull gaze, the money and food were sufficient, they should have returned to Chengdu, but they were all stranded in the Shujing Temple, and did not interfere in military affairs, obviously they were ordered to inspect the military situation. He also has a secret edict of Zhu Pi, which is also a book of Gong Zhengduan, but it is very brief:

Er's head is still in the project, which is the reason why I remember the previous work, bend the intention to preserve, and strive to dismiss the public. Restrain some stubbornness and work hard to assist your relatives, then the previous sins can be forgiven, the future achievements can be continued, and the name can be preserved. Fulfilling one's relatives is the way of self-improvement, and I have no intention of asking for more, and I love myself.

With this holy decree, he reluctantly went to the army to help with military affairs, and he could only obey the orders of his relatives. At present, the opinions of the generals are that although it is obvious that this is a foolproof and safe policy, it is necessary to redeploy the troops and horses of the two routes in the southwest, make a detour to give orders back and forth, move, liaison, and supply grain, and things will be complicated for a long time. and also bear the charge of disobedience...... He glanced at the silent relatives and made up his mind: You are the boss, I have already been "counselor", or you will take the idea!

"Everyone is loyal to the country. However, the Yuquan landscape is good, and it is difficult to quench the thirst. Nie Qin thought left and right, his deployment was seamless, and he gritted his fine white teeth and smiled: "After the spring drought, this battle will be even more difficult to fight." When we occupy the sky, everyone works together to occupy people. We captured Dajinchuan and stood firm, and then ordered the southwest two roads to march at the same time, so that the liaison battle would be much more convenient. That's it. Listen to the generals! ”

The generals "brushed" and stood up in unison.

"I personally led 20,000 horses from Ma Guangzu and Cai Ying's troops, assembled in Songgang within three days, and then attacked. Within three days, all the serviced grain, rape and vegetables of the Songgang Grain Depot were transferred to the camp of the Shujing Temple, and they were still cared for by Zhaohui and Hailancha Departments. The two thousand green battalion soldiers stationed at the mouth of the Yellow River feinted to Dajinchuan to contain the troops of Sha Luoben, and Fang Weiqing, who was originally stationed in the third section, was stationed at the mouth of the Yellow River to prevent Sha Luoben from taking advantage of the void to attack our big camp......" He lowered his eyebrows, scanned everyone with a confident gaze, and waited for everyone to agree to obey orders one by one, and was about to speak, but Zhaohui said: "In addition to the military uniforms and baggage in the Songgang warehouse, there are more than 5,000 stones of grain alone, and I only have less than 4,000 people, and I can't do this mission in three days!" Hailan Cha said: "I am willing to go to the village to fight with the prime minister!" ”

A trace of unhappiness flashed on his face, and he said: "You can not move if you are dressed and heavy, and the rest of the people will carry food!" Zhaohui didn't mind and immediately said, "Who will protect the grain?" Zhang Guangsi said: "Use the five hundred cavalry of the Chinese army to protect the camp!" Zhao Hui snorted, and said with both hands: "I am willing to kill the enemy with the prime minister!" Ne Qin looked at the two young men with disgust, and the more she looked at them, the more hateful she felt, and she didn't want to talk to them anymore, so she said coldly: "Yes." You move with the army, the Chinese army camp and the Songgang grain depot are taken over by Liao Huaqing, listen to Zhang Guangsi's moderation! ”

"Wow!"

The generals bowed in unison and withdrew. In the huge waiting hall, there were only four people left: Naqin, Zhang Guangsi, Le Min and Li Shiyao. Le and Li knew that the two of them still had to discuss military affairs, so they got up and said goodbye. Li Shiyao said with a smile: "Brother Le and I can't intervene in the military, it's a special edict from the emperor, please forgive me." Tomorrow, when the salary is staked, I will go to Guizhou. Brother Le Min also wants to return to Chengdu to supervise the grain. Zhaohui and Hailancha are young and vigorous, but they have food and salary, and our army is invincible, which is very pertinent, and I hope the two adults will pay attention. If you still use the money, please send a letter to Yunnan Copper Political Department and I will definitely help! "Then the two of them said goodbye. Seeing Zhang Guangsi's expression in a trance, he looked thoughtful, because he asked, "Pinghu, you seem to have a lot on your mind?" ”

"Zhaohui and Hailancha are shrewd! Five hundred cavalry guards this grain route, I have not thought about it, and if there is a loss, it will affect the whole situation. ”

"Pinghu is too worried." Neqin smiled and said: "Saroben doesn't have that much strength, and he is not an immortal!" In this way, the 2,000 garrisons of the three sections will no longer be transferred to the mouth of the Yellow River, and will be transferred to the Chinese army under your command. ”