Chapter Ninety-Nine: Crowning the General Heroic
"We can't put all the soldiers and horses in the Zhenwu Army."
The prime minister's expression was calm, and his voice was solemn, meeting the eyes of the emperor and the officials.
"You can't concentrate all your forces in Xiangzhou Mobei."
The two eunuchs unfolded the map, and Cui Zheng pointed to it.
"Now Xiangzhou, Mobei, and Huainan Province are all where the Zhenwu army is located, and they have won several battles, these three places can be said to be very stable, at least the rebels will not easily move them again."
"Since we can't attack these places, the rebels will inevitably accumulate strength to attack other places, and we must strengthen the forces of soldiers and horses in other places."
"Is there a problem with that? Can't Wudu understand? Is he going to use all the soldiers and horses of Great Xia? ”
Speaking of this, Cui Zheng said a complaint that he couldn't bear it.
"It's been a year since so many soldiers and horses were taken, and the capital has still not been recovered."
He looked at the Emperor and bowed.
"Your Majesty, the capital cannot be recovered by the Zhenwu army alone, and the Zhenwu army alone cannot quell the turmoil in Great Xia, and your majesty is requested to focus on the overall situation and not condone the governor of Wudu."
So that's the case, and the ministers followed the request: "Your Majesty Mingjian." ”
The emperor twisted on the dragon chair: "Since Wudu Governor can win big victories one after another, he must be very clear about the situation, and the arrangement of soldiers and horses must be measured. ”
You don't understand.
Cui Zheng knew what the emperor meant.
King Lu ascended the throne in a hurry, fearful and dependent on the hundred officials, but in fact he did not trust the ministers, only that Wu Ya'er, who fell from the sky to save him from the rebels, and let him kill the rebels in front of the official militia and ascend the throne mightily, for now, the emperor only trusts him.
This is also why he didn't slander Wu Ya'er in front of the emperor, for the current emperor, it was useless to slander, but he didn't trust him even more.
"Your Majesty, good news, good news!"
A red-robed eunuch stumbled in, holding an urgent letter in his hand, followed by a messenger.
Another good news? The ministers in the palace were pleasantly surprised, and the emperor sat up straight and asked, "Where is the good news?" ”
The eunuch held up the urgent letter in front of the dragon chair and shouted in a long voice: "Yuanzhou has been recovered." ”
Yuanzhou is a fortress between Linzhou and the capital, after Shuofang recovered, the rebels around were swept away by Wu Ya'er, but Yuanzhou outside Shuofang has been controlled by rebels.
To attack Yuanzhou, it is necessary to mobilize all the troops and horses to concentrate, which is very unfavorable to Shuo's defense, so Wu Ya'er changed his strategy, first strengthened Shuofang's defense, and then left Yuanzhou and directly attacked Xiangzhou, turning Xiangzhou into a similar location in Yuanzhou, posing a threat to the capital.
Xiangzhou was recovered, Ankangshan was panicked, the emperor didn't know, Yuanzhou was occupied by rebels, and the emperor was very panicked.
The rebels in Yuanzhou come out from time to time to make trouble, although they are all beaten back, but what if there are a large number of rebels to reinforce them? What if a fish slips through the net?
Thinking of Wu Ya'er's original arrangement, the emperor didn't dare to have to pull out this rotten tooth, for fear of destroying a good tooth, so he could only endure the pain.
Now this rotten tooth has finally been pulled out!
"Who is it?" The Emperor grabbed the dragon chair and stood up.
The letter soldier knelt down behind the eunuch: "Shannan West Dao Shannan Middle Dao Jiedu Envoy, Zhang An Wang Lin, and Longyou Dao Jiedu Envoy, Xiang Yun." ”
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Outside Yuanzhou City, the war was still burning, the corpses and broken flags were mixed, the fighting had stopped, and the auxiliary soldiers and miscellaneous ants shuttled through it, cutting off the heads of the rebels and sorting out the corpses of their own people.
Under the city gate, a team of officers and soldiers went in and out, driving away the rebels and officials who surrendered, screening the surviving civilians, and constantly throwing down the rebel flags on the city wall, replacing them with the military flags of the Great Xia Guards and Longyou...... There is also the flag of Shannan Province.
"Xiang Dudu is amazing." Zhang An Wang Lin stepped onto the city wall and stretched out his hand to Xiang Yun from a distance, "You really did it." ”
Xiang Yun's gaze followed the soldiers and horses that surged behind Zhang An and Wang Lin, these soldiers and horses spread out on the city wall, some stood in line to defend the city, and some looked for a spare place to plant flags......
"Leave to die and come back to life." Xiang Yun retracted his gaze and looked at the two approaching people, "Yuanzhou City must be taken." ”
"The casualties are still very large." Zhang An sighed.
"There are also many rebels fleeing." Wang Lin added.
Without waiting for Xiang Yun to answer, the two said together: "Governor Xiang Don't worry, our soldiers and horses have been replenished to hunt down the rebels." ”
Xiang Yun said lightly: "Thank you, two adults." ”
Zhang An Wang Lin accepted it calmly, and held Xiang Yun's hand from left to right: "Lord Xiang has seen the outside, Jiannan Road and Shannan Road are one family." ”
But Jiannan Dao and Longyou are not a family, Xiang Yunxin said, but he couldn't say this, he was introduced to see His Majesty, Cui Xiangye in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, the first sentence was Jiannan Dao Li Feng'an's right-hand man, hearing this, needless to say anything else, the emperor stood up from the dragon chair.
"If Governor Li is still here, the first emperor will not be killed." The emperor's voice choked and his eyes were red, and Xiang Yun stepped forward to take a closer look, "You are Li Dudu's most powerful assistant?" ”
"Li Dudu entrusted all his children to Master Xiang before he died." Cui Zheng said on the side, "Li Dudu's daughter married the nephew of Lord Xiang, and is now in Taiyuan Mansion, and Xiang Dudu's nephew Xiang Nan also led the troops to quell the rebellion. ”
The Emperor was even more surprised and delighted.
When they came to the barracks, those unruly soldiers and horses with mixed backgrounds heard that he was one of the eight generals under Li Feng'an, and their attitude was much more respectful, and they were much more active in obeying the transfer.
This time to recover Yuanzhou, thanks to this name, this move was originally not accepted by everyone, after all, Wu Ya'er bypassed Yuanzhou, but because of Li Feng'an's name, everyone was suspicious of his layout and tactics, and finally there were enough soldiers and horses to obey the command, and it took three days to take Yuanzhou in one go.
Then the two wastes that Shannan Province avoided before the war came to grab the credit.
Shannan Province and Jiannan Province are indeed one family, and Li Mingyu, the governor of Jiannan Province, is still living in Shannan Province, and Li Feng'an's mother is also there......
In the chaos outside the city, a group of soldiers and horses galloped over, surrounded by a red-robed eunuch, who held aloft the holy decree.
"Your Majesty's edict is to return to the dynasty of Zhang An, Wang Lin."
Although the distance was long, the voice of the eunuch was loud, penetrating the battlefield and resounding through the city gates.
Zhang An Wang Lin was overjoyed: "Governor Xiang, let's go quickly." ”
Without waiting for Xiang Yun to speak, he let go of his hand and hurriedly walked down the city wall to greet the eunuch who announced the decree.
Xiang Yun took a few steps behind and looked at their backs, then looked out of the city, and shook his head.
"My lord, these two guys." The adjutant general stepped forward indignantly, "Not only did he not support at the most critical time, but he also retreated with his soldiers and horses, and he even dared to say that he was meritorious?" Don't you expose them, my lord? ”
"It hasn't been long since we came together to compete for success, what kind of system will it become, which will attract the distrust of His Majesty's court, and also make the soldiers and horses see jokes." Xiang Yundao, "The overall situation is important. ”
After that, he straightened out the blood-stained armor and strode towards the city gate, and the deputy general followed with his own soldiers, and the banner of the word Xiang was waving in the wind, and it was majestic.
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"Great victory!"
"Yuanzhou has been recovered!"
"There are three knots that have been crowned generals."
"Shannan West Dao Jiedu envoy was named Zhongwu General, Shannan Middle Dao Jiedu envoy was named Zhuangwu General, and Longyou Jiedu envoy was named Yingwu General."
"These three people have actually been crowned generals, but the Wudu Governor of the Zhenwu Army has not been sealed."
"Wudu Governor didn't take Yuanzhou, it was the three of them who took it."
Linzhou is no longer a remote place, as the foot of the Son of Heaven, the news of the imperial court spread all over the first time, and the streets and alleys are discussing, especially the latest war and the latest military situation, after all, this is related to everyone's fate and safety.
Everyone was talking about these three generals who suddenly appeared, and it was obvious that the soldiers and horses of Linzhou would be in their hands in the future.
"Zhang An and Wang Lin haven't heard of it before."
"Xiang Yun has heard of it, he is Li Feng'an's general."
"Lee Bong-an, I know!"
In an inconspicuous food shed on the side of the road, the peddlers and pawns are all exchanging the news they know, whether it is true or not, but not everyone is interested in this, and a heroic young man sitting in the innermost part is engrossed in gnawing on a large lamb bone.
"Little brother, our family is a famous old shop in the capital, and this sheep bone has been passed down for hundreds of years." The store is very proud of this young man's dedication to eating, "In the past, not everyone could eat it, and if you want to eat in advance, Cui Xiangye often asks the chef to buy it." ”
The young man put down the gnawed clean bones, wiped his beard with his oily hands, and threw down a handful of money: "General, not as strong as the Wang family's shop." ”
The shopkeeper was not convinced by the first sentence, and was a little unconfident when he heard the latter sentence, and only came back to his senses when he watched the young man walk out.
"This ranger beggar, he even ate the Wang's shop." He pouted, "The family business must have been ruined by him." ”
The young man ignored the muttering behind him, and stood on the street, greeted by a group of soldiers and horses galloping towards him.
"Get out of the way."
"General Yingwu's priority."
The soldiers shouted, the people on the street skillfully got out of the way, and the young people also took refuge in the corner, looking at the soldiers and horses that passed by, as well as the flying two necks and the banner of the heroic general.
The young man smoothed his sideburns with his oily hands, flicked his sword over his shoulder, and strode down the street.