Chapter 153: North-South Confrontation: A New Pattern (9)
Xifu can always stagger when it is not good for itself, Luochen coup, war on both sides of Daning, the Zhong sisters turned their faces, and wars were going on everywhere in the south, where is the emptiest place, that is, the junction that has been neglected.
Huo Youji personally led the troops to camp troops on the Mufu Mountain and was not hindered in any way, let alone blocked, not even the camp tents of the Ning Dynasty and the Chu Dynasty were not seen, Huo Youji was funny to think about, he was cautious, they were all night marches, when all the camps were settled, Huo Youji felt that the opportunity had come, and immediately returned to Changsha and conspired with Yu Geng and others who had not left for a night.
On the fourth day of the first month of March, Yu Geng officially moved the Tiger Shuai's Mansion to Baoqing, Baoqing said that it was a blessed land for the old people in Xifu, or that the rise of Xifu started from Baoqing, and there were no complaints from Changsha to Baoqing Army, but most of the dissatisfaction came from the new Changsha commander Huo Youji, who took the Yongwang Order to force Hu Shuai to hand over the two strongest schools for him to drive, poor Hu Shuai was strong for half his life, but he was planted in the hands of this kid.
"King Yong has an order, don't dare to disobey it! Let's watch Jin Shuai work hard for half his life! This sentence was what Yu Geng said to Zheng Xi when he left Changsha, and soon this word spread throughout the Central Plains, and immediately caused heated discussions, not only outsiders but also within the Xifu There was a lot of controversy, especially the civil officials of the Xifu in the palace of the government impeached Huo Youzhi arrogantly, and Meng Yan stayed in the middle of the palace without asking.
Until the beginning of April, Meng Yan suddenly ordered Huo Youji to leave the Tiger Marshal's Mansion and become an independent army, in charge of the military and political affairs of Changsha, Yuezhou, and Ezhou, and was promoted to Changsha Xuanfu Envoy, which was the first and only position in Xifu after the reform of the military system in Chengdu to manage the army and govern the people.
This trouble caused controversy and cracks to appear in the originally united Xifu, everyone has different opinions, roughly divided into three factions, the young Zhuang faction led by Xuansong and Meng Shen feel that there is nothing wrong with this, and the war does not necessarily have to be fought by veterans; The prime-age faction represented by Lu Ping and Tan Yong believed that young people were too arrogant, which was not conducive to military and political governance; The patriarchal faction headed by the three princes and the main officials of the three Taiwans remained silent, and not speaking does not mean that there is no opinion, Yu Geng is an example, the Shuai Mansion has not been built, so let Hengyang command Zheng Xi to march towards Hengyang, this Chu Dian is worried to death, you are not in harmony internally, why are you angry with me?
On April 13, the Baoqing Tiger Marshal's Mansion issued a command, the whole army attacked, vowing to recover the entire territory of Xingtan at the end of the year, Hengyang is only the first stop, Zheng Xi is not polite, regardless of life and death, he laid down the Goshawk Ridge, which is the road of Mengyan to recover Hengyang, which makes Chu Dian like a frightened quail in all his strength shrinking around Hengyang City, like a turtle has nowhere to go.
Just when Chu Dian felt safe, Zheng Xi suddenly changed the route of the march, gave up attacking Hengyang City, bypassed Hengyang and then went straight to Leiyang, the important town of Lincheng, after taking Leiyang, Zheng Xi went crazy and no longer obeyed the commander's order and went south, although he took Lincheng on the seventh day of the fifth month, but this completely deviated from the order of the commander's house, Zheng Xi's risky move completely annoyed the Great Chu Dynasty, and Chongqi, who was seriously ill, personally ordered to fight with Xifu, and immediately ordered Ronggui soldiers and horses and Luling soldiers and horses and Hengyang military horses to gather, under the full command of Empress Zhong Roulan.
Zhong Roulan was not in a hurry, and sent Zhuo Xun to lead 50,000 vanguard troops to garrison Chaling, and then 110,000 troops arrived in Yanling, and occupied Dongjiang Lake and Suxian Ridge on the second day, and the troops pointed directly at Lincheng.
Yu Geng here is not far behind, and then sent troops to Lingling and Jingzhou, Lingling and Jingzhou The military and people of Lingling and Jingzhou are familiar with Xifu and have a slightly stronger impression than Dachu, Yu Geng almost effortlessly took Lingling and Jingzhou, and was welcomed by the military and civilians, and the entire Xingtan is only Hengyang is still insisting.
"Hu Shuai, do you think you will be fooled over there! I'm afraid I won't be able to last a few days in Lin Cheng, what is that kid Huo Youji doing?! So far, there has been no movement. Zheng Xi kept muttering in his mouth while eating cold melon.
After more than ten years of conquest, Yu Geng is already gray, but he is still full of murderous energy, his eyes are bright, compared to the impulse of more than ten years ago, he is now a little more calm, but he can't lose the killing spirit in this life.
"What's the hurry, do you see Zhong Sanniang making a move? This woman is different from ordinary people, she was in the army when I followed the prince to fight, and even Ye Shuai admired her ability, and it was not so easy to let her get into the trap. Yu Geng said lazily.
I think most of the old brothers back then have lived in a simple house, how majestic Qingshuai was back then, how free and easy, and now he is also a medicine jar; Jin Qian, who has been dealing with himself for more than ten years, said three years ago that he couldn't hold it anymore, and he is still alive; Quartz is wasted, the continuous defeat is in the hands of Qingwu, the self-confidence is gone, and now he is still running on the battlefield, and he has become the first person in the Xifu military alive.
"Hu Shuai, why don't we go south to Quanzhou and enter Ronggui?" Zheng Xi was really bored, and he had been waiting for Zhong Roulan to attack since he took Lin Cheng, but no, even Zhuo Xun didn't move.
Yu Geng shook his head and said: "Boy, settle down, Rong Gui is the base of the Chong family for many years, and Rong Gui's disciples are hard-working, and they are extremely loyal to the Chong family, not to mention entering it, Rong Gui's 100,000 mountains are not a joke, we don't know anything about the terrain, once we go in, we will be sent to death." ”
"If you don't enter Ronggui, you can't beat Hengyang, it's too boring." Zheng Xi was full of complaints.
Young people are always strong-blooded, this is Yu Geng's idea, and suddenly, Yu Geng asked: "Boy, the old man asked you, do you know the origin of Zhuo Xun?" ”
"Zhuo Xun? I heard that he is a child of the Zhuo family, and he is related to Zhuo Gong? "Zheng Xi's mind is not suitable for thinking about things.
"You! If you want to learn something, after this battle, I will ask the prince to transfer you back to the Chengdu Martial Arts Academy to study for a period of time," Seeing that Zheng Xi wanted to be right, Yu Geng interrupted and said: "I'll have a good chat with you today, although our Zhuo Gong is from the Zhuo family, but now the Zhuo family has been divided into three families, Zhuo Dingfeng, the head of the Daning Zhuo family, this person can endure ordinary people can't bear it, when Qin Huai was bloodbathed, the Zhuo family can be saved by him, but now he is also older, the report of the Ming Jian Division said that the current Daning Zhuo family's head is Zhuo Dingfeng's youngest son Zhuo Jun, is a civil and military all-rounder, and he is already in Qiantang Taishou. ”
"I've heard of this person, and it seems to be very important to the Xiao family." Zheng Xi looked puzzled, not knowing why Yu Geng was telling him this.
"Then there is the Da Chu Zhuo family, the head of the family Zhuo Tianya, this person is not important, he is dying, I dealt with him back then, and he is a good opponent, but the ambition is too great, Zhuo Xun is Zhuo Tianya's concubine, I don't know how to get Zhong Sanniang's appreciation, and I don't see any credit, but the status is extremely special, and the Ming Jian Division can't figure it out, and it is enough to show that he is not simple."
"You mean to make me watch out for him?" Zheng Xi finally understood what Yu Geng meant.
Yu Geng sighed, the current young man's comprehension ability is too poor, and said: "The old man is going to tell you, you honestly go back to Lin Cheng for me, Zhong Sanniang and this Zhuo Xun are not easy to deal with, according to our agreement, stick to the rainy season in August, and you can retreat north." ”
"Oh, but what if they don't come against me?" Zheng Xi's tone was a bit like that of a fool.
"If I don't hit you, I'll be glad I don't hit you! Get lost! The old man is too lazy to see you! Yu Geng suddenly became angry.
Zheng Xi left very obediently, and suddenly turned around at the door and said with a sly smile: "Hu Shuai, Lin Cheng is a chicken rib, right under Su Xianling's nose, I secretly gathered the army in Chenxian County before I came this time, which is a good place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack." ”
Yu Geng was angry, this kid was pretending to be stupid, in fact, he understood everything, pretending to be stupid was just teasing Yu Geng, and immediately threw a teacup over, Zheng Xi dodged it perfectly, and said with a smile: "Hu Shuai is not angry, I'll go back, don't worry, I will let Zhong Sanniang come and beat me!" ”
After saying that, he trotted and disappeared into Yu Geng's sight, Yu Geng poured himself another bowl of tea, drinking tea with a cup is really not enjoyable, and said slowly after drinking it: "You can see it, these young people are better than monkeys, let them play." ”
"That is, you Yu Tiger has this guts, if the old man is still in the army, just with him like this, I am too little for eighty military sticks!" An old, strong voice came from behind the screen.
"Zhuo Gong, why don't you tell him the true situation of Zhuo Xun directly? What's this playing? Yu Geng asked puzzled.
"This is what the prince meant, I don't understand, and Chaoqun will bring someone over to hand over the defense of Jingzhou to you in the next few days, and An Kui will also come over." Zhuo Bailing turned out from behind slowly.
"One Jingzhou still uses to dispatch two generals? The prince is so worried about me? Yu Geng said dissatisfiedly.
"Yu Laohu, take care of your stinky mouth, you yourself said that Rong Gui's children are fighting hard, the prince is relieving pressure for you, do you know that you move every day, three people, four halls and six divisions are scolding you!" Zhuo Bailing frowned and scolded, they are already people in high positions, and they are still so open-mouthed when they speak.
"Okay, Duke Zhuo, you just tell me about it, tell me, what is the prince's plan in the future?" Yu Geng knew that Douzui would never be Zhuo Bailing's opponent, and no one had suffered his loss when Zhuo Bailing was in charge of military law.
Zhuo Bailing was also helpless to him, "What the prince means is that Rong Gui must cut off the connection between Rong Gui and the Chu Dynasty, even if Lin Cheng is broken, he will force Zhong Sanniang to go south to Chenjing." ”
"It's good to decide, otherwise I'll stay in Lingling and I'll be idle soon." Yu Geng suddenly felt relaxed all over his body.
"The prince also said, if you are a play, don't go too far, the infighting in your Tiger Shuai's mansion is about to explode in Chengdu, and those scholars block the gate of the council hall every day and ask to see the prince, if it weren't for Gu Yanfeng, the council hall would be full of people every day." Zhuo Bailing said dissatisfiedly.
"Hey, hey, you go back and tell the prince and let his old man rest assured, it's just that Zhong Roulan is going south, and I will immediately go back to preside over the attack on Jiujiang, and I won't let Huo Youji's kid be too conspicuous."
"It's good to know, I'll bring the words, and I won't stay with you, and I can live a month less if I stay with you for one more day!"
"Then let's send off the Taifu, there are many roads in Yeling Mountain, you old man be careful of wrestling! Hahaha! ”
Zhuo Bailing is full of black lines, and this Yu Geng's broken mouth.