Chapter 31: Under the Light
In the city, Li Jue galloped through the streets with two tun chiefs and several attendants under his command.
"Lord, the infirmary has arrived." Since Li Jue was awarded an official position, the attendants at home who had been following him had also changed their words.
"You wait to rest your feet next to you, and the two tun chiefs will follow me in." Li Jue arranged for the guards behind him to rest, and he took the two of them into the courtyard.
"Has the gentleman ever slept?" The lights were still the same, and Li Jue stopped outside the door and waited respectfully.
"My lord, please!" When the door opened, Guo Jia had already come out.
"Bonghyo!" Although he had met several times and even talked about it fiercely, Li Jue still felt excited and excited in the face of this talented young man.
welcomed Li Jue into the house, and Guo Jia instructed the child to bring tea.
Without too much politeness, Li Jue went straight to the point: "Sir, Jue, today's father awarded Jue the position of lieutenant, and he will temporarily succumb to filial piety as the master of the army!" ”
"Congratulations to the lord, Jia dare not serve his life!" Guo Jia smiled and gave a deep salute, and then looked at the two behind Li Jue.
"Who are these two?"
"These two are the two tun chiefs sent by my father to Jue." turned around and introduced Guo Jia to the two: "This is Guo Jia, Guo Fengxiao, the chief bookkeeper of the army." In the future, you will regard Fengxiao as if you were me. ”
The two were a little shocked, shocked that Li Jue valued this person very much, they had seen Li Jue get along with other generals, and they didn't attach so much importance to someone.
The two of them remembered what Li Jue said deeply, raised their hands and clasped their fists and said: "Fufeng Bai Sheng, Feng Yi and Zou Wei have seen and seen military advisors. ”
"The two generals don't need to be polite, Jia Zai congratulates the lord of these two tiger and wolf generals."
It was happy for a while, but after a while, Li Jue's brows rose again.
"On the day of today's debriefing, Jue also learned about some local forces." Li Jue held his forehead with one hand, feeling a headache, there were thieves outside, and there were thieves inside, this start was really tiring.
"Oh? I want to hear about it! Guo Jia was a little curious, and there was a hint of excitement in his eyes.
Li Jue told his father in the daytime, and he recounted it again in 1510.
The lights on the table crackled again, and the four people kneeling around them were silent.
Guo Jia casually flicked the candle wick with wooden chopsticks, and the thoughts in his mind turned sharply: "What the lord said, Jia already knows." The lord can be fine at this game. ”
"Gaming? Go? Li Jue was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Guo Jia changed the topic.
"Hmm, Go? This is a more appropriate title. Guo Jia touched his chin and was surprised.
"Jue is not good at this!" Li Jue told the truth, he really didn't understand Go.
"Yi, cough, the way of Go, subdivide several kinds, its method lies in the strategy, the magic lies in the change, the vertical and horizontal including the texture of the mountains and rivers, the footwork in the secret combination of the art of war, it is never a step, it takes a few steps or even dozens of steps to set up a game......" Guo Jia talked eloquently, at a glance is the master of this way.
Li Jue sighed a little about the wisdom of the ancients, this is Guo Jia teaching Li Jue something.
"Therefore, in Jia's shallow opinion, the old lord's move may have a lot of benefits."
"Oh?"
"First, the tripartite forces have been entrenched in Sanfu for a long time, and they have become a state of balance, and regardless of Huangfu Song, although we and the Yang Party are living in harmony on the surface, they are secretly like fire and water. Now he suddenly recruited troops, in the name of Dong Zhuoxi's defense, wanting to break the balance of power between the three parties. If there are no major changes, the advance can annex the Yang Party forces, and the retreat can protect itself. ”
"Second, among the three forces, only the power of Emperor Fu Song is the largest, and it has tens of thousands of elites. Now we don't know its attitude, it's really dangerous, but although its momentum is great, it can still be controlled! If this is the case, tens of thousands of troops will also be in my hands. ”
"Money and food!" Li Jue squinted and thought of a fatal factor.
"Not bad!" Guo Jia glanced at Li Jue appreciatively.
"The elite led by Huangfu Song is the northern and southern armies of the imperial court, and in the past, grain, grass and money were allocated by the imperial court." Guo Jia's tone stopped suddenly.
"It's so late, who's galloping outside, go and see!" Li Jue's heart felt irritated about the sudden sound of horses' hooves, there is a curfew in Chang'an City, and who dares to ride the horse if there is no emergency. But he forgot that he had also come at a gallop.
"No!"
Bong Hyo continued.
"Ahem," Guo Jia cleared his throat: "Huangfu Song's department, in the past, Luoyang allocated money and grain, and now Dong Zhuo has entered Luoyang ......"
"Then Dong Zhuo will definitely not distribute food and salary to the Fufeng Army again." Zou Wei interrupted.
"Wrong, Dong Zhuo will send less, but he will definitely not send it."
"Strategist, why is that?"
"The way of using soldiers, attacking the heart is the top, and the soldiers who surrender without a fight are the best strategies."
"Dong Zhuo has newly entered Luoyang, and he has wantonly divided his own people, the official position is limited, some people will come up, and some people will go down, if the official position is increased, it will definitely divide the power. What he has done now has touched the interests of the Kanto Haoqiang. Now if you want to fight against the Kanto, it is not enough to rely on Luoyang and Xiliang alone, how dare you make enemies again, Huangfu Song is quite prestigious in the Han army. Guo Jia groaned.
"Huangfu Song has a foolish and loyal personality, even if he knows that Dong Zhuo is a person who has brought disaster to the country and the people, but if Dong Zhuo pretends to issue an edict by the hand of the Son of Heaven, he will still obey his fate.
If he was ordered to enter Beijing, even though he knew that he might not return, he would definitely obey the edict. At that time, the tens of thousands of elites left by Fufeng will be leaderless, and then controlled by money and food, at this time, Dong Zhuo only needs to send a general to lead hundreds of elites to take over, and all the people will bow down and surrender. Li Jue added.
"The lord is wise!" Guo Jia did not hesitate to praise himself.
"If the army and horses under the command of Huangfu Song surrender to Dong Zhuo, and the Xiliang army takes advantage of the killing and looting in Sanfu a few days ago, the cities in Guanzhong will definitely fall to the wind. At that time, Dong Zhuo will be able to get the land of Kansai at his fingertips. Therefore, Guanzhong's military horses, money, food, wealth, and people are all regarded by Dong Zhuo as things in his pocket, how can he starve "his own people". Li Jue continued to speak.
"Then why don't you give enough money and food and just win it over? What are you doing with me? As soon as Zou Wei's words came out, he was stabbed by Bai Sheng next to him.
Bai Sheng was speechless and hugged his fist at Li Jue to plead guilty.
Li Jue saw what Bai Sheng meant, smiled and said that it was okay, and then explained: "Before the Fufeng military horse was returned to Dong Zhuo, it was always a problem for the henchmen, so it would not be enough, and it would be a real enemy. Besides, Dong Zhuo is very profitable, although he will not lose big because of a small one, but he will definitely dislike it in his heart. ”
Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, relying on the Xiliang Army, although he would appease and win over the Northern and Southern Army of the Imperial Court, the Bingzhou Army, the Xiyuan Army, the Heluo County Army, etc., but he would never fully support it, and the Xiliang Army, as his descendant, would definitely enjoy better. But if the food and salary of the Fengfeng army are suddenly given, then the other armies will definitely make trouble, and this may cause great trouble. Therefore, no matter what kind of reason it is, he will not give enough money and food, but don't say that he will give enough food and ammunition at the same time, the food and salary of 300,000 military horses is astronomical, and he really doesn't have so much money!
Zou Wei scratched his head, looking quite funny, and everyone laughed.
It was only a rush of footsteps that interrupted everyone's laughter, but the people who came were in a hurry, although there was still some distance, everyone in the room could already hear the sound of people panting.
"Lord!" The person who came pushed the door in, and came straight to the four of them, and when they were close, the panic on their faces became even more obvious: "The big thing is not good, I just got the news that the refugee camp in the north of the city is reversed." ”
"What? What's that? A row of question marks flew over Li Jue's head.
The visitor exhaled deeply, and when his breath stabilized a little, he hurriedly said: "At the end of today's Shen Shi, the refugees in the north of the city suddenly rioted outside Hengmen, attacking and killing the head of Hengmen soup soup and his subordinate officials, and the two soldiers and horses sent by the Hengmen army to maintain order were also killed, and the old people in our house who were recovering the victims were also killed by the mob. In the end, tears welled up in the eyes of the visitor.
"What is the situation now? Did my father ever know? How many gates in the north of the city can be taken by refugees? Li Jue came up and grabbed the collar of the visitor.
When the Hengmen army saw the refugees rioting, they closed the city gates. And the mob, after killing the officials and looting the grain, fled to the northwest. The old lord didn't know yet, but the Hengmen army had sent everyone to report the news. ”
"Huh? What? Escaped? Li Jue felt very puzzled, could that group of people be sick? Sick yet?
They killed the officials who relieved them and then fled?
No, Li Jue felt that this matter was not so simple, but he couldn't say what was wrong.
"To the northwest?" Guo Jia frowned, muttered to himself, as if he had thought of something, and looked at the person who came: "The refugees retreated to the northwest, did there ever be chaos?" ”
"Well, it seems, there was never, and when they left, there was a group of horsemen in the distance, and many people on the walls saw it."
Hearing this information, Li Jue and Guo Jia glanced at each other, and they both felt unusual.
Waving his hand to let the people go down, Li Jue spoke: "It seems that this rebellion in the north of the city is mixed with some external forces." ”
"If it is an ordinary rebellion, it will not be directly confronted by the officials, or when it has just been affected by the war. And even if they were forced to rebel and did not plunder the city at the first time, they did not unite with several other refugees, but killed people and fled. Guo Jia also identified this factor.
"Guess who?" Li Jue's eyes were deep, and his brows were wrinkled together.
"This..."Bai Sheng and Zou Wei looked at each other.
"My lord, I think that the so-called soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth. Whether or not we can speculate now about who did this, it has nothing to do with what we do next, and the most important thing now is to put down the rebellion! ”
"Haha, it's a certain anxious, Feng Xiao is right." After receiving Guo Jia's suggestion, Li Jue suddenly realized: "Then this battle will be the first battle for my army, everyone, please encourage me." ”
"I'm willing to die!" Guo Jia, Bai Sheng, and Zou Wei said loudly together.
It's just that the three of them didn't notice it, and a hint of clarity flashed in Guo Jia's eyes.
Jingzhao, a certain house
"The master just got the news that Zhang Baiqi has succeeded." After the attendant finished reporting, he stood beside him with his hands down, not daring to say more.
This is a large house that is transparent from north to south, from the door to the side of the painting case, there are several vertical lanterns, and on the bookcase, there is a hooked jade lamp, behind the painting case are two large bookshelves, which are piled with bamboo slips.
"Hmm!" The owner of the house answered, waving his hand to the attendant to step back.
Hearing the door closed, the owner of the house slowly opened his eyes, and the triangular eyes showed a fierce look, and the candle flame flickered and flickered, which was very scary.