Chapter 64: What is a Domain?
The ruins of Fengzhou City far exceeded Guo Rong's estimate, and the sense of loss made Guo Rong's mood extremely low in an instant.
"Guo Rong!"
The voice from Li Rui woke Guo Rong from his dazed and lost state.
"Brother Rufeng, the defense envoys want to see you!"
"All the defense envoys?"
"After the death of the former Fengzhou defense envoy Li Jingluo, the Tiande Army elected Ren Dijian, the former judge of the Tiande Army, as the new defense envoy of the capital, whether it is the late Li Jingluo or Ren Dijian, they have always been loyal to the imperial court, and must not be disrespectful to the defense envoy."
"Guo Rong understands!"
Be loyal to the defense envoys of the imperial court, and do not be disrespectful!
The words in Li Rui's mouth, coupled with the fact that Ren Dijian's successor came from the recommendation of the Tiande soldiers, Guo Rong can be regarded as having a personal experience of what a feudal town is!
Guo Rong originally thought that this Fengzhou defense envoy should be a fierce general with five big and three thick, tigers and bears, and then after meeting, after Li Rui's instructions, Guo Rong was shocked to find that he was wrong.
The Fengzhou Defense Envoy and Tiande Military Envoy with heavy troops in his hands was a standard civilian official with a thin body, and when Guo Rong arrived, Ren Di Jianzheng was chatting with Liu Zongyuan and Wei Guanzhi.
"Zihou, it seems that you have gained a lot from this trip to the Uighurs, you were not like this when you came out of Fengzhou!"
"Brother Zhiqi, Liu Hachiro's heart knot has been completely opened this time, it can be called an epiphany, after returning to the capital, he will definitely be valued by His Majesty, with Hachiro's intelligence and now his understanding of the military, it is no problem to go to the court to worship the prime minister!"
"Oh, Brother Guan, come quickly!"
"On the way, we passed through the Khibi Department and encountered a battle, although we didn't make it to the battle, but Hachiro's blood was ignited!"
"It's really rare, no wonder more than two months ago, Zihou was still cold to me, but now the situation in the capital is not very good, Zihou must be mentally prepared after returning to the capital."
"What's happening in the capital?" Liu Zongyuan and Wei Guanzhi instantly became nervous.
"In June, Wei Gao, the envoy of the Jiannan Xichuan Jiedu, Pei Jun, the envoy of the Jingnan Jiedu, and Yan Shou, the envoy of the Hedong Jiedu, jointly signed a letter requesting the removal of Wang Xiang and others."
Liu Zongyuan's smile disappeared in an instant, he himself was the core of the reform group led by Wang Shuwen, and he naturally knew the ideas of the reformers.
The essence of the reform led by Wang Shuwen was to attack the feudal towns and eunuchs, the eunuchs controlled the Shence army, and the feudal towns in various regions controlled the border armies, and these two forces were not something that the reformers could resist.
Therefore, Wang Shuwen and others pinned a large part of their hopes on Wei Gao, Pei Jun, Yan Shou, and the feudal towns loyal to the imperial court, including Ren Dijian, and could help them fight against the eunuchs and other feudal towns.
But now, the letter of Wei Gao and others means that the reformist generals will not have any soldiers and horses in their hands, which undoubtedly sentences Wang Shuwen and others to death for their reforms!
Soldiers and horses, and then Liu Zongyuan thought of Ren Dijian in front of him, he had six thousand elite Tiande troops in his hands!
"Brother Zhiqi, you ......"
As soon as Liu Zongyuan spoke, he was stopped by Ren Dijian.
"Zihou, don't say it, I know what you want to say, Fengzhou is the gateway for the Uighurs to go south, and the 6,000-day German army must not only deter the Uighurs, but also guard against the three towns of Hebei."
"Moreover, don't forget, I finally went to the imperial court, but I am also a feudal town, and it is all I can do without a joint letter with Wei Gao and them!"
That's right, although it has not been upgraded to a jiedu envoy, but the Fengzhou defense envoy who holds the Tiande Army is also a feudal town, and the butt decides the head, and it is already benevolent and righteous not to stab the reformers in the back like Wei Gao and them.
Liu Zongyuan understands the truth, but emotionally, he is not willing to sit back and watch the complete failure of the reform no matter what!
For a while, Ren Dijian and Liu Zongyuan began to confront each other, and Wei Guanzhi was anxious next to him......
"Ren Shuai, Li Rui and Guo Rong brought it."
The arrival of Guo Rong and Li Rui broke the embarrassing situation between Ren Dijian, Liu Zongyuan, and Wei Guanzhi, and when they saw Guo Rong and Li Rui, Ren Dijian and Liu Zongyuan's faces eased a lot.
"Meet the Defender!"
Seeing the two Tang military captains with strong bodies and bears, Ren Dijian's face soothed a lot.
"This is Guo Rong specially sent back by Her Royal Highness the Princess?"
"It's Guo Rong!"
"Yes, he is a good seedling, his surname is Guo, could it be that he is the queen of Fenyang County?"
"Back to the defense envoy, the ancestor is the captain of the Tang Military Academy in Hexi, not the king of Fenyang County!"
A flash of light flashed in Ren Dijian's eyes in an instant.
"Listen to Guanzhi, Captain Guo even defeated Rufeng in the foot battle, Rufeng is a fierce general in the army, the descendant of the Duke of Qiu?"
"It's just a fluke, it's not worth the defense to make such boasting!"
"How is Guo Biao's words?"
"Guo Rong has not yet reached the crown, and there is no word yet!"
The smile in Ren Dijian's eyes was even bigger, and he looked Guo Rong up and down for a while, and Guo Rong was a little hairy.
"What is Guo Rong's position now?"
"Captain Xuanjie!"
"Oh, yes, Fengzhou's location is dangerous, the responsibility for combat readiness is heavy, and there is a lack of capable talents of age like Captain Guo!"
Guo Rong was confused for a while, but the remaining few people present all heard what Ren Dijian meant, especially Liu Zongyuan, who seemed to suddenly recognize Ren Dijian's face, warlord!
"There is a lack of a guerrilla general under my command now, I don't know if Captain Guo is interested in taking the two hundred cavalry under his command to stay in Fengzhou to help me and guard the frontier for my Tang Dynasty!"
Guo Rong was stunned for a while, and several other people were also stunned, guerrilla general, from the fifth grade, Ren Dijian is too willing to pay for his blood!
Fengzhou was originally a lower state, and Ren Dijian, who had not yet been promoted from a defensive envoy to a jiedu envoy, was only from the fourth rank, and a guerrilla general from the fifth rank could be regarded as the number one boss in the entire Tiande army!
You must know that Li Rui has been in the army for 20 years, and his dream is just to be a guerrilla general!
However, in Ren Dijian's opinion, Guo Rong, who has more potential than Li Rui and has no foundation, is definitely worth his own investment, and this kid also has two hundred cavalry and four hundred war horses!
When the time comes, if you give this kid the name of a righteous son and allow him the identity of a successor, won't he serve his life for himself?
With such a woo, in addition to Li Rui, who also belongs to the Anxi Army, even Wei Guanzhi is a little unsure whether Guo Rong can withstand the temptation!
Liu Zongyuan looked at Ren Dijian's gaze with hatred, the feudal town, the eunuchs are like this, and the eunuchs have hollowed out the Tang Dynasty little by little, and the so-called loyalty to the court is all fart!
"Thank you for the love of the defense envoy, Guo Rong shoulders the mission of the princess, and arrives in Chang'an, if he dares to violate the border in the future, if the defense envoy is called, even if it is thousands of miles apart, Rong will definitely do his best, and he will die without regrets!"
Liu Zongyuan, who was originally extremely nervous, heard Guo Rong's words, his distorted face instantly stretched, and he laughed loudly on the spot, and Ren Dijian's brows twitched at the stimulation of this laughter.
"Hah! Ha! Ha! Li Rui, Guo Rong! ”
"In!"
"If we keep going, we won't bother! Big! Handsome! Worked hard for us! ”
The procession, which had just stopped for not long, continued to move forward, and Ren Dijian's eyes were occupied by humiliation and anger.
"Dashuai, do you want to kill them? Only a few hundred people! ”
It's easy to kill them, but they are the emperor's order, and the warlords around them are worried that they can't find a suitable opportunity......
"Let them go! Liu Zongyuan, Wei Guanzhi, Li Rui, Guo Rong, this matter is not over! ”
After leaving Fengzhou and confirming that there was a change in the imperial court, Liu Zongyuan could no longer hold his breath and ordered the whole army to speed up the south.
Twenty-six days later, the returning team finally arrived at the north gate of Chang'an City.
What the returning team didn't know was that when the sky was slightly bright, a team of sedan chairs under the escort of the Shence Army quietly appeared outside the city gate.