Chapter 240: Bitter Meat Scheme

Prince Wanli unfolded the letter, and a line of regular script that was enough to pass on to the world came into view.

"Bengong led Jing Chu Jian'er out of Pengcheng."

"The original intention is to cut down the unreasonable, and eliminate the tyranny."

"However, at the Zitong Pass, there are 300,000 soldiers in Zhengtun, so that the army cannot enter."

"My duke also heard that Yunzhou City is high and Chigu, and there are 400,000 soldiers led by Prince Wanli himself, making it difficult for the armies to survive."

"Wanli is highly talented, profound in cultivation, and deep in military strategy, with the legacy of Ming Taizu."

"Bengong was outside Yunmeng Mountain, and he almost died at his hands...... With all this, I secretly thought that the Ming country was not exhausted, and the time for the Ming Dynasty had not yet arrived, so why didn't the armies return early......"

Prince Wanli read Fan Li's handwritten letter five times, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was like a blooming flower.

He summoned several lieutenants and partial generals of the Zhenbei Ming Army, and handed the letters over for them to cross in turn.

"Huh."

"Fan Li's hand-held regular script is very good, and he should have practiced hard to see his body."

"Generals, what do you think?"

Wanli's words were vague, and I didn't know whether to ask Fan Li's calligraphy or the content of the letter.

An adjutant general with rich combat experience asked cautiously: "According to this letter, the Chu army cannot rush to Yunzhou City, and the enemy army outside the city is isolated?" However, there are many sycophants about the great general Wang in the letter, could it be a trap to lure you out of the city to fight? ”

After Wanli heard what the deputy general said, his face suddenly sank.

"You're Hu Zongxian's man, right?" He asked coldly.

The generals of Yunzhou City, part of it is the support of Wanli, and the other part is Hu Zongxian's troops.

When the deputy general heard this, he hurriedly knelt down and said: "The last general, Tang Kekuan, the deputy chief soldier of Yunzhou, is the minister of the Ming Dynasty, not the private soldier of any adult." ”

"Humph!"

"The general of the defeated army!"

"Yunzhou City is because of waste like you to defend the border, there will be the previous fiasco!"

"Get out of here!"

"You are also qualified to give advice in front of this great general king?"

Tang Kekuan's face turned pale after being scolded, and his tiger eyes were bloodshot.

What is more humiliating than defeat is the complete denial of him by his own people!

Tonke's tower-like man was shaky when he stood up.

"The last general...... Retire ......"

All the generals in the account cast sympathetic glances at him, but who dared to persuade Prince Wanli?

Suddenly!

Just a moment after Tang Kekuan walked out of the military tent, he heard an exclamation!

"Lord Tang committed suicide!!!"

The generals in the military tent suddenly became a pot of porridge.

Someone said eagerly to Wanli: "General Wang, General Tang is a veteran of a hundred battles, and he has made outstanding achievements, and he committed suicide because of this......"

"Shut up!"

Wanli interrupted the man with a furious shout.

"The general of the defeated army, surviving so far shows that he is brazen, and he should have been killed a long time ago."

In a word, several generals around him were red-faced.

Like Tang Kekuan, they are also survivors of the defeated army in Yunzhou.

Prince Wanli didn't care at all.

He shifted the subject to the letter again and asked, "Tell me what you think of Fan Li's letter." ”

There is a precedent for Tang Kekuan, where do the generals still not understand Wanli's mind?

Especially the generals of the non-Yunzhou army, they don't mind taking the opportunity to pat him on the back.

"The Great General Wang is mighty! With your prestige alone, the Chu army does not dare to face me Daming. ”

"The war has not started, the thief army has been scared back, this battle is led by the great general Wang, our army will win!"

"The enemy is only left with a lone army outside the city, and we will follow the great general Wang to make meritorious contributions, just around the corner!"

For a while, the sycophants were like a tide, coaxing Prince Wanli to laugh again and again.

He was also hypocritical: "Lone just let you evaluate Fan Li's words, who let you praise Lonely?" Come less, don't eat this set. ”

The crowd will listen to Wanli's tone, which is clearly very useful.

A bold general hurriedly said: "Great General King, looking at the current situation, it seems that you should go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the thief army?" ”

Wanli glanced at him appreciatively.

That's right!

This is exactly what Wanli had in mind.

What's the point of defending the city?

Can you hold 300,000 enemy troops outside the city to death?

Prince Wanli suffered a setback in Yunmeng Mountain, not only failed to recruit three generations of Guiguzi, but even the prince's own army was all lost.

During these days, he felt that Emperor Jiajing's eyes had changed when he looked at him.

In addition to indifference, there are more doubts, like to reconsider the candidate for the crown prince?

Therefore, Prince Wanli urgently needs a great merit to prove that he is worthy of the position of prince!

"Lone is a natural emperor, the destiny of the Son of Heaven."

"The national teacher Lan Daoxing used to tell fortunes for Lone, and Yan Gu was the reincarnation of the ancient emperor."

"The throne of the Ming Dynasty can only belong to Lonely!"

The more Prince Wanli thought about it, the more excited he became, he couldn't wait to leave the point and send troops to wipe out the 300,000 allied troops of Wei, Han and Wu outside the city in one go!

At this time, someone outside the military account reported it.

"The general of Qiyu, the king of the north, the governor of the northern border, Hu Zongxian, asks to see him."

Wanli frowned when he heard this.

He has always disliked Hu Zongxian, just because the other party's prestige in the Ming army is too high, and he can't move easily.

"Announce him in." Wanli said coldly.

Hu Zongxian is here.

He was still the old man in cloth who was an angler, but his expression was serious and his eyes were deep.

Seeing this, the generals of the old department of Yunzhou City almost immediately knelt down for him!

Hu Zongxian shook his head slightly, signaling his generals to be exempt.

He knew that the more polite his subordinate generals were to him, the more disgusted Prince Wanli became.

Then, the less likely it is that what he wants to say will be adopted.

"Governor Hu is here?" Prince Wanli said expressionlessly: "This general Wang and the generals are discussing the matter of sending troops, I don't know what Governor Hu has to do?" ”

When Hu Zongxian heard this, he sighed in his heart.

He heard that his beloved general Tang Kekuan committed suicide in shame, so he came to inquire, but heard that Prince Wanli wanted to go out of the city to fight again.

"Zong Xian implored the general Wang Sansi."

"Our army is newly defeated and its momentum is sluggish. The enemy's new victory is like a rainbow. ”

"The ancients were full of energy, then declined, and then exhausted."

"If our army continues to hold on to Yunzhou City, delay for time, and wait for the enemy army to be exhausted, we can win a complete victory if we send troops to fight again."

When Hu Zongxian said this, he had already made a great concession.

He no longer prevented Prince Wanli from going out of the city to annihilate the enemy, but only begged him to wait a few more days.

It's a pity that Prince Wanli couldn't listen to it at all.

The prince threw Fan Li's letter to Hu Zongxian, and sneered: "I heard that the governor is from a jinshi, and he is also considered to be a rich man. Looking at Fan Li's letter, the fighter plane is in front of him, if Lone doesn't send troops immediately, could it be that the Three Kingdoms Alliance takes the initiative to withdraw, and Lone will pursue it again? ”

Hu Zongxian glanced at ten lines and quickly read the letter.

"General King, this letter is fraudulent!"

He was about to say something, but was interrupted by Prince Wanli waving his hand.

Wanli pointed to a corpse in the corner of the military tent: "Governor Hu has seen clearly, this is the elite scout of the Chu army, and he is here to deliver this letter." The scout battalion lost most of its men, and it was not easy to intercept and kill this man. How can the secret letter he carries deceive the king? ”

Hu Zongxian frowned when he heard this.

He walked to Qingyuan's body to check it, and sure enough, he was scarred, which showed how tragic his last battle was!

However, Hu Zongxian was silent for a long time, and only slowly spit out three words: "Bitter meat ......"

(End of chapter)