Chapter 170: Purge
The eyes of everyone in the tent had long been focused on Chen Wang's body, although they were already prepared, but they couldn't help but be shocked after hearing Gao Yingxiang's name.
Then two soldiers dragged one person from the left and one to the right, and one walked into the tent from outside the tent, and everyone's eyes moved.
Because the person who the two soldiers were dragging was Gao Yingxiang's corpse.
Chen Wang pointed to the side with one hand and reported.
"Seeing that the enemy's Chinese army was empty, he led the armored cavalry to attack all the way and chased Gao Yingxiang to the bottom of the East Mountain."
"Gao Yingxiang led his personal guards to occupy the high slope and defended it, and the sergeants under the command of the lowly leader braved the rain to attack the slope, fought all the way, and finally killed the enemy chief Gao Yingxiang."
Hong Chengchou's eyes narrowed slightly, his eyes were cold, and his body leaned back on the back of the chair.
Sun Chuanting's face was solemn, his hands were on the armrests of the seat, and his body leaned forward slightly.
Hong Chengchou's movements and expressions were far greater than Sun Chuanting's.
He leaned back in his chair, his mind in disarray, and he couldn't believe what was in front of him.
Hong Chengchou's mind was now in chaos, a little groggy.
When he led his troops to the valley, he saw the collapse of the army in the Heishui Valley.
After entering the barracks and meeting with Sun Chuanting, he learned from Sun Chuanting's mouth that not long after Gao Yingxiang led his troops into the Meridian Dao, Chen Wang actually followed him into the Meridian Dao and quietly followed him.
And the reason why the army collapsed so quickly now was precisely because Chen Wang led the cavalry all the way at the most critical time of the war and forced Gao Yingxiang back.
I heard that Gao Yingxiang was already surrounded by Chen Wang's leading regiments, and I am afraid that there will be news soon.
Hong Chengchou's first reaction at that time was that it didn't feel real, and he just felt that it was a fantasy.
He didn't believe, not that he didn't believe, but that he didn't dare to believe.
Even if Gao Yingxiang's corpse was in front of him, Hong Chengchou still couldn't believe all this in front of him.
Whether it is Wang Jiayin or Wang Ziyong, they have not been active for long and have caused much damage, but Gao Yingxiang is different.
Gao Yingxiang did what Wang Jiayin and Wang Ziyong had never done.
He led hundreds of thousands of people all the way around, escaping his encirclement and interception again and again, and laid a net of heaven and earth.
Even......
even broke the central capital Fengyang and directly dug up the imperial tomb of Fengyang......
When he heard the news of the destruction of the imperial tomb, to be honest, Hong Chengchou felt that the sky had fallen.
Although he is still the governor behind him, the power in his hands has been directly cut by more than half.
There have been no less than 100 battles between him and Gao Yingxiang, although they have won more and lost less, but no matter what, they can't help Gao Yingxiang.
Wins are small wins, but defeats are big defeats.
Hong Chengchou wanted to kill Gao Yingxiang more than anyone else, but every time Gao Yingxiang escaped from his hands, without exception.
This is also why, as soon as he heard that Sun Chuanting blocked Gao Yingxiang in Heishuiyu, he ordered all the fine horses and personally led the starry night to help.
"Through the identification of a group of generals who broke into the military camp such as Yidougu Huanglong and Qianrooster Zhang Er, this person is the rebel Gao Yingxiang."
Hong Chengchou raised his eyes to look at the corpse of Gao Yingxiang who was being pulled by two soldiers in the tent.
Long beard and broad face, high nose and deep eyes, similar to the portrait in seven points.
The indigo green mountain pattern half-body armor, the dragon pattern inlaid gold vermilion battle skirt, and the plain battle robe are the same as the description of the captive.
Gao Yingxiang had wounds to his chest and abdomen, which looked like puncture wounds from a spear, but none of these injuries would kill him immediately.
The real lethal wound is in the throat, and the fatal wound is here.
A knife seals the throat, clean and neat.
Hong Chengchou slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity, and finally stabilized his mind.
When he confirmed that this was Gao Yingxiang's corpse, he finally believed it all - Gao Yingxiang was really dead!
Compared with Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting is much calmer.
is different from Hong Chengchou, who has been fighting with Gao Yingxiang, he doesn't know much about Gao Yingxiang.
Although Gao Yingxiang was the leader of the 72nd Battalion and the co-leader of the Liukou, killing Gao Yingxiang only felt that he had solved a big problem, and he did not have the feeling of relief that Hong Chengchou had.
He had just become the governor of Shaanxi, and this was the first battle he fought after arriving in Shaanxi.
"If you can win this battle, Chen Wang should be the first to take credit."
Sun Chuanting smiled, looked at Chen Wang standing under the tent, and said with a smile.
"If it weren't for you leading the troops to attack from the rear and slashing high to welcome Xiang, I'm afraid this battle would be far from over."
For Sun Chuanting's praise, Chen Wang naturally would not receive all of them like this.
Military merit is military merit, but being a man is being a man.
Taking the first credit will not necessarily offend others, but being a bad person will definitely offend others.
Walk above men, and the crowd will not.
"This battle can be won, and the lowly position never dares to take credit, and the reason why we can find opportunities and gaps is also because the thieves have been attacking the pass for a long time, and all the troops are sent to the pass to help."
"The Yukou battlefield is heavy and tragic, and I heard that General Li is still seriously injured and unconscious at this time, and more than half of the battalion soldiers under his command have been killed or wounded......
"The first merit in this battle should be all the generals and sergeants of the whole army."
Chen Wang's words reminded Sun Chuanting of the situation on the battlefield in Yukou, and his expression couldn't help but darken.
"You're talking about ......"
The battle in the Yukou camp was extremely fierce, with less than 2,000 of the 3,000 guards left, and more than half of the 2,000 battalions under Li Yuchun's command were lost.
The 1,000 battalions he sent to the aid of the Governor lost more than 200 men in this battle.
Such casualties cannot be described as tragic.
Sun Chuanting's eyes swept over the bodies of the generals in the tent, but Li Yuchun did not appear.
Li Yuchun was wounded several times, seriously injured and unconscious, and now the army is preparing to celebrate, but Li Yuchun, who is guarding the Xiayukou camp, is uncertain about his life and death.
The battle is dangerous, and on the battlefield, people are like ants, and their lives are like mustard......
When everyone was cheering, only the camp of the guards and the camp of Li Yuchun's battalion soldiers came from the sound of crying.
Sun Chuanting fell silent, and the eyes of the generals in the tent looking at Chen Wang also softened a lot.
Whether it was a scene or not, Chen Wang's words brought him a lot of good impressions.
"The first merit of this battle should indeed be obtained by all the generals and sergeants of the whole army."
Hong Chengchou saw Sun Chuanting's silence, so he directly took over the conversation.
"After the inventory of the battles is completed, I will personally write a report to show you for your merits, and I will let the military department issue a reward impartially, and the pension for the casualties of this battle will never be short of half a point."
Hong Chengchou's words broke the dull atmosphere in the tent, and everyone's eyes were focused on Hong Chengchou's body.
What is the purpose of fighting and suppressing bandits, and it will soon be for the sake of military merit and money.
The meaning of Hong Chengchou's words could not be more straightforward, if he personally wrote the Tang newspaper, the military department would definitely not dare to slack off, and the silver money would not be deducted whether it was a reward or a pension.
Hong Chengchou glanced at Sun Chuanting with his spare eyes, and then at Chen Wang.
Originally, Chen Wang's impression was not good at first, but after Cao Wenzhao seemed to say something to Chen Wang, Chen Wang has always been very peaceful.
The letter written by Chen Wang in the Meridian Dao was also received by Hong Chengchou from Sun Chuanting.
It can indeed be said that he is bold and careful, and he is insightful.
With only the subtle changes in the marching columns, so much information can be analyzed, and then dare to enter the plank road and follow all the way.
Then in the battle of Heishuiyu, Chen Wang did not attack based on it, and the concealment was very good.
Being able to sink his heart and seize the opportunity, Chen Wang already has all the conditions that a good general should have.
Able to train, able to fight, observant, bold and careful.
The most important thing is to be a person and know how to advance and retreat, compared with the previous ones, these things are more important in today's officialdom.
If you don't know how to be a person, don't know how to advance and retreat, and you will be isolated in the future, I'm afraid the end will not be good-looking.
Hong Chengchou waved his hand and motioned for the soldiers to take Gao Yingxiang's body down.
After confirming that Gao Yingxiang was really dead, his mood was already much happier.
Hong Chengchou now feels extremely correct about his decision to promote Chen Wang to the general of Hanzhong and guard the Hanzhong Mansion.
first solved the crisis of Hanzhong City and relieved King Rui of the danger, which also made him praised by Chongzhen.
Now he has beheaded Gao Yingxiang and removed his troubles.
"Take a seat."
Hong Chengchou raised his hand and pointed to the vacant seat beside Chen Wang.
Chen Wang bowed again, and then walked to his seat.
On the side of the seat, on one side is He Renlong, and on the other side is Gao Gui, both of whom are acquaintances.
Chen Wang didn't shorten the etiquette, and bowed to He Renlong and Gao Gui with fists, and then sat down.
Gao Gui replied with a smile and a fist, Gao Gui was Ning Yuan's general, and followed Zu Kuan south to quell the rebellion.
Gao Gui smiled a little more reservedly, and He Renlong was a lot more arrogant.
If Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting weren't there, I'm afraid they would have laughed out loud by now.
Chen Wang sat down, and in front of him was Li Chongzhen, the deputy commander-in-chief.
Next to Li Chongzhen are Zu Kuan and Cao Bianjiao.
When Chen Wang read the history books, he remembered that Zu Kuan was a domineering person and arrogant.
The reason why Lu Xiangsheng let Zu Kuan go north to aid Shaanxi was actually a large part of the reason because it was difficult to control.
But now Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen did not have an arrogant and domineering look on their faces, but smiled at him on the contrary.
Now that the Nine Sides have actually been divided, the treatment between Liaodong and other military towns can be described as very different.
The generals of Liaodong have always been domineering, this is already common sense, and the generals of other military towns have always been ignorant of them.
Zu Kuan is a member of the ancestral family in Liaodong, who was originally the family member of Zu Dashou, who made meritorious contributions in the war, and was promoted all the way to Ningyuan as a general, and then served as the deputy commander-in-chief.
But now that both Zu Kuan and Lee Chong-jin have released kindness to him, this is somewhat unusual.
However, it was only a brief moment of stunnedness, and Chen Wang figured out the reason.
Although he does not belong to the sequence of the Liaodong Army, he is a native of Liaodong, and he is also a native of Guangning, and the Liaodong Wu clan is also in Guangning.
He has the identity of a Liaodong person, although he is not an official or a general in Liaodong, but in their eyes, he can be regarded as half of his own people.
The ties between the local clans of this era were far closer than those of later generations.
During Cao Wenzhao's tenure as an official in Liaodong, he was actually always in a marginal position, rejected by the generals of Liaodong, and never really entered the core.
Most of the battalions led by foreign generals such as Cao Wenzhao were used by the governor to contain the local battalion generals in Liaodong.
However, one of the good things about Cao Wenzhao is that most of the soldiers under his command were Liaodong people when he was in Liaodong.
During this period, a large number of people from the Chen and Hu clans joined his command as family members, and some also served as military officers.
And Cao Wenzhao was modest, sociable, and could also fight, so the relationship with other battalion generals in Liaodong was also good.
In the face of the kindness released by Zu Kuan and Li Chongzhen, Chen Wang naturally did not ignore it.
Although it is useless now, if you can not offend, you will naturally not be offended.
Chen Wang's gaze swept quickly over everyone's bodies, and he also saw Gao Jie sitting behind him.
At this time, Gao Jie's temperament and Gao Jie's temperament in Chunhua have changed a lot.
Today's Gao Jie is more introverted and doesn't look like a person most of the time.
At this time, Gao Jie was sitting upright on the seat, his eyes lowered, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
After Hong Chengchou saw everyone sitting down, he whispered to Sun Chuanting and then clapped his hands gently.
With his clapping hands, several soldiers slowly entered the tent with a huge map.
Sun Chuanting is the governor of Shaanxi, and Hong Chengchou is still the governor of the three sides, and his power is higher than that of Sun Chuanting.
"Although the thief chief Gao Yingxiang has been ambushed this time, there are still rogue activities in various places, and the matter of cleaning up is still urgent."
Hong Chengchou stood up and looked down at everyone condescendingly.
"If there are still four remnants of the Liukou today, only by exterminating these four Liukou can the world be stable and the United States be eliminated."
All the generals in the tent set their eyes on the map.
On the map, it has already indicated the location of the four streams.
On the map, black and red are used to distinguish between the rogue and the local army.
"The first and second streams are concentrated in today's Shaanxi."
"The first group of rogues is led by Li Zicheng, about 100,000 people, and now they are trapped in Yan'an Mansion."
"The second group of thieves is led by Cao Cao and Luo Rucai, and there are also 100,000 people, who are now active in the area of Shangluo Mountain in the south of Xi'an Prefecture, and communicate with each other and rely on each other with a group of thieves in Xunyang Mountain."
"The third stream of rogues is mainly concentrated between Nanzhili and Henan, headed by Geli Yanhe Yilong, Zuojin Wang He Jin, Gezuo Wuying and others, with about 200,000 people."
"The last stream of rogues is mainly concentrated in the land of Xunxiang in Huguang, mainly by the eight kings Zhang Xianzhong, Liu Guoneng and others, with about 400,000 people, which is the head of the current crowd."
"The thief chief Gao Yingxiang is dead, and the rest of the people must be terrified."
Hong Chengchou stood at the top, his sharp gaze swept over everyone.
"Issued an order to the land of the eight provinces, and told the world that if there is anyone who is willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, he can still be exempted from the crime on his shoulders according to the edict."
"This time, we will unite the eight provinces and gather hundreds of battalions of soldiers, so as to clear the eight wildernesses!"