Chapter 223: Your Majesty's Vacillation
Chen Guogong's words directly made the atmosphere in the hall tense.
Without waiting for Su Xuanyong to speak, Wen Xuan said, "Elder Chen, the battle situation is tense now. What do you mean by your impeachment of Dong Shanbo?"
Su Xuanyong is indeed the one who finally decides power, but at this time, the person impeached by Zhao Guogong is a person from his Hanlin Academy, and he is also his personal disciple.
The impeachment of Su Qi'an is not a slap in the face, and now it is a war, this Chen Guogong's words are completely deliberately provoking trouble.
How could there be no indication in the text.
Chen Guogong's face was solemn, he arched his hand at Wen Xuan, and said, "Master Wen, I can understand your words, after all, Dongshan Bo is your personal inheritance."
"But you also said that now that the war is urgent, Dongshan Bo was drafted, and he should be grateful to the emperor, after all, he was given such a big self-esteem, and five thousand prisoners were allocated to him."
"But he, in the military reports of the past three days, he has no news at all, and he has not contributed anything to the defense of Kyoto, and he disappeared directly with 5,000 people."
"Your Majesty, the old minister is very suspicious, Uncle Dongshan is taking this group of people and horses and secretly hiding, so that he can pick the fruit at the last moment, such a person must be punished severely."
"Chen Guogong, what you said is a bit too much." At this time, Chu Xiong, who has always rarely expressed his opinions, is the Tao.
"At present, it seems that Dongshan Bo does not have much effect on this battle for the defense of Kyoto, but after all, he is a descendant of the imperial family, and Chen Guolao said that he has ill intentions, which is already suspected of offending the royal family."
"Please also ask Chen Guogong to pay attention to his identity and not carry personal emotions, now is a critical moment, at this time, you impeach Dong Shanbo, it is difficult not to cool the hearts of the front-line soldiers."
Chu Xiong's voice was very soft, but every sentence was reasonable, which made Chen Guogong speechless for a while, and he opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't say it.
At this time, Zheng Guogong behind him stood up with a smile and played a round game.
"Lord Zaisuke, don't be so on the line, Chen Guolao's personality, we know it, and Your Majesty also knows it, and he is also a possible idea that he predicted for the safety of Kyoto."
"There is absolutely no intention of offending the royal family, we also know the strength of Dongshan Bo, as a royal family, I must be loyal to the royal family, but in order to avoid some accidents."
"I think it's okay, even if the impeachment matter is over, it's best to find out the equipment of Dongshan Bo, and then send a prison guard, so that there can be some supervision."
"Otherwise, it would be a little unfair to the other soldiers to really let Dongshan Bo act so freely."
"The old minister agrees with Zheng Guogong's opinion." Zhao Guogong said on the side.
"The old minister seconded it." Chen Guogong faced Su Xuanyong, clenched his fists, and hurriedly changed his position.
"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that this matter should not be rushed, after all, he has already promised to have a big right to act on Uncle Dongshan, but now, it has only been a few days, if the order is changed overnight, it will hurt Uncle Dongshan's heart."
Looking at the united front of the three princes, Chu Xiong frowned slightly and hurriedly said.
"Yes, Your Majesty, who is Uncle Dongshan, you also know that you can't just give orders at will without seeing the results of the battle in a short period of time, which is not conducive to the situation of the war."
"Zaifu, Master, I think what you said is a bit exaggerated, the defense of Kyoto is not enough time, in the past three days, Higashiyama Bo has not moved, why, he doesn't even have the right to send a prison army to supervise? Do we have to wait until reinforcements from the states arrive for Dongshan Bo to move?"
"If this is the case, the front-line soldiers will think that Dongshan Bo is greedy for life and afraid of death, and deliberately hides, which is not his face, but the face of the royal family."
"Zhao Guogong, don't be aggressive here, now that the war is not over, do you have to add fuel to the fire." Wen Xuan scolded coldly.
Zhao Guogong's face was indifferent, and he was not afraid at all, so he wanted to step forward and argue with Wen Xuan.
But as soon as he spoke, finally, Su Xuanyong's voice suddenly sounded.
"Shut up the widow! The battle on the front line is tense, and you still have time to quarrel here, what is it like!"
"Okay, about the matter of Dongshan Bo, for now, the widow is free to judge the next step, and you don't need to discuss it."
Su Xuanyong's anger obviously had an effect, and the two sides who were arguing just now suddenly quieted down.
But this matter is not over, on the surface, Su Xuanyong is on Su Qi'an's side.
But in fact, the quarrel between the two sides made his heart shake a little.
After all, 5,000 men was not a small number, and it just disappeared out of thin air, and it was before reinforcements from all over Kyoto arrived.
If this is really a different intention, the Imperial City of Kyoto is enough to choke, and anyone will be worried.
Not to mention, there are so many suspicious Great Liang Emperors.
Wen Xuan and Chu Xiong glanced at each other, and they both saw His Majesty's vacillation, but they couldn't say anything more now.
Su Xuanyong's temperament is difficult to figure out, if he continues to plead with Su Qi'an, it is difficult not to make His Majesty feel that the two of them are in collusion with Su Qi'an.
If this is the case, it will be troublesome, so they can only secretly pray in their hearts that Su Qi'an will not drop the chain at a critical moment.
At the same time, in the dense forest, which is about 200 miles away from Kyoto, the moonlight in the sky is shrouded, and you can vaguely see a dark shadow in the dense forest, slowly advancing.
If you look closely, this black shadow is a person, and there are not many of them, about dozens of people.
They were all dressed in camouflage suits made of leaves, and if you didn't look closely, you couldn't see it.
The speed of these people was very fast, and in the blink of an eye, they disappeared into the dense forest ahead.
About a quarter of an hour later, a few dark shadows returned, came to a clearing, and said something to the leaders of the group.
The first few people nodded, and greeted the darkness behind them, and in an instant, the sound of armor colliding sounded in the darkness, listening to the movement, there were quite a few people.
They were the five thousand men and horses including Su Qi'an, who had disappeared for three days.
Who would have thought that the three passes at the front line, a distance of hundreds of miles, would have a series of terrains such as the Gobi, jungles, and rivers.
During these three days, in order to reduce the possibility of being discovered, they not only went out day and night, but also did not even dare to make a fire to cook, and ate raw food.
Every time I leap forward, there will be this group of professional reconnaissance teams who are responsible for exploring the way.
In the past few days, more than a dozen lieutenants such as Song Biao and Er Meng have admired the dozens of new troops in Su Qi'an's hands.
It's not just that the equipment they wear is different, but their reconnaissance, tactics, fighting, and the mutual cooperation between the members are all things that they have never seen as veterans.
Fighting alone, they thought that they were definitely not their opponents, and they had not been discovered in the past few days, but they still encountered a few scouts of the Honored Army.
At this time, this group of new troops taught them a lesson. Every time you make a move, it's called a clean one, and it won't entangle with you at all.
It is often a fatal move, and there is absolutely no superfluous action, and the ruthlessness makes them feel frightened by these veterans.
After three days of cautious work, they finally arrived at Hangu Pass, but the place where they came this time was the cliff behind Hangu Pass.
Passing through the dense forest, you can see about seventy or eighty meters of cliffs, these cliffs are almost vertical, with the existing tools of Da Liang, it is impossible to climb up.
Su Qi'an glanced at the cliff and nodded at Su Yong, and then Su Yong and dozens of other new troops took action.
They first had tools made of ropes and several iron rings tied to their bodies, and then they held hammers and small iron cones in both hands.
According to the corresponding height, one by one they were chiseled on the cliff wall, and then the small iron ring on the body, together with the rope, was directly hung on the handle of the iron cone.
Under the shocked gaze of this group of veteran soldiers, Su Yong and the other new troops, divided by two, gradually climbed up.
With each step, he had to put the iron hoop rope on his body and the iron cone knob hewn into the cliff wall, and then his hands continued to smash towards the cliff wall above.
Although the speed is a little slow, at least little by little towards the cliff upwards
Climb.
This scene, looking at a group of veteran oils, they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time, just such a seemingly simple climbing tool can climb up, who could have imagined this.
Su Qi'an smiled and nodded with satisfaction, in his previous life, his hobby was a rock climbing enthusiast.
For climbing equipment, he is quite proficient, this vertical cliff, as long as you build the right tools, you can go up.
As early as before coming to Kyoto, Su Qi'an found a few old blacksmiths in the factory area of Dongshan Village to create a batch of climbing equipment for the new army.
Now here, it comes in handy.
Su Yong and the other recruits are very fast, obviously professionally trained, they can have such skills, and the equipment they wear is different.
They can guess at a glance who will train these people to be.
Song Biao turned his head and smiled at Su Qi'an and said, "Mr. Su, you see that the new army is still short of manpower, if it is poor, I can enter the new army, don't worry, as long as I enter the new army, even if I am a small soldier, I am willing."
"Hey, Biaozi, you really know how to say, don't forget, you were in the hands of Brother Yong before, and you couldn't survive a single move, if you can enter the new army, then I can too, but I can survive three moves in Brother Yong's hands."
Without waiting for Su Qi'an to speak, Er Meng beside him interjected.
Song Biao pursed his lips, punched Er Meng, and said, "Go and go, Mengzi, what are you doing here, I'll chat with Mr. Su, *** what's the matter."
"Wait, Brother Yong? Mengzi, when did you have such a good relationship with Instructor Su Yong, you are also worthy of being called Brother Yong, and if you want to be called, I have to be in front of you."
"Biaozi, your skin is itchy, if you don't accept it, go, let's go through two tricks." Er Meng looked unconvinced, not convinced at all.
Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, Su Qi'an snorted coldly, "Okay, it doesn't depend on when you want to fight."
"You don't want to join the new army, no problem, I can promise you, but the selection of the new army is not so easy, whether you can join or not depends on your ability."
As soon as these words came out, not only Song Biao and Er Meng's faces were excited, but even the captains behind them were also ecstatic.