Chapter 56: The Arrow Is in the String (Part II)
Li Huaijin's attack on Nanping for the vanguard was expected by Wang Huan.
Why is it expected, just because (you are too beautiful) Li Huaijin's own ability to command the army, as well as his courage not to be afraid of death, everyone in the camp has seen it, Lin Renzhao once thought that the young general of the Tang Dynasty, his son Lin Yan can be the first to rush, followed by Li Yuanzhen, Ling Su and others, the right commander of the Long Xiang Army, but looking at Li Huaijin and feel that this person is loyal and brave, and he is indeed a young talent.
In fact, Wang Huan took into account that Li Huaijin had just entered the Tang Dynasty and received the emperor's rescue grace, and Zhao Kuangyin regarded it as a dead chess piece.
"As Wang Qing said, I also feel that Li Huaijin surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and the number of loyalty has not yet been known, but Li Huaijin must be eager to make meritorious contributions to protect his position when he enters the Tang Dynasty, if I want him to send troops, he must be unable to refuse!"
Of course, for a smart person like Li Huaijin, he will inevitably be willing to send troops, and the first battle of the army is his battle of witnesses, if this battle is defeated, the emperor can just cure him for the crime of a weak army, and then deprive him of military power in one fell swoop, and completely annex the army in one fell swoop.
Moreover, if the first battle is defeated, not to mention that Li Yu has the opportunity to take the opportunity to annex, and that the 20,000 soldiers of the Swimming Army were originally defeated by listening to Li Huaijin's command in Fengyang City, so once the second defeat of the army, Li Huaijin will completely lose the prestige of a command in front of the Swimming Army, and even be hostile to the Swimming Army!
It is reasonable to let Li Huaijin act as a pioneer, it is definitely a plan without loopholes, or, the comfort method of Nanping's failure, if Nanping is taken, the Tang State will inevitably make great progress, if Nanping is not taken, by the way, Li Huaijin will be punished for the crime of defeating the army, and then annex the army in one fell swoop, the Tang State will still not lose.
It's just that Li Yu's sound of the plate, Lin Renzhao can't hear it, Liu Renzhen can't hear it, among the generals, only Li Yuanzhen, who is protecting the emperor's side, heard it, not only heard it, but also heard it clearly.
However, why has Li Yuanzhen been silent, even if he is already in the elite right command of the Son of Heaven Army, and has become the full-time guard of the Son of Heaven, he still does not dare to speak easily.
The answer is the only one, the emperor only needs an assistant minister, not a minister, and the emperor also needs some military generals, not generals, which he has been aware of since the emperor promoted Wang Huan to a scholar in the preparatory palace, and it was completely determined after Wang Huan entered the political hall as a low-level civil official of the fifth grade.
Han Xizai, who had been prepared for a long time, came out at this moment, "Saint, the minister feels that Li Huaijin can know about the dispatch of troops..."
After saying this, Pan You was like a needle in his throat for an instant, and when he looked sideways, the emperor really found that Li Yu's face was wrong.
"Han Qing... Didn't you understand what I said? Li Yu's eyes raised slightly, which made Han Xizai suddenly feel a little frightened.
"Holy! Li Huaijin must give a reason for sending troops, otherwise he will definitely be suspicious! It's just that... He didn't know anything about sending troops! And not omniscient! At this point, Han Xizai paused slightly, and tried again, "Why don't you tell Li Huaijin that the Tang Dynasty really cares about the grain and grass tax of Jingling City in Fuzhou of the Song Kingdom!" Let him also think that we are going to cut down Song! ”
"This plan, this plan I think is feasible! Han Qing really thought it through, Pan Qing... What do you think? Li Yu frowned, and threw the words to Pan You, obviously on purpose.
"It's... Although the minister thinks that this matter is feasible, it must be decided by the Holy God! Pan You hesitated for a moment, but still said cautiously.
"That's what Han Qing said! Long straight! ”
"The minister is here!"
"You go to the place for me to see if Li Huaijin has any suspicious movements, and then tell him that I want to use Nanping to attack the Song Dynasty and take him as a pioneer!"
"Yui!"
Li Yuanzhen didn't ask much, he simply left the imperial camp, patted his horse and went straight to the ground.
"Shengshang..."At this time, Liu Renzhen was silent for the whole game, and suddenly spoke.
"Does General Liu think that there is anything wrong with this resolution?" Li Yu became more and more funny, why was he more serious, but the ruthlessness on the battlefield weighed himself for a long time.
"Definitely! There are no loopholes in this account, it's just..."
"If you have something to say, say it! Do you think I am a tyrant who does not accept my advice? ”
"Holy... Li Yuanzhen entered the swimming army alone, I'm afraid..."Liu Renzhen gradually lost his posture and hurriedly replied.
"I miscalculated! Send all the armies with Changzhi! Li Yu then remembered what he had overlooked, Li Huaijin's loyalty is definitely unknown, if he really has a conspiracy, then wouldn't it be to push Li Yuanzhen into the fire pit.
"Holy not! Li Yuanzhen entered the swimming army alone, and then suddenly approached the army to the swimming ground, this is not... Let Li Huaijin be suspicious! If Li Huaijin suspected that the Tang Dynasty wanted to exterminate the Swimming Army, then Li Yuanzhen would be even more worried about his life! Wang Huan thought for a while, and then hurriedly stated.
"The old minister will go first! There is no need to worry too much about the saint, Gui Delang is not still camping in the field to take care of it! He must have known that Li Yuanzhen was the favorite of the Son of Heaven... No, the Son of Heaven! ”
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Moreover, before Chen Qiao set off from Jiangning Mansion, Li Yu had already passed the borrowing document to Jiangling Mansion in Nanping, first with the document, and then into the envoy, this second attack on the heart is also, if Gao Jichong's character is indeed weak and afraid of death, then a document can make him frightened, and the second envoy to Jiangling will make him feel at ease.
And Gao Jichong looked at Tang Guo's borrowing document at this time, and his expression and heart were indeed as Li Yu and Wang Huan expected, if Li Yu saw Gao Jichong's expression with his own eyes at this moment, he would definitely be proud to say a sentence, take it! Take care of the family!
The document was transmitted to the Jiangling Mansion in Nanping, the court bureau was indeed hot, and the king of Nanping, Gao Jichong, was afraid of seeing the book, so he sent the palace people to pass on the envoys of the Tang State some time ago, that is, his uncle Gao Baoyin, and the king of Nanping discussed with the ministers that there could be a strategy to refuse the Tang State's borrowing.
Lu Wenjin, a scholar in Nanping, then persuaded: "Tang and Wuping are incompatible, and the king should send envoys to Wuping for help, and he should also be the army of the country and meet the enemy!" Pi Tang went deep into Nanping, how could he stay for a long time? ”
I also saw the judge of the festival degree, Sun Guangxian, admonished in Gao Jichong's ear: "The matter of borrowing the Tao, the truth or falsehood is unknown, the king will raise troops first, and he will sin the Tang Kingdom. ”
This Sun Guangxian, it is indeed as Wang Huan expected, on the surface, it seems that he is mainly for the country, and what he does is also digging his heart and lungs for Nanping, but in fact, he is somewhat similar to Wei Zhongxian in the late Ming Dynasty in the Chinese history books.
Sun Guangxian is a copy of Wei Zhongxian, Wei Zhongxian tried his best to send the silver to the northern army, just to ensure that the anti-Qing forces have an absolute guarantee, his rights, one said that the emperor gave it, and the other said that it was given by the Ming Dynasty, so he also knew that after Zhu Youxiao's death, he had to find another emperor to rely on, and if the Ming Dynasty was defeated by the Qing soldiers, then he would really have nothing. Therefore, it is better to say that defending the master is fake, and guarding national defense is also fake, only by holding on to one's own life and enjoying one's own glory, the position of power is real.
So Sun Guangxian tried his best to curry favor with the Tang Kingdom for the King of Nanping, and at the same time did not offend the Song Kingdom, not how much he loved Nanping, nor how much he revered Gao Jichong, but that I only love myself.
"The minister also advances with Judge Sun!" Gao Baoyin thought for a moment, but he also felt that Li Yu, the emperor of the Tang State at that time, treated him so sincerely, and it didn't seem like he was pretending, so he hurriedly said to Gao Jichong, the panicked king of Nanping.
"Dare to ask my uncle! This king will send the Nanping tribute gift, can the Tang Emperor be happy? Gao Jichong was very flustered, and his words trembled a little.
"Returning to my king, the Tang State Rites received my tribute, which is indeed a joy, and the Tang Emperor Li Yu is loyal, personally summoned Yu Chen, and repeatedly told Yu Chen, Tang Guo and Nanping have cold lips and teeth, for the sake of today's plan, they should be the same enemy and form an alliance to resist the Song Dynasty!" Gao Baoyin thought for a moment and said to the king of Nanping.
"It's my uncle's words... This king... How can this king not believe! Don't worry about the sky, as Emperor Tang said, Nanping and Tang Guo have cold lips and teeth, and they are each other's arms, how could Li Yu of Tang State do something to cut off his arm! As for the Tang Kingdom's desire to destroy my Nanping, it must be... It must be nothing! Right... It must be nothing! Gao Jichong seems to have found a life-saving straw, although it is difficult to distinguish between loyalty and treachery in the court, but Gao Baoyin is his own uncle after all, his own uncle whose blood is thicker than water, Lu Wenjin will harm him Thaksin, Li Jingwei will harm him He also believes it, but Gao Baoyin wants to harm him, he definitely refuses to believe it.
"The king is not gullible! I have nothing to do with the Tang Kingdom! Three have no contacts! The Tang State attacked the Song Dynasty, and there was Taizhou in the east! There is Fengyang! There is Shouchun in the west! Why don't you attack the three roads, and there is a plan to take advantage of the south to pacify! The courtiers were undecided, Gao Jichong was panicked, but Li Jingwei made a generous statement at the moment, stating the benefits and disadvantages, but he pulled back Gao Jichong, who was addicted to fantasy.
Li Jingwei saw that the king of Nanping was moved again, and knew that the persuasion had been effective, so he continued, "The Jingnan defenders are all heroic, and the Jingdong defenders have tens of thousands, and the ministers are willing to lead the troops. The minister and Liang Yanhei took a detour from Jingnan to Lishui, and took advantage of the Tang army's unpreparedness to go straight to Jinling! Capture the Tang Lord! To appease the South! ”
Li Jingwei's plan is undoubtedly good, and it can't be better, no matter how you interpret it, this is a bit like Wei Yan's surprise move to go out of the Meridian Valley to take Wei Capital directly, but Zhuge Liang can take into account this kind of recklessness, and Sun Guangxian can also take it into account.
"Jingwei! Jing Xiang is a people, and he knows the success or failure? And since the beginning of Li Yu's expansion of the Tang Kingdom, he has the ambition to mix the whole world, and the Holy Tang Dynasty was ordered, and all the measures taken are far-reaching. How can there be a false way to attack Nanpingye? ”
Sun Guangxian was also extremely flustered at the moment, but why could he say such a serious thing, just because he was really frightened by Li Jingwei's crazy behavior, national strength, military strength, no matter from which angle you consider it is a dead end to fight with Li Yu of the Tang State, you directly lead the troops around the south to raid Jinling, isn't this pure death, I am afraid that before you reach Jiangzhou, you Li Jingwei will be consumed alive.