Chapter Fifty-Six: Closing Your Mouth and Opening Your Mouth Is the World

At this time, Xu Liangsheng, who was already 100 years old, was already a cut higher than the strength of many sergeants, but Mo Bai was not good at arranging an official position for Xu Liangsheng, after all, Xu Liangsheng's foundation was weak, and he had no substantive combat exploits that he could take.

The confrontation situation between Xiliang and Xiqiang has been formed, and there will definitely be no major war before the beginning of spring. Without the support of the grassland troops, Xiqiang will never move lightly.

Although they knew that there would be no fighting, the two sides still did not dare to slack off, and the scout sentry rode constantly to report every day.

Xu Liangsheng was in this column at this time.

It is already early winter, the cold wind in the northwest is whistling, and in this desert, even if it is wrapped in a thick layer of cotton clothes, it will freeze straight to the bottom, and at this time, Xu Liangsheng, who is alone, has stiff hands and can't hold the gun.

The injuries on his right leg and left arm had already been resolved when Yin Zhou fell, and if it hadn't completely dissolved Yan Ming and Mo Zi's qi, Xu Liangsheng would not have been able to enter the realm of a hundred years old.

With a sigh on the back of his hand, Xu Liangsheng continued to explore the defense of Shazhou City. Different from the desert where there is no grass in the radius, the west side of the sandbar is a low mountain, although there is not much grass and trees, but it is not difficult for a few scout sentry riders to hide, and it is close to the gate of the sandbank, at this time, Xu Liangsheng stood behind a big tree without branches and leaves, and carefully checked.

Not far from him, there were also a few scouts, but Xu Liangsheng had never seen the military armor on his body, and he didn't know which one it was.

After occupying the sandbar, the Xiqiang army drove all the people of the city to the city wall, and carried out labor under the whipping to fill the city wall, but the Qiang army still underestimated the backbone of the Xiliang people, that is, no matter how they whipped, no one was willing to repair the city, and it took a quarter of an hour to move a stone, which provoked the Xiqiang officers in front of the city gate to jump to their feet, and killed several Xiliang people who were unwilling to carry several stones every day to set an example.

Xu Liangsheng has come to explore the city defense of Shazhou for the third day, and there are twenty Xiliang people who died under this officer, Xu Liangsheng didn't feel anything, but the other Xiliang scouts who came to investigate were angry, and they wanted to rush over and stab the Xiqiang military manager to death.

It's just that the military law is limited, and a few scouts only say a few words viciously, and they don't really rush over to be brave for a while.

Xu Liangsheng rubbed his chin, feeling that this officer's daily killing was somewhat unusual.

The gate of the sandbank in this low mountain is very close, and the chief general of the Qiang army is not a fool, so how can he not know that there are Xiliang scouts hidden in this low mountain? However, in recent days, this low mountain has not even had a single Xiqiang patrol soldier, which shows that the other party's main general must have deliberately left this low mountain to provide convenience for the Xiliang scouts.

The two armies confronted each other, whoever made the first move would fall into the disadvantage first, the Qiang army deliberately did it for Xiliang scouts to see, and what was expected was that Xiliang couldn't help but be angry.

This sandbar is occupied by Xiqiang, so how can the city defense be shown to Xiliang in a grand manner? The sandbar is the city of Xiliang, and it is a cautious place to scout and report, can't Xiliang guess the situation of the city defense of the sandbank? The chief general of Xiqiang has seen through this, so he has grandly left this low mountain to Xiliang, so he wants Xiliang's scouts to take a good look at the situation of the sandbank.

Just now, the officer ordered the heads of five people who did not want to work to be cut off, and placed them not far from the city gate, facing the low mountain.

This is to build a Beijing Temple!

At this time, there are not many people who have died, Xiliang is naturally harmless, and the sergeants under his command can also hold back the anger in their hearts, but if these 20 heads become hundreds in a few days, then Xiliang will have to send troops.

Maybe there is a sergeant's family member below, and the indignant Sergeant Xiliang will definitely not be able to bear such an insult, as long as someone in the barracks is angry, it will be a chain reaction, and even Mo Tongshan will not be able to force these sergeants not to save their fathers and fellow villagers.

Speculating on the vicious intentions of the Qiang army, Xu Liangsheng turned his head and rode away, at this time, it didn't matter what the situation of the Shazhou city defense was, there were only two roads in front of Xiliang.

The first is to appease the army's heart, but how can this army's heart be so easy to appease, Xu Liangsheng asked himself if his grandfather was here, then he would definitely not be able to hold it, let alone the brave Xiliang sergeant.

The second is to send troops to attack the city.

Xu Liangsheng pondered, it seems that there is only one way to attack the city.

When he returned to the Guazhou military tent, the night was already dark, Xu Liangsheng walked straight into Mo Bai's residence, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Mo Cang Mink who was keeping vigil.

"General Mo. Xu Liangsheng stretched out his hand and saluted Mo Cangmin.

For some reason, Mo Cangsheng couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable every time he watched Xu Liangsheng hold the scholarly ceremony, and recently this unease seemed to be becoming more and more obvious, and Mo Cangmin, who couldn't think of why, looked at Xu Liangsheng in a daze, and looked at Xu Liangsheng a little hairy.

"General Mo......" Xu Liangsheng snorted and said softly.

Mo Cang Sable came back to his senses at this time, let out an "oh", and then said: "His Royal Highness the Prince has just slept, is there something wrong with Mr. Xu?"

"Returning from the investigation......" As soon as Xu Liangsheng spoke, Mo Cangsheng interrupted Xu Liangsheng, and glanced at the left and right sergeants with his eyes, Xu Liangsheng suddenly understood.

The two walked to a no-man's land, and Mo Cang Mink took the lead in speaking: "I also know the information that Mr. Xu investigated, at this time, all the scouts were pressed by Cao Zaidong, and once this matter was publicized, the Xiliang army would be in turmoil." ”

Nodding, Xu Liangsheng said: "So, before the beginning of spring, Xiliang must go to war." ”

Sighing, Mo Cangmin's tone was a little unwilling, and said: "The other party has the advantage of time and place, and the cold winter war is harmful to our army, and it is the besieging party, this battle is difficult! ”

Xu Liangsheng said: "Actually, the general doesn't have to be so decadent, you think, it is advantageous to start a war at this time...... That is, we don't have to face the steppe rangers, and in the cold winter, the steppes that have just experienced a big war will never send troops. ”

Shrugged his shoulders noncommittally, Mo Cang Sable continued: "I also understand, but in the end, this battle is not easy to fight." ”

Mo Cang Sable faced the west, his face was melancholy.

Xu Liangsheng kept silent and began to calculate in his heart.

In the early morning of the next day, the bell just rang, and many courtiers slowly entered the Hanyuan Hall from the noon gate.

Guozijian Great Sacrificial Wine, Qintianjian Sizheng, National Teacher Qilinzi.

Many astute courtiers had already sniffed a hint of something unusual, and turned their heads to look at Zhang Rang, hoping that the first assistant minister could give some advice, so as not to accidentally anger Long Wei between words.

It's just that Zhang Rang stood sideways, looking silent with his eyes and nose and nose, and many courtiers were nervous in their hearts, knowing that something big had happened.

After a while, Zhou Qi came back from the palace.

"Proclamation. Zhou Qijiang sat on the dragon chair, spit out two words without being salty, and Qu Li beside him spread out a scroll of holy decrees, and read aloud: "I Shao Yingjun life, the great sacrificial wine of the Guozijian and the Qintianjian Si Zheng Qilinzi are respectful and courteous, loyal and benevolent, and work hard day and night for state affairs......"

After talking for a long time, many courtiers were still confused, but the last sentence made many courtiers dumbfounded.

"Promoted to Qilinzi into Situ, the original position remains the same, admiration. ”

In an instant, there was a lot of controversy in the court.

Since Emperor Zhao, the three divisions, the three justices and the first grade of the official positions have been vacant for a hundred years, that is, the two positions of the second product in the book order and the book order have no one to succeed, that is, the first assistant of the dynasty, after two dynasties for the state affairs of the Zhang Rang is just a from the second grade of the above left servant, and the unicorn son He De how can he be among the three princes under the same original position, who can stand this?

A few days ago, Xiao Tinglin's Shangshu was shot by the right servant, and many courtiers knew that it was the emperor who deliberately disgusted people, and no one spoke out, but this time it was different, someone was among the three dukes, and the trend of the court immediately changed, affecting the interests of too many people.

Although there are constant discussions, no one comes to be the first bird, so they just talk to each other, and no one admonishes.

"Retreat from the dynasty, the three-rank official Taihe Hall is on standby. Zhou Qi left a sentence and left the court.

As soon as Zhou Qi left, Zhou Qi, who was standing beside Qilinzi, smiled bitterly and said, "Why are you here? Your Majesty, I really hold a grudge against you." ”

Qilinzi sighed, and said helplessly: "When you use extraordinary means in extraordinary times, Your Majesty doesn't believe in luck, what can you do if you are poor? ”

Zhang Rang shook his head and muttered, "Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry......"

Qilinzi turned to leave, and under the different eyes of the courtiers, he left the court.

As soon as Qilinzi left, Zhang Rang was immediately surrounded by three circles inside and three circles outside, and these courtiers all thought that there must be a deep meaning in it, so they came to Zhang Rang here to learn from the scriptures.

Zhang Rang said in a low voice: "Colleagues, don't think about it, among them...... Nothing else?"

As soon as this sentence came out, many courtiers were even more discussing, and an elderly minister with white hair opened his mouth and said: "Then the old Tao will say something about the destiny of ghosts and gods, how can He De be ranked among the third dukes!? It must be that your majesty has been bewitched between words, and the old minister will die!"

Many courtiers immediately nodded yes, only Zhang Rang didn't say a word, and said to himself in his heart: "The merits of the Qilin lineage are not enough to rank among the three dukes." ”

Lan Xu and Xu Zimu both stood outside the courtiers and did not follow suit.

Xu Zimu opened his mouth and asked: "Do you know who the Qilinzi is?" As the new secretary of the Ministry of War, Xu Zimu is His Majesty's confidant, and he will never believe that Qilinzi is incapable, and he can let His Majesty personally teach Situ with just a sharp mouth.

Shaking his head, Lan Xu said: "Little brother doesn't know, I just know that Qilinzi is good at calculating latitude, and it is said that he has the ability to reach the sky." ”

Xu Zimu was a little stunned and muttered, "Are it just these tricks?"

Lan Xu looked at Xu Zimu and said in a daze: "My father once said that the unicorn will not die for a day, and Da Wu will not fall for a day. ”

With round eyes, Xu Zimu opened his mouth wide and asked in disbelief: "Is there really a destiny in the world?"

Lan Xu didn't answer, but muttered faintly: "Otherwise, why would the Xu family sit on the northwest of this dynasty." ”