Chapter Seventy-One: Felling Trees and Building Bridges

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And Emperor Wu Wei broke into the Qinghe Hall with a look of wine, and Mrs. Wei was even more enchanting in the candlelight, holding a bowl of decanting soup in her hand. He walked towards Emperor Wu Wei and said with a concerned smile: "Your Majesty, the concubine has been waiting in this Qinghe Hall for a long time, and she specially cooked a sobering soup for Your Majesty. Your Majesty, let's drink some first!"

Emperor Wu Wei looked at Mrs. Wei, and his eyes suddenly lit up. His heart is already on fire, although he has been a beautiful woman in the palace, but the charm revealed in the maturity of Mrs. Wei is so hot. Emperor Wu Wei, who burned directly, couldn't stop.

He gently took the decanting soup in Mrs. Wei's hand, did not drink it, but put it aside, and then grabbed Mrs. Wei's Qianqianyu hand, and kept pitying: "Why do I need to decant the soup, the beauty is my decanting soup, with the beauty, I will get drunk if I don't drink." ”

Mrs. Wei smiled, took Emperor Wu Wei's arm, and said very courteously: "Your Majesty is really good at laughing, how can a concubine win Your Majesty's heart than this sobering soup! ”

Emperor Wu Wei gently held up Mrs. Wei's face, looked at Mrs. Wei's charming face with affection and said, "The beauty of the beauty is so exciting, how can I not let me get drunk." The Spring Festival is worth a thousand gold, and the beauty should serve me early and rest!"

Madame Wei smiled lightly, looking at Emperor Wu Wei's disgusting face, although she was very reluctant in her heart, but when she thought of the Empress Dowager Xiaojia, who was as ugly as him, and then thought of her dead son Wu Yi, Madame Wei's heart was furious, and at this moment she had to pretend to be very obedient to Emperor Wu Wei.

She deeply knew that if she served Emperor Wu Wei, or if Emperor Wu Wei was drunk and sexual, she would be blessed. After the Empress Dowager Xiaojia learned about this, she must be half angry. If this kind of behavior of losing the ethical discipline will be spread, Emperor Wu Wei will definitely be stinking for 10,000 years, and will be pointed out by thousands of people and become the emperor of eternity.

Instead of dying depressed in the Qinghe Hall all her life, it is better to die happily, even if she can't put the enemy to death, she must make her miserable for the rest of her life, so that she is worth it.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wei gently took Emperor Wu Wei's arm, looked up at Emperor Wu Wei with affection, pretended to look at him with admiration, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, doesn't Your Majesty want to know why your concubine knows that Your Majesty must come to Qinghe Hall tonight?"

Emperor Wu Wei took Mrs. Wei into his arms, only to feel hungry and thirsty in his heart. Flames rose. There was already a hungry wolf-like look in his eyes, and he couldn't wait to immediately throw the stunner in front of him on the bed. And then a beautiful meal.

How could he still pay attention to what Wei Meiren had just said, and said hastily and perfunctorily about her words: "Alas, this is a good day." Beauty, you and I still have something to say in bed!Haha, don't let this God-given opportunity be disappointed!"

Mrs. Wei pretended to be shy, and gently pushed Emperor Wu Wei and said, "Your Majesty, you are so annoying." The concubine naturally belongs to His Majesty alone tonight, so why should Your Majesty be in such a hurry. Why don't you let your concubines dance for Your Majesty?"

Although Emperor Wu Wei had no intention of watching Mrs. Wei dance at the moment, he couldn't refuse, so he smiled: "Well, I've heard what Concubine Guo said, Mrs. Wei can sing and dance, and she is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting." Tonight, I was fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of the intoxicating dance of the beauty. ”

Mrs. Wei helped Emperor Wu Wei aside and sat down, and then slowly retreated to the bottom of the hall. In the dim candlelight, Mrs. Wei danced. It shows her bewitching and soft posture, that kind of beauty. directly made Wu Weidi's heart even more surging.

He sat on top of the hall and clapped his palms gently. His eyes were always inseparable from Mrs. Wei's body, although it was already snowing outside the house. Inside the house is the warm current of Emperor Wu Wei like the early spring. Enjoy the most beautiful fireworks in the world.

At this time, He Bin, who was fighting far away on the frontier, lit a bonfire in the camp. The melancholy on his face has been several months since the start of the campaign. The 200,000 army has run out of food and grass, and several times asked the imperial court to allocate grain and grass to help the army survive the cold winter.

But he couldn't wait for the food and salary of the imperial court, and if this continued, the 200,000 troops would starve to death and freeze to death without waiting for the enemy to come to fight. How can the soldiers fight the enemy if they are not well fed and clothed?

This made He Bin distressed, and Geng Jie, the commander of the supervising army, and several generals sat on both sides of the camp. is already emotional, although Geng Jie is the confidant of the national teacher, he has a charitable heart. All he did was just a last resort, in front of the national teacher to save his life.

Now watching the soldiers starving, I can't bear it. Anxious, the other generals were even more indignant, and they were very dissatisfied with the current court. Tonight, the generals and the Chinese army camp were convened to discuss the matter, which was for the sake of the imperial court's salary.

He Bin held the bamboo slip in his hand, his brows furrowed. But he didn't say anything, but the generals had already sat down and were dissatisfied.

Zhang Fan, the left general, and Bai Zhi, the right general. The two were reckless and hot-tempered, and they were the first to be displeased. Zhang Fan took a few pictures and said: "Hmph! The imperial court's delay in distributing military rations is not going to starve and freeze to death in this cold winter. If you want me to see that this faint gentleman doesn't take our lives seriously at all, he doesn't care about our life or death at the moment. ”

Bai Zhi, the right general, replied: "Yes! We won't survive for a few days, and we will run out of food completely, what should we do then, I'm afraid the army's heart will change!"

Geng Jie said: "The two generals should wait a little longer, don't be impatient, maybe the military food and equipment are already on the way, and it has snowed heavily recently." I'm afraid that there will be delays in the trip, so I hope that the governor and the generals will wait patiently for a few more days. ”

Zhang Fan's eyes were angry, as if he was about to erupt a fireball, he glared at Geng Jie angrily and said: "Hmph! Wait? Why wait? There is no food in the army for a day, what do the soldiers eat? You can wait, I can't wait for my brothers." If it weren't for the Metropolitan Governor's obstruction, I would have cut off your dog's head right now, so as to be the heart of the army. ”

Bai Zhi also didn't want to see Geng Jie, and looked at him with contempt and said, "Hmph, a reckless man in the village, he only knows how to show off brute force." If you are willing to be a lackey, how can you know about this conquest? If you want me to see, first drag Geng Jianjun out of the tent, freeze him all night and starve him all night. Only then did he know the situation of the soldiers at the moment, so he would no longer talk here about the wind and cold. ”

The two generals sneered, and after insulting Geng Jie, Geng Jie was not angry, but just smiled awkwardly: "The two generals have a reckless temperament, and they are no different from reckless men, so why should this prison army be angry with them." I would like to ask the two generals if there is a good way to solve the problem of food and grass in addition to being dissatisfied here. ”

"Over the past few months, our army has attacked the county several times, but the enemy has only defended it, but it should not fight. What is this? General Bai is so heroic, why can't he even take it for a single county? But in this big tent, no one can beat it!"

Geng Jie was obviously returning the way of others to his body, and he sneered at Bai Zhi again, although Bai Zhi's face was flushed with anger, he had nothing to say, only intermittent anger said: "You, you ......"

When Zhang Fan saw Geng Jie talking like this, he immediately hugged Bai Zhi and said, "Hmph, Geng Jianjun." If you take this city, it will be like opening the gate of Damuzhou, which is something that everyone knows very well, how can the enemy not know, and the city wall is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The enemy army must defend to the death, so as to protect Damuzhou from being captured by our army. ”

"Don't say that we can't take it for a while, can it be that Geng Jianjun can take it? The Metropolitan Governor asked me to wait for the discussion in the account, naturally it is a matter of grain and grass, doesn't Geng Jianjun know which is more important, and there is a face to count us here?"

Just when Geng Jie wanted to argue with him, He Bin suddenly shouted: "Okay, the enemy army has not been eliminated yet, but my own family members are tense first, and they are fighting with each other. Wouldn't it be a joke if the enemy knew about it? ”

After a violent sound, there was a little silence in the big tent. He Bin looked around at the generals and then said: "At the moment of the great enemy, we should work together to resist the enemy. What's the use of fighting between the two here? Outside the big tent, it's already snowy. The grain and grass will be exhausted, and we can't go in and can't retreat after waiting. Did I call the generals to see you quarrelling?"

After that, He Bin slammed the bamboo slips on several cases. Fang completely suppressed the generals. He bowed his head in silence and repented.

At this time, Geng Jie said: "Governor Dadu, the last general thinks that the enemy army has only defended and not attacked for several months, and it must be consuming our army's grain and grass, and our army is mostly southerners, resistant to heat and cold. At this time, it is the depths of winter, and the snow is falling. It is extremely unfavorable for our army to fight, but the enemy army is extremely hardy and good at fighting in ice and snow. ”

Now that our army is short of food and grass, and the imperial army's food has been delayed, it is difficult for the cavalry to play their role at this time. If the enemy attacks our army at this time, I am afraid that it will be extremely disadvantageous to our army. ”

He Bin nodded approvingly, and said unusually worriedly: "Yes, Geng Jian Jun is right, and the governor of Pontus is worried about this. Alas, we have been on the expedition for several months, but we have not captured Yanshan County, and we have encountered grain, grass, ice and snow, which is really not beneficial to our army!"

"Will the generals have a good way to deal with it?"

At this time, no one answered, but you look at me, I look at you. They all seemed helpless, Geng Jie thought for a moment and said, "Governor, I don't know if there is a plan in the end?"

He Bin looked surprised and said, "Oh? ”

Geng Jie nodded and said: "Governor, our army can retreat twenty miles back and set up camp, and the last general has come to observe in recent days, there is a deep pit in the rear of our army." This pit is dozens of zhang long and more than ten zhang wide. And unfathomable, in recent days heavy snowfall. The pit has been buried, and the last general has already marked it, as long as our troops withdraw to the rear of the pit, build a wooden bridge with wooden planks, and bury it with heavy snow. Make a false march avenue, and the enemy army must pass through it without knowing the truth. ”

"At that time, our army only needs to send scouts to grasp the enemy's movements at any time, and wait for the army to attack. Our army can remove the bridges, ambush the archers, shoot them in the deep pits, and we will be able to defeat the enemy. ”

"Moreover, the enemy is good at cavalry, and he is good at snow fighting. Our army is not good, and the enemy must have seen the weakness of our army and knew the importance of grain and grass. When our army's food and grass are exhausted, and there is heavy snowfall. It is precisely when our army is at its most vulnerable. The enemy will definitely show its might, which is why they avoid fighting and only care about defending to the death. ”

"After our army has retreated twenty miles, if the enemy does not attack. Our army can temporarily kill horses to satisfy hunger, waiting for backup. If the enemy army attacks, the enemy horses buried in the deep pit will be the temporary rations of our army. ”

After hearing this, He Bin immediately laughed and clapped his hands repeatedly: "Wonderful, wonderful." This plan will surely win big. I didn't expect Geng Jianjun to have such an outstanding, and the governor of Pontus was very pleased. ”

"Come, let's raise a glass to Geng Jianjun together. ”

Although the rest of the generals were displeased, they saw that He Bin had already raised the wine jue, and because of He Bin's affection, they had to reluctantly raise the wine jue. Perfunctory drank the spirits in the winelord.

He Bin nodded with satisfaction and said, "Do the generals have any objections?"

Zhang Fan glanced at Bai Zhi, and Bai Zhi nodded like him. Zhang Fancai said: "The last general thinks it is inappropriate, and our army retreats without a fight." The morale of the army will be chaotic, which will affect the morale, and if the enemy army attacks, it will be unfavorable to the army. I also ask the Metropolitan Governor not to use Geng Jie's words to disturb the hearts of our army. ”

He Bin smiled coldly, looked at Bai Zhi again, and said, "What does General Right mean?"

Bai Zhi didn't think about it: "The last general thinks that General Zhang's words are reasonable, and when fighting the enemy, the military spirit is the top priority." If our troops retreat, their morale will be low, so how can they fight the enemy? ”

After hearing this, He Bin laughed, and everyone was a little puzzled, looking at him suspiciously, laughing for a while. He Bin stopped laughing and said: "Doesn't the matter of grain and grass affect the morale of the army? Our army's food and salary are only enough for five days. What are the two generals going to do then? Shall we sit and wait for death?"

Zhang Fan said: "Governor of the capital, just now Geng Jian Jun said that our army can kill horses and satisfy hunger for the time being, waiting for backup." You don't have to retreat to put off your urgent needs!"

He Bin asked rhetorically: "What if the horses are killed? What should we do? If the enemy army suddenly attacks, how will our army meet the enemy?"

The crowd was speechless and speechless for a while. Because they have no better way, the reason why they stopped the army from retreating was also for the unwillingness and injustice in their hearts, and to put it bluntly, they were angry with Geng Jie.

He Bin would not take the lives of hundreds of thousands of troops to make them vomit. Seeing that he was silent, he waved his hand and said: "Since the generals have no better strategy, they will act according to the plan of the Geng Prison Army." At dawn tomorrow, our army cut down wood to build a bridge, crossed a deep pit, and retreated 20 miles to set up camp. In case the enemy army is coming. ”