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Along the way, with Guo Wei and other generals, Li Fengyun learned a lot of things.

The repeated spring breeze blew the mountains and rivers of Henan, but it couldn't warm Jing Yanguang's cold heart.

Jing Yanguang's heart Guo Wei understood that at this time, Li Fengyun, Zhao Kuangyin, and Zhao Kuangyi were talking about Jing Yanguang with Guo Wei.

"He is a very loyal person, but unfortunately, loyalty also harmed him!" Guo Wei sighed, obviously, his evaluation of Jing Yanguang was very different from Gongsun Wuwu and Lu Jinghong's evaluation of Jing Yanguang.

Jing Yanguang was born in the army and initially worked for Houliang.

When Emperor Li Siyuan of Mingzong ascended the throne, Zhu Shouyin (Note 1), who was guarding Kaifeng, was unruly and refused to obey Li Siyuan's orders, and was almost executed.

Fortunately, Shi Jingjiao, the deputy envoy of the Sixth Army at that time, appreciated his bravery and knew that he was innocent, so he secretly released Jing Yanguang and took him into his account soon after.

The grace of saving his life, coupled with the grace of knowing the encounter, made Jing Yanguang full of gratitude and loyalty to Shi Jingjiao.

In order to repay Shi Jingjiao's kindness, Jing Yanguang sold this life to Shi Jingjiao, and made great achievements for the establishment and consolidation of the Later Jin Dynasty.

Because of this, he won Shi Jingjiao's trust.

After the establishment of the Great Jin Dynasty, Shi Jingjiao entrusted Jing Yanguang with an important task, took him as a confidant general, and appointed him as the commander of the guards and infantry troops. The commander of the guards and infantry is a very powerful position, and he can command all the generals, so if Shi Jingjiao gives him all the infantry troops he belongs to.

Later, he was promoted to the commander of the guards and the army, and this position was even more remarkable, that is, all the soldiers and horses belonging to Shi Jingjiao were handed over to him, and the scenery was unique for a while, even a veteran like Liu Zhiyuan was slightly inferior to him.

In the face of Shi Jingjiao's trust, Jing Yanguang is also conscientious, wholeheartedly assisting Shi Jingjiao, and doing things cautiously. It is even more deeply appreciated by Shi Jingjiao.

Before Shi Jingjiao died, he entrusted the crown prince Shi Chonggui to Jing Yanguang and Feng Dao. Shi Jingjiao thought that there should be no problem with Feng Dao in Wen, Jing Yanguang in Wu, and the rivers and mountains of the Great Jin Dynasty are like iron.

Guo Wei briefly introduced Jing Yanguang's past, Li Fengyun was puzzled, and said: "In this way, Jing Yanguang is a good general, why did he make such a stupid move later?"

Guo Wei shook his head and sighed: "General Jing is indeed a fierce general, with the courage of ten thousand people, there is no doubt about this, among the generals of our dynasty, there are only a handful of first-class martial arts, General Jing is one of them, and his strength is not weak, not necessarily worse than the crazy monk." As he spoke, he glanced back at the mad monk.

The mad monk was unconscious, and just lowered his head and hurried away.

Li Fengyun was secretly shocked that Jing Yanguang had such a skill.

"It's a pity that he has the strength of a mad monk, but he doesn't have the strategy of a mad monk!" Guo Wei sighed again, "When the first emperor was in power, all the ideas in the army were actually taken by the first emperor, and General Jing only needed to do it......!

Speaking of this, Guo Wei looked around and said in a low voice: "I will only say these words to the three of you, don't spread them!"

Li Fengyun and the three of them nodded in agreement.

Guo Wei continued: "After the death of the first emperor, the young master is young, but all the ideas are for General Jing to take it himself! If it is just a matter in the army, then it is easier to do, after all, over the years, General Jing has been used to doing those things, even if he makes a mistake, he can't make a big mistake." ”

Li Fengyun's heart moved, and said, "You mean that my teacher is unwilling to make up his mind." ”

Think about it, the teacher Feng Dao is really that kind of person, and he never wants to offend people easily. How can there be any reason not to offend people?

Guo Wei smiled bitterly and said: "Don't blame your teacher, this is also the difficulty of being a civil servant in troubled times! If you don't have any strength in your hands, who is willing to listen to what you say? If you offend a fierce person and rush into the house with a knife, the whole family will be killed, and who will come forward to uphold justice?"

Li Fengyun was stunned, no wonder Feng Dao always brought Liu Xiong and Ma Ying wherever he went, it turned out that this old man was afraid of death!

"The so-called Mingzhe protects himself, Lu Guogong (that is, Feng Dao) is also forced to do this, and it is understandable!" Guo Wei took care of Li Fengyun's face very much, and did not directly say that Feng Dao's corpse was a vegetarian meal, and he just wanted to be a happy man.

"In this way, it will be bitter for General Jing, whether it is civil or military, he has to take care of it. Otherwise, no one will care!" Guo Wei continued, "If you don't offend people, Lu Guogong can still help you, and if you offend people, you can only make up your mind with General Jing." Since then, the Manchu dynasty, and even the envoys from all walks of life, naturally hated General Jing.

However, General Jing was born in the army, and he didn't know much about how to govern the country, so it is not surprising that he has repeatedly made stupid moves. ”

Li Fengyun thought for a while and said: "The kid doesn't understand something, according to this, Jing Yan Guangwu is not bad, why did Gao Xingzhou (Note 2) fight with the Khitan, but he refused to send troops to rescue?"

Guo Wei laughed and said: "That's the fault of General Jing, he wants to save it, but where did he come to save him?"

Li Fengyun was puzzled: "Isn't there 300,000 horses gathered near Kaifeng and Danzhou, how can there be no troops to rescue them?"

"300,000 horses, that's a nice thing to say!" Guo Wei shook his head and explained, "Let's not talk about the combat strength of those soldiers, let's just say that how many of those 300,000 horses are in the hands of the imperial court, and how many are ambitious?"

In peacetime, the imperial court can still use a variety of means to coerce, and General Jing can still mobilize those soldiers and horses.

Now that the situation is urgent, how dare the imperial court use those methods, and what if it forces them back?

Those festival envoys, General Jing has already offended all over the place, and there is no means of coercion, how many are still willing to listen to his orders?

If the soldiers and horses that he could still command were transferred to save General Gao, what should we do if those Jiedu envoys who refused to obey his orders suddenly rebelled and opened the seal? Compared with Your Majesty, General Gao is more important to Your Majesty.

This is also the reason why His Majesty came to the army, and immediately there were soldiers and horses to rescue General Gao, because, in General Jing's military tent, His Majesty's safety is guaranteed, even if Kaifeng is lost, isn't there still Luoyang?"

Li Fengyun pondered for a long time and understood the key to it.

The things of the world are often very different from the facts.

Feng Dao said to him, "A letter is better than no book", and there is indeed a reason.

"Later, Jing Yanguang stuck to the camp and refused to fight, could it be because he was worried about the envoys from all walks of life?" Li Fengyun asked tentatively.

Guo Wei nodded and said, "Yes, this is also one of the reasons." Jing Yanguang refused to fight, and the elder brother secretly speculated that there were no more than three reasons.

First, the 300,000 army has a false name, and it can still fight according to the camp, and if it is out of the camp to fight, I am afraid that the soldiers and horses will be scattered before the battle is engaged.

Second, the generals in the army do not follow orders, defend according to the camps, and fight separately, even if they lose a few camps, the problem is not big, as long as the main camp is not lost, it will not be a rout. If you go into battle, it is strange to be undefeated against the elite enemy with the suspicious crowd.

Third, if you go out of the camp to fight, and someone in the camp takes advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos, the battle will already be lost without having to fight again.

Sun Tzu's Art of War: 'Don't be angry and raise troops, and you can't be discouraged and cause war', which means that the monarch can't just send troops to fight because he is angry, and the general can't fight easily because he is angry!

As a general, how can anyone who can't stand a few insults from others and fights.

Moreover, in the current situation, the enemy army does not have much food and grass, and it is not durable to fight, as long as it continues to hold on, Yelu Deguang will naturally retreat without a fight, and General Jing's strategy is not wrong!

The rumored words are nothing more than the words of the enemy army and political enemies slandering General Jing, how can they be taken seriously?"

"What does General Guo think will be General Jing's fate in the future?" asked Zhao Kuangyin.

Guo Wei sighed, looked at Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi, and asked, "With the eyes of your brothers, you won't be unable to see the ending of General Jing, right?" Kuangyi, tell me!"

Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi, the two brothers, glanced at each other, Zhao Kuangyi cleared his throat and said, "The last general thinks that no matter what the outcome of the Khitan invasion of the Central Plains is, General Jing's future is worrying!"

"Why?" Guo Wei asked.

Zhao Kuangyi replied: "General Jing has offended both the Wenchen and the military generals, and above the court, I am afraid that no one will speak for him." General Jing's power comes from His Majesty's trust, and if His Majesty can trust him like the first emperor, General Jing can rest easy. It's a pity that Your Majesty is still young and may not be ......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Kuangyi paused and refused to continue, but Zhao Kuangyin said: "You may not have the foresight and wisdom of the first emperor, and you will inevitably have suspicions.

I look at Your Majesty's actions, which is not a sign of the hero, since there is a war, why bother to seek peace?

If the Khitan wins, needless to say, General Jing will be taken as the culprit and sent to Yelude to vent his anger; if the Khitan is defeated or withdrawn, General Jing has lost the military spirit of his subordinates, and His Majesty will definitely be suspicious and dissatisfied with him because he cannot control the three armies, and it is certain that he will be dismissed. ”

Guo Wei nodded, sighed, and said, "This is the price of being a loyal minister, I'm afraid that General Jing can't wait for the time to divide the winner and loser, so he should go to work." His Majesty has not moved General Jing, just because he has not found a person who can replace General Jing, and when Liu Shuai returns to Taiyuan, he is afraid that it will be the day when General Jing will go to work.

Whether General Jing wants to be a powerful minister or not, whether he has the heart of rebellion, just look at whether he is willing to go to his post or not!"

Speaking of this, Guo Wei was already uninterested, and he didn't want to discuss it anymore, so he urged the horses and rushed forward.

Li Fengyun secretly thought: "I only said that the battlefield was dangerous, but I never expected that it would be even more dangerous after the battlefield." This Jing Yanguang is really a wretch, but I am afraid that he will not seriously prepare for the war before the war. It's better not to be a loyal minister to do so embarrassingly!"

Sure enough, not long after, there was news that Jing Yanguang went to the official home to worry about his mother's death, and that was already a matter of time. (Note 3)

Note 1: Zhu Shouyin (?-927), nicknamed Hui'er, place of origin unknown, five generations later, Tang was the envoy of Xuanwu Festival, and was killed for rebellion.

Note 2: Gao Xingzhou (885-952), the character is still quality, a soldier of Huairong in Yanzhou, a famous general of five generations, and a later Tang dynasty, a later Jin dynasty, a later Han dynasty, and a later four dynasties.

Note 3: Ding Wei, according to the feudal etiquette law, if the parents die, they must temporarily resign from their official positions, go home to keep filial piety, and then ask for reinstatement or reappointment after the expiration of the filial piety period.

Under the pressure of the ministers, Jing Yanguang was dismissed to Luoyang as a magistrate and stayed away from the court.

The author believes that Jing Yanguang can indeed be regarded as a rare loyal minister in the five generations, and his arbitrariness and domineering also have his own difficulties. , the reason for the dismissal is also far-fetched. Of course, Jing Yanguang also did many wrong things.

Some places have been slightly changed for the sake of the plot.