Chapter 42: Lieutenant General Ding Xibo
The capital of Ye State, Yueling City.
When the officials of the royal court heard the news that Chu Yujia had really made the Qi army retreat, and even led the troops into the capital of the Qi State, they couldn't help but be impressed by this young man.
When Zhao Yan, the king of Ye, heard the report of the herald, he could even imagine the scene where the young man stood in the palace of the king of Qi and held a three-foot sword, so that no one in the court of the king of Qi dared to come out and call out.
Contempt, this is Chu Yujia's contempt for Qi Guo.
Because of Qi State, no one is worthy of being his opponent Chu Yujia.
Contempt, this is the contempt of the Ye State against the Qi State.
Because the Qi State sent 250,000 troops to attack the Ye State, but it was unable to enter half an inch of the territory of the Ye State at all, and even Chu Yujia led an army of 3,500 people to kill his own capital.
When he heard these news, Zhao Yan even had a delusion.
Which man is back.
Which man has made great achievements.
What man wouldn't even give him the slightest help in the battle for the throne seventeen years ago?
Which man's high spirits before he was imprisoned, and his embarrassed appearance after being imprisoned, are all his nightmares for so many years.
But he also remembered that after the man's death, the attitude of the princes and nations towards Ye changed and the unscrupulous expansion of Gumo in the past three years.
He sometimes wondered, if that man was still around, would all this still happen?
If he had led the troops in the war between the Jin and Qi dynasties, would Ye Guo still be a loser?
If it was the northwest he guarded, would the Gumo Kingdom still expand eastward, and even have begun to reach the territory of the Ye Kingdom?
The answer to all this seems to be something that no one can tell him.
There are no ifs.
However, God seems to treat him well, he has lost Chu Qianwen, the Northwest Tiger, to rely on, but the child of this tiger has grown up, and even the blue is better than the blue.
Zhao Yan looked up at the dome and exhaled a long breath, as if the knots in his heart for many years had all been expressed at this moment.
Looking down at the herald who was standing respectfully in front of him, Zhao Yan's face also had a smile on his face: "Kuan'er, what do you think, what should Gu do with Chu Yujia?"
"Dust to dust, dust to dust. ”
The herald didn't look like a humble courtier, but straightened up in front of Zhao Yan, and Lang Lang said: "Erchen thinks that he should continue to guard the northwest gate for my Ye Kingdom." ”
Son-in-law?
It is self-evident whose claim this is.
This person is the eldest son of Ye Guo, Zhao Kuan.
When Chu Yujia walked out of Yueling City, Zhao Kuan also walked out of Yueling City together, but the two walked in different directions, one from north to south, and one from south to north.
The same three-year travel, the same penniless, the same meal without the next meal.
The difference is that Chu Yujia is at least accompanied by his own daughter along the way, and he, the prince and grandson, has always been alone.
"Well, that's good. ”
Zhao Yan nodded and said with a smile: "In this way, I don't have to worry about those old soldiers of the Northwest Army going around to pick quarrels and provoke trouble." ”
"That's true, Erchen has been in Huling Pass all this time, and the month-long siege of the city has also allowed Erchen to see the combat strength of the veterans of the Northwest Army. ”
Zhao Kuan praised from the bottom of his heart: "If all of our soldiers and soldiers of the Ye Kingdom are like this, then our Ye State will be the real overlord of the northwest, and even become the overlord of the entire north." ”
Hearing this, Zhao Yan sighed faintly and said, "But these soldiers don't recognize the king's order, and only listen to the orders of the old and young of his Chu family. ”
"It doesn't matter, as long as he, Chu Yujia, is still the son-in-law of the Prime Minister, as long as he is still the son-in-law of Aunt Pingyang, he will not lead the people to rebel. ”
Zhao Kuan smiled and said: "As long as he doesn't rebel, whether he listens to the king's order or not, he still has to guard the northwest gate for the Ye country and the royal court." ”
"Forget it, it's all your young people's business, and Lone doesn't bother to worry about it. ”
Zhao Yan waved his hand and stood up, obviously he was only less than fifty years old, but he looked like an old dragon and a twilight hero.
Zhao Kuan hurriedly stepped forward to support his father's arm and helped him walk towards the dormitory.
Zhao Yan patted Zhao Kuan's hand and chuckled: "You have also grown up, and you have to learn to deal with many things yourself." ”
"Don't worry, father, the son knows what to do. ”
Looking at Zhao Kuan's confident appearance, Zhao Yan couldn't help but sigh.
Today's Zhao Kuan, why not the Zhao Yan of the past.
When Zhao Yan ascended to the throne, Chu Qianwen was now Chu Yujia, full of heroic spirit and early military exploits.
And when his father was talking to him about Chu Qianwen, how could he not say the same thing as Zhao Kuan.
There is a deep father-son relationship in the royal court, and the prime minister's mansion outside the royal court is still laughing.
Li Puyi, the Taifu of Ye State, made a rare break and came to the Prime Minister's Mansion with the unique Northwest Shochu of Ye State to drink with Gong Qing, the Prime Minister of Ye State.
Both of them heard the good news on the battlefield ahead, and even heard that this time Chu Yujia shined in the war, and the two old men were also sincerely happy.
Looking at Li Puyi's happy appearance, Gong Qingdang couldn't help but speak: "I said that you are also a court master, how can you mix to the point that the poor jingle can't be heard?"
Hearing this, Li Puyi raised his head, put down his chopsticks and scolded with a smile: "Do you think everyone is a dustpan like you, and everything is pulled to their own home?"
"I, Li Puyi, want to be greedy, who gave me this opportunity?"
"I, Li Puyi, have been an official for decades, and I even refused the oil cakes given by the people, because my Li Puyi is not an official for money, but just to stand in this royal court, help Ye Guo, and help the king is enough. ”
"Hahahaha. ”
Gong Qingdang, who knew Li Puyi well, also looked up and laughed: "Who doesn't know you Li Puyi, I still don't know, it's okay, don't talk about these off-topic, now Yujia has a future, and forget it, but we have a matter of heart, but there are some things that have to be said first, I don't want to fight with you, once one day the political disagreement, I should beat you and beat you." ”
"Who do you think wants to be in the same league as you?"
Li Puyi rolled his eyes and said, "I'll tell you, don't look at me eating your meal today, I'll bring you wine." ”
"Got wine?"
It's okay not to talk about this, as soon as he said this, Gong Qingdang stood up directly, pointed to the two jars of Northwest Shochu on the table that were slightly shabby, and said: "Just these two jars of wine, at most fifty eldest sons, you see how much my table of food is worth, you can afford these two jars of broken wine?"
"You say I'm a wine?"
Li Puyi was not happy anymore, stood up and pointed to the wine jar and said, "Then why didn't I see you drink less?"
Hearing this, Gong Qingdang's old face turned red.
In addition to liking money and power, his favorite thing is the Northwest Shochu that these thirty eldest sons can buy, and when they were eating just now, the two of them unconsciously drank up a jar, and they only drank a lot of Gong Qingdang.
The two old enemies here are arguing and drinking, and of course there are people on the other side who are more worried, such as the general Wu Dangguo.
After the next dynasty, many generals who had close relations with Wu Dangguo came to Wu Dangguo's home.
"General, now that Chu Yujia has obtained military merits, according to the attitude of the king towards Chu Yujia last time, this time the king will definitely reward Chu Yujia again. ”
"Yes, General, if Chu Yujia is making any feats at that time, once he has his own power, it will inevitably target us. ”
"In my opinion, now that he is gaining momentum, when he returns to the capital, we will give him a little bit of power and quiet, let him know that it is no longer the time when Chu Qianwen can run rampant. ”
Wu Dangguo didn't seem to hear what his subordinates said, he stood at the door of the room by himself, looking at the sky in the distance.
Seeing this scene, the subordinates did not dare to speak.
After a long time, Wu Dangguo said quietly: "This kid is not bad, but he deserves to let me use some hands and feet to deal with him......"
"The Great General means ......"
"I'll wait until he's back in the capital. ”
Wu Dangguo was still looking into the distance, his eyes were deep.
The scene of Chu Yujia's triumphant return was very lively.
It has been a year and a half since the war with Qi began, and in this year and a half, most of the country has been increasing taxes to support the army, and now that the war has stopped, the people can breathe.
When King Ye Zhao Yan saw Chu Yujia, he was also very satisfied with Chu Yujia's performance, and finally had a long-lost smile on his face: "Yujia has worked hard, fortunately you can win the war, otherwise the people of Ye Kingdom don't know how long it will take." ”
"Loyalty to the king and service to the country of Ye are all within the purview of the criminal ministers, and there is no such thing as hard work. ”
Chu Yujia was not arrogant or impatient, but Wu Dangguo on the side was extremely happy: "Yujia, this kid has been in the army since he was a child, and now he is fighting for the people of Ye and the king, it seems that our Ye country has one more young and promising general." ”
"That's nature. ”
King Ye Zhao Yan raised his head and said: "In this battle, Chu Yujia, the general in front of the palace, performed well and shined on the battlefield, not only defeated the enemy army and raised the prestige of our country, but also let the monarch of Qi know the breeze of my Ye country, so I thought twice and forgave Chu Yujia for all his past sins, and from now on, Yujia does not have to regard himself as a criminal minister." ”
"King Xie!"
Chu Yujia bowed and saluted.
"Don't rush to thank you. ”
King Ye Zhao Yan continued: "Spread the lonely will, seal Chu Yujia as the general of Ye Guozhong, give the earl title, designate Xibo, give the earl's mansion, and ...... thousand taels of gold."
Wow!
As soon as he heard this, the whole court was in an uproar.
Lieutenant General, that is a general from the second grade, second only to the cavalry general and the general below the general, this official position is definitely not low.
And it's also an earl, which is a title that many people dream of.
It's just that......
The number of this title is yet to be considered.
Dingxibo ......
Could it be ......
Everyone set their eyes on King Ye Zhao Yan.
But Zhao Yan, the king of Ye, didn't pay attention to everyone's eyes, he was naturally very happy to win the battle, and praised the generals of Huling Pass who returned together one by one, and gave them their due rewards.