Chapter 41 Song Xiance enters the city(1/2)
As soon as Xiong Yuanba jumped into the carriage, he was pushed to his throat by a dagger, and he was also shocked.
At this time, I heard a familiar voice coming from behind. I looked back and saw that it was the Niu Taoist Priest who had just parted two days ago.
Xiong Yuanba hurriedly opened his hands, and he had no malice.
The dwarf on the opposite side saw that Xiong Yuanba had no weapons in his hand, and Taoist Niu said he was an acquaintance, so he took off his dagger and slowly sat back to his original position.
The guards on both sides had already retrieved the feather fan that was thrown away and handed it back to the dwarf. The dwarf didn't say much, and inserted the short dagger back into the feather fan, constantly looking up and down at Xiong Yuanba.
When Taoist Niu saw that the dwarf had put away his dagger, he let out a long sigh and said, "I have misunderstandings. I have been my own people. He is really a hero. He doesn't even say hello and rushed up directly. But he was shocked."
As he said that, he pointed to the dwarf and said, "Let me introduce you to you. This is Song Xiance, the founding military advisor of our dynasty."
As he said that, he pointed at Xiong Yuanba and said to Song Xiance: "Mr. Song, this is what I mentioned to you just now. One of the heroes who guarded Tongguan in blood a few days ago, the famous Fairy Chi Lian in the world."
After hearing the introduction of Taoist Niu, Xiong Yuanba hurriedly bowed to Song Xiance, thinking: "To talk about it, Ma Shiyao, Taoist Niu, etc. in Tongguan City. I have never heard of it before. But when it comes to Song Xiance, I have heard of it.
Unexpectedly, it was a hunchbacked dwarf with such a weird appearance.
In theory, this famous figure in history should be considered a big NPC. I don’t know if there are any tasks assigned to me. Where did he come from?"
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Taoist Niu introduced it correctly. This dwarf is Song Xiance, a famous military advisor in the Dashun army. This time he came to Tongguan, and there were actually some twists and turns.
A few days ago, when Ma Shiyao's Tongguan victory documents were sent to Chang'an City, Chang'an City was busy moving the capital in chaos.
You should know that even ordinary people want to move, there are still many things. All kinds of shabby families are piled up like mountains, and they want to take away everything, let alone a country.
Moreover, time was extremely urgent at that time, and Li Zicheng even issued a death order, and all must be evacuated within three days. Those who could be taken away would be taken away, and those who could not be taken away would be destroyed. We must not leave it for Jianlu.
As soon as this command was issued, the whole of Chang'an was in chaos. If such commands were transmitted to the bottom, they naturally needed to be increased layer by layer.
Li Zicheng's imperial edict required three days. When he arrived at the Shangshu of the Sixth Government (Note 1), the time would be shortened to two days to move them all. When he arrived at the minister below, the deadline would be changed to one day. And further down, he would leave it to the central doctor in the department and the time would be less.
Moreover, this is just a business, and I have to take time to arrange my family’s private affairs. To know if I can go back to Chang'an after leaving, that’s all I can say.
Emperor Li Zicheng also found Zehou Tian Jianxiu and Yihou Zhang Nai to bury his treasury "Treasure of King Breaking".
The officials below naturally need to deal with their own property in an emergency.
Regardless of other things, can the home property deed be sold at a cheap price...
So the entire Chang'an City was very busy from top to bottom, and almost no one could close his eyes in the past two days.
The vanguard troops who evacuated Li Zicheng had already taken the lead in leaving Chang'an City with some supplies and went to the front to fight the front station.
However, on the third day, Ma Shiyao's Tongguan Jie Jie document arrived in Chang'an at a speed of 800 miles.
This time, the whole government and the country were shocked.
At the beginning, Li Zicheng didn't even believe in the authenticity of this good news. He led an army of nearly 100,000 to fight in Tongguan for half a month, but he withdrew back to Chang'an in a dilemma.
With only more than 7,000 people, Ma Shiyao not only turned defeat into victory, but also killed the Jianlu King Geng Zhongming, and defeated Duoduo's main force, chasing for more than a hundred miles overnight.
Even bragging is not a way to brag! If Ma Shiyao had this ability, then why would he be the magistrate of Wushan? He would have been unified in China and become the emperor of Dashun Kingdom!
But he couldn't help but believe it. Not only did the fire seal letter on the report of the war, but even the subsequent investigations from Tongguan successively proved the authenticity of the war. Duoduo's army seemed to have indeed been defeated by Ma Shiyao.
At this time, the plan to move the capital in an emergency two days ago is worthy of fun.
The reason why Li Zicheng wanted to move the capital was because he was attacked by Jianlu and he lost all his attention and had to give up Chang'an.
However, if Duoduo's Eastern Route Army had been defeated by Ma Shiyao, leaving Chang'an City completely without any threat from its flanks, then why would he move the capital?
With the geographical advantages of the Dashun Army in Shaanxi, we can fight the Western Route Army of Jianlu.
At this time, two voices appeared in the court. Most of the calls were that the Dashun Army would not give up any land and fought a life-and-death battle with the Jianlu Western Route Army in Chang'an.
Since Wushanbo can defeat Duoduo with more than 7,000 people, there are nearly 100,000 elite soldiers in Chang'an City. Why can't he fight with Jianlu's Western Route Army head-on?
But there were still a few voices who insisted on implementing the original plan, abandoning Chang'an, heading south to attack Ming, and seizing Nanjing.
The reason is that there is a big problem in this letter of warfare from Boma Shiyao of Wushan. I'm afraid there is something else, and maybe there is a fraud.
Yes, the problem arises in Ma Shiyao's letter of victory.
When Ma Shiyao wrote this letter of victory, he didn't know how to report the decisive battle in the city. So he specially found two storytellers, deleted and modified them from left to right, and added many bizarre plots. In the end, the victory was written for dozens of pages, and the envelopes containing the victory were bulging.
However, these people in the Dashun court are not all fools. Many of them have fought for life. If this good news is literary, it may be commendable. But the content here is worthy of fun.
Ma Shiyao said in the good news: He first used a plan to surrender, then an empty city plan, and finally set fire overnight. It would be fine if he deceived others. If Jianlu was really so stupid, why did he fight with the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years but become so big?
Gong Yong, the Minister of Lizheng, was a literary master who could even understand the author of Jin Pingmei. How could he be deceived by such content on Jiebao? He immediately went to the bookstore to find several versions of the Three Kingdoms Review.
He took out the pen and ink in the court, and drew out the suspected similar paragraphs one by one, shouting loudly, saying, "This is plagiarism, plagiarism!"
At this time, Li Zicheng was also a little vague. If the good news was true, the things written on it were indeed a bit unbearable for him.
Sun Tzu said in the Art of War that "the combination of the right means victory with a strange victory." Now Ma Shiyao has the "strange" and the subsequent paragraph of intercepting Duoduo out of the city is also written in a proper way.
But where is this "righteous"? Who is the one who resists the enemy's attack on the front battlefield? Why are these places all turned into jokes in storytelling! No wonder the court questioned this good news.
But if you want to say that this good news is fake, news has been constantly coming from all sides, confirming the fact that the Duoduo army was defeated.
Moreover, although Ma Shiyao is a fool, he is also his old brother. He will not surrender to Jianlu and write a fraud to deceive himself. Besides, with the strength of Duoduo's army, just crush him directly, and there is no need to use any extra tricks.
Because of Ma Shiyao's letter of victory, the court had a whole day of quarrel. As more and more information gathered, it was basically confirmed that no matter the details of the war, this battle in Tongguan was indeed won by Ma Shiyao, and it was a real victory.
Duoduo fled eastward, and there were even rumors that he had crossed the river and headed north.
After receiving this news, Li Zizhen made a decision and refused to leave. Chang'an City was defending to the end. Anyone who dared to abandon Chang'an and fled would be killed without mercy!
Since the emperor has made the final decision, the ministers naturally have nothing to say, but it is indeed necessary to carefully find out the matters in Tongguan.
At this time, Song Xiance, a military advisor from Dashun Kingdom, took the initiative to stand up and said that he was willing to go to Tongguan in person to find out in detail.
Song Xiance joined the Dashun Army very early. When Li Zicheng was hiding out of Shangluo Mountain, he joined the rebel army at that time. It can be said that "it was very early to follow the dragon."
Then he offered the prophecy of "the master of the Eighteen Sons" and made great contributions to the King of Rebellion at that time to win the people's hope. Li Zicheng also relied on him very much, and asked him to divine him every time there were major military and national affairs.
However, his path around Li Zicheng was deviated. He also relied on divination as his advancement. Although the position of Taoist Niu was not as high as Song Xiance, his foundation was much more stable than that of Song Xiance.
There is no other scholar around Ma Shiyao who can rely on, so he obeys Taoist Niu's words.
Li Zicheng also had scholars such as Niu Jinxing around him, and he asked Song Xiancai about ghosts and gods to divine things.
After Li Zicheng became emperor, he also gave Song Xiance the title of founding military advisor as a decent official.
But when you think about it carefully, this official title is like a joke. It is like a powerful bandit, a bandit named by a bandit bandit casually. It is a completely short-seller, but has no actual power.
You should know that for a long time, Song Xiance compared himself to people like Zhuge Kongming and Liu Bowen.
However, Zhuge Kongming was the prime minister of Han, and his military and political power was all in one. Liu Bowen was also granted the title of Chengyi Bo, Zishan Doctor, and Guardian.
If I, the so-called founding military advisor, put it in the mouth of an ignorant rural villager, I might feel very powerful. But what level is it in the court?
The reason for this, Song Xiance himself also knew that it was nothing more than his prophecies and divination.
Before, Dashun Country won every battle, but everything went smoothly. But now the entire national destiny of Dashun Country is memorizing, and he will lose seven or eight games in ten battles. Song Xiance's founding military advisor and his image as a clever plan is not very stable.
In fact, Song Xiance also had difficulty in saying about divination. It was not that he was not famous for his scholars and his knowledge was not high. In fact, the secrets of heaven are already chaotic and unpredictable.
Moreover, according to the principles of Yi, there are also changes in the lines. Every time the old Yin and Yang move the lines may cause changes in the lines. Among them, the uncertain changes in Yin and Yang are the ultimate principles of the universe. Any small event may affect the changes in the secrets of heaven. It is far beyond human control. I am just "judging the secrets of heaven with images."
However, such knowledge of Yijing cannot explain to the rude men in the court. They just said one thing, "I'm going to be a military advisor, and I'm not sure at all. I must be a scam!"
So Song Xiance also thought of doing some practice and getting rid of his own situation. This time he went to Tongguan to check the truth, so an ordinary civil servant could do it.
But Song Xiance still took the job over. In addition, he was quite curious about how this battle won.
A few days ago, Li Zicheng and Duoduo fought bloody battles in Tongguan for more than ten days, and he also followed the military counselor. He had seen how powerful Jianlu was.
As a military advisor, he himself understands the most. The so-called magic tricks must be effective only when the power is similar.
In the face of absolute power, all strategies will become pale and powerless. Ma Shiyao's seven thousand people want to defeat Duoduo unless he can sprinkle beans and become soldiers.
However, this legendary spell doesn’t even know how to use it. Just Ma Shiyao and his counselor, Daoist Niu... Haha!
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Ma Shiyao and Taoist Niu had already received news that military advisor Song Xiance was coming to Tongguan City, and they were both shocked.
It would be fine if it were someone else. Although Song Xiance is a dwarf, he is scheming and mysterious, and he does not show his emotions. He is not a fool.
To the private words of Taoist Niu, this slut is just a charlatan. On weekdays, he is the only one who pretends to be a god and fools others. As for whoever wants to cheat is his, it is a delusion.
However, when things have been forced to do so, there is no better solution. I can only bite the bullet and go to bed.
Early this morning, Taoist Niu personally brought a team of troops out of the city dozens of miles to pick up Song Xiance.
This time, Song Xiance traveled lightly and only brought two personal guards with him. Seeing that Taoist Niu sent a car to pick him up, he was not polite and got on the carriage with the guards.
Along the way, Taoist Niu kept repeating his lies. After polishing and revising these days, the lies were made up more comprehensively.
Because he is destined to live in the same city with the heroes, this time Taoist Niu has added a lot of the achievements of the heroes.
Of course, these heroes have changed their identities, and their identities have become the heroes and heroes whom they and Wushanbo visited and recruited talents among the people for the sake of Dashun. In the battle of Tongguan, they fought bloody battles for Dashun and made extraordinary achievements.
Song Xiance listened to Taoist Niu's explanation along the way, but he didn't agree, but just listened silently. When the car arrived at the gate of Tongguan, Song Xiance deliberately opened the curtain of the car and looked at the flag at the top of the city.
He found that the city tower was indeed under the banner of Dashun, and the soldiers guarding the city had their hair intact and did not look like they had shaved their heads, so he calculated it.
After entering the city, Song Xiance found that someone was distributing white flour steamed buns to the people at the gate of the city. This surprised Song Xiance and hurriedly asked Taoist Niu what was going on.
To be continued...