Xu Guang entered the Tongjue Garden with a grimace, but was greeted by a violent "killing" sound, which made him startled.
After taking a closer look, it turned out that the Silver Spear Army stationed in the Tongjue Garden was practicing in formation.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
I have heard too many killing noises recently, and I am really scared. Especially that night, he was so anxious that he climbed over the wall and accidentally fell into Dongshi. He was limping and had several knives on his neck.
, and was almost killed.
That was the moment closest to death, and his memory is still fresh.
"Mr. Taofu." Xu Guang stepped forward and saluted.
"Xu joins the army." The two of them greeted each other according to their old official positions.
"What's going on with the Golden Tiger and Tongque stations?" Xu Guang asked first.
"Still trying to persuade you to surrender." Taobao said: "The defenders of Jinhutai are less than a thousand, but they have already decided to surrender. In the morning, they sent people to step down and asked doctors to treat the injuries. Ming Gong agreed. Tongquetai has not yet agreed, but there is no harm.
messenger."
There are more than a hundred wounded soldiers on Jinhu Platform, many of whom are seriously injured and unable to move. When the guard heard that Bingjing Platform had been surrendered, he expressed his willingness to surrender in desperation, but asked Chen Gong to send doctors to the platform first to treat the wounded soldiers. Some
People can hardly hold it anymore.
Originally, it was just a test, and I didn't expect the other party to really agree. But no one expected, Shao Xun agreed immediately, and immediately sent people to the Golden Tiger Platform to treat the wounded soldiers.
The guard general was so convinced that he sent people to send the weapons down the mountain, and then personally went down to the Tongjue Garden to pledge them.
There were also a thousand soldiers on the Tongque Platform. They refused to surrender, but they did not harm the envoy.
This is the situation, and it is actually very clear.
The second platform of Bingjing and Golden Tiger was surrendered, the second of the three platforms was removed, and the Tongque Tower was actually not easy to defend. I don’t know what those people were thinking. It’s so good to miss Dahu so much, when I was outside the city
You should fight to the death.
There are some people who are extremely brave when they are in a majestic formation, but are extremely brave when they are hiding behind the city wall. I really don’t know what to say about them.
"You can still live if you do evil by God, but you can't live if you do evil on your own. Some people don't want to live, so let them go." Xu Guang sighed.
"You joined the army and came here just to inquire about the military situation?" Tao Bao asked, pointing to the sergeants, civil servants, carriages and horses behind Xu Guang.
"No." Xu Guang said seriously: "Chen Gong was pleased to hear that Bingjingtai had been restored and sent me to pick up the Hu family. All the soldiers guarding the platform were driven outside the city and handed over to Liu Hedu for command."
"Liu Hedu? Leading an army alone?" Taobao was startled.
Liu Hedu was the son of Liu Hezhu, and his father was the chieftain of Daluze. In terms of merit, it was Liu Hezhu, the old fox, who had the greater credit. But he also understood that father and son were one, and if Liu Hezhu was not promoted, then his son would be promoted and commanded.
Tribal soldiers.
etc--
"Santai surrendered its troops and organized them into an army alone?" Tao Bao asked.
"Yes." Xu Guang said: "Eunuch Chen gave him the military title 'Zhongyi'. I am already the commander of the Zhongyi Army..."
Taobao felt that his face was deformed with jealousy.
Xu Guang has become a "regular official", but he is still a "pseudo official". How can this make people feel better?
"Don't worry, general." Xu Guang took a step closer and whispered: "As long as the following things are done, Mr. Chen will not forget the general's contribution."
Tao Bao breathed a long sigh of relief and had a smile on his face.
Xu Guang felt dark in his heart.
Taobao calls himself a "wise general", but in fact it is just the "wisdom" of a warrior. His emotions and sorrows are all written on his face. How much real wisdom can he have?
"What's the matter?" Taobao asked: "I will definitely do it!"
"If the three generals Tao, Zhi, and Cheng can present Princess Ping Jin and Mrs. Liu of Shangdang State to Mr. Chen, their future will be worry-free," Xu Guang said.
Taobao was stunned.
"The people from Jinhutai are coming down -" Zhi Xiong came over from a distance. Halfway through his yelling, he decisively stopped. Apparently he heard what Xu Guang said.
His face looked a little ugly.
He has been with Shi Le for a long time. Like Wang Yang, Kui'an, Taobao, Ji Bao and others, he is one of Shi Le's early "Eight Riders" - "Eighteen Riders" is a general term, but in fact it can be divided into different categories according to seniority.
In the early days of the "Eight Riders", people were ranked based on seniority.
Da Hu failed and was hunted by the Jin army. At that time, he did not have the courage to commit suicide, so he surrendered "unexamined".
After surrendering, I found that my loyalty to Da Hu was not as strong as I thought, so I was very ashamed.
But after being ashamed, Shao Xun gave him a job, and he still took it.
After receiving it, I felt even more ashamed...
I am so ashamed that I actually want to dedicate my former mistress to Mr. Chen. This, this - has the bottom line been broken through again?
Maybe he has no bottom line at all.
In the beginning, he followed Da Hu, and his main job was to rob people, and it was only for money.
It turns out that I am really a bad person.
Tao Bao's face was relatively calm. It could be seen that his mental construction was earlier and more complete than Zhi Xiong's. After hearing Xu Guang's words, he only asked: "Is this an order from Mr. Chen?"
"Mr. Chen did not give the order." Xu Guang said seriously: "I heard that Mr. Chen wanted to organize the two soldiers of Tao and Zhizhi into an army, but the general who led the army did not know who he was for. There are some things that need to be proactive...
…”
The peach leopard looked up at the sky.
After a while, he seemed to have given up the fight. He called for his own soldiers and asked, "Where are the Shile family members?"
"Rest in the garden." the soldier replied.
Tao Bao nodded, and then said in a slightly trembling voice: "I smell that Mrs. Shangdang has national beauty, and she should be presented to Mr. Chen for his enjoyment. Please invite them to get in the car."
The soldier's face didn't look very good either, but he still agreed.
"General Zhi..." Xu Guang looked at Zhi Xiong again.
"I——" Zhixiong opened his mouth.
"General Zhi, there are some things that you won't have a chance to do after today." Xu Guangyu said earnestly: "I heard that you have a magnificent mansion in the city, and you have offended many people in the past. If you are white, you can be safe.
Can you live with these?"
"I -" Zhi Xiong murmured, and then said dejectedly: "General Tao and I will present Mrs. Liu."
Xu Guang smiled and said: "Actually, why bother? If we attack Santai, we have already broken up with Shi Le. The rest is just a matter of convenience."
After saying that, he stood with the two of them and waited quietly.
Soon after receiving the news, Cheng Xia rushed over, looked at Tao and Zhi first, then looked at Xu Guang, quietly pulled him and whispered.
Xu Guang looked a little embarrassed and shook his head from time to time.
Cheng Xia's face was full of pleading and he bowed repeatedly.
After a while, Liu and others were escorted over by the sergeant.
In order to prevent anyone from wanting to indulge Shi Le and indulge his family members, the people escorted were all Tao Bao's confidants when he was the prefect. However, it seemed that although Mrs. Liu was full of anger, she did not seem to want to die. Mrs. Cheng stood with the baby in her arms.
Behind him, his face was filled with fear, and he looked more careless than Mr. Liu.
The group of people quickly got on the carriage and headed to Ye Palace.
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In the Prime Minister's Mansion of Ye Palace, Shao Xun was sitting at the top, listening to reports from Yu Chen and others.
"Since the autumn harvest, 300,000 dendrobiums of 'ownerless grain' have been harvested from the fields, and all of them have been stored in Bai Zang's warehouse." Yu Chen said: "With this grain and grass, we can support the needs of 30,000 troops for three months. Ji, Wei,
There are also wealthy families in the three counties of Dunqiu who have donated 300,000 dendrobium grains, but they have not yet been shipped."
"The grain donated by the wealthy families can be stored in Anyang." Shao Xun said, "We will then send people north to Guangping counties to collect grain and return."
"Okay." Yu Chen agreed.
"What are you going to do about Hebei?" Shao Xun asked.
"Please Ming Gong leave a battalion of elite soldiers to assist in the defense," Yu Chen said.
Shao Xun did not answer immediately.
In fact, when he was fighting in Hebei, other places were not peaceful and there were many things going on.
Because he captured Wancheng in the first half of the year, Jianye was stimulated. Sima Rui issued a secret edict to "undertake" Zu Ti as the governor of Xuzhou and led his army north to Xiapi.
The wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River did not object openly. After all, Sima Rui even presented the secret decree. However, if they objected openly, it did not mean that they would not hold back.
At the end of the wrangling, Sima Rui only managed to get Zu Ti a few thousand troops, which was really meager.
At the end of June, Zu Ti took a boat and sailed north to Huaiyin to win over powerful people, collect funds, build furnaces, and smelt weapons, but there was no further movement for the time being.
In the direction of Jingzhou, because Wancheng no longer participated in the counter-insurgency, the imperial court ordered Wang Dun to lead his troops to join the counter-insurgency sequence.
Tao Kan and Zhou Fang led the army, advancing by land and water, and defeated Du Tao several times, with great results.
However, there were Du Zeng, Wang Chong and others in the local area who joined the rebellion one after another, but it was not completely quelled.
Wang Dun didn't seem to focus on countering the rebellion. He focused more on recruiting people, appointing private individuals, and expanding his power.
When receiving this news, Shao Xun ignored it and only gave an order to Lekai, the commander of the Wancheng shogunate army, to recruit young men and strengthen the alert.
Several counties in southern Yuzhou also received orders to recruit soldiers to guard their borders to prevent unexpected events.
The overall approach is on the defensive to avoid being suddenly attacked and entering the empty hinterland.
As for the direction of Xuzhou, I heard that Mi Huang, the internal historian of the East China Sea, had some friction with Zu Ti and even lost a battle. I was worried that he would lose all his capital, so he ordered him to stay on the defensive and not to act rashly.
Now that he had defeated Shi Le militarily and entered the stage of political warfare, Shao Xun wanted to withdraw some of his troops to strengthen the defense in the south, but Yu Chen asked him to leave "a battalion of elite troops"...
To be honest, Shao Xun now only has two and a half battalions of elite soldiers on hand, namely the Silver Spear left battalion and the right battalion, plus half of the Black Ni army.
Will the three major players give you one?
He got up and walked to the map, looked at it for a long time, and said: "Since the Heiji army went north, they have been fighting for a long time, and there are still 2,900 soldiers. I will leave this army to you, but it will not be stationed in Yecheng, but
Settled in Anyang."
After saying that, he added: "I have ordered Yinqiang Zhongying to dispatch two groups of soldiers to go north, and they should have arrived at Chenliu. Although these two groups of soldiers have not fought before, they have been practicing for a long time and are not people who will collapse at the first touch. Heijin
The army originally had six buildings (3,600 men), but now it has been divided into seven. There are some vacancies, and hundreds of strong men who have no family members have been recruited from Anyang to make up for it."
Yu Chen breathed a sigh of relief and said: "With the black army in Anyang, it will be much easier to handle."
These 4,200 soldiers, a mixture of old and new, were the "one battalion of elite soldiers" that Shao Xun had promised him.
He never expected that Shao Xun would keep the Silver Spear Army in Hebei. It was unlikely at this stage.
Anyang is a very important node. It connects the past and the future, and communicates with the Baigou water system. It is guarded by the Heiji Army, and Yecheng is confident in the front.
Now there is only one problem left: there are no reliable remaining troops in Yecheng.
"Cai Chengke is the prefect of Wei County." Shao Xun added: "He can't handle government affairs, but he only trains Yecheng's sergeants. The Nanyang and Guanxi soldiers will stay for a while. The total of the miscellaneous surrendered troops in Yecheng is less than 10,000.
Five thousand, if you are worried about it, you can come up with a solution from Henan."
Yu Chen smiled bitterly and cupped his hands.
This son-in-law acted shamelessly again and asked the Henan nobles to use their old skills to help him defend Yecheng.
Of course, each family has some elite troops that they regard as treasures. They provide good food and drink on weekdays, and they also try their best to make up for the equipment - Shao Xun was hacked in Yingchuan back then. Wasn't it the armor's fault?
They even tried their best to invite the generals of the Forbidden Army to help train them and familiarize themselves with the golden drum flag and various tactics and military formations to improve their combat effectiveness.
It would be heartbreaking for any one of these people to die, and no one would take it out easily.
But what can I say? Mr. Chen has already reached this point. You should hurry up and raise your bets. What are you waiting for?
When Chen Gong marries Guo Shengtong instead of Yin Lihua, it will be too late to cry!
So Yu Chen just smiled bitterly, but did not refuse.
Of course, he has a deeper idea, but this is not enough for outsiders to understand.
Uh, one more thing -
Why let Cai Cheng be the prefect? ​​Why not Yang Dan?
Yu Chen was a little confused.
At this time, Cai Cheng was seen peeking outside and winking at Shao Xun quietly.
Chapter completed!