Chapter 183: Ping Jin Prefect
When Luochuan and his five thousand cavalry of Lijun arrived outside Liangcang City, Zhao Wuji and Zhao Gui and his uncle and nephew had already led a group of commanders and army waited outside the camp gate. When the five thousand cavalry arrived near to stop Luochuan and his cavalry came out ten meters in front of everyone, the generals all knelt on the ground and bowed, shouting, "See the prefect!"
Luo Chuan raised his hand and said, "All the good guys are up."
After the generals got up, Luo Chuan turned over and dismounted, handed the rope to Siqi who was following him, and turned around and joked at Zhao Wuji who was meeting him, "Why did Uncle Zhao have such a big battle? It seems that my new prefect is not approachable enough."
Zhao Wuji also smiled and said, "After all the generals in the Ganyuan Army have seen the prefect from afar on the high platform of the Ganyuan Martial Arts Field, but most of Zhao Gui's Upper Yuan army have never even seen the prefect. Now that the prefect has come to the front army camp in person, it can be regarded as an imperial commander in person. How can you not let everyone see you?"
"Yes, it's the first time I've seen Zhao Gui," Luo Chuan looked at the young general who was following Zhao Wuji and smiled. "Zhao Gui, Zhao Gui, really gave birth to a wealthy face, and the battle was not bad. No wonder the letters our uncle wrote to me always mention the words between you."
Zhao Gui didn't expect that this was what he said when he first met this nobleman. Especially when he heard the words "Our uncle", he was almost in a cold sweat. He couldn't help but lower his head and salute, "Thank you for your praise from the prefect. Zhao Gui fought well in this battle all due to the proper command of the prefect and uncle. Zhao Gui did not dare to be greedy for his merits."
"Uncle Zhao is naturally a meritorious in command. No one can take away your merits and erase them. Is there anything more at ease in this world than military merit?" Luo Chuan looked at the generals who were already lined up on both sides and said, "If you are a soldier and make military merits, you have to behead your head when you are greedy for others' military merits. If you want to make more of your military merits on the battlefield, isn't it as natural as sleeping in your own wife?"
The generals laughed when they heard this, and even Zhao Wuji, who had always been happy and angry, had a rare smile.
"Let's go, Uncle Zhao, go eat something, prepare meals for Lijun Light Cavalry. He went out of Zhengcang City and didn't have a serious meal. The soldiers were hungry," Luo Chuan said, while pulling Zhao Wuji's arm to the camp. "It's all ready, your appearance reminds me of your childhood..." Zhao Wuji followed Luo Chuan and walked back to Zhao Gui, "Call a few commanders and the five soldiers of Lijun Light Cavalry to eat in my tent."
Zhao Gui responded, and then followed the two of them with several commanders.
When the meal was ready when the Central Army tent was arrived, Luo Chuan naturally sat in the head seat, Siqi knelt beside him, and the young woman enjoyed a seat, Luo Changgong and other five army waiters were listed on the left, and Zhao Wuji, Zhao Gui and several commanders were successively on the right.
The atmosphere was extremely warm because Luochuan was unexpectedly peaceful and friendly.
When the meal was over, several commanders and Luo Changgong and other five light cavalrymen were waiting to retreat.
Then Zhao Wuji's face turned solemn. He asked Luo Chuan, "Some day ago, senior silversmith suddenly went south. When he came back the next day, he only said that you were attacked. What in the end?"
"It's from Dingji Sect. Before I came here, I heard from Shadow that the prefect of the Yun family in Jincheng was also assassinated. It was probably against us who were the first to provoke civil war. But I didn't hear that the prefect of Jincheng County, who was extremely powerful, had such troubles. It seems that the Dingji Sect has indeed declined. He is afraid of being hard to this extent," Luo Chuan said indifferently, "Let him go for the time being, just be careful in the future."
Zhao Wuji's face was solemn, but he didn't say anything else. He just nodded, "The prefect traveled all three warehouses in the past few days and changed Pingyang's name to Shunping. It is the heart of the merchants and wealthy families in An Zhengcang. The public execution of spies in Guangjun in An is the heart of the public. Once such a tone is set, temporary officials will be sent here, and the matter will not be left to deal with it. Moreover, the effect of such actions is obvious to quickly stabilize the hearts of the people. I have ordered people to spread these two things throughout the army and tell them to the people through the mouths of the garrisons of various places. Feedback will be heard in a few days."
Luo Chuan said while eating a big cake, "Uncle Zhao understands me, there is no problem with such arrangements."
Zhao Wuji said again, "It will take time for Chen Cheng's body to recover, but there will be no problem with Jiuge in Zhengcang City for the time being. I am a little curious about something. The prefect led the light cavalry from the county to cut straight into the hinterland of the central part of Yongchang County and returned on the same route to force Meng Zi'an to speed up his return to the south. During this period, Meng Zi'an did not have any interception actions?"
Luo Chuan shook his head, chewing the pancake for a while before saying, "I was afraid of colliding with Meng Zi'an's army, so I chose a little conservative route. Otherwise, with the defensive pressure I encountered on the front, I might really be able to reach Yicheng City. Compared with the northern part of Yongchang County and southern border, the defense construction in central Yongchang is really messy. No wonder there was that disaster ten years ago," he paused for a moment and returned to the original topic, "But Meng Zi'an really did not send a soldier and a soldier to me. I was originally worried that there would be more scouts along the way to go south. Once I found out that Meng Zi'an had signs of breaking my retreat, I led my army to Tongcang City, but it was useless. This Meng Zi'an...is interesting."
Zhao Wuji nodded and said, "Menciusan was originally one of the main generals of the southern defense line of Yongchang County. He had really fought some tough battles. I originally thought he was a little wise but lacked in structure. Now it seems that this is not the case. This person could decisively decide to burn Liangcang and abandon the city under such circumstances. He then slowly walked along the way to gather the defeated troops. Finally, he brought most of the Yongchang Northern Army back to Yicheng safely. For Yongchang County, this was the best result under such a situation. Unfortunately... With my understanding of the prefect of Yongchang County, if Meng Zi'an went back to Yicheng directly this time, he would probably not have a good end..."
Zhao Gui suddenly said, "It is a good thing for us to be unfamiliar to Mencius's end. If the prefect of Yongchang County cannot tolerate Mencius's life, how good would it be to the defeated army in the north? If we send people to the defeated army in the north at this time, we might be able to drag down the morale of this army that was already a piece of defeated army."
"You can try it. I will ask the Ancient Army to plan well," Luo Chuan said, "The southern part of Yongchang County is still facing the pressure of the southern barbarians. It is impossible to transfer troops northward again in the middle of Yongchang. The group of old soldiers in central Yongchang are similar to Zhong Xian's Ganyuan Army at the time. They will not become the first choice for the crazy old man to go north. After all, the main thing he can use is this defeated army in the north. As long as this defeated army in the north cannot form combat power in a short period of time, we will have time to deal with Han Feng, the fat pig."
Zhao Wuji nodded, got up and pulled the map in the big tent to the center, "Then let's talk about Han Feng!"
Chapter completed!