Four hundred and fiftieth seventh chapter raising bandits self-respect
The hall was filled with flowers and three thousand guests were drunk, and fourteen states were frost-frozen with one sword.
——Excerpt from "Offering Money to My Father" by Guan Xiu (Tang Dynasty)
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Bai Fu first filled up the wine for Huang Zhen, and then filled up the wine for himself.
Bai Fu's slow movements made Huang Zhen look worried, and Huang Zhen shouted: "Brother Fu, don't play it off. What is your judgment on Emperor's virtue?"
Bai Fu smiled brightly, raised his glasses with Huang Zhen, drank them all in one gulp, and then said: "At the moment, the Tang He coalition is an allied force, and the relationship has not yet been broken. As the commander-in-chief of the army, Di De's son was killed by me.
The imperial court did not send anyone to intervene, and the Tang army did not send troops to stop me. Under normal circumstances, Di De should have directly led his troops into the city to take my life.
However, the defenders at the city gate did not strengthen their vigilance and the Tang army patrolled the city as usual. Di De did not dare to enter the city. This can only mean one thing - there is something wrong in his heart!
If my prediction is correct, Emperor De must have some kind of ulterior secret with An Qingxu of Yecheng or Shi Siming who has surrendered!"
Huang Zhen asked curiously: "How did you get along with Xiao? Why did you focus on General Di De? Instead of Huihe Ye Hu?"
Bai Fu said: "Brother Zhen, do you still remember the battle of Xiangji Temple? When the puppet Yan army was defeated, it was surrounded by the Uighur cavalry led by Pugu Huai'en. Seeing that the pockets were about to be tightened, the puppet Yan cavalry escaped from the encirclement.
Fight a bloody path through the gap and escape through this gap."
Huang Zhen nodded and said: "The Tang army won a great victory that day and killed 60,000 people. It was quite a fluke. If you hadn't led 500 swordsmen to arrive in time and blocked the gap, the Yan army would have all broken through and escaped. If the Yan army had not
The main force still exists, and they will definitely rely on the tall buildings and strongholds of Chang'an City to defend Chang'an. If this is the case, the recovery of the two capitals will be far away."
Bai Fu said: "During the breakout, the Pseudo-Yan cavalry broke through the gap in the position guarded by Di De and broke out of the encirclement.
In the Huihe army, the generals Di De and Ye Hu's Xiaoqi were the best among the best. It is said that although the Yan army was in a panic, they would take the initiative to avoid the two men's flags and find a better breakout point.
During the siege of Suiyang, Brother Nan Jiyun led me to break out of the siege several times, giving me a lot of experience in breaking out of the siege of the rebel army. Therefore, based on this alone, the actions of the Yan army made me suspicious.
On the day the battle ended, I did not attend the celebration banquet. Instead, I returned to Xiangji Temple and carefully surveyed the battlefield. I found some clues from the hoof prints of horses on both sides, the missing weapons and arrows, etc.
With these clues, and looking back at the battlefield scene at that time, I can safely infer that Yan General An Shouzhong and Li Guiren deliberately went in the direction of General Di De's flag when they broke out!
In other words, the two sides had reached a certain tacit understanding before the war. After the war, they understood each other tacitly. If the Tang Dynasty was defeated, it is estimated that the Yan army would give He people a way to live."
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Bai Fu's method of pre-war sand table deduction and post-war battlefield review was personally taught by General Wang Zhongsi, and is also the basic skill necessary to become an outstanding military strategist.
There are also some plots involving the true teaching methods of military strategists, which Bai Fu deliberately omitted and did not mention to Huang Zhen:
After this battle, Bai Fu also personally worshiped the battlefield in accordance with the instructions of Master Zhongsi, and used the method of sealing the town to create a battle tomb in Xiangji Temple. This is the third battle tomb created by Bai Fu after Yongqiu and Suiyang.
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Bai Fu used the military seal method to engrave the origins of this battle, military strategies, and his own personal experiences in the battle tomb, leaving them for future generations of military disciples to study in the secret realm of the military domain.
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After hearing this, Huang Zhen expressed his sincere admiration and praised: "After the war, you are probably the only one in the entire Tang Dynasty who can still survey the battlefield so carefully!"
Bai Fu did not respond to Huang Zhen's compliments. He stared at the frost and dew on the grass blades in the courtyard and sighed: "The frost is strong and the ice is strong. This time to scare He back is just a temporary measure."
As the saying goes, raising bandits requires self-respect. As long as the puppet Yan soldiers and horses are not eradicated, the Tang Dynasty will not be able to get rid of its dependence on the Uighurs.
If Shi Siming and other rebellious ministers and traitors rebel again, Uighur will definitely reap the benefits.
It is easy to ask the gods but difficult to send them away. Guo Linggong borrowed troops from Huihe to serve the king. This move may have hidden dangers!"
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Bai Fu's frightening of Emperor De's troops quickly spread to the imperial court. At the same time, the Uighur Army's apology form was also presented to Suzong.
In his apology memorial, Di De cried bitterly for allowing his soldiers to plunder Chang'an. On behalf of the Uighur army, Di De promised never to do it again.
In order to express remorse and apology, the Uighur army donated 500 Uighur horses to compensate the people of Chang'an who were robbed and killed by the Uighur soldiers. At the same time, it was hoped that the Tang Dynasty could ignore the past suspicions and release the Uighur soldiers detained by the Sichuan gang.
This time, Li Tang's court's reputation was saved.
Suzong and all the civil and military officials were relieved and praised Bai Fu profusely.
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Suzong issued an order to stop the pursuit of palace treasures that had been lost to the people during the war, and strictly prohibited the Jingzhao Mansion, Jinwu Guard and other troops from harassing the people on this pretext. He appointed Li Xian, the Minister of Rites, as Jingzhao Yin.
He expressed condolences and comfort to the people in the neighborhood. From then on, there was no more looting from the people in Chang'an.
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That night, the Anxi army was lifted from combat readiness. Li Siye made an exception for drinking. He drank three drinks in a row, laughed loudly, and said to Duan Xiushi: "Brother Shen Yi is brave and has great strategies. He will definitely become a good general in the future!"
After drinking for three rounds, Duan Xiushi asked his personal entourage to leave and whispered to Li Siye: "General, if the imperial court really wants to split up the Anxi Army, we need to make plans early. The Anxi Army is the glory of the Tang Dynasty and cannot fall into Xiao Xiao's hands.
Brother Fu is a man who is loyal and courageous, and can be entrusted to me!"
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After Uighur General Di De withdrew his troops, heroes from all walks of life in Chang'an said goodbye to Bai Fu, Huang Zhen and others, sheathed their swords and guns, and rode back to Nanshan.
Several figures were flying and jumping in the streets, passing through houses and jumping over ridges. Their light skills were as high as the solitary red dragon in the sunset. These people were dressed in night clothes, with graceful figures and strong movements. They passed through the imperial city, crossed the palace wall, and entered a palace.
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The maids in the palace stretched their necks and were waiting anxiously in the courtyard. When they saw these men in black entering the courtyard, they were overjoyed and hurriedly welcomed these people into the palace and quickly closed the door to the palace.
These men in black took off their night clothes and put on palace clothes, revealing waist-length hair. They turned out to be several gorgeous women. One of them had a slim waist and tall hair, with long hair like a waterfall, flying and hanging down.
She looks even more graceful and graceful.
After taking off the mask, this girl's skin is as beautiful as snow, her beauty is refined, her eyes are like water, and they are full of light. She looks like a stunning fairy who has fallen into the mortal world.
The maids surrounded the young lady and shouted: "Your Highness, if you don't come back to the palace, the slaves will be dying of anxiety."
The princess laughed loudly and said to the two leading maids: "Yuanxiaoer, little lantern, hurry up and bring us sisters a jar of wine. We won't come home until we get drunk tonight."
After saying that, the princess turned her head and said to the other maids: "I have recorded all your contributions, and I will reward each of you with ten taels of rouge, gouache, and powder money."
The maids were extremely happy, playing and having fun. After a while, the wine and food were delivered, and the maids closed the door and left one after another.
The princess filled the wine cup and paid tribute to the beauties in palace attire who accompanied her out. The princess smiled and said: "Senior sister, this trip was really exciting. It's a pity that I didn't see Bai Fu fighting the Huihe warriors and general Di De in the street."
A beautiful woman in palace attire said: "I think Bai Fu is audacious. Even if the Uighurs plunder the people, it's not his turn to take care of it. What if he gets into trouble with the Uighurs and triggers a war?"
All the ladies were talking to each other, talking and talking, and it was so lively.
Just hearing the sound of the bead curtain, a person walked lightly into the palace with lotus steps, and the faint fragrance floated.
When all the ladies heard this, they quickly put down their wine cups, stood up and saluted, saying in unison: "Master!"