Part 4: The Four Seas Are Unstoppable: The Twilight of the Empire Chapter 110: Xiao Lu's Visit
"The Yin hour has arrived! Kunpeng Pass surrenders the city civilly and militaryly!" Following a shout from the corner of the city wall, the huge city gate was slowly opened. Guan Lang looked up and saw the Qingmeng army seriously waiting in front of the pass. He hesitated in his steps.
He glanced back.
Unexpectedly, at this time, a strong man ran out of Qingmeng's army and shouted happily: "General Guan! Hi! He's here!"
Guan Lang was stunned. This was Gao Yu who had fought with him a few days ago. Normally, he should have hated him. Why did he welcome him cheerfully instead? This made him puzzled. He watched the opponent rush towards him.
come over.
"It's great to have a strong general like you in the same camp as me. Your knives are really great!" Gao Yu patted Guan Lang's shoulders carelessly and said with a happy smile.
Guan Lang asked doubtfully: "General Gao, when I humiliated you so much that day, do you think you don't hate me, Guan Lang?"
"Look at you!" Gao Yu laughed loudly: "At that time, the two of us were doing our own thing. There is a saying that 'water and fire are incompatible'. Today we are in the same camp, so what is there to hold grudges about?"
Qing Meng and Yu Jitao also came quietly at this time. Upon seeing this, Guan Lang immediately bent down and bowed: "General Guan Lang pays homage to His Excellency Zheng Gong."
"General Guan, there is no need to be like this. Qing Meng really wants to have a strong general like you who is in charge of Guan to come to join him. It is really embarrassing for the general to serve an unreasonable villain like Duke Zhao. From now on, we will serve the imperial court. I hope the general can give me more advice!" Qing Meng!
He gently lifted him up and spoke in a gentle tone.
Guan Lang couldn't sleep at night because of the matter of surrender. He was afraid of being crowded out by Gao Yu's group, and even more afraid of not being accepted by Qing Meng. Looking at it this way, the huge stone in his heart was settled.
Chen Shuai walked quietly next to Yu Jitao and smiled: "Master Military Advisor, should the military order be burned?"
Only then did Guan Lang find out that the handsome-looking scholar was the military advisor. He saluted in embarrassment and fear: "Guan didn't know that the military advisor was in front of him. He is really blind. I hope the military advisor will forgive me."
Yu Jitao threw away the osmanthus folding fan and replied gently: "Jitao is just a Yueyang scholar. He only got such a position after being promoted by Zheng Gong. He has no ambition and is not worthy of praise. I hope the general will support him in the future."
Then he turned around and laughed loudly at Chen Sheng: "Brother Qingsong, ever since I dared to issue a military order, I was sure that I would return in triumph. After you left, I destroyed them all. It was true!"
Everyone laughed loudly after hearing this, and Qing Meng felt even better. That night, a celebration banquet was held at Kunpeng Pass to comfort the entire army and appease the surrendered ministers.
At this time, the Sanqin Pass thousands of miles away is abuzz with gongs and drums, and the sound of singing is lingering, because an important person is about to be welcomed. Whether the title of "Zhao Gong" can be preserved, and whether the Sanqin Pass can be fully protected, is the key.
It's this person.
"Prefect of Sanqin Pass, Zhao Gong Zhang Wenbo has met the Prime Minister!" A drake voice was heard, and the dwarf, distorted face, and extremely wretched man rushed forward to salute. This man was none other than Zhao Gong Zhang Wenbo.
This so-called prime minister is Xiao Lu, who has just taken office less than a month ago. As early as when Zhang Qingmeng launched his army from Wanyang, Xiao Lu pointed out with a superb strategic vision that his ultimate goal was to capture the capital, and the important pass that directly determined the fate of the capital was
Yes - Sanqin Pass.
Xiao Lu pointed out to the emperor and Yang Min: The Sanqin Pass, which controls the post road from the capital to Luoyang, is the key to entering and exiting the Sanqin. It has always been a battleground for military strategists. It is known as "the first danger in the region", "the throat of the four towns", and "
"One hundred and two passes". He stated Zhang Qingmeng's interests and gained Yang Min's support in leading troops to defend this place.
In his heart, he despised the dwarf in front of him, but it didn't show on his face, and he still greeted him with a smile. After a while of tedious etiquette, the two led the troops into Sanqin Pass.
"Prime Minister!" Zhang Wenbo shouted in a male duck's voice: "With just these people, wouldn't it be enough to fight Zhang Qingmeng with an egg against a stone?"
Xiao Lu sneered for a while: "Soldiers are not many but fine, generals are not brave but wise. Not to mention that he only has a mere tens of thousands of troops, but he has an army of one million. What should he be afraid of?"
Zhang Wenbo thought that the Prime Minister was crazy, and laughed loudly: "The Prime Minister is talking nonsense! You don't know how awesome Zhang Qingmeng is: he destroyed Wenbo, defeated Zhou Cheng, attacked Wang Fu, and fought against Shi Ren; he can be said to be arrogant and powerful.
Shocking the world, how many people in this world don't know his bravery? His general Ni Hao fought hard for seven days and seven nights in the battle of Kaiyuan with generals several times his own, without drinking a drop of water or eating a grain of rice, which made people talk about him.
Perverted!"
Xiao Lu laughed loudly when he heard this: "Why should Mr. Zhao have the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige? Mengzi came from the same school as my teacher. We grew up together since childhood. I know exactly what he has in mind. He
Except for the master, no one knows that temperament better than me."
"Today is no better than in the past. Zhang Qingmeng occupies the land of three states. How can he resist with such a small number of troops from the prime minister?" Zhang Wenbo was unconvinced.
Xiao Lu chuckled, caressing his chin and thought: "Mengzi is just a kid after all. It's okay to deceive an ignorant warrior like Zhou Cheng with that little trick. If you want to fight with him, Xiao Lu, you are simply overestimating your ability." But on the surface.
But he said something else: "It is true that the Prime Minister underestimated him too much."
After a morning of settling in, Xiao Lu finally found time to manage military affairs. When he learned that Zhang Wenbo had deducted military pay and food, and that all the soldiers in the army were starving, resulting in low combat effectiveness, he couldn't help but sigh: "The soldiers eat grass roots all day long, and they are not safe."
Can you fight bravely? The Art of War says: 'You regard your soldiers as your beloved sons, so you can die with them; you regard your soldiers as discarded objects, so you have a determined mind.'"
Then he turned around and ordered to the pay officer: "Now, in the name of the Prime Minister of the Taiwei Empire, I order you to immediately summon the entire army to the training ground to distribute military pay. The Prime Minister will personally supervise it. There will be no mistakes. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed!"
The pay officer trembled with fright and agreed repeatedly. Later, under Xiao Lu's personal supervision, every soldier was paid enough and made up for what had been withheld before. The whole army was in high spirits: "Thank you, Prime Minister Xiao!"
Xiao Lu waved his hand: "Don't thank me, you have to be grateful to His Majesty the Emperor, who ordered the Prime Minister to come to the rescue." When all the soldiers heard about it, they all knelt down and shouted: "Long live the Emperor!"
That's not all. After Xiao Lu's private interview incognito, we learned that the people in the city had no food left, and the pots were filled with grass roots blanched in muddy water. Zhang Wenbo expropriated and sold countless amounts of food to the anti-Zheng alliance, and there were even cases of people eating it.
The human condition.
After a thorough understanding, Xiao Lu overcame all opinions and gathered all the government surplus food except military rations, and opened a warehouse to provide relief to the people. For a time, hungry people in the city swarmed in, almost filling the entire Sanqin Pass.
Although very little was distributed to everyone, when the people learned that the prime minister only had a bowl of gruel, a steamed bun, and a plate of pickles every day, they gradually accepted it. In order to rectify the rampant banditry in the city,
Xiao Lu ordered officers and soldiers to guard the place during the day, and the army would manage the curfew at night, truly achieving the goal of "not closing the house at night, and not picking up things on the road."
The people all felt the ethics of Xiao Lu, voluntarily joined the reinforcement project of Sanqinguan, and gathered together from time to time: "Long live the emperor! Long live the empire!"
Xiao Lu's heart was very clear: "The Bingfa Yun: 'The people agree with the upper, so they can die with it, and they can live with it. At that time, even if Zhang Qingmeng really won the three Qinguan, it was difficult to stabilize people's hearts for a while, and behind
The foundation is shaken, and it is difficult to last. "
The next month, the frontline scouts brought an important news, but Zhang Wenbo did not bother to listen to it, and helplessly had to report to Xiao Lu Xiao.
"Qi Qi Xian, Zhang Qingmeng led the army to invade three Qinguan 10,000, and there was about a hundred miles."
Xiao Lu suddenly looked up, his eyes were excited: "How can you know what will be under the account?"
"Only Mu Mingrui, the second general of Guan Lang, his military division settled in the Putang Pass in the rear, and it is expected to reinforce it in a few days!"
Xiao Lu nodded, rewarded this person, and then summoned all the generals generals. At this point, the battle for the fate of Beijing Zhaofu began ...