Chapter 238 I am willing to serve the emperor's uncle
Chapter 238 Willing to serve the emperor’s uncle with all his hard work
In Qin Ming's eyes, it was a bit far-fetched to say it was a troop of soldiers and horses, because this troop of soldiers and horses had no armor at all, and the separate team did not even have spears, and looked like a group of refugees...
Qin Ming took a closer look and saw that it was the army he despised the most, Fan Lixiang's Jingnan Peasant Army.
As early as on the road from Jiangling to Baichuan, Qin Ming and Fan Lixiang were at odds with each other. Later, with Liu Zhang in charge and a powerful enemy in front of him, Qin Ming did not dare to say anything. Now that the army has entered the city, Qin Ming has much less scruples.
When he got interested, he immediately stepped forward.
"Hey, isn't this the mighty army of the heroine Fan Lixiang? What a coincidence. I heard that the Lord asked you to go around preaching to those farmers and women? How did you get here?"
"You..." Xing Daorong was about to step forward with a big ax in his hand, but Fan Lixiang stopped him. He smiled at Chen Ying and said, "Remember the name given by Colonel Qin, from now on we will be called Shenwei Army."
Fan Lixiang didn't even look at Qin Ming. She turned around and gave some instructions to Liu Min, who was dressed as a refugee.
"Bah, people like you are also called Shenwei Army. Look at you like this, forget it without armor, and now half of the spear is missing. Oh, I understand. My lord never thought that you could fight. You just dug around.
Corpses, put up notices, so let’s confiscate your spears, hahahaha.”
Qin Ming laughed loudly, Fan Lixiang frowned slightly, and told Liu Min a few words, and Liu Min turned around and blended into the "refugees", heading north along the river bridge.
Xing Daorong couldn't help but picked up a bamboo slip and walked towards Qin Ming. Chen Ying didn't stop him.
Xing Daorong threw the bamboo slip in Qin Ming's face and said, "This is your lord's reward book. Open your eyes wide and take a look. There are 30,000 spears, 300 swords, 5,000 pairs of armor, and 20,000 pairs of cloth armor.
Reward General Fan with a hundred gold, three hundred silver, and the title of General of Pingnan Zhonglang, what have you been granted, you piece of shit?"
Qin Ming's face turned red and he was furious. He couldn't help but take out the bamboo slips and take a look. Sure enough, as Xing Daorong said, the reward was very heavy. The army entered Xiangyang. For some reason, Liu Zhang did not order the reward, and now he took Xiangyang's inventory first.
After rewarding these farmers and receiving such generous treatment, Qin Ming immediately became very angry.
Qin Ming threw the bamboo slip into the paddy field.
Fan Lixiang got on her horse, holding a fan in her hand on a rainy day, and knocked on her head: "General Xing, come back, don't embarrass Captain Qin. You are a prefect now, why should you compete with a captain?"
Don’t lose your identity.”
"Yes." Xing Daorong returned to Fan Lixiang with a grin.
"You..." Qin Ming was so angry that he couldn't speak. He wanted to fight, but he was also concerned about military law. Liu Zhang punished private fights in the camp extremely severely.
In the blink of an eye, Qin Ming saw the peasant army walking on the river bridge. He suddenly rolled his eyes and sneered in his heart. He said to Fan Lixiang, who immediately dismissed him, "We'll see." He turned around and strode away.
Yang Zishang glanced at Qin Ming and shook his head. He was really not interested in these things. He only cared about two things. The first was how to deceive the family, and the second was whether he could use his talents. The Sichuan army was now short of civil servants. The second was
There is nothing to worry about, the only thing left is how to deceive the noble family. Yang Zishang can only think about this, and feels quite bored by Qin Ming's angry behavior.
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In the rain pavilion of Jingzhou Mufu, Liu Zhang and Pang Tong played chess against each other. Xiao Furong and Sang Ye sat on one side and watched. When the teacups in front of Pang Tong and Liu Zhang were empty, Sang Ye stood up and poured tea.
"Haha, I won again." Liu Zhang dropped a piece and surrounded Pang Tong. He was very happy to defeat the top advisers of the three countries. Xiao Furong saw Liu Zhang smiling and looked at the chessboard seriously, although she didn't
I can't understand it either.
"I have won seven games in a row today, Shi Yuan, did you let me do it on purpose?" Liu Zhang said with a smile. After more than half a year of war, Xiangyang's government orders have been issued. Now it is rare to have some leisure time, and Liu Zhang has relaxed a lot.
Pang Tong looked at Liu Zhang depressedly. He really didn't let Liu Zhang. The two of them played seven-square Go. With Pang Tong's IQ, he usually played nineteen squares or even twenty-three squares. It was basically impossible to play anything below seventeen squares.
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The worst thing is that the lowest form of Go is also nine-square Go. But Liu Zhang was lucky. He chose seven squares and had to move first every time. There were only so many squares. Going first gave him a big advantage. Even Pang Tong, who was extremely intelligent, couldn't beat it.
He could only be beaten by Liu Zhang depressingly one after another.
"No more." Pang Tong was angry and pushed the chess piece in front of him. He stood in the corner and pouted. Pang Tong was so ignorant of current affairs and dared to show his temper in front of his lord. He deserved to be a soldier.
"No more?" Liu Zhang suddenly became unhappy and said with a straight face: "Okay then, you go back. There happens to be a shortage of charcoal ash in the army. I asked Gao Pei to send you to the countryside to collect charcoal and grass ash. Oh, by the way, do it.
Cow dung is also good.”
Pang Tong depressedly picked up the scattered chess pieces on the chessboard and cleaned the chessboard honestly. Liu Zhang happily threw another chess piece in the middle, and a new round of abuse began.
"Little Yang Er, pay homage to your lord." A soldier walked across the wooden bridge in the rain and came to the pavilion to pay homage.
Liu Zhang looked at Xiao Bing up and down, a little surprised, and said while making a move: "What's the matter? Tell me."
"I want to report this young one. Please forgive me, my lord, for my sins."
"I forgive you."
"Fan Lixiang, the leader of the Jingnan Peasant Army, sent troops across the river privately. He is suspected of surrendering to the enemy. Please investigate thoroughly, my lord." The soldier bowed and bowed.
"Which general are you a subordinate of?" Liu Zhang took a sip of tea and asked casually.
"Little Yang Er, I met General Fan by chance. He took advantage of the heavy rain to cover up the situation and moved his troops across the river. He was afraid that things would get serious, so he reported it to the lord."
"Which general are you a subordinate of?"
"What I have seen with my own eyes is absolutely nothing false."
"I ask which general you are under." Liu Zhang slapped the tea cup on the stone table, and the tea splashed. He suddenly turned his head, spoke sternly, and looked at the soldier coldly. The soldier trembled in fright and stammered.
: "Qin, the subordinates of General Qin Ming."
"Okay, let's go down." Liu Zhang waved his hand and continued to play chess with Pang Tong.
After the soldiers left, Pang Tong smiled and said: "The emperor was angry and made the wrong move. Hehe, Pang Tong is not polite now."
Liu Zhang took a closer look and found that it was indeed tilted, so he patted his thigh.
"Yeah~" Pang Tong pushed the chess pieces up hard, and Liu Zhang's dozens of chess pieces were surrounded. Watching Liu Zhang clearing the chess pieces on the chessboard one by one, Pang Tong said: "Uncle Huang is really angry. Then Fan Lixiang secretly mobilized his troops."
Jiangbei, what does the emperor plan to do with it?"
Liu Zhang raised his head and glanced at Pang Tongyi: "Do you also think it should be dealt with?"
Pang Tong did not answer, and Liu Zhang asked Wang Xu, "Has anyone come to inquire about the matter?" Generally, those who are concerned about anything happening here at Liu Zhang's place would ask his own soldiers to inquire. Liu Zhang knew this well and would not care about it.
Wang Xu and others will naturally not say what needs to be said.
"The deputy general of General Qin Ming asked whether the lord ordered Fan Lixiang to march to Jiangbei."
Liu Zhang nodded, and Pang Tong smiled and said: "It seems that the emperor knows it well."
Liu Zhang pinched the chess pieces between his fingers and said in a deep voice: "I hate the intrigues in the camp the most."
Pang Tong drank all the tea in one gulp and handed the tea cup to Sang Ye. Sang Ye stood up and poured the tea. Pang Tong shook his head and said: "Infighting between civil and military men exists in any army. If the emperor's uncle is weak, this will be fatal."
Hurt, if we wait for the Sichuan army to grow stronger and there are no factional disputes in the army, it will be very detrimental to the emperor's uncle.
Now the emperor's uncle is sitting in the two states of Jing and Yi, whether it is big or small, it is definitely not small. For the emperor's uncle, how to control these intrigues is the most critical."
"I don't know how to control, and I can't get rid of the dirt in my eyes. If I don't understand it, I will kill him directly. If Shiyuan is willing to help, I may be able to make a difference."
"Hehehehe." Pang Tong giggled several times: "The emperor called me here today just because he wanted to ask me this question."
"That's right." Liu Zhang didn't shy away from it at all and sighed: "It's not a big deal for us to spend so much time. It's just a matter of one sentence. Shi Yuan can't be Gao Pei's personal soldier for the rest of his life."
Pang Tong smiled and said: "Just one sentence? Not necessarily, I just want to know, if I don't agree, will the emperor let me go? Pang Tong feels that in front of the emperor, he has no choice at all."
"You are just too straightforward." Liu Zhang smiled, thought for a while and said: "Well, don't blame me for not giving you a chance. If you don't agree to surrender, just help me take over the Jingzhou navy, and I will let you go."
If you leave, if you can still help me capture Jiangxia..."
Liu Zhang pondered for a moment: "I will perform a play with you. When you leave Sichuan Camp, I will beg you to stay. Then you resolutely leave with your sleeves. I can't do anything to you. I sigh a few times by the way, "lost Pang Tong, lost."
How about the world's stuff?"
The navy floating in the river in Jingzhou has always been a stone in Liu Zhang's heart. It is too easy to block these navy. Without a supply port, can the navy still be called a navy? But Liu Zhang wanted to conquer these navy. Without water,
The Jingzhou of the army cannot be called Jingzhou.
It was because of Liu Biao's navy that powerful enemies did not dare to invade the territory. Without the navy, just like Liu Bei in history, Jingzhou would really be a place to attack.
"Hahahahaha." Pang Tong laughed loudly and slapped the table with his palm, making the chess pieces jump up and down. He praised: "Interesting, interesting. Why didn't Pang Tong realize that the emperor's uncle has such an interesting side? The emperor's uncle is so smart.
Pang Tong is really convinced, the emperor has seen through Pang Tong's nature and knows what Pang Tong wants most."
Liu Zhang smiled and moved a chess piece without leaving any trace.
Pang Tong suddenly calmed down, his face was solemn, he stood up and left his seat, and bowed to Liu Zhang: "Uncle, I am here, I accept Pang Tong's bow."
This was the most profound courtesy since Pang Tong joined the Sichuan camp, but Liu Zhang noticed Pang Tong's title: Imperial Uncle.
"The emperor's uncle is the most calm and decisive, the most ambitious, adaptable, unconventional, and unconventional lord that Pang Tong has ever seen. He is unique in the world. Pang Tong once insulted Mrs. Xiao. Today, the emperor's uncle asked Mrs. Xiao to watch chess.
, which is a sincere and kind kindness to Pang Tong.
Pang Tong is able to follow the emperor's uncle and conquer the world in this lifetime. It is Tianze's great virtue and a lifetime honor. Pang Tong no longer dares to have any other requests. As long as the emperor's uncle can agree to Pang Tong's request, Pang Tong is willing to do his best for the emperor's uncle."
Pang Tong buried his head deeply while Liu Zhang moved the chess pieces on the chessboard and said, "If Shi Yuan has something to say, just say it."
Pang Tong raised his head and glanced at Xiao Furong, with an obvious apology in his eyes. This had never happened before, and Xiao Furong's heart skipped a beat.
Pang Tong said to Liu Zhang: "Uncle Emperor, since ancient times, military strategists have been fighting. If it is an elite army, the military orders must be neat and strict. If the army is uneven, it is a miscellaneous army. Pang Tong cannot lead such an army, no matter what.
Strategies, no matter what battle formation, need soldiers to execute them.
Therefore, before going to war, we must first have an iron-blooded army. Compared with the Jingzhou Army, the Sichuan Army's combat power is much stronger. However, compared with the troops in the Central Plains, the North, and Xiliang, the Sichuan Army is still far behind. In the future, the emperor's uncle will
The enemy will be stronger, so the first thing is to train your troops.
Forgive Pang Tong for bluntly saying that Mrs. Xiao leads an army alone and Pang Tong cannot control it. Fan Lixiang has a cruel temperament and is too scheming. Although Pang Tong is not afraid of her, Pang Tong did not join the emperor's uncle to scheming with her. The emperor's uncle must remove Fan Lixiang.
Military power, and shall not interfere in any military affairs."
"Why do you have to quarrel with her?"
"Fan Lixiang is a female prostitute who has a strong desire for power, is good at understanding people's hearts, is insidious and ruthless, uses any means, and has no scruples. If such a person is really capable, she will be a great help to the emperor's uncle, but also a big trouble for him. Couldn't the emperor see that Fan
Li Xiang has been establishing her prestige among the Li concubines, just so that the emperor's uncle cannot remove her from power? If things go on like this, her prestige will overwhelm the emperor.
But Fan Lixiang has no real ability. Looking at her 20,000 peasant army, we can see that although they are farmers, they should have improved after leading the army for several months, but they are still in disarray. The soldiers are in awe of Fan Lixiang and are not familiar with the drills.
, the prestige is low and the formation is unclear, why charge into the formation?
Fan Lixiang has accumulated reputation from Jingnan, Xiangjiang, and Xiangyang, and is now a figure that cannot be ignored in the Sichuan Army. A powerful and incompetent person commanding such an army must be the biggest obstacle to the Sichuan Army's military training. Pang Tong wants to control the overall situation.
, like the emperor’s uncle, don’t rub your eyes with sand.”
Pang Tong was impassioned and Liu Zhang was silent. Xiao Furong glanced at Liu Zhang, stood up and said to Pang Tong: "Mr. Shi Yuan, you don't have to worry about me. If Mr. Shi Yuan is willing to serve in the Sichuan Army, Xiao Furong is willing to return to Chengdu immediately and never get involved in the military in the future."
Xiao Furong's face was calm and firm.
"Madam, you understand the righteousness." Pang Tong bowed to Xiao Furong. Pang Tong had been in the Sichuan Army for so long. Even though he had criticized Xiao Furong in order to test Liu Zhang's bottom line, Xiao Furong could still watch the chess game calmly and knew that Xiao Furong had no rumors.
He was so unbearable, which is why Pang Tong showed apologies to Xiao Furong.
Just think of it as an apology for that day.
But a woman who is also the wife of a lord is indeed inconsistent with the iron-blooded warrior in his heart.
"Fan, Li, Xiang." Liu Zhang read word by word, tapping his fingers on the chessboard. (To be continued.