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Chapter 182: The War of the Two Nations, The Battle of the Two (Part I)


The six-character mantra of the prayer wheel on the top of the mountain has been sung with great momentum, but it is a pity that ordinary people cannot see the greater atmosphere about the flow of luck with the naked eye.

In their field of vision, there was an old monk sitting on the roof, and a young man with a one-handed bowl was standing, standing and sitting for half an hour, and more and more visitors from the outside of the city gathered under the restaurant who heard the news, pointing and pointing, and many naughty children had the courage to climb to the roof nearby.

Soon there was a team of elite horsemen in the inner city escorting the big man galloping to the gallop, the cavalry swords and bows and spears hung with spears, and the mounts were the kind of purebred Western Regions horses that were far more powerful than the reckless horses, and the horse team brutally crashed into the crowded crowd, and many innocent spectators who did not have time to dodge were killed on the spot by the war horses, not that the people from the outer city who did not rely on the handle saw their friends killed, and they were angry and killed, even if there were front cavalry soldiers who knocked them off their horses, they were soon stabbed into the body by the rear cavalry by the huge inertia of the war horse charge, The spear of the iron-headed hardwood pole between the hand of the rider and the corpse, instantly stretched out a pleasing arc moon bend, and the corpse was suddenly knocked out two or three feet away, but the hardwood made of the spear shaft was not the kind of first-class wood that had no price after all, and the hardness and toughness were still not enough to support this level of impact, and it was destroyed, the cavalry seemed to be unsatisfied, and abandoned the spear for the knife, bent down slightly, not a split, but a seemingly careless horizontal knife, and rode towards a man from the outer city who was running wildly.

There was no need to exert force, just relying on the momentum of the war horse, the tip of the knife easily pulled out a deep cut more than an inch long on the man's neck.

From this detail, it can be seen that these knights of the Western Regions who are raised by the powerful and wealthy in the inner city are all veterans who are very familiar with fighting on the battlefield, and the cavalry battle on the battlefield is never a one-shot deal, and if you want to survive to the end, you must know how to use the least amount of strength to get the maximum killing results.

There is no shortage of good horses in the Western Regions, but craftsmen and iron tools are scarce, and the hardwood used to make good spears is difficult to obtain under the strict constraints of the Northern Liangbian Army and the Liyang Imperial Court, which greatly limits the combat power of the cavalry in the Western Regions.

As early as 20 years ago, there was a bloody lesson, the city in the late Spring and Autumn Period, once had a number of 5,000 cavalry troops, invincible in the Western Regions, at that time in the city of a certain heroic overlord, there is the intention to annex the three towns of Linyu as a grain and grass support, and then point to the cool land, and then occupy the high ground of the world, can covet the Central Plains, but at that time the Xu family of the Northern Liang only sent out 3,000 cavalry, and killed the Western Regions 5,000 cavalry almost all wiped out, and the escape was not enough for more than 100 horses, The casualties were less than five hundred, and those fugitives had palpitations and nagging for many years, saying that the Xu family cavalry was a real fucking iron horse, and the two thousand horsemen were actually men and horses, not to mention people, even the war horses could have face armor, and the iron spears of the cavalry were enough to support many charges, and the so-called iron spears made of their own ash poles were too soft in comparison.

Therefore, in the past 20 years, after the few big surnames in this city who have money and nowhere to spend have cavalry, they only dare to make a small fuss behind closed doors, and they definitely dare not go to trouble the Beiliang border army.

It's not that there are no heroes who have eaten the heart of the bear and the leopard, after the formation of the Beiliang border army and the custom of small cavalry soldiers entering the land of the displaced people to exercise martial arts in order to advance the white horse crossbowmen, someone took eight hundred elite horsemen to go to the troubled waters of Liuzhou today, and at first they also relied on the numerical advantage to besiege and kill thirty or forty Beiliang barbarians, but they were soon subjected to a tragic and cruel revenge, Hu Kui, the commander of the torch cavalry who had not yet served as the assassin of Lingzhou, and Liu Jinu, the deputy general of Hutou City, each led a thousand light cavalry and killed in Liuzhou, After killing all the 800 cavalry in the Western Regions, the heads were all hung on the spearheads, all the way to this city thousands of miles away from Liangzhou, the reason why many people in the city did not know about this tragedy was because the guy who advocated going to Liuzhou to provoke, more than 40 clansmen and more than 900 followers in the city family in the city were all leveled overnight by the rest of the inner city forces, and then took the head out of the city for thirty miles to ask the Northern Liangbian army for guilt.

Unexpectedly, Hu Kui, who single-handedly created the Beiliang White Horse Crossbowman, was in the confrontation between the two sides, especially when Liu Jinu had almost agreed to lead the army back to Beiliang, he charged brazenly without morality, and killed a few family owners who were just pulling out the three thousand horsemen in the city to turn over on their backs.

Xu Fengnian ignored the spectators on the street, and after carrying the body of the chicken soup monk, he took the dervishes in one hand and flew towards the small rotten in the center of the inner city, and then buried the old monk near the hut at the foot of the mountain, and put the Buddha bowl on the grave.

Xu Feng began to wait for the person who was coming.

Tuoba Bodhisattva.

In the second year of auspicious fu, on the tail of spring, when the sun was getting warmer and the spring was getting heavier, the capital suddenly held two non-ceremonial ceremonies and temple sacrifices without warning in one day, which made the Ministry of Rites and the celebrant supervisor, the metropolitan governor and the priest who relied on the superintendent and the palace superintendent in charge of the affairs of the Taimiao were in a hurry, and everyone was tired.

In addition to Qi Yanglong, the heavy face of Zhongshu Ling, there were also many strange young men wearing Qin Tianjian clothes, and their faces were even more gloomy.

After the two major ceremonies, near dusk, the emperor still did not let go of the exhausted central ministers, and moved the small court meeting to the military machine hall of the military department in the six departments, and the senior officials of the two provinces under the Zhongshu Gate and all the purple-robed ministers of the six ministries did not fall.

When the emperor and the two old men of Qiyang Long Huanwen walked into the hall hand in hand, a huge sand table covering the territory of the lower reaches of the Guangling River was placed on the main table, in addition, there were more than a dozen exquisite molds of warships, and the young emperor who was in a hurry did not wait for everyone to salute, he waved his hand to signal that he was exempt from courtesy, and walked straight to the front of those molds.

Introduce the comparison of the strength of the two Guangling naval armies for the emperor, "Your Majesty, at this time, the king of Guangling commanded 80,000 sailors, there are three kinds of large building ships, such as Huanglong, phoenix wing and Fuyao, thirty-five, medium warships have a total of seven kinds including the stern, the rash and the first, a total of more than 140 ships, and 12 kinds of small ships and scouts, about 400 ships.

There are more than 56,000 sailors in the Western Chu Division, and the number of warships is about 700, but there are only 18 large building ships, and there are only more than 70 medium-sized fighting ships such as the Stern and Maotu, and even there are no less than 200 rough and improved fishing boats, and the combat strength of the troops is not superior.

Moreover, the 40,000 Qingzhou sailors were also led by King Jing'an himself, and began to go down the river, and the vanguard of the sailors has successfully controlled the area of Baotaji where the Guangling River and Bailu Lake intersect, and will soon be able to encircle the Western Chu Sailors in front and back."

Emperor Zhao Zhan was silent, he was not a slack son of heaven, he was familiar with the Guangling Dao war, and now there was only one thing that really made him difficult to choose, which was to let the tail two sailors "delay the fighters", first help the 100,000 tigers and wolves in southern Xinjiang to cross the Guangling River in the north, or seize the opportunity of the Western Chu Naval Division to take the initiative to fight a decisive battle with the Guangling Naval Division, and let the Qingzhou Naval Division quickly enter the blank area at the western end of Bailu Lake, so as to fight a more secure flanking battle in the east of Bailu Lake, so as not to fall into the situation of being broken by the Western Chu Naval Division.

Of course, as long as the soldiers and horses of southern Xinjiang successfully cross the Guangling River, and Song Li, who had just entered Beijing not long ago, had already fought out most of Xie Xichen's troops, then in the six places of the Western Chu territory, 100,000 elite soldiers in southern Xinjiang would definitely be able to break through, and even hope to surround the capital of Western Chu in one go.

But the battle of Guangling counterinsurgency from the beginning is not a pure victory in the battlefield at all, once the 100,000 troops in southern Xinjiang do not lose a single soldier to besiege the capital of Western Chu, then the victory or defeat on Bailu Lake has become the icing on the cake of redundant war, if it is said that southern Xinjiang just snatched the merit of destroying the country in front of the imperial court, it is just that, and the worst result is far beyond the ability of the imperial court, in case the Guangling Sailor and the Qingzhou Sailor lose to the West Chu Sailor who Cao Changqing personally sits, In case Zhao Bing, who was the same frontier vassal king as Xu Xiao back then, had bad intentions and was disobedient under the general trend, then Lu Shengxiang, the commander of the Southern Expedition, only had tens of thousands of horses under his hands, and whether he could stop the long-standing jackals of Southern Xinjiang The more terrifying situation is that Southern Xinjiang and Western Chu colluded and went north together, then Liyang could only let Gu Jiantang divide the two Liao border armies, and go south to protect Tai'an CityAt the same time, I saw the barbarians in the north and the barbarians in the south of Xinjiang, but all these deductions were based on the premise of the worst of the war situation, so Zhao Zhen had some regret in his heart, and at that time he listened to the opinions of Qi Yanglong and Lu Baijie, the secretary of the military department, and refused to send troops to Xishu, is it wrong After all, there are only 10,000 Shu soldiers, even if Chen Zhibao personally leads the army, how much can he take away on Guangling Road 10,000 people can besiege the capital of Western Chu Although he does not agree with the king of Shu to go out of Shu, it is the original intention of this young son of heaven, but when the battle situation is a little muddy, It is inevitable that there are some well-hidden angers, Zhao Zhen, the smooth emperor, lacks tempering in decision-making, after all, he is not as good as the first emperor, and he can't be compared with his grandfather who has personally fought on horseback for most of his life.

And at this time, Zhao Zhen was very unpleasant to the Tangxi Sword Immortal Lu Baijie, and naturally felt more and more eyesore, if it weren't for the two squires of the Ministry of War, Xu Gong and Tang Tieshuang, who were both new faces in Tai'an City, and Song Li's qualifications were too shallow, those veterans who died in battle in the Spring and Autumn Period, and they really couldn't find a suitable candidate to replace Lu Baijie for the time being, and the emperor would have let Lu Baijie leave the Ministry of War.

Yuan Yu was already ready to rush to the domain to serve as the newly appointed deputy envoy of the imperial court, and Lu Baijie should have been in this ranks, but the two chief officials, Qi Yanglong and Tan Tanweng, both revealed inappropriate intentions for this matter, so it was delayed.

Since ascending the throne, Zhao Zhan also had his own calculations, in his opinion, at that time, the first emperor should not have released Chen Zhibao to return to the mountain according to the meaning of Yuan Benxi and Zhang Julu, he should have nailed him to the seat of the military department Shangshu, and the big deal was to give him a military merit of the Guangling closing battle, 10,000 steps back and said, the same tens of thousands of troops, the court did not believe that Lu Shengxiang could resist the southern Xinjiang army, I am afraid that no one doubted that Chen Zhibao could easily block it, and it could even be said that as long as Chen Zhibao stayed in the capital as the secretary of the military department, There will be absolutely no rebellion in southern Xinjiang.

Zhao Zhan didn't understand the original intention of the first emperor to put Chen Zhibao in Xishu, but Zhao Zhan was not blindly admired and trusted by the first emperor of Xu Xiaoyizi, he was born with a deep suspicion of this white-clothed soldier saint, and Zhao Zhang, the new monarch, had to admit that there was an incense love between the first emperor and Chen Zhibao, and the world knew that the first emperor had no good impression of the entire Beiliang, but he favored Chen Zhibao.

In the end, it was more than ten years late, but Chen Zhibao was still the king of Shu, and after Xu Xiao's death, he became the only surviving king with a different surname, and he Zhao Zhan did not have these monarchs and ministers, and those who had this kind of relationship with him were just Chen Wang, Tang Tieshuang, and Song Li, who were still some hot from the top civil and military generals.

His Majesty the Emperor was silent for a long time, and then there could only be silence in the hall.

Gao Tingshu sprinkled thousands of words, speaking dryly, he really emptied the vertical and horizontal strategies in his stomach that had been drafted early, and he didn't dare to talk about any digressions in front of the central minister, and after carefully looking at Lu Baijie, who was the backbone of the military department, he got a positive eye reply, Gao Tingshu shut up and didn't want to add to it.

The emperor finally broke the silence, and also encouraged and rewarded this upstart in the military department who had a lot of stories in the capital, which can be said to be Jian in the emperor's heart, and the hall was full of important ministers who looked at this young man with the nickname of "Tai'an Yushu" with a smile, but the eyes of Jin Lanting, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, were vague and complicated.

The emperor then left the Zhao family urn, went to the new site of the Hanlin Courtyard where the two yamen were neighbors under the Zhongshu Gate, there was a tea party in the Hanlin Courtyard today, the emperor saw the expected Chen Wang, Sun Yin, Yan Chiji, Fan Changhou, Li Jifu and Song Kaili six people, of course, there are more than these six people in the courtyard, dozens of people in the Hanlin Courtyard and Huangmenlang, but no matter how they gather together, they still can't let the emperor see at a glance.

At this time, the rebellious madman Sun Yin was talking about the game with Fan Shiduan Fan Changhou, Chen Wang and Zhuangyuanlang Li Jifu stood side by side on one side, whispering, while Yan Chiji, the uncle of this dynasty, and Song Keli, the young phoenix of the Song family who had made a comeback, stood on the other side together.

The emperor walked over to take a look, and saw that Sun Yin and Fan Changhou had a few rare and unique books near the chess jar in their hands, Sun Yin had four books in his hand, and Fan Changhou only had two books in his hand, thinking that it was a lottery for gambling chess.

After seeing His Majesty the Emperor's arrival, not to mention the rest of the Huang Menlang who were sincerely frightened in the courtyard, these six people looked about the same, and there were small differences, Sun Yin did not move at all, only staring at the chess game intently, Fan Changhou did not get up, the new little Huang Menlang who originally raised his arm and twisted his son to groan, but also slowly put down the chess pieces between his fingers to show respect, Yan Chiji and Song Kaili both gave way, especially Yan Chiji, who was the most qualified to do the wrong thing, his face turned out to be the most serious and solemn, and his expression was more "hard" than Song Kaili, and Chen Wang stepped forward, After taking two steps, now Li Jifu did not move, and quietly reached out and pulled the sleeve of the champion, Li Jifu glanced at it with gratitude, and the two came to the emperor, Chen Wang smiled and explained to the Son of Heaven, "I said a few days ago, Brother Yuetian asked Sun Yin's two sons, and then together with them, a total of six people, will use the Gufangzhai books bought by Yulu for three months to bet." ” Speaking of this, Chen Wang's smile was even thicker, "This idea was proposed by Sun Yin, and it was clearly to trap me, who doesn't know that my Yulu is the most among the six." ” Then Chen Wang moved slightly, making Li Jifu more eye-catching in front of the emperor, and quipped: "Li Jifu has always sent Yu Lu back to his hometown, and at most he has some odds and bits of silver on hand, so this time the money for buying books is still on credit with me, and when he bets, he is the most unhappy, and he has been worried for a long time, for fear that the New Year will not pass easily, and he will owe people a lot of debts."

Your Majesty, Weichen has the courage to have a reluctant request, if Li Jifu and I lose, or Your Majesty will make up for your Majesty's great cause for us, Weichen and Li Jifu are far from comparable. ” The emperor smiled and said: "What's so difficult about this, but then again, my family business is big, and your father-in-law Chen Shaobao's family business is small, and the King of Cheshire has not been making money every day in the past six months, so I want to fight the autumn wind."

So I helped Li Jifu lose to pay off the debt, okay, help you, don't think about it. ” Li Jifu was sandwiched between this pair of monarchs and ministers, and suddenly he had mixed feelings, both envious of His Majesty the Emperor's unique trust in Chen Shaobao, otherwise he would not have said directly to his face that the King of Cheshire had made a lot of money, but Li Jifu was more grateful to Chen Wang in his heart.

The emperor asked about the bet, took off a jade pendant on his waist, took out the rare book of Gufangzhai that Li Jifu bet on in Sun Yin's hand, and handed it back to Zhuang Yuanlang, after Li Jifu took the book, his eyes were red for no reason, he held the book in both hands, and hurriedly lowered his head, his eyes were moist.

The emperor patted the young courtier, who was obviously the best in the imperial examination among the eight horses of Tai'an, but his reputation was at the bottom, and comforted: "Isn't this not a loss yet?"

However, in the end, the victory and defeat inside and outside the chessboard were still lost by Chen Wang, Li Jifu, Yan Chiji and Song Kaili.

Sun Yin, who lost the chess, and Fan Changhou, who won the chess, in addition to taking back their own books, also divided the three books of the first four people and the priceless jade pendant, Sun Yin took the lead in taking two rare books, Fan Changhou had to take a lone book and the jade pendant, seeing this scene, the emperor cried and laughed: "Yuetian bet on himself to win, good Sun Yin, it turns out that you are betting on yourself to lose chess" Sun Yin smiled indifferently: "Playing chess and betting are two different things. ” After the emperor looked at Fan Chang, the first saint in the chess world of this dynasty, he said helplessly: "The dignified Fan Shiduan is also willing to talk to this kind of scoundrel."

Fan Changhou got up and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, let the two sons go, in fact, the strength of the two sides is equal, and then it depends on the will of God to win or lose." ” The emperor joked: "The world says that when you Fan Yuetian went to chess, it was as if there was heaven and man behind him to help, so in this way, if you gamble with Sun Yin in the future, you must bring me with you, and I will use a certain collection of books in the Sixth Hall to place bets." ” As twilight approached, under the emperor's personal instructions, the eunuchs brought many altars of tribute and wine from the palace, but the emperor called Chen Wang and Sun Yin and his brother-in-law Yan Chiji, and the four of them walked out of the noisy courtyard together.

The emperor turned his head to Sun Yin, who lost the chess but won the lottery, and asked casually: "I just heard that there is a close eye, how did you let the starter?"

Sun Yin replied: "No matter how many eyes I paste, I can't win against Fan Changhou."

The disparity between victory and defeat is too great, and there is no gambling head. ” The emperor nodded and said: "After reaching a certain realm, if you want to go further, it is as difficult as ascending to the sky, it can really be said that the previous life is determined, and it is not human power can increase or decrease." ” Chen Wang said softly: "This is just like the battle of Guangling Dao, if it weren't for the remnants of Western Chu to drop the second son and third son on the chessboard first, no one would go into battle in person or others would bet." ” The emperor sighed, and said a little helplessly: "The reason why I pulled you two is because you Chen Wang has always been optimistic about the war in Guangling Dao, and Sun Yin is the opposite, today I want to hear what you have to say, you two talk about it, no matter how shocking the words are, I will calm down and think about it."

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Those quarrels in the court are inevitably mixed with all kinds of entanglements of kin-related interests, but you are different. ” Sun Yin glanced at Chen Wang, who gently stretched out his hand and motioned for Sun Yin to speak first.

Sun Yin was also unceremonious, and said with a kind of unyielding spirit: "Your Majesty is worried that after the southern Xinjiang army crosses the river and surrounds the capital of Western Chu, it will form a tail that will not fall, even if it does not rebel, it is enough to sit on the ground and raise the price, and the lion of the imperial court will open his mouth, so as to become the second Beiliang border army and the same pattern is different.

Your Majesty doesn't want to give the initiative to others, to the ethereal hearts and providence of the people, isn't it?"

The emperor hesitated, nodded and said, "Yes" Sun Yin smiled, "There are three breakthroughs, first, Your Majesty needs to be publicly dissatisfied with the military department's stupidity, thunder and anger, let the current military department Shangshu Lu Baijie resign from his post and leave Beijing, and serve as the jiedu envoy of southern Xinjiang or Guangling, in short, you must be able to meet Wu Chongxuan, the deputy commander of the 100,000-strong army in southern Xinjiang, and move him with affection, know with reason, and allow him to benefit."

Reasonable, I don't need to say anything more about Sun Yin, I want to cultivate with the demeanor of Tangxi Sword Immortal, which is enough to be competent.

But the word Li will cut His Majesty's meat, and the pain is not comparable to a jade pendant on the waist. ” The emperor frowned and said, "One side of the festival envoy, is it enough?"

Sun Yin had the audacity to scoff.

The emperor said softly: "Promise Wu Chongxuan to enter Beijing in the future to be the secretary of the military department" Sun Yin sneered.

The emperor asked, "Could it be that there will be another king with a different surname in my Liyang?"

Sun Yin asked rhetorically: "Why can't the king with a different surname in the future, how can he be compared with the king of Liang and the king of Shu, and how can the imperial court not be able to grasp Wu Chongxuan is already an advanced age, and the three sons under his knees are doing nothing, and he Wu Chongxuan can be the king of the vassal for a few years."

The Emperor nodded, but did not speak.

Sun Yin continued: "Secondly, after Lu Baijie stepped down as the secretary of the military department, he allowed the king of Shu to take 10,000 elite soldiers out of the country, and ordered him to lead the rank of secretary of the military department and rush to Guangling Road to quell the rebellion.

Chen Zhibao is a person who cannot hold power, and at the same time cannot be in power.

If the military power is too heavy, it will be difficult to suppress ambitions, and if there is no military power in hand, it will be resentful and resentful.

The strength given to Chen Zhibao is 30,000 or 40,000, and it must not exceed 50,000.

The imperial court did not allow him to go out of Shu, so he really thought that he Chen Zhibao could only train 10,000 soldiers, and the water was better than draining, the first emperor and Liyang let this person go to Xishu, and he had already made a contribution, and the million-strong army of Beimang pressed the Beiliang West Front, so it was time to transfer Chen Zhibao back to the capital. ” The Emperor snorted this time.

Sun Yin took a deep breath, "In the end, it is to let Bei Liang let go of his hands and feet, and fight to the death with Beimang to the end, the imperial court not only wants to let go of Guangling Caoyun, but also to suspend the replacement of the version, but also to let Gu Jiantang and Jizhou on the eastern front send troops to exert pressure at the same time, compress all the border fronts of Beimang, and drive the wolf and the tiger In this way, no matter how erosive the war in Guangling Road is, it is just a trivial matter of winning or losing for a while."

In the end, Liyang will be able to clean up the mess, at that time, Beimang will only have half of the national strength left, and Xichu will be even more dilapidated, and at the end of the strong crossbow, Cao Changqing will just beg for death. ” The young emperor was silent and looked at Chen Wang, who smiled bitterly and said, "Weichen has nothing to say. ” Sun Yin waited for the following, didn't wait for the answer he wanted, and said with a smile: "With a good sense of wine, go back to drink, if you are drunk in the Hanlin Academy, you will be bothered by Chen Shaobao to drag it back." ” The emperor looked at the back of this madman and said softly: "Chen Wang, Chi Ji, I will take you to a place and meet someone." ” This time, the emperor did not even have a guard behind him, only the master of ceremonies, Song Tanglu, carefully led the way, and came to a secluded courtyard located on the edge of the palace.

After pushing open the courtyard door, in the light, Chen Wang and Yan Chiji saw a pair of strange men and women sitting on two rattan chairs, the man seemed to be blind, and the woman was reading a book to him.

With Chen Wang and Yan Chiji's closeness to today's son, they were still left at the gate of the courtyard with Song Tanglu, and the emperor walked in alone and had a short Q&A with the blind young man.

When the emperor got up and walked back to the courtyard gate, he no longer saw the previous heaviness, and his face was a little more relaxed and relaxed.

Chen Wang said with a smile: "Congratulations to Your Majesty for having one more person who seeks the country." ” The emperor smiled and said: "Chen Shaobao is not half a point worse than him, just two kinds of people."

Sun Yin is not a born person, but a wild fox Zen who cultivates, and the scholar surnamed 6 in the courtyard is a real outsider, a wild fox spirit.

But to truly govern the country and level the world, it still depends on you Chen Wang. ” In the courtyard, the blind man 6 Xu was lying on a wicker chair.

The woman of Jing'an Palace, whose real name is Liu Lingbao, knelt in front of the emperor for a long time, and her face was even more confused after she got up. 6 Xu asked softly, "Isn't it strange why I want to put Bei Liang to death." ” The woman who had been wandering all the way with Mr. 6 smiled with relief: "Mr. has his own reason. ” 6 "Open your eyes" as if to see with your own eyes this unfree world. “”: