Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1064 Preparations for the Second Wave
After delivering the supplies, Wang Tuan returned to Xingzhou first.

At present, the Jinglue Army is scattered in the three places of Xing Mingci and needs people to serve it. The State Army is being formed intensively, which is also a lot of things. I am afraid that Lao Wang will not have much time to delay in Beizhou.

Before leaving, he had a special opinion on Lu Huaizhong, admonishing him to be softer and not to offend Wei Bo too much.As for whether it will work, only God knows.

Wang Pu and his party left two days later.

Before leaving, they received another wave of rewards, and everyone was beaming with joy.This is really a fat job. Who would not be happy to get a lot of money while running errands?

On September [-]th, they quickly packed their bulging bags and returned to Luoyang.

When passing through Xingzhou, Wang Pu originally planned to visit the governor Wang Tuan again.However, it was rumored that a large number of Chengde soldiers and horses were mobilized in the direction of Zhaozhou, intending to go south, so Xingzhou closed the city gates in broad daylight, so they gave up.

On the third day of October, Wang Pu arrived in Cizhou.

In the direction of Luzhou in the west, the Jin army came down the mountain, nicknamed "Scattered Army" and "Khitan Zhi". They fought fiercely with a part of the Economic and Strategic Army in Fukou Town and Zhaoyi County, and were defeated.However, Wang Pu was still terrified and ran all the way to Weizhou.

As a result, when they passed Huaizhou, another Jin army came down the mountain.

I heard that it was the newly formed Huangjia Army in Tingqian, that is, the new army after the rout of the Fifth Academy Army and Ding Zhuang in Wu'an County. Box knocked back.

The nearest battlefield was only a few miles away from them, causing Wang Pu to run wildly for three times.

So far, Wang Langzhong was frightened by the warriors.

The real battlefield is full of dangers, and if you don't pay attention, you will lose your life.It's ridiculous that the saint doesn't understand what war means at all, and he doesn't understand what it means to have an army that can fight and fight. That is a huge force that can change everything. How many armies does the saint have?What can I do?
Wang Pu, who received some martial arts education, returned to Luoyang on October [-]th.

On the [-]th, the Shuowang Dynasty will be held.

The court meetings of the country are divided into three categories: Dachaohui (major festival), Shuo (first day of each month), Wang ([-]th of each month) and Changchao.

The first two are the Great Court Meeting, and "everyone with a civil and military service of the ninth rank or above in the capital" must participate.

Today's court meeting is nothing serious, and the content of the discussion is neither painful nor itchy, and it almost makes people drowsy.After the dynasty was over, the sage called a group of so-called confidants into Liri Pavilion to discuss matters alone.

"Wang Qing, how do you go?" the saint asked impatiently.

"Your Majesty." Wang Pu said with a smile on his face, "Shao's bandits are rebellious in Hebei, and everyone scolds them. When I arrived in Beizhou, Xia's bandits plundered Fang City and killed them wantonly. , all agree to fight to the death, and don't teach Xia thief how to live."

After hearing this, the sage was not worried about the tragic situation of the people in Beizhou described by Wang Pu. In fact, it was too abstract for him to understand. He was only happy that Xia Bandit met strong resistance in Hebei.

"There are many righteous men in Hebei." The saint said happily.

Lu Guangqi frowned when he heard this, and asked, "If Xia's bandits slaughtered the city and the counties were terrified, would they all surrender?"

Lu Guangqi is experienced. He knows that many generals in ancient times like to use this trick to intimidate other cities so that they dare not resist resolutely, reduce their own casualties, and at the same time quickly attack the city and seize the territory.

Of course, he failed to specifically analyze the actual situation in Hebei, which also depends on the local atmosphere.In some places, the more you slaughter, the angrier they will be, and the more they will attack you.

In history, Liu Rengong led a [-] Youzhou army to attack Beizhou and fall into the city.In fact, the defenders of Beizhou faced Hebei's "own people" from Youzhou, they were half-pushed and half-hearted, and they didn't fight well.But Liu Rengong was dazzled by the victory, and indulged the soldiers to burn, kill and loot, killing more than ten thousand households of men, women, old and young in Beizhou city.

Wei Bo was shocked by such a cruel method, and then resolutely resisted, desperately fighting to the death, Liu Rengong never took down any city, and was defeated by Wei Bo and the Xuanwu coalition army. Go back and recruit new recruits, struggling to resist the fierce offensive of Liang Jun.

"It doesn't matter." Wang Pu said with a smile: "I think the thinking of the Shao thief should be to uproot Wei Bo, not simply accept the surrender. This will inevitably arouse the resistance of the Wei people, the war will be protracted, and the soldiers will be exhausted. What will happen next is still unknown."

He said "it's still unknown", judging from what he meant, he almost said that Xia Bandit was going to be defeated.And everyone also understood the hidden meaning in his words, and they were overjoyed, as if Wei Bo was no longer that thorny "rebellious fan", but a fan town loyal to the imperial court.

"Three copies of the book, Shao thief can be suspicious?" After the sage laughed, he asked the most concerned question.

"Your Majesty." Wang Pu said with unabated joy on his face, "Shao Thief didn't become suspicious, and he rewarded him with a lot of money and goods. I waited for a group of more than ten people, and each got hundreds of money and silk."

As soon as these words came out, the hall was filled with a happy atmosphere, and all the officials congratulated the saint one after another.

The sage's face was flushed abnormally, and he was obviously very excited, only to hear him ask: "Wang Qing, from your point of view, if Shao thief is called into the palace at this time to reward and give a banquet, will he come? "

When Wang Pu heard this, he shook his head again and again, and said: "Your Majesty, I think that Shao thief is certainly happy at this time, but he has not completely relaxed his vigilance."

The saint was a little disappointed.

From his heart, it would be great if he could trick Shao Shude here at this time.Don't give away some famous items lightly, because objectively it will increase the power of the powerful ministers, create an impression that this person can replace the emperor, and digest all possible backlashes in advance, so that the powerful ministers will have less resistance when usurping the throne. smooth.

But the sage also knew that Shao thief was old and cunning, so he was not so easy to trust.If you are reluctant to give benefits, things will not be accomplished.

So he asked again: "In Wang Qing's opinion, when should the next decree be issued?"

The so-called "next decree" is to grant Shao Shude the chancellor of the country, the general manager of Baikui, and the towns of Shuofang and Xuanwu as the affairs of the Xia Kingdom, which is generally the "standard allocation" for a powerful official of his level.

And this Xia Kingdom is also a serious state of splitting the earth, which has never appeared in the history of the country.

During the Anshi Rebellion, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi made such great contributions, but they were only crowned county kings and given food to the city, and it lasted for one generation, and the next generation could not inherit the title.

If this bait is thrown out, the bandit Shao should believe it, right?
Wang Pu pretended to think for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, I think Shao thief likes to be hypocritical. Once this decree is announced, he will definitely refuse it. Your Majesty must firmly ask him to accept it, so he will accept the decree. If so, then it is not too late, the imperial edict should be issued at the beginning of next month, and I am willing to go to the owl's nest again to deal with the Shao bandits."

The sage was very moved when he heard this, his voice was a little choked up, and he said: "This matter depends on Wang Qing."

Wang Pu was also moved to tears, and said: "If you eat the king's salary, you should be loyal. Shao's thief, who is rich in the country, is an extremely noble man. He doesn't want to repay the holy grace, but he is obedient to his ministers and plots rebelliously. The ministers often think about it. In other words, I can’t sleep at night, wishing to sleep on my flesh and blood. A little fatigue is nothing!”

The saint was more and more moved.

Lu Guangqi, Dugu Sun, Liu Can and others were slightly jealous.Especially Liu Can, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, wished that he was the one who was appreciated by the saint at this time, but he had no choice but to plan secretly how to gain the favor of the saint and manipulate power.If it doesn't work...

After the discussion was over, the sage left a few people to have lunch at the Liri Terrace.

The meal is very rich. According to Xiao Huangmen who delivered the meal, Daren, Henan Province, has a bumper harvest of corn and wheat this year.In addition, after the Guozhou pasture was rectified, three thousand pigs and sheep were offered as royal food; Sinong Temple caught thousands of catties of fat fish in the garden of Shendu Garden, which was extremely delicious.According to folk rumors, this is all the virtue of King Xia.

When the sage heard this, his mood suddenly deteriorated, and his desire to speed up the implementation of the plan became more and more urgent.

After the meal, the palace people cooked the Huainan tribute tea presented by Yang Xingmi, and the saint continued to discuss matters with several people.

"The soldiers and civilians of the Xingyuan Mansion came forward to persuade Zhuge Zhongfang, the Jiedu envoy, how should we deal with this matter?" the saint asked.

"Your Majesty." Liu Can was the first to jump out and said, "This matter is dog eat dog, just pretend you don't know."

"As a Hanlin scholar, how can you speak so vulgarly?" Lu Guangqi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, couldn't understand Liu Can's appearance of begging for luck, and reprimanded him.

Liu Can ignored Lu Guangqi at all, and said to himself: "Your Majesty, the Shao bandits want to destroy the feudal clan, everyone knows that. Zhuge Zhongfang used to be a member of the Shao bandits, and he kept making offerings to him, and he was rampant. They also secretly recruited the scattered soldiers from Jing, Xiao Jie and Yan Zu, inside and outside the city, there was a demonic atmosphere, and it was obvious that they did not want to be ruled by Shao's thieves. Just wait and see how things change, as the saying goes, dogs bite dogs, just watch how they fight."

Dugushang felt that something was wrong when he heard this, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, I heard that Chengjie, the son of the thief Shao, gathered his disciples in Sanguan, and the governor of Yangzhou summoned the state soldiers to attack from both sides. Zhongfang might be defeated. If Allowing him to be defeated will make the Shao bandits succeed, and at the same time poison the living beings, violate the discipline guidelines, and violate the heaven and earth. It is better to persuade them with the following decree."

Wang Pu glanced at Liu Can secretly, wondering what his plan was.

Seeing that Liu Can and Dugushang insisted on their own opinions, the sage hesitated.

After thinking for a while, Lu Guangqi said, "Your Majesty, it's better not to interfere in this matter. It's important to get rid of the Shao bandits right now, and you can let go of other things. If you order to persuade, Shao bandits will be furious. It's all for nothing."

As soon as the sage felt reasonable, he agreed.

Then they talked about other things, and they didn't leave until the sun went down.

After Wang Pu returned home, he immediately wrote a letter and asked his confidant servants to leave the city at night and send it to Weizhou.

He felt that this matter involved Shao Chengjie, the eldest son of Prince Xia, so it was of great importance.

The location of Shannan West Road is extremely critical.If you get it, you can use your troops to suppress the middle of Shu and attack the east and west rivers.Moreover, the leading general is nominally the son of Prince Xia, or he has the intention of tempering himself, so he can't be careless.

Zhuge Zhongfang is so ignorant!Given the relationship between the Yi family and the King of Xia, why beat life and death?

There are so many ignorant warriors in the world that they have turned into what they are now. It's really not a pity to die!

(End of this chapter)