retaliate

Chapter 1381

The weather is getting cold.

"It's a bit evil this year!"

Han Ji rubbed his hands and looked outside the city.

Outside the city of Yuezhou, mist curled up.A group of merchants came slowly, and the merchants couldn't help cheering when they saw Yuezhou City.

"Where did it come from?" He Lianrong asked.

The aftertaste of the war is still there, this is the first caravan to come to Yuezhou.

Someone went down to ask, and came back and reported, "It's from the Southern Zhou Dynasty."

Han Ji said playfully: "The world is in chaos, but the merchants in the Southern Zhou Dynasty are not affected at all. It is said that they are earning more."

"Money or Hengdao, which one do you choose?"

"Naturally, it's a horizontal knife." Han Ji said: "Under the horizontal knife, money is worth money."

"That's the reason. It's a pity that the rulers and ministers of the Southern Zhou Dynasty didn't understand." He Lianrong rubbed his cold bald head, "Cao Ying is in Chang'an."

"The old man knows." Han Ji smiled.

"He is a veteran of His Highness, and you are a hero of His Highness. The poor monk knows that recently, many people have been muttering about who is the number one counselor by His Highness's side between you and Cao Ying."

He Lianrong looked at Han Ji, "What do you think?"

"In terms of seniority, Cao Ying is an old man who respects the emperor and left His Royal Highness, and is loyal. But this old man doesn't like to compare his seniority with others."

Han Ji rubbed his face, "If everything is based on seniority, why do you need to do anything?"

"to be frank!"

He Lianrong patted the wall.

"To be honest... His Highness regained Guanzhong, and someone has already persuaded him to enter. But His Highness is noncommittal. But there will be a day. Once His Highness ascends the throne, what will happen to the situation in the court?"

Han Ji smiled at the corner of his mouth, "The pseudo-emperor is in court, and the power in the court is mixed. The power is divided among the powerful families, but it also gives the pseudo-emperor a chance to check and balance."

"Your Highness is not a false emperor." He Lianrong said.

"The old man knows. But what is the emperor most afraid of?" Han Ji clenched his fingers, "It's a group of harmony!"

"That's what I said. But how to do it, the emperor naturally has his own considerations."

"Leave one faction, strike another faction, turn the harmonious atmosphere into clear divisions, and then divide and conquer." Han Ji laughed: "But once this is the case, the relationship between the emperor and his subjects will inevitably become more rigid."

"You have disrupted the harmony among the bureaucrats in northern Xinjiang several times. If you make a clear distinction with Cao Ying..." He Lianrong said curiously: "The poor monk is a little curious. You are dying like this... don't worry about a certain day. Was it really killed?"

"This old man knows the bottom line." Han Ji was very confident.

"The poor monk has seen too many self-confident officials. Why is money like dung to me? How can I be corrupt? Why do I disdain to seek profit? Why can I walk calmly in the officialdom...But in the end, the corrupt ones go to jail , the blue sky of the drilling camp is going straight up, and the calm is burnt out."

He Lianrong sighed: "Be careful, don't overdo it."

"I don't worry about this." Han Ji said with a smile: "As the overall situation gradually becomes clearer, the pattern of the court will gradually take shape in the future. His Highness is also observing. Look, the three of Liu Qing will not talk about it, Pei Thrift is neither group nor party, but Jiang Cunzhong and others are faintly forming a group..."

"The three of Liu Qing have too much prestige and too much power!"

"Yeah! So..."

"So someone has to restrain them. And you, Han Ji, just want to be this early bird?" He Lianrong shook his head, "You have a good heart, but be careful that there will be no good end. After all, the emperor is ruthless."

"The emperor is ruthless, but His Royal Highness is different." Han Ji said: "Look at Cao Ying, after all the troubles at the beginning, another lord would have dealt with him long ago. At least, he should never use it. But His Highness just left him in the The local government is an official, and then let him sit in Chang'an. Master, think about it, three people in Tao County, one in Chang'an, who is older?"

He Lianrong touched his bald head, "Your Highness is the biggest!"

"That's right, hahahaha!" Han Ji laughed loudly, and said later: "Beijiang used to be His Highness's entirety, but now it is just a corner of the world. His Highness has never used Cao Ying, and many people think that this person is finished after that. But who It is conceivable that His Highness would keep such a move. As soon as Cao Ying came out, a check and balance pattern was established. I bet that many people in Tao County would be full of praise and frustration for His Highness's move."

"How many people are waiting to go to Chang'an, and how many people guess who is qualified to sit in Chang'an under His Highness. Only Liu Qing is one of the three. Once Cao Ying comes out, with his qualifications and background, who can question it?"

The two looked at each other.

"His Royal Highness is acting more and more unpredictable."

……

"The area north of Shizhong Tang Xu, the old man was confused for a while..."

In the governor's room of Yuezhou Prefecture, Li Xuan was drinking tea, and Jiang He'er was sorting out the documents beside him.

Standing in front of him was Shi Gongming.

Because of his awakening at the last moment, Shi Gongming was regarded as a voluntary surrender, and his treatment was much better.For example, living alone, at least on the surface, no one follows.

He has always wanted to see King Qin, not for anything else but for the future of his son Shi Jian.

But as soon as the army rested, Li Xuan had more things to do, until today he had no time to see him.

"Confused?" Li Xuan put down his water glass, "Chen lost his deer, and the whole world chased him. As Yandong's envoy, your heart is moved."

After being exposed, Shi Gongming blushed, "Yes, but it's mainly because of Shi Zhongtang's bewitchment."

"Gu is very pleased that you can surrender."

Li Xuan's words made Shi Gongming happy.

But when he looked up, he found some regret in Li Xuan's eyes.

What does this mean?

"The old man only wants to be a rich man, but the dog... the old man dare not say that the dog is loyal to His Highness, but he is a bit reckless."

Reckless people, subdued and easy to use.

Shi Gongming felt that what he said was impeccable.

Moreover, he also thought about it for King Qin.

The army of the Northern Frontiers was resting in Yuezhou, and the next step would probably be to go south to attack Shi Zhongtang.To attack one side, we must start with civil and military forces.

The so-called subduing soldiers without fighting can be reused by Shi Gongming's son King Qin. Those officials and generals in southern Xinjiang are still waiting to be buried with Shi Zhongtang?

Everyone, come down now!

Li Xuan took a look, "Got it."

Han Ji came in from the door, "Shi Gong, please."

The king of Qin was very busy, so he began to review the documents in a flash.

"The old man is leaving."

Shi Gongming didn't know what the King of Qin meant. After he went out, he saw Han Ji smiling and handsome. He thought that he was the confidant of the King of Qin, so he asked tentatively, "The dog is quite dull. I thought I could lead the horse on duty for His Highness at least... ..."

"Your Highness, your son will naturally use it according to his ability." Han Ji looked at him with a half-smile, knowing that Shi Gongming felt a little resentful in his heart, and felt that he was willing to surrender at any rate, and he only wanted his son's future, so it shouldn't be considered greedy. !

"After defeating Shi Zhongtang, we have some disputes about the next step. One is to strike while the iron is hot and go south to attack the rebels in southern Xinjiang. The other is to go east and attack you Shi Gongming. At that time, most of them agreed to go south."

This was a secret at the time, but it has lost its meaning now.

"Later, I asked His Highness for instructions, and His Highness said..."

Shi Gongming's heart moved slightly, knowing that King Qin's statement must contain his attitude towards himself.

"Your Highness said that Shi Zhongtang's rebellion caused the country to be in turmoil. If Wugu, how many people in the world are called kings? How many people are called emperors?"

Shi Gongming only felt a fever in his back.

He is one of them.

"Your Highness said that if you want to clean up the old mountains and rivers, one of them is conquest, but when the army passes by, many people's homes are ruined, and many fields are barren... I can't bear to be alone."

Shi Gongming sighed: "Your Highness is merciful, but one will come after all."

"That's right! This old man thinks so too." Han Ji nodded, and when Shi Gongming was secretly happy, he said:
"Your Highness said that there is only one way."

"Your Highness's method must be extremely clever." Shi Gongming flattered King Qin.

"That is." Han Ji said:
"His Royal Highness said that people's hearts are fluctuating and ambitious, so they should kill chickens to make an example to monkeys."

Shi Gongming's cheeks trembled, "Your Highness..."

"His Royal Highness said, destroy the eastern border, behead Shi Gongming, and spread the head everywhere, so as to frighten the disobedient officials."

……

After Shi Gongming returned to his residence, he stayed in the room until night.

"Aye!"

Shi Jian came to invite him to dinner and opened the door.

Shi Gongming's face was pale and he was trembling.

"Aye, are you sick?" Shi Jian asked.

Shi Gongming shook his head and held his son's hand.

"You and my father and son almost became the chicken under the sword of King Qin!"

……

For Li Xuan, Shi Gongming's surrender made him a little troubled.

Without the chicken, he targeted Shi Zhongtang.

The army is resting, and the intensity of training is gradually increased every day.

"Where are the reinforcements?"

Li Xuan asked.

"It's almost there." Jiang He'er found a document and handed it to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan glanced at it. It was sent by the Northern Xinjiang Express Horse, and the specific situation of the reinforcement army was written on it.

"Your Highness, someone suggested that the people are still in panic after the war, so you can reward the people with money and food to calm people's hearts."

Jiang He'er handed over another document.

The King of Qin didn't even look at it, and said, "People's hearts can't be appeased by money and food. This person is pedantic."

"Then what should we do?" Jiang He'er said: "The common people are ignorant, and they don't know much information, they make their own cars behind closed doors, and they all speculate.

The world was in chaos, and the false emperor went to Shu. Many people still thought he was Zhengshuo.There are also people who worry about calling back and forth, repeating the mistakes of Chen Guo's last years. "

In the last years of the Chen Kingdom, the world was full of wars, and the grass-headed kings from all walks of life fought each other, and in the end, ten rooms were empty.

The words passed down from generation to generation... In troubled times, people are not as good as dogs.

"Lonely, the world will not be chaotic!"

King Qin tapped the desk lightly with his fingers.

"In troubled times, the army can make people feel at ease. Let the reinforcements show the demeanor of my northern Xinjiang athletes!"

……

The news reached the reinforcements who were less than fifty miles away from Yuezhou.

The reinforcements are fifty thousand.

Under the current general trend, it seems that there are not many, no, it is too little.

According to many people, the king of Qin should raise a large army to attack everywhere.

For example... How about we have an army of 20 first?
If recruiting is done according to the method of recruiting strong men, then it is no problem to form 20 reinforcements in northern Xinjiang.

However, the northern border army is well-equipped, and the soldiers are paid well. The most important thing is that the king of Qin has rules, and the sergeants who are not well-trained are not allowed to go into battle.

Therefore, the size of the Northern Xinjiang Army cannot be expanded at once.

The marching army was mighty, approaching Yuezhou fifty miles ahead, and more than ten miles away behind.

The entire army is deployed in strict accordance with the various elements of wartime marching, scouts, forwards, and the central army...

Nothing messy.

According to the rules of the Northern Xinjiang Army, new soldiers must be brought by old soldiers.In other words, this army is based on old soldiers as the core, supplemented by a large number of new soldiers.

The scout received the messenger and took it with him to the Chinese army.

"His Royal Highness orders."

Several generals saluted.

"Let the reinforcements show the demeanor of my northern Xinjiang athletes!"

"Leader!"

……

Unlike northern Xinjiang, the military and civilians in the south have more complicated views on the false emperor.

Li Yuan and his sons have been targeting Northern Xinjiang since they ascended the throne, and they will become more ruthless as they go to the back. Therefore, when Li Xuan, who destroyed Beiliao, the old enemy of the Tang Dynasty, revealed his identity, his support in Northern Xinjiang was almost one-sided.

New hatred and old hatred!
Let's pay for everything!

This is the idea of ​​the soldiers and civilians in northern Xinjiang.

In the eyes of the soldiers and civilians in the south, Li Mi, the false emperor who had ruled the Tang Dynasty for 15 years, was still orthodox... That kind of inertia and fear of authority made them look at the northern army very complicated.

"King Qin is not bad, but the world is in chaos. We have to rely on His Majesty!"

After Yuezhou was recovered, it quickly returned to normal.

Farmers come to the field to see if they have nothing to do, and think about next year's cultivation.

More than a dozen farmers squatted on the ridge of the field and muttered.

"If His Majesty is here, who in the south will not be convinced?"

"Hey!"

The crowd sighed.

Da da da!
The sound of hoofbeats came.

The farmers looked up at the official road on the left.

Rows of cavalry were galloping in order.

Under the distinctive armor, there are resolute faces.

The cavalry is mighty and continuous.

More than a dozen farmers were stunned.

"It's reinforcements!"

"many!"

After the cavalry came the infantry.

Puff puff!
The sound of neat footsteps shook the ground.

The farmers couldn't help standing up and standing with their hands tied.

The neat array, the majestic soldiers, can't help but make people feel frightened.

Someone is trembling.

Someone tremblingly said: "My lord, this is... this is King Qin's tiger and wolf teacher!"

A farmer blinked: "But we are under the rule of King Qin!"

In a situation of great chaos, what can make the people feel at ease?
Not money!

It's not Zhengshuo.

Rather!

Army!

When the army was gone, someone asked the farmer who said Li Mi was Zhengshuo, "Zhang Lao Wu, who is Zhengshuo?"

Elder Zhang blushed, "Naturally... naturally His Highness!"

……

"There is no reason to talk about in troubled times, only fists!"

At the top of the city, Li Xuan saw reinforcements.

The sound of footsteps shook the earth, and the people in the city heard the sound and went out.

"It's the army coming!"

someone shouted.

Puff puff!
The sound of neat footsteps was getting closer.

Finally stopped outside the city.

Fifty thousand troops knelt on one knee outside the city.

"I have seen Your Highness!"

(End of this chapter)