The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 830 Chapter 810 Nine: Tang Army Surrounds Dawangzhuang
After everyone left, Duan Wuji and Tie Niu went back to their own room, they sat at the table drinking tea, the time was not too long, the prefect of Luoyang joined in.

"You two imperial envoys, you just stay in this room, don't you think it's troublesome!
Why don't we go to Zuixianlou for a drink and have fun listening to a little song, what do you two think? "

Duan Wuji shook his head.

"Thank you, Lord Prefect, for your kindness, we brothers are both martial arts practitioners, and we are not in the mood to wander around outside!

Our two brothers are not the literati, nor will we be arty!

We can only wield sticks and swords, and we don't have much interest in other things.

Lord Zhifu, if you want to go, you should go by yourself!Let's not join in the fun. "

When the prefect of Luoyang saw that the two of them would not go, he gave up.

"You two imperial envoys, if you two don't go, what's the point of me going alone!

How about this, I will set up a table of small wine in our government office, let the three of us have a few drinks for him!

It's been so long since you've come to me, and I haven't invited you alone!
If this gets out, it should be said that I am disrespectful to my boss! "

Tie Niu grinned. .

"Master Zhifu, since you said that, then we two brothers will accept your favor, the food is delicious, we two brothers don't take it seriously.

However, our brothers still attach great importance to this relationship.

Everyone is an official in the same dynasty, and no one dares to say that no one will need anyone in the future!

Prefect, what do you say! "

The prefect of Luoyang smiled slightly.

"I said, Mr. Imperial Envoy, you two are high-ranking officials, how can a small official like me who wants to be humbled have the opportunity to serve you!

It must be an honor to be humbled if I can serve you. "

The prefect of Luoyang's heart disease has gone, and now he intends to curry favor with this Wuji brother.

Knowing that these two people are important ministers of the court, Li Shimin's big hits, the weight of these two people in the court is not ordinary!

The prefect of Luoyang knew that once these two people twisted their mouths, his prefect would be gone.

If these two people said a few good things about themselves in the court, their official career might be able to rise to the top in the future.

This subordinate flatters the superior, this has been a practice since ancient times!

If you make your immediate superiors unhappy, how many of them will be happy!

Of these people who can become prefects, which one is not a smart old man!

Duan Wuji and his brothers are also very familiar with the situation in the officialdom.

The two of them had no way to change the situation in the officialdom, all they could do was go with the flow.

When the prefect of Luoyang heard what Tieniu said, he was very happy.

Immediately ordered someone to set up a table of small wine and a dozen small dishes. After the three of them finished cooking, they began to drink.

After drinking for three rounds and eating the dishes, the prefect of Luoyang looked at Duan Wuji and his brothers and said, "You two imperial envoys, I am the next official to manage this Luoyang mansion. Although I don't have any great achievements, I am also conscientious!

However, there is such a player in this mansion, I really don't have the ability to deal with him, Xiaguan.

As a result, so many people have been hurt in this Luoyang mansion, I feel very guilty in this mansion!

Imperial envoys, you must be considerate of my difficulties as an official!

Don't take this matter as a small braid, if you hold me by then, I will be finished.

The two imperial envoys, I beg you to hold your hands high, but you must be merciful! "

Duan Wuji grinned when he heard this.

"Master Zhifu, you and I are officials in the same dynasty, we should be one.

We brothers don't play this matter, how to write the imperial court's memorial, it depends on your ability.

You know, we all lose, we all prosper! "

When the prefect of Luoyang heard what Duan Wuji said, his heart was hanging, and he immediately put it in his stomach.

"My lord, don't worry!
Xiaguan, I must be thinking about writing a memorial, to praise you two brothers!

Thank you for solving the difficulties in Luoyang Prefecture in time! "

The three people chatted while eating and drinking, increasing their mutual affection.

Everyone is planning for their future!

From then on, the prefect of Luoyang had a small banquet for two days and a big banquet for three days, trying his best to curry favor with the two brothers.

Seven days later, just after noon that day, the Luoyang General Soldier brought two people over.

After the Luoyang general soldier saluted Duan Wuji and his brothers, he stood up.

"Master Imperial Envoy, we have already found out the current situation of the bandits. Isn't that right? I have brought these two scouts over for you."

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Well! That's fine!"

Duan Wuji looked at the two explorers and asked: "Where is that thief now?

Tell me now. "

After hearing this, the two detectives immediately knelt down and replied, "My lord imperial envoy, this group of bandits is now in the northwest corner of our Luoyang city.

There is a hundred and thirty forty miles away from us, and there is a Dawangzhuang there, which is a big village!

There are at least five or six hundred households in that village, and those bandits are all living in that village! "

After hearing this, Duan Wuji asked: "When did this happen?"

"My lord, this is the news we found out this morning. After finding out the news, we rushed back quickly. Isn't it only a few hours?"

Duan Wuji immediately stood up after hearing this.

"I said, Lord Chief Soldier, how many cavalry cavalry do you have under your command?"

"Returning to the question of the imperial envoy, the cavalry under my command is 800 people.

My lord, why are you asking this! "

"What are you doing? Gather them all immediately. Within half an hour, let's set off immediately. Take all the generals under your command who can fight!

Then we can use them.

The cavalry that the two of us brought over, you should also inform them.

Let them straighten out the team immediately, and we will set off together in a while. "

After hearing this, the commander-in-chief, how dare he say anything else?Immediately turned around and led the two explorers to turn around and leave.

Duan Wuji said to Tieniu: "Brother Tieniu, pack up and let's go to the barracks too!
It's not good to be late! "

Tie Niu grinned.

"What can we brothers do? Let's go, let's lead the horses.

We haven't ridden horses in such a long time, and it's time to let them move around. "

The two tidied up their clothes and stepped out of the house, just in time to bump into the prefect of Luoyang.

"You two imperial envoys, where are you going?

Can you tell me, the officer? "

"Oh! What's wrong with this? Tanma has already seen the residences of those bandits, and we will go out immediately to exterminate those bandits."

After hearing this, the prefect of Luoyang quickly said: "My lords, just wait, I will ask the guards to lead the horses out for you.

Come on!Get the horses and weapons of the two imperial envoys, our imperial envoys are going to wipe out the bandits. "

The guards outside heard this, and immediately prepared their horses.

Duan Wuji and Tieniu went outside and got on their horses, they rushed to the gate of the Luoyang General Soldier's Yamen, the Luoyang General Soldier had assembled the team, dozens of generals and officials had arrived.

Duan Wuji saw it and said loudly: "Let that explorer lead the team and take us to set off immediately. For this more than 100 miles, even riding a horse will take two hours to raid!"

Duan Wuji and Tieniu, together with the Luoyang General Soldier, led the troops out of Luoyang, all the way northwest, heading straight for the village where the bandits were entrenched.

At this time, the sun is already westward, and it will not be long before it gets dark!
A red cloud floated in the air, it was blood red, and the weather is not too cold now, and the scene of early spring has already appeared.

It's really a cool breeze blowing indifferently, and the fields are lightly smoked!The grass in the field has grown out at some point, and there is a piece of fresh green everywhere!

Seeing this, Duan Wuji was filled with emotions, and he couldn't help sighing, "Such a good season, it's the season for spring outings, if I wasn't working as a errand, I should have gone for a few days.

This is for the official business of the imperial court, so that we will not be free!

If you don't say that time makes people old, this is not false at all!This muddleheaded and entered the spring again! "

The deputy general of Luoyang laughed and said: "Master Imperial Envoy, for a person with such temperament like you, you should be that great poet, why bother to be that imperial envoy!"

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"You don't know about this, I have proposed resignation to the emperor many times, but the emperor refused to agree, what do you think I can do!

Why don't you think of a way for me to resign my job! "

"Hey! My lord imperial envoy, you are playing me playfully!

You are so young, even if you are not an imperial envoy, you are still that prince!

There are really no talented people like you in our country!

A rare talent like you, who is capable of both literature and martial arts!

I try to get you to resign?What a joke!

Imperial envoy, please stop teasing me.

If you resign, what will we do with the rest of us waste, when the time comes, we will rely on mountains and mountains, and rely on the flow of water! "

Duan Wuji was speechless for a while, knowing that the deputy commander started to flatter him again.

The Luoyang General Soldier laughed and said: "I said Prince Duan, what my deputy said just now is not false at all!

If protracted talents like you resign, what hope does our Great Tang Dynasty have!

Even if the two of you are not imperial envoys, your status is much higher than that of our buddies!

You are so young, what kind of job did you resign from?You should work harder for the court for decades! !

When our country is completely flat, you will be relieved. "

While talking, these people hurried on their way. When the sun went down, these people rushed to Dawangzhuang, where the bandits were stationed.

Duan Wuji jumped off his horse two miles away from the village.

Duan Wuji drew out his saber and came, Duan Wuji said in a low voice: "You guys rest here for a while! Everyone, don't make any noise!

Taking advantage of the fact that it’s not too dark, I’ll go around the village and check the terrain before we talk!

Let's arrange how to deploy our troops in a while! "

"Master Imperial Envoy, it takes a long time to go around such a big village!

If you go around the village in a circle, it won't be far away if you don't have twenty miles!
After a while, it got dark, and the speed of the rotation became even slower.

Imperial envoy, what do you say!

Or you can go around on a horse, so it's faster. "

Duan Wuji shook his head.

"How can I do that? Riding a horse around the village, isn't that sending a message to the enemies in the village?

If they know we're here and take this opportunity to rush out, won't we be in trouble?
If they take advantage of this dark opportunity to divide into a dozen teams and rush out from all directions.

It is impossible for us to intercept them all, that would do too much harm to us.

Well, you don't need to say more, such a small distance, to me, that's really not a big deal! "

After Duan Wuji said this, other people didn't dare to say anything anymore.

After all, this is the same thing!

Seeing that Duan Wuji was going alone, Tieniu quickly said with a smile: "Brother, let's go together.

How lonely you are going alone!If the two of us go, there will be a companion along the way.

Do you think this is the case? "

"Well, that's alright! Brother Tieniu, let's go now.

You people give us a good look at horses and weapons, we brothers will come as soon as we go! "

The two brothers turned into a streamline and immediately disappeared into the distance. The speed was much faster than that of ordinary horses.

Everyone was taken aback when they saw it, and thought to themselves: How did these two people run so fast?

If they had been running so fast for a long time, they should be back in a short while.

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu ran forward while observing the surrounding terrain. This vast plain is very flat!It's just that there is a meandering river to the north and east of Dawangzhuang.

The river is not too wide, maybe more than a dozen feet. There is water in the river, and it flows downstream very slowly.

This Dawangzhuang is actually half surrounded by this river.

It took only half a meal, and the two of them turned back quickly. Everyone was secretly amazed when they saw it!

Xin said: This speed is too fast, we thought it would take them more than half an hour to go around the village at least!
I didn't expect it!In such a short time, the transfer was over.

This is faster than the speed of flying on the grass!
Seeing that, the Luoyang General Soldier hurried over to flatter the two of them!
"You two imperial envoys, your speed was too fast just now.

Even if the three-headed man flies on the grass, even if he runs, he is not as fast as the two of you.

Duan Bosses, just based on your skill just now, I am completely convinced. "

Duan Wuji smiled slightly.

"My lord, let's stop talking about these nonsense things.

Let's talk about business!The topography of Dawangzhuang'er has been investigated just now.

On the north and east sides of Dawangzhuang'er, there is a meandering river. There is water in the river, but there is not too much water.

My idea is that we don't want to attack them tonight. Let's set up a team outside the village first. Let's rest for one night. After dawn tomorrow, let's attack them again!

In this way, our casualties may be smaller. After all, no one is raised by his parents, and no one wants to die!

Do you think this is the case? "

The Luoyang General Soldier nodded after hearing this.

"Well! That's the thing. Who wants to die if you say that you are a good person?

My lord, divide your troops and send generals!

After dispatching the personnel, let's split up and rest!

We have also traveled for such a long time, and everyone must be tired!Let's find a place and eat a few rations of dry food, won't it be over?

It's up to you to divide the troops and send generals!

We all listen to you. "

"Alright then! Then I'll come up with a bad idea today!

Commander-in-Chief, you lead four hundred cavalry to guard the north of the village.

Lord Deputy Commander, you lead four hundred cavalry to guard the east side of the village.

My brother and I guard the south and west sides of the village.

We have agreed in advance that although this village is not small, it is not too big. If there is a war in any direction, the soldiers can be made to shout loudly. Let's gather there!

Are you all listening? "

"My lord, we all understand.

Do not worry!Those of us are not the first time to participate in the battle, we still have this experience. "

"Well! Alright then! Then let's start acting immediately!"

(End of this chapter)