Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 996 Holy Prince

Chengqian came back from hunting, proudly showing his prey to Hou Junji.

"Your Highness, the wind and snow are blowing, food and grass are hard to sustain, the soldiers are suffering from hunger and cold, and there are many complaints. Since no Tuyuhun people can be found, it is better to suspend the army and stop fighting. After the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming next year, we will gather troops to attack the Murong clan."

Xi Junmai stepped forward and held Chengqian's horse, admonishing the prince.

Cheng Qian's face darkened, and he looked at Hou Junji.

"What's going on, don't you all want to run away without fighting?"

Hou Junji angrily reprimanded Xi Junmai, "Don't be presumptuous to His Highness the Crown Prince, step down and plead guilty."

Chengqian waved his hand, and did not get off the horse. He said condescendingly to Mr. Xi, "I know that General Xi used to be a brave general under the Duke of Wei. At the beginning, Songzhou broke the seal and Diezhou defeated Tuoba. Later, he followed Duke Wei. The battle of Tuyuhun for thousands of miles is a great contribution, even the saints once said that General Hou is the best of the younger generation of generals."

"The general's brave name is well known to saints, and Duke Wei can be promoted with all his strength. Now that he is the governor of Diezhou and the envoy of the Zhenxi Army, why does he resign so easily?"

But Xi Junmai said very stubbornly, "His Royal Highness, the important affairs of the country are between sacrifice and soldiers. Soldiers are like a double-edged sword. It is sharp and can hurt the enemy, but it is also easy to hurt yourself. Therefore, you must be very cautious when using troops. Don't be careless. Tuyuhun Murong Cheng killed his brother and rebelled against the Tang Dynasty. My Tang Dynasty sent out the king's division to fight against it. Originally, the division was famous and fit the hearts of the heavens. It's just that sending troops along the way took too long and wasted a great opportunity. "

"The war opportunity is fleeting."

"We should have given Murong a fatal blow at the beginning of the rebellion with the force of thunder, instead of procrastinating like this. From early autumn to cold winter, the soldiers are still wearing thin autumn clothes and living in the cold. In the tents in the wild, there is not even enough food and fodder for the war horses, if this continues, our [-] army will be defeated without a fight!"

"Gaozu and the sage are two generations of Mingjun, and the prosperity of the Great Tang Zhenguan created by the two generations is hard-won!"

Cheng Qian squinted at Xi Junmai. This general was tall and burly, with a resolute look. He was famous for being able to fight. He was called Qin Lang's Longyou Five Tiger Generals along with Gao Kan, Liang Jianfang, Gao Zhensheng, Su Dingfang and others.

Gao Kan, Liang Jianfang, Gao Zhensheng, and Su Dingfang both served as commanders in the Eastern Palace. Only this gentleman was originally a general of the Qin Palace, and later served with Qin Lang in suppressing the rebellion. Zhongda showed his prestige, and was reused by Qin Lang, and he was promoted all the way to the post of governor, a purple-robed goldfish.

"Are you teaching Gu how to do things?"

Cheng Qian snorted coldly.

"I don't dare, I just want to advise Your Highness, don't take military affairs as a joke, this matter is not allowed to be played, if you are a little careless, my [-] army may collapse here, and the Tang Dynasty can't afford [-] soldiers loss!"

Cheng Qian asked dissatisfiedly, "Why do you think that Gu will be defeated? Why do you think that Gu will be defeated if he leads the [-] soldiers?"

"Why?"

Xi Junmai gritted his teeth, "Your Highness, please think twice!"

"ridiculous!"

Cheng Qian spat in disdain.

Xi Junmai held on to the prince's horse and tried hard to persuade him, "If Duke Wei were here, he would never let himself be in a dilemma."

"Wei Gong, Wei Gong, don't keep mentioning that person. It's true that Qin Lang once defeated Tuyuhun, but that was in the past. Now that he's not here, this war has nothing to do with him. Don't mention Qin Lang with Gu Gu. He Now it's Jinglue Lingnan and Nanzhong, not the general manager of Qinghai Helong, you, the governor of Diezhou and Zhenxi army envoy, used to be Qin Lang's old subordinate, but not now, you are a general of the Tang Dynasty, now you are under the control of Gu!"

"No!"

Xi Junmai shook his head.

"Your Highness is just the Qinghai Propaganda and Consolation Ambassador conferred by the saint. On behalf of the saint, he inspects a group, publicizes government orders, and appeases the people. In addition, the saint did not give His Royal Highness the power to control the army and command and dispatch soldiers and horses to fight. His Highness is only a comfort ambassador. But he didn't hold the post of Marshal of the March or Chief of the March!"

"The marching chief is Hou Junji, not His Highness. His Highness has no right to make advance and retreat decisions for Hou Junji! Even Your Highness shouldn't be here. His Highness should be in Shanzhou, Lanzhou, Liangzhou, Qinzhou, etc. Anywhere, it shouldn't be here!"

"The sage has not granted His Royal Highness the privilege of entrusting worship and acting with full power, and not leading military affairs!"

"presumptuous!"

Chengqian is furious!
But Xi Junmai held the horse's head and did not retreat, "Your Highness, please return to Shanzhou immediately."

"You are so courageous, Xi Junmai, who are you backing up?"

"Hou Junji, how did you bring the soldiers?" Seeing that he couldn't control Xi Junmai, Chengqian had no choice but to turn around and scold Hou Junji.

Hou also didn't expect that Mr. Xi, in front of the generals and in front of countless soldiers, dared to be so hard on the crown prince.

This also made him, the general, lose face in front of the prince.

"Come here, take Mr. Xi down, strip off his armor, surrender his weapons, remove all his military posts, tie him up, and let him be punished!"

"Who dares!"

Xi Junmai let out a loud roar, his eyes swept across.

Hou Junji's personal soldiers had just stepped forward two steps, but they all retreated involuntarily after being swept away.

"You've gone against the sky!" Hou Junji was furious.

Xi Junmai let out a cold snort, and glared at Hou Junji, "Hou, don't use chicken feathers as arrows. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers are killed here. How can you do anything wrong? Are you not afraid of saints punishing you?"

"Mr. Xi, I won't allow you to behave wildly in front of me, take it down for me!"

Generals Gao Kan, Gao Zhensheng, and Liang Jianfang took the lead and pleaded for Mr. Xi. The sub-managers each lead an army.

Talking is still very important.

Even Tuoba Chici and Xifeng Bulai, the leaders of the Qiang tribe of the party, also followed suit to intercede.

This made Hou Junji so angry that he almost fainted.

But the more so many people begged for mercy, the more Hou Junji couldn't get down. If Xi Junmai wasn't dealt with today, he wouldn't be able to order the troops again in the future.

In a rage, he pulled out the horizontal knife.

The light of the knife is cold.

His personal soldiers had no choice but to bite the bullet and stepped forward.

Xi Junmai didn't resist, "My surname is Hou, today you are majestic when you kidnap grandpa, how will you be proud when you are condemned by a saint in the future?"

"Take it off!"

The prince, who had returned from hunting, was in a good mood, but he couldn't help feeling extremely depressed when he encountered such an incident outside the gate.After entering the big tent in the camp, the more I thought about it, the more angry I became.

In particular, Xi Junmai dared to publicly question his commanding power as the prince.

Said that he was just an ambassador to comfort and appease, and had no military power, and made it clear that he was not worthy of commanding everyone, how could the young prince be convinced.

"Your Highness, please calm down. Xi Jun bought that bastard as a humble soldier who didn't understand etiquette or rules. He won several victories with Qin Lang before, and he took credit for it. He didn't even know his surname. People, there is no need to get angry, it is not worth it to get angry."

Cheng Qian turned around in the tent for a few times, but still couldn't get over his anger. He got up and took a cowhide apron and tied it around his body, then hung a rope around his neck, and hung his sleeves at both ends, showing his hands.

Picking up a sharp knife and grinding it finely on the whetstone, Hou Junji didn't say anything, this silent appearance made Hou Junji secretly startled, feeling that this person was getting more and more confused.

Cheng Qian sharpened the knife and scraped the blade with his thumb.

Then he asked someone to carry a deer he had hunted today into the tent.

Hou Junji was there watching in embarrassment that His Highness the Crown Prince held the sharp knife that had just been sharpened and began to skin the deer. The Crown Prince's skinning skills made great progress, his movements were calm, calm, and the flesh was separated with each knife.

As the knife cut across the deer's body, the deer's skin was peeled off little by little, Cheng Qian seemed to be breathing slowly and steadily, and his anger was disappearing little by little.

Hou Junji stood there watching, he didn't respond to Cheng Qian's words, he felt bored, but he didn't dare to turn his head and walk away, and accompanied Cheng Qian to peel off a piece of deer skin completely.

Cheng Qian picked up the whole buckskin and shook it, looked at his results, and finally threw it aside.

He took a cloth and wiped his hands.

"These people don't trust Gu, they all despise Gu!"

"His Royal Highness don't need to pay attention to a bunch of stupid people!"

"Even Xi Junmai dares to despise Gu so openly. Presumably Tuoba Chici, Xifeng Bulai and other party chiefs don't know how to underestimate Gu. As for Tuyuhun, they probably regard Gu as a good person now." Are you a bully opponent?"

Cheng Qian smiled.

"very good."

"That's very good. Qin Lang once taught me the art of war, and he said a lot. One of them is very good. Never underestimate your opponent. You can despise your opponent strategically, but you must pay attention to your opponent tactically. No matter how weak the enemy is, the lion must fight the rabbit with all its strength!"

"It's been hard work to behave like a dude every day, but now it seems that the effect is quite good. Even Xi Junmai has completely believed in it."

Hou Junji was stunned, what does this mean?
Could it be that the prince's performance during the journey before was all a faux pas?

It's not like, why do they look like their true colors?
Chengqian looked at Hou Junji's appearance, and laughed, "It seems that Mr. Hou and Chen are as interested in me as Xi Jun bought them."

"The minister will never dare!"

"Just dare not?"

"It doesn't matter, the only thing you need is this effect. Do you know that there is a trick in the art of war called showing the enemy to be weak?"

"What does His Highness mean?"

"Do you think I have such a big addiction when I go hunting every day and brave the wind and snow?"

"Then His Highness?"

"I was looking for traces of the Tuyuhun people, and my hard work paid off, and I found them."

Hou Junji was greatly surprised. He sent so many people to search for so long, but they couldn't find it, but the prince was found?

"Gu purposely flaunts everywhere, because he intends to fish. I don't believe that Murong Cheng can't bite such a fat bait. As Gu expected, they took the bait."

"Hou Shuai, immediately summon the lieutenant colonel and above generals to my tent to discuss matters. This battle has indeed dragged on for too long, and it's time to end it!" Cheng Qian threw down the hand towel with deer blood on it, and the corner of his mouth Upward, with a bit of a mocking smile.

(End of this chapter)