burning nations

Chapter 142 Tong Guan Recommended Jiedu

On August 42, 8, night, late at night, the mighty military flag of the Zhagu army floated in the cool breeze, and the bright lights in the tent of the shogunate lit up the tall and straight figure of the old man, who was writing squares and squares with his old hand full of scars. The good words, sleepless, like an inexhaustible oil lamp, dedicated to his benefactor, His Majesty Zhao Ju, the Emperor of the Empire, until he died.

The long beard swayed with his body, and after finishing writing a memorial, Tong Guan nodded in satisfaction, appreciating the good words on the paper.He came from the palace, and served Zhao Ju all the year round. Zhao Ju's part-time job was a famous calligrapher in the empire.

Speaking of which, Tong Guan is really amazing, he can grow a beard without his descendants, and his beard almost catches up with Zhu Xiangting's five-strand beard.
Suddenly the curtain was lifted, and a burly general walked in respectfully, and stood in front of Tong Guan.With a Chinese character face, sharp eyes and sword eyebrows, and a thick beard on his lips, he looks very dignified.

"See Enxiang."

The man's name is Wang Ting, and his name is Tingchen. He is the general of Longxiang and the commander-in-chief of the Shengjie Army. He is 40 years old and a Taoist in Hedong.He was originally a small soldier in the army, but he was picked up by Tong Guan to be promoted to the army. He has made great achievements in battle and is a well-known tiger general in the empire. He can hold a 120-jin meteorite iron Yanyue knife on the horse and rotate like flying. From this aspect, Lin Yangcheng's younger brother up.

But what is regrettable is that this tiger general has a bad reputation. Because of his relationship with Tong Guan, Donglin party members often discredit him, making his reputation notorious.

"Courier, haven't you rested yet?"

"Enxiang is still working hard, how can I covet rest and neglect work!"

Tong Guan smiled kindly: "Sit down and talk."

"This old man was rewarded by His Majesty before leaving Beijing. I used a lot of pastry sugar. Try it."

"The last general is daring"

Wang Ting ate unceremoniously, and Tong Guan expressed his pleasure with a smile on his face.

It seems that Tong Guan does not treat Wang Ti as a pawn under his command, but as his own son
"Yin Ye is here, do you have something important to do?"

Wang Ting interrupted and swallowed the pastry: "There is indeed an important matter, return to Enxiang, it has been confirmed that General Wang Ma surrendered to the enemy, and he will kill himself because of the humiliation."

Tong Guan was startled and let out a sigh.

"The five armies of Shengding, Shengcai, Shengli, Shengwu, and Shengtao, Qingzhou soldiers, and soldiers and horses from the villages in Helan Shanxi, 20 people have gone through this battle ten to seven or eight times, and they need to mobilize troops from other places to fill the gap. Border defense."

"However, I feel sorry for Brother Yanqing. Back then, we joined hands to rescue Ye Litu Gona. We broke the iron man and became famous all over the world. I don't want to see it today."

"Tingchen, right now Liu Yanqing died in battle, and there is no one in Longyou to take care of him. In your opinion, among the many famous generals of the empire, who can be worthy of commanding the military forces of Daozhou in Longyou?" Tong Guan asked sadly.

How can this kind of thing be discussed by courtiers?But obviously this is not the first time, Wang Ting made a bold speech.

"Enxiang, there are many famous generals in the empire, but if the name and reality complement each other, there are Lei Yu, Shi Bing, Huangfusong, Dong Cang, Xian Yutong, Liu Ping, Ren Fu, Chai Gan, Zhong Hao, Zhong Ti, Yao Gu, Zheke, Bao Chao, Xu Xi, Wang Huan, Mei Wei, Wanyan Dan, Yang Wen, Chen He, Kong Xi, Lu Jia, Qi Xing, Duan Jiong, Zhang Wen, Wu Qiao, Luo Ta, etc. 40 people, the number is quite a lot. I am stupid, and I think most of these people are suitable."

Tong Guan asked: "Then who is not suitable?"

Wang Ting immediately replied, "Lei Yu, Shi Fing, and Wan Yandan."

Tong Guan nodded. Two were Lanhe warlords, and their attitude towards the court was not very friendly;

Wang Tinnian's list is very comprehensive, and Tong Guan's favorite people are naturally among them, especially Huang Fusong, Dong Cang, and Xian Yutong, all of whom are Northwest generals who are very respectful to the court.

But yeah.
"How about planting twigs?"

Wang Ting was taken aback.

"Growing grass? Is Enxiang planning to hire a general to grow grass? But the flowers are planted in the east of the river"

"Is the ability to plant twigs okay?" Tong Guan asked again.

"Okay!" Wang Ting replied affirmatively.

The son of a general, a soldier and horse all his life, a man of gold and iron, often has gains.Sitting in Hedong with his elder brother, he has repeatedly retreated from the army of iron men, and the reputation of bravery is widely spread even in Jintie territory.

It's okay to cultivate the ability, but he can't deal with Tongguan if he cultivates his family.

Tong Guan didn't speak, and handed him the notebook he had just written.

"Take Huangfu Song as the military defense envoy, Yao Gu as the military garrison envoy, Dong Cang as the general governor, and Zhong Ti as the military supervisor's envoy to control the military forces of Longyou Dao. Zhong Ti and Yao Gu are on the spot. Reorganized, designated as Shengcaijun and Shengwujun, transferred to Longyou Dao."

"This benefactor, planting flowers in the east of the river and planting grass in Longyou, will your majesty agree to your performance?" Wang Zhi asked worriedly, "Besides, I heard that planting grass is like a fire, so let him save the people of Longyou. Military, isn't it inappropriate?"

Tong Guan smiled wryly and said: "I originally thought of Qi Anguo, but because of Qi Pingbo, I don't think he would be transferred to the north. The rest, Zhe Ke, Bao Chao and others, have less military achievements. Huangfu Song is the most suitable, but Your Majesty It is not possible to entrust a military force to a feudal town."

"For this Jiedushi, let Zhong Ti do the work first. The right is a transition period, and we will talk about it after the war subsides. Alas, I just don't know how much Liu Qi (Liu Fasun) can learn from Naizu."

"Enxiang still wants to fight?" Wang Ting heard the meaning of the words.

"Otherwise?" Tong Guan asked back.

Wang Ting nodded: "After this defeat, we really need to win the battle, otherwise the domestic public opinion will be unfavorable. Besides, many soldiers' bones are in Hebei, and General Sun is still hanging by the river. He needs to cross the river to get the soldiers' bones back. .”

The reason why this battle was fought was because the public opinion war of the Donglin party members caused headaches for Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Wang Fu and others, in order to guide public opinion.But now they won first and then lost, and the victory of regaining Siqingzhai was a vain victory.

Tong Guan didn't say anything, but he still had something in his heart.Liu Fa, what are you greedy for? Take back Siqingzhai and stop the army, why do you want to cross the river!

"By the way, Enxiang, you asked the subordinates who paid attention to pay special attention." Wang Jin suddenly remembered what Tong Guan had ordered before.

Tong Guan regained his energy: "How is the situation?"

"Lin Zhizhai's subordinates are all strong men, and there are many iron men who have surrendered, but there are no women."

"No?" Tong Guan said slightly, "What about Tan Yang's side?"

"A total of twenty and one cavalry, all of which are cavalry of the Tan family." Wang Ting did his homework, "The soldiers who came back from crossing the river were inspected, and there were no daughters."

"Not at all?" Tong Guan was momentarily confused.

[Maybe her disguise technique is too good, maybe this girl has already left. What kind of magical power does this girl have?Qi Pingbo's adoptive daughter, Liang Shicheng, who has no roots, also cares about her? 】

"Forget it, the most urgent thing is the war, this time we can't lose again!" Tong Guan said, "Send more scouts to investigate, don't relax."

"My promise!" Wang Bao clasped his fists in response.

(End of this chapter)