The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 293
Red lanterns were hung on the palace, and the servants and stewards of the original mansion stood tremblingly under the eaves of the front yard. Several beautiful maids carrying dishes Shi Shiran walked into the middle hall through the light of the lanterns.

The central hall is bright, candlelight shines on people's shadows and cuts them on the paper windows. During the banquet, the victorious generals laughed and talked, and pulled a beautiful maid into their arms to knead and laugh.Yang Shihou just smiled at such a scene and didn't stop it. After a big victory, it's time to celebrate.

He glanced at the absent seat and asked, "Why hasn't the supervisor come yet?"

Hearing the words, the steward of the mansion hurriedly replied: "People have been sent to invite them, and they are probably on their way. This old servant is waiting at the door for the supervisor."

The old steward was originally the steward of this mansion compound. The master was driven away by Li Keyong. He was kept here because he was familiar with the servants and maids here. Now, King Jin was also driven away, and he served here again. Liang Jun in the south.

As long as life is not lost, serving anyone is not serving.

The steward murmured in his heart, and quickly stepped over the threshold to the outside, looking at the courtyard and path in the night, when he saw two figures in front of him and one behind, he probably knew who it was, walked to the side of the door and walked in. Said: "Recruit envoy, the supervising army is here."

Not long after, Geng Qing took Jiuyu into the range of the swaying lanterns under the eaves. The moment he entered the lights, he had a smile on his face, and he greeted Yang Shihou with his hands, saying, "Ma Laoche is slow, come late." Late. ’ And hand in hand with all the generals in the hall.

Among the generals, Liu Po ​​was kinder, and smiled and cupped his hands: "The supervising army is late, and you have to punish yourself with three cups."

"That's the reason!" The rest of the people followed suit and shouted.Master Yang, who was at the top, laughed and scolded a few words, raised his hand to suppress the laughter, then got up and invited Geng Qing to take a seat.

"Since the supervising army entered the city, they have been working hard in the government office?"

"Well, the government affairs in the city still have to be done. Otherwise, when the recruiter asks, how can Qing answer the questions fluently?"

A random sentence made Liu Po ​​and the others laugh out loud. Since the victory, everyone was in a good mood. Naturally, these words were heard in their ears. It was a random joke and should not be angry.

Yang Shihou also laughed and toasted.

"The supervising army has contributed to such a great victory, Yang Mou respects the supervising army!"

"The great victory was not achieved by me alone. If there were no leading generals here, how could I have entered Luzhou if I had a plan?" Geng Qing can be said to be tight-fisted. People, the relationship can be improved somewhat.

No, when Wang Yanzhang over there heard these words, he also raised his cup to respect Geng Qing: "The supervising army is serious. Luzhou has a plan for the supervising army, and we have generals to contribute. Both of them are indispensable. Offended, this cup”

As he spoke, Wang Yanzhang raised his head to finish the drink, and lit the bottom of the cup, "Supervisor, you can't save it until tomorrow."

'Ha ha! '

Geng Qing did not hesitate to raise his sleeves to pay respects to the crowd, and drank it all in one gulp, also lighting up the bottom of the cup, which attracted applause from all the generals, followed by Liu Wei and other generals to come up one by one.

After several drinks in a row, the atmosphere in the hall became lively.

After a while, Yang Shihou, who was in the first place, drank the wine that Geng Qing had offered, put down his cup, raised his hand to let the generals whisper, and then began to talk about business.

"Li Keyong was defeated and retreated to Taiyuan, and the Luzhou Gate fell into our hands, everyone." He glanced at the faces in the banquet, and also looked at the dark face next to him.

"Should I take advantage of the victory to go north to Taiyuan and take Li Keyong in one go, or go east to Hebei to reinforce Xie Tong? I heard that when Li Keyong went south, he invited Yelu Abaoji to go south together. The Khitan people are good at fighting. If the situation in Hebei is not good , is very likely to be plundered by the Hu people, and the foundation of Hebei will be damaged, which is not a good thing for the Central Plains."

Wang Yanzhang frowned: "Don't ask Liang Wang for instructions?"

"Go back and forth, afraid of delaying the fighter plane."

The generals in the army were discussing the military situation, and the servants and maidservants waiting in a row under the eaves outside the door have been driven away and replaced by the Chinese army's personal guards.In the hall, Master Yang raised his head. Everyone is also a senior general in the army. Naturally, there is a way to distinguish the military situation, but there are some things that make people entangled.

On the one hand, Li Keyong who went south was beaten back, tens of thousands of troops were lost, and Taiyuan must be empty. At this time, he went north and drove straight into Jin.

But on the other hand, the Liang army in Hebei to the east had fought for a long time before, and they had to face the Khitan heading south before they had rested. In front of the Hu people, it was not good for King Liang, not to mention that they had only won half of Hebei, so it was a bit unwilling to lose it like this.

Whether to go north to Taiyuan or go east to Hebei is in front of us. For a while, everyone has their own opinions. Fortunately, this place is not a formal military meeting. It is just a meeting between the leaders of the army. It would be best if it can be negotiated.

After discussing for a while, the atmosphere was quite harmonious, but Master Yang couldn't handle it well, so his eyes still fell to the side, and he only focused on Geng Qing, who was eating and drinking.

"The Supervising Army has always had strategies. If they don't know about this, what does the Supervising Army think?"

All the generals looked over.

Over there, Geng Qing bowed his eyebrows and lowered his eyes. When everyone's eyes were on him, he thought about it, and slowly put the chopsticks in the mouth of the bowl, wiped his mouth, and said with a smile: "I don't have any good ideas, but I just ask for advice. The envoy asked, if Qing doesn’t say what I said earlier, I’m afraid that the generals don’t plan to let me go out tonight.”

His words made the generals laugh again.

After a while, Geng Qing coughed, and tapped his fingertips on the table twice: "It is understandable to go north to Taiyuan to expand the results of the battle, but it is a bit of a gamble. Taiyuan is the foundation of Li Ke. Losing soldiers and horses, but how can there be no soldiers at home? When things come to an end, you can’t say that you will fight to the death. Once you can’t stand, it will really delay the battle. At that time, our army will be delayed for a long time, and the pressure on Luoyang will be huge.”

He analyzed the words sentence by sentence for everyone to listen to, but no one refuted them right now, and they were either carrying cups or holding chopsticks to listen quietly.

".Going east to Hebei, this place has just been conquered not long ago, and the people's hearts have not yet returned to the King of Liang. If the Khitans are allowed to destroy and plunder the population, the local natives will only think that I, the Liang Army, are nothing more than a generation of people who are experts in civil wars and outsiders in foreign wars. If you despise us in your heart, once the hearts of the people are lost, it will be very inconvenient for you to govern the country in the future."

Geng Qing's eyes swept over the crowd, all of them were senior generals in the army, and even generals like Liu Wei could take charge of their own affairs. From the analysis, it was naturally clear.

Nodding in agreement with what Geng Qing said.Afterwards, Geng Qing went on to say: "Erge surrendered from Zhou Nai, Qing put it harshly, he only saw the destruction of the Huang Chao, he had no choice but to join the King of Liang to find shelter, if the battle situation in Hebei was unfavorable and the pressure fell like a mountain, Will he vote for Khitan?"

"hiss"

During the banquet, all the generals looked at each other. They didn't expect Geng Qing's second point. If Ge Congzhou really did that, almost all the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses there were given to the Khitan people, then Xie Tong would really A single tree is hard to support, and half of Hebei will fall.

Everyone looked at the first figure.

Among the lights, Yang Shihou sat there silently, his face was cloudy and cloudy, and the hand holding the cup trembled slightly. He thought differently from the rest of the generals. As for the responsibility of rescue, Liang Wang was suspicious and violent, and he didn't know what kind of punishment would be given.

After a while, he raised his hand and drank the wine in the glass.

"Supervisor, do as you wish."

Geng Qing looked at him. In fact, there is meaning in this simple sentence. If it is not good to rescue Hebei in the future, the blame will fall on him, Geng Qing.

Afterwards, Geng Qing smiled and cupped his hands: "The recruitment envoy looked at it, but since it has been decided," he looked at the surrounding generals, "Then get the troops and horses in order, and let's take a detour to take advantage of the news of Li Keyong's defeat." Before it spreads, we caught the Khitan people by surprise!"

boom!
During the banquet, one after another figure stood up, fisted with serious eyes, and shouted in unison: "According to the words of the superintendent!"

Soldiers are very fast.

Before dawn the next day, Luzhou became hurried up and down.

Groups of troops returned to the camp for reorganization, and the vehicles loaded with food and fodder went first, and under the leadership of the natives who were familiar with the terrain, they quickly rushed to Taihang in the north. At the same time, two prisoners named Li Siyuan and Shi Jingtang also distributed dry food and followed the team. Set off.

(End of this chapter)