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Chapter 267
Wang Yangming naturally heard Shen Buyi's words, and Shen Guang's reaction was also in Wang Yangming's eyes.

As for Shen Buyi, the Minister of the Ministry of War, to be honest, Wang Yangming was not very happy that he came with him.

It's just that many officials in the DPRK have no confidence in the emperor ordering his governor military affairs to fight against the Tatars. Therefore, Shen Buyi, who claims to be familiar with military books and has unparalleled military skills, was pushed out by a group of civil officials and became him. The deputy of the governor.

Wang Yangming also did not expect Shen Buyi to question Shen Guang. Based on his understanding of Shen Guang, it goes without saying that Shen Guang's move was definitely to demonstrate to Cao Xiong and other generals.

To be precise, Shen Buyi wanted to use his identity to suppress Cao Xiong and others, and then take over the command of the army from Cao Xiong and others.

Although looking at the overall situation, there is nothing wrong with Shen Buyi's purpose.

After all, if you want to fight against the Tatars, you must gather all the forces on the front line. If you can't control all the soldiers and horses, you may not be able to be the commander of the three armies.

Even if Shen Buyi didn't do it, Wang Yangming would still consider how to get Cao Xiong's support, but if it was Wang Yangming who came here, he wouldn't use power like Shen Buyi to overwhelm others, or even force himself to surrender to Cao Xiong in the end. Waiting for someone to take over the military power.

Wang Yangming, who had these thoughts flashing through his mind, glanced at Shen Buyi and shook his head, saying: "Wen Fang, as the commander-in-chief of a town, Cao Zongbing naturally has to focus on military affairs at this time, how can he leave his post without permission?" .”

At first, I was worried that Wang Yangming would hold on to the issue of Cao Xiong not coming to greet him in person like Shen Buyi, but I didn't expect Wang Yangming to be so reasonable and even explain for Cao Xiong.

Naturally, Shen Guang had a good impression of Wang Yangming, the coach of the army.

Taking a deep breath, Shen Guang bowed to Wang Yangming and said, "It's not that the commander-in-chief refused to come, it was really the Tatars who raided the mighty general's troops, and my commander-in-chief is sitting on the front line to guard against the Tatars' surprise attack at any time... ..."

Before Shen Guang finished speaking, Wang Yangming stroked his beard and said with a smile: "General Cao puts the overall situation first, so this is my duty as a Ming general. What does Wen Fang think?"

As he spoke, Wang Yangming's eyes fell on Shen Buyi, who had a rather unfriendly expression.

Shen Buyi glanced at Shen Guang indifferently, then cupped his hands at Wang Yangming and said, "Since the governor said so, I naturally have nothing to say."

Wang Yangming said to Shen Guang: "Shen Shen will lead the way."

When Wang Yangming's [-] lightly dressed troops approached Luming Town, they saw the temporary earth wall from a distance.

Shen Buyi looked at the simple earthen wall, with a look of surprise and disdain on his face, he said: "It is simply irresponsible to our Ming soldiers to think of using this to resist the Tatars..."

While saying that, Shen Buyi said to Shen Guang: "Is this the defense line built by the mighty general?"

Shen Guang's complexion changed immediately after hearing Shen Buyi's words, and he looked at Shen Buyi with a hint of displeasure in his eyes.

Although the earthen wall in front of him does look crude, it is a bit too much to say that the earthen wall cannot resist the Tatars.

Didn't they delay the Tatars' attack by relying on the first earthen wall before, and even counterattacked the Tatars under the leadership of Li Huan? Even the Tatar Wanhu officials were lost in front of this earthen wall life.

But when it came to Shen Buyi, an official from the court, it sounded like he wanted to ask for a crime.

However, Shen Guang didn't react too aggressively, he just glanced at Shen Buyi lightly and said: "Yes, this is the defense ordered by the mighty general, and we waited for the soldiers to do their best to build a defense."

Shen Buyi sneered and said: "It's really playing the qin indiscriminately. It's not like there are no cities nearby. You can hide in the city, but if you insist on building some kind of earth wall in this wilderness, I will impeach the mighty general to His Majesty." It's impossible, my soldiers of Ming Dynasty can't be handed over to someone like Li Huan who doesn't understand military affairs."

Li Huan always charged forward in every battle, led them to repel the Tatars, and even captured a Tatar ten thousand household officer, especially Li Huan's invincible figure was branded on Shen Guang and other Ming soldiers. heart.

It can be said that these soldiers completely regarded Li Huan as the god of war. Now Shen Buyi questioned Li Huan in front of Shen Guang and others, and even impeached Li Huan. Shen Guang and others looked at Shen Buyi naturally. It has become quite bad.

Some soldiers who followed Li Huan to fight back against the Tatars and beheaded the Tatars with their own hands stared at Shen Buyi now, and subconsciously clenched the weapons in their hands, and a faint murderous air permeated the air.

Wang Yangming on the side is such a character, just by looking at the reactions of Shen Guang and the soldiers under Shen Guang's command, one can know the status of Li Huan in the minds of these people.

Shen Guang gave Shen Buyi a cold look and said, "I'm afraid Master Shen will be disappointed, but relying on this earthen wall, under the leadership of the mighty general, we not only repelled the Tatars. Charged, even beheaded a ten thousand Tatar official, and wiped out more than [-] Tatars in the first battle..."

As soon as Shen Guang said this, he sneered again and again, and Shen Buyi, who was looking at the earthen wall in the distance with disdain on his face, planned in his mind that he must make a good memorial to impeach Li Huan later.

Suddenly hearing Shen Guang's words, Shen Buyi screamed almost like a conditioned reflex: "Impossible, it's just a joke to want to stop the Tatars because of this earthen wall that is only one person tall. Dare to say that thousands of Tatars were wiped out, don’t it be a mighty general who, for the sake of so-called military merit, killed good men and pretended to be meritorious...”

At this moment, Wang Yangming snorted coldly and said, "Shen Buyi, shut up, do you know what you are talking about? False words, false accusations against Shangguan, do you know what the crime is?"

Wang Yangming's angry shout brought Shen Buyi back to his senses, his expression froze, and then his eyes shrank, feeling a little scared in his heart.

But he forgot that Li Huan's grade and official position were higher than him, and without any real evidence, his words could not be said indiscriminately, and if he was not careful, he would be accused of slandering the superior.

When looking at Wang Yangming, Shen Buyi saw that Wang Yangming was staring at him with displeasure.

This made Shen Buyi realize immediately that there had been rumors in the court that Wang Yangming and Li Huan were basically in the same party, and they were each other's accomplices.

It's just that Wang Yangming is a literati and Confucian, and he is also a cabinet elder. After a long time, many officials in the court subconsciously ignored the relationship between Wang Yangming and Li Huan.

Shen Buyi just ignored this point, and subconsciously regarded Wang Yangming as a like-minded person with him, so he attacked Li Huan so unscrupulously.

Now Wang Yangming's reaction made Shen Buyi realize that Wang Yangming and Li Huan were in the same party, and his momentum suddenly became weaker.

However, Shen Buyi was at least the emperor's deputy commander. Although Wang Yangming could overwhelm him, Shen Buyi was not without his followers.

There were quite a few officials who came with Wang Yangming this time, and quite a few of them were close friends of Shen Buyi.

Shen Buyi's behavior from the beginning to the end was just a manifestation of the will of this part of the people. These people were very hostile to Li Huan, and even planned how to take Wang Yangming out of the picture and usurp the power of the army commander.

Seeing Wang Yangming scolding Shen Buyi at this moment, one of the few officials who had not spoken up until now stepped forward and bowed to Wang Yangming: "My lord, Shen is just worried about the front-line military affairs, not for the mighty General, please be careful."

Several other officials also pleaded for Shen Buyi.

Wang Yangming was just trying to hit Shen Buyi, but now seeing that Shen Buyi's arrogance was suppressed, he didn't say anything more.

At this moment, a group of troops rushed over, the leader was a general in armor, just looking at the big flag with Cao characters, he knew that the person coming must be Cao Xiong, the general officer of Ningxia.

The [-] troops came, and the momentum was naturally not small, how could Cao Xiong and others not notice it.

Cao Xiong strode forward, bowed to Wang Yangming and said, "Cao Xiong, Chief Military Officer of Ningxia, pays his respects to Wang Dudu."

Wang Yangming only took one look at Cao Xiong, then nodded slightly, with a smile on his face, he stepped forward to support Cao Xiong and said, "General Cao has worked hard to kill enemies for the country, but this governor came a bit late. Already."

Cao Xiong hurriedly said: "What does the governor say? It's just the duty of the last general. Besides, if it is true that killing the enemy for the country and making great achievements, it must be the general."

Hearing Cao Xiong mention Li Huan, everyone couldn't help looking at Cao Xiong.But Wang Yangming looked straight at Cao Xiong and said: "General Cao, listen to what General Shen Shen said, the Tatars raided the troops of the mighty general, I wonder how the battle between the two sides is going?"

Cao Xiong straightened his expression, and said solemnly: "Not long ago, the sentry came to report, the general led the army, took the lead and charged forward, and personally led the troops under his command into the army, fighting with the Tatars in full swing."

Hearing what Cao Xiong said, many officials frowned.

As the commander-in-chief of the first army, instead of sitting in the center of the army, he rushed forward like a small soldier. This is not bravery, but a failure to see the overall situation.

Shen Buyi sneered even more, and said with a bit of disdain: "General Li is really a warrior on the battlefield."

Anyone who is not a fool can understand that Shen Buyi's words are not compliments, but secretly satirizing Li Huan as a reckless man, at most he can be a reckless general who can charge into battle.

Wang Yangming seemed to have not heard Shen Buyi's words, and said solemnly: "Where is the general fighting the Tatars?"

Cao Xiong pointed to the side of the earthen wall: "It's almost a few miles away. I could hear the shouts of killing before, but I don't know why, but now I can't hear them."

Wang Yangming frowned and said, "Could it be that the sentry didn't come to report?"

Cao Xiong also showed some doubts on his face and said: "The general also feels strange. Normally, the scouts sent by the general should come back at this moment, but no one has come back after so long."

Hearing this, Wang Yangming looked at Cao Xiong and said, "The scout didn't come back, so didn't General Cao send someone to investigate again?"

Hearing Wang Yangming's surprise, Cao Xiong naturally knew why Wang Yangming reacted like this. Obviously Wang Yangming didn't think he was a qualified general.

However, Cao Xiong was not angry, but felt a little more relieved. Wang Yangming was able to realize the importance of sentry, at least it showed that Wang Yangming was not the kind of nerd who didn't understand the army that he was worried about.

Taking a deep breath, Cao Xiong quickly explained: "Your Excellency has misunderstood, the sentry did not return in time, and the last general has already sent several groups of people to inquire about the news. It's time for news to come back."

Hearing what Cao Xiong said, Wang Yangming nodded slightly.

A group of people entered this simple fortress, because many of the [-] troops who rushed over were tired and sat there to rest.

But Wang Yangming, Cao Xiong and others appeared before the first earthen wall.

Most of the first earthen wall has collapsed because of the destruction of the Tartars.

But only one day passed, and the traces of yesterday's battle were still there. Even after the Tatars retreated, Li Huan ordered to sort out the bodies of the Tatars and the dead soldiers of the Ming army. However, the damage caused by the war between the two sides, the bloodstains left by thousands of Tatars killed in battle, and even the broken arms and limbs of many Tatars who were blown up by Li Huan flew everywhere.

In such a short period of time, it was good enough for the soldiers of the Ming army to clean up the dead bodies of both sides. As for those broken arms and limbs, they really didn't clean up.

So if you look around, you can see some broken arms and limbs.

Accompanied by Cao Xiong, Wang Yangming silently walked behind the collapsed earth wall, looking at the traces of the war.

As for Shen Buyi and other officials, they also followed behind, looking at the collapsed earthen wall, with such expressions on their faces, and some even smiled at the corners of their mouths, thinking of using this earthen wall to write an article to impeach Li Huan immediately. The memorial came out.

Suddenly his feet went limp, an official swayed, and subconsciously fell to the ground. One hand was pressed on something, soft and sticky. The official grabbed it subconsciously and looked at it.

It was terrible to see this, and immediately after that, an extremely shrill scream was heard: "Help!"

Chen Qi rolled and crawled, one hand was covered with blood, and his face was full of horror. The speed was simply jaw-dropping.

Everyone was also taken aback by Chen Qi's sudden scream. Qi Qi looked and saw that the place where Chen Qi fell was a collapsed earth wall, and a section of it could be vaguely seen in the collapsed earth wall. Bloody corpses.

Just now Chen Qi stepped on the corpse with one foot, her body became limp, and then she pressed her hand on the bloody corpse, the result can be imagined.

Not just Chen Qi, except for those generals who have long been accustomed to seeing various bloody scenes on the battlefield, many officials who came with Wang Yangming saw that the body was only half tattered, and almost all internal organs were beaten. In the bloody and rotten situation, I couldn't help lying there and retching.

Seeing the reactions of these civil servants, Cao Xiong's eyes flashed a look of disdain.

Shen Guang just secretly told Cao Xiong about Shen Buyi embarrassing him.

After all, Cao Xiong is also the commander-in-chief of a town. Although he has no choice but to Shen Bu doubt this high-ranking official of the imperial court, it doesn't mean that he won't hold grudges.

At this moment, seeing these civil servants being scared out of their wits, Cao Xiong naturally turned to Shen Buyi, who was pale and tried not to vomit, in a tone full of disdain: "Master Shen is really brave. Ah, I admire you at the end."

As he said that, Cao Xiong looked at the half of the corpse and said in an admiring tone: "If I am not mistaken, the body of this Tatar must have been killed by the general, and only the general killed it casually." Only in a short period of time can a Tatar soldier be blown up..."

Shen Buyi let out a wow, and finally couldn't help vomiting it out. Many soldiers around looked at Shen Buyi and the others with strange eyes.

"Reckless, reckless, all are a bunch of reckless!"

The few civil servants who almost spat out the acid water could barely stand with the support of a few soldiers, murmuring softly in their mouths.

Ignoring these people, Wang Yangming sighed softly: "Just by looking at this battlefield, one can imagine what a tragic battle took place here not long ago."

Cao Xiong sighed softly when he heard the words: "What the governor said is true, thanks to the great general personally sitting in the town, even so, our army has killed and injured thousands of people."

While speaking, the ground trembled slightly, and the faces of all the people changed when they felt such a big movement.

"Big cavalry, this is a brigade of cavalry."

Cao Xiong's complexion changed drastically, and he exclaimed.

Wang Yangming stared at the distance with a solemn expression, and could vaguely see the billowing smoke and dust coming from the distance like a long dragon.

Cao Xiong said to a general beside him: "He Wei, judge quickly, how many people are there?"

The general named by Cao Xiong didn't seem to have any special features, at first glance he looked like an ordinary general in the army.

But at this moment, He Wei stood there concentrating and calmly, as if he was judging the number of incoming enemies through the vibration of the ground.

Wang Yangming looked at He Wei in surprise when he heard Cao Xiong's words.

You must know that even if Wang Yangming's cultivation base is unpredictable, he still can't judge how many people are there?
But judging from what Cao Xiong meant, it seemed that this general was able to judge how many troops the invading enemy had through the shaking of the ground!
He Wei let out a breath, raised his head and saluted Cao Xiong, "Master Commander, if the final general did not make a mistake in his judgment, there may be more than [-] soldiers coming."

Cao Xiong's complexion changed drastically when he heard the words: "There are so many people, so the commotion is not caused by the general's troops."

Li Huan's men were only more than [-] men, but He Wei said that there were at least [-] men, and the number of men and horses did not match, so it was definitely not Li Huan's subordinates.

Wang Yangming looked at He Wei solemnly and said, "General, can you be sure?"

He Wei nodded immediately, while Cao Xiong explained to Wang Yangming: "The governor doesn't know something. He Wei can roughly judge the number of people coming from the vibration of the ground. Although it is not that accurate, it will not be too far behind. Big."

Hearing this, Wang Yangming nodded towards Cao Xiong and said, "Then the Tatars came here to kill them."

Although he was also worried about the situation of Li Huan's troops, Wang Yangming said to Cao Xiong without hesitation: "General Cao, I ordered you to immediately command the troops of the headquarters to enter the second earthen wall and fight at any time. "

Cao Xiong responded immediately and said, "The general will obey."

Wang Yangming looked at Guan Zheng beside him again and said, "Commander Guan, go immediately and gather troops to sit on the third earthen wall and support Cao Zongbing at any time."

Guan Zheng took the order with fists in his arms and left.

The army moved quickly, after a while Cao Xiong finished assigning his generals, his eyes swept away, and when he saw Wang Yangming, he couldn't help being stunned, it turned out that Wang Yangming hadn't left yet.

His complexion changed slightly, Cao Xiong hurriedly strode towards Wang Yangming.

At the same time, a few miles away, the smoke and dust billowed, Li Huan took the lead, and behind him was a group of soldiers returning from a great victory, plus more than [-] horses captured and thousands of prisoners, with flags flying, all the soldiers followed one by one. He was soaked in blood, but he was full of energy and high spirits. At first glance, he looked like a victorious teacher returning from a big victory.

Generals Xu Ying, Chen Ang, and Ren Ping followed Li Huan energetically. Xu Ying laughed and said to Li Huan while galloping: "General, we are coming back with a big victory. I am afraid that Cao Xiong and the others will see you." My jaw would drop in shock.”

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