Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 81 The army is finalized, the beggar shows off his prestige (fourth update, please subscribe!)
Royal Palace.

In the main hall, all the officials were discussing something in a low voice.Judging by their expressions, it seems that they are not very optimistic.

Not long after, Emperor Qingxiang arrived with the support of Fu Chengyang and sat on the dragon chair.

All the officials bowed their heads. This is a rule. Ministers are not allowed to look directly at the emperor, otherwise they will be considered as suspected of wanting to assassinate.

But many officials still caught the look of Emperor Qingxiang in their eyes when they lowered their heads.

The first word that came to their mind was haggard.

Emperor Qingxiang, who was still rosy a few days ago, is now pale and haggard. It can be seen how troubled Su Yuan's matter has made him, and he probably hasn't slept well for a few days.

At this moment, when Emperor Qingxiang sat down firmly, Fu Chengyang also stood aside, looking at the ground expressionlessly.

Emperor Qingxiang glanced at the group of officials, and said: "My dearest ministers, now that the appeal against the traitors has been issued, it's time to raise troops against the traitor Su Yuan. Which general is willing to lead the army?"

"..."

The military officers were all silent for a while, and they looked at each other, and they could see each other's lack of confidence.

Emperor Qingxiang raised his voice and said: "Speak up! Everyone is usually very proud, but when it comes to the critical moment, they are silent!"

The military officers couldn't help complaining secretly, it wasn't that they didn't want to take over this campaign, but that the conditions were really bad.

The news from Mozhou has already spread that Su Yuan has 20 troops plus troops surrendered, and the most terrible thing is that tens of thousands of them are cavalry!

These cavalry are all brave and good at fighting, and they are too invincible on the terrain of Mozhou, which is dominated by the Great Plains.

If they go to attack, they have to break through the gate of heaven first, and this step alone will cost a lot of troops.After breaking the level, there is a plain. If you want to regain Taiyuan, you will inevitably have to fight a fierce battle with Su Yuan's cavalry army.

What the military officers thought in their hearts was that they would need at least 40 to [-] troops to have a chance to retake Mozhou.

With Dazhou's current military strength, it is not difficult to assemble an army of 40 to [-].But he was afraid of losing the battle. Once he lost, he would die on the battlefield. If Emperor Qingxiang got angry, even his family might be implicated.

As for the certainty of victory... Su Yuan's impressive record is there. Starting from Beifeng City, he broke through Beijiang Camp, Wansheng Camp, and Taiyuan City. He has no defeats all the way. Every battle is a complete victory or even no battle. And win.

Faced with such a record, no military officer dared to say that he was sure of victory.Therefore, facing Emperor Qingxiang's questioning at this moment, they had no choice but to watch their noses and mouths, and pretended that they couldn't hear it.

Emperor Qingxiang was so angry that he slapped the armrest of the chair, and said angrily: "Idiots! A bunch of idiots! That Su Yuan is just a child under twenty years old. None of you dare to fight. What use do I need you! Come on, Pull them all out and cut them off!"

"Your Majesty, forgive me—"

The military officers all knelt down and begged for mercy, and the civil servants also shouted "Your Majesty, calm down".

But this undoubtedly could not appease Emperor Qingxiang's anger.

At this moment, Prime Minister He Zhongping stood up and said: "Your Majesty, although Su Yuan is young, his father Su Tufeng, King of Zhenbei, is proficient in the art of war. This Su Yuan may have learned a lot, so he is not easy to deal with."

"In addition, there is a dangerous pass in Mozhou, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Then Su Yuan has tens of thousands of cavalry, and the Mozhou army that was recruited and surrendered may have a strength of 20. If you want to attack by force, you must form an army of at least 30. Army."

"What's a mere 30!" Emperor Qingxiang said, "Why don't I have a million-strong army? Lu Guang, you immediately prepare a large army of food, grass, military equipment and other supplies for me!"

Lu Guang, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, came out with a troubled face: "Your Majesty, I wish I could make the preparations right away. But the money still needs the cooperation of Lord Wang..."

Wang Xigui, Minister of the Household Department, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the remaining silver taels in the Household Department are really not enough to temporarily raise an army of hundreds of thousands."

One pushed two, two pushed three, the embarrassing attitude of the officials made Emperor Qingxiang's cheeks flushed with anger, and he was almost out of breath.

He Zhongping quickly said: "Your Majesty, instead of forming a new army, I think it's better to call in a general who is good at fighting, draw some soldiers from the capital, add the Qingzhou Army, and let the general lead the crusade against Su Yuan."

The capital is located in the north of the east, and Qingzhou is separated from Mozhou.

This is also the reason why Emperor Qingxiang was so anxious. When Su Yuan conquered Mozhou, he was in a condescending position to the capital.

If his army marches eastward, once Qingzhou falls, the capital will be almost undefended.What to do with him as the emperor?Could it be that he abandoned the city and fled?

This is absolutely unacceptable to Emperor Qingxiang.

In the hundreds of years since the founding of the Great Zhou, the fall of the capital has never happened, and he will never allow such a thing to happen in his generation.

Therefore, after listening to the prime minister's suggestion, Emperor Qingxiang nodded and said: "Qingzhou has 30 soldiers, and another 45 will be requisitioned. I will transfer another [-] soldiers from the capital, and send [-] troops!"

"As for the leading general...call Li Shengtian back and let him lead the army!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Everyone shouted in unison.

The five sense organs also breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately Qingxiang ordered Li Shengtian, not them.

Otherwise, if the 45 army wins, Mobei will be pacified, and if they lose, Qingzhou will be lost...they can't bear the pressure.

But Li Shengtian is different. The Li family is a meritorious family who founded the Great Zhou dynasty.For hundreds of years, the Li family has produced more than 20 generals!

And this Li Shengtian is a talented general of the Li family's generation, who has just turned 30 this year, and he is in his prime.

Originally, he had been stationed in Chaohai all the time, and the foreign countries in the east, but now in order to "safety" first, he had to be transferred back.

"As for military expenses." Emperor Qingxiang stared at the Minister of the Household Department, "I don't care if you have money or not, you can find a way for me. If you can't handle it, I will replace you!"

"Minister, I obey..."

Hubu Shangshu Wang Xigui said with a bitter face.

After retreating, all the officials looked at Wang Xigui with smiles in their eyes, no doubt they were watching his joke.

This made Wang Xigui extremely annoyed.

45 troops, how much money is the military salary alone?Not to mention the huge consumption of military rations and ordnance.

At present, the little money in the household department can't meet such a large expenditure anyway.So, if you want to keep the hat on your head...

Wang Xigui made up his mind to discuss this matter with Fu Chengyang.You must know that the money from the Ministry of Household Affairs has often flowed to other places through Fu Chengyang's hands, and now he should also express it.

Fu Chengyang was indeed prepared.

He is currently in Concubine Yu's room, and Concubine Yu is also very worried when she hears about the war: "Brother Yang, do you think this battle can be won? I'm so worried..."

"No, I've already made arrangements." Fu Chengyang said, he told Concubine Yugui, "Listen, you go and tell Chong'er to sell some of his real estate and save money from today on."

Concubine Yugui was surprised: "Why?"

"The army doesn't have enough military expenses, so ask Chong'er to donate all the money."

"But... how much silver does Chong'er have? Even if you sell all his things, it's still not enough..."

"The purpose is not here. It's just to let Qing Xiang see that Chong'er has a patriotic heart." Fu Chengyang said lightly, "The old man's health is no longer good, I guess he will also start to seriously consider the matter of passing on the throne. gone."

Concubine Yugui's eyes lit up, and she grabbed Fu Chengyang's palm: "Brother Yang, you are right! Let Chong'er behave well, once the emperor is satisfied, maybe Chong'er will become the prince immediately!"

"Ah."

Fu Chengyang nodded, and pulled Concubine Yu into his arms.

Concubine Yu pressed her cheek against Fu Chengyang's chest, and whispered, "Brother Yang, when are you going to tell Chong'er that you are his biological father..."

Fu Chengyang's expression moved slightly, and he pursed his lips tightly.

After a while, he said in a deep voice: "Chong'er must not tell him about this before he sits on the throne!"

……

The streets of Taiyuan.

A man was holding a book, excitedly going to the school.

His name is Zhang Bai, and he is a scholar. He took part in the imperial examination last year, but failed.Only later did he know that he was not defeated, but replaced by someone else.

This is a major event that determines the fate of life!How could Zhang Bai accept it.

For this matter, he went to the government to make a lot of troubles. The officials in the front even perfunctory him a few words, but when he met him in the back, he directly beat him with a killing stick.

The government also said that if Zhang Bai went to mess around again, he would break one of his legs!

Zhang Bai was still unconvinced, but was stopped by his mother.

The old mother told him tearfully that life is more important than anything else, even fame and fame are not worth trading for.

Zhang Bai was resentful in his heart, but facing his mother's pleading eyes, he had no choice but to give up.

He knew that he, an ordinary commoner, would not have any ability to resist when encountering such a thing.The one who can replace him must be a rich man, and he can settle the matter by giving some silver to the government.

After experiencing this incident, Zhang Bai couldn't help feeling depressed.In addition, he is not young, and he should contribute to making money for the family, so he stopped reading and went to do some odd jobs every day.

But what he didn't expect was that when Su Yuan came, everything changed.

First of all, those officials who oppressed good people in the previous government were all arrested and thrown into prison.He also chopped up a batch yesterday. He was at Caishikou at that time, and he was one of the crowd.

The second is that the school started to teach free of charge, and the tuition fees that students need to pay to their husbands are all paid by Bei'an Prince's Mansion.This really made Zhang Bai ecstatic.

If the school still charged fees, even if he wanted to pick up books again, he would not have the financial ability to read them.There is still an old mother to support at home, so I really can't afford the extra money.

But now that the school is teaching for free, he has no reason to hesitate, and immediately packed up the old books at home, and is about to go to the school.

As he was walking, he suddenly felt something tripped under his feet, and his body staggered forward.The person did not fall, but the book fell to the ground.

He turned his head and saw a disheveled beggar squatting on the ground, laughing at him.

Obviously, it was the beggar who deliberately stuck out his foot to trip him.

"ill!"

Zhang Bai scolded, and leaned over to pick up the book.As a result, just as he was about to pick up a book, a black foot stepped on it.

The beggar stepped on the book and asked while rubbing the black mud on his arm, "What are you talking about? Who is sick?"

"You! Let go!"

Zhang Bai was furious, and stretched out his hand to push the beggar's foot, only to find that the beggar had great strength when he touched it, one foot smashed on the book like a pillar, and he couldn't push it at all.

"I'm sick? Are you scolding me? Everyone, come and see! The scholar scolded me!"

The beggar shouted, attracting many people to watch.

Zhang Bai couldn't push the beggar away, so he stood up with a pale face and scolded: "You beggar, what nonsense are you talking about! You were the one who tripped me first and stepped on my book!"

"Nonsense, you scolded me, why, scholars look down on beggars? If you don't give me an explanation today, don't even think about leaving!"

After the beggar's voice fell, there was only a clatter, and several beggars jumped out of nowhere from the left and right, surrounded Zhang Bai, and stared at him with malicious eyes.

Zhang Bai was a little flustered: "What do you want to do?!"

"All the young and old have seen it. You scholar scolded us beggars for no reason and despised people. You have to apologize to us men today, and you have to pay two coins to make amends. Otherwise, you won't be able to leave."

"What?! You rascal!"

"You're swearing again! Look for a beating!"

A few beggars shouted, Zhang Bai's face was horrified, when a person squeezed in from the crowd.

"Don't don't, you have something to say."

Zhang Bai looked at the man and said in surprise, "Brother Wu?"

The person who came was his old acquaintance classmate, who used to study together.The young man surnamed Wu smiled and said a few words to the beggar. He heard that he wanted two coins, so he took out two coins from his purse and handed them to the beggar.

"Brother Wu! Why did you give him money! He—"

"All right, all right, let's talk about it later." The young man was about to drag Zhang Bai away, but the beggar said, "Wait, this kid hasn't apologized yet."

"Apologize?! Don't even think about it!"

"Good boy, we men must let you take off your skin today!"

A few beggars yelled, and they were about to do it.The young man surnamed Wu lowered his voice and said: "You guys from the Beggar Clan, don't you know that this Taiyuan City has changed its owner? Are you not afraid of getting into trouble if you take the money and make such a fuss?"

"Hmm..." The leading beggar seemed to think it made sense when he heard the words, but he refused to lose face.

He said disdainfully: "The beggar gang of Liushui State Mutie, no matter how much you exchange, we men are the masters of the house. Boy, next time you don't know how to flatter you, let's see how I deal with you!"

Finally, with a word of threat to Zhang Bai, the beggars wandered away.

Zhang Bai's face was blue and purple, and he was almost furious.

But the young man surnamed Wu helped him pick up the book, and comforted him: "Brother Zhang, forget it. It's not like you don't know the beggars, they are used to running rampant in the city. Just treat it as a few wild dogs. You don't have to argue with them."

"Brother Wu's words are wrong!" Zhang Bai said, "Wild dogs bite people, and people beat them to death! They beggars bully people, so people should suffer? Brother Wu, although you gave me money, But I won't thank you, but I will pay you back the money!"

After Zhang Bai finished speaking, he rushed out, and the young man surnamed Wu hurriedly followed him: "Brother Zhang, where are you going? The academy is over there."

"I'm going to sue the officials! The prince of Bei'an said that no one is allowed to bully others in Taiyuan and Mozhou. Once there is, no matter how big or small the matter is, you can sue the officials. I will go now!"

"Hey! Brother Zhang, why are you causing trouble! The beggar gang is the largest gang with the largest number of people in the Jianghu. Do you really think that the prince of Bei'an will offend this giant beggar gang for the sake of us ordinary people?"

"I don't know, but I'll have to try to find out!"

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