I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 277
Snowing.

The land and the green hills are all white.

Because the Jin army had already made preparations for a long-term confrontation, winter clothes and heating items were already prepared, and they were put on after winter.

In the big camp, while clearing the snow, the soldiers held snowballs and had a snowball fight.

Standing in the camp, Tuoba Hao found it very strange to watch everyone throwing snowballs at each other, because this kind of thing would never be seen in the Qingtang camp.

The military discipline of the Jin army is strict, but after seeing it, the generals at all levels did not prohibit this kind of thing, which is a bit interesting.

Even the subordinates and tooth soldiers around Fu Jinchuan participated in it, and even Fu Liulang threw snowballs at each other in two waves.

Tian Liu was beaten several times by Ma Lin with a snowball. The stupid guy couldn't hit it accurately, but he grabbed a big snowball. He didn't hit anyone, and threw it directly across the boundary. to the top of a tent.

I was taken aback by those who were playing snowball fights together, it was a large tent of the Chinese army, and just now the commander called a few staff members and generals to discuss matters.

Then Fu Silang, who was in charge of the Chinese army's camp as the commander of the army and the marching Sima of Jiefu, came out of the tent with a dark face.

Looking at the snow on the tent, and a few squires and tooth soldiers who were on the spot in a daze, they immediately understood what was going on.

"Who did it just now?"

Tian Liu lowered his head and raised his hand.

"Twenty army sticks. Tian Liu and those who play with him, let me lead the army by myself."

After finishing speaking, Fu Shilang turned around and went back to the tent.

Tian Liu and Ma Lin also breathed a sigh of relief when they saw people entering the tent.Only twenty batons?They even feel earned.
And here Tuoba Hao also finds it a bit strange, if in the camp of the Qingtang Army, ordinary soldiers throw snowballs on the tent of the headman or the patriarch, whether it is by mistake or on purpose, they will be regarded as big If you are disrespectful, you will be beheaded directly.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Fu Jinchuan smiled after hearing his fourth brother's report: "It's okay, small punishment and big punishment."

Just now when the tent was talking about military affairs, there was a bump on the top of the tent. Several people thought it was an assassination, and the dental soldiers around the tent also jumped.

But several generals were very calm, especially Fu Jinchuan, who didn't even raise their heads.After a small episode, the discussion continued.

Zhang Gao held a letter in his hand and said: "This is the writing of Zizhou. Fang Ji, the county magistrate of Shehong, formed a regiment of 3000 people with the big gentry in the county, and built hundreds of forts in various townships. Zhang Xia led the army to invade Zizhou. Zhou was defeated by Fang Ji in Shehong County."

Fu Jinchuan became interested as soon as he heard it, "This county magistrate has some talents. Compared with the fact that the thieves first entered Sichuan, he started preparations. Yes, he is like the imperial court. Isn't there a vacancy for the governor of Zizhou? Fang Ji temporarily acts as the governor of Zizhou and also serves as the training envoy of the regiment, and then draws up a memorandum for me to recommend Fang Ji as the governor of Zizhou."

The former governor of Zizhou had just resigned because he allowed his subordinates to intimidate the people to collect money while Honglian was in trouble.It almost sparked a civil uprising, and Fu Jinchuan immediately ordered someone to take down the threshold and send him to Beijing.

And Fu Jinchuan's concurrent positions also include economic envoys, so he naturally has the right to temporarily appoint the county magistrate to temporarily act as the governor.

Xu Yinglong, the magistrate of the Jiefu said: "There are still several official ranks between the county magistrate and the governor.

Fu Jinchuan said: "It's okay, when the country is in crisis, when employing people, it's time to choose people out of the box."

In his opinion, Fang Ji's greatest achievement was not to repel Zhang Xia's Red Lotus Army, but to form a regiment and build a fortress, which proved that Fu Jinchuan and Gong Jinghan's strategy of suppressing bandits was effective.

The imperial court can fully implement it in the land of Sichuan and Chu, not just under the rule of Jiannan.

With this kind of merit, plus Fu Jinchuan's recommendation, what's wrong with a governor?
What's more, Fang Jiben was born as a Jinshi and a regular civil servant.

"What does Yang Yuchun have in return?"

Li Fazhen, who was in charge of military affairs documents, said: "No, Yang Yuchun's department set off from Qingxiguan and headed all the way to Taihe City, the capital of the Nanzhao Kingdom. The journey was hundreds of miles at least, and it was difficult to travel all the way, and the audio books were difficult. In addition , Qingxi Pass originally had only 1000 to 50 soldiers, Yang Yuchuan took away more than [-] people, and only [-] remained, should we let Lizhou and Weizhou send hundreds more troops to garrison Qingxi Pass?"

"Qingxiguan is 35 miles southwest of Lizhou. Its land is connected with mountains and valleys, with creeks and creeks. It relies on danger to close the pass. It is believed to be the only way to control the invasion of southwest barbarians."

After hearing this, Fu Jinchuan vetoed it: "Although Qingxi Pass is dangerous, it has the most narrow roads. Instead of guarding Qingxi Pass, it is better to guard Lizhou and send an order to Lizhou Governor, Sima, and Pingning Army to let them guard The city of Haozhou will do. If Lizhou is safe, then the south of Chengdu will be safe.”

"Has there been any changes in Qingtang these two days?"

Zhang Gao said: "Songzhou City and our scouts have returned. The people of Qingtang have been repairing these days, and there is no change. The battle of the previous few days, plus Gansongling and Songzhou City, Qingtang seldom said With more than 2 casualties, morale must be low now. Moreover, the Qingtang people mobilized 10,000+ people for this expedition, and they made the best of it. They needed to transfer a lot of food and fodder and consumed a lot. We are about to retreat."

"If you want to leave, you have to ask me if I promise or not."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions lifted.Since the dispatch of troops in September, it is already November.

But Fu Jinchuan never agreed to everyone's challenge.

Generals such as Shi Wannian and Su Duan could no longer hold back and wanted to fight the Qingtang people.Now Fu Jinchuan's attitude is also very obvious, that is, he wants to take advantage of the time when the food is exhausted and retreat.

Zhang Gao said: "Jie Shuai, there is a saying in the art of war, don't turn towards high hills, don't turn your back on hills, don't go against pretending to the north, don't attack sharp soldiers, don't attack bait soldiers, don't stop returning teachers...soldiers want to return, and their ambitions cannot be restrained." Now the people of Qingtang are exhausted from fighting for a long time, and they must want to return from top to bottom. If they attack when they retreat, if they arouse the death will of Qingtang people, it may not be worth the loss.”

Guo Chang also persuaded: "Yes, Marshal Jie, the soldiers are out, everyone wants to return, if the road is blocked, it will be a death battle."

What Zhang Gao and Guo Chang meant was not that they could not pursue, but that they should not wait for the enemy to retreat before cutting off their way back. In this way, if the Qingtang people fought desperately, even if the Jin army could win, the losses would inevitably be huge.

After the Qingtang people, the Jin army had to face the Red Lotus Army in central Shu.Therefore, in this battle, for the overall situation, it is best to force the Qingtang people back without any losses, and then return to Chengdu and go east to destroy the Red Lotus Army.Then Shuzhong can be roughly determined.

Fu Jinchuan naturally knew what they were thinking, but for him, even if the Qingtang people wanted to leave, they would have to beat him hard.

Let him not dare to commit crimes within a few years.

"I understand your worries, but this battle in Songzhou still can't let Qingtang people off like this. This battle must let Qingtang people know the pain. Besides, if Qingtang people want to leave, Tuoba Chide may not want to leave."

After Fu Jinchuan finished speaking, several staff members fell silent.

Shi Wannian next to him said: "What Hou Ye said is that in Shule City, we only had a few thousand people, while the Qingtang Army had 6 people. Didn't we kill them? That old man Tuoba almost He was captured alive by Lord Hou. Now we have [-] cavalry and tens of thousands of infantry, how can he let his old man walk in our hands?"

As the generals who participated in the Battle of Shule, I feel somewhat regretful in my heart.After all, Fu Jinchuan was only a hundred steps away from Tuoba Chide in that battle, and he was almost able to capture or kill the monarch of the enemy country alive.

And Shi Wannian was promoted to military envoy by virtue of his bravery in that battle.Facing his old opponent now, it is natural that the pride in his heart has risen again.

The current ratio of troops is almost two to one.

Compared with the battle of Shule, the current military strength can be called strong.

Zhang Gao didn't care about what Shi Wannian said.In his view, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly and cannot be generalized.

Although in the Battle of Shule, the Jin army won more with fewer, but different locations, different times, different comparisons of numbers, and changes in the mentality of the generals on both sides must be fully considered.

However, what Fu Jinchuan said, Tuoba Chide may not want to retreat, but this sentence gave Zhang Gao a little understanding.

"What Jieshuai means is to motivate Tuoba Chide so that he won't retreat?"

Fu Jinchuan said: "Shi Da, do you still remember the Battle of Shule, how did the Qingtang people stay?"

Shi Wannian was stunned for a moment, and then recalled: "Master Hou first gave the brocade robe he was wearing to Old Man Tuoba, saying that it was covered with the blood of Qingtang warriors, and then waited for the Qingtang people to retreat the next day." , Lao Jia led his infantry out of the city, and the Qingtang people hesitated immediately. Later, the reinforcements from General Xue and Qiu Dudu arrived, and they attacked from three directions, so that the Qingtang people ran away with their heads in their arms. Could it be that Lord Hou is coming again?"

Fu Jinchuan shook his head and said: "Simple aggressive methods are useless. My bloody robe just planted a thorn in his heart. What really made him hesitate was that if our army went out to fight in the city, he felt that if it was a battle, He must be able to defeat me, so he will stop attacking and leave the matter of retreating directly to the sky. Therefore, while we must annoy him, we must also see the opportunity and hope of defeating us. Only in this way will he lose Rationality makes the Qingtang army stay like a gambler who has lost his eyes and puts all his eggs in one basket."

"The Jin people will not let us go, just like Shule City."

In the camp of the Qingtang Army, a young man with braided hair, wearing a leather robe, stuffed a handful of snow into his mouth and ate it.

Then let out a breath of cool air.

The speaker was Lun Zanpo's grandson, Lun Rixu, and standing with him was Tuoba Ge.The two walked together near the camp gate.

Tuoba Ge frowned after hearing Lun Rixu's words, and then asked, "In Shule, besides taking the initiative to open the door to attack, what else did Fu Jinchuan do?"

After Lun Rixu heard this, he hesitated for a while before speaking: "He gave the majesty a gift. There is also a letter. That gift is the brocade robe that Fu Jinchuan wore when he led the cavalry to attack when we were in the city. In that battle, Fu Jinchuan was unscathed, but killed dozens of Qingtang warriors, and the blood was stained on the brocade robe. I still remember the content of the letter as if: This brocade robe is covered with the blood of Qingtang loyal warriors , so he couldn’t bear to wipe it away, even though he is from Jin, he still admires the loyalty and bravery of those soldiers.”

After hearing this, Tuoba Ge was a little stunned, he was not clear about this matter before.

During the Battle of Shule, only the eldest prince Tuoba Hao was with the army, and no one in the Maharaja's palace dared to talk about this matter.

Many people involved also kept secrets, and it was the first time that Tuoba Ge knew about this matter today.

Only then did he understand why Lun Zanpo said those words that day.

Marquis Fu Jinchuan of Wu'an, the coach of the Jin army, is also too scary, this is simply heart-wrenching.With such insight into people's hearts, it doesn't look like a young man in his early twenties, but rather like praising the vicious methods of this old fox.

And this happened three years ago, that is to say, Fu Jinchuan was under twenty at that time.

Tuoba Ge, who felt a little dull, also followed Lun Rixu's example and squeezed Xue Saijin's mouth, trying to clear his mind as much as possible.

"That's why the Prime Minister said that whether we retreat or not depends on Fu Jinchuan's intentions. What if we seek peace?"

Lun Rixu was stunned by this sentence, "Ask for peace? It's impossible for the majesty to agree."

Tuoba Ge frowned and said: "Lun Rixu, you should know that although the majesty has never said it, but now among my brothers, no one can threaten me. I Tuoba Ge, the future must be Hongshan The master of the palace, the majesty of the Qingtang people. Therefore, I cannot watch the Qingtang people bury their future in Songzhou."

Lun Rixu was noncommittal after hearing this, but just looked at Tuobage silently.

"So, I want to persuade him, retreat, and seek peace."

"Just like that?"

"Of course, that's what I should do."

Talking about Ri Xu is beyond words.He has recently gotten very close to Tuoba Ge, the future Maharaja, and knows that the other party is a very wise person.

And there is no lack of determination and courage.

He is very optimistic about Tuoba Ge, the future great monarch, and also believes that Qing Tang may be stronger than he is now under his command.

But now, he is just the future Maharaja.

But the current Maharaja actually doesn't like this son.

But among his sons, the only eldest prince who can compete with the second prince has been captured.Therefore, almost everyone is trying to curry favor with the second prince.

This also makes Maharaja's attitude towards the second prince very subtle recently.

It can't be said to rely on it, but it is more to be wary.

Now the second prince wants to persuade the majesty to retreat?Also ask for peace?

Although grandfather Lun Zanpo had tried to persuade them, but the identities of the two were different, so the results and responses they got were naturally different.

The result is.

In the evening, the whole Qingtang camp knew that the second prince, Tuoba Ge, had suffered a lot of injuries to his soldiers and had not made any achievements for a long time, so he persuaded the majesty to withdraw his troops and seek peace, but was whipped by the majesty.

And this incident made all Qingtang soldiers feel grateful in their hearts.

"It would be great if the second prince was the Maharaja."

"That's right, if the second prince were the majesty, he would definitely take us home. When will the days when we can't eat enough and have to die, when will it end?"

"Keep your voice down, if Nu Yalang hears it, we'll all die"

There was a lot of discussion in the Qingtang army because of this matter, and many generals and leaders even went to visit the second prince immediately after he was whipped.

"This rebellious son, I should have killed him, I should have killed him"

After hearing Tuoba Seventeen's report, Tuoba Chide was furious.But there are some things he can't do right now.

"Brother Ye Lirong. Ren Duo alone, Yu Zang Luntai, Lun Zan Po, Tuoba Ah Wu, have they visited Tuoba Ge?"

Tuoba Shiqi shook his head and said, "Not really."

After hearing the news, Tuoba Chide nodded and felt a little relieved.

As long as these people are not connected with Tuoba Ge, there is no threat to him.

"but."

"But what?"

"Brother Ye Lirong, Ren Duoling and Yu Zang Luntai, they should eat meat and drink together now."

Tuoba Chide snorted softly: "Hmph, did they not drink together one day?"

It is nothing new for the three patriarchs of the wealthy clan to gather together.As for what they said together, Tuoba Chide didn't know, but he could guess it.It's nothing more than how to fight against the Maharaja together.

Tuoba Shiqi always felt that there was something wrong, but he couldn't explain it clearly and could only nod in agreement, without words.

"Okay, you continue to keep an eye on Tuoba Ge for me, and you can tell him anything the Prime Minister wants to know, without asking for instructions."

"Yes."

After Tuoba Seventeen left, Tuoba Chide remembered what Tuoba Ge had said to him during the day.

"Majesty, we have no chance of winning this battle. We should retreat as soon as possible and seek peace with the Jin people, otherwise the Shule incident may happen again."

In fact, it's not that he can't listen to any opinions at all, but what about Shule, who has always been so good at death?
What do you mean by "the thing about Shule may happen again?"

Is it impossible for Tuoba Chide to defeat the Jin people, win the war, take Songzhou, and drive directly to Xichuan?

Can he just roll back to the Xihai Plateau in despair and become a laughing stock?

Thinking of this, his face turned livid again.

"It's not your turn, a brat, to teach me how to do things."

　One chapter today, two in one

　　
　
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