Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

"You are different from Liu Qi and those people!" Wang Wenzuo smiled: "Your surnames are Cui, Lu, Zhao, and Li. They are not like these! We can't defeat thieves just by relying on the strength of you Hebei high-ranking men, and I After leaving Chang'an this time, I am no longer afraid of giving someone a hand!"

"Aren't you afraid of giving someone a handle?" Lu Zhaolin thought for a while, but said nothing. This sentence "Aren't afraid of giving someone a handle" can have two explanations: The first is that the relationship between the emperor and Wang Wenzuo is close enough, so the general is not afraid of anyone in the court. Attacking himself; another explanation is that he has left Chang'an and is no longer controlled by others, so he is not afraid.Both of these explanations have some truth, but given my status, I am not suitable to continue questioning.

After leaving the Temple of King Xia, Wang Wenzuo returned to his tent. King Pei was already bored with waiting. When he saw Wang Wenzuo coming back, he asked anxiously: "Who is enshrined in this temple? He is also called King Xia, Sanlang. Do you want to go and worship in person?"

"Oh!" Wang Wenzuo responded: "He was just a local hero here. He had contributed to the village. After his death, the local elders built temples, worshiped him at all times, and respected him as the King of Xia! I passed by here last time Burn incense to make a wish, so this time I go in and burn incense to fulfill my wish!"

"So that's what happened!" Li Xian looked at Wang Wenzuo's face: "I have to stay here for half a day to burn incense. It's still early, why not hit the road and rush to the next station to rest? Over there in Liaodong The military situation is tight!"

"King Pei is worrying too much!" Wang Wenzuo replied lazily: "General Xue is a veteran general, and the situation there is not as bad as you think! If you want to pacify Liaodong, you must first pacify Hebei. This general is here Walk slower, as I have told the emperor in advance!"

"Did you tell the emperor that even this ruined temple in the wilderness will be delayed for a day?" Li Xian cursed, without saying a word, but his face was full of disbelief. Wang Wenzuo was too lazy to waste energy on this kid. After a few perfunctory words, he excused himself to go out to patrol the camp and left Li Xian alone in the tent.

"It's too much!" As soon as Wang Wenzuo left the tent, Li Xian swept the cups and candlesticks on the tables to the ground. He pulled out his sword and was about to cut off the cases, but he put them away just as he cut them off. His face was uncertain, and it took a long time before he sheathed his sword.

"General!" Lu Zhaolin followed Wang Wenzuo out of the tent. He looked around and then lowered his voice and said, "I was in the tent just now, and my subordinates saw that King Pei's face looked a bit wrong!"

"Oh? What do you say?"

"He probably thinks your marching speed is too slow, and he thinks it's unnecessary to spend a day here at Xiawang Temple!"

"I know this!" Wang Wenzuo smiled: "He is only half the age of a child. How can he know the art of war? If I travel day and night, firstly, the arrangements between Xiongjin and the Japanese country will not take effect. Secondly, Xue Rengui will think that I am here to arrest him. He will get into trouble when he is in a hurry; he will understand if I take my time along the way. The two or three months on the road are just for him to clean up the mess. As long as he can get through it in the end, he won't be able to eat much. The leader! He has also been a veteran for many years. He may not be able to quell the rebellion, but if he only wants to have no faults, the rebels will have nothing to do with him, and they may suffer a big loss!" "What the general said! Yes!" Lu Zhaolin couldn't help but secretly admire Wang Wenzuo's detailed analysis of Xue Rengui's mentality. Since ancient times, this kind of handover of generals has been very troublesome, especially when the successor is facing an unfavorable battle situation. He will definitely worry about himself. They will be arrested and punished. Many mistakes in history were caused by this kind of thing. After all, Zhou Yafu and Li Guang, no matter how awesome they were on the battlefield, they would kneel before the jailer.And Wang Wenzuo came so slowly to tell Xue Rengui: This is a normal job change. You are not sure whether the emperor will send Wang Wenzuo, who has greater power and has stronger appeal to the Liaodong barbarians, to replace you, instead of trying to capture you. Chang'an was imprisoned for punishment.After Xue Rengui found out, he would not think about taking advantage of Wang Wenzuo's arrival to fight desperately, either to make a comeback or to die. Anyway, he would not go to jail and ruin the overall situation.

"But why don't you tell these words to His Highness King Pei?" Lu Zhaolin asked: "With your Highness's intelligence, you will definitely understand your painstaking efforts!"

"Too lazy to say it!" Wang Wenzuo smiled: "I went out to Chang'an this time to lead the troops to quell the chaos, not to be the nanny of His Highness King Pei! Besides, King Pei doesn't need to know so much! He is just a vassal king. Just enjoy your wealth and wealth!"

Lu Zhaolin opened his mouth wide and was speechless for a moment.He did not expect that Wang Wenzuo would express his views on King Pei so openly. Although the emperor was still young and could give birth to a prince at any time, as long as the emperor had no children, King Pei would be the actual first heir to the throne of the Tang Dynasty.Not to mention that Pei Wang Li Xian himself was also very talented. He had always been famous for his intelligence, elegance and art. He also had a group of literati and bachelors around him. Even if he could not inherit the throne in the future, according to the usual practice, he could still be at the core of the power of the Tang Dynasty. There is a place for him.And listening to Wang Wenzuo's intention, he directly eliminated Li Xian's future political future, so why did he take Li Xian out of Chang'an?And added the title of Marshal of the Army?Is this all what the emperor meant?Thinking of this, Lu Zhaolin couldn't help but shudder and didn't dare to think about it any further. This kind of secretive matter involving the Tian family was really beyond the reach of a scribe like him.

"I plan to leave one person in Xiawang Temple to deal with the applicants!" Wang Wenzuo said: "Also, every time we pass by a post station, we must leave one person behind to pay traveling expenses to the applicants and screen them by the way. We can't I want everything from cats to dogs! I’ll leave the writing and manpower arrangements to you!”

"Yes, yes, I obey!" Lu Zhaolin hurriedly responded. After learning Wang Wenzuo's true opinion of King Pei, his view of Wang Wenzuo's arrangements suddenly changed completely. He suspected that the other party did this not just for the sake of There are other purposes for recruiting heroes from Hebei, but it is still a secret move and it has not yet happened.

"You paid attention to King Pei's mood today. This is a good thing. You did a good job!" Wang Wenzuo showed a rare smile of satisfaction: "You will do the same in the future. King Pei likes literature and art. You are a great person in this world, and you two share the same interests. We agree, we need to get closer in the future, do you understand?"

"I understand!" Lu Zhaolin lowered his head, a cold light flashing across his eyes.

The next day, Wang Wenzuo and his party set off towards Fan Yang along the post road according to the original plan.As this team penetrated deeper into the land of Hebei, more and more local scholars and heroes came to join the army. Some came with their clans and tribes to join the army, some donated food and supplies, and some offered plans and strategies.Wang Wenzuo handed all the famous assassins he got to Lu Zhaolin for disposal. As a Qilin'er of the Lu family in Fanyang, he had traveled abroad for many years. In addition to his great achievements in poetry and prose, Lu Zhaolin also had a good understanding of the internal situation of the Hebei gentry. As long as the person who comes is slightly famous, he can quickly report the person's ancestral genealogy, official position, marriage and family background, and even his personal ability and family wealth. This is a great help. This did Wang Wenzuo a big favor.

To put it bluntly, these Hebei scholars came to Wang Wenzuo for one purpose - to get an official position.This actually doesn't matter. Wang Wenzuo is now the ambassador to Hebei and the marching marshal of Liaodong Road. He already has the power to grant official positions within the scope. In the end, he only needs to go to the Ministry of Personnel to file a case to take effect.

But the difficulty lies in how big an official should be given, whether it is a casual rank or a real job. Where the official is, if the wrong people are used, there will be endless troubles.At most, Wang Wenzuo can tell whether a person can lead troops in war, but it is difficult to do anything else. After all, the appointment of officials cannot be completely based on talent. After all, behind everyone who comes here, there is one, several, or more than a dozen. For local powerful families, the level of official positions depends not only on personal talents, but also on the power behind them. No matter how good you are in fighting, you can't bring a dozen infantry archers with you. Isn't it an official position for a son of Bai Haoma?Although it is impossible to be completely accurate, a rough balance is still necessary.In this regard, Lu Zhaolin showed his talent. With his reputation as the Lu family in Fanyang and his internal understanding of the scholars in Hebei, he was able to deal with all the scholars who came to seek refuge along the way. Although there were some hesitations, overall Finally, it was perfunctory.As a result, Wang Wenzuo's team expanded rapidly like a balloon. By the time they arrived in Linqing, Wang Wenzuo had more than [-] people under his command and more than [-] horses. It can be said to be a considerable force!
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"There is military news coming from Fan Yang!" Sanqiu hurriedly walked into the tent, bowed to Wang Wenzuo and King Pei, and presented it with both hands. Wang Wenzuo took the letter, opened it, read it, and said with a smile: "Xue Rengui, what is the end of it?" He is a veteran, and the people of Silla thought he was about to leave, so they underestimated him and suffered immediately!"

"So our army won?" Li Xian was overjoyed.

"Well!" Wang Wenzuo handed the letter to King Pei: "General Xue first pretended to retreat and used his elite to disguise himself among the old and weak. The Silla people thought they had an opportunity and led their troops to pursue them. Our army abandoned all its baggage and the Silla people They were captured for profit, scattered and robbed, and our army counterattacked with fine cavalry, beheading more than [-] people, capturing more than [-] people, and more than [-] war horses. It is estimated that we will see the messenger sent by Jin Famin to apologize soon!"

"Apologise to the envoy?" Li Xian was stunned when he heard this: "Doesn't it mean that the chaos in Liaodong is about to subside, and we still have to go to Fanyang?"

"Hahaha!" Wang Wenzuo laughed: "His Royal Highness still has less dealings with the Silla people. If the Silla people plead guilty, they will plead guilty, and the battle will still be fought. After winning the battle, send someone to ask Datang to plead guilty, and ask Tang Dynasty to plead guilty. The Tang Dynasty recognized the land they occupied, and sent envoys to plead guilty after the defeat to delay the war, so as to gather strength to fight again. The Baekje, Silla, and Goguryeo people all had this kind of virtue. They did not want verbal advantages, but there was no actual benefit at all. You won’t take any losses! It would be terrible if you took their words seriously!”

"There are such people in the world!" Li Xian said with a wry smile: "Then we still have to go to Fanyang!"

"That's natural!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "In fact, despite the soft-spoken words of the Silla people, they are very tough on the battlefield. Even if they lose this time, the overall situation is still very bad. General Xue has too few soldiers. , and the territory under the jurisdiction of the Anton Protectorate is too large, even if we win, we will still have to retreat!"

"That's it!" Li Xian looked at the queue behind him that was several times longer than when he set off: "So you deliberately slowed down your march to recruit soldiers?"

"Well!" Wang Wenzuo said: "To be precise, we are recruiting soldiers from Hebei. After all, the closest place to Liao is Hebei. If we recruit soldiers from other places, it will be fine if we are not used to the climate and food. If we are too far away from the hometown, it will be easy to have problems. Homesickness. Hebei is different. If Liaodong is in chaos, Hebei will not be able to stabilize. They follow me to quell the chaos. First of all, it is for their own homeland, so they don’t have to worry about the soldiers not working hard!"

"So that's what happened. No wonder you don't want to mobilize the Henan soldiers!" Li Xian finally woke up from a dream: "Indeed, if the Henan soldiers have been out for a long time, they will also feel resentful! Then after you arrive in Fanyang, How do you plan to quell the chaos?"

"We still don't know the situation on the front line, so everything is meaningless!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "The most important thing now is to arrange the transportation of grain and the land in Hebei first, so that we can feel at ease when fighting ahead!"

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Liucheng, Yingzhou.

"We win. Our army has a great victory. We have beheaded more than [-] Silla soldiers!" The young man almost flew over the roadblock at the exit of the camp and shouted loudly: "Uncle Wang, Uncle Wang, do you know? The battle is won!"

"Can I not know? You have such a loud voice that you wake up dead people!" Wang Kuan got up from the blanket and wiped his eyes: "Where did you hear it?"

"Right at the gate of the city, the inscriptions have been hung on the wooden rafts, and there are also documents reading aloud. There are twenty or thirty heads placed on the sharp wooden stakes around. They are grinning so scary. I heard that the youngest among them is also a The Silla people are all grown up, and they are in charge of hundreds of people!" The young man described what he had just seen and heard with great interest, which immediately attracted a dozen bored women and children: "Uncle Wang, this battle is going to end If we win, the Silla people will lose, right? When can we go home?"

"Pfft!" Wang Kuan sneered: "Go home? What a wonderful idea you have! You look down on the Silla people too much. Let me tell you, the Silla people are very stubborn when it comes to occupying land. They beheaded three thousand people. Do you think there are a lot of extra levels? The men and women will be more diligent in bed tonight, and the King of Silla won’t even blink if such a person dies. If you can behead someone with a level of [-], you’re still close!"

"Level [-]? So many?" The young man exclaimed. For him, Wan was already a unit beyond his imagination: "These Silla people can really fight!" (End of Chapter)