First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 275
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Seeing that Xiao Mian was so worried about Zhou Faming, Zheng Wenxiu was even more worried that Xiao Mian would bring up the old matter again, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that if Zhou Faming wants to come to Jiangling, he must pass through Anzhou. Anzhou has [-] to [-] troops. He is a titan, and he will never let Zhou Faming take advantage of it."

After all, Zheng Wenxiu had accepted Zhou Faming's bribe back then, so that he could continue to command the old ministry and govern the four states.

If Zhou Faming really became popular, Xiao Xian couldn't help but deal with Zhou Faming, but Zheng Wenxiu could be easily dealt with.

However, Zheng Wenxiu's analysis is indeed reasonable, Anzhou is located in an important place, Ma Guiqian is Xiao Mian's favorite general, brave and sturdy, Xiao Mian has deployed heavy troops in Anzhou, Zhou Faming is not so willing to deal with Ma Guiqian easy job.

Xiao Mian nodded slightly, but followed by even greater worries, Xiao Mian frowned and said: "The Tang army is attacking from four directions, and now Zhou Faming is defended by Anzhou Ma Guiqian, how will the other three enemy troops deal with it? Let's all talk about it."

Hearing Xiao Mian's words, all the ministers were helpless, because although Jiangling is the capital of the Liang Kingdom, it is now facing a very embarrassing situation, that is, no soldiers.

Because at the beginning Xiao Mian was afraid that the kings would become powerful, so he ordered to disperse the military power and disperse the troops of the kings everywhere, euphemistically calling them to rest their troops and garrison the fields. Now facing the menacing Tang army, it is such an embarrassing situation.

Although Xiao Liang claimed to have over 40 troops, due to its large territory and scattered all over the country, there are only a few thousand guards left in the mighty Liang Kingdom.

Seeing that the atmosphere was dull, Cen Wenwen, the servant of Zhongshu, came out and said: "Your Majesty, for the current plan, the only way is to order the defenders from all over the country to come to Jiangling as soon as possible."

Xiao Xian nodded straightly when he heard the words, "What Cen Shilang said is very true", after all, this is related to his own safety, Xiao Xian immediately issued an edict and hastily summoned troops.

"Then Li Xiaogong is coming so menacingly that he still needs to send someone to defend him, who is willing to go?" Xiao Xian looked at the crowd of civil servants and generals, and asked in a deep voice.

After the voice fell, there was a silence.

Xiao Xi's lips trembled angrily, this group of arrogant soldiers, usually domineering and domineering, but now facing a strong enemy, they shrank their heads one by one.

At this moment, a thin general came out, "Your Majesty, I am willing to go."

Xiao Mian was overjoyed when he saw this, and praised: "General Wen is so strong, I will order you to be the commander-in-chief of the army, lead the troops from Jiangling, and immediately lead the troops to resist the Tang army."

The person named Wenming Shihong listed here is a native of Jiangling, his temperament is not tough, on the contrary he is personable, quite a bit of Confucian style, Wen Shihong led the order to go.

Seeing this, some ministers in the palace twitched a sneer.

Cen Wenwen's face was solemn, as intelligent as he was, how could he fail to see that the current situation was already a sign of the country's subjugation. The enemy was at hand, and only Wen Shihong, a civil and military man in the Manchu Dynasty, was the only one to ask for the battle. This shows that the army's morale has been lost.

It can be said that since Xiao Mian killed Shen Liusheng, Dong Jingzhu, Zhang Xiu and others, Xiao Mian lost the "heart" of all civil and military officials of the Liang Dynasty.

But this is not all, Xiao Mian was born in the orthodox Southern Liang Dynasty, and he also has cronies. Qi Wang Yang Daosheng was very loyal to Xiao Mian. It was Yang Daosheng who captured Jiangling at the beginning, and then welcomed Xiao Mian into Jiangling City and established the capital. here.

Yang Daosheng is from Nanjun, not a faction of Baling County. At the beginning, the Baling County faction was headed by school lieutenant Dong Jingzhen, school lieutenant Lei Shimeng, brigade commander Zheng Wenxiu, Xu Xuanche, Wan Zan and others. People from the same family are close to Xiao Mian from the standpoint of birth.

Seeing that Xiao Xian was at a loss, Yang Daosheng came out and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. It is late autumn and the river is soaring. The waterway from Yiling to Jiangling is full of canyons. The Tang army will never dare to come by water."

When everyone heard the words, they couldn't help being pleasantly surprised, and Cen Wenwen also excitedly agreed: "What King Qi said is reasonable, the river is turbulent, and the Tang army must not dare to take a boat to pass through the canyon section."

Xiao Xian was overjoyed, and said with a loud smile, "Since I sit on the natural danger of the Yangtze River, I can sit back and relax. This is the blessing of my ancestors."

It has to be said that Yang Daosheng's words made some sense. At this time, outside Yiling City, Li Xiaogong and others were standing by the river with solemn expressions.

I can only see the turbulent river, the torrential river flowing through the Three Gorges roaring and rushing down, the waves are rolling and crashing against the shore, and the mighty power of nature is undoubtedly evident.

"Boss, here, how to sail the boat?" Hussar General Liu Zhi looked at the surging river, and his words were a little awkward.

The general Wan Xuan on the side also nodded and said: "Our boat can't stand such a turbulent river, why don't we wait for the river to recede before marching."

Li Xiaogong remained silent, this torrential river is indeed a natural danger, the river was not so turbulent in normal seasons, but now in the late autumn rainy season, the water volume has increased dramatically, Li Xiaogong also felt a little uncertain in his heart.

"No", Gao Chong said firmly from the side: "Soldiers are precious and fast, how can we procrastinate? Xiao Mian scattered his troops all over the place, and it was difficult to gather them all at once, which happened to catch him off guard. If he waited for the flood to recede, Xiao Mian would have already died. Gather your forces and deploy your defenses calmly."

Hearing this, all the generals also nodded, this is a consensus, and it was also the original plan, to take advantage of the current situation when the troops are dispersed, go down the river and directly attack Jiangling.

But looking at the torrential river, Li Xiaogong also frowned and said: "It's just this waterway...".

Gao Chong waved his hand without hesitation and said: "Our army has more than [-] large and small warships, and the whole army is attacking. Even if the ship capsizes occasionally, it will not affect the battle situation."

This sentence is quite ruthless. More than [-] warships will definitely capsize in this turbulent river, and there are not a few of them, but all of these can only be counted as war damage. It is also normal logic, and the established strategy cannot be abandoned just because there will be war damage.

Gao Chong also knew that these words seemed a bit ruthless, so he immediately said: "Your Majesty, please lead the cavalry along the river to the east, and I will personally lead the sailors down the river, and we can join forces at the mouth of the Qingjiang River."

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words, Li Xiaogong immediately refused and said: "No, you can't..." At this point, Li Xiaogong hesitated to speak, he couldn't say in public that Gao Chong couldn't risk himself.

Seeing this, Xu Shao who was beside him immediately said: "Gao Changshi is a civil servant, and he has worked hard to deal with complicated military affairs in the army. If Gao Changshi is allowed to lead the army, where will you put the generals?"

At this point in Xu Shao's words, Liu Zhi, Wan Xuan and the others looked at each other in dismay, so they had no choice but to take the initiative to ask Ying Ying to say: "The last general is willing to go."

Seeing this, Gao Chong shook his head and smiled and said, "Everyone, don't worry too much. Don't worry, Xu Gong. Although I grew up in the Northland, my water quality is very good. Your Majesty, let me go."

Seeing that Gao Chong insisted on this, Li Xiaogong had no choice. Looking at Gao Chong's firm eyes, Li Xiaogong knew that there was no room for persuasion. After all, the command was in Gao Chong's hands. It's too stiff.

　Brothers, these two days are indeed too busy, I will tidy up tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)