First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 399

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Hearing this, Ximen Junyi's expression changed immediately, but Gao Chong seemed to see through his mind, and said with a light smile, "Don't worry, General Ximen, I won't take credit for your achievements, and I will report it truthfully."

Ximen Junyi's face softened when he heard the words. If Wang Xiongdan proved it, then he would be exonerated. However, Ximen Junyi was good at speculation, and he was still thinking about how to maximize the benefits of Fugong Er.

Seeing his brother-in-law like this, Wang Zhen felt ashamed and said loudly, "I've heard of your reputation, so I don't think I would deceive others. Let me ask you, how will the imperial court deal with the old thief Fu?"

Gao Chong smiled when he heard the words, "If you rebel and rebel, you will be executed."

"Okay, I believe you," Wang Zhen said in a deep voice, "The old thief Fu is here, we must kill him."After saying that, someone else lifted the auxiliary male Er from the cabin.

Ximen Junyi was very annoyed when she heard the words, this brother-in-law was too ignorant, and the price was not negotiated, so he handed him over.

Gao Chong felt relieved when he heard the words, it is best not to run away. Seeing Ximen Junyi's appearance, he probably guessed what he was thinking, but this is understandable. A heroine like Wang Lie is really a trick of God.

After taking Fu Gong Er into custody, he asked him face to face and detailed questioning. Gao Chong just learned the cause and effect, and couldn't help being very interested in this young Wang Zhen.

It turned out that when Ximen Junyi was ordered to escort grain and grass to Bowang Mountain, when he passed by Liyang, he found Liyang Wang's house and expressed his thoughts. Wang Zhen was furious when he heard about it. After the "bloody battle", the second batch of food and grass was successfully robbed by the Tang army.

Since Liangshan Town was robbed, Fu Gong Er attached great importance to it, and assigned 5000 people to escort the second batch of grain and grass. Without Ximen Junyi's internal cooperation, Zhang Yeyi's troops would not be able to succeed.

Ximen Junyi is good at drilling, so he wanted to go back to Fu Gong, take the opportunity to capture Fu Gong Er, and seek fame, but then he heard that Fu Gong Er had escaped and moved to the city. After some analysis, Wang Zhen led his people He went straight to the Taihu Lake Ferry, which must pass, and "responded" to assist Gong Er, and he did a great job.

"Brother Wang is both civil and military, why don't you become an official?" Gao Chong threw out an olive branch, intending to win him over, "I am short of talents in Jingzhou, if Brother Wang is willing, I would like to treat him as a general of hussars."

With Wang Zhen's contribution in capturing the assistant Gong Er alive, and Gao Chong's recommendation, the Hussar General who officially worships the Hussar Army's mansion is no problem.

Hearing this, Ximen Junyi's eyes brightened, and she was really envious. Even the hussar generals of the low-ranking military mansions were promoted from the fifth rank, from a white body to a fifth rank general with real power.

Unexpectedly, Wang Zhen was silent for a while, but shook his head, and said directly: "The world has been settled, there will be no more wars, and joining the army will be boring."

After Gao Chong heard this, he shook his head and laughed loudly, "This statement is wrong, although the world is settled, but the wolves of the Sibari are ambitious and covet the wealth of the Central Plains, such as the Turks, Tuyuhun, etc., often plunder the border areas.

Wouldn't it be a good man's job to conquer the northern border in the future and seal wolves to live in Xuxu?Brother Wang is a majestic man, a hero of the Jianghuai River. Wouldn't it be a pity to waste time living in the countryside? "

Wang Zhen's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Is there really a chance to fight in northern Xinjiang?"

Now that the Tang Dynasty was first established, there were rebellions everywhere, and the Turks invaded the south from time to time. At this time, it is said that the Tang Dynasty will attack the Turks in the north in the future. Not many people will believe it. After all, the Turks claim that there are as many as one million people who control the strings. This is not a lie.

"The sage is so talented, how can he be subject to the Turkic Huyi for a long time, do you think there is such a chance?" Gao Chong asked resolutely, but in Gao Chong's mind, this sage is actually the future Emperor Zhenguan.

After Wang Zhen made a point, he thought about it carefully, then nodded and said: "Yes, I will definitely. In this case, I will go to Jingzhou with you, and I will never say anything at will."

Gao Chong was overjoyed to receive a good talent, and immediately ordered to return to Piling City.

Conquer Xuanzhou, rescue Jingzhou, Nanling defeated the rebel general Chen Dangshi, offered a plan to cut off food, captured Bowang Mountain without bloodshed, successively recovered the capitals of the Puppet Song Dynasty, Danyang City, Jurong City, Piling City, etc., and captured Fu Gong Er alive...

During Jianghuai's trip, Gao Chong made great achievements in battle.

In the land of Hebei, Li Jing finally had the opportunity to show his extraordinary military talents after he was over half a century old, and accurately judged Liu Heita's marching movements.

Like a god, Li Jing reminded Guo Xiaoke, the governor of Zhaozhou, to be prepared in advance. Guo Xiaoke was also resourceful and successfully restrained Liu Heikai in Zhaozhou. Fan Yuan led the army to attack the city several times to no avail. .

Liu Heikai was frightened and furious, knowing that he could not stay here for a long time, lest Li Daoxuan's troops besieged him, he immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops.

But Li Jing's grasp of the fighting opportunity is so keen, how could Liu Heitai escape again, just as Liu Heitai withdrew his troops from Zhaozhou Pingthorn City.

Li Daoxuan led the army to launch an attack. At the same time, Li Jing ordered people to light a beacon on the high slope.

Sure enough, Guo Xiaoke was determined and resourceful, and lived up to Li Jing's expectations. After seeing the beacon smoke, he immediately dispatched troops.

Zhaozhou's troops went out to chase the Eastern Han Army.

Li Daoxuan was the clan king, and Guo Xiaoke was the governor of Zhaozhou. Both of them personally led the army to charge and kill them. They took the lead and the morale of the Tang army was boosted.

Li Jing commanded in the center, calmly dispatching, Li Daoxuan only focused on rushing forward, the two cooperated perfectly, Tang's formation always maintained a sharp attacking momentum, occupying the upper hand.

Liu Heitai kept changing his army to deal with the Tang army's attack from the north and the south. However, in this situation, it would be futile for Sun Wu to be reborn.

Li Jing was dispatched in the middle, the leader of the Tang army in the north was Li Daoxuan, king of Huaiyang, and the leader of the Tang army in the south was Guo Xiaoke, the governor of Zhaozhou.

"Your Majesty, the south side can't hold on any longer," Fan Yuan came to report in a state of distress, covered in blood.

"There are some masters in the Tang army," Liu Heitai's face was gloomy, and he himself predicted the final result, "Just looking at this person's dispatch, it can be seen that this person is an unworldly talent."

Fan Yuan had never seen the King of Han Dong with such an expression before, he hurriedly asked in fear, "What should we do now?"

"Break out!" Liu Heita ordered decisively: "Break out in the northeast direction."

After Liu Heikai, the Eastern Han Army withdrew straight to the northeast, but it had become a pincer attack from the north and the south. How could Li Jing let him flee? Immediately dispatched troops and generals to encircle them.

"Your Majesty, you retreat first." Fan Yuan cried out in grief and indignation: "Hebei Rebels, follow me to cover the King of Eastern Han to break through."

Hearing Fan Yuan's words, many Eastern Han soldiers spontaneously cut off their heirs.

Liu Heitai felt sad when he saw this, but this was not the time to be indecisive. Liu Heitai looked in the right direction and led the pro-army to break through.

Fan Yuan and the others fought with their lives and tried their best to cover. Liu Heita's pressure dropped suddenly and he finally broke out of the encirclement.

Tang Jun had no choice but to see Liu Heitai leading more than a thousand remnants away.

Guo Xiaoke was annoyed in his heart, and directed his anger at the broken Eastern Han army, and led his troops to siege and kill. Li Daoxuan was also impatient, and ordered that no prisoners should be kept, but Li Jing did not stop him, because he could see that the broken Eastern Han army had a will to die. .

Fan Yuan and more than a thousand Eastern Han soldiers were all killed in battle, and none survived.

(End of this chapter)