First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

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Generally speaking, Pang Xiaotai still has a bit of loyalty in his bones. He is different from Li Guanglue. Li Guanglue's character is timid, which makes him afraid to make troubles, so when encountering things, he just sits on the sidelines and wants to get out of the matter.

On the other hand, Pang Xiaotai has a submissive personality and does not want to cause trouble. Facing Ning Daoming's threats and considering the folks in Baizhou, he can only obey, but he does not want to rebel in his heart. No effort.

On the original trajectory, although his improper command led to the annihilation of the entire army, he resolutely led his thirteen sons to death on the battlefield, and he was still a hero.

It’s just that after Pang Xiaotai’s death, his relatives bribed Xu Jingzong, who supervised the history of the country, with a lot of money. Not only did they erase the crime of defeat, but they also portrayed Pang Xiaotai as an invincible general.

In Xu Jingzong's writings, Pang Xiaotai was good at fighting, winning several great victories and annihilating tens of thousands of enemies.

Originally, Li Zhi was grateful for the loyalty of Pang's family and intended to posthumously reward him, but after the bribery incident of Pang's relatives was exposed, he felt sorry for Pang Xiaotai and did not receive any posthumous titles.

The current Pang Xiaotai is only 27 or [-] years old, and he is full of blood. After getting in touch with Lu Nan, he immediately decided to "return from the wrong way" and cooperate with Lu Nan to stage a "fierce" offensive and defensive battle in Dongluo City, waiting for reinforcements arrival.

After all, the two of them together only have two or three thousand troops, and going head-on with Ning Daoming would be like hitting a stone with an egg. After thinking about it, they decided to wait for reinforcements to arrive, and they should cooperate internally and externally to defeat Ning Daoming in one fell swoop.

It's just that it took so long for Lu Nan's letter of request for help to be sent out, but there was still no news.

Just when the two were anxious, the Liao people in the forest outside the city came to report: the Tang army appeared in the southeast, playing the "Ning" banner, and touched more than [-] people.

Lu Nan was overjoyed immediately, and immediately shouted: "It must be Ningchun from Nanhe Prefecture."

"Beware of fraud", Pang Xiaotai felt a little uneasy.

"I know Ning Chun", Lu Nanzhi said: "As long as he comes to the city, I will know as soon as I ask."

"Then I must go back to the camp quickly," Pang Xiaotai suddenly remembered, and shouted: "If Ning Chun attacked my camp, wouldn't it be a big misunderstanding."

Lu Nan also reacted upon hearing this. Ning Chun came to rescue the siege of Dongluo City. He didn't know that Pang Xiaotai had already lost his way and returned. If Ning Chun directly attacked Pang Xiaotai's camp, it would be a big misunderstanding.

Immediately said: "I will go out of the city in person and ask Ning Chun to explain."

Not daring to delay, the two went out of the city together, and Pang Xiaotai returned to the camp by himself.

Lu Nan only led a dozen or so followers, and he stopped when he came to the river. He is not stupid. If the person who came was not Ning Chun, or someone who was fraudulent, wouldn't his ten or so people go forward to die and immediately rushed to the river? , Once there is a fraud, you can quickly gallop back to the city.

Not long after, at the other end of the mountain forest, facing the setting sun, a large number of people walked out. It was so dark that it was difficult to see clearly, but the high-waisted banner with the word "Tang" in it was particularly conspicuous.

"Your Majesty," the scout who explored the route quickly returned to the central army. "There are fifteen horsemen on the other side of the river in front of us. They are stationed on horseback and looking at our army."

The Chinese army guarded a white-faced and short-bearded scribe, who was Ning Chun, the governor of Nanhe Prefecture.

Ning Chun couldn't help being surprised when he heard the words, and after a little thought, he ordered: "Go forward and have a look, pay attention to the left and right wings."

Immediately hit the horse and come to the river.

Lu Nan was overjoyed when he saw the white-clothed scribe who came to the river, and shouted, "But Ning Shijun of Nanhe Prefecture?"

"My official Ning Chun", Ning Chun squinted at him, he didn't know this person, "Who are you?"

"I am sent to the magistrate of Dongluo County, Lu Nan." Lu Nan immediately dismounted and bowed from a distance, "I dare to ask Ning Shijun, will this trip help us to relieve the siege of Dongluo?"

Ning Chun was puzzled, and immediately reprimanded: "Are you really County Magistrate Lu?"

When Lu Nan saw this, he immediately ordered someone to present a seal for inspection.

Just at this moment, there was a clatter of horseshoes on the other side, and Ning Chun immediately ordered to line up to meet the enemy.

Seeing this, Lu Nan didn't care too much, and hurried across the river, "Ning Shijun wait a moment...".

After a while, Ning Chun looked at Pang Xiaotai and Lu Nan in disbelief with a look of astonishment on his face, "So, magistrate Lu, you mean that Mr. Pang has not attacked the city during this time?"

Lu Nan nodded straight, smiled wryly and said: "I'm waiting here to pretend to be deadlocked, looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements day and night."

Ning Chun was very impressed when he came to his senses.

Everyone entered Dongluo City immediately, and Pang Xiaotai did not hesitate, and directly led two thousand Baizhou soldiers under his command into the city.

At this time, the small Dongluo City had a total population of less than [-] people, but already had [-] troops.

In the county yamen, Ning Chun deserved to sit at the top. After all, Nanhe Prefecture is a Zhongzhou, ranking fourth, while Baizhou belongs to Xiazhou, and Pang Xiaotai is ranked fifth. What's more, Ning Chun was born in the Ning family and has a high reputation. He is a rare celebrity in Lingnan.

"Mr. Ning, now we have more than [-] troops in one place, and Ning Daoming has [-] troops stationed in Fengshan. What do you think should be done?" Lu Nan asked respectfully: "If you don't attack overnight, maybe you can Make meritorious service".

However, Pang Xiaotai's expression was a little unnatural when he heard this, and he bowed his head in silence.

Ning Chun noticed Pang Xiaotai's expression, his heart moved, and he asked directly: "What does Mr. Pang think?"

Pang Xiaotai looked at Lu Nan, a little hesitant, but Lu Nan didn't know why, so he could only say: "Mr. Pang, but it's okay to say."

"The Fengshan bandit army is three times as large as ours. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to attack rashly..." Pang Xiaotai said hesitantly.

Lu Nan frowned. Although he was not a world-famous scribe, he had received the teachings of his father Lu Deyong since childhood and grew up in this wild land. He was also somewhat bloody. He always felt that Pang Xiaotai and Nan Yinzhou Li Guang is somewhat similar, too cowardly.

Unexpectedly, Ning Chun actually nodded in agreement when he heard the words, "Pang Shijun's words are reasonable. Although Ning Daoming is incompetent, the Yuezhou soldiers under his command are fierce and capable. There are many enemies and we are few, so it is not good to fight rashly."

"That's right, we still need to discuss it from a long-term perspective," Pang Xiaotai immediately nodded with joy when he saw that Ning Chun agreed with his point of view.

Ning Chun was clear in his heart, and basically understood the thoughts of the governor of Baizhou, and immediately said: "I have a plan, which can defeat the bandit army, but it needs the cooperation of Mr. Pang."

Pang Xiaotai was stunned for a moment, feeling a little uneasy, swallowed hard and said, "Mr. Ning, please tell me."

"Later on you led the remnant soldiers to flee to Fengshan, and you said that when you met Ning Chun to help Dong Luo, under the attack of Ning Chun and Lu Nan, you suffered heavy casualties." Ning Chun stared at Pang Xiaotai firmly, " After you enter the city, grab the city gate at midnight tonight, and I will take the opportunity to break the city."

Pang Xiaotai looked shocked, "This, this can work?"

"Can do".

Lu Nan's eyes lit up, "Mr. Ning is really a clever plan. As long as the city is broken and the night is blurred, the bandit army can't see the number of us clearly. At that time, they will make noise and shout that it is the army of Nanyinzhou and Guizhou to suppress the rebellion. The guts of an army of thieves."

Ning Chun glanced at Lu Nan in surprise, this little county magistrate was actually a bit resourceful, more reliable than the hesitant governor of Baizhou in front of him.

The worry in Pang Xiaotai's eyes was not concealed, and he said bluntly: "Even if the city is broken, the number of bandits will be three times that of ours. It's too risky. Why not wait for the reinforcements from Nanyin Prefecture to arrive before acting."

Lu Nan was a little dissatisfied at this time, he didn't care about the superiority and inferiority, he stood up and shouted: "There is no risk in marching and fighting. Today Ning Shijun's reinforcements are here, no matter how stupid Ning Daoming is, he will receive it tomorrow." News, you will be completely exposed by then, and there will be no possibility of cooperating with the outside, and you have already made a plan before, but you can cooperate with the inside and the outside, and break the bandit army together, why are you looking forward and backward like this now?"

Faced with Lu Nan's reprimand, the Shangguan Pang Xiaotai was not only not angry, but his face was a little embarrassed, and he could only say: "I just think it's safer to wait for your father's reinforcements to arrive and then use them sooner rather than later."

"Sure", Lu Nan shouted again: "How safe is it to fight a war, and the merits of suppressing the rebellion are right in front of you. Why don't Mr. Pang actively atone for his merits, instead of cringing here."

Ning Chun's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she admired this little county magistrate very much, and then asked curiously: "County Magistrate Lu, do you know who your lord is?"

Lu Nan came to his senses, took a deep breath, calmed down, and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Pang, it was the lower official who was rude just now."

Then he crossed his hands to Ning Chun and said: "Report to Mr. Ning, my father is currently the governor of Nanyin Prefecture, and he uses his virtues."

Ning Chun showed joy, "It turns out that he is the son of Lu Changshi's family. No wonder he is so wise and brave. I went to Nanyinzhou a few years ago, and I met your father once, and we had a very happy conversation."

Lu Nan saluted again when he heard this. In fact, the two of them were almost the same age.

Ning Chun nodded, and then looked at Pang Xiaotai, "What do Mr. Pang think?"

Pang Xiaotai also understood at this time, he can no longer be timid, he must make up for his mistakes, and immediately said: "I will follow Ning Shijun's arrangement, but must it be tonight? Will it be too hasty."

Ning Chun was very disappointed.

Lu Nan had no choice but to explain patiently: "The news of Mr. Ning's coming to help cannot be concealed, and if it continues to be delayed, it will definitely be exposed."

Pang Xiaotai patted his huge head and nodded, "Then tonight, I'll go down and prepare."

Ning Chun glanced at Lu Nan, Lu Nan immediately understood, and said directly: "The official will accompany you."

Pang Xiaotai was indecisive. Without Lu Nan's assistance, Ning Chun was very worried that he would screw up. This Lu Nan is quite talented.

Taking advantage of the afterglow of the setting sun, Pang Xiaotai led the five or six hundred remnants and fled towards Fengshan City in a panic.

In Dongluo City, Ning Chun has already made preparations, and will sneak to Fengshan when night falls.

Looking at the back of Pang Xiaotai's men escaping into the forest, Ning Chun asked quietly: "Do you think he is trustworthy?"

Lu Nan grinned and said, "Ning Shijun is at ease, Pang Shijun will never dare to disagree."

"Oh? How do you say it?" Ning Chun was a little curious after hearing this decisive tone.

"Pang Shijun is most concerned about his relatives. He pretended to surrender to Ning Daoming before, and he was also worried about causing war disasters in Baizhou. Now that more than 1000 people under his command are in Dongluo City, how dare he have a different heart."Lu Nan seemed to have grasped Pang Xiaotai's temper, and said firmly.

This is the first time for Ning Chun to deal with Pang Xiaotai, and he also finds it interesting after listening to Lu Nan's words.

Fengshan is not far from Dongluo, but the traffic location of Fengshan is more convenient, while Dongluo is located in the deep mountains and is more remote. This is why Pang Xiaotai "fighted" in Dongluo for more than a month, and Ning Daoming of Fengshan didn't know the truth The reason, one is that Ning Daoming has banquets every day and ignores military affairs, and the other is that the location is remote.

The two counties are only connected by official roads for one day, so even though night falls and the roads cannot be seen clearly, the Liao people live in deep mountains and dense forests all year round, and now they drive along this wide official road overnight, which does not have much impact.

Along the winding official road of the mountain, two soldiers and horses, one in front and one in the back, headed towards the closed mountain. There were only six to seven hundred people in front, and tens of thousands of people in the back, always separated by a certain distance.

Two hours later, Pang Xiaotai looked at the soldiers behind him. They were all out of breath and stumbling around. Without any disguise, it could be seen that they were a defeated army.

"Brothers, hold on," Pang Xiaotai shouted loudly: "Fengshan City is not far ahead, just run in like this, don't rest."

Liao Bing only felt burning in his throat, and his legs were as heavy as lead. If it was someone else, he would definitely yell at this unkind order, and even resist. How can there be a rapid march for two hours in a row? There are hundreds of people.

But Pang Xiaotai was not only the governor of Baizhou, but also the chief of the Baizhou bureaucrats, with high prestige, all the soldiers had to struggle to get up, gritted their teeth and continued along the official road.

Finally, they arrived outside Fengshan City.

Seeing hundreds of sparse torches approaching from a distance, the rebels guarding the city hurriedly reported.

In the former governor's mansion and now the general's mansion, Ning Daoming was having a banquet as usual, the beauties in the hall were dancing, Ning Daoming was drunk and smiling, so happy.

"Report, General, there are hundreds of people coming from outside the city. I don't know their identities." The captain of the city gate hurriedly came to report.

Ning Daoming paused after hearing this, burping from wine and asked: "How many people are there?"

"Count, hundreds of torches, at most no more than a thousand people," said the captain of Chengmen hesitantly.

"There are only a few hundred people, why are you so panicked?" Ning Daoming shook his wine glass and sneered: "Maybe it's that tribe of slang people who have come to defect to me. Go and verify your identity and bring the leader over. I'll see who it is so late at night. Come here."

The captain of Chengmen immediately took orders and left.

At this time, the identity of the city gate had already been verified, and it turned out that it was Pang Shijun of Baizhou. The captain of the city gate hurried over. into the city.

"I want to see the general, quickly lead the way," Pang Xiaotai said in a deep voice.

"Report, General, Baizhou Pang Shijun is back", the school captain of Chengmen left and returned.

Pang Xiaotai rushed in staggeringly, "General, Ning Chun's reinforcements are here, and there are only five or six hundred people left in my Baizhou Liaobing...".

Ning Daoming broke out in a cold sweat instantly, threw the wine glass aside, and hurriedly got down from his seat and asked, "What's going on? Tell me clearly."

"At the end of today, when the city was about to be attacked, Ning Chun of Nanhe Prefecture suddenly rushed out from behind, and the Tang army of Dongluo City also rushed out. It's gone." Pang Xiaotai lowered his head and sobbed: "Please also send troops to the general. I will definitely kill Ning Chun and avenge my son."

Ning Daoming was horrified after hearing this, but he didn't doubt it. After all, the news of Ning Chun's dispatch of troops had already spread, and there was no flaw in what Pang Xiaotai said.

"Brother Pang, don't worry." Ning Daoming comforted: "I will avenge this revenge for you. You go down to rest first, appease the rest, and wait for me to make a plan."

"Come here", Ning Daoming ordered to the left and right: "Reward one hundred jars of wine and three hundred catties of meat, so that the brothers in Baizhou can eat and drink enough."

Pang Xiaotai's mouth twitched and he had no choice but to thank him.

"Feng Da", after Pang Xiaotai went down, Ning Daoming looked at the confused Feng Xuan, "That guy Ning Chun has some skills, how do you think we should deal with it?"

Although Ning Daoming had no eyes and no respect for Ning Chun, his uncle, he still agreed with Ning Chun's ability. After all, Ning Chun was the only talent in his Qinzhou Ning family who traveled to the Central Plains and studied in Taixue.

Overtime work for one day, dizzy, I really don't know what to write, I will adjust my state tomorrow