Gentlemen, listen to the sword chant

Chapter 77
The armies met for the first time in Xuzhou City, which lasted for several days, and soldiers and horses from all walks of life came to gather in these days.This time, because it was a call to arms issued by the imperial court, all soldiers and horses would eat imperial rations, and they would escort a large amount of rations from the capital to feed the coalition forces, so there was no need to worry about the future.On this day, March 24st, 150th year of Tai'an, soldiers and horses from all the princes arrived in Xuzhou City. In this way, Xuzhou City was really a fortress of iron and steel, with a garrison of up to 200 million.With these soldiers and horses, it can be said that Xi Shen has never lost his smile for a day. Little pirates?

In the city lord's mansion, Xi Shen saw that all the generals' troops had been properly arranged, so he couldn't wait to call the generals of all ministries to discuss the matter together. Firstly, they gathered to drink and connect with each other;

When Chen Ci and Lu Qian came, it was already full of people.As Wu Zhou Mu, Xi Shen is indeed the actual helm of Wu Bei. He is hereditary and does not allow himself to be seated at the top. The guest seats on the left and right are Lin Guming and Yan Chang respectively. , the royal clan, there is nothing to say.The statement found that there was still a seat, which should be his own, but Lu Qian was worried. He had no seat, so he could only stare blankly. Seeing that he was being neglected, he blushed and was furious, and shouted: "My seat What? Why, my lord, do you look down on us Taozhi Mountain heroes, we will answer the call and lead the army to form an alliance just to suppress the bandits, how can you be so cold to us?"

The noisy hall suddenly fell silent, and all the generals looked at Lu Qian. His skin was originally dark, and he was often exposed to the sun and rain. When he got angry, his face was both black and red, and he was a little disgusted and terrifying.Sitting upright, Xi Shen was wearing a bright red official robe. He was taken aback when he heard the words, looked at Lu Qian carefully, and asked suspiciously, "Who are you?"

He was pretending to be stupid. He had heard that Yuan Pei from Taozhi Mountain had also sent his subordinates to join the alliance. Xi Shen sneered, since a rebel like Yuan Pei dared to send troops blatantly?Therefore, he made a small plan to deliberately not set up a seat for Lu Qian, just to slap Lu Qian in the face severely, so as to anger him. Now that the heroes are gathered, one thing is needed to make the soldiers and horses from all walks of life share the same hatred. This attack on the bandit army became a breakthrough.

Lu Qian suppressed his anger, and said: "I am under the Taozhi Mountain Pei Gong's tent, and the forward general Lu Qian is also."

"Mt. Taozhi Peigong?" Xi Shen once again pretended to be suspicious and frowned, "Who is that?"

As he said that, he took a deep breath on purpose, let out a "husband", and said in astonishment: "Isn't that the rebel Yuan Pei who planned the 'Peach Blossom Rebellion'? Presumptuous, what guts have you eaten? Come here, take it down for me!" This rebel army was dragged out and beheaded to show the public, damn it, the Dongying people are coming up, and you rebels who are clamoring don’t stop, when I Wu Bei is weak, come to join in the fun?"

As soon as he finished speaking, several soldiers rushed out to detain Lu Qian. Lu Qian was not a persimmon, so he immediately drew out his saber and stared at him.

Seeing this, the two generals of Yuezhou and Minzhou smiled maliciously. They hated Taozhi Mountain, and now they found an opportunity. They stood up and clasped their fists together, saying: "Mr. Xi, the grass on Taozhi Mountain is extremely vicious. To be so bold as to sneak into the team of our alliance is really courting death, and the responsibility of beheading this thief general is left to the future, just in time, to sacrifice the blood of these bandits to my army flag."

Xi Shen waved his hand, also wanting to be favored by the river, and immediately said sternly: "Take it!"

Seeing several soldiers approaching uncontrollably, Chen Ci smiled and bowed humbly, "Your Majesty, wait a minute, Mr. Chen has something to say."

Xi Shen looked at Chen Ci, inexplicably feeling a little guilty, he didn't dare to look at him, and lowered his head.Seeing this, Chen Ci also sneered, thinking that the original owner had died a long time ago. When Taian left Xuzhou in 21 years, he had a fever. He was supposed to be given some kind of strong medicine, and then encountered Dongying people in the rain. Perhaps the assassination was directed by Xi Shen behind the scenes.

Xi Shen calmed down and said with an embarrassed smile, "So it's the son-in-law."

As soon as he spoke, all the soldiers began to whisper again, and the words "son of the prime minister", "papermaking" and "cut tobacco" came from time to time.

"Your Majesty, now that the Japanese pirates have invaded and Yuezhou has fallen, it is the time for employing people. It is a righteous cause for the heroes of Taozhi Mountain to travel thousands of miles to form an alliance." Chen Ci smiled politely.

Xi Shen's face changed, and he said coldly: "But they are thieves, and we are the army. Since ancient times, the army and the thieves have been incompatible."

"My lord, if you insist on doing this kind of thing like crossing rivers and demolishing bridges, the structure is too small. If it spreads out, it will only make people laugh. How can people with lofty ideals in the world dare to come to Wuyue for reinforcements in the future? My lord, it's hard to say , although the Taozhi Mountain heroes are thieves in name, they are also the people of my Great Liang. When we are locked up and fight, we are still brothers fighting each other, but the Dongying people are different. The Japanese invaded the mountains and rivers of Wuyue massively. We should do our best. His lord Fu insisted on beheading the people with lofty ideals who came to save the country. You will become a sinner of history." After finishing the statement calmly, he put a big hat on Xi Shen again.

Again, all the people present here are from all over the fourteen prefectures. Except for the generals of Guangdong and Fujian provinces, the others have no conflict of interest with Taozhi Mountain at all.The reason why Xi Shen wanted to do this was to unite all soldiers and horses in the name of suppressing thieves.But for those generals, if they left Taozhishan's troops, it would be considered a strength. In the future, if there was a real fight, some people would be able to fight in the front and relieve a lot of pressure.

In this wave, Chen Ci directly stood at the commanding heights of morality.

Therefore, many generals have stood up and echoed.

In addition, there is also a reason that this battle will last for a long time. In the future, countless people with lofty ideals will come from the fourteen states to fight against the enemy together. Now that the people in Taozhi Mountain have been killed, who will dare to come in the future?

Xi Shen's complexion changed, and he clenched his fists heavily. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people facing him, he didn't dare to say anything, and waved his cuffs: "Give me a seat."

Thank you for your speech.

Xi Shen stared at Chen Ci, sneered, thinking about something in his heart, and suddenly laughed grimly. He felt uncomfortable watching Chen Ci. After a while, a sergeant brought a small bamboo basket and stool.

Lu Qian wanted to explode, but after thinking about it, he sat down angrily.

Chen Ci sat on the seat, with a large bronze chopping board in front of him, and there were melons, fruits, wine, and barbecue. If you continue to make trouble, that is overreaching, and it will be offensive.

What happened just now was just a small unpleasantness. All the soldiers came from all corners of the country, but many of them knew each other and had participated in the battle of Jiangcheng in Jingzhou. After all, they were half old comrades in arms.Chatting and chatting, and talking about this Wuyue War, from Ning Zhiyuan and Xu Da in the Battle of Yincheng, to Lu Chen in the Battle of Hecheng, Tang Feng in the Battle of Yuhang, King Yue and others, the generals all sighed one slice.

"Tang Feng, in the first month of the 11th year of Tai'an, I fought side by side with him in Xiaodaoshan, Jiangcheng. He shouldn't be that kind of person, alas." A general sighed.

Tang Feng's surrender to the Dongying army in Kuaiji was a stain in his life, and he was destined to be reviled.

"People will always change. These 12 years have passed by in a hurry, and things have changed."

Who would have thought that a hero with strong bones would eventually surrender to the enemy?
"The most regrettable thing is Lu Chen. If Lu Chen is given enough time to prepare for the battle, he will not be able to defend Hecheng."

"What's the use of guarding Hecheng? Yuezhou is already rotten. Hmph, he's on empty pay, greedy for life and afraid of death. No matter how powerful Lu Chen is, can he guard for one month, three months, one year or three years? Don't be kidding Some people sneered, because Lu Chen violated the taboo of soldiers, that is, disobeying military orders, because he let the soldiers and civilians leave without authorization, and put himself in a desperate situation.

At this time, someone put aside the topic and said quietly: "There are no men in Yuezhou, but Wu Nan has all heroes. The eldest son Murong Tong, Jinling Sun Liang, Guangling Yu Changling, just pick anyone who is a famous hero."

Mentioning Murong Tong, Sun Liang, and Yu Changling, everyone was silent for a while, and then began to burst into emotion. Compared with the collapse of Yuezhou, the three battles in Wunan were outstanding, whether it was the battle of Suzhou or the battle of Jinling. Both the Battle of Guangling and the Battle of Guangling are enough to be recorded in the annals of history. They are real soldiers with a backbone.

Chen Ci said sarcastically: "Wu Nan would not have fallen if someone hadn't been greedy for life and afraid of death."

Xi Shen knew that Chen Ci was yin and yang to him, and he was a little embarrassed. He was indeed waiting for the court to send troops. He also knew that the court would send troops, and it was only a matter of time. Therefore, when King Wu wrote to him for help, Xi Shen chose not to respond. He used Wu Nan as a shield and pawn to play with, and now seeing that his small thoughts were blatantly exposed by the statement, he immediately became furious: "Didn't Wu Nan fall because some people did not act and ordered not to resist? Oh, I know , the king of Wu is greedy for life and afraid of death."

Chen Ci drank cynically, and said indifferently: "It's up to historians to judge right and wrong, but... the war between Wu Nan and Wu Nan has been ignited for several months. Why didn't Wu Bei, who belongs to the same family as Wu Nan, send out a single soldier?"

Xi Shen laughed loudly: "My son-in-law, I really want to refute what you said. I have to pay attention to the royal salary of Great Liang. Everything should be based on the overall situation. If there is no imperial document, how can I dare to send troops rashly? Those who want to take advantage of it, put a hat on this official, it is impossible to say, this official is also insulted and said that he covets the Wunan Sheji, and is going to take advantage of the fire to rob."

The statement stopped talking, he knew that no matter how he said it, Xi Shen would force his words out of reason.

At this critical moment, Lin Guming spoke, he waved his hand, and said coldly: "Everyone, we are here to discuss hunting for thieves, not bickering and playing with our temper like a brothel girl."

Yan Chang also smiled and said: "Yes, merits and demerits, there are posterity to comment, we have accepted the imperial court's call to come here to suppress thieves, other things, you can talk about it in private."

Xi Shen snorted coldly and put on a smile: "The two generals are right."

General Dake, the governor-general of the Third Corps of the Western Regions Army stood up, and Chen Donghai, the governor-general of the Jizhou Handan Army, said expressionlessly: "Your Majesty, all generals, as the saying goes, a soldier cannot live without a general, and an army cannot live without a commander. I have 27 soldiers and horses to form an allied army, if there is no leader to fight in unity, I am afraid that there will be a mess and I will not be able to fight, the general thinks that I should elect a person with enough prestige to provoke the leader."

General Zhao stood up and agreed.

Da Ke, the governor-general of the Third Corps of the Western Regions Army, narrowed his eyes slightly. He knew exactly what Chen Donghai was thinking, and his eyes understood the generals of the Bingzhou Army and the Shanxi Army.

The atmosphere in the hall changed suddenly, and even the statement captured some emotions that were not easy to detect.

Xi Shen sat awkwardly in his original position. Originally, he coveted this position, but since Yan Chang came, he felt that this position did not belong to him.

As we all know, Snow Country, Jizhou, and Zhao Country are the northern borders of the empire that guard the Great Wall defense line. Only the three princes follow the lead. Now the governor of Handan Army in Jizhou has said bluntly that he wants to elect a general with sufficient influence as the leader. Who else can it be?Naturally, it is Yan Chang. In terms of status, Yan Chang is the eldest son of King Yan, the eldest son of the Xue Kingdom, a member of the royal family, part of the blood of the royal family surnamed Ji flows in his body, and he is the uncle of the third prince of the current dynasty; Although it is not as famous as the Zhongzhou Iron Army's thunderous reputation, it has been fighting on the icy and snowy grassland for a long time, and its individual soldiers are of strong quality.

All the generals in the south chose to keep silent. For them, it didn't matter who was the leader. Anyway, the military salary they should get would not be small at all. As for the command of the battle, it was not their turn to dictate.

Dake, the governor-general of the 400rd Corps of the Western Regions, his face was livid. Naturally, he couldn't give up the position of leader to Yanchang in vain. He turned his eyes and thought of a plan. : "That's right. I have millions of troops. Naturally, I need a general who is well versed in the art of war and has military strategy to be the leader. Well, the Zhongzhou Iron Army is powerful and unparalleled in the world. It has defended the imperial power for more than [-] years, and General Lin Guming enlisted in the army at sixteen , Leading the army and governing the army can be called Wu Zong, I think, except for General Lin, no one can fulfill this important task."

"That's right, General Lin Guming is full of heroism, and he should take on this important task if he becomes famous as a young man." The general of the Bingzhou Army echoed.

"I agree." The chief general of the Shanxi Army also agreed.

Everyone sneered, who didn't know that the Western Regions, Shanxi and Bingzhou all wore a pair of trousers, and they were all loyal subordinates who supported His Highness the First Prince.

When Chen Donghai heard the words, he unconsciously looked at Yanchang.

Lin Guming was a little taken aback, narrowing his eyes with a gloomy expression.

Lu Qian was a little confused, not knowing why the conflict on the field happened.

The appeal of the statement has faded. He has long known that these people will find a leader, which is extremely boring. The so-called position of leader is useless. Unable to command the entire army.

(End of this chapter)