Elegy of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 424 The enemy is at Xiangji Temple

Late at night, in the Yinqian Xiaojie Army camp on the outskirts of Wugong County, torches were lit everywhere, and the guards were as tight as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

That battle was completely unlike the one in Guanzhong where war was almost impossible. It was no different from the time in the Western Region.

The commander's tent in the Chinese army was filled with torches, like daylight, and many generals were joking and whispering to each other.

Fang Chongyong looked at the relaxed generals and asked with a half-smile: "Has the imperial envoy arrived? Did he tell you to go to Xiangji Temple in five days to receive the reward?"

"Jie Shuai, you can know this kind of thing even when you're not in the camp. It's amazing!"

He Changqi echoed with excitement.

"Yes, Your Highness, the person who sent the message specifically said that rewards will be given according to the merits reported by the Commander-in-Chief. They will all be given silk, grain and fodder, and no such frivolous things as Jiaozi will be given."

Guan Chongsi also interjected, obviously not seeing anything wrong with such an order.

After all, they deserve those rewards!

Fang Chongyong asked calmly.

"Order!"

Wang Rao took the letter with a surprised look on his face. After seeing the content on the letter, his hands couldn't help but tremble instantly.

Fang Chongyong nodded slightly and told Che Guangqian: "General Che, Feng Canjun is the most fair and strict in enforcing military laws on weekdays, and everyone is convinced. Give him Li Shizhi's autographed letter and let him read it!"

Feng Changqing came out of the queue, cupped his fists and saluted Fang Chongyong.

That looks very angry!

"Commander, the last general is here!"

"Where are you going to join the army?"

After he finished reading, He Changqi drew his sword on the spot and shouted loudly: "Everyone, we will send troops to Chang'an now, rush into the imperial city and kill those traitorous prime ministers! If I don't kill them, it will be difficult to express the hatred in my heart!" "

Therefore, this commander decided to spend all his wealth, sell off his property, and pay rewards to the brothers of the Silver Spear Xiaojie Army. Don't make it public. Such things are taboo. If the saint knows about it, you will be in bad luck in this section.

Hey!
It's just an act, and you're so dedicated to riding the horse that it looks like the real thing!
Fang Chongyong mentally cursed Feng Changqing for being too involved in the drama, which made him unable to control his emotions.

"Haha! How stupid!"

After the military tent calmed down, Fang Chongyong sighed and said: "This incident was caused by Zhang Jun, the Minister of Punishment, who avenged his brother. It received the full support of the Yizheng Hall and the full cooperation of the Shence Army. Even the Saint's acquiescence."

Che Guangqian, who was behind Fang Chongyong, sneered twice, a half-hearted sarcasm that seemed extremely abrupt and attracted everyone's attention.

"Jie Shuai, you can't read it!"

Fang Chongyong saw that Feng Changqing hadn't spoken for a long time and scolded him loudly.

Fang Chungyong waved his hand to signal everyone not to make any noise.

This attracted a lot of side glances from the generals in the military tent.

On such a happy day, what the hell is Che Guangqian doing?

Once a soldier of the Silver Spear Xiaojie Army showed dissatisfaction when receiving the reward, he would be shot dead by the ambush and then labeled as a rebel.

I can't turn over for the rest of my life!

Fang Zhongyong's expression remained calm, while Che Guangqian's face was sarcastic, standing aside with arms folded and sneering.

This is no longer a question of whether to reward or not, this is preparing to cut off the head!
Those people not only want to kill people, but also want to kill people! Can you bear it? It's a matter of life and death, who can tolerate this kind of thing!

However, no one else agreed with He Changqi. Instead, they knelt down directly to Fang Chongyong and shouted loudly:

Seeing that the generals had calmed down, he sighed again and said:
"Their power is too strong. If we act recklessly, it is tantamount to throwing an egg against a stone and ruining our future in vain.

"Please Commander Jie do justice to my Silver Spear Xiao Jie!"

He stood up, kicked Feng Changqing to the ground, took the letter from the other party's hand, handed it to Wang Rao and said: "General Wang, read it! Read it loudly!"

This is not an act, this is the first time he has seen this letter. Mainly because the content in the letter was too outrageous.

Feng Changqing knelt directly in front of Fang Chongyong, hugged his calf and cried bitterly: "Jie Shuai, you can't read it. If you read it, all the brothers will become traitors! If you can't read it, you can go to Chang'an to clear the relationship!" "

"Everyone, please listen to me."

Che Guangqian shouted, stepped forward, and handed the letter from Jiang Wuyan to Feng Changqing.

All the generals were confused and didn't know what Che Guangqian was sneering at.

Wang rarely suppressed his anger and read out the contents of the letter word for word.

"Order!"

Fang Chongyong shouted angrily.

As a result, Chang Qing only glanced at the envelope, and his eyes widened, not believing what he saw.

How can you bear it when someone holds a knife in front of your neck and accuses you of murder and robbery?

After reading the letter, Wang Ranran suddenly became furious, and his whole body was on the verge of exploding!
"Read it! If you don't read it again, the Commander-in-Chief will punish you with military law!"

"Feng Canjun, what are you still doing! Are you mute? Read this chapter loudly to the commander!"

"What a bastard! That's too much!"

According to the content of the letter, the imperial court, or to be precise, the Yizhengtang, not only awarded silver spears to the officers and soldiers of the Filial Piety Army, but also planned to ambush a large number of soldiers in Xiangji Temple.

The brothers took the money and accepted the imperial titles, and that was the end of the matter.

The Silver Spear Filial Piety Festival is an unyielding and meritorious team loyal to the Tang Dynasty. This commander does not want to see you rebel and have your reputation be ruined in one day.

Scatter my family's wealth, and you will be wise all your life. You will be handsome and have no regrets in this section! "

Fang Chongyong looked solemn, looked around at the generals and said with a sonorous tone.

"Jie Shuai, this is not a question of money!
If he could swallow this breath, wouldn't he be like a turtle son? "

At this moment, Che Guangqian behind Fang Zhongyong suddenly stood up and said something that attracted a lot of attention.

Then he walked around to Fang Chongyong, blushed, turned around and raised his arms to the generals and shouted:

"Silver Spear Filial Piety has made great achievements in battle. We are all men of iron, armed with a hundred tiger swords! We are not afraid of going up mountains of swords and seas of fire, and are not afraid of jackals, tigers, and leopards! We are not afraid of blood and sweat, and we return with a smile when facing corpses wrapped in horse leather!"

But what are we fighting for? Do we really care about those pieces of cloth and those few stones of rice?

I don’t care!
We just want fairness!

fair!

It’s still fair to ride a horse! "

Seeing the excitement among the generals, Che Guangqian continued to shout:

"It is natural to be rewarded for meritorious service! We are not greedy, Ding is Ding Mao is Mao! We must have what we deserve!
This is glory, it is what we deserve, we fought bloody battles and fought through the Western Region to take it back!

We don’t want any more, and no one can take away what belongs to us!

The prime minister can't, the six ministers can't, and even the saints can't!
If the imperial court does not give us justice, we will go to the imperial city, to the Yizhengtang, to the Liubu Yamen to demand justice!

Let's go to Xingqing Palace and let the saint come out to administer justice!
I don’t believe that there are no people with open eyes in the Tang Dynasty who can’t see what an achievement we made by walking ten thousand miles across the mountains and sweeping across the Western Regions! "

Che Guangqian's words made sense and were indeed on point. After everyone heard this, they all felt that these were the fault of the court, and they were right anyway.

Che Guangqian turned around and knelt down on one knee. The other party Zhongyong asked for instructions:
"Commander! The saint has been deceived by the traitor, and the bad guys in the court have blocked the sky, bringing shame to our outstanding, loyal and brave iron army!

They have to go even further and plot to liquidate us!

The Silver Spear Xiaojie Army are all tough men, how can we just let it go!

Not for money, just for integrity! We, the Silver Spear Filial Piety Army, just want to fight for it!

Li Shizhi won't give us justice, and Zhang Jun won't give us justice, so we will use the knife in our hands to cut out justice! "

Che Guangqian stood up, drew out her saber, raised it high, and shouted loudly:
"Honor the emperor and punish traitors! Heaven will punish the traitors of the country!"

Defeat the divine strategy first, and then enter Chang'an!
Enter the imperial city and kill the traitor with your own hands!

If someone stands in the way of a person, he will kill someone; if someone stands in the way of a Buddha, he will kill the Buddha!
We just want the world to know that Silver Spear Xiao Jie is like a tiger and a lion and cannot be bullied!
Those who bully us can only apologize with death! "

"Honor the emperor and punish traitors! Heaven will punish the traitors!"

"Honor the emperor and punish traitors! Heaven will punish the traitors!"

"Honor the emperor and punish traitors! Heaven will punish the traitors!"

All the generals shouted in unison, each and every one of them felt as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

Seeing this scene, Fang Chongyong breathed a sigh of relief. Che Guangqian, a cultural person, talks in one way, and the effect is really great. Although these were all agreed upon in advance, this performance on the spot was truly a show of true feelings.

Che Guangqian was a general who was promoted on the way to the Western Regions, so he was the most active in making trouble.

This is not only because it is related to the establishment of the Yinqian Xiaojie Army in Chang'an, but also closely linked to Che Guangqian's own interests and future.

If he couldn't reward according to his merits, all his hard work would be in vain.

No one else would be able to give up.

Fang Chongyong could imagine that in his previous life, a state-owned enterprise employee worked hard to become a factory director, but was beaten back to his original shape by an airborne leader for no reason.

This person will never give up! The principles are the same in ancient and modern times.

Fang Chongyong believed that even if Che Guangqian was asked to go up and chop Li Shizhi now, he would not hesitate at all.

As long as you dare to block my financial path, block my official career, or ruin my future, I will chop you up with a knife, regardless of whether you are the prime minister or not!
Many times, those high-ranking and powerful people actually don’t understand the truth:
When the order they built is questioned by those at the bottom, those people will no longer abide by these orders. Instead, they believe in the most primitive violent machine.

The source of power for the powerful is often the stable order built during peacetime.

After losing these, their necks are no harder than anyone else's. If they are cut with a knife, they will still bleed!

"This journey will be very dangerous, and you may even lose your life. Have you all thought about it?

Those who are unwilling to participate should leave the military tent now. The Commander-in-Chief will neither force nor pursue them.

I made an oath here. If I violate it, I will be punished by heaven and earth. "

Fang Chongyong looked around the crowd and asked.

This sentence is actually nonsense, because the people in the Yi Zhengtang obviously have no intention of letting the Silver Spear Xiaojie Army go. If it cannot establish its authority, this army will be nothing but a coward in Chang'an, and there will be no telling how much trouble there will be in the future.

The social atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty was high-spirited and happy.

I want to do it, just do it first!
People at that time had such courage and ambition, let alone Qiu Ba who licked blood from his knife edge.

For those who leave now, this scene tonight will be a shadow and pain point for them for the rest of their lives. Even if others think highly of them, they will look down on themselves.

"We are willing to follow Commander-in-Chief Zunhuang to punish the traitors and punish the traitors of the country!"

All the generals shouted in unison.

If the military morale is available, the matter will be half done!
Fang Chongyong was determined.

"General Che, get on the map."

Fang Chongyong ordered Che Guangqian.

"Order!"

Che Guangqian took over from the soldiers the topographic map of the surrounding area of ​​Xiangji Temple that he and the Cheka people had jointly drawn, and hung it on a wooden shelf specially designed for hanging maps in the military tent.

After the map is unfolded, the rivers, mountains, forests, and Buddhist temples around Xiangji Temple are all clearly marked.

"Our first battle is to defeat the ambushing Shence Army."

Fang Chongyong took out a thin wooden stick, pointed at the map and said:

"There are four numbers in total for the Shence Army dispatched this time. Because they are not full of numbers, so if the number is less than 12,000, let's just treat it as 12,000.

Although there are only 3,000 of us, we have a great chance of winning if we are calculated mentally or not.

The northwest and southeast sides of Xiangji Temple are surrounded by dense forests. The southwest is the ferry where three rivers meet, and the northeast is the only way to Chang'an.

I estimate that the Shence Army is ambushing in the woods to the northwest and southeast. Because they are guilty of thieves, they will not be exposed easily. "

Fang Chongyong briefly introduced the terrain around Xiangji Temple.

Obviously, according to the predictions of the court ministers and ministers, it is possible for the Silver Spear Xiaojie Army to give in, and they even think that this possibility is not small.

Therefore, the ambush force of the Shence Army must be as unexposed as possible. Only take action when necessary.

This also means that the Shence Army can only ambush in two woods.

Then watch the fireworks as a signal to start!

If the ministers of the Yizhengtang don't give orders, they won't show up.

Because this kind of thing is taboo. If the Silver Spear Xiaojie Army obediently accepted the so-called "reward" from the imperial court, the Shence Army's actions would be an evil plot. Exposing this kind of thing would be harmful but useless.

The prime ministers and ministers are all people who cherish their wings, and it is absolutely impossible for anyone to find such an excuse.

Fang Chongyong understood the thoughts of Li Shizhi and others clearly!
"General Che, you lead a hundred people and strong fire oil. As long as this commander leads people into Xiangji Temple, you will act according to the opportunity and burn the dense forest!"

You can divide into two teams and play in two woods at the same time! "

Fang Chongyong looked at Che Guangqian and said.

"I have the order! The general will definitely do it well!"

Che Guangqian took the order arrow, cupped her fists and saluted.

"He Laohuo is too eye-catching. Please go to Xiangji Temple with this commander to receive the reward, so as to confuse the people in the court."

Fang Chongyong ordered He Changqi.

"Order!"

He Changqi said listlessly.

"Feng Canjun, you go to nearby villages and recruit hundreds of civilians. If you give them enough money, recruit as many as you can. The more the better.

Let them put on the military uniforms of the Silver Spear Xiaojie Army and follow us into Xiangji Temple. Remember to keep it secret.

Don't be reluctant to spend money. "

Fang Chongyong warned Feng Changqing.

"Order!"

Feng Changqing took the command arrow and saluted with clasped fists!

The reason why he cooperated with Fang Chongyong in acting before was actually the same as Che Guangqian. They were all generals discovered by Fang Chongyong during his expedition to the Western Regions, and they all took root in the Silver Spear Filial Piety Army.

If someone fools them about their military exploits, they will all be beaten back to their original form.

Li Shizhi and others had no idea how many people he had offended and died this time, and how many people's futures he had ruined. They don't even understand why blocking someone's financial path is like killing their parents.

"General Wang, General Guan, you lead the main force of the Silver Spear Xiaojie Army of 2,500 people, all equipped with cavalry. After the ambush troops of the Shence Army escape from the fire, you can lead the troops to pursue them all the way.

If the Shence Army escapes into the south gate of Chang'an City, you will rush into Chang'an City and we will arrive soon.

Remember, all actions are not aimed at killing people, but they must destroy the structure of the Shence Army.

We just have to be quick and capture the imperial city before everyone reacts! "

Fang Chongyong pointed the thin wooden stick at the location of Chang'an City on the map!

"Order!"

All the generals shouted in unison.

"Well, you all go down and pass the message from level to level to explain to the prime minister and the civil servants why they want to destroy us and label us as traitors.

Many people don't understand the truth, so try to make it as simple as possible.

For example, if you tell your subordinates that if we don't participate in this operation, not only will we get no rewards, but our whole family will also be raped by traitors from the Yi clan, etc., they will know what to do. "

Fang Chongyong explained to the generals using the principle of rounding.

"Jie Shuai, is it really that serious?"

He Changqi suddenly asked in a low voice.

"Shut up if you can't speak!"

Fang Chongyong couldn't help but scolded in a low voice!
He Changqi touched his head and quietly stepped aside and stopped talking.

“Everyone, after four days, what we want is for the tiger to come down from the mountain, not for the cat to play.

You all must be very alert and don't let your reputation as a silver spear filial piety slip away. "

Fang Chongyong looked around at the generals and warned.

"Please rest assured, Commander-in-Chief! We will fight to the death, respect the emperor and punish traitors, and the heaven will punish the traitors of the country!"

All the generals shouted in unison.

(End of this chapter)