Late Tang
Chapter 536
At the foot of Changbai Mountain in Zizhou, there is a camp of the Pinglu Army.
"The last general is waiting to welcome the commander!" Kang Chenghui shouted, and all the officers lined up in front of the camp at the foot of the mountain to greet him. A cavalry team of about 500 people appeared in front of the barracks. The flag that was first raised was that of Song Wei, the commander of the Pinglu Army banner.
All the generals of the Pinglu army looked at Song Wei's arrival, and all lowered their heads with uneasy expressions.
Since the first lunar month, Marshal Song's old body has relapsed, and he has contracted a seasonal disease, and finally had to return to Qingzhou.Before leaving, Song Wei handed over the full command of the front line to the deputy commander Kang Chenghui, but this war of fighting chaos, from last year to this year, has made no progress.
In April, the commander-in-chief was very worried after seeing the grass bandit and the rebel Wang Jingwu meet, and offered to serve as a recruiter.Song Wei, who had recovered somewhat, came to the front line of Ziqi from Qingzhou again, and commanded the Pinglu army to launch an attack on the rebels. At the beginning, he won several consecutive victories. , although the guards found the guards in time, Song Wei was still hit by a crossbow. Although he only injured his arm, the crossbow bolt was poisonous, and he could not be completely cured after several treatments.In the end, Song Wei had to return to Qingzhou again. As a result, Wang Jingwu spread rumors that Song Wei was dead, which caused the morale of the Pinglu army to plummet.Wang Jingwu led the army to take the opportunity to counterattack several times, and took back Linji and Zhangqiu City in Qizhou that the government army had captured earlier.
Since then, the war has become more and more difficult, until now, Kang Chenghui has not been able to invade Qizhou again.
On the contrary, the other towns reported success frequently. First, Li Jing alone led the town [***] in Songzhou to defeat Wang Xianzhi's 16 grasshoppers with [-].Later, Ximen Sigong, the governor of the capital, led the troops of six towns to defeat the [-] troops of Huang Chao and Wang Xianzhi in Juye, Yunzhou.
There are frequent good news from all walks of life, but the Pinglu Army has not made an inch of success.Not only failed to wipe out Wang Jingwu's rebels, but now Huang Chao led his army into Qizhou to join Wang Jingwu.Hearing the news, Song Wei, who was far away in Qingzhou, rushed to preside over the overall situation regardless of his weakness.Now Song Wei is not only worried about being useless as a coach, but also worried that Huang Chao and Wang Jingwu will join forces to attack Zizhou or even attack Qingzhou.
"Congratulations, Commander!" All the generals of the Pinglu Army greeted him in unison.
As a veteran of the battlefield, Song Wei did not ride a horse this time, but came in a carriage.When he lifted the curtain of the carriage and got out of the carriage, he almost fell down.It wasn't until he approached that the generals saw clearly that Song Wei was actually wearing a fur robe and a fur cap on his head on June Day.After only seeing each other for several months, he was extremely weak, his face was pale, his eyes were dull, and his lips were even a little black and blue.The back that was originally tall and straight was also a little bent, and the hands that used to hold a knife and a lance were now leaning on a cane.
Seeing this appearance, all the generals in Pinglu did not change their colors. No one thought that Marshal Song's injury was so serious that it had reached such a serious level.
"Deputy Commander Kang, Cui Sima, Judge Lei..." Song Wei coughed a few times and seemed to be leaning on the crutch in his hand. His cloudy eyes swept over everyone and greeted them one by one.
"Master!" the generals replied in a low voice.
The neat beard couldn't hide his weakness at the moment. After greeting, Song Wei didn't make too many greetings, but said bluntly: "I know that time is short. Before he died, wipe out Wang Jingwu, the traitor of the Pinglu army, and wipe out the grass bandits."
His deep-set eyes looked at Cui Yunqing a little uncomfortable. Although Song Wei was already a sick tiger, he still had an aura. "Ji Yu has already recovered the three prefectures of Pu, Yun, and Ji, and is now in the north of Qi prefecture, ready to enter Qi prefecture at any time. Just received the express letter from him, and Ji Yu said that he will obey the command of the commander at any time!"
Hearing Li Jing's name, Song Wei's eyes flashed a complex look.At first, he thought he could subdue this kid by means.When he couldn't control it in the end, he gave in a step and took Li Jing as his adopted son. He originally wanted to use this to win over him and let him become his right-hand man. When he died in the future, the position of Marshal Pinglu could be to him.But Li Jing's life experience far exceeded his expectations. Not only did he establish Zhen[***], but he also became a Jiedushi alongside him in such a short period of time.Now he is also the commander-in-chief of the three towns, up to the third prince.Whether it's official position, fame or even title, Li Jing, the young boy at the beginning, has already left him thousands of miles away.
"You have taken in a good apprentice!" Song Wei sighed.
"He is also your adoptive son, Marshal. When you accepted him as a foster son, your relationship has been irreversible. Li Jing is not a heartless person. He was the adoptive son of the Marshal before, and he is still the one now." "
"I'm afraid Li Jing didn't really want to do the things at the beginning. Now, those things don't matter."
"Li Jing agreed at the beginning. He is the adopted son of the commander-in-chief. No matter how humble his status was at the beginning and how noble his status is now, he will never forget these. What's more, the current matter is The matter of the imperial court. In private, he is the adopted son of the commander-in-chief, and in public, he is under the command of the commander-in-chief. As long as the commander-in-chief gives an order, Li Jing will definitely take orders." Cui Yunqing believed that Li Jing was a man of love and righteousness.What's more, the letter was written by Li Jing on his own initiative, which further proves this point.
"Is Ji Yu really willing to obey the old man's military order?" Song Wei turned his head to look at Cui Yunqing with burning eyes!
"Yes, I can guarantee it!" Cui Yunqing's eyes did not retreat in the slightest.
"If that's the case, the victory will be considered great!" Song Wei said bluntly, Zhen [***]'s strength is obvious to all, "Bring me the map!"
The guards brought a huge sheepskin map, and Song Wen pointed to the map, "Look, generals, right now the yellow thief and Wang Ni are joining forces, with about 10,000 soldiers and 20+ young and strong auxiliary soldiers. Although they claim to be [-], but in fact the actual number of soldiers is estimated to be about [-]. Right now the two are guarding Qizhou, with the Yellow River to the north, and the Yichang Army to the north of the Yellow River. It is the summer flood season, and even if the two thieves want to go north The Yellow River is also not feasible."
"To the west of them is the elite 5000 town [***] of Li Jing stationed along the Jishui River in the north of Qizhou. The town [***] has [-] troops, but it can stop [-] bandits. Yellow bandits and Wang Ni dare not go west."
"Cough, cough, cough!" After Song Wei coughed violently, he wiped his mouth with a handkerchief. Cui Yunqing's sharp eyes saw the shocking blood on the handkerchief when Song Wei put it away.
Song Wei continued: "It is not feasible to go north or west. To the east is our Pinglu army. Although our army has been at a disadvantage in the battle with Wang Ni recently. But to the east, there are green and dense mountains, and there are seas on both sides. , to the east is the peninsula, as long as Wang Ni is not stupid, he will never dare to go east."
"Marshal, do you think the two thieves will go south?" Kang Chenghui asked.
"That's right, the two thieves will not only go south, but I expect them to go to Yizhou again." Song Wei said confidently. To the south of Qizhou is Yanzhou and Yizhou.However, there is still the Taining Army in the southwest of Yanzhou, and further west is the official army of the six towns of Caozhou, and the two thieves dare not go there again.Then, you can go to Yizhou. The two thieves have breached Yizhou before, and they are very familiar with Yizhou.Moreover, after they entered Yizhou, they could immediately go south and enter Sixu, avoiding the officers and soldiers of the various towns right now, and continuing to flee.
"This time, we're going to surprise the second thieves." Song Wei coughed a few times and hit the map with his fist.
"What's the plan, Commander?"
"Cui Sima, write a letter to Ji Yu on behalf of the commander-in-chief, asking him to lead the army to continue eastward along the Jishui River, and make preparations to encircle the bandit army in Qizhou with our army. The movement should be louder, but remember Don't really bite the bandit army. The commander's injury to him is to make a big show, drive the bandit army from the west, but don't fight." Song Wei said.
Cui Yunqing didn't ask why, but picked up a pen and paper and started writing the letter.After writing it, Song Wei personally read it and nodded, and asked Cui Yunqing to add another sentence, the handsome has been poisoned by arrows, and the poison of the arrows has penetrated into the lungs, and time is running out.When the commander-in-chief died, Ji Yu came to take over the position of Jiedu envoy of the Pinglu Army.
Cui Yunqing shook her hands, and finally added this sentence.
After writing this letter, Song Wei asked Cui Yunqing to give him the pen again, and this time he wrote two notes himself with trembling hands.The first note was a memorial written by Song Wei to the imperial court. In the letter, he stated that he was seriously ill. He petitioned the imperial court, hoping that the imperial court would appoint Li Jing as Ziqing Jiedu envoy to stay behind.The other letter is a will, hoping that the emperor will take care of the Song family in Chang'an after his death. In addition, he asks the emperor to grant permission for Li Jing to take over as the governor of Ziqing, and Cui Yunqing to take over the post of governor of Qingzhou.
After writing this will, Song Wei took out his official and private seals and pressed them together, and also pressed his fingerprints, and finally handed the letter to Cui Yunqing. "This letter is temporarily kept by Cui Sima, and it will be sent to Chang'an immediately after the old man closes his eyes.
These two letters were written publicly in front of the generals, and no one objected to Song Wei's arrangement.Both Cui Yunqing and Kang Chenghui, who were most likely to take over as Marshals of the Pinglu Army, had no objections, and naturally the rest of the generals also had no objections.
Seeing that no one objected, Song Wei's complexion improved a lot.
"Pass down the commander's military order, and Deputy Commander Kang will lead [-] elite soldiers to garrison the camp, and leave another [-] auxiliary soldiers to help. The soldiers will be led by the commander himself, and tonight, the horses will be wrapped in hoofs, and they will march forward lightly, and immediately rush to Yizhou, ready to wait for work at leisure, wait for the bandits to throw themselves into Luo, and then wipe them all out!"
Only then did the generals understand General Song's whole plan. They ordered Zhen [***] to drive the bandit army away from the west, and then asked Deputy Commander Kang to bluff in the east, making a gesture of holding back the bandits, forcing the bandit army to flee south. .However, Marshal Song had already expected that the bandit army would go to Xinzhou, enter Yizhou in advance to set up an ambush, and wait for work with ease. This is indeed a good move.
But what worries Cui Yunqing is whether the two thieves will really flee to Yizhou as Marshal Song expected?Even if they really fled to Yizhou, would the Pinglu army's [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers defeat the two thieves?
"Marshal, do you want to inform the Probation Army in advance and ask them to send troops to Yizhou? In addition, should Ji Yu also tell them the detailed plan and ask them to follow the bandit army and go south to attack the bandit army with us?" ?” Cui Yunqing asked.
Song Wei was silent, no one knew what he was thinking, but after a long time, he still shook his head and rejected the proposal.
"There is too much movement, which may arouse the suspicion of the bandit army. Besides, there are only bandits in the area, and my Pinglu army is enough!"
"Is it really enough for the Pinglu Army?" Cui Yunqing was a little worried, or was the commander still a little unwilling, and wanted to use this battle to leave a great mark on his life's battle? (To be continued.)
"The last general is waiting to welcome the commander!" Kang Chenghui shouted, and all the officers lined up in front of the camp at the foot of the mountain to greet him. A cavalry team of about 500 people appeared in front of the barracks. The flag that was first raised was that of Song Wei, the commander of the Pinglu Army banner.
All the generals of the Pinglu army looked at Song Wei's arrival, and all lowered their heads with uneasy expressions.
Since the first lunar month, Marshal Song's old body has relapsed, and he has contracted a seasonal disease, and finally had to return to Qingzhou.Before leaving, Song Wei handed over the full command of the front line to the deputy commander Kang Chenghui, but this war of fighting chaos, from last year to this year, has made no progress.
In April, the commander-in-chief was very worried after seeing the grass bandit and the rebel Wang Jingwu meet, and offered to serve as a recruiter.Song Wei, who had recovered somewhat, came to the front line of Ziqi from Qingzhou again, and commanded the Pinglu army to launch an attack on the rebels. At the beginning, he won several consecutive victories. , although the guards found the guards in time, Song Wei was still hit by a crossbow. Although he only injured his arm, the crossbow bolt was poisonous, and he could not be completely cured after several treatments.In the end, Song Wei had to return to Qingzhou again. As a result, Wang Jingwu spread rumors that Song Wei was dead, which caused the morale of the Pinglu army to plummet.Wang Jingwu led the army to take the opportunity to counterattack several times, and took back Linji and Zhangqiu City in Qizhou that the government army had captured earlier.
Since then, the war has become more and more difficult, until now, Kang Chenghui has not been able to invade Qizhou again.
On the contrary, the other towns reported success frequently. First, Li Jing alone led the town [***] in Songzhou to defeat Wang Xianzhi's 16 grasshoppers with [-].Later, Ximen Sigong, the governor of the capital, led the troops of six towns to defeat the [-] troops of Huang Chao and Wang Xianzhi in Juye, Yunzhou.
There are frequent good news from all walks of life, but the Pinglu Army has not made an inch of success.Not only failed to wipe out Wang Jingwu's rebels, but now Huang Chao led his army into Qizhou to join Wang Jingwu.Hearing the news, Song Wei, who was far away in Qingzhou, rushed to preside over the overall situation regardless of his weakness.Now Song Wei is not only worried about being useless as a coach, but also worried that Huang Chao and Wang Jingwu will join forces to attack Zizhou or even attack Qingzhou.
"Congratulations, Commander!" All the generals of the Pinglu Army greeted him in unison.
As a veteran of the battlefield, Song Wei did not ride a horse this time, but came in a carriage.When he lifted the curtain of the carriage and got out of the carriage, he almost fell down.It wasn't until he approached that the generals saw clearly that Song Wei was actually wearing a fur robe and a fur cap on his head on June Day.After only seeing each other for several months, he was extremely weak, his face was pale, his eyes were dull, and his lips were even a little black and blue.The back that was originally tall and straight was also a little bent, and the hands that used to hold a knife and a lance were now leaning on a cane.
Seeing this appearance, all the generals in Pinglu did not change their colors. No one thought that Marshal Song's injury was so serious that it had reached such a serious level.
"Deputy Commander Kang, Cui Sima, Judge Lei..." Song Wei coughed a few times and seemed to be leaning on the crutch in his hand. His cloudy eyes swept over everyone and greeted them one by one.
"Master!" the generals replied in a low voice.
The neat beard couldn't hide his weakness at the moment. After greeting, Song Wei didn't make too many greetings, but said bluntly: "I know that time is short. Before he died, wipe out Wang Jingwu, the traitor of the Pinglu army, and wipe out the grass bandits."
His deep-set eyes looked at Cui Yunqing a little uncomfortable. Although Song Wei was already a sick tiger, he still had an aura. "Ji Yu has already recovered the three prefectures of Pu, Yun, and Ji, and is now in the north of Qi prefecture, ready to enter Qi prefecture at any time. Just received the express letter from him, and Ji Yu said that he will obey the command of the commander at any time!"
Hearing Li Jing's name, Song Wei's eyes flashed a complex look.At first, he thought he could subdue this kid by means.When he couldn't control it in the end, he gave in a step and took Li Jing as his adopted son. He originally wanted to use this to win over him and let him become his right-hand man. When he died in the future, the position of Marshal Pinglu could be to him.But Li Jing's life experience far exceeded his expectations. Not only did he establish Zhen[***], but he also became a Jiedushi alongside him in such a short period of time.Now he is also the commander-in-chief of the three towns, up to the third prince.Whether it's official position, fame or even title, Li Jing, the young boy at the beginning, has already left him thousands of miles away.
"You have taken in a good apprentice!" Song Wei sighed.
"He is also your adoptive son, Marshal. When you accepted him as a foster son, your relationship has been irreversible. Li Jing is not a heartless person. He was the adoptive son of the Marshal before, and he is still the one now." "
"I'm afraid Li Jing didn't really want to do the things at the beginning. Now, those things don't matter."
"Li Jing agreed at the beginning. He is the adopted son of the commander-in-chief. No matter how humble his status was at the beginning and how noble his status is now, he will never forget these. What's more, the current matter is The matter of the imperial court. In private, he is the adopted son of the commander-in-chief, and in public, he is under the command of the commander-in-chief. As long as the commander-in-chief gives an order, Li Jing will definitely take orders." Cui Yunqing believed that Li Jing was a man of love and righteousness.What's more, the letter was written by Li Jing on his own initiative, which further proves this point.
"Is Ji Yu really willing to obey the old man's military order?" Song Wei turned his head to look at Cui Yunqing with burning eyes!
"Yes, I can guarantee it!" Cui Yunqing's eyes did not retreat in the slightest.
"If that's the case, the victory will be considered great!" Song Wei said bluntly, Zhen [***]'s strength is obvious to all, "Bring me the map!"
The guards brought a huge sheepskin map, and Song Wen pointed to the map, "Look, generals, right now the yellow thief and Wang Ni are joining forces, with about 10,000 soldiers and 20+ young and strong auxiliary soldiers. Although they claim to be [-], but in fact the actual number of soldiers is estimated to be about [-]. Right now the two are guarding Qizhou, with the Yellow River to the north, and the Yichang Army to the north of the Yellow River. It is the summer flood season, and even if the two thieves want to go north The Yellow River is also not feasible."
"To the west of them is the elite 5000 town [***] of Li Jing stationed along the Jishui River in the north of Qizhou. The town [***] has [-] troops, but it can stop [-] bandits. Yellow bandits and Wang Ni dare not go west."
"Cough, cough, cough!" After Song Wei coughed violently, he wiped his mouth with a handkerchief. Cui Yunqing's sharp eyes saw the shocking blood on the handkerchief when Song Wei put it away.
Song Wei continued: "It is not feasible to go north or west. To the east is our Pinglu army. Although our army has been at a disadvantage in the battle with Wang Ni recently. But to the east, there are green and dense mountains, and there are seas on both sides. , to the east is the peninsula, as long as Wang Ni is not stupid, he will never dare to go east."
"Marshal, do you think the two thieves will go south?" Kang Chenghui asked.
"That's right, the two thieves will not only go south, but I expect them to go to Yizhou again." Song Wei said confidently. To the south of Qizhou is Yanzhou and Yizhou.However, there is still the Taining Army in the southwest of Yanzhou, and further west is the official army of the six towns of Caozhou, and the two thieves dare not go there again.Then, you can go to Yizhou. The two thieves have breached Yizhou before, and they are very familiar with Yizhou.Moreover, after they entered Yizhou, they could immediately go south and enter Sixu, avoiding the officers and soldiers of the various towns right now, and continuing to flee.
"This time, we're going to surprise the second thieves." Song Wei coughed a few times and hit the map with his fist.
"What's the plan, Commander?"
"Cui Sima, write a letter to Ji Yu on behalf of the commander-in-chief, asking him to lead the army to continue eastward along the Jishui River, and make preparations to encircle the bandit army in Qizhou with our army. The movement should be louder, but remember Don't really bite the bandit army. The commander's injury to him is to make a big show, drive the bandit army from the west, but don't fight." Song Wei said.
Cui Yunqing didn't ask why, but picked up a pen and paper and started writing the letter.After writing it, Song Wei personally read it and nodded, and asked Cui Yunqing to add another sentence, the handsome has been poisoned by arrows, and the poison of the arrows has penetrated into the lungs, and time is running out.When the commander-in-chief died, Ji Yu came to take over the position of Jiedu envoy of the Pinglu Army.
Cui Yunqing shook her hands, and finally added this sentence.
After writing this letter, Song Wei asked Cui Yunqing to give him the pen again, and this time he wrote two notes himself with trembling hands.The first note was a memorial written by Song Wei to the imperial court. In the letter, he stated that he was seriously ill. He petitioned the imperial court, hoping that the imperial court would appoint Li Jing as Ziqing Jiedu envoy to stay behind.The other letter is a will, hoping that the emperor will take care of the Song family in Chang'an after his death. In addition, he asks the emperor to grant permission for Li Jing to take over as the governor of Ziqing, and Cui Yunqing to take over the post of governor of Qingzhou.
After writing this will, Song Wei took out his official and private seals and pressed them together, and also pressed his fingerprints, and finally handed the letter to Cui Yunqing. "This letter is temporarily kept by Cui Sima, and it will be sent to Chang'an immediately after the old man closes his eyes.
These two letters were written publicly in front of the generals, and no one objected to Song Wei's arrangement.Both Cui Yunqing and Kang Chenghui, who were most likely to take over as Marshals of the Pinglu Army, had no objections, and naturally the rest of the generals also had no objections.
Seeing that no one objected, Song Wei's complexion improved a lot.
"Pass down the commander's military order, and Deputy Commander Kang will lead [-] elite soldiers to garrison the camp, and leave another [-] auxiliary soldiers to help. The soldiers will be led by the commander himself, and tonight, the horses will be wrapped in hoofs, and they will march forward lightly, and immediately rush to Yizhou, ready to wait for work at leisure, wait for the bandits to throw themselves into Luo, and then wipe them all out!"
Only then did the generals understand General Song's whole plan. They ordered Zhen [***] to drive the bandit army away from the west, and then asked Deputy Commander Kang to bluff in the east, making a gesture of holding back the bandits, forcing the bandit army to flee south. .However, Marshal Song had already expected that the bandit army would go to Xinzhou, enter Yizhou in advance to set up an ambush, and wait for work with ease. This is indeed a good move.
But what worries Cui Yunqing is whether the two thieves will really flee to Yizhou as Marshal Song expected?Even if they really fled to Yizhou, would the Pinglu army's [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers defeat the two thieves?
"Marshal, do you want to inform the Probation Army in advance and ask them to send troops to Yizhou? In addition, should Ji Yu also tell them the detailed plan and ask them to follow the bandit army and go south to attack the bandit army with us?" ?” Cui Yunqing asked.
Song Wei was silent, no one knew what he was thinking, but after a long time, he still shook his head and rejected the proposal.
"There is too much movement, which may arouse the suspicion of the bandit army. Besides, there are only bandits in the area, and my Pinglu army is enough!"
"Is it really enough for the Pinglu Army?" Cui Yunqing was a little worried, or was the commander still a little unwilling, and wanted to use this battle to leave a great mark on his life's battle? (To be continued.)
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