Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4283 Confident
When Su Jia, dressed in ordinary soldier attire, walked into the tent, he saw Liang Jianfang drinking from a wine jar with a dazed expression. The whole tent was filled with a strong smell of alcohol...

Su Jia couldn't help raising his eyebrows. Although Liang Jianfang had suffered heavy losses before, based on his understanding of Cheng Yaojin, he must compensate Liang Jianfang later.For Liang Jianfang, the loss has already been caused, and the compensation has been in place, so why bother to drink away his worries?
I still use distilled spirits to clean the wound, because I am afraid that I will not die from drunk...

"Meet General Liang."

Finding that Liang Jianfang didn't think about entering the camp, and couldn't figure out whether Liang Jianfang was drunk or deliberately drying himself out, Su Jia had no choice but to speak first.

"Well, General Su, please sit down quickly... hiccup..."

Liang Jianfang burped, put down the wine jar, greeted Su Jia to take a seat, and shouted outside: "Make a pot of tea!"

Su Jia took his seat, looked at Liang Jianfang's appearance, a little confused about what he was thinking, and asked tentatively, "Why is the general drinking so much?"

Liang Jianfang touched his mouth. He had absolutely nothing to do with binge drinking. He only drank a small half of a jar of wine, but the alcohol content was too high, which made his face flushed at the moment. Although he couldn't look in the mirror, he knew that he must be drinking The appearance of pouring sorrow...

Then he pushed the boat along and said: "In this battle, dozens of my old brothers died, and the rest were all elites in the army. If they died in the frontier war against foreigners, that's all. It is not worth dying at the hands of one's own people."

When the soldiers brought tea, Liang Jianfang waved his hands back, held a pot for Su Jia to drink tea, and asked: "I heard that your army also suffered heavy losses. If you are not in the army to assist Duke E in handling military affairs and reorganizing the army, why do you risk the world? Come to my army? If the news gets out, it will not be a good thing for you or me."

The meaning is obvious, talk quickly if you have something to say, and let go of your fart if you have something to say, I see that you are very annoying and have nothing to talk about.

Su Jia smiled, and said calmly: "I am here at the command of the commander-in-chief, and I have a few words to tell the general."

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King Li Zhi of Jin was dressed in silver armor shining golden in the sun, like a god of war descending into the world. At this moment, he was riding on the back of a snow-white steed without a trace of hair, passing by outside Xinfeng City, turning his head to look at the front of the army composed of more than [-] troops. With no head and no tail, the endless and overwhelming army array was approaching Chang'an City, and great pride naturally surged in his chest.

It’s no wonder that for the supreme position that has been killed and robbed for hundreds of millions of people throughout the ages, father and son can turn against each other, brothers can kill each other, and all morality, benevolence, righteousness, and etiquette can be put aside. It makes people intoxicated and unable to extricate themselves.

It is not until today that Li Zhi really understands the meaning of Xiang Yu's sentence "that can be replaced" in "Historical Records"...

Jian Feng pointed out that the army of one hundred thousand is marching forward without hesitation, what kind of domineering aura is this?

Especially yesterday when Yuchi Gong sent someone to send the battle report, the right guard had crossed Bashui to break through the court's first line of defense, and was about to reorganize the army to attack Chang'an City, which made Li Zhi excited and overjoyed.

He firmly believed that as long as he could reach the city of Chang'an, there would be countless people who were suppressed by Li Chengqian but were still loyal to his father would stand up and openly support him, the most important prince of his father.

At that time, there is no need to storm Chang'an City, the central power created by Li Chengqian and other parties will collapse, and the supremacy will be at your fingertips.

Passing by the battlefield where Yu Chigong defeated Qu Tuquan and Chai Zhewei before, although it has been cleaned up, the wreckage of weapons and weapons still shows the fierceness of the battle at that time.

Sitting on the horseback, Li Zhi pointed at a badly damaged and abandoned chariot by the side of the road with the whip in his hand, and said proudly: "Before the Guanlong Mutiny, the six leaders of the East Palace fought bloody battles bravely and fearlessly. At that time, the first-class strong army', but now they also throw away their helmets and armor when the king's soldiers arrive, and they are defeated. It can be seen that the fate of the destiny belongs to us, and it is beyond human power to prepare for it."

Beside him, banners and flags covered the sky like a forest, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers stretched endlessly.

At this moment, the sun shone on Li Zhi's armor, and it seemed to radiate thousands of golden lights, and his handsome face was arrogant and awe-inspiring, as if he ruled the world and was full of ambition.

In the carriage beside him, Xiao Yu endured his exhaustion, showed a smiling face, nodded and said: "As the saying goes, it is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to achieve things. God prefers His Highness to ascend to the high position. It is true that no manpower can resist it. , the puppet emperor is bound to be exhausted, and his hawks and minions are even more invincible."

Li Zhi tried his best to suppress the urge to look up to the sky and laugh, not wanting to give people the impression of frivolity, but the twitching corners of his mouth still revealed the ecstasy in his heart...

A fast horse came retrograde from west to east. Because of the king's flag with the word "Jin" on its back, the soldiers and guards along the way dared not stop it. It quickly galloped in front of Li Zhi. After getting off the horse, he knelt down on one knee by the side of the road, raised a battle report above his head with both hands, and said loudly: "The battle report of Duke E, please read it yourself, Your Highness!"

Xiao Yu knocked on the wall of the carriage, and the driver stopped the carriage, got out of the carriage and lifted the curtain, and helped Xiao Yu get off the carriage.

Behind him, Cui Xin's and Chu Suiliang's carriages also stopped, but they did not get out of the carriages, they just raised the curtain to watch Li Zhi receive the battle report on horseback.

Then, His Royal Highness King Jin's handsome and elegant face seemed to distort in an instant, and a burst of vigorous anger seemed to be gushing out. Fortunately, it was a person with full political talent, and his face returned to its original expression in an instant.

The hearts of the people on the left and right sank.

Everyone knew that Yu Chigong had forcibly crossed the Bashui two days ago, and last night he assembled a large army to raid the Bashui defense line, intending to push the front of the troops directly to the city of Chang'an, to cut through a passage directly to Chang'an for the Jin King's army, and clear some obstacles.

When the battle report was sent to the army, everyone cheered and smiled, as if the victory of the mutiny was just around the corner.

Calculating the time, if everything goes well, Yu Chigong should have broken through the defense line set up by the imperial court and arrived at the city of Chang'an. The battle report sent at this time is naturally extremely important. Success or failure, gain or loss, are related to everyone's interests, future and even life.

But Li Zhi's expression of losing control at that moment cast a haze over everyone's hearts.

Seems like something bad happened...

Xiao Yu looked up at Li Zhi, and asked softly, "Your Highness, what are the words in the battle report?"

Li Zhi took a deep breath and handed the battle report to Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu took two steps forward and came to Li Zhima, stretched out both hands to take the battle report, and after unfolding it, he glanced at ten lines, a pair of snow-white eyebrows were tightly knit together, and he sighed secretly in his heart.

Sure enough, the situation will not be as easy as imagined...

Li Zhi turned over and jumped off the horse, subconsciously waved the whip in his hand violently, and gritted his teeth: "Yuchi Gong missed me!"

Xiao Yu was silent.

Everyone knows the consequences of Yu Chigong's offensive setback and loss of troops, which means that King Jin's idea of ​​quickly rushing to the city of Chang'an to stir up the situation in Guanzhong is almost completely shattered.In order to achieve the previous strategic vision, it is likely to have a head-to-head fight with the imperial army.

However, compared to the tens of thousands of elites in the sixth rate of the East Palace and the rest of the sixteen guards who supported the emperor, the army formed by the Shandong private army on the King of Jin's side can be called a mob. If you fight to the death, you will inevitably lose more and win less, and the future is worrisome.

Yu Chigong's Youhouwei, who was given the most hope, proved to be of great use...

At this time, I couldn't find two words of comfort to Li Zhi, so I could only be silent for a moment, and asked, "What should we do now?"

Li Zhi suddenly fell from being complacent and full of ambitions just now to being worried and confused about the future. The gap between them made him so uncomfortable that he wanted to vent his anger with a loud roar, but he could only bear it.

If the news of Yuchi Gong's defeat spreads in the army, it will definitely affect the morale of the army and lead to a great reduction in combat power, and the chance of winning will become even smaller...

Li Zhi's face was gloomy, and he pondered without saying a word.

From Xiao Yu's words, it shows one of the biggest weaknesses on his side, that is, the lack of a "famous commander" who can propose ideas from a strategic level.Yu Chigong is actually one of them, although he is not as good as Li Jing, Li Ji and other current strategists, but he is only slightly inferior, but Yu Chigong is currently on the front line, relying on him to attack cities and land, but he can't put it by his side to act staff.

The rest are excellent in literature and governance, but deficient in martial arts.

No matter how conceited Li Zhi is, he just thinks that his strategy is far superior to Li Chengqian, and he never dares to make up for his strategy...

He asked: "What does Song Guogong think should be done?"

Xiao Yu sighed from the bottom of his heart, knowing that his highness was in disarray, so he remonstrated: "The army in front is defeated, and the morale of the army is low and the morale of the army is flustered. .As for the next step...first order the Duke of E to stick to the position on the west bank of the Bashui River, and then speed up the march, wait until the east of the Bashui River, and then contact the Duke of E to discuss countermeasures."

Li Zhi nodded, knowing that although Xiao Yu didn't give an exact strategy, his suggestion was prudent.

Since the strategic expectation like a storm cannot be realized, it can only seek victory in a steady state and cannot easily take risks again.

Li Zhi raised his eyes and looked around, saw that many people were paying attention to him, and told Xiao Yu in a low voice: "Don't spread this matter to the outside world, otherwise the morale of the army will be turbulent and morale will be sluggish, which is very bad."

Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Forget it, old minister."

Yu Chigong's side suffered a big defeat, not only lost soldiers and generals, but also countless soldiers fled in all directions, there is no guarantee that no one will come to this side, as long as there is one person in contact with the army, the news will spread.

And with an army of more than [-] people, it is almost impossible to completely block the news...

Li Zhi squeezed the horsewhip in his hand, and said in a cold voice: "Of course we can't hide this kind of thing. There will always be news and orders. Who dares to spread rumors in the army to confuse the army. Once it is verified, it will be shown to the public! It is not the original. The king is tyrannical, and he should act in an extraordinary way at an extraordinary time, if he is blindly tolerant, it will be difficult to convince people."

Xiao Yu agreed again and again: "Righteousness does not control wealth, and compassion does not control soldiers. Naturally, the army must follow military law. Your Highness is decisive in killing and attacking, quite like the emperor."

It is inevitable for the army with Shandong private army as its team to have lax military discipline. Rashly implementing harsh laws can easily lead to shattering of the army's morale, but blind tolerance is not enough.

Li Zhi got on his horse, his flustered and frustrated expression disappeared, and he looked firmly in the direction of Chang'an, and said in a deep voice: "Good things take time, I don't believe that the false emperor who steals the great treasure can be favored by the gods, as long as there is a slight chance , this king will also take his place and set things right! Order the army to speed up the march, and arrive at the south of Baqiao and the east of Bashui as soon as possible, and join forces with the Guild of Hubei!"

(End of this chapter)