Qiming 1158

Chapter 306 Gao Cunfu is very contradictory

Lying is very particular. If you say it well and lie well planned, you can really achieve the effect of concealing the truth.

But if you don't do it well, death is not the worst outcome.

Xiao Tula understands the truth, but he can't master the scale of lying, and his level of lying is not at home.

At the beginning, it was still a little lie, and it didn't matter if you made a small fight.

Later, the emperor's appetite gradually could not be satisfied.

Because he learned that Nanking in the south had won a battle with Kong Yanzhou, and defeated the [-] main force of the Restoration Army, Wanyanliang's expectations were higher, and he was even more urgent to ask Xiao Tula to win a big victory to make him happy.

For this, he had to tell even bigger lies to deal with.

For example, in his military newspaper, he has already won two big victories, one time annihilating 3000 rebels and one time annihilating 5000 rebels, both of which were big victories.

He has now pinned down the rebels in Hampyeong, and the rebels are powerless to face his attack.

Therefore, Wanyan Liang, while dispatching troops to prepare for the southern expedition, was very happy waiting for the news that the rebellion was finally quelled.

He did the math and felt that almost 2 Khitan rebels had been killed before and after, and it was time to put down the rebellion no matter what.

But the news came too late.

If he asks, he can only get the news of another big victory or another small victory, and then continue to fight.

These rebels are too persevering. They have been defeated many times but they can persevere and not be destroyed...

Wanyan Liang saw that the resources available to him were getting less and less, and he couldn't bear the counter-insurgency war here to continue, so he decided to send an envoy to the front line to observe the real situation, and then report the real situation to him.

If the situation is true, then urge Xiao Tula to launch an all-out attack to end the war as soon as possible.

If things go wrong.

hum!

The messenger set off soon, and the news also spread to Gao Cunfu, the deputy left behind in Tokyo.

Gao Cunfu was very worried about this matter.

There is no other reason. The fact that Xiao Tula has not made military progress for a long time is not only related to himself, but also to the credit of Gao Cunfu.

Gao Cunfu was responsible for transporting food and grass for the army and providing logistical support. He was very clear about the news on the front line.

But on the issue of the war process, Gao Cunfu was deceived by Xiao Tulu once and cooperated with Xiao Tulu's lie. After learning that he was very angry and went to the front to question Xiao Tulu in person.

Xiao Tula knelt on the ground and begged Gao Cunfu for forgiveness and help, crying that he was old and young, but he really dared not tell the truth to the emperor, saying that the emperor was moody and had extremely high requirements for victory in the war. If he knew that he had not made progress for a long time, he would definitely Punishment, he was afraid.

At that time, Gao Cunfu was very angry.

"Then you should tell Your Majesty the real situation as soon as possible. You are concealing it, and there will be a time when you can't conceal it. When the truth is revealed, you will only be punished more severely! You will also implicate me!"

Xiao Tula knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, crying very miserably.

"Please forgive me for staying behind! I'm really afraid. I don't want to come to fight with the army, but I can't refuse. Your Majesty asked me to quell the rebellion in a month, but the rebels are so powerful, where can it be quelled in a month?

At that time, His Majesty asked someone to ask. I lied when I was obsessed with my mind. Now it is difficult to ride a tiger, and there is really no way out. Please stay behind to help protect one or two.I've won several battles, absolutely no problem! "

Xiao Tula begged bitterly, and gave Gao Cunfu a large amount of gold and silver jewelry he had seized on the battlefield.

Gao Cunfu likes yellow and white things, but he didn't stick to his principles. He accepted Xiao Tula's gift and was pulled into a pirate boat by him.

But at that time, Gao Cunfu did not know the real situation of the Khitan Liberation Army, and believed Xiao Tulu's rhetoric. By the time he realized that the situation was wrong, it was too late.

The number of the Khitan Restoration Army was small at first, but the increase was very fast, and the army was fighting more and more.

One batch has just been destroyed here, and another batch has emerged over there.

And according to what they found out, more and more Northland Khitans, Xi, Bohai and Han people are willing to join the Khitan Restoration Army, and the number of troops has not decreased but increased.

It can be said that while the golden troops are lacking, the troops of the Khitan Restoration Army are constantly expanding. In the foreseeable future, unless the main force of the Khitan Restoration Army is defeated in one fell swoop, they can continue to fight, and the situation may change at any time.

It has been almost two months since the crusade and the Khitan rebels fought, and the progress is still very limited. Only the Quy Nhon County in Hianping Prefecture was recovered, and the rest did not achieve any results.

Moreover, Xiao Huaizhong's victory in Guiren County looked like the rebels were taking the initiative to retreat.

The focus of the recent battle between the two armies is in the area of ​​Pingguo County. Not only did the rebels fail to defend the city, but instead repeatedly went out of the city to fight hand-to-hand with the Jin army. The combat effectiveness was getting stronger and stronger, and the losses to the Jin army were getting bigger and bigger, gradually becoming uncontrollable. trend.

At this stall, the emperor actually wanted to send an envoy to the front line to inspect the real situation. If the messenger could see the mess on the front line, would that be okay?
Gao Cunfu was very worried, and quickly asked Xiao Tulu to return to Liaoyang to discuss countermeasures. Xiao Tulu was shocked when he found out, and immediately said that he must not let the messenger know the real situation here.

"No matter who the messenger is, we must not let him know the real situation. In other words, we must let him join us, give money, give people, and give everything we want. In short, we can't give the truth!"

Xiao Tula identified a basic principle.

Gao Cunfu is quite contradictory.

He existed in Liaoyang Mansion as a confidant of the emperor.

The original duty was to grasp the actual power of the Tokyo Left-behind Division, to monitor and spy on the nominal Tokyo Left-behind Wanyan Yong, so that Wanyan Yong could continue to be decadent and could not threaten Wanyan Liang.

His most important duty is to tell the truth, to convince Wanyan Liang that Wanyan Yong will not threaten him, and to tell the truth is his greatest duty.

But right now, his close confidant, who is a professional truth-teller, wants to deceive Wanyan Liang, which is really difficult for him to accept, and he feels scared.

"I am a close minister personally promoted by His Majesty. How can I do such a thing? For His Majesty, this is equivalent to betrayal. I can't do it, right?"

"No matter what happened in the past, this hurdle must be overcome now, otherwise not only will it be difficult to protect yourself, but also the lives of your family and clansmen will be difficult to save, stay behind, sober up!"

Xiao Tula said and stuffed a piece of jade into Gao Cunfu's hand.

Looking at the warm jade in his hand, Gao Cunfu sighed and could only recognize this fact.

He must lie to the emperor himself.

After sending off Xiao Tulu, Gao Cunfu told his subordinates that the emperor's envoy was about to arrive in Liaoyang Mansion, and asked the relevant officials to prepare many things. By the way, he also explained some confidential things to several officials who were more fancy.

It's about how to bribe and deceive the emperor's messengers, so that they can get things done no matter what, without revealing anything.

These officials were all promoted by Gao Cunfu, and Gao Cunfu had a certain degree of trust in them, but one of them, Li Pu Suyue, was different from the others.

It's not all the same, mainly because he has an old friendship with a man named Li Shi.

And this Li Shiyou has a sensitive nephew named Wanyan Yong.

is the clan.

Still staying in Tokyo.

Li Shi lives in Liaoyang City. He has no official position and is a commoner. However, because he is a retired official and has a good network of contacts, he lives in the city quite well.

When he was an official back then, he helped Li Pusu overcome difficulties and forged a good relationship. Now Li Pusu has not forgotten his original kindness.

Of course, the more important thing is that Li Pusuyue didn't like the current emperor Wanyanliang very much, and hated him secretly in his heart.

So he secretly kept correspondence with Li Shi and told Li Shi about some of the more sensitive things that Gao Cunfu had done recently or had something to do with Wanyan Yong.

If there are still important things, he will also quietly go to Li Shi's house through the secret passage to meet Li Shi to ensure that no outsiders know his whereabouts.

Wanyanliang is definitely not the only one in the world who will place eyeliner around others.

Although some people are at a disadvantage, they are not necessarily left behind on key issues, and even to protect themselves, they will do more and better.

(End of this chapter)