Da Wei Chun

Chapter 640
Han Shuyun: The winter solstice is full of yang, the gentleman is at peace, the body is quiet, all officials do not work, do not listen to the government, choose an auspicious day and then save trouble.

It's not just that all officials are closed, but also the frontier fortress is closed, business travel is closed, and even the army has to stop training, or the two sides have a temporary truce, and the soldiers are asked to rest for a day.

This is the case under the border wall today.

Two days ago, the two parties seemed to have agreed to not wait for the sunset, those who returned to the village returned to the village, and those who went down the wall went down the wall, and then unanimously hung up the war-free flag.

It's not surprising, after all, it's freezing cold, and a layer of hoarfrost can condense on the beard in one breath, not to mention standing in the wilderness or on the city wall for five or six hours with a knife and arrow and a drawn bowstring?

As long as a reasonable and suitable excuse can be found, the enemy and the enemy will make such an incredible move with a tacit understanding.

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The cold wind was biting outside the village, but inside the tent was as warm as spring.

A huge stone kang is placed in the tent, like a high platform.There are four soldiers guarding the kang hole to fill firewood, and burn the stone slabs to scorching heat.

A smell of burnt fur lingered in his nostrils, and Xi Kangsheng felt extremely hot. He first took off his outer shirt, and then took off his middle coat, revealing his furry chest.

But it is white hair.

Li Shao's eyes showed strangeness: "Shang Shu is also old, but the beard is white?"

"fart?"

Xi Kangsheng rolled his eyelids, "This is a natural phenomenon, I was born like this... If the old man has a good memory, you are twelve years older than me, aren't you older?"

Isn't that the case?

After this winter, I will be the birthday of Jiazi. If I have not led the army outside, I must have already organized my birthday in the mansion.

Seeing his melancholy, Xi Kangsheng sighed sadly again: "Don't blame me, there have been more than a dozen memorials asking for the withdrawal of the troops, but the Queen Mother just doesn't allow it, what can I do?"

These words were a bit outrageous, but Xi Kangsheng didn't shy away from the left and right, and said it openly, showing the depth of resentment?

Li Shao just smiled: "Thunder, rain and dew are all the favor of the king, how dare the lower officials complain?"

And you said you didn't complain?
It's just that "thunder, rain and dew are all for the king's grace", we know how angry Li Shao is with the queen mother and the princes in the court?
There is a source for this sentence: At that time, Li Chengzhi pacified Woye, destroyed Du Lun, and defeated the [-] coalition forces of Nanliang and Tuyuhun, which can be called an extraordinary feat.But he was framed by Gao Zhao and suspected by Yuan Ying and Yuan Cheng, so not only was he not rewarded, but he was oppressed in every possible way.

Li Chengzhi responded to the queen mother and the princes with this sentence.

And when the highest level caused an incident, when it came out who was the traitor and who was loyal, these two sentences became even more popular, and all the officials who committed crimes laughed at themselves and satirized the injustice of the court.

It's also really unfair.

When asking for an edict to recruit soldiers in Guanzhong, the imperial court agreed to all the requests of the Guanzhong family: the food, grass and armor for sending troops will be borne by the imperial court, and Guanzhong only needs to send people.

But seeing the beginning of the year was approaching, the imperial court did not say that it would fulfill its promise, and even the rations for these tens of thousands of soldiers were almost out of supply.Even the winter clothes to keep out the cold were written by Li Shao, asking all the states and counties to come up with them one by one.

What's more: last month, the imperial court sent Yang Jun to enter the pass again as an envoy, to recruit troops and raise food again, and it was still the same rhetoric.

Even if the Guanzhong Aristocratic Family is a group of pigs, it is impossible for them to be the same twice. Yang Jun is naturally frustrated...

"Grandpa can't figure it out: Although the weather has not been smooth everywhere these years, there are dozens of states in the country, and 200% of the counties in the country have more good years than bad years, just like Guanzhong: there are 200 million households, and the rent adjustment for each household is only One item of corn is worth 4000 shi per year, and [-] million households is [-] million shi...

Even to cover various expenses, there is still a surplus of sixty-seven million shi in a year... so much grain is stored in the Changping warehouse, but it is shameful to ask the family to borrow grain?Let me talk about it, what is the reason for this? "

"Shangshu can't understand it, how can the lower officials deal with it?"

Li Shao made a perfunctory sentence, then picked up the wine cup and took another sip.

Xi Kangsheng really didn't know where the food went?

fart!

When he served as the guard of Guanzhong for two years, is it not a good arrangement?
Moreover, Xi Kangsheng moved to Luojing for more than a year, and there are still many cronies in Guanzhong. I dare not say it, but if there is any trouble, you can know it like the back of your hand, but how can such a big movement of grain transportation and adjustment of millions of stones be hidden from him? eyes and ears?

It's just making up my own words...

I didn’t mention it before, because all the needs of the six towns have been supplied by Guanzhong over the years, and in the past three years, Beizhen, Guanzhong, and Beidi have fought successively, and they have seconded a lot. Not much.

But since summer, the six towns have been fighting endlessly, and the Northland has fallen into the enemy's hands. Naturally, there is no need to send food from Guanzhong, so this year's autumn tax should be accumulated in the states and county warehouses.

Just as Xi Kangsheng said, there are sixty-seven million shi in Guanzhong's tax revenue for one year alone. Not to mention the more than 700 Guanzhong soldiers under Li Shao's command. Years are more than enough.

But the reality is that if Xi Kangsheng hadn't captured Jinming and captured a lot of money, the rations of the soldiers would have been cut short.

What's even more strange is that just after autumn, the imperial court ordered all the prefectures in Guanzhong to pay this year's taxes, and recruited civilian husbands overnight and sent them to Luojing.

Why should they be sent to Luojing instead of the North Camp?
Ren Xikangsheng wanted to break his head, but he couldn't figure out the intention of the imperial court's move. It wouldn't be to force the 15 troops to defect and rebel on the spot, right?
He couldn't figure it out, and Li Shao couldn't figure it out even more.

However, both of them have a vague intuition: nine out of ten are related to Li Chengzhi, and Xi Kangsheng's purpose is naturally the same.

But it was clear that Li Shao didn't want to talk deeply, and Xi Kangsheng didn't want to force him, so he could only snort coldly: "If you want to stay out of the matter, you can do it?"

"Shang Shu's words are wrong!"

Li Shao didn't panic at all, "Could it be possible that the imperial court still dares to order me to lead the western expedition?"

You have a good idea, what if you turn your back on the battle and vote for that little thief?
Xi Kangsheng stared, passed the bowl forward, and knocked Li Shao's wine cup: "Go and dream!"

Li Shao didn't take it seriously either, and had a drink with him.

As soon as the wine was drunk, there was a soft call from outside the tent: "Shangshu, Dudu, urgent report from Xihai!"

Li Shao was stunned: "Where?"

The confidant glanced at the messenger behind him, saw him nodding repeatedly, and then said again: "Bing Dudu, it's Xihai!"

With a sound of "poof", Xi Kangsheng spit out the wine after taking a sip.

If it hadn't been for Li Shao's accusation, he would have jumped off the stone kang a long time ago and brought the cronies into the tent for questioning.

Everyone knows that the West Sea is now occupied by the Li family, so where is the urgent report?

What's more, whether it is Six Towns or Beidi, Gao Zhao has already fallen into the hands. How did this urgent report break through the blockade and be sent to the south of the side wall?
The two looked at each other, and Li Shao shouted in a deep voice, "Submit it!"

The confidant hurriedly responded and helped the messenger into the tent.

It should have been riding horses and running wildly for several days. The messenger's face was covered with frostbite, his legs were shaking, and he couldn't even stand still, so he could only sit slumped on the ground.

Looking at those hands again, there were criss-crossed cracks, as if they had been cut dozens of times.

Impatient with his trembling trustworthiness, Xi Kangsheng shouted coldly: "Submit it for him!"

The confidant hurriedly reached into the messenger's arms, took out two leather envelopes, and quickly gave them to Li Shao.

Li Shao didn't hesitate at all, and handed it to Xi Kangsheng.

It's hard for him, he didn't rush to open the package with such a hasty temper, but patiently identified it for a while.

Every rush for hundreds of miles must be stamped and sealed with wax paint, and each state, county, and army is different.Therefore, after a little identification, Xi Kangsheng knew where the two urgent reports came from.

One is Luo Jian, the general of Wuchuan Township, the governor of Wuchuan, Huaishuo, and Woye Township, and the other is the governor of Xiliang Prefecture and the general of Dunhuang Township, Yuan Zhi.

The strange thing is, why are these two people who are almost unrelated, but the urgent report is sent by the same messenger?

Xi Kangsheng exclaimed subconsciously: "Three months ago, Luo Jian was defeated by Wu Chuan, and he didn't know whether he was going to die or not. Why did he go to the West Sea now?"

Without waiting for Li Shao's response, he opened the envelope, and after just a few glances, his eyes stared like copper bells, wishing they could pop out of their sockets and stick to the letter paper.

His complexion changed rapidly, from blue to red to white, as if performing a trick.

Really unable to bear his surprise, Li Shao glanced sideways and glanced a few times.

After that, it was as if frozen, even the eyeballs could not move.

Half a month ago, Li Chengzhi first defeated Yuan Ji and then Luo Jian, wiped out more than [-] troops from Dunhuang Township and Wuchuan Township, and captured nearly [-] households...

At this time, how could he care about being reserved, Xi Kangsheng slapped the letter on the case, jumped off the kang barefoot, lifted the messenger up, and shouted sharply: "Who sent you?"

The tent was very warm, the messenger slowed down a bit, and replied tremblingly: "Return... Shangshu, the humble post is the commander of the personal guard under the tent of General Yuan Zhi... Half a month ago, the general was unable to support his strength and was defeated in the West Sea Li Songyu lived on the bank of Yanhu Lake. When the general was seriously injured, he dispatched his humble post to report to Governor Luo of Daqi...

But before they approached Daqi, they met the defeated army who fled north in a hurry...After seeing Dudu Luo, I realized that Dudu Luo was also defeated by Xihai Li Liang ten days ago..."

"fart!"

Xi Kangsheng let out a roar, and shook the messenger's collar violently: "Even if you came from Daqi, how did you pass by Changsun Dao, who had already stationed troops in Woye, and how did you pass by Xiazhou, which had fallen into the hands of the Gao family?" ? Are those hundreds of thousands of rebels all dead, or did you fly over with wings?"

"Shangshu Mingjian..."

The messenger hurriedly replied, "When I bid farewell to Dudu Luo, I gave him a handwritten letter. Based on this handwriting, I not only met my eldest grandson Dao, but was also called by Mrs. The road is unimpeded, and every time it is about three hundred miles, there must be a special person waiting to prepare good horses and food for the humble job...

And there is another clear evidence from the humble position: In addition to the urgent report from General Yuan and Dudu Luo, there is also a memorial from Cui Shangshu to the court, which is in the boots of the humble position, and you can ask the Shangshu to verify it..."

As if being punched in the face, Xi Kang was suddenly taken aback.

The imperial court sent Cui Guang as an envoy, and Wei Zijian as his deputy, to go to the West Sea to appease. Only the Queen Mother and Zhufu knew about it. Even Li Shao, Xing Luan, Cui Yanbo and other leading generals were kept in the dark. Where did Gao Zhaoneng learn about it? ?
Therefore, whether the messenger or the urgent report, it is definitely not Gao Zhao pretending to be, but it is really from the West Sea...

"Shangshu...shangshu?"

Li Shao called softly, and Xi Kang suddenly became excited, and hurriedly touched the messenger's boot.

Just looking at the handwriting, it should be Cui Guang's own handwriting: The imperial court sent Cui Guang and Wei Zijian as envoys to the West Sea to appease Li Chengzhi, but by accident, it happened that Luo Jian and Yuan Yu soldiers were together to plot the West Sea?

Therefore, not only did the plan of appeasement fall short, but Li Chengzhi's strength was greatly increased...

Greatly increased strength?

Then he took Luo Jian's letter and read carefully, Ren Xi Kangsheng was still terrified of being horrified after a long battle.

More than [-] were defeated by Li Chengzhi?
It's a full 11 army... Luo Jian [-], yuan [-]!

Only [-] enemies were wiped out in the West Sea, and there are still more than [-] defeated troops left, exhausted from running for their lives and staying on the banks of Yanhu Lake and Daqi.But now it's freezing cold, and the rout soldiers have neither food nor tents to keep out the cold. Li Chengzhi only needs to show a little kindness. How can these more than [-] rout soldiers not surrender?
What's more, there are more than [-] households...

Luo Jian, the bastard, is still brazen: because of the situation, he was even more forced to make such a bad move, which will eventually lead to a catastrophe...

Forced by your aunt?

Knowing that Li Chengzhi did more damage than Gao Zhao, how dare you go west alone and lead a hundred thousand households, as close as an enemy?

That's all, with an army of [-] in hand, how could he be defeated so quickly?

According to what he said in his letter, Li Liang's total strength was less than [-], but he won consecutive battles in just eight or nine days, and finally Luo Jian was defeated!
Even if you stand still, you will have to kill for nearly a month, right?

Taking a closer look, Xi Kangsheng's pupils shrank: Luo Jian repeatedly mentioned an unfamiliar word: artillery!
The sound is like thunder, sharp as a scythe, every time the small cannon is fired, the iron pellets are like a rain of locusts, which can be shot two hundred feet away.Wherever it goes, there is no vegetation, and even a few thick iron armors can be penetrated.

The cannon can reach a distance of five hundred feet, and a dozen cannons can flatten a cliff.

And this kind of artillery, Li Liang's army alone has more than a thousand guns...

Seeing this, Xi Kangsheng couldn't stop shaking his hands.

Li Chengzhi had heard that thunder could penetrate iron armor and blow up mountains and cliffs that day.I have never heard of it, but it can be fired hundreds of feet away in the blink of an eye?
If so, who else in this world is Li Chengzhi's opponent?

Looking at Li Shao again, he seemed to have lost his soul in fright, staring at him stupidly.

After a long time, he murmured: "As soon as the two armies engaged in battle, Yuan Zhi was still sitting in the formation to give orders, when suddenly there was a thunder, the watchtower he was in was broken in two...

The watchtower and Yuan Zhi, and its guard of honor collapsed, Yuan Yuan was crushed downstairs, and a leg was broken immediately... Then a thousand cannons were fired, and in just an instant, the subordinates were defeated..."

In an instant?
Hehe, in an instant...

Xi Kangsheng really wanted to sneer, but the corners of his mouth were like cast iron.

This is the heaven that is going to kill me, the Great Wei, but such a monstrosity has come down?

Fortunately, the old man has the foresight...

"Eight hundred miles is urgent, report it to the imperial court!"

Xi Kangsheng held back his horror and said in a trembling voice, "As for whether this urgent report is true or not, you and I don't need to argue, just stick to the truth, and the queen mother will make a clear judgment with the princes..."

Li Shao nodded again and again, but thought in his heart: For the imperial court, how is this different from a thunderbolt?
(End of this chapter)