Datang New Order

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In Yanzhou, the Taining Army's Jidu Mansion, Yang Chongben was pacing back and forth in the second hall, feeling extremely anxious.

Yang Chong was originally the adopted son of Li Maozhen and an important member of the generals in Kansai.In the winter of the second year of Tianfu, when Liang Wang's soldiers surrounded Fengxiang, Yang Chongben, under Li Maozhen's instruction, went out of the city and surrendered to Liang Wang because of the lack of food in the city.If he hadn't had a beautiful wife, maybe his future would not be hindered too much like other surrendered generals. As long as he showed his talent, he would be promoted by King Liang.King Liang's attitude towards surrendered generals has always been the most generous among all the vassals in the world.

It's a pity that many things in the world are wrong, Yang Chongben's beautiful wife is indeed beautiful, and she happened to be seen by Liang Wang accidentally, so a tragedy happened, and Yang Chongben was cuckolded openly and openly.

The King of Liang was afraid that Yang Chongben would be unwilling to reconcile, so he was already motivated to kill, but Yang Chongben had always acted cautiously. For the time being, King Liang couldn't hold his painful feet, and he didn't want to ruin his reputation for being lenient to his subjects, so he let him live. up to now.In order to guard against Yang Chongben, Liang Wang transferred him to the Taining Army and served as a nominal deputy commander of the Ya Army under Ge Congzhou, so that Ge Congzhou would closely monitor him.

Yang Chongben has been working under Ge Congzhou for more than a year, and he has been conscientious, helping Ge Congzhou with various cumbersome military affairs, and he has worked hard without complaint.People's hearts are fleshy, and Ge Congzhou originally thought that what Liang Wang did was not honest, and he felt very sympathetic to Yang Chongben in his heart. In addition, he was open-minded and straightforward by nature, so he unknowingly began to reuse Yang Chongben.Although Yang Chongben was still the commander of the deputy capital of the Yajun, Ge Congzhou simply transferred the official of the Yajun, and Yang Chongben became the leader of the Yajun instead, and entered Ge Congzhou's confidant circle.

Yang Chongben was very anxious in the second hall at this time, because the military report from the front came.It is said that the iron cavalry of the Yan army has appeared in Rencheng.Rencheng is only a hundred and fifty miles away from Yanzhou. Once Rencheng is occupied by the Yan army, troops can approach Yanzhou within three days. The situation is extremely urgent.

I don't know how long it took before the sound of footsteps came from the curved corridor connected to the second hall, but it was Du Yuhou Zhang Yanshou who came out from the inner study. The two Langs beside Zhang Yanshou turned around and gave a deep salute, followed by the guards and disappeared into the Outside the hall.Zhang Yanshou said to Yang Chongben, "Pujin is here?"

Yang Chongben sang aloud, and said respectfully: "I have seen Zhang Duyu, there is an urgent military report from Rencheng. I don't dare to delay in my humble position, so I came here to report to the commander."

"Oh? What's the matter? Yan Jun is here?" Zhang Yanshou asked.

"That's right, the first army is full of cavalry, no fewer than ten thousand cavalry!" Yang Chongben replied.

Zhang Yanshou's expression froze, and he sighed, "The enemy is at hand, but Tongmei is... oh..."

Yang Chongben looked nervous: "The commander-in-chief hasn't woken up yet?"

Zhang Yanshou shook his head with a dark face: "I'm awake, but the doctor said that I can't worry about it, I can only rest."

After hearing the news of Shangdang's defeat in the decisive battle.Ge Congzhou has been bedridden and coughed up blood several times in half a month. The one three days ago was the most horrifying, when he was setting up military affairs before the commander-in-chief case.The coughed up blood stained the whole case red, and I fainted on the spot.

Zhang Yanshou and Ge Congzhou were old brothers who met in the Huangchao army. Later, they served under Liang Wang's account together, and they have been friends for more than 20 years.Extraordinary.Seeing that Ge Congzhou was seriously ill at this moment, he himself was worried and anxious and haggard a lot.

In fact, Ge Congzhou suffered from the root of his illness when he besieged Liu Po ​​in Yanzhou the year before last, and he became ill from time to time.However, countless doctors were invited to come for diagnosis and treatment, but none of them had a definite statement. They just suggested that he stop worrying about being tired.It's just that the illness was really serious this time, and the entire Taining army was full of doubts about it, wondering whether the general could survive it.

Yang Chongben followed Zhang Yanshou into the inner study, where he ate and slept. This was Ge Congzhou's habit. He was not greedy for beauty and enjoyment, which was also an important reason why he was loved by the soldiers.At this time, three layers of thick cotton curtains had been added to the inner study, and upon entering, there was a strong and pungent smell of medicine.

Ge Congzhou was lying on the bed, his face pale, and he let out a tearing cough from time to time. The pain caused by the cough made him curl up into a ball uncontrollably.

"Tongmei, Tongmei..." Zhang Yanshou called Ge Congzhou softly beside Ge Congzhou's ear. Ge Congzhou half-opened his eyes and nodded his forehead to indicate that he heard.

"Yan Jun has arrived in Rencheng, whether it is war or peace, Tongmei has to make a decision early." Zhang Yanshou said, and immediately asked Yang Chongben to step forward and slowly explain the news he got.

So far, no conclusion has been drawn on how the 6 or [-] people in the Taining Army will deal with themselves.The old nest of the Taining Army is in Yanzhou, and the loss of Bianzhou has little to do with them, and they will not be controlled by others.The key is the annihilation of the main forces of the Liang army, such as Zhu Youning's Jianwu army, Shi Shucong's Baoda army, Zhang Guihou's suppressing army, and even Yuan Cong's pro-army and Tingzi. It was too heavy, and fear of war spread in the army.

However, the Taining Army was a team pulled together by Ge Congzhou and Zhang Yanshou. If Ge Congzhou had to fight, the generals would not say much.But the current situation is that King Liang is missing, and the Taining army has no object of allegiance, so it is completely meaningless to fight head-on with the Yan army.And because of Yan Jun's hype about Liang Wang's abandonment and absconding, the senior officers of the Taining Army were secretly disappointed. Doesn't look like a good idea on the master.

Of course, some people also suggested that they should simply contact Ziqing to resist the conquest of the Yan army together, try their best to keep Yanzhou, the base of the Taining army, and wait for peace talks with the king of Yan, or to separate the regime on their own, or to strive for better terms of submission.

Ge Congzhou has been thinking about this question for a long time. From the heart, he still tends to wait for the return of King Liang.He is a relatively loyal person. Over the past 20 years, King Liang has treated him well. He also upholds the idea of ​​loyalty and intends to serve King Liang in this life, but King Liang has disappeared, which makes him very uncomfortable.As the commander-in-chief of an army, he naturally had to carefully consider the survival of the entire army. If King Liang died, what should the Taining army do?

Taking the land of Yanzhou, even with the surrounding Xuzhou, Huaizhou, Sizhou, Qizhou, and Yizhou, a total of six states, it is impossible to resist the Yan army that is now in full swing. Regarding this, Ge Congzhou is very clear-headed of.What's more, after Wu Wang Yang Xingmi heard the news of the Shangdang war, he had already dispatched general Wang Maozhang to Huaisi, and now Li Hui was struggling to support himself in Xiapi, and he could not count on reinforcements at all.

Ask Wang Shifan for help and join hands to resist the Yan army?This is just wishful thinking.Ge Congzhou has been in Yanzhou and has been in charge of military affairs in eastern Henan for more than a year.For more than a year, he knew well what happened to the so-called Qi Liang joint crusade against Hebei.The entanglement between Ziqing and Hebei has always been very deep, and Hebei has also had a considerable influence on Ziqing. Wang Shifan is also a person who claims to be loyal to the Tang court. If it wasn't for the sake of the overall situation, Ge Congzhou would have sent troops to attack Qingzhou a long time ago.Now in the area of ​​Zizhou, Qingzhou and Mizhou, the Qi army spent more than a year building dozens of fences to guard against the Liang army more than the Yan army.What's more, the Yan army also released Wang Shike's entire division. How could it be possible for you to let Wang Shifan join forces with you to resist the Yan army?

As for the suggestion of a few generals, that they should simply lure Huainan soldiers into Yanzhou and join forces to resist the Yan army, Ge Congzhou directly rejected it, and did not consider it at all.Leaving aside the fact that the King of Liang has conquered all these years, made enemies everywhere, and had a deep feud with Huainan, only mentioning Yang Xingmi, Ge Congzhou hated him very much.

At that time, the commander-in-chief of the imperial court to suppress Huangchao was the famous general Gao Pian, who was then the commander of all the soldiers and horses in the south of the Yangtze River.After the Huangchao rebellion was extinguished, the general Bi Shiduo rebelled, and Gao Pian asked Yang Xingmi, who was the nearest, for help.

Later, Bi Shiduo took the initiative to send troops to fight Yang Xingmi, and was surrounded by Yang Xingmi, but just when the whole army was about to be wiped out, Yang Xingmi let go of a hole, allowing Bi Shiduo to escape.Bi Shiduo returned to Yangzhou and immediately killed Gao Pian.Hearing that Gao Pian was dead, Yang Xingmi immediately went straight to Yangzhou, occupied this prosperous and important town in the east of the Yangtze River, and rose from it.

What really made Yang Xingmi a powerful vassal in the world was an internal struggle in Huainan.Yang Xingmi made his fortune by relying on his sworn brothers Tian Kai and An Renyi, but after he really made his fortune, he felt that these two sworn brothers were too powerful and he was afraid that they would threaten him.So he did an incredible thing.Tian Kai led troops to fight Jiangdong bloody in front, surrounded Qian Ji in Qiantang, and when he was almost about to conquer it, Yang Xingmi and Qian Ji reached an agreement, ordering Tian Kai to withdraw his troops, and at the same time, informed Qian of Tian Kai's withdrawal strategy. distillation.

If it weren't for Qian Ji's lack of energy to pursue, Tian Kai would have died on the way to withdraw his troops.But Qian Li was not a fool, he told Tian Kai about this, Tian Kai was furious, and raised his flag to rebel when he came back.When An Renyi heard about it, he was also very angry, and together with Tian Kai raised the flag of rebellion.

After finally forcing the two righteous brothers to rebel, Yang Xingmi, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately began to suppress the rebellion. It didn't take long to defeat Tian Kai and An Renyi, and took all the power in Huainan to himself.

Let's not discuss whether Yang Xingmi's style of doing things is full of heroic qualities, but Ge Congzhou despises his character alone, so Ge ​​Congzhou will not ask Yang Xingmi for help anyway.At the same time, he also knew that Yang Xingmi was not Wang Shifan. If he really wanted to lure Huainan soldiers to Yanzhou, let alone whether he could stop the Yan army, I am afraid that Yanzhou would not be able to escape if he changed his surname to Yang.

At this moment, when Zhang Yanshou asked whether it was war or peace, Ge Congzhou closed his eyes for a long time, still not making up his mind, he just asked: "Is there no news from His Highness yet? (To be continued...)