Datang New Order

ao's reward.

Ge Congzhou lay anxiously on the bed, waiting for news from Daying.Ever since he heard that Liang Wang, Jing Xiang, Shi Shucong, Kang Huaiying and others had returned in the afternoon, a rosy color appeared on his pale face, and his spirits improved a lot, but the boredom in his heart did not decrease at all.

After hearing Lieutenant Yuanmen's report, Ge Congzhou immediately understood that after the defeat of King Liang, he was worried about himself and wanted to break into the camp to seize soldiers.After being dejected, Ge Congzhou waved his hand and let the captain of Yuanmen go by himself, telling him to do whatever His Highness and Prime Minister Jing said.

For the entire army of the Taining Army, Ge Congzhou is the backbone, and for Ge Congzhou, King Liang is his backbone.The return of King Liang gave Ge Congzhou a little support in his heart, diluting the hesitation and anxiety in his heart, and it should be regarded as the thing he was most looking forward to.Speaking of Liang Wang's defense against himself, although Ge Congzhou was sad for a moment, he quickly adjusted his mood. He thought all this was understandable. The current situation is such that it is no wonder Liang Wang and Jing Xiang are suspicious. He has always been open-minded. , not too concerned about it.

But when he found the backbone, it also meant that the [-] to [-] soldiers of the Taining Army had only one choice left: fight to the death with the Yan Army!Ge Congzhou knew exactly what such a choice meant.

After following King Liang to fight for 20 years, it is not that Ge Congzhou has never tried and failed. The worst time, he was defeated by the enemy Qin Zongquan, with less than ten thousand people around him.But at that time, the battlefield was surrounded by allies. From Liang Wang down, including Ge Congzhou himself, he never thought about losing the war completely, because the strength of the court far surpassed that of the traitors, and Ge Congzhou never doubted that he would eventually lose the war. Victory is bound to come.Facts have proved that Li Keyong, who came to help, only led [-] elite cavalry to solve the dilemma of King Liang.Hedong and Xuanwu joined hands to kill Qin Zongquan's rebels and fled in defeat.

I don't know how many failures he has experienced, but the king of Liang always wins in the end, which is why Ge Congzhou habitually relies on King Liang.However, 20 years of battlefield experience has sharpened Ge Congzhou's judgment on the situation in the world. He has never felt so deeply that the military situation of the Taining Army will be as bad as it is today.

The Yan army came with the power of Shangdang's great victory, and they came so calmly.If the Yan army rushes into Henan just after winning, Ge Congzhou is confident to give them a head-on blow.However, they have sat on the party for more than a month, steadily digesting the fruits of victory.Then he sent troops to Bianzhou, and the strategy of using troops seemed so calm and steady that Ge Congzhou could only do nothing.

To the east of the Taining Army is the State of Qi——Ge Congzhou estimates that the "State of Qi" will not be "the State" for a long time. Their entanglement with Hebei is too deep, and they are definitely not counted on; to the south is the jackal-like Yang Xingmi, Ask him for help... Meat buns beating dogs, have you ever seen him come back?

On the one hand, it is necessary to block the thunder of the Yan army, on the other hand, it is necessary to guard against the Qi army stabbing from behind, and at the same time prevent the Wu army from taking advantage of the fire to loot—no.They had already taken advantage of the fire to loot, and Li Hui, who was sticking to Xiapi, asked himself for help many times, but he was helpless.

Henan is thousands of miles flat, and there is almost no danger.Moreover, once a fight broke out, the supply of food and grass would be extremely difficult, because the Yan army had a large number of cavalry, and it was absolutely impossible to allow the Taining army to deliver food and grass to the theater.Such a battle.How to fight?

Ge Cong thought about this issue repeatedly, and finally had to admit that his side had no advantage in any point.If they really want to fight down, the fate of the Taining Army can be imagined.Therefore, Ge Cong Zhou pondered over and over again, and felt that he could only persuade Liang Wang to simply avoid the heyday of the Yan army, resolutely give up Henan, and "discuss" a piece of territory with Yang Xingmi.

Thinking of this, he immediately remembered Li Hui's three letters for help from Xiapi, and felt that this matter could not be delayed any longer, and he should divide his troops to rescue Xiapi.Li Hui was a general who fought thousands of miles across the border of Huainan with Yang Shihou. He had enough experience in entering Huainan. No matter what, Li Hui had to be rescued!

Just as he was about to ask someone to come in to deliver the order, he heard noisy footsteps outside, Ge Congzhou thought it was King Liang and Jing Xiang who had come, and Xin Dao happened to tell His Highness about this affair.So he tried his best to raise his hand to signal, and the maid next to him quickly leaned over and helped him lean on the vertical pillow.

Yang Chongben lifted the heavy cotton curtain and stepped into the inner study, followed by several military academies, each holding a pitch-black wooden box in their hands.After entering, Yang Chongben and the military academies half-kneeled on the ground, pleading guilty to Ge Congzhou.

"Marshal, when the last general is guilty, please punish him severely!"

Ge Congzhou froze for a moment, and suddenly had a premonition that the situation might change. He resisted the bursts of pain in his chest, coughed and asked, "Where is your highness...cough...where's your prime minister?"

Yang Chongben prostrated himself on the ground and buried his head to report: "His Royal Highness and Mr. Jing, they... broke into the camp to seize military power, but the general refused to accept... a conflict..."

Seeing him hesitating, Ge Congzhou couldn't bear it anymore, and said anxiously, "Say it quickly!"

Yang Chongben turned his head and signaled that several military academies picked up the lacquer boxes in their hands, opened them one by one, and sent them to the bedside.

Ge Congzhou narrowed his eyes, carefully identified the past, and when he saw it clearly, he suddenly exploded, pointing at Yang Chongben and yelling.Yang Chongben and the military academies didn't dare to speak back, they just bowed their heads and knelt down, letting Ge Congzhou continue to abuse them.

It wasn't until Ge Congzhou got tired of cursing and angrily threw pillows at Yang Chongben and the others, driving them out, that the inner study was considered quiet.

Yang Chongben sat on the stone steps outside the door with a calm expression.The military academy asked in a low voice: "Commander, the commander-in-chief is angry, how should we deal with it now?"

Yang Chongben smiled lightly and said, "Just wait here."

"Wait……?"

"That's right, wait... the commander won't care about the lives and futures of the [-] to [-] brothers in our army. We'll just wait here. When the commander understands it, everything will be fine."

Waiting in front of the stone steps until the moon was three poles high, the curtain of the inner study was lifted, the maid looked out, and said softly: "General, the commander let you in..."

Yang Chongben took a deep breath, rubbed his numb legs, jumped up, and followed the maid into the inner study.

Ge Congzhou lay on the bed sideways, with his back to Yang Chongben, coughing and said slowly: "Go and send an order to let Zhang Yanshou preside over the peace talks in Rencheng. The Taining army can return to His Royal Highness King Yan and send it to the land of the six states , but there are three rules: first, the lives of officers and men should be preserved, and no indiscriminate killing is allowed; those who want to return to their hometowns should be generously donated with money, and should not be embarrassing; If the family members are captured by the Yan army, they must be returned."

When he heard the third article, Yang Chongben had mixed feelings in his heart, and kowtowed heavily to Ge Congzhou: "Commander, the Taining Army must protect the position of Commander forever. If the King of Yan refuses, I am willing to fight to the death... "

"Don't mention this, cough... a certain body is so weak that he can no longer lead the army... but I have to tell the King of Yan, cough, if the Yan army wants to cross the river, they must go to rescue Xiapi. Li Hui knows the situation in Huainan... ...But I heard that Yang Shihou has already surrendered to the King of Yan, and with Yang Shihou here, the King of Yan must have a plan for the southern expedition. But it is really not easy for Zhang Yanshou to do his best to pull Li Hui, and Li Hui will stick to Xiapi."

"The general understands, the general will rush to Rencheng..."

"Also...ask King Yan if he can give His Royal Highness King Liang a generous burial...this is not a condition, it is a request."

"Marshal Loyalty!"

With his back to Yang Chongben, Ge Congzhou shook his hand, indicating that Yang Chongben could leave.Yang Chongben respectfully kowtowed three times again, and then withdrew from the inner study.

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On the first day of March, Zhang Yanshou, Ding Hui, Huo Cun, Yang Chongben and other senior generals of the Taining Army stationed in Rencheng opened the four gates and formally joined the Yan army.On March [-]th, Yanzhou changed flags, and Li Chengzhong entered Yanzhou City, and went to Ge Congzhou's mansion to visit this famous general of Fei Shengyu.

Li Chengzhong didn't make things difficult for the Taining Army, because this army is really powerful.According to the strategy of the Military Staff General Administration for surrendering the army, the Taining Army was temporarily awarded the new field army designation-Yanzhou Army.The top and bottom ranks of the Taining Army remained unchanged. Only a few thousand people in the whole army voluntarily returned to their hometowns, and 5 people remained in the army.Because this army has too many soldiers, they are divided in use. Zhang Yanshou is the commander of the left wing, Huo Cun is the deputy, Ding Hui is the commander of the right wing, and Yang Chongben is the deputy.The General Administration of Military Staff transferred a group of education officials and Marquis Yu from the Department of Education and Civilization, and built the first-level headquarters of the left and right hatchbacks of the Yanzhou Army.The command framework at the corps level has not been set up for the time being, and is waiting for the future.

The descending army naturally has the consciousness to surrender. Zhang Yanshou, Ding Hui, Huo Cun, Yang Chongben and others immediately called for battle to rescue Li Hui who was besieged by the Wu army in Xiapi. Yang Chongben was the most active. I am in a good mood, and I am almost tearful of gratitude to Li Chengzhong, so I naturally want to make a good profit at this moment.

Li Chengzhong originally wanted to invite Ge Congzhou to come out of the mountain to serve as the commander of the Yanzhou Army, or to serve in the Military General Staff Administration.Li Chengzhong enthusiastically recruited him as the deputy general manager of Yuhousi, but Ge Congzhou declined.Ge Congzhou was seriously ill, and indeed he could no longer work hard. Therefore, Li Chengzhong simply gave him the palace of King Liang in Bianzhou, and asked him to go to Bianzhou to recuperate with peace of mind.

No matter who it is, it is impossible for Ge Congzhou to stay in Yanzhou. Ge Congzhou knew this well, so he did not delay, and moved his family to Bianzhou within a few days.If he had used himself as a pawn in exchange for the safety of Taining Army officers and men, Li Chengzhong felt a little ashamed and guilty for such an open and aboveboard approach.

On March [-]th, the left wing of the newly established Yanzhou Army arrived in Xuzhou and joined forces with Zhong Shao's South Route Army, while the right wing of the Yanzhou Army rushed to Cheng County at the southern end of Yizhou.After a little reorganization, the two armies marched towards Xiapi, one west and one north.

General Wang Maozhang of the Wu Army stormed Xiapi Yueyu to no avail. After receiving the news that the Yan army was about to arrive, he withdrew his troops overnight, and the siege of Xiapi was relieved.

On March 20, the Yan army marched into Xiapi, and Li Hui surrendered to Zhong Shao.At this point, the military group of the Xuanwu Faction, which had dominated the Central Plains for [-] years, officially withdrew from the stage of history. (To be continued..)