"Not a single soldier or horse was seen at Guguan, and Jiannu did not enter Shanxi from Longgu. The whole brigade is still in Jinan."
On the evening of December 6th, there was still the last trace of light in the sky over the capital, and the low sound of dusk drums floated in the air. In the study of a large house in the inner city, Yang Sichang, who had a reddish face, breathed rapidly and held several documents in his hand. The paper shook slightly. Standing in front of him was Shen Xun, a doctor in the Ministry of War. Shen Xun buried his head and did not dare to say anything, waiting for Yang
Sichang digested the news in his hands.
Yang Sichang has been in poor health recently. He said he was ill for seven or eight days in late November. He returned to work in early December, but sometimes he was still unable to be on duty in the cabinet. He returned home this afternoon. Shen Xun was chased here from the Ministry of War.
Jiannu was raging in the capital, but it had been going on for a while. The usual attack on one or two cities was not a big irritation to the courtiers. Shen Xun would not rush to the mansion in the evening to disturb him.
After a long while, Yang Sichang's breathing calmed down. He raised the submission paper in his hand and asked Shen Xun, "When did you receive it?" "It was all in the afternoon. First, I received the Guguan Heqi Longtang Newspaper, saying that No soldiers or horses were seen on the roads inside and outside the pass. The subordinates immediately realized that the matter was of great importance. They asked the Titang officer to verify the Shanxi Tang newspaper collected today. After verification, they sent someone to deliver it to the old gentleman.
Then Zhang Qiping, the governor of Baoding, and two other inspectors came to impeach Lu Xiangsheng. There was no one in the cabinet to vote for him, so he was sent to the palace. The matter involving Qin Wang Jinli was a serious matter, so I must report it to the old man, just to disturb him. Recuperate."
Yang Sichang waved his hand, took a step with furrowed brows and then stopped, "Why is Zhang Qiping impeaching Lu Xiangsheng?"
"Hundring troops but not rescuing, just sitting back and watching the invaders. Impeaching Lu Xiangsheng and watching the fall of Nangong has no intention of relief. The second is... Huolu also fell. Impeaching Lu Xiangsheng for staying in the strong city is a false story." "Watch a deer, win a deer." It's only fifty miles away from Zhending Mansion." Yang Sichang turned around and strode up to Shen Xun, "The governors, governors, and town officials gathered in Zhending. It's only fifty miles away, and there's more than one Lu Xiangsheng sitting and watching. What is Zhang Qiping doing?
!" Shen Xun shook his head, "The matter of Huo Deer asking for help has been reported before, and my subordinates are really puzzled. More than 20,000 soldiers are just under Zhending City, and more than 5,000 soldiers are in the city. Fifty miles is only half a day's journey, why ten days? There is no rescue in between, just wait and see
Failure is easy."
Yang Sichang took a breath and asked again, "Is there any report from Lu Xiangsheng in the afternoon?" "Lu Xiangsheng reported that he has been without food for several days. If what he said is true, he has been without food for more than ten days. It is also called Baoding, and it is really all the prefectures and counties in Ding." Seal the city tightly, and when officers and soldiers approach the city, they shoot arrows and fire cannons. I would like to ask the cabinet to supervise the local states and counties, and be sure to
Guaranteed food supply. In addition, it was also said that Long Gu was a false report. On the 29th, a further order was issued to recall Wang Pu's troops."
Yang Sichang turned to look at Shen Xun, "On the 28th, Wang Pu was asked to overturn the horse and copy the front. On the 29th, the previous order was changed. It has been nearly ten days. Has Wang Pu returned?"
"It was not mentioned in the Tang newspaper." "Will Wang Pu return?" Yang Sichang suddenly shouted angrily, "Chen Xinjia doesn't know who Wang Pu is, and he Lu Xiangsheng doesn't know. How can a general who hesitates to stay back to Shanxi like this? From the beginning, he left Lu Xiangsheng's presence
, regardless of whether Long Jiannu or not, Wang Pu will not turn around and go back, he will definitely run to Shanxi and wait until Jiannu comes out of seclusion." Shen Xun nodded silently and announced that among the three towns in Datong, Datong Town has the largest military force. Strong, but Wang Pu has the worst reputation. He became the commander-in-chief of Datong at a young age, largely relying on his general Yu Yin. At the same time, Wang Pu has a strong ability to discern the wind and colors. The timing of the last Jingyangyi victory was right. The choice was very appropriate. After a month of joining the invaders, none of the officers and soldiers had any success. Everyone from top to bottom needed a victory. Under the background of Gao Qiqian reporting Gaoyang's victory, Lu Xiangsheng could only cooperate and the soldiers
The whole army had no choice but to pinch their noses and admit it, which gave Wang Pusheng a great victory. "What Lu Xiangsheng said when he was in the capital, he must attack and kill twice. At that time, Jiannu and slaves gathered together, and he was bent on killing them. He went to kill them, and now they are divided into several groups, but he is chasing them in vain. So far, he has not seen a single kill in a month." Yang Sichang walked around the study room hurriedly. He waved his arm violently, and his voice was broken, "Ten Yuzhou County has been destroyed, and the more than 20,000 powerful frontier troops don't even know where the slaves are. How can they be called capable soldiers?
The detective is as sharp as a deaf man, and he dares to mobilize troops and generals before the detective knows clearly. He, Lu Xiangsheng, is also worthy of being called a general who dares to fight!"
Yang Sichang crumpled up all the submission papers in his hand and threw them to the ground. He turned to Shen Xun and said, "Lu Xiang was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War. Has the document of self-denial been issued?"
Shen Xun lowered his head and said, "It was announced before noon. Liu Zhongtang has been changed to the supervisor. In this whole court, I am afraid you are the only one in this court who can make the emperor take back his order."
"The emperor wanted to replace the governor with Liu Zhongtang the day before yesterday. Do you know why I opposed it and tried so hard to get the emperor to withdraw his order?"
"It is a big taboo in the army to change generals before battle. Lu Dutang wanted to win the hearts of the army and was quite prestigious in the army. Suddenly he was changed to Liu Shoufu. Suspicions arose among the army. On the occasion of the war, there was a fear of an uproar." Yang Sichang nodded. The head said, "It is indeed true. When I was in the capital, I also told Lu Dutang that the only soldiers available to King Qin were to supervise and supervise the two branches. He could not lightly fight against Jian Nulang. If the army was there, Jian Nu soldiers would not dare to separate. Now. Now Two slave routes were established, and the supervisors were also
There are two paths, one can be said to be indispensable, and naturally one cannot change generals at the last minute, but this is only one of them."
Shen Xun did not interrupt, and Yang Sichang continued, "The second reason is for Lu Xiangsheng. More than ten cities in Jinan have been destroyed. Lu Xiangsheng is the supporting governor of the commander-in-chief Qin Wang. Once he is removed from the position of governor, do you think he will What will happen to him?" Shen Xun sighed, but did not say it out loud. Officials in Beijing all knew that as more and more prefectures and counties in Jinan fell, the casualties among the people were extremely heavy, and the imperial court finally needed someone to stand up. The person most responsible for the crime is Lu Xiangsheng.
Judging from the current situation, if there are no major results in the follow-up, Lu Xiangsheng will definitely end up in Caishikou. "The old gentleman argued hard and finally won Lu Dutang a chance to die." Shen Xun raised his head. After looking at Yang Sichang, he said, "The platform performance was correct that day. The emperor said it himself. Lu Xiangsheng was just sitting under Zhending City. The west road is dilapidated in ten or twenty places. How can it be reused? If you hadn't argued hard for it, Mr. Liu, I'm afraid Liu Zhongtang really went to supervise the division. He talked a lot about war and swordsmanship. He thought that Biancai was just like playing chess. He really dared to supervise the division when he was encouraged by others. Speaking of which, Mr.
Sheng also saved Liu Zhongtang. When Liu Zhongtang played the match that day, he already wanted to give up. Thinking about it, he felt sorry for himself. Now he hopes that Lu Dutang will fight for a chance for himself and don't let the old gentleman's kindness go down. ." "Lu Xiangsheng is so unyielding. Now the two prefectures of Zhenbao have fallen into many prefectures and counties. Yesterday I fought for Lu Xiangsheng to redeem himself, and today I received this false report from Longgu. Although Gao Qiqian took Guan Ning with him, he had nothing to do. It was a great achievement, but he was still able to follow the enemy troops on the east route, and even reached the front of Linqing, trying to protect Dezhou and Linqing. However, Lu Dutang, the Xuanda people, were completely unaware of Jiannu's whereabouts, and Jiannu had no idea how many times he had been defeated. City. I will give you the correct report tomorrow. I don’t know how to respond to the emperor."
Yang Sichang looked down at the wad of paper for a moment, then slowly turned to Shen Xun, "Even so, it is still appropriate for Lu Xiangsheng to lead the Xuan army, but we must also be prepared. We will send a ministry advisory to Sun Chuanting and let him lead the army to suppress it. West Road." After hearing this, Shen Xun knew that Yang Sichang had actually given up on Lu Xiangsheng, but it did not start from this moment. Sun Chuanting's previous combat ideas were consistent with Yang Sichang's. He believed that the field capabilities of the army and the Qing Dynasty were consistent with those of the Qing Dynasty. military errand
The gap between them was very large, and he advocated avoiding a battle with the Qing army. He even went further than Yang Sichang, proposing to disperse the army to various states and counties for defense and completely abandon mobile warfare. Therefore, Yang Sichang had actually always intended to replace Lu Xiangsheng with Sun Chuanting, but he still wanted to change generals before the battle. It was not because of his own concerns that he had true feelings for Lu Xiangsheng. Because until now
, Yang Sichang did not respond to Lu Xiang's request in the Shengtang newspaper just now, that is, to solve the food problem of Xuan Dajun. Shen Xun also knew that this matter was difficult to solve. Money and food in prefectures and counties were already tight, and it was difficult to implement government orders in times of war. Local officials The first priority is to protect one's own prefectures and counties. In addition, the army's looting is common, so the prefectures and counties' defense against soldiers is almost the same as against thieves.
, it is almost impossible for them to provide food as quickly as possible.
"I understand."
Yang Sichang coughed twice and spread a piece of paper on the table. Shen Xun didn't know what he was going to write, but he quickly went over to help sharpen the ink.
Yang Sichang picked up his pen and paused for a moment, "It would be better to explain some things clearly. I will write a letter to Lu Dutang, and you and your counselor will send it to you."
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"In charge of the town, all the detectives are deaf and deaf. I am always generous and courageous. Why am I chasing after you like this..."
On the eighth night of December, in the Xuan Dajun camp in Nangong County, Zhending Prefecture, Yang Tinglin threw the letter on the ground and cursed, "How dare he, an unfaithful, unfilial and unjust villain like Yang Sichang, dare to rebuke others like this!"
Xuan's army had been without food for nearly ten days. Some troops had already begun to kill horses and mules to satisfy their hunger. So far, the food supply has not been solved. It is not a problem that the prefectures and counties are not open, but that there are no more cities to claim. Xuan's army left Zhending on the 29th. Mansion, marching all the way east, Luancheng, Zhaozhou and other prefectures and counties were captured along the way. The city was a mess with corpses everywhere inside and outside the city. There was wind and snow outside the dilapidated city, and there was a faint cry in the howling north wind.
Lu Xiangsheng sat on a small stool in the tent, holding another piece of paper in his hand. He said in a low voice, "The detective is unclear and the dispatch is not good. Yang Sichang is right, he is also polite... This one, Governor Lu Xiangsheng personally led the powerful troops from three towns,
Wandering around the fortified city, there are many who are cowardly and deceitful." Yang Tinglin knew that the copy in Lu Xiangsheng's hand was the emperor's imperial edict to Liu Yuliang, appointing him as the Beijing Inspector. It also included the treatment of Lu Xiangsheng, who was demoted to
The Minister of the Ministry of War committed suicide and punished himself. The middle section is a tribute to Lu Xiang
In Shengxia's comments, "Wandering in the Strong City" refers to behavior, and "Youduo is cowardly and deceitful" is his character. Yang Tinglin can naturally understand Lu Xiangsheng, who was also a Jinshi.
All the feelings of loyalty and filial piety were wiped out. The most serious thing is that these four words were said by the emperor.
Lu Xiangsheng's face was ashen, he gently threw the piece of paper on the ground, looked at the other piece of paper in his hand and said blankly, "With the troops and no rescue, the happy and divergent road is also said by Lu... Zhending Prefecture has been lost so far.
County, Youxingtang, Zanhuang, Longping
, Luancheng, Yuanshi, Lingshou, Wuji, Xinhe, Zhaozhou, Lincheng, Nangong... Where is Huolu?"
Yang Tinglin did not answer, and Lu Xiangsheng said to himself, "Huolu was also captured. Huolu was captured at the 29th hour, and the Tatars massacred the whole city."
Yang Tinglin couldn't help but advise, "It's not the fault of the capital. It's because Commander Hu failed to rescue him. He has now gone east to join us."
"There is no news from Wang Pu." Lu Xiangsheng grinned, but there was no laughter at all. He described it as dry grass, and only the hem of his linen clothes kept shaking.
After a while, Lu Xiangsheng stood up and swayed slightly. Yang Tinglin hurried over to help him. Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand, looked at Yang Tinglin intently and said, "The army has been short of food for a long time, and food and grass are the top priority.
, all the local officials are civil servants. Currently, only Boxiang is a Jinshi in the army. He is easy to deal with the local government. I want to work hard for Boxiang to leave the camp to rush for food supplies.
Grass."
Yang Tinglin didn't think much and immediately agreed, "Don't worry, Sir, I will do my best to ask for food and grass, even if I have to kneel down to beg."
Lu Xiangsheng bowed his hand to Yang Tinglin. He turned to look at the soldier captain Gu Xianyi behind him, "Xianyi escort..."
Before Lu Xiangsheng could continue speaking, Gu Xianyi had already taken the initiative and said, "I will definitely send someone to escort Mr. Yang, please don't worry, Mr. Dutang." Under the weak light, Lu Xiangsheng looked at Gu Xian for a moment, and suddenly there was a hint of trace on his face.