Under the guidance of Huo Yongcheng, Yunchu began to learn bathing, dressing, burning incense, praying, and meditating...
These are not the point.
The point is that Huo Yongcheng kept whispering in Yunchu's ears how much the emperor valued him and trusted him. As long as Yunchu came back victorious from this battle, Yunchu would be able to seize the title of Duke. As for the glory of his wife and the glorious future of his children, it would not be a problem.
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After finally waiting for Huo Yongcheng to finish chatting, Yun Chu said to Huo Yongcheng: "My Majesty and I don't need this. The Tang Dynasty is restless, and I am uneasy. Your Majesty has decreed that I will lead the army to go on an expedition. This is inevitable.
As for the victory or defeat, God knows.”
Huo Yongcheng smiled when he heard this and said softly to Yun Chu: "Your Majesty also said the same when a certain family came."
Yun Chu said helplessly: "Do you have to make a certain family and His Majesty look like monarchs and ministers get along with each other?
His Majesty's harsh criticism of a certain person is known throughout the whole court. A certain family said that His Majesty's bed was powerless. Not everyone knew about it. Just because of this, Your Majesty was furious and sent your Ministry of Rites to confiscate a certain family's money and food for ten years.
If the monarch and his ministers are really close to each other, first return a certain family’s ten years’ salary.”
Huo Yongcheng's face kept twitching, and after a long time he said: "If someone else slanders Your Majesty like this, his life will be at risk. Isn't this considered a favor?"
Yun Chu said: "It is not your Majesty who saves a certain family's head, but the great contribution a certain family has made to the Tang Dynasty over the years. The reason why Your Majesty does not kill me is because he is worried that no one will help him if he kills me.
If Your Majesty really arranges official affairs for his ministers based on his likes and dislikes, the Tang Dynasty would have been finished long ago. Can it still be as prosperous as it is now?"
As he spoke, Yun Chu pointed to the densely packed spiritual tablets of emperors and loyal ministers and martyrs of the Tang dynasty in front of him and said: "Taizu, Taizong, and the famous officials and generals who passed away are all here, and they won't laugh at me for saying these things.
A certain family also hopes that a hundred years later, the memorial tablet will be placed here for your Ministry of Rites to teach future generals.
So, you don't have to say these pitiful words to make a certain family go out with soldiers and never come back.
Before the war begins, a certain family cannot be said to be victorious, but it will definitely try its best.
If you lose the battle, just let it slide."
Huo Yongcheng raised his head and looked at the densely packed memorial tablets on the stage in front of him. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and saluted repeatedly. He seemed to feel that Yun Chu's words were very rude.
Yun Chu stood up, looked at the spiritual tablets on the high platform and said to Huo Yongcheng: "What is enshrined on the platform is the past of the Tang Dynasty. A certain family standing here represents the present of the Tang Dynasty. After a certain family's spiritual tablet is also placed on it,
Those who stand here again will be the future of Datang.
In a person's life, he has to experience the past, present and future, and the same goes for a country.
As long as people of every era are willing to work hard to do things that belong to their own era, this inheritance can be passed down from generation to generation until it becomes immortal.
Lao Huo, when you go back, report to His Majesty and ask him to relax and take good care of his health. A certain family will send troops to the southwest and come back as soon as you go."
After saying that, Yun Chu sat cross-legged on a futon and began to close his eyes and meditate... Soon after, he seemed to have entered the deepest state of meditation.
When Yun Chu woke up again, he glanced at the setting sun shining on the east window and asked Huo Yongcheng who was standing by: "Is the time here?"
Huo Yongcheng looked at Yun Chu with an unclear expression and said, "Just right."
Yun Chu rubbed the short hair on his head, clicked, clicked his muscles, strode out of the quiet room, and said to Yin Erhu, the leader of the soldiers guarding outside: "Beat the drum, gather the generals!"
After two days of immersive meditation, my body seemed to have entered a state of dormancy, and I could not feel hunger or fatigue. After returning to the Yun Family Mansion from the Imperial City's Rites Room, I began to put on my armor under the service of Yu Xiurong and the others. I heard the drum tower of Chang'an
A heavy drumbeat sounded.
Today's drum sound is different from the Jingjie drum in the past. The drum sound is louder and more exciting.
After many years, Chang'an soldiers went to war again...
Yes, the disastrous defeat of the Sichuan soldiers made the emperor begin to doubt the combat effectiveness of the Shuzhong soldiers. Therefore, this time, all the troops assigned to Yunchu were Chang'an soldiers and Guanzhong soldiers. As Yunchu requested, the five soldiers
Ten thousand soldiers and three thousand cavalry.
After Yun Chu finished putting on his armor and took Li Chengxiu, Yun Jin, Wen Huan, and Di Guangsi, who were also wearing armor, to the general manager's cabin that Pei Xingjian had prepared for Yun Chu, Pei Xingjian rushed to the captain's house in front of everyone who had gathered there.
In the presence of the officials of the six ministries of Chang'an, the emperor's decree was revealed.
The emperor's decree is concise and concise, - the southwest is uneven, Zhuo Yunchu is the general manager of the march to Jiannan Road to make peace!
After Pei Xingjian finished reciting the emperor's decree in public, he deliberately unfolded the emperor's decree and walked around the crowd to let everyone present clearly see the content above, as well as the emperor's seal, Zhongshu seal, door seal, and the Ministry of War seal.
After Pei Xingjian showed this decree that complied with all the procedures, he shouted loudly and asked: "Do you have any objections?"
Everyone stepped in and saluted, saying, "As you command."
Pei Xingjian said loudly again: "Do you have any objections?"
Everyone bent down and intervened again: "As you command."
After Pei Xingjian asked him three times, he handed over the decree to Yun Chu, who had been waiting for a long time.
He turned around and took out a complete tiger talisman from the plate held by the etiquette officer, raised it high and said: "Give the tiger talisman."
Yun Chu took the tiger talisman with both hands and whispered: "Are you envious?"
Pei Xingjian also whispered: "The running dog is lucky."
Yunchu took the tiger talisman and naturally sat behind the only desk in the hall. He placed the emperor's decree and tiger talisman on the table and satisfactorily tested the comfort of the chair.
When he raised his face, there was basically no emotion in his eyes. He whispered to the officials present: "After the ceremony, everyone who is not interested can leave."
Yong Wangxian, Ji Wangshen, Cao Wangming, including Chang'an's left-behind Liu Rengui, naturally took the irrelevant people and left quickly. Only Pei Xingjian gritted his teeth and said: "This time it is really easy for you. With all the elites of the thirty-six prefectures in Guanzhong,
It’s actually only used to kill savages.”
Yun Chu said expressionlessly: "Who made you greedy for power? You deserve this. It's pity that you will never have the opportunity to make great military exploits in the future."
Pei Xingjian snorted angrily and walked away.
After Pei Xingqian left, Yunchu took a look at his deputy general Zhang Donghai, marching commander Shi Li Yuance, and army commander Ma Jiang Xie. These three guys were forced to come over by the emperor, and now they were all standing at the forefront wearing armor respectfully.
Let alone Zhang Donghai, this guy is now the Commander-in-Chief of Yizhou Baiqisi. This time he came to serve as Yun Chu's deputy general just to monitor Yun Chu.
Longshi Li Yuance was from the royal family and was the youngest son of Prince Li Xiaogong of Zhao County.
Army Commander Jiang Xie is the younger brother of Right Prime Minister Jiang Ke, and his ancestor is said to be Jiang Wei of the Three Kingdoms.
The emperor must have considered sending these three people over. Although it was the first time for Yun Chu to deal with Li Yuance and Jiang Xie, he thought that these two people would not hold him back.
So, Yunchu said to the three of them: "From now on, just stir the horse and spoon in a pot, and don't say any unnecessary words."
Li Yuance, the one with the highest title among the three, intervened and said: "If necessary, the manager will give it to you, but the general will definitely repay it with death."
Yun Chu waved his hands and said: "This battle is different from the past. Let's take a look at my methods."
After saying that, Yun Chu turned his attention to the thirty-six people behind them and said to the captain: "Send your names."
So Pei Zheng, the commander-in-chief of Chang'an Zhechong, who was standing in the first place, took a step forward, knelt on one knee and said: "The last commander-in-chief of Chang'an Zhechong, Pei Zheng."
As Pei Zheng started, the other captains behind him signed up one after another. After Yun Chu listened carefully, he didn't hear a familiar name among the thirty-six people. Even some of them had the same surname as Li Ji, Su Dingfang,
Cheng Yaojin and other Zhenguan veterans are the same, but they are not from their family after all...
Yun Chu sighed for a moment, then smiled at the Zhechong captains present and said: "Some people have the habit of killing generals to offer sacrifices to heaven on the day the army sets off. Don't worry, I don't have that here, hahaha..."
Yunchu felt that he had told a very interesting joke, but unfortunately, not one of the captains present laughed. Instead, there was a hint of nervousness on their faces.
In their view, this joke was not funny at all. After all, the people Li Ji killed back then were officers of their own class.
Yun Chu is a military general in civilian guise. This has long been a consensus in the military. It is common for civilian officials to treat military generals harshly when they lead troops on an expedition. When the war goes unfavorably, it is also military generals who take the blame. However, civilian leaders
When soldiers go out to fight, military generals can reap many benefits that civilian officials cannot understand.
When a military general leads an army on an expedition, his subordinate generals cannot be left behind, because he knows all the tricks in the army and all the ways to make money and gain benefits. Once the war goes against him, they will also be the unlucky ones.
Now, Yun Chu, a bat-like guy, is here. He can't hide his obscurity in the military, and he will probably be treated harshly by the literati. Therefore, everyone looked at Yun Chu who was smiling all by himself.
I can't bring myself to laugh with you.
"Let me tell you something. Everyone who followed me on the expedition has turned into a pig. If you don't believe it, you can ask General Donghai. Your wealth now exceeds 80,000 yuan, right?"
Zhang Donghai stepped in after leaving work and said: "Thank you, Marshal, for your consideration."
Yun Chu smiled and said: "So, I will not be stingy in terms of rewards after the war, nor will I shamelessly engulf the military achievements of my subordinates. Even if you are not the same person as me, as long as you have indeed accomplished military achievements, you will be rewarded."
What's yours is still yours.
I don’t ask you all to be loyal to me, I just ask you to take my orders seriously and fight to the death. You people are worth more dead than alive.
If you back down from the battle... I will kill your whole family."
At this point, Yun Chu looked at the highest-ranking Li Yuance with a sinister look, and said with a sinister smile: "Including you."
Li Yuance's scalp was numb when he was looked at by Yun Chu's venomous snake-like gaze, so he stepped in and said, "The general will not dare."
After looking at Li Yuance for a while, Yun Chu looked away and said with some pity: "I originally wanted to kill you to sacrifice the flag..."