Nuo Yong was the frontier general who succeeded Tu Yuan.
But he is not Tuyuan's subordinate.
In fact, the frontier army was not led by one person. When the imperial court was stable, the Northern Qi frontier army had a total of four generals. Tu Yuan and Nuo Yong were two of the four generals.
After Tu Yuan entered the Pass, he experienced great ups and downs, and is now behind bars, but Nuo Yong was promoted because of this. Now that the border troops have entered the Pass, someone is needed to take charge of the overall situation.
As a result, Nuo Yong was promoted to a general in charge of the border army and went south to quell the chaos.
It is worth mentioning that the reason why Nuo Yong was able to stand out among the generals was, on the one hand, because of his good ability, and on the other hand, because he married the legitimate daughter of the Lang family.
After all, he was still the uncle of Emperor Zhaowu.
With this relationship, he was able to gain Emperor Zhaowu's trust during the turmoil and serve as the commander-in-chief of the border army this time.
And because of this level of status, he did not dare to be too presumptuous with Lang Deruo of the Lang family.
But for the Zhou family and his son, there are no such scruples.
Nowadays, the Zhou family and his son were squeezed out by many Zhuli masters because of their Han status. Many Zhuli masters went to the emperor and asked Emperor Zhaowu to replace Zhou Shizhong and his son.
At this time, some Zhu Li, who was easily provoked, had begun to be suspicious of all Han people.
I have completely forgotten who defeated the Chen army between the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River more than 20 years ago during the Southern Dynasty Yuan Du's Northern Expedition.
I have completely forgotten how Master Zhu Li’s talents have withered in the past twenty or thirty years.
It is precisely because of these factors combined that Nuo Yong was so arrogant, and even went straight to the point and wanted to deprive Zhou Shizhong of his military power as soon as they met.
Although Zhou Shizhong relies on his son for advice most of the time, after all, he has served as a general in the Southern Army for many years and is also a big shot in his own right. When Nuo Yong said this, he glanced at his son, and then looked at him silently.
Nuo Yong said slowly.
"General Nuo, now the imperial court is sending border troops south to quell the rebellion. The fundamental reason is that our conquering southern army failed to defend the land, which allowed the southern thieves to run rampant in our Daqi land, but..."
"This great general Zhou was also conferred by the emperor."
He looked at Nuo Yong and continued: "When General Nuo is marching, if we are allowed to cooperate with the border troops, there will be no problem, but General Nuo wants to control the Southern Army."
He stretched out his hand and said silently: "I want to read the paperwork."
Nuo Yong squinted his eyes, but his face was full of smiles: "In coordinated operations, there must be a priority, right? There is no document in Nuo's hand, but before coming, the emperor had an oral instruction. This time when the army goes south, wherever it arrives
Wherever you go, you must cooperate with my army."
"Now, I still don't know how the Conquering South Army arranged its troops. How can we cooperate?"
"These matters are too troublesome to negotiate. Why don't you give me the marching plan, General Zhou, and let your subordinates obey the control of my army? If we cooperate like this, we will naturally be intimate and there will be no mistakes."
"besides…"
Nuo Yong looked at the father and son, grinned and showed his teeth: "I would like to give General Zhou a suggestion."
Zhou Shizhong frowned: "What suggestions?"
"Your Majesty, it's better to change your name as soon as possible."
He said with a smile: "Originally, you were called the Army of Conquering the South, but for decades you have stuck to it and have not seen you go south several times. Now you have been defeated again and again by the armies of the Southern Dynasties. The word "Conquering the South" should be taken from
Why talk about it?"
"In my opinion."
Nuo Yong seemed to be joking, but he didn't seem to be.
"It's better to call it Defeat the Confederate Army instead."
After saying this, he touched his chin and thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "This seems a little wrong. Your Han writing is really weird. You changed the word to the exact opposite, but the meaning didn't change much.
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He frowned and thought for a while.
"How about changing it to Invincible Army?"
Zhou Shizhong and his son both turned red with anger and gritted their teeth.
But there is no way.
At this time, at the banquet, on the surface, it seemed that there was a conflict among several generals in the military. In fact, it turned out to be a conflict between Zhenren Zhu Li and the Han people.
These contradictions have existed since the founding of the Northern Qi Dynasty. However, in the past few decades, the emperors of the Northern Qi Dynasty promoted sinicization and at the same time ensured Zhu Li's detached status. This contradiction was suppressed.
Now that the country is in crisis, coupled with Mr. Shen's slight instigation, the conflict that had been suppressed for decades was successfully stimulated and became more intense, almost to the point of being irreconcilable.
By now, generals like Nuo Yong have completely given Zhou Shizhong and his son no face.
You know, when Tu Yuan went south, when he saw Zhou Shizhong, he also treated him like a general and showed respect.
Seeing both sides blushing and thick-necked at the dinner table, Lang Deruo, who had been watching from the sidelines, stood up, picked up his wine glass, and smiled: "Everyone, how will the battle be fought? The days are still long. Let's discuss it slowly."
"Today's reception banquet, don't make things too tense."
"Let's drink."
The eldest son and grandson of the Lang family naturally has a lot of face. As soon as he opened his mouth, both parties sat down, took a breath, and continued talking.
The Zhou family's father and son both had dark faces.
Nuo Yong, on the other hand, couldn't stop sneering.
After the meal, Zhou Yuanlang took his old father to the study. The former "National Master" of Da Qi gritted his teeth and whispered: "Father, this Nuo Yong doesn't take our Zhou family seriously at all."
It’s in!”
Zhou Shizhong shook his head slightly and sighed: "This should not be his attitude alone."
This is naturally not the attitude of Nuo Yong alone, but the epitome of the attitude of Zhu Li as a whole.
Zhou Yuanlang took a deep breath and whispered: "Dad, these people have never seen Shen Qi's power, so they underestimate us and the Southern Conquest Army!"
Hearing his son's words, Zhou Shizhong frowned and said, "What does my son mean?"
Zhou Yuanlang sneered again and again: "This Nuo Yong must suffer a big loss so that the court can see that it is not because our father and son are incompetent, but because the Huai'an army is too capable!"
Hearing Zhou Yuanlang's words, Zhou Shizhong's expression changed first, then he stared at his son and murmured: "San'er."
Zhou Yuanlang turned back and looked at his father.
Zhou Shizhong frowned and said, "As a father, I always feel that you have become a little different since the last time I met Shen Qi."
"The child has not changed."
Zhou Yuanlang sat back down opposite Zhou Shizhong. He lowered his voice and continued: "Dad, there are more and more Zhu Li masters, and the imperial court only has so much money. Their food and clothing expenses will naturally become less and less."
"After decades, these Zhuli people are holding back their anger. Some idiots think that it is us Han people who have robbed them of their glory and wealth!"
"Coupled with this time's defeat on the front line and Shen Qi's instigation, all these Zhu Li masters became extremely angry."
"If nothing else, we were defeated at the hands of Shen Qi. If Nuo Yong arrives in the south, he can reverse the situation and turn defeat into victory..."
"Then what will the court think? What will the emperor think?"
"When the government is stabilized in the future, we don't know whether the Han people will have a way to survive, but our Zhou family will definitely have no way to survive!"
Zhou Shizhong's eyelids twitched and he whispered: "But this seems to harm the overall situation..."
Zhou Yuanlang gritted his teeth: "If Nuoyong had taken the overall situation into consideration, he wouldn't have hurt your face like this!"
"Did he take the overall situation into consideration when he said those words?"
Zhou Shizhong was silent for a long time, looked at his son, and sighed: "San'er, what are you going to do?"
"Doesn't he want military power?"
Zhou Yuanlang sneered: "Give it to him!"
"Give him all the military power and let him coordinate and command. We will report it to the court. In the end, no matter what happens, it will be his problem!"
Zhou Shizhong still frowned: "If we leave it to him, I'm afraid he will directly let our soldiers from the Southern Army fill the frontline battlefield and act as cannon fodder to consume the Huai'an Army."
"Just let him do it."
Zhou Yuanlang slapped the table with a ferocious expression.
"Three generations of our Zhou family have been loyal!"
"Looking at the overall situation, we can't let others bully us like this!"
