Early that morning, the rebels gathered in Jiangyuan. Under the leadership of the big leader Huang Xiaobo, after beheading the former Jiangyuan County magistrate Qi Yaowei's flag, the 120,000-strong army set off in a mighty manner and launched the "Eastern Expedition" with the goal of Chengdu.
At the same time, more than 20,000 elite troops led by Leng Yue also pledged their loyalty in Chengdu. Under the personal gift of Leng Xiang, the Duke of Chongqing, the troops pointed westward and marched towards Jiangyuan County along the official road.
A decisive battle seems to be about to begin
But something unexpected happened to everyone: after the rebel front army Tan Ma and the Chengyu Guard front army Tan Ma looked at each other from a distance, the rebel army suddenly abandoned Leng Yue in front of them and turned to advance north, seemingly heading towards Maozhou.
The rebel army's U-turn immediately gave the officers and soldiers the feeling of being punched in the face. It was very unpleasant. It was supposed to be a decisive battle, but now it has become a situation of following the rebel army and eating dust. The officers and soldiers were eager to give the first blow to the army.
The four guards wanted to take revenge - of course, it was more about avenging the Chengyu guards - but now they just turned around and left without playing with them. How could the officers and soldiers not be anxious?
But Leng Yue was not Zhang Huanzhi. Although he looked down on the rebels, he would not underestimate his opponents in battle. When he saw the rebels fluttering a shot and heading north, he did not immediately send troops to pursue them, but instead sent a large number of scouts to find out the news.
The news that Tan Ma found out was very surprising: it was said that there was a dispute within the rebels. Two powerful leaders refused to accept the arrangement of the big leader Huang Xiaobo and contradicted Huang Xiaobo in person. Huang Xiaobo was so angry that he wanted to "take two
"People drank wine." Unexpectedly, these two people had been prepared for it and were rescued by their own direct troops. Then they each led their own troops to rebel against the rebel army and completely separated from Huang Xiaobo. But in this way, the subordinates of these two people
As well as some people in the rebel army, they felt that the rebel army could not succeed, so many people fled bit by bit. The final result was that Huang Xiaobo's 120,000 army when he set out only had about 60,000 left after a few days. In other words,
They haven't fought a single battle and only half of them are left.
Leng Yue received the report and sneered. This is the so-called rebel army. It is really just a group of rabble. They are so prosperous and their demise is not a big deal. They are developing rapidly and it seems that they will be able to do it in a short time.
It is like sweeping the world, but once the elite troops are mobilized to attack, they all collapse and have no fighting power at all. From this point of view, if I work harder and catch up with Huang Xiaobo's main force, I can defeat him in one battle.
Leng Yue turned around and ordered the soldiers around him: "Immediately forward this letter to the commander's house, order the entire army to turn around, speed up north, and catch up with the traitor Huang Xiaobo!"
----------------------------------------Luoyang, Imperial City
"The Emperor has arrived──"
A palace lady in her twenties quickly got up and rushed to the door with more than ten palace maids and eunuchs to greet her.
"I respectfully welcome the Emperor"
"Concubine Tang, please rise," Emperor Wanchang said in a muffled voice.
This noble lady was one of Lin You's beloved concubines, Wei Tang, the current concubine of the Wei Dynasty. She saw Lin You's expression was different, rolled her eyes, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, please sit here."
Lin You hummed and sat down. A palace maid next to her brought tea. Lin You took it and took a big sip. Unexpectedly, the tea was freshly brewed, and it was hot in her mouth. Lin You spurted it all out with a whoosh. The palace maid was immediately stunned.
His face changed greatly, and he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, forgive me! Your Majesty, forgive me!"
Wei Tang was also shocked and angrily yelled at the palace maid: "You cheap maid, why are you so careless!"
"Come here!" Lin You vented all his anger on the palace maid, "Drag this bitch out, the stick..." He originally wanted to say "kill with the stick", but for some reason he suddenly changed his words and said, "The stick will punish you."
thirty!"
Several eunuchs responded and came over to drag the frightened palace maid out. Wei Tang said to the others: "You all go down first." After everyone had gone out, Wei Tang asked carefully: "Your Majesty, today
What's going on? What seems to be on your mind?"
Lin You let out a sigh of relief, but still frowned deeply: "Chao Shang is making a lot of noise again."
Wei Tang was a little surprised: "Another quarrel? The emperor supports Qiu Linjiang so much, do those people dare to oppose the new law so blatantly?"
Lin You said bitterly: "I was convinced at first. Unexpectedly, as soon as the news of the Leng family abandoning Jiang Yuan reached the capital, those people immediately came out again, saying that he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. The elite of the Leng family lost to a group of people."
Helping the idiots is because they listened to my wishes and established a franchise, so the people are against them! Therefore, I have concluded that the franchise is a heinous crime. If it continues, it will lead to the destruction of the country. It must be stopped immediately. The entire new law must be stopped immediately.
"
Wei Tang sneered: "They are just looking for excuses to oppose the new law. If the tea vendors can't sell tea, can't they farm the land? Unless they have no land to farm, but there is no land to farm, then you have to ask Leng Xiang, Leng Xiang
I heard that my family’s land is so large that I can’t even measure it.”
Lin You nodded: "I know that the land near Chengdu is the best. I heard that most of it belongs to the Leng family. In the entire Sichuan, at least half of the high-quality and medium-quality farmland belongs to the Leng family. How can the people of Shu not make trouble?"
Really? I want to say it’s a problem with the new law!”
"Since the emperor wants to revitalize the Wei Dynasty, of course he needs some different methods from the past. I don't understand. The new law proposed by Qiuge Lao is all for the emperor and the people of the world. How can it be bad?
"
Lin You snorted coldly: "Because this new law is for me, for the common people in the world, and not for the eight major families, it is not a good law, a kind law, or a benevolent law! Therefore, it should be abolished
, even Qiu Linjiang, who proposed the new law, should have been cut to pieces!"
Wei Tang seemed a little scared and whispered: "Are all the eight major families opposed?"
Lin You suddenly became angry: "Why, are you scared too?"
Wei Tang quickly shook his head: "I am from a womanly family. It is not my turn to worry about these major events. I am worried about Your Majesty. Your Majesty has managed to organize the court smoothly in recent years. What if the Eighth Congress
The whole family is opposed to the new law, and I am afraid that there will be instability in the court... But my worries must be unnecessary. Your Majesty is wise and wise, and the world knows it. Since your Majesty has decided to implement the new law, I think he must have a perfect plan."
Lin You's expression improved a little, but he sighed: "It's not a foolproof plan, it's just a matter of playing fore and a backhand based on the conflicts between them."
The words were vague, and Wei Tang was a little confused. He blinked his beautiful eyes twice and simply laughed: "I am very stupid, but I can't understand such profound words of the emperor... Your Majesty, the weather is nice today.
, I, my concubine, are you going to get some flower paste?"
Lin You looked at Wei Tang's slightly red cheeks, feeling a slight heat in his abdomen, a hint of excitement in his eyes, and smiled: "What my beloved concubine thinks is exactly what I want, go quickly, go quickly."
Wei Tang's flower jelly is said to be made according to the family's ancestral methods. It has many excellent effects. Lin You doesn't know exactly what those effects are, but he is sure that the flower jelly has the effect of aphrodisiac. Every time
After drinking a small bowl of flower syrup, Lin You could toss Wei Tang for at least half an hour. However, his lower body was particularly sensitive. He was really a top-notch product.
Wei Tang took the flower syrup, filled it with a jade bowl, and fed Lin You one bite at a time with a gold-encrusted spoon. When Lin You saw Wei Tang leaning over, the white flowers on her chest shone with tenderness.
With his eyes dazzled and the fire in his heart rising, he pulled her into his arms and sat her on his lap.
Wei Tang exclaimed "Ah!" and he had already sat on Lin You's legs. He refused and said: "Your Majesty, you have done something wrong again..."
Lin You pinched her little face, put his mouth next to her ear, and said with a smile: "What did I do wrong?"
"Here..." Wei Tang reached out and grabbed Lin You's "dragon root" under his buttocks, his eyes as charming as silk: "It's broken..."
"How could it be so bad?" Lin You's dragon root was held by Wei Tang, and he felt a sense of relief. Unexpectedly, the dragon's claws had reached the snowy peak, and he kneaded and kneaded them gently. "It is obviously considerate."
Wei Tang twisted his body, but it was easier for Lin You to hold him, and he said in disbelief: "Why are you so considerate?"
Lin You's dragon claws reached down, slipped under the long skirt, and came to a slippery place, and laughed: "Why is this place so juicy, my dear concubine? Could it be that the flower juice flowed out?"
Wei Tang's face turned red with embarrassment, and he simply threw himself into Lin You's arms. He didn't even dare to raise his head, but just shouted inside: "The emperor is bad, the emperor is good..."
Lin You's lower body was hard, and he stood up suddenly, picked up Wei Tang and walked to the bedroom, saying: "How dare you say that I am bad? Well, I will show you how bad I am..."
(Hold the banner of harmony high, the following three thousand words are omitted. If you are interested, please contact me privately...cough!)...
Shortly after Lin You left, and half an hour after Wei Tang's personal maid Xiao Ting left the palace, in the East Palace, His Royal Highness Prince Lin Xu held a short piece of paper in his hand, with a smile on his face. There was only one sentence on the piece of paper:
At three o'clock in the hour, the sky is filled with a bowl of jade dew
----------------------------------------Xichuan, on an unknown mountain road
Li Changshun scratched his head, looked at the thousands of people meandering behind him, and said somewhat depressedly: "Brother Chao, we managed to get 30,000 people under our control so easily, why do we have to mess up our departure like this? Just in case.
If you meet Leng Jiajun, I'm afraid he won't be able to handle it."
Chao Shili didn't even turn his head, and said calmly: "The three leaders are overthinking. We divided our army into ten, dispersed it, pretended to be fleeing, and spread false news along the way to confuse Leng Yue. Although Leng Yue was in control
The army is rigorous, but he is proud. He must not take us seriously. When he hears the false news that we are rebelling against the rebels, he will definitely take it seriously. If so, he will no longer pay attention to us. I think he will definitely abandon the whole army.
Speeding up, I want to catch up with the big leader as soon as possible so that we can decide the outcome in a battle, so we are very safe now and won't run into any established Leng family army."
Li Changshun said oh, walked for a while, still a little unwilling, and asked again: "Brother Chao, let's do as you said, the two armies will meet at Chenxianzhuang, and then you and I will each lead one and take a small road to capture Chengdu?"
Will there be any other changes?"
Chao Shili shook his head: "Accidents are hard to say. The reason why accidents are accidents is because they are unpredictable, right? Chao can only say that all the changes that can be considered have been considered in the plan."
Li Changshun breathed a sigh of relief: "Now I hope everything goes smoothly for my brother-in-law."
Chao Shili consoled him: "Don't worry, the big leader is familiar with the roads in Xichuan. Leng Yue has been in Yuzhou for a long time. He may be familiar with the eastern part of Sichuan, but the western Sichuan side is not his place. He has to catch up with the big leader. It's too late."
It's hard to say that even if we really have to catch up, the 60,000-strong army in the hands of the big leader is not that easy to deal with. In addition, there will definitely be new people coming to join the big leader as he passes by, so there shouldn't be anything on the big leader's side.
It’s the surprise”
Li Changshun laughed: "Brother Chao, it's good to have you here, we don't have to use our brains."
Li Changshun said this naturally, but Chao Shili's heart tightened when he heard it. It doesn't matter if you, Li Changshun, don't like to use your brain. You can't say these words randomly. If they reach the ears of the big leader, you might even worry about me.
his heart
"Three leaders, we will arrive at Chenxianzhuang in a while. You will lead 30,000 troops from Qingshui, Linyuan, and Dongxi. Pay attention to the concealed march. You must appear outside Chengdu without warning. To catch Leng Xiang off guard, it is better to be slower than to
Let Leng Xiang know his whereabouts." Chao Shili changed the topic and said
"Don't worry, don't worry. Although I, Shunzi, am not as scholarly as your brother Chao, I did listen to several Analects of Confucius when I was young. I promise not to let anyone from the Leng family find out."
Listening to the Analects of Confucius does not seem to be directly related to whether the Leng family will discover it, but Chao Shili still nodded: "Three leaders, the big leader used his body as bait this time, and put himself in danger first, just so that we can successfully raid Chengdu.
As long as Chengdu, the home base of the Leng family, is captured by us, our army will definitely be in great prestige. At that time, the people in Sichuan who have been oppressed by the Leng family for more than a hundred years will find that this behemoth of the Leng family is actually just an illusion. As long as we unite together
With the help of our hands and the unity of the people, the Leng family can be defeated! At this time, the big leader returned to Chengdu, and the people in Shu responded one after another. The situation has been achieved, and the Leng family will be at a loss. Then we will send envoys to report to the court to express our hope.
We were angry because we were forced by the Leng family and had no way out, so we raised troops and asked the court to recruit us. At that time, the court was eager to recruit us. In this way, everything was fine."
Li Changshun laughed: "Brother Chao, if we really want to capture Chengdu as you said, we will have an estimated 200,000 troops. At this time, when the imperial court recruits us, what kind of officials can we give?"
Chao Shili felt a little disdainful, but with a slight smile on his face: "The big leader has to get a second-grade one no matter what."
Li Changshun opened his eyes wide: "Such a big official?" He swallowed and said, "Then...how many grades can I get?"
Chao Shili chuckled: "Normally, there is no problem with the third grade."
Li Changshun stared at Chao Shili and suddenly smiled up at the sky: "Haha, hahahaha, good, good, good!"
Chao Shili shook his head inwardly, said nothing, and looked ahead... Chen Xianzhuang arrived
-------------I'm guilty. Something happened today, so I only updated this chapter. I estimate that I will need 10,000 words per day in the next two days. I'm dizzy.
