Chapter 3 Ups and Downs (Part 5) "On the eighth day of this month, Fan Shangshu beheaded Pei Hongce because of the unfavorable outcome of the war. When the generals heard about Hongce's death, they did not dare to enter the city." The voice of Chief Shi Zhao Ziming's military report echoed in the Chinese military tent. The generals of Xiongwu Camp
We all had a rare moment of silence. Except for the occasional uninterested singing of summer insects, there was no other noise in the entire tent.
"There are eleven people who are thieves above the fifth rank, and there are forty-three people who are thieves above the seventh rank..." Zhao Ziming glanced secretly at Li Xu and Yuwen Shiji who were sitting at the top, and tried to keep his voice low
He seemed calm. He didn't know how the two adults, the general and the supervisor, felt after reading this military report for the first time. Anyway, Zhao Ziming knew that any general who had a little knowledge about the factions of the Sui Dynasty would be heartbroken after reading this military report.
He is twitching like he is now. Every time he reads a familiar name, his stomach, liver, spleen and kidneys tremble together.
This list is so terrifying. I really don’t know how Fan Shangshu, who stayed in Dongdu, did this. He almost forced all the young disciples who stayed in Dongdu among the seven surnames of the current dynasty to join the rebels. And the fathers of these people
, either he is a close minister of the current Holy Emperor, or he has a lot of troops in his hands at this time.
"On the 10th day of the lunar month, the rebels worshiped Yang Gongdao as their general to conquer the east, and Yu Rou as their marching commander, and sent out troops to guard Cidao!" After reading this sentence, Zhao Ziming shuddered again. Yang Gongdao was the second son of Guan Wang Yang Xiong.
, Yu Rou's father was Yu Shiji, an important minister beside the emperor. The gang members of the two families combined accounted for 20% of the civil servants. He could barely calm down. He continued to read the text in the military book, "I worship Lai Yuan as General Pingnan, and Zhou Zhong is the deputy."
Then, we took Yique Road and worshiped Han Shihe as the rebel general, led the troops to attack Xingyang, sent generals Gu Jue and Zheng Yan to attack Hulao Pass!"
Several civilian officials took out a map of the Sui army and used charcoal to outline the enemy's movements one by one. This map of the situation of the counties in Henan produced when the late emperor was still alive was very detailed, including every mountain and river around the eastern capital Luoyang.
, the roads and rivers were clearly marked. Chu Yang Xuangan was very tolerant, and he entrusted important tasks to the nobles' children who came to surrender. Now, these children of aristocratic families led the rebels and blocked the road from the water to the land.
All passages in Luoyang
"Wei Fusi was a thief. He drafted articles for him and sent envoys to lobby the surrounding counties of Dongdu..." Zhao Ziming vaguely felt a fire burning around him. He turned his head slightly and saw the blood-red eyes of Lieutenant Li Anyuan.
"These prodigal things!" Li Anyuan couldn't bear it anymore and finally cursed him. As soon as he took the lead, Zhao Ziming's voice of reading military books was immediately drowned out by the generals' scoldings.
"What the hell, the backbone is softer than that of a girl!"
"Lord Fan is being reckless. Isn't this forcing everyone to surrender to the enemy?" Zhao Ziming had no choice but to stop reading aloud, while lowly complaining for the thief, while smacking his lips in the direction of Yu Wenshiji's seat. But his little move did not attract everyone's attention.
But it brought more criticism
"Nothing can be used as a reason to become a thief. These dandy boys have had so many years of salary in vain!" Li Mengchang retorted loudly. In the eyes of him who was born in a poor family, if you have more food, you should have more work.
The children have enjoyed the royal salary since they were born, so they should certainly contribute more to the country. However, when the rebels attacked the city, they surrendered to the enemy and rushed to the front. It is not just their parents and family who are sorry.
"Grandma, it usually looks like five or six of them are all silver-like wax spearheads!" Murong Luo rarely agreed with Li Mengchang for once. He had spent half his life in the army, and if he hadn't finally got Li Xu,
Appreciation, even at the age of sixty, may not last until the fifth grade. However, those children of aristocratic families carry titles in their mothers' wombs and have official positions when they are born. Ordinary people may struggle to get things that they can't get in a lifetime.
Someone sent it to the palm of my hand to fill in the gaps at will, that is, starting from the sixth level, no matter whether they are rewarded for military merit or merit as a herdsman, for the same deed, the credit they receive will always be higher than others**
They have enjoyed so many enviable preferential treatment, but when it comes time to be loyal to the country, one of them turns traitor faster than the other.
"You are a dandy. You have been pampered since childhood, so of course you don't have kneecaps!" Everyone cursed in confusion, completely forgetting that Yuwenshiji, the supervisor of the army, was also an out-and-out dandy. Not counting the Yuwen family and other wealthy families in the army, there were many in the Sui Dynasty.
Seven families, but among those seven families, except for the Yang family, the royal family, the remaining six families can only compete with the Yuwen family, a powerful family in the military, if they can compete with the Yuwen family. If Lai Yuan, Zheng Yan and others are dandies, Yuwen Shiji is among the dandies.
The dude's family background is only better than these young masters who surrendered to the enemy, and is no worse than any of them.
Yuwen Shiji's face was as gloomy as water. He was very angry, but his reason told him that this was not the time to be serious with the generals.
He will go to the Xiaoguo camp to seek a career. Therefore, except for him, the supervisor, in the entire Xiongwu camp, no one else can be regarded as the nephew of a noble family. If he falls out with everyone because of a few complaints, he is definitely one of the few at this moment.
Now that he has decided to make a career in Xiongwu Camp, he does not want to be left out of the circle. As for when he made the above decision, Yu Wenshi and himself are not sure. Maybe he was interceding for Li Xu when he was
It started when his father misunderstood! Anyway, since then, Shiji has deliberately stopped taking advantage of the legacy of his father and family, and instead tried his best to solve a series of problems with his own ability.
He looked at Li Xu out of the corner of his eye, and saw Li Xu looking at him comfortingly with a very understanding look. Yuwen Shiji couldn't help but be stunned. He never expected that at this time, Xu Zi could actually
Keep a calm mind and you must know that the reason why Yang Xuangan entrusted Yang Gongdao, Han Shihe and other surrenders with important tasks without any suspicion is to make full use of the identities of these guys. At present, no matter whether the reinforcements want to approach Luoyang from any direction, they must first surrender to the enemy.
The children of the aristocratic families fought a fierce battle. In case they were defeated, the military law of the imperial court was not a trivial matter. But in case they won on the battlefield, how to deal with those children of the aristocratic families would be a difficult test for the leader.
"Ha, you silly boy doesn't know the background of these people!" Yu Wenshiji suddenly understood why Li Xu was indifferent to the names in the military book. This stupid general was probably hearing these things in the military book for the first time.
People’s names, so I didn’t connect people’s names with the families behind them!
"It seems that being confused also has its advantages!" Yu Wenshiji was completely annoyed by Li Xu's performance. He sat up straight and pretended that the people and things being scolded by the generals in front of him had nothing to do with him.
"It's not easy to laugh and scold others!" Li Xu secretly admired Yuwen Shiji's self-cultivation. After receiving the military letter, he had secretly studied the names of the people on it without any merit, but he achieved such a prominent official position at such a young age.
No matter how stupid Xuzi was, he could guess a thing or two about the origins of these people. However, unlike other generals, he did not connect the surrender of Han Shihe and others to their origins, although it had only been short-lived so far.
During his official career, Xuzi had clearly felt the rejection from a wealthy family. But he remembered what Xu Dayan once said to him in a tavern, "If someone despises you because of your family background, this is abusive.
Just ignore him, but don't make yourself feel bad because of it. But if you feel inferior to him or are unwilling to interact with him just because of his background, then it's your own fault and it's no different from the abuser who despises you!"
Xuzi never dared to forget Big Eye's advice. Although at certain moments, he was still very sensitive to people's origins, more often than not, he worked hard to regard Yuwenshiji, Li Jiancheng and others as his own kind.
The difference in status between them was the real reason why he did not join the denunciation today. In addition, Xuzi could not guarantee that in that situation, he would be beheaded by Fan Zigai in public display when he returned to the city in defeat.
Which of the two behaviors should Yang Xuangan choose between surrendering and lingering? From the books he read, he admired the former, but his survival instinct told him that the latter was closer to reality.
"Everyone, please be quiet and listen to General Zhao Changshi's reading!" Seeing that Yu Wenshi was not angry, Li Xu also put aside the idea of trying to smooth things over for the generals, patted the table in front of him, and ordered the generals to be quiet.
"...the rebel leader Han Xiangguo has raised his troops to join the bandits and gathered more than 100,000 people. Lu Hun, Xingtai, Yangcheng has fallen into the hands of the thieves. According to the urgent report from the Hanoi Prefect, the bandit army has now gathered more than 300,000 people. July 10th, the ninth year of the Great Cause
"Three" Zhao Ziming finally read the last sentence in the military book, raised his sleeves and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
According to the information in the military book, the number of rebels has now risen to 300,000. Old General Yu Wenshu ordered all generals to work day and night to rescue Luoyang after receiving the military letter. But under the current circumstances, the first group to arrive in Luoyang
The nearby reinforcements may not have any good results.
According to the laws of the Sui Dynasty, rebellion is an unforgivable sin. Those young princes who have surrendered to the rebels will definitely die if they are captured. What about the general who captured them? Who can guarantee that he will not become a thorn in the side of the young prince’s family in the future!
Everyone can see the hidden dangers, but no one can take the initiative to speak out about some sensitive topics, especially Li Anyuan, Cui Qian and Murong Luo, who have been veterans in the military for many years. They know clearly
To be honest, it didn’t matter if you offended the emperor in the Sui Dynasty, at least the emperor would let you die clearly. If a person with no background turns against those aristocratic families, there is no way to predict what kind of cruel methods the other party will use.
The method of revenge for those wealthy families has lasted for several dynasties, and they have hundreds of ways to punish people. Moreover, with the intricate connections of these people in the court, it is enough to ensure that they can escape the punishment they deserve after committing a crime.
While everyone was in silence, Chief Shi Zhao Ziming directed several low-level staff to move wooden tables and use millet grains and calculation chips to pile up the landforms near Luoyang. This was a method of enemy situation analysis pioneered by General Ma Yuan of Han Fubo.
It is slightly more intuitive than deducing the military situation on the map, but the specific operation is very difficult. If it were not for the persistence of Yu Wenshiji and Li Xu, Zhao Ziming would not have done these laborious tricks.
After the undulating mountains and thick city walls began to take shape, the mood of the generals became even heavier. Xiaochou said that as several surrounding counties and cities were successively captured by the rebels, Luoyang, the eastern capital, had completely become an isolated island. Only now did people still have their hearts in their hearts.
He secretly scolded Fan Zigai for being stupid and shouldn't have killed important ministers without permission, forcing so many people to turn from thieves to seeing the situation created by Shuoli and Suanchi. However, everyone had to admit that Fan Zigai did so to a large extent.
We had no choice but to do it because we were outnumbered. Without strict military orders and unified command, Luoyang City would have long been in the pocket of the rebels.
"No matter what, we have to go slower!" Zhang Xiu, the captain of the personal army, was the most courageous and took the lead to come up with a bad idea. "Anyway, the reinforcements are not limited to us. Let's delay on the road for a few days and wait for others to clear the road."
If we charge forward again, as long as we don't fight those prodigal things, no one can blame us!"
Today, the Xiongwu camp has only traveled more than eighty miles. For an army composed of pure cavalry, this speed is already unbearable. However, Zhang Xiu hopes to go slower. It is best to wait until the end of the counter-insurgency by other forces.
, Xiongwuying arrived at the scene "in time"
Don't ask for merit, but ask for no faults. This suggestion represents the thoughts of many officers who have just received awards. It is not easy for everyone to get to this point. There is no need to put down the rebellion, but to risk their future and lives. Moreover, even if the Xiongwu Camp is in time
When they reach the vicinity of Luoyang, the opponent has more than 300,000 soldiers and horses. How can the Xiongwu camp be able to move it?
"I'm afraid everyone can think of this trick!" Murong Luo shook his head slightly, "Except for our Xiongwu camp, there are not so many war horses on any other road! If the cavalry walks slower than the infantry on the official road, I'm afraid there is no need for those noble families.
If you look for trouble, Mr. Pei from the Ministry of War will be the first to rush out and make trouble for everyone!"
Thanks to the gift of Yu Wenshiji, the supervisor of the army, the war horses mobilized by the Xiongwuying camp when they went to Liaodong to meet the Yuanzong army were all left in the army afterwards. After the battle of Liaodong, there were more than 10,000 soldiers left in the Xiongwuying camp for cavalry.
The total number of war horses and baggage-drawing horses totaled 15,000 to 6,000. Before receiving the latest military report, everyone was proud of the army's marching and assault capabilities, but now,
The ability to march ahead of others has become the main factor that prevents everyone from being lazy.
"That's right, it's great for us to be infantry, and we can walk as slowly as we want!" Someone whispered in a low voice.
"Yes, that's right. How can we fight with a wealthy young master if our lives are worthless!" Someone glanced at the superior supervisor and began to sarcastically say,
The current predicament Xiongwu Camp is facing is all caused by the children of several aristocratic families. There are people who hate Yu Wenshi even in every room.
"It's useless to say those complaining words! If the rescue is not timely, the Ministry of War will definitely not let us go." Marching Commander Shi Zhao Ziming pinched the complaining person with his eyelids and reminded him dissatisfiedly.
The few people who said weird things shrugged their shoulders, and they themselves felt very boring. Among the generals in the Xiongwu Camp, except for Yu Wenshiji, the Supervisor of the Army, none of them had a very deep background. Regardless of whether they were complaining or dissatisfied, the war still had to be fought.
Otherwise, the imperial court will investigate the responsibility for neglecting the fighter plane, and there will be no important ministers to help explain, and no one will understand no matter how many difficulties we have.
Silence returned to the Chinese army tent again. The generals were as silent as the weather before a thunderstorm. They no longer complained, but racked their brains to think of ways to break the situation. But apart from obeying military orders, they could not find any other way.
Ways to set yourself on fire
Cui Qian and Zhao Ziming turned their attention to Li Xu again. Since the Battle of Wuming Valley, the two of them have become accustomed to using Xu Zi as their backbone.
Now that we have solved it, we are just thinking of a countermeasure to avoid risks. In the end, it should be difficult for General Li.
But Xuzi's performance made everyone a little disappointed. From the beginning of the discussion to now, he has only made a few decisions that need to be made to maintain order. Mr. Lang did not make any of them. The same goes for Supervisor Yuwen beside him, frowning and closing his eyes.
I don’t know if I’m thinking of a countermeasure with my eyes, or if I’m already taking the opportunity to fall asleep.
"Hey, Old Zhao, where are the other reinforcements?" Zhang Xiu poked Zhao Ziming with his hand and asked in a low voice.
"We haven't even crossed the Juma River yet, and the fastest troop has been left behind by nearly a hundred miles!" Zhao Ziming thought for a while and replied, "But the reinforcements from the capital are said to have passed Mianchi, a total of 40,000 elite Forbidden troops.
, led by General Wei Wensheng, they dug up the ancestral graves of Yang Xuangan's family in Huayin along the way. It is said that this can destroy Feng Shui!"
"This guy named Wei is not even a good person!" Zhang Xiu spat on the ground and crushed it with his feet.
How dare he think of trying to win the war by picking up other people's ancestral graves! Several low-level generals who were from the food protection army shook their heads slightly. Thinking about General Wei's behavior of setting fire to the bridge without waiting for everyone to return last autumn, this man's behavior this year
Behavior is not difficult to understand in the eyes of everyone
Hearing Wei Wensheng's name, Yuwen Shiji suddenly regained his energy. "Where are General Wei's troops and horses? Where are the other troops and horses? Ziming, can you mark it clearly on the map?"
"My subordinates will do their best!" Zhao Ziming nodded, grabbed the charcoal and walked towards the sheepskin map spread in the middle of the tent. He was not the commander, but he inquired about the movements of friendly troops without authorization.
