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In Yanzhou, in Jiedu Mansion, the Taining military headquarters, Yang Chongben was pacing back and forth in the second hall, feeling extremely anxious in his heart.
Yang Chongben was originally Li Maozhen's adopted son and an important member of the Kansai generals. In the winter of the second year of Tianfu, when the Liang King's troops surrounded Fengxiang, due to lack of food in the city, Yang Chongben, under Li Maozhen's instruction, went out of the city and surrendered to the Liang King. If not
If he has a beautiful wife, maybe his future will not be hindered too much like other generals. As long as he shows his talents, he will be promoted by King Liang. King Liang's attitude towards generals has always been the best in the world.
The most generous among the feudal lords.
It is a pity that many things in the world are not what they are. Yang Chongben's beloved wife was indeed very beautiful, and she happened to be seen by Prince Liang accidentally, so a tragedy unfolded, and Yang Chongben was openly and openly cuckolded.
The King of Liang was afraid that Yang Chong was unwilling and had murderous intentions. However, Yang Chongben was always careful in his actions. The King of Liang could not hold him back for the time being, and he did not want to ruin his reputation for being lenient to his ministers, so he let him live.
Now, in order to guard against Yang Chongben, the King of Liang transferred him to the Taining Army and served as a nominal deputy commander of the Ya Army under Ge Congzhou, letting Ge Congzhou closely monitor him.
Yang Chongben worked under Ge Congzhou for more than a year. He showed conscientiousness and helped Ge Congzhou take care of various tedious military affairs. He worked hard and never complained. It was really called wind and rain. People's hearts are made of flesh. Ge Congzhou originally
I felt that what King Liang did was not honest, and I felt very sympathetic to Yang Chongben. In addition, he was open-minded and straightforward by nature, so he unknowingly began to reuse Yang Chongben. Although Yang Chongben was still the deputy commander of the Ya Army, Ge Congzhou
The main officer of the Yajun was simply transferred away. Yang Chongben became the leader of the Yajun instead and entered Ge Congzhou's circle of confidants.
Yang Chongben was anxious in the second hall at this time, because the military report came from the front, saying that the Yan army's cavalry had appeared in Rencheng. Rencheng was only 150 miles away from Yanzhou. Once Rencheng was occupied by the Yan army, three
The troops can arrive at Yanzhou City within days, and the situation is extremely urgent.
I don't know how long it was before footsteps were heard on the winding corridor connecting the second hall, but it was Zhang Yanshou, the Marquis of Yu, who came out of the inner study. The two doctors beside Zhang Yanshou turned around and bowed deeply, then followed the guards and disappeared.
Outside the hall, Zhang Yanshou asked Yang Chongben: "Is Pujin coming?"
Yang Chongben sang a song and said respectfully: "I have seen Zhang Duyu, and there is an urgent military report coming from Rencheng. I dare not delay due to my humble position, so I came here to report to the commander-in-chief."
"Oh? What's the matter? The Yan army is coming?" Zhang Yanshou asked.
"Yes, the Xianjun army consists of cavalry, no less than 10,000 cavalry!" Yang Chongben replied.
Zhang Yanshou's expression condensed. He sighed and said, "We are facing a formidable enemy, but Tongmei is... alas..."
Yang Chongben looked nervous: "The commander has not woken up yet?"
Zhang Yanshou had a dark face and shook his head: "I'm awake, but the doctor said I shouldn't worry about it and can only rest."
After hearing the news that the Shangdang had lost the decisive battle, Ge Congzhou had been bedridden and coughed up blood several times in half a month. The one three days ago was the most shocking. When he was arranging military affairs in front of the commander's case, he coughed up blood.
The whole table was dyed red with blood, and I fainted on the spot.
Zhang Yanshou was an old brother who met Ge Congzhou in Huang Chao's army. They later served under the King of Liang together. Their friendship for more than 20 years was extraordinary. Seeing that Ge Congzhou was seriously ill at this moment, he himself was worried.
I became very anxious and haggard.
Ge Congzhou actually got the root of the disease when he besieged Liu Wei in Yanzhou the year before last. He had symptoms from time to time, but he invited countless doctors to come for diagnosis and treatment. There was no definite explanation, but he was just advised not to worry about it anymore. But this time the illness was indeed very serious.
It was so awesome that the entire Taining Army was full of doubts about this, wondering whether the commander could survive this.
Yang Chongben followed Zhang Yanshou into the inner study, where he ate and slept. This was Ge Congzhou's habit. He was not greedy for beauty and enjoyment, which was also an important reason why he was loved by the sergeants. At this time, the inner study was already there.
There are three layers of thick cotton curtains, and as soon as you enter, you will be greeted by a strong and pungent medicinal smell.
Ge Congzhou was lying on the bed, his face pale, and he let out a tearing cough from time to time. The pain caused by the cough made him curl up into a ball.
"Tongmei, Tongmei..." Zhang Yanshou whispered in Ge Congzhou's ear. Ge Congzhou half-opened his eyes and nodded his forehead slightly to indicate that he heard.
"The Yan army has arrived in Rencheng. Whether it is war or peace, Tongmei has to make a decision early." Zhang Yanshou said, and immediately asked Yang Chongben to come forward and slowly elaborated on the news he had received.
So far, no one has come to a conclusion on how the Taining Army's 50,000 to 60,000 people will deal with themselves. The Taining Army's home base is in Yanzhou. The loss of Bianzhou has little to do with them, and they will not be controlled by others. The key point is
It was the main forces of the Liang Army, such as Zhu Youning's Jianwu Army, Shi Shucong's Baoda Army, Zhang Guihou's Suppressing Army, and even the annihilation of Yuan Cong's pro-army and Tingzidu, that severely affected the morale of the Taining Army.
Heavy, fear of war spread among the army.
However, the Taining Army was a team pulled together by Ge Congzhou and Zhang Yanshou. If Ge Congzhou insisted on fighting, the generals would not say much. They would just fight, and at most they would die. But the current situation is that Liang
The king is missing, and the Taining Army has no one to be loyal to. It is completely meaningless to fight to the death and confront the Yan Army. Moreover, because of the Yan Army's publicity about the fact that King Liang abandoned his army and absconded, the senior officers of the Taining Army were secretly very worried.
Disappointed, although everyone did not express it openly, but secretly discussing it privately, they all felt that even if King Liang came back alive, it would not be a good idea to continue to support such a lord.
Of course, some people suggested that they simply contact Qian Qing to resist the Yan army's conquest together, try their best to protect Yanzhou, the fundamental base of the Taining army, and wait for peace talks with the King of Yan, either to separate the country on their own, or to strive for better conditions for surrender.
Ge Congzhou has been thinking about this issue. In his heart, he still prefers to wait for the return of King Liang. He is a relatively loyal person. In the past twenty years, King Liang has treated him well, and he also upholds the idea of loyalty.
, intending to be loyal to King Liang for the rest of his life, but King Liang disappeared, which made him very unable to adapt. As the commander-in-chief of an army, he naturally had to carefully consider the survival of the entire army. If King Liang died, then Tai
Where should Ning Jun go?
With the land of Yanzhou, even if the surrounding six states of Xuzhou, Huaizhou, Sizhou, Qizhou, and Yizhou are included, it is impossible to resist the Yan army that is now in full swing. Regarding this, Ge Congzhou is very clear-headed.
What's more, after King Wu Yang Xingmi heard the news about the battle at Shangdang, he had already sent General Wang Maozhang to send troops to Huaisi. Now Li Hui is struggling to support Xiapi and cannot count on reinforcements at all.
Asking Wang Shifan for help and joining hands to resist the Yan army? This is just wishful thinking. Ge Congzhou has been in Yanzhou and in charge of military affairs in eastern Henan for more than a year. During this more than a year, what happened to the so-called Qi and Liang jointly attacking Hebei?
He knew it well. The entanglement between Zhenqing and Hebei had always been deep, and Hebei had a great influence on Zhenqing. Wang Shifan was also a person who claimed to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and he was not interested in attacking Hebei, which was dominated by the Li Tang clan.
If it were not for the sake of the overall situation, Ge Congzhou would have sent troops to attack Qingzhou long ago. Now in Zizhou, Qingzhou and Mizhou, the Qi army spent more than a year building dozens of fences to prevent Liang Jun
What's more, it's more important to guard against the Yan army. What's more, the Yan army also returned Wang Shike's entire division. How is it possible for you to ask Wang Shifan to join forces with you to resist the Yan army?
As for the suggestion of a few generals that they simply lead the Huainan troops into Yanzhou and join forces to resist the Yan army, Ge Congzhou directly rejected it and did not consider it at all. Not to mention that in recent years, the king of Liang had conquered the east and west, made enemies everywhere, and made enemies with Huainan.
Very deeply, Ge Congzhou hated Yang Xingmi.
The commander-in-chief of the imperial court's campaign to suppress Huang Chao was the famous general Gao Pian, who was the commander of all the military forces in the south of the Yangtze River at that time. Li Keyong, Zhu Quanzhong, Qian Jie and other figures were all controlled by Gao Pian, and Yang Xingmi was single-handedly promoted by Gao Pian.
After Huang Chao rebelled, his general Bi Shiduo rebelled. Gao Pian asked Yang Xingmi for help, but Yang Xingmi wandered around until Gao Pian was imprisoned by Bi Shiduo and did not arrive in Yangzhou.
Later, Bi Shiduo took the initiative to send troops to fight Yang Xingmi, and was surrounded by Yang Xingmi. But just when the entire army was about to be annihilated, Yang Xingmi opened a hole and allowed Bi Shiduo to escape. Bi Shiduo returned to Yangzhou and immediately killed Gao Pian.
.Hearing that Gao Pian was dead, Yang Xingmi immediately went straight to Yangzhou and occupied this prosperous Jiangdong town, which led to his rise.
What really made Yang Xingmi become a powerful vassal in the world was an internal battle in Huainan. When Yang Xingmi started to make a fortune, he relied on his sworn brothers Tian Kai and An Renyi. However, after he really made a fortune, he felt that his two sworn brothers were too powerful and he was afraid.
They threatened him. So he did something unbelievable. Tian Kai led his troops to fight bloody battles with Jiangdong in the front and surrounded Qianjiu in Qiantang. When he was almost conquered, Yang Xingmihe actually reached an agreement with Qianjiu and ordered
Ask Tian Kai to withdraw his troops, and at the same time, fully inform Qian Jie of Tian Kai's withdrawal strategy.
If Qian Jie had not had enough energy to pursue him, Tian Bo would have died on the way to withdraw his troops. However, Qian Jie was not a fool either. He told Tian Bo about the incident. Tian Bo was furious and started to rebel after he came back. An
After Renyi heard about it, he was very angry and raised a rebellion banner with Tian Kai.
After finally forcing the two sworn brothers to rebel, Yang Xingmi, who was well prepared, immediately began to suppress the rebellion. It didn't take long to defeat Tian Kai and An Renyi, and took all the power in Huainan to himself.
Let’s not discuss whether Yang Xingmi’s work style is full of heroic qualities, but his character alone makes Ge Congzhou despise him, so Ge Congzhou will not ask Yang Xingmi for help under any circumstances. At the same time, he also knows that Yang Xingmi can
If it were not Wang Shifan, if he really wanted to lead Huainan soldiers to Yanzhou, let alone whether he could stop the Yan army, I am afraid Yanzhou would not be able to escape if he changed his surname to Yang.
At this moment, when Zhang Yanshou asked whether it was war or peace, Ge Congzhou closed his eyes for a long time, still not making up his mind, and just asked: "Is there no news about His Highness yet?