Chapter 1295 Fanaticism, looking for teeth all over the place
The Tang Dynasty is over!
After learning that Li Xuan claimed to be filial to the emperor's youngest son and raised troops to go south, Nian Xu's heart was trembling, his hands were trembling, his face was flushed, and he was so excited that he was crazy.
"Let the princes enter the palace and go quickly!"
Nian Xu was pacing around, but Zhang Jing's mind was filled with images of that boy back then.
"No wonder!"
Nian Xu stopped and asked, "What's the wonder?"
Zhang Jing said: "Back then, he had rescued the noble concubine Liang, so he should be within reach of wealth and glory. But he went to Northern Xinjiang without hesitation. Now that he thinks about it, he has high aspirations."
"There is no need for this reason. Everyone in the world knows that he must be a son who respects the emperor!" Nian Xu said: "He sits in the northern Xinjiang and the hometown of Northern Liao. Even if he becomes his own country, he can suppress the Tang Dynasty, so there is no need to support him.
Whose son?!"
There is no doubt that this judgment is the most convincing to date.
…
"Do you honor the emperor's youngest son?"
Nian Ziyue fluttered her long eyelashes, "No wonder."
No wonder others said he came from the countryside, but Nian Ziyue did not feel stupid or ignorant in Li Xuan except for some stubbornness.
Nian Ziyue even felt that his knowledge was far inferior to that of Li Xuan. As for poetry, the gap was even more disappointing.
"It is said that when he was still in his infancy, Emperor Xiaojing personally handed him over to the palace servants, and blood flowed like a river that night. The palace servants took him and escaped. Then Yang Lue, the commander of the guards of Emperor Xiaoxing, protected him and went south.
"
When he was in Chang'an, Nian Ziyue was restricted by his status as a proton and had to report to the authorities every time he traveled. Therefore, Zhang Jing went out more often to study. The more times he went out, the more news he got.
This is earth-shattering news!
Zhang Jing saw Nian Ziyue deep in thought and asked, "What is the princess thinking about?"
Nian Ziyue said: "I'm thinking that Li Bi is going to be unlucky."
…
"He is actually the youngest son who respects the emperor?"
Peng Jing and others were also stunned.
That cunning messenger was actually the youngest son who respected the emperor?
Everyone slowly accepted the news, and Nian Xu said in high spirits: "My lords, Shi Zhong is going north to Tang Dynasty, and Li Xuan is going south. If they attack Chang'an from both sides, Chang'an will definitely be defeated."
Han Bi, the only remaining leader of the New Deal, said: "Your Majesty, even if the Tang Dynasty is destroyed, there will still be a war between the two. This is a good opportunity for the Great Zhou Dynasty."
"If we don't do it well, the Central Plains will fall into the state of melee after the fall of the Chen Kingdom."
"After decades of hard work and hundreds of years, the Great Zhou Dynasty has completely devoured southern Xinjiang."
"Send troops!"
"Your Majesty, the Southern Xinjiang Army has repeatedly crossed the border to cause murders in recent years. The Great Zhou Dynasty did not care about it, but who knew that it only fueled the other party's arrogance. This is tolerable, but what can't be tolerated? We should send troops to punish!"
Nian Xu glanced at Peng Jing and others.
silent.
Silence is acquiescence.
But conquest does not fit with their political philosophy.
Fang Chong came out and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to lead the army there!"
What political ideas are vulnerable in the face of interests?
Nian Xu took a deep breath.
"The news is getting out."
Nian Xu is ready to form public opinion first.
When he returned to the harem, he was so excited that he asked someone to bring him a long knife and danced for a while.
"Father."
In the flash of sword light, Nian Ziyue has arrived.
"Ziyue!"
Nian Xu put away the knife and threw it to Xie Yingong.
Nian Ziyue walked over slowly, "I heard that both the DPRK and China agreed to send troops?"
"Why is Ziyue interested in this topic?" Nian Xu asked.
There was no market for women to participate in political affairs in the Zhou Dynasty. If there were, it would have been provided by civil servants.
Therefore, Nian Xu thought that his daughter had feelings for Datang and was worried.
"I think...it's best not to." Nian Ziyue bit her red lips.
"Why?" Nian Xu wasn't angry at all, he was just a little amused. "The civil and military officials in this dynasty are all smart people. Are they not as good as you?"
They all agree to send troops. Please think carefully about your objection.
"I think Li Mi will definitely lose."
"Um!"
This is consistent with Nian Xu’s judgment.
Nian Xu had another puzzling point: the situation was so critical, but it was said that Li Mi was still in the opera garden as if he were in peace and prosperity.
Is this because you are too arrogant, or...
stupid?
Nian Ziyue said: "Once Li Mi is defeated, there will be a battle between Shi Zhongtang and Beijiang."
"That's right." Nian Xu said with a smile, just like he would hold his daughter around the palace when she was a child and answer her childish questions casually.
"Shi Zhongtang must be defeated!"
"What makes you think so?"
"intuition."
All right!
The old father couldn't bear to hurt his daughter's heart, so he said, "Does that have something to do with Zhou's sending troops?"
"Li Xuan is a man who holds grudges." Nian Ziyue said: "Whoever takes advantage of the Tang Dynasty or takes advantage of the situation, he will keep a note of it, and when the situation is stable, he will definitely send troops to retaliate."
"knew."
Nian Xu dealt with it casually.
"Father!"
"Um!"
Nian Ziyue said seriously: "We can't send troops!"
"Discuss again!"
Nian Xu waved his hand, and Nian Zi returned happily.
On the second day, public opinion began to erupt.
The breakfast guests gathered together and within a few moments Nan Xian was dismembered with cannons.
Even the women buying vegetables are saying that if they capture southern Xinjiang, how much more territory will Zhou Dynasty be able to gain.
There is no shortage of land to plant.
The Southern Zhou Dynasty was already wealthy and rich in products, but the biggest problem now was that there was not enough land.
If we capture Southern Xinjiang, the biggest shortcoming will be filled...
"Unify the world!"
A man shouted with a red face after drinking.
An old man who was drinking tea downstairs calmly spat out the tea leaves in his mouth and said, "As long as I have a bowl of Erchen soup, I won't be so drunk."
News spread quickly.
In an old house sixty miles away from Bianjing, former prime minister Sun Shi was preparing to take a nap after lunch.
The pain of losing his son made him look much thinner, but being away from officialdom made him less sharp.
Sitting on the bed in the study room, Sun Shi was reading letters from friends.
"send troops?"
Sun Shi quickly finished reading the letter and fell into deep thought.
The Lord of Northern Xinjiang in the Tang Dynasty turned out to be the youngest son who was filial to the emperor. This made many people expect that the long-term confrontation between Northern Xinjiang and Chang'an would break down.
But Li Xuan immediately raised the flag to fight against the rebellion, saying that he was going south to quell the rebellion.
The friend said in the letter that the entire Bianjing capital judged Li Xuan to be a false shot and that he would eventually attack Guanzhong.
The DPRK and the Central Government are preparing to take this opportunity to raise troops and march northward...
"Alang, aren't you still asleep?"
The old servant outside the door yawned and asked.
When Sun Shi fell asleep, he could also take a nap.
"Grinding ink."
When the old servant came in and saw Sun Shi's serious expression, he lost nine points of sleepiness.
"That's a whirlpool. Others can't avoid it. How can Dazhou step on it? You're so confused!"
Sun Shi wrote a letter to Han Bi, suggesting that Han Bi oppose the matter.
He wrote another memorial, bluntly stating that the officials were confused about this matter.
As for the emperor, Sun Shi knew that Nian Xu had been looking north since he ascended the throne. That was why the New Deal and the current plan to send troops came into being.
After the letters and memorials were sent away, Sun Shi stood in the courtyard, holding on to the sweet-scented osmanthus tree that he and his son had planted, and said, "I hope all this is not too late!"
The wind blows on the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, and the remaining flowers from last year fall off sporadically.
Pale as snow.
…
When Sun Shi's letters and memorials arrived in Bianjing, it was the time when the atmosphere for dispatching troops was strongest.
"It seems that Prime Minister Sun has lost all his energy!" Han Bi looked at the letter, shook his head slightly, and then ordered: "Get ready to change clothes. I want to enter the palace and suggest sending troops."
When Sun Shi's memorial came into the palace, Nian Xu took a look at it, put it aside and said, "It's pitiful for Sun Xiang to come to mourn his son."
In the palace, Nian Ziyue said sadly: "Why didn't my father listen to me who is in Chang'an, but instead listened to the instigation of officials who had never been to the Tang Dynasty?"
…
In this fanatical atmosphere, the hastily assembled army set off.
The leading cavalry had already rushed into southern Xinjiang.
Yang Lue just returned to his territory. When he learned that the Southern Zhou Dynasty sent troops and his county was assigned the task of five hundred civilians, he was shocked and said: "Is Nian Xu crazy?"
…
The cavalry moved forward without hesitation, and all the southern Xinjiang army scouts they encountered along the way fled.
"Inform the Chinese Army that it will be a smooth journey!"
The forward general Hua Wenyuan said calmly.
Fang Chong was in the Chinese army. During this expedition, Han Bi was alone and could not defeat him.
When a large army travels, it must be led by civilian officials. This is an ancestral system.
General Zeng Dun also had to treat him with respect.
"We're going to make a surprise attack!" Fang Chong said energetically.
Zeng Dun said: "Prime Minister Fang, the fact that the dispatch of troops caused a stir in Bianjing must have been known to the Southern Xinjiang Army for a long time."
You have even leaked the scale of the troop dispatch and the status of the leading civil and military officials. Why are you planning a surprise attack?
Fang Chong glanced at him and said, "Soldiers are valuable and quick."
This is true.
The army then accelerated.
"Capture Qinghe, I'll take credit for you!"
The army defeated two cities in a row. Fang Chong personally wrote a report of victory and sent people to Bianjing to report the victory, and urged the army to attack quickly.
Qinghe is more than a hundred miles away, and the cavalry can even make a surprise attack on the same day.
The hearts of the great soldiers were very hot, and they all wanted to win this greatest military achievement since the founding of the Southern Zhou Dynasty.
There is money in the palace.
It was left behind when the country was first founded. It was said that if the Northern Expedition was launched, the treasury would be opened to reward the army.
When Nian Xu took the oath to go out for battle, he said that he only wanted to wait for the army to return in triumph.
Rewards are not an issue.
Even Fang Chong's eyes were a little red.
By capturing Qinghe, he will become the most outstanding prime minister in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Glorious through the ages!
What Sun Shi!
Only for me to lead the horse!
…
Qinghe.
"Are those idiots coming soon?"
The general who stayed behind was called Ashina Songshi, and he was a tribesman of Shi Zhongtang.
"There are ten thousand people ahead, and the distance is more than a hundred miles."
"I can't wait!"
"hold fast?"
"Report it to the Duke!"
Everyone was talking a lot.
"There is no need to alarm the Duke." Ashina Songshi said: "When we attacked the Southern Zhou Dynasty, we once looked at Bianjing from a distance. However, the Southern Zhou soldiers' will to resist became stronger and stronger, so they had no choice but to withdraw. That was to protect their homeland, and this
This time they invaded, and their morale was shattered."
"What about that?"
"It's more than thirty miles away from here. The terrain is undulating. We can ambush the enemy's forwards here."
Wan Yuqi quietly left Qinghe County.
The next day, Hua Wenyuan received orders from the Chinese military commander.
"As fast as lightning, we will capture Qinghe today!"
"Tell Prime Minister Fang that your subordinates are waiting in Qinghe City."
The vanguard of 20,000 troops set off.
When the Chinese army got the news, Fang Chong said with a smile: "I just want to drink the good tea from southern Xinjiang."
…
Hua Wenyuan took his men all the way to the battery industry.
They didn't even rest at noon, but dismounted and ate solid food while walking.
Just like that, in the afternoon, they entered an area with undulating terrain.
A pigeon suddenly took off on the right side.
"There are birds!"
Hua Wenyuan saw the pigeon fly.
In a low place, two rebel sergeants wanted to cry as they looked at another pigeon that refused to come out of its cage.
According to the prior agreement, if the enemy enters the ambush circle, both pigeons will be released, and the ambush will begin.
Time waits for no one!
The rebels lifted the bird cage and turned it upside down. The pigeon grabbed the bars of the cage and refused to come out.
grass!
Another rebel sighed and took out his bow and arrow.
An arrow shot into the sky.
This is the second code.
In the sound of beeping, Hua Wenyuan shouted: "Be alert!"
Before he finished speaking, cavalry appeared from both sides like a forest.
"Enemy attack!"
Amidst the screams, the rebels rushed in laughing.
…
“Qinghe has many specialties.”
Fang Chong was well-read and quite familiar with the situation in Qinghe.
Zeng Dun listened and waved his hands, asking people to send scouts to contact the forwards.
"... After capturing Qinghe, I will try to eat these birds raw. They are so delicious that there is no need to add any seasonings, just a handful of salt."
Fang Chong was a little greedy, "A good cook is just a handful of salt!"
"Fang Xiang is knowledgeable!"
Zeng Dun praised.
"Urge Hua Wenyuan." Fang Chong said.
"Hey! The vanguard is here."
More than ten riders came, looking at the skewed armor.
"Fang Xiang."
"This is……"
"We encountered an enemy ambush and were severely defeated."
"Where's Hua Wenyuan?"
"Fight to death!"
Fang Chong's face turned pale, and various scenes of the army being attacked appeared in his mind, "Withdraw! Withdraw immediately!"
In the late spring of the 15th year of the Daqian Dynasty, the Southern Zhou army moved north. The forward was ambushed and almost the entire army was destroyed. Fang Chong led the Chinese army to evacuate.
The so-called Northern Expedition has a start but a tail end!
