The howling autumn wind caused the hanging lanterns on the eaves to sway endlessly.
It was expropriated to serve as the headquarters of the capital. It was used as the back residence of the governor of Yingzhou. It was Danxinyuan, which covers an area of more than ten acres and has dozens of courtyards. It is more secluded and unique than the front office and the left and right courtyards.
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However, after autumn, the grass and trees in the courtyard were withered. At this time, there were people in armor and brave guards standing inside and outside, and there was a chilling atmosphere everywhere.
In the living room in the west courtyard, there are more than ten tall candles illuminating the room as bright as day. There are more than ten people sitting in the hall.
Liu Shizhong was wearing a casual robe. Even though he deliberately straightened his back at all times, his beard and hair were frosty white. He was skinny and his old face could not hide his age under the candlelight.
Cai Yuanyou, who has just turned forty, is in his prime.
It's cold in the north. It's late autumn. It's getting colder every day. Cai Yuanyou is thin and thin. Cai Yuanyou added a thick fur coat to his imperial robe. He looks a little bloated. He's sitting with Liu Shizhong.
In the living room, there was uncontrollable surprise and doubt, staring at Zhu Xiaotong.
"Were Lu Xiong and Xu Huai together? Zhu Zhi, Zhu Hang's son, went to the mourning hall in the West Branch Courtyard to express condolences to Liu Jun? Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"
The private soldiers that the Cai Mansion currently controls in private mainly come from when Cai Qing was the general manager of the military and horse capitals of Jingyuan and Yanyan, and recruited the orphans of generals who died in the war to form the personal soldiers to defeat the Czech Republic.
For a long time, Yue Hailou held the position of commander of the Shengjie Army.
Cai Qing was transferred to Bianjing to serve as Privy Councilor. Yue Hailou was demoted from his post as a general due to a crime, but he became a private official of the Cai Mansion again in order to revive.
Therefore, there is a private armed guard under the Cai Mansion. The recruitment, training, placement and command of the soldiers have been in the capital for a long time, and Yue Hailou is directly responsible for it.
Yue Hailou's plan to assassinate Ge Boyi and frame everyone in Tongbai Mountain failed. There were a lot of witnesses and physical evidence fell into the hands of Ge Boyi. At that time, Ge Boyi hated the Cai family deeply, and it was far more than seizing his military power.
Wang Zhen, Wang Fan and his son.
Seeing that there was no room for compromise at that time, in order to avoid getting burned, Cai Yuanyou had to abandon Yuehai Tower and cut it off. Later, the Cai Mansion had to make major adjustments to the armed guards.
Although these personnel may not necessarily be disloyal to the Cai family, they are too closely involved with Yue Hailou. Anyone who wants to seduce Yue Hailou for Yue Hailou may cause irreparable harm to Cai. How can the Cai family rest assured that the most important person will be killed?
Confidential matters are entrusted to them?
The major adjustments and replacements of personnel were a direct result. The Cai Mansion was also in chaos, and the power to monitor political opponents was naturally greatly weakened.
How could it be possible that before Yue Hailou betrayed the Cai Mansion, such an important figure around Wang Zhen arrived in Yingzhou and had to walk into Liu Jun's mourning hall with Xu Huai and Zhu Zhi to learn about it?
Although Lu Xiong has not yet held an official position by Wang Zhen's side, and he is like idle cloud Yehe, who does not take care of things very much, but because he has sacrificed his life to accompany Wang Zhen through life and death these years, no one can deny that he has a high status in the palace except Zheng Shou.
Wang Kong and others can reach it.
After Wang Zhen came back, he was as stubborn as his father-in-law, and he firmly opposed the alliance of troops to attack Yan. Wang Zhen, Wang Fan and his son left Lanzhou at the beginning of the year, and they openly parted ways with everyone in Tongbai Mountain. However, after more than half a year, Lu Xiong
What does it mean to sneak back to Yingzhou again and get together with Xu Huai?
Zhu Zhi, as a member of the royal family, has a short-sightedness. They don't need to care too much about who he gets close to or far away from. It's very possible that Zhu Zhi won't pay attention to these details at all.
But Lu Xiong appeared in Yingzhou and was with Xu Huai and Cai Yuanyou were not sensitive. So his twenty years of official career were in vain.
Tian Zhizhen was wearing a casual robe and was sitting next to Guo Zhongxiong. Sitting across from him were Liu Yan and other generals. They seemed not to take Zhu Xiaotong's situation seriously, and he thought for a moment that he had secretly communicated with these warriors about their lack of vigilance.
There is a saying
"Xiaotong once served as the manager of the Lanzhou stone farm and had dealt with Wang Zhen, Lu Xiong, Xu Huai and others. It is absolutely impossible to be wrong - this can only prove that Wang Zhen, Wang Fan and his son left Lan at the beginning of the year.
Zhou Shiyou publicly parted ways with everyone in Tongbai Mountain and acted out of innocence, but Liu Linggong recommended Xu Huai as the Tenth Wing of the Tianxiong Army for his merits such as suppressing bandits. Yu Youyou also said that this play was in vain. As for the
I think they should enter Liu Jun's mourning hall together at this time, and put pressure on Liu Linggong and the young minister, forcing us to send troops to cross the Hui River to attack Datong..."
Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou, Guo Zhongxiong, Liu Yan and others all looked hesitant and thoughtful about what Tian Zhizhen said.
However, the first middle-aged man sitting under Liu Yan frowned and asked Tian Zhizhen
"Wang Zhen was shouting hoarsely in the court against conquering Yan. Liu Jun was shot and killed by the defenders of Datong. It was no longer possible for us to take Datong without fighting. Wang Zhen was surrounded by people who should be gloating about our misfortune. He further discouraged us from advancing north. How could Mr. Arita think that
Lu Xiong and Xu Huai walked into Liu Jun's mourning hall, and they want to force us to send troops to attack Datong?"
"Mr. Guo's question shows that Mr. Guo has been deceived by Wang Zhen's appearance of being loyal and good."
Tian Zhizhen usually only gave Liu Shizhong some bad ideas and had to trust Guo Li with disdain, but he had the face to say with a smile.
"Wang Zhen objected to the attack on Yanyou, but did his son Wang Fan oppose it when he went out to attack the Yanxi Army and supervise the army? The Wang family and his son did not, and took advantage of the Tianxiong army's rout to take it from Ge Boyi.
Is it possible for the military power to steal the merits of the soldiers' escape and return it to themselves? And take this time as an example, if we fail to defeat Yan again, the king will definitely ridicule us in every possible way, and we will definitely be extremely disgusting. But if we can successfully capture Datong, we will have
How will Wang Ji face the government and the opposition who accuse him of impeaching him for talking nonsense before conquering Yan? Mr. Guo, think about it. When we had to send troops to attack Datong, there were people around Wang Ji who stood up and asked us to send troops to attack Datong.
It seems to have no effect, but if the king tells him, no, he will be invincible?"
"When we captured Datong, Wang Zhen argued that he opposed the conquest of Yan before the war and acted cautiously for the sake of the imperial government's plans. But he still used practical actions to support the conquest of Yan?" Guo Li asked, smacking his lips.
"What is treachery? That's right, treachery is there," Tian Zhizhen said. "Xiang Cai has not been able to defeat Wang Zhen all these years. We must not treat him as an equal! I suspect that Xu Huaidu may ask Liu Linggong to mobilize Shuozhou soldiers and horses.
Join the war..."
"No matter what Wang Zhen's plot is, it's impossible for us not to attack Datong, right?" Liu Yan asked in a loud voice, "Mr. Liu Junlang died under the walls of Datong, but we still stand still. If this news is reported back to Bianjing, there are those who are like blood suckers."
Mosquitoes and flies seem to be Yan Guan, but he has a stern mouth. Why don't you want to eat my father alive?"
"Of course there is a key to fighting. How to fight?" Tian Zhizhen said. "At this time, the remnants of the Khitan clan have 20,000 defenders in Datong City in Huairen, and there are more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in Jincheng. Sun Tzu said that the method of using troops is as follows.
It is said that "if there are ten ways to siege, five times the attack will be divided." If the first attack on Yan fails, we can't do it again if there is even the slightest mistake. General Liu Yan has you, tell us and see if we can use it.
We have assembled troops in Yingzhou, how can we storm Datong without making any mistakes?"
"With military skills, there is a 60 to 70 percent chance of victory. When we meet on a narrow road, the brave will win. The only difference is that I have been fighting with my father and brother for nearly 20 years, and I have never encountered this before. But these wars before were all in vain.
?" Liu Yan asked displeasedly.
"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter whether the war is defeated or not. It doesn't affect the overall situation. It can be fought freely. But the attack on Datong failed and he was forced to withdraw to the south bank of Huihe River. General Liu Yan never thought about Liu Linggong and Cai Xiang.
Yes, what kind of disadvantage is that?" Tian Zhizhen asked.
"Mr. Tian," Liu Shizhong stretched out his hand to stop Liu Yan from arguing with Tian Zhizhen. He looked at Tian Zhizhen and asked, "This Datong has us. If we don't take it, we can give it back. It's not possible. And the defenders are too stubborn and hateful. There is little hope of persuading them to surrender."
Sir, how can we adopt the plan so that it is safe?"
"Borrowing troops." Tian Zhizhen said.
"How and where can we borrow troops?" Liu Shizhong looked at Cai Yuanyou and asked in surprise.
Tian Zhizhen was an adviser to Cai Yuanyou, and Liu Shizhen thought that since he proposed borrowing troops when everyone was present, it was inevitable, so he discussed it with Cai Yuanyou first and got Cai Yuanyou's approval; and at this time, Tian Zhizhen decided to send troops to Cai Yuanyou.
Zhen said it first, even if he opposed this policy, it would not make the atmosphere tense.
Although Liu Shizhong was a military official, he was already aware of these tricks.
Now Xiao Sheng, Xuanwu generals and his own son were all outraged by Liu Jun's death. Liu Shizhong could not control the situation and did not care about the original tactics. He directly asked Cai Yuanyou what to do with this soldier.
A borrowing method.
When Cai Yuanyou saw that all the generals and officials were looking at him, he said slowly, "The king is obsessed with personal grudges and harming national affairs. He has repeatedly said that he should be wary of Chi Hu's overly ambitious people. But we once again joined forces to attack Yan, and Chi Hu also sent troops to seize it."
There are many things going on at the eastern foot of Yinshan Mountain. No, have you seen them all? Not only did the Chihu people not cross the border, they even sent troops to Zhoushan Mountain. To the north of Jinggong Mountain were the Tibetan people, who plundered their livestock and moved northward.
All of these prove that they have little interest in land and care more about property."
"The young prime minister wants to lure you with money, so he can use the Red Guards to attack Datong City?" Guo Zhongxiong asked in disbelief, "Isn't this inappropriate?"
"What's wrong?" Cai Yuanyou was dissatisfied that Guo Zhongxiong stood up and questioned him at this time. He frowned and said, "The Red Husband has barbarians and they can't take care of the northern Khitan territory. They have no ambitions for the land."
Isn't it true that if we use the money to lure them to help seize Datong, our Vietnamese generals will suffer fewer casualties? Isn't it the best of both worlds? Otherwise, why should we not make any mistakes?
Is it to capture Datong City? If something goes wrong again, will we have the chance to sit in Wen Xiruchun's living room again to discuss state affairs?"