Jia Xu got up very early that day. When the sky was just getting dark, he rolled up the curtain and looked at the surroundings in front of the tent.
His camp was stationed on the highest mountain col in the camp. It was quite inconvenient to go up and down a steep slope, but Jia Xu didn't mind it and insisted on living here. For him personally, the reason was simple.
Here, one is able to blow the morning breeze at dawn, and the other is to observe the movements of all military formations in the camp.
The wind that has been cooled by the night is the most refreshing. Jia Xu likes this time the most. It reminds him of the dry and cool mountains in Longban. Unfortunately, there is still some moisture here, which reminds him that he cannot stay here for long. Looking around from a distance
, the end of the camp of 150,000 people could not be seen, but he knew it all in his heart: in front of him was the headquarters he brought out from Hongnong, twenty miles to the north were Guo Si and Zhang Ji, and ten miles to the west were Li
Jue and Xu Rong's tribe, ten miles further east, are Wang Fang's tribe, Bai Bo and Tiefu's remnant tribe. It can be said that as far as the eye can see, they are all Liangqi.
Jia Xu got water and washed his face, then called his bodyguards and asked if any scouts had returned from the east. The answer was the same, no. Jia Xu was silent after hearing this, and waved his bodyguards to leave. The bodyguards knew that he was thinking about the overall situation.
, In the past half month, the Liang army has successively attacked the city, with terrifying power. No one dared to question his wisdom. They were just guessing whether the captain was thinking about how to attack Gaoling, or planning how to take Chang'an directly, or whether
What other amazing strategies?
But Jia Xu didn't think about this. He was just thinking about the military meeting at noon today. The Liang people's army was too large and spread for dozens of miles. Even the communication between the ministries became troublesome, so the ministries made an appointment to hold the meeting in three days.
A military meeting, every military meeting is held in Jia Xu's Department of the Chinese Army. This is the second military meeting after the various ministries have been reunited.
At Si Shi, Li Jue, Xu Rong and others all came one after another. Only Han Xian and Yang Feng were farthest away and came a little slower. Although everyone didn't take it seriously, Commander Bai Bo, as the surrendered army, also came together.
People, in this kind of meeting with all cool people, obviously feel a little restless.
Li Jue first asked: "It has been three days since the armies gathered to approach Jin. According to the results of the last military meeting, time waits for no one. It is time to march. How are you prepared?"
Needless to say, Li Jue had to say more. It was a matter of life and death, and all the generals had already made arrangements. After everyone had finished answering, Jianwei General Xu Rong suddenly asked Yang Fengdao: "Is there any news from Bingzhou?" Yang Feng and the remnants of Baibo led by Han Xian
He was stationed in Linjin City and could see the movements east of the river at any time, so he asked this question.
"I have been searching around for the past few days, but I have gained nothing. After Zhang Yide took over Pu Ban, he blocked the ferry like us. However, I looked far away from the river bank and saw neither soldiers entering or exiting the two sides, nor any other troops mobilizing.
I have never seen the hands of a shipbuilder."
"So." Niu Fu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Bingzhou has no plans for King Qin yet."
Xu Rong quickly rejected this conclusion. He said: "When something extraordinary happens, there must be some evil intentions. If it is just because of King Qin's plan, but I have more than 100,000 warriors who are good at fighting gathered here, there is no reason not to send more troops to strengthen defense."
?Even the envoy Liu Bei would not do such a foolhardy move. It seems that as Wen He said before, Bingzhou is recruiting a large army. Once assembled, they will fight to the death with us."
Hearing this, Han Xian agreed with Xu Rong's judgment, but when he thought about having to fight to the death with Bingren, his heart couldn't help but cast a shadow. At this time, Jia Xu said calmly: "Liu Bei has always had the ambition of Kunpeng, and Chen Chong has more
His persistence was in vain. When he was quelling the rebellion of the Moth Thieves, he entered the bandit army alone and asked to surrender. This is obvious. Now that he has a good opportunity to control the artifact, how could he just sit back and watch? This is all expected."
At this point, the theme of this military discussion has been decided. The war will be fought with enemies in both the east and west. The enemy in the west will defend and the enemy in the east will attack. Therefore, the arrangement of the Liang army must also send people to attack and defend accordingly.
The enemy in the east is Lu Bu of Gaoling. Gaoling is not an imperial mausoleum. It is called Gaoling because of the rare landform where the city was built, with steep sides and a flat top. Because of the dangerous terrain, Gaoling City itself
It is the county government of Zuo Fengyi. The city is strong and the walls are thick, so it is not easy to win.
To deal with such a city, it is necessary to surround it with heavy troops, but now there is no recognized leader among the Liang people, so they can only rely on military discussions to take charge of their tasks. After some discussion, Li Jue led the attack on the east side, and Xu Rong led the attack on the north side.
, Wang Fang led the attack to the west, Zhang Ji led the attack to the south, and used Guo Si's troops as Chang'an reinforcements to sweep the north bank of the Wei River.
As for the enemy in the west, although Bingzhou was mobilizing troops on a large scale, it was not imminent. At Jia Xu's suggestion, the remnants of the Baibo Army were used to guard Linjin, and the Niufu Army was guarded at Lianshao.
In the face of the three obstacles to Bingzhou, even if Bingzhou suddenly crosses the river, the Liang people can respond in time and will never be in the dilemma of being attacked from both sides.
The plan has been decided, it happens to be lunch time, but the generals all know that time is tight, and if they leave camp one day earlier, there will be less danger, so they did not stay in camp for meals, but rode horses to lead their entourage back to camp quickly. But
When Niu Fu was about to leave, Jia Xu stopped him, pulled his red horse rein and asked: "General, I heard that you intercepted two imperial envoys one after another. Is this true?"
The horse stopped too hastily. Niu Fu patted the horse's neck to comfort it for a while, and then turned to speak to Jia Xu. He was surprised and said, "It's true. I wonder if Wen He can give me any advice?"
Jia Xu smiled and said: "This is a sharp weapon in this battle. The general shouldn't have already cut off both ends!"
Niu Fu shook his head at first, and then said curiously: "I have no enmity with those two people, so why would I use a knife? But I don't know what Wen and you have planned. If it comes in handy, I will send someone to bring them all this afternoon.
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Jia Xu let go of the horse's reins and said naturally: "Of course I need to ask the court about the layout first. If used properly, it is possible that it can break the city and kill people's hearts."
Niu Fu shrugged, and finally said: "Then don't expect too much. These two are both famously tough people. I didn't ask anything!" After saying that, he handed over his hand and quickly left with a whip. Zhong Yao and Jin Xiang came here at night. At this time, Jia Xu's troops had not yet finished setting up camp, but the night was already dark, so the Liang people held up torches. In the bright and cold moonlight, people and torches seemed to meet each other.
The floating fluorescence illuminated the rugged supports of the camp on the plain, while Jia Xu washed his horse in front of his tent.
When Jia Xu first saw the two of them, their wrists were tied with iron shackles, and they were dragged to the front of the camp by several Niufu soldiers. Their hair was disheveled, and their upper body clothes were mostly torn, revealing a lot of skin that was red and swollen from being whipped. However,
The eyes of the two people are still very bright. Just by looking at this, you can imagine what Niu Fu said about the hard bones.
The soldier handed Jia Xu the key, and then introduced him that the older and thinner one was the admonishing doctor Zhong Yao, and the taller and stronger one was the visitor Jin Xiang. Jia Xu waved his hand.
He signaled them to disperse, then loosened their shackles on both of them, saluted one by one, and said slowly: "The two kings came from far away and wandered with the army. It's really hard." After that, he asked the guards to get two sets of his own.
Let the two of you change into regular clothes.
Zhong Yao and Jin Xiang did not delay and changed their clothes calmly. Zhong Yao knew Jia Xu and did not need to introduce him. He even said with a smile: "General Niu is stingy. He hasn't had a good meal in the past few days. I wonder if Wen He is willing to part with it?"
"It's not a prisoner's pretense at all. Jia Xu is quite simple. He said calmly: "It's past time to eat, but I still have a few biscuits left at night. If Yuan Zhi doesn't mind, I'll bring them over."
"Better than nothing."
He took the food from Jia Xu and sat on the ground to enjoy it. Jia Xu stood aside and waited quietly for him to finish eating. After Zhong Yao finished eating the biscuits, he asked Jia Xu: "Wen He, where can I get some?"
Bed, I'm so tired and sleepy, let me rest first."
Jia Xu smiled and said: "Yuan Zhi wouldn't think that I'm here to provide you with free food and free housing."
Zhong Yao also laughed. He touched his neck and said, "If you want my life, my head is right here. You can just come and get it yourself." Jin Xiang on the side was even more direct and said angrily:
"Why are you so hypocritical? If you want to kill or cut into pieces, you can just wait for me!"
Jia Xu waited for them to finish speaking, without getting angry at all, and said slowly: "Why do you two pretend to be confused? What does your life have to do with mine? I asked you two to speak, just to save the life of the imperial court, and also
You just want to save the lives of the people in Guanlong and other places. But you two only think about your own honor and disgrace, which is too narrow-minded!"
Now that the imperial court and the Liang people were in the same situation, Jia Xu actually said that he would save the imperial court's life and save the people of Guanlong. This was beyond their expectations. Zhong Yao stared at Jia Xu and remained silent. Only Jin Xiang
He sneered and said: "If you have such good intentions, why are you marching here?"
Unexpectedly, Jia Xu asked back: "According to Jin Jun's intention, our more than 100,000 troops have been guarding the country's borders and suppressing rebellions for more than ten years. Now, because of Wang Yun alone, should we just sit back and wait for death?"
Jin Xiang didn't expect him to make such remarks, and he choked for a moment, and then came up with a sarcastic remark: "When did the imperial court give this order? Don't you feel ashamed to deliberately plot rebellion and treat an open belly with a compassionate heart?"
"According to what you said, it is natural that Duke Bojie (Cai Yong) should be imprisoned. Duke Yizhen (Huangfusong) should be framed and deserved to die."
Jin Xiang was stunned when he heard this, and quickly lowered his head. Even though he didn't want to admit defeat, he had to admit in his heart that Wang Yun's governance was indeed inappropriate. Upon seeing this, Zhong Yao interrupted their conversation and spoke directly to Jin
Xiang said, "Let me talk." He turned back to Jia Xu and said, "Wen He might as well speak more clearly."
Zhong Yao finally spoke, and Jia Xu's words became straightforward: "The imperial court sent envoys to Hedong twice, just hoping that Longshou would send troops to assist, but both times the envoys were blocked by me. Even if Longshou now mobilizes troops,
I'm afraid it's too late. Our army has already taken Xijing eighty-nine times out of ten."
Zhong Yao laughed and asked: "Since it's eighty-nine out of ten, what can you talk to me about?"
Jia Xu shook his head slightly and replied: "This is not the only time in life. Taking Xijing will not be a good thing for us, but if we don't take Wang Yun, we may not live in peace. To be honest with Yuan Zhi, our armies are united
The soldiers are in a hurry, and their only goal is to save lives. We still don’t know who is leading it. But once they enter the capital, the upper and lower forces will be divided, and then the struggle for profit will be difficult to stop. It is very likely that the Xiaoqiang will be unstoppable."
Speaking of the important point, Jia Xu emphasized: "Thinking of this, I couldn't sleep or eat well. It was for the future of my Liang people and the safety of the imperial court, so I came up with a plan."
This is indeed something Zhong Yao had never thought about. After Dong Zhuo's death, the Liang people still have no master. Once they get a chance to breathe, they will easily attack each other due to the struggle for power. He immediately believed it. And Jia Xu has such a far-sighted vision.
He was filled with admiration and asked: "What can Wen He do?"
"I want to negotiate peace with the imperial court. As long as Wang Yun can be dismissed and innocent officials like us are pardoned and reinstated, I am willing to swear by Luoshui to submit to the imperial court!"
Seeing Zhong Yao and Jin Xiang's obviously shaken expressions, Jia Xu finally asked: "I wonder if you two would be my envoys?"
The two looked at each other, both lost in thought.