Chapter 45: The Eye-Dangling White-Foreheaded Tiger
So I think that barbarians are a double-edged sword that can be used to my advantage, but can also hurt us when we are not prepared. There is a premise here, that is, we ourselves are strong enough.
Those who do not plan for the overall situation cannot plan for a region, and those who do not plan for the eternity cannot plan for a temporary period. War is never simple or partial. It is all about profits and losses based on the overall situation.
This Southern Expedition was a war that we, the Song Dynasty, carried out on the premise of stabilizing the west and the north. I and Marquis Yun unanimously believed that this was the best time to stabilize the southern part of our Song Dynasty. If we miss it,
I'm afraid it will be very difficult to mobilize heavy troops to invade the south next time.
Now the Shengsheng Army appears again in Hanhai. Although the main enemies they face are the Qingtang people, it won't be long before they appear in Huanzhou and Hengshan. This is inevitable.
And Yelu Hongji is currently hunting in his southern palace. More than 100,000 armored men are stationed in Nanjing. It is less than 800 miles away from our Hejian Mansion. Now it can be said that the situation is loose. If you are not careful, the war will reignite.
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Li Yan, Prime Minister of the Liao Dynasty, wrote "Chrysanthemum Ode" to express the fierceness of the west wind. Fortunately, Yelu Hongji did not understand its meaning, so he wrote: "Yesterday, I got the chrysanthemum poem from Qing, and cut it into pieces with gold and English to fill in the sentence. I still feel the lingering fragrance in my sleeves, leaving the west wind cold.
"I can't blow it away." Four lines of poetry were given to each other. It seems that the "Tan Yuan Alliance" signed by the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty can still be adhered to for a few years, but this time will not be too long."
Di Qing cupped his hands and said to the emperor that the last time he spoke freely like this was eight years ago when he took office in Kuizhou.
Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "One drink and one peck are predetermined. If you want to control the tiger, you must first have the ability to subdue the dragon and subjugate the tiger. The two beloved ministers are my sharpest minions. The country relies on the beloved ministers a lot. Mo
If you forget to work hard all the time, once the tiger comes out of the cage, all the beasts will be frightened."
Yun Zheng smiled and said: "One or two fierce tigers are harmful to the country. Only when the whole court is filled with ferocious men can your majesty truly realize his great ambitions. The prosperity of the Song Dynasty can last forever. If it were not strong,
The military strength of the country, the richer the country, the more miserable its end will be. Who has pitied the elk since ancient times?"
Bao Zheng put his hands in his sleeves without saying a word. When Zhao Zhen saw Bao Zheng from a height, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Why don't you come up to Bao Qing's family to talk? There is enough light here. Not only did I not feel the chill, but I even felt cold."
Covered in sweat."
"Your Majesty, I am impeaching Di Qing, and Yun Zheng and the others have deceived Your Majesty and made Your Majesty forget the majesty of the emperor. If you want to talk, there is no reason to discuss it on the wall."
Di Qing laughed and said: "Bao Xiren, I am currently under grounding, and Marquis Yun is also under grounding. They are all people who cannot leave their homes. The only way to get together is through this wall."
Bao Zheng looked up at Di Qing and Yun Zheng coldly and said: "Although you two are in the mansion, I'm afraid your hands and feet have already started killing people outside, right? My Kaifeng Mansion is not a battlefield where your two armies are fighting, and there is no room for dead people on the ground.
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I would also like to ask these two military masters, what is the crime of killing without orders?"
Zhao Zhen said strangely: "Why did Aiqing say this?"
Bao Zheng cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, you don't know. Recently, a total of thirty-seven good-looking boys have gone missing in Tokyo. We are stepping up our efforts to investigate the matter, but we don't want someone to have a hand in it. The attack is extremely ruthless.
Thirty-seven children were missing, and there were more than 70 evildoers whose bodies were found in Kaifeng Mansion. The death conditions were shocking.
I don't ask about those who deserved their death, I only ask the two generals, who gave you the courage to privately accumulate dead soldiers to kill people and steal goods, and treat our laws of the Song Dynasty as if they are nothing?"
Zhao Zhen was startled and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Di Qing and Yun Zheng. If what Bao Zheng said was true, it really couldn't be ignored.
Yun Zheng frowned and asked Monkey and Hanniu directly: "Can anyone go out without authorization during this period?"
The monkey blinked his eyes and said: "Returning to the Marquis, according to the military regulations of the Song Dynasty, our family can only have seventy-two soldiers, including two slaves. Today, because of your Majesty's arrival, they are all scattered in the house to guard, and no one goes out.
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Yun Zheng said with a gloomy face: "Call them all over and ask the Kaifeng Prefect to inquire."
Not only did Yun Zheng give such instructions, Di Qing also gave the same instructions. His family has nine more generals than the Yun family. Since Bao Zheng has revealed his accusation, he must do something to save his face.
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Bao Zheng refused coldly: "Marquis Wenxin, no need, I just want to ask you one question, do you know Yan Shouchuan?"
Yun Zheng thought for a while and said: "I don't know him!" Then he asked Bao Zheng with a smile: "Does Fu Yin think I should know this person?"
Bao Zheng was about to make a sarcastic comment when Lang Tan, who was sitting in Yunzheng's shed, suddenly said: "Junhou, I know this man from his humble position. The bandits in Jiuhua Mountain in the middle of Shu were wiped out by his humble position. The second master of Jiuhua Mountain is named Yan Shouchuan. This man
He was so cunning that under the encirclement and suppression by the army, he actually jumped into the water to survive and was the only bandit to escape the net. Could this be the person Fu Yin was talking about?"
Yun Zheng frowned and said, "What characteristics?"
"This man is eight feet tall, skinny, with thick limbs, but he doesn't like to use weapons. His weapons are all taken from green bamboo. He is known as "Bamboo Leaf Green" in Shu. He is extremely cruel and vicious."
Yun Zheng nodded and asked Bao Zheng: "But this person?"
Bao Zheng did not answer, looked at Di Qing and said loudly: "Mo Swordsmen have disappeared. Anyone who is nine feet tall and equipped with Mo Swords must be from the Western Army, right? Cut off the cooked copper stick with one knife and cut off more than half of the corpse. I
I can’t think of anywhere other than the Western Army that such warriors could be found.”
Di Qing said helplessly: "There are indeed Mo Swordsmen in the Western Army. This is a military branch that I have deliberately retrofitted in recent years, just because this kind of people are the best killers against cavalry. When Mo Swordsmen come out, they will form a group and block the enemy."
Everything turned into minced meat.
However, this kind of person is only suitable for combined attacks, not for fighting alone. Fu Yin said that he can cut off a cooked copper stick with one knife and can kill more than half of the corpse. To be honest, although I am not strong enough now, I can barely achieve it, just because of this piece of evidence
It would be too much to say that I am raising dead men as livestock, don’t you think so, Fu Yinguan?”
Bao Zheng said in a cold voice: "The reason why I came to the house is not to catch the criminals, but to tell you two that you must not get involved with these extremely cruel people. If the people in Tokyo are like a group of sheep,
These people are the most ferocious hungry wolves. It is not uncommon for hungry wolves to appear in the wilderness and desert, but their appearance in the city of Tokyo will cause great disaster.
If a few wolves discover this secret, maybe countless hungry wolves will swarm here immediately. When I see such a person, I will definitely kill him at all costs!"
Yun Zheng rubbed his cheek and said: "I have no objection at all to you killing these people, but you said that Tokyo people are like sheep. This may be a bit biased, right? And I discovered one thing from your words, you
I think Di Shuai and I are also aliens and hungry wolves in the big city of Tokyo, so whenever our kind commits a crime, you will directly torture Di Shuai and me. What's the point of this?"
Bao Zheng said seriously: "You are not hungry wolves, you are eye-catching white-fronted insects! Ge Dongsheng of Si Tianjian once said that the blood in the alley outside Xuanwumen is nourishing Pojun and Greedy Wolf. This shows that people
There will be a great slaughter in the world."
Yun Zheng looked at Di Qing, who was pale and confused, and at Zhao Zhen, who was expressionless, scratched the back of his head and asked: "No way? We are generals, and our job is to kill people. This time in Guangnan, it seems that
There were a lot of people killed, but they were all rebellious officials and traitors, as well as some people from Jiaozhi and Dali. This was good for the Song Dynasty.
Besides, Bao Xiaosu, you are a disciple of Confucianism. The sage said to respect ghosts and gods and stay away from them. How could you use such a thing to determine our behavior? Do you think that Di Shuai and I will change to vegetarianism from now on and never kill people again?
Will this catastrophe be eliminated? If it is true, I will start to become a vegetarian from tomorrow, and I will not kill anyone when I lead the army in the future. Is it possible to persuade them with reason?
That Ge Dongsheng can really see the blood rushing to the sky from my head? If so, wouldn't I become a big candle, standing brightly between heaven and earth, so I can't fight as long as people see it anywhere
The blood is shining in the sky, just let the army attack there, kill me, and the battle will be won immediately.
Your Majesty, the next time I go to battle, please send Ge Dongsheng to the front of the army. The blood on Wei Chen's head is so bright, then, if there is no hidden truth, the same will definitely be the case on the heads of Jiao Si Luo. As long as Ge Dongsheng is sure of something.
The place was filled with blood, and the humble minister led the army to charge forward. He beheaded the horned soldier, and all the credit for not hiding the truth went to him. If these two people were not found, I immediately beheaded Ge Dongsheng in public. What do you think of Bao Xiao?
Seriously?"
Bao Zheng still said without changing his expression: "You know I don't mean what I said. You know what I want to say is that you and the people in Tokyo are two different people. Your existence makes them more dangerous."
Zeng, I am a herdsman official, and what I do is different from you generals. I hope that the people under my rule live and work in peace and contentment. There may be some low-intensity injuries, and these injuries are within their tolerance.
Do you know how surprised I was when I saw those corpses? To use violence for violence is not the first choice of the herdsmen officials, but the choice of you generals. The mentality of the common people is fragile, and they cannot withstand your rough actions.
I don't have any evidence to prove that you did these things. Even if it was done by the two commanders, with your meticulous arrangements, it's impossible to give me any clues.
I am just relying on a little bit of inspiration in my heart to beg the two commanders to use your brutal force at the border instead of Tokyo city."
Yun Zheng sighed and said: "Your Majesty, I have invited you to go out. Qinzhou is a good place. I want to see if I can regain the land of Hehuang. I am afraid I can't stay in Tokyo anymore."
Di Qing also followed: "Since Marquis Yun is going to Qinzhou, let me go to Hejian Mansion. These two places are strategically important places for our Song Dynasty and cannot be missed. Once we make a mistake, the enemy will march straight in. Although I
Being old, it is still feasible to be a pawn."
Zhao Zhen sighed: "Did you really do this?"
Yun Zheng smiled and said: "It doesn't matter whether we did it or not. Anyway, Bachelor Bao has already determined that we did it. In this case, it is natural for us to ask for permission to go out." (To be continued)