Chapter eight hundred and sixty-ninth control of Hedong while talking and laughing
The two of them climbed up the wall of Taiyuan City while talking and laughing. The entourage behind them gradually decreased, leaving only Li Chongbao's personal guards, a few of Huang Baojie's confidants, and the Jiedu judge Wei Yingwu.
They came to the South City Tower. Huang Baojie pointed to the building on the top of the verandah hidden among the trees in the distance and introduced: "That's the Jinci Temple, which is the most beautiful place in Taiyuan. Li Taibai once visited the Jinci Temple and wrote a poem praising the Jinci Temple.
I, a crude martial artist like me, seem to only be able to remember one sentence: 'The flowing water of Jinci is like jasper.'"
Li Chongbao sighed from the bottom of his heart: "What a beautiful scenery. It's a pity that Dr. Huang you won't be able to see it in the future."
Huang Baojie's expression changed, and he subconsciously distanced himself from Li Chongbao. He asked with a white face, "Could General Li be joking with me?"
"I would like to joke with you, but this matter does not allow me to joke with you. Come on! Take down Huang Baojie!"
"How dare you!" Huang Baojie subconsciously pulled out the horizontal sword from his waist, and several of his cronies also pulled out the sword, but the personal guards led by Li Chongbao had already blocked the city wall on the left and right, and were aiming crossbows side by side.
them.
The soldiers of the Hexi Army under the city also occupied the entrance to the city, and the array of swords and spears looked extremely terrifying.
Huang Baojie looked around, then lay down on the battlement and looked down. He shouted in shock and anger: "You were prepared! You and your son are really cunning. You can cross the river and demolish the bridge, remove the mill and kill the donkey!"
Li Chongbao clapped his hands and applauded: "What a good performance. I was easily deceived by you without knowing the truth. You want to say that we are behind to kill the donkey, but it is you who are preparing to surrender to the enemy and betray first."
Several of Huang Baojie's confidants turned pale when they heard this, but Doctor Huang remained calm-faced and heartless. He sneered and said, "There's no excuse for wanting to incriminate me! How dare you, father and son, to harm me like this?"
Serve 50,000 soldiers east of Hedong."
"Ha, if I didn't have evidence, I really wouldn't dare to accuse you, the first-class Hedong Jiedu envoy, unjustly. Do you think that sending Judge Wei to your side is just to serve as your subordinate?"
Huang Baojie spoke tough, but he was calm in his heart. He had been on guard against Wei Yingwu for a long time, and the matter of surrender was not leaked at all. He put his hands behind his back and looked at Wei Yingwu: "What evidence did Judge Wei find?"
Wei Yingwu also squinted his eyes and smiled: "Doctor Huang, wait a moment, I will call you the evidence right away."
He bent over the crenellations of the female wall and shouted to the bottom: "Ah Wu, come up!"
A servant in black clothes was escorted by soldiers to the tower. His eyebrows were lowered and his eyes were looking back and forth, sneaky but bold.
Wei Yingwu ordered: "Tell me everything you know."
The servant bent down and folded his hands and said: "Well, my Alang first talked with Tian Chengsi's master Bo, and then talked with Tian Yue, Tian's nephew, about surrender. I know both times and have met people from the Yan army."
"You rebellious villain!" Huang Baojie was furious and raised his knife to chop at the servant.
Li Chongbao quickly raised his sword with quick eyes and hands. The two swords struck each other and made a crisp sound. Huang Baojie could only hold back his hand angrily.
When the servant saw someone guarding him, he became more bold and retorted: "If I say that I am betraying the Lord and rebelling, I am just imitating Alang, just like you led the troops to kill Deng Jingshan, the governor of Hedong who trusted you."
Li Chongbao held the horizontal knife with both hands and said, "What else do you have to say?"
Seeing that the situation was a foregone conclusion, his confidants knelt down and crossed their hands towards Li Chongbao: "General Li, Huang Baojie indeed intends to collude with the Yan army's secret envoys to rebel. They have agreed to surrender in five days and jointly go south to attack Shangdang. Hedong Army
None of the other generals know, only a few of us know."
Li Chongbao nodded and said: "Huang Baojie attempted to rebel and surrender to the enemy. His crime is inexcusable. His close followers who report and expose his crimes will be exempted from responsibility."
Huang Baojie smiled bitterly and threw the horizontal knife in his hand to the ground, gritting his teeth and said: "If I can be as decisive as before, I will definitely not fall into your hands."
"Take it!"
Several personal guards swarmed up, escorted Huang Baojie with his arms cut behind his back, and sent him to the gate tower for questioning. The whole process was clean and without missing a beat. In this way, Huang Baojie, who had controlled Hedong for only more than two months, ended his short-lived political career.
career.
In fact, Li Siye and his son chose the right time. If they started early, it would give people a very ugly feeling. If they started late, they would be afraid that the situation would be catastrophic. At this time, he would not be able to win over everyone at once.
Li Chongbao carried Huang Baojie's head and walked into the mansion he had arranged for himself. The banquet was also ready, but the accompanying guests were frightened and embarrassed, and did not know whether to leave or stay.
He stood in front of his seat and threw the head in his hand to the ground in front of him, causing the shoulders of everyone present to tremble. He lay on the chair and smiled and said: "I am a person who knows right from wrong, rewards and punishments.
If there are those who commit crimes like Huang Baojie and secretly surrender to the enemy, they will be killed without mercy. But if you abide by the law and work sincerely, I am still very easy to talk to."
He picked up the wine cup from the table and said: "Just like now, everyone is singing, dancing, drinking and having fun. There are no taboos. Even if you break someone's rules, you will only be fined."
Everyone present burst into relaxed and cheerful laughter. Zhang Guangtao, the deputy envoy of Hedong Jiedu, came forward with a wine cup and said loudly: "General Li has a forthright temperament and treats us subordinates well. The generals in Hedong are willing to obey the general's lead."
"Hey," Li Chongbao waved his hand and said, "Today we will only drink wine and not talk about anything else. We will drink wine and eat meat to celebrate the victory in the Battle of Taiyuan. Aren't we going to have some singing and dancing? Please come up and let the brothers have a good time.
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Zhang Guangtao raised his hand to high-five, and two teams of women in green skirts entered the venue, dancing with long sleeves and twisting their graceful waists. Li Chongbao first sat on the top chair and toasted to everyone frequently, and then walked up to the scene with a big bowl in his hand.
He bumped into everyone in the seats, and when he was in high spirits, he walked directly to the middle of the dancers and started jumping around randomly. Everyone laughed and applauded, and the atmosphere gradually became lively.
The banquet was held until night, and Li Chongbao lay on the bed half drunk and half awake.
In the early morning of the next day, he woke up in a daze. When he felt someone beside him, he stretched out his hand and said, "Come, come, bring me a bowl of hangover soup."
Soon someone put the soup bowl into his hands. Li Chongbao reached out to take it, drank it in one gulp, and handed it back. Then he narrowed his eyes and glanced at the people around him, hurriedly rolled over from the bed, knelt down and crossed his hands and said:
"When did your father come to Taiyuan, but he didn't tell his son to greet you in person?"
Li Siye helped him up from the ground and said with a smile: "I just arrived in Qingxu yesterday and came to Taiyuan early this morning. I heard that you hosted a banquet for the generals from Hedong yesterday, and I couldn't bear to ruin my son's drunkenness."
"What his father said made his son feel ashamed." He bowed and followed Li Siye, and suddenly asked with enlightenment: "Father's visit to Hedong this time, could it be that..."
Li Siye nodded, stood in front of the main hall with his hands behind his back and looked into the distance and said: "Since our army has already gained the upper hand, of course we must beat up the fallen dog. Before I came to Hedong, I led an army of 30,000 people from Guanzhong, plus your party members
We have 40,000 troops stationed there, and there are 50,000 troops east of the river. It would be disrespectful to come and not return. We march north to Yunzhou with 120,000 troops, and then enter Youzhou to capture Shi Siming's base camp of Fan Yang. If we can complete the battle in one battle,
It can achieve the effect of pulling out the fuel from the cauldron, causing the roots of Shi Siming's big tree to break."
"My father is a veteran, and my son will be your vanguard. We will definitely be able to capture Fan Yang and seize Shi Siming's lair. Tomorrow we will summon the generals from Hedong to swear an oath and sacrifice the flag, and send troops to Yunzhou!"
On the second day, 30,000 flying tiger cavalry brought by Li Siye were stationed in the north of Taiyuan City. Li Siye ordered people to build an earth platform in the north of the city. The three armies of Hedong, Shangdang and Guanzhong gathered under the platform.
At this time, the west wind was strong, and the flags were swept by the spring breeze, showing a spectacular sight of clusters of flowers. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers stood densely under the stage, looking at the top of the stage like stars looking at the moon.
Li Siye wore a red copper mountain armor and slowly walked towards the altar with the handle of the knife in his hand. Behind him were strong men carrying the three animal sacrifices.
He came step by step to the top of the stage, and the warriors carried the sacrifices to the altar dedicated to heaven and earth. He held the incense stick in both hands, knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to the sky, lit it on the bonfire and inserted it into the incense burner.
The soldiers next to him bled the live sheep and poured it into the wine bowl. He held it to King Yong with both hands. Li Siye reached out to take it, held it in his hand and faced the soldiers of the three armies and said loudly: "There is a spirit in the sky to help obedience and punish rebellion. This king obeys the destiny."
, crusade against Fan Yangping and Lu Fan, who is entrenched in Youyan and causing harm to the people, and kill the false emperor Shi Siming. With the blessing of the emperor and heaven, the troops came out like mountains and returned with complete victory!"
The soldiers below raised their swords and guns and shouted loudly: "Return with complete victory! Return with complete victory!"
Li Siye faced thousands of soldiers with the Mo knife in his hand, and his heart was filled with great pride. He didn't know if the original world would split into another dimension because of the change of historical trajectory. At least he had left a mark in the history of this time and space.
gave his own name.
"The troops are sent to Yunzhou, and the sword is pointed at Fan Yang!"