Chapter 057 – Proud soldiers to the south
The main general’s tent outside of Youlu Pass, the atmosphere is heavy and odd, there is Lu’s personal post rider to pass an urgent military information, the military minister Lu Shengxiang sits behind the case, unmoving, his fingers gently stroking on a military talisman. Inside the tent, the generals and lieutenants are divided into two sides of the foot and horseback, most of these military generals are Lu’s class from Guangling Road to the capital, loyalty and ability are unquestionable, both the Spring and Autumn wars and fires out of the stable old man, but also in the prime of life and enterprising talent of the military officials, mixed with a few young lieutenants promoted up, the age of the configuration is very reasonable. A was driven to be a horseman’s beloved general fire ass rushed into the tent, guarding the tent soldiers did not stop, Lu Shengxiang even eyelids did not pick a bit, just look down at the old map from the Ministry of the Household with great difficulty to draw out, it is ridiculous, Gu Lu maintains years of the Ministry of the Army, but can not find a let Lu Shengxiang satisfied with the southern part of the capital city opinion maps, the two Liao border line can easily find out a few hundreds of them to.
A horse smell of Guo Dongfeng glared at a few gloating peers, greatly grinning questioned: “General, that Yang Shenxing is eaten the wrong medicine not, how to take the initiative to take the lead to the south to hastily advance, he is so sure that a breath of air break through the Yufang Pass, over the Qinshui Jindu, and then take the north of the Guangling Road’s premier town of Polaris hustle? If he rushes forward like this, what will he do to our armies? General, do you think we should watch him take a bunch of dudes to their deaths, or play with them? Damn, 40,000 soldiers, that’s the last home base of the Jinan army ah, a Qinshui Zindu, before arriving at the Polaris town, where since ancient times is the four wars of the Qing Yang basin, now we are on the Guangling Road side of the mobilization of troops are all in the dark, the old man from the confidence of a lone army to enter the depths of the! No matter how bad this Western Chu is, it can still squeeze out 8,000 or 9,000 battle-ready cavalry, right? If Polaris is a fraudulent surrender of the town’s guardian, the great general of An Guo, to such a poor tactic to lure the enemy to the dust, when the time comes to take the blame is not the general you?”
Lu Shengxiang did not raise his head and calmly said, “Firstly, it can be confirmed that Polaris’ defender Han Penglai did not surrender fraudulently. Secondly, 40,000 Ji Nan elite veterans with perfect supplies, Great General An Guo’s marching formation is long on step-by-step, even against 8-9,000 cavalry, as long as there is no heavy cavalry raid, he may not lose. Finally, the Western Chu remnants of the Polaris clamor Qing Yang line can put nearly 10,000 cavalry, no one is sure. Because of geographical limitations, Western Chu has always fought on foot in the west and on horseback in the east. Of course, when you run into a madman, it’s anyone’s guess.”
Guo Dongfeng stiffened his neck and said, “But the established strategy of the Ministry of Military Affairs is to first let Zhao Ying, the King of Huainan who is stationed in Shidai, and Zhao Xun, the King of Jing’an who is stationed in Artemisia Ao Lake, to launch an offensive at the same time. Regardless of their success or failure, the next should be Guangling King Zhao Yi on stage, where his turn to Yang Shen Xing?”
Lu Shengxiang angrily reprimanded: “Vassal king’s name is also you can directly call? Go back and feed your horse!”
Guo Dongfeng shrank his neck and obediently exited the tent, and soon lifted the tent curtain and poked his head out, asking curiously, “General, may I ask where the commander-in-chief, Cao Changqing, and Zhou Song Pei Hongzhi and other old men are now?”
Lu Shengxiang continued to stare at the map, but a stout general from Guangling Chunxue House laughed softly and said, “Cao Changqing is personally staring at the Guangling army, Zhou Song and Pei Hongzhi have not approached the northern line, one guarding the Huai and one guarding the river.”
Guo Dongfeng let out an oh and turned to leave, muttering to himself, “It seems to be that Western Chu is not Great Chu after all, and no longer has the vigor to fight the enemy outside the borders of the country.”
Waiting for Guo Dongfeng guy to walk away, Lu Shengxiang looked up at a slightly crane-like old man in a civilian shirt and asked, “The flow of horses on the northern line of the Guangling Road, has Zhao Gou’s side caught any traces?”
The old man helplessly said, “It’s difficult. This hasn’t even started the war yet, the spies on the court side have died forty or so times, plus the twenty or so who turned against us earlier, General, this isn’t a good sign.”
Lu Shengxiang hmmm, waved his hand to indicate that all the people are retired, this leading general of the Ministry of War Minister glanced at the military newspaper, on the top of it is roughly elaborated some of the reasons for the troops to the south, the wording is beautiful, the line of writing, literary grace comes out, naturally, it will not be a big old man Yang Shenxiang can write out of things, Lu Shengxiang with the buttocks want to know that it is from the handwriting of the king’s son of a certain familiar with the book of war, “Although the south of the capital city, although it is the south of the capital city of the capital city of the people of the country of the people of the world. “Although the south of the capital city is ‘the world’s central state’, ‘the stone of the hegemony’, but solid can not be subjected to, must be guarded outside the country, the cause of the death of the Southern Tang Dynasty can not be ignored.”
Lu Shengxiang whispered: “paper, fuck you.”
Xiangfu year autumn, the summer. The summer is over, the sky turns cool.
Finally some autumn high and refreshing meaning, which let those mid-summer hastily enlisted nearly a thousand new pawns like a relief, sickly look swept away, suddenly the dragon spirit and tiger a few points. Especially when the army crossed the Qinshuizin, most of these young men on high horses did not care about crossing the river formation, have put on bright armor, in the north bank of the river horse racing, competition riding skills. In fact, in these people just enlisted not long, many people have given birth to the idea of retreating to the capital to enjoy the blessings, because the barracks is really too smelly, simply pigsties are worse than, bathing is not easy, the previous summer, so that these anointed children personally learned the fleas full of awesome. This and their minds in the two armies against the flag to kill the enemy’s good intentions far away, if not the elders of the family said, while constantly through the relationship to send a large number of prohibited items, so that the descendants of these officials will be prime ministers of the children and grandchildren of the stench of the face pinch the nose, continue to stay in the old generals Yang Shen apricot army suffered. This grows at the foot of the Son of Heaven more than a thousand “relations”, almost everyone carries a personal guard escort, which makes the Anguo general under the command of three thousand more “fine horsemen” out of nowhere, when the army went south, a dozen or so of the head of the family of the son of the son of the son of the son of the son of the son of the son of the son of the son of the son of the head of the son of the son of the son of the son of the son of Yang Shenxeng to ask for orders to be the spearhead. The old general smiled and said a lot of things. The old general smiled and said a whole lot of excuses, and swore that these three thousand riders is his killer, a good knife should be used on the edge of the knife.
The stout Yang Shenxing stood on the south bank with one hand on his sword, and Yang Huchen, the eldest son who had followed his father for more than twenty years, looked at the young men with whips on their horses and said softly: “Father, I don’t know which one of these young men said that when the army crosses the river to prevent enemy attack, so they have to help the rangers to escort the army. These kids, don’t they know about the scout scouting? In this way, in addition to disrupting the formation and delaying the river crossing, it is not half useful ah. The second son of the Marquis of Guan Nei asked me if I could allow him to take on the enemy’s general when the two armies are fighting, what kind of thing is this? I don’t know what kind of bullshit novels I’ve read. Moreover, Zhenting Bo’s eldest son objected, saying that our daily march of 50 miles was too slow, and even used the analogy of a turtle crawling, saying that in the Spring and Autumn wars, those light cavalry riding 300 miles a day and night was a common occurrence. Alas, I really can’t reason with them. Father, their three thousand horsemen, look majestic, in fact, success is not enough to defeat ah.”
The white-haired Yang Shenxing was very powerful and said, “I know what I’m talking about! Huchen, you must not show any dissatisfaction in the future.”
Yang Huchen smiled bitterly and said nothing.
Yang Shenxeng convergence of stereotypical face, said in a serious tone: “The east line has Gu Jiantang preside over the military government, the west line has the North Liang that the young man surnamed Xu carries, these two people are not good to deal with, the world is peaceful, the real military success is not easy? The remaining Western Chu revolts, a southern line born out of nowhere, such an opportunity, is the father spelled most of his life saved old face do not want to, hard to snatch the hand. North shore of those young people on friendship seniority, most of the children have to call you an uncle uncle, but these children, do not listen to their mouths shouting people warm attentive, the most is the temperament of the cool, hard to serve ah. You must not do bad things with good intentions, resulting in us giving them military honors, but also making them ungrateful, not remembering our Yang family’s goodness.”
Yang Huchen nodded sullenly.
Yang Shenxing patted this son’s shoulder with high hopes, smiled and said: “Not to mention other things, if not for the operation of these young men’s fathers, we can’t get those 5,000 good horses, the old soldiers of Jixinan have always been known only for infantry combat, this time my grandson has been addicted to riding a general. And this grandson, much smoother than you, has already begun to call many of the originally not familiar with the capital’s children brother and brother, this is a great good thing.”
Yang Huchen finally smiled somewhat.
Yang Shenxing softly lamented, “A tiger that has been in a cage for a long time will inevitably have to put away its claws, and not everyone can leave the cage. You look at Gumiao Xu’s Longchamp General Xu Gong, he missed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Right now, although you’re still one rank below him, it’s hard to say in the future.”
Yang Huchen nodded.
Yang Shenxing took off his sword, turned around and pointed to the south, “Father looks at the eyes of the Western Chu old timers, like Pei Hongzhi of the Pei valve, as well as Zhou Song and Zhu Yinliang, according to the secret report, they are all still being restrained in the middle and south of the Guangling Road, and Cao Changqing is even going to face off with Zhao Yi, so we just need to hit the Polaris in one go to the town of Polaris, and snatch the first credit, even if it’s a sure win, and after that it’s a step forward or a step back, and the imperial court can have a lot of room for maneuver. The court will have a lot of room for maneuver. As for the criticism of the Ministry of War, the enemy of the north coast of those sons and daughters of the army behind the spittle of many temple bigwigs? As for Lu Shengxiang, even if, a Chunxue Lou origin of the Ministry of War Minister, is not enough to mention. The only small variable is the Qing Yang Basin side, whether someone will eat bear heart and leopard guts and come to intercept.”
Yang Huchen smiled, “It’s only good if they come, that Wen Qi kid is holding his breath, our Yang family won’t rely on me in the future, we have to rely on him, the Confucian general.”
After Yang Shenxing nodded, he suddenly sneered, “Cao Changqing is the Confucian general, but unfortunately his life is not good.”
Guangling’s northern front town, Polaris.
Han Penglai, the general who first opposed Liyang and then Western Chu, died violently, his head cut off and placed on top of the valuable purple sandalwood book case.
Those who died with him, besides his inner circle, included six senior spies from Zhao Hook and more than three hundred people from a Jianghu sect.
Just became the new owner of this general’s mansion, is a handsome son of a handsome boy, in the Guangling Road has a reputation for elegance and elegance, in the past, one of the ten great valves of the Spring and Autumn Pei’s first eldest grandson, Pei Sui.
Pei Sui let people take away the dead head, methodically began to take over the affairs of the military town, completely without the rustiness of the newly occupied magpie’s nest, for the military affairs of this place skilful to the extreme.
Pei Sui gripped his pencil tightly and said in a deep voice: “It’s up to you, Xie Xijian. Our battle, but the whole world is watching, 40,000 old pawns of Jinan, be sure to eat them all!”