Chapter 064 The North Painted Gray
The southern dynasty of Northern Mang has a court, although the northern court has a capital, but the female emperor is in the king’s tent for two seasons of the year, and where the king’s tent is located is where the hub is located, which is a mobile city made up of countless large and small tents converging together. The tent where the most honorable old woman in the world lived was exclusively golden, so it was like a huge golden spider creeping on the grassland, competing with the sun for glory. When this golden king’s tent appeared in Gusei Prefecture, the temple hall of the Southern Dynasty was suddenly eclipsed, and a cadre of honored courtiers gathered around the king’s tent, quietly waiting for Her Majesty the Empress’ summons, and the bit honored ones were even closer to the king’s tent, such as Dong Zhuo, the new Grand King of the Southern Courtyard, Hong Jingyan, the co-owner of the Zojian Iron Cavalry, Hong Jingyan, the festival bearer of the two states of the Gusei Dragon’s Waist, and the Grand General of the Southern Dynasty, Liu Gui Yang Yuanzan, all of these great figures who called down the winds and rains of the Southern Dynasty were allowed to relatively adjoin the golden tent. Today, the North Mang female emperor anxious north and south qunchen, routine painting gray deliberations, all people sit on an embroidered pier, round out a circle, the seat is not high and low. But that white hair but hale and hearty old crone, is still like the emperor of the Central Plains that sits in the north and looks south, the left hand side of the chess sword Lefu pacific order, the right hand side is the North Mang military god topaz bodhisattva, a civil and a military, but the two people around the sequential arrangement of going down, it is the civil and military confuse, and there is no away from the sun dynastic hall of that kind of civil and military confrontation clear-cut light scene.
With Dong Zhuo among the south court king, position closer and closer to the Murong female emperor, just still spaced out orange state holding order Murong Bao Ding such a prominent status of the noble and powerful officials, today Dong fat man into the tent will be distracted, while looking up, self-consciously wrenching thick fingers, counting their own and his majesty in the end how many seats, anyway, in the southern dynasty, he is already the biggest official, but the two big imperial family names, or many people named Yelu or Muyun. There are still a lot of old men named Yelu or Murong occupying the pit, even if one of the old eyes, can not straighten their backs, but still strong to participate in this painting gray deliberations, Dong Zhuo and a smiling old man on the eyes, if he remembers correctly, the old man is called Yelu Hongcai, youth and strength when still did a few feats, these years has not been quiet, the old man to Dong Zhuo silly joy, Dong Zhuo! Boredom, with the old man against the silly smile, the two so more fight, the results of Dong Zhuo face to laugh stiff, the opposite side of the smile is still so lively, Dong Zhuo defeated, rubbed his cheeks, toward the old man to stretch out his thumb, a face count your ruthless expression. Yelu Hongcai’s smirk did not diminish, picking his nose, the old man did not hide his smugness at all. Dong Zhuo couldn’t help but roll his eyes, this guy is the one who is the undefeated man who is under the care of the three Northern Mang Dynasties? When Shengzong Yelu Wenshunu was dying, this old man was present with six people to receive orders, and his seat was at the bottom of the list. When Emperor Shen died, there were five people present, and Yelu Hongcai started in third place. At the death of the late Emperor, with General Yelu Jurui, Central Plains Remnant Xu Huainan, Tuoba Bodhisattva, and Murong Baoding present, he was already in second place.
Next? Dong Zhuo subconsciously turned his head to look at Her Majesty the Empress.
In the large circle formed by the crowd, there was a cloth map spread, covering the southern part of Liyang’s capital city and the two major territories of Guangling Road. While Dong Zhuo was fighting with that old man Yelu Hongcai, the Empress had already discussed the next trend of the battlefield with several great generals, all of whom were optimistic about Western Chu’s short-term explosiveness, but they still did not think that Western Chu could be successful, and it was absolutely impossible to succeed in restoring the country, and the Empress was mainly asking her generals about the “short-term” exactly. The empress mainly asked the generals how short the “short term” was, a few months or half a year? Or can it be a stalemate until next fall? Then, under various possibilities, she asked the civil officials how many percent of the Liyang court’s treasury would be reduced. During the discussion of the general situation, there are several young people in Xichu also into the ears of the North Mang empress, especially Xie Xijian most, as many as four times, Kou Jianghuai followed by three times, so that the empress was aroused by the interest, but in the end, but only to a “born at the right time born in the wrong place, a pity” to end. The tent North Mang generals agreed that Cao Changqing presided over the eastern front, and Guangling King Zhao Yi’s battle, will still win, but the next key depends on the Liyang Zhao room to clean up the mess of the commander-in-chief, is full of constraints of the Lu Shengxiang, or in the face of danger of the Ministry of the Army, Lu Baijie, and even the possibility of a little more north of the North Mang’s heart of the big trouble, the big pillar state Gu Jiantang. In the opinion of the Order of the Peace, the Liyang court is too contemptuous of the Western Chu, and the Ministry of War without Gu Jiantang, compared to twenty years ago, the Liyang court’s speed of functioning, is simply a world of difference. However, Order of the Peace is also worried, saying that the more painful Liyang is beaten by Western Chu next, the more centralized and blazing the military power in Gu Jiantang’s hands will be in the future, and in the long run, it’s barely a mixed blessing.
Dong Zhuo did not get involved in this discussion with little dissent, when Fatty Dong saw that after Her Majesty the Empress raised her hand, not only the group of civil officials with three ranks at the very least, but also a large group of military generals who had originally been domineering and domineering, it can be said that almost everyone’s spirits were lifted, and Dong Zhuo also collected his expression, only to see the four wonderful female officials lifting up another map and laying it on top of the original map. When that detailed and extremely colorful map appeared in everyone’s field of vision, Dong Zhuo saw that even Yelu Hongcai, the tiger that had lost all its teeth, also narrowed his eyes and leaned forward slightly, gazing carefully at the map, which was three feet in length and three feet in width. Probably because of the weak eyesight, the old man slowly stood up, walked forward a few steps, North Mang up and down, only he can bring a retinue into the tent to participate in the deliberations, at that time, the attendant behind the Yelu Hongcai tried to help, was the old man waved his hand to refuse.
As Yelu Hong Cai solemnly got up, the vast majority of North Mang’s powerful nobles did not dare to sit any longer, but followed the old man to leave the embroidered pier together.
It was a big picture of the situation in Mangliang!
Originally, there were still a handful of people who did not stand up until Empress Murong stood up, and only then did they follow suit, the old woman’s face did not have the same leisurely look at the wind and clouds as before, and she said in a deep voice: ”I know that even now, there are still some people who want to fight the eastern front first, believing that as long as they eat up that eastern front which has yet to be fully formed in the hands of Gu Jiantang, then they will be able to drive southward to take over the Liyang Dynasty’s Tai’an City, thinking that this is the wise move to do once and for all.”
When these words came out, the atmosphere in the king’s tent was immediately grave, and there were a number of great generals and festival-holding orders whose faces were a bit ugly.
The old woman suddenly smiled to herself, “There are still people who think that the reason why I insist on fighting the western front is to be annoyed with Xu Snap, that guy who is already dead.”
Dong Zhuo couldn’t help but laugh out loud, and as a result, he was glared at by the big shots in the tent for a dozen times, and the unusual Northern Mang officials, who had long ago given in to fear, Fatty Dong tilted his head up and picked his nose, following the example of Yelu Hongcai.
The old woman continued to laugh: “You think so you think so, it does not matter, I only want to tell you one thing today, the decision to play the Western Front, can not be changed. Who opposes, can, I will give you one last chance, now leave this tent …….”
Soon there are several royal court old man coincidentally cold snort, together step, straight out of the king’s tent, these old people are not once the eagle on the grassland, each top of the Yelu surname, so far still hold a considerable amount of military power, in the shape of the Liyang dynasty’s clan vassal king. North Mang royal court system is already loose, each for their own, only in name to accept the emperor’s constraints, the old man, there is no lack of a dozen years ago did not participate in the battle with the northern expeditionary army of the Liyang, but even Her Majesty can not be so these years to settle scores. In the view of these old people, only to fight the eastern front, only profitable, the western front? Bei Liang’s 300,000 soldiers and horses, what can you do if you kill them all? Beiliang so a bird not shit place, not even as good as their own grasslands on the grasslands of those places, in the south march, is that the North Mang children are aware of the rugged roads of the Western Sichuan, is a never out of the unification of the Central Plains of the emperor of the land, is a North Mang iron horsemen must be dismounted to fight in the region, this all the way to fight the past, die a lot of people do not say, to the hands of the thing is less than pathetic, who is happy? Your old lady is willing to listen to that bullshit peace order encouragement, we do not accompany!
With these unruly and untamable “Lord Yelu” have stride away, the king’s tent, three out of ten gone, but fortunately, the South Dynasty territory of the order and the great generals did not leave, and even the Topaz Bodhisattva always stood at the side of the empress.
Yelu Hong Cai motionless, staring at the map, the old man did not move, there are seven or eight fifty or sixty years old big personage although stupid, but still patience to stay in the king’s tent.
Empress Murong’s expression remained unchanged, not even looking at those backs, two fingers pinched a piece of charcoal, looking at the map at her feet, stretching out a hand to press down, smiling: ”Let’s all sit down, as if we were sitting on the river and mountain in advance. After all, other than these few young lads of our Southern Court’s Great King, most of them are not young anymore.”
A group of people all sat on the edge of the map, the further away from the crone the courtiers, naturally sat on the Liyang version of the map, the southernmost one, even sat on top of the southern edict.
Waiting for all of them to “take their seats”, the empress joked: “I don’t know how to use the army, I only know that our Northern Mang millions of troops, should not be able to array in the Gusei dragon waist on the border of the two states, the specific matters, or by the Order of the Peace to say it is good.”
Order of the Peace nodded, carrying charcoal to the map, but did not walk straight to the Liangmang border line, but squatted down near the eastern line, drew a half-arc with the top of the arc facing the grassland interior, calmly said, “Western Chu restoration has restrained the troops of Liyang’s capital city, but Gu Jiantang’s tendency is to transfer to the south as well as to press on with his troops, but these two tendencies, does not mean that Liyang will But these two tendencies don’t mean that Liyang will definitely stand by and watch, and it’s unlikely that Liyang and Beilang will be able to put aside their old grudges. We are different from the Liyang court that thinks of occupying the greatest interest in everything, everything should be the worst possible plan, that is, according to take care of Jiantang’s troops to the north so that the bad situation of the two lines of echo to determine, therefore, the old general Yelu Hongcai, as well as Helyan Weiwu and Murong Bao Ding, two adults with the section order, with troops pretending to press the border, as long as the Gu Jiantang has the courage to come out, then we will take out the corresponding courage, and battle and retreat, then Retreat until on this arc drawn by myself, up to here, one step cannot be retreated!”
Helian Weiwu nodded his head, and Murong Baoding was silent.
The bony Yelu Hongcai looked at the arc and did not retort.
Order of the Peace paused for a moment and said in a flat tone, “We also have two lines to fight next, but not at the same time, the southern line is at the full disposal of the Southern Court King Dong Zhuo, and His Majesty will not interfere with a single soldier. But before that, the northern front, that is, our backyard of Beimang, is handed over to Great General Tuoba Bodhisattva, to clean it up. The object, is the major grassland tribes of those who walked out of the king’s tent just now.”
Yelu Hongzai’s eyes jumped, slowly raised his head, and hoarsely asked, “Your Majesty, isn’t it simple to kill them on the spot?”
The Northern Mang Empress smiled and shook her head, replying, “Too little.”