Chapter 447

After passing through qiu'an county is Luomu mountain, which is called by local people. In fact, Luomu mountain is a branch of langru mountain. The mountain is not high but steep. The grain and grass taken from the Chen family is enough for the team of 5000 people for a month, so Fang Xie can concentrate on the wolf milk mountain to meet the king of Xujun.

Although I am not familiar with this area, I have gradually found some familiar feelings.

After five days of marching, the troops entered the closing curtain mountain. Fang Xie decided to rest for a few days.

"When you cross the curtain falling mountain, you will be the rebel's West camp."

The soldier left by Cui Zhongzhen pointed to the map and said: "The rebel's Xida camp is presided over by Meng Wansui, one of the seven tiger generals under Li Yuanshan's command. When it was first established, Meng Wansui supported 200000 troops, and now there are only more troops. Meng Wansui's position in Li Yuanshan's army is higher than Yin Baoshan's. The terrain here is important, and Li Yuanshan's selection of him to guard shows that he attaches great importance to this person. And this person is very cautious in using troops, guarding cities and officials, and almost doesn't care Take the initiative to attack our men and horses on the wolf milk mountain. "

"Is he a man who does not seek merit but no fault?"

Asked Chen.

The soldier shook his head. After all, he didn't touch much.

"Rest today."

Fang Xie ordered: "send scouts across the mountain and explore carefully. See how big the area blocked by the rebel xidaying camp is. If you can go around, go around and try not to provoke. After all, it's hundreds of thousands of troops. If the area controlled by the rebel is too large, send someone to contact Princess Xu before discussing."

He waved his hand and said, "bring sun Kaidao up."

The soldier promised and went down to carry sun Kaidao out of the cage. He was locked up these days and took off a layer of human form.

"Humble duty to meet the general."

Sun Kaidao knelt down and the iron chain in his hand rattled.

Fang Xie found a place to sit down, glanced at sun Kaidao and asked, "you are a smart man. You don't need me to say. You know why I want to lock you up. Now the army is going to cross the Luomu mountain and the prison car can't pass. So you need to find a reason for your life. I'm not interested or energetic to let someone carry the cage."

"Humble position..."

Sun Kaidao really suffered a lot these days. He didn't have enough to eat and didn't wash his face. He looked particularly haggard and embarrassed. He looked up at Fang Xie and quickly hung his head down: "humble position pleads guilty... But humble position is really selfless! Humble position is wrong and didn't explain to the general."

"Say!"

Fang Xie looked at him and said.

"The Chen family is a big family in Luo County. Although their humble position is quite far away from qiu'an County, they have heard a lot about the Chen family. The general leads his troops to qiu'an county. If he wants food and grass, he can only think of the Chen family. If the general knows that the eldest daughter of the Chen family is married to the king of Xujun, will the general still send troops to the Chen family? Indeed, if the general visits the door, he may not be able to borrow food. But This is the handle! "

Sun Kaidao raised his head and said seriously, "what sun wants to help is a person who wants to achieve great things, not a common man who has the heart to plan great things but has no courage to achieve great things. Why is the general angry? First, it is because his humble position does not tell the truth. Second, it is because the general has a good personal relationship with the king of Xujun. Because of this second point, nine times out of ten, the general will not attack the Chen family."

"But have you ever thought about it, general? After the imperial army put down the rebellion, even if Princess Xu has made up a lot and made some contributions in the past two years, his majesty can't pretend to forget that 700000 troops in the west can be buried in the northwest. So what Princess Xu is doing now is just to barely save his life. At that time, it's impossible to take the title and demote him to the common people. Xi Although the defeat of the expedition is not on the king of Xujun, it can be blamed on him. "

"The Chen family also has a daughter who married Pei Guo, the prefect of luojun county. He is Li Yuanshan's loyal running dog. In order to keep himself, the Chen family didn't send less money and food to peiguo, otherwise peiguo would really be so kind to send two thousand rebels to guard the Chen family? In any case, the Chen family won't come to a good end after the war. If the general and the Chen family are involved... At that time, they will be exempted from credit, The most important thing is to lose his official position. Although the general is appreciated by his majesty, you should know that sometimes his Majesty's decisions are not entirely up to him. "

"Does the general know about the previous dynasty?"

Sun Kaidao's courage gradually increased. He looked Fang Xie in the eye and asked.

"What happened in the previous dynasty?"

Fang Xie asked.

"During the reign of the great Zheng Chongde of the former dynasty, the four big surnames rebelled. They occupied almost half of the territory of the great Zheng Dynasty. The great Zheng court almost exhausted its national strength in order to suppress the rebellion. Thousands of people were killed and injured in that rebellion. Countless people were killed and involved. But after the rebellion, the emperor of the great Zheng did not ask people to investigate deeply. Some people colluded with the rebels, but hastily closed the case. Not long after, The generals who have done meritorious service in fighting the rebellion have been denounced one after another. Emperor Da Zheng dismissed more than a dozen generals and killed eight people because of some trivial things! "

"These people have made great achievements in fighting against the rebels. The Emperor didn't reward them greatly. Why did he deal with so many people through some small things?"

Sun Kai road zhengse Road: "Because of the collusion with the rebels, almost all the aristocratic families of Dazheng were involved. It was because of the wide involvement that the emperor of Dazheng did not study deeply and did not dare to study deeply. The generals, who made great contributions, thought they deserved a great reward. But they forgot that they touched the interests of many aristocratic families when they countered the rebellion. These aristocratic families are not allowed to make contributions Chen's rapid rise. "

"Especially... People with poor family background like general you. In order to calm down, the emperor can only take these people with poor family background but outstanding military achievements. First, it is to appease those aristocratic families whose interests are touched. Second, it is because the emperor is worried that these generals will become a new scourge of the country!"

"In sun's opinion, Li Yuanshan will be defeated in the northwest war. But the imperial court will also be turbulent. Whether your majesty can control the overall situation at that time... It's still unknown to redeem sun! The general should know that such a major rebellion is inseparable from the support of aristocratic families. Who knows how many families are standing behind Li Yuanshan? The general will be more brilliant in the war against the rebellion at that time At that time, the more people want to get rid of the general. "

"To speak of treachery, the Sui Dynasty is at a crossroads now, and it will not be smooth to turn either way. If your majesty chooses to support the meritorious officials, then those aristocratic families that have been touched by interests will fight back with all their strength. At that time, the blood in the dark will be worse than that on the battlefield. If your majesty chooses to compromise with the aristocratic family, what about these meritorious officials? They will be willing "If they are unwilling, your majesty will have to make any decision in order to control the court. It just depends on which side your Majesty's knife points to."

"But in sun's opinion, with the general's current qualifications and prestige, he is one of the people who died in the front."

Sun Kaidao said, "sun knows some superficial ways of observing people. It can be seen that the general must not be ordinary, so sun will follow the general and intend to work for you. But because of this, sun can't watch the general go on the wrong road. For the Chen family, sun is wrong, not in the method, but in the way. If the general thinks sun's crime is unforgivable, he will deal with it at will."

"You're right."

Fang Xie waved his hand and said, "your fault is that you didn't straighten your position."

He walked over, helped sun Kaidao up and said in a low voice: What has the final say, "you know, in the past, you can see the future, but why not understand the way of life?" you read so many classics, but you can remember how many amazing people are falling down because of conceit and arrogance. When you follow me, the first thing you need to understand is that the team is what I am, no matter how many five thousand people are there or how many people will be there. 。”

Sun Kaidao's face changed and hung his head: "I understand your humble position."

Fang Xie took off a hairy grass from him, smiled and said, "you said you could see that I would be a great success in the future. Can you see what you would look like in the future?"

Sun Kaidao opened his mouth but stopped. He suddenly understood Fang Xie's meaning, so he bowed his head and said respectfully, "what will the humble position look like in the future? The humble position can't see or see it, because it's what the general sees."

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Fang Xie didn't intend to stay on Luomu mountain for too long. After all, Luomu mountain is a little desolate and the mountain is not suitable for garrison. However, Fang Xie was surprised by the news from the scouts!

Prince Xu, dead.

The scouts went over the mountain to inquire about the news. On the first day, they inquired about a major event. The Sui army on langrushan went out on a large scale and camped 20 miles away from the rebel West camp. It is said that the two sides have been fighting fiercely for more than a month. The Sui army is few, but they wear white clothes and fight bravely and are not afraid of death. They have won more than a dozen times in a row. Just because of the large number of rebel forces, although the Sui army is powerful, it can't attack.

The scouts reported that Yang Kai, king of Xujun, personally went down the mountain to investigate the enemy situation of the rebel xidaying camp. The rebel scouts found that the rebels surrounded the king of Xujun in a dilapidated village. The king of Xujun fought with his guards for an hour, but all of them were lost. Li Xiaozong took up the Sui army on langrushan, put on white clothes and white flags, and vowed to avenge the king of Xujun.

Now the Sui army in langrushan is under the command of Li Xiaozong!

This news is by no means a good thing for Fang Xie.

After knowing the news, Fang Xie immediately found the two soldiers left by Cui Zhongzhen and asked them to go back to see Cui Zhongzhen all night and ask what happened. If the Sui army was completely controlled by Li Xiaozong, Fang Xie had to make a choice.

In order to wait for Cui Zhongzhen's news, he stayed on Luomu mountain for six or seven days.

Cui Zhongzhen's personal soldiers came back and reported to fangxie that they had returned to the army and had not seen Cui Zhongzhen. It is said that Cui Zhongzhen was ordered to be locked up by Li Xiaozong because of the unfavorable battle. Although he has not been executed, he heard that he is in a very difficult situation. In addition, the personal soldiers heard one thing. It is said that after Cui Zhongzhen returned to Daying from Yongzhou, he learned that Princess Xu personally went to inquire about the rebel West Daying The enemy, without rest, took people to find the king of Xujun.

But he only met Li Xiaozong, who came back alone, and the body of the king of Xujun couldn't be brought back. After returning to the camp, Li Xiaozong discussed with Mou Liangbi, the Minister of the Ministry of military, about starting the army, but Mou didn't agree to send troops rashly. Li Xiaozong incited the soldiers and overhead Mou's military power.

Then, because of a small matter, Li Xiaozong killed all the people Cui Zhongzhen took with him that day. On the first day of sending troops, Li Xiaozong asked Cui Zhongzhen to attack the rebels with a man from the Zhechong camp. Cui Zhongzhen fought a bloody battle and killed more than 5000 enemies. However, Li Xiaozong said that he was not in a good fight and was suspected of communicating with the enemy, so he sent someone to detain him. If Cui Zhongzhen and WAN Yan Chongde, the son of northern Liao, hadn't been there The Department is excellent. If Wanyan Chongde interceded for him, he would have been beheaded by Li Xiaozong.

Now Mou Liangbi is losing power and Cui Zhongzhen is trapped.

The tens of thousands of Sui troops are in the hands of Li Xiaozong.

After hearing what Cui Zhongzhen said, Fang Xie's eyes flashed a sense of killing. Although it flashed away, it was particularly strong.

He stood up and engraved a sentence on the cliff of Luomu mountain with a Chaolu knife.

Old friends will meet

The blade goes deep into the stone and the pen is sharp.