Yi Song

Chapter 155 A sudden victory

"Your Majesty, Liu Erlang won a great victory in Nanjing!" Gao Qiu finally caught his breath and replied loudly.

"what!"

Zhao Ji, Cai Jing, Deng Xunwu, and Yu Shen were extremely shocked.

Three days ago, they were defeated in Nanjing City. The urgent news reached Bianjing yesterday, which aroused the anger of the officials. They issued a severe edict and required three days to defeat the enemy.

After one night, the officials figured it out and shouldn't be so harsh. They were about to draft an edict to recover the previous edict when they suddenly heard that Liu Erlang had won a great victory in Nanjing.

This is too child's play, just playing house!

"How to win?" Zhao Ji asked calmly.

"Your Majesty, Liu Erlang led his troops to attack Tian Wenbao's tribe at night the night before last. He captured the central army and beheaded more than 4,000 people. Nine of the puppet marshals of the Quartet and the eight-faced generals were killed. The leaders of the thieves chief Tian Wenbao and below were captured one hundred and ten The remaining people, including hundreds of thousands of men and women, were captured. I received an urgent military report from Nanjing at Chenliu and hurried back on horseback."

After listening to Gao Qiu's words, Zhao Ji couldn't help but swallowed several times.

Both Tian Wenbao and Tian Wenbao were captured, which meant that they had indeed won a complete victory and put an end to the civil unrest in Huaibei in one fell swoop.

“Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, the civil unrest in Huaibei was wiped out in less than twenty days from its inception to its end, which is unprecedented not only since the founding of the Song Dynasty, but also in all dynasties.

Liu Erlang said in the military newspaper that this is His Majesty's virtue that energizes the world, brings all the people back to their hearts, and is the destiny of the true dragon to control and transport the nine provinces. Xiaoxiao made trouble and capsized instantly. "

Zhao Ji is so beautiful that her nose is bubbling.

A handsome face, as happy as a picture of flowers blooming that he drew himself.

Deng Xunwu, the highest commander of the Song Dynasty's military forces present, lowered his head, drooped his eyes, thinking about himself, and said nothing.

Yu Shen glanced at Cai Jing, who was ashen-faced, and said, "There was a big defeat three days ago and a big victory the night before. Is the military report wrong?"

Gao Qiu sneered: "Three days ago in the first battle with the bandit army, Liu Erlang led the army and beheaded more than 400 people, injured nearly a thousand people, and also captured the head of Tian Wenbao's nephew, the pseudo-eight-faced general. Our side only suffered no more than 600 or 700 casualties. . At best, it can be considered as neither losing nor winning. How can it be called a big defeat?

If such a defeat occurred in the northwest, Hebei and Hedong, it would only take two or three years for the Hexi family to surrender without fighting and accept the land as vassal. The Northern Liao Dynasty took the initiative to offer Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, and Gan became a vassal of the Song Dynasty. How can such a result be called a defeat? "

Yu Shen's face turned livid. When Zhao Ji heard this, he repeatedly said yes.

That's right, we had nearly 800 casualties in exchange for 1,500 casualties in exchange for the rebels' casualties, one to two. How could such an exchange of battle losses be considered a loss?

The Song Dynasty has many soldiers and generals. If we exchange with Xixia and Northern Liao for two or three years, they will definitely not be able to bear it.

Look at the problem from another angle, it’s completely different!

Seeing Zhao Ji's happy expression, Cai Jing felt very irritable.

I really hate people like Gao Qiu who understand war and can tell everything. He also won the trust of officials, and what he said was believed by officials.

So before the discussion yesterday, I tried to get him out of Bianjing.

Now he's back.

Did Gao Qiu come back because he was overjoyed after receiving the good news, or did he sense that the situation had fundamentally changed and hurriedly came back to share the results?

Cai Jing thought to himself.

"Gao Qiu, did Liu Erlang say how he defeated Tian Wenbao?" Zhao Ji continued to ask.

"Replying to Your Majesty, Liu Erlang briefly mentioned in the military report that in the battle three days ago, he tested out the strength of the bandit army. While reorganizing and reorganizing the imperial army under his command, he personally led the Qingqi to observe the bandit army and enemy situation. Unexpectedly, he encountered the bandit army. The most elite Donghai Yicong in the army.

After a fight, it was discovered that the leader of Donghai Yicong was an old friend whom he had rescued when he went to sea for business. After some enlightenment and enlightenment, Donghai Yicong and others repented, decided not to go against heaven, and resolutely abandoned the darkness and turned to the light.

At the second watch the night before last, Liu Erlang led the Nanjing Forbidden Army with 5,000 troops, 2,000 Bianhe Zuo Guard Camp outside, and 800 Donghai Yi Cong inside, so as to cooperate with the inside and outside. Liu Erlang led his fresh troops to attack the bandits' central camp. The battle lasted until dawn, and the bandit army was defeated. As of noon yesterday, the results of the battle were counted.

Killed three pseudo-marshals from all directions, six generals from all directions, and more than 900 other thief chiefs, big and small, and captured the thief chief Tian Wenbao."

Gao Qiu recounted the situation written in the military newspaper. Zhao Ji couldn't help but jump off the throne and dance with excitement, just like a child in his thirties.

"Bless me from my ancestors! Queen Mingda appeared in the sky and gave me such a peerless general. There is civil unrest in Huaibei, so I will try my best. I will recover the sixteen states of Yanyun and Hexi in the future. I will comfort my ancestors and Huang Kao's ancestors. There is hope!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

Cai Jing also pinched his nose, followed Gao Qiu, Deng Xunwu, and Yu Shen, and sincerely congratulated Zhao Ji.

"Your Majesty, Erlang said at the end of the military report that he intends to escort Tian Wenbao and other rebel gangsters to Beijing to offer prisoners to Your Majesty."

Gao Qiu's words made Zhao Ji, who had just sat down, jump to his feet again.

"It's good to offer prisoners! When Huang Kao and Emperor Brother were in power, they all offered prisoners, and now I also offer prisoners. Good, good, good!"

Zhao Ji shouted three times in a row.

Tong Guan talked about "successive victories" in the northwest, but in fact it was hard to tell the winner. All he captured was a few Xixia shrimps, which he couldn't use at all, and he was really embarrassed to sacrifice them. Now there is civil unrest in Huaibei, with hundreds of thousands of people conquering several cities and threatening Nanjing. The establishment of a dynasty is unprecedented. He can be regarded as a first-class rebel leader and is qualified to offer prisoners in Bianjing to satisfy Zhao Ji's vanity.

"Pass the imperial edict, and order Erlang to escort the prisoners, and the squadron to return to the court, and present the prisoners in front of Xuande Gate."

"Yes!"

Cai Jing sat in the warm sedan chair returning home, feeling restless.

After ten battles, he tried his best to come up with a series of poisonous schemes, putting Liu Erlang in danger step by step. When he was about to take effect and close the net, he didn't expect him to suddenly rise up with thunderous momentum, and with lightning speed, he was defeated. Tian Wenbao.

All his designs came to nothing.

No, Liu Erlang's tricks don't stop there.

Cai Jing vaguely felt that something was wrong, mainly because in the past few days, he had been pressing harder and harder, and Liu Erlang had been too calm and forbearing at all times.

He was waiting for the opportunity to give himself a fatal blow.

Perhaps capturing Tian Wenbao is the key step.

Back at Zhileju in Taishifang, Cai Jing quickly called Cai Wanquan.

"Quan Weng, where did Ah Quan go?"

"As far as the master is concerned, he has gone out to do some business."

"What to do?"

"Sir, the New Year's gifts from Jingxi and Jinghu North and South Roads have been delivered. He will check and receive them."

"After returning from Huaibei, is there anything unusual about Ah Quan?"

Hearing Cai Jing's question, Cai Wanquan was shocked and quickly replied: "Sir, after Ah Quan returned from working in Huaibei, everything was normal and nothing abnormal."

Cai Jing thought about it, but still felt uneasy.

"Call him."

"Yes."

Half an hour later, Cai Wanquan returned to Zhileju with a livid face.

"Master, Ah Quan is missing."

Cai Jing stood up suddenly, his face turned black, and shouted angrily: "Missing? A big living person will disappear. Ah Quan, let me ask you, what the hell do you call missing?"

Cai Wanquan answered tremblingly: "Ms. Aquan said that he went out after breakfast and said he was going to Caihe Pier. But the people at the pier said they didn't see him today. I looked along the road and found him. People know where he went.”

"Disappeared after breakfast?" Cai Jing asked thoughtfully.

"Yes."

"In Bianjing, the only person who can live and die without seeing a corpse is the Imperial City Secretary. Why did Liang Shicheng arrest A Quan?"

"Master, on the way to search, I saw the Imperial City Secretary arresting Zhu Song."

"Zhu Song, Zhu Meng's eldest son?"

"Yes sir."

Cai Jing's face turned from black to white, "Where is Fifth Brother? Where did Fifth Brother go?"

"Sir, fifth brother went to attend a cultural gathering held by the three kings yesterday. He didn't come back all night. He said he wouldn't be able to come back until this afternoon."

"What time has it been? Return to Wenhui! Go quickly, go find him quickly."

"Yes, sir!"

As soon as Cai Wanquan walked to the door, he was stopped by Cai Jing.

"Quan Weng, forget it."

Cai Wanquan was startled and looked back.

Cai Jing sat languidly in an armchair, his face ashen, and his face was covered with wrinkles like ivy on the walls of a century-old house.

(End of this chapter)