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Chapter 451 Pingxingguan

After that day, Wang Xian no longer had time to fool around in Xiaojiangnan. He had to be busy with the preparations before the arrival of the army, but the progress was not going well... This is really self-inflicted.According to the regulations, the army of the Ming Dynasty was replenished nearby, and the crown prince led the young army to fight in Shanxi, and the chief envoy of Shanxi was responsible for the replenishment.But in Taiyuan City, from the chief envoy to the magistrate to the county magistrate, they were all arrested by Wang Xian. Now they are all deputy envoys, counselors, Tongzhi, county magistrates, etc., who are acting as government affairs agents, and they all push I have no right to open the warehouse to adjust grain, and can only wait for the court's clear order.

Wang Xian knew that on the one hand, this group of people was silent and did not dare to act rashly; on the other hand, he had offended them severely and took the opportunity to make himself look bad.But now that he is a general under the command of Shanxi Deputy General Soldier, he can no longer use the royal envoy's flag to scare people, and if they don't cooperate, he will do nothing.

Another major event was that the deployment of troops was not smooth. The soldiers from Shanxi and Datong refused to listen to Zhu Zhanji's order to dispatch them, and surrounded Guangling County first.It is impossible to be hasty in sending troops, and you have to discuss with His Highness before deciding on a strategy... As a result, both sides were pushed around. After waiting for more than half a month, His Highness Taisun has led the army into Shanxi, and Wang Xian's side is not that old yet. Progress... The only gain is that Zhang Xiang couldn't stand it anymore, and came forward to help him borrow five thousand shi for military rations.

Seeing Wang Xian's disgraced face during this time, Zhang Min dragged him to Xiaojiangnan to relax...Zhang Min and Pang Ying were still fooling around in Xiaojiangnan. The guy who is not very interested in female sex actually stays here with Second Young Master Zhang on the grounds that the affairs of the Xuan Mansion are over.

In fact, everyone knows that the purpose of his stay is to monitor Wang Xian and King Jin at close range...

Daoxiang Village in Xiaojiangnan.Wen Xiang Ruan Yu, Ying Sheng Yan Yu, Zhang Wei and Pang Ying took turns persuading him to drink, but Wang Xian really couldn't be happy.

"Brother, look at it more carefully," Zhang Yu advised, "They don't want to send money to send troops now, it's just to vent their anger, but when His Royal Highness comes down, they won't dare to make mistakes, and they have to obediently send people out." Food?"

"His Royal Highness has arrived and found that nothing is ready, why don't I leave?" Wang Xian said with a sad face.

"What's the big deal?" Pang Ying said with a smile, "Brother, you have contributed so much to the prince and grandson, so if you occasionally mess up an errand, what does it matter?"

Zhang Fu glanced at Pang Ying, and quickly comforted Wang Xian, saying: "Don't listen to him, it's the same for anyone who handles this errand, it doesn't matter if it's broken or not."

"Hey, Brother Pang is comforting me. How can I not know what is good or bad?" Wang Xian smiled bitterly: "Actually, I am not worried about myself, I am just worried that the lack of preparation will delay the grandson's suppression of the bandits. If it is delayed for a long time, the emperor will blame him." Grandson's."

"That would be great..." Pang Yingxin said, he had an indescribable distaste for Wang Xian, which was fine at first, but when he knew that Wang Xiancai had been a thousand householder for only a few months, and was promoted to be the governor again, Pang Zhenfu I'm not happy... He is 40 years old this year, and he has always been proud of himself from a grassroots to Jinyiwei Town.And Wang Xian also started from a grassroots, and now he has become a governor. The only difference is that he used it for 20 years, while Wang Xian only used it... for three years.

It's true that people are more angry than people. When Pang Ying saw Wang Xian's young and outrageous face, he became very angry.You have to be polite all day long on the face, can you not hold your breath in your heart?Now I finally got the chance to teach this kid a lesson in the tone of an elder.He touched the prostitute's breasts, laughed loudly and said, "Brother was worried about this, brother, let me tell you, you are worrying too much. Because Taisun's suppression of bandits this time cannot be won quickly. It's a miracle to put down Bailian in one year!" With a cough, he said, "You are so easy to wipe out the Bailian monster, and the elite soldiers in Xuanda and Datong have already wiped them out. When you arrive in Datong, you will know that this battle is really serious. Difficult to fight, only a long-term siege, cutting off its supply."

"Old Pang is right." Zhang Min also smiled and said, "This is a slow job. Don't be in a hurry at this moment. Thinking about this, my brother feels much better?"

Wang Xian was relieved by the two of them with your words and my words, and finally let go of his worries and showed a smiling face.In Daoxiang Village, obscene music sounded again...

From that day on, Wang Xian simply stopped worrying about getting angry. He should eat flower wine, eat flower wine, and sleep well. It really seemed that he had put military affairs aside.

The days passed day by day, and the new year passed in a blink of an eye. Zhu Zhanji will arrive in Taiyuan in a few days... Then Wang Xian got busy again, leading the guards to clean the barracks, buy new year's goods, and prepare for the young army to celebrate the new year in Taiyuan.

In that room, Zhang Wei and Pang Ying had been keeping a close eye on Wang Xian, and learned that he went to the street today to buy a lot of incense wax, paper codes, firecrackers, New Year pictures, etc. Ying laughed and said, "It seems that the grandson really plans to celebrate the new year in Taiyuan."

"What if we don't spend the New Year in Taiyuan?" Zhang Wei said with a smile: "Up to now, the military rations have not been found, and the army has not been found. Could it be that there are more than 1 soldiers and [-] stone grains to suppress bandits? It's just a joke."

"Yes." Pang Ying said with a sigh of relief: "I was worried at first, what if King Jin supported them, but now it seems that Zhu Jixuan has not completely lost his mind."

"Hehe..." Zhang Min chuckled and said, "As long as the King of Han beats and beats, he will know that it is impossible for him to have both ways."

"It seems that there is really nothing to worry about." Pang Ying said with a smile: "In this way, we can spend the New Year with peace of mind."

"Yeah, the sky is big and the earth is big, and Chinese New Year is the biggest." Zhang Min laughed lasciviously and said, "Lao Pang hasn't tried it yet, let's celebrate Chinese New Year in a brothel."

"Hahaha..." Pang Ying laughed loudly and said, "If it wasn't for the second son's blessing, I wouldn't have dared to think about it in this life."

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On the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, Wang Xian's imperial envoy Xingyuan has been changed to Taisun Xingzai.Wang Xian, Gu Xiaolian and all the brothers moved to the east courtyard, and vacated the main courtyard for His Royal Highness who was about to arrive.

In the study room at the back of the east courtyard, Wang Xian and Liu Zijin were sitting opposite each other. The latter still had a bundle and a sword by his hand, apparently about to leave.After Zhang Wudao uttered those two words that day, although Liu Zijin couldn't accept it for a while, after thinking about it, he also understood that this is the only choice at the moment... In fact, from the day Liu Zijin was taken down by Wang Xian, he accepted the imperial court's offer , is the only way out for him and his brother, but Wang Xian has not pierced the window paper for a long time, and he has been reluctant to think about these two words.

Under Zhang Wu's repeated persuasion, Liu Zijin finally agreed to accept the recruitment. This time he returned to Guangling County to contact a group of brothers who retreated to Pingxingguan.Before leaving, Wang Xian naturally wanted to meet him and give him instructions.

"Go back to Pingxingguan, and after recruiting your brothers, your only task is to guard there." Wang Xian ordered: "Pingxingguan is the southern gate of Guangling County. After the imperial court takes it back, the next step is to attack Guangling County. a lot of."

"Understood." Liu Zijin responded vaguely, glanced at him and said, "Is there anything else you want to say?"

"Don't think about seeking revenge from Yu Gui, Han Tiancheng and the others." Wang Xiandao: "You are not their opponent, everything will be discussed when I lead the army."

"Hmph..." Liu Zijin snorted, stood up and picked up his bag and sword: "Take care of my brother, I'm leaving!" Zhang Wu wanted to recover from his illness and had to be a hostage, so naturally he couldn't go on the road with him.

"Go." The so-called non-speculative words are more than half a sentence, which is a perfect description for these two, Wang Xian touched his nose helplessly, and watched this guy leave.

Liu Zijin first followed Zhou Yong and others to the military camp outside the city, and stayed in the military camp until dark, then took advantage of the cover of night and left Taiyuan.With the documents issued by Jin Wangfu, he traveled unimpeded all the way, and arrived outside Pingxing Pass a few days later.

At this time, the Inner Great Wall has not yet been built. The so-called Pingxingguan is just a dilapidated pass building on Pingxingling.

It's just that the ones stationed in Guancheng at the moment are a group of beggar-like soldiers who lack food and clothing.These soldiers are just a group of brothers loyal to Liu Zijin. At the beginning, Yu Gui and Han Tiancheng hunted down their leader as soon as they came up, causing them to be leaderless and in chaos. Although they resisted bravely, they were still defeated one by one. , retreated to Pingxingguan, and took advantage of the dangerous terrain to stabilize his position.

But they escaped in a hurry and did not bring any supplies. There was some food in Pingxingguan, but it was burned by Han Tiancheng's spies... The reason why Han Tiancheng didn't attack Pingxingguan immediately was that it might cause too much loss. The second is to wait for the people in Guancheng to starve to death.

Sure enough, more than [-] people guarding the Pingxing Pass wanted to go down the mountain to grab grain, but the government with a radius of hundreds of miles had already fortified the walls and cleared the fields, and the common people hid in the city, and there was no grain at all.It's freezing and snowy right now, and I don't even have to eat any wild vegetables and leaves. I quickly boiled and ate the leather belt and leather armor, and even pulled out the lint from the cotton-padded clothes and ate them.In the end, I had no choice but to dig grass roots and turn snow into water to cook soup, but it was better than nothing... Within ten days, everyone was dizzy from hunger, and after a few days, they could only lie down all day, lingering.

At about the end of the fire, Han Tiancheng led an army of [-] to forcibly beat Xingguan.To his great surprise, closing the group of guys who were about to starve to death actually repelled the attacks of several times the enemy. It is difficult, but in Han Tiancheng's view, as long as his subordinates can climb the pass city, they can regain the Pingxing pass. How can they be beaten back again and again?
The siege caused great losses. In the past ten days, two or three thousand soldiers have died in the pass. This has dealt a great blow to the morale of the Guangling County army. I don't want to fight anymore.

　And ha.

　　
　
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