Dao Fruit

On the outskirts of Qizhou Prefecture, there are continuous military camps. !

The soldiers in the camp were walking among them, each carrying an evil spirit and a murderous aura, and they gathered together to form a faint beast on the top of the camp with teeth and claws!

This beast is ready to move, restless, and its blurry eyes are looking southward, showing a hungry look.

This is the symbol of an elite that has been tempered by blood and fire. Everyone in the army cannot be underestimated. When combined together, the threat is greatly increased. If there are enough people, even the monks at the fourth level will not dare to contempt.

And the shadow of this ferocious beast is a manifestation of the subconsciousness and will of the soldiers in the army, showing that they are not satisfied with the current achievements and achievements, they are still hungry, and want to get more military achievements in the south!

However, at this time, someone in the army tent was angry.

"Return to the army? Don't go south? Isn't this nonsense!"

Boom!

Inside the big tent, a strong man who was eight feet tall slapped the table in front of him, breaking the table into two pieces. The remaining force continued to fall to the ground, causing the whole ground to shake slightly. For a moment.

The beard on this man's face changed, his brows were furrowed, and his eyes were wide-eyed, making people fearful when he saw him, and he looked fierce.

He is also well-known in the north. He is a military envoy of the Hue Army, and his name is "Wu Siping". His experience has some twists and turns, and is legendary.

It is said that he was a big thief before he joined the army. Later he met a man he thought was an immortal and received his advice, saying that he had a great destiny and should join the army. Later, after Wu Siping thought about it, he actually surrendered himself and was arrested. He was imprisoned, but because the late emperor had a son and granted amnesty to the world, he left the prison and returned to the army. In the end, he became a military governor.

However, after becoming a Jiedushi, his temper has not changed. He is reckless and can't hold back his words. He can't hide his words in his heart. If something doesn't go his way, he will immediately complain.

Now, as an imperial edict is passed into the camp, wait for the person who passed the edict to leave. Wu Siping exploded immediately. In fact, if someone hadn't winked secretly, he would have exploded while the person delivering the order was still there.

From the side, a clear voice sounded: "Brother Wu, this is an imperial edict. How can we, the generals, criticize it so easily?"

The person who speaks. He is a middle-aged man in his forties, handsome in appearance, but with a serious look on his face, looking at a file in his hand. Shake his head slightly.

Wu Siping immediately frowned and retorted: "Brother Lu, what you said is wrong. Isn't there a sentence in the military book? When generals are outside, military orders are not obeyed. It can be seen that if the orders are issued randomly, we can also do it. Reasonable.”

The man he called Brother Lu was named Lu Meng and held the position of Tianping Jiedushi.

The Tianping Army and the Hue Army were mobilized by the imperial court to go to the south to put down the White Lotus Rebellion. They had previously been fighting on the front line in northern Xinjiang.

Speaking of which, in this national war in Northern Xinjiang, all the military towns along the northern line participated, and the military towns slightly to the north also mobilized soldiers and horses. For example, the Hue Army and the Tianping Army were located in Hebei Province and Hebei Province respectively. The boundary of Shandong Province is not close to the northern front line. Along with these two armies, there are military towns such as Tianxiong Army and Baoyi Army.

These military towns were bathed in the flames of war in the Northern Territory War, and the spirits of the soldiers were also different. Wu Siping and Lu Meng had made great achievements, and the soldiers and horses under their command were full of combat power. The imperial court wanted to mobilize the troops to go south. Among the first few military towns that came to mind, their troops were at the forefront.

This is also the base camp of the two military towns, which is quite close to the south - the Hue Army is stationed in Cangzhou Prefecture, while the Tianping Army is in Danzhou. The soldiers and horses passed by, took a short rest, and then arranged the logistics matters, and followed. Gathered in Qizhou, waiting for further orders from the court.

They also knew that the emperor wanted to "conquer personally" in this matter.

Wu Siping even scoffed at this, because after seeing the scope of the so-called personal expedition, he realized that the so-called personal expedition was just a formality, and it was impossible for the emperor to go to the real battlefield.

However, even a rough guy like Wu Siping knew that it was really dangerous for the king of a country to personally participate in the battlefield, and any rational officials in the court would not agree.

On the opposite side, Lu Meng shook his head and said: "The situation where military orders are not accepted is when it comes to the battlefield and strategic layout. The generals need to know the situation better than the people behind them, so some random lives will be blocked. But He is still being mobilized, and he is not subject to military orders at this time, and it is not much different from treason. "

Compared with Wu Siping, Lu Meng has more background. He was born in a noble family. Behind him, the Lu family has a long inheritance and its influence spreads all over the government and the public. For example, during the famine in Hebei Province, the imperial envoy Lu Yang who worked for relief was Lu Meng. He is a member of the family, but he is not from the same family as Lu Meng.

Wu Siping suffocated slightly, then continued: "Even if what you said is reasonable, doesn't it mean that the emperor's golden words have no reason to take back what he said? Why are you breaking your words before you leave?"

Lu Meng was speechless as he listened. He glanced at the surrounding generals and noticed that everyone was watching their eyes, nose, mouth, and heart. He breathed a sigh of relief and then said, "This can only be said. Talk about it here, never outside.”

He also knew that Wu Siping was actually grieving for the soldiers. After all, he ignored the credit for the northern Xinjiang and went south to quell the rebellion. As a result, before they had even crossed the river, as soon as they had assembled, the court changed their mind and told them not to go south. Rest and rest.

You can't do it in the north, and you can't go in the south. Anyone else would inevitably feel resentful.

"I'm not stupid, how could I say it outside?" Wu Siping shook his head and was about to say more, but Lu Meng had already thrown the file in his hand.

Snap!

After Wu Siping received it, he asked doubtfully: "Brother Lu, what are you doing?"

Lu Meng said: "Aren't you curious why the emperor suddenly changed his mind? After reading this, you will know that the imperial edict is just an order. Our army has also compiled some of this detailed information and situation and recorded it here. I I just got it, you might as well take a look.”

"Oh?" Wu Siping heard the words, lowered his head to look, but then touched his head, "Good guy, there are quite a lot of words here. I, Lao Wu, only know a few of them. What do you think? Erlang, come here and tell me "Nian Nian."

As soon as he said this, many soldiers and generals in the tent showed helpless expressions, and even Lu Meng couldn't help but shake his head.

Then, a young man stood up from the end of the generals. He had a strong back and a bearded face. He walked over directly after receiving the order.

Those present here today are all high-level generals from the two military towns, who are considered close confidants of the two Jiedushi, and this young general is the second son of Wu Siping.

When Wu Siping was young, he was a thief and had never learned to read. He joined the army as a pawn and fought all day long, so he did not need to be literate. But later as his military rank increased, he had to learn to read. Unfortunately, as he got older, his literary thoughts solidified. , his mind was not on it, and he certainly didn’t learn it quickly. Once there were too many words, he didn’t recognize them. Fortunately, he had his own status, but he paid great attention to his sons. His sons did not say they read poetry and books, but they knew how to read and read. It has no influence. When something happens, he will ask his son to read it to him.

Wu Erlang was not polite, he brought the file, and ignored the crowd around him, he immediately let go of his voice——

"... After breaking into the Shu army, he sent his army eastward, crossed the Chu land and reached the river."

What was written above was clearly about Qiu Yan. After a few sentences, he made it clear that Qiu Yan defeated the Shu White Lotus Army.

"Good fellow! It turns out that it was Academician Qiu who took action, and the tens of thousands of thieves who entered Shu were wiped out in one fell swoop!" Hearing this, Wu Siping clicked his tongue in praise, with an expression of pride on his face, and he was obviously going to Qiu Yan regards him as one of his own.

On the other hand, Lu Meng shook his head slightly and said, "Since we mentioned Bachelor Qiu, the reason why I can't wait to go south is related to this person." There was a distinct flavor in his words.

This is actually the ambivalent attitude that military strategists have towards Qiu Yan now.

Since the birth of military classics, Qiu Yan's relationship with military strategists has been extraordinary. Some people regard him as a representative of military strategists. However, because of the subsequent reform of the military system, he has touched the interests of military strategists and is vaguely hostile.

This kind of closeness and hostility caused a change in the military strategist's attitude towards Qiu Yan. However, things in the world are not black and white, and there is no accurate definition. Therefore, Qiu Yan's attitude towards Qiu Yan is also quite controversial within the military strategist. differentiation.

On the other hand, many people here already know about Qiu Yan's achievements in Shu. Even people like Wu Siping who don't pay much attention are still surprised.

After being reminded by Lu Meng, Wu Siping also turned around and asked his son to continue reciting.

"... led the army to attack the camp, and took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness. He first entered the camp with surprise troops, and the rear army filled the trench with haystacks, causing the White Lotus bandit's defense to collapse. Then he set fire to the camp. Under attack from both inside and outside, he killed eight thousand enemies. , countless troops were routed, the bandits were defeated, and the leader of the bandits, Zhao Hong, fled in a hurry..."

Hearing this, not to mention Wu Siping, even the other generals showed surprise.

"I remember that the White Lotus bandit army originally had 50,000 soldiers and horses in the camp along the river. Later, they broke through the imperial camp and collected the surrendered troops. A rough calculation showed that there were at least 140,000 soldiers!"

"Yes, there are 140,000 people, even if most of them are surrendered troops, it will be difficult to organize them in a certain way. With Zhao Hong's ability, it is not difficult to turn them into combat power."

"That's exactly what happened. Not to mention that the White Lotus Sect's own soldiers and horses broke through Hu Laohou's military formation. The damage to themselves was minimal, which shows that they are elite. However, they were defeated by Bachelor Qiu's 5,000 soldiers and horses!"

"This Bachelor Qiu is truly worthy of being the person who wrote the classics on military strategism!"

The intelligence from the south has been circulated among the army, and they all know the number of soldiers and horses led by Qiu Yan. They are also familiar with the traitor general Zhao Hong.

Precisely because you know more, you will be even more surprised when you hear the news.

At this time, Wu Erlang also calmed down his surprise and continued to read: "Xueshi Qiu led the army to pursue the victory and defeated three battalions in a row. The bandits fled, and the bachelor led the army to pursue again..."

"Chasing again?"

Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed. (To be continued...)

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