Nightwatcher Chapter 663

Published at 21st of April 2023 06:35:22 AM

Wengcheng, Baisha County.

Qi Guangbo, dressed in a military uniform and a scarlet cloak, stands in front of the map of Qingzhou supported by a shelf and looks at it attentively.

Behind him are the generals of the battalions of the Yunzhou army. Ji Xuan, wearing armor and a sword on his waist, sits in the first place on the left.

The generals looked relaxed. Although they kept quiet, they were full of joy.

In just three days, the nine counties on the border of Qingzhou were uprooted and the first line of defense was completely defeated, giving the army a solid back.

Looking at the map, Qi Guangbo said faintly, "you are in a good mood. It's a great victory. You might as well get drunk tonight."

The generals were stunned and looked at each other in silence, and no one picked on them.

Qi Guangbo told his deputy general: "tell me about the situation in the city."

The deputy general got up, looked around at the generals at the table, and said in a deep voice:

"before the retreat of the garrison in Qingzhou, they burned the grain and grass in the granaries all over the city. At the same time, a large number of quilts and cloth were burned. In addition, the rich, merchants and rich families in the city had already been withdrawn in advance. Now there are only hungry poor people and refugees in Baisha County.

"The other nine counties are all like this."

"What?"

The generals were surprised.

The deputy general continued:

"before that, the governor's office of Qingzhou had ordered to build a strong wall and clear the countryside. The villages outside the city were empty, and there was no food left."

Qi Guangbo, who turned his back on the public, sighed: "what a Yang Gong. He is kind but not in charge of the army. I didn't expect that he was more cruel to the people. Are you still in the mood to drink? "

The generals were silent.

They are playing the Qingzhou border defense, with the back plate, but whether it is stable, it is difficult to say.

Ji Xuan pondered:

"at the beginning, Yang Gong didn't intend to stick to the nine counties on the border. He evacuated the rich families ahead of time, leaving only the refugees and the poor. He intended to leave this mess to us."

Qi Guangbo pointed to the map of Qingzhou and nodded:

"Qingzhou stretches thousands of miles, and there is plenty of space for him to move around. Why should he stick to the border? Now that the imperial court's reinforcements have not arrived, he has chosen to entangle with us rather than fight to the death, which is the right approach.

"It's a wonderful way to treat people in their own way."

When attacking the city and pulling out the stronghold, I hope the worse the situation of the other party, the better. It's better to run out of ammunition and food and refugees everywhere.

But once the city is occupied, all the rebels have to do is to maintain stability. If there are riots in these places, they will delay.

Of course, for the purpose of plundering, these can be ignored, and it is a big deal to kill all the people.

This kind of situation only applies to foreign invasion. If the rebels in Yunzhou want to gather the hearts of the people and occupy Dayi, they can not do so.

"He wants to drag us down with the poor and the refugees. Hum, the siege militia are dead and wounded this time. These are excellent sources of troops."

Said one of the generals.

Any strategy has two sides.

Ji Xuan took a look at him and said, "Yang Gongjian's wall is clear, burning grain and grass. If he doesn't leave us a grain of rice, our Zizhong pressure will multiply greatly. This is cutting meat with a blunt knife, slowly consuming our knowledge. Of course, we are not afraid. "

Yang Gong's goal is very obvious. He wants to weaken the strength of the rebels in Qingzhou as much as possible.

All the generals here are smart and experienced. It's not difficult to figure out this problem.

Qi Guangbo said faintly: "the national master has been preparing for many years and has a deep foundation. How can it be consumed by little Qingzhou? It's just a good way to publicize the reputation of our volunteers. "

The generals laughed at each other.

Qi Guangbo said, "it's time for the monks and soldiers of the western regions to come on stage. I've sent someone to ask for instructions from the national division."

The Chief Secretary of Qingzhou.

In the backyard, the round table in the hall is full of delicious food. Lina and Xu Lingyin lie on the table, eating and drinking.

The faces of the master and the apprentice are the same, bulging into buns.

"If I eat fish and bacon every day, I have to squat in the toilet for a long time." Lina said rude words without any psychological burden, even though she had delicate features.

The ship was short of fresh fruits and vegetables.

"Master, I can poop." Xu Lingyin announced in a loud voice that he was more powerful than Shifu.

"Shall we leave some for Erlang brothers?"

Lina's mouth says that, but she swallows food faster.

On the way to Qingzhou by boat, Xu Erlang's mentors Zhang Shen and Li mubai came to Qingzhou and brought their disciples to Qingzhou first.

Of course, it was impossible for Xu Erlang to let Lina and Lingyin stay on the boat, so he set out together.

"Two pots, two pots are not hungry."

Xu Lingyin forcibly defines Xu Erlang.

"If you're not hungry, there's no way..."

Lina said seriously.

Chamber of the chief secretary.

Xu Erlang took a cup of blue and white tea, sipped the hot tea, and kept silent.Yang Gong, the governor of Qingzhou, who is the head of the lihuamu long table and sits in a Fei robe, is a Ziyang resident who came from Yunlu academy and enjoys a good reputation in the Central Plains.

He hasn't slept for half a decade, and his face is tired, but his eyes are still sharp and his spirit is still strong, as if he has endless power.

"... this is the current situation in Qingzhou. The border has not been held."

Yang Gong finished his long speech, picked up the tea cup, moistened his throat, and looked to Zhang Shen:

"what do you mean?"

Among the two students who came all the way to work as aides, Zhang Shen majored in the art of war, which is the talent Yang Gong badly needs.

Zhang ShenHan said: "if I were you, I would not let those rich merchants and gentry leave. The rebels would choose to support the war with war. The day they break the city is the time when their families are destroyed.

"If you don't want to destroy your home and kill people, then help to defend the city, so as to consume the rebel forces. However, this was when the imperial court had reinforcements. Ziqian, you have done a good job in this compromise. "

As he said this, he looked at the proud disciples, thought about the examination, and said with a smile:

"farewell, please analyze the situation in Qingzhou."

The magistrate of Qingzhou, the commanding envoys, the probationary envoys, the civil servants and the military generals under their command all came to the fore.

Xu new year is not stage fright, straight back, eyes slowly swept the crowd:

"I think, Qingzhou can keep how long, how to keep, first of all, you adults should understand three points.

"One: the environment of Yunzhou!

"In Yunzhou, the climate is humid and warm, the land is fertile, and every household has surplus grain. In addition, there are countless salt fields behind the ocean. In the past 20 years, the opposition party has secretly eroded the water transport yamen of the imperial court, and secretly transported countless iron ores. There is no shortage of salt, iron and grain.

"In such a rich land, envoy Yang Buzheng wants to use the refugees and the poor to bring down each other. It's just a drop in the bucket."

"According to Lord Xu, Yang Bu's strategy is not right?" The magistrate of Qingzhou frowned.

Xu Xinnian shook his head: "naturally, Yang Buzheng's strategy will not go wrong, but the focus should be changed, not to drag them down, but to fight their elite."

He looked at the map of Qingzhou and Yunzhou posted on the wall behind Yang Gong and said in a deep voice:

"let's go back to Yunzhou. Do you remember the nickname of Yunzhou?

"Bandit state!

"Since the emperor Gaozu, Yunzhou has been occupied by the rebellious Party of the previous dynasty, incarnating as a mountain bandit. For 600 years, the banditry in Yunzhou has not been solved.

"Do you remember how many people there were in Yunzhou when the yellow book was rebuilt last time?"

The officials looked at each other, and no one knew.

They are officials of Qingzhou. How can they know about Yunzhou.

Yang Gong knocked his fingers on the table, swept the officials with some dissatisfaction, and said slowly:

"the last time was in the 30th year of Yuanjing. There were 830000 households with a population of about 3.5 million recorded in Yunzhou."

This is eight years ago.

Xu Erlang arched his hand and continued calmly:

"if you remember correctly, every time the yellow book is rebuilt, the population of Yunzhou is decreasing sharply. This is the price of banditry. "

By this time, the officials had understood what he wanted to say.

"The population limits the number of their troops, and in the past few decades, training and training have been carried out on the sly." Xu Erlang tapped his fist on the table, and his voice was loud:

"the shortage of elite soldiers is the biggest flaw of the opposition party. Regardless of the cost, we will try our best to use up their talents. That's what we have to do

"That's right!" The crowd nodded slowly.

Zhang Shen, Yang Gong and Li mubai look at each other and smile.

Xu new year stretched out two fingers and said: "two: fighting power!

"Extraordinary combat power is a factor that cannot be ignored in a war. Sometimes, an extraordinary strong man can even reverse the victory or defeat in a conventional battle."

The reason why he used the "conventional" campaign is that there are super large-scale campaigns in the world, such as the Shanhaiguan campaign.

That kind of war sweeping all the major forces in Kyushu, it is very difficult for a super strong person to turn the war situation around. It is not that the super is not strong enough, but that there are too many super experts entering. It is not surprising.

Of course, it's another matter if it's super grade or yipinwufu.

Li mubai suddenly asked, "who is the commander of the enemy?"

Yang Gong said: "surname Qi, name Guangbo, a nobody."

Zhang Shen brow tip a pick: "nobody command the three armed forces?"

Yang Gong said slowly: "nameless doesn't mean no talent. On the contrary, this man was extremely powerful. He sent troops to drive out the refugees, and then let the experts wander among the refugees to paralyze the garrison and easily approach the city wall. Huangling County, in the border area, was caught unprepared. After only one day, it was destroyed. "

Zhang Shen said with a sneer: "the general who guards the city is kind-hearted and soft hearted. Let the refugees get close to him and be punished!"Qingzhou commander Zhou Mi sighed: "I have died in duty."

Li mubai said: "that is to say, I don't know whether the coach is extraordinary for the moment."

Yang Gong said: "well,

" except for the karoshu Bodhisattva and Xu Pingfeng, who are in charge of the control and supervision, there is no transcendence among the rebels for the time being. However, it is very likely that it is hidden and has not come out. "

As a master of the four grades of Confucianism and a famous scholar in the Central Plains, Yang Gong has no obvious defects and shortcomings in talent and character.

Arrogance over the enemy will not happen to him.

"There is no shortage of extraordinary experts in the imperial court." Xu Xinnian said.

At this moment, it was not sun Xuanji who was in charge of Tianjian, but Xu Qi'an who was famous as cooking oil.

"The third point is reinforcements!"

Xu Xinnian's face was solemn: "I mean the reinforcements of both sides. Buddhism and Yunzhou rebel party have colluded, so the armies of the western regions will invade the border sooner or later. "

"Once the imperial court is forced to fight on two fronts, the reinforcements and military supplies available to Qingzhou will be greatly reduced. On the other hand, the rebels in Yunzhou are just like a tiger. This is also related to the second issue of combat effectiveness. "

As soon as the atmosphere in the conference hall was over, everyone frowned, and there was worry in their eyes.

The rebels in Yunzhou are fierce, and the refugees in the central plains are in disaster. It is difficult for Qingzhou to stop the rebels.

Now we have to face the invasion of the western regions. Under the dual battle of the imperial court, we certainly can't take Qingzhou into consideration, because Buddhism is well known to the public.

There may even be a situation in which Qingzhou is still fighting hard and the western region troops are fighting in the capital.

"If only we could make the armies of the western regions dare not invade the border." Qingzhou prefect sighed.

As a general, commander Zhou chuckled in his heart. If Duke Wei was alive, he might make Buddhism afraid of fighting.

Now Dafeng, who can let Buddhism fear?

Even if you are in charge of Buddhism, you are not afraid of it, because there is no shortage of top experts in this huge thing that dominates the western regions.

But such as Wei Yuan, a rare talent in the world, there are only a few in Kyushu.

"It's a dead end!"

Li mubai, who is good at chess, shakes his head slowly: "we can't restrain Buddhism. It's inevitable for Buddhism to March eastward."

Yang Gong slowly breathed out a breath: "therefore, what we have to do is to spare our lives and try our best to get rid of the elite of the rebels. I'll leave the rest of the matter to you. "

There is no choice.

"As soon as Duke Wei died, Yunzhou rebelled against the party, and the Buddhists in the western regions deceived us. No one in the Central Plains broke the alliance and turned against each other. But we have nothing to do... "The magistrate of Qingzhou is very sad.

In the new year, Xu was silent, the Buddhism in the western regions was strong, and there were many soldiers, and there were arhat Bodhisattvas in charge of alantuo. These huge things could not be controlled by intrigue.

At this time, he suddenly saw that there were two more people in the corner of the conference hall. One was dressed in white, with plain appearance, temperament and height. The other man, Lei Gong, has ugly features like a monkey. His eyes are blue and clear, as if he can see through the heart.

"Brother sun, why are you here?"

Xu was surprised in the new year.

He knew the second disciple of prison.

When did he come?... Yang Gong and others were stunned and turned to look at each other.

Yuan HUFA glanced at the crowd and then said:

"their hearts told me: who is this? Why is he here? Sun Xuanji? Isn't there a normal disciple of the supervisor? "

Yuan HUFA, surprised, quickly turned away from the relationship, pointed to Xu Xinnian and said, "he said the last sentence."

Xu Xinnian

PS: the author said that there are colored eggs, which should be changed first!

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