The reason why Yang Chongqing deliberately pretended to be ill was that Yang Chongqing was also a smart person. He realized that although he had made a lot of contributions, Shangguan Hongyuan was wary of him and asked Chen Jingyu to arrange it at his home. Many spies from the Supervision Department were watching his every move all the time...
Therefore, Yang Chongqing had long realized that Shangguan Hongyuan did not trust him that much, so he deliberately pretended to be ill in order to avoid being shocked by his achievements.
This is also a knot in Yang Chongqing's heart, and the seven names recorded on the small note that Murong Lun asked Murong Fan to send are the secret stakes arranged by the Supervision Department against Yang Chongqing. Murong Yuliang wants to untie Yang Chongqing's knot. , only in this way will Yang Chongqing's worries be reduced in the future!
However, as the saying goes, the two sides did not completely trust each other, so Murong Lun also felt that it was necessary to save a hand as a means to deal with Yang Chongqing in the future, so he also had reservations on the list!
"Uncle, what are you going to do next?" After thinking for a while, Murong Fan tentatively asked:
Faced with Murong Fan's inquiry, Murong Lun did not give an answer, but asked calmly:
"Fan'er, if you were me now, what would you do?"
Murong Fan didn't say anything when he heard this, but his eyes flashed with deep hatred. Seeing this, Murong Lun not only shook his head.
He knew that Murong Fan wanted to overthrow the Shangguan family, and his nephew was the best among the family's descendants, both in terms of knowledge and skills!
However, Murong Fan has a fatal flaw, that is, Murong Fan is a bit narrow-minded...
On that day, Shangguan Hongyuan sent troops to surround Murong's mansion. Although there was no danger in the end, when they were surrounded by the army, Murong Yidou arranged for several family members like Murong Fan and others to prevent the whole family from being taken over. Young talents sneak out quietly. If the family encounters misfortune, they can continue the family's incense.
But it is a pity that Murong Fan and others did not escape as they wished. When they escaped, they were caught by the Forbidden Army soldiers and were beaten violently. Murong Fan resisted the most and was also beaten the most severely. He almost died. All gone
Although the imperial doctor was hired to save his life in the end, Murong Fan also lay in bed for nearly a month, eating, drinking, and defecating in bed before he slowly recovered.
After experiencing this incident, Murong Fan completely hated the Shangguan family! I always want to take revenge on the Shangguan family!
Murong Lun shook his head and said:
"After experiencing Shi Huairen's rebellion last time, the ministers in the court are now frightened. They are all worried that Shangguan Hongyuan is repeating his old tricks. So now even if we release the news that Shangguan Hongyuan is dead, they will not You may not believe it!”
"Secondly, it was uploaded that the old guy Hongyuan made full preparations for Shangguan Changgong before he died. Now the more than 100,000 people in the Forbidden Army are all under the control of Shangguan Changgong. Without a knife handle, what can we do to keep up with the officer? Gong Zheng?"
"Why do we have to fight with Shangguan Zhang Gong in the end..."
Hearing his uncle's last words, Murong Fan's expression changed as if he heard something beyond the meaning. At this moment, Murong Lun patted Murong Fan on the shoulder and said sincerely:
"Fan'er, you almost died in their hands. Even though you are cured now, the root cause of your illness is gone. These uncles all know that you do have reason to hate them. The uncle is not going to tell you to forget your hatred and follow the official family to turn the fight into friendship. Such words!"
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"But what uncle wants to tell you is that in everything you do, you must put the interests of the family first, and remember not to act out of anger!"
"Although Shangguan Changgong is the son of Shangguan Hongyuan, the father and son are completely different in terms of their personalities and the way they behave!"
"Shangguan Hongyuan is that kind of arrogant hero. He is strong and domineering and will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. When facing him, you must either surrender to him or die at his hands. There is no third way!"
"But compared with Shangguan Hongyuan, Shangguan Changgong is even more of a humble gentleman. He can tolerate different opinions and is willing to listen to other people's advice. His methods are relatively gentle. He is not as vicious as Shangguan Hongyuan, who always disagrees with his words. I’ll kill your whole family!”
"So dealing with Shangguan Changgong is much easier than dealing with Shangguan Hongyuan! At least your life safety is relatively guaranteed..."
Murong Fan seemed to have thought of something when he heard this. After hesitating for a moment, he asked:
"Uncle, what kind of person is Ye Mingsheng in your eyes?"
Facing such a question from Murong Fan, Murong Lun also fell into thinking. After a cup of tea, he slowly said:
"I have never met Ye Mingsheng, so I am not familiar with Ye Mingsheng!"
"But judging from the letter your second uncle sent me, the words "Eagle Eyes Wolf Gu" are quite appropriate to describe him. If Shangguan Hongyuan is like a ferocious tiger, then Ye Mingsheng is like a hungry wolf! A wolf king who rules the pack!"
"In terms of personal ability, ten Ye Mingsheng together are not as good as one Shangguan Hongyuan!"
"But this person also has an advantage, that is, he is self-aware and knows how to handle people well!"
"Ye Mingsheng knew that he was incompetent, so he never gave blind orders on the battlefield and handed over all the command rights to the generals below. This is how the Fengwu Army's Lien Chan and Lianjie were established. In terms of internal affairs, he also relied heavily on Cui Shao. , Gu Sansi and others, use them to support the operation of the government!"
"In terms of personal style, General Lai is as strong as Shangguan Hongyuan, but he is not as domineering and ruthless as Shangguan Hongyuan. Unlike Shangguan Hongyuan, he will kill your whole family if he says he will, no matter how many years you have followed him. No matter how much credit I have made for him, I don’t show any mercy at all..."
"If Shangguan Hongyuan is the commander-in-chief of the Fengwu Army now, and Ye Mingsheng leads the Luo'an court, I believe Shangguan Hongyuan will do something more ruthless and cruel than Ye Mingsheng!"
"Because his personal abilities are very mediocre, Ye Mingsheng is better at balance. This is the key to why he can control the Fengwu Army!"
Hearing his uncle's comparison, Murong Fan nodded with understanding, while Murong Lun continued to say seriously:
"I have been observing what Ye Mingsheng did and his so-called New Deal for Reform!"
"What Shangguan Hongyuan wants to do is simply change the dynasty and make the world of the Jiang family of Great Zhou become the world of his Shangguan family, but Ye Mingsheng has even greater ambitions than him!"
"Ye Mingsheng wants to break down class barriers and establish a new order on the basis of changing dynasties. He seems to want those poor people to be on an equal footing with our family. I really don't understand why he has such an idea. This is simply Incomprehensible!”
"Don't look at the fact that Ye Mingsheng is showing favor to our Murong family and agreeing to our various conditions, but this is entirely based on the fact that he still needs our Murong family to help him fight for hegemony in the world. If he really gets the world, like him This kind of shameless tycoon will never admit it!"
"Even in his new reform policy, our Murong family needs to be accepted and transformed, and in this transformation process, we have to pay huge sacrifices and prices... ·········”
"So unless it is absolutely necessary, our Murong family will not completely fall to Ye Mingsheng!" At the end of the sentence, a trace of melancholy appeared in Murong Lun's expression.
Listening to what Murong said, Murong Fan also understood why his uncle asked him to ask Yang Chongqing such a question.
"If the imperial court fully supports you, how strong can you be in resisting the Fengwu Army?"
Now it seems that Yang Chongqing's answer is very satisfactory to the uncle. Thinking of this, Murong Fan seems to have realized the problem. He hesitated and asked Murong Lun:
"Uncle, what if Mr. Yang fails?"
Faced with such a realistic problem, Murong Lun fell into silence. After half a cup of tea, he said in a deep voice:
"Then there's nothing we can do!"
"The Murong family will always stand on the side of the winner, even if they have to pay the price and sacrifice..."
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Jinyang, Wenshan County
Standing on the city wall of Wenshan County, looking at the vast world outside the city, Xun Ke's heart was surging, and a trace of pride appeared in his eyes.
In the past few days, he recalled what happened on New Year's Eve several times. Xunke was very grateful that he led more than 10,000 soldiers of the Third Army to make the right choice at the crossroads of fate.
Even without the cover of artillery or the assistance of heavy equipment, they used simple wooden ladders to climb the city wall of Wenshan County, and took advantage of the enemy's chaos to open the Hengmen. The situation was now decided!
As the saying goes, the greater the risk, the greater the reward!
Following Xun Ke's dangerous move, the Third Army captured Wenshan County. The originally stalemate situation in the Yunbin area suddenly became clearer. The situation became more and more favorable to the Fengwu Army. For the struggling Yun Bingjun, the situation is becoming increasingly difficult for them!
And this is also a great benefit for Xun Ke personally. After the news that he personally led an army to capture Wenshan County spread back, the controversy within the Fengwu Army about his promotion to commander was much smaller!
If Xun Ke had not taken risks, but sought stability and led his soldiers back, then although there would have been no losses, he would have been questioned more for returning without success, and there were voices who were already dissatisfied with his promotion to the commander. , will become even more popular····························
Just when Xun Ke was feeling somewhat satisfied, General Cao Hu walked up to him, took out a letter and bowed to report:
"Master Xun, Commander Yuan has sent you a reply!"
Xun Ke calmed down after hearing this, opened the envelope and began to read Yuan Song's letter. After taking Wenshan County, he immediately contacted Yuan Song, reported the situation here, and waited for Yuan Song's next step instructions, and Yuan Song's military orders came faster than he expected.
Yuan Song's letter was not long, but Xun Ke read it very carefully. It took him half a cup of tea to read more than 100 words before putting it down.
After reading the letter and looking at the mountains and rivers outside the city, Xun Ke frowned and fell into silence.
After capturing Wenshan County, in addition to introducing the situation in his letter to Yuan Song, Xun Ke also told Yuan Song his thoughts on the next battle.
Xun Ke believes that now the Fengwu Army should take advantage of the fact that when the Fengwu Army's morale is at its highest after just capturing Wenshan County, they can directly capture the two county towns of Xiaode and Heyi in one go, and pull out the last two nails in the attack on Jinyang!
But Yuan Song had different ideas about this. Yuan Song believed that as the Fengwu Army captured Wenshan County, the Fengwu Army could use Wenshan County as a stronghold, give full play to the Fengwu Army's cavalry advantages, and cut off Jinyang and the rest of the country. The connection between the next two counties.
So in this way, the two counties of Heyi and Xiaode are almost two pieces of meat on the Fengwu Army's eucalyptus board. At this point, Yuan Song thinks that they can think about eating these two pieces of meat!
Therefore, Yuan Song had the idea of encircling the point to mobilize reinforcements, thinking of using these two county towns as bait to lure out some of Jinyang's enemies... ·········
Although his opinions with Yuan Song are to the left, Xun Ke can also understand Yuan Song's thoughts. Jinyang now has nearly 50,000 Yun Bing troops, and unlike these small counties, Jinyang serves as the provincial capital of Yun Bing. , is one of the most fortified cities in the world!
Although the Fengwu Army has an advantage in artillery, it will be very difficult to capture Jinyang with 50,000 people defending the city!
It is precisely based on this consideration that Yuan Song will try to think of ways to annihilate more of the enemy's effective forces and reduce the enemy's defensive forces. In this way, when he attacks Jinyang in the future, there will be fewer difficulties and the casualties will be higher. slightly less!
Although he can understand Yuan Song's thoughts, Xun Ke also has his own concerns about this. Military morale is not static. Now that Wenshan County has been captured so quickly, the high morale of the entire army is the time when military morale is available. If an offensive is launched at this time It can definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort.
And if we give up this opportunity, it means returning to the previous stage of strategic stalemate, which is very detrimental to military morale.
After thinking for a while, Xun Ke sighed slightly. Although Yuan Song meant discussion in the letter, he was the commander-in-chief of the Yunbin battlefield. Fengwu was the top leader of the Yunbin battlefield, and he was only the deputy commander-in-chief.
As the saying goes, the first level of officialdom is overwhelming, so he can only obey orders. Thinking of this, Xun Ke immediately ordered to Cao Hu beside him:
"Stop the plan to attack Xiaode County and let the brothers rest and recuperate in Wenshan County..."
"yes!"
