Regarding Murong Lun's remarks, Shangguan Changgong said nothing on the surface, but in his heart he couldn't help but cursed the old fox... ···
This Murong Lun is really a loach, he is really slippery, it is really not easy to get words out of him!
After pondering for a moment, Shangguan looked at Murong Lun respectfully and said seriously:
"I feel that although Jinyang has been lost, it is not the fault of Marshal Yang alone. The Battle of Shizhou and the Battle of Pingyang commanded by Marshal Yang, together annihilated more than 30,000 Fengwu rebels in the two battles. They were among the few in the imperial court. A great victory!"
"So although there are some rumors and different opinions in the court, we should continue to trust Marshal Yang and firmly believe that Marshal Yang can repel the Fengwu rebels!"
After hearing Shangguan Changgong's words, Murong Lun secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that Shangguan Changgong was really testing him and did not really want Ma Chongyang to succeed Yang Chongqing. He immediately nodded and said:
"What Shangguan Shangshu said is exactly what Shangguan Shangshu said. The two battles in Shizhou and Pingyang really showed the imperial court's prestige and gave the Fengwu rebels a head-on blow. From this point of view, it is appropriate to let Marshal Yang continue to command the Imperial Army. As for Commander Ma Let him stay in the imperial court and guard the center in case of emergency!"
Although he is a civilian official, Murong Lun's ability to get to this point is not because he doesn't know anything about the military. He still knows a thing or two about the military situation... ···············
There were only a few generals in command of the Luo'an imperial court. Ma Chongyang was a veteran in the army. Although he had made many achievements, he mainly relied on his seniority. In terms of command and strategy alone, He can be called a good general, but he is still some distance away from being a famous general.
Although Murong Lun was also very surprised and stunned by Yang Chongqing's move to abandon Jinyang this time and it was hard to understand!
However, the annihilation of 15,000 Fengwu troops in Shizhou and Pingyang was still impressive. This was the court's greatest victory against the Fengwu troops. It was more or less a fig leaf for the court, allowing the court to talk about the annihilation. Thirty thousand Fengwu troops can be regarded as reducing the political impact of the fall of Jinyang to a certain extent!
Although Ma Chongyang is also a choice, he also had a fight with the Fengwu Army during the first Yunbin War and led 50,000 Xuanwu Forbidden Army to attack Lingyuan County and Pingyun County.
In the end, they fought hard for more than a month. Although they finally defeated the two county towns, they also suffered nearly 20,000 casualties. They were even broken out by the remnants of the Fengwu Army, and their performance was not very good.
From this point of view, although the imperial army led by Yang Chongqing did not achieve the expected effect of defending Jinyang, its performance was much better than that of Wang Muzhi, Tang Peng, Ma Chongyang and others!
Therefore, in Murong Lun's opinion, it is better to continue to let Yang Chongqing take command, and the probability of repelling the invasion of Fengwu Army is greater. If Ma Chongyang, a mediocre man, is allowed to go into battle, then judging from his past performance, the court may not be able to survive this year... ······························
Moreover, Ma Chongyang has been excluded from the core of power in Luo'an, and he has a lot of complaints. If he is allowed to take over the command, if the battle fails, there is no guarantee that he will not simply surrender to the Fengwu Army!
So when faced with Shangguan Changgong's temptation just now, although Murong Lun said that Yang Chongqing and Ma Chongyang could do anything. But he is also worried that Shangguan Changgong will become confused because of suspicion and do things that will cause pain to his relatives and pleasure to his enemies!
Now it seems that although Shangguan Changgong was a little suspicious of the relationship between himself and Yang Chongqing, he still maintained a rational mind and did not do anything stupid to destroy the Great Wall!
After talking about Yang Chongqing, Shangguan Changgong pondered for a while and said to Murong Lun in a deep voice:
"Recently, some ministers in the court believe that external forces are needed to defeat the Fengwu Army. I wonder if Mr. Murong Ge has heard of it?"
Murong Lun was stunned for a moment when these words came out, and then he realized what Shangguan Changgong said, with a little surprise in his eyes.
In this Yunbin battle, although Yang Chongqing won the battles of Shizhou and Pingyang, allowing the court to publicize the great victory of annihilating 30,000 Fengwu troops, this was not enough to completely offset the consequences of the fall of Jinyang. The court was shaken.
Therefore, amidst the panic, Zheng Rong, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, privately proposed that in order to defeat the Fengwu Army, the court must rely on external forces... ············
Although Zheng Rong did not directly say that this external force refers to that external force, everyone knew clearly what he was referring to!
Now looking at the entire Zhou Dynasty, in addition to the imperial court, the north has been unified by Ye Mingsheng, while in the south, whether it is Lu Jianchao of Jiangnan, Xu Zhaojie of the Zhennan Army, or Sun Chenggong of Jingchu, they can only live in peace under Ye Mingsheng's lustful power. A corner.
If Ye Mingsheng didn't go to trouble them, they would all burn incense, so they didn't dare to take the initiative to go to trouble Ye Mingsheng!
Therefore, the external force that can help the Luo'an court defeat the Fengwu Army can only come from outside the Great Zhou Dynasty, so the answer is already ready!
And this is why Zheng Rong, Minister of Industry, did not directly say who the other party was, and expressed his opinion in private!
After all, the other party and Da Zhou are feuding. There has been a blood feud between the two sides for decades, and dozens of millions of people have died!
Although the imperial court is currently in a weak position facing the Fengwu Army in the war situation, with the support of the emperor and righteousness on the battlefield of public opinion, the imperial court still has the upper hand!
Once external forces are introduced to deal with the Fengwu Army, it means that the court has completely lost its justice, and this will also lead to further division within the court!
Moreover, the other party may not agree to help the court to deal with the Fengwu Army. Even if the other party agrees to help deal with the Fengwu Army, then the conditions will be very harsh based on the other party's usual style, and there may even be surrender and cession. A series of humiliating demands such as territory and yearly coins··························
Therefore, there was a lot of debate within the imperial court regarding Zheng Rong's proposal. Murong Lun would not be surprised if someone else came to him to ask for his opinion, but Shangguan Changgong was different!
The reason why Shangguan Hongyuan was able to rise in the first place was because he won victories in foreign wars, reshaped the prestige of the Great Zhou Dynasty and ensured the territorial integrity of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
In the days that followed, the reason why Shangguan Hongyuan was able to accumulate prestige in the world, to make the military chiefs and vassal towns in various places bow to Chen Chen, and to become the de facto ruler of the Zhou Dynasty as the chief assistant was mainly because he won victories in foreign wars. A convincing victory that safeguarded the prestige and dignity of Zhou Dynasty!
As the son of Shangguan Hongyuan, Shangguan Changgong not only inherited Shangguan Hongyuan's political legacy, but also shouldered a huge political baggage!
As the current actual controller of the Luo'an court, Shangguan Changgong does not rely on his own prestige and ability to control the court. He relies on the prestige left by his father!
Therefore, there are some things that are okay for others to do, but once Shangguan Changgong does it, the consequences will be very serious, and may even make him betray his relatives!
After pondering over a cup of tea for a long time, Murong Lun raised his head and looked at Shangguan Changgong, and met his eyes and said seriously:
"Shangguan Shangshu, I think this matter should be discussed in the long term..."
After hearing the answer, Shangguan Changgong nodded slightly and said nothing more.
Shangguan Changgong also knew what this meant, so although he asked Murong Lun's opinion, he had not made a decision in his heart.
It's just that the Fengwu Army put too much pressure on him, forcing him to consider any possible options!
After talking for a while, Murong Lun and Shangguan Changgong ended the meeting, and both parties went back to their homes.
After burning the incense, Shangguan Changgong returned home, but before he had time to rest, he got the news of Chen Jingyu's visit.
Although he was a little tired, Shangguan Changgong immediately met Chen Jingyu. He felt that Chen Jingyu should come at this time to report that he had asked her to investigate the private communication between Murong Lun and Yang Chongqing.
If the Fengwu Army's current offensive in Yunbin is Shangguan Changgong's greatest concern, then the private communication between Murong Lun and Yang Chongqing is Shangguan Changgong's second concern.
After Chen Jingyu came to the study and greeted Shangguan Changgong, she understood what Shangguan Changgong was concerned about, so she said directly:
"Sir, according to the investigation of our Supervision Department, although there were some secret contacts between Mr. Murong Ge and Marshal Yang, the content of the contacts was mainly about the physical condition of the Chief Assistant. Apart from this, there was no other conversation between the two parties. topic····································"
Shangguan Changgong had mixed feelings about this answer. This answer could almost be said to be a blessing in misfortune. He didn't know whether he should feel lucky about it.
After pondering for a moment, Shangguan Changgong said to Chen Jingyu:
"Are you sure you have investigated clearly?"
Seeing that Shangguan Changgong had doubts about his investigation, Chen Jingyu immediately said with absolute certainty:
"Sir, please rest assured that I understand that this matter is of great importance, so I will conduct all investigations myself to ensure that the information is accurate!"
Shangguan Changgong nodded after hearing this. At this moment, Chen Jingyu showed some hesitation. Seeing this, Shangguan Changgong's heart was in doubt again and he couldn't help but said:
"About the two of them, Chen Jingyu, just say what you find out and don't hide anything!"
Seeing this, Chen Jingyu shook her head and said:
"Sir, you have misunderstood! It's not that there is something else going on between Mr. Murongge and Marshal Yang!"
"But during the investigation, I discovered that before the city of Jinyang was destroyed, the governor of Yunbing, Wang Muzhi, wrote a blood letter before he died in battle, asking his men to break out of the siege during the city's destruction and send the blood letter to Leave Luo An to the Chief Assistant!"
"But this blood letter was not sent to Luo'an, and there are clues that another group of people are also looking for this blood letter... ········”
Hearing Chen Jingyu's narration, Shangguan Changgong couldn't help but narrowed his eyes. Although this Wang Muzhi was not particularly capable, he was picked up by his father and was loyal to his father Shangguan Hongyuan and the Shangguan family.
When the city of Jinyang was destroyed, Wang Muzhi would rather burn himself to death than surrender to the Fengwu Army and survive. His performance can be said to be very loyal. Therefore, although he was very dissatisfied with Wang Muzhi's performance in Yun and against the Fengwu Army, Shangguan Chang Gong still treated Wang Muzhi's family in Luo'an favorably.
With such a blood letter from a loyal minister, Shangguan Changgong was naturally curious about what Wang Muzhi wrote to his father at the last moment of his life!
After thinking for a moment, Shangguan Changgong asked:
"Do you know what's in the blood book?"
Chen Jingyu hesitated for a moment after hearing this, but still said very cautiously:
"We don't know yet what Governor Wang wrote in the blood book, but there are clues that another group of people looking for the blood book may come from the Forbidden Army."
As soon as these words came out, Shangguan Changgong couldn't help but look deeply at Chen Jingyu, but Chen Jingyu lowered her head under his gaze, not daring to look at Shangguan Changgong.
After a long time, Shangguan Chief Gongcai waved his hand. Seeing this, Chen Jingyu immediately bowed to Shangguan Chief Gongcai, then turned and walked out of the study.
However, just when Chen Jingyu was about to walk out of the study, Shangguan Changgong's gloomy voice came from behind him.
"The Supervision Department must find the bloody letter left by Governor Wang..."
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Just as a new political storm was brewing in Luo'an, Yuan Song, who was far away in Jinyang, received surprising news.
Yuan Song frowned in front of the sand table, looked at Zheng Chuang and asked with some surprise:
"You mean the enemy abandoned Shizhou?"
Facing Yuan Song's gaze, Zheng Chuang nodded and said:
"Yes, according to reports from Feihu Camp, the enemy's two battalions of 7,000 men stationed in Shizhou have withdrawn from Shizhou to Yanzhou!"
Hearing this, Yuan Song turned his attention to the sand table next to him and looked at the coordinates on the sand table. He personally pulled out the flag representing the enemy on the coordinates of Shizhou on the sand table.
Nearly half a month has passed since the last war. During this half-month period, the Fengwu Army has been fully rested. Therefore, Yuan Song is preparing to launch an attack on Shizhou in the near future based on his pre-arranged battle plan. In this battle, he planned to capture Shizhou first and then Pingyang, completely driving out the troops of the Luo'an court from Yunhe.
However, the enemy army took the initiative to abandon Shizhou. Although I was a little surprised when I heard it, but thinking about Yang Chongqing, he was a ruthless man who dared to give up even Jinyang. It didn't seem so surprising for him to give up another Shizhou. Shock·······························
(Originally, according to the plan, I planned to unify the Zhou Dynasty, conquer the surrounding areas and finish the book with more than three million words in one stroke. However, some book friends said that they wanted to see in detail how to conquer the surrounding areas and create a prosperous age for all nations, so I would like to ask you some questions. Are you interested in reading it? If I write it in detail, it may take another two to three months!)
