Since the death of Emperor Wenzong and the ascension of the throne, the simple and unpretentious Neiyuemen Hall has not received many good news.

This small hall was built in the form of a folk mansion. Due to the long time, there were obvious traces of moss under the stairs of the palace. His Highness was green pine and cypress trees, lush and green, while the Xuanzheng Hall and other halls in the distance were filled with eaves. Under the huge pillars, the palace guards wearing round necklaces, gold belts hanging on their waists, and deer-skin boots stood solemnly on the body of those guards, and the traces of the Wei Dynasty were vaguely seen when they were in the prosperous period.

According to the new report from Fujian Road, the king of Zhongshan, Xu Zi, first sent troops to defeat more than a thousand elite cavalry of the bandits, beheaded hundreds of levels, and then led the government troops to attack the bandits... This news undoubtedly made the ministers of the two palaces breathe a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty." Han Zhong said to the emperor: "The latest report has confirmed that the King of Zhongshan's troops has entered Jianyang. Perhaps when the king and his ministers in the hall are discussing, the King of Zhongshan is already in charge of the soldiers' conquest against the thieves. If this is the case, if the prince is not given to him with a quarrel, it will not be able to express the great achievements of the King of Zhongshan, and it will also make the court look forward to the people in the country."

Han Zhong's words have been said quite thoroughly, and the emperor has no choice but to do anything. The matter has been stalemate for a long time, and the officials of the two palaces have put forward a firm attitude of never giving in. In addition, the actual situation is indeed critical, and if the prince is not in charge, the center will be in peace.

The emperor was still hesitating, and the envoy Zhang Guangen couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, you should think that if you lose Fuzhou and Quanzhou, what about the state affairs? If the chaos in the southeast will cause disaster to cause major events in the northern expedition, your Majesty will regret it too late."

Zhang Guangen was all white, wearing a purple round neck robe, sitting on the first chair on the right side of the hall, facing the emperor. His voice was like a bell, but his old attitude was revealed. His words were also sad.

"We should follow the opinions of all the people." Regarding the overall situation of the Northern Expedition, the emperor could only agree. On his face, he had always been stubborn, he rarely showed powerlessness.

But then, everyone saw the "strong" color on the emperor's face. Han Zhong and Zhang Guangen looked at each other, and both shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

The emperor has such a personality, and I am afraid he will not be able to change this life.

Sure enough, the emperor said angrily: "Li Guorui has 300,000 imperial guards and consumes countless money and food. In order to support the overall situation, the country has sacrificed a lot, but he is in the front trunk to make trouble. What is the reason?"

This is also the old tune. As the envoy, Zhang Guangen clasped his fists and said calmly: "Your Majesty, I just heard that the general is outside, and the king will not accept the order... I should remember the defeat of Changping."

The emperor suddenly stood up and said angrily: "I have also heard that the generals follow the emperor, and it is also the ancestral system!"

After saying that, the emperor turned around from Jintai, and a group of eunuchs followed closely. Zhang Guangen looked ugly, and Han Zhong smiled and said, "How? The official family can no longer hold back."

Zhang Guangen smiled bitterly and said, "It's also an accident that the official can tolerate it until now."

"Li Guorui and the others are really too slow and too steadfast." Han Zhong said indifferently: "It is not a good thing to let go of the emperor."

"The major affairs of the country are in the military and worship." Zhang Guangen said: "The prime minister is careful in his words and actions."

"I understand." Han Zhong smiled slightly and said, "With Yue Zhi and others here, there should be no devastating defeat, and even minor setbacks cannot shake the overall situation. The key is to keep the overall situation stable, and money, grain, equipment, and civil servants' promotions. This is our responsibility."

Zhang Guangen knew that Han Zhong had regrets that Li Guorui was appointed as the Northern Expedition Envoy. After all, Li Guorui, the deputy envoy of Privy Council, was not Han Zhong's person, and could even be said to be the backbone of the hostile forces. For the sake of the overall situation, Han Zhong could ask Li Guorui to recruit the envoy first, but once the other party reveals a flaw, Han Zhong would definitely not mind using his own people.

When Zhang Guangen was worried, Han Zhong shook his head, smiled hoarsely, and said, "General Zhong Congyu, this is what Emperor Xuanzong said, and then he lost a lot of land. Xuanzong didn't work, and the government was really

It’s a dare to think and speak.”

"It's okay, a person like Zhongshan King appeared in the royal family."

"No?" Han Zhong laughed and said, "If it weren't for the fact that he had been struggling on Fujian Road and had led a maximum of 10,000 troops, I would have asked him to go to Yuguan to preside over the Northern Expedition."

"Two hundred thousand imperial guards, hand them over to a prince?" Zhang Guangen laughed in silence and said, "The officials are afraid that they can't obey even if they fight to death."

Han Zhong also smiled and said, "That's true. If this is true, the government would rather not fight the Northern Expedition."

Zhang Guangen finally felt a little happy in his expression. No matter what, there were still talents from the royal family like Zhongshan King. He said to Han Zhong: "How to hand over the Jieyue and other items to Fujian as soon as possible?"

"There is a ready-made candidate." Han Zhong said: "The right prime minister has already handed over the thirteen commentaries, so it's accurate."

Right Prime Minister Xu Xiashang had already resigned two months ago and had thirteen memorials. At this point, he could indeed allow the old prime minister to resign from his position as Right Prime Minister.

When Xu Xia Shang left his post, he would be appointed as a palace envoy. The emperor would send Langwei to return home to the old prime minister, and the officials and posts along the way provided chariots and cavalry. This was the treatment given to the old ministers of Xuanli by the country.

It is a good idea to convey such an important edict by this old minister without having to choose an important minister to go south.

While Zhang Guangen agreed, he also shook his head slightly. Han Zhong was quick-witted and made quick decisions. He had nothing to do with it. However, he was too narrow-minded and focused on the interests of himself and his own forces. He was actually not much different from the emperor's talents, but he was smarter and smarter.

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"A damn thing, really damn."

Liu Maoqi waved his whip in anger and kept hitting Liu Zongdi's face and body.

Liu Zongdi knew his cousin's temper. If he dared to wail and beg for mercy at this time, he would probably have to cut it down with one knife, so he would not be able to get up and let the whip blow his skin and flesh and blood fly, but he would not dare to hum.

"Kill me?" Liu Maoqi whipped dozens of whips, pressed his hand on the hilt of the horizontal knife, and said to Li Kaiming: "If this guy loses hundreds of our brothers, he should be beheaded and displayed to the public."

Li Kaiming had never dissuaded Liu Maoqi before, and his face was extremely depressed.

More than a thousand thief cavalry, more than a hundred of them were military officers above the team's head level. They had been with the thief for more than ten years, and were the old camps in the old camp and the essence of the essence.

There are also hundreds of people who are also Qin Feng people or Hedong and Hebei people who are skilled in riding. They have not died in dozens of battles after the thief, so they are qualified to become old camp cavalrymen.

These essences can still ride horses and shoot arrows in the face of the imperial cavalry, defeat the enemy with cavalry formations, and lose more than 400 people in the battle under Fuzhou City. In addition to more than 200 miners, the cavalry team of more than 1,000 people ran back, and the rest were all killed by the Zhongshan Prefecture Army.

Even if they ran back, everyone was scared. There were even some veteran soldiers who had experienced many battles and were covered with scars. After they came back, they kept saying that the Zhongshan Prefecture Army was invincible. In a furious manner, Li Kaiming cut off a few heads and isolated the rest... This soldier was not used for the time being. Once the soldier was scared, it would be difficult to reuse in the short term. Even if he barely went to the battlefield, he would probably collapse at one touch.

But he was reluctant to let Li Kaiming kill Liu Zongdi vent his anger.

Qin Fengxiang Party, who has been with him for more than ten years, is still Liu Maoqi's only brother in the camp. He has always been loyal and an excellent cavalry general.

If there is a passerby in Hebei and Hedong, even a general will be killed.

Li Kaiming took a step forward, grabbed Liu Maoqi's hand, and said in a deep voice: "Before the cavalry battle, don't talk about him, even if we know that the military soldiers are so powerful?"

Luo Zhenbang said: "This cavalry tactic is in line with the way of invasive formation and the dignified formation."

, strict and tight, to hedge against it, plus the thick armor and exquisite length, it is natural to be invincible. It's just strange, how did they practice the riding formation so neatly?"

"There is a wonderful method." Li Kaiming was quite upset and said, "From the results of the cavalry battle, the Zhongshan Prefecture Army was consistent with the rumors, with thick armor and elite weapons in formation, and the elite troops were still above the imperial guards. They only had thousands of people, but in terms of this, it was even more dangerous than the 80,000 people brought by King Zhao."

"What should I do if the big palm plate is going to do?" Liu Maoqi stared at Li Kaiming and waited for the leader to make a decision.

Jianyang and Jianzhou Prefecture City and all counties were in undulating valleys. Such terrain was not conducive to cavalry fighting and pursuit. If the bandits abandoned Jianyang and sneaked into the mountains, it would be difficult for the Zhongshan Prefecture Army to eliminate the main force of the bandits.

In this way, the previous good situation was completely lost, and the prefectures, prefectures, counties and cities were not guaranteed. After a large number of bandits entered the mountain, only a small number of mountain villages and towns could provide supplies and could not support the army.

If the situation develops so well, the previous ambitions and ambitions will become jokes.

If there is no way to raise soldiers in the mountains, and if money and food are not maintained, the combat effectiveness of the army will not increase, but will decline.

Liu Maoqi couldn't help but say again: "You can attack Quzhou, or Fuzhou, Qianzhou, and Xu Zi was the deputy governor and prince of Fujian Road, but he has no right to attack us in Jiangxi or Zhejiang."

"It's useless." Li Kaiming smiled coldly and said, "The court will definitely give the title of King Zhongshan to destroy us. This court has always been chasing our brothers who are in charge of being punished, for fear that the world will be overturned by the tripod. No matter how fierce the big men fight, they will also make efforts when they mention the elimination of us thieves, unlike usual intrigues and fighting for power and profit."

The leaders of the bandits in the camp were silent for a while. Everyone knew that what Li Kaiming said was true. Since the Chinese 1000 years, from Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, most of the rebels made wedding dresses for others, such as Chen and Wu, who helped Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, and the red eyebrows, and the green forest made the imperial career of Guangwu of Han. In addition, the thieves such as Wagang made the hegemony of Li Tang, while Huang Chao had been tortured for more than ten years and caused trouble to the entire Tang Dynasty. In the end, the one who achieved his own subordinates, Zhu Quanzhong and Zhu Wen, who had studied.

Li Kaiming kept studying and knew that he could not become the leader at the beginning of the uprising, so as not to be too scared and be chased by the officials and soldiers of the court, such as the current Liu brothers.

When you have the opportunity, you must seize it. First, you have the strength of the territory, and then expand slowly. You must neither make a first bird nor be unwilling to be ambitious. In the end, you will die and become a stepping stone for others.

All his life's achievements are in front of him, and the only obstacle is coming along the Minjiang River. Li Kaiming stood up suddenly, pulled out a horizontal knife from his waist, chopped the tables behind him with one knife, and cut the tables into two pieces!

"This battle must be fought." Li Kaiming said with a solemn look on his face: "If the soldiers are new, it will be a matter of time before the army is frustrated and collapsed. If the army has no courage, can they fight a bird's battle?"

"I understand." Liu Maoqi turned to Luo Zhenbang and said, "Zhenbang, you will take the old, weak, women and children in the old camp to Fuzhou first, and you will also take the escaped cavalry, and then bring some new soldiers, set up villages along the way and set up grain stations to support the army."

"I understand." Luo Zhenbang stood up and bowed, knowing that it was Li Kaiming and Liu Maoqi who were determined to fight. If they really couldn't fight to the end, they wouldn't fight to the end. The bandits had a lot of experience in escaping on the battlefield to save their lives. Establishing a village in advance, taking over Luo's defeated fleeing troops, and resisting step by step, which could allow the elites and generals of the old camp to escape calmly.
Chapter completed!