Chapter 118 Mingtang

Since Dong Chang was making long night drinks every night, he usually got up after noon, so Dong Zhen was anxious, but he was afraid that if he had gone too early, he would anger Congfu, and he was afraid that he would ruin the big thing. It was not until the afternoon that Dong Zhen took Luo Tuan to the Yue Prince's Mansion to ask for his congfu. Fortunately, Dong Chang woke up early today and was washing up. Dong Zhen quickly reported the letter and the incident to Dong Chang. After hearing this, Dong Chang was overjoyed and quickly ordered the convening of the ministers.

It was already dinner at the palace of the King of Yue and Minglun Hall, but there was no music as usual, and the dining room was full of guests. Dong Chang was rarely sat in the head seat, and the one sitting next to him was Dong Zhen in military uniform, and the two sides of the two were Dong Chang's important generals and ministers. The rest of the idle people could only stay in the hall, and they were servants and maids who served tea and water. They were not allowed to come to the hall without being summoned, so as not to disclose the secrets.

Dong Chang had carefully read the silk book twice. He had been with Qian Miao for more than ten years. He was familiar with Qian Miao's handwriting and could tell the truth at first glance. The ministers in the hall did not know what important things were today. They wanted to hold military discussions in such a formal manner. When they were whispering, Dong Chang said, "Since I raised my army to serve as Shijing Town, I will rule Huang Chao, destroy Liu Hanhong, and make peace in the southeast of the imperial court. I have never lacked any tribute to the court, but the imperial court is stingy. My superiors responded to a good omen and made King Yue. Qian Miao's younger brother raised his army to attack. Today, he will be protected by God. The opportunity to win will be in these days."

The ministers were confused when they heard this. Since Dong Chang usurped the title, they can be said to have been defeated in battles and defeated the city. Now they are trapped in the siege and are in danger. Where can they win? However, Dong Chang has always been tyrannical and often kills people in anger. Therefore, the ministers also congratulate them. Suddenly, the palace was full of flattery. Dong Zhen heard it more and more distorted. Some people actually said that Dong Chang wanted to take the title of Emperor Yue and compete with the Emperor of the Tang family. But seeing that Cong's father was smiling, he was not inconvenient to scold him. He could only cough twice and whisper to Dong Chang, "It's too early to say this now. Everyone doesn't understand the situation yet, so why not let Luo Tuan come up and explain the details clearly, and at the same time read the letter with everyone, so as to gather ideas and come up with countermeasures." After hearing this, Dong Chang ordered Luo Tuan to come up and pass on the letter in his hand to the generals to read it.

Luo's delegation came to the hall and bribed the military servants. They got these fragments and then spliced ​​them carefully. Then they attacked from many people. Finally, they took advantage of the failure of Zhenhai's siege and the relaxed defense to escape back to Yuezhou. He had already carefully deduced this story with Gu Quanwu and Xu Zaisi several times. He was originally a general under Dong Chang. He knew the temperament of the ministers in Yuezhou very well, so he was close to the links. Although someone asked a few questions, he answered without thinking, and did not reveal any flaws.

After half an hour, everyone in the hall gradually believed that what was said in the letter was a fact. After all, this information not only had letters, but also could explain the actions of Zhenhaijun over the past few days. It would be too far-fetched to say that these were all tricks. At this time, everyone congratulated Dong Chang again loudly. If the congratulations just now were a little humble and false, everyone's hearts were full of real feelings and believed in those auspicious omens. Dong Chang was indeed protected by God, otherwise why would Zhejiang's natural danger be so easily broken? Everyone's little calculations were also rumbling.

After answering everyone's questions, Luo Tuan stepped forward and knelt in front of Dong Chang, kowtowed and said, "When the general fought with Shichengshan, he strongly advocated the battle, ruined the major general's temple calculation and implicated the chief Tong Tang. It was really unforgivable. He wanted to die there in battle. But he also wanted to keep a useful body and repay the king's kindness. Now that he finally found out about this military situation, he could wash away the sin of the surrendered general.

Now that Gu Quanwu got Qian Miao's letter, he knew that I had fled back to Yuezhou City, and that the news that the Huainan army crossed the river in Yuezhou City was known, he would definitely lead troops back to help. At the bottom, he knew that the King of Yue would be the vanguard of his subordinates and pursue Zhenhai Army, so that his horse would not be able to return westward, so that his subordinates would be ashamed of defeated generals." When he said this, Luo Tuan just kowtowed repeatedly, and the sound of his forehead colliding with the hard bluestone ground echoed in Minglun Hall.

Dong Chang was also moved by him after hearing this: "General Luo, you get up. You are eager to defeat the enemy in Shichengshan. Today's affairs are enough to redeem that crime. In order to pursue the enemy's vanguard, I will agree to you. Dong Zhen, the general of the city is led by you. How do you plan to pursue Gu Quanwu?"

The atmosphere in the hall was very warm at this time, but although Tang Jiu spoke flatteringly, his heart became colder and colder. When he saw Dong Chang asking Dong Zhen how to pursue Gu Quanwu, he felt even more anxious. Because once Dong Zhen pursued Gu Quanwu in charge, he was afraid that all the elite troops under Dong Chang were afraid that they would be the command of Dong Zhen. If Dong Zhen wins, the prestige in the army would only be higher. I am afraid that the day when I return to the army would be the time to clear the emperor. At that time, he was afraid that he would die without a burial place.

Tang Ji was thinking about how to say something and not let Dong Zhen lead the pursuit soldiers out of the city, but Dong Chang's heroes and generals had already withered, and no one else had to take care of this important task except Dong Zhen. It's funny that most of the heroes and generals were harmed by Tang Ji's slander. Now he regretted why he didn't leave one or two left behind back then, and it was too late to divide Dong Zhen's power, but now it's too late.

When Tang Ji was suffering from having no idea of ​​speaking, he heard Dong Zhen speak: "Father, my son thought that at this time, we should not send troops to pursue Gu Quanwu's retreating troops, but should recruit more soldiers and then divide the troops to capture those states under the eastern Zhejiang provinces. This is the reason."

Hearing Dong Zhen's words, Tang Ji felt ecstatic. This time he had a rare agreement with Dong Zhen, because if he wanted to recruit new recruits, he would have the opportunity to plead with Dong Chang in front of him. As long as Jian Ba's close confidants were in it, he would have some self-protection power. Besides, he would divide his troops to capture all the states in eastern Zhejiang. As long as Qian Miao is not destroyed, he could say that the enemy is in front of him. The main force should not leave Yuezhou easily. Dong Zhen brought a small number of troops out to attack the states and stayed in Yue.

The state is the back of Mount Tai. Thinking of this, Dong Zhen, who is very disgusting on weekdays, looks much more pleasing. He was about to agree and make sure that this matter would not happen again. But he heard someone next to him say, "Why don't the Major General send troops to pursue him? It must be noted that one day will be a problem for several generations. Gu Quanwu is skillful in military tactics. If he doesn't take the opportunity to destroy him, Hangzhou and Yuezhou will only be a few hundred miles away, and he will be a great trouble for the king in the future."

Dong Zhen smiled and said to the man: "It's not that it's about to raise a tiger. It's just that the Huainan army is heading south, and the troops are heading straight to Xiling. If Yang Xingmi leaves Guangling and crosses the river to south, he will attack Qian Miao on both sides. If I defeat Gu Quanwu, then Qian Miao will inevitably be alone in facing Huainan. At that time, wouldn't we be alone in the tiger and wolf army of Huainan with our broken journey? So I want to leave Qian Miao to resist Yang Xingmi in Huainan. In this way, he doesn't have much military strength to deal with us. Yuezhou has been a southeastern city, with a thousand miles of fertile land, abundant resources, and a large number of household registrations. If we practice politics internally, military preparations externally, and courtly, the land in eastern Zhejiang must be my own, and Qian Miao will not harm me. If we do not cultivate virtue and abuse the people to show off, all the people in the boat will be the enemy country. Even if Qian Miao is destroyed, how can the surrounding tyrants be destroyed?"

Tang Ju listened to Dong Zhen’s refutation there, and was very happy at first. After all, he felt it made sense to leave Qian Miao to resist Yang Xingmi’s invasion. But in the end, when he heard Dong Zhen say that he would cultivate politics internally and not morally, his heart suddenly became cold. He thought to himself that Dong Zhen would not pursue Gu Quanwu, and he wanted to eradicate himself first.

He knew that he had flattered Dong Chang in the past few years, killed many heroic officials and generals, made many enemies, and deducted military pay. He agreed with Dong Chang with excessive debauchery. Dong Zhen was afraid that he would hate him to the core. As long as the foreign enemy left, Dong Zhen was afraid that the first person to deal with him would be himself. Even if he did not kill him, he had made countless bad things over the years, and as long as he lost his power, he was afraid that he would be smashed into pieces as soon as he left Yuezhou City. Thinking of this, Tang Ji was shocked

He was extremely frightened and looked at Dong Zhen with great resentment: "Forget it, since you don't leave me a way out, I can only kill you first." Thinking of this, Tang Ji had made up his mind. Seeing that everyone in the hall was impressed by Dong Zhen's words, he didn't say anything anymore, and stepped forward and smiled: "The Major General is indeed far-sighted, not to be able to do it, but he and General Luo of Luo in Shicheng Mountain have a little old thing to talk about. I wonder if he can come to my mansion to stay overnight."

When everyone heard this, they knew that Tang Jiu could not forget the defeat of Shichengshan and wanted to cause trouble for Luo Tuan, so they sighed for Luo Tuan, but no one was willing to say good things for the surrendered general. Dong Zhen originally wanted to say something, but when he remembered the dirty things about this man slaughtering the robes, he felt contempt and no longer excused him. So Dong Chang nodded, Luo Tuan was secretly happy, knowing that Tang Jiu must have read the letter he sent, but he pretended to be embarrassed on his face, and it took a while before he agreed.

As soon as Tang Ji returned to the mansion, he took Luo Tuan into his study, and retired the servants and maids, leaving him and Luo Tuan alone to sit in the study. After arranging the stop, Tang Ji stared at Luo Tuan's eyes and asked in a low voice: "You are so bold, and you dare to return to Yuezhou City. Do you think that Dong Zhen is protecting your life?"

Luo Tuan looked as usual on his face and smiled: "Then Dong Zhen is upright and contempts the generals the most. How can he protect his life? But since you have received my letter, you naturally have no intention of killing me. Why should Tong Tang intimidate me without saying anything?"
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