Although Kou Hua had a good talent and good marksmanship, he was still young after all, had not experienced any battles, and did not understand the rapid changes on the battlefield. Sometimes, the number of soldiers and horses does not completely determine the outcome of a battle. However, in any case, Shi Hongliang still had high hopes for Kou Hua. He was just born and scolded Kou Hua for the sake of Kou Hua's good. These literati officials are cruel and black-bellied people. At this time, If Kou Hua angered Mr. Xue, the manager, he could not ask for anything.
Shi Tengshan also recovered his calm at this moment. He glanced at the opposite Shi Hongliang and Kou Hua coldly, and said with a sneer: "General Shi, if I remember correctly, the defender of Yongxing City, Jia Shanpeng, was recommended by General Shi to the adults. Yes. If they were sent to Yongxing City to be stationed, that should be the opinion of General Shi? Now that Yongxing City is lost, who should bear the responsibility, General Shi?"
Shi Hongliang's expression suddenly changed, and he didn't expect that Shi Tengshan would have caught this matter so quickly and attacked himself. However, comparing the heart to heart, if something goes wrong with Shi Tengshan's person, I am afraid that Shi Hongliang will not let go of such a good opportunity to suppress the opponent.
Shi Hongliang's face changed several times, and finally he said in a deep voice, "Master Shi said that Yongxing City was destroyed. This responsibility should be borne by the general, please punish the general." With that, Shi Hong Liang turned directly to Master Xue, the manager, and bowed down.
Master Xue glanced at Shi Hongliang, and there was no way to see what he was thinking on his face. After a while, Master Xue said quietly: "Why is General Shi like this? What do you have to do with General Shi when you lose it? General Shi should get up quickly. Shi Tengshan, what you just said is really rude. Now it is not the time to hold someone accountable, but to find a way to fight back. The guilty martial arts mountain soldiers and horses."
Mr. Xue, the manager who had always supported himself and suppressed Shi Hongliang, now instead of punishing Shi Hongliang, he blamed himself, which made Shi Tengshan stunned. But Shi Tengshan soon wanted to understand why. Nowadays, when the army is pressing down, it is the time to use troops, the main force of the Guiyang army is still in the hands of Shi Hongliang.
So, now is the time when Master Xue wants to rely on Shi Hongliang, how can he easily offend him? Wanting to understand this, Shi Tengshan also understood the abnormal behavior of Shi Hongliang just now. It turned out that he was only retreating to advance. Shi Tengshan couldn't help but cursed the old fox in his heart, but his face was full of fear and bowed to Shi Hongliang, and said: "I have been offended just now, please don't take it off to General Shi."
Shi Hongliang waved his hand casually, and said faintly, "Master Shi is polite. Yao will not take this small matter to heart." When speaking, Shi Hongliang never looked at Shi Teng with his straight eyes. Shan glanced at it as if Shi Tengshan was not worth his attention at all. Seeing Shi Hongliang's attitude, Shi Tengshan was itchy teeth with hatred, but now he can only swallow his breath.
Master Xue made a light cough, turned his head and said to Shi Hongliang, "General Shi. How many people in my Guiyang army can be mobilized now?" Master Xue just said to Shi Hongliang. , Next, it depends on Shi Hongliang's failure to go on the road.
Shi Hongliang has been an official for so many years, how could he not understand these corners, or else he would not make a gesture of pleading specially just now. Seeing that Jing Lue made Master Xue begin to compromise, Shi Hongliang was secretly delighted, but his face was solemnly saying: "Return to the Lord. Since there are now anti-thief everywhere, especially the anti-thief He Chao attacking Yongxing, our army will quell this. After the counter-thieves, the strength of the Guiyang Army was greatly reduced. Although after several months of recuperation, the headquarters of the Guiyang Army only had more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and a lot of them were hoarded in various places to defend against the southern barbarians. Rebellious bandits. I am afraid that there are only nearly 8,000 soldiers and horses that can be mobilized." Shi Hongliang has been in charge of the Guiyang Army for so many years and knows the situation of the Guiyang Army very well, so he will soon be able to give the manager to Master Xue. An accurate number.
"Eight thousand people?" Master Xue couldn't help but frown. The number of people was much less than his previous estimate. I took a look at Shi Hongliang. Although Shi Hongliang had a loyal appearance at the moment, Master Xue could guess that this number might still have a lot of moisture. It seems that Shi Hongliang is preparing to bargain with himself.
Mr. Xue was right to estimate that 8,000 troops is not the real answer. According to Shi Hongliang’s estimation, in a short period of time, Shi Hongliang should be able to mobilize nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses. If more time is given, Shi Hongliang could even double it.
It’s only in the past two years that Master Xue’s attitude towards him has disappointed Shi Hongliang too much, so Shi Hongliang has decided to take advantage of this time and make more profit. At least Shi Hongliang still had some strength to protect himself when he turned his face against himself.
Therefore, Shi Hongliang did not say too much, and added: "Of course, this is only a soldier that the terminal general can mobilize in the short term. If we can give the terminal a little more time, the terminal will There must be more soldiers and horses to be squeezed out."
Master Xue’s face was gloomy and terrifying, and his eyes drifted from time to time. He took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart. Shen Sheng said to Shi Hongliang: "General Shi, the situation is urgent now, General Shi Let’s see if we can think of a way? We can mobilize more soldiers and horses. If you need any changes, the general will talk about it and see if it works."
The words of Master Xue, the manager, were actually compromising with Shi Hongliang. It's not okay to not compromise. Now the other miscellaneous Xiangjun under his control is only more than 5,000 people, even if Shi Hongliang's 8,000 people are added, it is impossible to withstand Zhao Yan's more than 20,000 people.
Even if Zhao Yan had to garrison troops after attacking the city, the actual force would definitely be less than 25,000. However, they must at least make up enough numbers of soldiers and horses in the Wugong Mountain to be able to fight against the Wugong Mountain Army.
Master Xue was relieved after hearing it. Although Shi Hongliang didn't smile on his face, he couldn't hide the smile in the corner of his eyes. Immediately, Shi Hongliang made a look of thinking hard, and finally raised his head and said: "My lord. There is no way. If you want to raise enough people in a short period of time, you must unify all the soldiers and horses of the Guiyang Army. , Redeploy. If this is the case, it may be possible to deploy more troops and horses."
After hearing Shi Hongliang’s reply, Master Xue’s cheeks began to twitch constantly. Shi Tengshan and the others also stared at Shi Hongliang with disbelief. They did not expect this. Shi Hongliang was so bold. Unify all the soldiers and horses of Guiyang Army? Today, all the soldiers and horses of the Guiyang Army, except for the Guiyang Army Headquarters under Shi Hongliang, are the rest of the Xiang Army that had just been set up by Master Xue. The subtext of Shi Hongliang's words is actually to make Master Xue give him the military power he has worked so hard to cultivate.
The main reason why Master Xue decided to suppress Shi Hongliang at the beginning was that Shi Hongliang held all the military power of the Guiyang Army. Master Xue is also an old fried dough stick. Now it is in troubled times, and wars are happening everywhere. It is no longer the situation where civilian officials dominate in peacetime.
At this time, Master Xue couldn't understand the importance of military power. Shi Hongliang's dominance of the military power is tantamount to hanging a sharp blade on the head of Master Xue. With the personality of Master Xue, how can he tolerate this kind of thing going on. Therefore, the economic and strategic ambassador Xue Dahua will praise Cao Chengzai and Shi Tengshan, and at the same time start to form new recruits, just to fight against the Guiyang Army in Shi Hongliang’s hands, and gradually remove the power of Guiyang from Shi Hongliang. He grabbed it back in his hand.
And after these two years of hard work, a certain result was finally achieved. With Shi Hongliang's words, he had to make Master Xue give up this achievement. How could Master Xue agree? It’s just that Shi Hongliang is now holding the lifeblood of Master Xue, if the Master Xue does not agree to Shi Hongliang’s request, this Shi Hongliang will not wholeheartedly help Master Xue to repel the Wugong Mountain Army. , Maybe at that time there is a possibility that a defiance will come, and the manager Xue will be sold to surrender to the enemy. At that time, Master Xue would have nowhere to cry.
It's just a pity that even though Master Xue was somewhat unwilling to do so, in the end, he still had to choose a compromise. After thinking about it for a moment, Master Xue's face was very ugly, but he gritted his teeth, nodded vigorously, and said: "If this allows General Shi to deploy more troops, then everything will be in accordance with General Shi. It means to do it."
"Thank you, my lord, for your trust." Shi Hongliang's heart was a complacency, and the injustice he had received over the past two years was all vented. Not only him, but even the generals behind him can see the joints at this moment, all of them are happy, they almost jumped up and cheered.
However, Mr. Xue was still a little worried, and asked again: "This General Shi, can you tell me how many soldiers and horses can be allocated if you follow what you said?"
After listening to Master Xue's question, Shi Hongliang also smiled faintly. Now that the initiative is completely in his own hands, Shi Hongliang doesn't want to reveal his old knowledge so quickly, but is not slow. He said: "My lord, you must be aware that the barbarians in the land of the Southern Barbarian Mountains have always been ready to move. And this time the Wugong Mountain marching, presumably the Wugang army will not rescue us after receiving the news. So in the end it will be able to do so. How many soldiers and horses are drawn, the general will not be able to give the adults an accurate answer now."
Hearing that Shi Hongliang still refuses to tell the truth up to now, Master Xue was annoyed. Not only the managerial envoy Xue, Shi Tengshan and others are also glaring at this moment. Ever since Master Xue agreed to Shi Hongliang’s request, Shi Tengshan and the others knew that their hard work over the years would be worthless, but Shi Hongliang had to be used instead. There is no other way but to stare at Shi Hongliang angrily, wishing to cramp him to vent his anger.
At this moment, a coughing sound suddenly sounded, but Cao Chengzai, who was sitting next to Shi Tengshan, coughed violently again, and the more he coughed, the sound of the cough made everyone in the hall feel all over. It's uncomfortable up and down.
Fortunately, the people behind him were quick and fast. They quickly added a lot of hot water to Cao Chengzai's cup, and waited for Cao Chengzai to drink a few more sips, which stopped Cao Chengzai's cough. After gently stroking his chest a few times, Cao Chengzai raised his head and said apologetically to Mr. Xue, the manager, "My lord, the old and sick body has hindered the discussion between the adults and General Shi. Please come down. crime."
The manager made Master Xue shook his head helplessly, and said, "Master Cao is overworked for the Guiyang Army's administrative affairs. How can I blame Master Cao for this? If Master Cao is really unwell, should he be first? Go back home and rest."
Originally, Master Xue asked Cao Chengzai to come over, but hoped to use Cao Chengzai's reputation to press Shi Tengshan and let him not go too far. Unexpectedly, it is Shi Hongliang who is too much now, so this Cao Chengzai is of little use, so let him go home and rest.
"Cough cough! No matter what, no matter." After another light cough, Cao Chengzai waved his hands and said with a smile, "My lord, I just listened to what the lord and General Shi had just said, but only with his subordinates. In your opinion, the adults don’t have to worry about it. General Shi is good at using troops, and no one knows. This military affairs, his subordinates don’t know anything about it, but with the presence of General Shi, it is certain that this time the Wugong mountain soldiers will be attacked by the troops at the head Retreat. If you can’t repel the Wugong Mountains and horses, it will be a catastrophe for everyone here. I want to come to General Shi to do my best this time, so you can rest assured."
Hearing Cao Chengzai's words seemed a little incoherent, Master Xue's eyes lit up after a while, and the gloominess on his face eased a little, while Shi Hongliang's expression on the side drooped in an instant.
Needless to say, this Cao Chengzai was actually just telling Shi Hongliang that if he couldn't repel the Wugong Mountain Army, then it was not just the masters Xue and Shi Tengshan who would be unlucky at that time. Shi Hongliang would not be able to escape. This simple sentence immediately defeated Shi Hongliang's previous initiative. Don't think that Cao Chengzai has become so sick. Sure enough, Jiang is still hot.
After taking a deep breath, Shi Hongliang stood up and walked directly to the opposite side of Mr. Xue, who was the manager. He clasped his fists to Mr. Xue, who was the manager, and shouted: "Mrs. Cao is right. It will be the last time. Do your best, for the adults, for the Guiyang army, to repel the Wugong Mountain soldiers and horses, please wait and see."
"Okay." Since Shi Hongliang is also a statement, Master Xue is not the kind of careful person, even if he patted his thigh hard, he shouted: "That being the case, generals, from today onwards, you are all waiting. General Shi gave an order to hear and must not violate it."
Following the command from Master Xue, the generals, all the generals sitting in the ranks of the generals went out. Standing behind Shi Hongliang, they clasped their fists and said to Master Xue: "The final commander listens to the orders." , They are all the army generals who have been newly fostered by Master Xue, so Master Xue can be considered ruthless. Now that he has decided to reuse Shi Hongliang again, he will put all the bets on Shi Hongliang. From this point of view, Master Xue is at least not in vain.
After finally getting the military power he wanted, Shi Hongliang was overjoyed in his heart, and immediately fisted at the manager Xue, "Master Xie. The last will be to repel the enemy, in order to repay the court's favor and the master's kindness. "
Master Xue was still angry just now, but at this moment he was laughing, he simply got up, walked quickly to Shi Hongliang, reached out his hand to support Shi Hongliang, and smiled: "General Shi is the pillar of the imperial court. There is a General Shi going on the horse, I am not afraid." And Shi Hongliang also looked grateful, and for a while, the atmosphere between them was extremely harmonious.
The experience made Master Xue and Shi Hongliang happy, but Shi Tengshan's face was completely gloomy, which made Master Xue and Shi Hongliang work together, it would be unlucky in the end, wouldn’t it? Their faction