Autumn is a season of high air and fresh air, which is suitable for traveling together. Scholars and literati have always liked to climb high to compose poems and write lyrics near water. Gao Pian has been supported by Confucianism since he was born. In order to show that he is a monarch with both civil and military skills, he is also used to being arty.
However, Xuzhou City is located on flat land, there are no famous mountains and rivers around, and there are not many good places to go, but this is not a problem for the scribes who are sick and want to moan. This day, Gao Pian held a banquet in the city tower and held a literary meeting .
There were hundreds of scribes present, and there was naturally no room for them to sit in the attic, so two banquet dragons were also placed on the left and right walls of the tower. Fortunately, Xuzhou has been a majestic city since ancient times, and the horse road at the top of the city is wide enough, not to mention a few rows of small cases, even singing and dancing on it is more than enough.
The windows on all sides of the attic are wide open. Sitting here drinking, composing poems and talking loudly, you can overlook the checkerboard-shaped city streets and row upon row of cornices from the inside. , City defense fortifications into the fundus.
Such a scenery is enough to stir one's mind, and it is necessary to write a few battlefield articles and Jin Ge poems.
Sitting opposite Gao Pian was Guo Pu. He was the highest-ranking member of the Confucian scholars and followers of the army. His seat had the best natural position and the best view—in order to facilitate viewing, they built a new platform that was not too low.
At this time, Guo Pu drank all the fine wine in his glass, and couldn't help admiring Gao Pian: "In the four realms, there are millions of troops with gold and iron horses, and fierce battles are in full swing. King Wu sits firmly in the center to strategize and win military affairs. In addition, sitting in a high place and discussing the Tao with all the scribes, such a demeanor is really unparalleled in the world!"
Gao Pian was delighted to receive such praise, and said humbly with a smile on his face, "Sir, the reputation is too high, and the lonely king is just an ordinary person, so I dare not take the comment of 'Unparalleled Under Heaven'."
Speaking of this, Gao Pian changed the subject, and then he said complacently: "However, the lonely king really has nothing to worry about in this current battle. Even if Li Maozhen wins three lands, the lonely king will not take it seriously. .”
As soon as this remark came out, it immediately attracted the praise of Lou Zhong's scholars.
"King Wu has a domineering manner, just like the image of an emperor!"
"Li Maozhen is just a clown, how can he compete with His Highness?"
"Even if King An is alive, he must not be compared with His Highness!"
"..."
Hearing the compliments from everyone, Gao Pian smiled even more, and his complacency grew stronger.
He has reason to be proud.
Nearly a month ago, Li Maozhen sent his troops east to attack Wuning. Under his command, he gathered troops from more than 20 towns in Guanzhong, Hebei, and Central Plains, with more than two million soldiers and horses. Surrounded on three sides, the momentum was so overwhelming that the scholars in Xuzhou once Uneasy.
However, Gao Pian dispatched troops and generals, and in less than a month, he contained the enemy forces on three sides of Xuzhou in time.
In the battle of Xiao County on the western front, Sun Ru used 170,000 troops to defeat Zhao Nianci's 200,000-strong army with fewer victories and more defeats. Before entering Suzhou, he suffered a big defeat and lost tens of thousands of soldiers, which scared him so much that he didn't dare to move forward.
As for the Dagon and Yi lines in the north, the soldiers and horses of the two sides are also in a period of confrontation. The enemy army has not been able to capture any city of the Wu army that has shrunk the front line in time and is heavily defended.
On the whole, although the troops from the three regions led by Li Maozhen are coming fiercely, until now, they haven't even won a big victory, let alone stepping into Wuning.
Although Shangguan Qingcheng had a field battle with Sun Ru in Moshan two days ago, the casualties were only a few thousand, which is really not worth mentioning.
Under such circumstances, it is no wonder that Gao Pian is complacent and flattered by everyone.
Even Guo Pu felt that once the Taoist sect disappeared, no one would be able to compete with the Confucian sect.
After a while, a cultivator from the Realm Realm came from the west and begged to see Guo Pu in front of the tower. Guo Pu recognized that it was the monk he sent out to support Zhu Wen with Zhang Zhongsheng, and immediately got up and went to the window.
After Guo Pu listened to the other party's report, he couldn't help smiling, and after letting the other party back down to rest, he returned to his seat and bowed his hands to Gao Pian: "Congratulations, King Wu, Zhang Zhongsheng has succeeded."
"Oh?" Gao Pian immediately beamed with joy and laughed three times. There were many people inside and outside the attic, so he didn't say much, he just stood up and toasted, saying to everyone: "The victory is in sight, let's drink this cup together!"
Although those present don't know the details of Gao Pian's words, they can figure out some information. After all, a real person brought back the news just now. It is not difficult to guess that this must be a certain arrangement of Gao Pian that has achieved good results, so they all stood up to congratulate and had a drink together.
After sitting down again, Gao Pian's demeanor became more natural, and his whole person looked very relaxed, like a stone that was pressed on his shoulders before, and now it was finally removed by someone, and he no longer pretended to be chic.
Guo Pu smiled and said in a voice that only he and Gao Pian could hear: "This time, Li Maozhen is a general with the best of the best. He has absolutely superior forces in both Dangshan and Suzhou to launch decisive offensives. Although there are many mountains among the bandit army, each There are bound to be many contradictory calculations, but we are short of troops after all, and we still have a heavy heart in the face of such an attack.
"Now Zhang Zhongsheng's affairs have achieved results. As long as Dangshan and Suzhou can stick to it for a while, when the banner there is erected and they start to use troops to attack the city and plunder the land, there will be chaos in the rear of the bandit army. Facing the critical situation of fire in the backyard, the feudal towns in the Central Plains and Hebei inevitably led their troops back to protect their own territory.
"At that time, when the bandit army breaks up, it will be the time for our army to attack on a large scale and use the autumn wind to sweep away the fallen leaves to pacify the Central Plains!"
Gao Pian nodded lightly, "Sir, you are right."
He smirked: "That guy Zhu Wen really has a wicked heart, and he still wants to make a comeback! When Zhang Zhongsheng said it this time, he really fell in love."
Guo Pu said disapprovingly: "After all, he once conquered the entire Central Plains, and his prestige is still there. With our help this time, once the flag is erected, he only needs to obtain a few counties, and it will be easy to gain momentum. For him , this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
Gao Pian curled his lips contemptuously: "Things have changed, is his world still the same as it was before? When I finish cleaning up Li Maozhen, with his newly assembled troops, I can kill him with a backhand."
Speaking of this, Gao Pian let out a long sigh of relief.
He said with a smile: "The purpose of holding this literary meeting is to let everyone know that even in the face of Li Maozhen's general attack, I am not afraid at all, and I can drink and compose poems. In this way, everyone can realize that I have a plan in mind." , so as to strengthen their respective wills, so that they will not be flustered or timid to deal with the next vicious battle. Now that the matter on Zhu Wen's side is finalized, the lonely king is really sure to win!"
After finishing speaking, Gao Pian suddenly bowed his head and fell silent for a while.
He quickly raised his head and looked at Guo Pu solemnly: "Sir, with King Gu's current strength, how does it compare with King An?"
Guo Pu smiled, and replied in a down-to-earth tone: "The old King An is no match for His Highness today. Not only in power, but also in demeanor."
Hearing what Guo Pu said, Gao Pian's eyes were full of smiles, and he was happier than hearing the flattery of those scribes before him. He seemed to have let go of a certain burden that had always existed in his heart, and said in a particularly comfortable way: "King An, King An, the lonely king has finally replaced King An!"
He raised his eyes and looked out of the opposite window, his eyes were far away and his expression was deep: "Li Xian, Li Ye, I am Gao Pian, and I still won to the end!"
Guo Pu felt the ups and downs of Gao Pian's heart, pondered for a moment, and said solemnly: "King An is just passing by, but His Highness will surely achieve great things. In the future, His Highness will be on par with Emperor Qin and Han Wu. Li Xian and Li Ye, there is no need to hang on It's on the lips."
Gao Pian was stunned for a moment, and then he was full of spirits, hit the knot hard, raised his wine glass and said generously: "Sir, you are right! Li Ye has passed away, and it is no longer worth mentioning! Come on, do it!"
Only then did Guo Pu show a satisfied smile and raised his wine glass.
When he put down the wine glass, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and said silently in his heart: "Cui Keli, it turns out that you chose the wrong person. You don't respect your teacher's order, you don't believe in the choice of Confucianism, and you go against the trend. Doomed to fail...”
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Shili Pavilion outside Songzhou City.
Standing outside the pavilion, Li Maozhen looked at the marching troops in front of her with her hands behind her back, her brows and eyes were covered with a layer of frost, she didn't say a word for a long time, and there was a real evil spirit on her body.
Li Ye came to him from the pavilion, looked at the dusty official road, and asked after a while, "King Qi really wants to go to battle in person?"
After a long time, Li Maozhen snorted two air-conditioning breaths heavily from his nostrils. His sharp eyes were like three-foot green sharp edges, which were extremely compelling: "Zhao Bingkun has been in Suzhou for almost twenty days, and he has fought dozens of rounds with Wu Jun, big and small. Not only have we captured two counties, but we have lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it is unreasonable!"
Li Ye declined to comment.
Yang Xingmi's use of troops is treacherous, his troops are obviously mainly infantry, but they can often run for hundreds of miles, appearing in places that should never be there, giving Zhao Bingkun a surprise blow.
These days, through the military newspapers, what Li Ye and Li Maozhen saw was that the Wu army, with a surreptitious attitude and a strategy of dividing and attacking together, beat up a large army in a radius of a hundred miles.
Although Wu Jun only had a few thousand people in each operation, and few of them exceeded 10,000, and the damage caused was not large, but they couldn't help but add up. Often within a day, marching teams and camps in multiple places were attacked at the same time.
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That's how Zhao Bingkun's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses disappeared.
Even the two counties captured by Zhao Bingkun looked like Yang Xingmi deliberately threw them to him, because since Zhao Bingkun occupied these two counties and the battle line was stretched, he was attacked more often and suffered more injuries. big.
This situation lasted for nearly 20 days, and the army was already exhausted by the trouble, and it was about to be destroyed.
Li Ye knew very well that if effective measures were not taken in time to stabilize the situation, if this continued, the will of the army would collapse within a short period of time. At that time, it would not be a matter of losing tens of thousands of people.
Such a war situation made Li Maozhen go crazy with anger, and even sent someone to question Zhao Bingkun, who is the master of the military, he or Yang Xingmi!
Being played like a monkey on the battlefield, Zhao Bingkun, the master of the military, was extremely ashamed. He wanted to advance bravely and directly attack Suzhou City for a decisive battle with Yang Xingmi, but the hundreds of thousands of troops were harassed and killed by divisions and divisions, so they couldn't gather quickly.
Li Ye even suspected that even if Zhao Bingkun assembled his troops to Suzhou, Yang Xingmi might just throw Suzhou City to him, and then attack the grain roads, raid counties and barracks on the battlefield hundreds of miles away, and kill Zhao Bingkun's army. Section by section to nibble.
Li Maozhen continued to complain: "If this king doesn't go, Zhao Bingkun will not be able to defeat Yang Xingmi until the cold winter, and then it will be frozen three feet, how can we fight this battle? Do we have to wait until spring tomorrow?"
It is naturally impossible to wait until spring starts tomorrow.
Of course Li Ye knew that once the cold winter came, the war would not be able to be carried out effectively. If the situation was still deadlocked at that time, the soldiers and horses of all towns would have to return to the army. This is not only the reason why the army of the feudal town is at the end of its battle, it is just that there will be problems with the supply of food and fodder for millions of troops.
This is equivalent to saying that the battle has been lost.
Seeing that Li Maozhen flicked his whip heavily and was about to get on his horse and leave, Li Ye couldn't help but reminded: "The reason why Yang Xingmi's soldiers and horses appeared like ghosts and ghosts must be related to the dense network of Huaisi River between Ying and Su. Besides, I suspect that the main force of his army may not be in Suzhou, but scattered and hidden along the route.
"King Qi went to the front. Even if he is unable to deal with the Wu army's navy, he still has to search every inch of the land for hundreds of miles. It is best to disperse all the monks under his command and guard the main road intersections and hills and other open-sighted areas. This may be the case. Unexpected gains."
As soon as Li Ye said these words, he felt Li Maozhen's sword-like eyes fixed on his face!