Huang Chang, the mountain head of Qingludong Academy, saw Xu Fengnian off on his way down the mountain alone. The two of them spoke very little on the way down the mountain. , then Huang Chang will have nothing to target, and he can't make an inch of it. He asked Xu Fengnian for more local government officials. No matter how thick-skinned Chang was, he couldn't open his mouth like this. The more Xu Fengnian remained silent, the more anxious Huang Chang became. Near the foot of the mountain, the old man sighed and said with a wry smile: "My lord, your knife is always on the old man's neck, and you don't cut it off neatly, and you don't take it away quickly. , the old man is not strong. Otherwise, give me a good word? If it is not possible, I will say something from the bottom of my heart, and someone else will be the head of this Qingludong mountain. If you think I can't take care of it well, then replace it with an obedient one, and don't blame those young rice seedlings who are just emerging."
Xu Fengnian didn't stop, and said slowly: "Sir, you are worrying too much. There is nothing wrong with academy scholars discussing Beiliang's military and political affairs. There are only things in the world that are unclear, and there are no things that get more and more confused."
Huang Chang nodded with relief.
Xu Fengnian continued: "But as the seniors of the mountain leaders and mentors, you should make the best use of the situation and not stand on the sidelines. I don't want you to help the Beiliang frontier army to say good things, because that is meaningless. I hope that the scholars who have taken root in my Beiliang They all understand one thing. The reason why they can point out the country is because there are dead people on the border front every day. It is those dead people and the Beiliang frontier army who may be about to die in battle, so that there is no smoke in Beiliang. Whether they Whether they win or lose on the battlefield, they are not wrong at all. Of course, there is no problem in scolding me, Qingliangshan, or Beiliang Dufu for improper scheduling and planning mistakes, but if you have the original intention of watching fire from the other side and gloating, then The scholars in Beiliang have always been respectful and insensitive, and they can come and go wherever they want, and they can still get out of Qingliang Mountain."
Huang Chang's complexion became serious again. Xu Fengnian glanced at the old man, and smiled lightly: "I always feel that others are not good here, and there are not good there. I always think that I am better than me when I am economical. Reading and reading is to cultivate righteousness, not to raise that person." I am angry and arrogant. I am a person who has been here, complaining all day long, looking around for injustice, and being depressed is even more difficult to calm down. Maybe my husband has never experienced this process in his life, so I made a special trip to Qingludong Academy to say a few more words .”
Huang Chang was dubious, "Is it really just these few words?"
Xu Fengnian said with a smile: "As for scholars from academies talking about military affairs at the border, it is better not to block them. I will ask the government to give a few sets of "Wu Bei Ji Yao" compiled by Chen Zhibao to various academies. Get to know the history of Beiliang’s cold swords, guns and horse administration, understand how our Beiliang actually manages the army, and then talk about the important affairs of the frontier army.”
Huang Chang said with emotion: "It's better to be blocked than to be sparse."
Huang Chang hesitated for a moment, and added: "My lord did this... beautifully."
Huang Chang was notorious for being stingy and flattering. This kind of flattery was really hard to say. It can be seen that Xu Fengnian's visit to the academy this time on the mountain really satisfied the old man.
Xu Fengnian laughed at himself and said, "Technical work, should you be rewarded?"
Huang Chang, who had no grudges in his heart, also let go of his words a lot, "Huang Chang only knows how to study, dare to say that within five years, Li Yang will be impressed by Bei Liang's articles on Confucian classics."
Before Xu Fengnian got on his horse and left, he said to Huang Chang: "On the eve of Qingming, please take the academy scholars and scholars to Qingliangshan Forest of Steles, and there will be a sacrificial wine."
Huang Chang froze for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "It should be so!"
Leaving Qingludong Mountain, while the three riders were galloping, Lu Yunchang asked, "Master, are we going to Beiliang Dufu Mansion now, or Hutou City where the battle is going on?"
Xu Fengnian said unhappily: "You go back to the Daxue Dragon Cavalry Army, don't worry about anything else."
Yu Dilong shouted: "Master, I want to go to Hutou City to kill the barbarians!"
Xu Fengnian was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "Dilong, you go to Liuzhou together with Yunchang, go to Qingcang City to secretly protect Yang Guangdou and Chen Xiliang, if there is a big war, you can decide for yourself, I allow you to make up your own mind."
At a fork in the official road, Lu Yunchang was pleasantly surprised, rubbed his hands together and said, "Master, then we will be separated now."
Xu Fengnian hummed, and did not forget to remind: "Yun Chang, when you are on the battlefield, keep an eye on your senior brother, and don't let him get angry and ignore everything. In short, none of you should die in Liuzhou. Your real battlefield , is the rivers and lakes of the future."
Yu Dilong grinned and said: "Master, after I pay off the big man's debt, I will have a head and a military meritorious service. Master, don't forget to reward the silver. I will send it to Aunt Pei. She is waiting for a lot of money to build a courtyard house." If you want to use it, you can't let Aunt Pei borrow money from outsiders on credit, can you?"
Xu Fengnian scolded with a smile: "You started turning your elbows out at a young age? It's alright, alright, one day, the Beiliang frontier army will be indispensable to you for a copper coin."
Lu Yunchang laughed loudly and said, "Water thrown out by a married girl!"
Yu Dilong raised his fist and said anxiously: "Who are you calling a bitch?! Is it itchy? Help you beat it?"
Xu Fengnian stopped his horse at the fork of the post road, smiled and looked at the backs of the two horsemen chasing and fighting, and suddenly whipped the horse forward.
In the old days, the young man in brocade clothes whipped Liangzhou city with his angry horse.
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The Awakening of Insects has passed, and the spring equinox is approaching. Xu Fengnian rode alone along the heavily guarded post road in the north of Liangzhou to Huaiyang Pass. At this time, not only was the war in Beiliang intensified, but also chaos in the world. Xie Xizhen, the young coach of the western front, also served as the main general of the eastern front, and Song Li, one of Liyang's young and strong generals who had risen to fame in the ruling and opposition parties, fought three consecutive battles within a ten-day period. Previously, they defeated Yan Zhenchun's iron cavalry and Yang Shenxing with his troops like gods. Xie Xizhen, an elite infantryman in Jizhou, after being placed in the high hopes of the Western Chu court once again, was defeated in a row and retreated in a row. The Western Chu navy led by Cao Changqing finally stopped standing still and had to start going downstream. Pushing forward, in order to reduce the pressure on Xie Xijun on land, he began to confront Guangling King Zhao Yi's navy. And Zhao Bing, king of Yanchi in southern Xinjiang, raised 100,000 elite soldiers and marched to the north in mighty strength. At the same time, General Lu Shengxiang, the commander of the Southern Expedition, and tens of thousands of troops from the Nanjing Ji Battalion slowly moved south, echoing the southern Xinjiang army from north to south, and the court situation was very good. On the frontier of the Liangliao where Gu Jiantang was stationed, after Yuan Tingshan made a good start in Jibei, Tang Tieshuang, who was both Gu Jiantang's confidant and general with Cai Nan, also took the initiative to attack on the east line, beheading six thousand heads of Beimang. The emperor decreed that Tang Tieshuang go to Beijing to replace Lu Shengxiang as the Minister of the Ministry of War. Therefore, after the No. 2 Wu Congxian and Fan Changhou, the national player of the "ten-dan" new chess master in Liyang, said they "entered Beijing successively", there was the saying of "Dragon and Tiger Garrisoning Troops" by General Longxiang Xu Gong and Tiger Ben.
The prosperity of the Liyang court and the stability of the people's hearts further accentuated the turmoil in the Northwest. It is rumored that after Beiliang Road lost the two cities of Wogong, Luanhe and Hulukou in Youzhou, Xiaguang City, the last barrier outside the pass, was also crumbling, and Hutou City, the northernmost city outside Liangzhou Pass, was also in jeopardy, which made the people of Liyang even more disappointed and angry It is a gossip that the Youzhou gourd mouth claims that there are many Wubaos, which can block more than 100,000 Beimang cavalry, but it is said that the 300,000 soldiers and horses led by Yang Yuanzan in Beimang have not decreased but increased. It actually increased to 350,000. The people in Liyang, especially the people in the capital, would naturally speculate whether the Northern Liang barbarian had taken refuge in the Northern Mang barbarian, otherwise there would be no reason in the world that the more people would be fought in this battle
Hutou City, north of Huaiyang Pass and south of Longan'er Pingdi, has always been said to "take the top spot". In Xu Xiao's hands, as many as 30,000 troops have been placed in this big city, including nearly 10,000 cavalry troops and infantry troops. There are more than 20,000 dead, and all of them are veterans who are good at fighting. In addition, there are Huaiyang Pass and the two military towns of Liuya and Fuling as the backing. After this line, there are the three major passes of Jinyuan, Qinghe, Chongzuka and the two cities of Scrophulariaceae and Shenwu as the two wings of defense. After this came the Daxue Dragon Cavalry, Gu Dazu's infantry and He Zhonghu's cavalry. Different from the passive beating at Hulukou in Youzhou, in the north of Liangzhou, except for the staunch defense of Hutou City, Liuya Fuling and Huaiyang Pass where the Duhu Mansion is located, all have the cavalry strength to attack, and it is precisely because of this flexibility The mobile and powerful combat force is swimming in the rear to support, making the current defenders of Hutou City full of generosity and heroism for everyone to go to death calmly.
When Xu Fengnian was escorted by a team of Baima Yicong into the meeting hall of the Duhu Mansion, Chu Lushan was discussing the battle situation with Xu Weixiong and the cavalry deputy commander He Zhonghu and others. Add it without stagnation. Of course, it was impossible for Chu Lushan to completely ignore Xu Fengnian, the king of Beiliang, and he helped to make a summary, "Liu Laizi in Hutou City said in a big tone that he would be fine even if he guarded alone for a year or so. All the next attacks of the three cavalry armies at Huaiyang Pass will be based on the premise that Hutou City will be able to protect their strength. Even at critical moments, the 10,000 elite cavalry in Hutou City can go out to fight at any time. Now we are calculating How and when will Fatty Dong’s more than 100,000 infantry of Dong’s private army be used? Thousands of catapults, a batch of three hundred, take turns to attack the city day and night, which means it looks very lively. Liu Zizi said that he was not used to it at first, but now the defenders of Hutou City simply ignore those deliberately disgusting people throwing stones at night , Eat and sleep, the morale and morale of the army are fine, let us relax."
When Chu Lushan said this, he couldn't help laughing softly: "All the troops are crying children with milk to eat. I wish I could say that the battle situation is in danger after dozens of people die. Just counting our Beiliang frontier army as a different kind, I'm afraid 'Father and Mother' are worried, even if they are covered in blood from the beating, they have to grit their teeth and carry it off."
Chu Lushan continued: "The two cavalry armies of Liuya Fuling have already taken the initiative to attack twice, and the results were not great, but they forced Beimang not to let go of their hands and feet to attack the city, otherwise the thousand catapults will be pulled away, let alone Fighting Hutou City, even Tai'an City is very powerful. During this period, Beimang dispatched a light cavalry force of 30,000 people to try to intercept the Liuya cavalry army and find a chance for us at Huaiyang Pass. They failed to fight the siege As a result of the aid, we easily slaughtered 6,000 cavalry. If Dong Zhuo hadn't sent someone to help us, we could have eaten 10,000 more cavalry. Our cavalry marched northward to the area around Hutou City, each with a barbarian head Qi Qi threw it out, my lord, you didn't see the faces of those savages on the front line, and they couldn't poop out after holding it in for months."
Xu Fengnian smiled knowingly, and asked, "How much is Yang Yuanzan's specific battle damage in Youzhou?"
Veteran He Zhonghu said with a hearty smile: "In the mouth of the gourd, there are already more than 50,000 people. In addition to the successful interception of the prince and Yu Luan Dao with Youqi, don't look at their addition of more than 100,000 troops in the two states of Dongjinhe and West. In fact, it was just a swollen face to pretend to be fat. The soldiers from the two prefectures were supposed to be used on the two Liaodong fronts, but they were used so early. There was a lot of controversy within Beimang. On the Western Wall, someone has already suggested that the military power be handed over to Bodhisattva Tuoba. If the Taiping Order hadn’t blocked him, Dong Zhuo might have packed up and left.”
Xu Fengnian looked at the sand table, nodded and said softly: "Let's not be in a hurry to win that kind of final victory, just use up Bei Mang's patience a little bit. The sand field has always been an extension of the temple. We strive to win this battle in Xiangfu At the end of the second year, if we successfully beat Dong Zhuo and lost the Great King of the South Campus, we will be considered Beiliang to win. The next three years of Xiangfu will be much easier."
Xu Weixiong nodded quietly, agreeing with Xu Fengnian's statement that "no fault but merit" is extremely conservative.
Chu Lushan glanced at Hutou City on the sand table, "Then we must first ensure that Hutou City is not lost, and Dong Zhuo is not allowed to breathe."
Xu Fengnian said calmly: "So even if Liu Jinu and Hutou City can be defended or not, they must defend it! Tell him that Hutou City used to be used as the Dawu Castle in Hulukou, Youzhou, but now it doesn't The same, he can die, but Hutou City must not be lost. Therefore, whenever Hutou City loses its defense, no matter what method is used, we must immediately let the Duhufu know, and then we will use Jinyuan Qinghe Zhongzuo He and Scrophulariae Shenwu five soldiers and horses should also relieve their pressure. Even the ten thousand snow dragon cavalry and eight thousand heavy cavalry can be used together at critical moments."
He Zhonghu and several famous veterans looked at each other, hesitating to speak.
In the established strategy of Beiliang, after depleting a certain amount of Beimang troops, all the Wubao in the three cities of Hulukou in Youzhou can be lost, and the city of Beiguan Town in Liangzhou can also be lost.
For a Dong Zhuo, is it worth it
Gu Dazu closed his eyes, and began to silently consider the battle situation and weigh the pros and cons in his heart.
He Zhonghu subconsciously looked at Chu Lushan, the guardian of Beiliang. The king of the Southern Court of Beimang was once his defeated general. It is reasonable to say that Chu Lushan should refute this proposal, but in He Zhonghu's eyes, Chu Lushan did not speak, but his hands and fingers interlaced. Abdomen, eyes cruising quickly on the sand table.
At this moment when even Chu Lushan didn't speak, only Xu Weixiong dared to speak out. She frowned and said: "If the definition of Hutou City is changed, the entire Liangzhou defense line will change accordingly. This will affect the rear. The influence of Lingzhou is extremely huge."
Xu Fengnian replied: "Even if Xu Beizhi empties out the entire Lingzhou and the surrounding areas of Lingzhou, the grain and grass in Liangzhou will run smoothly."
Gu Dazu said to himself: "Fight outside the country? Although this is the biggest dream of my Gu Dazu in this life, is it really suitable for Beiliang, which has spared no effort to expand its depth?"
This must be the first time that Xu Fengnian has shown an unquestionably tough stance on border affairs.
The atmosphere in the Protectorate's Mansion was particularly dignified.
Xu Fengnian suddenly asked: "Commander Yuan was about to leave the armor that I wore, what do you mean by the Governor's Mansion?"
Xu Weixiong had a strange expression on his face.
Chu Lushan said with a chuckle: "At first, I wanted to put it in this hall. It looked grand, but after thinking about it, I sent someone to Hutou City, and Liu Zizi gave it to someone else."
Xu Fengnian was at a loss.
Chu Lushan put away his smile and said, "Put it on for our first Beiliang general who died in battle."
Xu Fengnian looked down at the sand table, "I know, it's the horse thistle from Hutou City. At that time in the courtyard of the city, he sat at the end, because he scolded me and dared not see anyone."