In the hall, apart from Xu Fengnian and Xu Weixiong, Beiliang's capital protects Chu Lushan, cavalry commander Yuan Zuozong, deputy commander Zhou Kang, and infantry deputy commander Gu Dazu are the four with the highest positions and the most powerful positions. Neither Chu Lushan nor Yuan Zuozong made a statement for the time being, but it was Zhou Kang and Gu Dazu who had the first dispute. During the Spring and Autumn War, the latter was famous for putting forward the theory of the world situation and the Southern Tang Dynasty must fight outside the country as a policy of "protecting the country" In the world, but Gu Dazu, who seemed to have a strong sense of attack, disagreed. He disagreed with the Beiliang frontier army's efforts to help Liu Jinu's Hutou City to the end. On the contrary, Zhou Kang, who was born in the old partridge camp, agreed with Xu Fengnian Gu Dazu didn't care about Xu Fengnian's presence on the spot, and said mercilessly: "This kind of hasty strategic change is more harmful to the Beiliang frontier army than changing generals! Military and national affairs, is it a trifle?"
Zhou Kang also confronted each other and said: "Water is impermanent, soldiers have no solid formation, and wait for the opportunity to move. What's wrong?"
In addition to asking this question, Zhou Kang said some meaningful words, "I think that when I formulated the military strategy of Youliang Liangzhou in Beiliang, the general and Li Yishan were still there. Going south to the Central Plains via the two routes of Beiliang and Jizhou, the barbarians of Beimang only regard Beiliang as an impenetrable big city. Even if it is impossible to go around the city directly, they only place 500,000 to 600,000 troops here to constrain my border of Beiliang Army, not today’s terrible situation of the whole country attacking the three prefectures of Youliangliu. Strategies and rules are dead, but my Beiliang soldiers are alive! Liangzhou’s more than 100,000 border cavalry troops are not vegetarians!”
Zhou Kang said "I am in Beiliang" and mentioned Beiliang's early military administration and border cavalry. The old general's implication is obvious. You, Gu Dazu, an outsider who came late, is just a soldier. The second in command of the army, Beiliang respects the cavalry army, and Liangzhou is even more so, so you Gu Dazu should "know up" a little bit here and now. In fact, the military ranks were similar to those of the imperial court. They were not only ranked according to their seniority, but also paid attention to their backgrounds. In Beiliang, like those school lieutenant generals who entered the cavalry camp from the infantry system, they had to roll their eyes and spend a long time getting along. Naturally, it is impossible for the Beiliang frontier army not to criticize Gu Dazu who was single-handedly promoted by Xu Fengnian.
Xu Fengnian frowned, but did not speak. Gu Dazu did not turn his face on the spot, but his face was not very good-looking, he said coldly: "This general is just discussing the matter, no one denies that my Beiliang border cavalry army is not good at fighting, just because we have a strong fighting force, it does not mean that we are leading the army Those who lead troops can spend wantonly. Battles on the battlefield are just like fighting on a chessboard. A national player who can only play powerful chess, even if he succeeds in curing orphans or even slaying dragons for a while, is still not worth the loss in terms of the overall situation. I would not want Bei Liang Jun is a chess player who has the strength of a ten-level national player, but only has the vision of a six-level chess player. Beiliang now holds four prefectures, and the four prefectures have hundreds of cities, military towns, strategic passes, and grand passes. A single chess piece in Toucheng decides the survival of hundreds of chess pieces, does it need to be weighed more?"
Zhou Kang clicked his tongue and said, "This tone, why does it sound like Chen Zhibao is talking to me?"
Gu Dazu finally said angrily: "You partridge this week! Today, I, Gu Dazu, put my words here in front of General Zhou and the King of Beiliang. "Wubei Jiyao" should not be banned among the frontier army, why is it not allowed to appear in one volume in Zhou Kang's Liangzhou cavalry army alone?! Zhou Kang, you have to learn from Zhong Hongwu to be the frontier army that does not enter the oil and salt Can’t make it to the top of the mountain? You have been displeased with me for so long, and I have been displeased with you for a long time!”
In normal times, the cavalry coach Yuan Zuozong would be a peacemaker, and even help the "outsider" Gu Dazu a little bit. The general meaning is to reunite the family. He is like a mother-in-law. help son. But since Xu Fengnian was here today, Yuan Zuozong also practiced closed-mouth meditation with peace of mind, so as to relax and refresh himself. This guy Chu Lushan was even more disgusted. He smiled and watched the two deputy commanders blushing there, watching the excitement with great interest.
Xu Fengnian said calmly: "Those who are qualified to discuss matters here have three-rank and two-rank official hats on their heads, so they should speak up. But about the Hutou City, you can check for omissions and make up for the vacancies, but stick to the decision for a year. will change."
This sentence was said to Gu Dazu, and then Xu Fengnian said to Zhou Kang: "Don't ban Chen Zhibao's "Wubei Collection". It can’t be waived. After copying, send it to Beiliang Governor’s Mansion. I will review it personally. Whoever finds someone to write it for you, or who refuses to copy it, I will go directly to your army and have a good talk with him. If you still can’t reach an agreement, then Let him go to Youzhou as a pawn."
Zhou Kang looked bitter, and bargained carefully: "My lord, that book has more than 100,000 words, and there are nearly 10,000 words in one volume. The battle is in full swing right now, why don't we wait until we have time?"
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "Then let's have a good talk first? Would you like to drink some wine and let my second sister make some appetizers? After eating and drinking enough, General Zhou can go to Youzhou. "
Zhou Kang hurriedly waved his hands and smiled, "No need, I'll stay up late at night to copy the books, and the school lieutenants and captains under my command will keep and copy every single word within ten days."
When the two deputy commanders of the Buqi left the Duhu Mansion and went to the city where their respective commanders were, Yuan Zuozong smiled and said: "It turns out that they each hit fifty army sticks."
Xu Fengnian said worriedly: "Zhou Kang received fifty sticks, but Gu Dazu may feel that he received five hundred sticks."
Yuan Zuozong asked: "Do you need to stop him and talk to him in private? General Gu is not the kind of stubborn character. As long as the reasoning makes sense, the old general will listen to it."
Xu Fengnian was a little helpless, "But the problem is that I don't have the confidence to make sense, and it will only add fuel to the flames, and it will only make Gu Dazu insist on his own views. Why don't I play tricks like now, Gu Dazu doesn't know that what I sell in my gourd is a panacea It's still a dog skin plaster, and you can do it by pinching your nose."
Xu Fengnian saw that there were only the second sister, the second brother Yuan and Chu Lushan in the hall, and said with a wry smile: "Now they are all my family members, and finally I don't have to work so hard to pretend to be superior."
Apart from watching the jokes of the two old generals, Zhou and Gu, Chu Lushan focused more on the sand table. As a matter of fact, this Lord Protector of Beiliang has always been under the cover of his reputation for martial arts and martial arts, and has always been despised and underestimated by the entire Central Plains court. Especially after the older generations of Central Plains passed away one after another, Chu Lushan only occasionally Being mentioned as the opening of Shu, he is much inferior to Yan Wenluan and Chen Zhibao, and even inferior to Yuan Zuozong, who shined in the Battle of Gongzhufen. . However, neither the Beiliang army itself nor the mortal enemy Beimang were surprised. This shows how indifferent the Liyang court generally is to Beiliang, and how out of sight and out of mind. Chu Lushan has a saying that has been widely circulated among the high-ranking army in Beiliang. From the first time this fat man saw the sand table, he was fascinated. In his early years, no matter whether there was a war or not, he liked to stare at the sand table in various countries and places in a daze. , No one knows what this stuff is worth. It was only once when Princess Wu Su asked him that Chu Lushan gave the truth, saying, "It's the same as reading a book. If you read it a hundred times, the meaning will come out." Later, when the Ding Ding was established in the Central Plains and Xu Zhao "divided his family", Chu Lushan had no less than a hundred sand tables in his home in Beiliang. It was rumored that the largest one occupied the entire building, and there was no place to stand on the first floor. If you want to see the sand table, you have to go straight to it. Take the stairs to the second floor to overlook.
Chu Lushan looked at Hutou City in the north of Liangzhou on the sand table, then glanced at Xiaguang City in the south of Hulukou in Youzhou, and said softly: "It's not impossible for Hutou City to be guarded for a year. I thought of a reason, maybe Gu Dazu can be persuaded."
Chu Lushan said to himself: "Dong Zhuo was selected from Beimang as the king of the South Court, and he mobilized millions of troops from the beginning, and went south in three lines to knock down the Beiliang Road, which means that Beimang completely eliminated the people who went south from Jizhou and Liangliao. This also means that there must be loopholes in the strategy we formulated back then. What we have to do is not just to mend it, but to overthrow it in some places. We also had this worst situation in Beiliang at first. Prediction, it’s just that it’s like being against someone at that time, um... For example, it’s like being against the old sword god Li Chungang. We guessed that the old man might directly attack the two-sleeved green dragon or open the sword when he came up. Tianmen."
Xu Weixiong said softly: "Back then, I thought I was one of the two strongest fighters, but I didn't expect that when I came up, I would use two moves at the same time."
Chu Lushan continued: "That's fine, the more tragic the battle in Hutou City, the more critical the Liangzhou defense line is, the greater our chances of winning by surprise. Back then..."
Yuan Zuozong suddenly smiled and took over the conversation, saying: "Back then, Chu Lushan had some objections to Li Yishan's strategy. He thought it was too 'righteous'. He only wanted not to lose, not how to win."
Chu Lushan smiled, "In retrospect, we had to do that at that time. Without the 'filling in the blanks' covered up for more than 20 years, there is no 'room' for today."
Chu Lushan raised his head slowly, looked at Xu Fengnian, and then showed a brilliant and flattering smile, hehe said: "This is also the inspiration given to me by the prince, otherwise I can't think of it with such a small brain."
Probably only this kind of time will remind people of Lu Qiuer, who competed with Li Gongde for the title of the first person in Beiliang's slapstick realm.
Xu Fengnian scolded with a smile: "Speak seriously."
Chu Lushan continued to show no seriousness, "Didn't the prince think of it a long time ago, but the risk is too great, and I know that Gu Dazu will not agree."
Xu Fengnian nodded.
Xu Weixiong looked at the Hulukou area of Youzhou on the sand table, "It's hard to attack."
Xu Fengnian said in a deep voice: "As for whether it will be difficult to defend after the capture, or easy to defend, we gave Bei Mang a chance."
Yuan Zuozong squinted his eyes and said: "So all the fortresses with Wogong City and Luanhe City as the core, they seem to be waiting for death, so Bei Mang himself gave up this opportunity."
Fortunately, Qi Dangguo, one of Xu Xiao's adoptive sons like Yuan Zuozong Chu Lushan, was not present, otherwise he would have a headache again why he was so stupid.
Xu Fengnian said to himself: "From the beginning, Beimang was aimed at flattening Beiliang and then going straight to the Central Plains. Those civil servants and officials of the Taiping Order were all used in Jizhou, Hezhou and the next Huainan Road. Intended to waste in Beiliang. Under such circumstances, the non-surrender battle at Hulukou in Youzhou and the unwillingness of Beimang itself to accept surrender made the Wubao villages around the two cities of Wogong Luanhe all broken after Yang Yuanzan's army paid a huge price. , almost completely damaged. Of course, at present, it seems that there are mixed advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that it is easier for the Beimang cavalry to gallop back and forth in the mouth of the gourd. The entire thirty-five army of supplies will suffer."
Chu Lushan added: "If we want to reverse the battle situation at Hulukou in Youzhou and force Yang Yuanzan to retreat, then we must invest at least 50,000 of the most elite cavalry to win the battle! Directly defeat Yang Yuanzan's elite cavalry at the critical moment! Therefore, Hutou City must not be lost. Losing Hutou City means that the two cities of Liuya Fuling and Huaiyang Pass will also be lost. Comfortable advance south and spread out the front line, not to mention that we have 50,000 cavalry spare troops, even 5,000 will be difficult. Therefore, for Hutou City, it may be necessary to fight in the second year of Xiangfu. Forty to fifty thousand people will die in the middle of the year, but in Hulukou, they will die a lot!"
Chu Lushan smiled sadly, staring at the mouth of the gourd on the sand table, "350,000 people, all of them died here, we built a big Beijing temple!"
Yuan Zuozong sneered, "It's no worse than Xilei Wall."
Xu Fengnian took a deep breath, "Second Brother Yuan, but in this case..."
Before Xu Fengnian finished speaking, Yuan Baixiong, who always gave the impression of being serious, said softly for the first time: "One family does not talk about two families."
Chu Lushan suddenly wanted to hook up with Yuan Zuozong with a flattering face, but Yuan Zuozong reached out and slapped the paw off politely, "I don't know you well."
Chu Lushan scolded: "Didn't I just grow a little fatter? Isn't the prince just a little handsomer? You just judge people by their appearance?!"
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "Stop it, you're not a little fatter, and I'm not a little bit more handsome."
Xu Weixiong looked at the aggrieved and nagging Lord Protector, the gentle smiling King of Beiliang and the heroic Yuan Baixiong, she also smiled.
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Unexpectedly, Gu Dazu and Zhou Kang did not leave Huaiyang Pass immediately, but drank in a restaurant in the pass with a low business.
Zhou Kang waited for the food and wine to come to the table with a stern face, "What's wrong, I don't think there's enough quarrel in the Duhu Mansion, do you want to continue the quarrel? The surname is Gu. The prince drinks and talks with me in his free time. I, Zhou Kang, are 100 happy, but You and Gu Dazu can't pee in the same pot, let alone drink in the same pot."
Gu Dazu smiled and said: "That is to say, today is different from the past. If you, Zhou Zhefan, were the generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty back then, you would have punched me down long ago if you dared to speak so nonchalantly. You won't be able to tell when you are beaten down. If it makes sense, I’m the only one talking about it.”
Zhou Kang laughed instead of anger when he heard the rough words, "Arguing is quarreling, I think you Gu Dazu is not pleasing to the eye, but you are very manly in Nantang, and I, Zhou Kang, never deny it, otherwise you As the deputy commander of the infantry, even if I can't stop him, I still have to take the lead to make trouble with the prince, and I will make you trouble after all. But to be honest, you are just lucky, it was Gu Jiantang who attacked Nantang If you become Beiliang, even if you fight at the gate of the country to defend the country, it will be useless!"
Gu Dazu poured himself a glass of wine, and said with a soft smile: "Believe it or not, being the deputy commander in Beiliang, no matter how much you old generals don't want to see you, compared to defending the enemy in the Southern Tang Dynasty, it is still more important." A lot of comfort. Because I know that outside of the battlefield, no one in your cavalry may dislike me, but in a real war, if you need to die 10,000 people for me, Gu Dazu, the deputy commander of the infantry, you will certainly not only die nine Thousands of people. For a general, there is nothing in the world that is more comfortable than this kind of thing. So the worse you scold me, the more I want to buy you a drink, so that someone will give it to someone in the future Go to the grave in Qingming."
Zhou Kang couldn't help laughing and said: "Speaking of which, you, Gu Dazu, are just trying to make yourself happy?"
Gu Dazu laughed and said, "If it's not because I'm happy, or if you scold me, I'd really like to have a hot face and a cold ass? You Zhou Zhegu is the deputy commander, so you're older than me, Gu Dazu?"
Zhou Kang was stunned for a moment, then sighed and said, "Today we will only drink and not talk about military affairs. Anyway, we will not be able to agree. We can't urinate in a pot, but after what you said, I think drinking and drinking a pot is still okay. What's the problem?"
The two old men were very drunk at the end of the drink, during which Zhou Kang and Gu Dazu scolded each other for a long time, which made the shopkeeper of the restaurant who knew the two prominent identities frightened, for fear that the two big men would fight if they disagreed , when the time comes to attract their own soldiers outside the building, why not easily demolish his small restaurant? But at the same time that the cold sweat is pouring out, the shopkeeper of the restaurant who is still a military household is also feeling a little swollen. These are the two deputy commanders of the Beiliang Army. Who doesn't know that any of our Beiliang deputy commanders will go to the Liyang court Is it more than enough to be a general
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In a small courtyard where Xu Weixiong lived temporarily in the Duhu Mansion, Xu Fengnian took out the two chess boxes from his luggage, but Xu Weixiong didn't want them, saying that she didn't need them. Xu Fengnian had no choice but to put it away angrily.
After a moment of silence, Xu Fengnian squatted next to Xu Weixiong's wheelchair, and said softly, "After going through the rivers and lakes three times, I realized your painstaking efforts in not wanting me to flop around in the rivers and lakes."
Xu Weixiong asked: "How to say?"
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "People in the Jianghu want to live a meaningful life. As Xu Xiao's son, he probably wants to live a meaningful life."
Xu Weixiong shook his head and said: "Don't put money on my face, and don't talk good things about yourself. From the beginning to the end, I just hope you live well, it's that simple. Our mother, father, and your master, even With Yuan Zuozong and Chu Lushan, no one will make your death meaningful, and I would rather you live a boring life."
Xu Fengnian said with emotion: "That's it."