Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 258 Xixia General Ye Danma!
Wang Gui was right. Cai really wanted to tarnish his reputation.

However, Wang Gui saw the opportunity very quickly and took the initiative to propose it. Now it was Cai Que's turn to feel uncomfortable.

He really had no way to refuse Wang Gui's proposal. Although he had a good relationship with Su Yun's father-in-law Zhang Dun, it was precisely because of that that he couldn't stop him.

There is an old saying that blocking someone's path to wealth is like killing their parents. In fact, blocking someone's path to officialdom is no different from digging up their ancestral graves.

If Cai Que did not want to lose Zhang Dun's support, he could not oppose the appointment of Su Yun. However, in this way, Su Yun's rapid promotion had actually caused him some sense of crisis.

Cai Que knew very well that Zhang Dun was extremely difficult to deal with, and Su Yun was ten times more difficult to deal with than Zhang Dun. Su Yun would not be able to threaten his position for a while, but Su Yun's rapid promotion would inevitably give Zhang Dun more and more say.

When Su Yun's power in the northwest grows, and he colludes with Zhang Dun both internally and externally, even he may not be able to suppress Zhang Dun.

Cai Que originally deceived Wang Gui through despicable means and made Wang Gui, who had far more experience than him, obey his orders.

But no matter what, Wang Gui was still the prime minister. Although the Vice-Chancellor Zhang Xu, the Chief Censor Li Ding (Li Ding sold out to Su Yun at a critical moment, perhaps because Zhao Xu still needed him, he was not demoted from the position of Chief Censor) and others were at odds with Wang Gui, their power should not be underestimated.

With Zhang Dun standing by his side, he could compete with those people, but without Zhang Dun, Cai knew that he would be overthrown soon.

So now, Wang Gui and others are eyeing him covetously, and within the palace, Su Yun's rapid rise makes Zhang Dun's threat increasingly greater. Cai Que wants to suppress him, but he doesn't know where to start.

This time the government handed the matter over to him to deal with, but he dragged it out for such a long time, allowing it to be passed around in the three provinces and six ministries, which may not necessarily mean that he had no intention of suppressing it.

Cai Que wanted to take advantage of Wang Gui and others' fear of him and let them suppress Su Yun. In this way, he could tarnish the reputation of Wang Gui and others and portray them as treacherous ministers who suppressed meritorious officials. Then, he could promote Su Yun a little, which would naturally satisfy Zhang Dun. Su Yun would be loyal to him, and he would also complete the government's task. It was really like killing three birds with one stone.

But Wang was a cunning man, and he immediately figured it out. Now he feels uncomfortable.

Cai Que looked at Zhang Dun, only to see that Zhang Dun was looking at him with a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes. He was immediately startled, knowing that Zhang Dun wanted to see his opinion. If his opinion was not good, Zhang Dun would surely become alienated.

Cai Que hesitated for a moment and said, "Prime Minister Wang's proposal is indeed mature and prudent. I think it is very appropriate. I agree. If you have any opinions, please put them forward. Don't argue when it comes to the appointment of officials. This matter is under the supervision of the government, so you must pay close attention to it."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone nodded, indicating that they had no objection.

Zhang Xu watched coldly. At this moment, he had figured out some of the meaning of the situation. He was secretly lucky that Zhang Dun stopped him with just one word. Otherwise, if he had rushed to the front, he would probably hear about the reputation of the treacherous prime minister Zhang Xu tomorrow.

Since the prime minister, deputy prime minister and heads of the six ministries were all present to approve the matter, the process naturally went very quickly and it soon came to Zhao Xu's hands. Zhao Xu looked at the appointment, pondered it for a while, and nodded with satisfaction.

What can I say about this reward? Although for Su Yun’s age, this reward seems a bit generous.

But if Su Yun was thirty or even forty years old this year, based on his merits, he would deserve to be a Hanlin scholar. When Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan returned from the northwest, they were both promoted to deputy envoys of the Privy Council and became ruling ministers.

Hehe, those two suffered several major defeats in the northwest, but were still considered meritorious in the end.

What is Su Yun doing? He has made great contributions one after another, especially in the last two battles. In one battle, 800 cavalrymen broke into the camp, killed at least 2,000 to 3,000 Dangxiang people, and rescued tens of thousands of civilians.

In one battle, 800 cavalrymen broke into the city and directly destroyed Yinzhou City, the front-line base of Western Xia. In this battle, at least tens of thousands of Dangxiang people were killed or wounded.

Such a great victory has already had a huge impact on the entire war situation. The Xixia people are bound to react to it and may withdraw their troops soon.

Such achievements are much greater than those of Han Fan, but now he is only given the title of Zhongshu Sheren. To be honest, it is a bit shabby.

But Zhao Xu was also somewhat helpless. He could only blame Su Qing for being too young!
That's how it was settled.

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Luowu city.

Ye Beima looked at the messenger with a grim face. The messenger came from Yinzhou City.

Ye Beima gnashed his teeth and said, "So, the mighty city of Daxia was breached in such a muddle, with tens of thousands of people killed, the civilians in the city also suffered heavy casualties, and the food, fodder and equipment that had been stored for more than a year were all burned to ashes?"

The messenger was silent. Ye Bei Ma was so angry that he laughed and said, "I, Ye Bei Ma, have fought countless battles, but I have never seen such a cowardly battle.

Fei Tingsheng was escorting tens of thousands of prisoners to the rear, but his camp was trampled by 800 cavalrymen. Not only did he die, but the entire camp was also scattered.

And Yinzhou City is such a big and powerful city, but they had no vigilance at all, allowing someone to sneak in and stir up civil unrest, and even Uncle Li was killed?

This is really unreasonable! "

Speaking of Ye Beima, he is not an unknown person. He was the main general of Western Xia in the Yongle War between Song and Xia. The Battle of Yongle City greatly increased his voice in the Western Xia court.

This attack on the Song Dynasty was his idea. He took advantage of the great victory in Yongle City to force Empress Dowager Liang to send troops. He wanted to make another great contribution, but he did not expect that the Song army would hold their ground. No matter how many fortresses he removed, the Song army was like a turtle and refused to come out.

Although he captured one or two hundred fortresses, captured tens of thousands of civilians, and obtained countless treasures, which seemed to be a small victory accumulated into a big one, this had no strategic benefit. He only advanced a few dozen kilometers along the border and had no place to hold. Once his side was exhausted, a counterattack by the Song army would make all his efforts go to waste.

So, although it seems to be full of vigor and vitality, in fact it is already full of crises.

Originally, there were tens of thousands of prisoners and hundreds of thousands of strings of spoils sent back, which could be considered an explanation. But now, there are no prisoners or spoils left, and Yinzhou City is half-ruined. Uncle Li was also killed due to his exhaustion. Ye Beima was very frightened.

What he was afraid of was naturally the reckoning with Empress Dowager Liang after the defeat!
The reason why Ye Beima was able to come to the fore was because Liang Yongneng, a general of the Hou clan, was defeated by Zhong Yan in the Battle of Wuding River outside Mizhi City, and he began to doubt his life and never recovered. This gave Ye Beima and Ren Duolingding the opportunity to come to the fore.

Liang Yongneng was the pillar of the Liang brothers and sisters' control over the army, but he was not ambitious enough. Therefore, Liang Yimei certainly did not want to let the military power slip away from his control. However, he was not ambitious enough. In the three battles of Lanzhou, he showed his true nature as a waste on the battlefield. This forced him to rely on Ye Beima, who was not a direct descendant, to support the overall situation.

Ye Beima seized this opportunity keenly and killed 200,000 Song soldiers in a battle pit in Yongle City, which made him a famous general of Western Xia.

After returning with a great victory in Yongle City, he immediately threatened the Liang brothers and sisters to attack the Song Dynasty again in order to achieve greater merits and thus completely gain control of the military power.

But now that this happened, Ye Beima felt numb all over.

If he can't get back at this place, all the failures will be attributed to him. Then the Empress Dowager Liang and her siblings will definitely settle accounts with him, and he will definitely have no way to survive!

Damn Ren Duo Lingding. If it weren’t for his instigation, why would I start such a big war immediately after the great victory in Yongle City!
Ye Beima cursed in his heart, but he was thinking quickly about how to solve the problem.

After some thought, Ye Beima decided on two strategies. One was to immediately reorganize Yinzhou City and prevent it from being occupied by the Song army.

The other thing is to capture the big city of Song State and hold it, and keep the dozens of miles of occupied territories that were conquered before. Only in this way can it be considered a military achievement. Even if Queen Dowager Liang and her siblings want to settle accounts with me, they will have to think carefully.

Ye Beima pondered for a moment and turned his gaze towards Funing City.

Compared with several large castles nearby, whether it is Mizhi Village, Kerong Village or Suide City, they can either defend themselves from dangerous terrain or are extremely strong cities in themselves, making it extremely difficult to attack them.

But Funing City is a plain. Not only is it undefensible, it is also not as strong as other cities. As long as you are willing to suffer casualties, it is possible to capture it.

Of course, capturing Funing City was not the ultimate goal. The ultimate goal was to lure out the Song army. Instead of fighting in the wild, if they could lure out the 800 cavalrymen, destroy them, and cut off the head of that young General Su and bring it back for report, even the Queen Mother Liang would not dare to say anything.

After all, he was a general governor. They had been fighting against the Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years, but they had never killed a high-ranking official of his level.

Ye Beima was not a man of courage but strategy. He made a strategy and started to prepare for it. He first found a captive and asked him about the origin of this young Master Su Jinglie. However, Ye Beima was quite surprised.

"Number one scholar, master of classics, nephew of Su Shizhan, looks like a native of the Song Dynasty, author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms... This young Su Jingli has quite a lot of titles. Someone, go find a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I want to study it! Oh, find a storyteller."

Ye Beima had long heard that there was a particularly interesting book in the Song Dynasty called Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but he was busy fighting and had no time to read it.

They were now in Song, and both of these things were easy to find. Soon, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and a storyteller were sent over.

Under the threat of swords, the storyteller began to tell Ye Beima the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

(End of this chapter)