The Beacon Record of the Eight Parts of the Dragon [Xiao Feng x Murong Fu colleagues]

"The road to poweris spa'ved with hypocrisy, and casualties."

——Francis·Tooyoungtoosimplesometimesnaive·Underwood

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"Why don't you tell me to wait for the credit?"

A group of people waited for half a day outside Gao Zunyu's tent in the cold wind, but the soldiers who went in to report did not come out. Yao Lin couldn't help showing displeasure.

"It's all here, let's see how he takes care of it." Liu Changzuo remained calm.He knew that the other party intended to be negligent, so he only responded lightly, and after thinking about it, he said softly: "When we start negotiating later, just act according to my eyes, and you guys don't want to rush at him."

At this time, a personal soldier came out and opened the curtain, bowed his hands to them, and said, "Qian Ju, please."

Entering the tent, surrounded by personal soldiers, Gao Zunyu was sitting behind the case, reviewing a stack of documents without even raising his head.

Liu Changzuo stood still in front of the case, and then called out "Gao Taiwei", but Gao Zunyu suddenly put down the Chinese book in his hand, slapped the table, pointed at Qiao Feng's nose and said angrily:

"Why is the rush to help so late!"

Unexpectedly, he came up and found an excuse to provoke, everyone was stunned for a moment.

Hearing this at the first glance, Qiao Feng was immediately angry, and immediately put Liu Changzuo's advice to the back of his mind, and took a step forward. Just as he was about to explode, he felt his arm being pulled lightly.His heart skipped a beat, he turned his head to look, Murong Fu was looking at him, seeing his gaze, he shook his head very slowly, the look in his eyes was both dignified and forbearing.

Qiao Feng couldn't help being startled.At this time, Liu Changzuo had come out from the crowd, stepped forward, put one hand on the hilt of his waist, and said loudly:

"The place where the Taiwei camped was still [-] miles away from me. After receiving the urgent report from the Taiwei, Qiao Qiwei led his troops all night and night without any delay. After fighting fiercely in the middle of the night, we repelled the Xixia attacking army and saved the Taiwei and his relatives." The soldiers are well-rounded, but I don't know how late it will be?"

Gao Zunyu is a middle-aged man with the appearance of a civil servant. He is dressed as a military officer. He is fair-skinned and has a beard.Hearing Liu Changzuo's neither humble nor overbearing answer, he "hummed", his face was slightly purple, he threw the brush in his hand on the table, and said with a sneer:

"I have heard for a long time that Qian Jurisdiction is wise and courageous, and that he is dignified and orderly, but he doesn't want it to be useless. Let alone the fact that the rescue came late last night, if I hadn't sent a special person to report the day before yesterday, I wonder if Qian Jurisdiction would have taken Lingzhou City Included?"

"The Taiwei is very thoughtful, and he didn't allow the city to be broken quickly. Naturally, there is a reason for the Taiwei. Liu, a certain martial artist, why dare to speculate." Liu Changzuo's expression remained still, and he answered leisurely: "That day I Two sons under his command led the troops to attack the city, and they got the order from the Taiwei to forbid them to withdraw the troops on the spot and return home.

Gao Zunyu was speechless by his words, he was tongue-tied for a while, and then said: "Since that's the case, I won't pursue it any further. But I don't know why Qian Jue came here today?"

"The last general came here just to discuss with the Taiwei the plan to destroy Lingzhou City." Liu Changzuo accepted it when he saw it was good. "Murong," he called, "tell the Taiwei about the scouting situation at the front last night."

Murong Fu responded, and then reported one by one what he found out last night.The more he talked, the more startled everyone was.

"...Lingzhou City is three feet high, surrounded by the Yellow River." Murong Fu calmly concluded. "The whole city is wrapped in water-soaked protective blankets, and the defense equipment is complete. There are heavy guards inside. If there is a strong attack, it may take ten and a half months to stop it."

"You are so courageous!" Gao Zunyu flicked his sleeves suddenly, and said angrily: "How dare you speak alarmistly, before sending troops, you will destroy my ambition and increase the prestige of the enemy!"

"Taiwei's lesson is right." Murong Fu's expression didn't change when he heard that, but smiled slightly. "The Taiwei is far-sighted and has a well-thought-out plan. What's the point of worrying about a mere Lingzhou City? I think this trip has brought a good strategy and weapon to attack the city? If there is a siege engine and equipped with kerosene to attack it, it is now dry and dry In seasons like ten days and a half months, three to five days are more than enough."

But it turned out that Liu Changzuo had only [-] Han and Tibetan troops on this trip, and he did not have a large group of civilians accompanying him. Therefore, the principle of lightness and simplicity was used for all supplies. Divine arm bow presses the array.Gao Zunyu had [-] troops, but he was accompanied by [-] civilians. It's a pity that he was overshadowed by his status as a foreign relative. He had always been in the court and the opposition like a duck to water, but he didn't know how to attack and defend a city. The utensils were never prepared.Therefore, Murong Fu's interrogation actually made Gao Zunyu speechless on the spot, he hesitated for a long time and insisted:

"The siege engine was never brought with me."

"Then do you have to prepare the fuel?" Murong Fu looked at his face, knew it well, and sneered slightly.

"Gao Taiwei, Liu was waiting to take advantage of the victory to attack the city that day, because the shogunate did not dare." At this time Liu Changzuo took a step forward, cupped his hands and remonstrated earnestly: "The day before yesterday, Liu watched the Xixia soldiers. Retreat to Dongguan at the crossing of the Yellow River in Baodong. Now that the Taiwei has arrived today, if I do not attack the city and attack Dongguan with the main force, and cut off its foreign aid, Lingzhou will become an isolated city in a few days. Just one thing: our army’s food and pay are all provided by Mingsha Prefecture today, and I hope that the commander-in-chief will send soldiers to protect the food and pay after attacking the city, and wait for it according to Mingsha, so as to prevent Xia’s army from stealing the way.”

Gao Zunyu's face turned blue and red, cloudy and sunny for a while, and then he laughed loudly and said, "What a Liu Changzuo!" After laughing, he retracted his face, pointed at him and said sharply, "I usually only hear officials say you're 'cowardly' ', but I don't want to be so condescending! These methods only defend but not attack, but they look like a shrinking tortoise. How can He De promote the prestige of the Song Dynasty! I have [-] soldiers and more than [-] civilians. Each person carried a bag of soil at night, built it under the city, and it will be broken by dawn!"

Unexpectedly, he uttered such wild words, even Murong Fu, who was good at eloquence, was momentarily stunned speechless, all of them stood on the spot dumbfounded.

"Isn't this letting the soldiers go to die for nothing!" Qiao Feng was the first to say angrily. "Whether it's a civilian or a soldier, which one is not a living life? You don't know how to march and fight, but I can't see how you don't cherish human life!" He said and took a step forward.

Gao Zunyu saw Qiao Feng's majestic appearance on the battlefield last night, and now he was furious, his clothes were still stained with blood, and he looked even more ferocious, so he couldn't help feeling fearful, stepped back several times, raised his hand shaking and pointed at him , wanted to say something but couldn't say it, at this time the soldiers rushed up to escort him and stopped in front of him to surround him.

"Qiao Qiwei!" Liu Changzuo raised his voice, uttered a word to stop Qiao Feng, and then bowed to Gao Zunyu: "I, Jingyuan Junerlang, ran into the Taiwei with speechless words, no wonder Wanwang Haihan." Without any apology, he immediately said with a straight face: "The strategy that the Taiwei said just now, I hope to think twice. Xixia's defense force is strong, if I treat you with bows and crossbows, I'm afraid this strategy will not work."

"I have made up my mind, so I don't need to say more." At this time, there were soldiers protecting him, Gao Zunyu relaxed, and immediately regained his arrogance just now, and sneered: "Lingzhou City is already in my pocket. There is no need to contend for merits in Qian Jurisdiction. The Huanqing Army will take care of the siege of the city, and the Jingyuan Army will be in charge of the surrounding camp defense. It's just..." He paused, a gloomy light flashed in his eyes, and slowly Said: "Since Liu Qianju can't even restrain a small cavalry officer under his command, how can He De restrain [-] soldiers? It's better for me to exercise the power of coordinating the overall situation today and hand over the military power of Qian Jurisdiction to those who are capable. People..." He pointed to Yao Lin who was standing beside Liu Changzuo, "...to prevent the military plane from being missed in the future."

He gritted his teeth and uttered the last few words, both triumphant and vicious.

Hearing this at the first glance, everyone's expressions changed drastically.

Yao Lin didn't wait for him to speak anymore, he lifted his robe and knelt down on one knee, and said firmly: "The last general dare not accept it!"

"Emperor Jinkou Yuyan, made me the commander-in-chief of the Huanqing Jingyuan Second Route Army. Since I have an order, how can General Yao not dare to accept it?" Gao Zunyu laughed speculatively.

"Yao has joined the army with his elder brother since he was a child, and traveled around the border. He has been under Liu Qian's command since he was a child. He taught by his words and deeds, so he understands what it means to be 'temperance like a mountain', and what it is to be 'loving soldiers like a son'." Yao Lin raised his head, straight Looking straight into Gao Zunyu's eyes, he said word by word, loudly and loudly: "Although Yao is a warrior, he has been taught by Meng Qian for these years, and he also knows the truth of the words 'loyalty' and 'righteousness'. Sergeant, you must respect, love and obey Qian Jurisdiction, and orders are prohibited. If the Taiwei seizes the military power of Qian Jurisdiction and grants it to others, Yao will be the first to disobey, even any brother in the Jingyuan Army will be dissatisfied! Too Wei Mofei can't ignore this truth!"

Before Yao Lin could finish his words, Murong Fu lifted his robe and knelt beside him, clasped his hands and said loudly: "Please think again, Taiwei!"

Qiao Feng seemed to want to stop him, so he took a step back.He stared at Murong Fu for a while, heaved a long sigh, and then knelt down beside him on one knee without saying a word.The accompanying Jingyuan soldiers also knelt down one after another. For a while, the tent was filled with darkness and kneeling. It was so quiet that one could even hear a needle fall, not to mention the slightest human voice.

Liu Changzuo watched the group of generals kneeling silently, his eyes were slightly red.He controlled himself with great willpower, and seemed to want to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, and looked up at Gao Zunyu speechlessly.

"General Yao, Colonel Murong, Captain Qiao Qi, please hurry up." Gao Zunyu suddenly changed his expression, swept away the shady prey just now, and with a friendly face, he pushed aside the guards in front of him, and personally stepped forward to help them one by one. The generals stood up. "I was joking with Liu Qianzhi, but I didn't want you all to take it seriously. What is the relationship between you and me, why bother to say such words, it is useless."

As he spoke, he walked forward quickly, took Liu Changzuo's hands, shook them again and again, and said: "The Jingyuan army is united, and the prestige of the Qian government is as heavy as a mountain. Gao is so respectful." With a smile on his face, he raised his voice and said: "This Going to attack the city, but relying on the jurisdiction of Qian to control the periphery, it takes a lot of effort to defend."

Liu Changzuo stared at him for a while, then withdrew his hand and said:

"Liu obeys."