I'm not Murong Chong

Not long after, Murong Yong led the army to arrive, the door guard opened the door for him, all the generals in the room stood up and saluted loudly: "See you, General!" Yong Yi single-handedly selected and trained Xianbei elite soldiers, so he is regarded as the supreme, I am afraid that even Ren Zhen will not have such influence in the army.

Murong Yong, contrary to the arrogance he always wanted in Chang'an, first saluted Ren Zhen, who was in the lead, with the utmost humility, and then walked straight to the first place on the left——Ren Zhen called him to stop, and lightly patted the child beside him. : "Shu Ming."

Murong Yong panicked and said: "The last general dare not."

Ren Zhen knew at a glance that this was just a show - Murong Yong really wanted to do it, why wouldn't he dare?But he knew what he meant, so he followed the words and said: "You are respected in the army, and you are my brother, why don't you dare?" Murong Yong pleaded guilty and just sat sideways.It caused all the generals to be puzzled in their hearts - is this a reconciliation between the monarch and his subjects who are like enemies?Or is it just because the enemy is now present that they have to suspend their grievances and unanimously speak out?

Only Fu Jian was like a mirror in his heart: Ren Zhen had learned his trick against Lu Guang, and when his position was not stable, he would pay attention to the most powerful figures in order to win people's hearts, especially in the army.

So Ren Zhen and the general Murong Yong sat at the same table. On the left was Yang Ding who was promoted to the general of the Fujun because of his meritorious service. On the right was the third-rank champion general Diao Yun. Fu Jian, on the other hand, had no place to sit, and stood upright behind Ren Zhen with his face slumped and his hands leaning on his sword, acting as a screen ornament.

Ren Zhen looked around and saw Dayan's most elite brave generals gathered together, and Murong Yong and Fu Jian were beside him.He raised his chin and pointed to the large sand table in the middle, and said leisurely: "Yang Ding, first report the battle situation."

Yang Ding took the order to get up, and first inserted the two small military flags with the word Yao into the north and south sides of the Yellow River respectively: "Yao Xing has not many soldiers at present, but he is fine, and focuses on defending the two important towns - Guyuan and Huaiyuan, and the rest of Bingzhou. There are only stragglers who are brave enough to wait for the wind to fall, so there is no danger." Then he inserted the small army flag with the word Lu into the mountains blocking the Yellow River in the west: "Lu Guang wanted to attack Yao, but he was attacked by elite soldiers of Yao Xing's line at Sanguan Pass, and lost However, Lu Guang is not dead, and now he has reorganized his army and wants to fight back to Guzang. Now he has no time to look east. We can't expect him to fulfill the contract and join forces to attack Yao Xing. I'm afraid that Lu Zuan in Houliang will rely on him. The Juqu Clan and Lu Guang's direct lineage are still fighting fiercely."

Murong Yong said in a deep voice at this time: "Although I am not afraid that Hou Liang will be our enemy at this time, we must prevent one of them from losing and form an alliance with Yao Xing instead—" As soon as the words came out, the audience was in an uproar, think about it carefully However, if one side has to retreat from Guzang and start fleeing, it is not impossible to seek alliance protection from Yao Xing. At that time, if Yao Xing has a new force and recovers again, it will really make the Xiyan army limited to a hard fight. "Therefore, it is best for us to take this opportunity and concentrate all our efforts to destroy Hou Qin in one fell swoop as soon as possible, so that the entire territory can be owned by Xiyan, so as to avoid unnecessary troubles in Ye Changmeng. Even if Hou Liang calms down and wants to take another share, it is too late It's too late." Murong Yong finished speaking loudly, completely ignoring that "dead but still alive" King of Houliang, Fu Jian.

All the people present cheered secretly for his sophisticated and thoughtful plan, Tuobagui thought silently, even if he has become the commander of an army now, he might not be able to worry about it.

Yang Ding said again: "As soon as the emperor's imperial conquest and the all-powerful attack on Yao were reported to the world, although Murongchui, who occupied the Kanto region, did not change temporarily because the emperor allowed him to proclaim him emperor, he immediately sent the original garrison to Puban. The 'Prince' Murong Bao recalled Yecheng, and ordered General Zhai Bin to be stationed in Puban, and there were even rumors that Murong Chui intended to move the capital to Zhongshan eastward—" he said, raising the flag and lowering it A military flag written with the word Zhai was inserted into a big bend of the Yellow River in Jizhou (Note 1), and then a small flag with the word vertical was moved westward and inserted into Zhongshan not far away. It is facing Tongguan in Yongzhou across the river - the east gate of Guanzhong.

Seeing this, all the generals couldn't help but gasp inwardly: Murong Chui's intentions have been clearly revealed, just wait for the Xiyan Empress Qin to fight hard, he can find an opportunity to take advantage of the emptiness, capture Tongguan, and drive in Guanzhong for a long time !

Ren Zhen looked around the audience: "Everyone understands the current situation, what do you think?"

The generals didn't speak up, they all knew that the emperor was always decisive, now before the battle, he must have made up his mind, even Murong Yong, the No.Sure enough, Ren Zhen continued leisurely: "Now that we have come to this point, eliminating Yao is the top priority, and there is absolutely no way to change it. It's just that we must be ruthless once and for all."

Yang Ding was a guest general with a straightforward personality, so he couldn't help but frowned and said, "Then don't care about the Eastern Front? Murong Chui, the ever-victorious military god, is no better than his useless prince!"

Ren Zhen raised his head and glanced at him—Yang Ding had been through troubles with him, and he would not care about this kind of sincere man in his heart, but such an unconscious glance made Yang Ding involuntarily shudder—he It was as if he had seen in his eyes the power of an emperor who was as calm and prestige as Fu Jian was back then.Ren Zhen lowered his eyelids, and said lightly, "Why don't you ignore it? Send a letter to Chang'an and ask the emperor to agree to Hou Yan's secret envoy's request, saying that we... are willing to lend the God's Ancestral Card because we are in the same vein."

Everyone was in an uproar - they all knew that sooner or later the two Murong Clans would fight in the Central Plains in the name of Zhengshuo, and they had been forced to acquiesce to the establishment of Houyan to establish the country in order to prepare for the war against Yao, but now Murong Chui is so deceitful that he actually stepped on them Blatantly asking for the enshrined tablets of the ancestors of the past dynasties!Ren Zhen didn't seem to know that his single stone stirred up thousands of waves, and he said to himself: "It's just that the ancestral tablet is a big deal, and Murong Chui should naturally feel more serious about it. To show his sincerity, he let his 'Prince' Go to Chang'an City to welcome you back!"

Murong Yong immediately smiled knowingly—a good move to get rid of the bottom line.This Prince Murong Bao of Empress Yan is the son of Empress Daduan, who was forced to commit suicide by Murong Chong's mother, Empress Kezuhun, after Daduan Empress. That's why Murong Chui rebelled against Qian Yan and took refuge in Fu Jian. He has always loved this youngest son very much. , how dare to let Murong Baoyang enter the tiger's mouth?

Ren Zhen smiled slyly: "Murong Chui, who is so inevitable, is speechless—" If I dare to give it to you but dare not ask for it, then you are cruel, heartless, and unreasonable.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Someone stood up and yelled first, and the crowd echoed like wind blowing wheat waves. Ren Zhen had an expression on his face, waved his hands and said, "It's so so~" Fu Jian twitched the corner of his mouth, and silently swallowed the reward stuck in his throat - no wonder he pestered himself to ask a lot of secrets about the former Yan royal family when no one was around in the middle of the night, especially the ins and outs of Murong Chui's defection.

Yang Ding has never been able to figure out these palace struggles, and would rather see a real story on the battlefield. He asked in a flattering voice: "Then what about the Tongguan defense line? I fought against the Houyan army. The general who commanded the army at that time Murong Bao is only talking about soldiers on paper, but the quality of the army is very high, which is comparable to our army. The elite troops may be victorious, which should be the result of Murong Chui's personal training. Now the soldiers stationed in Puban are replaced by generals who have fought a hundred battles Zhai Bin, if you can't choose a good general to guard Tongguan, I'm afraid that if you don't pay attention, you will be taken advantage of."

Ren Zhen lowered his head and took a sip of the hot butter tea. He was almost speechless when he was scalded: "Yes, we need to send a good young general to beat Di Bin to death on the beach."

"Then..." Murong Yong muttered, "Who will go?" All the generals here couldn't care less about who was going to shoot who for a while, and they all thought in their hearts—seeing what the emperor meant, Yang Ding and Murong Yong were both generals. They were going to stay in Xiaoguan to fight Yao Xing, so there were only a few low-level veterans, and Diao Yun and Murong Zhong were already eager to try in secret—if they could divide their troops to defend the Eastern Front, they would definitely be able to rise one step higher. Became a great general.

Ren Zhen seemed thirsty after talking too much, and didn't care about the heat, he spun the porcelain bowl around and drank it in one gulp, then wiped his mouth casually, and said casually: "Tuobagui, you go to Tongguan. "

Tuoba Gui, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly became the focus of attention of the audience, and he himself looked at Ren Zhen in a daze.It wasn't until Mu Chong who was beside him gave him an elbow that he got up in a daze: "...I... go to Tongguan?"

Ren Zhen frowned slightly, why did he feel that since the reunion, Tuoba Gui had become a bit of a dazed, nonchalant person, trying to avoid him from time to time unconsciously, but he had already had a calculation in his heart, so he continued without stopping: "Confer Tuobagui as General Anton, and take the tiger talisman to Tongguan to take up his post five days later!" Ren Zhen's words are the imperial decree.

After the meeting was over, Ren Zhen grabbed Murong Yong's sleeve and said in a low voice, "Defense on the eastern front is actually very important. You must not catch fire in the backyard like Houliang Lu Guang. Tuoba Gui is young after all, you have to help him." Murong Yongben had always regarded Tuoba Gui's foreign generals who were closely accompanying the emperor as a thorn in his side, but now his mood was quite different from the past, and seeing Ren Zhen pleading so much, he nodded and thought about it As if, he got up and went to handle the transfer of military power to Tuobagui.

Ren Zhen then ordered: "Yang Ding, you stay."

Yang Ding agreed, stopped in his tracks, and when the generals were gone, Ren Zhen put his hand on his shoulder, patted him and said: "Big man, you have been in Xiaoguan for the longest time, and you know the opponent's tactics and strength best. Tell me the truth, can you win?"

Yang Dingben felt that he hadn't seen him for a year. The emperor's speech and behavior were quite different from the past, and he seemed a lot stranger, but now that he was embraced so affectionately by Ren Zhen, the familiarity and tacit understanding in the past seemed to have returned.He said without thinking: "Yes."

Although Yao Xing had used the enemy's hand to get rid of Yao Shuode, but in the end he lost Xiaoguan and was seriously injured. He could only defend but not attack, and the Yan army had an absolute advantage.

"Guyuan is an old city that has been refurbished and strengthened, and it can't withstand repeated heavy attacks. Yao Xing wants to retreat from the enemy, so he can only go out of the city to fight on the plains—send the absolute main force to fight cavalry with cavalry, and surround them several times. I implore the emperor to sit in the middle army, let the last general and the top general each hold a wing, and surround and annihilate the enemy!"

Ren Zhen nodded his head. Yang Ding never trusted others, so he must have full confidence in saying so. He stretched out a finger and said casually: "You have always cherished feathers and disliked tactics in the sea of ​​people when you marched, but this time is an exception-even It is also destined to propose joining forces with Murong Yong..."

"Your Majesty." Seeing him approaching, Yang Ding retreated a little unconsciously, and said, "The final general wants to win this battle as soon as possible."

"Oh?" Ren Zhen glanced at Fu Jian, the "guard" who was backing to the corner to do his duty, out of the corner of his eye, "You want to retire quickly so that you can avenge your big brother Fu?"

Yang Ding immediately shook his head. He never thought that Fu Jian had died as Lu Zuan had threatened, and he would not really order Lu Zuan, an ambitious "rescue hero" to succeed him. Ren Zhengang asked After asking why, he said without hesitation: "If Big Brother Fu was still in the Liang Palace at that time, Lu Zuan would never have won it so easily. He must have been living outside the palace for some reason." He made Fu Jian implicated, and Fu Jian repeatedly speculated in his heart whether the musician was ordered by Lu Zuan to tune the tiger away from the mountain.

In the end, it was Ren Zhen who came back to his senses first, and deliberately said to Yang Ding: "You want to go to Liangzhou to find him in person? If he is really in danger, will you come back to me?"

Yang Ding got up abruptly, clasped his fists and said, "If Big Brother Fu is really dead, Yang Ding will behead Lu Zuan and others to avenge him! Shangqiongbi will fall into the underworld, and he will never give up halfway! If he can finish this matter in his lifetime, he will do so. It’s thousands of miles away, and I’m back under the emperor’s command again, willing to be sent!” Ren Zhen blinked, nodded and said: “No wonder I saw you this time, and I felt that your words and deeds were much more radical. Your big brother Fu."

Yang Ding said solemnly: "The emperor treats me like a national scholar, handing over half of the country, even if the final general is impatient, he dare not walk away without shaking his hands, leaving this huge burden behind."

"Okay!" Ren Zhen nodded, "I promise you, the three armies are preparing for war, and the battle will be resolved quickly!"

In the end, Yang Ding had decided to discuss matters, so he resigned and left. A tall guard immediately stood up and pushed open the door for him. Yang Ding said thank you casually, and met him face to face—the man in front of him had a half-pattern of bronze on his eyebrows and eyes. The gluttonous mask, which does not know the dignity, looks a little ferocious at first glance, but his eyes leaked from the gaps in the mask, which made Yang Dingping feel warm and familiar.

Ren Zhen watched Yang Ding leave with one hand on his chin, and said leisurely and fascinated, "Yang Ding, good brother."

Fu Jian turned his head, cleared his throat, and said in a hoarse voice: "Then you deliberately lied to him just now? Don't think I didn't see it. You didn't tell him the truth because you wanted to take advantage of his determination and eagerness. You can go forward bravely and be invincible.”

Ren Zhen smiled like a ruffian, did not deny it, and knew that he would not be able to hide it from Fu Jian, so he just raised his eyebrows and glanced at him: "If possible, I really want to keep him forever."

Fu Jian really had a black line on his face: "Are you going to kill me?"

Ren Zhen gritted his teeth and smiled sinisterly: "It's hard to find a strong general, it's possible~"

Fu Jian knelt down slowly in front of him: "Then I will return you as a general now, okay?"

Ren Zhen froze for a moment, then glared at Fu Jian in disbelief: "You mean..."

Fu Jian held Ren Zhen's hand and looked straight into his eyes: "Let me be the vanguard in this battle and take Guyuan for you!"

On this side, Tuobagui, who had just received Jin's conferment, retreated with the flow of people, and suddenly woke up in a place where there was no one, turned around and left, Mu Chong grabbed him: "Brother, what are you going to do!?"

Tuobagui broke away his hand and said irritably, "Don't pay attention to me—"

"Brother!" Mu Chong anxiously stopped in front of him again, "Don't you want to ask the emperor to resign?!"

Tuoba Gui stopped in his tracks, and shot at Mu Chong with hidden resentment in his eyes, which made Mu Chong shudder uncontrollably: since this reunion, he felt that Tuoba Gui was a lot stranger—the former Tuoba Gui was young Gloomy, his emotions and anger are invisible, and he always has a plan in his chest, and he makes a plan before making a move. How come he is so abnormal now? !

He Lanjun beside him didn't have the tacit understanding of the two, so he also jumped out in a hurry and said: "The general refuses me and refuses to go back to Niuchuan to summon the old troops. Why don't you even go to Tongguan now?! This is a leader who is alone. Good opportunity! If you gain a firm foothold there, you will be able to crack the soil and become a Marquis!" Mu Chong saw that Tuobagui looked unhappy, so he hurriedly pushed He Lanjun away, pressed Tuobagui's shoulder and said: "The emperor also respects you You are the one who was promoted out of the ordinary—he promoted me to be the general of Pinglu Zhonglang, and let us take the Huben camp to the front together, this is a rare experience, do you want to let him down?"

As soon as these words came out, Tuobagui really stopped himself - in fact, how could he not know the power of what these two people said?But he didn't want to go to Tongguan—he didn't want to leave him from the bottom of his heart!

In the past, he was too calm and obedient, so he resolutely left when he needed to stay by his side the most. Every time he was in danger, he was not there, and someone else always replaced him!When they met again, he was shocked to find that he had gradually drifted away - he had worked so hard and persisted for so long, but was always intentionally or unintentionally excluded from his heart - he was not as good as Murong Yong, not as good as Fu Jian, Not as good as Yao Song!

Just as the three of them were in a stalemate, a voice suddenly broke the situation: "What's the matter? Internal strife before the fight started?"

Murong Yong's voice was not angry but powerful. He Lanjun was afraid that he would see the clue, so he hurriedly said that he didn't dare, bowed his head and backed away.Murong Yong didn't even look at him and Mu Chong, he just walked slowly and pushed Tuobagui into the dark corner of the wall, just like he used his sword to block him in Weiyang Palace, preventing him from getting closer to Ren Zhen's bedroom— ——It's just that the times are changing now, and the situation between the two has already reversed. Tuobagui has a ghost in his heart, and he has already been a little timid.

Murong Yong lowered his eyelids, hiding his half-penetrating gaze, and said lightly, "...Shi Yigui, what are you afraid of?"

Tuobagui's mind exploded—Murong Yong's slightly mocking tone was like a blow to the head—he was already the prince of the Tuoba tribe recognized by Emperor Dayan himself, but now in the mouth of the general of the empire, he was still the one in the palace. Compared with him, the powerless and powerless proton of a subjugated country is as different as cloud and mud. He is so insignificant that he is not even worthy of thinking about and extravagantly begging for all the people and things that should not belong to him!

Tuoba Gui raised his head slowly, and looked at Murong Yong.After a long time, he cupped his hands and cupped his fists expressionlessly and saluted: "The last general is not afraid. I am willing to die for the emperor and serve the country!"

Murong Yong raised the corners of his lips coldly: "I hope you really mean what you say."

Note 1: Jizhou, the name of an ancient state.Including the south of Shanxi, the northeast of Henan, and a small part of the southwest of Hebei. Puban is located in the south of Shanxi. road.