The Ugly Empress

Feng Wang worshiped Qi Zi and became the governor of Dadu, and sent troops to attack Xue.

As the front line, Zhao Lu's men and horses naturally clashed with Qi Zijie's soldiers and horses immediately.

Zhao Lu sent soldiers to guard the hill, and at the same time sent the main force to intercept the enemy's crossing of Mingshui.

Mingshui is the boundary between Xue and Feng. Both sides know that as long as they cross Mingshui, they have already won more than half of the victory, so naturally they cannot let the other side cross the water.

In the early dynasty, Xue Junliang had people read the letter of war against Xue, the king of Feng, saying that it was because Xue Changjing insulted the princess. Xue Junliang took this opportunity to order Xue Changjing to be arrested, his title removed, and his military power confiscated.

Xue Junliang immediately conferred the titles of the Four Tiger Generals to be in charge of Zheng'an's soldiers and horses respectively.

Because the downstream of Ming River is shallow, it is almost equivalent to a land battle, so no matter whether it is Fengguo or Xueguo, whether it is fighting first or later, it must pass here. Xue Junliang named the hill guarded by Zhao Lu, so It is called Wangjiangpo.

Teng Xin and He's three people set off immediately to Zheng'an to take power. The three of He's family were nomads who were born and bred, and they didn't know how to fight in water. Unlike Teng Xin, Teng Xin is located in a place with a lot of water, and Teng Xin fought on water as if he was walking on flat ground. , Although it is a bit late to practice the navy right now, it is better than not practicing at all.

When the navy army matures, it will form horns with Zhao Lu's army and horses, and attack the enemy from both sides, which will surely make Feng's army flee.

Seeing that King Xue had already calculated everything, firstly the right to strike and then canonization, they naturally didn't dare to say anything, obviously this was planned by Xue Junliang long ago.

Xue Junliang said: "You say, who should Gu send to support Ming Shui?"

The first thought of all the ministers was Teng Yun, but no one dared to bring it up. After all, Teng Yun is not what it used to be. Now that the imperial concubine is in charge of Fengyin, and she has the same eyebrows as King Xue, it is considered a deep love between husband and wife. How can he go to the battlefield? Woolen cloth?

Some people who look down on Teng Yun are thinking that Marquis Teng Nan has been domineering for so long, and he has long been favored by King Xue.

In fact, Xue Junliang didn’t want Teng Yun to go. After all, war is a matter of life and death. If you are not careful, you will never return. Are there few generals who died on the battlefield? .

So Xue Junliang wanted to ask everyone for their opinions, but no one said anything, Xue Junliang said: "Does anyone have any ideas? Let me talk about how to fight this battle... Lang Jing, you have always been resourceful. How do you say how to fight?" ?”

Lang Jing's name was called, he stood up half a step, and said: "In my opinion, as long as we keep Mingshui and cross the water, we will surely defeat Fengguo."

"Oh? Mingshui is just a small boundary, how can it have such a big effect?"

Lang Jing said: "Your Majesty is the lord of the ninety-five years, among the people are dragons and phoenixes, but there is no water in Xue country, if you take Mingshui, it's like a dragon entering a river, wouldn't it be handy, when the time comes, if the people of the country disagree, it will be self-defeating." .”

"Although the words are nice, everyone knows that a lonely army horse is not suitable for water warfare."

Lang Jing said: "Conquering Mingshui does not necessarily require fighting on the water. Xue Jun's water warfare is weak, so we must start from the lower reaches of Mingshui. On the one hand, we must deploy defenses on Mingshui to distract the enemy; Go downstream through the water. As far as I know, the small county next to Mingshui in Fengguo has not been rebuilt after being flooded, and His Majesty can make a surprise attack from this place to upset the people of Fengguo."

Xue Junliang said: "Although it makes sense to say it, but King Feng is not easy to fool, how can he make a show of making a fool of himself."

Lang Jing said: "It depends on what your majesty thinks of as the chief governor."

Xue Junliang stared at Lang Jing for a long time, then smiled and said: "Yes, you are really talented, and you have seen through your lonely thoughts."

After he finished saying this, he ordered the court to go down, which made everyone feel unbelievable.

In fact, Teng Yun is undoubtedly the governor in Xue Junliang's heart, but he is reluctant to let Teng Yun go. He doesn't want Teng Yun to take risks. Teng Yun almost died in Taohuatan last time. When the news of his death came, Xue Junliang felt that he Almost collapsed.

The words "death from exhaustion" haunted Xue Junliang like a nightmare.

Xue Junliang remembered what Teng Shang had told him, that the battlefield was where Teng Yun was born, but he was afraid that Teng Yun would be too dedicated and would lose hope of life.

Xue Junliang returned to the palace, sitting on the dragon chair in a daze, he was worried if Xue Yu was sent there, it wasn't that Xue Yu had a different heart, but Xue Yu's disposition was not suitable for fighting with Feng Ming, compared with Feng Ming, Xue Yu is still a little too young.

They sent Xue Houyang there, but Xue Houyang had never fought in a water battle, and he was completely a sweaty army. If Feng Ming sent someone to attack the capital from the other side at this time, wouldn't he be caught off guard.

Teng Yun is suitable for water warfare, and Xue Houyang is suitable for defending the city. This is a seamless distribution method.

Jiang Yu saw that His Majesty was thinking hard, but he couldn't speak, so he could only go out and get a pot of refreshing tea.

As soon as he left the hall, he ran into Teng Yun. Jiang Yu greeted Teng Yun, and Teng Yun said, "Is Your Majesty inside?"

Jiang Yu said: "Here, I have been sitting in the warm pavilion since I came back from the morning court, and I have not spoken. This old slave is really worried."

Teng Yun didn't say any more, walked into the main hall, went inside to the Nuan Pavilion, Xue Junliang was staring at the map not far away in a daze.

Teng Yun walked in, coughed, Xue Junliang woke up, and said: "Teng Qing is here, do you want to have lunch with me?"

But Teng Yun said: "Your Majesty has any difficulties, can this humble minister share your worries?"

"It's nothing, I'm just thinking about starting a war... You know, if you start a war, you don't need to talk about the waste of people and money, and the loss of soldiers and generals is countless. You have to think carefully about how to win quickly and neatly."

"Is Your Majesty choosing the governor to send to Mingshui?"

Xue Junliang laughed, "We have practiced to understand each other these days."

Teng Yundao: "Lang Jing said half of what he said this morning. Can you let me guess the candidate in your majesty's mind?"

Xue Junliang suddenly stood up, turned his back, and said: "Don't bother Teng Qing to guess, Teng Qing should go back to Yunfeng Palace, I want to be quiet and think about it."

"His Majesty."

Teng Yun did not leave, and said calmly: "Your Majesty has someone in mind, why don't you say so?"

He paused, then continued: "Why don't you let me go?"

Xue Junliang seemed to be discouraged. He turned around and sat down, motioning for Teng Yun to sit down as well. Although not everyone can sit on the dragon chair, Teng Yun often shared the dragon chair with Xue Junliang these days, so naturally he was next to Xue Junliang. sat down.

Xue Junliang leaned on the back of the chair, raised his head, and said, "Of course I don't want you to go. Ordinary people don't want their family members to go out to fight, so why would I want someone I care about to go out to fight?"

Teng Yun didn't speak, and didn't dare to look at his expression. Xue Junliang held his hand lightly, and said: "At that time you were fighting in Mingshui, and the news of your death spread to the capital. despair."

Teng Yun didn't withdraw his hand, the two held hands together and could feel each other's warmth, Teng Yun said: "Your Majesty, do you know that I, like Teng Xin, our whole life is prepared for the battlefield, man? Can you be greedy for ease? And have you ever thought about it, have you ever heard how the ministers in the court evaluate Teng Nanhou? I am not that kind of person. You care about me. To be honest... I am moved. I'm also happy...it's just that Teng wants to tell these ministers that Teng deserves his concern."

Hearing this, Xue Junliang turned to look at Teng Yun, Teng Yun said with a smile: "Your Majesty must have the best allocation in mind, why don't you hurry up and recruit someone to draft the edict."

At this time, Xue Houyang and Teng Shang came into the palace. Xue Houyang got Zhao Lu's military secret report. The soldiers and horses led by Zhao Tong were defeated by Lu Shichen ten miles away near Taohuatan in the lower reaches of Ming River. Ten miles away, Zhao Tong ordered Camp and prepare to fight back.

Teng Yun read the mansion newspaper, his face darkened, and he said, "Zhao Tong has been tricked."

He said, pointing to the map, and said: "The south of Mingshui has been raining for many years, and because of the flooding of the city, the roads in the prefectures and counties have not been completely repaired, the weather is humid, and the roads are not smooth. All these factors hinder Fengguo from moving forward. Food is transported by line. Food and grass are the foundation of the army. Without food and grass, the army’s morale is in turmoil. Naturally, it is difficult to fight. Lu Shichen is a smart man. Perhaps because of the heavy rain in Fengguo in recent days, the food and grass cannot be delivered. He wants to borrow Zhao Tong’s Food and grass. It was written in the mansion newspaper that Zhao Tong’s defeat was not many, only ten miles away, and it could be recovered. However, in my opinion, Lu Shichen did not send troops to pursue him under such circumstances. In fact, he was not sure that he could defeat Zhao Tong. It’s just his camp. Zhao Tong retreated in a hurry, and it must be too late to transport all the food and grass. Lu Shichen sent troops to capture the camp, which means he took a batch of food and grass. Now that Zhao Tong camps ten miles away to fight again, I’m afraid he will give up some of it again. forage."

As soon as he finished speaking, Teng Shang also nodded, and said: "Lu Shichen is resourceful. He is not good at fighting, but he is good at attacking the mind. He knows when to advance and when to retreat. In less than three rounds, Zhao Tong will be killed because of the lack of food and grass. The Taohuatan was lost to the Feng army."

Xue Houyang said: "Your Majesty, hurry up and draft the edict, and send troops to Peach Blossom Pond. If Peach Blossom Pond is lost, General Zhao Lu's Wangjiangpo will be in danger. Once Peach Blossom Pond is lost, Feng Jun can besiege Wangjiangpo." , when the food and water run out, the soldiers at Wangjiangpo can surrender without spending a single soldier.”

Xue Junliang stared at the mansion newspaper, feeling flustered, this was the first time he was caught off guard.It's not that Xue Junliang's resourcefulness and means are inferior to others, but because he is entangled by emotions.

Xue Junliang raised his head to look at Teng Yun, Teng Yun also looked at him at this time, but just met him, Xue Junliang immediately said: "Let Lang Jing come over, I just want to draft an edict, worship Teng Nanhou as the governor, and raise troops in Mingshui."

Lang Jing came over soon, rather than saying that he came quickly, it is better to say that he has not returned from the military plane. Lang Jing already knew that Xue Junliang would definitely make up his mind.

As soon as Lang Jing arrived, he took out a piece of paper from his wide sleeves, and wrote a long and eloquent letter with passionate words, only short of the roll call at the end.

Xue Junliang took the paper and threw it on the table, and personally wrote Teng Nanhou's name on it.

In the early morning of the second day, Xue Junliang had people read the imperial decree in public, built a platform to worship the general, and the faces of all the officials were different.

The ceremony of obeisance to the general was very grand, all civil and military officials were present, and Xue Junliang once again saw Teng Yun turn around and lead the army away.

He squinted his eyes, faced the wind, and looked at Teng Yun's back until he couldn't see clearly, and he couldn't see clearly. He could only vaguely see the big flag fluttering in the wind.

Teng Yun's going to Mingshui was to solve the crisis of Zhao Tong's defeat in Taohuatan, so time waited for no one, so naturally he couldn't follow the big troops to Mingshui bit by bit.

He ordered five thousand elite troops to be the vanguard, and the deputy general led the troops behind, and rushed to Taohuatan first.

Zhao Tong has already lost three rounds in the hands of Lu Shichen. There is no food in the barracks, and he can only wait for the inland to be transported here. Zhao Tong is already in a panic. If this battle fails, he will be completely lost Tan, he also understood that if he lost his defense, it would be tantamount to pushing Zhao Lu to a desperate situation.

Zhao Tong wanted to fight to the death, but Lu Shichen was resourceful, and this battle surrounded Zhao Tong's men and horses, almost turning it into a trap.

When Zhao Tong was at a loss, he heard a report from the soldiers that a group of troops had been killed from the north. At first Zhao Tong thought it was an ambush arranged by Lu Shichen, but later he thought it was impossible.

Teng Yun arrived with five thousand elite soldiers and surrounded Lu Shichen's troops from the outside. Back to the south of Taohuatan.

Although Zhao Tong was rescued, there was no food and grass in the recaptured camp. Presumably Lu Shichen was very cautious in his life and had already transported the food and grass away.

Because Teng Yun came here in such a hurry, it was impossible for him to bring food and grass. Although he had won a battle right now, he was not really out of danger yet.

When Zhao Tong heard that Teng Yun was the governor, he pleaded guilty and was willing to be punished to boost the army's prestige.

Teng Yun looked at Zhao Tong who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Do you know what kind of punishment if you are punished?"

Teng Yun didn't wait for Zhao Tong to speak, and said with a smile: "It's a capital crime. You lost food and grass, shaken the morale of the army, and died a hundred times. If I kill you, wouldn't it be cheaper for you?"

Zhao Tong pursed his lips, but lowered his head and did not speak.

"Now is the time for employing people. If you can make meritorious deeds, you will be spared death."

Zhao Tong kowtowed and said, "But according to dispatch."

Teng Yundao: "The most urgent thing now is food and grass. The food and grass are not enough, and the soldiers can't fight. On the one hand, we need to take portraits of the inland emergency, so that they can quickly transport food, but the water can't quench their thirst. We have to take back the food and grass by ourselves."

Zhao Tong knew that Teng Yun must have a solution.

Teng Yun summoned Zhao Tong's soldiers, pointed them to the map, and said, "There are many reeds in Peach Blossom Pond, and they are poisonous if exposed to the sun during the day. The local people know that although the water is shallow, they must not cross the river during the day, so Tell the soldiers to rest during the day and be on guard at night."

Then he said: "Perhaps Fengjun also knows this truth. I saw in your mansion newspaper that Lu Shichen's army and horses also came to sneak attacks at night, so that they would be caught off guard...Since Lu Shichen likes to make surprise attacks, why don't we use our tactics?"

Teng Yun ordered Zhao Tong to follow his plan, and the soldiers began to prepare.

In a few days, the north wind started to blow. Whenever the wind blows, you will definitely think of the fire attack, because only with the help of the wind, the fire attack can exert its power, and this wind direction is obviously beneficial to the Feng army.

Teng Yun told Zhao Tong with a smile that the Feng army would definitely come to attack tonight.

At the third watch of the night, Lu Shichen's army horses came to sneak attack, showing Qingqi coming, lit the torches, and set the gate of the camp on fire, and then a large army rushed over, trying to kill Xue Jun by surprise.

It's just that when Feng Jun rushed into the barracks, he found that it was an empty village.

At this time, Feng Jun was shocked, and he realized that he had hit the trick, and wanted to retreat. Teng Yun and Zhao Tong each led [-] soldiers to surround and intercept Feng Jun, and drove Feng Jun into the burning camp.

The fire burned the village, and there were pursuers. Lu Shichen's army and horses were already routed. Naturally, they found a breakthrough and fled back. They were lucky not to be intercepted by the pursuers along the way, but when they returned to their camp, they found that the gate was closed. Call the door, the soldiers on the turret just won't open the door.

Immediately afterwards, arrows were shot down from the sentry tower, causing the Feng army to be in chaos, and those who fled ran away, but they trampled on many of their own people.

Only then did Lu Shichen know that his camp had been captured by Teng Yun's men. Teng Yun and Zhao Tong's pursuers rushed over, and the Feng army had surrendered without fighting. Only twenty or thirty cavalry refused to surrender and protected Lu Shichen. To escape.

Zhao Tong wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue him, but was stopped by Teng Yun, who said: "Don't chase after poor bandits, further south is the powerful territory of Fengguo, I am afraid they will be ambushed, and the gain is not worth the loss. And we are only for food and grass. It is not advisable to stay for a long time, let the soldiers transport the food and grass back to the camp before dawn."

The battle was fought beautifully, and the most terrifying thing is that there were no casualties. Many people in the army did not accept Teng Yun. After all, a man became a noble concubine, which made it hard for them men on the battlefield to understand. Who knew that he used troops like a god like this.

After this battle, Teng Yun became famous all of a sudden, no matter whether it was the ministers of Xue Guo or Feng Guo's troops, there was no one who had never heard of the title of Marquis of Teng Nan.

Some people would compare Teng Nanhou with Teng Yun, the Iron General back then, but Teng Yun just smiled. In fact, it doesn't matter who they are.

Xue Junliang received the good news, read it several times, and then asked Xue Houyang, "Are there any casualties?"

"As far as I know, there were no casualties."

Xue Junliang nodded and said, "That's very good."

As he spoke, he lightly stroked the mansion newspaper, the handwriting on it was undoubtedly Teng Yun's, he couldn't be more clear, as if he wanted to make himself feel at ease, even the mansion newspaper was written by himself.

Xue Junliang said: "For the matter of grain and grass, Houyang, you should go and supervise it yourself. Although they can take back the grain and grass, they can't let the lonely soldiers feel that they don't value them. Let the nearby states and counties deliver the grain and grass in time. If someone If you dare to tamper with food and grass, you will never let it go lightly.”

"Yes, don't worry, Your Majesty."

Xue Junliang nodded, and said: "One more thing, Fengguo failed to attack from Taohuatan, he will definitely find another breakthrough, although the other side of Mingshui is stretched, it is not suitable to send troops, but if Fengguo really starts from this If troops are sent from the local area, I am afraid that they will go straight to the hinterland, and the capital will be in danger at that time. If you want to send people to reinforce the defense, who do you think will go to this place?"

Xue Houyang pondered for a long time, then suddenly said: "I still have one thing to submit to the Holy One."

Xue Junliang took it, it was just a piece of paper, and when he unfolded it, it was Teng Yun's handwriting, with only two words...

—— Xue Yu