Lei Yue Longmen

Cen Zhu struggled twice, but didn't break free, so he simply stopped moving and let the guards escort her to an unknown place.When she came to a remote corner where no one was far away from the tent, the guards pushed her to stop, one of them suddenly pulled out a knife, and slowly approached her with the sharp blade, "Lord Cen, I've offended you."

Cen Zhu showed no signs of fear, so he simply closed his eyes and bowed his neck to be slaughtered.

After a while, I heard the sound of the rope falling to the ground, and the shackles on my body were suddenly loosened.Cen Zhu opened his eyes, only to hear the guard smile and say: "The eldest princess has ordered that Mr. Cen's head be placed around his neck first. You are limited to raise 100 million shi of grain within one month and send it to the front of the camp. Overdue It’s not too late to cut it off before handing it in.”

Cen Zhu flicked his clothes disapprovingly, and said, "Can I go?"

"of course."

Lou Ren admired her so much, "You? How can you be sure that the eldest princess will not kill you?"

Cen Zhu said while packing his bags: "If she wants to continue besieging the city, she will definitely not kill me. If she kills me, no one will raise food for her. For half a year, at least 300 million shi of food, without the capital as backup, except me , no one dared to try."

"What a little girl. Then how are you sure that she will continue to siege the city? To be honest, I am not surprised that the eldest princess withdrew the order to siege the city. Originally, the siege was to prepare for the withdrawal of the army. But later Suddenly ordered not to attack the city, and continued to siege the city according to the original plan. I didn't even think about it. I thought that even if the army didn't return to help, at least some of the troops would go back to rescue him. In this situation, but I'm beating the northern border with my head up, if the northern border is not defeated and the capital falls again, I'm afraid..."

Cen Zhu: "First, if we want to completely take Northern Xinjiang, siege with 60 troops is the most affordable and effective way. Even if we allocate [-] troops, it will not be able to reach any city? The current oppressive effect The consequence of dividing troops may be to focus on one thing and lose another.

Second, Tu Yuanshan led the army to attack Jiankang, not necessarily because he wanted to take Jiankang, but the purpose of leading the army back to rescue him was even greater?Otherwise, he wouldn't attack Guyang City with great fanfare, wouldn't it be better to surprise Jiankang all the way? Good?If the army returns to aid, the imperial court's first encirclement and suppression of the Northern Xinjiang Xingshi mobilization will be tantamount to a failure.The imperial court wasted a lot of manpower and material resources and was unable to win the northern border, which was a big blow to the prestige of the imperial court.And Northern Xinjiang not only gained a respite, but also obtained established facts and deterrent power enough to compete with the imperial court.This will play a decisive role in the situation in northern Xinjiang and even in the future. "

"Third, even if Tu Yuanshan is really determined to attack Jiankang, he may not be able to take it all at once. Although there are not many troops in Jiankang City, the city defense is far from being comparable to ordinary cities. And before I leave, the treasury There are still 400 million dans of grain in storage, which is enough for hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians to resist for more than half a year. If Tu Yuanshan can't eat Jiankang in one breath, he can only fight a war of attrition with the imperial court. Compi? The eldest princess understands this well. You must not withdraw the army at this moment, or you will fall into the trap of the opponent. As long as you persist until the three cities of northern Xinjiang run out of ammunition and food, and Tu Yuanshan can't take Jiankang, he will naturally return to the army for rescue. Then the initiative will be completely in our hands.”

"It makes sense, to put it bluntly. As long as we hold our ground and work hard with him, when his momentum comes down, we will not be opponents of the imperial court if we are short of money and food. I'm afraid, we You can see clearly in front of the battle, but the people behind the battle don't know how powerful it is. There are so many slander behind you waiting to blame you? Me, when you settle accounts after the autumn, I'm afraid that the eldest princess will be charged with the crime of ineffectiveness in saving her."

After all, Lou Ren was still loyal to protect the lord, and he knew how much pressure Li Pingzhu had endured when he gave this order.Facing the censure of the crowd, she said in person that all the consequences would be borne by her alone. If something happened to her, no matter how close the relationship between the emperor and the eldest princess was, it would be difficult for her to show mercy.

Cen Zhu had already seen the reason for his visit, "General, don't worry too much. Before I go to raise food, I'll go to the tents of General Feng and Marquis Wensong to persuade them to support the eldest princess." It is decided that as long as the three generals agree to besiege the city, will only the Eldest Princess be held accountable?"

Lou Ren didn't show his face, but still worried: "The idea is a good idea. Feng Huaji is the emperor's confidant. If even he supports the siege, there must be no reason today? Blame others, the so-called law does not blame the public, it should be so It's just... say? Dongwen Songhou continues to besiege the city, I still have some confidence in my heart, but Feng Huaji, he is the confidant after all, if he knows that Jiankang City is besieged, he will definitely withdraw his troops and return to aid. It doesn't matter if you withdraw, I'm afraid the other two armies will lose all their previous efforts." While talking, pay attention to Cen Zhu's expression, "Is there any way to make him besiege the city together willingly?"

Hearing that he was asking questions knowingly, Cen Zhu said amusedly: "General Lou, I'm afraid this trick is already in your pocket, take it out quickly!" He clearly came prepared, but he still kept going around with her, not knowing what he was trying to tweak.

Lou Ren laughed when he heard that, "Lord Cen really has sharp eyes, you can see all of this." He quickly took out a cloth bag from his belt behind him, and inside was a book-like Blue leather book, embarrassed to say: "I do have some here? General Feng's 'Falling Flowers and Flowing Water Stories', heck, they are all collected by my ineffective nephew. But I was thinking, although the story is not a good one, maybe it will be helpful to Mr. Cen's trip? Maybe."

Cen Zhu took it suspiciously and only glanced at it. His eyes turned white as if they were blistered. Most of the records in it were Feng Huaji's account of Feng Huaji's wandering in Fireworks Lane for many years. It can be checked, which also involved? Several murders.Cen Zhu had heard about it at the beginning, but he never thought it would be related to Feng Huaji.Such a detailed and black history, if not for a certain understanding of Feng Huaji, it would be impossible to sort it out.Cen Zhu doubted that Lou Manguan had the time and age to search for such things, but since the handsome uncle in front of her said so, she had no choice but to acquiesce.And the facts are all there. These "good stories" really took a lot of thought to organize, and if they are not used, they are really wasted? Wasted?

Cen Zhu turned to a record and asked him: "Is this Avon Court oiran the same girl Chang who is called half an oiran lady in Avon Court?"

Lou Ren seemed to be well versed in the reasoning, "Master Cen has also heard of her? This person can play a good song."

"I've heard about it a little bit. But I didn't expect it? The benefactor behind her will be Feng Huaji."

Thinking of Jiang Yiting's entanglement with her, Cen Zhu didn't know whether to be happy or worried for a moment.He was happy that the patron was Feng Huaji, so Jiang Yiting would never have the possibility of getting his hands on this oiran, but he was worried that Jiang Yiting approached the oiran so blatantly, and he didn't know what kind of disaster would be brought to him in the future.

"Hey, when the oiran and Feng Huaji first got on fire, you? You haven't become the number one scholar yet, that is to say, the relationship has faded in recent years, and you have seen each other once or twice. But in the end, you used to be Feng's person, my lord. It’s okay for people to give her a little noodle.”

Cen Zhu was not interested in exploring the relationship between Chang Huakui and Feng Huaji. She looked through every record in this book in detail, found the most useful ones, and knew them by heart. Then, she went to Wen Songhou and Feng Huaji's tent overnight. middle.

Things in the world are sometimes very paradoxical, whether they are good or bad.When she was three miles away from Feng Huaji's military camp, she rescued an unconscious village woman with a big belly from the side of the road. It turned out to be the half-oiran girl Chang.She was pregnant with Feng Huaji's child half a year ago and was kicked out of Afang Court. There was nowhere to ask for help in Beijing, so she wanted to go to the front line to look for Feng Huaji.Unexpectedly, she ran into robbers on the way, and all her valuables were robbed, and the maids around her also ran away, leaving her alone, begging all the way to the northern border, but was regarded as a slave by the guards of the barracks. Crazy woman expelled.He didn't eat for three days and three nights, and even passed out from hunger by the side of the road.Cen Zhu came out to save her, but she regarded it as the only life-saving straw. He cried and confessed everything, and begged her to take her to see Feng Huaji.

Frankly speaking, if she hadn't revealed her identity, Cen Zhu really wouldn't have recognized that she was the half oiran.I thought to myself that God helped me.First of all, he comforted her and promised to take her to the barracks to meet Feng Huaji on the surface, but secretly sent someone to send her to the eldest princess.

When she went to meet Feng Huaji, she mentioned this on purpose, but she lied that the oiran herself had been sent to the wrong military camp and was "kindly" taken in by the eldest princess, saying that she would take good care of both mother and child for General Feng.Sure enough, this sentence was taken as a hint of threat. Feng Huaji's face turned dark when he heard it. Before, he kept saying that he wanted to return to the army for rescue, but after that, he faltered and couldn't speak.It is a big taboo of the court that an important official of the court secretly supported an official and caused the other party to become pregnant. It was exposed at such a critical juncture, and it was suspected of disturbing the morale of the army. The power cut it first and then played it.

Later, Cen Zhu overheard two generals under his tent rambling, saying, "This woman is so cruel, she clearly wants to fight with the general to the death" or something like that.He secretly thought that Feng Huaji really knew about it, and he refused to see her and expelled her, probably because he didn't want to admit this bad debt.It's just that this tactic is too sinister. There is no one in the barracks for a radius of [-] miles. Let her be a penniless girl living outside with a big belly, and you can guess the consequences with your toes. what is it.If she hadn't happened to pass by, this girl Chang would probably have been exposed to the wilderness.

After bringing the words to?, Cen Zhu left the barracks as scheduled, and went to the major towns in the north to raise food.I heard later that Feng Huaji immediately prepared a fast horse and rushed to the eldest princess overnight to express his loyalty. Don't let this matter get into Lan Lie's ears.When Cen Zhu heard about it, he almost laughed out loud. This is not a guarantee, it is clearly a more vicious threat.Lan Lie's outburst, if he knew about it, he might have to set up a court in front of the three armed forces to start a trial.Of course, all this is a story.

However, it is said that after the Guyang granary was robbed, the front line was in short supply of food and grass, but it did not reach the point where there was no food to adjust.In the north, there are at least three or four large granaries no less than Guyang, and there are more than a dozen large or small?Therefore, in less than a month, Cen Zhuo mobilized 100 stone loads of grain from various places, and personally escorted them to the front line.

During this period, the urgent documents in Kyoto have been sent to various places like snowflakes.As if confirming the guess in Cen Zhu's mind, after Tu Yuanshan captured Guyang, he did not divide his troops to stay behind, but concentrated all his troops and quickly rushed to Jiankang.This kind of method of not caring about the gains and losses of a city and a pool, and going straight to Huanglong may seem crazy at first glance, but it is really a very clever move to encircle Wei and save Zhao.

Because most of the troops from various parts of the imperial court have been transferred to the front line, and the Northwest and Southwest two families are united, they may not be willing to come out to help the imperial court to solve the problem. The only thing Li Pinghong can really count on is the eldest princess who is far away in northern Xinjiang.As long as the eldest princess's army returns to help, Jiankang's crisis will surely be resolved.And this is exactly what Tu Yuanshan would like to see the most.

To make matters worse, there are many hard-hit areas where the Northern Border Army crossed the border. Due to the corruption of officials, a lot of public grievances have accumulated. Opening warehouses to release grain, the power has grown all the way, from the original 10 people to 30 people.Although most of them were mobs, but so many people gathered under Jiankang city in mighty force, one can imagine the pressure on the scholars and common people in the capital.

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The last few paragraphs of the previous chapter changed the occasion and order.