Chapter 61 Tears
The carriage was sailing towards Sancang. The groom was Song Keli's handsome book boy. Yuan Benxi, who was sitting in the car, always hung the curtain, looking at the herringbone line of geese heading south in the sky, dazed and dazed. The birds stood up and carried the strong wind. But whether it was a family, a tribe and a country, someone would inevitably stand up.
After Song Keli left Weize County, there was no imperial palace newspaper to read. However, Mr. Yuan would ask him to speak freely every once in a while, intentionally or unintentionally "leak the secrets of heaven". Song Keli believed it without doubt. The battle of Sancang was the first major defeat he had ever suffered on the territory south of Tai'an City after he ascended the throne. During the Yonghui period, he went to Nanzhao twice. Although he returned in vain, he was unable to help with more than a dozen major battles, and he had a victory or defeat. In the first year of Xiangfu, General Yan Zhenchun died in the battle of Sancang cavalry in the Sancang year.
The entire army of Wan Jingqi was destroyed, and it was destined to be unable to cover the fig leaf. Li Yang was frightened. If Yang Shenxing's trap could be understood as underestimating the enemy, then the Yan family cavalry and the Western Chu rebels were still defeated without fraud, and they had to let Mingqing, the important minister of the court, re-weighted the strength of Western Chu again. Song Keli, who was determined to serve the country, was even more worried. It was not until Mr. Yuan opened the skylight to him and said something bright, that the Song family's youth phoenix truly realized the treacherous clouds of the temple.
"Have you seen something? Yang Shenxing's 40,000 old soldiers in Jinan, as well as the newly-created 5,000 cavalrymen, and Yan Zhenchun's 30,000 elite cavalry who originally guarded the capital were all "family troops" of a certain person?"
Song Keli exclaimed: "But is this price too high?"
Yuan Benxi smiled and said calmly: "The court mainly has Gu Lu War Department and the 'Study Office' where the Jujuan Lang is located. These places do not think that Yang Shenxing and Yan Zhenchun, the two meritorious veterans, will be defeated. They should have lost after Cao Changqing, the head of the Western Chu, appeared. However, in this way, since the troops in the capital of the capital were 'seemed', what reason does Guangling King Zhao Yi have to shrink back?"
Song Keli sighed: "It is natural to suppress the martial arts first, and to reduce the vassal states. This is a conspiracy."
Yuan Benxi hesitated for a moment and said self-deprecatingly: "I have read some military books, but I have never dared to say that I am familiar with military affairs. Therefore, I have always been able to not interfere in the layout of wars. People are more important than themselves, and they should play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses. Many times, as long as you do not make mistakes, opportunities will come. Yang Shenxing lost to the temple, otherwise with the troops on the front line, the two sides will be evenly matched. If Yang Shenxing fought steadily, he could still gain advantage. But Yang Shenxing fought for most of his life. When he got older, he did not regard himself as a chief official, but thought he was a "counselor". In the end, he lost outside the battlefield. Song Keli, you must learn from it."
Song Keli nodded vigorously.
Yuan Benxi continued: "Yan Zhenchun was implicated by Yang Shenxing, and had to hurry to go south to Sancang. He was waiting for the effort by the Western Chu cavalry. The unexpected three thousand heavy cavalry disrupted the situation at a critical moment. He was determined and unintentional. The more Yan Zhenchun had a law to govern the army, the more he was willing to fight to the end, the more he fell into the trap of Western Chu. With Yan Zhenchun's experience, he must have guessed that there were ambushers behind the 20,000 light cavalry in Western Chu, but he didn't expect that the 20,000 cavalry would let them fight to the end. The court made one mistake at a time, and Western Chu
Step by step. It seems that Xi Chu is a successor. The Ministry of War has a file that records more than a dozen young people, among which four are the best. Two of them appeared. Pei Sui, a son of the Pei family, was in charge of the government affairs of Xu Yunxia, who was young and mature, had a profound family knowledge, but lost his spiritual energy. In the battle of Sancang, the cavalry general Xu Yunxia, who led 20,000 light cavalry to fight Yan Zhenchun, was full of sharpness, but she absolutely did not grasp the opportunity to attack the heavy cavalry. In this way, the matter on the northern line should be the work of Kou Jianghuai or Xie Xiquan among the four."
Song Keli said slowly: "I have heard that the enemy Jianghuai, and all his ancestors were generals of Western Chu. He himself studied military strategies and was once a stunning figure in Shangyin Academy in his early years. He had not yet become a master of Mr. Ji Shang. He also had the courage to get into battle personally. He was a rare versatile talent in civil and military affairs. As for who Xie Xiqiu was, I have never heard of it. Mr. Yuan, is the plan of the northern line of Western Chu really not the established strategy of the Confucian sage Cao Changqing?"
Yuan Benxi shook his head and said, "Without these outstanding young people, how could Cao Changqing dare to restore the country?"
Yuan Benxi suddenly laughed, and it was a laughing loudly. Song Keli was stunned for a moment. In his impression, Mr. Yuan was not surprised in everything. He was very wise and close to demons, but he was deeply cunning and had few moments of true feelings. After Yuan Benxi laughed, he picked up the wine pot and drank a sip of wine, and said, "I have been staying in the Hanlin Academy all my life and heard a lot of talks about famous scholars. Although I am pedantic, I am the most popular group of people in the world who read poetry and books, and there are many advantages. Either they deal with a group of shameful behind-the-scenes figures, who have good knowledge and outstanding talents, or have no mistakes in small things, or have outstanding vision, and count ten steps at a time. As a result, when I left Beijing, I lived in those towns and inns, and listened to the boastful talks between poor scholars and rural villagers, I realized that there was a different flavor."
Song Keli was so amused that she did not dare to comment. This trip to the south, she did listen to many funny remarks of frogs in the well. Song Keli often went in and out of the right ear. However, Mr. Yuan was relished every time and became more and more happy to drink and eat. For example, some people in the market said that Cao Changqing, who was nicknamed as an official, was too stupid to hide in the capital and assassinated. As for today's son, he had been assassinated three times anyway, so why did he have to do more? It was better than doing nothing on Guangling Road. Some people had more "pragmatic" opinions, saying that if he was Cao Changqing, he would take the North Line with his masters in the martial arts world, kill thousands of people every time, kill once a few days, and kill all the way to the feet of Tai'an City.
There is no need to lose one soldier in Xichu. It is not that there are some unique opinions and objections. Since this is the case, why didn’t our court hire a master who has entered the martial arts review and kill Beimang in large numbers? What did General Gu Jiantang do with the border army and what did the Iron Cavalry of Beiliang do? It is obvious that there are rules hidden between the heaven and earth that our people do not understand. However, these people were questioned and could not say a single or two. In the market, as Xichu rose up, the big banner of Jiang was raised, but there was no great situation of Liyang King's Army's success in the battle. The war was stalemate and lively, and there were many noisy noises and noises with red faces and expressing their opinions.
Yuan Benxi asked softly, "Do you think those people who are far away from the center have vulgar and short-sighted knowledge?"
Song Keli did not deliberately hide his thoughts and nodded, "I really think so."
Yuan Benxi shook his head and said, "It's not that I didn't think about rectifying the forces in the martial arts world, but the late emperor ordered Xu Xiao to step on the martial arts world and set off a bad start. After that, although the imperial court left many official positions for the martial arts world among the Golden Sword Guards in front of the imperial court, the Ministry of Justice and Zhao Gou also distributed amulets and sent out a considerable number of bronze embroidered carp bags, it still pales in comparison with the spirit of the Beimang Empress. Although the arrogant top warriors join hands to assassinate someone regardless of their life or death.
I was delusional, but it was not difficult to reduce the death of soldiers in a war. There were only two things that completely dispelled my thoughts. One was the orthodox cultural heritage in His Majesty the Emperor's heart, coupled with the obstruction of the eunuch Han Shengxuan, and the mentality of Liu Haoshi's only one in Tai'an City. The second was Xu Xiao's collection of secret books in the world and the establishment of the rules for the first rivers and lakes. From then on, the tone of the temple's wells and rivers was not violated, and it could not create the atmosphere of Beimang streams integrating into the rivers and rivers."
Yuan Benxi sighed, shook the wine pot, looked at the young Song Keli, and said in a deep voice: "Smart people do big things, but their methods may not be very complicated, and they are often very simple, but there is only one thing that cannot be wrong, that is, the distance you see and the path you walk under your feet must be right. What is really difficult is the difficult word "knowing is easy to do". The two masters of your ancestors and fathers joined forces to dominate the literary world and suppress others. They may not know that this move will hinder the spirit of the scholars and forests. Why? They still can't let go
The family is just honor and disgrace. When I do not adopt Li Dangxin's new calendar today, it may not be that I will not pity the people of the world. Why? I can't let go of the rise and fall of a surname. Even Yuan Benxi was impressed by Cao Changqing's romanticism. This great official entered the palace again and again. As long as he was not serious about killing, the old friend and I not only did not stop him, but also turned a blind eye to each other twice. Why? Cao Changqing could not let go of anyone, but I and the old friend couldn't let go of our Confucian scholars romanticism, and were just dispersed by the wind and rain early."
Yuan Benxi sighed sincerely: "If a person has something to do, he will be foolish and he will be true. How can he express the meaning of good or bad in it be just a few words?"
Song Keli was about to continue asking for advice, but Yuan Benxi no longer had the idea of speaking. He just said to himself: "What is the world of the world? It is probably a conclusion. What is the temple will be like in this dynasty. In the future, I, Yuan Benxi and Li Yishan, Nalan Youci, will become a stern sound. As for the imperial teacher, it will become even more luxurious."
Afterwards, the road south was calm and the wind was quiet. General Yan Zhenchun and his 30,000 Yan family cavalry had become a thing of the past. The court was still dispatching troops and generals. There was no war in a short period of time, and the horse and thieves disappeared overnight. The carriages left without any danger, and even came to the battlefield in Sancang without any obstacles.
Yuanbenxi walked out of the carriage and did not immediately go to the battlefield where both sides had put 50,000 cavalry into the battlefield, but came to the place where the heavy cavalrymen in the Western Chu stayed. Only Beiliang, Jizhou and the two Liaos had large horses. The war horses in the Western Chu were not as good as these three places. Moreover, the heavy cavalry rushed to the battlefield, which was impossible to gallop all the way like ordinary people imagined, but needed a large number of heavy mules and horses and many auxiliary soldiers. Before entering the battlefield, the heavy cavalry did not wear armor or horses, but chose to hide in places not far or near to the battlefield, and wait quietly for the opportunity. Once the demanding heavy cavalry completed the charge, the huge impact force gathered together was unparalleled! It can be said that the heavy cavalry was like the woman who tried to hide the beauty of the golden house, and was the terrible "love rival" that the enemy commander did not want to meet the enemy's commander.
Yuan Benxi followed the marching route of the heavy cavalry participating in the war and walked slowly to the final battlefield. Yuan Benxi squatted down and closed his eyes.
It seems that you can see the heroic tragic scenes in the cavalry war.
The light cavalry fought to the end, and the heavy cavalry of the Western Chu came out.
Yan Zhenchun, who had already changed several horses, was covered in blood and was ready to die. He took the few personal guards who had been protecting the horse and took the lead in facing the heavy cavalry.
Those with horses continued to fight and made their last charge and collision.
The Yan family cavalry, who had no war horses to ride, formed a formation in infantry and faced the unstoppable torrent of iron armor together.
After the overall situation was settled, the Xichu Light Cavalry, who was also extremely tired, continued to grit their teeth and chase.
Yan Zhenchun was the first to die in battle, and even did not leave any body behind.
The generals and officials were killed.
Many Yan family cavalrymen who were unable to fight again were watching the spears on the enemy's horses stab at the swords, or were staring at the big swords of the Western Chu "infantrymen" chopping them down.
Many blood-soaked flags fell on the battlefield.
Before his death, a cavalry tried his best to reach out and hold a corner of the flag.
After the war, the young commander in Xichu who did not enter the battlefield in person ordered the auxiliary general to deal with the funeral. The young man did not have the joy of becoming famous in one battle. He just sat alone on the ground, looked around, silently lowered his head, raised his arms, and wiped his tears.
He was for both the Western Chuerlang and the Yan family cavalry in the hostile camp.
Chapter completed!