Chapter 43: Song Que(1/2)
Song Que, the naval admiral of Wu Yue Kingdom, was originally a beggar who wandered in Wu Yue Kingdom. Later, when Chen Di recruited soldiers, he signed up to join the army and became a soldier under Chen Di's tent. The purpose was to have three meals and accommodation. However, Chen Di accidentally discovered that he was proficient in water warfare, so he promoted him step by step to become the admiral of the navy, who was in charge of the life and death of 20,000 soldiers. Some generals once refused to accept Song Que and thought that he was promoted too fast. He was already a rank-level official at the age of 30. It can be said that he had risen to the top. However, Chen Di adhered to the principle of not using people and not using people, and resisted the criticism below. Sure enough, Song Que did not disappoint Chen Di's expectations and trained the 20,000 naval masters of Wu Yue Kingdom into a water brigade that competed with the 50,000 naval masters of the Dugu Dynasty. After that, there was no voice of opposition below.
Song Que's martial arts skills are not high and he has received guidance from Chen Di. At best, he can only be considered a second-rate master. Compared with Tuobagui, he is far inferior. However, water kung fu can be said to be incomparable to the naval commanders of the mainland army. It is not easy to compare with people from the martial arts world. In particular, there is indeed a way to train naval masters, which trains 20,000 naval masters to become tigers on land and dragons on the water. I wonder if he has this talent, or if he has received strict training, he will know so much and become one of the few famous generals in Wu Yue Kingdom.
Li Yuanchao's commander came over with 100,000 troops. Because the incident happened suddenly, there was no sign that the Dugu Dynasty would suddenly send troops to attack them. Song Que immediately caught off guard. Li Yuanchao took the opportunity to seize control of the Crescent River on half of Song Que's side. Song Que repelled several fierce attacks from the Dugu Dynasty, and suffered a considerable loss. Finally, he brought the navy to the mouth of the canal to set up defenses and insisted on not going out to fight. He also knew that taking the initiative to fight with his 20,000 troops was undoubtedly a death sentence. No matter whether the other party caused many great losses to him or used tricks to lure him into fighting, he refused to go out to fight. He waited until Tuobagui led reinforcements to breathe a sigh of relief and handed over the command to Tuobagui's hands.
Li Yuanchao was worried about not being able to capture the canal estuary for a few days in the commander's tent. Song Que is really powerful. He was originally infatuated and had to use 20,000 troops to block his 100,000 troops' fierce attack for three days and nights. Such talents actually fell into Chen Di's hands, and Chen Di was really lucky.
Now Song Que has added troops, and the general of Wu Yue State is still the leader of Tuobagui. He has a more famous reputation than Song Que and must be more difficult to deal with. Why is he not as lucky as Kou Tianyun? He has chosen such a most difficult canal estuary. It seems that he is really not as sharp as Kou Tianyun in military terms!
Li Xianlong and his brothers were also sent by Ouyang Zhen to Li Yuanchao to protect him closely. However, these three people were not used to the pure and desireless life of the military camp. They often went out to look for flowers and willows, lingering in the fireworks, and returned to the military camp after getting drunk all day. Originally, the main general was Zheng Wantong, the naval admiral of the Dugu Dynasty. Unfortunately, his commander was now occupied by Li Yuanchao. In this situation, Li Yuanchao could have been dragged out of the gate and beheaded. The 50,000 naval troops under his command also had a lot of friction with the 50,000 troops brought by Li Yuanchao. The arrogant soldiers from the north have always looked down on the sailors on the ship in the south. The men and horses on both sides do not belong to the same faction, so it would be strange if there was no friction. If it weren't for both sides' suppression, they would probably have fought before they captured the canal estuary of Wu Yue Kingdom.
Tuobagui led 50,000 soldiers to march all the way. Two days later, he arrived at the mouth of the canal and successfully joined forces with Song Que. At this time, the command of the two armies was handed over to Tuobagui. There could not be two commanders in war. Song Que understood, and Tuobagui also understood, but the Yishen in front of the formation could easily affect the morale of the army. Song Que understood that he could not command Tuobagui's 50,000 army no matter what, so he took the initiative to hand over the command to Tuobagui's hands, completely for the sake of the overall situation. In this way, even Tuobagui was a little moved and wanted to recruit his subordinates, although he knew that this was impossible.
"General Song, what is the current situation at the canal estuary?" Tuobagui asked Song Que to his main account alone and asked.
"Report to the general that the last general fought fiercely with the Dugu Navy for several days, and both sides were injured, but the enemy was in great danger and suddenly attacked without our defense, so our army temporarily lost half of the control of the south side of the canal." Song Que's bronze face shook slightly.
"Thank you for your hard work in General Song. Now that the reinforcements of this general have arrived, I wonder if General Song has any plans to defeat the enemy?" Although Tuobagui is a famous general, he is not a general. He is far inferior to Song Que, so he asked this question.
"General, we have just been able to hold our feet and the last general has not yet figured out the strategy of breaking the enemy." Song Que said the truth. He has been busy with how to resist the enemy's attack every day in the past few days, so he has no time to think about any strategy of breaking the enemy.
Tuobagui is not a fool. From the tired face on Song Que's face, it can be seen that he has not fallen asleep for several days. So he said proudly: "I think we cannot just defend the enemy. Taking the initiative is the only way to do so. Li Yuanchao has a 100,000 army, and our side is not bad. The 70,000 army and the local city guards can be said to be of equal strength. As long as General Song cooperates, we will definitely be able to win!"
"I'm willing to hear it in detail!" Song Que's ancient well, Fu Ha, said Tuobagui, must have thought of some attention. He just wanted to ask if it works.
"Tubagui believes that the first purpose of our army now is to grab control of the southern part of the Crescent Henan again, so that we can gain the initiative on the battlefield."Tubagui thought for a while and said.
"But our current goal of troops and the number of warships is probably difficult to achieve." Song Que did not want to pour out the cold water of Tobagui.
"How many warships do our army have?" asked Takuba Kei.
"More than 70 warships of all sizes, plus the troop transport ships brought by the lord, there are almost more than 100." Song Que only knew the approximate number. During the war, most of the ships were sunk by the other side. The surviving warships were either broken or unable to go to the battlefield at all. They had no ability to fight on the water and control half of the water.
"If we were given time to repair these warships, how many can we use?" Takuba Kei also knew that things were ineffective.
"If there is plenty of time, all warships can be used in three months, but if there is only a few days, the final general can only guarantee that less than one-third of the ships can fight again!" Song Que estimated in his heart.
"Okay, I will give the general three days to repair forty warships for backup. Is there any problem?" said Takuba Kei.
"The last general will definitely do it!" Song Que said firmly.
"Okay, General Song, I heard that you have a good relationship with Dugu's navy admiral, is there any such thing?" asked Tuobagui.
"Yes, in peacetime, when we fought a good relationship between the two sides, we often had some small frictions to turn big things into small things and small things into nothing. The general thought that these were necessary, and the Lord had given up the last general." Song Que didn't know what the general was thinking about. He lifted the Lord out and did not dare to touch me easily.
"General Song misunderstood what I mean. He did not blame the general for having contact with the enemy generals. He just wanted to know what kind of person Zheng Wantong was, what kind of personality he had, and his combat style. I want to know all of these. It is not reliable to understand from others at all. Only by saying it from General Song is the most objective." Tuobagui comforted with a smile.
Song Que said with a calm expression: "Zheng Wantong is a cautious person, honest and dedicated to the public, and is very strict in governing the army. Treating soldiers is no different from treating his own son. Therefore, all the soldiers under him are brave and good at fighting. However, one of the biggest problems of this person is to protect his shortcomings. Therefore, his relationship with the court has always been bad, but no one can replace his position in the navy, so he has been retained to this day."
"Protect your short-term? This is a good opportunity!" Takubagui said to himself.
Song Que figured out what Tuobagui had just said, "Is it possible that General Tuoba wants to provoke the relationship between Zheng Wantong and Li Yuanchao?"
"Yes, he is so protective of his shortcomings, so we will make a plan to disagree and let them fight first. Then we will solve them without any bloodshed. General Song, do you think my plan is feasible?" Tuobagui said confidently.
Song Que had considered this strategy. He also knew that sooner or later he had a big battle with Zheng Wantong. Both of them had put a lot of effort into each other. He had once doubted whether Zheng Wantong had protected his shortcomings for him. He ordered his subordinates to go to the other side to investigate quietly. The information he received was no different from what he had seen with his own eyes. He also hid a lot of his own affairs about Zheng Wantong. If it was true, this plan would definitely work. If it was fake, if the other party made a fake act and led him to take the bait,
That's the danger of annihilation of the entire army! Should I remind Tuobagui? Besides, this is not an act of impulse, and it is well known to everyone in Wu Yue that the generals under Chen Di and the generals of the three tribes. At this time, I cannot destroy the entire war for a little hatred, so I said: "General, Song Que believes that this plan cannot be taken. He must come up with a complete plan before he can carry it out. If he falls into the trap of the other party, we will be in danger."
"I also know that with the wisdom of the two old foxes Li Yuanchao and Zheng Wantong, we may see through our plans, but as long as we get certain information or we have a solution to deal with it, we will not be afraid of falling into the trap." Tuoba Kei said.
"General Tuoba, can you please first..." Song Que wanted to remind Tuobagui not to be too blind and confident. He should not move his troops first and observe for a few days before talking. Unfortunately, Tuobagui did not give him the opportunity to speak and said, "General Song, don't worry, I will bear all the consequences in this matter. You can go ahead and do it first. I have other things to deal with!"
Song Que left the commander's tent in disappointment and returned to his admiral's mansion. Why did Tuobagui not live in a house but had to live in a tent? First, the admiral's mansion no longer wanted to be a place where people could live. Secondly, it was all Song Que's people. Song Que was Chen Di's confidant general. If you live there, wouldn't you hold your head in your own hands to live? He was never threatened, and of course he refused to live in the admiral's mansion.
"Report to the Prime Minister, General Yuwen Cheng has sent a secret letter!"
"Come on me quickly!" Li Yuanchao said in a deep voice. What would happen if he sent a secret letter at this time? He had not taken any land here, but Kou Tianyun had seized the opportunity and captured many cities. It was not a joke.
"Prince Li is here, and the last general heard that the prime minister had been unable to seize the canal estuary for a long time, so he reported this message to him. The last general had personally led a large army of 80,000 people to surround the Heifeng Mountain, to eliminate the worries of the prime minister. The last general congratulations to the prime minister on his early conquering the canal estuary and establishing immortal achievements.
Under General Kou: Yuwen Chengjing"
Li Yuan tore Yuwencheng's handwritten book to pieces and said, "This Yuwencheng was so angry that he didn't take the true nature seriously in his words. One day, a Japanese minister would definitely break you up to vent his hatred. Lin Yunbao deceived him and said that Chen Di was seriously ill. He saw that he could still lead troops to fight. How could he have any illness? After this battle is over, the minister will definitely settle the score with you one by one!"
"Zhao Ye, you're not doing well..." A huge noise suddenly came from outside the tent.
Li Yuanchao was angry and walked out of the tent. He saw that he was his son's guard, covered in mud, and he didn't have the usual attitude. So he shouted loudly: "What happened? How could you do this?"
The guards immediately knelt down when they saw Li Yuanchao and said, "Prince, the three young masters and the other two were playing on the street and accidentally destroyed a stall. The soldiers who were patrolling the city asked the young master to compensate the stall owner. The young master refused to agree. The two sides argued. The young master accidentally killed a soldier. Zheng Wantong took the three young masters to the Navy Office."
"It must be that rebellious son who has been in trouble again. At this time, he still has the intention to play and have fun outside. I am so angry that I am so angry that I come to prepare for the horses and go to the Navy Office with me." Even though he scolded, his son still had to take care of it.
On the way, Li Yuanchao finally figured out what was going on. His son and the two senior brothers were drinking in the restaurant, drunk. He passed by a girl who bought flowers. Li Xianlong was drunk and the girl who bought flowers was a bit beautiful, so he went up to tease her. The girl refused to obey. Li Xianlong rose up and ordered his subordinates to smash all the flowers of the girl. Just as a pair of soldiers who were patrolling the city passed by, he went forward to make a move.
At the end, the two sides argued, and Li Xianlong accidentally killed a soldier. It happened that the public security here was all managed by the Navy yamen. Anyway, why should I set up another yamen? This matter came to Zheng Wantong. The dead were his soldiers. He had always protected his shortcomings and immediately sent troops to capture the three people and the accompanying guards to the Navy yamen. The guard sneaked back to report the news depending on the situation.
Li Xianlong and the other three have been put into the Navy prison by Zheng Wantong, and are having a headache. How to deal with these three people? Li Yuan Dynasty arrived, and he is just outside the yamen. The news is really well-informed!
Zheng Wantong said that he was subordinates, so he had to go out of the yamen to win and sit down in the inner hall. Li Yuanchao went straight to the main topic: "Is the dog son taken down by Admiral Zheng?"
"The Prime Minister is clear, yes, if the young master beats a man to death in the street, it violates military and national laws. Naturally, he will lock him in the yamen." He is so good that he is also a general of the court, and Li Yuanchao dare not do anything to him.
"Now the army is using people. The three brothers and sisters are all good at martial arts. Can they make meritorious service?" Li Yuanchao also knew that he would never turn against Zheng Wantong at this time. Not only could he not win the battle, but his son might have lost his life.
Zheng Wantong also knew that these three people were ruthless when they went to the battlefield. They killed the brave and brave people and could definitely fight against a hundred people with one life. It was a pity to kill them. He didn't know what these three people were. If he knew, he wouldn't be like this. His father had to hide the bad things that Li Xianlong did. How could he know?
"The Prime Minister is not unreasonable, but the dead person is the soldiers under the general. How can the Prime Minister explain to his soldiers?" Zheng Wantong was indeed a general who protected his shortcomings, and Li Yuanchao thought in his heart.
"This, the deceased can give double pensions. Admiral Zheng, what do you think?" Li Yuanchao wanted to use money to solve the problem.
"Does the prime minister think that a person's life can be bought with money? Then can you kill people at will if you have money? Wan Tong dare not agree with the prime minister's suggestion!" Zheng Wan Tong hated others the most about linking life with money. No matter who the other party is, he would not give face and scolded him in person.
"Then Admiral Zheng wants to deal with the three dogs?" Li Yuanchao said, wanting to know his bottom line.
"When I ask the whole story clearly, I will know after the trial of the case tomorrow! Please come back, the prime minister will definitely take good care of the young master." Zheng Wantong issued an order to expel the guest.
Li Yuanchao was furious and shattered the chair he was sitting on with a palm. He left the Navy's Office angrily and went straight back to the military camp.
Zheng Wantong suddenly looked at the shattered chair and his heart thumped. Li Yuanchao, who seemed weak, actually possessed such superb skills. If he hadn't been angry today, he wouldn't have known this secret until his death.
"Sir, my subordinates have examined the dead brother's body. On the surface, they are indeed dead under Mr. Li's whip, but the villain did find a very subtle silver needle on the left leg of the deceased. The possible cause of death is on this silver needle." Yu Zuo told Zheng Wantong the results of his autopsy.
Zheng Wantong pointed to the autopsy report in his hand and said, "Has anyone else seen this autopsy report?"
"No, sir, the villain came over after the corpse was tested." The offender said.
"Where is the silver needle on the left leg foot barley? Have you ever taken it out?" Zheng Wantong asked.
Yu Zuo took out a cloth from his arms, put on his gloves and took out the silver needle and said, "This silver needle may be highly toxic, but it did not change color at all. The villain couldn't figure it out, and he didn't know why?"
"Oh, take it under the lamp to show me." Zheng Wantong leaned over and said.
The offender sent the silver needle to Zheng Wantong, and saw that the silver needle had no trace of smearing the poison. He even more strange in his heart that he would not deceive himself after following him for more than ten years. Could it be that the Taishui tribe's unique secret drug "Ezexin San" on the silver needle. This drug is not poisonous, but it is an extremely powerful drug. This drug can be said to be a drug of fake death. Once the antidote is obtained, the person who is poisoned can be resurrected. If there is no antidote, he will definitely not wake up again. Knowing himself and his enemy, he will never be able to win a hundred battles. As a famous general, he will not be able to make any effort to understand his enemies.
This must be a conspiracy of the enemy. If we kill each other, the enemy can gain the benefits of the fisherman. How could we leave such obvious evidence for ourselves? The other party's scheming is indeed powerful. Such evidence means there is no evidence. Who would believe that you took it and said that it was taken from the deceased after taking the silver needle, and there was no sign of being poisoned to death? Then can Li Yuanchao believe his words? How can his subordinates believe in himself? The opponent really gave himself such a high problem!
What kind of method should I think of can not only save the lives of Lee Hsien Long and the other two, but also help the hearts of my subordinates? Is this really hard to sleep all night?
Zheng Wantong didn't sleep in the middle of the night, so he jumped onto his horse from the back door of the Admiral's Mansion and quietly headed to Li Yuanchao's central army camp.
Li Yuanchao was also not in the mood to sleep. The tent of the Central Army camp was brightly lit, and he was alone staring at the map and worried!
Zheng Wantong stopped the guards who reported to him and walked into the central army commander's tent himself. Li Yuanchao was about to scold the person who was harassing him. When he turned around, he saw that it was Zheng Wantong, the navy admiral, who was surprised. He put down the map in his hand and said, "How could it be you? What are you doing?"
"The last general comes to the prime minister for some discussion." Zheng Wantong said cautiously.
When Li Yuanchao saw that he was alone late at night, things must be not simple, and he didn't care how he offended him today, so he hurriedly asked Zheng Wantong to sit down. The two of them had discussed for no reason. In the end, Zheng Wantong dragged his tired body to experience his Navy Admiral's Mansion, and the lights in Li Yuanchao's central army tent were also turned off.
The next day, all the navy soldiers gathered at the Navy Admiral's Office and demanded that the murderer who killed their brothers be punished. The people were angry. The navy Admiral tried the case in court and put Lee Hsien-long and others in prison. Everything was discussed after the battle was over.
However, the soldiers of the navy were not satisfied with this. They must kill Li Xianlong for their brothers before going to war with the enemy. They did not care who Li Xianlong was. They must punish those who killed someone on Zheng Wantong's land. The 50,000 soldiers brought by Li Yuanchao looked down on the navy. Now the navy actually demanded to kill his beloved son, and tried to find trouble for the navy. In three days, civil wars of all sizes were fought more than fifty times. The two generals, Li Yuanchao and Zheng Wantong, seemed to ignore them and did not ask. They could only fight and would automatically appear when they were about to cause death. They would separate the soldiers on both sides and mediate the conflicts between the two sides. However, they had never seen two people present at the same time. One of them came every time.
When Song Que received the enemy's information, he really admired Tuobagui's man. He could let the enemy know that it was a trap and had to drill into it. He asked himself whether he had this ability, but another news made him happy. His subordinates caught a spy sent by Li Yuanchao, saying that he was promoting it in his army. His lord was besieged by Yuwen Cheng in Heifeng Mountain. Now rumors are spreading everywhere in the military camp, and the morale of the army is beginning to disintegrate. I don't know whether it is true or false. If this is true, he has been deeply grateful to Chen Di, and he cannot let go of everything and lead his troops to rescue Chen Di. However, in the current situation, he cannot leave here. What should he do?
If he just left and Li Yuanchao came over and Tuobagui didn't know how to attack and defend the water, it would be a question whether the canal estuary could be kept.
Just as he was thinking, Tuobagui sent someone to ask him to discuss military affairs, he quickly changed his clothes and went out. There were small troubles on both sides these days, and there was no big news. How could there be any major military affairs to discuss?
Song Que saluted Tuobagui with military salute. The two sat down. Tuobagui said, "General Song must have heard many rumors in the army that the Lord was trapped in Heifeng Mountain. The truth and falsehood of this matter still need to be verified. The general has already compiled the book to Duke. I believe there will be news soon, but we don't know this news. The enemy can actually know first. Does General Song know why?"
Song Que said inexplicably: "I hope that the general Tuoba will teach the last general!"
"Li Yuanchao's old fox has guessed that the murder was caused by us in secret. It's a pity that no one believed them and could only use this trick to distract us, so we think that they are fighting in an internal battle. In this case, General Song must be eager to protect his master when he gets this news. Maybe he will immediately raise troops to rescue his master. As long as our troops are dispersed, they will take advantage of the opportunity to attack us." Tuobagui is indeed a famous general. The enemy's every move is so accurate, but the enemy also sees him very thoroughly. Ouyang Zhen's intelligence network is not a fool.
"Is the news that General Tuoba thought the master was trapped is true?" Song Que asked unconsciously.
"Tubagui thinks it may be true. If it is not true, he will definitely not succeed with this trick to disperse our troops."Tubagui's face changed *.
"What should I do? If it is true, I know that the Lord is trapped but not saved, how could it be the purpose of a minister? General Tuoba has a good idea?" Song Que looked at Tuoba Gui with a worried expression.
"General Song comes to my ear!" Tuobagui said a few words in Song Que's ear. Song Que was surprised first, but then became shocked. Tuobagui knew clearly that he deliberately pretended to be irritable in front of his subordinates and everyone. It seemed that he had noticed himself for a long time. It seemed that he had paid attention to him in his letter. It seemed that it was true, but now he was sitting on the same boat as him. If he was exposed now, there would be no evidence, and the people of Wu Yue and the three tribes would be alienated from each other, leaving all kinds of doubts in his heart. I hope his suspicion was not true. At present, he was still aware of the general idea under the premise of resisting the enemy. After all, the scheme he had come up with is indeed three points better. It depends on whether Li Yuanchao, the old fox, was fooled.
Song Que went back and killed the spy sent by Li Yuanchao on the spot, explaining in public that this was fake and stabilized the morale of the army.
Now not only are the two sides fighting wits, but they also have to fight perseverance. The generals of both sides are not in harmony, and they are reluctant to walk together. Both sides want to jump into the relationship between the opponent's generals, and whoever wins and loses is only between the front line.
"Song Que has been repairing warships and troop transport ships in the past three days. Yesterday, he had a big argument with Tuobagui, saying that he would lead his subordinates south to the mouth of the canal to rescue Chen Di, the king of Wu Yue. "The spy told Li Yuanchao and Zheng Wantong to the information he had obtained word by word.
Although Zheng Wantong did not vent his anger with Li Yuan, for the sake of the life and death of his 50,000 soldiers, he had to cooperate with this powerful prime minister.
"Is the enemy situation accurate?" Li Yuanchao asked carefully.
"Yes, the two of them quarreled in the tent, and even the soldiers outside heard it. The enemy barracks were talking about their quarreling!" The spy replied cautiously, fearing that once these two men started to get angry, their lives would be difficult to save.
To be continued...