Chapter 861 Cao Changqing drinks wine in a small town, and the little clay man returns to Beiliang.
Guo Dongfeng’s depression is not completely unreasonable. The war in Guangling Road is coming to an end, but the main general Lu Shengxiang is the first person in the southern expedition. He first failed to issue the military order in Youluguan. Later, he finally left Yang Wei, the deputy general of the Southern expedition who refused to take risks and insisted on winning steadily, and personally led his army to attack, but caused a lot of criticism in the court in Tai’an City. Some court officials even spoke of murderous words, and the words were extremely sinister. He dared not say how unbearable General Piaoyi was. On the contrary, he only said that Lu Shengxiang was a well-deserved general. It is a general rather than a general. This clearly means that there is no problem with Lu Shengxiang’s “general and soldier” leading the army alone, but if you say that you are the commander of the Nanzheng who needs a “general and general”, you will be a little overwhelmed. Guo Dongfeng was angry with the veteran Yang Wei because Yang Wei was really old and had no ambition to expand his territory. He only wanted to make a mistake. He only had 20,000 to 30,000 people under his command, but he actually stuffed more than 200 children of Tai’an City’s officials into it, which was even more exaggerated than Yang Shenxing’s original style. After all, the latter only collected seeds from generals. Yang Wei’s eating habits were not bad, and he could be said to be a person who came. There were so many embroidered pillows that ran to Guangling Road to lie down and get military merits. How could Yang Wei dare to be enterprising at all. Therefore, after the veteran general led the army south, he wanted to hold Lu Shengxiang’s thighs so that he could not move. He just wanted to wait until the general situation in Western Chu was over before he could get a piece of the pie. Obviously, Yang Shenxing’s previous lessons made Yang Wei, who was already a veteran and steadfast in military use, had to be more cautious. Guo Dongfeng had seen Yang Wei’s main army advance quickly, and his intensive and frequent use of scouts and horses was even more at the pinnacle. Guo Dongfeng felt that it could be recorded in history. Almost every three miles there were a full mark of scouts, casting nets all over the sky, especially when he heard that the Northern Liang cavalry was heading straight for Guangling Road, Yang Wei’s army was located west of Lu Shengxiang. Even though it was still separated by the Jizhou cavalry and the Xu Gong army, Yang Wei began to order to stop. Guo Dongfeng heard that almost half of the more than 200 children of officials retreated quickly overnight in the name of escorting the grain and grass in the capital, so Guo Dongfeng almost laughed out loud.
A gentle man wearing a military official robe walked up to the city without following without a entourage. Guo Dongfeng turned his head and saw that although he was a strange face, the official third-rank official had obvious outstanding identity. The visitor was Xu Gong, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and the pillar of the Jiangnan Taoist nun Mu Xu. After Lu Baijie, the former leader of the Jiangnan scholar, “suffered from the sand” in Tai’an City, Xu Gong undoubtedly became the successor of Jiangnan Taoist officials in the capital. Guo Dongfeng has no disgust towards this person. Xu Gong and his benefactor Lu Shengxiang were really sympathetic. He went to Beijing to perform his duties in the Ministry of War. The chair of the Minister of War was thrown to the Liao Dynasty to patrol the border before it was warmed up. Finally, with a series of good news from assisting the Dazhu Kingdom Gu Jiantang on the Liaodong border, he was able to take charge of military power. This time he went south was also in a mess. It can be said that if Xu Gong had not attracted most of the attention of the censors in the capital now, Lu Shengxiang’s life would have been a little harder, so there was already a joke about the “Mr. In times of trouble” in the officialdom of Tai’an City.
Lu Shengxiang was cold-hearted. Whether in the Chunxue Tower on Guangling Road or the officialdom of Tai’an City, he had always had a strong and noble “famous reputation”. However, after seeing Xu Gong climbing to the top of the city, he smiled slightly, took the initiative to take a few steps forward, and clasped his fists and said, “Lu has met Mr. Xu.”
Xu Gong has a dignified appearance, with both a heroic spirit and a unique elegance of aristocratic children. Compared with Lu Shengxiang, who was not well-known, Xu Gong is more in line with the image of a Confucian general in the minds of scholars. Seeing Lu Shengxiang’s active show of kindness, he also smiled and said sincerely: “Xu Gong has admired General Lu for a long time, and finally he can see the real person. It is better to see him at first sight than to hear him. This trip will be worth the trip south for a thousand miles.”
Lu Shengxiang smiled and said, “The Southern Tang Dynasty Gu Dazu’s “Ashes Collection” was the first to discuss the situation of military strategists. Lu originally thought that the “Military Strategy” had already been expressed in this book, and it was difficult to have higher insights in the world. Only the military strategist by King Chen Zhibao of Shu can match it. This book is of every detail, with tens of thousands of words, and teaches lieutenant generals and soldiers step by step, each performing their duties, and is well versed in the essence of military strategists. When Mr. Xu entered the capital, I was no longer in the capital, but there was a military strategist written by Mr. Xu in his early years. It was reported that I was doing nothing all day in Youlu Pass, so I focused on studying, benefiting a lot, and I didn’t feel that time wasted. In my early years, Mr. Xu said that I was Lu Shengxiang was the pillar of the southeast. I had a deep prejudice against the Taoist priests in Jiangnan. I mistakenly thought that Mr. Xu was also a kind of corrupt scholar who talked about military affairs on paper and had low eyes. If I had read that military book for a few years, I should have said, “Xu Longxiang is the pillar of the southeast” at that time. Even if the world mistakenly thought that you and I were invited to each other for fame, it would be fine.”
Xu Gong laughed happily and said, “It is better to get the words of Lu Shengxiang in front of you than tens of millions of words in the distance.”
The “distance” in Xu Gong’s mouth was naturally a hot topic in the temple in Tai’an City. The implication was that even if Xu Gong lost his official position and left Beijing, it would not be a great thing if he did not become the Minister of War.
When I saw it, I probably meant that Xu Gong and Lu Shengxiang were all there.
Guo Dongfeng interrupted in a disgrace, “Shilarious Minister Xu, it is said that the famous general Yuan Tingshan of Jizhou was not here with you.”
Xu Gong smiled calmly and said, “General Yuan did set off two days earlier than me, but Che Ye, the commander of the Western Shu infantry, came with me.”
Guo Dongfeng laughed and said, “No wonder our old general Yang Wei and Yang entered the city yesterday. The young and highly accomplished General Yuan stood beside Lord Shangshu. Why? Mr. Xu came to the city today to pay homage to the King of Jing’an.”
Xu was not concerned about the words of the young general, and shook his head and said, “The King of Jing’an will be greeted by Lord Shangshu. I heard that the King of Shu might arrive today, so I want to come and take a look.”
Lu Shengxiang said calmly: “I and the King of Shu joined forces to defeat the enemy on the northern battlefield of Guangling Road. I just met him from afar and parted ways. I feel regretful. Today I am the same as Mr. Xu.”
Gu Jiantang, Chen Zhibao, Lu Baijie, Wu Chongxuan, Lu Shengxiang, Xu Gong, and Tang Tiexhuang, these seven peopleHe is undoubtedly a sensational figure in the nearly five years since the Ministry of War. In addition to being dragged down by the Guangling Road war, Lu Baijie left the scene in disgrace. Gu Jiantang led the military and political affairs of the two Liaos, Chen Zhibao was appointed as the king and the vassal of Western Shu, all of which were well-deserved Gaosheng. Wu Chongxuan was at the peak of the sky at this time. Among the ministers, Tang Tiexhuang entered the capital at the latest. However, compared with Xu Gong and Lu Shengxiang at the top of the city at this time, it was quite a bit of a late move. The court and the country gradually regarded Tang Tiexhuang as the best candidate for the next Minister of War. This shows that this time the leadership of the army did not successfully block the Northern Liang cavalry, and Xu Gong lost so many “people’s hearts”.
At this time, a large group of people galloped out of the city in Wutong Town, and there were many young people sitting high and high-looking horses. Guo Dongfeng lay lazily on the bush of arrows, watching their figures whipping out of the city, with a crooked mouth and a disdainful look on his face.
Xu Gong stood beside Lu Shengxiang and smiled and said, “It seems that King Jing’an is quite popular.”
Lu Shengxiang smiled and said with a joke: “If anyone here knows that Jing’an is loyal to the court today, they all say that he can be a model of the vassal kings in the world. In the past four or five years, the court had not yet granted a title of Yiziwang. Among the many princes, Xu Fengnian of the Northern Liang Dynasty was famous for his playboys, Zhao Zhu from the southern border became famous for his bravery, Zhao Pui from Guangling was cruel, Zhao Yi and others from Liaodong were relatively unknown, Zhao Xun was only a little famous in Jiangzuo Wenlin at that time, but no one thought that he could inherit the title of the vassal king. In just two or three years, he first made famous by his thirteen strategies for the two memorials, and later he was spread throughout the country by rescuing Huainan King Zhao Ying and fighting to the death. He was known as both wise and brave. At present, the group of nobles who followed General Yang Wei to Wutong Town outside the city probably admired King Jing’an, who was of the same age. Guo Dongfeng, what did you say? “