Chapter 61 Going to the front line

In Yang Jian's study, all the core figures of the Prime Minister's Mansion have arrived, including Li Delin, Zheng Yi, Liu Fang and Gao Bing, who are not bad at all, and the entire study is filled with a depressing atmosphere.

Yang Jian had just received an emergency military message from Heyang. Li Xun, the chief of the Marshal Wei Xiaokuan's office, reported secretly that the marshal Liang Shiyan, Yuwen Xin and Cui Hongdu were shown signs of heavy bribery by Yuchi Jiong, which caused the army to stop moving in the Qinshui River. Marshal Wei Xiaokuan also hesitated and refused to advance.

There are six marching generals in the East Army. Now three have accepted heavy bribes from the other side. Once the East Army is defeated, it will be useless if the other two wins.

Zheng Yi jumped up first and said in panic: "Prime Minister, it's better to change the generals and remove the three people!"

Liu Fang was also at a loss: "Then, who should I send?"

The three troops dispatched a total of fifteen marching commanders, and they had to replace three people at once. Even if someone could replace them, it would cause panic among the frontlines. Moreover, these marching commanders are all experienced generals, so there are not so many people who can change them at will. But if they are not replaced, the military situation will change rapidly. If the bribes of the third marching commander turn against each other, it will be really unimaginable.

Li Delin shook his head and rejected the two proposals: "After the battle, we have always been defeated. In the past, King Hui of Yan believed in slander and used cavalry to replace Le Yi, but was defeated by Tian Dan. King Huiwen of Zhao listened to him and replaced Lian Po with Zhao Kuo. There was a defeat in Changping, and 400,000 Zhao soldiers killed Bai Qi..."

Li Delin was actually very annoyed when Yang Jian refused to listen to his advice and insisted on killing the other three kings. In his opinion, it was obvious that he could handle things step by step. If Yang Jian killed him like this, he would have a bad ending. Sure enough, rebellions from all over the place came, but after getting on Yang Jian's ship, everyone knew that he was regarded as a right-hand man by Yang Jian, and he had no way out.

There was also a lot of resentment towards Li Delin, Zheng Yi and Liu Fang. At that time, they believed that they were not the auxiliary materials of government and pushed Yang Jian up. Zheng Yi originally wanted to be the Grand Marshal, while Liu Fang wanted to be the Little Tomb Priest, but only under the Prime Minister, but due to Li Delin's opposition, both of their wishes were emptied.

Zheng Yi sneered a few times before attacking Li Delin and said, "Public servants guided the past and proved the present, but I don't know if Cui Hongdu was Lian Po, or Li Mu was Lian Po? I don't know if Yu Yi was Le Yi, or Liang Shiyan was Le Yi?"

Zheng Yi said this because he wanted to exchange Li Mu for Cui Hongdu and Yu Yi for Liang Shiyan. Li Mu and Yu Yi's status and past contributions were not comparable to Cui Hongdu and Liang Shiyan, who were still middle-aged.

Gao Yang was shocked: "Prime Minister, you must not. Li Mu and Yu Yi cannot move. If they are transferred to Heyang, it will be equivalent to giving Youzhou and Bingzhou to Yuchi Jiong. This is second. If the Turks go south and we do not have the barrier of Youge, they can immediately go straight to Chang'an! Li and Yu are already one of them as two people, and they will definitely not move."

The study suddenly fell into a state of silence. Yuwen Zhao was dead. The Turks had an excuse to take advantage of the situation at any time. Could it be that they could only wait for the possible defeat on the front line at any time? Only Yang Yong's face was not shocked. The situation in front of him seemed dangerous, but he firmly believed that he would be able to deal with it.

Seeing that his son's face was not shocked or irritated, Yang Jian's heart moved: "Wudi, what do you have to offer?"

"My father, although Li Changshi, the three general managers, Liang Shiyan, Yuwen Xin and Cui Hongdu, have received the gold of Yuchi Jiong, they did not turn to Yuchi Jiong, which means they are just waiting and watching. If we can't wait and see, we will completely show our defeat. For the time being, we can ignore their counterattack."

To put it bluntly, these three people are fence-bearers. Although they accepted Yang Jian's dispatch and Yuchi Jiong's gold, they just wanted to see which side has the advantage and then turn to which side. Yuchi Jiong's gold could make them delay the attack, but it was impossible for Yuchi Jiong to surrender to him without showing his victory. After all, the court occupied the title of righteousness. Although Yuchi Jiong regained the emperor, it was still unjust. There are countless examples of this behavior in later generations, and Yang Yong could naturally see it clearly.

"Well, what my son said is reasonable, Gongfu, what do you think?"

"Return to the Prime Minister, what the prince said is exactly, but the three of us are stuck in our feet, and our strength on the eastern front will be greatly weakened, which will make the other soldiers wait and see. If this continues, it will be a matter of time before our army fails. I think that now a military supervisor will be sent to the front line to not only supervise the battle, but also observe the traitor. At that time, people with dissenting intentions will also restrain themselves. Speaking of dissenting intentions, they are also born to watch. With more people who are watching, they will appear. Once the waiting and watching situation is eliminated, the people with dissenting intentions will naturally disappear."

"Okay, who can be the military supervisor?" After Yang Jian said that, his eyes turned to Zheng Yi and Liu Fang. The candidate for the military supervisor must be a confidant of the Prime Minister's Office. There are people who advance but not retreat. The four people present are very consistent. However, Li Delin and Gao Bing and Yang Jian have always regarded them as right-hand men and do not want to let them go. Naturally, they are one of Zheng Yi or Liu Fang. Although these two people are not good at governing the country and fighting, they can roll in power and are the best at observing their faces and are just suppressing people with dissatisfaction on the front line.

Seeing Yang Jian's eyes looking at him, both of them shivered. They were all timid and afraid of trouble. Otherwise, when Emperor Xuan died, he would not have been determined to rely on Yang Jian. If he wanted them to go to the battlefield at this time, it would be equivalent to letting them die.

Zheng Yi took the lead: "Prime Minister, the old mother of the lower official is in the hall, and it is really hard to be a clone."

Seeing Zheng Yi lifting his mother out, Liu Fang became anxious: "Prime Minister, the lower officials have never been in military affairs. When he arrived at the front line, he may not accept the soldiers and cause trouble, otherwise the lower officials will be able to volunteer."

Seeing the two of them refusing so much, Yang Jian was very displeased. However, the two of them had made great efforts to assist him in their political affairs, so they were not easy to force him. They frowned. Gao Yang felt a move in his heart and asked Li Delin to compete for the first place in the Prime Minister's Mansion. It would be better to go to the front line to take a fight.

Just when Gao Yong wanted to volunteer, Yang Yong spoke first: "My father, I'm willing to go on a fight."

"You?" Yang Jian looked at his eldest son. If the eldest son was a few years older, he would be the best candidate as his identity. However, this matter was too serious. Yang Jian couldn't help but worry that his son was too young and could easily be impulsive when dealing with things. If he went to the front line, he would be in trouble.

Seeing his father hesitating, Yang Yong hurriedly said, "Don't worry, father, the child will definitely not move when he comes to the front line, and obeys Marshal Wei's orders in everything." If he stayed in the capital, Yang Yong would not be able to exert his influence at all. Now that he has such an opportunity to fight side by side with all the generals in charge, Yang Yong certainly has to seize it.

"This..." Yang Jian couldn't help but look at Li Delin. Although his son showed his ability to lead troops in the last battle with the Turks, he was too risky. Although the rebels are now huge, the court still has an absolute advantage. As long as they advance step by step, victory is mostly the court. If they take risks, it may give the other party an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Li Delin also struggled in his heart. Yang Yong's identity is undoubtedly very suitable, but young people are inevitably excited and impulsive. If they have a conflict with Wei Xiaokuan, the result will be worse. Just telling it straight, it will inevitably offend Yang Yong. Yang Jian clearly wants to be the emperor. In the future, Yang Yong will be the crown prince, and offending the crown prince is not a good thing.

Gao Yang's heart moved: "Jiang is willing to be the deputy of the prince and go to the army to supervise the army together."

Li Delin secretly scolded Gao Yang for being foolish, but when Gao Yang went there together, he naturally had no worries in the future: "Prime Minister, since Brother Zhaoxuan is willing to go, the prince can go."

"Well, the slaughter of the land is still young, so let's take Brother Zhaoxuan as the main envoy and the slaughter of the land is the deputy envoy, and we will go to the front line to supervise the army." Yang Jian settled the matter.

"Thank you, my father." Wei Zhengwei and Deputy Yang Yong didn't care, but he cared about this opportunity to leave Beijing.

Gao Yong and Yang Yong were just going to supervise the army, so they did not bring many troops. Yang Yong and his personal soldiers only transferred more than 200 people as guards, while Gao Yong only brought Li Hun and Yu Rang and rushed to the front line together.

Yuan Qing'er and Yang Yong were married for only half a month, and her husband was about to leave. Naturally, he was reluctant to leave. He kept sending Yang Yong outside the city and left in Baqiao.

After leaving Chang'an, the group immediately rushed to the front line. A few days later, they had already arrived at the front line. Yuchi Jiong used Yecheng as the capital, but the place where the troops on both sides held were still in Qinshui. Due to the hesitation of the soldiers of the three armies, even the bridge above the Bishui was not yet built. More than 200,000 troops could only stay on the west bank of Bishui. When they heard the arrival of the court supervisor, Wei Xiaokuan hurriedly recruited generals on the Eastern Front to greet them.

Wei Xiaokuan, Liang Shiyan, Yuwenxin, Yuan Xie, Yuwen Shu, Cui Hongdu, and Yang Su are all important officials in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they all have the title of Duke of the Kingdom. After Yang Jian obtained the position of Prime Minister, he still needed to rely on the emperor's edict to mobilize them at will.

However, everyone knew that the emperor's edicts were all the meaning of the Prime Minister's Mansion. After accepting the emperor's edict, he accepted the prime minister's command. The Prime Minister's Crown Prince himself acted as the imperial envoy, and no one dared to neglect. Many people rushed dozens of miles to Pingyang County, closest to Bishui, to welcome Gao Yang and Yang Yong.

Wei Xiaokuan is already in his seventies, with a white head full of flowers and a armor all over his body, looking energetic. Under the city of Pingyang County, he received the imperial edict brought by Gao Jian and asked the two: "I have prepared the place where the Qin envoy is staying in Pingyang County. The two Qin envoys are tired from the road. Should they take a temporary rest in Pingyang County?"

Gao Yang smiled and said, "No, I'm waiting to the front line to be a supervisor, not enjoying it. What's the situation on the front line? Please give me some explanations to Duke Yun."

"This..." The front line was indeed as Li Xun reported secretly, and the wait-and-see situation was serious. Wei Xiaokuan was not without objection to Yang Jian killing all the four princes together, so he never urged his subordinates to advance. Naturally, these things were unwilling to be exposed to the imperial envoy. He couldn't help but look at Yang Yong, thinking that the Prime Minister was only in his teens, and Gao Bing could be in charge of the army regardless of his fatigue. Yang Yong would probably want to rest early.

Yang Yong smiled slightly: "The military situation is urgent. If Duke Yun is not tired, he can go and talk with me." Yang Yong knew very well that the soldiers of the Xuanlong Army could be obedient to him, and the people in front of him might not really take him seriously. He made up his mind to follow Gao Yang's steps and would even arouse the counterattack of the front-line generals. As long as he showed his talents at the right time, the goal of going to the front line to take a battle this time will be achieved.

Since the chief and deputy Qin envoys were the same, Wei Xiaokuan immediately had no time to hide it: "The rebel Yuchi Jiong sent his son Yuchi Dun to arrange twenty miles along the coast to block our army's crossing the river. Our army's ferry was not enough and we could not cross the river for the time being."

Gao Yang asked, "Why don't you build a bridge?"

Wei Xiaokuan was immediately suffocated, and Liang Shiyan replied beside him: "Don't worry, our army will build a bridge tomorrow." He, Yuwen Xin and Cui Hongdu accepted the gold sent by Yuchi Jiong. At this time, he was afraid that Gao Yang would suspect it, so he hurriedly added.

Gao Yong gently exposed this problem: "Since that's the case, then wait for good news from the general."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Obviously, the two imperial envoys in front of him had no intention of prosecution. Gao Bing said loudly: "Everyone, the Prime Minister wants us to tell you good news. Yuchi Jiong is already very confused. He sent his nephew Yuchi Yi to Bingzhou to let Duke Shen and rebel against the court with him. Duke Shen was very wise and had already escorted Yuchi Yi into the capital. Now Duke Shen personally led a large army and had taken all the territory of Yuchi Yi back to the court. Yu Laozhu Kingdom also sent troops to station Yuchi Jiong behind him, so that Yuchi Jiong could not move in Yecheng. As long as you defeat the bandit army in front of you, the court would not hesitate to reward him."

This news really made everyone excited. The reason why everyone was watching was that they couldn't tell who lost and who won. Now both Li Mu and Yu Yi have taken action, and everyone's minds were relieved. Yu Yi started from the Western Wei Dynasty and could be said to have not fallen for five dynasties. Li Mu was also a traitor. These two people obviously had seen the situation clearly. Moreover, Yu Yi was also Zhou Taizu's son-in-law. He could not care about the gains and losses of the Yuwen family, and others could not care even more.

"Don't worry, I will do my best to defeat the thief in front of me." Wei Xiaokuan made his statement first, and then the others were the same. He said that it was like a native of the enemy who had been with them for more than 20 days, and it was like a treacherous dog. He could break it as soon as he touched it.
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