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Volume 2: Hu Riding on a Thin Willow Chapter 125: Henan (3)

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    PS: Thanks to Brother Eagle Zhou for becoming the master of this book!  On the twenty-ninth day of the first lunar month of the third year of Tianyou's reign, the Yan army left Taihangxing and crossed the Yellow River at Mengjin Ferry.  Mengjin Ferry is located in the north of Heqing. It is a cheap place to cross the Yellow River. The river is narrow and the water is not deep, so it is easy to build a bridge. Since ancient times, it has been as famous as Fenglingdu, which is 300 miles upstream. It is an important crossing point.  .  At this time, there were still six or seven pontoon bridges in good condition on several miles of river at Mengjinkou. It was winter, and many shallow water sections were frozen, which was suitable for the Yan Army's huge baggage fleet to pass.  The sergeants of the brigade crossed the river from each pontoon in turn, singing the unique military song of the Yan Army. Although the formation was deliberately not kept neat and the steps were messy according to the military order, the calmness and murderous spirit tempered by the battle made the soldiers  Exuding a unique kind of confidence.  Accompanied by the sound of military songs, deafening chants were heard from several icy shoals on the river. Various vehicles of the Yan Army were pulled by sergeants and logistics soldiers, winding toward the other bank along the safe areas that had been measured in advance.  And go.  The cavalry were carefully holding the horses, and the formation was spread far apart. They followed the cart onto the ice and were connected to each other with ropes to guard against accidental falling into the water if the ice broke.  Li Chengzhong stood on a high hill next to the ferry, watching the army crossing the river. He was surrounded by more than a dozen generals and subordinates, all wearing gray-white Yan Lings. However, it was Li Siben who had just surrendered.  A gift from Yunzhou.  Under the high hill, on a large marching table that was transformed into a xi chariot, a large group of Yuhou's staff members were working hard around the map, and the sergeants with orders were waiting in line next to it.  They took the military orders one by one, then galloped away on horseback.  Hundreds of camp heads, dozens of supplies, thousands of carts, and tens of thousands of horses and mules were needed to cross the river and set up camp.  It can literally tire people to death!  The town of Heqing County, five miles south of the ferry, was already shrouded in smoke, where the sergeants¡¯ lunch was being cooked and large pots of hot water were being cooked.  In this eastward expedition to Henan, the Yan Army mobilized a total of 150,000 troops, with more than 10,000 cavalry from the Zhaozhou Army led by Zhao Ba and Yuan Xingqin as the vanguard. Li Chengzhong and the General Administration of Military Staff personally led the Cangzhou Army, Mozhou Army, Weizhou Army, and Youzhou Army.  The state army, Jinzhou army, and hundreds of supplementary battalions are the central army, and Zhao Hongde and Cui He lead the logistics battalions and baggage as the rear army.  Except for the Eastern Expedition Army.  The Yan Army restored the setting up of the Shangdang camp. Zhou Kan, the general manager of the training department, was the general manager of the camp, and Jiang Miao, the general manager of the education department, was the camp supervisor. They were responsible for the training of new recruits. They had two armies under their jurisdiction, the Dingzhou Army and the Guizhou Army. Among them, Wang Sitong  , Li Dingnan's Dingzhou Army held Zelu, and Gao Xingzhou and Zhang Huijing's Guizhou Army held Heqing and Heyang.  Guard the two strategic locations of Mengjindu and Sishui Pass.  The General Administration of Military Staff established a new Shaanzhou camp to deter Shaanzhou with the Huaiyue coalition forces of Jie Li, Zhang Shunqian, and Zhao Rang, and the Yingzhou army of Jiao Chengqiao, Wei Keming, and Zhu Yuanyou to hold Hongnong, to deter the Guan Nei to the west and to deter the south.  Nishikawa.  Yelu Xieli was appointed as the general manager of the camp, and Jiao Chengqiao was appointed as the military envoy of the camp.  The main function of the Shangdang camp was to reorganize and train soldiers and provide a steady stream of new recruits for the Eastern Expedition army; the main purpose of the Shaanzhou camp was to intimidate Qi and Shu.  Prevent Li Maozhen and Wang Jian from stealing the victory of the Yan Army's Shangdang War.  The two major camps are located in the east and west, sandwiching the eastern capital Luoyang. According to His Highness King Yan, this is to protect the safety of the emperor.  Hundreds of thousands of troops crossed south, and the scene was so spectacular.  Li Chengzhong stood on the high hill, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of heroism in his heart.  While looking left and right.  A team of people came from behind and reached the foot of the high hill. Several poles were played in the team.  Not long after, a Yuhou ran up quickly and whispered a few words to Han Yanhui. Han Yanhui nodded, then took two steps forward and came to Li Chengzhong.  After the victory of the Shangdang, Li Chengzhong's prestige was at its peak, and his ministers and subordinates were more and more in awe of him. Even Han Yanhui was unconsciously infected by this emotion. At this time, he naturally bowed to Li Chengzhong and reported to Li Chengzhong with extremely humble Confucian etiquette.  : "Your Highness, someone is coming from Luoyang." Heqing is not far from Luoyang, which is equivalent to the northern gate of Luoyang. In later generations, it is basically equivalent to the outer suburbs of Luoyang. It is not surprising that there are people coming from Luoyang at this moment.  Li Chengzhong looked at the hundreds of thousands of his troops on the river, tilted his face slightly, and asked: "Who is it?" "The assistant minister, Pingzhangshi Dugu Shang." "Dugu Shang?" Lai Bureau of Investigation and Statistics laid out the power of Luoyang  , Although Li Chengzhong is far away from Dongdu, he is not completely unaware of what is going on in the court.  Since Cui Yin and his party members were killed by King Liang, the court was completely empty. Those important ministers with Sufu's prestige were almost completely dead. The current central officials were all promoted quickly by middle and lower-level officials.  Now there are three ministers in the political affairs hall, Shangshu right servant Pei Shu, minister Dugu Sun, and minister Liu Can, all of whom were suddenly promoted from Hanlin bachelor's degree and middle management.  Among them, Pei Shu was the prime minister, Dugu Shan was in charge of Duzhi, and Liu Can was in charge of household affairs. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????One of the three prime ministers of the Ministry of Education, if it were in previous years, he would have been considered a high-ranking official with great power, but unfortunately in this unlucky year, let alone Li Cheng, even in the eyes of Han Yanhui, he was just a waiter.  The slaughtered lamb has no status at all.  "What is he here for?" Li Chengzhong asked casually, his eyes still scanning the army crossing the river.  When he watched the movie about the final battle before time travel, he felt that the army in the movie was really majestic. But now that he was there, he realized that the reality was more shocking than the movie, so he couldn't bear to move his eyes away.  "I came to see His Highness on the order of the Emperor." "Oh, let him come up." It's not that Li Chengzhong is deliberately domineering, but because his strength and status have reached his level, these etiquettes no longer need to be considered.  Therefore, he said this sentence very naturally and did not think deeply about it at all.  But as soon as he said these words, Han Yanhui and Zhang Xingzhong, Zhong Shao and other generals who were standing behind him were overjoyed. They all felt as if they were drinking mellow wine and felt relaxed and happy.  After a while, Dugu Sun, with a look of anger on his face, climbed up the hill and came to Li Chengzhong.  Dugu Shan felt very angry. As the emperor's envoy, Li Chengzhong should have come down to greet him even if he was a prince and a clan member recorded in the royal jade certificate. How dare he dare to ask him to come up to see him?  Not moving even half a step?  Although the center is declining, no feudal town has ever treated an angel like this.  Even Li Maozhen, who kidnapped the emperor many times, and Zhu Quanzhong, who forcibly moved the capital, behaved respectfully and strictly in front of the emperor or angels!  Dugu Sun wanted to walk away, but when he thought of the heavy responsibility he was shouldering, he finally suppressed his resentment.  "Your Majesty heard that the Shangdang won the decisive victory, and sent me to express congratulations!" "That's easy to say, thank you Your Majesty." Li Chengzhong nodded.  Because he had never met the emperor and no one told him what etiquette you should observe when the emperor congratulates you, Li Chengzhong calmly thanked Dugu Sun and left it at that.  After waiting for a while, but not waiting for Li Chengzhong's formal etiquette, Dugu Sheng almost suffered from internal injuries.  After being embarrassed for a long time under Li Chengzhong's curious eyes, he said: "Your Majesty said that a hero like Your Highness has appeared in the clan, and I am really happy about it. However, I have never seen His Highness, and I don't know if His Highness is free to go to Luoyang."  A brief explanation?" When he said this, Dugu Shan's heart immediately became tense.  The decisive battle between the Yan army and the allied forces of the princes at Shangdang attracted worldwide attention, and the emperor in Luoyang was certainly concerned.  After hearing that the Yan army had won a great victory, the whole of Luoyang was in a sensation, and the emperor fell into an extremely contradictory and entangled situation.  It is said that the emperor was relieved when King Liang was defeated. A mountain that had been weighing on his heart for a long time suddenly disappeared. This feeling of relief was very refreshing.  However, King Yan brought hundreds of thousands of troops to the south, which made him feel extremely frightened.  The emperor still remembered that when he heard about the rise of Li Chengzhong in Hebei, he cheered for him. When he heard that the Yan army defeated Liang Jun many times, he was so excited that he cried. But when the Yan army achieved a decisive victory, how could he suddenly be so scared?  Trembling all over?  News that the Yan army crossed the river from Mengjin reached Luoyang. The emperor immediately remembered the past that when the Yan army's cavalry appeared at the end of last year, the 30,000 soldiers he had recruited disappeared in an instant, so he urgently summoned his officials on the sickbed to discuss.  After many discussions, there was no good idea. In the end, Dugu Sun could only go to "congratulate" and use the excuse of inviting King Yan to the capital to see if King Yan would send his army to Luoyang.  This is the true intention of Dugu Sun.  "Luoyang?" Li Chengzhong thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid we don't have time now. The army will march eastward and wipe out Henan as soon as possible. Please tell your Majesty, sir, and see you again in the future, right?" Dugu Shan's heart suddenly tightened.  He relaxed and immediately said: "In this case, I wish your highness a successful Eastern expedition." Dugu Shan returned to Luoyang and went straight to the palace.  In the Qianyuan Hall, when they heard that Li Chengzhong had no intention of entering the Eastern Capital, the emperor and his ministers all exhaled happily. The emperor leaned on the treasure couch, waved feebly, and asked people to hide it in the folder of the Qianyuan Hall.  The soldiers behind the wall withdrew.  According to the calculations of the emperor and his ministers, if King Yan really sends his army into the city, there is really no way to stop it. The only choice is to hide the soldiers and wait for King Yan to go to the banquet to fight out, which may give him a chance to survive. This is already  It is a last resort, and of course it is best not to use it if possible.  "Is King Yan really loyal to the Tang Dynasty and to me? Is it true that he is just domineering? Why not enter Luoyang?" The emperor frowned and thought hard, puzzled in his heart.  The emperor's doubts also existed among the generals of the Yan army. Han Yanhui, Zhang Xingzhong and others looked at each other, wondering why Li Chengzhong didn't "take the opportunity" to enter Luoyang? ?? Han Yanhui has always been bold in speaking in front of Li Chengzhong, so he is also known as "Han Bold". When he was about to ask Li Chengzhong, he heard Li Chengzhong speak.He said: "Send an order for the prince to set off today and move the East Palace to Zezhou."
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