Chapter 996: Holy Prince
Chapter 996 Holy Prince
Chengqian came back from hunting, proudly showing his prey to Hou Junji.
"Your Highness, the wind and snow are blowing, the food and grass are hard to sustain, the soldiers are suffering from hunger and cold, and there are many complaints. Since no Tuyuhun people can be found, it is better to suspend the army and stop fighting. After the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming next year, we will gather troops to attack the Murong clan."
Xi Junmai stepped forward and took Chengqian's horse, admonishing the prince.
Cheng Qian's face darkened, and he looked at Hou Junji.
"What's going on, don't you all want to run away without fighting?"
Hou Junji angrily reprimanded Xi Junmai, "Don't be presumptuous to His Royal Highness, step down and plead guilty."
Chengqian waved his hand, and did not come down from his horse. The condescending Mr. Xi said, "I know that General Xi used to be a brave general under the Duke of Wei. When Songzhou broke the seal and Diezhou defeated Tuoba, he followed Duke Wei The battle of Tuyuhun for thousands of miles is a great contribution, even the saints once said that General Hou is the best of the younger generation of generals."
"The general's bravery is known to all saints, and Wei Gong is also worthy of promotion with all his strength. Now he is the governor of Diezhou and the envoy of the Zhenxi Army. Why did he resign so easily?"
Xi Junmai said very stubbornly, "Returning to His Royal Highness, the important affairs of the country are between sacrifice and army. Soldiers are like a double-edged sword. It is sharp and can hurt the enemy, but it is also easy to hurt yourself. Therefore, you must be very cautious when using troops. Don't be careless. Tuyuhun Murong Cheng killed his brother and rebelled against the Tang Dynasty. My Tang Dynasty sent out the king's division to fight against it. Originally, the division was famous and fit the hearts of the heavens. It's just that sending troops along the way took too long and wasted a great opportunity. "
"The fighter plane is fleeting."
"We should have given Murong a fatal blow at the beginning of the rebellion with the force of thunder, instead of procrastinating like this. From early autumn to cold winter, the soldiers are still wearing thin autumn clothes and living in the cold. In the tents in the wild, there is not even enough food and fodder for the war horses, if this continues, our 100,000 army will be defeated without a fight!"
"Gaozu and the sage are two generations of Mingjun, and the great Tang Zhenguan prosperity created by the two generations is hard-won!"
Chengqian squinted at Xi Junmai. This general was tall and burly, with a resolute look. He was famous for being able to fight. He was called Qin Lang's Longyou Five Tiger Generals along with Gao Kan, Liang Jianfang, Gao Zhensheng, Su Dingfang and others.
Gao Kan, Liang Jianfang, Gao Zhensheng, and Su Dingfang both served as commanders in the Eastern Palace. Only this gentleman was originally a general of the Qin Palace, and later served with Qin Lang in suppressing the rebellion. Zhongda showed his prestige, and was reused by Qin Lang, and he was promoted all the way to the post of governor, a purple-robed goldfish.
"Are you teaching orphans to do things?"
Chengqian snorted coldly.
"I don't dare, I just want to advise Your Highness, don't take military affairs as a joke, this matter is not allowed to be played, if you are a little careless, my 100,000 army may collapse here, and the Tang Dynasty can't afford 100,000 soldiers loss!"
Cheng Qian asked dissatisfiedly, "Why do you think Gu will be defeated? Why do you think Gu will lose when he leads the army of 100,000 soldiers?"
"Why?"
Xi Junmai gritted his teeth, "Your Highness, please think twice!"
"Ridiculous!"
Chengqian spat in disdain.
Xi Junmai held on to the prince's horse's head and tried hard to persuade him, "If Duke Wei were here, he would never let himself be in a dilemma."
"Wei Gong, Wei Gong, don't keep mentioning that person. It's true that Qin Lang once defeated Tuyuhun, but that was in the past. Now that he's not here, this war has nothing to do with him. Don't mention Qin Lang with Gu Gu. He Now it's Jinglue Lingnan and Nanzhong, not the general manager of Qinghai Helong, you, the governor of Diezhou and Zhenxi army envoy, used to be Qin Lang's old subordinate, but not now, you are a general of the Tang Dynasty, now you are under the control of Gu!"
"No!"
Xi Junmai shook his head.
"Your Highness is just the Qinghai Propaganda and Consolation Ambassador conferred by the saint. On behalf of the saint, he inspects a group, publicizes government orders, and appeases the people. In addition, the saint did not give His Royal Highness the power to control the army and command and dispatch soldiers and horses to fight. His Highness is only a comfort ambassador. But he didn't hold the post of Marshal of the March or Chief of the March!"
"The marching chief is Hou Junji, not His Highness. His Highness has no right to make advance and retreat decisions for Hou Junji! Even Your Highness shouldn't be here. His Highness should be in Shanzhou, Lanzhou, Liangzhou, Qinzhou, etc. Anywhere, it shouldn't be here!"
"The sage has not granted His Royal Highness the privilege of entrusting worship and acting with full power, and not leading military affairs!"
"Presumptuous!"
Chengqian is furious!
Ke Xi Junmai held the horse's head and refused to retreat, "Your Highness, please return to Shanzhou immediately."
"You are so brave, Xi Junmai, who are you backing you up?"
"Hou Junji, how did you lead the soldiers?" Seeing that he couldn't control Mr. Xi, Chengqian had no choice but to turn around and scold Hou Junji.
Hou also didn't expect that Mr. Xi, in front of the generals and countless soldiers, dared to be so tough on the crown prince.
This also made him, the general, lose face in front of the crown prince.
"Come here, take down Mr. Xi, strip off his armor, surrender his weapons, remove all military posts, tie him up, and let him be punished!"
"Who dares!"
Xi Junmai let out a loud roar, his eyes swept across.
Hou Junji's personal soldiers just took two steps forward, but they were swept away by this, and all of them retreated involuntarily.
"You have gone against the sky!" Hou Junji was furious.
Xi Junmai let out a cold snort, and glared at Hou Junji, "Surnamed Hou, you don't want to use chicken feathers as arrows. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers are killed here, how can you let you do anything? Are you not afraid of saints punishing you?"
"Mr. Xi, I can't tolerate you acting wild in front of me, take it down for me!"
Generals Gao Kan, Gao Zhensheng, and Liang Jianfang took the lead and pleaded for Mr. Xi. The sub-managers each lead an army.
Speaking is still very important.
Even Tuoba Chici and Xifeng Bulai, the leaders of the Qiang tribe of the party, also followed suit.
This made Hou Junji so angry that he almost fainted.
But the more so many people begged for mercy, the more Hou Junji couldn't get down. If Xi Junmai wasn't dealt with today, he wouldn't be able to command the troops again in the future.
In a fit of anger, he drew out the horizontal knife.
The light of the sword is cold.
His personal soldiers had to bite the bullet and stepped forward.
Xi Junmai didn't resist, "My surname is Hou, today you were majestic when you kidnapped grandpa, how proud will you be when you are condemned by a saint in the future?"
"Take it down!"
The prince, who had returned from hunting, was in a good mood, but he couldn't help but feel very depressed when he encountered such an incident outside the gate. After entering the big tent in the camp, the more I thought about it, the more angry I became.
Especially Xi Junmai dared to publicly question his commanding authority as the crown prince.
Said that he was only an ambassador to comfort and appease, and had no military power, and made it clear that he was not worthy of commanding everyone. How could this convince the young prince.
"Your Highness, please calm down. Xi Jun bought that **** as a humble soldier who didn't understand etiquette or rules. He won several victories with Qin Lang before, and he took credit for it. He didn't even know his surname. People, there is no need to get angry, it is not worth it to get angry."
Chengqian turned around in the tent a few times, but was still angry. He got up and tied a cowhide apron around his body, then hung a rope around his neck, and hung his sleeves at both ends, revealing his two hands.
Picked up a sharp knife and began to grind it finely on the whetstone, Hou Junji didn't say anything, this silent appearance made Hou Junji secretly startled, feeling that this person was getting more and more confused.
Chengqian sharpened the knife, and tried to scrape the blade with his thumb.
Then he asked someone to carry a deer he hunted today into the tent.
Hou Junji was there watching in embarrassment that His Highness the Crown Prince took the sharp knife that had just been sharpened, and began to skin the deer. The Crown Prince's skinning skills made great progress, his movements were calm, calm, and the flesh was separated with each knife.
As the knife cut across the deer's body, the deer's skin was peeled off little by little, Cheng Qian seemed to be breathing slowly and steadily, and his anger was disappearing little by little.
Hou Junji stood there watching, he didn't respond to Cheng Qian's words, he felt bored, but he didn't dare to turn his head and walk away, and accompanied Cheng Qian to peel off a piece of deer skin completely.
Chengqian picked up the whole buckskin and shook it, looked at his own results, and finally threw it aside.
He took a cloth and wiped his hands.
"These people don't trust Gu, they all despise Gu!"
"A bunch of stupid people, His Highness don't care!"
"Even Xi Junmai dares to despise Gu so openly. Presumably Tuoba Chici, Xifeng Bulai and other party chiefs don't know how to underestimate Gu. As for Tuyuhun, they probably regard Gu as a good person now." Are you a bully opponent?"
Chengqian smiled.
"very good."
"That's very good. Qin Lang once taught me the art of war, and he said a lot. One of them is very good. Never underestimate your opponent. You can despise your opponent strategically, but you must pay attention to your opponent tactically. No matter how weak the enemy is, the lion must fight the rabbit with all its strength!"
"It's been hard work to behave like a dude every day, but now it seems that the effect is quite good. Even Xi Junmai has completely believed in it."
Hou Junji was stunned, what does this mean?
Could it be that the prince's performance was all faking during the previous journey?
It doesn't look like it, no matter how it looks like it looks like its true colors?
Chengqian looked at Hou Junji's appearance, and laughed, "It seems that Mr. Hou and Chen are as interested in me as Xi Jun bought them."
"I will never dare!"
"Just dare not?"
"It doesn't matter, the only thing you need is this effect. Do you know that there is a trick in the art of war called showing the enemy to be weak?"
"What does His Highness mean?"
"Do you think I really have such a big addiction when I go hunting every day and brave the wind and snow?"
"Then your Highness?"
"I was looking for traces of the Tuyuhun people, and my hard work paid off. I found them."
Hou Junji was very surprised. He sent so many people to search for so long, but he couldn't find it, but the prince was found?
"Gu deliberately ostentatiously went around to fish. I don't believe that Murong Cheng can't bite such a fat bait. As Gu expected, they took the bait."
"Hou Shuai, immediately summon the lieutenant colonel and above generals to my tent to discuss matters. This battle has indeed dragged on for too long, and it's time to end it!" Cheng Qian threw down the hand towel with deer blood on it, and the corner of his mouth Upward, with a bit of a mocking smile.
(end of this chapter)