Chapter 23 The kerosene turmoil
Wang Shichong's military camp was busy. All the soldiers were dressed in armor and prepared for two days of dry food, polished swords and guns, and adjusted bows and arrows. In front of each camp, the soldiers sat together for lunch. In the stew pot, you could see plump Yellow River carp and pieces of meat weighing half a pound. The dishes were particularly rich and the rice could be eaten.
This is a sign before the war. Before every war, the soldiers would have a full meal, so the soldiers were particularly silent and enjoyed the delicious fish. This may be their last meal.
Wang Shichong and several personal soldiers were sharing today's food with a group of soldiers. This is also an important reason why Wang Shichong is good at leading troops. He was able to share the joys and sorrows with his soldiers and won the love of the soldiers at the bottom.
Wang Shichong received information from Yang Yuanqing yesterday and set the time to launch the attack today. Although the specific attack time has not been decided yet, Wang Shichong has made the final preparations before the attack.
"General, what reward will we give if we make great contributions this time?" a young soldier asked with expectation.
Wang Shichong was eating a fish, and he spit out a fish bone and laughed: "If you can kill twenty enemies this time, I will reward you as a palace maid as a woman!"
The soldiers burst into laughter. A veteran patted the young soldier on the shoulder and teased him: "Kosaburo, take off his pants and show us, is there any hair length?"
Everyone laughed again. At this time, a personal soldier walked over quickly and whispered a few words in Wang Shichong's ear. Wang Shichong nodded and said to the soldiers: "Everyone can eat a little bit of fullness, so they can have strength in fighting. Today there is meat, just eat it."
Wang Shichong stood up and quickly returned to his central army account. After entering the account, he asked, "Where is the letter?"
A personal soldier presented him a letter, which was obtained directly from the contact point by the river. Yang Yuanqing and Wang Shichong set up a contact point on both sides of the Yellow River. As long as a ship crosses the river, information can be quickly transmitted. This contact point is a sign of the gradual deepening of the cooperation between the two.
Wang Shichong hurriedly opened the letter and read it. It was indeed his anticipation news. The specific attack time was set at the first update tonight.
Wang Shichong let out a light breath, and he had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
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In the Tang Army camp in Shaanxi County, Huang Junhan hurriedly walked towards the central army tent. Because he was unstable, Li Xiaogong temporarily transferred him to the camp and sent another general to guard Hangu Pass.
These days, Huang Junhan was nervous and expectant. After all, Li Xiaogong was the prince of Hejian, and his impeachment would definitely be effective. Even if he offended King Qi, at least his woman could come back and his dignity could be preserved. But Huang Junhan still had a little uneasiness in his heart. After all, King Qi was the emperor's son. Will the emperor really blame his son?
Just now, Li Xiaogong sent his personal soldiers to find him. The imperial censor had arrived, which made Huang Junhan's heart hang in the air. He knew that the moment he was looking forward to had arrived.
As soon as he walked to the tent of the Central Army, he heard the angrily scolding of the chief general Li Xiaogong from the tent, "What does it mean to insufficient evidence? In this case, the first thing is to transfer the King of Qi to the capital, and he must change the commander first. Then talk about other things. Now that the war is imminent, the emperor does not change the commander. What evidence do I need? How do I fight this battle?"
Huang Junhan stopped, and he felt half cold. There was insufficient evidence. How could he have any evidence? Can't he punish King Qi without evidence?
At this time, I heard the voice of the censor again, "Your Highness, Prince, after all, he is the King of Qi. Isn't it just to tell the court that he really robbed the general's wife? Where can I let Your Majesty be faced? Your Highness, you must also understand the difficulties of the Lord."
If he was only half cold just now, then now Huang Junhan's heart completely fell into the ice cave, and the thing he was most worried about finally happened. The emperor did not want to punish his son at all, but instead found various reasons to excuse Li Yuanji. Huang Junhan's face showed a desolate smile. No wonder Li Yuanji dared to rob his woman unscrupulously, because the prince broke the law and could not be punished with the common people.
In the tent, Li Xiaogong paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, and was extremely angry. He never expected that such a result would be. The emperor sent the censor not to uphold justice, but to cover up the ugliness. He originally thought that with an impeachment memorial, the emperor could transfer Li Yuanji back first, change to a marshal, and wait until the battle was finished before investigating. This is normal.
But the favoritism of the Lord made his hopes fail, which made the situation more complicated. In this case, how could Li Yuanji cooperate with him to fight? The Lord would miss the entire battle for the so-called imperial dignity.
Li Xiaogong is not the emperor, so he cannot understand the emperor's heart.
At this time, Li Xiaogong looked up and saw Huang Junhan standing at the door of the tent. He felt a sense of guilt in his heart, restrained the anger on his face, and said with a forced smile: "General Huang, Yu Jingshi came to investigate the last incident with the order. Come in!"
Huang Junhan walked in without expression and saluted Li Xiaogong and Yu Zhining without saying a word. Li Xiaogong patted his shoulder and couldn't help but sigh and said, "Sit down first!"
Huang Junhan sat down and said coldly to Huang Junhan: "Does Yu Jing have anything to ask?"
Yu Zhining coughed and said with a smile: "The emperor sympathized with General Huang's experience and was also very angry with King Qi's actions. Therefore, I specially ordered me to investigate the truth. If the situation is true, I will definitely punish King Qi severely. Please rest assured General Huang."
Huang Junhan sneered, "I guess my concubine should be dead now and was killed by the King of Qi. What else can I say?"
Yu Zhining showed an embarrassment on his face and said dryly: "You can't say that. If King Qi dares to do that, he will only be punished first. General Huang must believe in His Majesty's lenient and fairness."
Huang Junhan still said coldly: "Then what do you need to ask me?"
Yu Zhining was excited and hurriedly said: "It's about the King of Qi robbing General Huang's concubine. Is there any evidence for General Huang?"
Huang Junhan thought for a while and said, "Can my personal soldiers identify evidence?"
Yu Zhining looked embarrassed, "General Huang's personal soldiers may be inappropriate. It is best to have a third party to testify, or have any direct evidence, such as the personal belonging of King Qi who fell on the scene, and now it is right in General Huang's hands."
Huang Junhan could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. He said angrily: "I disappointed Yu Jingshi, I have no evidence! Maybe I really framed King Qi."
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Yu Zhining looked at Li Xiaogong with a very embarrassed expression. Li Xiaogong knew in his heart that he had thought the problem too simply. Even if the emperor wanted to punish him, the imperial court's ministers who were considerate of the emperor's heart would not let him punish King Qi. For example, Yu Jingshi in front of him, maintaining the image of the emperor in their hearts is more important than anything else.
The final result, Li Xiaogong also thought that it was nothing more than the emperor's compensation for Huang Junhan in some aspects, and then the matter was left alone.
Li Xiaogong sighed in his heart. People's hearts are unpredictable and the complexity of the officialdom is not something he can imagine. He smiled bitterly and said, "Yu Yu, the Censor, worked hard all the way, go and have a rest first!"
Yu Zhining knew that Li Xiaogong was going to talk to Huang Junhan again. He nodded, got up and went to rest with his personal soldiers. Only Li Xiaogong and Huang Junhan were left in the tent. The tent was very silent and the atmosphere seemed a little nervous.
After a while, Huang Junhan sighed, "I probably no longer live in Wanchun, what's the point of beating him? I admit this, who made him the King of Qi?"
Li Xiaogong looked at him apologetically and said earnestly: "When we finish this battle, we will return to Chang'an, and I will explain this to the emperor. I believe that the emperor will give you an explanation, and maybe you will get an unexpected surprise."
Huang Junhan remained silent. He understood what Li Xiaogong meant by the so-called surprise? A huge sense of shame surged in his heart, but he restrained his anger. Li Xiaogong patted his shoulder again, "When the war ends, I will go to the emperor, but now I will put aside this matter for the time being. The war is coming. We must do our best to deal with Wang Shichong. Maybe Yang Yuanqing will cross the river?"
Huang Junhan was shocked, "Will Yang Yuanqing cross the river?"
Li Xiaogong looked very serious, "I just got the information that a large number of ferries appeared on the Fengling Ferry River. I suspect that Yang Yuanqing would cross the river from Fengling."
"But our Fenglingdu guards have less than two thousand."
"That's why I'm worried!"
Li Xiaogong said worriedly: "You must not let Yang Yuanqing cut off our retreat."
He glanced at Huang Junhan and said, "You can lead 6,000 people from the headquarters to defend the county. The two thousand garrisons there are also under your command. Indeed, you can use tincture oil to block the river surface. Yang Yuanqing once lit tincture oil to block the river in Hanoi County to deal with Li Mi, and the effect is very good."
"Is Hangu Pass no longer guarded?" Huang Junhan asked.
Li Xiaogong sighed, "I will send someone else to defend Hangu Pass. The key is Yuxiang County, which is the top priority of defense."
Huang Junhan nodded silently, "I will set off now!"
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The night was getting deeper and it was gradually coming to an hour. Li Xiaogong sat in the big tent reading as usual, but today he was particularly anxious. He always felt that something made him feel so tampered with him. After thinking about it, it was only Huang Junhan's incident and the attitude of the emperor. But he felt that his anxiety had nothing to do with this matter, but there were other things.
Li Xiaogong paced in the tent with his hands behind his back. When he walked to the fifth circle, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind, as if he was struck by lightning. He stood there and moved. He had already thought about what made him anxious. It was the silence of Yang Yuanqing and Wang Shichong. It had been seven or eight days, but there was no movement at all. This was very strange. Could it be?
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An extremely uneasy feeling surged in his heart. He felt that Yang Yuanqing also knew about the Huang Junhan incident, so he was so silent.
At this moment, the personal soldiers came from outside the tent and reported nervously, "Your Highness, the patrol soldiers reported that something abnormal was found on the river!"
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