Chapter 698
Cui Shuangcheng is now really proud and everything goes well.
He took down Bazhou City in one fell swoop and killed more than 10,000 enemies. No matter when or wherever he placed, he would be a huge military achievement that no one could cover up. Especially after the northern border of Vietnam experienced the incident last year and his vitality was severely damaged, he became more and more extraordinary among the many generals in the northern border.
So after taking over Bazhou, Cui Shuangcheng immediately sent a meteor fast horse to report the victory to the court in an urgent manner of 800 miles. When making this decision, he directly ignored his immediate superior, Dong Gongwang, the governor of Jinzhou.
This is actually a big taboo in the army. After all, if you really want to talk about it, Dong Gongwang nodded and agreed to his division of troops to attack Bazhou. Strictly speaking, the biggest contribution of this battle was the head coach Dong Gongwang. But Cui Chengshuang couldn't care about it because he needed such a great contribution to take him a step further.
Cui Chengshuang is also a former general in the northern border. He has made many military achievements over the past 20 or 30 years, and there are thousands of people killing Guirong on the battlefield. But so what? He is in his forty-five years, and is not just a mere fourth-rank military officer today. He has been suppressed by veterans like Dong Gongwang. No matter how great the contribution is, only half of the credit can fall into his hands.
As early as a few years ago, he was tired of such a situation of being inferior to others and tried many ways to change it. Then he really found an opportunity and joined the prince's disciple for his advice.
At the beginning, he thought he would be able to transfer his fortune soon, but he disappointed Cui Chengshuang again because the prince could not interfere in major events in the northern Xinjiang military after all, and it was very difficult to promote him. In the end, because the time limit had arrived, he had to return to Luoyang.
But even so, Cui Chengshuang did not give up. Instead, after the prince returned to the capital, he often had letters and polite exchanges with him. Because he knew very well that he had made friends with the prince not for the present, but for the future. Today's prince will be the emperor tomorrow, and if he is good friends with him today, he will always be promoted in the future.
It was with such thought that when the prince sent him a secret letter to him and asked him to deal with Li Ling, Cui Chengshuang made a decision without thinking about it. Even if something happened in Fengzhou later, Li Ling used the rumors to make others dare not take action, and he could not dispel his decision.
Of course, Cui Chengshuang also knew that it was far from enough to just flatter the prince. In the Northern Army, the most important thing is military merits. Only when real military merits can you keep everyone's mouths when you are promoted, and you can replace a veteran like Dong Gongwang and become the commander of the three armies in Jinzhou and even the entire northern Xinjiang.
So when several remaining Guirong soldiers were pledging to the city, he asked for battle several times, trying to lead the army alone to attack Bazhou. In the end, he even issued a military order in front of everyone, and then he won such an opportunity.
The results now prove that Cui Chengshuang's decision was extremely correct, because today, before Dong Gongwang took Yunzhou, he had already taken down Bazhou, which was not as important as Yunzhou, and he also had real contributions to killing more than 10,000 enemies.
Although there are other tricks to winning Bazhou this time, no one except a few confidants knew that this was actually a deal. So he believed that when his victory was submitted to the court, it was a foregone conclusion that he had been promoted. After all, he had a great backer like the prince in the court.
Now, we are just waiting for the good news to come to North Korea and the good news of getting rid of Li Ling is delivered back.
Then, just as he patrolled the military camp with confidence in the evening and returned to his residence, he received a report that surprised him: "The military rations in Fengzhou have arrived at the city, and the accompanying governor Li Ling meant that he would transport the grain into the city after dawn tomorrow."
This report made Cui Chengshuang stunned for a moment, and then she showed a different smile: "Li Ling is so brave. He really dares to come to him. Okay, let him live another day. Tomorrow, I will punish him in public and take his life!"
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After a night passed, just as the genius dawned, the Bazhou city gate opened, and then he saw a flag waving and a distinctive army of armor came out neatly, heading straight to the camp ahead, and quickly divided left and right to surrounded the entire camp.
Such movements naturally made the army and civilians in the camp nervous, because this army not only had complete weapons and armor, but also had more troops than them, with about two thousand, and they could swallow their entire army in one bite.
Fortunately, the other party did not really launch an attack after setting up the formation, but soon ran out more than ten more cavalry, went straight to the main entrance of the camp, and shouted: "Please come out and see you."
Without reporting from subordinates, Li Ling took Yang Zhen out of the tent. Seeing this scene, his face did not fluctuate much. He only gave Chen Daoshou a wink, then stepped forward decisively, hugged the people immediately and said, "I am Li Ling, why are the generals coming?"
"I've seen Lord Li." The first person only owed his body a little on the horse's back, and then he expressed his intention, "Shen Yuhu, a humble official, came to receive food and supplies under the order of General Cui, and at the same time, to invite the adults to enter the city to meet General Cui. If there is nothing to do, please follow me into the city." After saying that, he led the city and made a gesture of invitation.
Many people breathed a sigh of relief when he came to the camp. There were only a few people, and the expressions on their faces became more and more serious. Although they were polite, they could only look at the soldiers and horses that were ready to go on, and they could tell that the other party was secretly threatening. Once Li Ling refused to do so, maybe Shen Yuhu would be going to fight to the death.
However, Li Ling had a smile on his face: "Since it is General Cui's order, I should obey it. Please wait for General Shen and others, and after I change my clothes, I will follow you into the city."
Everyone was in front of his home. Shen Yuhu was not afraid that Li Ling would run away, so he nodded generously and allowed him to turn around. After a while, he saw him changing into a scarlet official uniform and walked out with a demeanor.
As soon as the robe was put on, Li Ling's aura was very different, which made many soldiers around him dare not look directly at him and salute him. However, this change seemed to Shen Yuhu and the others. They just bowed slightly and watched Li Ling turn over on the horse, bringing only two followers to the camp gate.
This made Chen Daoshou feel ashamed and worried, and subconsciously stepped forward and shouted: "Mr. Li..."
"Don't worry, just do your job well. If I'm not here, I'll be on your own attention. You must explain everything to them." Li Ling casually reminded him, and then he officially stepped out of the camp. Yang Zhen was on the left, and another unkempt general was on the right. He protected him and met with Shen Yuhu and the others, and then went to the city.
It was not until they entered the city gate that the soldiers on both sides slowly approached, and then began to arrange for the transportation of grain into the city in conjunction with Chen Daoshou, which looked quite harmonious. But Li Moyun, who was in it, looked worried and also felt a little guilty. If his injuries had not healed, he would have followed this incident...
At this time, Li Ling had already passed the long gate hole and walked on the empty Bazhou Chang Street. At first glance, there were no pedestrians except for two teams of soldiers patrolling the city.
Looking at the houses and shops along the street, although they seemed to have not been damaged, they were all empty. Not to mention the people, they did not even have many items that can be seen in daily life. Obviously, as the first border town captured by Guirong, the people here suffered great disasters. Even though the city has returned to Dayue's hands, the original people cannot come back.
At present, Bazhou City is an absolute military-controlled state, which is a town decided by Cui Chengshuang!
After making a judgment, Li Ling's heart tightened again, but after looking at the two people behind him, his mentality calmed down a little. In any case, he always had to pass this level.
After walking forward for half an hour, they finally stopped in front of a rather grand yamen. The sign of the "Bazhou Government Office" on the gate was not taken off, but at this time it had become Cui Chengshuang's command post. There was a team of guards standing in front of the gate with swords and spears, murderous guards. When they saw them coming, people even raised their spears and shouted: "Command."
Shen Yuhu naturally said, "Entering north into the desert!" Then he saw them retreat and let a few people enter the yamen. With this point, we can see that the military discipline of this guard is extremely strict, and it is really acknowledging orders but not people.
When they got here, a few people got off the horse and walked in and walked through the door. They walked around an empty lobby courtyard before they arrived at the second hall. The living room that was supposed to be used for guests was now Cui Chengshuang's hall. When Li Ling arrived in front of the door, he looked up and saw a man in military uniform with a domineering look in his expression, looking at something at hand. When he heard the movement, he suddenly looked up, which made the two of them meet.
Cui Chengshuang saw Li Ling who was wearing a robe at first sight. He raised his thick eyebrows and said, "Li Ling, Lord Li?"
"That's right, Li Ling has seen the general urging him." As he spoke, he was quite polite and bowed in front of the door.
But the other party was not so polite, glared at him and said, "I will ask you why you are here now? If I remember well, when I asked you for food, I agreed to send it to you within half a month. Also, the food you sent to our army in Fengzhou was not only wrong, but also had many molds. After our soldiers were eaten, they almost ruined the major event of my attack on Bazhou, but how do you explain it!"
Chapter completed!