Chapter 115: Upheaval (Part 2)
"Li Wei has met your Excellency the Observer Envoy, Your Excellency the Commander!" Li Wei, the old and heavy commander of the Yongzhou Army, bowed slightly and saluted.
"There is no need to be too polite. This time we are going to annihilate the barbarians and we need more support from Li Tongjun!" The commander of Zuo Longhu Army was forty years old. He came from a local wealthy family and was very considerate in his dealings with others.
As soon as Li Wei saluted, he hurriedly helped him, with a look of respect on his face, which was far from the arrogance of the Forbidden Army. The Yongzhou Army generals who were standing there could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Sit -" Sitting on the table are not only Liu Wen, the supervisor of the Yongzhou army, but also the Zuo Longhu army's military observer, Rong Rong, who is only in his twenties, but has a lot of arrogance in his heart.
"Liu Jianjun and Li Tongjun have been in Yongzhou for a long time. They must know a lot about these barbarians. Do you have any advice?" The young military observer asked sharply with an attitude.
"Oh! I forgot. If I had been taught earlier, I'm afraid these barbarians would have been wiped out long ago!"
Before Li Wei and Liu Jianjun, who were seated, could answer, they choked and looked ugly.
"Li Tongjun has been stationed in Yongzhou for many years, what happened to these barbarians?" Huang Yangze, the commander of Zuo Longhu Army, said softly with a gentle look on his face, breaking the awkward atmosphere.
"Humph——" The observer looked down upon such a good old man.
"It's nothing serious. Since the time of Emperor Gaozu, Sixty-eight Dongs have always been peaceful. When the years were bad, they would go down the mountain to plunder. But in recent days, for some reason, the barbarians gathered together and besieged Yongzhou for half a month.
For a long time!"
Li Wei felt relieved after hearing what he said, and then he spoke slowly, and everyone listened carefully.
"This time, the barbarians gathered more than 20,000 people, but our Yongzhou army only had 2,000, and we have not heard of war for many years. Fortunately, our forbidden army came to our aid, otherwise Jianwu Town would have been doomed!"
"Yes, this barbarian officer was quite peaceful in the past few years. I don't know if it was the arrangement of Changhe Kingdom or Annan. He has many more swords and guns in his hands, and even cavalry!" As the supervisor of Jianwu Town, Liu Wen
His speech was very powerful.
The Nanzhao Kingdom in Yunnan was destroyed by the powerful minister Yang Qianzhen and the Dachanghe Kingdom was established. Although Duan Siping destroyed the Dachanghe Kingdom, people still called the Dali Kingdom the Changhe Kingdom because of the marriage between the Southern Han clan and its king.
Annan will not go into details.
"Twenty thousand people, and there are cavalry, this is really troublesome!" Huang Yang, the commander of Zuo Longhu Army, pondered.
After the others left, Huang Yang said in a deep voice:
"Envoy to the military, there are a lot of strange things in this Yongzhou war!"
"How many of the 20,000 barbarians can be fully equipped with armor? They are just a bunch of rabble, and the Yongzhou Army is just that. In front of us and the Forbidden Army, they will be killed like wild chickens and wild dogs!"
The military envoy watching the army screamed, saying that he did not pay any attention to the so-called barbarians.
"That's true!" Commander Huang was relieved after hearing this. Since the founding of the Southern Han Dynasty, he had a deep understanding of the barbarians and even established a Turkish army to participate in foreign wars.
It can be said that the control of barbarians in the Southern Han Dynasty was deeper than that in the former Tang Dynasty. For decades, these barbarians had long lost the habitual unrest of the Tang Dynasty.
"Yongzhou Li family, tsk tsk, the imperial court can actually tolerate such a large force entrenched in the place!" Thinking about the news about Li family that the spies had found out, Commander Huang felt very surprised. When did the imperial court become so easy to talk to?
Shaking his head, since Gaozu left, this court has become increasingly difficult to understand...
"What are you doing, brother?" When he returned to the mansion, Li Tongjun sat down on the couch. In front of him, Li Xin stood with his head bowed, very respectfully.
"Among the sixty-eight cave barbarians, who doesn't respect my Li family? They suddenly besieged Yongzhou. You were not here a few days ago. Now, you must make it clear to me."
Although he has not been in charge of the family for many years, in the final analysis, Li Wei is the head of the entire Li family. Huge pressure came suddenly. Li Xin took a deep breath, organized the words in his mind, and said without hesitation:
"These things are all arranged by Mr. Lang. I don't know anything about it!"
"However, Lang Jun said that he does not want to see these forbidden troops come back, so he needs your help!"
"What? These are the Forbidden Army. Do you want to rebel?" He shook his head, and his fat body bounced up like a spring. Master Li's face was covered in cold sweat.
"Master, are you okay? Sit down quickly, sit down quickly!" Li Xin was startled, quickly helped him, sat down slowly, and comforted:
"It's not a rebellion. Lang Junyan said this is a struggle among the forces in the palace. We are just going with the trend. We will be fine!"
As soon as these words came out, Mr. Li believed him instantly. A while ago, Li Jia flattered a big shot in the palace, but now he has given him a lot of help. Now it is appropriate to do dirty things.
"We're scared to death. To do this, we have to use some tricks to prevent our family from falling into it!" Mr. Li narrowed his eyes, piled them up and said carefully.
"Is what you said true?" the observer's scream reached the roof.
"You can guarantee it with your life!" The businessman in black said loudly:
"The reason why these barbarians rebelled was actually because the Li family had increased the salt money in the mountains. Those barbarians were actually just besieging the city out of necessity. Although these barbarians were outnumbered, they actually didn't have much food and grass. They only needed a few more days.
, these barbarians will be exhausted and retreat on their own!"
"It seems that these troubles were caused by the Li family. Envoy, we should report it to the imperial court and punish them!" Commander Huang stood up and said with indignation.
"Commander Huang, calm down for now!" Jun Rongzhi's expression changed and he continued to ask:
"You mean, these barbarians are running out of food and grass?"
"Yes, their food and grass are actually in the valley dozens of miles away from Yongzhou City. Yongzhou has few soldiers. If they attack rashly, the gains will outweigh the losses!" the merchant said respectfully.
"Okay, if this matter is serious, whether it is official position or money, I can give it to you!"
"Young man, I have nothing else to ask for, I just want to share some salt profits and earn some living money!" the businessman said with a longing look on his face.
"The words of a merchant cannot be trusted!" Commander Huang said.
"No, that's why it's believable!" the military envoy said calmly:
"Merchants are greedy for profit. Although the Li family is powerful in Yongzhou, Yongzhou belongs to the saints after all. I will send some scouts there to find out more. If this is true, we will have made a great contribution!"
"Our family doesn't want to stay in this remote place in Yongzhou for a few more days. In the beginning of spring here, the mosquitoes will stay like this for a long time. It's too different from Panyu!"
After a day's work, the scouts had already found out that there were indeed thousands of barbarians stationed in the valley, and figures were moving in the mountains and forests.
"In that case, let's send out the army!" The envoy watching the army was filled with joy.
"How about we call in the Yongzhou Army?" Commander Huang had some doubts.
Chapter completed!