On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 377 Loyalty is hard to achieve

"The soldiers and horses have been assembled. Why did Mr. Li suddenly change his mind?"

Li Jing couldn't swallow this breath. He went to Li Jing to ask what happened. Li Jing explained:

"In the Battle of Liaodong, Goguryeo had more than 100,000 troops who could have defended the fortified city. However, Eulji Mundeok led his elite cavalry out of the city and suffered a huge defeat. The morale of the defenders was depleted. What I did today was out of fear of repeating the same fate as Liaodong City.

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"I heard that Duke Yongning (who came to protect the children) has been appointed as the general manager of Qingzhou. It is better to wait for reinforcements and wait for Qingzhou soldiers to move north to attack Cui Ni outside the city."

But how could such rhetoric satisfy Li Jing? He retorted:

"Dong Yongning has just arrived, and the troops in Qingzhou have not yet established prestige, so how can they come quickly!

"Li Gong wanted to stand firm and wait for help, but I thought he was just sitting back and waiting for death."

Li Jing's words were very rude, which made Li Jing's face uneasy. He shouted:

"Medicine Master! Don't forget the dignity of superiors and inferiors!"

Li Jingru was struck by lightning and was speechless for a long time, so he had to retreat dejectedly.

Afterwards, Li Jing learned that it was Zhao Renming who had slandered Li Jing in front of him. He really couldn't understand why Zhao Renming wanted to retaliate now when all the generals had advised Li Jing to ignore Zhao Renming's request for help.

But Zhao Renming also had his own plans, even if he went to Xiangzhou to ask for help, it could not change the fact that he abandoned the city, and the court would definitely hold him accountable in the future.

Therefore, Zhao Renming desperately wanted to make meritorious deeds to atone for his sins, but he had no soldiers or generals, so he took his family members and fled to Yecheng. It was extremely difficult to make meritorious deeds.

The appearance of Li Jing was undoubtedly a ray of fire in the darkness, giving Zhao Renming hope.

There is no need to elaborate on the personal relationship between Li Jing and Cui Che. Now they are hostile because they belong to two camps, but who can guarantee that they are not colluding in private.

It would undoubtedly be a great achievement if Li Jing's identity could be confirmed.

When Li Jing returned to his mansion, he was still angry about this. He had already put aside his old friendship with Cui Che and was loyal to the court. Why did he still suffer such suspicion?

After thinking hard for a long time, Li Jing sighed and finally made up his mind.

His wife saw this and asked:

"Why do you, husband, sigh like this?"

Li Jing smiled bitterly and said:

"Zicheng and I had a very close personal relationship, so I offered advice to Ping Kou Gong (Li Jing) many times to express my intention to break with Zicheng.

"But Ping Kou Gong couldn't use it, and he even felt suspicious.

"That's all. You should keep silent from now on, lest in the future when Zicheng enters Yecheng, I will be embarrassed to see him again."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Li smiled and said:

"Since ancient times, loyalty and righteousness cannot be both balanced. If a husband cannot seek loyalty, he should preserve his righteousness."

Li Jing, who had already figured out his thoughts, felt that he no longer had any anxiety, just waiting for Cui Che to take charge of Yecheng.

Although Li Jing can be called a veteran general, he is good at running the army and caring for the people. When it comes to strategy, in Li Jing's opinion, he is far inferior to Cui Che.

At the same time, Li Jing's military order to mobilize troops from Xingzhou Prefecture to assist in the defense of Mingzhou was also sent to Longgang County.

However, the governor of Xingzhou, who had already prepared for war, has not yet sent troops.

It turns out that since they learned that they were going to Mingzhou to fight, the soldiers of Xingzhou became riotous.

Over the years, the Yan border army under Cui Che has gained a great reputation and is recognized as an elite in the world.

For the soldiers of Xingzhou, if it is to defend their homeland, it is their unshirkable duty.

However, since Cui Che raised his troops to go south, he has done nothing wrong with the people. In addition, with his high reputation in Hebei, at least in the land of Hebei, he is more popular than the imperial court.

The nobles were dissatisfied with the imperial court's insistence on taking Guanzhong as its basis and ostracizing people from Guandong.

The people believed the prophecy and believed that Yang Guang had committed patricide.

That is to say, the governor of Xingzhou finally came to the imperial court. Otherwise, at the head of Longgang City, I am afraid that the flag would have been changed long ago.

The soldiers were unwilling to go to war, and their families did not want Xingzhou soldiers to go to Mingzhou.

Seeing the situation, the governor of Xingzhou was worried about provoking a mutiny, so he had no choice but to give in and publicly promised the soldiers that they would stay in seclusion and would never force them to go to Mingzhou.

For a time, the city burst into cheers, and the Xingzhou soldiers finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Xingzhou is at peace, but all the elite soldiers of Mingzhou have been transferred to Yecheng. What is left is a group of old and weak soldiers, how can they resist Wang Dangwan's 20,000 infantry and cavalry.

Mingzhou, named after Mingshui, governs Yongnian County (now Yongnian, Hebei Province), and has jurisdiction over eight counties: Yongnian, Feixiang, Qingzhang, Ping'en, Mingshui, Wu'an, Handan, and Linming.

Wang Dangwan led his army westward and did not encounter much resistance along the way. When he arrived at Yongnian City, the city gate was wide open. At first, Wang Dangwan thought there was a fraud and was almost fooled by the so-called empty city strategy.

It wasn't until the local gentry left the city to work the army that they found out that the Mingzhou governor simply abandoned the city and left when he saw that the city was empty and there were no reinforcements.

The remaining counties in Mingzhou will also be informed.

Wang Dangwan followed Cui Che's previous instructions and searched for the family members of the soldiers who had rushed to the aid of Xiangzhou based on the register. At first, this behavior caused panic among everyone. The local scholar representatives found Wang Dangwan and persuaded:

"The general conquered eight counties in Mingzhou without spending a single soldier. Why should the families of the soldiers be affected? They were just following orders and had no choice but to do so.

"God has the virtue of a good life, so I ask the general to be noble, forgive the soldiers and their families, and don't blame the innocent."

Wang Dangwan is no longer young now. The Northern Qi Dynasty has been destroyed for twenty-seven years. He has also become a white-haired veteran from the middle-aged man who defected to Cui Che.

It's just that although he is older, his appearance does not match the kindness and kind eyes. It is no wonder that the Mingzhou nobles thought that he wanted to take revenge on the families of the soldiers and soldiers.

Wang Dangwan also knew that the other party had misunderstood his intentions, so he could only explain patiently:

"What I did today was all based on Duke Yan's orders.

"Gong Yan couldn't bear to see the soldiers of Hebei killing each other, so he ordered me to take the families of the soldiers of Mingzhou and go to Xiangzhou City to persuade them. How could I want to harm them?

"Besides, Duke Yan comes from a prominent family in Hebei. If he angers the people, wouldn't he be exterminated by his elders in Hebei?"

After hearing what Wang Dangwan said, the local nobles finally relaxed and took the initiative to cooperate with Wang Dangwan.

After learning that they wanted to persuade their relatives not to waste their lives, the families of the soldiers also came forward one after another.

Wang Dangwan was overjoyed when he saw this and hurriedly reported the incident in Mingzhou to Cui Che.

At this time, Cui Che had already approached Yecheng and learned that the families of soldiers and soldiers below Mingzhou would soon be sent to Xiangzhou. He ordered Dou Jiande to stay in Mingzhou, and Wang Dangwan led 10,000 Pishi troops to fight with Zhou Kan.

The troops together escorted the families of Mingzhou soldiers and soldiers to the south.

Compared with Wang Dangwan, who almost picked up Mingzhou for nothing, Mai Tiezhang actually encountered some resistance in Weizhou.

The soldiers of Shenzhou did not disobey orders like the soldiers of Xingzhou, but under the command of Sima of Shenzhou, they rushed to the aid of Weizhou.

(End of chapter)