Retrograde

Chapter 46 It's time to break

Four days later, Xu Jinghong and his party returned to Dingxi with the heads of the killed barbarians and several live mouths. When entering the city, they were not provoked and obstructed by the defenders as before, in exchange for the respectful eyes of the soldiers, because in this half a month, everyone knew what had happened before, and everyone held their breath and wanted to teach the barbarians a hard lesson to comfort those who were killed by them. Dead robe.

After entering the city, the scouts took the prisoners back to the camp, Xu Jinghong also returned to his camp, and Wang Junqing rushed to the Marshal's Mansion to tell everything. When he rode to the commander's mansion, Wang Chong was still standing in front of the southwest topographic map and carefully studying it. This time, he studied how to send troops and where to send troops to win this battle with the barbarians.

"Marshal! The scout camp has successfully completed the task, and I'm here to give you an order!" Outside the lobby, Wang Junqing stopped and reported loudly.

"Junqing is back?" Hearing this sound, Wang Chong came out of his thoughts and said with a smile, "Come in. Thank you for your hard work these days." His words were very polite, not like a father's attitude towards his son, but more like a boss's care for his subordinates. There is nothing we can do. As the commander of the three armies, Wang Chong can't mix his personal feelings militarily, so he is also like an ordinary person when treating Wang Junqing and other brothers, but he is not perverted enough to be more strict with his son than his subordinates. He knows very well that he is afraid that a few sons will have resentment. At that time, it will become self-defeating. Therefore, in the end, he simply spoke to the army, did not involve anything else, made contributions and made mistakes, and treated them equally.

After the other party came in, Wang Chong said again, "Well, is everything going well?" Has everyone been cleared?"

"Yes, we have annihilated all the barbarians who entered my Song Dynasty, captured a few alive, and asked them to be questioned later." Wang Junqing said the details of his and others when looking for barbarians, especially emphasizing Xu Jinghong's credit and ability: "It seems that it's still the general. It's up to you. Xu Jinghong is indeed very unusual. If it hadn't been for him, it would have taken more time for us to find the barbarians and destroy them. "

Wang Chong was also a little surprised to hear this, but he still knows his son well and will never praise a person exaggeratedly. It seems that Xu Jinghong is really able. Originally, the reason why he made this arrangement was that Xu Jinghong had fought with the barbarians, knew something about them, and the specific position of the battle was also in his control, but now it seems that this is still an unexpected harvest.

"It seems that this Xu Jinghong is really hidden and a good material for the scouts." Wang Chong said after ponder, "Then absorb him into the scout team. We will soon fight with the barbarians. It's always a good thing to have more strength."

"We are going to fight with the barbarians soon? Isn't this too hasty? We don't even know where the barbarian is hiding now and how many troops there are. How can we start a war easily? Wang Junqing immediately frowned: "Although the grain and grass in the two states have been destroyed, this batch of grain and grass in Yunzhou is still enough for us to support for a period of time. Why take the initiative to send troops in such a hurry?"

"Because we don't have time." Wang Chong smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that the barbarians don't give us time, but the court. Bai Yueming asked someone to send me an urgent letter. Now the officials of the Thai half of the dynasty are attacking me, saying that I raised a thief and mislead the military plane to kick me off the position of commander of the three armies in Southwest China. If there is no big victory to refute, I'm afraid that my Wang Chong will be recalled to the capital by a decree!"

"What? How could those DPRK officials do such a thing? They don't even understand the situation we are facing now, can they say such unfounded words? That's really unreasonable!" Wang Junqing suddenly changed his color.

"Hey, they just want to deal with me, so they don't care what kind of situation we are facing. And what they really have to deal with is not me, the commander of the Southwest March, but in order to seize my military power, which can cause bigger problems, so that they can seize the military power and threaten the emperor...

"The current political power has long been dominated by the seven families, and the only thing they care about is me and Lao Peng in the north. If I pull out and there is only one old Peng left, they will be much more calm.

"It's a family again! If it hadn't been for their obstruction, our northern border would have expelled the Hu people. How could there be a current stalemate? Now they have hit the idea on our southwest army again. It's really too bullying!" A red tide flashed on Wang Junqing's face: "Father, let's simply wave our army to do them!"

This is Wang Junqing's suggestion to Wang Chong as a son, but it is Wang Chong's shaking his head: "If you do this, it will only be more self-destruction, and our Wang family will inevitably be destroyed! And the deepest injury must be Song himself. Now that the seven people have taken control of the whole world, that is, the guards from all over the world have been bought by them. At this time, if we counterattack in the name of the king of Qin, I'm afraid that we will be resisted by those city guards. How can we fight with them without logistical support?

"Moreover, the barbarians will not look at our civil chaos and take advantage of it. In that case, we will be defeated, and the result must be very unoptimistic! In addition, as a minister of the Song Dynasty, I, Wang Chong, will never do such a rebellion. Although the government has now been in the hands of seven masters, I believe that your majesty will have a way to turn the tide.

"..." Wang Junqing was silent when he heard the words. He was very clear about his father's intention. The previous words were for himself. Even if he really had something to do, he should not use swordsmen because of his momentary anger, and the latter sentence was the key to Wang Chong's unwillingness to take action. After all, the word loyalty is the most important thing for fathers. Because even if he really plays the banner of the attendance king, I'm afraid that Wang Chong will be determined to be a rebel. Whether it happens or not, he can't turn over, but this is not what he pursues.

"So... do we just watch the seven people get bigger step by step and make the Song Dynasty fall into the hands of these ambitious people?" After a long time, Wang Junqing still said anly, "And father, if you don't make some indications and let them retreat, I'm afraid they won't sit in this position for long."

"So that's why I'm thinking about how to take the initiative to send troops. As long as the barbarians are defeated, they will not find an excuse to attack me. I'm in the southwest. Naturally, the seven of you dare not go too much. Then the emperor will have time to think about countermeasures..."

Although he was very disapproving of his father's behavior, believing that it had been 20 or 30 years, and the emperor's power had been reduced instead of strengthening. It could be seen that the seven people were unshakable, but Wang Junqing still resisted not saying it. Because he also has his own bottom line, which is filial piety. Since the father refused to do so, the son can only come according to his will.

Seeing that his son had understood his idea, Wang Chong also showed a happy look, but his eyes immediately shot cold: "So, now it's time to make a break!"

"Now it's time to make a break!" The same words came out of Xu Jinghong's mouth. The same murder was overflowing, and the brothers of the fifth team in front of him were also rubbing their hands. They had been waiting for Xu Jinghong's words for half a month.

After welcoming Xu Jinghong into the station and listening to him talk about the pursuit of the barbarians, everyone also began to tell Xu Jinghong about the situation they had been waiting for in Dingxi for half a month. Obviously, their life here without the backbone is not very smooth, and Xiong Geng, who is the most anxious, is even more furious: "Those Yunzhouwei people always want to find trouble. If it hadn't been for Lao Geng's obstruction, I would have broken their dog's head!"

Geng Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "I have no choice. The other party is much more powerful than us. How can we really start to fight with them?"

"Hmm?" Hearing this, Xu Jinghong couldn't help frowning: "Why, weren't Ye Hao's people forced to move by the general? How dare they run out to cause trouble?"

"It's not Ye Hao's Dizi Camp, but the people of the Yellow Camp." Geng Zhong sighed and said, "The general only banned the people in the Dizi camp, but the other battalions are not. Obviously, they were instructed by Ye Hao and came to our side several times to find unhate.

"It seems that Ye Hao's influence is not small." Xu Jinghong nodded and said, "What else?" He can see that the troubles encountered by everyone are definitely more than this, and there should be other problems.

Sure enough, Xiong Geng said, "And not long after you left, Ye Hao sent someone to discuss with us, and no one was refused by our team. In this way, there will be no peace these days. I don't know where the thief came to the door several times, obviously to save Ye Tao. Fortunately, we took him strictly, so those people didn't do it.

This is obviously Ye Hao's people. He dared not blatantly violate the order during the day and did it at night. Fortunately, those soldiers are ordinary people, so there is not much threat. But Xu Jinghong, who understood this layer,'s face sank: "It seems that they still haven't learned a lesson and still want to fight with us. In this case, we don't have to avoid it anymore. Now it's time to make a break!"