Chapter 59 sinister intentions

When the scouts explored the Black Mountain Cliff and went back the same way, the Song army had been stationed less than 30 miles away from the Black Mountain Cliff. After a night's rest, many generals came to Wang Chong's handsome tent and asked him to fight. Among them, Xiang Cang and Ye Hao, who had lost the battle before, were the most eager to fight.

"Marshal, the brothers have been waiting impatiently. Now the barbarians are in front of you. Order to attack the Black Mountain Cliff! My Western Army is willing to be the vanguard of this mountain attack!" Xiang Cang said directly after seeing Wang Chong.

Ye Hao and some other generals also echoed: "General, please order as soon as possible, soldiers and nobles!"

Wang Chong shook his head: "Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you be invincible. I will not agree to your request until the people in the camp come back!" This black cliff could have blocked the former Wu army for several months. Do you think they are so vulnerable that they can be quickly conquered by us?

The generals suddenly had nothing to say. After all, Wang Chong's prestige is there. Do they still dare to forcibly send troops? I had to retreat in a begruly. However, these people did not give up the idea of sending troops to fight for merit. After returning to the camp, they began to mobilize their subordinates and soldiers.

Among them, the Western Army is the easiest to encourage, because the last defeat made them unable to raise their heads in the army and urgently needed a victory to wash away this shame. Although there were previous setbacks, Song Jun's self-confidence still existed. They didn't think that if they really wanted to compete head-on, they would not be the opponent of the barbarians. The previous failure was just a trick of the other party. Now in front of the Black Mountain Cliff, they are naturally in a hurry to fight.

When they saw their master coming back, they gathered around and asked anxiously, "Captain, did the general agree to be the vanguard of this war?"

Xiang Cang sighed: "The general did not intend to use troops against the barbarians immediately. He said that he would wait for the people of the camp to come back and then use troops according to the situation of the barbarians on the mountain, so we asked him to fight."

"What?" The generals suddenly shouted: "The soldiers are very fast. Now that we have come to the front of the Black Mountain Cliff, we should immediately use troops and attack it down. How can we delay it so much? It has been five or six days to wait for the scouts to come back. Even the Chinese army has arrived, but they have not returned. I'm afraid that they have made some mistakes and can't even come back. If the people in the camp don't come back, will we wait like this?

"That's right, and even if they really bring back important news, once they really take down the Black Mountain Cliff, this credit is still the biggest, so what can our Western Army rely on to wash away the previous shame?"

"The general is obviously biased by doing this. He only thinks that his direct line can make contributions, but where do we other guards in the southwest put? No, we can never agree to his decision!"

The reaction of the generals had long been expected by Xiang Cang. He knew too well that his subordinates were all straightforward men. Once they encountered problems, it was definitely impossible to hide them in his heart. Now that their fire has been lit up, Xiang Cang knows that he only needs to give another hint: "The marshal may be just a momentary confusion to make this decision. As long as we can explain the interests in detail, the marshal will still wake up..."

"Yes, let's go to see the general. We must grab the task of attacking the Black Mountain Cliff!" While talking, the generals gathered around and walked out. Xiang Cang, as the governor, could have stopped him, but in the end, he only symbolically stretched out his hand and then let the generals go out. Looking at everyone's fierce appearance, Xiang Cang smiled proudly. He knew that once the generals collectively asked for war, in order to take care of their ideas, even if Wang Chong wanted to persist, he would not dare to go too far. Because if he forces himself to suppress himself, the relationship between the army will be cracked, which is extremely unfavorable to the Western Expedition.

Ye Hao on the other side also wanted to make this move. Under his encouragement, the generals seemed to have the impulse to fight. At this time, Sun Zaiyuan suddenly walked in quickly, handed a letter in his hand, and then whispered, "Captain, there is an urgent letter from the capital, which is a secret letter from Ye Mingyang, the head of the Ye family."

"Hmm?" Hearing that it was the letter from the Ye family, Ye Hao's face suddenly showed joy, because he had been worried about the Ye family's attitude towards him. As a subordinate of the family, Ye Hao can best feel the influence of the family on his success or failure. At the beginning, he entered the ranks of senior generals from an intermediate officer, relying on the cultivation and help of the Ye family, which enabled him to become such a high position as the governor of Yunzhou at the age of 40.

However, since the mine incident, the situation has been reversed. Although the Ye family saved his life, they ignored it afterwards. This attitude has always been the source of pressure on Ye Hao. If there is no help from the Ye family, I'm afraid it will be really difficult for him to enter.

But now, the Ye family suddenly sent people to send letters to themselves, which makes Ye Hao feel that the Ye family still cares about him, at least they still need to do things. That means that he still has a chance to make contributions and make the Ye family accept themselves again! It was because he had been thinking about letting the Ye family accept himself again that Ye Hao temporarily put down his hatred for Xu Jinghong and wanted to make a difference in this Western Expedition and make contributions.

Ye Hao hurriedly grabbed the letter in his hand. After seeing that the paint was intact, he immediately tore open the envelope and read it carefully. After reading half of the letter, Ye Hao's face showed a strange look. After reading the whole letter, he was silent for a while and finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

The generals were still waiting for Ye Hao to make a statement. Seeing that he suddenly took a letter and read it, he didn't say anything for a long time. Everyone was a little anxious: "Do you think we should go to the general to argue?" Although Ye Hao has become the capital, many generals in the Yunzhou army are still used to calling him governor, and because of his original identity, Wang Chong also handed over the command power of the Yunzhou army to him in this Western Expedition, which made his generals continue to call his old name.

After closing his eyes and thinking for a long time, Ye Hao said, "No, I think we should still follow the commander's wishes!" After all, he is the commander of the three armies, and he has a much deeper grasp of the whole war situation than us. We must not ruin the overall situation because of our temporary anger! You all retreat. Remember to withdraw the soldiers and horses. You can't act without my order!"

"Ah?" Ye Hao's sudden change surprised those generals. Just now, he has been hinting that he should go to the handsome account to fight. Why did his attitude change completely in a blink of an eye? Even Shen Zheng, who had always been dissatisfied with it, also showed surprise. Originally, he had hoped to cheat Ye Hao on this matter, but he changed his mind in a blink of an eye.

"This is my general order! What, do you dare to disobey the military order? Seeing that everyone hesitated, Ye Hao was also a little annoyed. When he was the governor, it was really forbidden. Now it's good. Once they say what everyone doesn't like to listen to, these people dare not listen. This understanding also made Ye Hao more eager to take back what he had lost.

"The last general dare not!" Everyone said hurriedly, and then withdrew from the account after arching their hands. Shen Zheng looked at Ye Hao doubtfully. He didn't know what kind of secret letter he had received that could make him suddenly make a change.

After all the generals went out, Sun Zaiyuan carefully asked, "General, you suddenly changed your mind, but is it related to this letter?" In fact, this is obvious. The reason why he asked this is just to open the topic. If Ye Hao didn't want him to know more, he would not answer this topic.

But at this time, Ye Hao was the only one who could trust the staff, so he did not hide his intention: "Yes, it is indeed related to this letter from the Ye family! Do you know what is written in this letter? Without waiting for the other party to guess, he said the answer in a difficult tone: "They want me to do everything I can to defeat Wang Chong's Western Expedition!"

"What?" Sun Zaiyuan couldn't help shouting, and then found that he had lost his temper and quickly covered his mouth. After finally calming down, he said in a trembling voice, "Do you think it's wrong? The Ye family is the important minister of my Song court. How could he make such a decision?"

"I don't know about this. Maybe it's because of some fights. The fight in the court is omnisical, and no one will guess what they will do. However, the Ye family has entrusted this task to me this time, and also promised me that once I can operate, I will take back the position of governor, and even let me replace Wang Chong in a few years. Do you think I can refuse?

"This..." Sun Zaiyuan's face turned pale, but he was scared, because he knew how much shock it would bring to the Southwest Army and even the whole Song Dynasty! But the last bit of conscience made him a little unable to accept the fact that the battle in the court actually took the victory and death of this 100,000 army as a bargaining chip, isn't it too cold-blooded? The reason why Ye Hao suddenly did not allow his generals to go to war is probably to save his team. Thinking of this, Sun Zaiyuan shivered again, and he felt the horror of the court dispute for the first time.

"Only you and I know about this matter. Please help me figure out what to do to defeat this war." Ye Hao said and put the letter in his hand to the candlelight. This is a letter related to the life and death of many people, and naturally it can't be easily treated.

"In fact, without our intervention, it is also difficult for Song Jun to win! The Black Mountain Cliff in front of us alone is enough to make my army suffer!" Sun Zaiyuan said slowly after a while of silence. In fact, he knew this for a long time. Only because Ye Hao was eager to make contributions and couldn't hear the unpleasant words, he didn't say anything.

"At the beginning, the 100,000 troops of Wu failed to capture this mountain for several months. I think the results of the Song army are also average. If there is no accident, we are likely to finally go back in front of the Black Mountain Cliff because of the setback..." Sun Zaiyuan gave a more detailed judgment: "And even if we can really capture this place, I'm afraid that the difficulties behind will not be overcome."

"Well, if things can really develop like this, I will save some time!" Ye Hao also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words. But he felt strange in his heart. Just now, he thought about how to win and how to make contributions, but in a blink of an eye, he began to plan how to make Song Jun fail. It's really impermanent!

However, losing Ye Hao's impotence does not mean that Wang Chong can rest assured, and his decision has been opposed by many generals. Generals all want to make contributions, but now the credit is in front of us. How can they stand it? After going back, everyone thought about it and felt that they should not wait for the scouts to come back before talking about the war, so at noon on this day, everyone came to the handsome tent again to ask Wang Chong to fight, and this time there were more people and their attitude was more determined.

Some people kept pressing Wang Chong, and even his subordinates of Dingxi came to fight one after another, which made Wang Chong a little difficult to fight. After a night of restless, Wang Chong had to temporarily agree to their request for war, but only Xiang Cang was allowed to send troops to test the vanguard. If the defense of the Black Mountain Cliff was not strict, it would not be too late to attack. However, Wang Chong did not expect that his relaxation made many Western Zhou troops fall under the Black Mountain Cliff...

Wang Chong, who was thinking about how to win on the front line, did not know. At this time, the important ministers in the high temples thousands of miles away were thinking about how to calculate him and frame him, and there was not only one Ye family who wanted to do so, but seven families including Ye, Xu, Lu and Cui.

The public hall is a place in the west corner gate of the Daliang imperial city where the important ministers work every day to deal with political affairs. This was built by Emperor Wu, the founder of the Song Dynasty, personally, and the word Zhigong also came from his imperial pen. However, since the power of the seven people has become more and more powerful and can almost overwhelm the imperial power, few ministers who are really in charge of the government have stayed here for a long time, because those people are more willing to take all their business back to their homes, where many family helpers can come up with ideas.

However, the situation on the eighth day of March is obviously a little unusual. The seven masters in charge of the government actually appeared in the public hall at the same time, and now that it has just passed the time, they still haven't left.

The decoration to the public hall is extremely elegant. Whether it is furniture such as tables and chairs, as well as calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, they are all valuable. And in the big gold incense burner, the East China Sea dragon saliva is more expensive than gold. The curling smoke spewed out from the top and spread into the air, mixing with the tea fragrance on the table in front of the big man, making people feel relaxed and happy.

In such an elegant environment, it should have been to write poems and comment on the country, but who would have thought that the minds of these adults are thinking about how to harm an old general who has made great contributions to the state?

"According to today's military newspaper, they should have come to the front of the Black Mountain Cliff." After a long silence, someone finally couldn't help opening the conversation, talking to the head of the Fang family, such as Fang Yuanshan, the minister of the Ministry of Ceremonies.

When it comes to the military newspaper, Xu Wanyou, who is now the minister of the Ministry of War, had to respond: "Yes, the military newspaper was issued five days ago. At that time, they were only a hundred miles away from the cliff of Montenegro, and they should have arrived five days later. Maybe the first battle has begun.

"How does Xu Shangshu think of defeat for this?" Chu Ling, the minister of the Ministry of Household, also asked that he was the head of the Chu family.

"This is really hard to say. Judging from the previous story, Wang Chong can't attack the Black Mountain Cliff..."

"In this way, we can take the opportunity to remove his position as commander of Southwest Dao. The use of troops is unfavorable and invincible, and even the generals below can't defend him. Fang Yuanshan said with a smile.

Looking at his in-laws, Xu Wanyou shook his head: "I only said that it's possible that no one can say anything on the battlefield. Maybe the barbarians happened to have a problem and let him seize the opportunity, then the Black Mountain Cliff will be captured by his army.

"Yes, if this Black Mountain Cliff is taken down by Wang Chong, even if there is no more gain behind him, it is enough to explain to the court and the world. You should know that Wu Ke was folded on the cliff of Montenegro, and it was a great credit for him to lead his troops to break it. It will be very difficult for us to dismiss him again. Cui Rixun also gave his worries. He is the head of the Cui family and is now the secretary of the Ministry of Public Affairs.

Say this makes the faces of the people who were a little relaxed just now look a little solemn. Seven people have a very shallow foundation in the army because of history. Over the years, they have been trying to put their hands into the army, because only in this way can they ensure that the family can always maintain enough power.

In recent years, their pains have not been in vain. Seventy-eight out of ten have been infiltrated by their people, but there are exceptions to everything. Among the millions of troops in the Song Dynasty, the two most elite border troops have always made it difficult for seven people to do it, which has always been their concern. Because of this worry, the seven masters, who have always been fighting secretly, gathered in the court and thought about how to deal with Wang Chong, who was far away in the southwest, just like 30 years ago, their fathers used poison to deal with the wind and air in the north.

Seven people are deeply aware of the threat of the two roadside armies in the north and southwest, so they are always thinking about ways, but because of the lessons of the wind and empty front cars, the army is very wary of them. Except for Ye Hao, who was able to win the position of governor because of some opportunity, no other family has succeeded.

However, this does not mean that they will give up their actions against the army. This invasion of the barbarians in the southwest gave them a proper excuse. Originally, based on their understanding of Wang Chong, they thought that he would not move, but as long as they continued to put pressure on the emperor, they could use the imperial edict to disasel him. However, they didn't expect that Wang Chong would change his previous style and take the initiative to send troops. In desperation, they had no choice but to think of another way.

And among them, the best way is to let Wang Chong's expedition to defeat, so that he can be righteously convicted and drive him off the position of commander of the southwest.

This is the sinister intentions of these self-respecting important ministers of the imperial court. In the face of their own interests, they can kill 100,000 troops in the southwest!