Chapter 290 Half a year

It has been more than half a year since the new emperor ascended the throne and the eldest prince rebelled. At the beginning, the 20,000 soldiers and horses surrounding the capital became abandoned because of the escape of the eldest prince. After being suppressed and captured by the court, the original rebel army has now become a supplementary force of the Lingnan Army.

As for the deployment of the vassal kings who took the opportunity to riot, they have been almost suppressed by the court due to insufficient preparation and miscalculation of the action of the eldest prince. The only remaining vassal county, which is still supporting, has gradually lost the courage and strength to resist because of the arrival of deep winter. After all, there is no food and fodder after being besieged for two or three months, and no matter how strong the soldiers and horses are, they can't stand it.

Since the beginning of winter, the suppression army of the Southern Tang Dynasty first cut off the supply of food and fodder in the city, and then only besieged and only let people shout at the gate every day. The people in the county are fluctuating, and the defeat is only a matter of time.

And the eldest prince, who should have been in trouble in the Southern Tang Dynasty, is now leading more than 100,000 troops to fight in southern Xinjiang. Although it is only a few months, it is rumored that the eldest prince is about to fight half of southern Xinjiang. Perhaps in the first half of the year, when the southern defense army travels across the whole southern Xinjiang, the eldest prince will swing his army to the north and attack the Southern Tang Dynasty. However, that's just a rumor. No one knows whether the fierce prince will or when he will turn back to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty.

In fact, the rebellious prince has now established himself as the king of the Tang Dynasty and took the name of the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, it is self-evident what it means. However, this is unacceptable to the people of the Southern Tang Dynasty, especially the new emperor on the throne and the civil and military officials in the court. In their hearts, the eldest prince is still the eldest prince. In the hearts of most Southern Tang people, the eldest prince is a traitor and a criminal, and they absolutely do not recognize him as king. Even if he has rebelled, treasonous, and the mercenaries are self-reliant, they absolutely do not want to call him the King of Tang.

After the independence of the Southern Tang Dynasty, almost all the princes have made achievements. From the original small border country to the final battle, it has become the heavenly kingdom that rules the world. This gives the people of the Southern Tang Dynasty a sense of pride and honor. This feeling directly affected the values and moral values in the hearts of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Because of the rule of the royal family of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the whole Southern Tang Dynasty was peaceful for hundreds of years. Therefore, most people in the Southern Tang Dynasty agree with and respect the Southern Tang royal family. Because the prince was decided early, the death of the prince became the most logical thing. Therefore, it is unjust for the great princes and those vassal kings who rebelled for their own self-interest. This is the simplest morality in the hearts of most Southern Tang people.

It is precisely because of this concept of most Southern Tang people that the process of rebellion of domestic vassals is not smooth. Moreover, in order to raise food and soldiers, most of the rebels were rampant during the war, which aroused the disgust of civilians. Therefore, when the rebels attacked, many ordinary civilians would even pick up weapons in their hands to resist, not to mention the original Southern Tang soldiers. Not only that, but also happened that the army and horses under the vassals turned against each other.

For various reasons, the imperial court's suppression of the rebels was smooth and rapid. However, today's Southern Tang Dynasty has not only internal worries, but also external troubles. And not to mention the dangerous situation in Lingnan in the south, the war between the northwest border gate and the barbarians was enough to make the new emperor in Beijing anxious.

Although in three years, the Hu people have not fully recovered their combat effectiveness. But this time, they have almost competed with the old capital and vowed to share the defeat with the Northern and Southern Tang Army. Because this year, the rain outside the northwest is not smooth, and the grassland is not abundant. If the Hu people can't successfully enter the customs to grab food, it will be difficult for them to survive this year's cold winter.

And this time, the person appointed as General Zhengxi is still Jiang Yong. Because the new emperor transferred 50,000 northwest troops to suppress the rebels, Jiang Yong fought this battle very hard.

For good, he is a general who came from the northwest and is very familiar with the human environment here. Last time, he led the Northwest Army to a great victory and won his reputation. After he came to the northwest, it took him half a month to recruit 50,000 recruits in several neighboring border cities. This has closed the gap in the number of people in the northwest.

You can face the ferocious Hu people, but only the number of people is not enough. Only soldiers, not enough food and fodder, horses and weapons, everything is useless. Jiang Yong struggled to lead the incomplete Northwest Army in the first two months, which could resist the fierce attack of the barbarians. In these two months, he led the Northwest Army to grab the Hu people's army and horses, gathered all the blacksmiths in the border city to work day and night, strictly supervised the recruits to do the most basic training, and even personally took the recruits to fight against the enemy xiaobo...

Before winter, his northwest army was once again fully equipped. Up to now, the Hu people have had enough food and fodder to fight, and most of the Hu tribes had to retreat, leaving only a few large tribes to persist.

However, by now, it is no longer a barren who wants to fight if he doesn't want to fight. Jiang Yong, who has always been tolerant and steady, was really angry this time. Hu Ren retreated, but he began to attack with soldiers and horses. The soldiers in the Northwest Army are mostly locals, especially the newly recruited recruits, who are full of blood to kill the enemy and defend their homes.

Under the high morale, Jiang Yong led a large army forward along the line of defense. He decided to drive these barbarians to a bitter cold place further west. Let their life be more difficult, so that they don't come to harass the border after a few years of rest and recuperation.

At this moment, Jiang Yong was sitting in the military tent, reading two pages of letter paper in his hand, and the tight lines between his eyebrows were deeper. However, at the end of the letter paper, his Sichuan pattern deep into the gully loosened again.

"General, it's time for dinner." Zhang Qinglin, the eldest son of General Manager Zhang of Zhenbeihou Mansion, entered the military account with a simple straw pallet. There is a bowl of rice, a bowl of meat and a bowl of vegetarian dishes on the tray. These are Jiang Yong's dinner.

Jiang Yong shook the two pages of letter paper at Zhang Qinglin and said with a smile, "Look at your brother's letter."

A trace of joy flashed in Zhang Qinglin's eyes, but said, "I'm a rough man and I can't recognize a few words. If there is any good news, just tell the general.

Jiang Yong pointed to him and shook his head, saying to Zhang Qinglin that he was a rough man. However, he still took back the letter paper and said with a smile, "The letter says that they have returned to the capital safely and everything is fine."

"As long as everything is fine." Zhang Qinglin smiled and helped Jiang Yong arrange the food on the tray and said, "However, I'm afraid that Master Cheng has suffered a lot of grievances."

"What's wrong with food and clothing taken care of along the way?" Jiang Yong smiled and reached for the bowl and chopsticks, looked up and said to Zhang Qinglin, "Go and bring the food and talk with me."

Zhang Qinglin nodded and smiled, "That's good. You can come and eat the general's meat."

Jiang Yong stared: "Isn't that meat in your bowl? Do you want to come and eat me?"

"The braised pork in the general's bowl is softer." Zhang Qinglin still smiled and looked greedy.

"Oak, go and bring it. The meat will be gone when it's too late!" Jiang Yong stared at him again.

Zhang Qinglin still bowed with a smile, turned around and ran out to serve the food.