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On this day, in Jiezhou City, in the tent of the forbidden army camp, Guan Wuyuan was furious.

"Jang Sung-hoon is an ungrateful brute! It was also I, Guan Wuyuan, who was blind, and I still trusted him, and even handed over the defense of the entire Jiezhou City to him when the Mongolian coalition army was attacking, giving him countless opportunities for meritorious service, but I didn't expect him to abandon me after seeing that it was profitable! Dare to betray me and rob me of my military merits! This white-eyed wolf who can't be raised! ”

When his anger was poured out, Guan Wuyuan smashed everything in front of him, and his red face, which looked like Guan Gong, became more and more red, and his appearance was quite terrifying.

However, Guan Wuyuan's anger could not frighten the civil and military officials in the tent.

In fact, don't look at all the officials in the tent on the surface, they all look obediently listening to the training, but when they bow their heads, they all show disdain.

Some time ago, when the Mongolian coalition army stormed Jiezhou City, Guan Wuyuan, as the chief general of the defenders, was frightened and declared that he was seriously ill, but in fact, he hid in the backyard of the government all day long eating fasting and chanting Buddha, begging for the protection of gods and Buddhas, and threw all the responsibilities of the defenders to Zhang Chengxun.

Fortunately, Zhang Chengxun had real skills, and he actually blocked the crazy offensive of the Mongolian coalition army.

It was during that period of time that the vast majority of people had already seen through the essence of Guan Wuyuan's infighting, but they had respect for Zhang Chengxun, who had worked hard.

Of course, there is a reason why Guan Wuyuan is so angry.

After the Mongol coalition army retreated from Jiezhou City, Zhang Chengxun did not ask Guan Wuyuan for orders and led the army out of the city to pursue, and when Guan Wuyuan, who was "seriously ill", received the news, it was too late to give the order to recover.

Originally, Guan Wuyuan didn't particularly care about Zhang Chengxun's pursuit of the army, but he only felt that Zhang Chengxun's approach seemed brave but was actually stupid, and he would be in danger of defeat if he was not careful, and he was once worried about Zhang Chengxun's safety.

But after receiving the good news on the south bank of Weishui on this day, Guan Wuyuan finally realized the reason why Zhang Chengxun went out of the city to pursue the Mongolian coalition army - Zhang Chengxun must have seen that the sudden retreat of the Mongolian coalition army was because the general situation was unfavorable, and it was already under siege and could not escape, so he hurriedly led his troops out of the city to pursue, delaying the marching speed of the Mongolian coalition army, and then took advantage of the situation to join the decisive battle of Weishui.

That's why Guan Wuyuan is so angry!

Although Guan Wuyuan is not good at leading the army to fight, and he lacks courage and courage, his interests are clear.

As the dust settles on the war situation, Zhao Junchen is naturally the undisputed first person in military merit, and he must be the first in the list of meritorious service, while Guan Wuyuan, who is responsible for sitting in Jiezhou City and dragging down the Mongolian coalition army, Zhang Shengde, who is responsible for mobilizing logistics in the rear and stabilizing the people's hearts, and He Zhang, who has formed a new army of soldiers and has repeatedly made military merits, these three people are the second in the list of meritorious service who need to compete.

If Zhang Chengxun can bring Guan Wuyuan to act with him when he goes out of the city to pursue the Mongolian coalition army, then Guan Wuyuan will no longer need to compete with He Zhang and Zhang Shengde, he will definitely be the second person in the name of military merit, and the court reward in the future will be second only to Zhao Junchen!

But because Zhang Chengxun put aside Guan Wuyuan to lead the pursuit alone, but he swallowed this military merit alone, Guan Wuyuan could not guarantee his final position in the list of merits, and the court reward in the future may also shrink significantly.

Of course, if Zhang Chengxun invited Guan Wuyuan to participate in the pursuit of the Mongol coalition army when he led the army, Guan Wuyuan's courage would definitely have to refuse directly, and he would even veto Zhang Chengxun's decision to go out of the city to pursue, but Guan Wuyuan naturally would not consider these at this time.

Guan Wuyuan only felt that Zhang Chengxun's move was stealing his own credit and ruining his own good deeds, so he was naturally angry, and it could be said that he hated Zhang Chengxun.

As for Zhang Chengxun's grace to replace him in guarding Jiezhou City during this time, he had already been thrown out of the clouds by Guan Wuyuan.

Mean and unkind, small-bellied chicken intestines are to describe people like Guan Wuyuan.

In fact, Zhang Chengxun directly led his troops out of the city to pursue the Mongol coalition army without asking Guan Wuyuan for instructions, and he wanted to take a risk and win the big feat, but at the same time, he was also worried that he would be stopped by Guan Wuyuan.

However, he said that after Guan Wuyuan was furious in the marshal's tent, he saw that all the officials in the tent were just bowing their heads to listen to the training, but they didn't care about themselves at all, and soon they felt bored.

Guan Wuyuan knew in his heart that his pretending to be sick some time ago had made him lose his prestige in the army, but this situation not only did not make him look for his own reasons, but he was even more jealous of Zhang Chengxun in his heart.

Guan Wuyuan didn't care that his prestige in the army would be reduced, he thought that as long as he had the support of Zhao Junchen, his prestige in the army was just a dispensable thing.

For Guan Wuyuan, the most important thing now is to rush to Zhao Junchen's front as soon as possible to flatter and slap his beard, hoping that Zhao Junchen will be more biased towards himself on the list of meritorious contributions.

For this goal, Guan Wuyuan still has some confidence, he claims to be Zhao Junchen's hardcore confidant, and this period of time can be regarded as being born and died for Zhao Junchen's plan, Guan Wuyuan thinks that Zhao Junchen will definitely be biased towards himself.

"Humph! After I see Lord Zhao, I must explain Zhang Chengxun's ungrateful behavior to Lord Zhao in detail during this time, I am Lord Zhao's hardcore confidant, and Lord Zhao has always relied on me, and he will definitely make decisions for me, and Zhang Chengxun must regret it when the time comes! ”

However, Guan Wuyuan didn't know that as the dust of this war settled, not only did the world begin to reposition Zhao Junchen, but Zhao Junchen also began to reposition the world.

In the past, Zhao Junchen's plan to infiltrate the army was progressing slowly, and there was not a single cronies in the army, so he naturally relied more on Guan Wuyuan, but now with the end of the decisive battle in Weishui, Zhao Junchen's prestige in the army has been rising day by day, and he has taken the opportunity to win over many generals in the army.

Therefore, in the face of the contradiction between Guan Wuyuan and Zhang Chengxun, it is difficult to say which side Zhao Junchen will end up parting.

After secretly making a decision in his heart, Guan Wuyuan no longer vented his anger, but just ordered to all the officials in the tent: "Since the good news came from Weishui, Lord Qincha completely annihilated the Mongolian coalition army, this battle has been settled, and it is meaningless for the forbidden army reinforcements to stay in Jiezhou City!" Passing on my generals, all the soldiers of the forbidden army immediately packed up their bags, set off at the hour of tomorrow morning, and rushed to the Huamachi camp with a rapid march, and joined Lord Qincha as soon as possible, and obeyed the next military order of Lord Qincha! ”

Hearing Guan Wuyuan's order, the military attaches in the tent finally had some commotion.

After a forbidden army thousand households hesitated for a moment, he couldn't help but question: "General Guan, the soldiers have been guarding Jiezhou City and fighting bloody battles with the Mongolian Tatars for many days during this time, not only are they exhausted and urgently need to recuperate, but there are also more than 3,000 wounded in the army who are being treated, and many follow-up affairs have not yet been completed, it seems that it is a little inappropriate for us to leave the camp at this time, even if we have to go to the Huamachi camp, we should slow down all the way, if the march is too urgent, I am afraid that the wounded soldiers will not be able to bear it......"

However, Guan Wuyuan wanted to rush to Zhao Junchen to ask for merit, so how could he take care of these things? But he snorted lightly: "The general still has countless military affairs that need urgent attention, and the defense of Shaanxi and Gansu is inseparable from the help of the forbidden army's reinforcements, how can it be delayed because of such a trivial matter as wounded soldiers?" Tell those wounded soldiers in the army that now is the time for the officers and men in the army to serve the imperial court, so that they must grit their teeth and bear it, and they must not be embarrassed by the general! ”

Seeing that Guan Wuyuan's attitude was unquestionable, the officials did not dare to raise any more objections, but their dissatisfaction with Guan Wuyuan in their hearts became more and more intense.

Originally, most of the military attaches of the forbidden army were similar to Guan Wuyuan's temperament, and they were all selfish and self-interested, but during the defense of Jiezhou City, the soldiers fought bravely under the command of Zhang Chengxun and repeatedly repelled the Mongolian army, but it also gave rise to some comradeship relying on life and death in their hearts, and they were naturally unwilling to treat the wounded soldiers if conditions permitted, but Guan Wuyuan only knew that he was hiding behind the battlefield to eat fast and chant Buddha during that time, so he naturally didn't understand this situation, and only felt that the wounded soldiers were just a trivial matter.

Guan Wuyuan didn't know how much Zhao Junchen attached great importance to the wounded in the army in order to buy the hearts of the soldiers during this time, and he had repeatedly punished relevant officials for the unfavorable treatment of the wounded soldiers.

Therefore, when Guan Wuyuan rushed to Huamachi Camp to meet Zhao Junchen, the situation he was going to encounter was conceivable.

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Tianshui City is closer to the Weishui battlefield, so Li Ruan also has to receive good news a few days earlier than Guan Wuyuan.

After receiving the good news, Li Ru'an immediately invited all the officials and gentry of Tianshui City to question.

Like Guan Wuyuan, Li Ru'an was also a pure egoist, as a eunuch sent by the imperial court to the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, he had similar thoughts to Guan Wuyuan after receiving the news of the good news - even if he was annoyed that he could not go to the battlefield to divide the merits in person when he was victorious in Weishui, he was eager to rush to Zhao Junchen's side as soon as possible to get around and ask for some benefits.

Therefore, after Li Ruan saw several officials in Tianshui City, he naturally did not put on a good face.

If it weren't for the fact that these short-sighted corrupt officials and tycoons intensified their hoarding of food and oppression of the people during this year's fire, which eventually led to a huge civil unrest, how could Li Ruan run to Tianshui City to quell the civil unrest when the decisive battle was approaching, and he has not been able to get out for a long time?

After the officials and gentry of Tianshui City arrived, Li Ru'an didn't have any nonsense, and asked directly: "You have also received the news, Lord Qincha has completely annihilated the Mongolian coalition army, we must rush back to Lord Qincha as soon as possible to resume our lives, and we will ask you, how are all the matters after the civil unrest has subsided?" Can order in Tianshui City be completely restored? Is the people's mood calm? Can government decrees be communicated normally? Have all the rioters who took advantage of the fire to loot have been pacified? ”

Hearing Li Ru'an's continuous questioning, the officials of Tianshui City were a little hesitant.

In the end, Tianshui Tong sentenced Zhang Zhengru to reply stubbornly: "Lord Qiqi Supervisor, for example, the west and south cities of Shuicheng have been completely restored to their original state, but the northern district is still a little chaotic, and the hostility of the people there to the government has not been alleviated......

However, before Zhang Zhengru finished speaking, Li Ruan had already angrily reprimanded: "It's all waste!" When the people in Tianshui were in turmoil, Liu Ye, as the head of the chaos, quickly controlled the situation, so the west and south districts of Tianshui City were not affected and damaged too much, only the north area was occupied by some ruffians and hooligans, so the damage was much greater! Now that the order of the two districts in the west and south has been restored as before, most of them are Liu Ye's fortunate and meritorious service, and there is nothing to do with you, so why do you need to ask for credit here? You just need to restore order in the northern district, but you still can't see the results for a long time, as a court official, you are not as good as a folk scholar like Liu Ye, what use do we want you to have! ”

At the beginning, when Li Ru'an first arrived in Tianshui City, he killed several officials and business gentry led by Tianshui City, and used the heads of these people to quell this civil unrest, so the remaining officials in Tianshui City were extremely afraid of Li Ru'an.

At this time, after hearing Li Ruan's reprimand, everyone was frightened and did not dare to refute.

After Li Ru'an snorted coldly, he looked around in the crowd, and then frowned slightly, finding that Liu Ye, whom he relied on, was not among the crowd.

At the beginning, after the civil unrest in Tianshui City, the rebellious people were quickly divided into two parts, and a part of the rebellious people were mainly scoundrels and ruffians in Tianshui City, occupying the northern city of Tianshui, and during the civil unrest, it can be said that they did all kinds of evil, not only robbing the property of the wealthy gentry in the city everywhere, but also taking the opportunity to do a lot of things that humiliated the people; The other part of the rebels is mostly from ordinary people, with a large number of people, who control the west and south cities of Tianshui, and have always been honest during the civil unrest, and the leader is a Luodi Xiucai named Liu Ye.

After Li Ru'an rushed to Tianshui City, Liu Ye took the initiative to lead his people to surrender to Li Ru'an, and after getting Li Ru'an's promise of exoneration, he also helped Li Ru'an design to kill the thief leader of the rebels in the northern district, so that the government quickly restored control of Tianshui City.

During this period, Liu Ye's various methods and scheming were deeply valued by Li Ru'an, and he only felt that he had found a sage in the opposition, so Li Ru'an not only promised him a good future in order to buy Liu Ye for his own use, but also asked Liu Ye to assist the Tianshui government in dealing with the follow-up matters of the civil unrest, and took the opportunity to atone for him.

It stands to reason that after receiving Li Ru'an's order, Liu Ye should have appeared with all the officials, but after Li Ru'an's eyes searched, he didn't find Liu Ye at all, and he couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart.

And just when Li Ruan was about to ask, Liu Ye finally arrived in a hurry.

After this period of getting along, Li Ru'an has become more and more satisfied with Liu Ye's various performances, and Liu Ye also deliberately responded to Li Ru'an, so that Li Ru'an only felt that he had found a great talent, but he already faintly regarded Liu Ye as a confidant.

Therefore, after seeing Liu Ye's late arrival, Li Ruan not only did not blame, but showed kindness and asked, "Liu Ye, why are you late?" Did you not receive our summons in time? ”

Liu Ye was as humble as ever, kneeling in front of Li Ru'an and kowtowing: "The criminal Liu Ye has seen the prison army!" I also hope that Li Jianjun will know a good news, after the criminals received the Weishui good news from Lord Qincha, they asked people to copy more than 100 copies of the good news and post them all over the northern district of Tianshui City, and after the people in the northern district of Tianshui City learned the good news, they heard the rumor that the imperial court was about to mobilize a large army to come to Tianping to rebel, and now they have restored order and are willing to accept the control of the government again! ”

After hearing Liu Ye's words, Li Ru'an was immediately overjoyed.

This means that Li Ruan can get out of Tianshui City immediately and rush to see Zhao Junchen as soon as possible!

Moreover, the so-called rumor that "the imperial army is about to come to Tianshui City to quell the rebellion" is obviously Liu Ye's means.

Therefore, Li Ru'an appreciated Liu Ye more and more, and couldn't help but praise: "Liu Ye, you really didn't disappoint me!" When I meet Lord Chincha, I will definitely explain your merits to him in detail, which is enough for you to atone for your crimes, and maybe you will get an official position at that time! ”

After hearing Li Ru'an's words, Liu Ye's eyes flashed with a ray of fine light, but on the surface, he looked like Li Ru'an was the only one looking forward, and he lowered his head and said: "The criminals don't dare to ask for anything, everything is subject to the arrangement of the prison army!" ”

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