Chapter 712: War is also about etiquette

Shen Qingzhi was stunned when he heard the news, he lost 2,000 people in the West Route Army, and lost 2,000 people when attacking Xingyang and Tiger Prison Pass, and Yin Xianzu, who stayed in Xingyang, lost all 3,000 people in Xingyang, and when he led the army to withdraw from outside Xingyang City, there were 15,000 people, and at this time he heard that only more than 3,000 people fled into Yangzhai City, which made him really unacceptable.

He saw a soldier standing guard next to him holding a spear in his hand, and immediately kicked it, the soldier's hand was kicked and hurt, and he involuntarily let go of the spear, and the spear fell to the ground, and he immediately hit the spearhead of the spear.

The soldiers guarding Shen Qingzhi were shocked, and Shi Shang quickly reached out and grabbed Shen Qingzhi's arm, and grabbed him in time when his chest was only a little distance from the spearhead.

"Are you crazy? If you want to die, don't hurt us! Shi Chang was furious, and in a hurry, he punched Shen Qingzhi twice in the stomach, causing Shen Qingzhi to bend over.

There was a loud shout from inside: "What's going on outside?" ”

Shi Chang immediately walked in to report it, and soon came out and escorted Shen Qingzhi in.

Shen Qingzhi saw a young general sitting on the main seat in the tent, who seemed to be the person who attacked him last night, and saw this young general ask him: "I don't know who the general's surname is, and what is his official position in the Southern Dynasty?" ”

Shen Qingzhi knew that his identity could not be hidden, so many captives knew him, he said: "If you don't change your name or change your surname, you will be Shen Qingzhi, the general of the Western Route Army of the Southern Dynasty!" ”

The smile on Wei Jing's face, "It turned out to be General Shen, disrespectful and disrespectful, if the marshal knew that General Shen was a guest in my camp, he would be very happy!" Come, write a battle report to the marshal, and explain that I have invited General Shen Qingzhi, the general of the Western Route Army of the Southern Dynasty, to the camp as a guest, and Liu Yuanjing, the general of the Southern Dynasty, fled into Yangzhai City with more than 3,000 defeated soldiers! ”

An official next to him promised: "Obey!" ”

Shen Qingzhi's face changed slightly, suppressing his anger, his eyes stared at Wei Jing and said coldly: "Young man, humiliating an old man is not a good thing!" ”

Wei Jing got up and smiled: "General Shen has too much heart, what he said below is the truth, and he thinks this is already the most euphemistic statement, in addition, I can't think of how to say it to clearly explain the fact that the general is in my camp!" ”

Shen Qingzhi took a deep breath, looked at Wei Jing and asked, "Okay, whatever you say, I don't know what the general plans to do with the old man?" ”

Wei Jing said: "My marshal is already in Xingyang, Xingyang is only a hundred miles away, now the general is in my camp, I can't say anything if I don't go to meet my marshal, people in the world will think that the general does not understand etiquette, and he wishes for the beauty of adults, I don't know what the general thinks?" ”

"Hmph, people are swords, I am fish and meat, what else is there to say?" Shen Qingzhi snorted coldly and turned his face to the side.

Wei Jing walked over and saluted Shen Qingzhi with a fist and said: "General Shen, I have no intention of humiliating the general, and I have no personal hatred with the general, you and I are here today because of the difference between the enemy and our camp, and the general seems to have always regarded him as an enemy, why is this?" I heard that during the Spring and Autumn Period, countries were also very disciplined and courteous when they fought against each other, and the Southern Dynasty always regarded itself as the orthodoxy of the Han family. ”

Shen Qingzhi was ashamed of Wei Jing's words, struggled in his heart, and clenched his fists and said: "I have long heard that your princess and General Mulan are heroines, and it is a blessing in my life to have the opportunity to see it today, please arrange it!" ”

Wei Jing nodded: "Okay, today I will arrange for the general to go to Xingyang!" ”

The messenger quickly whipped his horse and arrived in Xingyang in only two hours.

Hua Mulan was losing her temper in the Xingyang Taishou Mansion, "This kid, Ben Shuai asked him to bring troops to reinforce Xingyang, he was good, he disappeared halfway, and the three thousand centaurs also lost their traces, it's been almost a day and a night and there is no news, damn, it's really hateful!" ”

Xu Yan stood up and said: "Marshal, the lower officer thinks that General Wei should lead his troops to pursue the Southern Dynasty army, I believe there will be news soon!" ”

Hua Mulan said angrily: "Then he should also send someone to say in advance, silently lead the troops to chase the enemy, are there no rules in this army?" ”

"The minister estimated that General Wei was worried that the marshal would not agree to him leading his troops to pursue the Southern Korean army, so he came to a prelude to the first and then the prelude. The marshal gave him an order to lead troops to reinforce Xingyang and contain the Southern Korean army on the periphery. But on the way, he got the news that the siege of Xingyang had been lifted, so he took the opportunity to lead the army to catch up, which was not a violation of the marshal's military order! ”

The national teacher Kou Qianzhi made a hexagram, got up and arched his hand to Hua Mulan and said: "The marshal is angry, the old minister has just divined the hexagram, and the hexagram shows that General Wei is not only unharmed, but I am afraid that he will also have a great success!" ”

Hua Mulan was deeply suspicious of Kou Qianzhi's old god stick's ability: "You old man, is your Laoshizi divination spiritual?" ”

Kou Qianzhi's face was embarrassed: "Most of the time, it's still very effective!" ”

As he was talking, a pawn outside the door walked in and reported: "Marshal Qiyu, General Wei sent a messenger to ask for a meeting!" ”

Mulan immediately stretched out her hand: "Let the messenger in!" ”

The messenger bowed down after coming in: "Marshal Qiyu, General Wei sent a villain to deliver a battle report to the marshal!" ”

"Bring it on!"

An attendant next to him stepped forward and handed over the battle report to Mulan, who took the battle report and immediately untied the tied string, opened the scroll and looked at it.

After reading the battle report, Mulan was secretly happy in her heart, but on the surface, she handed the battle report to Xu Yan with a straight face: "Xu Yan, you read it to everyone."

"Yes!" Xu Yan agreed, took the battle report, opened it and read it.

The faces of the generals and ministers and officials of the various armies in the tent all showed different wonderful looks.

Li Song stood up and said to Mulan: "Congratulations to the marshal, originally the minister thought that it would take a lot of trouble to solve the threat of the Western Route Army of the Southern Dynasty to our dynasty, but I didn't expect the marshal to send General Wei Jing to take a partial division to solve the Western Route Army of the Southern Dynasty, and now the chief general of the Western Route Army of the Southern Dynasty Shen Qingzhi was captured by our army, only the deputy general Liu Yuanjing and the general of Zhenwu Ma Fangping fled back to Yangqu in Yingchuan with more than 3,000 defeated soldiers, these remnants of the Western Route Army have not posed much threat to our army, and the minister thought that he only needed to order General Wei Jing to stare at Liu Yuanjing, Ma Fangping people, they can't play many tricks! ”

Mao Xiuzhi stood up but had a different opinion, he said to Hua Mulan: "Marshal, the minister thinks that what Lord Li said is good, but he also despises Liu Yuanjing, Ma Fangping and others, the minister has worked with these people, Liu Yuanjing is not so easy to deal with!" This time, the retreat of the Southern and Western Route Army was too hasty, and the minister thought that Shen Qingzhi wanted to get out of the range of our cavalry attack as soon as possible, so he ordered the army to march sleepless overnight, so that General Wei Jing would be able to ambush him if he caught it! This kind of thing is indispensable, even if the main general is not Shen Qingzhi, I am afraid that if someone else is the main general, I am afraid that it will be a mistake, after all, General Wei Jing's move is too abnormal, no one would have thought that he would dare to lead his troops into the enemy-controlled area overnight to set up an ambush! ”

"After this incident, the Southern Dynasties will definitely not underestimate General Wei Jing anymore, and will definitely be more wary of him, although General Wei is talented, but after all, he is still young, and Liu Yuanjing, Ma Fangping and others are all old and cunning people, and the minister is worried that he will suffer from these old ghosts!"

Hua Muli listened to Mao Xiuzhi's words and thought deeply, and asked: "Mao Shangshu, you know Liu Yuanjing, Ma Fangping and others well, Ben Shuai wants to invite you to be a military advisor to Wei Jing, I don't know if you are willing?" ”

Where is Mao Xiuzhi's unwillingness? immediately agreed: "The subordinate should obey the marshal's orders!" ”

"Very good, you prepare, and rush to Wei Jing's army today!"

"Yes!"

The next morning, the soldiers sent by Wei Jing escorted Shen Qingzhi to Xingyang.

Shen Qingzhi was escorted to the Taishou Mansion by several soldiers, Hua Mulan sat on the main seat, and the other generals and officials were listed on both sides.

"Shen Qingzhi, the general of the defeated army, has seen the princess of the Qianwang and the marshal of the flower!" This time, Shen Qingzhi did not think highly of himself, and when he saw Mulan, he used the gift of his subordinates to see the king.

Hua Mulan raised her hand: "General Shen came from afar, it's hard work!" Come on, loosen the ties to General Shen! ”

Behind him, the armor soldier pulled out a sharp blade and cut the rope that bound Shen Qingzhi, Shen Qingzhi clenched his fists and said, "Thank you Marshal!" ”

Hua Mulan said: "General Shen is a famous general all over the world, Mulan has long been like thunder, and it is a blessing to be lucky to meet the general today!" Just because your two countries are still at war, there are many things that are inconvenient for the marshal to say to General Shen, and there are many things that are inconvenient to do, and please follow the marshal in the army for the time being, and any needs can be put forward to the people who serve, the marshal will try his best to meet them, and everything will be said after the war between the two countries is over, does the general think that this marshal can arrange it properly? ”

Even if Shen Qingzhi is dissatisfied, there is no way, he is in the enemy camp, and he can't help himself! He had no choice but to say: "Everything is at the mercy of the marshal!" ”

"Come on, please General Shen go down and rest!"

"Shen retired!" Shen Qingzhi hugged his fists and turned to leave, several armor soldiers followed closely behind.

After Hua Mulan waited for Shen Qingzhi to leave, she said to the generals and ministers and officials accompanying the army: "Ladies and gentlemen, since the threat of the Southern Dynasty and the Western Route Army has been lifted, in order to reduce the pressure on Wang Huilong as much as possible, it seems that our army will move eastward as soon as possible!" ”

The generals and officials clasped their fists together: "The marshal is wise!" ”

Hua Mulan's army has not yet begun to wave its army eastward again, the Xingyang counties that were originally captured by the Southern Dynasty Western Route Army and the remaining Southern Dynasty officials and a small number of soldiers have abandoned the city and fled, since the Western Route Army has withdrawn, these Southern Dynasty officials and a small number of troops are not tenable here, there is no need to fight at all, the army walked around the city, and the Southern Dynasty officials and Shaolin soldiers in the city were scared to death.

In order to strengthen management, Hua Mulan ordered that the cities that had been captured by the Southern Dynasty army but had lost their main officials should be temporarily taken care of military and political affairs by the town guard generals, and then appoint civilian officials to take over government affairs after the war was stable or over.