novelAbuy Chapter 1397 Abnormality
Chapter 1397 Abnormality
Chapter 1397 Abnormality
Is there any return?
Hearing Tuoba Xilu's proud words, Sima Taifu's gaze moved back from the void and fell on Tuoba Xilu again.
Looking at the other party's confident and stupid eyes, Master Sima's old face, which was like a pool of stagnant water, finally showed some movement, and the corners of his mouth twitched rarely.
Perhaps because he felt that this expression was not obvious enough, Sima Taifu sat up straighter to show that he was sitting upright, and said with emotion:
"Master Tuoba, I haven't heard such bold words for a long, long time."
Then he sighed, "I am already old and feeble, and hearing the name of that thief Feng, my heart is shaken."
"I am old and I am afraid that my time is running out. If you and I join forces this time and we can really defeat that thief Feng, I am afraid that the world will not remember a dead man like me anymore."
"But you are different. You are still young and full of vigor. Think of Feng the bandit, a famous general in the world who has never been defeated."
"If we are defeated by you, your name will be feared throughout China, not to mention the outside world?"
"Think of the desert outside the Great Wall. Many tribes, whether in the west or in the middle, were destroyed by this man."
"The name of Feng the Plague God, when children outside the Great Wall hear it, they stop crying at night, and tribal leaders tremble with fear. But now that he has been defeated by you, who on the grassland dares not submit?"
As an old minister of the Wei Kingdom for four dynasties, Sima Yi had experienced countless ups and downs. The matter between Tuoba Xilu and Tuoba Shamohan was nothing but a drizzle to him.
The Hu Yi people are ignorant and do things in a simple and crude way. How can they be compared to the cruel and fierce struggle for the succession in China?
Therefore, Sima Yi only said a few words to make Tuoba Xilu very happy:
"Master Taifu, you are too kind. Hebei is the most suitable place for grassland warriors to display their talents. Master Taifu, please rest assured. As long as that thief Feng dares to set foot in Hebei, I will make him know what a true elite cavalry is."
Sima Yi nodded, a long-lost smile on his face, and looked at Tuoba Xilu with a kind look, as if he was looking at a mentally retarded person:
"Your Excellency has such a spirit that I really admire. As the Grand Tutor of the Great Wei, I am not as courageous as you. I am ashamed, ashamed!"
After receiving the praise from the Lord of Hebei, Tuoba Xilu felt that the kind-looking old man in front of him became more and more pleasing to the eye:
"Although Xilu is outside the Great Wall, he has long heard of the vicious reputation of Feng Bandit. The Grand Tutor is mature and prudent in planning for the country, which is why he attaches great importance to Feng Bandit."
Mature and wise in planning for the country?
How dare you, a barbarian boy, judge me for my mature thinking and strategy for the country?
When Sima Yi heard this, he felt nothing in his heart and even wanted to laugh.
But it's also good this way. Having such an ignorant young man around may be helpful to the situation in Hebei.
There were two people, one old and one young, one flattering while the other daydreaming, and they were having a very pleasant conversation.
It was not until the lights came on that Tuoba Xilu left the Taifu Mansion with a feeling of reluctance.
Although the Grand Tutor looks old and frail, he still has good vision.
When Tuoba Xilu left with great satisfaction, he looked back at the brightly lit Taifu Mansion and made this comment in his heart.
Sima Yi didn't know that Tuoba Xilu had already left, and he would still comment on himself like this in his heart.
But even if he knew, he wouldn't care.
For him, the most important thing at the moment would be to stop Feng to the west of Taihang Mountains.
If we can defeat this thief, it will be a blessing from heaven.
If he could really do that, it wouldn't matter if a barbarian kid commented on him or even scolded him.
The fear is that Tuoba Xilu is an incompetent person with great ambitions but little talent.
After having Tuoba Xilu sent away, Sima Yi sat there, motionless, with a gloomy face.
"Three days? They only communicate once every three days! Holy shit, it's already this late, and they still only communicate once every three days!"
But Sima Yi suddenly became furious. He stretched out his hand and swept the table, sweeping everything on the table to the ground.
"I am his mother! This boy raised by Laozi and Kezhi..."
Master Sima, who had always attached great importance to the art of cultivating his Qi and could remain calm even when facing a mountain collapse, finally revealed uncontrollable anger from his originally gloomy face.
Even slang and curse words were used.
three days?
When I killed Meng Da in the past, I was able to travel 1,200 miles in eight days!
Not to mention the cavalry marching outside the Great Wall.
Taifu Sima remembered clearly that the bandit Feng had once crossed the desert from Liangzhou and conquered Bingzhou.
He even wiped out the Western Xianbei and destroyed Kebi Neng along the way.
Still in the mood to feint an attack on Qiaoshan!
Finally?
He went straight into Hedong and stabbed the defenders of Guanzhong in the back.
Otherwise, how could he have retreated without fighting during the Battle of Guanzhong with only hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers?
"Somebody come!"
"Master?"
"Immediately send someone to Youzhou and have all the counties along the border of Youzhou pay attention to the movement of the Hu reinforcements. Once there is any news, report it immediately without delay!"
"Here!"
Although I know that as soon as there is any news from the border, it will be reported to me as quickly as possible.
But for some reason, he couldn't help feeling uneasy whenever the Feng thief in Taiyuan made any move.
Where this uneasiness comes from is unknown.
Although they knew that the Han army could not fly over the Taihang Mountains, they saw that the Feng bandits, who were always cunning, actually sent out their troops in an upright manner this time and attacked the various passes in the Taihang Mountains step by step.
But Sima Yi found it a little abnormal.
Since this bandit came out of the mountain, he has never failed to use strange tactics.
there has never been!
It can even be said that this thief may not use the right tactics in his military operations, but he cannot use the wrong tactics.
Not to mention being upright.
So, there must be something wrong somewhere, but I haven't thought of it yet.
When he thought of this, Sima Yi's already wrinkled face became even more wrinkled.
At this moment, a rumbling thunder came from afar, interrupting Sima Taifu's thoughts.
A servant came in and tried to close the window.
Sima Yi waved his hand, signaling the other party to go out, then he stood up from his seat, walked to the window and looked out.
On a night in early spring, the sky was quietly covered with a layer of dark blue like a veil, the stars were hidden, and in the silence, a drizzle fell silently.
The area around the bright lights was already tinged with a faint yellow halo.
From the light that comes through, you can see that the spring rain is like silk, densely interwoven in the air.
Spring nights are often filled with joyful rain, but Sima Yi was not happy at all, and his expression even became extremely solemn.
The arrival of spring rain means the complete departure of winter, and the snow also melts completely.
It also means that the Han army is about to launch a full-scale attack.
While Sima Yi in Yecheng was anxiously waiting for the Xianbei reinforcements, the prefect of Shanggu County in Youzhou was also in a state of panic.
Just today, countless Hu cavalry appeared without any warning, and they didn't even send anyone to say hello in advance.
The border guard was almost scared to death when he saw the Hu cavalry appearing all over the mountains in the north.
In his early years, Wang Xiong, the governor of Youzhou, advocated a policy of appeasing the Hu people, so the pressure on the border was not great.
In addition, the Han Kingdom in the west was eyeing the situation covetously, so most of the soldiers from Youzhou were transferred to Guanzhong.
In the past few years, the Grand Tutor has been in charge of the government affairs in Hebei and has formed an alliance with the Tuoba Xianbei, making the border checkpoints in Youzhou, which were already not heavily guarded, almost useless.
Fortunately, he remembered in time that the Grand Tutor had sent someone to remind him of the Xianbei reinforcements.
"General, what should I do?"
The guards were so pale that they might have pissed themselves with fear.
"Why are you panicking?" The general naturally couldn't show his fear in front of his soldiers. "Let me take a closer look."
This one sentence immediately made the soldier feel like he was standing on a mountain of towering beauty.
The general usually withholds rations and sucks the blood of his soldiers, but who would have thought that he would be so cowardly?
"Open the door, open the door! Open the door quickly!"
"Let us in quickly!"
Due to the sudden appearance of a large number of Hu cavalry, Juyongguan was naturally closed urgently.
The Hu cavalry who came in a hurry were unable to enter the gate and began to shout and curse outside the pass.
"Who are you?"
The guard shouted.
But the barbarians at the border were in a noisy mess, shouting and cursing non-stop, and no one answered him at all.
Seeing that the door took no time to open, the impatient one even drew his bow, intending to shoot an arrow.
Seeing everything below, the defending general in Antai, where it was still cold, immediately broke out in a sweat.
The Grand Tutor never said that the Hu people would come in this way.
If these barbarians have evil intentions and cause trouble after entering the pass, then if he dares to open the gate, wouldn't ten heads be enough to chop off?
Thinking of this, he dared not open the door easily.
While he sent people to report the situation to the rear, he desperately shouted to the people below the pass:
"Where is your boss? Ask him to come and talk to me."
But in the face of the surging Hu people, the defending general's words were of no use at all.
The Hu man, whose butt seemed to be on fire, cursed for a long time at the gate, but saw that the people above him were unwilling to open the door no matter what. This was completely different from what the Khan promised him before leaving.
But it was impossible to make them turn back, as some of them had already dispersed to both sides, as if they wanted to see if there were any small paths on both sides that could be passed through.
"Third Prince, this way, this way..."
Just when the Hu people could no longer resist attacking the city gate, a group of troops finally escorted the somewhat embarrassed Tuoba Chuo to the gate.
"I am Tuoba Chuo, the third son of the Great Khan of Tuoba Xianbei. I am here with my troops to reinforce your country at the invitation of Sima Taifu, the ruler of Hebei."
After revealing his identity, Tuoba Chuo ordered the Nanxia defenders on the city wall to open the city gates quickly.
"Please, Prince Tuoba, show me the token!"
Tuoba Chuo then remembered that the master had given him a token before leaving.
He reached into his bosom, took out the token from the place closest to his body, and held it up to indicate.
A basket was soon hung down from the city gate. Tuoba Chuo understood what was meant and put the token into the basket.
Sure enough, not long after, the heavy city gate was finally opened.
After Tuoba Chuo and others entered, the Hu people, who had been waiting impatiently, rushed to the door one after another.
Some people even got beaten up because of this.
Tuoba Chuo, who had just entered the gate, was still in shock. When he heard the sound of fighting coming from behind, he turned around and looked. He could not help but feel a mixture of shock and anger:
"What are you trying to grab?! You've already lost your composure before the pursuers even arrive."
After shouting and cursing for a few times, he turned his horse's head, raised the whip, and whipped the barbarians without thinking.
Seeing their master like this, the attendants and guards also rushed forward.
Only then was a passage created through the chaotic city gate.
With Tuoba Chuo's personal suppression, the Hu people gradually calmed down and passed through the checkpoint in an orderly manner.
The chaos caused by the Hu people left the defending general stunned.
Are these people really the Xianbei reinforcements that the Taifu mentioned?
Although the Huyi people were always rude, such chaos made the defending general inexplicably worried.
No matter how ignorant he is, he knows that there is no order without rules.
Not to mention that what these people will face in the future is the Han army, which is known as the tigers and wolves.
However, these thoughts only flashed through his mind.
It is not his turn to worry about national affairs.
Even why the Xianbei reinforcements arrived unexpectedly was not something that a mere garrison commander like him could ask.
All he needed to do now was to report the matter as quickly as possible and, in accordance with the Taifu's previous instructions, cooperate with the government to settle these reinforcements.
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On February 6, the tenth year of Yan Xi, the first Wei army fort in Jingxing was breached.
On February 10, the Han army captured the second fort.
On February 15, the third fortress was captured...
As a semi-mountain division, the Wudang Army's combat effectiveness in the mountains was indeed stronger than that of other Han troops.
In addition, among the eight passes in Taihang Mountains, Jingxing is the best for marching.
Therefore, although the attack launched at Jingxing was the slowest, its progress was the fastest.
And the battle is also the most intense.
Then, the news of the victory in capturing the fort was sent to Chang'an by General Feng as good news.
When the first victory report was delivered to the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, all the civil and military officials in the court thought that it was the Grand Marshal who had just officially launched the army and won a great victory. They all said that he was worthy of being the invincible Grand Marshal of the Han Dynasty.
Who would have thought that when the news of victory spread, it was just that a small fortress on Jingxing was captured.
However, considering Feng's great military achievements and notoriety, he was the first general of the Han Dynasty.
Moreover, this is a good omen for the beginning of the tenth year of Yeonhee.
So everyone tacitly agreed not to comment on Feng's making a fuss.
Who would have thought that Feng Da Sima seemed to be addicted to sending good news? A few days later, he sent a second letter, and then a third...
As the number of times increased, many people could not help but murmur in their hearts:
What is Da Sima doing?
Could it be that he wants to ask for credit and reward?
"Mingwen, what does this mean?"
Not only were the court officials murmuring in their hearts, even Adou felt that his brother-in-law was a little abnormal.
Holding a thick stack of victory reports in his hand, he ran from Weiyang Palace to Gui Palace to meet the Queen, not minding the long journey.
The queen took a look at the victory report handed over by the emperor, and her face showed some surprise.
It seemed that she was also surprised by Feng Dasima's action.
After a little thought, she tentatively guessed:
"Could it be that he is imitating Wang Jian and Xiao He?"
Wang Jian led 600,000 Qin troops to destroy Chu. On the way, he repeatedly asked the King of Qin to reward him with fertile fields, beautiful houses, gardens and ponds, in order to dispel the King of Qin's concerns about him.
In order to dispel Emperor Gaozu's suspicion of him, Xiao He did not hesitate to buy more land and borrow money at low prices to defile himself.
Although the Wei Kingdom has not been destroyed yet, as long as Hebei is secured, the remaining bandits in Guandong will not be a problem.
Feng Yong had already made great contributions, and he was in his prime. He was also the most important official in the court, and he was outstanding in both civil and military affairs.
If we really look at the relationship between the monarch and his subjects in history, the queen's guess is not unreasonable.
Although Adou's talent is mediocre, he is not unlearned.
Before Liu Bei died, he also left a will, asking the prime minister to urge the prince to read more on his behalf.
So when the queen said this, Adou understood what she meant.
He thought about it for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and finally shook his head:
"No, Mingwen is a man of temperament, and this is not his style. Moreover, Mingwen and I have known each other for more than 20 years. How can we view it as a general relationship between the monarch and his subjects? It is inappropriate, inappropriate!"
Queen:......
so tired!
"What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Ah Dou naturally couldn't guess it, but it didn't matter, he just needed to express his attitude:
"The army sends a good report, so the court will naturally reward them. Why not send someone to reward them?"
Capturing a stronghold and capturing a hundred or eighty people is not a small achievement.
But such merit is not enough to be reported to the emperor.
These small merits are usually recorded by soldiers in the army first and then accumulated.
Once you have accumulated enough merits, you can calculate them all together.
Since the Grand Marshal is making such a fuss, there must be some deeper meaning behind it.
It would be better to follow the rules and send someone to reward them, and then take the opportunity to ask questions.