Valley Emperor

When Fang Xitong took the general's saber and epaulettes from Li Xuan, he had tears in his eyes, and finally said in a very cautious way: "My minister, I will definitely take care of the second brigade for His Majesty. !"

He didn't say what merits he would lead the Second Brigade to establish, how many Ming troops he would defeat, etc. What he said was to lead the Second Brigade for His Majesty!

Fang Xitong knew his position very well. He couldn't compare his talents with Hao Bainian, not even Li Chunjing, but he had an advantage that others didn't have.

Now what he has to do is to deepen his impression, even to the extreme!

If you want to climb up, it is not only a path of talent, but also loyalty!

Besides, although his ability is not comparable to Hao Bainian and Li Chunjing, he is also stronger than others. Otherwise, there are so many people who express their ignorance to Li Xuan, why was he the battalion commander of the mixed battalion before? When it comes to the battalion commander of the main infantry battalion, the head of the main regiment climbed up all the way, that is because he also has some abilities, but it is not too outstanding.

Li Xuan took two steps forward, helped Fang Xitong with his own hands, and said, "I know Fang Aiqing's loyalty, get up!"

"Now my Tang Dynasty is facing the most difficult time, and I hope that Fang Aiqing can disobey our high hopes and get good news as soon as possible!"

Fang Xi said: "Your Majesty's words, this minister will keep in mind, and in the future will surely present a good news to His Majesty!"

Although he knew that he was promoted to the throne because of his ignorance to His Majesty, he knew better that if he was loyal but incompetent, and failed to make a dazzling achievement, His Majesty would not continue to reuse himself. After all, in the new army of the Tang Dynasty, there are too many people who want to replace him and become the brigade commander of the second brigade.

After Fang Xitong officially served as the brigade commander of the second brigade, he changed into a brand new general and military uniform that day, and then appeared in the camp of the second brigade to hold a military meeting. He didn't say much, but what he said was always the same. It is emphasized that the Second Brigade is His Majesty's army, and the meaning of the Second Brigade's existence is to sweep away all enemies for His Majesty.

From these remarks, he once again emphasized his image of ignorance and loyalty in the eyes of outsiders!

And this is what he wants!

After determining the brigade commander of the second brigade, the main force of the Datang New Army finally began to move south!

Because at this time, the vanguard of the Ming army had already arrived at Liping Palace City. If they did not go south, the Ming army would not only capture Liping Palace City, but might even advance all the way east to Xingquan Palace.

The Xingquan Mansion is now very empty, and it is absolutely impossible to stop the Ming army from advancing eastward. Therefore, the main force of the new Tang army must go south in time to intercept the Ming army on the west road, and strive to fight a strategic decisive battle in Liping Mansion. The rear of Xingquan Mansion avoided the war.

Otherwise, the various systems established by the Tang Dynasty in Xingquan Mansion would be destroyed, especially the many workshops under the Ministry of Industry. Guns are out.

Just when Li Xuan led the main force of the new army of the Tang Dynasty to the south, Liping House was the number one in the Tang Dynasty, and was also the only official in the frontier. Sun Yawei, the prefect of Liping House, frowned and looked at the Ming army outside the city!

Behind him stood a group of officials of the Tang Dynasty, many of whom had defected from the Ming army!

"Sir, the number of puppet Ming thieves outside the city has reached a thousand people, and it is still increasing continuously. I am afraid that by tomorrow, there will be more than three thousand!" At this time, a middle-aged male official was in Sun Yawei. The back said so, with an unconcealed fear in his expression!

"Now all the people who should be evacuated in the city have already evacuated, and all that are left are the old and weak and the big gentry who still have nostalgia for hypocrisy!" He continued, and the hidden meaning of these words was already very obvious: we It's time to run, it's too late if you don't run!

After Sun Yawei listened, he turned around and glanced at the man. He didn't say anything, just let out a cold snort!

The middle-aged official who spoke just now was a county magistrate, and he was also demoted from the Ming Dynasty. This kind of person is always greedy for life and fear of death, otherwise he would not have surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

If possible, they are very likely to become traitors again and turn to the Ming Dynasty.

It's a pity that they don't have this opportunity!

Because even if they wanted to be traitors, the Ming Dynasty would not agree!

They can save their lives by surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty or any traditional central dynasty will not forgive traitors lightly. Since you cast a thief as a rebel, then don’t expect to get rid of the title of rebel, even if If I don't give you a punishment for the nine clans, it is also certain that the family will be destroyed!

Who dared you to dare to shoot thieves!

There are many officials in Nima, Xingquan and Liping. After the fall of these two governments, there were many officials who committed suicide, and there were not a few who escaped.

The Ming Dynasty couldn't bear the officials who escaped. If they were caught, they would have their heads beheaded. The serious ones would be escorted to the capital for a tribunal of the three divisions. , how to promote the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty, and the determination to resolutely suppress rebels and any rebellion!

Rebellion, there is a price to pay!

Rebellion after being a traitor will cost you even more!

So when the Ming army was approaching the city, few of those surrendered officials thought about surrendering again, because they all knew that it would definitely be dead, but they didn't want to stay in the city of Liping and wait to die. .

Today, there are only 400 people in the city's robbery camp, not even a single regular army soldier. Although it is said that recently, the Liping government of the Tang Dynasty forcibly recruited the remaining young people in the city, even the old and weak, to organize Nearly a thousand people are ready to defend the city, but will this be able to defend the city of Liping?

No matter how scumbag the Ming army is, the siege of thousands of people is not something these young men can resist!

This city can't be defended, so the best choice is to escape!

These demoted officials wanted to escape, and even the other officials of the Tang Dynasty in the city actually agreed to evacuate first.

Anyway, the valuable things in the city have been emptied by them, and the rest are just a group of stubborn gentry and old and weak people, and not even much food is left.

It is naturally the best choice to retain vitality after evacuation, and at the same time save his own life.

Sun Yawei knew their thoughts, but his thoughts were somewhat different. Retreat must be retreated, but when to retreat is something worth considering.

Now that the Ming army has not yet attacked the city, he has run away, isn't it a joke!

And if he drags the Ming army for one more day, he will be able to give the army led by His Majesty an extra day of preparation time, so even if it is a day or two, he wants to fight for it.

Why?

Only in this way will he be able to reflect his role as the first official of the Tang Dynasty.

Only in the future will I have the opportunity to enter the cabinet and be on an equal footing with Liu Bagou and Qian Mengjiu!

Without merit, how is this possible!

It is also interesting to say that many civil and military officials in the Tang Dynasty, especially those who took the initiative to surrender, all have great ambitions. Civil officials want to enter the cabinet, military generals want to become generals, and one All of them want to be heroes of the founding of the country!

In fact, I can't blame them, because the people who dared to vote when the Tang Dynasty first rose were basically not normal people!

Basically, all of them are ambitious, and they want to win glory and wealth by the second chance. Otherwise, who would take such a big risk to cast a thief and play a rebellion? They are not middle two like Liu Bagou and Fang Dongquan.

They are all very rational. They know that there are great risks, but they also know that behind the great risks are great benefits.

Rebellion is such a thing, the risks and benefits are proportional!

Either die without a place to be buried, or even cause relatives and friends to be executed, or become a hero of the founding of the country, prosperous and rich for a hundred years, this is a rebellion!

Sun Yawei is also such a person!

For the sake of his future future, for his future glory and wealth, he had to hold off the Ming army for a few days, even if he couldn't hold it in the face of the Ming army's attack for a day, then he would have to hold back. retreat.

No matter what, it is absolutely impossible to flee without a fight!

It's not his style!

"As the prefect of Liping House, this official protects the land on behalf of the emperor's herdsmen and escapes without a fight. This is absolutely impossible!" Sun Yawei turned around at this time and said to a group of officials under his command: "Go on and let me The robbery battalion and the youth camp are strictly guarded, and once the puppet thieves attack the city, be sure to resolutely resist!"

Sun Yawei said that the righteousness is obvious, and the officials below naturally have no choice but to sigh or continue to play the game of defending the city with Sun Yawei with a bitter face.

But Sun Yawei obviously overestimated his charm, and also overestimated the IQ of some officials in the city! That night, several officials sneaked out of the city to join the Ming army, trying to gain a great wealth. Interestingly, among these officials, none of the officials surrendered from the Ming Dynasty, but were all local officials of the Tang Dynasty. All of them were born in the poor, and then took the initiative or were forced to join the Tang Dynasty, and then became officials of the Tang Dynasty.

These people rushed to the Ming army camp and said to the generals of the Ming army that they would present important military information, so that the king of the Ming Dynasty would be able to pacify the pseudo-Tang thief army as soon as possible!

It made the Ming army in the barracks very curious. It was the first time they saw the pseudo-Tang officials. Many people shouted: "Come out and see, the pseudo-Tang officials have come to surrender!"

The generals of the Ming army forward met them in person, and then listened carefully to the military situation of Liping City that they took the initiative to tell, and expressed high praise for their surrender to the king's division of Daming!

Then he very thoughtfully asked the personal soldiers to tie up these fake Tang subordinates, and shouted: "Pull it out and cut it!"

When the personal soldiers hacked to death these fake Tang officials, he smiled and said to his generals, "These idiots!"