Chapter 478 A vague strategic idea

Taiyuan, Bingzhou Dudufu.

Wang Chengye, the governor of Hedong Province, was leaning in front of the case and writing a reply. Suddenly he heard the report and said: "Commander Jiedu, Yan Jiming is here again."

"No." Wang Chengye said without raising his head.

At the same time, he had finished writing the last word, held up the letter paper, blew it, made final thoughts, then called his confidants, handed the letter over, and ordered: "Send the fastest stagecoach to Lingwu.

Presented to His Majesty."

"Here."

The messenger received the letter and hurried out. After leaving the door, he passed by Yan Jiming, who was still noisy.

"I came here under the order of the imperial court to convey the decree. Why don't we see Wang Jieshuai so often?"

"Let me in!"

Yan Jiming was still shouting when he suddenly felt someone patting him behind him. He turned around and saw a middle-aged official.

"Servant Shi Cui Zhong." The other party introduced himself and said: "I was ordered by the late emperor to patrol Hedong. Unexpectedly, Chang'an fell and I could not recover, so I stayed in Taiyuan."

"Chang'an has not been lost yet." Yan Jiming looked Cui Zhong up and down and said: "You don't know the situation in Chang'an, yet you dare to spread rumors, and you still speak so plausibly. Aren't you afraid of being punished for shaking the morale of the army?!"

Cui Zhong shook his head and said: "The conclusive news has already come. The late emperor passed away and Chang'an was lost. No one knows it, no one knows it."

"What conclusive news? I came from Chang'an. Do you know better than me?"

Cui Zhong seemed to have heard the joke. He smiled faintly and was too lazy to answer his question. He said: "The matter is settled. I won't argue with you. I have something important to tell you. Please go ahead."

The more Yan Jiming looked at Cui Zhong's self-righteous expression, the angrier he became. If Cui Zhong knew that Chang'an was still holding on and deliberately spread rumors, it would be a vicious heart; if Cui Zhong did not know the truth and was deceived, this kind of ignorance would be even more stupid.

Annoying.

"I asked you where did you hear the false news that Chang'an was lost? Today I have to tell the truth. Do you dare to bet with me with your life? If Chang'an is not lost, I will give you this good man's head!"

"Yan Langjun, don't get excited." Cui Zhong smiled bitterly and said in a coaxing tone: "You can't solve the problem by acting on your emotions."

"The country is in danger!" Yan Jiming shouted angrily: "The sea is rushing, and the consequences of the Yongjia Rebellion are right in front of us. You tell me not to get excited? I have been in Taiyuan for ten days. In the past ten days, I have only seen you guys making tea on the Fen River.

Prostitution, how much of the problem can be solved?!"

The officials around him all looked over, pointed, and whispered.

Yan Jiming then turned to them and said, "Don't you recognize me? I also recruited troops in Hedong. Before Deputy Commander Li came out of the well, we..."

"This is the Governor's Mansion, please don't make any noise."

"What?"

Yan Jiming was stunned. He had no idea what these officials were thinking. They didn't care about the country's danger, but they made loud noises. He was in a daze, and he didn't understand whether there was something wrong with his mind or the world.

"Come, let's talk inside." Cui Zhong quickly grabbed him and took him into a veranda. He ordered the officials to bring tea and soup, and said: "Don't worry, I'm looking for you to discuss how to quell the rebellion.

"

After finally hearing the word "counterinsurgency", Yan Jiming calmed down and said: "I also ask Cui Yushi to help me persuade Wang Jieshuai to send troops to Chang'an immediately..."

When Cui Zhong heard this, he started waving his hands again.

Yan Jiming quickly took out a map from his sleeve and said, "Listen to me, I have a way to put down the rebellion as soon as possible."

"Listen to me first, I have an opportunity for you to make great achievements." Cui Zhong said: "I heard that you and Shi Siming's daughter are old acquaintances?"

"I'm not doing meritorious service." Yan Jiming was shaking his head after hearing the first half of the sentence, but immediately became wary when he heard the second half.

Although he was excited, he was not stupid. He had begun to suspect that these officials wanted to frame him for colluding with Shi Siming, so he pursed his lips and remained silent.

"Don't be nervous." Cui Zhong said: "That's right, we have captured Shi Siming's daughter before, and we want you and her to persuade Shi Siming to surrender to the court."

"How can I take on this responsibility?"

Yan Jiming was still thinking about asking for reinforcements to save Chang'an, so he shook his head when he heard this.

Cui Zhong smiled and said: "As far as I know, when you and your father were officials in Hebei, you had quite a lot of contacts with the historians. Haha, I also heard that Yan Langjun, you are a jade tree in the wind, and you have won the heart of the historians, so I want to

Please take Shi’s envoy to Fan Yang.”

Yan Jiming was silent for a while and said: "I don't understand. It is clear that as long as troops are sent to rescue Chang'an, the rebels can be controlled, why should they sacrifice the near and seek the far? They say that for the sake of meritorious service, it is easy to save the enemy. Now is not a good opportunity to persuade Shi Siming to surrender?

"

"Yan Langjun is hysterical? As I said just now, Chang'an has been lost, how can we save it?"

"Am I hysterical?"

Cui Zhong clapped his knees and said slowly: "The rebels' home base is in Fan Yang, and the kidnapped gold and silver children are also in Fan Yang. If Fan Yang is not taken first, even if Chang'an and Luoyang are recovered, the rebels will start rebellion again next year.

On the contrary, if we first seize its nest and cut off its roots, the more than 100,000 thieves will become rootless ducks and will collapse without a fight."

Yan Jiming nodded and said: "I agree with this strategy. I was in Chang'an and listened to His Highness's discussions with the princes. I also made the same judgment. However, things have priorities. Of course, we must protect the emperor and the capital first!"

"Why can't you make sense?"

Cui Zhong was also very unhappy. As soon as he slapped the case, he walked out straight away. He left Yan Jiming to dry in the veranda, while he paced back and forth, thinking in the courtyard, and murmured curses to himself.

"Shuzi, if I hadn't protected you, you would have been killed long ago."

In fact, the mission of sending Fan Yang as envoy was probably going to fall on him. He and Wang Chengye had the same position in some aspects, but after all, he was a capital official who went to Hedong to inspect, not Wang Chengye's confidant. Even if he wanted to shirk it,

, we couldn’t let the confidants of Wang Chengye’s faction go, so we had no choice but to blame the matter on Yan Jiming.

After a while, Cui Zhong had an idea. He turned back to the veranda and pushed the door open.

"Okay, I'll convince Wang Jieshuai to send troops to Chang'an, you go and persuade Shi Siming to surrender, and you and I will work together to put down the rebellion!"

Yan Jiming said: "I want to see Wang Jieshuai."

Cui Zhongdao: "You can't trust me. Wait, I will make arrangements."

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A letter of map was spread out, and Yan Jiming arrived in Taiyuan for ten days, and finally had a chance to persuade Wang Chengye.

"Don't look at the tens of thousands of rebel soldiers surrounding Chang'an City, but the emperor personally guards the capital and the army and the people are united. The city cannot be easily captured by rebels..."

Yan Jiming didn't notice that Wang Chengye and Cui Zhong had some disdain in their eyes.

"Commander Jie, please see, if the armies of Anxi, Hexi, Shuofang, Longyou, and Jiannan are diligent, the rebels will inevitably divide their forces to resist. And the armies of Nanyang and Henan will break the Yaoguan and attack Huayin."

"Take Tongguan so that the rebels can't see each other?" Wang Chengye said casually as he cleaned a little bit of dirt between his fingers.

"Yes, but it's more than that." Yan Jiming pointed his finger on the map and said, "Commander, look here."

"Jie County."

Yan Jiming said in a sonorous tone: "Yuanjie, the magistrate of Jie County, has built a large number of ships on the banks of the Yellow River. Commander Jieh has given an order to reach the Yellow River within seven days, attack Shaanxi County, and cut off the communication between the rebels and Luoyang. By then,

, the rebels are like turtles in an urn, they will surely surrender. Now that everything is ready, a single battle between Jieshuai can save the world and achieve the greatest success in quelling the rebellion and rebuilding the Tang Dynasty!"

Wang Chengye smiled, clucked his head, and said: "Okay, okay, then I will follow your words and I will prepare to send troops."

Yan Jiming didn't expect him to agree so simply, but instead felt a little unreal.

"Okay, the rebellion should be put down." Cui Zhong stroked his beard and said, "But we must also prevent An Qingxu from escaping back to Fanyang and making a comeback. In my opinion, when the commander of the army sends troops to Shaanxi Province, he should also send troops to Shangdang.

, Changshan, intercept An Qingxu."

"I'm afraid we don't have enough troops."

Cui Zhong then pondered and said slowly: "From this point of view, it is urgent to persuade Shi Siming to surrender. Commander-in-chief, Yan Yushi is a very suitable candidate."

Cui Zhong had already discussed this matter with Wang Chengye, and Wang Chengye nodded and said, "Let's do it this way."

Yan Jiming also wanted to discuss the tactical details with him and inquire about Li Guangbi's current whereabouts. However, after Wang Chengye finished speaking, he waved his hand and asked someone to take him out.

"Jie Shuai..."

Cui Zhongdao: "You don't have to worry about military and state affairs. Let's go and take you to see Mr. Shi."

Yan Jiming was still looking back, but he had already been pushed out of the Governor's Mansion.

They walked along the Fen River for a while and entered a heavily guarded courtyard. When they arrived at a small pavilion, Cui Zhong smiled and said, "Madam of the Shi family, have you thought about it?"

"Don't bother me, dog-skinned face!"

"Mrs. Shi, please see who I have brought here."

Cui Zhong then ordered the guards to open the door and invite Yan Jiming in.

Yan Jiming crossed the threshold and entered the house. He didn't see Shi Chaoying through the screen, but he smelled the aroma of vegetables. He turned his head and saw a table in front of the small window with two lunch boxes, fruits, vegetables and meat on it.

The food was all ready, and she must have not finished the two meals delivered to Shi Chaoying today.

Looking at the golden chicken legs, he couldn't help but think of the city of Chang'an.

"Isn't she a prisoner?" Although he was an old friend, Yan Jiming turned around and asked, surprised by the treatment Shi Chaoying received.

"After all, she is Shi Siming's daughter, the key figure in regaining Fan Yang." Cui Zhong whispered.

Inside the screen, Shi Chaoying heard Yan Jiming's voice and ran out quickly. She was very happy when she saw him.

"Yan Lang? Are you here to save me?"
To be continued...