Chapter 853 Triumph
At noon, in front of the north gate of Lingwu City, Lingzhou, Shuofang, flags were waving, and all the generals gathered. Because this day was the day to welcome the triumphant return of the army before the Langshan victory. Du Shiyi sent two judges from the governors, Shengyan and Zhang Xing, to lead them personally, Gao Shi and Wang Changling were also present. The generals of the military were from the commander Cao Xiangdong, and the generals were not short of the generals. At this moment, everyone was unknowingly divided into two groups of people. One group was full of spirits and laughter, but there was a faint mist among the other group.
"This is not the first time Lao Xie has gone to war. He actually gained the upper hand for one Guo Ziyi and two young men. He is really getting back to life."
He said this as a military envoy who was deeply trusted by Cao Xiangdong. He had always looked down on Xie Zhiguang because he was promoted to deputy general with a brute force. But at this moment, he just said a complaint, and he saw Cao Xiangdong's gaze shooting like a knife, and he immediately shut up embarrassedly.
Sure enough, Deputy General Chen Yong said lightly: "Old Xie is certainly underestimating the enemy, but no one expected that Gu Jieli brought out all the elite cavalry at any cost. After so many years, when did the Turks be so bold? But it turned out that Gu Jieli wanted to be a khan and was crazy. This time he was defeated by our Shuofang first, and then he was picked up by the Uighurs and the Turkic royal army. Now the Turkic rebels kept saying that it was the rebels in the rebellion, and Gu Jieli was cheated to death this time."
Cao Xiangdong also knew that Guo Ziyi and the other two were able to make great achievements this time because of various factors. However, no matter how they explained it, Du Shiyi's great power in Shuofang was self-evident. Although Guo Ziyi had been in Shuofang's army for many years, he had made many contributions, and was definitely not an incompetent person, but what about Pugu Huaien and Lai Zhen? One was the son of the leader of Pugu, and the other was the son of Lai Yao, the governor of the four towns of Anxi. He had not yet experienced the battle formation, but he made a big splash, and he was the general of the strategic army to make a seat.
Du Shiyi had the help of Li Jian, a veteran, and promoted Guo Ziyi and other people in their prime. Now there was a wolf in front and a tiger in the back, he wouldn't have underestimated the enemy too much at the beginning. The one in the court told him not to underestimate Du Shiyi, but he was still too careless.
"Here, come, aren't that triumphant army?"
Wang Changling shouted happily, and everyone talking around looked in the voice. After seeing the big flag in front of him, it turned out to be the word Xie. Cao Xiangdong couldn't help but twitch his face and secretly scolded Xie Zhi as hopelessly stupid.
What else should I fight for at this time? The most critical battle is fought by others, and the greatest credit is taken by others. What does it matter if Guo Ziyi and others are proud of themselves? It can not only make themselves look humble, but also highlight the arrogant attitude of Guo Ziyi and others. Maybe it can also make the old generals in the army share the same hatred. But if you grab this, you will seem arrogant and ignorant.
Xie Zhi didn't know that Cao Xiangdong had already cursed him secretly. He suffered a small loss before, but Guo Ziyi's three newcomers took the big head of his contribution. He was already angry. Seeing that Lingwu City was approaching, he deliberately took the first place with his personal soldiers. When he was about to arrive at the city gate, he saw that Du Shiyi had not arrived in person, but instead he felt relieved. After jumping off his horse, he strode to Cao Xiangdong and bowed: "I am ordered to go to guerrilla warfare this time, fortunately I am not humiliating my order."
Fortunately, I'm not humiliating my fate. If Guo Ziyi and others hadn't led the troops to kill, you wouldn't know how many soldiers would be lost.
Not only Cao Xiangdong, but even Chen Yong frowned. But seeing Lai Shengyan and others looking over, Cao Xiangdong could only suppress his anger and said lightly: "It was all Magistrate Du's plan and Guo Ziyi's servant Gu Huai'en Lai Zhen leading his troops to win a thousand miles, and he achieved this result."
Hearing Cao Xiangdong's words of no mention of himself and only said Guo Ziyi and the other two, Xie Zhi's face could no longer be hung. But facing Cao Xiangdong's warning eyes, Chen Yong and others shook their heads to stop him, he could only bear this breath. Turning back, he saw that Guo Ziyi's front army had arrived. In addition to a large banner, the other banner was not Guo, nor Pugu, nor the tribal flag of Zhaowu Hu Army. It was a huge Du character shivering in the wind. When he met on the battlefield, he almost thought that Du Shiyi, the governor, had actually taken the battle personally, and now he felt even more angry.
How could Guo Ziyi, a dog-and-rat, not before that he was so good at flattery
Others complained behind their backs, but Guo Ziyi felt that the banner was justified.
There were only more than 3,000 soldiers, including the generals and soldiers of Shuofang's generals under his command, and the 800 private soldiers brought out by Pugu Huaien from Pugu's troops, and then there were more than 1,000 people gathered from Zhaowu Zhuhu. If they all raised the banner, wouldn't they want three big banners? Rather than this, taking the banner of the new Shuofang Jiedu Du Shiyi, it was both majestic and shocking. And if it weren't for Du Shiyi, how could they have the opportunity to stand alone?
He turned his head and looked at the two people around him who were also full of excitement. Thinking that Pu Gu Huaien was covered in blood at that time, he came to II to follow him into the enemy formation and bravely rushed into the enemy formation. He couldn't help but secretly admire Du Shiyi's ability to identify people and use people to make decisions. He is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. Why didn't he meet a commander like Du Shiyi when he joined the army?
The three of them stopped their horses at a distance of dozens of steps away from the city gate. Then they walked forward quickly. Seeing that Lai Shengyan personally brought the people to meet him for several steps, Guo Ziyi hurriedly led the two to meet him. Then, Lai Shengyan held his arms and helped him up: "This great victory in Langshan has proved the might of our Shuofang for many years and has not fought like this with the Turks. The three of you made great contributions this time. Unfortunately, the general felt a little cold a few days ago, otherwise he would have come to welcome this triumphant army in person."
As soon as he finished speaking, Pugu Huaien hurriedly asked: "The general has felt the wind and cold? Have you seen a doctor? Is the condition improved now? If the quack doctor is incompetent, Pugu's head has a secret recipe for wind and cold..."
He had originally welcomed Triumph well, but was interrupted by his cannon-like words, and there were many people who were stunned and stunned. Lai Zhen had just known that there should be no major problems in Lai Shengyan's tone. At this moment, he had to gently hit Pu Gu Huaien with his elbow to remind him, and then he coughed: "It is all the generals who are planning and brave, and General Xie has the right to help him, so that we can achieve this success."
Lai Zhen was the son of Lai Yao, the governor of the four towns of Anxi. In this sentence, he cleverly attributed his first credit to Du Shiyi, and then to his generals. He then put Xie Zhi in a position of support. Who made the other party rely on his seniority and even insisted on taking the lead when he was about to arrive at Lingwu City? Sure enough, seeing that Xie Zhi's face was almost as dark as charcoal, he coughed as if he knew he had lost words: "In fact, if General Xie had not defrauded the enemy and led the enemy to pursue him and disrupted the enemy's formation, we would not have set a victory in one battle."
This was like sprinkling a handful of salt on Xie Zhi's scars again
Even Guo Ziyi didn't want to see Xie Zhi's face that was even darker than the bottom of the pot, but Xie Zhi's attitude of robbing merit and spoils after the war was really cold. Besides, this time the merit was enough for him to be promoted, and he no longer wanted to be as timid as before. Therefore, he did not want to defend Xie Zhi, but once again humbly attributed the merit to Du Shiyi and his subordinates, and said a humble word that was as beautiful as Lai Zhen. After Lai Shengyan invited him to get on the horse and into the city, he could not help but feel indescribable pride on both sides of the road.
After so many years, he didn't have to follow others and watch others show off their power for the first time.
When Du Shiyi was in the hall and saw the generals, facing the trio of new talents who returned from triumphantly, although Guo Ziyi was not as old as a newcomer, he still felt deeply excited. He was a newcomer and was very excited when he arrived in Shuo. He was so excited that he had just faced a complex situation and tried his best to plan a breakthrough. He accidentally got a cold, and now his face turned slightly pale, but his spirit was extremely excited. When he announced in public that the memorial to report the victory had been sent to Luoyang for 600 miles, Xie Zhi's face was full of haze, while Guo Ziyi and the other two were full of energy.
"In short, since the Turks said that they killed the left and rebelled Jie Li, then let the Honglu Temple go to deal with them. As for Shuofang, they defended their families and the country and did not allow the Cun soldiers to enter the country, this is enough. However, the other soldiers and horses summoned by Zhaowu and the Hu have arrived one after another. From now on, you will be the envoy of the military and horses and Huai'en as the deputy, and come to supervise the army and train the leadership first. And this time, you have selected more than a thousand people, and I have already informed the Zhaowu Hu chiefs. This group of people will not be released. In the future, the rice will be paid to Shuofang, and the military families will also move to Lingwu City."
No one cares about whom Du Shiyi gave the thousands of soldiers Du Shiyi brought out by Zhaowu and Huhu, but this time the soldiers Du Shiyi drew out of this great victory, no one dared to underestimate them. Seeing that Du Shiyi was still commanding troops with such an iron triangle, Cao Xiangdong knew that he could not get involved. The only thing that could comfort himself was that each of the Huhu chiefs of Zhaowu and Huhu had only a few soldiers, and it was possible to temporarily bring out troops to conquer and dispatch, but he would definitely not easily let Du Shiyi take away the command of the thousands of soldiers.
Guo Ziyi had heard Du Shiyi mention this matter long ago, and immediately accepted the order with mercy. What Pu Gu Huaien was most afraid of was that he was idle and was very excited at this moment. As for coming to II, he didn't even have the task of patrolling the Three Surrender City, maybe he had to hand over to others, and he was full of the surprises of being valued.
When the others dispersed, Du Shiyi summoned the three of them into the festival hall, so naturally there was a good reward. After informing him that the good news of asking for merit for them, he put away his relaxed expression in front of him: "Today, you three are born, no one will underestimate your great victory. I have already written a letter to request the pardon of Kang Daibin's old subordinates. Your Majesty will most likely agree. The Hu chiefs will definitely take the opportunity to compete for these people's households. This time you train these foreign soldiers, and this time, you can divide a group of people from it. It is best to be able to divide them into this battle.
When Guo Ziyi saw Du Shiyi using the word "differentiation", he immediately understood it. He owed his back and said carefully: "Master, when I was rewarding for victory, I had reported that this victory was a great reliance on these thousands of seemingly pieced together foreign soldiers. Among them, Miroshi and others rushed forward at the critical moment, so that they could inspire morale and win a great victory. These people were depressed and unsuccessful in the tribe. Now the commander has placed them in the Shuofang army, may he give them more rewards? In this way, more people can return to these tribes of the Zhaowu clan."
Chapter completed!