Chapter 0114 Rebellion
On the second day of October in the sixth year of Shengde, it was a very ordinary night. A drizzling autumn rain fell in Jinling, and the whole city was wrapped in a cold winter. It did not rain in Chenliu, but it was pitch dark. Dark clouds covered the stars and the moon. An old man opened the window and sighed at the quiet street.
“It’s going to snow again.”
The Bushian Mountain and the Daxianbei Mountain were already covered with snow as early as September. Gongsun Yuan and Yu Shaocheng, who were currently at the foot of the mountain, were the most impressed. Gongsun Yuan kept cursing the wicked weather. He wanted to drink some wine to warm himself, but due to military orders he could only drink hot water to warm himself up. Only after warming up his stiff hands and feet did Gongsun Yuan take some time out to observe his colleagues.
Yu Shaocheng was sitting on the ground, concentrating on writing a letter to his brother.
Gongsun Yuan: “…”
He was the one who came from western Liaoning. Yu Shaocheng was a genuine southerner, but Yu Shaocheng was not afraid of the cold at all. Even when it was snowing outside, he could stay in the military tent wearing only a single piece of clothing and still be able to pick up a pen and write smoothly.
Gongsun Yuan was shocked. He doesn’t sleep, is not afraid of the cold, and doesn’t think about women. Is this guy still a human being?
Gongsun Yuan recalled what he had heard from his concubine. It was said that in order to give birth to a child who could inherit the clan, the aristocratic families would use any means, including training girls early, drinking all kinds of medicine, using witchcraft during sex... Although most of them didn't work, the world is full of wonders, and maybe the Yu family made a last-ditch effort before its decline.
This can explain all the strange things about Yu Shaocheng.
Tsk, the aristocratic family is really troublesome. There are so many procedures to give birth to a child. Look how simple it is for him to give birth. Just go into the room, close your eyes, open your eyes, and leave. Nine months later, the baby comes out. …
It was snowing heavily, and the Khitans could not come out, and the Zhenbei Army could not get in either. It was boring to just sit here and do nothing. Looking at Yu Shaocheng who had already started writing the fourth article, Gongsun Yuan was silent for a moment, then simply sat down at the table and took two sheets of paper from Yu Shaocheng.
Gongsun Yuan picked up the pen and thought about who he should write to. Chenliu? No, that would easily cause family conflicts. Shuofang? Never mind. If he wrote a letter for no reason, the king would scold him.
After much deliberation, he finally wrote down Yuan Baifu's name.
The king dismantled the left army. Although Yuan Baifu did not say anything, he was obviously much quieter than before. They were all good brothers. Gongsun Yuan did not want him to have a grudge against the king because of this incident. Besides, there would be more and more such things in the future because the king was acting more and more like a king. It was time for them to let it go as the king *did* to discipline his subjects.
No one remains unchanged. Take him for example. After he got married, he spent less time with his brothers. Breakups and reunions are common. As long as the king's nature does not change, it will be fine. After all, he still cares about his old brothers.
After worrying about the letter paper for a long time, Gongsun Yuan wrote a few words on it and considered it finished. Another quarter of an hour later, Yu Shaocheng also finished writing. Gongsun Yuan watched the guards take away the letter he had written and the book written by Yu Shaocheng.
Gongsun Yuan: “…”
Fortunately, he doesn't have such a younger brother, otherwise he would beat him up every day.
It's not appropriate to be so long-winded! This is not a letter to my lover! …………
After the guard went out, he gave one of the letters to another person, and the two ran separately, one heading west and the other heading south.
The horse's hooves stepped down and jumped up quickly, crushing the originally pure white snow. The fluffy snowflakes were trampled hard, and when they flew up again, they turned into dirty mud.
Snowy nights are eroding this land. It is only a matter of time before it is covered in snow. No one will be spared, sooner or later. People are sleeping soundly in their warm beds, unaware of the coming crisis. Only a few people have a premonition of the biting north wind, but what is the use of having a premonition? Horse hooves don't care which snowflakes they trample, and natural disasters don't care which dust they crush. *
Sun Renluan's reply arrived in Zitong. After reading it, Shen Yangrui pondered for a while and then asked someone to invite Yuan Baifu. Because Sun Renluan wrote the letter in a hurry, the wording in the letter was not perfect, so Shen Yangrui revised it a little, mainly to take care of Yuan Baifu's self-esteem and not let him mistakenly think that Nanyong looked down on him.
Although they did look down on it, Yuan Baifu could not know about it.
As for Sun Renluan's decision, Shen Yangrui even thought he was too generous. Yuan Baifu had been with Qu Yunmie for many years and was well-known in the Central Plains. He was responsible for many achievements. But everyone knew that in the battles that Qu Yunmie participated in or created, Qu Yunmie himself accounted for 90% of the credit, and the other generals were just picking up the slack. Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that this general Yuan had never fought any beautiful battles in all these years.
He often cleaned up the battlefield for Qu Yunmie, did the aftermath work, and ran errands for him, but these did not count as military achievements.
Giving such a person a title of nobility and even boasting that he would be made a king, Shen Yangrui, as the general of Nanyong, would naturally feel a little unhappy, but he also knew why Sun Renluan did this, because Yuan Baifu had a lot of soldiers with him.
If these soldiers could really stay in Nanyong, not only would it completely reverse the status of Nanyong and King Zhenbei, but it would at least allow Nanyong to breathe a little longer.
If one of the four generals rebelled and fell into the hands of the Yong Dynasty, it would also be able to undermine the prestige of the Zhenbei King. If used properly, it is possible that the Zhenbei Army would be disintegrated, and the Zhenbei King would be completely ruined. ...
Qu Yunmie's weaknesses are well known to everyone, at least his enemies all know them. Han Qing is more powerful. He not only knows them, but also successfully uses them. This makes Nanyong very jealous. They also want to try such a wicked method, but they don't have Han Qing's courage or the courage to put down the burden on their shoulders. They don't care about digging graves, but they care about cooperating with the Xianbei people. It's too cheap. The noble Nanyong people can't do this. ...
In this way, Yuan Baifu's behavior could be regarded as handing over a pillow when he was dozing off. However, how to use Yuan Baifu still needed careful consideration. Sun Renluan also had the same idea. He had not thought it through, but he knew that it was most appropriate for Yuan Baifu to stay in Ningzhou, which could not only attract Qu Yunmie's anger, but also prevent him from attacking Jinling. That's why he ordered Shen Yangrui in the letter to make sure that Yuan Baifu and his 50,000 troops stayed in Zitong.
The other 20,000 or so were to be transported to Nanjing as soon as possible to supplement the garrison there. …
Shen Yangrui felt that Sun Renluan had already spent a lot of money to keep Yuan Baifu, but Yuan Baifu's mood began to deteriorate since he heard that he was asked to stay in Zitong and become the Marquis of Zitong.
Yuan Baifu saw that the people of Nanyong were planning to let them fight each other. Once he had gained a firm foothold and expanded his army, he would also like to meet Qu Yunmie on the battlefield. But now was not the time. How could his tens of thousands of men possibly defeat Qu Yunmie and his central army?
What's more, Nan Yong wanted to take away his soldiers, which was even more unacceptable.
He talked to Shen Yangrui for a long time, during which he remained calm. Shen Yangrui felt that something was wrong with him, but he couldn't tell from his expression what was wrong. Anyway, he had received a death order, and he was absolutely loyal to Sun Renluan. He would not agree to Yuan Baifu and let him go somewhere else.
Yuan Baifu tried hard to get conditions for himself, but he was actually not a good negotiator. It should be said that none of the generals of the Zhenbei Army were good at negotiation. They only knew how to fight and then talk after the fight.
There is no place for flattering words in the face of real interests. Speaking should be something Yuan Baifu is very good at, but today he found that he was a tongue-tied person. His thoughts became more and more confused, and after he blurted out a more offensive word, Shen Yangrui suddenly stood up and angrily scolded Yuan Baifu with the momentum of a general who had been a general for many years: "Yuan family boy, watch your words!"
Yuan Baifu was stunned for a moment by his roar, and then he showed weakness reflexively: "I dare not."...
When these words came out, Yuan Baifu was stunned.
Shen Yangrui's expression looked better. He sat down again and raised his hand to Yuan Baifu, motioning him to sit down as well.
Yuan Baifu sat down, but lowered his head, making it difficult to see his expression. *
In the afternoon, Yuan Baifu returned to the military camp, and Qu Jin immediately came to greet him, "How is it, what did Shen Yangrui say?"
Yuan Baifu ignored him and continued walking towards his tent.
Qu Jin frowned, chased after him and asked, "Did he embarrass you?"
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. Qu Jin immediately cursed: "Damn the imperial court. We surrendered to them and they looked up to us. It's ridiculous that they are still nitpicking at this time!"
As he spoke, Qu Jin walked in front of Yuan Baifu and blocked his way. Qu Jin said, "In my opinion, we should just rush in and establish ourselves in the Cangshui area. I heard that Huang Yanjiong, the governor of Jianning, has his own army, but he is now in Xianbei. The rest of his troops are in Jianning City. Why don't we rob him and then establish ourselves in Heyang? Heyang is currently managed by the Qiang people, so Nanyong can't reach out to us, and Qu Yunmie can't defeat us in a short time."
Yuan Baifu was just feeling irritated. He couldn't hear what Qu Jin said, but he still stood there patiently. However, when he heard the name Qu Yunmie, the string in his mind suddenly broke.
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