Chapter 1087: Leaked fish

In November, the fourth year of Jianwu in Chu.

The war reports in the southwest have reached the capital. When we learned that the royal army had pacified Sichuan, the whole court celebrated with each other.

Since the Yanguang period of this Great Chu, natural disasters have continued, bandits have risen everywhere, foreign enemies invaded and fell apart, and finally, now it has pacified the world and has the momentum of revival...

Well, the officials have expected that it was possible to wipe out the thieves. There is nothing strange about it. He Zu had already written two months ago. When everyone heard the news, they were calm at all. On the surface, they still cried bitterly, and cried a few words, "Finally! The country is stable! The country is revived!"

The only thing I racked my brains to think about is how to submit a letter to King Jin to ask for a title. Replacing the title with "King of Qin" would probably make it more noble, but it is no longer enough to match his merits.

Or can you learn to be named "the regent of the emperor's brother-in-law" in the Qing Dynasty? Otherwise, you learn to be named "Zaiheng" above the princes and princes, or you might as well add a "fake emperor"? In short, there are ancient examples to follow. I have never encountered any difficult problems such as the sages of all generations, and it is not difficult for everyone...

Many people think about these thoughts, but few people really say them.

However, with the specific war reports coming, many officials put away the honor and impeached Tang Jie...

The discussions of the war situation in the southwest by officials from various departments gradually transformed from praise to derogatory discussions.

"The court spent a lot of money and grain to fight the west and handed over the invincible royal army to the Marquis of Wuding. How could it be like this?"

"Isn't it new to raise bandits to be respectful? During the late emperor, officers and soldiers suppressed bandits, but more and more bandits were suppressed. Isn't it because of this?"

"The King of Jin has always hated these military leaders that hide their selfishness. Let's see, it is possible to erase the contributions of this Tang Festival..."

"What's wrong?" Another official who didn't know the details came forward and asked, "Isn't the Southwest a great victory? It is said that the court has regained all its territory. What are you discussing?"

"Didn't you hear that? After the Tang Jie's victory, Li Rujing still led 30,000 remaining troops to escape into Myanmar."

"This...is just a few defeated soldiers and generals fled to Huan. What's the big deal?"

"Haha, things are not that simple. It is said that during the Battle of Fu River, Li Rujing's military rations were burned and surrounded by our army. This was a inevitable defeat, but it was actually a matter of letting him escape from the sky."

"This is normal. Isn't the thief who used to be so good at escaping?"

"But at that time, more than 10,000 people from Li Rujing's remnants rushed to the mountainous area of ​​western Sichuan for four days. Where did he get the food and grass marches?"

"Maybe... hungry?"

"Hmph, Tang Jie was not in a hurry. He first recovered Chengdu and controlled Sichuan, and then led his troops south. But he had missed the opportunity. Li Rujing had already integrated 30,000 troops in Liangshan and slowly retreated to the southwest."

"Yes, Li Rujing arrived in Dali and met General Shi. General Shi set up an ambush on the banks of Erhai Lake and surrounded this bandit. As a result, Tang Jie led his army to arrive, which disrupted General Shi's arrangement. Li Rujing took the opportunity to escape and fled to Myanmar."

"If they led their troops to catch up at that time, they would have made every effort to eliminate the roots. But they would not chase them anymore, and they would be so angry that I was so angry!"

"This matter is already very clear. If Tang Jie had not deliberately indulged it, this would not have been the result. Raise the enemy and respect yourself! Raise the enemy and respect yourself!"

"It's not difficult to guess. Tang Jie simply wanted to be the king of the southwest. How could the court fulfill his wish? The King of Jin has made a decision and recalled Tang Jie and ordered General Liu Yikou to be the southwest. In the next five or ten years, these generals in the border town can be rotated, which may eliminate the ambitions of these military leaders..."

"What's the use? A big mistake has been made. If you don't die from a snake, you will eventually leave any trouble. Not to mention anything else, the southwest garrison will not be abolished in the future. How much money will it cost to spend?!"

"I want to tell me that Tang Jie's fault is greater than his merits this time. If anyone fights this battle, it will not be like this."

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After this discussion, several minor officials looked at each other side and did not participate. Only in private did they look at each other knowingly and comment a few moments.

"General Lin let the Zheng family run away in Fujian, and Marquis Wuding let Li Rujing run away in Yunnan... I'm afraid it's not a coincidence?"

"Turn the tiger and swallow the wolf?"

"Thinking about the age of King Jin, how could he be satisfied with restoring the country?"

"Ha, it's a pity that Marquis Wuding..."

Amid the discussion, Tang Jie finally returned to Beijing to report his work.

Due to the current system of separation of soldiers and generals in the Chu Dynasty, it would have no effect on changing individuals to take charge after pacifying Sichuan.

After returning to the capital, he saw that the public opinion in the capital was not friendly to him. Tang Jie was quite angry at first, but then he felt relieved.

Because he has a new hobby, he no longer focuses on this matter...

"You said, can we develop a tactic called cavalry?"

"What?"

"With cavalry dragging cannons, it has both the advantages of artillery and the advantages of speed. What do you think?"

In the public room of Wang Xiao in the palace, Tang Jie asked this question, Wang Xiao shook his head and said, "I don't think it's very good."

"I think it's good." Tang Jie said: "And it's feasible. Just make the cannon body lighter and drag it by the carriage..."

Wang Xiao said, "Well, then putting armor on the carriage can run, fight, and be strong, wouldn't it be better?"

"If you say that, that's great!" Tang Jie said: "I've been thinking recently that there is no one in the world to be our opponents, wouldn't it be a pity?"

Wang Xiao glanced at him, seemed a little impatient, and said, "Don't worry, there are so many opponents, and they can beat you."

"Really?" Tang Jie said: "I really want to hit someone."

"Speak a small thing first, so that I won't forget it later. My elder brother told me last time that I would like to advise you to marry a wife."

"Your elder brother or my elder brother?"

"Our big brother."

"Don't pay attention to him, I have many concubines." Tang Jie waved his hand and said lightly, "Taking a concubine is a personal matter, but marrying a wife is a family matter. Tang Feng just wants to take the opportunity to manipulate me."

"Brother, I'm afraid that you will not be of good reputation to the Tang family like this again, so it makes people say that the Tang family has a bachelor."

"King Jin, you have to take care of everything else, don't worry about me in this matter, right?"

Wang Xiao was too lazy to talk about these useless things with Tang Jie. After completing Tang Feng's instructions, he was a little serious and said, "Tell me about Li Rujing, what do you think of this person?"

"I don't understand your twists and turns. Anyway, Hong Chengzhi thought he was good. Sun Zhixin and Hu Jingshi were dead at that time, and there was no other choice."

A little thought appeared in Wang Xiao's eyes.

He had already reported many things in the southwest, and he also read them, but he had never seen Li Rujing hand over such important things with his own eyes. After all, he was a little worried.

"How do you think of him?"

Tang Jie thought for a while and said, "He is a very heartbreaking person. Wang Yun hated him a little, but after chatting twice, Wang Yun said that with Li Rujing, Sun and Hu, they would not die in vain. I don't know anything anyway. No matter how they say I do, it's all your intention... Damn, no wonder Qin Shanhe didn't fight this battle. He didn't pretend to be sick on purpose. Look at my current reputation..."
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