Chapter 1387 Support
"Pyu has surrendered, have you heard?"
"Well, I heard that Wang Dudu is indeed the Duke of Tuonan County. This Piao country, which is thousands of miles away, was destroyed without making a sound."
"It can't be said to be quiet. Wang Xuance, the governor of Lishui, has been in the southwest for more than ten years. It's just a so-called solid accumulation. Besides, last year's defeat of King Piao couldn't be called a small victory. With an army of tens of thousands, the Pyu Elephant Army dispatched 8,000, which is almost the most powerful in the Southwest."
"If you want me to say, the key is that Qin Taishi went on an expedition from the sea last year, and the knife stabbed straight into the heart. Originally, even though the king was defeated, he still stabilized his position in the north. Who would have expected Qin Taishi to win in the South China Sea?" The ten kingdoms sailed far and made a surprise attack, and even wiped out the two powerful feudal clans in the south of the Pyu Kingdom in one fell swoop."
"No, after King Qi left, the Yi Cong of Lu Song and Nanyang did not withdraw. Cooperating with the navy that had just arrived, they went straight to the capital of the Pyu Kingdom. The battle was fought beautifully. The backyard of the Pyu Kingdom caught fire, and the capital was directly destroyed. They wanted to send the northern frontline army to the south for rescue, but it was too late, the expedition fleet only took a few days to break through the capital of the Pyu country, and the Pyu king was captured directly without escaping."
"I heard that the navy used the Shenji General Cannon of the Shenji Army? The wall of the capital of the Pyu Kingdom that was directly blasted away?"
"I heard that it seems to be using thunderbolts. They dug holes directly under the city walls and blasted them. The people of Shenjiying directly blasted more than a dozen blasts on the four walls of the capital city of the Pyu Kingdom, blasting many gaps. The Pyu people guarded the capital. I can't keep it."
"Why do I seem to have heard that the navy and King Piao fought for three days and three nights on the Lishui River outside the capital? In the end, it seems that the Shenji Army used a new secret weapon. It seems to be called Greek fire or something. It is said that it was brought by the prince of Persia. It is an artifact of national warfare of the Futu people."
In Luoyang Xuecheng, in a tea house box by the Luoshui River, several young people are drinking tea and chatting while drinking tea.
"Greek fire is a powerful weapon for the Romans to defend their country. It is said that the invincible artifact of naval warfare is hundreds of times stronger than the fierce fire cabinet of Shenjiying. Once a naval battle ship is stained with Greek fire, it can only wait for death. Even sea water can Burning, Persia used to be Rome's feud for hundreds of years, how could the perishing Persian prince have such a sharp weapon, if there is such a thing, wouldn't Sassan have invaded Constantinople long ago?"
"That is, it should be that the navy's expedition ships are equipped with the latest fire cabinets, which are made of refined copper into copper boxes and copper nozzles, and are filled with oil. The pump is similar, but more precise, and can spray the stone grease stored in the copper cabinet farther. And the stone grease is also improved, it will burn when it encounters a spark, and it is true that water can't be extinguished. I guess the Romans That's what Greek fire is really about."
From Piao to Luoyang, thousands of miles away, the good news has just arrived in Beijing, and those who are well-informed only know a few generalities.
But it doesn't hinder their imagination.
"Brother Huaiying, you are now walking in the hall and working as a secretary next to the Grand Master. You must know better. Tell us the specifics."
It was King Luo Bin who spoke. He used to be the Taoist king Li Yuanqing's literature. Later, he was not ashamed of the emperor's uncle, so he resigned and became a Luo drifter.
This is a well-known child prodigy in the Tang Dynasty. He was born in a poor family and wrote the poem "Singing Goose" at the age of seven.
"I'm just an intern in the political affairs hall. I'm not a secretary of the grand master. I just serve tea and pour water in the political affairs hall. I don't have any access to this confidential matter. It's better for you to be well-informed." Di Renjie told Luo Binwang and others are also old acquaintances.
Before the Xuecheng incident, after Di Renjun was arrested and imprisoned, King Luo Bin and others actively ran for him.
Lu Zhaolin on one side is also a well-known talent in Luoyang, but he is a son of the famous Fan Yang Lu family. When he was young, he studied with Cao Xian, a literary master, and Wang Yifang, an expert in classics and stones. Later, he went to Luo to study and worshiped under Laiji's door.
With the help of Laiji, he made the signature of Deng Wang Li Yuanyu. However, Laiji was demoted before, and he participated in the Xuecheng incident, so he finally resigned like Luo Binwang and became Luo Piao.
Now he spends most of his time in Laiji's mansion. He can be regarded as Laiji's personal staff, helping to deal with some letters and letters, etc., which is very appreciated by Laiji. Lai Ji also told him to find an opportunity to introduce him to Grand Master Qin Lang.
"I have heard some news. The surrender of the Pyu Kingdom this time has nothing to do with the king's governor. It is the expeditionary fleet of the Nanyang Navy and the Yi Cong navy of the Nanyang countries. They smashed the Pyu King City and fought against the Pyu Kingdom Navy on the Lishui River outside the King City. The warships from Luzon used fierce fire cabinets to burn hundreds of Pyu Kingdom ships. The rocket launcher directly smashed the sailors assembled by the hussars."
Di Renjie and others all know that Lu Zhaolin is currently working in the Laiji Mansion. This news should come from the current Zhongshu Ling Laiji, and it must be more accurate than the outside rumors.
The navy defeated the Hu army and took advantage of the victory to encircle the city of the king of Pyu. The king of Hu still wanted to resist, but there were still people from the Shenji Battalion of the Beiya Forbidden Army in the navy of the imperial court. There was a burst of explosions, and the city wall of Pyu collapsed in many places.
After that it's easy.
Suppressed like chopping melons and vegetables, King Piao's palace was breached in less than half a day. Finally, King Piao was captured and had to surrender.
Pudu fell, King Pyu was captured and surrendered, and the resistance of Pyu country completely collapsed.
Almost depends on the call.
"Wu Shisheng has made a great contribution this time. I heard that the Privy Council has rewarded him for his meritorious service. He is planning to designate him General Zuo Jinwu, Founding Duke of Puyang County, Conciliator of Piaoyue Economic Strategy, and Governor of Lishui Road."
Wu Shisheng is the eldest son of Wu Heikai, the Duke of Lai. Qin Lang patrolled the sea and formed a navy. He, Cheng Chumo, Niu Jianwu, Yuchi Baolin, etc. were the first batch of soldiers and horse envoys of the Four Seas. Division soldiers and horse envoys.
Although he is not as good as Cheng Chumo and Niu Jianwu these years, he is also a veteran of the navy. This time he is the commander of the expedition fleet with the title of admiral of the South China Sea Navy and leads the expedition.
Compared with Wang Xuance's defeat of the main force of the Pyu Kingdom in the north last year, although Wu Shisheng came a bit late, allowing Qin Lang to bring Nanyang Yi to land in the Pyu Kingdom first and destroy the two powerful vassals of the Pyu Kingdom, but after all, the king's capital was destroyed as soon as he came. The king decided to pass on the Piao kingdom, so although there is a suspicion of stealing meritorious service, it is a real military merit after all, and there are people in the court, so this time the old men in the Privy Council, Cheng Chumo and Niu Jianwu, did not avoid suspicion, and directly served Please reward him for his merits.
The emperor discussed with Qin Lang again and asked him to make up his mind. Naturally, Qin Lang would not suppress his own people, so at this time Wu Shisheng had been officially conferred the title of Founding Duke of Puyang County, promoted to the rank of General Jin Wu, and officially served as the appeasement envoy of Huyue Economic Strategy, Governor of Lishui.
Afterwards, Wu Shisheng was the highest military and political officer in Huyue, and he was a great official in frontiers.
As for Wang Xuance, after all, he made such a great contribution last year, and he also made great contributions to planning before, so Qin Lang personally asked the emperor for his merits, and granted him the honor of signing the Privy Council, formally entering the Western Mansion as the ruler, and was promoted to Hu Guogong, giving him a real honor. There were a total of 1,000 households before the closure.
A battle against Huyue in the south resulted in two great generals, one was promoted to a duke of a prefecture with three hundred households, and the other was promoted to a duke of a state with a thousand households.
And one of the two entered the Xifu to be in power, and the other guarded Pyuyue and became a feudal official.
"I heard that at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Wang Xuance was only an official under Li Xizhi's subordinates in Guilin, Shi'an County. Later, when he returned to the Tang Dynasty, he was only recommended by the magistrate of Rongshui County in Guangxi. A long history, if he hadn't been appreciated and reused by the Grand Master Qin, how could he, a barbarian from the south of the Lingnan, become a true duke of the state and rise to power?" Lu Zhaolin, who was born with five surnames, looked down on Wang Xuance a little bit.
However, he was born in a poor family, and his father was King Luo Bin who died in the county magistrate, but he admired and admired Wang Xuance very much. He immediately retorted, "The Wang Gong's family is also a Han family that moved south during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Great? Not to mention that when he was the governor of Aizhou, he dared to lead hundreds of people to expand the land for three hundred miles south of the Tang Dynasty. Let’s say that at the end of Zhenguan, when he was sent to Tianzhu, he was able to intimidate people with one person and one festival. Tubo, quelling the civil strife in Nibhara, and destroying China and India by one person, isn't this kind of heroic spirit, isn't it what we literati should yearn for?"
Wang Xuance has made great military achievements in this life, but he is a serious literati who started his career.
Wang Xuance is simply Ban Chao and Geng Gong of Tang Dynasty. How many scholars don’t envy such masters?
Lu Zhaolin may feel that he is a barbarian from the south of the Five Ridges with a low family background, and now he can become a high-ranking official duke, and he is unhappy, but for scholars like King Luo Bin who came from a poor family and suffered in their youth, Wang Xuance is simply an idol.
It was really all by his own ability, step by step from the Lingnan barbarian to the present Shifeng Duke.
Say like the poem Taishi Qin wrote when he was young,
Why don't the boys take the Wu hook and charge Guanshan Fifty States.
Please go to Lingyan Pavilion for a while, if you are a scholar with thousands of households?
That's right, among those founding heroes in Lingyan Pavilion, which one is a real scholar? Who can eat thousands of households in the city, and who doesn't have great military exploits?
In contrast, although Grand Master Qin is the idol of all young people in the Tang Dynasty, after all, Qin Lang's family background is much higher than that of Wang Xuance. The son of the upstart military and the Duke of Shangzhu, especially by chance, can also participate in Xuanwu. Men Jingluan suddenly became a hero who conspired to calm the chaos, and directly became the Duke of the country at the age of sixteen. This is a height that many people can't climb at the age of sixty.
"To put it bluntly, Wang Xuance's existence today is actually all due to the support of Grand Master Qin. Otherwise, even if he has the ability, there is no room for him to use it. Thinking back, when he disobeyed orders in Aizhou, if he was replaced by other officers, he might directly Just cut him off, how can there be any possibility of directly inviting him to be the governor of the school? Not to mention the smooth career in his career, let alone the care of Grand Master Qin."
There are people in the court who are good at being officials. This is a truth that everyone understands.
Just like Lu Zhaolin, a son of five names, who studied under several famous Confucian masters in the world, but when he arrived in Luoyang, the capital, his official career was still not smooth. Fang Yiai's treason case also implicated the Lu family.
So after drifting in Luoyang for a period of time, he chose to seek refuge in Ji, because he also took a fancy to Lai Ji's reputation for talent and learning, and at the same time had a strong backer. By taking refuge in Laiji, he naturally joined Qin Lang's forces.
Wang Xuance is from Qin Lang, and Wu Shisheng is also from Qin Lang. This time, the two of them won high honors because of their meritorious service in destroying Huyue, but they cannot do without the care of Grand Master Qin.
"Do you think Qin Taishi will be Huo Guang of Han, or Sima of Wei?"
(end of this chapter)