Chapter 656 Visit the Xu Family!
Chapter 656
People from the Western Regions, Tiaozhi people..., wave after wave of forces kept appearing around the mountains. However, it is not only these barbarians who are paying attention to this war. Fanren, Zhang Shousi, Fumeng Lingcha, Ge Shuhan, Gao Xianzhi, An Sishun, a Duhu and Daduhu of Zhongtu Datang, The generals have all sent their most elite confidant spies to the southwest for on-the-spot investigation.
Although more than a month has passed since the war in the Southwest, to these top generals of the Tang Dynasty, how Wang Chong defeated the Mongolian-Ukrainian coalition forces is still an unbelievable mystery to them.
Although all the news about the war has been in their hands, some news cannot be explained by the words on paper.
The name Wang Chong, before this, was just an insignificant and insignificant unknown to many generals of the empire. Many people were even prepared for the great defeat in the Southwest, and the four parties were in a hurry.
But at this time, Southwest actually won!
This made everyone feel unexpected.
Wang Chong, with this simple and simple name, even in the Jiedushi incident, the barbarians who hated him the most, Fumeng Lingcha, Gao Xianzhi, Ge Shuhan, An Sishun... all don't know it. Dare to underestimate him again.
"Unbelievable!"
"What a brutal battle!"
"Even the ground is red, how many people have died!"
"My lord is probably wrong. This Wang Chong is even more terrifying than we imagined."
...
Countless scouts, spies, and spies looked at the "remains" of the Southwest War in front of them, and they were all shocked. They all survived the hellish battlefield of Shura, so everyone has a deep understanding of the battlefield.
Too many people have died on this battlefield, whether it is in the Northwest, Northeast, or Beiting, there are too many wars every year. But no war can give people such a tragic atmosphere. That kind of cold atmosphere is too strong for veterans on the battlefield.
And unlike those high-ranking generals, all veterans at the bottom can feel the fierce struggle and screams of the soldiers at the bottom when they are dying.
The 100,000 Annan Protectorate Army against the 500,000 Mongolian-Ukrainian Allied Army, when they first heard the news, they always found it hard to believe.
Because border wars rarely reach this scale. But seeing this huge battlefield and seeing the thick red mud several feet deep under their feet, no one doubted it anymore.
Shock is the only feeling when you arrive here.
But if you think about it, it is in this place that the young man named Wang Chong led the 100,000 Annan Protectorate Army to fight a bloody path in the heavy siege, defeating more than 500,000 Mongolian-Ukrainian allied forces. The youngest son of the Wang family, who didn't care much before, felt a deep awe from the bottom of his heart.
Crash!
Countless carrier pigeons flew in all directions, and new messages flew to all directions and places, not only the military generals on the frontier, but also the foreign empires of the great powers around the Tang Dynasty...
In the dossiers of all forces, a very important name has been added, Wang Chong!
...
Regardless of the movement in the southwest of the Tang Dynasty and its surrounding areas, at this moment, the Tang Empire is shrouded in excitement and joy.
"Hoof da da!"
"Leave a way, let a way!"
Shortly after Wang Chong's award ceremony ended, groups of cavalry in red clothes drove out of the city, and quickly drove to various places in the capital.
Swish!
A leading cavalryman got off his horse, strode quickly to the city wall, and then pasted a yellow bulletin with six stamps on the city wall.
After doing this, the cavalry team drove away quickly.
"Hahaha, Wang Chong is a Marquis, Wang Chong is a Marquis!"
"Youth Marquis? I haven't heard of it before. Did Your Majesty specially set up a prince for him?"
"Hey, based on his achievements in the southwest, what is a prince? Such a young hero should be rewarded heavily!"
"Good! Well said! Well said!"
"Haha, it seems His Majesty thinks highly of him! This is the blessing of the empire!"
...
As soon as the cavalry left, a large group of people immediately surrounded them. All the peddlers, merchant porters, restaurant owners, jugglers, calligraphy and painting sellers...all of them gathered from all directions and gathered under the yellow bulletin board.
"Leave a way, let a way!"
Suddenly, a voice came from outside. At some point, an old gentleman who looked like a teacher squeezed in from the periphery and squeezed under the yellow notice board.
"Let me take a look."
"Hey, old man, why are you squeezing? You are already old, do you also want to imitate others and become a marquis?"
I don't know who made fun of it, and in an instant, there was an uproar all around.
However, the old man pretended not to hear it, and leaned close to the list, squinting his eyes slightly, with a focused expression, and stuck a finger on the words on the list that he had seen outside:
"Fengyi! Fengyi! I read it right! It has been three hundred years since the Tang Dynasty, and His Majesty is the first to give him a fief!"
The old man's voice was high-pitched and his expression was very excited.
"Buzz!"
As soon as the teacher's words fell, it was like an invisible force sucking away the surrounding air, and the laughing crowd suddenly fell silent.
Feud!
I have lived in a place like the capital for a long time, and I have seen various celebrations, and I know more or less that it is a tradition in the Tang Dynasty that "an official is not a city". In the first dynasty of the Holy Emperor, there was no rule of fiefdom at all.
No one thought that the Holy Emperor would give Wang Chong a feudal title! !
What a grace!
Feng Hou, Feng Yi, the emperor bestows characters...
The capital was full of excitement on this day, and it was destined to belong to Wang Chong. All kinds of rewards completely broke the precedent of the Tang Dynasty. But no one thought there was anything wrong with it. On the contrary, the streets and alleys were decorated with lights, tall lanterns were hung, and bursts of fireworks and firecrackers were lit.
Some theater troupes and juggling troupes even performed for free on the streets.
Only those who have really experienced the Southwest War know what kind of panic was caused in the capital at that moment, all kinds of soldiers and horses were mobilized, all kinds of news of defeat, and all kinds of news that foreign countries took advantage of the situation and were about to move.
In the hundreds of years of the Tang Dynasty, even the oldest old man in Beijing has never experienced all this. An empire in Nuo Da, under the threat of various foreign barbarians, has no soldiers at all.
That's what scares the most.
However, it was at this time of the most panic that news of Wang Chong's victory in the southwest came.
The youngest son of the royal family was the most dangerous, and at the most critical time, he turned the tide and saved the entire Southwest, as well as the entire empire in crisis.
No one thinks there is anything, this is what he deserves!
...
"Clatter!"
A carrier pigeon fluttered its wings, passed through many spaces, and landed in a heavily guarded mansion in the west of the city. On the plaque at the main entrance of the mansion, there are several big characters written like flying and dancing:
"Xu Mansion!"
"The Holy Emperor gave Wang Chong a great reward, and Wang Chong was given the title of marquis, fief, and the emperor's letter..., this is troublesome."
In the Xu family's mansion, Xu Qiqin's uncle Xu Henian looked at the letter paper in his hand, frowning, and his eyes showed deep worry. In the Southwest War, due to the pressure of King Qi and political considerations, the Xu family completely detained Xu Qiqin, expelled the guards of the Wang family, and completely cut off the connection with the Wang family.
There were 500,000 Mongolian and Ukrainian troops in the southwest, and there were famous generals like Daqin Ruozan and Huoshu Guizang guarding it. No matter who looked at it, it was absolutely impossible for the southwest to win at that time, and it was only a matter of time before it fell.
Even now, Xu Henian believes that his judgment at the time was correct.
And between the Wang family and the King of Qi, there is no doubt that the King of Qi, who is the royal family and nobles, is more powerful and more trustworthy. That's why Xu Henian made the decision to detain Xu Qiqin and prevent her from having any further contact with the Wang family.
But who would have imagined that the Southwest was victorious, and that kid named Wang Chong became the biggest contributor.
Feng Hou, Feng Yi, bestow characters...
The first news that came out of the palace was like a thorn deeply piercing Xu Henian's heart, making his expression extremely ugly. Even a fool can see that the Wang family is being favored, and the Holy Emperor attaches great importance to the youngest son of the Wang family. At least for a long time to come, the Wang family will have a strong family, and it will become more and more dense.
"Report!"
While Xu Henian was sitting alone in the room, frowning, a voice suddenly came from outside the door.
"My lord, the newly-appointed young Marquis of the imperial court came to pay a visit, and he has already arrived at the door."
"What?!"
Xu Henian was shocked when he heard these words, and Huo Di stood up from his seat. Really, Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be here, just now I was thinking about how to deal with this matter, but I didn't expect that the protagonist of this award ceremony had already arrived at the door of Xu's house.
"Are you trying to take advantage of the situation and ask the teacher for your crime?"
Xu Henian's eyes turned cold, and he immediately thought of something.
He also knew something about the affairs between his niece Xu Qiqin and the youngest son of the Wang family. They were both young and young, at the age of first love, and they couldn't get rid of the things between men and women.
Xu Qiqin was imprisoned by him and confined in the mansion. Not long after Wang Chong's side was sealed as a marquis, he ran to Xu's mansion to pay a visit. The purpose was self-evident.
"Tell him, no see!"
Xu Henian flicked his sleeves and said without thinking.
So what if it is the Wang family?
The Xu family has been a family for hundreds of years. It can be traced back to the end of the Sui Dynasty. Even if it is a family of generals, the Xu family can still choose.
"Yes, sir!"
"Wait a minute!"
The servant outside the door had just turned around, and before taking a few steps, Xu Henian stopped him.
"Hmph, Fenghou, Fengyi, and the emperor's bestowal..., that boy of the Wang family is in the best of spring, and the whole capital is staring at him. If I shut him out at this time, the whole The Xu family will become the enemy of the Tang Dynasty. This kid is determined to pay attention to this, so he dares to be so confident."
Great victory in the Southwest, Xu Henian is deeply aware of how high Wang Chong's prestige is in Datang now. At this time, Wang Chong took the initiative to meet him, but the Xu family rejected him without any reason. look.
Looking at the capital, no one in the entire capital dared not give Wang Chong face. After all, he had just been branded as "Student of the Son of Heaven".
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