sinovels Chapter 71
Chapter 71
At the same time, a battle broke out between the desert oasis and the capital of the Tang Dynasty.
All of this was carried out at the same time. Xie Zhiwei was no longer the central control who could control every screw of the mothership in detail. His body was confined to a sword, so his control was also limited here, and he could not see it. The whole picture of the battlefield made Xie Zhiwei a little flustered, but Chu Xiang comforted him with a smile:
"Zhiwei, this is the perspective of a normal person. Although it doesn't have the advantage of being in control of the overall situation and keeping every detail in hand, it's actually quite exciting."
Xie Zhi sighed slightly, and after sighing, he remembered, I am an AI and I have no lungs, why should I sigh, alas.
Compared with him, Lan Jue and Chu Xiang are separated by thousands of miles, but they have a surprisingly consistent performance. He sits in the hall with a smile on his face, as if he is completely ignorant of what is going on, and is beamingly accepting the demands of all parties. New year congratulations.
The frightening fight was hidden in the New Year's fireworks. After midnight, the banquet was coming to an end. The dancing dancers and the musicians in charge of the performance had already reined in themselves and repeated the show for the second time, but Lan Jue didn't announce the end of the banquet at all. I don’t know when the main hall was full of students from the military academy. They were wearing newly-made uniform uniforms, and they were full of heroic spirit. According to the training of the military academy, their postures of holding military caps were exactly the same.
In the early hours of the morning, the celebration activities in every household are almost over. The only ones who really have the perseverance to watch the year till dawn are some children who are keen to play around. At this moment, their parents take them back to the bedroom one by one and scare them: "If you don't sleep all night, you won't grow up." You're not tall enough, the First Military Academy doesn't want you!"
In this way, the hustle and bustle that had been covered up was revealed.
The sound of dancing and music stopped, and footsteps with chilling aura came from far to near. Lu Yuan, whose body was covered in blood, strode in with a knife in hand, so Lan Jue finally put down the wine glass in his hand.
He walked up to the steps, instead of kneeling and kowtowing, he raised his hands and gave a strange new military salute, then he puffed up his chest, a young man who was too young couldn't hide his little pride, he was proud He said in a loud voice: "Report to the lord! All the people who caused trouble in the military academy tonight have been captured and put on the square of the military academy, waiting for the lord to deal with it!"
Among the aristocrats present, several of them collapsed to the ground with their legs weak and their faces looked ashamed.
So Lan Jue was not stingy with his praise, he clapped his hands and stood up, loudly saying: "Well done!"
Lu Yuan looked at him with bright eyes, and couldn't help raising his sharp chin.
This is not the end of Lan Jue's compliments. He even said on the spot: "All the students and officers guarding the military academy will get collective first-class merit once, which will be tripled this month. Among them, student Lu Yuan commanded properly, calmly and calmly, and he will get two personal credits. Wait for it once!"
This system of rewards and punishments for military merit was promoted along with the construction of military academies and the restructuring of the army. Joining the army and serving the country has become a kind of honor and responsibility, not just "making a living in troubled times". Real material rewards will also be given to the soldiers themselves and their families, but for Lu Yuan, he really doesn’t care about material money. He was pulled out of a black coal mine and took his life. Earned, the greatest reward he ever received, was recognition and hope.
Those old nobles who were unable to make trouble knew that they had been completely exposed, so they hurriedly crawled out, kowtowed hurriedly, and kept shouting:
"The minister is guilty, and the minister deserves to die for his crimes. I beg the lord to forgive me!"
"My lord, the old minister is confused... the old minister is confused!"
"The minister was bewitched by the traitor!"
Among them, Zhu Shinan, the left general of the Western Tang Kingdom, was already sweating profusely, terrified to death.
The military force that conspired with the rebellious Uncle Lan was backed by General Zuo.It's just that when Lan Jing Dongchuang's incident happened, he was relatively calm. All the contacts with Lan Jing had been seen and destroyed, and he had always done his tricks behind the scenes, and he didn't go into battle in person, so Lan Jue cleaned up Lan Jing when he calmed down the chaos. , Throwing this Uncle Wang into the prison, but there is no physical or personal evidence that can actually convict General Zuo.Lan Jing, who was used as a gunman, was good at catching evidence. This old fox who had been hiding was really unable to move.
Due to his status as a veteran hero, Lan Jue is not the kind of tyrant who says that the wind is the rain, who is unreasonable and does not look at the evidence, so he still sits in the position of his left general.Although there is no evidence, all the information points to him. If he thought that Lan Jue would reuse him, he would be really stupid.So during the reform of the military system, Zhu Shinan, as a representative of the old-school generals, was the first to stand up against Lan Jue, trying to protect his original interests. The imperial capital Qu Lingxin offered an olive branch, and he was also the most active one.Now it's a complete failure. Those who were arrested are all their private soldiers, but not all of them have the will to die. As long as Lan Jue tortures them casually, they will immediately prove their crimes.
Although Lan Jue was brave and good at fighting, he valued love and friendship. Zhu Shinan was so heartbroken that he kept kowtowing, without making excuses, and confessed his sins, and said:
"The minister was blinded for a moment, and he did such a ridiculous thing... It's just that the minister is too old and dull, not as wise as the king, and has never been able to understand the true meaning of the military system reform. This trip hastily advanced and damaged the national system, so I went on the wrong road for a while!"
Lan Jue nodded calmly: "Well, it's understandable. But I don't want to hear your complaints. Now that the new Tang Dynasty has been established, there are laws for your crimes to refer to. How you will be convicted will depend on the trial judge. How to decide."
Conspiracy and rebellion are serious crimes in the laws of any country, and their honor and status can no longer be maintained.
Zhu Shinan's heart was ashamed, and the Twelve Guards rushed in, and took away all the nobles who committed crimes and put them under arrest.
On New Year's Eve, the most radical opposition aristocrat was taken down, and the government-run newspaper under Gu Linzhi seriously published the latest notice on the headline of the first page of "Tang Kingdom Weekly", in which the military school students bravely killed the enemy, defended The country's deeds were commended wildly, and a portrait of Lu Yuan receiving the commendation was printed, and then he said lightly that all hostile forces that tried to destroy the lives of the people of the Tang State would not succeed.
The people have just passed through a disaster year and experienced war, and now they need some good news.
Not everyone in the aristocratic class took a clear stand. Many old aristocrats held a wait-and-see attitude towards Lan Jue's new policy, but when they heard that those aristocrats had collectively been imprisoned and that they would be severely punished, many veterans couldn't sit still.
Lan Jue looked at the old man with white beard and hair in front of him with a headache, and this one again—— Lan Jue even thought, can't you take care of yourself at home?Confucianism?Can the Confucian go home and just read your sage books?
"My lord, as the saying goes, 'Punishment cannot be punished by a doctor', I believe that the mistakes made by your relatives and ministers should be mainly educated by etiquette, and let the veterans of the ancestral temple and the eminent Confucians advise and restrain... I heard that you want to Trial them in court like common people, convict them and send them punishment? Isn’t this breaking the ritual and music system!”
This is not the only old-school aristocrat who holds such views, and even some "Confucian scholars" among the people agree with such views.
The battle situation in the desert is relatively complicated.
Facing the enemy with greatly reduced morale, Silver Eagle did not harvest the enemy one-sidedly. The hummingbird lacked energy, and 5% of the emergency charge was only enough for Chu Xiang to install it for a short while. The rest of the energy cannon, light blade and other devices were all useless. Activated, when the energy was only 2%, Chu Xiang hurriedly let it fly back to the secret room guarded by the assassins of Li Wei Ting - the divine bird crashed into the enemy army in public, that is not a deterrent, it is easy to make a joke .
"Kill, ah, ah, ah—"
This can be regarded as the cultural difference between the desert and the Central Plains. Even if the warriors in the desert face an "invincible enemy", they will not easily wait to die, because according to the customs of the desert, the defeated tribes are often slaughtered to the ground, and all men are killed. , women became slaves.
Although his liver and gallbladder were torn, he could only fight with his back.
Chu Xiang nodded to Liu Ying, and the female general shouted loudly: "If you put down your weapons and stop resisting, the gods are willing to forgive your lost souls and let you live! The chief will do what he says, and will never hurt your lives. !"
As soon as these words came out, the enemy army did have a lot of shock, but forgiving the opponent was unprecedented in the history of desert warfare. The generals angrily reprimanded the shaken soldiers in local language, and even killed their own soldiers who wanted to lay down their weapons.
"Fight with him! They only have less than [-] fighters, and the divine bird is flying away now!"
Chu Xiang sneered.
woo-woo-woo-
Some desolate horn sounded, and the earth trembled again.
The charging enemy turned their heads and looked around in a daze—could it be that Gu Mu's army had already captured the oasis, and the squadron returned?That's impossible!
It wasn't Gu Mu who came, but a group of people without banners.
Any tribe in the desert has its own totem emblem, and they will hold their own emblem when they go out to fight, but these people walk through the sand and dust silently without any emblem.
A seasoned veteran made an unbelievable voice: "Is that... the Silent Tribe?"
The silent ones, the ghosts wandering in the desert, have no tribe, no name, and are not recognized. They are defectors who are unwilling to be slaves forever, they are vanguard officials, and they are rebels.
"It's still the same sentence, lay down your weapons, and we will give preferential treatment to the prisoners." Chu Xiang waved his hand lazily: "Well, you guys fight, I'll go have some supper."
He strolled back to the Great Golden Tent, and the reinforcements from the Reticent Tribe arrived at the appointed time. With the cooperation of the Silver Eagle stationed in the Great Golden Tent, it was only a matter of time before Su Yang's gang of rebels were dealt with, and Su Yang himself lay in a miserable state. On the ground, still in a coma, Suma had been dragged behind by the nuns in the big gold tent to treat the wound, so Chu Xiang picked from the still hot leg of lamb, and started a banquet alone .
But soon, Lan Jue picked up the communication.
The assassins of the Bai family have long been accustomed to the mysterious conversations between the king and the teacher, and guard the door of the big golden tent seriously and professionally, so as not to disturb them from the noise outside.
After listening to what Lan Jue said, Chu Xiang even felt a little grievance, but he nodded with great satisfaction: "So, Your Majesty, you also oppose the privileges of nobles, right?"
Lan Jue sneered: "If you are lucky, born well, and you can ignore your mistakes, wouldn't that be lawless?"
"Yes!" Chu Xiang said, "Since the country has enacted a law, it should defend the majesty of the law and treat everyone equally, and no one should be favored outside the law. But your lord..."
Chu Xiang showed a sly smile: "I'm about to settle the matter of the desert. At that time, the traffic construction between the two places will require a large number of laborers. We are in urgent need of manpower!"
Lan Jue understood, and then smiled: "Understood."
The next day, the special extra edition of "Tang Kingdom Weekly" published the latest news - for the subordinates of the rebel nobles who were extremely deceived by him, the king was willing to grant an amnesty with a benevolent heart, changing their original capital pardons to "labour reform".A group of old ministers still wanted to object, but Lan Jue acted resolutely and stopped entangled with them at all.
Chu Xiang is very satisfied with this. In the 30 years of Hedong and the 30 years of Hexi, you used your identities to harm the weak and oppress the people. Now, let’s make some contributions and make use of the residual heat!
"Captain, count the time, Gu Mu and Su Jin will return from the oasis in a few days." Xie Zhiwei said, "There is still a 'weapon of the gods' in the secret room, don't you plan to go and see?"
Chu Xiang was slightly startled, and he whispered: "Yes, there is one more thing, but..."
He waved his hand to tell the assassins from Liwei Court not to follow, and entered the dark secret room by himself.
In addition to the hummingbird's flying wings, there is another weirder thing. Chu Xiang entered the room, and this thing has been kept here. Originally, the energy loss was serious, but Chu Xiang asked the assassins to open a skylight for the secret room, so that light could shine in. A thing converts energy faster than a weapon because it's not a weapon.
It's a...beacon.
Chu Xiang touched the cold shell of the beacon, and heard his heart beating like a drum, he asked: "Zhiwei, tell me, after time and space, I launch the Starfleet's positioning and navigation beacon, will anyone respond to me?" ?”