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第053章 焦头烂额的赵二叔

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汾州驿站,远远三骑飞驰而来,到得驿馆前飞身下马,寒寒天气,那马却遍体大汗,四条雄健有力的马腿突突乱颤。马上的骑士纵身下马,先是一个踉跄,被驿站的人急急扶住。

驿馆的人训练有素,当下便有人捧了温盐水来,又有人帮助他们解下肩上的褡裢,返回房中急急黍JL肉干馒头一类易携带的食物,又有人牵走战马,另牵了三匹鞍鞯齐全的新马来,三个背插小旗斜背信筒的军使接过瓢来咕咚咕咚痛饮一番,这时驿馆的人已七手八脚把褡裢系在他们肩上,三人把瓢往驿使怀中一扔,转身接过马缰,纵身上马,奋力一鞭,又复狂驰而去。“怎么这么急,莫非夏州城已经打下来了?”一个驿兵望着三个信使绝尘而去的背影与迕惑地说道。“啪”地一下,他的后脑勺挨了一个老驿丞一巴掌,驿兵哎哟一声,摸着后脑勺道:“周大叔,你打我作什么?”

“谁让你小子不长脑子?”老驿丞骂了一句,嘟囔道:“如果真个打下了夏州城,这样的大胜仗,就算他们再累,一路上也要大声报捷了,能这么蔫头耷脑的?依着我说呀,怕是吃了败仗了……”“能么?”那驿兵有些不相信地道:“朝廷十万大军呐,就凭河西那个什么什么夏国,能打得败咱们潘大将军?”

“瓦罐难离井口破,大将难免阵上亡啊”老驿丞喃喃地道:“我周侗当了一辈子的驿兵,这双老眼还没花呢,瞅这情形,咱们不止吃了败仗,恐怕还是……大败仗呢。”“啪!”

一个圆似月魂坠,轻如云魄起的上品刑窑茶盏被赵光义摔得粉碎,震怒的声音在整个大殿上咆哮:“十万禁军,十万禁军啊,朕装备精良、训练有素的十万大军,就这么葬送在他潘仲询的手里!回到府州的残兵败将不过两万余,我大宋从未吃过这样的败仗,我大宋的将领从未遭遇过这样的败绩!惨败!这是惨败!谁允许他擅自退兵的?擅作主张,损兵折将,罪该万死!”众文武俯首躬腰,噤茗寒蝉,无人敢言。

赵光义怒气冲冲一拍御案,伸手指向曹彬,喝道:“曹国华「你是枢密承旨,你说,潘美该当何罪?”

皇帝问到头上,曹彬便不能不言了,他捧笏出班,沉声说道:“圣上,潘美的奏陈军报已到,臣仔细看过,潘美虽败,非因擅作主张退兵之故。实因我军冒进,战线延长,自横山而至夏州数百里荒原无我一处堡垒要塞,莽莽雪原,敌骑纵横往返,来去自如,断我粮道,劫我倡重,前方十万大军已不克久持,潘美当机立断,果断退兵,实是不得已而为之!”

他只说了一半,赵光义脸上便是一红,冒进?宋军为何会冒进?他曾一连三天,连下三道圣旨催促潘美急进,曹彬这么说,难道潘美损兵折将反成了他的责任?

赵光义恼羞成怒地道:“狡辩,纯属狡辩,朕只问你,潘美未奉诏谕,擅自退兵,以致中敌埋伏,损兵折将,该当何罪!”

曹彬鼻翼上沁出细密的汗珠JL,说道:“治军当严,赏罚分明,潘美打了败仗,理应予以严惩。”

赵光义神色刚刚一缓,曹彬话风一转,便又说道:“但臣以为,赏罚分明,亦须有度。赏无尺度,便会滋生骄逸,放任乖戾;罚若无理,也必流于粗暴,失于偏颇,有失赏罚之初衷,诚不可取,总要赏罚明辨,赏罚合理,才能令人心服口服,亦可警尤他人。”赵光义脸色一冷,森然道:“曹国华,你这是在教训朕么?”

“臣不敢!”曹彬腰杆儿又弯了弯,声音语气更加恭敬,但仍执拗地道:“臣仔细看过军报,扪心自问,换了臣是潘美,当时情形「唯一选择,也只有壮士解腕,马上退A-o哪怕明知退路上没有陷阱。”

赵光义冷笑:“就这么退兵?把十万大军送进虎口,逃出区区两万人,这也叫壮士解腕,笑话!天大的笑话!这是把整个身子都扔给了人家,只逃出一条手来!”

曹彬身子又欠了欠,几乎快成九十度角了:“圣上,臣以为,断的不是全身,仍是一只手。”

卢多逊,张洎、薛居正、吕馀庆、罗克敌、党进等人都替曹彬捏了一把冷汗,赵光义听了却是气极而笑,他倒没有马上大发雷霆,反而缓缓坐回龙椅,寒声道:“八万人只算一只手,两万人倒算是全身而退了?好,你且说说,让朕听个明白。”

“是!”曹彬缓缓直起腰来,一直这么哈着他也吃力:“圣上,潘将军十万大军聚于夏州城下,困住杨浩,而其军营距横山绵延敌百里,皆是莽莽雪原,那是夏国骑兵的战场。如果潘将军没有当机立断,立即退兵,那么就需要后方不断地起运粮草稆重,以供应前军所需。

如此一来,粮草军械、甲仗军服就只能一批批地不断落入夏军手中,夏军借我宋国财物,以战养战,不断壮大,此消彼长,我宋国纵有百年积蓄,也禁不起这么不断的消耗。

而前军得不到补充,冻饿乏力,漫天风雪就足以将这十万大军活活困死在夏州城下,到那时便连这两万人也不得生还了。

又或者,潘将军可以将前敌情形速报与圣上,朝廷命麟府守军予以接应,又或者再遣军队,确保其从容退却,然而,往返京师旷日持久,再调大军劳师远征旬月可及,待得非大军赶到,已是春暖雪消时节,军中余粮岂能支撑如此-久远?

若动用麟府两州守军赴援,亦不可取。麟府两州守军有限,以有限之兵力据坚城而守,可拒十倍之敌,赦无可趁之机,若使其弃城出城,杯水车薪,与潘将军并无多大助益。麟府守军一出,敌骑纵横,北出浊轮川,南出弥陀洞,一日之内便可快马赶至麟府,轻易夺取城池。到那时,后路已绝,百里雪原任由敌骑肆虐,不但潘美:L万大军尽丧于河西,麟府两州也将再度沦落敌手。

这还只是臣就河西形势而言,尚未考虑辽国举动。辽国突然移驻大同四万铁骑,距我雁门,朝发夕至,虎视眈眈,居心叵测,如果我朝中再出大军羁縻于河西不得脱身,又或者麟府两州尽丧,雁门关侧翼暴露于夏军面前,辽国会有何举动,殊未可料,但是可以预料的是,他们不动则已,一旦出动,我宋国将陷入全面被动,因河西一隅之战,而举国陷入泥沼之中。圣上,这是杨浩设的一盘死局,不死不休啊。”

赵光义怒火万丈,最痛恨处正是潘美不曾求旨便擅作主张,如果他真把十万大军都安然带回来也罢了,结果却损兵折将惨败而归,要是事先禀与他知道,这边从容安排,调兵遣将,怎么也不致于惨败若斯,听了曹彬这番分析,他也不禁惊出一身冷汗。

不过看清曹彬脸色,他心中憬然一动,忽又意识到另一个问题:“曹彬如此卖力地为潘美说话,纯走出于一片公心么?哼哼,他们之间,好象并没有这么和睦吧?这些前朝老臣,不管私交如何,现在是抱成团儿啦……”

难怪赵光义这么想,潘美有从龙之功,先帝在时,就是心腹重臣,曹彬是赵匡胤坐了天下之后从后周军中接收过来的,并未参与陈桥兵变,而且曹彬的从母姨,是后周太祖的贵妃,有这么两层关系,虽说他文武全才,品德高洁,但是最初并未受到赵匡胤重用。

及至后来,赵匡胤已坐稳了江山,渐渐重用曹彬,曹彬也始终没有融入赵匡胤的功臣集团,军中派系的形成十分复杂,可不是并肩打一仗,一齐喝顿酒,就算是同一派系的,因此尽管潘美职位越来越高,后来居上甚至坐到了潘美头上去,但是赵匡胤一朝有从龙之功的那些骄兵悍将只是敬他,并不服他。

潘美对此也是心知肚明,因此和先帝朝的功臣集团只是君子之交,现在可好,党进那个莽夫还没跳出来表示不满,曹彬已竭尽全力为潘美开脱了,这些老将军分明是对自己大肆任用新人,排挤前朝老臣起了戒

一念及此,赵光义顿时忐忑起来,相当于河西败局,他更看重的是朝中势力的动向,宋国家大业大,十万大军的损失,给他一年功夫就能恢复元气,可要是朝中掌握兵权的老将们生了异心,一旦出事就是一场内乱,内乱不仅祸及当时,事后的清理排查可能还要绵延几年,最伤元气,而且五代以来当皇帝的大多不是死于外人之手,十之都是被自己手下的大将干掉,取而代之的,这不过就是头些年发生的事情,赵光义怎不备惮。

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