Chapter 106 Gap
Although it is raining, Mr. Zhao has been very busy lately.
The system of the Song Dynasty, in which all matters were decided by the emperor, perfectly guaranteed the power of officials, but it also made people confused.
One moment it's the matter of tax collection by the Maritime Customs, the next moment it's the issue of troop strength for the pacification envoy at the front, the next moment it's the plan to re-establish the General Supervisor in Nanyang, and the next moment there's the reorganization of personnel benefits. The work of suppressing bandits has just been arranged, and then there are some emergencies such as the generals at the front being unhappy... There's finance, military affairs, military industry, and personnel, who can be lazy?
Not only that, there were more and more wild pigeons outside the palace, and more and more people inside the palace. All the sounds coming together were enough to make people confused.
Don’t understand? Even if you don’t understand, you have to pretend to understand!
However, as Xiaolin sent back the letter, Emperor Zhao finally cheered up and was qualified to be lazy. Of course, it was a bit absurd to say so. Military affairs and life and death were more important than anything else! But it was a fact that Emperor Zhao came to the military camp, issued the order, took a rare nap, and then beat the drum to gather the generals.
However, although drums were beaten to gather the generals, there was none of the solemn and murderous atmosphere as in movies and TV dramas. I don't know if it was because there were few people due to the rain, or because most of the generals in the imperial camp were veterans and did not show any demeanor of military commanders in front of Emperor Zhao.
"Wang Qing, do you also want to fight as a vanguard?" Zhao Jiu, who was in high spirits, stared at Wang De in front of him for a long time before asking coldly.
"Hey..." Wang De hesitated for a moment, then put on an ugly smile to explain. "Didn't all the generals ask for a fight?"
"All the generals want to fight, so you want to fight. All the generals are commanders, so why don't you become a commander?" Zhao Jiu also stared at the mustache under the other's chin and laughed. "Han Shizhong said that you don't have the ability to be a general, so you give up on yourself?"
Wang De hesitated for a moment, but still felt a little unwilling: "Isn't it that the emperor is here to supervise the battle? With the emperor as the commander, why do you need me to be the commander? If it doesn't work, there is still Wang Dutong... I'll teach you well, if you can give me 5,000 soldiers, I, I... cough, I can take Dengcheng and break Xiangyang for you! The emperor just needs to supervise the battle from behind."
"I understand. What the Lord Wang meant is that you can handle the matters on the battlefield, and I, the official, can just sit back and wait... Is that what you mean?"
"yes!"
"Wait until I finish reading these notes."
“Here…”
Wang De came as the deputy governor to ask for the vanguard, but he didn't get any confirmation. Instead, he got nothing. Emperor Zhao also frowned, and then he lowered his head to read the documents in front of him asking for battle. The central army tent, or the central army lobby, was silent for a while. However, Zhao Jiu lowered his head to read a few petitions, and felt a little irritated when he read those petitions in the palace... The petitions of these generals were all the same, all going south along the Baihe River, directly attacking Dengzhou and Xiangyang, and then all asking to be the vanguard. I don't know if it was because the central government was recruiting people recently, and the literati these generals had run away, so they had to ask the same person to write for them.
All I can say is that fortunately before Zhao Jiu came, he asked Liu Ziyu, Yang Yizhong, and Liu Yan to make a rough plan.
However, after reading through it, Emperor Zhao suddenly became interested. He held down the papers in his hands, looked around at the commanders, and suddenly laughed: "Didn't I give you an oral order to write a military strategy for this battle? Why didn't the two Xin commanders hand in any papers?"
"Your Majesty! My brother and I originally had two petitions, but just before the drums were beaten, we had some new ideas about this battle, so we didn't have time to write them down..." Upon hearing this, Xin Xingzong immediately led his younger brother out of the line and bowed, but he took the opportunity to bring out what he had just agreed with Hu Hongxiu. "Therefore, I request to stay in Nanyang, and request to station at Wuguan after the battle."
"I would like to lead a detachment to attack Niu Shou!" Xiao Xin also quickly echoed.
"In that case, Xin Qing is quite creative."
Unexpectedly, upon hearing the words of the Xin brothers, Emperor Zhao remained silent for a while, and only spoke slowly after a long pause. "Then let's do this. You two are allowed to make your request, and so is Wang Qing... In this battle, Deputy Commander Wang (Wang De) will be the vanguard, Commander Fu (Fu Qing) will be the deputy vanguard, and they will both set out for Dengcheng early tomorrow morning; Commander Xiao Xin will be the flank vanguard, and Deputy Commander Liu (Liu Yan) will be the deputy flank vanguard, and they will also set out early tomorrow morning and head for Niu Shou; Commander Da Xin will stay behind; the rest of the troops will be the central army, carrying food and supplies, and will slowly march with me tomorrow at noon."
After saying this, the official didn't say anything more to the generals, and directly took Yang Yi out of the central army hall.
Let's not talk about the central army, where Wang Yuan and Liu Ziyu are coordinating military affairs in their capacity as the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Camp and the Privy Council's Office. Liu Yan is also here waiting for orders because of a mission... On the other side, Emperor Zhao walked out of the central army hall with a gloomy look on his face, which made Yang Yi Zhong and others who followed him feel uneasy.
"Leave two umbrellas for me. Zhengfu stays here, and the rest can go."
Zhao Jiu came to the corridor, with one foot already stepping into the rain, but he suddenly spoke.
The eunuchs and guards around did not dare to say much and immediately went to the military quarters where the emperor was staying. Behind him, Yang Yi Zhong immediately bowed his head and made a gesture of obeying orders.
"I really don't want to be a suspicious official." Zhao Jiu didn't look at Yang Yizhong, but looked at the semi-permanent camp that had just been built and sighed. "I also know that these two incidents may be just coincidences... For example, the last time, it involved the privacy of the palace, which was something that the people liked to hear and see, and it might be that Prime Minister Lu accidentally caused it; this time, Xin Xingzong is a veteran general for decades after all, and he may not be unable to think of what you, Liu Ziyu, Wang Yuan, and Liu Yan can think of!"
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