In fact, Zhao Jiu, who was wearing a cotton tight-sleeved dress, entered the hall and sat down directly under the lamp. He did not speak to Yuwen Xuzhong and others, but took the daily reports from the messengers and opened them directly. After reading all the reports and letting the messengers go down to rest for a while, he discussed the situation.
"The Jin army in Hedong has gathered. The entire Hezhong Prefecture is dotted with Jin army flags. Baishui City has also fallen. The Jin army may march south in large numbers soon. Han Shizhong is under too much pressure. I hope Li Yanxian will not withdraw the troops to Pinglu on the north bank of the Yellow River and try to delay it for a while." Zhao Jiu looked calm, and as he spoke as usual, he casually handed several reports to Liu Yan beside him.
The latter distributed these things to Yuwen Xuzhong and others.
"I wonder what Commandant Li has to say?" Zhang Jun was given a daily newspaper, but before he could read it, he hurried over to the other side.
"Li Yanxian didn't mention this in his report." Zhao Jiu replied calmly. "He just suddenly asked for an official rank and favor for his wife for Pinglu garrison commander Shao Yun..."
"Then it's agreed." Yuwen Xuzhong sighed while holding the newspaper in his hand. "Although Pinglu City may not be impossible to defend, even if it is impossible to defend it, it may not be impossible to escape back or enter Zhongtiao Mountain in the north, but hundreds of thousands of Jin troops have gathered in Hedong, and it will be difficult to do so under the pressure of Mount Tai."
Zhao Jiu did not respond, and the other people in the hall were also silent.
In fact, there are some things that everyone knows in their hearts and should not necessarily be said out loud, especially in the current situation, when the war is about to begin and matters of life and death are often taken lightly. Being sentimental and sad will only damage morale...Write them down, keep them in your heart, and then wait until you can survive, then you will be qualified to feel sentimental and repay.
Of course, the best thing for Zhao Jiu would be a reward.
As for what Yuwen Xuzhong said, there is nothing we can do about it. You must know that this person was a romantic person in his early years. He responded to the call of the emperor and rushed to the emperor early. It was mostly because he had served as an envoy during the Jingkang Incident and felt guilty towards the country and the emperor... From his more emotional temperament, he was not a qualified envoy. However, his qualifications and status were there. He was the Grand Secretary of the Zizheng Palace and the Prime Minister when the Jin people invaded, and he had the merit of rushing to the emperor, so it was not easy to care about his previous appointment or his current words.
"Hu Jinglue said... Wu Jie of Fangzhou won a small victory?" The matter of Anlu passed just like that, and after a moment of silence, Liu Ziyu, the chief secretary of the Privy Council, quickly noticed something strange in the daily newspaper in his hand. "The date of the letter was the day before yesterday, the small victory news was the day before yesterday, and when was Baishui City captured?"
"Yesterday."
Zhang Jun glanced at Han Shizhong's daily report in his hand and quickly gave an answer.
And this is the trouble with war. There are so many complicated things and the dates are all different. They need to be sorted out after being summarized. This is also one of the reasons why Zhao Jiu had to share information to a certain extent.
"Baishui City is quite far from Fangzhou City. The Jin army's vanguard is not as fast as the messenger." Liu Ziyu blurted out the problem after hearing the news. "If Fangzhou City was still a small victory the day before yesterday, and Baishui City was captured yesterday, it can only mean that Wanyan Loushi directly divided his troops and marched south without taking Fangzhou City... This is a bit unreasonable."
"What does Zi Yu mean?" Zhang Jun was immediately alerted and reminded him seriously. "Although Hu Mingzhong is a bit pedantic, he will never lie!"
"But the soldiers of the Western Army are all ruffians, and Wu Jie is a native of the Western Army, having been trained in the Western Army for nearly twenty years." Liu Ziyu remained calm, first looking at Zhang Jun, then glancing at the Liu brothers across from him, without any mercy. "In my opinion, Wu Jie knew that he would definitely lose Fangzhou, and it is even possible that Fangzhou was lost the day before yesterday... But he had been defeated in succession before, but was promoted to the position of General by the government, so he must have been panicked. So this time, in order to cover up and whitewash, he first falsely reported some military exploits, then said that the defense of the city was tragic, and finally said that he had no choice but to withdraw. It is possible."
The summer night was hot, but Zhao Jiu kept his hands in his stuffy sleeves, looking thoughtful the whole time, without saying a word and without any expression.
As for the rest of the people, their reactions were different... Yuwen Xuzhong and Zhang Jun each sighed. Zhao Zhe, who was promoted by Yuwen Xuzhong but was actually Zhang Jun's personal friend, turned a deaf ear to him. Liu Qi wanted to defend Wu Jie but was stopped by his brother Liu Xi.
Obviously, most of the people staying in the back hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion agreed with Liu Ziyu's words and judgment, because it was too common for the Western Army soldiers to do such things... These bastards had killed innocent people and claimed credit for their achievements before, and watching people dying without helping and vying for credit and fame were even more commonplace for them, not to mention falsely reporting military merits or just deliberately getting the date wrong by one or two days?
He really did kill innocent people and take credit for it. Wang Shunchen, who was promoted by Li Gang, was the one who triggered the Southeast Rebellion. He was demoted ten levels for killing innocent people and taking credit for it. But later, his daughter married well, and he was promoted to a military governor again.
In short, to put it bluntly, now that they are being oppressed by the Jin people, if the day comes when they can live a peaceful life, Zhao Jiu will be a shame for a time traveler if he does not reorganize the Western Army like the previous bandit rebels.
But then again, isn't it true that the Jin army is suffocating everyone right now? Isn't it true that all the atrocities, all the infighting, all the collusion and stupidity seem so pathetic and ridiculous in the face of the Jin army's systematic massacres and systematic enslavement of the people of Mesopotamia?
What's more, there is no evidence at the moment.
Therefore, although he mostly believed it in his heart, reason told Zhao Jiu that he could not make malicious speculations about a general who was likely still killing enemies on the front line without evidence, and he could not allow civil officials like Yuwen Xuzhong, Zhang Jun, and Liu Ziyu to collectively convey some inappropriate signals to several military generals.
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