Hearing Xu Huai's analysis, King Jing Zhao Tuan was relieved. However, Xu Huai suggested to draw some people from his side to assist Ling Jian, Liu Shiwang, Han Wende, Yu Gong, Yu Zheng and others. He asked hesitantly.
road:
"Can these guys make it?"
King Jing Zhao Tuan asked Xu Huai this. Zhang Xin, who was sitting next to him, felt embarrassed and ashamed, but what could he say in defense?
The more than a hundred guards in the palace are usually all arrogant and have a high self-esteem, but this time they were escorting His Highness and were killed by less than one-third of their own Red Husbands. They left their armor and armor behind.
After sneaking into Gong County through the blockade of the Chihu people, people around Xu Huai confirmed that there were no prisoners or scouts outside, and they finally passed safely.
Not to mention compared with Wang Ju, Guo Junpan, Yuan Lei, Xu Sihu and others around Xu Huai, the military officials and soldiers around Xu Huai all looked a bit dull and silent as a stone, most of them had yellow and thin skin.
, his appearance is not impressive, but among the many guards, how many of them dare to say that they are better than these soldiers?
Zhang Xin knew that there was no problem in selecting a few guards to serve as messengers for Ling Jian and others, but they were arrogant, would they be willing to do this?
If they interfere with Ling Jian and others in commanding the troops and defending the city, will they be doing a disservice?
"When Xu Huaichu was in Tongbai Mountain, he was just a reckless young man who lived in confusion all day long. What Guo Junpeng still thought about was that a wealthy family had a lot of money and dozens of stubborn bandits, roaring in the mountains and forests. How could he know?
The matter of commanding troops to fight? But if Guo Junpan is asked to take charge of the defense of Gong County at this time, he will definitely be able to arrange it in an orderly manner. Why? In the words of Ouyang Gong, 'It's nothing more than familiarity',"
Xu Huai said with a smile,
"These people around your highness are beyond the reach of ordinary military officers in terms of swordsmanship, bowing, riding, knowledge and speech. In addition to having no experience in fighting with the enemy, they also lack the experience of hanging out with lower-level generals. Therefore, your highness
If you want the people around you to be useful, you should let them go down and mix with the lower-level soldiers. Of course, if they can't help, or even hinder them, when Xu Huai deals with them, please hold back, Your Highness, don't
Hurry to plead with them!"
"Haha, I can bear this,"
King Jing Zhao Tuan laughed and told Zhang Xin,
"You choose ten people to transfer to Ling Jian. Han Wende and the others are waiting for transfer. You have to make it clear to them that they were transferred to Ling Jian in the past, not to serve as uncles. If anyone dares to indulge themselves or violate military discipline, I will be the first to do so.
I can't spare them! Han Yu once said that there is a certain order of learning, and there is a specialization in the arts - don't think that because you are a few years older than Xu Huaichi, you are ashamed to ask about commanding troops to defend the enemy. Look, I am the same now.
Do you want to ask Xu Huai about everything?"
"yes."
Zhang Xin was in his early thirties and was able to serve as the commander of the bodyguards in Prince Jing's Mansion. Of course, he was from a famous family.
In the past, he would never have looked down upon Xu Huai and others who had a rough background, but the experience of these few days had really smashed everything he had been proud of in the past to pieces.
King Jing Zhao Tuan now ordered Xu Huai to ask for advice on how to lead the army in attack and defense, and Zhang Xin also agreed sincerely.
Of course, the estrangement in Zhang Xin's heart could really be eliminated when Xu Huai suggested that King Jing Zhao Tuan select bodyguards from his side to assist Ling Jian and others in commanding the defenders.
The Chihu people went to war without declaring it, the Yan army was defeated, the active faction collapsed, and the court was in constant turmoil. For a period of time, the officials did not know which ministers were trustworthy. Only the prince, King Jing, Duke Lu and other princes were able to
Participate in government affairs.
Although Zhang Xin was not qualified to enter the palace, he followed King Jing and Wang Zhen recommended Xu Huai, Wang Boqian, Wang Yongqi and others several times and firmly opposed it. He stood outside the hall and heard clearly.
In the eyes of Wang Boqian, Wang Qiyong and other ministers, Xu Huai was too young, too embarrassed to hold such a big responsibility, and not worthy of the high hopes the court placed on him. On the one hand, Xu Huai's life experience was uneasy.
Cai Zheng was already in prison at that time, and when the quarrel with Wang Zhen was fierce, Wang Boqian, Wang Qiyong and others no longer had any scruples about the strange things that happened in Tongbai Mountain, such as the banditry in Tongbai Mountain and the food quarrel in Lanzhou, and they directly told the truth in front of the officials.
Only then did Zhang Xin realize that the issue of correcting imperial edicts was no longer a secret in the court, and that Wang Boqian, Wang Qiyong and others had long been aware of the strangeness behind the banditry in Tongbai Mountain.
However, knowing the details of the imperial edict, the banditry in Tongbai Mountain, and the food trouble in Lanzhou, Zhang Xin was following King Jing in Bianliang at that time. He briefly met Xu Huai and couldn't help but speculate about the thoughts of Xu Huai and everyone in Tongbai Mountain.
Not that simple.
He even felt that Xu Huai was too young. In addition to many of his seemingly brilliant and dazzling achievements, what was even more frightening was that the people behind Xu Huai had ulterior motives.
When Qian Shangduan set out with Lu Xiong to go to Caizhou to ask for help, he also secretly told him to be careful of Xu Huai using His Highness's name to seize the military power of Gong County, but he just took away the Gong County defenders without doing anything.
They followed King Jing, Wang Zhen, and Zhu Hang to get closer. They listened to Wang Zhen, Zhu Hang, and others analyze the situation again and again. Of course, they also tended to believe that Dai Viet's disaster would not be easy to survive this time, and that the imperial capital's move to the south was most likely to be inevitable.
Options not considered.
This means that the empire will be in turmoil for a long time and will be difficult to calm down.
In times of turmoil, isn't the most important thing in the hearts of ambitious people with different ambitions military power?
Xu Huai helped Zhu Hang lead the remnants of Tianxiong's army to withdraw from Datong City. Although the imperial court finally credited Zhu Hang, Xu Huai and others, and attributed the failure of the first northern expedition to Yan to Yue Hailou's collaboration with the enemy, but
It is not that no one in the court impeached Xu Huaiyin for gathering private soldiers, but in fact he had ulterior motives.
The defenders of Shuozhou were all soldiers of Tongbai Mountain. This was a fact that neither Wang Zhen nor Zhu Hang could refute for Xu Huai.
Before Xu Huai entered the city, he stated that he would completely reorganize the defense of Gong County, but Zhang Xin was actually opposed to it in his heart.
However, King Jing respected Wang Zhen very much when he was in charge of the Yushitai, and among so many relatives of the emperor, he only had good relations with a limited number of people such as Zhu Hang. King Jing believed in Wang Zhen, and Zhu Hang saw him
Regarding people's opinions, Zhang Xin had opinions in his heart but did not dare to express them.
He did not expect that Xu Huai not only repeatedly emphasized with Ling Jian, Han Wende, Liu Shiwang, Yu Gong, Yu Zheng and others before leaving the city that it was His Highness King Jing who opposed all opinions and used them to lead the army in an eclectic way, but also at this time
He insisted that King Jing choose some people from his bodyguards to accompany Ling Jian, Han Wende and others to assist in commanding the troops.
Isn't this just to help King Jing directly control the garrison of Gong County?
When entering the city, Zhang Xin also noticed that Ling Jian, Han Wende, Liu Shiwang, Yu Gong, Yu Zheng and others expressed their sincere gratitude to His Highness.
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When King Jing left Bianliang, he had more than a hundred guards around him. They were killed when they encountered the enemy, and nearly thirty of them fled. Twenty more were more or less injured while fleeing, and they all followed Qian Shangduan to Caizhou.
Recuperate.
Finally, fifty-six guards, led by Zhang Xin, followed King Jing to Gong County.
Although the guards of Prince Jing's Mansion are all selected from the Imperial Guards of the Three Governments, not ordinary Imperial Guard soldiers can enter the Prince's Palace and the Great Inner Palace to serve as bodyguards.
In addition to having a clean background, excellent martial arts skills, appearance and height, and meeting certain standards, those who can join the guard are all soldiers with Weiyong level or above; and the ten generals and team generals in the guard also have military positions.
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Zhang Xinbie looked at the fact that he only had more than a hundred guards under his command, but as the commander of the guards of Prince Jing's Mansion, his military rank was that of a seventh-grade martial arts doctor, and he was not under Xu Huai.
It would at least be much safer to stay with King Jing as a guard, and assisting Ling Jian and others in commanding the troops was not a good thing no matter how you looked at it at this time. Zhang Xin also did a lot of work and finally selected ten people.
King Jing summoned these ten people into the side hall and gave them detailed instructions, asking them to help Ling Jian, Liu Shiwang and others to eliminate interference, command the troops, and not be arrogant; at the same time, he also asked them to obey Xu Huai's orders.
, obey Xu Huai's arrangements for defense matters.
The captive soldiers have not retreated, and the defensive situation facing Gong County is not optimistic at all. The so-called celebration banquet is more important to establish the authority of Ling Jian, Liu Shiwang, Han Wende, Yu Gong, and Yu Zheng.
Drinking was limited to three cups per person. After a hasty meal, King Jing ordered the palace maids to remove all the food and drinks, and discuss the follow-up royal affairs directly under the side hall.
At this time, King Jing directly appointed Ling Jian, Han Wende, Yu Gong, and Yu Zheng as the defense commanders of the four cities to assist Xu Huai in taking charge of the defense affairs of the four cities; he appointed Liu Shiwang as the patrol envoy to be responsible for the security of the city.
In addition to dispatching ten people from his side to Ling Jian and Liu Shiwang to act as deputies, in order to prevent interference from Zhu Xun, Gu Dajun and others, King Jing transferred Chen Yougui, Gu Dajun and other chief and deputy commanders of the tomb guarding army to serve as bodyguards.
There are two thousand soldiers guarding the mausoleum. Except for the generals who have been incorporated into Ling Jian, Han Wende and other tribes, the other generals are all in the military camp as a unit, waiting for call.
For Qiao Jien, Chen Yougui, Gao Huihong and others, they were not able to resolutely refuse King Jing's intervention in specific defense matters at first. Now, in addition to Xu Huai, a bastard who is overbearing and has no moral ethics, the generals in the city also
Most of their hearts go to King Jing. Apart from accepting it completely, what room for bargaining do they have?
Ling Jian, Liu Shiwang and others suddenly became prominent among the soldiers. Although they were excited, they were also worried that they would not be able to command the generals well. King Jing arranged for his guards to be their assistants, which would not only help them better rely on Jing's command.
Acting with the king's reputation, commanding the generals, and bringing them closer to King Jing, of course they were happy, how could they refuse?
The framework for the defense of Gong County was set up in one day!
