Chapter 596: Zhao Shen regrets, the Chengdu government is in chaos
Chapter 596: Zhao Shen regrets, Chengdu government is in chaos
"Tang Shen, I'm going to ask you again, do you think you have merit or demerit in this trip to Chengdu?"
Wang Quan asked again.
Shen Tang remained serious, "I conquered half of the Chengdu Mansion, and I certainly have meritorious service!"
When Shen Tang finished speaking, Wang Quan showed a smile again on his face, but he did not speak again.
"General Shen, we have finished asking questions. His Majesty is still waiting and has no time to say more. When he has some free time, he will talk to General Shen."
Wang Quan said calmly.
"Shen Tang sends Mr. Wang off!"
In the palace, Wang Quan stood respectfully in front of Zhao Shen.
"Have merit but no resentment!"
Zhao Shen said to himself slowly, "This is a lie. Since you have made meritorious service, how can you have no complaints?
However, it is only right to have resentments. There are no saints anywhere in this world."
After sitting quietly for a long time, Zhao Shen finally said, "Now there is news about Chengdu Prefecture and Lianli City!"
"Your Majesty, Chengdu is a long way away, and no news has come back yet.
However, General Wang Huaichun is also a veteran on the battlefield, so nothing will happen to him."
Wang Quan said respectfully.
Zhao Shen shook his head, "Maybe I made a mistake in transferring Shen Tang back."
When Wang Quan heard this, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty has his own considerations, how could he be wrong?
Besides, there are millions of people in the Song Dynasty who wear armor and control strings. How can a mere Chengdu Prefecture cause any trouble?"
"Why!"
Zhao Shen sighed softly, with an incomprehensible look on his face.
Even in front of Zhang Jun and others, he would not show such a look. However, Wang Quan has followed him for decades, just like his shadow, so when only the two of them are around, he subconsciously takes off his clothes. Disguised.
"Originally, I thought that our Song Dynasty had many soldiers and generals, and sufficient food and grass.
However, yesterday, I mentioned that we would send more troops to Chengdu. After Zhang Jun and Ma Shao discussed it, I am afraid that we can only send about 40,000 to 50,000 troops in a short period of time.
Moreover, this has almost wiped out the foundation of the imperial court."
"If Shen Tang is transferred, don't worry, the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from the Jin Kingdom will naturally leave.
As a result, the power of the Song Dynasty in Chengdu is really weak..."
At first, confused by those remarks, Zhao Shen impulsively issued an imperial edict to be transferred to Shen Tang.
However, now, he regrets it a bit! Although Shen Tang is just a newcomer who has just entered the court, with Shen Tang in charge of Chengdu Mansion, there will be tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from the Jin Kingdom to help him, and Liancheng The power will also be tilted towards Chengdu Prefecture without reservation.
Coupled with the Sheng family, the Shao family, and even the power behind the Jin Kingdom princess, they will form a huge force with Shen Tang as the center. However, by transferring Shen Tang away, he can indeed rest assured. However, The current Chengdu Prefecture is probably in a mess.
Not to mention Wang Huai's talent, but he only has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command. How easy is it to pacify Chengdu?
Zhao Shen's guess was correct, Chengdu Mansion was indeed in chaos!
Mengda and his two men returned to their clan, which directly angered Wang Huaizhen, so he ordered Zhou Yu to lead five thousand soldiers and horses to show force to the two clans, hoping to kill the chickens to scare the monkeys!
However, although these two tribes each only have two to three thousand warriors who can fight, how can they be so easy to deal with due to their geographical advantage?
Zhou Yu came to the Poisonous Insect tribe first under the leadership of the guide. However, in the dense forest, before they could find the Poisonous Insect tribe, they inexplicably injured more than a thousand soldiers and horses! In the end, Zhou Yu had to go first. He retreated, planning to take back the Poison Ivy tribe and then deal with the Poisonous Insect tribe.
When they arrived outside the Poison Ivy tribe, nothing unexpected happened. However, Zhou Yu was already angry, so the two sides talked for a short time before fighting directly.
The two sides fought a fierce battle, and the members of the Poison Ivy tribe suffered hundreds of casualties, but Zhou Yu's soldiers suffered more than a thousand casualties!
After two defeats, coupled with the fact that they only brought a few days' worth of food and grass, they finally had to return to the Song Army's camp on the side of Wenshan Mountain in embarrassment.
Almost at the same time, Wang Huaixun also asked Sun Ze to put pressure on the Qiang people!
However, the Qiang people not only failed to obey any orders, but instead mobilized all their clan troops, plus some small tribes who came to support, a total of 50,000 to 60,000 troops entrenched on the side of Wenshan to confront the Song army from a distance.
For a time, Wang Huai was unable to get off the tiger!
If we evacuate directly, not to mention the issue of food and grass, we will lose all face.
But if you don’t leave, do you really want to fight this battle?
The purpose of coming here is to eliminate the invading Tubo people. If he has not yet fought with the Tubo people, he will have to fight the Qiang people first. What will he do to fight the Tubo people then?
Zhao Shen sighed again and again. He estimated that when news of the situation in Chengdu Prefecture reached Lin'an, his regret would be even stronger.
"What about Lianli City?"
Zhao Shen rubbed his eyebrows and continued to ask.
When Wang Quan heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate.
Seeing this, Zhao Shen frowned, "What?
Could it be that the ladies in Shen Hall failed to obey the imperial edict?"
It's no wonder that Zhao Shen thinks so. Although Shen Tang is not here and only a few women are in charge of Lianli City, Zhao Shen knows that these women cannot be underestimated.
Liu Xiangling is originally from a family of officials. There are some things that even people who have never eaten pork have seen pigs running away.
Although Shao Muyu comes from a merchant family, she is not a simple woman after traveling south and north these years.
Not to mention Wanyan Yue, as the princess of the Jin Kingdom, her courage and temper are both elusive.
Although Zhao Shen didn't want to think about it, he had to admit that at least this Wanyan Yue was probably not even in the eyes of the emperor himself.
In addition, Zhao Shenke has not forgotten that there is a special existence in Lianli City.
Although my sister has always been well-behaved, it is not impossible for her to cause some troubles with these girls, such as refusing to accept the imperial edict.
"That's not true..." Wang Quan said quickly.
"Since His Majesty's imperial edict reached Lianli City, the people in the Shen Mansion have not accepted it. The reason is that Shen Tang was not present and the edict was given to Shen Tang. Therefore, no one else dared to accept the edict without authorization.
However, I am extremely obedient to His Majesty’s will.”
"On the day Magistrate Geng entered Lianli City, after a simple handover, the Shen Mansion took back the manpower in the mansion, and directly closed the door of the mansion to no more visitors, without any delay and without causing any trouble to Mr. Geng.
However, our family heard that Master Geng did a lot of things after he arrived in Lianli City, which caused a significant reduction in transactions in Lianli City, and many merchants no longer go to Lianli City."
"What?"
Zhao Shen's expression turned cold. Originally, he was quite happy when he heard that the Shen Mansion was closed.
At least, these women did not disobey the imperial edict.