Zhao Hongrun lived quite a leisurely life for many days after that. Apart from focusing his main attention on the Smelting Bureau and Langgang Military Camp, he also occasionally paid attention to the war in Northern Xinjiang.
There is nothing much to say about the Metallurgical Bureau. It has already been on the right track. Under the leadership of Director Wang Fu, several departments under its jurisdiction have developed vigorously. The only regret is that the shape of the Metallurgical Bureau overlaps with that of the Ministry of Industry.
, and the two parties are not in a subordinate relationship, because they do not have a high status in the court.
However, Zhao Hongrun didn't care about this. After all, his positioning of the Metallurgical Bureau was like the "industrial and metallurgical research and development agency" of Wei State, rather than a government office like the Ministry of Industry. There was no need to show up in the court.
What kind of place does it occupy?
What's more, the Smelting Bureau has a very close relationship with the Ministry of Works, so why bother making officials from the Ministry of Works feel grudged for some meaningless reputation?
As for the Langgang military camp, that is, the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army, in addition to training these days, Zhao Hongrun also asked Lintao Lord Wei Ji to explain various situations about the Qin army to the senior generals of the two armies. After all, Lintao Lord Wei Ji had
Qin's armies have fought against each other many times, and he is the person in Wei who understands Qin's army best besides Jiang Bi.
Furthermore, if nothing unexpected happens, Lintao Lord Wei Ji will accompany Zhao Hongrun to fight the Qin army in the future. Therefore, introducing him to Qu Cheng, Wu Ji and others in advance will avoid meeting him later.
As for how to arrange Lintao Jun Wei Ji, this is really a problem.
In fact, if they were to fight against the Qin army, Lintao Lord Wei Ji was actually more suitable as the commander-in-chief of the three armies than Zhao Hongrun. But the problem was that the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army were very unfamiliar with Wei Ji, so how could they be convinced? Furthermore, Lintao Lord
Wei Ji once commanded the Wei army in Longxi, not the Wei army. He actually did not understand the strength of the Wei army. If Wei Ji, the lord of Lintao, was rashly appointed as the commander-in-chief, whether the Shang Shui army and the Yanling army would be convinced of this
The problem is, I am afraid that Lintao Lord Wei Ji himself will be in a confused situation.
Of course, Zhao Hongrun also thought about letting Qu Cheng or Wu Ji assist Wu Ji, but if you think about it carefully, Qu Cheng and Wu Ji had just been promoted to generals. It would not be conducive to let them serve as deputy generals to assist Wei Ji at this time.
Wu Ji and Qu Cheng continued to take charge of the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army in the future.
For this reason, Zhao Hongrun thought about it and finally appointed Wei Ji, Lord of Lintao, as the "General Staff General".
To put it bluntly, he is the commander-in-chief and staff officer. He has a high status but has almost no military power. As for adding the word "general", it is actually just to make it sound more pleasant and show that Zhao Hongrun respects Wei Ji. It is actually of no use.
It has to be said that Zhao Hongrun felt a little ashamed to ask Lintao Lord Wei Ji, who had been in charge of Longxi, as his general. However, Lintao Lord Wei Ji didn't care about it and happily accepted Zhao Hongrun's invitation.
After all, in Lintao Lord Wei Ji's heart, defeating the Qin's vigor at this time was the top priority. As for whether he would take over military power, he actually didn't care.
Thinking about it, if Wei Ji really cared, he would not resign from the position of general of the "Three Northern Armies" on his own.
In addition, Wei Ji also took into consideration the emotions of Shang Shui Army and Yan Ling Army.
After all, according to his understanding, although the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army were the armies of the Wei State, in fact, they were more aligned with the private army of King Su Zhao Run. This meant that both armies were members of the King Su Party, and he was from the Longxi Wei Dynasty.
If you rashly come down by air and assume power in the Shangshui Army or Yanling Army, even with the support of Zhao Hongrun, it will easily arouse the hostility of the generals of the two armies.
You must know that today's Shangshui Army and Yanling Army have already determined the backbone of the army's framework. If you force one person to enter, you will be squeezed out.
But on the other hand, if it is a general who is not involved in military power, there will be no conflict with generals such as Qu Cheng and Wu Ji. At that time, these generals will be easier to guide for the sake of Zhao Hongrun.
No, on the first day, Zhao Hongrun introduced Lintao Lord Wei Ji to the generals of the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army. The generals were still a little wary and wary of Wei Ji, but they could wait for the news that "Wei Ji would take over the post of general staff general".
After reviewing the two armies, the attitude of the generals of the two armies towards Wei Ji was obviously much more friendly.
Even if Wei Ji later suggested that the Shangshui Army and Yanling Army conduct some tactical drills that the latter two did not understand, Wu Ji, Qu Cheng and other generals also cooperated.
After all, there is no interest between the two parties, so why should it be so cold?
He left Lintao Lord Wei Ji in the Langgang military camp, and ordered Qu Cheng and Wu Ji to cooperate with Wei Ji to have the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army conduct drills and maneuvers to restrain the Qin army. Zhao Hongrun returned to Daliang on his own.
On August 17, the Jun Shui Army returned to Daliang.
After Bailiba, the general of the dredging army, went to Chui Gong Hall of the Imperial Palace to deliver military affairs, he visited Prince Su's Mansion of Zhao Hongrun. He was accompanied by five battalion generals: Cao Jie, Gong Yuan, Wu Ben, Yu Chun, and Li Ji.
For Zhao Hongrun, the former Eighth Prince and now King Su, the generals of the Jun Shui Army were very moved.
Especially Bailiba.
Because three years ago, when Zhao Hongrun took charge of the army for the first time and took on the task of repelling Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo's army, Bailiba was not very reassured about Zhao Hongrun. He was always worried that Zhao Hongrun's domineering and arbitrary way of commanding the army would bring him down.
The war is ruined.
However, later facts proved that his worries were unnecessary, Zhao Hongrun was even better than he imagined.
But now, as Zhao Hongrun returned victorious from his second expedition against Chu, even Bailiba looked at Zhao Hongrun with a hint of admiration, so much so that when Zhao Hongrun called him uncle affectionately, Bailiba actually
I was a little panicked and didn't even dare to say anything.
However, Zhao Hongrun finally allowed Bailiba to accept the honorific title of uncle.
He respected Bailiba very much, because if it weren't for Bailiba's unreserved trust, he, Zhao Hongrun, might not be able to reach the heights he is today.
Bailiba was moved by Zhao Hongrun's respect, but also a little bit emotional. Because a junior whom he had watched grow up far surpassed him in just three years, and now he is gradually being recognized by others.
Titled Mingshuai.
"...How can I be called a famous commander? In terms of hard work and merit, you uncles are the best." Zhao Hongrun said humbly, and frequently persuaded Bailiba and others to drink.
Seeing that Zhao Hongrun still respected him and others so much, Baili Ba was moved, but also had a vague feeling of being late.
Just as it is said that they know their own affairs, Zhao Hongrun said that they, the generals of the uncle generation, are the ones with the most merit through hard work, but in Bailiba's view, their hard work is worthy of mention, but as for merit, that is not necessarily the case.
In fact, Bailiba's talent is not very high. His military tactics focus on "steadiness and prudence", which is similar to that of Zhu Hai, the general of the Chenggao Army, Xu Yin, the general of the Fenxing Army, and others.
It is undeniable that Baili Ba, Xu Yin, Zhu Hai and others were lucky because they were not only the former imperial guards of the Wei Emperor, but they were also in an era when the generals of the Wei State were in short supply. There were many outstanding generals who served in the Wei State.
The years when the emperor ascended the throne to the new emperor.
At that time, the Shun Shui Army and the Yu Shui Army faced each other, and eventually both perished. I don't know how many Wei people lamented this.
Because at that time, the Shunshui Army commanded by "Jing Wang Zhao Yuanzuo" and the Yu Shui Army commanded by Yu Wang Zhao Yuande almost included at least 50% of Wei's young generals.
Later, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, was exiled, Zhao Yuanke, the king of Yu, retired, the Xiao family was executed, and the generals of Wei State were withered, so that the strength of Wei State's army also plummeted.
It was at that time that Bailiba and others transformed into generals taking charge of one side.
In their own minds, they just hit the right time.
Oh, this does not include Sima An, the general of the Dangshan Army. This was an extremely powerful general. It is said that he once impressed the King of Yu, Zhao Yuandai, and made the then King of Jing, Zhao Yuanzuo, gnash his teeth with hatred.
"Oh, by the way." When they were drinking for the third time, Bailiba seemed to suddenly think of something and said to Zhao Hongrun: "Your Highness, Xu Yin asked me to convey my gratitude to you."
Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, and then understood what Xu Yin meant.
Because if he, Zhao Hongrun, had not led Xu Yin and the Fenxing Army to Chu State to participate in the Four Kingdoms' war against Chu, Xu Yin, who was suffering from rumors at that time, would not have been able to return to Fenxing Fortress so quickly.
"What's there to thank you for?" Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and said with a smile: "In fact, I admire Uncle Xu very much. Uncle Baili, you don't know. At that time, Uncle Xu only had more than 10,000 Fenxing soldiers in his hands, but he
On the opposite side, there is General Xiang Mo of the Chu State Fuli Fort, who holds 400,000 troops, but Uncle Xu still firmly holds the rear defense, allowing Xiang Mo to return without success many times, tsk tsk."
"I know." Bailiba grinned when he heard this and said, "In fact, after Xu Yin returned to Fenxing Fortress, he showed off to me so much that I was tired of hearing it."
After hearing this, the generals Cao Jie, Gong Yuan, Wu Bi, Yu Chun, and Li Qi present laughed and deliberately showed a determined expression of "It is true."
Everyone happily drank a few more drinks, and then the topic turned to Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang who had returned to Daliang a while ago.
Zhao Hongrun could see that Bailiba had deep fears and prejudices against Zhao Yuanzuo, the King of Southern Liang. This was not surprising because as far as Zhao Hongrun knew, his father's family members besides Li Zheng, Bailiba, Xu Yin, and Zhu Hai
, the other five Zongwei except Sima An died at the hands of the Shunshui Army under Zhao Yuanzuo at that time. In contrast, Sima An also killed a Zongwei beside Zhao Yuanzuo. Even after many years, this is still a relationship between the two sides.
Unforgettable grievances.
After another hour, Bailiba, who had drunk to his heart's content, stood up and said goodbye to Zhao Hongrun with his generals, preparing to return to the garrison camp.
But before leaving, Bailiba took out a handwritten letter from his arms and handed it to Zhao Hongrun.
It was actually something like an order, ordering the latest repeating crossbows, sniper crossbows, sleeve arrows and other items made by the Smelting Bureau. It was not signed, but it was stamped with the seal of the chamberlain supervisor.
Zhao Hongrun looked at the handwriting carefully and judged that it was his father's handwriting.
Through the weapons order submitted by Bailiba, the handwriting of Emperor Wei, and the seal of the eunuch, Zhao Hongrun immediately understood what his father wanted to express: to secretly arm the dredging army.
"I understand, I will cooperate with the Jun Shui Army."
Zhao Hongrun nodded, feeling a little uncomfortable.
It is not directed at anyone, but at the current situation in Daliang.