No one expected that the conflict between military generals and civil servants would break out at this time. This was not a good atmosphere for negotiations, and it would not be an exaggeration to call it a threat.
The interests of Yun Zheng, Shi Zhongxin and others are closely related. They may give in on other matters, but they will not give in in the face of interests.
Zhao Zhen's face was extremely ugly. He glanced at Shi Zhongxin coldly and said: "We will discuss this matter back to Beijing. No more words at this time!"
Shi Zhongxin clasped his fists and agreed, looking at Li Shu with contempt as she sat back down and remained silent. The emperor reprimanded Shi Zhongxin in public without talking about Li Shu.
Naturally, you can scold your own people when you open your mouth and hit them when you raise your hands. Naturally, you need to be enthusiastic and considerate of face when dealing with outsiders. This is a very common truth, so Li Shu still wants to talk, but when she sees other ministers, they just don’t look at them with a blank expression.
, the person who observes the mind with his nose is like a clay statue of Bodhisattva, so he has no choice but to keep his mouth shut.
I thought that raising such a heart-wrenching question at this critical time would be somewhat advantageous, but unexpectedly the emperor did not think there was any problem with the general recruiting a few disabled soldiers.
Generals have done this since ancient times. There is nothing to make a fuss about. As a general, you must naturally win over the morale of the army. Finding a way out for some disabled subordinates who fought bravely is in line with the virtues of the Song Dynasty. Even if Taizu released his military power over a glass of wine
After that, the general was never deprived of the privilege of retaining personal guards under such harsh circumstances.
These days in the army, the emperor still discovered some problems. For example, if a general wants to command the army with ease, he must place his cronies in important positions. This is not to exclude other generals, but on the battlefield.
It's a habit.
When a general is charging into battle, he certainly doesn't want the reinforcements behind him to be controlled by someone he doesn't like or trust. That would be a recipe for death on a rapidly changing battlefield.
The general's bodyguard is actually the most powerful combat force in the army. They can fully implement the general's combat intentions and fight to the death. There are many examples of the army relying on the assault of the bodyguard to achieve victory. Li Shu
At first glance, his statement seems reasonable. If his ideas are followed, the civil servants will always be able to use the method of the cook to untie the cow to make a general become a bare general, which will ultimately damage the combat effectiveness of the Song Dynasty's army.
Nowadays, the Song Dynasty has implemented the strategy of generals who do not know the soldiers and soldiers who do not know the generals. Generals at the level of Yun Zheng and Di Qing will not interfere in the daily management of the army. They will only use the army during war and personally control the army. Zhao Zhen
He thought that such a policy had basically eliminated the possibility of a general supporting his troops with self-respect, but Zhao Zhen still knew that going too far would be unsatisfactory.
"Where has Emperor Liao arrived?" Zhao Zhen asked Zou Tong gently.
Zou Tong waved to the scout who carried the flag on his back, asked the emperor what he wanted to know, and then whispered: "The Emperor of Liao is less than ten miles away from Pingxingtai! The leading troops have arrived at Pingxingtai and are setting up sentries. Our army of the Song Dynasty arrived in Pingxingtai early in the morning.
Arriving at Pingxingtai, the person responsible for the advance guard duty was General Xiaolin!
However, according to the scouts’ reports, General Xiaolin did not get along well with the generals of the Liao’s vanguard force. They had already had three small-scale conflicts, and General Xiaolin beheaded him three times!”
Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment and said, "How did Yun Zheng deal with it?"
Zou Tong said without hesitation: "The general's military order only has four words: Those who are dissatisfied will be killed!"
Zhao Zhen couldn't understand what Yun Zheng was doing at all, so he turned to look at Han Qi.
Han Qi cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the general's military order is not inappropriate. Our army first treated him with courtesy. The Liao people are domineering and do not know etiquette. At this time, it is time to speak with swords. Your majesty's majesty cannot be desecrated. I will kill you if you can."
Prestige, destroy the arrogance of the Liao people!"
"It's true that Xiao Lin was born in the Boy Army, so he is not a person who doesn't know the importance of things."
Bao Zheng smiled and said: "Favours come from above. Only Your Majesty can show favors. The general is in charge of conquests. To Your Majesty, the Pingxingtai Alliance is an alliance. To the General, it is probably the same as fighting."
The war in Dingzhou has not yet subsided, and the application of military law will be beneficial and harmless."
A goshawk descended from the sky and landed on the emperor's chariot. It took two steps on the wooden floor majestically and cooed twice cheerfully towards the erection beside the chariot.
These days, Zou Tong has learned how to deal with these Hai Dongqing. With a smile on his face, he took out a piece of fresh beef from the ice box held by the palace maid, fed the eagle meat with one hand, and freed up the other hand to untie the Hai Dongqing.
Dongqing pulled out the silk from the bamboo tube on his leg, took a look at it, and handed it to the emperor who was watching this scene with great interest.
"Fighting general?" Zhao Zhen looked at the words on the silk, frowned and asked Zou Tong to hand the silk to Han Qi. He didn't understand why Emperor Liao made such a request.
Fighting between generals was very popular in the Spring and Autumn Period. War at that time was relatively primitive, and one strong general could determine the outcome of a war.
Han Qi read the words on the silk and smiled and said: ". "Spring and Autumn" records that in the first year of Lu Xi, the army of Prince You of Lu defeated the army of Ju in Li. At that time, Prince You said to Juna: "The two of us
If there is a feud between them, what is the crime of the soldiers?" So they retreated to fight each other, and Juna was defeated in a duel and captured alive. This is the earliest record of fighting generals known to Wei Chen, and few people have mentioned it again since the Spring and Autumn Period.
The fighting general only said that.
Your Majesty can just laugh it off. It is said in the "Bing Lei Yao" that "when two formations are established, each will fight with its generals, which is called a challenge." This is the definition of fighting generals in battle formations.
Historically, various histories, novels, and notes have recorded many scenes of battles between generals, but there are very few records in official history. Anecdotes from unofficial histories cannot be trusted.
Victory or defeat on the battlefield mainly depends on the combat effectiveness of the army and the commanding ability of the generals, rather than on the "braveness" of the general. "Sun Tzu's Art of War" says that a general must possess the five basic principles of wisdom, faith, benevolence, courage and strictness.
There are no requirements for "great strength" or "ability to fight" among the qualities. Bai Qi may not necessarily be highly skilled in martial arts, but he can also "trap" 400,000 Zhao troops. Han Xin was timid in private fights and willing to accept the humiliation, but in the future he would
He helped Liu Bang conquer the Han Dynasty. As for Wei Qing, Zhou Yu, and Li Jing, they were not brave and ruthless people, but they lived up to their reputation as famous generals in ancient times."
Bao Zheng laughed loudly and said: "The Emperor of Liao was very poor in skills. He couldn't get any advantage on the battlefield, so he just wanted to win with brute force. It's really a sigh that the great Liao Kingdom has been reduced to this."
Song Shou laughed and said: "The Book of Han once recorded that Liu Bang, the king of Han, and Xiang Yu fought in Guangwu. Xiang Yu wanted to challenge the king of Han alone. Liu Bang said: "I would rather fight with wits than with strength." Xiang Yu ordered the warriors to go out to challenge, but was defeated.
The Han general Lou Fan was killed with an arrow. The King of Han was really smart. Although he lost his dignity in front of the battle, he won the battle.
We, the Song Dynasty, have never been famous for their military force. Those who are called out outside the Donghua Gate are heroes. Your Majesty, General, will kill any Liao general who challenges you with one arrow!"
After Zhao Zhen listened to the discussion of the officials, a smile appeared on his cheeks. He gently knocked on the dragon chair and said with a smile: "Zou Tong, show this silk to the general and listen to his opinion!"
Seeing that the emperor was happy, Zou Tong smiled and took the silk to go to the back to find Yun Zheng. He came back after a while and said to the emperor with a strange expression: "Why can't the general say that we can't fight against generals?"
Zhao Zhen, who was rejoicing, suddenly froze. He thought he had heard wrong and asked Zou Tong to say it again.
"The general said that our army as a whole is not as good as the Liao in hand-to-hand combat, but the top generals are not comparable to those guys in the Liao who only know that the stronger will win. There are so many strong men in the Jingxi Army, just send out any one
You can kill Liao people like shit..."
"Absurd! Yun Zheng is trying to make excuses." Li Shu finally found a chance to speak and quickly made a sarcastic comment.
Han Qi frowned and said, "Why does the general want to fight with the Liao people?"
Comrade Zou said: "The general said that the Jingxi Army has never lost! He has ordered Xiao Lin to take the opportunity to kill all the soldiers of the Liao forward camp."
"Nonsense!" Bao Zheng suddenly stood up and said to the emperor: "This is chaos, your majesty, please stop it."
Zhao Zhen said in embarrassment: "This is the army, and the general is the chief officer. It's not good for me to override others. Since the general said there is a way, let's just wait and see."
Su Shi hurried over from behind wearing a loose robe and handed a piece of paper to Zou Tong, who quickly showed it to the emperor.
There are only two large characters written in thick ink on it - Unreasonable!
Zhao Zhen didn't know why, so he turned over the piece of paper and showed it to the ministers. Han Qi looked at it and thought for a moment and said: "The two-character principle of unreason is the way to be a general. Since we have the advantage, we must implement our advantage."
The general believes that only by completely knocking down the arrogance of the Liao people can we gain an advantage in subsequent negotiations. Since the general is confident, the veteran will wait and see.
It is also a good talk for two or three sons to play with each other in front of the king before the war!"
Song Shou sighed and said: "Privy Envoy, this is not how the ancient etiquette was used. Whether the Khitan people know the etiquette of the Spring and Autumn Period or not is a matter of debate."
Han Qi said with a straight face: "In recent years, many Song people have gone to the Liao Kingdom and become officials in Xixia. The Khitan people are not familiar with etiquette. I thought those Song people who were officials in the past still knew about it.
Scholar Li, your brother Li Zhun is serving in the Liao Kingdom, I wonder if you brothers will have a chance to meet each other this time."
Li Shu's face was pale, she pointed at Han Qi with trembling hands and said angrily: "I only have two brothers, where is my brother Li Zhun?"
Han Qi said calmly: "This is what a big family is like. During the Three Kingdoms period, the Zhuge brothers were like this. The three brothers served in the Three Kingdoms respectively. This was done to ensure safety. No matter which country wins, the Zhuge family will prosper forever.
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Li Shu, now is the world of the Song Dynasty, and we are the sovereign state of the world, with unparalleled glory. The tricks of the Three Kingdoms will not work in the Song Dynasty. You are secretly rejoicing and thinking that you have a plan, but you don’t know that the gods in the sky are watching you.
I secretly communicated with you and thought I had a plan, but I didn’t know that my Song Dynasty scouts are all over the world, and the evil spirits can’t even think of escaping!” (To be continued)