As soon as Li Dingguo opened the curtain of the big tent, he saw the young man sitting at the top of the big tent.
There was no one else in the tent except him.
There is no one in the army who does not know him. This is the leader of their Yunzhou Army, His Majesty the King of Yun!
During the Tartar War, he even went to the battlefield with him. Maybe he was not noticed by him, but it was always an honor that he was proud of. He was promoted to what he is today because of that battle. The commander of the first army of Yunhui Army!
Although he is already the commander-in-chief of an army, Li Dingguo is only eighteen years old this year and still has a young mind. Now that he saw the commander he admired, he took two steps at a time and came quickly with excitement. Zhao Jun, who was two feet short of his body, knelt on one knee and performed a military salute and said:
"Last General Li Dingguo! I have seen His Majesty the Crown Prince Yun!"
To be honest, Li Dingguo also shocked Zhao Jun when he came in. Why do you think it was?
This Li Dingguo is only over 18 years old now. It can be said that he is too young. To use half an old saying to describe him, he is a hairless, yellow-haired child!
But he relied on his solid military exploits to become the senior general of the Yunzhou Army in his hands!
This is a true young talent!
This kid is not bad looking either. He has a pair of sword-shaped eyebrows that fly into his temples. His eyes are staring at him with a determined temperament. His tall nose gives him a domineering air, but it matches him just right!
Young people, how can they be considered young people if they are not arrogant? Or young people who have reached such a high position at such an age, only when they are arrogant do they appear to be talented!
Everyone is a visual animal, and Zhao Jun is no exception. Good-looking people have advantages no matter where they are.
Originally, Zhao Jun only thought that this boy had good abilities. He was a talent at his age, but now he felt happy when he saw the real person.
Everyone likes talented people, and if they are good-looking, they will be even more popular!
Zhao Jun felt that when he saw this boy now, he felt as if Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw Huo Qubing.
He had a feeling that this boy's achievements would definitely be more than that, and he might be his Huo Qubing in the future!
Immediately, Zhao Jun became enthusiastic.
"Hahahaha, you must be Li Dingguo, the recently famous general of our Yunzhou Army. You are really a good general!
good! good! "
With that said, Zhao Jun actually stood up and walked forward to help Li Dingguo, who was kneeling on one knee, up. His enthusiasm immediately made Li Dingguo not know how to react.
He was taken to his seat by Zhao Jun in shock. He didn't react until Zhao Jun returned to his seat.
"Your Majesty, King Yun, he helped you sit down just now!"
After the shock, what followed was an even closer admiration for Zhao Jun.
Zhao Jun looked at Li Dingguo's excited expression and nodded with satisfaction. He also understood things like Corporal Li Xian.
These military men are the most straightforward. If you are really nice to him, he will give you his heart.
Zhao Jun naturally wanted to use this to improve the relationship between the two parties.
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After taking his seat, Zhao Jun revealed his purpose today.
"Commander Li, I came here today because I wanted to see what the new star of our Yunzhou Army's rumored to be a miraculous general looks like. Now that I have seen it, it has indeed lived up to its reputation.
With a rising star like Commander Li here, I can foresee that the future of our Yunzhou Army will be bright and brilliant!
If the army can continue to have generals like Commander Li, it will be a great blessing for our Yunzhou County. "
As soon as Zhao Jun finished speaking, Li Dingguo quickly stood up, clasped his fists and bent down and said:
"My lord, you have given me too much praise. Dingguo just sacrificed his life more than others. Thanks to God's blessing, Dingguo has lived until now. He is not a general, let alone a rising star."
Zhao Jun waved his hand: "Commander Li, there is no need to be self-effacing. No matter how great your military exploits are, they are always real. They were all accomplished by Commander Li with one sword and one arrow. This can't be fake, right?"
As for luck, whoever can become a famous general in this world is not so lucky that he can stand out among thousands of troops. It is your destiny to have such luck, so why be too modest? "
At this point, Li Dingguo fell silent. If he continued to speak, he would be suspected of being pretentious, so he continued to say nothing.
Zhao Jun showed a smile, and then said: "Well, I want to ask you what you think about entering Guan Pingwo this time, and if you have any difficulties, you might as well tell me, maybe I can How about solving it for you?"
As soon as Zhao Jun said these words, Li Dingguo's eyes immediately lit up and he remembered something.
Dangzhi clasped his fists and cupped his hands and said, "To be fair to the prince, Dingguo does have a problem that I don't know how to solve. I need to ask the prince to help Dingguo find a solution."
Li Dingguo's character is like this. He speaks out when he has something to say. He never pretends that there is nothing wrong with him because of his identity.
Zhao Jun particularly likes this kind of outspoken behavior. He also hates those meandering things. A simple thing has to go around ten or eight times to make people guess. Isn't this just sick?
His love for Li Dingguo suddenly became even stronger.
He hurriedly asked: "What's the matter? Tell me?"
Li Dingguo immediately said what he was worried about: "Your Majesty, the last general also escaped from the pass, so he knows the virtues of the landlords, gentry and officials in the pass.
If we were in Yunzhou County, I would dare to confront the enemy head-on with my troops without saying a word.
But the location of this battle is in the southeast of the pass. Regardless of the fact that most of our soldiers in Yunzhou County are from the north, whether they will be acclimatized to the south is a problem.
Regarding the conduct of those officials, it is difficult for the general to believe that they would not stab the Japanese pirates in the back while the general was fighting with the Japanese pirates.
At the end of the day, not only will we have to deal with Japanese pirates, but we will also have to deal with these hidden arrows from behind, which is really tiring and laborious.
This is just for battle. According to the imperial edict, in addition to providing our own armor, equipment, horses and weapons, we asked the officials along the way to allocate grain from official warehouses to us as military rations.
On this point, I will express my doubts! "
Upon hearing this, Zhao Jun immediately showed a meaningful look and asked: "What do you suspect?"
Li Dingguo replied decisively:
"I doubt that they will allocate food to us at all.
As far as the general knew in the pass, not even the rats escaped from those granaries. How could these officials allocate food and grass to the army?
I'm afraid they will delay and delay until we can't catch up, and we will have no choice but to leave, thus delaying the allocation of military rations. By then, how will the army advance and fight if it doesn't even have food? "
Zhao Jun nodded when he heard this, and then said: "Did you know that news came from the pass yesterday that the imperial court had allocated a batch of grain to the cities that were the only way for the Japanese army to enter the pass, specifically to use it. I’m here to provide your military rations, so you can rest assured, right?”
Yesterday, Zhao Jun received a new piece of news from Bianjing. All the officials in the court knew about the situation of the official warehouses in various places, but they just pretended not to know.
But it is necessary for the Ping Japanese Army to enter the pass. We cannot let the Ping Japanese Army go to the southeast hungry. After all, this is not the army of the imperial court. When the time comes, they may just turn around and leave.
Therefore, after deliberation, the imperial court specially allocated a batch of military rations from Nanyang Okura and allocated special military rations to the counties along the planned advance route of the Japanese army.
However, Li Dingguo still shook his head and affirmed: "My lord, have you ever seen the meat that was eaten by the wolf still spit out?"
"you mean?"
"Even if the imperial court allocates military rations, if they fall into the hands of corrupt officials, I'm afraid there will be nothing left when the generals arrive.
Everything is no different from before. "
Zhao Jun nodded: "I know your concerns. What if there is an imperial decree that allows you to kill first and then report it? If you encounter a county that delays for more than one day and does not allocate military rations, you can follow the imperial decree and kill it first and then report it on your own. Handle local officials to raise military rations.
You only need to write down the causes and consequences afterwards and report them to the court. "
"What? Imperial edict? Kill first and report later?"
Li Dingguo's eyes widened in disbelief.
Zhao Jun smiled and nodded: "The imperial power has granted us permission to kill first and then report!"
My old man wants us to help him clean his house and clear out some garbage!
So, are you confident? "
That's right, what came from Bianjing yesterday was not only the news about the imperial court's grain adjustment, but also an imperial edict sealed by Zhao Duan.
The imperial power has granted the right to kill first and then report later!
Zhao Duan wanted to use the temporarily borrowed broom from Yunzhou Army to clean his house.
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(End of chapter)
