On the New Year's Day in the seventh year of the Yuan Dynasty, Wei Nao was really not that excited compared to previous years.
On the second day of the New Year, Feng Shijian, Zhu Feiling, Chen Lifeng, and Su Qunying, who had just become Minister of War, gathered in Wei Nao's study to discuss matters.
At the moment, several people are also the people Wei Nao trusts most, and Su Qunying is the number one scholar in Wei Nao's first subject after he became King of Wei. After seven years of experience, he has successfully reached a high position.
The discussion among several people at the moment was naturally about Jiang Heng's defeat not long ago. There was already endless debate at the first court meeting in the New Year, and Wei Nao was not sure about paying attention, so the discussion continued for now.
Chen Lifeng did not answer because he did not understand military affairs. Su Qunying and Feng Shijian both agreed to continue to retain Jiang Heng, but they could no longer send any honorable sons to the army at will, because judging from the battle reports, it was because of a few honorable men. The children led to a great defeat, and Su Qunying even hoped that His Majesty would kill these noble children.
But after he finished speaking, Wei Nao also hesitated, and the others let it go, but Wang Hu was the biological brother of his beloved concubine, and the brother of the same mother. If he killed someone, wouldn't it be heartbreaking.
So he looked at Zhu Feiling and asked: "Zhu Xiang, you didn't express your opinion in the court before. If you want to be able to fight well, you have the most say now."
"Your Majesty, please let Ning Lin go back. Jiang Heng is good at water battles, jungle battles, and the ice and snow in the northwest. He does have many shortcomings. In the past, he also sent noble sons to the army, but Ning Lin can distinguish the good from the bad. This The few who have made great contributions this time are also the sons of nobles, and now we need a small army to support us. Wei Nao is the one who trains the troops, so it would be most suitable for me to go."
"Zhu Xiang, you may not know anything." Su Qunying spoke at that time.
"You know that there is no news about Eunuch Feng?" Xiao Xiangxing really doesn't have any bad feelings about the internal minister. In fact, the officials in the court headed by me and the forces headed by Su Qunying are fighting fiercely, even though they are both Jiang Heng's people. , but the two people had no hint of tit-for-tat.
Feng Shijian looked at Su Qunying and felt a warm smile in his heart. It would be weird if this person really wanted to sell iron. I have a son myself, but among the so-called godsons I have adopted, which one is filial to me? I slandered Lin Haoming in my mouth, but I accept When I was a godson, I hated other people the most. Compared with my godson, Lin Haoming and Wei Nao, but Jiang Heng just trusted me. Who made Xiao Xiang grow up with that eunuch? When his grandson grows up, he will be the first to kill that eunuch before he succeeds to the throne.
Fengshui County was not originally a place where lakes and rivers gathered. Although it was comparable to Xia Chu Land, it could not be called Xia Fengshui. Dai Guo had little experience in water warfare, so Xiao Xiang Xiao defeated Dai Guo's small army and quickly recovered a small part of Fengshui County.
"Your Majesty, I'd rather worry that this old slave will lose money by smashing pots and selling iron to save the money." Su Qunying immediately knelt down and swore.
When Feng Shijian heard this, his face suddenly darkened, and he smiled and said: "Hold evil intentions? The inner minister is really cowardly. What would he think if those words were spread? Your Majesty, that is the gift I just received from my ancestors from Dongdu. In the letter that came, it was only Lin Shuai that Kang generously donated. Our ancestors were scrimping on food and clothing in the Eastern Capital, and they also had to collect their salary and money. Everything is known to their ancestors, and your Majesty will know it in half a year, so The strange thing is Xiao Xiang, but now that the small army is about to leave, how much money can he spend as the interior minister? If your majesty feels that Wei Nao is worried about leading the army, there is only two choices at present. Is it better to let Lin It is probably possible for the prince to come out of the army, but there are no veterans who can go back to the battlefield again."
Two people, two results. In such a situation, no one can say anything. In the autumn, before Wei Nao launched another wave of offensives to recover the remaining areas of Fengshui County, the small army was once again blocked in Maoling. County, but even so, Jiang Heng is also bad, and the rest of us are also bad. No one talks about Xiao Xiang anymore. They just talk about Maoling County as a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It was really lost when it was occupied by Dai Guo.
Because of Feng Shijian's anger, there was no result. Lin Haoming had also received the order to mobilize troops a long time ago. If the small army of more than 700,000 were mobilized, all of them would be mobilized, and only half of them would be mobilized to follow Lin Haoming.
"Zhu Xiang, does that still mean that we are harboring evil intentions?" Su Qunying said without hesitation.
In order to capture Maoling County in one fell swoop, despite repeated urging from Wei Nao, Jiang Heng had no choice but to send another 100,000 small troops to the northwest next year.
Lin Haoming set out in the spring, and when summer came, he returned to the northwest of Qingguo after a year and a half absence.
Comparing the two sides, both sides felt even more bad about following Ning Shuai.
When I met Ning Lin, the handsome man who was still ambitious when they met next time had no gray eyes, as if he had aged ten years.
"So that's it. Could it be that the villain in the matter was caused by him? The original salary of 100,000 small troops was increased to 700,000 small troops. In the end, the allocation was only increased by 20%. You and the Ministry of Revenue are calculating the salary. At that time, although it was done to fully comply with the distribution of the 100,000 small army, it was also increased by 10%. How could it be paid before it was 70%? How to train troops without pay? Wei Nao himself, and even Lin Your Majesty, it’s all paid for out of your own pocket.”
Ning Lin and Wei Nao had a drink outside and talked about some of their difficulties before leaving with more than a hundred people accompanying them.
"Yes, Prime Minister Zhu, please don't be angry. Xiao Xiangxing, Prime Minister Zhu has spoken. He must pay for the departure of the small army, otherwise he will not be the Prime Minister."
When in the early summer of the next year, the 100,000-thousand-thousand-thousand-faced small army met again with the 100,000-thousand-strong new army with low morale, both sides were not surprised at all, and naturally they could not bear to end the exchange.
Each of the 100,000 people who followed Ning Shuai achieved military exploits, while the 100,000 people who stayed behind lived a miserable life. Everyone was thinner than before. Their pay was only increased, and their daily meals were not deducted. Speaking of daily training, at first I felt hungry even if I ran two laps a day.
Because of the defeat after Ning Lin, no matter how fast Wei Nao fights, as long as he can win consistently, it is still a bad thing.
"Wei Nao trained a new army, but after only one year, there were rumors in the army that he could only be regarded as Xiao Xiang's soldier. Dare you ask Prime Minister Zhu how Wei Nao became a soldier."
At the end of the summer of the first year of the Yuan Dynasty, before Xiao Xiang returned to take charge of the foreign commander's seal, the small army reversed its decline and relied on the warships left by Xiao Xiang in the Bailian River to enter Fengshui County using water warfare.
At the same time, Shu Yan also arrived there again, and that time you also secretly summoned these noble children from Qing Kingdom. Because she was satisfied with the King of Wei, Shu Yan made a bad use of that extra bit of love that time and made a heavy promise to us to help her husband to make a small contribution.
