It is the first moment of noon in Xizhou.
Under the commanding flag of the Jinglue Mansion, the imperial edict has been unfolded, and the gold medal is eye-catching.
Zhang Yue held the imperial edict in his hand and his eyes narrowed slightly, but he did not say the word "receive the edict" for a long time.
He read the imperial edict again and again, but saw that the emperor's tone on the order to withdraw troops was not so firm.
But recalling the twelve gold medals, the first gold medal was still polite, asking Wu Mu to withdraw his troops and return to Beijing to receive the reward, but the subsequent ones were more resolute, and in the end he used a tone of immediate execution.
Although this is not necessarily a historical fact, it can be speculated based on this.
The gold medal envoy said: "Zhang Longtu, the imperial message sent by this gold medal is like an ancient message. Don't neglect it! The withdrawal of troops is a foregone conclusion. The new commander Wang Zhongzheng who will supervise this matter is on his way. Please Zhang Longtu." Retreat and return to Tongyuan Army!"
Not only did the gold medal troops withdraw, but the supervisory troops were also dispatched.
Zhang Yue said: "Thank you for informing me."
Although Zhang Yue informed him, he did not say whether to accept the order or not... This was undoubtedly a message to his subordinates.
Everyone was a little restless.
But someone said: "The military has decided to stop marching into Hezhou at this time. Don't you think the general will not accept the order of the emperor?"
The sound was not loud, but it was a first-class signal.
But everyone is still hesitating, saying this if the foreign emperor's fate is not accepted. Don't you know that this is what the Song Dynasty is most afraid of?
So this person muttered something and pressed the button.
Zhang Shouyue said to his left and right: "Don't talk nonsense, let's listen to the commander-in-chief's wishes."
The military leaders remained silent.
Everyone waited silently for Zhang Yue's meaning. At this time, Zhang Yue asked: "May I ask when the gold medal text was sent out?"
"Eight days ago."
"What time?"
"It's after Youshi!"
"Is it after Youshi?" Zhang Yue asked.
"Yes." The gold medal messenger hesitated for a moment and then said truthfully.
Zhang Yue said: "Okay, I will not obey this edict!"
The gold medal envoy's expression changed, and the officials on Xihe Road and the generals on his left and right were all showing off.
Is this a rebellion?
There are also people who think, if they had known this, Zhang Longtu would have known it, so at least we should be prepared.
The gold medal envoy asked with a gloomy face: "I didn't hear you clearly, please ask Zhang Jinglue to say it again!"
Zhang Yue only knew one thing. Now that the military council had decided on a plan to attack Hezhou, once he was ordered to withdraw his troops, his prestige in Xihe would be gone.
Zhang Yue did not insist on saying: "Eight days ago was not the time of great daily life. The edict was issued at the Youshi time. It can be seen that it was not discussed by the prime ministers of the two houses. This was not an order, but a random order from the imperial court. I will not obey the order of Xihe Road." also!"
The gold medal envoy was stunned. He didn't expect Zhang Yue to infer this from his few words.
When everyone heard that this was indeed the case, they suddenly heard a burst of whispers.
At this moment, the emotions of being teased by Zhang Yue surged up, and the gold medal envoy asked: "Does Zhang Longtu know what you are talking about?"
There was already a hint of threat in these words.
Everyone held their breath and looked at Zhang Yue, but when they saw him he smiled and said: "You heard me clearly, I will not obey this order!"
At this time, an official came out and said: "Yes, your Majesty has given the manager the power to make arbitrary decisions based on the situation, and now he suddenly changes it. What else is it than a random order? Someone must have suggested something, so that His Majesty was not aware of it for a moment and issued this random order!"
Some people dare to call this a random fate.
Everyone looked to see who was echoing Zhang Yue.
It turned out to be Su Che, the secretary-general of Xizhou.
Su Che kept a low profile in Xizhou, and no one expected that he would be the first to stand up and support Zhang Yue.
To be honest, Zhang Yue didn't expect it. He originally thought it would be Xing Shu, Lu Shengqing and the others, but he didn't expect it to be Su Che.
But then I thought about it, Su Che was the most likely.
Needless to say, Zhang Yue and Su Shi's brothers were friends. When Wang Anshi was angered by the two of them, he kept protecting them.
Moreover, although Su Che was a man of few words, he was very courageous. When he was in charge of the imperial examination, he was the one who criticized Emperor Renzong thoroughly.
In the eyes of an orthodox scholar-bureaucrat like Su Che, the emperor was nothing. As officials, we are here to educate the emperor on what we should do and what we should not do. We are not here to let the emperor manipulate us.
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A censor of the Tang Dynasty dared to scold her husband in the palace, without even caring about the emperor's face. Now, if anyone dares to accompany Zhang Yue to resist the decree, it must be Su Che.
Judging from the time of issuing the edict mentioned by Zhang Yue, one of the official edicts was not issued during the fifth day of the general public, indicating that there was no prior discussion. The other time was in the evening, when the two governors Although there are people who are taking turns in the palace, it is impossible for them all to arrive.
Therefore, the officials probably listened to the opinions of one or two prime ministers. Because of Jing Sili's death in battle, they were at a loss for what to do. In panic, they issued a temporary edict for Zhang Yue to withdraw his troops. This was not a completely mature decision.
Zhang Yue raised questions about the details of the edict.
Of course, Zhang Yue couldn't question it alone, not even as a military envoy or even as a Jiedushi envoy. Someone still had to follow him. Su Che was the first to stand up and take up the role of resisting the order with Zhang Yue.
At this time, Zhang Kai came out and said: "Please let the envoy tell your majesty that the military meeting has just been held and the generals have unanimously decided to send troops to Hezhou. Even if it is a familiar destiny, it cannot be changed. Otherwise, how can we run the army?"
Zhang Kai is the planner of this troop dispatch plan, and he has a stake in it.
Zhang Yue thought of this and looked at Zhang Shouyue and other generals, but they remained silent. The Song Dynasty had used culture to control military affairs for so many years, so that they no longer dared to question the orders from the emperor.
Thinking of that scene seventy years later.
When the first gold medal was handed down, Wu Mu wanted to convene the generals for discussion. The second gold medal was handed down... After the twelve gold medals were handed down, each one became more severe than the last, and no change could be made at this moment.
Ten years of hard work was wasted in one day.
How can anyone who reads history not sigh with regret when reading this?
The gold medal envoy said: "Zhang Longtu, this king Zhongzheng is already on his way, the gold medal will not arrive first..."
Zhang Yue said, "I understand."
He looked at Zhang Shouyue and asked: "Old General Zhang, is the strategy just discussed in the military discussion feasible?"
Zhang Shouyue was silent for a moment and said, "It's feasible."
Zhang Yue looked at Cai Yanqing again and said: "Cai Gong can testify that the decision to send troops is not made by Zhang alone! It comes from the public discussion!"
Cai Yanqing nodded and said, "Of course."
Zhang Yue said to the gold medal envoy: "I have also seen it. Zhang has only one sentence now, and he will not accept the fate of the foreign king."
When the gold medal envoy heard this, the officials and generals under his fingers asked: "Resisting and disrespecting the decree is a serious crime of beheading. Do you want to remove the heads one by one?"
After speaking, the gold medal messenger raised his brows, stared, mouth crooked, and put his hands behind his back, as if he was the emperor at this moment.
Officials are not unreasonable people, but things often happen to these villains who like to use chicken feathers as arrows.
"As the commander said, is this a random fate?"
"The emperor does not know the responsibilities of the three armies, how can he talk about the affairs of the three armies?"
"Who are you? How dare you say such nonsense to me!"
The civil servants did not accept this, and upon hearing this, they pointed at the gold medal envoy and cursed. The gold medal envoy was startled. He just wanted to scare them, but the civil servants of the Song Dynasty would not accept his trick.
"In the past, Li Wenjing could even burn imperial edicts? I'm afraid of a bird!" The swear words were also violent.
"Where is the holy scroll? I will burn it too..."
Halfway through what he said, his mouth was still covered.
Seeing that the civil servants were furious, the generals were silent for a while. They all looked at Zhang Shouyue and Wang Junwan. The two of them were just silent, and the other generals did not dare to say anything.
The gold medal envoy was also scolded in a panic. He pointed at Zhang Shouyue and Wang Junwan said: "The imperial court does not kill civil servants, but how many lives do you people have?"
Seeing Zhang keeping his promise, the king never dared to talk back. The generals on the left and right paused and sighed, all with gloomy faces.
If they had attacked Hezhou before, it would have been only between two choices, but how could they allow the villain to bully them?
Cai Yanqing wanted to speak, but Zhang Yue reached out to stop him.
The gold medal envoy said: "I put my words here, as long as a soldier leaves this Xizhou City, it will be regarded as resisting the decree!"
All the generals were silent, but it seemed that on the surface of the calm sea, there was an earth-shaking force brewing below.
At this time, Zhang Yue walked up to Zhang Shouyue and said, "General Zhang, if there are any consequences from this matter, Zhang will bear the responsibility alone and will not implicate others."
Zhang Shouyue raised his head, his eyes suddenly brightened under his gray eyebrows and said: "Since Zhang Jinglue and other scholars have such a responsibility, we martial artists are not cowards. This Hezhou is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, and I also broke through!"
After Zhang Shouyue finished speaking, he turned around to face the generals, twisted his face and said: "Fight back to Hezhou!"
A little spark can turn into a prairie fire.
The power that had been accumulated for a long time suddenly erupted like a volcano that had been dormant for thousands of years.
What responded to Zhang Shouyue at this moment was the roar of the mountains and the tsunami.
"Fight back to Hezhou!"
The roars of dozens of big men echoed in the Jinglue Mansion.
At the military meeting just now, the hesitations, doubts, and embarrassments of Zhang Shouyue and other generals were all gone in an instant.
After countless times of tempering, the pig iron was finally forged into a sword!
The gold medal envoy was stunned and was about to exit the Jinglue Mansion in embarrassment when he suddenly said from outside: "The imperial edict has arrived!"
The second gold medal has arrived!
The gold medal messenger was already laughing wildly.
Zhang Yue, Xu Xi and others looked at Zhang Yue with doubts in their hearts. Could it be that the morale and morale they had finally inspired, this unity, would be recaptured with the arrival of the second gold medal?
But Zhang Yue was so calm that he said: "Follow me to receive the order!"
Everyone suddenly woke up and followed Zhang Yue to the middle gate to receive the order.
"Recapture the previous decree, and let Zhang Yue deal with everything in Xihe!"
The newly arrived gold medal messenger said.
"Chen Zhangyue accepted the order."
Zhang Yue accepted the order calmly, without showing any emotion.
Zhang Shouyue looked at Zhang Yue's demeanor of not being shocked by honor or disgrace, and admired him from the bottom of his heart. This is the true demeanor of a general.
There is a kind of power that lies not in loudness but in wisdom, but this wisdom is not worth mentioning without the blessing of courage and determination.
The doubts, worries, and fears of everyone will be gone, and the dark clouds in their hearts will be swept away.
At this moment, someone in the crowd shouted again: "Go back to Hezhou!"
Zhang Yue interrupted at this moment: "It's not about fighting back to Hezhou! It's about... taking revenge!"
Everyone was startled, and then shouted: "Revenge!"
"revenge!"
"revenge!"
Cai Yanqing looked at this scene and thought, a gentleman's revenge can be avenged in nine lifetimes.
National hatred? A hundred lifetimes are possible!
ps: Si Li's army was overthrown, and the bandits were reinvigorated... The commentator wanted to take advantage of this to abandon the river Huang, and the emperor also sent several envoys to Jieshao to station in Xizhou, and be cautious not to go out... and they won the victory. The superior was very happy and gave him an edict of praise, saying: "The general is in the army, but your orders are not accepted. Your trip to Ninghe is yours."
This is a true historical event, but the protagonist in the book is changed from Wang Shao to Zhang Yue.
