The next day, Zhao Tong's office held a meeting.
The commander-in-chief of the cavalry army, the deputy commander-in-chief, and the deputy commander-in-chief, all Yuhou; the commander-in-chief, deputy commander-in-chief, and deputy commander-in-chief of the infantry army, all Yuhou; the commanders and envoys of all the armies below were all present.
In this department, Deputy Commander Tan Zhen and Du Yuhou Tieliang were sitting on both sides.
Zhao Tong glanced at the two of them. Since Feng Ju's death, our department has had a vacant deputy capital commander. Normally, Duyu Hou Tieliang takes over his responsibilities.
This Tie Liang was the military attache who was molested by the little maid when he went to Prince Jia's Mansion to kill Feng Ju. He had never been married for half his life, but he was not one of Chao Gai and his ilk who only liked to hone his martial arts and practice boxing. Instead, he enjoyed drinking and hooking up.
However, this man was obedient and kept things right, so Zhao Tong kept using him.
First, Tie Liang said a few words, explaining the origins of Liu Qi and others, their previous military positions in the Western Army, and their current military positions. After letting everyone get to know each other, Zhao Tao spoke.
He looked solemn, glanced at everyone below, and said, "Have you heard anything about Huaixi?"
No one below dares to answer. In the past few days, there have been rumors that Deng Xunwu is about to be defeated. He is now defending Luzhou, but he probably won't be able to hold it.
Deng Xunwu was in charge of the Privy Council, and was actually the Privy Envoy. After Yuanfeng was restructured, he no longer used the official title of Privy Envoy.
If Deng Xun was defeated and Luzhou fell, tens of thousands of the Imperial Guards would be lost. This would be a blow to the imperial court and a major blow to the Imperial Guards.
Zhao Tong looked at the crowd and sneered: "Are you still counting on the Western Army to replace the Imperial Guards and conquer Wang Qing?"
Most of the people below did think so, but there were also some smart ones who secretly glanced at Liu Qi and the others, and felt a little nervous.
Zhao Tong said coldly: "The Western Army will not come. The Western Army has the military affairs of the Western Army. If Luzhou is lost, the next step will not be to pick and choose among the two divisions and three yamen. Instead, Dragon God Guards may send troops from all four compartments. go out!"
As soon as these words came out, the following immediately became noisy. If even the four armies were dispatched, let alone the other armies.
Zhao Tong looked at the commanders of each army: "If the officials really give the order, are you sure that Wang Qing will be wiped out?"
No one spoke, and the commanders of each army lowered their heads and remained silent.
Yao Pingzhong clicked his eyes below and opened his mouth, but when he saw Liu Qi and Zhe Kecun next to him tightly closing their mouths, he closed their mouths hard again.
Zhao Tong looked at these people. Although he looked solemn and serious, he actually had a headache.
Can you fight? Theoretically, it can be fought. The Imperial Guards of Gyeonggi cannot defeat Jin, Liao and Xixia, but they should be able to defeat domestic rebels. After all, they are well-equipped and have good physical fitness.
But that's it, sending troops out twice failed.
Zhao Tong has also read the battle report, but the battle reports of Deng Xunwu and Wang Xiang are not accurate. It is really good to have three points out of ten. They are full of excuses and excuses.
Wang Qing's army was not as good as Fang La's later, nor as good as Liangshan. Fang La's army believed in Mingjiao, and many of them were not afraid of death.
Liangshan's army was better than its generals, and the source of Liangshan's soldiers was stronger than that of Wang Qing's army.
Wang Qing's troops came from three main sources. They were originally bandits, refugees, or defeated soldiers from prefectures and counties.
But just like that, both campaigns were defeated. This was because of the people's hearts.
At present, after two years of training, the Mabu Si Imperial Army is stronger than before, but what is stronger is their physical strength, not their military spirit. The military spirit has not changed much from before.
The nearly two hours of discussion came to an end when Zhao Tong said, "Continue to train."
You still have to practice, practice to the point of death. Even if people don't want to fight by then, you still have to be able to run back. You can't go tens of thousands of people, and only a few thousand people come back, then you will really be completely defeated.
Even if you are sharpening your weapons in battle, it will be nothing if you are not happy.
The matter of military training was left to Liu Qi and the other three. These three people had rich experience in military training. Zhao Tao could rest assured that they would be used to train troops.
If there are people who can use it, there is no need to do it yourself. Zhao Tao will use as much as he can for these three people, and he will never let them idle.
A few days later, Lei San took the palace guards to pull back a large cart of money from under the Zhouqiao Bridge.
When he entered the house, he went to report the news to Zhao Tong. Zhao Tong came to see him and asked him with a cold face how much he had won.
Lei San said: "My lord, after excluding the capital of 20,000 yuan, I have won a full 30,000 taels!"
Zhao Tong frowned and said, "So few?"
Thirty thousand taels sounds like a lot, but the capital is only twenty thousand, which is only one and a half times the amount.
Lei San said: "Your Majesty, too many people bought Qin Hui on the last day, which lowered the percentage of compensation."
Zhao Tong said: "How much did you win?"
Lei San said flatteringly: "I heard from the prince that the two of them used all their personal property and won more than two thousand taels in total. Ouyang Bei, on the other hand, heard that they almost lost their pants."
Zhao Tong looked at him and said, "Really?"
Lei Sang was about to say yes, but suddenly he frowned and said suspiciously: "I have seen the Ding brothers' Guan Pu certificates, but Ouyang Bei's has never been taken out..."
Zhao Tong interrupted him calmly and said: "This money is recorded in the treasury and there is no need to send it to Suiyulou. In the past two years, the money in the house has not been much and everything is tight. It is time to improve things by keeping things simple."
Lei San said: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Zhao Tong added: "As the weather is good, some places in the mansion need to be renovated, and the small martial arts arena needs to be expanded. Some trees and other things need to be transplanted. At least they must be able to run on horses. This matter is not important. Go discuss it with Jian Suyi and come up with a charter."
Lei San responded: "It's the prince, my subordinate will go find Jian Nuxia in a moment."
Zhao Tong turned and left. Lei San looked at Zhao Tong's back, still suspicious in his heart. He really had never seen Ouyang Bei's Guanpu certificate from the beginning to the end. He only listened to what he said, but he looked sad and sad. It looks like it’s fake, but it doesn’t look fake…
In the blink of an eye, in mid-April, on this day in court, the atmosphere in Zichen Hall was tense and dull, as if it was a precursor to a storm.
Luzhou was finally lost. Deng Xunwu and Wang Xiang were defeated, and they fled to Chuzhou on the Huainan East Road with more than 10,000 remaining soldiers.
After Wang Qing captured Luzhou, he swept across Huaixi in one go. Except for Haozhou, all seven states, one army, and twenty-nine counties fell into his hands.
Wang Qing claimed to be the King of Huai, and transformed the Huainan West Road in Luzhou City to appease the envoys into a royal palace. He also built palaces, inner gardens, etc., and set up various civil and military offices.
Li Zhu was appointed Prime Minister of Military Affairs, Fang Han was envoy to the privy council, Duan Er was appointed to protect the country and unified the army, Duan Wu was appointed to assist the country and unified the army, Fan Quan was appointed as palace commander, Gong Duan was appointed as Xuanfu envoy, and Gong Zheng was appointed as transfer envoy. , specializing in expenditures, accounting for money and food, Qiu Xiang as the imperial envoy, and Duan as the princess.
It was extremely lively for a while, and gangsters and strongmen from the stronghold came to join in.
It is also known to the outside world that there are 100,000 troops, sitting in Huaixi, and the limelight is unparalleled.
Emperor Daojun threw a stack of military intelligence bulletins to the front behind Long Shu's case, and cursed angrily: "Trash, they are all trash!"
(End of chapter)
