Tong Guan wanted to behead Zhong Shidao in public, which made Zhong Shidao very angry. Teacher Zhong thought, why? Why did you chop off my head and show it to the public? Am I wrong or is everyone else wrong? In the current war, instead of encouraging soldiers to bravely kill the enemy, we should instead encourage them to tell them why they should not kill recklessly? ! How to define this reckless killing? Is it possible that the opponent's knife must be held to his neck to resist? By then, the head would have been gone, so how could he kill indiscriminately? ! Isn't this a typical case of opportunism, intimidation and coercion, and seeking victory by luck? If this is the case, no one dares to take the initiative to kill the enemy and can only deal with it passively. Wouldn't it be a waste of the lives of the soldiers!
At that time, Zhong Shidao was also full of anger. Originally, Zhongshi Dao did not advocate starting the war lightly and marching rashly. Since Tong Guan took the initiative to start the war and attacked the Khitan, he had to have a complete plan. How could he be so rash before the war? ! However, the army is out there, and Tong Guan is the commander. Military orders are overwhelming, and all generals must carry them out, and Zhongshi Dao is no exception. Therefore, Zhongshidao general suppressed his anger, bowed to Tongguan again, and replied loudly: "I would like to thank the Privy Master for not killing me. I will obey the commander's order."
Tong Guanyu was furious and shouted loudly: "Back off!"
Master Zhong had no choice but to retreat to his seat.
After reprimanding the master, Tong Guan glanced at the generals again. All the generals were timid and avoided looking at him.
When Tong Guan saw that the generals were silent, he ordered: "Generals, listen to the order!"
All the generals present stood up and loudly replied: "The last general is here!"
Tong Guanwei looked at the generals and continued to order: "Tomorrow at dawn, the army will be divided into east and west routes and march towards Khitan. Yang Keshi is ordered to be the commander and vanguard officer of the east route army, commanding 50,000 troops, and returning them to the control of the division. Qibaigou; Xin Xingzong is the commander and vanguard of the West Route Army. He has 50,000 troops under the control of Wang Zhenjie and marches into Qifan Village. I will command the Chinese army and will follow up later."
After hearing the order, all the generals replied loudly: "General, I will obey the commander's order!"
Tong Guan once again looked at the generals and said loudly: "Okay! Everyone, please take your seats."
After hearing the order, the other generals all returned to their seats, but Shidao Zhong stood upright.
Seeing this, Tong Guan snorted and looked at Master Zhongdao.
Facing Tong Guan's gaze, Zhong Shidao looked at Tong Guan and saluted, and said: "Commander, I believe that our army does not know how the Liao army arranges its troops, the number of soldiers and horses, and the combat strength of the Liao army." Under the circumstances, it is not advisable to disperse the troops. It is better to unite the troops together, fight steadily, and advance as a whole. If the troops are divided into east and west routes, the attack power will be weakened, and there is a possibility of being surrounded and attacked by the Liao army."
When Tong Guan saw that Zhongshi Dao, who had just said he would "obey the commander's order," and now raised objections in front of the palace, became furious, he shouted loudly: "Zhongshi Dao! What can I do if I, Tong Guan, can't command you?" Otherwise, how about you come and sit in my commanding position and arrange the troops?"
Zhong Shidao hurriedly replied: "Commander, please calm down. I don't dare to have that idea. I just feel that attacking the Liao army in this way will scatter the troops and not form a strong attack momentum, so it may not be effective."
"Insolent!" Tong Guan shouted loudly: "Cultivation of the master's way! You must obey the commander's orders or accept military punishment! You must not confuse the public with evil words and shake the morale of the army."
Tong Guan was so angry that if it had been anyone else, he would have been pushed out and beheaded. However, before setting off, Emperor Huizong personally issued an imperial edict, ordering him to recruit Zhong Shidao into the army and consult Zhong Shidao at any time. Therefore, Tong Guan Although Guan was furious, he could not behead Zhong Shidao because he was afraid that he would not be able to explain to Emperor Huizong when he returned to the court.
Tong Guan sat down angrily and ignored Master Zhong again.
Master Zhong saw that he could not explain Tongguan, so he returned to his seat.
Unexpectedly, just as Zhong Shidao took his seat, Yang Keshi stood up again, left his seat, stood in the hall, bowed to Tong Guan, and then said: "Commander, I will think that what Lao Zhong said is true. It should be considered.”
When Tong Guan saw this, he was furious. He slapped the table and reprimanded loudly: "Yang Keshi! What do you mean? Are you just following the instructions of the master? Just tell me directly, can you serve as the commander of the East Route Army? Also a pioneer officer?! If you can, obey the order; if you can't, I will appoint another general."
"Commander, calm down..." Yang Keshi was about to state his reasons when the magistrate of Xiongzhou and Xi Li sat down and interrupted Yang Keshi.
At that time, He Xi stood opposite Yang Keshi, with an angry look on his face, pointed at Yang Keshi, and said sternly: "This is unreasonable! All armies follow the commander's orders when they conquer. This has never been the case since ancient times! If all the generals are doing their own thing, how can they unify the military orders? , defeat the enemy and win? General Yang, having the right is a state law, and the army has military discipline. Once an order is given, it is prohibited. This is a must! How can you confuse the public with your monstrous words and shake the morale of the army. General Yang, if you don't retreat, what else will you do? ?!”
Yang Keshi looked at He Xi and said, "He Zhizhou, you are a civil official and are not allowed to interfere with military affairs."
"Clumsy!" This is when Cai You, who had been sitting next to Tong Guan without saying anything, suddenly slapped the case and spoke. After Cai You drank, he said loudly: "Yang Keshi, if we talk about civilian officials, and I am also a civilian official, I can't supervise military aircraft affairs? Who stipulates that civilian officials cannot participate in military aircraft affairs? To tell you the truth, Yang Keshi, what happened today I have seen all the situations, either because I didn’t take action or because I didn’t have the right time! Do you believe that I can behead Master Zhong?”
Master Zhong said, shrinking his neck.
Yang Keshi stood upright and listened to Cai You's reprimand.
"As an old Zhong, don't show off your seniority. I know that you, Old Zhong, have lived at the border for a long time and have worked hard and achieved great results, but you can't take credit and be arrogant and have no boss. When the Northern Expedition is won and the army returns to the court, I will report to the Holy Majesty to tell you. Any behavior of a subordinate in command who resists a superior or refuses to carry out military orders shall be punished."
Cai You stared at Yang Keshi training, but what he said was based on the teachings of a seed master. Zhong Shidao was naturally dissatisfied and thought to himself, when did I have no superiors and refuse to carry out military orders? I'm just making suggestions.
After Cai You finished talking about all the shortcomings of Zhong Shidao, he continued to reprimand Yang Keshi: "Yang Keshi! You are a general and must obey the commander's orders. How can you be so arrogant and self-righteous?! What He Zhizhou said is true. If people People are so self-righteous, what do they want the headquarters to do? What do they want the supervisory army to do?! Now, the supervisory army has made it clear that if anyone interferes with the military deployment again, the supervisory army will exercise its power and kill them first and then report them. Until then, I will regret it. It’s too late!”
Cai You's last words were again directed towards the seed master.
Before this, Cai You did not interfere too much in military affairs, because before leaving, Emperor Huizong summoned Cai You alone and assigned him the task of supervising local and administrative affairs, not military affairs. Therefore, Cai You He did not express his opinions on military affairs. Now that he saw that Zhong Shidao and Yang Keshi did not agree with Tong Guan's strategic arrangements, and objected to Hexi's participation in the discussion of military aircraft affairs on the grounds that Hexi was a civilian official, he could not bear it anymore. Said the above words.
Cai You's words greatly encouraged He Xi, who became even more energetic. He started talking loudly and bluntly stated the importance of the unification of military orders. He asked all generals, except Privy Tong, to obey the orders of Privy Council Tong without any disguise or discount. When the other generals saw this, they didn't dare to say anything anymore, fearing that Cai You would be beheaded in public and lose the guy who was eating for him because of his duty to supervise the army.
Tong Guan was very pleased to see that He Xi stepped forward at the critical moment and dared to reprimand generals like Yang Keshi. He praised He Xi very much and said repeatedly: "What He Zhizhou said is extremely true and is an example for civil servants."
What kind of strategies and tactics does Hexinai, a civil servant, know? However, He Xi wanted to curry favor with Tong Guan, so he forced Yang Keshi to abide by the commander's order and not to raise any different opinions.
Yang Keshi had no choice but to return to his seat.
He Xi looked at the generals and continued: "Your Majesty, the Privy Councilor, commanded the army and horses, marched to the northwest, and conquered Xixia. We fought dozens of battles, large and small, without any defeat. How can we care about the Khitan who is at the end of his life?! As the Privy Councilor said, The Khitan soldiers and horses have already been frightened when they saw the imperial army coming from the north. I'm afraid it's too late to surrender, so how can they dare to fight against the army? All the generals should do is accept the surrender, and don't kill recklessly to ruin the reputation of the imperial court."
When Zhongshi Dao and Yang Keshi saw this, they were so angry that they gritted their teeth and secretly cursed in their stomachs: It's his family's fault! Have you ever been in a war? You know a hammer! Since you want to curry favor with Tong Guan, you should also have some tricks. How can you take such a big thing as fighting as a trifle? Look at how you lick your butt! Licking the buttocks until even the shit is on it!
Qi returns to Qi, and dissatisfaction returns to disobedience. Tong Guan likes people like He Xi who don't ask about right or wrong and just obey. Therefore, everyone praised He Xi and praised He Xi: "What Magistrate He said is very true. All generals should respect He Xi." The prefect should learn, obey orders, and obey orders, and should not be self-righteous and act independently."
Seeing this, Zhong Shidao and Yang Keshi suppressed their anger and had no choice but to obey the commander's order.
After the meeting that day, Zhong Shidao and Yang Keshi returned to the former army camp worriedly and discussed tomorrow's war in private.
Zhong Shidao said to Yang Keshi: "Yang Zongzhi, since the Khitan knows that the army is coming to attack, they must have countermeasures. Tomorrow's battle may not be as simple as Privy Tong said, and our army should treat it with caution."
Yang Keshi said: "What General Zhong said is absolutely true. The subordinates will obey General Zhong's orders."
Zhong Shidao thought for a while and then said: "In my opinion, Commander Yang, when the battle begins tomorrow, in order to ensure victory, you will lead your army forward to fight the enemy; I will lead my army to follow up as a backup. I ordered the sergeant Each holds a giant stile. If the battle ahead is unfavorable and the Khitan comes to pursue you, I will lead my troops to rush to the front to support you and use the giant stile to resist the Khitan and cover your retreat."
Hearing this, Yang Keshi said: "Old General Zhong, even if the war is unfavorable tomorrow, will it be that serious?"
Yang Keshi felt that even if the Liao soldiers and horses could not be successfully defeated, it seemed impossible for the Liao soldiers and horses to defeat the Song army, so he said this.
Seeing this, Master Zhong sighed and said, "You don't know something, Commander Yang. Khitan troops are strong in maneuverability and use short weapons. I think it's best if the battle goes smoothly. In case of defeat, we can use giant stiles." If you use a weak weapon against him, you will be safe."
Although Yang Keshi did not agree that the Khitan soldiers and horses were that strong, the former army he commanded was controlled by Zhongshi Dao, and Zhongshi Dao was his former immediate superior, so he agreed with Zhongshi Dao's arrangements.
The two discussed for a long time before taking a rest.
