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At noon on this day, Guyuan garrison commander Fang Zhenshan was quietly waiting for Zhao Junchen's arrival outside Haiyuan City.
Behind Fang Zhenshan, all the civil and military officials from Guyuan Military Town were present. Whether it was Deputy Commander-in-Chief Ma Hancheng, Guyuan Magistrate Zhang Wenqi, etc., everyone was present and no one was absent.
They had been waiting since the morning. It was almost noon now, and the late autumn sun was still very poisonous. It made everyone feel dizzy and tired. However, Zhao Junchen did not appear for a long time, so everyone just couldn't help but wait. I can continue to suffer, but no one expresses dissatisfaction - at least no one dares to show it openly!
Since Zhao Junchen arrived in Shaanxi and Gansu, he first seized the military and political power of Shaanxi and Gansu with thunderous means, and then uprooted the Wang family, the richest man in Shaanxi and Gansu, in a short period of time, and then promulgated a series of effective decrees to stabilize Shaanxi and Gansu. The hearts of the military and the people have been strengthened. In recent times, new soldiers have been dispatched to fight everywhere, eradicating all civil and military officials in Shaanxi and Gansu who have violated Zhao Junchen...
After these actions, Zhao Junchen's prestige in Shaanxi and Gansu has been completely stable. The civil and military officials in Guyuan Military Town have also put away their arrogant mentality of supporting soldiers and self-respect in the past. They dare not show any disrespect for fear of being disrespectful. It would offend Zhao Junchen and lead to terrible revenge!
Unlike the previous governors of Shaanxi and Gansu, Zhao Junchen not only has a powerful army, but Zhao Junchen is also willing to use this powerful army to eradicate any forces that dare to disobey him!
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Seeing the humility and respect shown by the officials in Guyuan Military Town while waiting for Zhao Junchen, Fang Zhenshan sighed secretly in his heart, feeling quite helpless!
Originally, when Zhao Junchen took control of the Shaanxi-Gansu border defense, Fang Zhenshan's attitude was to cooperate with Zhao Junchen to a limited extent, and he actively cooperated with Zhao Junchen's various government orders. However, the essence of this cooperation was that Fang Zhenshan believed that he On an equal footing with Zhao Junchen, Guyuan Military Town still maintains a large degree of autonomy.
Fang Zhenshan's confidence in holding such an attitude is because he is the commander-in-chief of Guyuan Army Town and has the support of nearly 100,000 border troops in Guyuan Army Town! Therefore, Fang Zhenshan believed that Zhao Junchen would never dare to attack him at will!
But now, with Zhao Junchen's growing prestige, the civil and military officials in Guyuan Military Town no longer dare to disobey Zhao Junchen's orders at will. Several political and military orders of Zhao Junchen have also had effects one after another, and they have gradually gained recognition. The support of the people at the bottom and the border troops - in this way, it is absolutely impossible for Fang Zhenshan to maintain his independence and cooperate with Zhao Junchen on an equal footing!
What's more, Fang Zhenshan is indeed in a state of distress and trouble now. Even if he wants to confront Zhao Junchen, he doesn't have any spare energy!
After Zhao Junchen formed the new army of war soldiers, this army became a decisive force in Shaanxi and Gansu, capable of competing with any military town. However, He Zhang, who had been secretly suppressed by Fang Zhenshan many times over the years, actually became the new army of war soldiers. The commander-in-chief of the army! In this way, if He Zhang deliberately wants to take revenge on Fang Zhenshan, Fang Zhenshan's life will not be easy!
But compared to the battle situation in Guyuan Military Town, He Zhang's matter is not too troublesome!
Now the Mongolian coalition forces have invaded Gongchang Mansion, and Gongchang Mansion has always been within the defense area of Guyuan Military Town. Once this war goes slightly wrong, Fang Zhenshan, as the commander-in-chief of Guyuan Military Town, will inevitably bear the brunt. Need to bear the greatest responsibility!
In fact, Gongchang Mansion's defense has already encountered a big problem!
Just yesterday, Fang Zhenshan received an emergency military report from Gongchang Mansion, saying that the Mongolian coalition forces had captured Zhenning Acropolis and several nearby military forts, and were now attacking Jiezhou City! While Fang Zhenshan and others were waiting for Zhao Junchen outside Haiyuan City, maybe the Mongolian coalition forces had already begun to attack Jiezhou City!
Although Shaanxi and Gansu are faced with invading invaders every year, the loss of cities and land rarely happens. Such a thing now happened in the defense area of Guyuan Military Town. Fang Zhenshan cannot escape the blame. If he cannot make amends in time, From now on, he will definitely be severely punished by the court!
Thinking of this, Fang Zhenshan couldn't help but marvel at Zhao Junchen's extraordinary methods!
When Zhao Junchen transported all the Shaanxi-Gansu army grain and disaster relief grain and grass to the Longnan area, Fang Zhenshan was still secretly happy in his heart. After all, the Longnan area was the sphere of influence of Guyuan Military Town. Such a large amount of grain and grass was stored here. As long as Fang Zhenshan moved a little bit, With your hands and feet, you can reap rich rewards!
But who would have thought that this amount of food and grass would eventually lead to a fierce attack by the Mongolian coalition forces? Guyuan Military Town, which originally wanted to watch the fire from afar, was completely reduced to a war zone, and Fang Zhenshan was completely passive!
Now it seems that Zhao Junchen may have anticipated today's change in the situation! When Zhao Junchen transported this amount of food and grass to the Longnan area, it was purely out of good intentions!
Unfortunately, Fang Zhenshan woke up too late!
Now, before Zhao Junchen even sees Fang Zhenshan in person, Fang Zhenshan's years of painstaking efforts have been put to waste, and all the advantages have been lost in one fell swoop! When Zhao Junchen arrived at Haiyuan City, Fang Zhenshan had no power to fight back and could only obey Zhao Junchen's orders!
Because of this, after seeing the humble attitude shown by the officials in Guyuan Military Town as they waited for Zhao Junchen, Fang Zhenshan was a little dissatisfied, but he had nothing to do!
In fact, Fang Zhenshan also showed humility at this time.
Under the current situation, Fang Zhenshan's future destiny is largely in Zhao Junchen's hands!
Thinking of this, Fang Zhenshan became more and more in awe of Zhao Junchen's methods, and was filled with emotion.
Just as Fang Zhenshan was feeling emotional, a scout suddenly ran up to Fang Zhenshan and reported: "My lord, the imperial envoy has led the army ten miles east of Haiyuan City, and we will be there in a quarter of an hour." We will arrive here!"
After hearing the report, Fang Zhenshan perked up and hurriedly ordered everyone on the left and right: "Hurry! Follow me to greet the imperial envoy Master Zhao! Master Zhao has come a long way, we must not neglect him!"
After saying that, Fang Zhenshan took the lead in riding his horse and ran eastward.
Behind Fang Zhenshan, many civil and military officials from Guyuan Military Town also hurriedly followed!
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After riding their horses for about half a quarter of an hour, everyone in Guyuan Military Town finally saw Zhao Junchen's team.
The scale of this team is extremely large. In addition to the new army of more than 15,000 soldiers and Qi Bin's new army of more than 3,000 people, there are also 30,000 elite Forbidden Forces and tens of thousands of logistics teams. The total adds up to enough There are more than 60,000 people, and they are all the most elite tiger and wolf warriors!
After seeing the military appearance of this mixed army, Fang Zhenshan and others' expressions changed slightly, and they became more in awe of Zhao Junchen's strength.
Then, Fang Zhenshan ignored the sigh in his heart and hurriedly contacted the vanguard of the army and expressed his intention to ask to see Zhao Junchen.
This time, Zhao Junchen did not keep Fang Zhenshan waiting for a long time, and quickly summoned Fang Zhenshan!
Under the leadership of a general of the new army, Fang Zhenshan came to the center of the army and finally met Zhao Junchen.
At this time, Zhao Junchen was riding his horse. After seeing Fang Zhenshan's figure from a distance, he reined in his horse and stopped where he was.
Fang Zhenshan did not dare to take a closer look at Zhao Junchen's appearance and temperament, nor did he care to observe the civil and military officials around Zhao Junchen. He just hurried to Zhao Junchen's horse, knelt down on one knee and performed a military salute, and said in a loud voice: "This is a humble post, General Guyuan." The soldiers are in full swing to pay homage to the Imperial Envoy! It’s a blessing for the Imperial Envoy to come all the way!”
Zhao Junchen lowered his head and examined Fang Zhenshan for a moment.
Among the four military towns in Shaanxi and Gansu, Fang Zhenshan is the most difficult to deal with. This man is not only versatile in both civil and military affairs, but also has a deep scheming mind. He also manages Guyuan Military Town like an iron bucket that water cannot be poured into. Zhao Junchen took over Shaanxi. At the beginning of Gansu's defense, the most worrying thing was that Fang Zhenshan would clearly oppose his various policies. In this case, officers from all over Shaanxi and Gansu would inevitably follow suit. Fortunately, Fang Zhenshan was still cooperative during this period. Looking at Fang Zhenshan's current situation With a humble attitude, he obviously surrendered to Zhao Jun on his own initiative.
Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen's eyes flashed with satisfaction.
Then, Zhao Junchen said with a serious expression: "This imperial envoy is too late after all! I heard... Zhenning Acropolis in Longnan and several surrounding military fortresses have been breached by the Mongolian coalition forces? Alas! What if I could have been earlier? If the Japanese troops come to support us, perhaps such a thing will not happen! Not to mention the loss of the city and the land, future wars will also be much more passive!"
After hearing what Zhao Junchen said, Fang Zhenshan's expression couldn't help but flash a hint of bitterness and helplessness.
Zhao Junchen's words seemed to be just ordinary emotions, and did not even mean to rebuke Fang Zhenshan for dereliction of duty, but in fact they put all the blame for the loss of the city and land on Fang Zhenshan, indicating the fall of Zhenning Acropolis. It was before Zhao Junchen personally took charge of the battle, so this matter had nothing to do with Zhao Junchen, it was all the responsibility of Guyuan Military Town!
There was a profound meaning in Zhao Junchen's words, how could Fang Zhenshan not hear it?
However, after Fang Zhenshan hesitated for a moment, he did not refute anything. He just followed Zhao Junchen's statement and took the blame. He said solemnly: "All of this is a derelict dereliction of duty! Your Majesty, the imperial envoy, you have the talent to know the world. If it is done by You are in charge of the overall situation. I believe that this kind of thing will definitely not happen! I don’t dare to defend myself now. I only hope that you, the imperial envoy, can give me a chance to get away with my crime!"
Seeing Fang Zhenshan's statement, Zhao Junchen was stunned for a moment. He obviously didn't expect that Fang Zhenshan would take the responsibility for losing the city and the land so calmly!
Then, Zhao Junchen's eyes flashed with appreciation, and he took another high look at Fang Zhenshan, whom he met for the first time.
In fact, because Zhao Junchen sent Guan Wuyuan to lead 30,000 elite forbidden troops to support the Longnan area, Guan Wuyuan was already the de facto top military leader in the Longnan area, so if Fang Zhenshan wanted to take away the responsibility for losing the city and the land, he still had some chances. !
Moreover, Fang Zhenshan is the biggest local snake in Guyuan Military Town after all. Now that Zhao Junchen has come to the sphere of influence of Guyuan Military Town to preside over the war situation, everything cannot go around Fang Zhenshan, so Fang Zhenshan also has bargaining capital!
However, Fang Zhenshan did not do this. Instead, he gave all the initiative in the matter to Zhao Junchen, saying that everything was based on Zhao Junchen's will, clearly showing his surrender!
In this way, Fang Zhenshan has certainly taken the blame for the loss of the city and the land, but Zhao Junchen must reciprocate the favor. Not only can he no longer deal with Fang Zhenshan, but he must also find a way to offset Fang Zhenshan's responsibility for the loss of the land!
Such a choice is not something ordinary people can make!
Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen's expression softened a little, and he nodded: "General Bing Fang, you can rest assured. Since I have come here to personally preside over the battle, there will naturally be many opportunities for you to make meritorious deeds... Of course, you are responsible for losing the city and losing the land. It's very heavy, but we don't have to rush to gain or lose at one time or another. If everything goes well with the plan I made, it will not be difficult for you, Mr. Fang, to make meritorious deeds. After the war is over, you may be able to accumulate military merits and go further! "
Having said this, Zhao Junchen looked around and said: "This is not a place for conversation. Let's talk in detail after entering Haiyuan City!"
Hearing Zhao Junchen mention the word "we" twice, obviously accepting him, Fang Zhenshan suddenly became happy and said quickly: "The Imperial Envoy is right! I have prepared a mansion and a palace for the Imperial Envoy in Haiyuan City. Official office, everything is guaranteed to satisfy the Imperial Envoy!"
Zhao Junchen nodded with a smile and said: "General Bing Fang is the local master, let you lead the way!"
"I humbly obey my orders!"
After saying that, Fang Zhenshan finally stood up, got on his horse, and followed Zhao Junchen to the side.
It was not until this moment that Fang Zhenshan finally had the opportunity to look at Zhao Junchen's image and temperament, as well as the civil and military officials around Zhao Junchen.
While sizing him up, Fang Zhenshan suddenly noticed that someone was looking at him, with a hint of repulsion in his eyes. He couldn't help but turn around and saw that the person sizing him up was He Zhang, the commander-in-chief of the new Zhan Bing Army.
Fang Zhenshan was not surprised by this. Instead, he smiled kindly at He Zhang, then rode his horse close to Zhao Junchen and started talking to Zhao Junchen.
On the other side, Zhao Junchen also watched the performances of Fang Zhenshan and He Zhang.
Judging from the performance of Fang Zhenshan and He Zhang alone, it is not unfair that He Zhang was suppressed by Fang Zhenshan for many years before!
At the same time, although He Zhang regarded himself as Zhao Junchen's confidant, he was more loyal to the court after all and could not be accepted as a confidant after all. In comparison, Fang Zhenshan and Zhao Junchen were the same!
Thinking of this, an inexplicable look flashed in his eyes.
While he was thinking secretly, Zhao Junchen remained calm on the surface. He only chatted with Fang Zhenshan for a few words, and then got acquainted with several important civil and military officials in Guyuan Military Town under Fang Zhenshan's introduction.
Then, Haiyuan City finally appeared at the end of the field of vision.
This was originally just an ordinary medium-sized city, but in the following period, with the arrival of Zhao Junchen, it will replace Huamachi Camp and become the command center for the entire Shaanxi-Gansu war!
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PS: War scenes are not what Chongzi is good at, but Chongzi will try his best. If the written content is not satisfactory to him, Chongzi will use his strengths and avoid weaknesses to describe it from the side. Please forgive me.
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