Having said this, Huang Qiong looked at the commander in the capital in front of him solemnly, and said in a deep voice: "Since I dare to recommend the commander in the capital to be the deputy envoy, I also entrust the general power to you. It's because I dare to recommend the commander in the capital to be the deputy envoy. I believe that with the ability of Commander Yu Du, he will never let me down, let alone the emperor and the court."
"Presumably Commander Yu will not let me end up in that situation, right? Master Yu, we are like grasshoppers on a rope now. No matter what happens, we will share the blessings and misfortunes in the end." Yes. I also know that Mr. Yu does not trust me, and I still have some knots in my heart. But I believe in Mr. Yu, and this knot will be opened. "
After hearing these words, looking at the young prince with a tiger-like smile in front of him, the commander of the capital gritted his teeth and said: "As the saying goes, a scholar will die for his confidant. Since the prince said this, there is nothing wrong with lowering the official position." It’s so taboo. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I promise to do as Your Majesty asks and I will never disappoint Your Majesty.”
"It is not to disappoint the king, but not to disappoint the emperor and the people of Zhengzhou. What Commander Yudu said is somewhat taboo. But since Commander Yudu said so, I am here too Let me express my position to you. You will be in charge of everything in the war ahead, and I will be your backing."
After saying these few words, Huang Qiong said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, my recommendation is entirely out of public motives and has absolutely no selfish thoughts. Although Commander Yu Du is a civilian official, his achievements in these years are enough to prove that Yu Du The ability of the commander-in-chief of the capital. The Xiaoqi battalion has been led by the commander-in-chief of the capital for two years. No one is more familiar with the use of the generals in the camp than you."
"Knowing both soldiers and generals, this king believes that if this war is really unavoidable, Lord Yu is the best candidate to command it. That's why I did not hesitate to violate the ancestral system and recommend the commander of Yudu to the emperor. I know that, This war is not a war with foreign enemies. This kind of feud between brothers will deplete the vitality of Daqi and harm the people of Daqi."
"Only the shorter the war is, the more pain we can alleviate for the people. Under this situation, apart from Commander Yudu, I can't think of anyone else who is more suitable to serve as the deputy envoy. Because no matter who is replaced, We don’t have Yudu Commander who is familiar with the Xiaoqi Battalion to take command, so it’s easier to use the Xiaoqi Battalion’s strengths, isn’t it?”
"Commander Yu Du, in order to reduce the consumption of Da Qi's vitality and allow the court to leave more energy to relieve the drought in the northwest. In order to save the people of Zhengzhou as few lives as possible, I am here to ask you." Here, Huang Qiong bowed deeply to the commander of the capital.
Huang Qiong's gift shocked the commander in the capital. Seeing this young prince, he was so willing to sacrifice himself for the people of Zhengzhou, and he was giving such a great gift to himself, who was just a third-rank military attache. Even if there was a lot of unwillingness in my heart before, it has disappeared now.
The commander of Yudu, who was only excited at this moment, hurriedly came over to help: "Your Majesty, you are trying to kill the general. Your Majesty cares about the people of the world, how can the general and the soldiers of the Xiaoqi Camp not go all out? Reason? Your Majesty, please don’t do this. I promise that I will do my best to put down this rebellion in the shortest possible time.”
However, Huang Qiong ignored his support and raised her body after giving the gift. Then she regained the smile on her face and said, "Commander Yu Du, let's wait until the battle is over for the rest. Now. I want to hear Mr. Yu’s views on this war. I don’t want to put all my energy into this, and in the end we two brothers went to the prison to become brothers."
"Of course it's just a more favorable view on how to fight this battle. As for other digressions, let's not mention them. If something happens, I will support you." The meaning of Huang Qiong's last words is obvious. Don't worry about the strife between the princes. Just fight your battle well, and the credit for doing so is yours. If you don't fight well, you can't escape me, and you can't escape either.
"Your Majesty, actually from the day you arrived at the Xiaoqi Camp, the general has been thinking about how to fight this battle so as to be more beneficial to the court. Although I didn't know that the prince recommended the general at the time, after all, the brothers in the Xiaoqi Camp were led by the general. No matter who goes out with them, the general doesn't want them to suffer too much loss, so he will take precautions in advance."
"The Xiaoqi Battalion currently has 40,000 troops, including 28,000 infantry and 12,000 cavalry. However, all of these troops cannot be dispatched. At least 20,000 troops must be left behind. Because if the rebels set out from Zhengzhou, they will go to Beijing. Zhaofu is attacking, and Meng Jin is on the path he must pass through. Although our army's combat power far exceeds that of the rebels, we must leave behind a backup plan."
"Moreover, sending too many troops will require a lot of trouble in transporting food and grass. Therefore, the general thought that sending out 15,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry is enough. Although our army may be at a disadvantage in terms of strength, But the number of troops is not the decisive factor in victory or defeat on the battlefield."
"No matter how many troops the rebels dispatch, they are nothing more than a ragtag group of people. Most of the soldiers in the Xiaoqi Battalion are veterans who have experienced the war in the border army. They are actually the first-class elite division of our Qi Dynasty. No matter how many rebels there are, There are many, but a wolf that has never seen blood is worse than a pack of dogs.”
"And in terms of training, although we still don't know the level of training of the rebels. But one thing I can be sure of is that in Daqi, there is absolutely no one who can surpass the Xiaoqi Battalion in training. If the Xiaoqi Battalion is second, there is absolutely no one. Dare to be number one." When he said these words, the capital commander's tone was filled with pride.
"The most critical point is that through analysis, the general believes that the rebels cannot have a large number of cavalry. Although Zhengzhou is very close to Jingzhao Mansion, this is an advantage for the rebels, but it is also a disadvantage. It is far away from Beijing Zhaofu is so close, even if they get war horses, they won’t have anywhere to put them.”
"And based on Daqi's control of military horses, it is impossible for them to get enough military horses. Even if they get them, they cannot transport them from the northwest to Zhengzhou. At most, they can only get some horses for driving and plowing. But those horses may be capable of driving and plowing, but they are not war horses.”
"Your Majesty, the rebels lack cavalry and have no mobility. They rely solely on infantry to fight. If we concentrate the cavalry, we can hit them wherever we want. When the time comes, we will outflank them and cooperate with the frontal infantry, which is a matter of confrontation. As long as they leave Zhengzhou City, there will basically be no major problems in this war."
"King Jing is acting like this, but there is no movement from the Zhengzhou guards. The general is worried that the Zhengzhou guards may have rebelled. Although the three thousand guards are an army of the imperial court. But the peaceful life in the mainland for many years, these The Guards have long been in disrepair and have no fighting capacity."
"Although I have never seen what the guards in Zhengzhou are like, I have seen very clearly what the Hanzhong guards, who are also local guards, are like. I have always considered myself good at training troops, but I can I spent a lot of effort in taking office in Hanzhong, but I still couldn't rectify the local guards."
"Hanzhong is not far from Longnan. If there is a war in Longyou, the Hanzhong Guards will occasionally need to go to the battlefield. When the Longyou Army is fighting, the court will often dispatch Hanzhong local guards to escort grain and grass. Before taking office, General Mo thought that the local Although most of the guards are in a state of disrepair, the Hanzhong guards often have to participate in wars, so at least the bigger ones can be stronger."
"But after the general took office, he discovered that there should be 2,300 guards in the counties and counties under Hanzhong, but the actual number was only over 1,500. And most of them had not done any training for many years, and their armor was in tatters. It’s unbearable. Most of the people just hang around and only show up in the barracks during roll call. The rest of the time, some of them work as long-term laborers.”
"Some cavalry rent out their war horses to the caravans to traffic goods. Some people simply hire local vagrants to replace them in the military camp while they go out to do business. They even open casinos and private prostitutes in the military camp. A military camp was in a smoky atmosphere. Officials at all levels ignored it, took it upon themselves to pay tribute, and even enslaved the sergeants to work in their own mansions."
"The general put almost all his energy on that, and after all the effort, he could only drive those gambling houses and private prostitutes out of the military camp, and clean out those who hired people to replace them. But those guards in Hanzhong The army has only been reorganized to this level by the general who spent almost all his efforts. The end of those three years will be more tiring than all the hard and tough battles we have fought in these years put together."
"The three thousand guards in Zhengzhou have been in the mainland for a longer period of time, and their performance is probably worse than that of the Hanzhong guards, definitely not better. The most important thing is, what kind of person King Jing is, whether he is proficient in military affairs or not will not be good for him. Evaluation. But the final general should be the one actually responsible for military affairs, and the military envoy from Zhengzhou knows it too well."
"As the saying goes, when a general goes on an expedition, it is the general who leads the army, not the soldiers. The general is the soul of the soldier, and the soldier is the courage of the general. What kind of general can train what kind of soldiers. This man has great ambition and talent, and is as greedy for money and lust as life. What he can do The status I have reached today is not due to my ability or fighting on the battlefield, but to having a good mother."
"His father is the Prince Consort of the Sejong Dynasty, Lord Xiu Wang, the male king of Lincheng, and his mother is the emperor's biological sister, Princess Xincai. This man and the prince can be regarded as cousins. This guy was not able to study literature at that time. , when I was a minor official in the Sixth Department, the trouble was really outrageous. Where is the eldest princess Xincai? The emperor had no choice but to transfer her to a military position. "
"Relying on the emperor's care, the Prince Consort's relationship in the army gradually rose. Five years ago, after the death of Prince Consort, the emperor wanted to promote this guy. He wanted this guy to experience and accumulate experience in the frontier army. Some military exploits so that he can inherit the title of Lincheng Boy from his father. Thinking about it, the emperor's idea almost became a big joke. "
"When he first arrived in Yanshan Prefecture and served as the deputy commander of Juyong Pass, he brought five hundred cavalry and was ordered to patrol the border. As a result, outside Juyong Pass, he met the Liao army who was about to invade the grass valley. At that time, the Liao army only had more than 300 people, but this guy He was so frightened that he fled without fighting, running for more than a hundred miles in one breath. Even though the Liao army burned, killed and looted behind him, he did not dare to fight the enemy."
"After the Liao army retreated, they killed a small tribe of Liao people who had crossed the border to herd more than a hundred people and returned to Juyongguan to claim their merits. Mr. Li Heli, who was the defense ambassador of Yanshan Prefecture at the time and is now the deputy privy envoy, knew something was wrong at that time. But considering the Tian family’s reputation, we didn’t pursue it too much.”
"But this guy is really unsatisfactory, and he has made another big mistake before the end of the year. It is the custom of the northern border army to be on strict alert every autumn to prevent the Liao people who are not good at farming from crossing the border to rob winter food. That's what he was doing: clearing the grass valley. As a result, this guy went on a patrol with 800 cavalry and encountered the Liao army crossing the border."
"This guy didn't listen to the veteran's words and attacked hastily. As a result, he lost all 800 cavalry in a battle and ran back by himself. After returning, he put all the blame on the man who couldn't fight to the death. He retreated, was wounded in eight places but still fought hard, and eventually died on the battlefield."
