Speaking of this, Huang Qiong looked at the commander of the capital in front of him with a solemn face, and said in a deep voice: "Since this king dares to recommend the commander of the capital to be the deputy envoy, he has entrusted the military power to the lord. It is because this king believes that with the ability of the capital to command the envoys, he will definitely not let the king down, and he will not disappoint the emperor and the court. ”

"Presumably, the person who commanded the envoy in the capital would not let this king fall into that field, wouldn't he? Lord Yu, you and I are now grasshoppers on a rope, no matter what happens, in the end, it will be a blessing and a curse. This king also knows that Lord Yu doesn't trust this king, and he still has a little knot. However, this king believes that this knot will be opened. ”

After hearing these words, looking at the young prince with a smiling tiger in front of him, the commander of the capital gritted his teeth and said: "As the saying goes, a scholar dies for a confidant, and since the prince has said this, there is nothing to taboo for the lower officials." Please rest assured that the lower officials promise to do what the prince asks, and will definitely not disappoint the prince. ”

"It's not to disappoint the king, it's not to disappoint the emperor and the people of Zhengzhou. Yu Du commanded the envoy to say this, which was somewhat taboo. But since the commanders of Yudu have said so, this king is also here to make a statement with you. All the battles ahead are up to you, and this king will give you this backing. ”

After saying these few words, Huang Qiong said with a serious face: "Lord Yu, this king's recommendation is completely out of public intentions, and there is absolutely no selfish thoughts. Although the commander of Yudu is a civilian official, his achievements over the years are enough to show the ability of Yudu commander. The Xiao Cavalry Battalion is a soldier who has been commanded by Yudu for two years, and no one is more familiar with the use of the generals in the battalion than you. ”

"Knowing the soldiers and knowing the generals, this king thinks that if this war is really inevitable, Lord Yu is the best candidate for command. That's why he didn't hesitate to violate the ancestral system and recommended the emperor to the commander of Yudu. The king knew that this battle was not fought by a foreign enemy. This kind of brotherly wall is a loss of the vitality of Daqi and a harm to the people of Daqi. ”

"Only the shorter the war, the more the suffering of the people can be alleviated. In this case, apart from the command envoy of Yudu, this king can't think of anyone more suitable to serve as the deputy envoy of this disposition. Because no matter which person is changed to command, there is no commander Yu Du who is familiar with the Xiaocai battalion to command, so it is easier to give full play to the strengths of the Xiaocai battalion, isn't it? ”

"Yu Du commanded the envoys, in order to reduce the consumption of the vitality of the Great Qi, so that the imperial court could leave more energy to relieve the drought in the northwest. For the sake of the people of Zhengzhou as little as possible, the king is here. Speaking of this, Huang Qiong bowed deeply to the commander of the capital.

Huang Qiong's gift came down, which frightened the commander of the capital. Seeing this young prince, he did not hesitate to give himself such a big gift to himself for the sake of the people of Zhengzhou, but he was just a three-grade military attaché. No matter how much unwillingness I had in my heart before, it has disappeared at this moment.

The commander of Yu Du, who was only excited at the moment, hurriedly came over to help: "Lord Wang, you are going to kill the last general." The prince cares about the people of the world, and the generals and the soldiers of the cavalry battalion are not going all out? The prince must not do this, and the last general will ensure that he will do his best to put down this rebellion in the shortest possible time. ”

It's just that Huang Qiong didn't pay attention to his support, but only after finishing this salute did he raise his body, and then regained the smile on his face and said: "Yu Du commanded the envoy, and the rest will wait until this battle is over." Now this king wants to hear what Lord Yu thinks about this war. This king didn't want to put all his energy into this, but in the end, our brothers went to the prison to be difficult brothers. ”

"Of course, it's just a more favorable view of how this battle should be fought. As for other digressions, let's not mention them. If there is something, there is this king to support you. The meaning of Huang Qiong's last words is obvious, don't worry about the tilt between the princes. You just have to fight your battle, and the credit for fighting it well is yours. If you don't fight well, you can't run away from me, and you can't run away from you.

"Lord Wang, in fact, from the day you arrived at the Xiao Cavalry Camp, the last general has already thought about how to fight this battle, which will be more beneficial to the imperial court. At that time, although I didn't know that the prince recommended the last general, but after all, the brothers in the Xiaocai battalion were all brought out by the last general. No matter who they follow, the last general doesn't want them to lose too much, so he will take precautions in advance. ”

"The cavalry battalion has 40,000 troops, including 28,000 infantry troops and 12,000 cavalry. But not all of these forces can be dispatched, and at least 20,000 people must be left behind. Because if the rebels set out from Zhengzhou and attack Jingzhaofu, Mengjin is on its way. Although our army's combat strength far exceeds that of the rebels, we cannot afford to leave behind. ”

"Moreover, there are too many troops, and it will take a lot of trouble to transport grain and grass. Therefore, the last general thought that fifteen thousand infantry troops, plus five thousand cavalry, were enough. Although our army may have an inferior position in terms of troops, the victory or defeat on the battlefield and the number of troops are not the decisive factors. ”

"No matter how many troops the rebels deploy, they are nothing more than a rabble. Most of the soldiers of the cavalry battalion are veterans who have experienced the flames of war in the border army, and they are really the elite divisions of our Daqi. No matter how many rebels there are, a wolf who has never seen blood is better than a pack of dogs. ”

"And in terms of training, although it is not yet known how well the rebels are trained. But one thing is certain, in my Daqi territory, there is absolutely no one who surpasses the Xiaoqi Battalion in training. If the cavalry battalion is said to be second, absolutely no one dares to call it first. When he said this, the tone of the commander was full of pride.

"The most crucial point is that the last general, through analysis, believes that the rebels cannot have a large number of cavalry. Although Zhengzhou is close to Jingzhao Province, this is an advantage for the rebels, but it is also a disadvantage. It was so close to Jingzhao Mansion that even if they got a war horse, they would have no place to place it. ”

"And with my control over the horses, it's impossible for them to get enough horses. Even if it does, it is impossible to transport it from the northwest to Zhengzhou. At most, you can only get some horses to drive and plough the land, but those horses may be able to drive and plow the land, but they are not war horses. ”

"Lord Wang, the rebels lack cavalry, so they have no mobility. Relying on infantry alone, we can concentrate cavalry and fight them wherever we want. When the time comes, it will be outflanked and cooperate with the frontal infantry army, which is also a matter of face-to-face. As long as they leave Zhengzhou City, there is basically no big problem in this war. ”

"King Jing is acting like this now, but the guards in Zhengzhou have not made any movement, and the last general is worried that the Zhengzhou guards should have rebelled. Although there are 3,000 guards, it is the imperial army. But after many years of peaceful life in the mainland, these guards have long been rotten and have no combat effectiveness. ”

"What is the guard army in Zhengzhou, although the last general has not seen it. But the Hanzhong Guard, who is also a local guard, is like a bird, but the last general can see it very clearly. The last general always thought that he was good at training troops, but he spent a lot of effort in Hanzhong, and he failed to rectify the local guards. ”

"Hanzhong is not far from Longnan, and if there is a war in Longyou, the Hanzhong Guards occasionally need to go to the battlefield. When the Longyou army was fighting, the imperial court would often send the Hanzhong local guards to escort grain and grass. Originally, before the general took office, he thought that most of the local guards were rotten. But the Han Zhongwei Army often has to participate in wars, at least the big one in the stalk, it can always be stronger. ”

But after the last general took office, he found that the prefectures and counties under Hanzhong should have 2,300 guards, but the real number is only more than 1,500. And most of them hadn't practiced in years, and their armor was in tatters. Most of the people were in the barracks, only appearing in the barracks during the roll call, and the rest of the time there were long-term laborers for others. ”

"Some cavalrymen rented out their horses to caravans of goods. Some simply hire local vagrants to replace them in the barracks, while they go out to do business. He even opened casinos and private prostitutes in the barracks, turning a barracks into a miasma. Officials at all levels regarded it as invisible, and generally sat down to collect offerings, and even simply enslaved the sergeants to work in their mansions. ”

"The last general put almost all his energy on that, and with great effort, he only drove out those gambling houses and private prostitution from the barracks, and cleared out those who hired people to replace them. But those guards in Hanzhong let the last general exhaust almost all of his efforts, and they were only rectified to this extent. At the end of those three years, I will be more tired than the hard and hard battles I have fought over the years. ”

"The 3,000 guards in Zhengzhou, who have been in the interior of Chengping for a longer time, are estimated to perform worse than the Hanzhong guards, and they will definitely not be better. The most important thing is that it is not easy to evaluate how King Jing is a person, and whether he is proficient in military affairs or not. But the last general should be actually in charge of military affairs, and the envoy in Zhengzhou knows too well. ”

"As the saying goes, when a general goes on a campaign, it will be a general, not a general. The general is the soul of the soldier, the soldier is the courage of the general, what kind of soldier will be trained. This person is ambitious and talented, greedy for money and lustful. He was able to achieve today's status, not by ability, nor by fighting on the battlefield, but by having a good mother. ”

"His father is the concubine of the Sejong Dynasty, the male king of Lincheng, Lord Xiu, and his mother is the emperor's sister, Princess Xincai. This person and the prince can be regarded as aunts and cousins. This guy couldn't learn literature back then, and when he was a petty official in the Sixth Ministry, he really made a lot of trouble. Where is the eldest princess of Xincai, the emperor has no choice but to transfer her to the martial arts. ”

"Relying on the emperor's care, the relationship between the lieutenants in the army was gradually promoted. Five years ago, after the death of the Captain of the Horse, the emperor wanted to promote this guy. I want this guy to experience in the border army and accumulate some military exploits, so that he can inherit his title of Laozi Lincheng Baron. Thinking there, the emperor's idea has almost become a big joke. ”

"When he first arrived in Yanshan Mansion to serve as the deputy commander of Juyongguan, he brought five hundred cavalry and was ordered to patrol the border. As a result, outside Juyong Pass, he met with the Liao army who were preparing to fight the grass valley. At that time, the Liao army was only more than 300 people, but this guy was so frightened that he fled without a fight, and fled for more than 100 miles in one go. Let the Liao army burn and loot behind their backs, but they did not dare to fight the enemy. ”

After the Liao army retreated, he killed a small Liao tribe that crossed the border to graze more than 100 people, and returned to Juyong Pass to take the risk. Lord Li Heli, who was the defense ambassador of Yanshan Mansion at the time and is now the deputy envoy of the privy council, knew that something was wrong at that time. However, considering the face of the Heavenly Family, there is not too much accountability. ”

"But this guy is so uncompetitive, and he has poked a big basket before it has been a year. It is customary for the border army in the north to be strictly guarded in the early autumn of each year to prevent the Liao people who are not good at farming from crossing the border to rob the winter grain, that is, they are doing grass and grain. As a result, this guy went to patrol with 800 cavalry and met the Liao army who crossed the border. ”

"This guy didn't listen to the old general's words and attacked hastily, and as a result, he lost all the 800 cavalry in the first battle, and ran back with his horse alone. After coming back, all the blame was put on the guard, who did not retreat from the battle, was wounded in eight places but still fought hard, and finally died on the battlefield garrison. ”