The atmosphere of the meeting was originally very quiet, this kind of quietness, not that no one spoke, there were many people who spoke, the scene looked very lively, but the people who spoke were those officers whose positions were relatively high or low, like Li Xun and Gu Yong, these senior generals, no one spoke, Liu Qin spoke, mentioned that his army was less, and took the initiative to ask to be a reserve, the headquarters of 5,000 soldiers and horses, not on the front line for the time being, his proposal was received coldly, did not say against it, did not say in favor, anyway, no one spoke, touched Liu Qin, who had a gray nose, Fortunately, he no longer took the initiative to speak, and watched coldly.

Wang Renzi frowned slightly, glanced at everyone, and finally stopped at Li Xun, the reason why he convened this meeting was to give the most important thing before the arrival of the Tubo army, such as the division of primary and secondary, that is, the right to command.

This must be clearly distinguished, and without a unified command, there will be many orders, which is a big taboo.

But there are some things that Wang Renzizi can't say clearly, although he is the highest governor of Longyou Dao, but this is the highest and has a lot of water.

For example, Li Xun, although he belongs to Longyou, he is a temperance envoy, has a lot of autonomy, and is even more modest, and can act cheaply, Wang Renzizi can't order him at all.

There are also Gu Yong, Zhao Feidu and others, if it is just the governor of a state, Wang Renzi's order may still have great constraints on them, but in addition to the governor, the two also serve as the deputy envoy of Jiedu, which gives them the right to kill in the military, and there is a conflict between their own wishes and Wang Renzi's order, Gu Yong and Zhao Feidu can choose to act on their own, and Wang Renzidu has no way to take them.

Wang Renzizi is not an insatiable person, but he has been deposed since the prime minister, the blow is great, originally wanted to retire to the township, it was Zhao Zhi who gave him the opportunity, to Longyou to start again, a new beginning, that is, a new hope, Wang Renzizi no longer wants to regain the phase, now the Tubo army is pressing, is a life and death crisis, but also a great opportunity, if he is in charge of the army to defend the city successfully, such a big credit, after the end of the war, it is not impossible to re-ascend to the position of the prime minister, and so many generals, qualifications, strength, There is not much difference in official positions, who is willing to obey whom? Therefore, for both private and public affairs, Wang Renzi must take the command in his own hands.

Wang Renzizi looked at Zhao Feidu on the side, who felt Wang Renzizi's gaze, pondered for a moment, and finally coughed loudly twice, attracting everyone's attention.

Zhao Feidu opened his mouth and said: "Everyone, we will discuss other things later, the most important thing now is that the Tubo army is coming, and we are still like a plate of scattered sand, this is not good." ”

Liu Qin pretended to be puzzled and asked, "What is General Zhao's conscience?" ”

Zhao Feidu said: "The snake has no head, the bird has no wings, we each have our own soldiers and horses, and we do not belong to each other, once the war starts, without a unified command, our strength may not be able to be fully exerted, and it also gives the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of, so we should elect a supreme commander as soon as possible, give orders in a unified manner, unite all of us, and jointly fight against the Tibetan thieves." ”

"What General Zhao said is reasonable, we should indeed elect a supreme commander and unify military orders."

Zhao Feidu's voice fell, and Liu Qin immediately spoke out loud, echoing and agreeing with this meaning.

Zhao Feidu looked at Liu Qin and asked with a smile: "I wonder if General Liu has a suitable candidate in his heart?" ”

Liu Qin laughed and said: "Everyone here, naturally the first to recommend Lord Wang Renzi, he was once the minister of political affairs, with high morality and extraordinary ability, who is more suitable than him?" ”

Zhao Feidu stroked his palms and smiled: "General Liu's words are very kind, and I, Zhao Feidu, think the same way." ”

Wang Renzizi does have a certain prestige, and after Zhao Feidu and Liu Qin finished talking, they got the support of some generals.

Wang Renzizi immediately shook his hand and said modestly: "How can I, Wang Renzizi, be able to take on this great responsibility, you should consider it carefully." ”

Wang Renzi spoke, his eyes aimed at Li Xun and Gu Yong from time to time, these two people are the two strongest forces in Wu'an City at the moment, if they don't support it, others will say it in vain.

Li Xun remained silent, watching Zhao Feidu and Liu Qin singing and harmonizing there, singing double reeds, sneering in his heart, and even more disdainful of the two of them performing so explicitly, but at the same time, for what Zhao Feidu said, he also agreed, the Tubo army is coming, and several people are not familiar with each other, if there is no unified command, it is indeed disadvantageous to the war, but this candidate for the commander, I am afraid it is not necessarily Wang Renzi, he is a civilian official, and he knows the military?

Li Xun looked at Fan Zhongyun and Sima Tu on the side, their eyes were also looking at him at this time, and they both nodded slightly, Fan Zhongyun approached Li Xun and whispered, Li Xun nodded after listening.

Two more generals stood up and supported Wang Renzi, but Wang Renzizi still refused to resign, he didn't want the name of this supreme commander, but he didn't dare to express his position, if he made a statement, Li Xun, Gu Yong and others objected, then he would lose face.

Li Xun stood up at this time, arched his hand and said: "This is Lord Wang's highest qualifications and most famous, except for Lord Wang, I'm afraid there is no more suitable candidate, General Zhao Feidu's proposal, I, Li Xun, very much agree." ”

After that, Li Xun said to Gu Yong on the side: "I don't know what General Gu thinks?" ”

Gu Yong said with a smile: "This is very good, I don't have any ideas." ”

Gu Yong really doesn't have too many ideas, as long as it's not a fool like Zhao Feidu, anyone can do it, anyway, it's not his turn.

What Wang Renzizi was waiting for was the statement of Li Xun and Gu Yong, and he himself was not a hypocritical person, at this time, everyone's opinions were basically unanimous, Wang Renzizi was no longer polite, nodded, and accepted the position of temporary supreme governor.

Li Xun's words were not finished, the reason why he supported Wang Renzizi was because he didn't want to complicate things, after all, the Tubo army was coming, the sooner he unified his thoughts and troops, the more beneficial it would be to defend Wu'an City, Li Xun valued not Wang Renzi's ability, but his prestige, Zhao Feidu was right about one thing, everyone here, Wang Renzi's qualifications and prestige are the highest, he is indeed the best candidate, and only if he serves as the temporary supreme commander, can he condense everyone's will at the fastest speed.

However, the war is not a daughter-in-law, Wang Renzi is a civilian official, and his military talent is probably very limited, and he is the supreme commander, if he commands indiscriminately and acts arbitrarily, the harm will be greater, so Li Xun must limit this possibility in advance.

"Lord Wang's ability is extraordinary, but war is not a child's play, a person's ability and energy are limited after all, and if you rely on Lord Wang's strength alone, I am afraid that it will be useless."

Li Xun said again.

Wang Renzi nodded and said loudly: "In Xia Laomai, his energy is indeed limited, I don't know what General Li thinks?" ”

Li Xun said with a smile: "Your Excellency can be the commander of the army, give orders in a unified manner, command all the soldiers and horses in Wu'an City, and set up three more deputy envoys to assist your lordship." ”

Gu Yong agreed: "Brainstorming, what General Li said is reasonable. ”

Wang Renzi glanced at Li Xun, with a look of appreciation in his eyes, and nodded: "This is very good, I have no opinion." Fupin Chinese