After the venue for the exercise was chosen, San Xie Zhi and the others selected a place slightly higher than the high ground to watch the exercise.

If there is no audience, how can the success or failure of both sides be convincing to all parties.

All those who came to see the exercise were people with some status, and only when these people were allowed to see it with their own eyes would there be no more dissenting voices about the results of the exercise.

After selecting the audience seats, Xie Zhi redrew a new map according to the geomorphological features here.

This exercise has attracted so much attention that all the problems that can be thought of need to reach the point of excellence.

This map is handled by Xie Zhi, and he has even won three yuan, so it is difficult for him to draw a map.

After a moment's effort, a detailed map jumped on the paper, where there were a few stones, where there were deep ditches, all of which were clearly marked on this map.

After the map was completed, Xie Zhi first took the map to Zhang Mao and Ma Wencheng.

The Governor's Office of the Five Armies and the Ministry of War cooperated with Xie Zhi to participate in this matter throughout the process, and Xie Zhi had any ideas and had anything to do, so he naturally needed to communicate with Zhang Mao and Ma Wensheng.

After passing through the qi with the two of them, if something goes wrong, it will be borne by everyone.

Zhang Mao and Ma Wencheng are people who can command thousands of troops and horses and win a decisive victory thousands of miles away, and they can naturally understand the quality of a map.

After the two of them looked at the map, praise was indispensable.

Xie Zhi has long been immune to such praise since he was a child, and pride will not exist, so he smiled faintly and said modestly: "Since the two Shibo feel that there is no big problem, then I will enter the palace to meet Your Majesty, and the specific matters of the exercise should also be submitted to Your Majesty, the exercise is about to start, and Your Majesty needs to mobilize Yun Zhongwei into Beijing by will." ”

Although the military department has the power to transfer troops, it cannot directly mobilize Yunzhongwei without the authorization of Emperor Hongzhi.

To do so would be a big no-no.

Soon, the three of them appeared together in the warm pavilion.

The matter of the exercise was proposed by Xie Zhi, and many specific matters were also handled by Xie Zhi, so the oral report with Emperor Hongzhi was also opened by Xie Zhilai.

"Your Majesty, after discussing with the British Duke and Ma Shangshu, the exercise site was selected at the West Mountain, with the Shenji Battalion as the defender and the Yunzhong Guard as the attacker."

As he spoke, Xie Zhi spread the map on the table in front of Emperor Hongzhi, and pointed to the location of the map and introduced it in detail.

After Xie Zhi's introduction, Emperor Hongzhi did not express his opinion immediately, he thought about it for a moment on the map, and said: "This place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it may not be easy for Yun Zhongwei to go up." ”

From the beginning, Xie Zhi introduced it, and this question naturally has to be answered by Xie Zhikai.

Immediately afterwards, Xie Zhi opened his mouth and replied: "The Shenji Battalion has been reorganized, most of the generals are reappointed, and the degree of cooperation between the soldiers and generals is far from enough. ”

As for those issues such as establishing Zhu Houzhao's prestige, everyone just tacitly understands it, and it goes without saying that it is too clear.

If some things are said too clearly, everyone's face will not look good.

After Xie Zhi's introduction, Emperor Hongzhi asked Zhang Mao and Ma Wensheng again, and said, "Do the two Qing families have any opinions?" ”

Emperor Hongzhi's inquiry was completely polite, and since the three of them were able to come to Emperor Hongzhi together, it can be seen that they have reached an agreement.

After Emperor Hongzhi asked, Zhang Mao and Ma Wensheng nodded in agreement.

The three of them agreed, and Emperor Hongzhi didn't say much, and said: "Since that's the case, then let's transfer Yun Zhongwei into Beijing first, for the sake of fairness, Yun Zhongwei can't camp directly in Xishan after he arrives, thank you until you still have vacant land in Jundu Mountain, right?" After Yun Zhongwei arrived, he camped directly in Jundu Mountain, and you can help prepare for this matter. ”

There is an open space, and as long as Emperor Hongzhi has no opinion on Yunzhong Weisu in Jundu Mountain, then Xie Zhi has no opinion.

Xie Zhi replied: "Yes, the minister obeys the order." ”

After reporting to Emperor Hongzhi, the will of Tiaoyun Zhongwei to enter Beijing was soon passed down.

After receiving the will of Emperor Hongzhi, Qi Jingtong immediately led Yun Zhongwei to pull out the camp, and in one day, Yun Zhongwei rushed to Jundu Mountain.

As early as when Emperor Hongzhi said that he wanted to arrange Yun Zhongwei in Jundu Mountain, Xie Zhi had already set aside a place there.

After Yun Zhongwei arrived at Jundu Mountain, he only repaired for half a day, and then resumed his usual training.

Xie Zhi, as the organizer of this exercise and a referee, it is necessary to avoid suspicion, and when he arrived in the Beijing Division in Yunzhongwei, Xie Zhi has not been to the camp once.

Soon, the scheduled day of the exercise arrived.

During these five days, Xie Zhi also set up a high platform on the preliminarily set of the audience.

This high platform is all made of cement and blue bricks, more than ten meters higher than the ground, and although it is impossible to see all the details of the exercise, the general direction can still be clearly grasped.

There is no satellite, no video, to achieve this effect, Xie Zhi has done his best.

Early in the morning, Xie Zhi prepared tables, chairs and benches on the high platform, and also instructed He Liang to take people to prepare tea at any time.

Many details in the audience are not very real, so Xie Zhi, Zhang Mao, and Ma Wensheng need to go deep into the exercise venue, and only in this way can this exercise be clearly controlled.

However, although he went deep into the exercise venue, as for who won in the end, they couldn't make a final decision, and they still needed to express their opinions on Emperor Hongzhi and others sitting in the audience.

Those who can sit in the audience are both spectators and referees.

These people are not only qualified to express their opinions on which side will win, but also to express their opinions on whether or not such exercises will continue in the future.

Just last night, Zhu Houzhao had already arrived at the holding side of Xishan with the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion.

As the defender of the Shenji Battalion, this one-third of an acre of land in the West Mountain is considered the territory of the Shenji Battalion, so the Shenji Battalion should naturally know the situation here, so it is necessary for the Shenji Battalion to enter the reconnaissance terrain in advance.

As soon as the sky was bright, Emperor Hongzhi took the dragon and the minister of civil and military affairs to Xishan early.

The Shenji Battalion has already been prepared, and as soon as Emperor Hongzhi arrives, this exercise can begin.

Xie Zhi, Zhang Mao and Ma Wensheng waited for Emperor Hongzhi at the foot of the mountain early in the morning.

Looking at Emperor Hongzhi's dragon from afar, the three of them immediately greeted him, and after saluting, Xie Zhi said: "Your Majesty, the mountain road is not very easy to walk, it is difficult for the dragon to go up, and Your Majesty still needs to walk a distance." ”

Emperor Hongzhi is not a squeamish person, as soon as he heard Xie Zhi speak, he didn't say much, got up and walked down from the dragon.

Emperor Hongzhi could walk up the mountain, and the other ministers had nothing to say.

When Emperor Hongzhi got off the dragon, Xie Zhi rushed in front of Xiao Jing, walked over to help Emperor Hongzhi, and said: "The minister is supporting Your Majesty, the dew is heavy in the early morning, and the mountain road is slippery." ”

Xie Zhi helped Emperor Hongzhi, and ordered the personal soldiers led by Zhang Zhuo behind him, saying, "Zhang Zhuo, you are responsible for supporting the ministers." ”

After Xie Zhi gave such an order, Xiao Jing quickly spoke at the right time, grabbed Xie Zhi's side, and said, "Yunzhong Hou, you go and protect Gong Xie, Your Majesty has an old slave here to protect you." ”

This sycophant is quite good at exploiting loopholes, Xie Zhi can't ignore his father, smiled at Xiao Jing, and said: "Then there is Lao Xiao's father-in-law, Xiao's father-in-law has old arms and legs, and he has to be careful." ”

The expression on Xiao Jing's face was not unusual, and he smiled faintly: "Lao Yunzhonghou cares, the old slave will be careful." ”

Xie Zhi left Emperor Hongzhi and walked to Xie Qian's side, and said with a smile: "Dad, my son is supporting you." ”

Xie Qian was in front of so many colleagues, and the only thing he could do was to stage a picture of father's kindness and filial piety.

Xie Zhi stretched out his hand to help, and Xie Qian also let him put it on his arm.

The autumn dew was already heavy, and those courtiers were also old, plus they were used to being pampered on weekdays, so it was not very smooth to walk such a road.

Xie Zhi only needed a stick of incense on weekdays, but today he walked for half an hour.

This is still supported by Zhang Zhuo's team of pro-soldiers, otherwise, if these people are allowed to go up the mountain, I don't know how many people will be injured.

When he arrived at the audience, Xie Zhi pointed to the high platform, and said with a smile at everyone: "In order for you to be able to clearly see the situation of the exercise in the audience, a high platform was built here. ”

This tower is built in the same way as the beacon, but it is much higher than the beacon.

Just as everyone was whispering to this high platform, Xie Zhi quickly spoke again: "You can rest assured, there is no problem with the security of this high platform, and a certain pair of them has also been tried many times, and His Majesty's personal guards can also follow on the high platform, which has a lot of space and can accommodate at least a hundred people." ”

After the introduction, Xie Zhi ran to Emperor Hongzhi and asked, "Does Your Majesty want to go up?" ”

All this is decided by Emperor Hongzhi, if Emperor Hongzhi is unwilling to go up to the high platform, then Xie Zhike immediately ordered someone to move all the tables, chairs and benches down.

It's quite a simple thing, and a few people can do it.