Tong Guan and King Jia didn't stay too long, since all the military affairs had been handed over, they resigned to Zhao Huan on the grounds that they wanted to return to Beijing immediately to face the saint, and Zhao Huan also wished that they should leave quickly, so they only agreed after a little stay,

On the 29th, Zhao Huan led the generals to hold a send-off ceremony for King Jia and Tong Guan, and after a polite farewell, King Jia and Tong Guan embarked on the journey back to Tokyo under the escort of hundreds of soldiers.

And after King Jia's team completely disappeared on the road, Zhao Huan turned around, only to see that all the generals behind him were looking at him with awe, and behind them was also an endless coalition camp that could not be seen!

Zhao Huan's heart couldn't help but feel deep satisfaction, the people who were in the way of the eyes had already left, and now the entire army had the final say, and the opportunity was in his own hands, next, it was up to him to turn the tide and pacify the thieves!

Zhao Huan immediately prepared to mobilize all armies to form a new offensive against the thieves according to the strategy he had already thought of, although Zhu Wu and the 50,000 Qishan army had not yet arrived, but Zhao Huan was already a little impatient.

A year ago, the Southeast Army was defeated, and everyone, including the emperor, attributed all the blame for the defeat to his disobedience to Tong Guan's advice, his wanton behavior, and his rash advance.

In this regard, he was very unconvinced, he thought that although it was true that he did not listen to Tong Guan's advice, it was also true that he had reversed the unfavorable situation in the southeast in one fell swoop since he arrived in the southeast! The reason why Tong Guan can see through the trap is just because of his years of experience in war, if it comes to commanding an army to fight, Zhao Huan is confident that he will not be worse than Tong Guan!

And when Zhu Wu arrived in Beijing last time, Zhao Huan also specifically asked Zhu Wu, did you deliberately let Prince Ben win a series of great victories under his command of the southeast army, or did you really not be able to defeat Prince Ben?

As a result, Zhu Wu said with certainty, "To tell you the truth, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has really made me suffer a lot with his soldiers, and I can use Xiang Shang's head to prove that most of the victories you have achieved in the early stage are genuine!" It wasn't until later that we saw that we couldn't beat His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in a head-to-head confrontation, so we deliberately lost a few games, but if we looked into it carefully, although we successfully lured His Royal Highness the Crown Prince into our ambush circle, but in fact, we were also extremely lucky to win, if the combat effectiveness of the Southeast Army could be a little stronger, the result would definitely be completely different. ”

Of course, Zhao Huan knew that Zhu Wu's words were full of politeness and compliments, but throwing away the moisture in Zhu Wu's words undoubtedly proved that the responsibility for that defeat was not entirely on him, and a considerable part of the responsibility was due to the fact that Tong Guan owed too much "debt" in the early stage, which made the combat effectiveness of the Southeast Army very low, which ultimately led to his inability to command the Southeast Army to smash the ambush of the Qishan bandits!

Therefore, he wanted to try again, didn't Tong Guan fail to command this army to defeat the Fangshan bandits? If the prince can command the same army to win, wouldn't it prove Tong Guan's incompetence even more?! proved that he is much stronger than Zhao Kai?!

It's just that although Zhao Huan is full of confidence to get a good start, who expected, the difficulties of the matter have far exceeded his imagination, and the first problem in front of him is the resistance of the generals to his order!

It can be seen that among the generals, whether it is the general of the Western Army or the general of the Western Army, he is very afraid of him, after all, he is not only the new commander, but also His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Great Song Kingdom, but no matter what order he promulgates, the person who receives the order is not hesitant, looking left and right, looking unwilling, and even some people raised objections with a cautious attitude in front of them, opposing the start of war now.

Zhao Huan thought about it carefully and understood what was going on, there were no more than two reasons why the people would resist so much,

First of all, after all, King Jia and Tong Guan have been running the Jingxi Army for more than half a year, and these people are probably already tamed by them, even if King Jia and Tong Guan have left at this moment, their influence must still exist, especially now that the Manchu Dynasty knows that they have fallen out of favor, King Jia is like the sky, so in this case, if Tong Guan instructs them to resist him before leaving, it is normal for them to obey it!

Secondly, as soon as Zhu Wu and the Qishan army arrive, the western army will immediately leave here and return to the northwest, from now on, the war here has nothing to do with them, if they win, they will not have any merit, and if they lose, they will not have their responsibility, so they are no longer willing to continue to work hard, but have the mentality that if they can do less, they will have one less thing, and when the Qishan army comes, they will hurry away.

Zhao Huan was extremely dissatisfied with this, how similar this situation was to when he was in the southeast, this is not a good thing, with the attitude of the generals now, even if they are sent to the battlefield, they will only deal with things, and will not completely obey their orders, if this is the case, how can this battle be fought? ! The top priority is to subdue them all first!

Zhao Huan thought about it, his face remained unchanged and continued, "All the generals have already understood the arrangement of this king?" ”

The generals look at me, I look at you, and then they say, "I'll hear and understand." ”

Zhao Heng nodded and said, "This king came to suppress the bandits by order, and the Holy Lord has high hopes for this king, and this king, whether it is to serve the country or to be loyal to the Holy Lord, will do his best, even at any cost, to succeed in suppressing the bandits, in order to live up to the emperor's favor!" However, it is not possible to rely on the king alone to suppress the bandits, and in the future, he will have to rely on the cooperation of the generals, first of all, the king wants to thank the generals. ”

After that, Zhao Huan hugged his fists towards everyone,

The generals hurriedly clasped their fists in unison, "I don't dare to wait!" ”

Zhao Huan said coldly, "This time this king has a great responsibility, it is related to the country's social affairs, and the plan to suppress bandits must not have the slightest mistake, so let's make it clear first, from now on, I will order, I don't want to see anyone have any sloppiness and slackness, if it is because of who affects the overall situation of the bandits...... hum, then don't blame this king for being ruthless!" Don't think that someone in the court can take the words of this king as a deaf ear, this king is still the crown prince, if this king wants to deal with whom, who had better think about it first, his backer in the court is reluctant to turn his face with this king for him?! ”

The generals were shocked when they heard this, although the prince's words were not listened to, but they were facts, no matter how they were, they were just chess pieces in the hands of the prince and those princes and ministers in Tokyo, no matter how good the chess pieces were, they were also chess pieces, no one would sacrifice their books to protect a chess piece, and this lord was still His Royal Highness the Prince, and he was the closest person to the throne so far in theory, although he is now out of favor, but at this time and that time, who dares to guarantee what will happen in the future? If you offend him now, if he really becomes a great treasure in the future, then he will be ......!

The generals looked at each other, and at the same time hugged their fists towards Zhao Huan, "I'll understand!" ”

This time it was a lot louder.

Zhao Huan smiled with satisfaction, "Of course, as long as everyone can work together to pacify the thieves, this king will not forget you, whether it is the Northwest Army or the Jingxi Army, they will all get rich rewards!" ”

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Early in the morning of the 30th, under the command of Zhao Huan, 70,000 Western Army and 50,000 Jingxi Allied Army soldiers divided into three routes and launched an attack on the stronghold occupied by the Fangshan Army.

Although both the Western Army and the Jingdong Army showed their strength to work the battlefield, because the strongholds lost a few days ago were too dangerous, too easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Song army was in a disadvantageous situation as soon as it came up, and failed to capture the strongholds at a great price.

Zhao Huan stood in the rear, looking at the fierceness on the battlefield, his face full of anxiety still showed a touch of anger, of course he understood that the loss of these strongholds was not because of the sneak attack of some thieves, like such a dangerous place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack and echoes each other, even if the thieves are fully prepared for a sneak attack, it is impossible to lose all of them at once, this is clearly the thieves sent by Zhao Kai and Tong Guan on purpose!

This is a clear act of treason, and its crime is punishable!

Of course, Zhao Huan would not be stupid enough to use this as a basis to write to the imperial court to Shenjia Wang and Tong Guan, first of all, he has no evidence in his hands, and secondly, he ...... He actually understands that what is the difference between King Jia and Tong Guan doing this and what he and Zheng Juzhong did when they forced Liu Fa to rebel?

He believes that if it were him, he would not hesitate to make the same choice as King Jia and Tong Guan, and not give up any opportunity to hit the opponent, even if it is no matter how many people are sacrificed, this is the reality of the battle for the storage position!