Chapter 45: A Woman's Mind
Although Gu Huairen didn't know that Wu Ming and Gu Weidong had their own taboos, one was afraid that Wei Qing's behavior would be reported privately, and the other was afraid that his disobedience on the battlefield would be investigated, but he could guess from the letters of the two that there must be an inside story, otherwise his son would not dare to say it clearly when he wrote a private letter to his father. At least it is certain that Gu Weidong's so-called violation of military discipline must not be a trivial matter.
He decided to ignore the two letters. Since Wu Ming had hinted at giving him room to maneuver, his best thing to do was to simply ignore it and pretend not to know.
However, the next letter made him unable to ignore it.
This letter was also written by Wu Ming, and it was the same as a letter written to him by Wu Ming a month ago, accusing An Ran of withholding grain and grass, cutting corners, and shoddy.
Gu Huairen was very unhappy. Very unhappy. Particularly unhappy.
He just received an 100,000 taels of silver tickets from An Ran, and was about to repay the favor and give An Ran a reward for his diligence, but now he received Wu Ming's letter again, doesn't this make him look good?
He groaned for a long time. He couldn't turn a blind eye to this. Most of the supervisors of the Imperial History Observatory are friendly with him, but Li Tiezui has been staring at him, this Li Tiezui is stubborn, once he knows An Ran's behavior and sues him in front of the emperor, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him Gu Huairen to explain in front of the emperor.
He picked up a pen and wrote a few lines on a piece of stationery, then re-enveloped the letter to Enron along with the letter he had written. He wanted to forward the letter to Enron, and at the same time told Enron that he would reward him for his diligence and would not ignore the malicious slander of some people with ulterior motives.
He was confident that Enron would understand what to do. If Enron doesn't even understand how to deal with this matter, then Enron is not Enron.
Then, he sat down and began to slowly write a reply to Wu Ming, thanking Wu Ming for his report and saying that he would definitely investigate and deal with it seriously.
While writing, he gritted his teeth with hatred. He decided to keep a good account of it, and he must find an opportunity to calculate it in the future. Wu Ming, you are difficult for me now, don't forget the day when I will also be difficult for you!
What Gu Shangshu thought, Wu Ming didn't know at all. All he had to do now was to get his troops in order and prepare for battle. The great Sima Xie Xuan had just taken over the commander-in-chief, and was about to fight a big battle, when Zhu Wei, the commander of the Central Route Army, informed him that he should prepare for the decisive battle of the Central Route Army.
Wu Ming did not think that there was any benefit to the decisive battle now, on the contrary, he believed that although the Han army won a big victory on the left flank, it still did not gain an overwhelming advantage, and the decisive battle was not appropriate.
But whether it is suitable or not, the decision is not his. Both General Zhu and Xie Sima advocated a decisive battle, and even Sun Ce, the commander of the Right Route Army, General Fenwei, also advocated a decisive battle, and he could only obey. So he had to prepare with all his might.
Wei Qing has had a rare rest in the past few days, if he is physically tired, he is indeed rested, but on the other hand, he is very irritable in his heart.
This irritability is because of Zhao Yueru.
Zhao Yueru's injuries are already healed, although they are not all healed, but there is no need for Wei Qing to wait, but he hides in his tent every day and refuses to come out. Wei Qing proposed several times that he wanted to send her home, according to Wei Qing's idea, since Zhao Yueru had given up the idea of killing him, then it was time to go home. didn't think about it, Wei Qing proposed to send Zhao Yueru home, Zhao Yueru was silent at first, and then her eyes turned red, and she cried when she asked again. Wei Qing stomped his feet anxiously. He really couldn't understand why Zhao Yueru cried when she heard that she was going home, did she still like to be in this man's world? But if Zhao Yue didn't say the reason, Wei Qing couldn't help it, he could guess the thoughts of the generals of the Jin Army, but he couldn't guess the thoughts of women.
On this day, Wei Qing sat in the tent of Bai Buxin with a sad face. His face was bloodshot and his forehead was swollen with a blue bag. This was beaten by Zhao Yueru with a broom. Wei Qing proposed to Zhao Yueru to send her home just now, this time Wei Qing decided to persuade Zhao Yueru, but as soon as he said, "The girl should go home earlier so that her mother will not worry", Zhao Yueru suddenly grabbed a broom and knocked it on Wei Qing's head. Wei Qing had no choice but to cover his forehead and flee in defeat. He really couldn't figure out what was going on, so he had to come to Bai Buxin for help, hoping that Bai Buxin would have some ideas.
Bai Buxin really has an idea.
After listening to Wei Qing's narration, Bai Buxin pondered for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Brother Wei Xian, how many times did you persuade her to go home, did you mention anything to avoid her mother's concern?" β
Wei Qing raised his head and thought for a while: "No, I just proposed to send her home before, and I didn't persuade her like today." β
Bai Buxin's expression became serious, and he said slowly: "Brother Wei Xian, you didn't mention Miss Zhao's mother before, although Miss Zhao was sad, she was not as excited as today, have you ever thought about what could be the reason?" β
"How can I figure it out!" Wei Qing said impatiently, "If I think about it, I won't γγγγγγ Wei Qing didn't finish this sentence, he suddenly opened his mouth wide and stayed there.
He thought of a possibility!
There is no child in the world who does not love home. A girl's family, leaving her parents and coming to the barracks, all for revenge, now that the idea of revenge is gone, how can she not want to go home and stay in this man's world? If she refuses to go home, then there is only one possibility: there is no one waiting for her at home!
Zhao Lili was killed by Wei Qing himself, but Zhao Yueru's mother was still alive at the time, this is what Wei Qing saw with his own eyes, the question is, is Zhao Yueru's mother still alive now? Is it impossible to hear her husband's murderous letter and be struck by itγγγγγγ!!!
"Oh my God!" Wei Qing could only exclaim.
Bai Buxin nodded slowly: "Brother Wei Xian also thought of it." I thought that Brother Wei Xian should not mention the matter of sending Miss Zhao home for the time being, so let Miss Zhao stay in the army first. General Liu and Brother Wei Xian's relationship is not ordinary, General Ma Ya admires Brother Wei Xian very much, General Hua Shen and General Li are also friendly with Brother Wei Xian, among the generals of our third team on the left, no one will make irresponsible remarks about Brother Wei Xian because of this, not to mention a manly husband, who is worthy of his heart but wants to be worthy of his heart, why bother with the opinions of others? If Miss Zhao's parents really died, it would be unreasonable for Brother Wei Xian to force her to leave. β
Wei Qing nodded. He also understands this truth, not to mention that Bai Buxin dares to take this risk, how can he Wei Qing retreat? "That's it." Wei Qing made up his mind, "Brother Bai, please give Miss Zhao the title of a personal soldier first, so that Miss Zhao can leave the other soldiers, and it will be convenient for us to take care of her." β
"Of course you can." Bai Buxin agreed.
The horn sounded, and it was General Wu who had gathered his generals.
"Brother Wei Xian is at his own convenience." Bai Buxin stood up and planned to go to see General Wu.
"May I ask where Centurion Wei is?" A question rang out outside the door, and a soldier stood outside.
"I'm here." Wei Qing replied in a loud voice.
"General Wu has an order, from today onwards, whenever the generals are gathered, Captain Wei Centurion must be present." The soldier conveyed Wu Ming's order, saluted Bai Buxin and Wei Qing and left.
Bai Buxin and Wei Qing looked at each other and smiled. Wei Qing also stood up and walked towards the Chinese army's tent with Bai Buxin.
Both men knew in their hearts that they were going to war. Otherwise, Wu Ming would not let Wei Qing follow him as a staff officer again.
The Chinese military tent was overcrowded, and everyone was in good spirits. After the previous war, the Jin army was defeated, and the Han army got a rare period of quiet rest, although there was the harassment of the Jin army on the Han army's grain road in the middle, but after all, they were all small-scale battles, such as the battle of the thousand people experienced by Wei Qing was already big. Yesterday there was another unexpected good news, the grain official did not know what evil he had committed, and actually took the initiative to send people to send 50 carts of grain and grass, and they were all of sufficient quality and quantity, and the grain bags were bulging, and the bags were about to burst, and there was not a single grain of old rice or sundries in it, all of which were new rice with white flowers. Not only that, but even a large amount of wine and meat was sent with the car, saying that it was donated by the people in the rear to reward the front-line soldiers.
All the generals and schools have enough spirits, plus this unexpected joy, they are even more happy, the sound of laughter in the big tent is endless, Wu Ming screamed several times in his throat to quiet everyone.
"Everyone," Wu Ming cleared his throat and began to speak, "Under the joint order of the Ministry of War and Da Sima, we are going to have a decisive battle with the Jin army, and Da Sima intends to defeat the Jin army in one battle and completely wipe out the Jin army south of the Nan River!" β
There was a burst of cheers from the tent.
"Good!"
"Great, just waiting for this day!"
No one noticed that Wu Ming's words were "Da Sima plans", and he didn't say his own plans.
The crowd quieted down a little, Wu Ming opened the curtain behind him, and a huge map appeared on the wall.
"After our last big victory, the left side of the Jin army is empty, and there are not many Jin troops on our opposite side at present, so Da Sima's plan is: harass the Jin army with the right route army, our left route army will attack the flank of the Jin army, and the middle route army will face the enemy head-on." Wu Ming pointed to the map and began to explain the battle plan, "We must be the first in the whole army to launch an attack to contain the main force of the Jin Army and reduce the pressure on the middle route army when attacking." Therefore, we must set off as soon as possible. All departments should go hand in hand, from north to south, respectively: the fifth team from the left, the fourth team from the left, the third team from the left, the first team from the left, and the second team from the left. After you are disbanded, you will return to the headquarters, pack your bags, and tomorrow the fifth watch, the whole army will set off! β
"Order!" There was a loud answer in the tent.
Wu Ming smiled and glanced at the generals. He saw Gu Weidong and Wei Qing. He didn't greet Wei Qing in particular. Because he is still looking for the person who reported to Gu Weidong that he had released Wei Qing privately. Before finding this person, he couldn't be too affectionate with Wei Qing, otherwise God knows what tricks this person would play.
Wu Ming's gaze did not stay on any general, but his mind stopped at one person. He's suspicious, is it him?