After the dismissal of a five-rank defense envoy on the spot, the establishment of a leadership group centered on Jia Changchao, and the fact that Xu Deshan was the number one loyal dog leg of Jia Changchao, the first meeting of the expanded leadership of the Daimyo Mansion after the rebellion of the Xuanyi Army was held in the council hall to brainstorm and solve the various problems caused by the rebellion of the Xuanyi Army.

This meeting was presided over by Jia Changchao, but after Jia Changchao announced the start of the meeting, he asked Xu Deshan to be the first to speak and state his views on the current situation of the Daimyo's Mansion. This is a school examination for Xu Deshan, and it is also a promotion for Xu Deshan, Xu Deshan said well, he can be recognized by officials, and prepare for taking power in the future, and if the answer is not good, he will directly propose this meeting, which has nothing to do with the central decision-making of the Daimyo's Mansion.

With Jia Changchao's liking for Xu Deshan, he can give Xu Deshan such an opportunity, he must know that with Xu Deshan's ability, it is more than enough to deal with such a problem, not to mention that Xu Deshan predicted the rebellion of Maitreya Buddhism a month ago, and the preparation time is much more sufficient than others.

Xu Deshan was not ambiguous, stepped forward, and divided the current problem into four.

As the largest city in the northern part of the Great Song Dynasty, the most important political center, the most important transportation hub, the most important production base, and the first rear area should be stable and united, in an orderly manner. Therefore, regardless of the situation at the front, the first task of the Daimyo Mansion now is to calm the mood in the city and get the people to return to their daily life and production, which is a strong guarantee for the front-line war.

The second question is the question of characterizing the rebellion of the Xuanyi Army. This rebellion of the Xuanyi Army is not a riot, not a dissatisfaction, but a real and outright rebellion, so don't think about any negotiation and pacification methods to reconcile with the Xuanyi Army, this matter can only be fought to the death on the battlefield.

The third problem is that in addition to the Xuanyi Army, the loyalty of the various military roads in Hebei, the rebellion of the Xuanyi Army is not a separate thing, the bandit leader Wang is known as the reincarnation of Maitreya Buddha, saving the suffering, there are many believers, not only the Xuanyi Army, there are also Maitreya Buddhist thieves in other armies, and now the Xuanyi Army is in rebellion, how to put aside the rebellion first, the most important thing is to strictly prevent the Maitreya Buddhist rebellion in other armies, take the opportunity to start an incident, echo each other from afar, gather in one place, when the rebel army becomes bigger, divide one side, and want to exterminate him again, it is difficult and difficult.

The fourth question is how to quell the rebellion, we must concentrate the elite forces in our hands, strike a thunderous blow at the rebels, and we must win with one blow, and we must not let them slip through the net and leave a disaster.

Xu Deshan finished his four suggestions with a smile, and found a place to sit down, and the officials below saw it, and said that the henchmen of Lord Jia had finished speaking, and now he could always express his own suggestions, after all, the meeting of the Great Song Dynasty always allowed some different opinions, brainstorming and brainstorming, isn't that how it came about, it doesn't matter if it's right or not, you always have to give yourself a chance to perform in front of the leader.

However, just when someone stood up and talked about it, Jia Changchao spoke, "Colleagues, what do you think Xu Deshan said? If you have any opinions, you may wish to talk about it, the matter is urgent, if there is no objection, we will implement it one by one. ”

The right of leadership is vividly embodied at this time, originally this is a semi-proposition essay, asking everyone to write an essay on the topic of Xuanyijun's rebellion, free play, but Xu Deshan made a start, somehow, the topic suddenly became a proposition essay to discuss whether Xu Deshan's point of view is correct or not, please improve it.

Even if it is his own son, he will not bring such a favor, Jia Changchao's meaning has been expressed so clearly, how come the officials below still don't know that the credit of this counterinsurgency, no matter who performs well in the future, no matter how dazzling and dazzling it is, there is no way to fight with Xu Deshan. There is no way, who called this time to counter the rebellion, using the general program of Xu Deshan, even if there are some modifications, they are also modified on the basis of Xu Deshan, as long as such a credit is reported to the emperor, Xu Deshan is afraid that he will rise to the top.

Originally, the deliberations of the Great Song Dynasty could not be engaged in such a word, after all, there was an inspection of the imperial history sitting next to it, usually officials were under the jurisdiction of the Jia Chang Dynasty, and the imperial history of the people was directly under the orders of the Imperial History Academy, if there was anything wrong with the Jia Chang Dynasty, the imperial history could be raised on the spot, or it could be impeached by Jia Changchao.

But coincidentally, now the inspection of the imperial history of the Daimyo Mansion Jiang Fangding is a native of Shaanxi, and he has been accustomed to border wars since he was a child, so he is also a little tough by nature, and he has been a military chief for several terms, and finally transferred to the Imperial History Academy, I have to say that most of the people who have some flesh and blood like Xu Deshan's vigorous and resolute way of doing things, not to mention that the matter of counterinsurgency is a big thing, imminent, and it is not appropriate to quarrel, and there is no mistake in the four points that Xu Deshan said, why did Jiang Fangding come to offend Jia Changchao and suppress Xu Deshan.

Even the imperial history didn't react, and the officials below didn't dare to say anything, so the next thing was much simpler, these people were able to achieve official positions at the government level, and most of them

There are some skills, according to the four points put forward by Xu Deshan, the goal was determined, and the division of labor was carefully divided, among which to appease the people, ensure production, determine the nature of the Xuanyi army's rebellion, appease other military routes, and investigate the Maitreya Buddhist rebellion These three are simple, naturally there is a yamen to do, but the last one left, counterinsurgency, is stumped by everyone.

Originally, after stabilizing their minds, thinking about the Xuanyi Army, no more than 5,000 people, and the huge variety of military forces in Hebei, it was really nothing, and everyone relaxed a little in their hearts, thinking that no matter what, these 5,000 people would also be exterminated by themselves, but just now, another urgent war report arrived on Jia Changchao's table The Qianning Army rebelled, the commander Li Qing was beheaded, and the Qianning Army and the Xuanyi Army gathered together, and they didn't know where to go.

Now it seems that Xu Deshan is really prescient, if there are believers in Maitreya Buddhism in each army, when the two armies face each other, I am afraid that dozens of people will rebel in the barracks, and Maitreya Buddhism will be able to rush up and defeat the army.

So, this matter is stuck here, according to Xu Deshan's analysis, the most optimistic situation, the convergence of the two armies of the Xuanyi Army and the Qianning Army is 10,000 elite soldiers, plus the recruitment of various believers along the way, strong men, I am afraid it will reach 50,000 people.

50,000 people, no matter what time it is, is a terrifying number, think about the original battle of Tanyuan, with all the strength of the Great Song Dynasty, Taizu was wise and martial, but only used more than 100,000 troops, these 50,000 people, enough to reach the number of launching a campaign.

Of course, it doesn't matter if it's just like this, the Liao State has invaded a lot of people every time before, and they are not beaten back, but the most critical thing this time is that Maitreya Buddhism has a great influence, and the border armies have already been entangled with Maitreya Buddhism, where do they dare to call them, and if they don't use the border army to quell the rebellion, the Daimyo Mansion will not be able to draw tens of thousands of formed armed forces no matter what, so you can only wait for the war report to be sent to Zhongshu Province, and the front of the palace will command the division to send the forbidden army to come, and this back and forth, I'm afraid it's not going to be a month.

In this case, if the officials come to vote for the choice, I am afraid that most people will choose to wait for this month, even if they are held accountable by the court afterwards, sentenced to do nothing, demoted or transferred, but it is better than watching all the military roads rebel, go straight to the daimyo's mansion, and lose their lives.

It's a pity that the Great Song Dynasty is not a democratic society, the opinions of lower-level officials can only be used as a reference at most, and the opinions of the leaders in charge are the most important. ”

Jia Changchao also said, "When you go back, you have to work harder to implement the previous arrangements, especially in this famous mansion, there can be no more gossip." ”

When the officials heard this, they naturally knew that this was because the bigwigs were annoyed and didn't want to talk to themselves, and they had to discuss their own affairs separately, since they couldn't participate, what were they doing here, even if the sky fell, wasn't there Jia Chang Chaoming Ho on his shoulder, so everyone got up one after another to say goodbye and went back to their yamen.

Everyone left, Xu Deshan was going to leave, the compound bow was being tested to a critical juncture, and now the battle of integrity is about to start, hurry up and make it, it can come in handy, and Xu Deshan was just about to turn around, and the neck collar was dragged by Ming Ho, and Xu Deshan was dragged to the study next to him. came in together, naturally there was Jia Changchao, as well as the imperial history Jiang Fangding.

When he arrived in the study, he asked others to retreat, and Jia Changchao's face couldn't help but have a solemn look, in his own territory, there was a rebellion, it was enough to make trouble, this rebellion was still the border army under his own rule, and it was still two ways, and the other armies could not determine their loyalty, which was a very tricky thing.

Jia Changchao asked Ming Hao first, "Lord Ming, you see how this matter should be." ”

Ming Ho didn't have words at this time, originally Ming Ho heard the news that someone had rebelled, but his blood was boiling, and he was worried that he had no merit during his tenure, and now someone happened to send it to the door, but when he heard that it was the Xuanyi Army under his command who rebelled, Ming Ho's face was half bitter, and when he knew that the Qianning Army was also reversed, where did Ming Ho have any meritorious years in his heart, and it was a good thing not to ask himself if he had no way to govern the army after quelling the rebellion.

Now Jia Changchao asked, what good way can Ming Ho do, and said with a sad face, "What can be done, although the Xuanyi Army and the Qianning Army did not fight against the Liao State on the border, but it is also the elite of the border army, and it has seen blood, compared to ordinary soldiers, forming a formation, it is enough to use one as ten, if you want to fight, you can only fight with the same border army, the others are the forbidden army, and there is no chance of winning under the same number, but now it is only the two armies of the Xuanyi Army and the Qianning Army, there are 10,000 elite soldiers, and the other border armies can no longer move, where can they gather tens of thousands of horses, What do you want me to do to destroy them? ”

When Jia Changchao heard this,

was also quite disappointed, and said, "In that case, we really can't do anything, we can only wait for the forbidden army to come." ”

Before Ming Ho could answer, Xu Deshan stood up, turned around and walked out, Jia Changchao saw it, grabbed Xu Deshan and asked, "The words are not finished yet, what are you going to go, where do you want to go?" ”

Xu Deshan said, "Where to go, since you don't want to send troops, then what else is there to say, just guard the Daimyo's Mansion and wait for the court to send someone to come, anyway, those rebels don't dare to fight here." ”

Xu Deshan's words made Jia Chang very embarrassed to Ming Ho, Ming Hao's face turned red, and said, "Boy, what you said is light, but the soldiers are used in battle, where is the matter of talking and making trouble, I want to quell the rebellion, but where are the soldiers, you can conjure them up for me." ”

Xu Deshan put his hands behind his back and circled around Ming Ho twice, and the straight Ming Ho was furious in his heart, Xu Deshan said, "Lord Ming, I didn't say you, how did you become the head of this Soldiers and Horses, if the traitors are so easy to exterminate, what should we worry about, the officials of the states and counties below, just send a 1.8 million soldiers and horses to solve it, where is your turn to worry, the matter is in your hands, isn't it that the people below can't deal with it, this is what you think of as a leader, and you can solve it when you encounter difficulties, This can show the ability of the leader, and the credit of the leader comes, but you look at you, you don't even think about it, just give it no, isn't this just like that Chen Liang, defeated before the battle, if you think so, tell the officials below to do things. ”

Ming Ho is so angry, for no reason, he was taught a lesson by Xu Deshan, Ming Ho suddenly understood the feelings of those officials sitting at the bottom just now, this taste, it is really not good, and he gave someone an official all of a sudden, and he was also a little wronged, but he was not starting from reality, analyzing the battle situation, he couldn't just catch a few strong men, and he was sent to the front to die.

Ming Ho said angrily, "Xu Deshan, you kid Jing said cool words, if you have a way, you can say it and see, if it really makes sense, I Ming Ho will take you, count me as a dog at an age, and from now on worship you as a teacher and give you an apprentice." ”

This bet is a bit big, what is the identity of Ming Hao, don't look at the self-proclaimed official in front of Jia Changchao, but how many famous mansions can be established in the entire Song Dynasty, Ming Ho can take it out and put it in the officialdom of the entire Song Dynasty, it can be regarded as the number one that can be ranked, if you really worship a child as a teacher, then Ming Hao's people will be lost, and Xu Deshan will also jump up and become the child with the highest status in the Song Dynasty.

Now Ming Ho dares to put down his identity and take the apprentice as a bet, it can be seen that Ming Ho really has no way to take the current situation, and he doesn't believe that Xu Deshan can do anything, Xu Deshan is witty, smart, can build a blast furnace as early as possible, and design a compound bow, but the matter of fighting a war is not always smart, you just have to be smart, people are swarming up, or you will be hacked to death with a knife.

Ming Ho was angry, waiting for Xu Deshan's response, but Xu Deshan just glanced at Ming Ho meaningfully, and no longer continued to discuss this topic, but how did Ming Ho think that Xu Deshan's eyes were full of evil smiles, and no longer discussed, but it doesn't mean that he refused, if Xu Deshan has a way, he can't refute this matter, if there is no way, Xu Deshan also has a rhetoric to shirk, Ming Ho can't send it out, you say that you are angry or not.

However, it also depends on Xu Deshan's ability, if Xu Deshan really has the ability, can really make something out of nothing, and break the rebels, then Ming Ho is not impossible to call Xu Deshan a teacher, but if Xu Deshan talks on paper and boasts, Ming Ho chorus can't turn around to ridicule Xu Deshan, Ming Ho suppresses the anger in his heart for the time being, and listens to Xu Deshan.

Xu Deshan and Ming Ho competed, Jia Changchao and Jiang Fang were silent, sat on the side and watched quietly, without the slightest intention of stepping forward to dissuade them, after all, Ming Ho and Xu Deshan were a little awkward, and it was also a contradiction among the people, it was not a big deal, there were some contradictions that were a good thing, they could promote development, they could compete with each other, and at this critical juncture, they needed some vitality internally.

Jia Changchao looked at the quarrel between Xu Deshan and Ming Ho for a while, and asked, "Xu Deshan, don't be unreasonable, Master Ming said that he can't resist the rebels, so he naturally has his reasons, but you are messing around here, you have to tell your reason first, and ask everyone to help you see how to say it." ”

Xu Deshan nodded, held his head high, looked around at the top level of the three Daimyo Mansions present, and the bigwigs who could fate the battlefield in Hebei, and asked first, "Ladies and gentlemen, I want to ask first, do you want to defeat the rebels now, instead of defending the city and passively waiting for help." ”

Jia Changchao looked at Ming Hao and Jiang Fangding left and right, nodded and said, "Someone is rebellious, we will naturally eliminate him as soon as possible, how can there be a reason to sit back and ignore it, but how we want to act, how to eliminate, but it also depends on the actual situation, you can say, if you have a safe way to defeat the rebels in one fell swoop, then you must use your method, well, Lord Jiang, what do you think?" ”

Jiang Fang nodded and said, "That's exactly what I mean." ”

Xu Deshan said, "If that's the case, I have a plan, but it depends on your adults, believe it or not, kid." ”