Chapter 243: The Last Knight
If it is a real simple confrontation between the two armies, in fact, although the Great Song Dynasty is cowardly, there are really teams that can fight, and there are so many generals who can be regarded as fierce generals.
But the root cause of the problem lies in the Great Song system, which involved overly complex political issues, resulting in every war, no matter how big or small, full of variables. Zhang Shuye experienced such bottlenecks and variables when he was young, and now, when Huang Wenbing was sent to Chizhou, he once again experienced the disaster brought about by a political moth.
As a result, Chizhou is in an emergency, and now it is not even known whether Huang Wenbing is alive or not.
Lao Zhang is just hard-mouthed, saying that he can break Wang Xiu with 800 chengguan, but in fact, the situation in Chizhou is very bad, and it is inevitable to break the city, no matter how big the cost is, no matter how unwilling he is, he has to find a way to start thinking about the entry of the army into the southeast.
In fact, if there was money, the deployment of the army would have been started a long time ago, and money and money were all to blame.
If Cai Jing and Zhang Kangguo launched a large-scale civil war bill with a piece of paper, there would be no surprises at that time, and the resolution of the middle hall would be issued to the household department, which would allow Uncle Zhang to raise money at night.
How to raise money, can you still turn the already poor people upside down and tremble with their feet to see how much money they can have?
In fact, Uncle Zhang didn't dare to issue such a document even if he died, because Lao Zhang knew in his heart what the bureaucrats in the world were like, and once the household department had the fund-raising guidance needed for the national war, although the bureaucrats in various places could raise some money and grain to send it, but the price was chicken feathers, and the local bitter people really had to be turned upside down and trembling and take away the last grain.
There is no way to do this, so it is necessary to convene a meeting of the powerful and wealthy people in the capital and let them take the money.
If you dare to go to the, of course you can get it, but the problem is equivalent to digging the ancestral grave of the Zhang family.
Left and right, Uncle Zhang was quite upset at night, he didn't want to stay here anymore, so he got up and left to go out for a walk in the snow.
"Okay, you old Zhang, this time I was miserable by you!"
But Uncle Zhang went out at night and was caught by Zhang Kangguo, who rushed from the Privy Council.
Uncle Zhang's old face was slightly red, but he also stretched his hands, "What did I do to you?" This is a national disaster, as if I am not in the pit. β
Zhang Kangguo dragged Zhang Shuye into the hall, pointed to his nose and said, "I regret not being at the beginning, I fell into your big trap at that time, you swore to tell the prime minister how big the interests of Chizhou are, and how sure you are, and finally I believed you, thought that I would win, and authorized the Wuwei army to enter Chizhou without the official family." As a result, not only did the benefits not go, but the more trouble got bigger and bigger, and there was no way to solve a mess, and now Chizhou is in a hurry. In the end, how can people explain it? β
Uncle Zhang waved his hand in annoyance to shake off his pull, "This pot is not carried by the official." As if you Zhang Xianggong didn't have a heart, the southeast was the mistake of Cai Jing's old guy, and you also wanted to take the opportunity to political speculation, and at the same time poke out the lawlessness of the Cai Party while making meritorious contributions. β
Zhang Kangguo couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, he didn't understand military affairs at all, and he didn't care about how many filthy cat thieves there were in Chizhou and even in the southeast.
To put it bluntly, the reason why people are fooled is that they have the mind of speculation and taking advantage, and there are no exceptions. The initial reason why Uncle Zhang's night thief ship fell into the pit this time was that after Zhang Kangguo first attached himself to Cai Jing to gain power, he felt that Lao Cai was too power-grabbing and too indulgent to his protΓ©gΓ©, for fear that something would happen in the future.
and based on Lao Cai's revenge and revenge, Zhang Kangguo was unable to be stable all day long.
Later, when he was sleepy and met a pillow, when Uncle Zhang wanted to rectify Lao Cai at night, it seemed that he had an ally and had a lot of chances to win, so he made a decisive bet, against Lao Cai's will, and wanted to poke out the problem of the southeast.
Who knew that Huang Wenbing, the thug who was ordered by Uncle Zhang's relatives at night, was forced to make dumplings before he went, and the fire in Chizhou became bigger and bigger.
The fire is so big that it really can't be suppressed.
Zhang Kangguo stomped his feet when he saw the sweat on his forehead, "How can it be good now, even if the emperor doesn't like to hear these things, now he must take the initiative to report it, otherwise if Chizhou really falls, and it involves the level of army requisition, then it will no longer be 'the government to catch thieves', but a real rebellion and civil war, it is impossible not to pass through the emperor, so the matter will not be poked out until the end, do you think no one will be dealt with?" β
Uncle Zhang thought about this matter at night, I will be the accountant of the accounts, and the basket poked out by the Wuwei army into Chizhou was signed by your Zhang Kangguo minister, do you really think that there is no responsibility for signing?
Of course, thinking like this, Lao Zhang was embarrassed to say it and make Zhang Kangguo angry. So he thought for a while and said, "What are the officials doing now?" β
"What else can I do, at this hour every day, the old man basically doesn't do anything, just accompanies the official family to play football, and the wind and rain continue." Zhang Kang National Road.
"How can you disturb the official Yaxing, anyway...... Reporting will not change the course and nature of the event. Uncle Zhang said, "I feel in my heart that there is still the last glimmer of hope in Chizhou." β
Facing Zhang Shuye's arrogant virtue of not admitting his mistakes, Zhang Kangguo smiled bitterly, "Then I have to ask, when there is an army, it can't turn the situation in Chizhou, and now there is no army, there are a bunch of heads waiting to be cut off, and the city that can't be defended, where is the hope?" β
Uncle Zhang said at night, "When the Chizhou military report was issued, the state city was basically besieged and there was no news for three days. Assuming that I were him, I would have deployed the powerful dead soldiers in Chizhou City before planning the Battle of Shiliting. After the victory of Shili Pavilion, the morale is clamped, and based on the state of Chizhou's 'empty city', confidence collapses, and they trample on each other, and they can break the city in one day. β
Zhang Kangguo was stunned.
Zhang Shuye continued, "However, this did not happen, which shows that Zhao Cheng, the county lieutenant who performed strangely in the Battle of Xishan, has made an urgent and effective response. This is our only hope, he can resist Wang Xiujun's ambition to win the first three days, and he will be able to hold on longer. As long as the path is right, the longer you hold on, the more power available to Chizhou will be, and it depends on whether they will apply it. β
Zhang Kangguo's face is red and he can't advance or retreat, and there is really no good way to do it now, this is really not a matter that can be settled by a highly respected court minister writing an order, everything can only be left to fate.
According to Zhang Shuye, Zhao Cheng, who has never met, is the last fig leaf for everyone in the court now, the last knight in Chizhou, and everything is pinned on him......