Su Jun's soldiers Pu Gu, first pretended to go south to Mount Tai to suppress bandits, and when the Jin court ordered him to cross north to rescue Shao Xu, he pushed three obstacles and four times, and then regained Yanzhou, and the action was quite slow.

But in front of Pei Gai, there were only Zu Ti and Wang Gong who said bad things about Su Jun. Zu Ti was jealous because Su Jun refused to listen to his dispatch and failed to block Wen Shijin in time, which led to Shi Le's escape; Wang Gong was in order to supply and transport the Qingzhou army's food and straw, which made him anxious - although Xie Li was taking care of all the chores - so he pretended to be close to Su Zigao, and he was really dissatisfied.

As for the signs of separation, these two also include others, not that they can't see it, but they basically don't take it seriously. You must know that since the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings", the generals of various towns have been arrogant, and even robbed the people and abused the guards, and the big guys are all commonplace. In fact, in comparison, Su Zigao is quite "law-abiding" - after all, he still has bells and other Simas at all levels in his army.

Therefore, when Pei should discuss with the important ministers and how to deal with Su Jun, Pei Wei, Tao Kan and others said: "Su Jun has no great evil, and it is not appropriate to give up." ”

The land seized by the Qingzhou army in Yanbei must be spit out, and the imperial court will reappoint the prime minister. However, at present, it is necessary to guard against the division of troops by Qian Zhao to cross south and kill Qingzhou, in order to thin out its forces on the western front, and also to guard against the Jiankang regime's plot to seize Huainan, so the Qingzhou army cannot change its generals for the time being.

Pei Wei meant that Qing and Xu would maintain the status quo first, and only ordered Su Jun to divide his troops and guard the Yellow River in the north and the Yangtze River in the south; Tao Kan thought that Su Jun's troops were insufficient, so he should not send him to help him share the garrison of the river or river. In short, it is not too late to dispose of Su Jun after the ancestor has destroyed the karma.

In their opinion, Su Zigao is the old general of the Son of Heaven after all, and he is his own family, so Pei Gai must want to protect his people. However, Pei Gai didn't have a good impression of Su Jun in the first place-because this guy's reputation in history is too stinky-and listening to Wang Gongming's report and Zhong Sheng's secret report, what he did in Qingzhou, the meaning of secession is too obvious, others are not vigilant, Pei Gai has more historical lessons, and he does not dare to take precautions.

Therefore, he said to the important ministers: "Su Jun is dangerous-minded and narrow-minded, and he cannot be in charge of the affairs of the East alone, if he does not take advantage of his situation and restrain him first, he will inevitably cause chaos after a long time." ”

In the end, it was decided to appoint Xie Feng to lead a brigade of divisions to escort the new Yanbei county guards to the post, and then go straight to Qingzhou to replace Su Jun as the governor of Qingzhou. As for Su Jun, when Xie Feng arrived, he ordered him to go south to serve as the governor of Xuzhou and concentrate on guarding Jiankang.

Pei should not be worried about Su Jun's secession of Qingxu, what he is afraid of is that in order to seek secession, he will first collude with foreign enemies, and then the lesser of two evils, it is better to drive him to Xuzhou - it is better for him to summon southern soldiers to take Huainan than to lead the troops to cross the Yellow River. In the next step, it is planned to wait for Xie Feng and Su Jun to be in place, and then order Su Jun to return to the Hajj to see him.

The history of Qingzhou is still Xi Jian, but Pei Gaimi ordered Xi Daohui to recommend talents, intending to gradually replace the mediocre guards sent by the Xun clan; Xuzhou Thorn History, according to Bian Yan's recommendation, ordered Xie Kun to take over.

Besides, when Su Jun was stationed in Puyang, when he received the report of Sima Ye's Zen position, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said to the left and right: "The metropolitan governor should be the son of heaven, and we can also be honored." "The generals up and down all celebrated with their crowns.

Soon, Pei Gai officially ascended the throne in Luoyang, and was sent to Puyang with a dynasty, and worshiped Su Jun as "Major General and General Polu, Governor of Qingzhou Military", and sealed the city pavilion marquis. For the grade, Su Jun is quite satisfied - the major general is listed from the third grade, if it is in the Jin Dynasty, it will be listed alongside Shangshu and Zhuqing, and he is already a senior national official; For the title, I have some regrets - the same marquis, why don't you add me to a county?

However, he was most dissatisfied with the fact that he was ordered to withdraw from the Yanbei counties, and all the ministers he had previously appointed refused to take office; Second, the establishment of the Qingzhou Army is too small......

The military establishment of the Hua Dynasty generally continued the Guanzhong Xingtai, with five soldiers as one army, five troops as a platoon, five platoons as a team, five teams as one team, five divisions as a battalion, three battalions as a brigade, and then an army on the brigade - basically a brigade of about 10,000 people.

Pei Gai gave Zu Ti the establishment of seven brigades, and the seven brigade commanders were: Li Ju, Wei Gai, Xu Liu, Wei Ce, Feng Tie, Zhang Ping and Zu Ji (Fan Ya is Zhang Ping's deputy, Zu Jian is Zu Ji's deputy), and Shao Jiajun is also included. Therefore, the ancestral army is full of calculations, and it can get more than 70,000 people.

The original Guanzhong Army was also organized into seven brigades, and the seven brigade commanders were: Zhen Sui, Liu Yang, Lu He, Wang Ze, Xie Feng, Dong Biao and Wang Tang; In addition, Pei Zhen and Wen Lang led the second battalion of the guards, and Beigong Chun and Luo Yao led the second battalion of cavalry, with a total strength of about 85,000.

As for the Qingzhou Army, Su Jun initially led 700 people into the Xie Feng camp, and then promoted to the governor, and returned more than 1,000 people to the east to form the "Gonglai Battalion". In other words, Su Jun's department can theoretically only recruit four or five thousand people at most. After the establishment of the Hua Dynasty, an edict was issued to raise the Qingzhou Army to the level of a brigade, with Su Jun as the brigade commander, which could be expanded to more than 10,000.

However, Su Jun was far away from the Tiangao Emperor in Qingzhou, and he had long since distinguished between good and bad, and even regardless of the amount of materials, he recruited troops and horses, and his troops had exceeded 30,000 people. Now that the imperial court has only given a brigade, what should we do with the other 20,000 people? Isn't it possible to disarm and return to the field?

Su Zigao discussed this with his subordinates, and Changshi Xu Wei said: "Even if the imperial court gives the establishment of the three brigades of the generals, it is difficult to protect the huge land of Qing, Xu and Yanbei. And the ancestor waved his army straight to Xiangguo, if he ordered me to wait for the north to cross and advance, the general would never obey? Yanbei is close to the river and close to Luo, the location is too important, and it is reasonable to want the imperial court to not allow us to divide the counties, and it is reasonable for the general to withdraw.

"It is reported that the seventh brigade of the ancestral father's department, and the seventh brigade of the imperial court, the commander of the brigade, Li Shihui, Liu Yetang, and General Zhen and General Xie. The general was originally just a subordinate general under General Xie, but now he has to go hand in hand with him, isn't it glorious? If you want to send the three brigades, you will ask too much, and you will be angry with the Son of Heaven. ”

Jia Ning, who joined the army, shook his head and said, "No." Although the imperial court will take Yanbei, although the general has the title of governor of Qingzhou, he must actually guard Yuqing and Xu Erzhou, and Zhao is in the north, which is a big trouble for me, and the Sima clan is in the south, and it is not clear which side is back-to-a certain speculation, most of them are thrown into Jinshuo, and our country is the enemy-1,500 miles from the north and south, even if the people of the three brigades are still insufficient, what if only one brigade is given?

"Now the ancestor is actually leading the seven brigades, and the Son of Heaven is precious, he will not go out lightly, Tao Gong and others must also sit in the center, if the court orders to send troops, how can there be a reason that the brigades are not subordinate to each other? It is inevitable that he will be a general and take charge of many brigades. Therefore, the general can play the Son of Heaven, Yun Qing, Xu Diguang, one brigade is not enough to defend, please increase to three brigades, but the general's brother and son will lead its two brigades, and the general and the president's three brigades are ......"

Xu Wei dissuaded: "No." Although Jia joined the army and said, Yu Qing and Xu Zhi three brigades, the general and the president, or it can be done, but how can the imperial court take the general's relatives as the brigade commander? How young the qualifications of the generals are today, it is difficult to take on important responsibilities, so they can only ask the imperial court to control them in the future. ”

Su Jun's younger brother Su Yi and eldest son Su Shuo were quite dissatisfied when they heard this, and the generals Han Huang and Ma Xiong also clamored - why are we all junior and can't serve as brigade commanders?

Pei should govern the army in Guanzhong, and tried his best to prevent the warlordization tendency of "soldiers are generals" - although he himself is the biggest warlord, but until I am concerned, the generals under his command must not follow him - he often taught and admonished in thought, and in terms of system, he also split and reorganized the original battalions several times. It's a pity that Su Jundong traveled too early, and he lacks vigilance about this-to be more specific, it is because Pei Gaizhi strictly prohibits militarization and lacks a deep understanding - as for the generals under his command, most of them are old troops who were only collected after returning to the East, or new generals recruited, so they are even more ignorant.

The key Donglai Camp Sima Bell was left by Su Jun in Pugu, and the Sima under him also took advantage of the opportunity of the Western Expedition to be set aside, and this kind of meeting was not qualified to participate at all. However, even if Zhong Sheng and the others are there, it is estimated that it is useless, although Zhong Aihua is upright, but he is not taught by Pei Gaier with his face, asking a scholar like him to mingle with ordinary soldiers, directly control the lower-level military academy, and promote the concept of Huayi's debate, how is it possible.

Zhong Aihua really put himself in the position of an administrative bureaucrat who has made meritorious contributions to the nuclear point, and then he increased the position of Sima Eryan, and even the consciousness of supervising the army is not served......

Therefore, the generals clamored, saying that the imperial court should give us the establishment of the three brigades, and even if we withdraw from Yanzhou, we should also give the general the title of governor of Qing and Xuzhou. Therefore, Han Huang said: "The imperial court is in the hands of the Guanxi scholars, but if you are close to the old Guanzhong army, where can you put me in the eyes?" It is to act unjustly - the general should be in a hurry and implore the Son of Heaven to make a clear decision! ”

——Our Qingzhou Army has been separated from the organization for too long, so it will be raised as a stepmother and refuse to treat each other fairly.

Xu Wei still has some brains, and he is in a hurry to persuade, but unfortunately one tongue can't fight many mouths. Su Jun waited for them to quarrel for a long time, and then he took a few cases, stopped drinking, and said: "There are many things in the country, and the Son of Heaven is also busy, how can we bother the Son of Heaven because of the circumstances we are waiting for?" ”

Of course, this is not true, but he really doesn't dare to play this for the court, the reason is very simple - there is no one in the court! When returning to the east, Su Jun was just a governor, although he had met Pei Gai a few times, but he was not familiar with it - in fact, Pei Gai often inspected the battalions, and even the soldiers were willing to sit and talk to each other, but because he didn't like Su Jun, he was somewhat estranged intentionally or unintentionally - although the old acquaintance Bian Yan was in Luoyang, he heard that he had not received a Chinese position?

And in fact, he doesn't get along well with Bian Yi and Xi Jian, even if Bian Wangzhi is in China and North Korea, it is estimated that it will be difficult to rely on him as a helper.

So in the end, Su Jun decided: "The imperial court will have a new order to assassinate Yanzhou, and even send a large number of people to guard it, and we will wait and live in peace, and when it comes to hand over, we will listen to the situation in the DPRK and China, and decide whether to play the Son of Heaven is not too late." ”

waited patiently, and after half a month, he finally found out the news, saying that Pei Tong was ordered to assassinate Yanzhou, and sent Xie Feng to lead a brigade to escort him. When Su Jun heard the news, he couldn't help but be overjoyed - Xie Feng is his old boss, he must be easy to speak, I have to beg him well and let him help me seek greater benefits in front of the Son of Heaven.

Therefore, after Xie Feng and Pei Tong arrived, Su Jun personally led the generals out of the city to greet him, and even planned to bow to Xie Feng. Xie Feng hurriedly grabbed his arm and said with a smile: "I am now in the same position as Zigao, both as major generals, and the division of the unified brigade, which is not as good as in the past, so why should I be like this?" ”

Su Jun welcomed them into the city and set up a feast for them. However, during the banquet, he just remembered the past and inquired about the situation in the DPRK and China - Pei Tong was next to him, how could Su Zigao dare to speak freely? waited until the banquet was over and everyone returned to their sleeping places, and then Su Jun quietly went to visit Xie Feng again.

After listening to Su Jun finish talking about his expectations—of course, he mainly put the blame on the generals, saying that they thought that the people of the non-three brigades were not enough to garrison Qing and Xuzhou, and he would never dare to question the order of the dynasty—Xie Feng twisted his beard and thought about it, then leaned closer, lowered his voice and said: "Zigao, I really don't hide it, I am not here to calm Yanbei, but to follow Qing to the east to guard Qingzhou." ”

When Su Jun heard this, a look of shock suddenly appeared on his face, and he listened to Xie Feng explain: "How did the imperial court know that the Qingzhou army has reached 30,000 people? As Qing said, there are thieves in Hebei today, and there are also fears of rebellion in Jiangnan, with one or two thousand people, and it is inconvenient to protect the land of the two states. It was because the imperial court ordered me to guard Qingzhou in the north to protect the imperial court, and Zigao went south to Xu Fang to prevent Jin ......"

Su Jun couldn't help but feel stunned...... That's right, I have never officially reported that I have 30,000 soldiers and horses, so how can the imperial court give the establishment of three brigades? Thinking about it again, no, the specific number of the Qingzhou army can be hidden from others, but it can't be hidden from Wang Gong - not to mention that I still need the help of the prince to supply grain and straw - then Wang Gong has returned to Luo, didn't he mention this matter to the Son of Heaven before driving? Is it because it is not within its purview, so I didn't expect it, or did I deliberately not report it?

So he sighed, said to Xie Feng with a shy face: "This is really a mistake...... However, in the past in Qingzhou, Cao Wei was defeated and collected the remaining embers, and in order to echo the disgust, he had to recruit a large number of troops to recover Yanzhou, which was more extensive, and unexpectedly reached 30,000 people. However, the imperial court was only established with one brigade, and the supply of grain and materials was limited to one brigade, and the soldiers would inevitably be discouraged...... At this point, I hope the general will teach me how to remedy it, and I hope that the general will teach me - it will not be possible to dismiss the superfluous soldiers, which will inevitably lead to local chaos! ”

The true meaning of this "no success" is "it must not be" -- I will never dismiss the redundant army and damage my own strength. What else can be done? Sir, please come up with an idea.

Xie Feng rubbed his chin and groaned. Su Jun waited for a while, and then took the opportunity to probe: "Can the general help me make a proposal to the Son of Heaven and increase the army to the third brigade?" Even if the court is reassigned, it can be a general. Moreover...... I am originally from Ye County, and I have been in Qingzhou for a long time, and I am quite familiar with the situation on the river, so why don't I guard the river, and the general will guard the Yangtze River? The general is a southerner, if Jiankang does not obey the king, he can take advantage of the situation to kill the river and restore the hometown, wouldn't it be good? ”

Xie Feng waved his hand: "Once the fate is awarded, how can it be three and four?" "Don't even think about changing the defense zone. After a pause, he said, "As for the increase to the third brigade...... This is not something I dare to play. Zigao, when you see a noble man here, why don't you go and ask him, but come to me? ”