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Tong Guan's Taiwei Mansion is located in the West Square of Bianjing City, the tall gate, the mighty gatekeeper soldiers, and the West Fang where the dignitaries gather is also one of the best in the style.

However, although this Taiwei Mansion is the mansion of Tong Guan, the eunuch of the current dynasty, it is also very magnificent, but because Tong Guan is a eunuch, except for a few servants and maids in the house, it is a team of patrolling government soldiers, and it is rare to see other figures.

Since the previous assassination of Gao Yu, the imperial court has strengthened the security forces of the high-ranking officials in Bianjing, and Tong Guan is the captain in charge of the military, and the guards in the palace are naturally over-specified.

In the main hall of the Tong Mansion, several generals in scale armor and several officials in crimson robes lined up on both sides, facing a man wearing a black water unicorn robe on the first seat, the man had a beard, swords, eyebrows, and forehead, and protruding temples, looking about thirty years old, with thick branches and large leaves, a wide waist and a round waist, and a pair of slightly protruding round eyes.

At this time, he was propping up the Taishi chair diagonally with his elbows, and was drinking tea sideways, looking casual but a little domineering.

This person is Tong Guan.

The identity of the eunuch Tong Guan is certain, and it is also true that he has a long beard and a strong body like a cow and is majestic. At this point, the civil and military capitals of the Manchu Dynasty and His Majesty the Emperor of the current dynasty have long been surprised.

This must be what people often call strange people, no matter what, Tong Guan is indeed a strange person in history.

"Lord Taiwei, Xifu has just received news that the forbidden army in Hebei has lost the first battle...... "An official came out to report to Tong Guan.

The central authority of the Song Dynasty was divided into two provinces, the east and the west. Dongfu is the province of Zhongshumen, where the prime minister and deputy prime minister work, which is equivalent to the State Council in later generations; Xifu is the Privy Council, and the boss of the Privy Council, the Privy Council, is the chief of the Privy Council, which is equivalent to the ************** of later generations.

- The chairman, of course, is His Majesty the Emperor.

The heads of the two prefectures are the top existence of the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, and they are all treated by the prime minister, as long as they have been in charge of the two prefectures, even if they are later demoted and exiled, others will respectfully call them "Xianggong".

However, the heads of these two governments have always been only civilian officials, since the founding of Taizu, only Di Qing has served as a privy envoy in Xifu as a military general, and finally was depressed by the cooperation of civilian officials.

Although he didn't dare to be a privy envoy, after all, he was a great eunuch who held the actual military power, and the Privy Council was now completely hollowed out by him, and his Taiwei Mansion was the centralized sending and receiving place for various important military orders in the Great Song Dynasty.

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Hearing the news of the defeat of the Hebei Forbidden Army, Tong Guan sneered and said, "Hmph! Wang Hao can be regarded as robbing his nephew of an unlucky errand this time! ”

Today's Great Song Dynasty is completely controlled by the "six thieves", and Cai Jing is the prime minister of Dongfu and the head of a hundred officials. Wang Hao is the deputy minister of the Eastern Mansion, and Tong Guan is the lieutenant and the commander of the Northwest Third Route Army. Political power, financial power, and military power are divided among the three of them. In the palace, Liang Shicheng was in charge of internal affairs, and the people had Li Yan and Zhu Fu to loot on a large scale.

However, among the traitors in the current court, there are also clear factions, and there are open and secret fights.

In the court, Cai Jing won the emperor's favor and was the most powerful. Tong Guan and Cai Jingjingshui do not violate the river water, and the relationship is reasonable. However, Vice Prime Minister Wang Hao and Cai Jing are in harmony, and he is bent on calculating Cai Jing and taking over the position of Prime Minister of the Empire.

However, Cai Jing's forces were intertwined in the DPRK and China, and he returned to the position of prime minister just a few months after the resignation. Wang Hao had no choice but to desperately find an opportunity to cultivate cronies in the court, but he also offended Tong Guan several times. I heard that there was a rebellious army in Hebei, and in Wang Huang's eyes, this was a great credit to the door, so he grabbed the opportunity to take command for his nephew Ye Liangchen before Tong Guan.

"Yes, this Wang Huang only has wine and wealth in his eyes, and he actually regards the march as child's play, and lets his nephew, who is not full of hair, go out on the expedition, thinking that he can grab the credit in this way?" One of the generals said disdainfully.

"Tai Lieutenant, I think the Hebei Forbidden Army will be defeated if it doesn't last a few days, and whoever quells the chaos at this time will be a first-class merit! It's not too late for us to ask for the Western Army! The official who spoke was the deputy privy envoy, and the current privy envoy was an old minister who was about to die, and as the deputy envoy, he simply stopped waiting, and came to the palace of Captain Tong all day to report.

"I won't recruit the Western Army this time." Tong Guan raised his eyelids and said leisurely: "If I really wanted to quell the chaos this time, it would be impossible for Wang Hao to move His Majesty to let that hairy boy take command." ”

Hearing Tong Guan's words, everyone below was puzzled.

"Captain, what do you mean...... We didn't participate in this quelling of the turmoil? ”

"Hmm."

Tong Guan nodded indifferently and continued to taste the tea.

The crowd became anxious.

"But that chaotic army is the elite cavalry of the former Liao Kingdom, if it is allowed to continue, I am afraid that once it becomes the climate, it will become a problem for my Great Song Dynasty!"

"What's more, even if we don't fight for this military merit, the forbidden army in Hebei will be defeated, and Your Majesty will still order us to quell the chaos at that time."

In the entire Great Song Dynasty, only the military in Tong Guan's hands has not been completely corrupted, and there is still a trace of concern for the country and the people.

Tong Guan chuckled, he looked up at the northeast, and said, "It's okay, if the western army doesn't come out this time, the chaotic army in Hebei will definitely be defeated!" The tone was full of confidence.

Everyone was stunned.

They can climb to the top military power of the Great Song Dynasty, even civilian officials have led soldiers, and those generals are all battle-hardened, among which several of them followed Tong Guan to conquer Tibet and fight the Battle of Hehuang in Western Xia, with their understanding of the military strength of the Great Song Dynasty, they naturally know that the garrisons around the Great Song Dynasty are vulnerable, and if they want to pacify this rebellion, they must send the most elite Western Army to fight.

However, they also have great trust in Tong Guan, and since the Taiwei said that there is no need to transfer the Western Army, there must be a good reason.

"Come to think of it, the Hebei Forbidden Army is only tasting a small defeat for the first time, and it is not without a chance to win." A general frowned and said, "It depends on whether Wang Huang's nephew is capable or not." ”

No matter how corrupt the forbidden army is, its combat effectiveness is at least much stronger than that of the local garrisons, and if the commander is a military genius, it is not impossible to win.

"That Ye Liangchen?" Tong Guan smiled meaningfully and said, "Success is not enough, and failure is not enough!" ”

When everyone heard this, they were stunned again.

"Since the Taiwei doesn't look down on that Ye Liangchen, why is he still so confident?"

If the Hebei Forbidden Army does not work, and the Western Army does not move, these officials and generals present really can't think of any other army in the Great Song Dynasty that can resist the Liao rebellion.

"You just have to wait in peace."

Tong Guan didn't say anything more to everyone, if it was before, he should have the same opinion as everyone else, thinking that in addition to the Western Army, the Great Song Dynasty had no army to resist strong enemies, but now, his opinion has changed.

What he didn't know, he knew it since the last time he personally led a mission to the Kingdom of Jin and encountered a storm at sea.