Li Mao appeased Li Kang's son, and early on the morning of the second day, he ordered to meet with officials at all levels in Zizhou Prefecture and County in the mansion, most of these officials were old people when Li Kang was in charge of Dongchuan, Dongchuan was different from Ziqing in Hebei, and other places, and Jiedu made the control over the state and county officials very limited, and these officials were not strictly speaking Li Kang's people.

After Liu Pi attacked and occupied Zizhou, only the main officials of the state and county governments were replaced, and the lowly officials and officials still used the old people, and now Gao Chongwen recaptured Zizhou from Liu Pi, and these people are still retained.

As a pacification envoy, Li Mao summoned the state and county officials to give appropriate instructions, which was originally his duty, and the order was issued by the pacification embassy, but by the time of the meeting the next day, no one inside or outside was present.

Qin Mo, who was in charge of informing everyone, had a little uneasiness on his face, and shouted to prepare his horses, line up, prepare knives and bows, and personally rush to the state government to bring those who disobeyed the order.

Li Mao stopped him, and Qin Mo puffed up and said, "This must be Gao Chongwen's ghost." ”

It was quickly found out that this was indeed Gao Chongwen's ghost. Knowing that Li Mao ordered the summoning of state and county officials, Gao Chongwen strictly ordered all government officials to be responsible for defending the territory during the extraordinary period, and those who left their posts without an order were to be beheaded.

Gao Chongwen even dared to kill Li Kang, what is it to kill a few state and county officials, no one dares to move when the military order is given.

In the first round of confrontation between the pacification envoy and the commander of the unified army, Li Mao suffered a crushing defeat, which made Li Mao's subordinates indignant, and everyone accused Gao Chongwen of being too arrogant and domineering, and even the ministers of the Qin Mission did not pay attention to them.

There are even more radicals who want Li Maoxuan to come to the mansion with Gao Chongwen, take out the secret edict, and embarrass him in person.

Li Mao was unmoved, and said to everyone: "If they don't come, let's go over and appease the envoys, if we don't bend down, how can we appease the people?" ”

Li Mao went against the norm, walked out of Zizhou City, walked to the mountains and rivers of Zizhou, visited the cave people, worshiped the elderly, asked for warmth in the cold, and observed the people's feelings, which quickly set off a boom and a sensation in Zizhou.

Gao Chongwen heard about this in the camp, and said to the left and right: "This is done to appease the envoy, and it looks like it." If he only knows how to sit in the mansion and ask about trivial things, it is bullshit to appease him. I was the first to join him. ”

Gao Yuewen persuaded: "He is the appeasement envoy of the Qin Mission, the handsome man hangs him like this, he is not in line with the number of etiquette, and it is easy to teach people to speak, in my opinion, this face work still has to be done." ”

Before Gao Yuewen said this, he had received a letter from Du Huangshang, in which Du Huangshang half-joked that if Gao Chongwen was powerful in Zizhou and did not listen to the greetings, he would ask the Son of Heaven to send Liu Shu, the envoy of Longyou Jing and the assassin of Qinzhou, to go south and make him his deputy, and work together to conquer Chengdu.

Everyone knows that Gao Chongwen is not afraid of Liu Shu, no one knows why he is afraid of Liu Shu, but he is afraid, Du Huangshang is beating Gao Chongwen, if his dog temper does not know how to converge, although Liu Shu may not come, but the court will definitely take action.

Gao Yuewen suggested that Gao Chongwen set up a banquet in the camp to catch Li Mao and wash the dust, and Gao Chongwen agreed.

In this way, seven days after Li Mao arrived in Zizhou, Gao Chongwen set up a banquet in the camp to catch him and wash the dust.

But there was no good banquet, and not long after the two entered the banquet, there was a conflict over Liu Bi's request for soldiers.

Gao Chongwen believes that Zizhou and Jianzhou are already in the hands of the imperial court, so it is easy to send troops to Chengdu directly.

Gao Chongwen said sarcastically in front of everyone: "This is obviously Liu Pi's strategy to delay the army, and the pacification envoy will not fail to see it." ”

Li Mao said: "Liu Pi wants to slow down, he has his own reasons, our army's front is too long, and it also needs to be slowed down, there are difficulties in raising grain and grass in Shannan West Road, and the grain and grass transferred in Guanzhong have been unable to get out of the customs for a long time, and our army is already exhausted." ”

Gao Chongwen said: "There is no need to appease and worry about raising military rations, I am talking about orders and prohibitions, and there are clear rewards and punishments. Mishandling military rations is a capital offense, and whoever thinks it's in the way of the head can give it a try. ”

Gao Chongwen is the commander of the three armed forces and has the final say in military affairs, including the financing of military rations. When he was still in Langzhou, he issued a military order to transfer grain to Shannan West Road, so that Zhang Mingjun was left and right, and he felt a big headache, if it weren't for Li Mao to help Zhang Mingjun, the military rations of Shannan West Road would have been unable to be collected, and Gao Chongwen's grain route would have been cut off long ago.

After Gao Chongwen leapt from Langzhou to Zizhou, the route of transporting grain was suddenly lengthened, the risk increased exponentially, and the loss of the north of the city increased.

The grain-raising machinery in Shannan West Road has been driven to the maximum, and it is no longer able to cope with the supply task after the battle line is extended.

Between Langzhou and Zizhou, there were a large number of savage tribes with unknown attitudes, and these tribes were easily bought by Liu Pi, posing a major threat to the grain transportation line.

In other words, even if Zhang Mingjun had the ability to raise enough military rations, how to transport them to Zizhou was a big problem, and Gao Chongwen didn't seem to have considered this issue, or he didn't think it was a problem, although he had considered it.

It will take time to clear the threat from the transport routes, and it is necessary to slow down now.

Li Mao said: "Liu Pi asked for the guilt, whether to forgive or not, must wait for the holy judgment, if Gao Shuai is not sure that he will break through Chengdu within ten days, please temporarily suspend the army, hoard grain and grass, and prepare for the winter." ”

Gao Chongwen was furious when he heard this, smashed the case, and scolded: "Bastard, you are delaying the military plane!" ”

Qin Mo reprimanded sharply: "What crime should you be guilty of insulting Qin Cha?" ”

Gao Chongwen's generals lifted the table one after another when they heard the words, and forced them up, Hu Chuan shouted in a trembling voice: "Do you want to rebel?" ”

Someone kicked a table into pieces of wood in front of him, Hu Chuan licked his lips and closed his mouth in amusement.

Han Yi stepped forward, pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword, and stared at the general like a wolf, he was Captain Suiluan, dressed in the uniform of the forbidden army, with the special logo of Captain Suiluan. Gao Chongwen's subordinates took a stupid step back.

A person in the crowd rubbed his hands, and Piri Yangqiu said: "If you don't suffer from the order of the monarch outside, let's put away your set." ”

The phrase "will be subject to the fate of the king outside" is an all-powerful basket that can hold many things.

Li Mao didn't want to intensify the contradiction, so he waved his hand to let Han Yi and Hu Chuan retreat, and said with a straight face: "The pacification envoy bears the responsibility of pacifying, this is the regulation of the imperial court, since Liu Bi asked for peace on the table, I have the right to decide whether to appease or not." I still say the same thing, if Gao Shuai is not sure that he will take Chengdu within ten days, then please truce first. ”

Although Zizhou is close to Chengdu, there are heavy troops in the middle, and the frontal attack may not be able to break in ten days.

There is no joke in the army, there is no need for Li Mao to say more about this truth, the generals dare to lift the table in front of Li Mao to demonstrate, but no one dares to say such nonsense.

Dozens of pairs of eyes looked at Gao Chongwen together.

"The plan for peace and war is determined by the pacification envoy, but if you delay the battle and indulge the ferociousness, don't blame the commander for being ruthless."

Gao Chongwen dropped his wine glass and strode away, and all the generals followed, with iron armor.

Hu Chuan's Adam's apple squirmed vigorously.

This was originally a banquet set up by Gao Chongwen for Li Mao, the pacification envoy, but after three rounds of wine, it became a vindictive banquet, and now it has become a face-turning banquet.

After everyone went, looking at the mess of cups and plates in one place, Qin Mo sighed helplessly, suddenly laughed twice, and laughed at himself: "Gao Chongwen's arrogance is famous, and if we make such a fuss on other people's territory, we can retreat with our whole body, happy, happy." ”

He patted Hu Chuan and asked with a smile, "What did you want to say just now?" ”

Hu Chuan's weak shoulders and equally weak heart were almost broken after this beat, and he calmed down, and replied: "No, it's nothing, I just want to ask, if he really delays the fighter, will he ...... us?"

Hu Chuan made a gesture to wipe his neck, and Qin Mo said: "Silly you, Brother Mao is Qincha, killing Qincha is similar to rebellion, and he will be impeached at most." Speaking of this, Qin Mo also became nervous, and he asked Li Mao: "Liu Pi's envoy is clearly a plan to delay the army, and our army is the best policy to attack by taking advantage of the victory. ”

Li Mao said: "The front is too fast, the rear can't keep up, once the supply is cut off, morale will be frustrated, and it is not possible to cut off a few heads to save the defeat." ”

Qin Mo said: "Having said that, it's ......"

Li Mao waved his hand and said: "The saint appointed me as a pacification envoy, not for me to be a prestige, I must shoulder this responsibility." ”

After Liu Pi received Li Mao's reply that he promised a temporary truce, he was overjoyed and sent a message to the left and right: "There is no one in the imperial court, and I actually let such a minister be the pacification envoy of the decision and war strategy, I just made a small plan, and dragged him to Zizhou." ”

On the one hand, Liu Pi ordered the construction of eight chain camps in Lutouguan and Wanshengdui in the northeast of Chengdu overnight, and on the other hand, he sent his son-in-law Su Jiang to lead 3,000 soldiers from the five courtyards to disperse and infiltrate the territory of Jianzhou, Lizhou, Jizhou, Langzhou and Zizhou.

Everything was as Li Mao expected, the Tang Army's fragile supply lines quickly collapsed under the joint attack of the Dongman and the Fifth Academy Army bribed by Su Jiang, and it was no longer a joke that grain could not be transported in the rear, but had become a real reality.

Before the grain route was cut off, Gao Chongwen had the opportunity to raise enough grain for the winter, but he did not take Li Mao's advice to heart, and still transported grain and grass to Zizhou at a normal speed, and the grain of the Zizhou camp was always maintained at a ten-day share.

Now that the grain route was suddenly interrupted, Gao Chongwen became nervous, and he killed several local grain transportation officials who had delayed the military rations in a row, and hung their heads high at the head of the northern city of Zizhou, and Li Kang's head as a companion.

When the news spread, Shannan Xidao suddenly set off a new round of officials complaining of illness and resignation, and officials from various prefectures and counties submitted resignations to Zhang Mingjun, who stayed behind, asking to resign and return to their hometowns for various reasons.

Gao Chongwen was furious, on the one hand, he sent Gao Yuewen to Xingyuan Mansion to severely reprimand Zhang Mingjun in person, so that he could not allow the officials under his rule to take leave, and not accept the resignation submitted by the officials, and on the other hand, he sent more than a dozen people in the army to rush to Shannan West Road, according to the list to arrest the sick and resigned officials at home, and forced them to continue to serve.

He wanted to deter the crumbling bureaucracy, but he didn't want it to hasten its collapse.

After returning to his hometown, it is difficult to save his life, and the only choice now is to flee.

Following the flight of a large number of people from Shannan, the officials of Shannan also joined the ranks of the fugitives, and there was no prohibition within the reach of the atmosphere.

Zhang Mingjun, who was disturbed by the grain requisition, suddenly became ill, and the high fever did not go away, so he quit work without submitting his resignation.

Gao Chong's Ministry of Culture ran out of food overnight, and when he ordered to collect grain from Zizhou on the spot, he suddenly found that the local officials who had been with him a moment ago had suddenly disappeared without a trace overnight.

As for those officials, without the restraint of the chief, they gave themselves a big vacation one by one, and happily went home to pick up their children.