After listening to Zhao Ziliang's report, Tian Renwan took a sip of tea and said: "Ziliang, in just three months, you have done so much is already very good, but you are still a little reckless, you shouldn't have killed Cui Shijie, the prince of the Jin Princess's Mansion, Ben Shuai heard that a few days ago, the princess and his wife of the Jin Kingdom went to Beijing to complain to the emperor, although the emperor not only did not punish you, but also reprimanded the princess and his wife of the Jin Kingdom, but these two are not fuel-efficient lamps, Ben Shuai is worried that they will find you trouble in the future, making it difficult for you to move an inch in Hedong!" ”

Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Marshal, in fact, they have begun to find trouble with the last general, a few days ago, the last general arranged for his subordinates to raise a batch of military rations, so that the Lan army, the Datong army and the Yunzhong guard will hold on until the summer harvest, and the nobles of the three states promised to donate a batch of grain and grass, but they pulled it back on the way they sent, and later the last general inquired and learned that it was the princess of the Jin Kingdom who was making trouble from it!" ”

After all, Zhao Ziliang was pulled by Tian Renwan from Chang'an, and he didn't want to reprimand Zhao Ziliang too much for doing something wrong, he thought about it and asked, "How much military ration do you have left?" ”

"Three months!" After Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, he saw Tian Renwan's brows tightened, and guessed that Tian Renwan might not be able to make up so much food for the time being, so he said: "Don't worry, Dashuai, I will find a way to raise food in the end!" ”

Tian Renwan couldn't help but be stunned, and suddenly a warmth rose in his heart, he has been an official for twenty or thirty years, and his subordinates have always asked him for this and that, and his subordinates have come to him when they have difficulties, and his subordinates have never been worried about bringing him trouble, and they have taken the initiative to solve the trouble.

Tian Renwan suppressed the warmth in his heart and asked, "Do you have any way to raise grain and grass?" You must know that from the beginning of spring to the summer harvest, all parts of the country are green and yellow, and the landlord's family has no surplus grain! ”

Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment, raised his head and said: "The last general, the last general asks the last general to grant the last general the right to freely enter and leave the border to fight!" ”

After saying this, Tian Renwan immediately understood Zhao Ziliang's intentions, that is, to feed the war with war, and use the war to obtain food and other supplies, as long as it is maintained until the summer harvest, with Zhao Ziliang's previous achievements, Tian Renwan still believes that he has the ability to achieve this goal, but the northern nomadic tribes are not the same as the barbarians and Tubo in the Western Regions, the barbarian army in the Western Regions and the Tubo army have infantry, the cavalry of the barbarian army in the Western Regions accounts for the majority, the infantry is a minority, and the number of infantry and cavalry in the Tubo army is comparable, which is related to the terrain and national conditions, but the northern tribes are different, because the north is almost all endless grasslands, so basically all are light cavalry, coming and going like the wind, and the cavalry combat effectiveness is much stronger than the Western Regions barbarian army and the Tubo cavalry, Tian Renwan is still a little worried about Zhao Ziliang leading the troops to the north of Saibei, this is just one of the worries, there is another point, if Zhao Ziliang is allowed to have the right to freely lead the troops out of the country to fight, he Tian Renwan will definitely be under great pressure from all aspects of the government and the opposition, because whether to fight, who to fight, What to fight, these are all decided by the emperor and the imperial court, and the border generals can only hold the defense area and the border line in peacetime, and they are not allowed to attack without the holy decree and the instructions of the imperial court.

At this time, Tian Renwan's hesitant behavior, afraid of jackals and tigers after the character was reflected, he frowned and said: "Ziliang, just to raise food and grass to want the right to go out of the country to fight freely, is it too risky, we still have a lot of ways to think about raising food and grass, but the right to freely enter and exit the border to fight is not so easy to give, the imperial court has the unified deployment of the imperial court, if because of your military actions alone disrupt the overall deployment of the saint and the imperial court, not only you can't afford this responsibility, Even the old man can't afford this responsibility! ”

Zhao Ziliang knew what he had to worry about after hearing Tian Renwan's words, he thought about it or fought for it, and decided to persuade Tian Renwan, saying: "Dashuai, in fact, the reason why the last general wants to do this is not all for the sake of food and grass, since General Wang Zhongsi defeated the Xi army, there are no powerful grassland tribes within a range of nearly a thousand miles north of the east of our river, even if the last general leads the army to attack those small tribes, they have no way to retaliate, they can only be beaten passively, and the last general will not disrupt the deployment of the imperial court, Moreover, the last general can also cooperate with and respond to General Wang Zhongsi's military operations in the north, and try to communicate with General Wang Zhongsi in advance so as not to disrupt his plan! Another point, Dashuai, for a long time, only those barbarians in the north have gone south through the defense line of the Great Wall and penetrated deep into the hinterland of our China to burn and kill and plunder, why can't we take the initiative to attack? Are we going to be beaten forever? Why can't we run to other people's homes and beat them, why are our homes always looted and destroyed? They come when they want to, and they leave when they hit, can we only be beaten forever? ”

Tian Renwan listened to Zhao Ziliang's words and was silent for a long time, he also knew that Zhao Ziliang was telling the truth, many generals had this kind of thought, and some people had taken practical actions, such as Huo Qubing in the Han Dynasty and Gongsun Zan in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, all of whom took the initiative to lead the army deep into the grassland to attack the northern nomadic tribes.

Tian Renwan sighed: "Ziliang, what do you think, the old man understands, many people have thought about attacking, but we don't have this condition, the northern barbarians are all on the cavalry, coming and going like the wind, and we have fewer cavalry, more infantry, it is impossible to come and go like the wind like the northern barbarians, in the northern grassland, if the army is not fast, it is easy to catch up, besides, if the northern barbarians are weak, they will take the initiative to retreat to avoid their edge, do not engage with us, in the end we will not only destroy them, And dragged ourselves down! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded, but still said: "The meaning of the marshal, the last general understands, but if you want to fight in the grassland, of course, you can't use conventional tactics, if you use a combination of foot and cavalry, of course the marching speed of the army will be very slow, and it is not possible to use all the infantry, the best way is to be the same as the northern barbarians, all use cavalry, fight and leave, and I will not bring too many soldiers and horses every time, at most three thousand cavalry each time, three thousand cavalry is not much, but it is not a lot, if you are lucky or command properly, it is possible to achieve greater results!" With the Datong Army, the Lan Army and the Yunzhong Guard, it is more than enough to gather 3,000 cavalry! Another point is also the reason why the last general decided to ask the commander for the right to leave the country freely to fight! ”

Tian Renwan asked, "What is it?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "The marshal has been in Hedong for two years, and the last general has vaguely heard the courtiers talking about the marshal doing nothing in Hedong in those days in Chang'an, and many officials suggested to the emperor that the marshal should be replaced. Is it so simple to do military and political affairs on the frontier? They don't understand bullshit, they just know how to shout all day long・・・・・・"

The more Zhao Ziliang spoke, the more excited he became, and finally even slapped the table, Tian Renwan's face became darker the more he listened, and when Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, he said angrily: "Damn, hateful!" I'm angry with the old man, those corpses in the court and the middle of the country have no trouble with their mouths, how do you know the hardships of waiting for me in this bitter cold place? I'm waiting here for blood to spill the field, but they are stabbing in the back, ****, they are all a group of ****! Ziliang, the old man will write an official document, allowing you to lead the troops out of the country to fight against the enemy freely, what do you want, as long as the old man has it here, I will try to send it to you, you must fight for the old man, fight a few battles and show those mediocre people in the court, my Tian someone is not in vain! ”

Zhao Ziliang was overjoyed, stood up and bowed and hugged his fists and said: "The last general will take the order!" ”

Tian Renwan was also angry, he spread out a blank official document on the spot, and began to write the official document with a brush dipped in ink.

Zhao Ziliang took it and glanced at it, then rolled it up and tied it with a red rope and stuffed it into his arms, so that the full responsibility for allowing Zhao Ziliang to enter and exit the border freely to fight fell on Tian Renwan.

However, Tian Renwan did not think about the consequences, he immediately began to prepare for the back road, he quickly wrote a note, wrote a good call to Changshi to send people to send fast horses to the capital, this is a proposal to the emperor to allow Zhao Ziliang to lead the troops out of the country to fight, now Shuo Fang Jiedu makes Wang Zhongsi in the northern grassland, if Zhao Ziliang can cooperate here, Wang Zhongsi is equivalent to having a helper, in fact, it is very beneficial, although Tian Renwan's play is a little suspicious of cutting first and then playing, but the suggestion of the border general Jiedu envoy, the emperor generally will not refuse, unless the proposal is completely contrary to the deployment of the emperor and the imperial court.

After sending him away, Tian Renwan asked Zhao Ziliang again: "Ziliang, you just reported on some of your governance measures and the progress of army reorganization in Sanzhou and the two armies, but you didn't mention the clouds at all, why is this?" ”

Zhao Ziliang came to Taiyuan this time, how to deal with the capture in the clouds is the top priority, now Tian Renwan asked, he said with a solemn face: "Dashuai, the situation of the capture in the clouds is very serious, it is now not under the control of the imperial court, the new commander of the clouds Wu Tiande came to Yunzhou two days ago to secretly see the last general, and reported to the last general about his capture in the clouds, he was set up, his military order could not come out of the cloud to guard the mansion, and the top and bottom of the guard and capture mansion, including the lieutenants and deputy captains of the battalions and regiments below, A total of sixty-four principal officials of the school controlled the 7,400 people under the jurisdiction of the Guardian Mansion, isolating Wu Tiande, and their steppe barbarians resold food, ordnance, and all kinds of contraband materials with huge amounts of violence! Whoever stands in their way, they will kill! The former Yunzhong Guardian was killed by them in collusion with the Xi clan, and the Dashuai was also used by them at that time, acting as their executioner, and killed him without defending the former Yunzhong Guardian Envoy! A few days ago, they also tried to drag Wu Tiande into the water, but Wu Tiande sternly refused, and then Wu Tiande was completely isolated, and he became the nominal supreme commander of the cloud guard, but in fact, talking didn't work at all! Dashuai, the top and bottom of the cloud guard mansion are completely rotten! (To be continued.) )