The military situation was urgent, and the imperial court wanted Xu Ping to go to Shaanxi before the year, but everything was troubled, and after the year, he still did not set off. Just after the various celebrations of the www.biquge.info New Year's Festival, Zhao Zhen summoned Xu Ping into the palace.

gave a seat, Zhao Zhen said: "After the Shangyuan Festival, you three marshal ministers will rush to Shaanxi, are you well equipped?" ”

Xu Ping replied respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, it has been neatly arranged a year ago, and we will set off when the army is ready." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, and asked after a while: "The shogunate of the Shuai Mansion, I don't think you have completely completed the chapter." ”

"The capital and Shaanxi are thousands of miles apart, and it is best to have someone who can be familiar with side affairs, so I have to wait there to make up for it."

Zhao Zhen asked again: "Jiyi writing is the most intimate with the coach, in the past, the handsome ministers used more children, and there seems to be no candidate in your family?" ”

Since he asked so, Xu Ping knew that Zhao Zhen was going to stuff people for himself, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is right, Ji Yi did not dismiss people." ”

"Oh-" Zhao Zhen nodded, "What do you think of Li Zhang?" He and you have grown up together since childhood, and they have been like brothers. Ji Yiwen is in charge of secrets in the army, and he wants to use the person closest to him, and he seems to be the most suitable among the officials? ”

Xu Ping smiled: "The minister thinks so too!" However, first, I am afraid that His Majesty will be reluctant to release him, and secondly, Li Zhang's official position is already high, and he has been a little wronged by Jiyi, so he has been hesitant. ”

"Serving the imperial court, how can you care about the level of official position! As long as you can make a little merit, the court will not hesitate to reward you! ”

Zhao Zhen said it carelessly, and Xu Ping couldn't help but want to laugh. Obviously, Zhao Zhen wanted Li Zhang to follow him to the northwest to earn some military merits, and later promoted him to avoid a lot of gossip from the courtiers. When the words were spoken, they became businesslike.

Only Xu Ping reassured Zhao Zhen that he had changed to another handsome minister, no matter which one it was, Zhao Zhen was not at ease to let Li Zhang go there. It's no joke on the battlefield, there are no eyes on the knife and gun, and if you're not careful, you may give your life there. Even if you don't go directly to the battle formation, you will always stay in the commandery, and if the war is not effective, you will inevitably be implicated. No matter what kind of accident it is, it is unacceptable to Zhao Zhen. This precious cousin has been by his side all these years, watching him grow up, and he doesn't want to make a mistake.

In the first few years, the imperial court planned to defend, not to attack the party. After a little pacification, the original meaning of the official name is to manage the places within their own territory, and the envoys along the border have the meaning of enterprising, and it is only limited to the border. The use of such an official name originally explained that the current party strategy of the imperial court was limited to defending against Yuan Hao's attack.

The pacification has a long history, and in the Tang Dynasty, a large number of pacification ambassadors were set up, but they were all set up for the sake of the matter, and the matter was finished. After entering the Song Dynasty, Zhang Qixian first appeased the commander of the army with a strategy when he was in Zhenzong, which was the source of this official position to become a marshal. However, because it was difficult to coordinate the relationship with the general's capital department, Zhang Qixian was dismissed in a short time. This time, because of the party's rebellion, he set up a commander on Shaanxi Road, which really began to lead the army with civilian officials. The imperial court is also a last resort, and there is really no one to pick out among the generals. Moreover, during the period of Taizong Zhenzong, he used military generals as marshals, and the battle was quite poor, and the only battle of Shanzhou that was a little bit like it was Kou Zhun who commanded the civil official. The command of the army by Wenchen is related to the suppression of military force by Chongwen, but the main reason is that the military generals have not proven themselves in the past few decades.

Xu Ping happily agreed to take Li Zhang to the northwest, Zhao Zhen obviously relaxed, and said to Xu Ping: "This time I go to Qinfeng Road, I will give you the right to act cheaply. The party committed the border, which was nothing more than in Linfu, Yanyan, Huanqing and Jingyuan Road, and it was difficult to reach Qin Feng. This time, more than 100,000 forbidden troops from the capital arrived in Shaanxi, and their morale was quite high, and they wanted to break the main force of the party with one blow. I have summoned several generals of the army, it seems that it is not a lie, maybe it can really be dealt a heavy blow by Yuan Hao soon, this is not certain. However, you have always been not optimistic about the forbidden army, and those commanders have a deep prejudice against you, so it is better not to be with them. In the first few years, Qin Fenglu did not prepare for war, and you brought so many people over, just like you said, accumulate grain, Gaogongcheng, slow down the use of troops, and not lose stability. If the other roads can really make contributions, the stability of the northwest in the future will also depend on the foundation you laid on Qinfeng Road. If things don't agree, Qin Fenglu can also clean up the mess. ”

Xu Ping opened his mouth, wanted to say but didn't know how to say, so he simply didn't answer.

This time to go to Shaanxi's capital forbidden army, in addition to the Guiming Shenwu and Xuanwei armies under Xu Ping, there are also Xu Huaide with the Gongsheng Army Shangtenth Commander and other forbidden troops to Huanqing Road, Ge Huaimin took about half of the troops of Ritianwu and some other numbers of forbidden troops to Jingyuan Road, Ren Fu took Longwei, Shenwei about half of the troops and other numbers of forbidden troops into Yanyan Road.

Zhuan, Tianwu, Longwei, and Shenwei are known as the "Four Armies", which are the elite of the elite of the forbidden army. The forbidden army selects, and the other armies select qualified soldiers from the box army to join the forbidden army, and the "upper four armies" are selected among the best among the forbidden army, and the quality of the soldiers can be called the best in the world. In addition to the Fourth Army, the Gongsheng Army is the first elite, which is beyond the reach of other armies.

Sending the elite of these forbidden troops into Shaanxi shows that the imperial court has made great determination, although it is not in a hurry to fight a decisive battle with the party for the sake of safety, but the spirit is still very high. The commanders of the army expressed their stance to Zhao Zhen one after another, if Yuan Hao didn't come, he would let him come and go.

Infected by this atmosphere, Zhao Zhen became optimistic again. In case Xu Ping is just worried, the forbidden army is actually not so unbearable, and it can really give Yuan Hao a blow. It is unthinkable to directly destroy the party item Zhao Zhen, in his heart, as long as he can beat Yuan Hao and force him to come to seek peace and restore the original situation, it is ideal. The barren land of the party, the poor mountains and bad waters, and the mixed living of the Tibetan and Han ethnic groups, it is not easy to manage, and the Zhenzong has already given up the idea of direct governance, and Zhao Zhen does not have the idea of counties and counties.

If the other four roads go well, then Xu Ping is not so important here, he took the people there, and it would be good if he could develop that area and use it as the foundation for ruling the northwest. Only when Yuan Hao was fierce in the other four roads and the Song army could not resist the enemy, Xu Ping could be used as a reserve force in Qinfeng Road and show his importance.

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen said to Xu Ping: "I have always been obedient to this dynasty, and it is best to use his strength to fight against the party in the early stage." When you go to Qinzhou, you can focus on the solid side of the field in the early stage, collect the raw and cooked households around you, and don't be in a hurry to conflict with the Luoluo. If Yuan Hao sent troops to attack the dynasty, and the front-line soldiers used their lives to deal a severe blow, then the party would inevitably not be able to resist the enemy. Yuan Hao couldn't hold on, so he naturally had to go to the emperor and obediently proclaim himself a vassal to the dynasty. ”

Xu Ping felt Zhao Zhen's hesitation, and when he discussed it with himself in private, he became interested, and he thought about chasing Zhuhu in the north and building immortal martial arts. was moved by others, and only thought about restoring the original situation. This appearance can only show that Zhao Zhen has no confidence in the military and national strength, and he can't make up his mind to attack the party.

"Your Majesty, there are many tribes in Tibet, and Na Luo is only the co-master, and he can't control the chieftains of the various tribes. When the party attacked, the Tubo and Qiang people were still able to unite, listen to the orders of Na Luo, and want to attack out, but they were afraid that they would not be able to control everyone. Therefore, Tubo has more than enough to defend against the party, and if they are expected to attack Yuan Hao, it can only be a flower in the mirror and a moon in the water. ”

Zhao Zhen said: "It's better to have than nothing, in short, in the early days, you were just in the tuntian around Qinzhou, recruiting Zhufan, and don't go to the people who are fighting Luo." - Remember, if you want to deal with the Ngoro, you must have the will of the court! ”

Xu Ping could only bow down and obey orders. This did not affect the strategy he had set, and in the early days, he mainly developed himself and attacked some small tribes around him. Most of the tribes bordering Qinzhou were hostile to Na Luo, otherwise he would not be so friendly to the Great Song Dynasty.

What made Xu Ping really difficult was that most of the commanders of the forbidden army in the northwest contradicted themselves, and they didn't know what the attitude of the two sides would be after they got there.