In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Min came to the front hall refreshed, and all the personnel in the hall had arrived at this time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Min glanced at it, and sat on both sides of the hall according to the civil and military forces. Sitting on the right is a military general, headed by Zhao Yun, followed by Wei Ying, Xu Ming, Jiang Qin, and Zhang Han; On the left is Wenchen's seat, Meng Hou sits at the top, followed by Hu Zhen, Shao Qi, Xiahou Ying, Xiahou Jie brothers, and Chen Zhen at the bottom. That's right, it is the former Changshi of the former Beihai County Guard, who has been captured for many days and has not surrendered - Chen Zhen; Last night, Zhao Min informed Chen Zhen of the news of Lu Xu's rebellion, and had a long talk with him, and finally Chen Zhen sighed and expressed his willingness to put things right and put them under Zhao Min's command. Zhao Min was actually embarrassed in his heart, this Chen Zhen was also benevolent to Lu Xu, but now he rebelled against the imperial court, which was not tolerated by people with lofty ideals in the world, and submitting to Zhao Min at this time was the only way out. Zhao Min arranged him to be an assistant to Meng Hou's government affairs center, Meng Hou was very busy because of the affairs of Tuntian and the workshop, Chen Zhen turned out to be the head of the county governor, these government affairs work was naturally very familiar, and he could share part of the burden for Meng Hou in the past.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Zhao Min coughed lightly and took the lead in speaking: "The princes must have known that Lu Xu had rebelled, and the state government asked Min to lead the eastern counties of Beihai in the name of the king of Beihai to fight against the rebels. Today, Min invited the princes here to ask for their opinions. ”

Seeing that everyone was sitting upright and not squinting, Zhao Min smiled and understood everyone's thoughts. Under normal circumstances, the superior should give the strategic direction, ask the subordinates for their opinions, and then the subordinates will analyze and make suggestions on the problems; Like Zhao Min, when he came up, he clearly said that I was here to consult, which can be regarded as unique. It doesn't matter if you talk about it privately on weekdays, but you dare to answer at will on a formal occasion like today, that is, you don't know what to do, and you don't know how to do it. If anyone really dares to do this, not to mention whether Zhao Min has an opinion, the colleagues around him will also be disdainful, and it will even affect the relationship between colleagues, after all, no one will like the person who sings a solo lamentation.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Zhao Min had no choice but to play the role of the host of the meeting: "Shao Caopeng, you will introduce the situation to everyone first." ”

"Huh" Shao Qi got up, cleared his throat, and said: "In addition to Ju County, there are still three counties of Pingshou, Duchang, and Xiami, as well as all the military and political members under the three counties. According to the analysis of available information, Lu Xu occupies Xi County, with a total military strength of about 10,000 people, including 5,000 original county soldiers in Xi County, and 3,000 Wu soldiers who changed the guard in Wubian this year, plus the governor's mansion, jailers, and men in Xi County; The remaining three counties each have 1,000 county soldiers, as well as 500 county guards, and the total military strength should be about 15,000. However, this is based on the existing strength of the army when there is no rebellion, and the possibility of temporary conscription of troops in wartime cannot be ruled out, so we should consider the total military strength of the other side of 20,000~30,000 people. ”

Shao Qi took a breath and continued: "The total strength of our army is around 3,000 people, but it is necessary to arrange the remaining troops, so it is considered according to the 2,500 sergeants who can go out. In addition, there are seven counties in the eastern part of Beihai, and the overall situation is not much different, according to the calculation that each county can send 500 troops, the seven counties have a total of 3,500 people, and the total military strength is 6,000 people. ”

Zhao Min nodded in understanding, and then turned to the others: "The princes can express their opinions, the matter of the expedition is related to the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Beihai, and I hope that the princes will not hesitate to give advice!" As he spoke, he waved at the crowd.

Everyone hurriedly got up and returned the salute, and they didn't even dare to say it, the lord had already said so, and no matter how reserved he was, he didn't know what to do. It was Xiahou Jie who spoke first: "Jie thinks that the top priority now is to issue an amnesty order to the eastern counties as the king of the North Sea, asking the counties to gather their troops in Jimo in preparation for the expedition. ”

Zhao Min nodded yes and said: "Then the second uncle Lao will write on his behalf, and ask each county to send a team of 500 people to meet in the Jimo camp within two days, and it will be done in accordance with the military law after the deadline!" "Xiahou Jie is now the county governor of Jimo County, and he was originally in charge of clerical affairs, and it is only appropriate for him to issue amnesty documents to the counties.

Next, Xiahou Ying also got up and arched his hand: "The army is about to go out, as the saying goes, the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, our army is called to quell the rebellion, but the money and food for this expedition should not be spent by our army, so it should be reported to the state capital, our army may temporarily advance grain, but when it comes to the division of the county, the state government needs to return the money and grain that should be returned to our army." ”

Zhao Min was full of cold sweat when he heard this, this uncle is worthy of being a businessman, and he will calculate the cost before he starts, and he will definitely not trade at a loss. In fact, according to the summer system, during the army's expedition, the army's grain and grass support should be provided by the local county where the army marched, but now the entire Beihai is divided into two, and the counties no longer have a unified administrative command, and Zhao Min's expedition belongs to the Beihai Civil War, and there is no so-called county where the march is located, so it is reasonable to reach out to the Qingzhou Prefecture, the only higher-level administrative unit, to ask for money and grain. But is it really good to ask your superiors for money so directly? No, I was originally a passer-by in Beihai, and the king of Beihai has nothing to do with the county system, so why care about the attitude of the state capital! Thinking of this, Zhao Min said to Xiahou Jie: "Uncle is right, the rebellion in Beihai County was caused by Lu Xu, it should be that the Qingzhou Mansion is not strictly under the rule, and the money and grain should be spent by the state government, so the second uncle Lao will go to the state government again, saying that the eastern counties have just received tribute, and the money and grain are in short supply, so please ask the state government for support." ”

Xia Houjie nodded in response. At this time, Zhao Yun came out and said: "What Shao Caopeng said about our army's military strength is around 2,500 people, Ran Yun thinks that our army is still short in the days of its formation, insufficient training, and low combat effectiveness, and pulling soldiers who have not undergone hard training to the battlefield is not only irresponsible for the lives of soldiers, but may even lead to the defeat of our army. Therefore, Yun suggested that the soldiers on this expedition should be 500 tiger battalions and the original 500 Beihai soldiers. ”

Now Zhao Min has a little headache, of course, the number of troops to fight is as many as possible, but what Zhao Yun said is also reasonable, he often goes to see the drills of the military camp, and knows that although the team with the bandits as the main force has been training hard, after all, the time is too short, and there are still many soldiers who still can't distinguish the banner and order, once such a soldier goes to the battlefield, it is a small matter to not understand the order, because the indiscriminate action leads to the failure of the command of the whole army, and it may even cause the whole army to be defeated in a serious way! No one can afford such a mistake. However, the team of 1,000 people is too shabby, and the most feared thing is that because of the lack of manpower, it can't suppress the people of the other seven counties! Zhao Min was helpless, so he had to turn his attention to Meng Hou for help.

Meng Hou was originally an old god who was there without saying a word, but when he saw Zhao Min's eyes asking for help, he had to get up helplessly and said, "Hou and General Zilong have some different opinions. The current composition of the army is also clear to everyone, it is nothing more than a combination of the regular army and the bandits and the homeless, of which the regular army can go out as General Zilong said, but the bandit soldiers and the recruited homeless people should be distinguished; The bandits were demoted because of the lack of combat strength due to the lack of orders, and Hou was also in favor of letting them stay behind to strengthen training; But if the newly recruited soldiers do not take them into battle, a soldier who has not seen blood will never become an iron-blooded army. The task of our army this time is only to deal with the three county towns, and the enemy's combat effectiveness is only equal to ours, and the enemy's main force has its own state army to deal with, so Hou thought that this trip was a great opportunity to train the team, and once it was missed, it would greatly delay the formation time of the new recruits' combat strength, and asked General Zilong to learn about it. ”

Zhao Min thought about it, and he was right! The bandits are all bandits who have seen blood, and all they lack is training, but the newly recruited homeless people are different, they are the real blank slate, and if you don't take advantage of this relatively easy war mission to brush up on experience points, you will indeed lack the courage that a real iron-blooded soldier should have! Meng Hou also omitted some people who didn't say it, these people are the domestic servants who surrendered from the original Jimo Ling Cheng Bi, these people are actually Kong Wu's powerful soldiers, and they should be sent to the battlefield to see the blood tempering. Of course, Meng Hou may have deliberately not said it, after all, when he reported the Cheng Bi incident to his superiors, he concealed most of the gains, although the people present were basically their own people, but after all, it was a public formal occasion, and it was indeed not suitable to expose their family background.

Zhao Min cast his hopeful eyes on Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun lowered his head and thought for a while and said: "What Mr. Meng said is indeed right, but Yun is not thoughtful, so just follow what Mr. said!" Zhao Min was overjoyed, thinking that he was so wise to brave the snow to invite Meng Hou out of the mountain! At critical moments, he can always hit the point with a word, which saves Zhao Min a lot of trouble. It's a pity that the famous generals summoned twice were military generals, I don't know what the scene would be like if a wise man was summoned? Zhao Min couldn't help but feel longing again.

Chen Zhen, who was sitting at the bottom at this time, had been silent, suddenly spoke: "There is really a word, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

Zhao Min was surprised, and then rejoiced, Chen Zhen's willingness to speak means that he began to help! At the moment, he smiled and made a gesture of invitation with one hand: "Although Min is stubborn, he has always spoken freely under the jurisdiction of the King of Beihai, and you don't need to worry too much, if you have anything to say, just say it!" ”

Chen Zhen arched his hand and said, "As far as I know, the county orders of the three counties of Xiami, Pingshou, and Duchang are all Lu Da...... Lu Xu's henchmen, but not all the people under the three counties are willing to follow the rebels to make trouble, if a person who can speak eloquently can lobby, or he can make him turn against him, so the three counties can go down without a fight. Although the probability of success in this matter is not large, it is better to give it a try than to die in vain and waste money and food. ”

Zhao Min was overjoyed, not Chen Zhen's strategy, but Chen Zhen's sincere attitude for his own sake, and immediately waved at Chen Zhen, "Your heart cherishes the people, pity the soldiers, and Min admires." Don't bother the two masters, even so, there is a trip to the three counties, success or not is secondary, the most important thing is to pay attention to your own safety! ”

Chen was moved in his heart, and knelt on the ground to bow down: "Thank you Beihai King for your love, I will really live up to my mission!" ”

Zhao Min hurriedly stepped forward to help Chen Zhen up and said; "All the princes are the pillars of the country, and the humerus of Min." Today, I took this opportunity to make it clear to the princes that no matter what situation they are in, I hope that the princes will cherish themselves and preserve their useful bodies, even if they are committed to the enemy, it will not hurt, and they must not die lightly. Remember! Remember! ”

Zhao Min said this from the bottom of his heart, and his respect for life ran through his thinking realm, and he never wanted to see anyone die at every turn. Of course, he still admires those who dare to die, but it doesn't mean that he can really accept that such a thing happens to him, so he took this opportunity to say what was in his heart. Everyone is a masterpiece of the moment, of course, they can also feel Zhao Min's sincerity, and they are all moved, this is the feeling of meeting the master, and for a while, everyone in the room fell to the ground. Zhao Min hurriedly helped everyone up one by one, and the audience suddenly got along with each other, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

Next, everyone discussed some issues such as the time of the expedition and the preparation of materials, Zhao Min saw that the things that needed to be discussed were almost over, and immediately got up and said: "In this way, it is scheduled to swear in the school field three days later, and the whole army will go on the expedition. ”