The front of the palace, the guard horse military division and the guard infantry military division belong to the three divisions in front of the palace, and belong to one of the highest military command organs in the Northern Song Dynasty, and in the Southern Song Dynasty, in order to unify the command of the army, the three divisions in front of the palace have changed from the original command organ to the army directly under the emperor's direct jurisdiction, and the organ that commands the entire army is only left by the Privy Council. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is actually one of the ways that the emperor wants to centralize power more.

Among the armies controlled by the imperial court, the army under the jurisdiction of the three divisions in front of the palace has the highest status, followed by the imperial army, and the local army, such as the loyal and brave army, has the lowest status.

Among the three divisions in front of the palace, the front division of the palace has the highest status, followed by the guard horse military division, and the guard infantry division has the lowest status.

However, because of the weakness of the cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty, among the three divisions in front of the palace, the lowest actual status is the guard horse military division.

Chang Mingquan was transferred from the commander of the White Army under the front division of the palace to the commander of the Youyi Army under the Guards Ma Military Division, which was undoubtedly derogatory.

Chang Mingquan is also a powerful general, and was once one of the favorite generals of Sima Huaxuan, the commander of the former division of the palace.

Among the armies to which the front division of the palace belongs, the white army ranks first, and the urging army ranks second, that is to say, Wu Shaogang was the commander of the urging army under the front division of the palace, and his actual status was slightly inferior to Chang Mingquan.

Why did such a thing happen, Wu Shaogang was a little curious, he originally wanted to ask Chang Mingquan, but seeing Chang Mingquan's attitude, he gave up, anyway, he will have time to figure it out in the future.

Faintly, Wu Shaogang also had a trace of worry in his heart, a lot of information in the capital should have been provided to him by the fourth master, the change of Chang Mingquan's identity is one of the major events in the court, why is it not mentioned in the information of the fourth master.

Just when Wu Shao was about to open his mouth to inquire about the situation in Huaibei, Chang Mingquan took the initiative to speak.

"Lord Wu, the last general wants to serve in the army in front of the Hezhou Emperor, I don't know if it's possible."

Wu Shaogang was stunned for a moment, and then spoke.

"Brother Chang, the three divisions in front of the palace are the army directly controlled by the emperor, and the status and treatment are not ordinary, regardless of the status and status, the imperial armies in Hezhou are incomparable, Brother Chang gave up the prosperity of the capital and went to Hezhou, which is located in a remote area, which is a bit unreasonable."

"This, the last general is also a rough man, I don't know what to say, the three divisions in front of the palace today are completely different from before."

"If Brother Chang is willing to talk about it, I would like to know the reason."

Chang Mingquan rubbed his hands vigorously, as if he had made up his mind.

However, when he spoke, Chang Mingquan still looked around, as if he was afraid that someone would eavesdrop.

"Brother Chang don't worry, I said here that there is no possibility of leaking news."

Chang Mingquan looked at Wu Shaogang and smiled, his face slightly red.

"In the capital, Jia Youxiang implemented the plan law, and what kind of public field law, these Lord Wu all know, and the last general has been implicated in these two things, if he doesn't think of some ways to deal with it, I'm afraid he has already entered the prison and will never see Lord Wu again."

"No, I remember that Brother Chang has been in the palace for many years, almost all of them are in the capital, how can he be involved in the matter of planning law and public land law."

"Alas, I can't say a word clearly, not only the last general was punished, but even the last general's family was almost caught in it, the last general can be regarded as understanding, don't think that if you are in the capital, you can sit back and relax, if there is no one to protect you, things are coming, and you will still be unlucky."

"In this way, Brother Chang was implicated by the Gongtian Law."

Chang Mingquan nodded.

Wu Shaogang also basically understood that the Gongtian Law was vigorously promoted in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and when Jia Rudao implemented the Gongtian Law, he had encountered strong opposition, so Jia Rudao insisted on forcing it, and even did not hesitate to submit his resignation to the emperor, and finally got the emperor's support and permission, but those officials who strongly opposed it would suffer some losses.

Chang Mingquan should be one of them, the reason why he can still keep the position of commander may have cost some money, and now Chang Mingquan wants to leave the capital, on the one hand, because there is no future, on the other hand, he is far away from the capital, and he can save some money for his family without so much expenses.

The implementation of the public land law has been sluggish, this should be clear, that is to say, the real magnates will not suffer in this matter, even if they clearly express their opposition to Jia Yidao, they should not be punished, only those who do not have much background will really be punished by Jia Yidao.

Chang Ming is a military general, and he has only been favored by Sima Huaxuan, the commander of the front division of the palace, which is not considered to have any foundation, because he opposed the Gongtian Law and was punished, which is also expected.

"In this way, Brother Chang has to think clearly, I can help with the affairs of the imperial army in Hezhou, but whether you really leave the capital or not, you have to grasp it well, Hezhou and the capital are incomparable, the difference is too big."

"The last general has already thought about it, even if he doesn't get to the imperial army in Hezhou, he must leave the capital."

Wu Shaogang nodded.

"Okay, let's not talk about these things, let's talk about the situation in Huaibei."

Chang Mingquan looked up at Wu Shaogang, and his face became even more ugly.

"Lord Wu, don't tell lies in front of real people, the last general really doesn't understand, why did you come here to muddy the waters, according to the last general's suggestion, Lord Wu will be stationed in Shouchun for a few days, and then return to Hezhou, this is the best."

Wu Shaogang's expression became serious, he didn't speak, and looked at Chang Mingquan.

"At the beginning, Li Pu took refuge in the imperial court, the marshal was ordered by the emperor, led the troops to Shandong to help, the last general was fortunate to be transferred, followed to the expedition, but after arriving in Huaibei, the marshal suddenly decided not to go to Jinan, stationed in Huaibei in the same place, to take the battle of Bozhou, or the last general led the troops to go, there was no battle at all, the Mongolian army stationed in Huaibei, all of them were transferred to Shandong to exterminate Li Pu, including the occupation of Suzhou, Tengzhou and Pizhou and other places, there was no fighting, and the city gates were wide open in some places, The officials fled cleanly. ”

"Li Pu was defeated by the Mongol army, and after hearing the news, the marshal immediately ordered the army to shrink, hold the city, and not allow the initiative to attack, and the original plan to continue attacking Cangzhou and Binzhou was also stopped."

"Later, the general heard that Lord Li Tingzhi, the envoy of the two Huai systems, also led troops to come to help."

When Chang Mingquan said this, he looked at Wu Shaogang, of course he knew the relationship between Li Tingzhi and Wu Shaogang.

"But Lord Li is mainly responsible for being stationed in Suzhou."

"The Mongolian army dispatched three armies from the north, west and east respectively to take a joint attack on Bozhou and other places, and the marshal felt that the situation was critical, and once again ordered the army to take the initiative to withdraw. ."

When Chang Mingquan said this, Wu Shaogang couldn't help but interject.

"In this way, the so-called fighting is not at all, Brother Chang, is this the case?"

"What Lord Wu said is that the marshal mainly considers that the troops are insufficient and it is difficult to resist the attack of the Mongolian army."

"What kind of troops are led by Xia Gui."

"With the Zhenjiang Imperial Front Army as the mainstay, in addition to some of the troops drawn from the Guards Ma Military Division and the Guards Infantry Division, there are a total of 50,000 people, but the Mongolian army has nearly 200,000 people."

A sneer appeared on Wu Shaogang's face, it seems that the emperor and the imperial court still attach great importance to Huaibei, and they dispatched the troops belonging to the three divisions in front of the palace to help, but unfortunately Xia Gui has no desire to fight the Mongolian army at all, to put it bluntly, he just wants to take advantage and see how the battle between the Mongolian army and Li Pu goes.

"Brother Chang, let me ask you again, there are 200,000 people in the Mongolian army, where did this information come from."

"This is what the marshal said, and the last general doesn't know."

Wu Shaogang nodded slightly, he could almost conclude that the so-called intelligence of 200,000 Mongolian troops was fabricated by Xia Gui, and its purpose was to shirk responsibility, for many years, the Song army and the Mongolian army were at war, almost all of them were defeated, and there was no victory, as the commander of the army, Xia Gui was afraid that it was also clear that the sergeants under his command were not the opponents of the Mongolian army, and if they forcibly fought with the Mongolian army, causing heavy losses, this responsibility could not be beared, so after thinking about it carefully, it was better to choose to evacuate quickly to protect the sergeants under his command.

Xia Gui is still self-aware, and such a choice cannot be said to be completely wrong, but this kind of decision to retreat has a fatal problem, that is, the morale of the army will be lost sharply, and later, even if he wants to fight the Mongolian army, he will not be able to command.

Wu Shaogang walked to the table and opened the map.

"Brother Chang, except for the troops evacuated to Shouchun, where are the rest of the troops currently stationed?"

Chang Mingquan looked at the map, the look on his face was a little surprised, he probably didn't expect that Wu Shaogang actually had a map of Huaibei and Huainan here.

"The army led by the marshal is temporarily stationed in Mengcheng, and it will be withdrawn to Shouchun in the next two days, and the loyal army led by Li Zhizhi is stationed in Qi County."

Wu Shaogang's face suddenly became gloomy.

"How could the loyal soldiers be stationed in Qi County."

"This, before the last general evacuated to Shouchun, I had heard that the marshal had said that he had informed the envoy of Li Zhizhi and led the loyal army to withdraw to the direction of Mengcheng, as for the current situation, the last general is not very clear."

"In the direction of Maozhou and Zhongli, is there a city to receive the evacuated sergeants?"

"The last general has not heard."

"In other words, if the loyal army wants to evacuate to Huainan, it also needs to enter Shouzhou and come in the direction of Shouchun."

"This is what the last will know."

"Bang...

Wu Shaogang's fist hit the table, shaking the water cup on the table slightly.

Chang Mingquan was startled, and hurriedly spoke again.

"Lord Wu don't worry, the marshal informed Li Zhizhi three days ago, and quickly retreated to Shouzhou, presumably at this moment, the loyal army should enter Shouzhou and is coming in the direction of Shouchun."

Wu Shaogang knew Li Tingzhi's temper and temperament.

After thinking for a while, Wu Shaogang's face became calm.

"Brother Chang, you also go and gather the sergeants under your command, get ready, and the time of departure tomorrow will be advanced, from Mao Shi to Yin Shi." (To be continued.) )