The puppet king of the Yue clan first ruined Dihua like a strong man breaking his wrist, and then waved his troops eastward when he knew that the Han army had such a frontal decisive battle as the Trap Guard, and it seemed that he had the intention of fighting a decisive battle with the Han Dynasty under Luntai City, which was obviously problematic. What's more, Luntai City has been breached by the Yueshi people before, so why is it difficult to break it again?

Obviously, what the Yueshi people want the Han army to do most is to continue to maintain the Han army's previous style, attack, attack, and continue to attack!

The more the enemy wants you to do it, the less you can't do it.

This is the first lesson that a commander of the army must learn as a general. Yigong will not be unaware.

Since the enemy wants you to attack, then I can't attack. If you can't attack, you can only defend.

In fact, it is not indispensable to choose Wu Chuan's defense instead of attack, but Yigong always feels that something is wrong out of intuition. If it were His Royal Highness Duke Hu, he might have taken the risk of trying, but Gong Yi wouldn't. He has always been calm, heavy in force, and good at crushing all the intrigues and tricks of his opponents with a dignified and upright momentum. It's not his style to take risks. Therefore, Du Wei's plan was favored by Yigong.

The general staff is an important part of the commander-in-chief's control of the army, and it is also one of the important factors in whether the commander-in-chief can command the army like an arm. Any staff will be valued by the commander-in-chief. Of course, it also includes Yigong.

However, Yigong's temperament is very different from that of Hu Gong. In the battle array, Hu Gong likes to take risks and use strange soldiers; Yigong is more conservative and uses regular soldiers. On internal issues, Hu Gong likes to use brute force to unify the discordant voices of the entire staff, such as directly eliminating people who are not controlled, or promoting another person to contain another person; However, Yigong will use more gentle means to achieve his desired goals.

Wu Chuan and Du Wei are both talents he admires more, and he doesn't want to embarrass the two of them, so he didn't directly order whose plan to adopt at this meeting. Instead, let them all put forward their plans and accept them for discussion.

Obviously, Wu Chuan's plan is more popular. But it can't satisfy Yigong. What should Yigong do?

Blame both sides. And sludge? This is clearly undesirable. The battlefield is not a child's play, and Yigong will not choose this kind of road that only court officials will use.

"All the staff members remain in the camp tents, and they must come up with a unified point of view before leaving." This is Yigong's way of dealing with it, let them quarrel by themselves, and they must quarrel with a result.

On the other hand, Yigong returned to the rear account first, and issued a military order to the entire Western Frontier Front through his personal guards: "Let the trapping guards retreat fifty miles...... Situ Gong, the commander of the First Army Corps of Ganzhou, Du Shan, the commander of the Second Army Corps, and Ying Qi, the commander of the First Army Corps of Suzhou, came to the back of the account. ”

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Situ Gong, Du Shan, and Ying Qi were the commanders of the Gan, Su Yi and other legions in this term. And it was promoted from the former Ganzhou First Army, Suzhou First Army, and Second Army Corps.

This promotion is actually a bit strange. Normally, the commander of a corps cannot be promoted from the original unit, but should be transferred to the same level. The aim is to prevent the emergence of private armies. But the situation of these three legions is a bit special now.

At the first time of the rebellion in Dayuezhou, the First Army of Ganzhou and the First and Second Army Corps of Suzhou were the first to go out of Moshan and attack Yanqi and Uman. These two legions, however, suffered a blow not seen in the Empire in five hundred years. Not to mention the loss of troops and baggage, the three army commanders died one after another! This incident can be said to have made the legions of Gan and Su become a big joke in the entire imperial army! Among the upper legions of the army, the position of the commander of the second legion of Ganzhou and Suzhou has become a curse-like taboo. No one wants to take over. So he had to promote three people with only the rank of colonel from the original army to be the commander of the corps.

Of course, in order to prevent the emergence of private armies. All three Second Class regiments were reorganized. Only a small number of recruits from Gansu and Su were recruited, and most of the recruits were recruited from the spring conscription in various states and counties of the old imperial states.

In addition, because the Suzhou Legion was also responsible for guarding the Yumen Pass, it only gave the establishment of one legion this time, but the Ganzhou region was eager to wash away the shame, so it gave two legions a quota - don't underestimate the quota of this one legion. One more corps is equivalent to Ganzhou having to undertake one more corps for the aftermath of the work, which is not a small burden on the local administrative system.

This also shows from the side that the state pastor, the state governor, the state governor and the state minister of Ganzhou were forced to be ruthless by the rebellion in Dayue Prefecture, and they wanted to quickly help the army put down the rebellion. After all, once the war is unfavorable. The Yue's rebels went east, and the first one to suffer was Ganzhou.

All of the above makes the fighting spirit of the armies of Gansu and Su is undoubted, but because the age of these three army commanders is a bit young, the oldest is Situ Gong, who is forty years old and has been in the army for 22 years. The youngest is Yingqi, thirty years old, who has only been in the army for twelve years.

None of the three had a resume of graduating from a regular military academy, and they rose from the ranks of small soldiers. And of the three of them, only Situ Gong had the rank of colonel before he became the commander of the corps, and the other two were originally lieutenant colonels, just to serve as the commander of the corps, so they were exceptionally promoted by one rank.

There is no military academy graduation resume, and the military rank is low, which means that there is not enough qualifications and prestige in the army, there is no seniority and prestige, and what is even more terrible is that they have only been the commander of the corps for less than half a year...... All kinds of conditions and restrictions only show one thing, that is, they have not yet cultivated their own staff team, that is to say, they still have insufficient control over the troops under their command -- this is also the most important reason why Wu Chuan, Du Wei, and others now believe that the combat effectiveness of the armies in Gansu and Su is generally insufficient.

Everyone knows that the lack of control leads to poor combat effectiveness, and this matter cannot be blamed on Situ Gong, Du Shan and Yingqi, who let the previous corps commanders Qin Wenguang, Qi Man, and Zha Rei all beat the army out, not to mention, at the critical moment, they also used the staff as the guard department, and as a result, all those staff officers died in battle, and none of them came back alive? !

Of course, if those staff officers survived, it is estimated that it would not be the turn of the three of them to be the commander of the corps. I really don't know if this is a blessing or a misfortune for the three of them!

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Yigong glanced at the three of them, and the three legion commanders all stood in front of them with excited expressions.

Yigong sighed slightly in his heart, he was still too young. And he has no experience in commanding a large army, so he needs to be happy and angry for the generals, but looking at them, they are all as excited as meeting the elders. Especially Na Du Shan, his whole body was trembling with excitement, and his hand hanging down his thigh was clutching the brim of his pants, as if he was about to faint, how could such a person be the commander of the army alone?

But Yigong can only slander slightly. Before he was promoted, Situ Gong was the town commander, which was a bit of a general's potential, and Yingqi was the brigade commander, so Du Shan was directly promoted from the commander of the army to the commander of the regiment. How can you not get excited?

Speaking of which, it was Situ Gong and the youngest Yingqi who could be seen quite well. After all, Situ Gong has 22 years of military experience. also served as a town marshal, and the degree of restraint was a little worse, but it was okay to use it reluctantly. Yingqi was promoted to colonel in just thirty, and it is foreseeable that after this battle, as long as he does not die, he will be promoted to colonel. It's commendable that he can also maintain an attitude of excitement and not nervousness.

In the eyes of the old man in the East, young people are to be calm. Neither arrogance nor impatience is trustworthy. As for Du Shan. Yigong has already given up a bit.

Of course, there is nothing to use now, so we can only make do with it first. Not to mention fighting a defensive battle, it would not be a bad thing for someone like Du Shan, after all, he was grateful and would not disobey his orders.

Yigong thought to himself. But he said: "The three corps commanders will sit down first and talk carefully about the current situation of the troops." ”

Situ Gong, the eldest of the three, coughed, and slowly told him about the situation of the First Legion in Ganzhou, most of which had been prepared before. For example, the appointment of division commanders, town commanders, and brigade commanders at all levels within the corps, as well as the distribution of logistical baggage, the placement of troops and arms, and so on, are also in order.

Du Shan was a little nervous, saying typos several times and sweating profusely. Finally stammered, he seemed to have just been fished out of the water, Yigong looked tired there, his stiff brows furrowed, and he was extremely dissatisfied.

When it was Yingqi's turn, the thirty-year-old corps commander spoke in a sonorous tone, and as soon as he spoke, he said: "Marshal Qiqi, the situation of the subordinate army and Situ Dianshuai is roughly the same, and the subordinates will not report them one by one, but there are a few other things under the subordinates that need special approval from the marshal." ”

"Oh? You said. Yigong, who was a little irritable when he heard Du Shan's words, felt relaxed when he heard such a brief report summary for the first time, moved around the couch, changed his posture, and listened quietly.

Ying Qi Zhengse said: "Marshal, my subordinates hope that the marshal will give him special promotion authority, and he doesn't need to be promoted too high, just the level of the commander." ”

Normally, in the army of the Han Empire, the authority to appoint the commander of the army was very limited. In addition to his own direct subordinate units such as the General Staff, the Guard Department, and the Personal Guard Department, the corps commander cannot promote whoever he wants in the army. For example, the appointment authority of division commanders, town commanders, brigade commanders, department commanders, and qu commanders is even less, and they all need to be reported to the marshal, or the military department and the Privy Council can be reported layer by layer before they can be confirmed. If in wartime, the Han Dynasty also has its own set of rules, such as the death of a commander in battle, the first commander of the song is automatically promoted, or the commander of the staff department automatically takes over, so as to ensure the normal operation of the army.

Of course, the most basic level of the corps, platoon, company, battalion and other positions are in charge of the Qu commander, and the corps commander does not directly interfere with the authority of the grassroots appointment, only the power of recommendation - of course, their recommendation will generally be recognized, but this is different from the special promotion authority that Yingqi is now soliciting.

Special promotion privileges are a special case in the Han army. This promotion can include positions and ranks, although there is no content of military honors, but once the special promotion authority is delegated, then this Yingqi in the Suzhou First Army will have great power.

Yigong frowned slightly, but did not immediately object, but asked, "Tell me your reasons." ”

Ying Qi straightened his back even more, his whole person was like an unsheathed sword, and he said sharply: "Marshal Xie does not punish his subordinates for exceeding the rules. The subordinates asked for special promotion permissions, but in fact, it was for the sake of today's battle situation. Now the first division of the first army of Ganzhou is stationed in Luntai City, in order to prevent the Yue's rebels from attacking, Situ Dianshuai will be more than 10,000 people in the front division all pressed around Luntai...... But presumably the marshal knew that many divisions and towns in Situ Dianshuai's army were actually at the same level as Situ Dianshuai back then, and this arrangement made many divisions and towns officers quite opinionated, thinking that Situ Dianshuai wanted to exhaust their vitality. Although Situ Dianshuai didn't say it, the embarrassment and resentment made people unconvinced. ”

Speaking of this, Situ Gong was obviously unnatural, and looked at Yingqi's eyes a little angry, but faintly a little grateful.

In fact, this is indeed Situ Gong's biggest trouble. After all, many of these divisions and brigade-level regiments under his command were his original comrades, and some of them were even older than him. But because Yigong casually checked his name of Situ Gong when he was ordering the military genealogy, good luck allowed him to sit in the position of the commander of the legion.

Du Shan and Yingqi were also promoted by Yigong in this way. It's purely by luck. For luck, although the Han people are eager for it, not everyone is convinced.

"Why wasn't that lucky person me?" Many people will think so, and thus be full of resentment.

Although after becoming the commander of the corps, Situ Gong did his best to properly place the list of officers at the level of divisions, towns, brigades, and headquarters under his command, and recommended them to the marshal, where he strictly abided by the rules and did not appoint them for personal gain. He even recommended several of the more resentful ones to the level of Shizhen, although the final decision was still Yigong, but Situ Gong still hoped that this could calm their resentment.

Unexpectedly, not only were those people not grateful, but they felt more and more that they were inferior to Situ Gong, and there were often rumors and rumors. There was even a case where a meeting was convened and there was no show.

This is in the military discipline of the Han Dynasty. It's already a crime that can be questioned.

Yigong has also heard a little about these things, and his military discipline department is not a vegetarian. However, Yigong promoted them. There are also factors that test them. If they can't even handle their subordinates, how can they be expected to stand alone? So they didn't interfere and let them go.

It later turned out that although these people were thorny, they were by no means ambiguous in fighting wars, and the soldiers were well trained. Under Situ Gong's military orders, he didn't dare to do things that violated the yang and the yin, after all, the enemy was current. The things arranged to the front line of Luntai City are also very well arranged - of course, there must be private complaints.

Yigong looked at Yingqi. But he didn't speak, but was ready to continue listening to what he had to say.

Ying Qi saw that Yigong didn't say anything, and he was a little panicked, and when he took out the matter of Situ Gong, the most important thing was that his army and Du Shan's army had also encountered a similar situation, and the armies of the two of them had not yet been pulled to the front line, so the situation was more serious than that of Situ Gong. There have already been three times when the personnel have not been gathered, and if this continues, the prestige of Yingqi's legion commander will be gone.

"Marshal, the so-called embankment of a thousand miles is destroyed in an anthill, and failure to make a decision will lead to the defeat of the entire battle. In the eyes of the subordinates, at most three days, the Yue's rebels and our army will have a big battle, and the subordinates ask the marshal for a special promotion order, only to the level of the commander, that is, to add a combat power to our army and protect the fierce martial arts of my brilliant Han Dynasty! Selfless! Marshal, please! Ying Qi gritted his teeth and finished speaking, then bowed to the ground and bowed solemnly to Yigong.

Situ Gong and Du Shan also woke up one after another, if they wanted to really master the army thoroughly, they had to go through Yigong, and this was the best time for them to fight. So they also bowed to the ground and said in unison: "Marshal Mingjian, please!" ”

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West of Shanshan City, the garrison of the First Army of Suzhou.

As soon as Yingqi entered the camp gate, two people stepped forward.

One of them was wearing a standard military uniform and a Boshui Sword Medal, and he looked extremely handsome. He glanced at Yingqi's expression, and immediately smiled and said, "Congratulations to the palace marshal, congratulations to the palace marshal, you have got what you want!" ”

Ying Qi was indeed radiant, and there was a smile in his eyes when he looked at him: "Isn't Brother Xu also high-spirited!" Why, I didn't trouble your battalion commander with the Eternal Death King today, did we? ”

This person is Fang Renxu, a disciple of Gongsun Auntie whom Shen Yun met in Huainan Hou Mansion. And behind him is Fang Zhongfang Yongdi of the Huainan Hou family.

It is said that the two of them have indeed suffered a lot after joining the army, especially Fang Renxu, whose skin color is now more than twice as dark as before, but it also makes him look healthier and more durable, not as good as his little white face before.

Fang Zhong was still a little wooden as before, but he wasn't stupid. Fang Renxu was also willing to take care of him, and after the two enlisted in the army for training, they were assigned to the northwest. At that time, because of the water and soil, the two of them also had a big illness, but under the care of the military medical officer, they also came over without danger.

Of course, at that time, they were just ordinary lieutenants, until Fang Renxu met Yingqi.

Speaking of which, there is no special event, Yingqi is a native of Shu County, Yingqi's parents and Fang Renxu's parents are neighbors for several generations, when he was a child, Yingqi also took Fang Renxu to pick wild fruits in the mountains. When their parents saw that they had fallen in love, they made them brothers and left tokens.

Later, Fang Renxu separated from his parents when he went out to do business, and then Fang Renxu was so miserable that he lived in a different place, and finally worshiped under the door of Gongsun Auntie.

And Yingqi enlisted in the army at the age of eighteen, and finally became the commander of the army at the age of thirty due to fate. Fang Renxu and Fang Zhong were the pawns who were added to Ganzhou. Yingqi had to personally inspect the grassroots level because of various constraints, so as to increase his prestige, and in this inspection process similar to a show, Fang Renxu recognized this sworn brother.

Next, it was even simpler, Ying Qi transferred Fang Renxu and Fang Zhong to his own personal security department. Of course, Fang Renxu didn't tell Ying Qi Fang Zhong's identity, there was no need for that. However, Fang Zhong was born with divine power, and he could be said to be invincible in the pro-guard department, and that combat power was there. If you put it above the battlefield, Renxu is not an opponent, after all, Fang Renxu is good at fencing, and agility is his foundation.

After learning about Yingqi's troubles, Fang Renxu, who had been a staff member of Huainan Hou, gave Yingqi advice. In fact, Fang Renxu's strategy is still quite insidious, that is, to make things bigger!

"Yigong must have eyeliner in the various legions. He must have been aware of his brother's difficulties, but he ignored them. The first is to test the brother's ability. The second is that he feels that these things are not enough for him to make a big move, and since this is the case, then we will muddy the waters and make this matter even bigger. Of course, you have to be in good measure, the younger brother thinks. It's good to let Yong Die-kun make a fuss. This is what Fang Renxu said to Yingqi.

I have to say that this trick really works. Fang Renxu had nothing to do all day, so he took Fang Zhong everywhere to find the officers of the various battalions and companies to fight alone. This will not only make a big deal out of the matter, but also show which of these grassroots officers have a "backstage" and which ones are still taking sides. Which ones are just hot-blooded...... There were not so many twists and turns in the army, and Fang Zhong's force value was off the charts, but he quickly attracted a large number of grassroots officers to Yingqi. As a result, Fang Zhong and Fang Renxu were also secretly called "Little Overlord" and "Black-bellied Military Division".

Of course, these actions still need Yingqi's help, such as making a big trouble, Yingqi must come forward to punish, and then let the people from the Military Discipline Department punish it, this time back and forth, Yigong must have paid attention to the situation of the First Legion in Suzhou, and at the same time, Yingqi also has an excuse to arrange personnel, completely clean up some thorns, and arrange his own people, which can be said to be counted in one fell swoop.

Ying Qi found that Fang Renxu was very helpful to him, so he wanted to transfer him to the General Staff, Fang Renxu naturally would not object, but Fang Zhong was reluctant to go.

"I don't know military strategy, so let me go to the battlefield and fight ten thousand families with the sword in my hand!" Fang Zhong said humbly.

Yingqi did not object to this, but he did not have the right to appoint, so he could only let him mix in the Ministry of Guards.

Later, Luntai City discovered the Yue's rebels, as the situation became more and more tense, Yingqi and Fang Renxu discussed and felt that this matter could not be delayed any longer, and the Suzhou Legion could not rely on such a slow method if it wanted to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, so there was Yingqi's showdown with Yigong.

Back at the camp, Ying Qi finished handling some of the military affairs at hand, and found that Fang Renxu and Fang Zhong were still bored playing with mud in front of the sand table, and immediately smiled: "Renxu, why didn't you and Yong Yanjun go to trouble someone today?!" ”

Fang Renxu smiled and said: "The Suzhou army has been subdued, and no one dares to challenge our 'little overlord' for the time being, but it is said that there is a man named Wang Meng in the second army of Ganzhou, who has good martial arts, if there is a chance, Yong Yan wants to go to the teaching!" ”

Fang Zhong also said: "Yes, I also heard that Wang Mengli can carry the Ding, a native of Chuzhou." If it's convenient, open a note for me, and I'll go to him. ”

Soldiers are not allowed to leave the camp casually during this wartime, and they must issue a certificate to go to another barracks.

Ying Qi laughed and said: "Wang Meng, don't trouble him, he is Brother Du's wife and brother, but Brother Du's henchman trump card, if you defeat him, where will his old face go?" It's shameful enough for him to be in front of the marshal's tent today......"

The "Brother Du" in Yingqi's mouth is naturally Du Shan, and the two served in the First Army of Suzhou before, so they are old acquaintances. So the details of him are still clear. In fact, not only Yingqi and Du Shan, but even Situ Gong had a bit of his own relationship before, otherwise Yigong would not casually appoint them as the commander of the legion, others thought that they were just lucky, but in fact, it was Yougong's own considerations, so the three of them were appointed.

Ying Qi was talking to Fang Renxu and Fang Zhong about Du Shan's funny performance, which made the two laugh. At this time, a guard hurriedly came in: "Palace Marshal, the marshal has an order, summon the commanders of all legions to the ancient city of Uman tomorrow." ”

Ying Qi was stunned: "The ancient city of Uman, twenty miles away from here? What's up? ”

The guard shook his head: "I don't know, the herald issued a military order and left, please check it out." ”

Yingqi took the military order, only to see that it was simply written: "Yingqi, the commander of the Second Army of Suzhou, led a group of staff officers to the ancient city of Uman, and arrived on the eighth day of September in 1003 of the Han Dynasty." In addition, the defense of the perimeter of Uman was entrusted to the Second Army Corps of Suzhou for immediate execution. ”

Looking at this headless order, Ying Qi frowned and said to the other party: "Renxu, what do you think of this order?" ”

Fang Renxu also had a headache, but still said: "No matter what, this defense work can't be neglected, this place is only twenty miles away from the ancient city of Uman, and there is a straight road to connect it, and it can be reached in an hour." The palace marshal hurriedly arranged for the former division to be pulled. ”

Ying Qi nodded, suddenly remembered something, and said: "By the way, in addition, the marshal asked the staff officers to accompany him, I estimate that there may be a right question at that time, and it is better to inform the other staff officers to prepare." Renxu, I'm optimistic about you! ”

"Yes, I will live up to the expectations of the marshal!" Fang Renxu simply gave a military salute. (To be continued......)