Chapter 60: Party Struggle
After Han Xu said a few words with He Shixian and Chen Ce, the two general soldiers were summoned in, and then some generals of the Sichuan army and the Zhejiang soldiers came to talk with Han Xu, most of these generals came to Xiong Tingbi, some of the Sichuan soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers had already arrived at Guanmen or Ningyuan first, and they were still continuing to march to Liaozhong, these generals led the leading troops to arrive first, and it is expected that at the beginning of summer, the various departments will gradually gather, and the forts along the Liaohe River and Liaoyang Shenyang are stationed, and all the troops include the soldiers and horses of Liaozhen in Liaozhong, The number of people is about 130,000, and the number of soldiers is close to 100,000, of which there are nearly half of the veterans.
The generals of the Sichuan army and the Zhejiang soldiers were more pragmatic in Han Xu's view, and they were also very concerned about the war, and more than a dozen generals surrounded him in the middle, and asked about the situation of the first two battles, whether it was an ambush battle or a cavalry battle in Dongzhou, and they were particularly concerned about the combat power and characteristics of the Houjin soldiers.
Han Xu also told him frankly that these friendly generals made him feel like a general compared to the generals in Liaozhen, and at least he didn't put his mind on reaping benefits and putting gold on his face.
When they talked, the civil officials on the side were not interested in the slightest, many civil officials gathered to chat, talking about nothing more than some elegant things, Liaoyang gradually returned to calm under the control of Xiong Tingbi, these civil officials were also up in the leisure and elegance, and it was the New Year's season, everyone whispered most of the things about Fengyue, and from time to time there was a burst of laughter.
The generals of Liaozhen also gathered together, and most of what they said was chasing joy and laughter, and they were very disdainful of Han Xu and others when they talked about the war, they looked cold, and they didn't take the guest generals and Han Xu and others in their eyes at all.
After talking for a while, the civil and military officials went in several times, most of them were high-ranking civil officials and generals at the level of deputy generals of the general army, and when Han Xu was called, there were still many generals and guerrilla generals who had never entered, and a family member came out of the room, and said in a loud voice: "Lord Jingluo has an order, bring the chief Han Xu to the living room to meet and talk." β
As soon as these words came out, the inside and outside of the gatehouse looked sideways, and many jealous eyes glanced at Han Xu.
"After a slight summons, forgive the official for being out of company." Han Xu had an apologetic smile on his face and greeted everyone around him.
"Han is always casual." Zhou Dunji, the guerrilla general of the Sichuan Army, smiled and said goodbye to Han Xu.
When he spoke, Zhou Dunji was the one who asked the most, and the questions were very detailed, but Han Xu always felt that Zhou Dunji was arrogant, affectionate and smiling on the surface, and when he said that Houjin Bing had rich battlefield experience and fighting skills, and the battle formation was stable and skillful, the order was prohibited, the armor was strong, the weapons were excellent, and the war horses were rationed and well raised, etc., Zhou Dunji always showed a disapproving smile on his face, but he, like the rest of the guest generals, did not refute it soundly, Han Xu felt that there was great pride behind this person's smile, which was completely different from the attitude of Chen Ce, the old soldier, Chen Ce had also asked about Houjin's force and battlefield situation, and he was not proud and complacent because of his life as a horse during the discussion, in contrast, Zhou Dunji and the others were too proud.
However, Han Xu also knew that Zhou Dunji led the stone pillar soldiers in the Sichuan soldiers, this army was led by the deputy general Qin Bangping to Liaodong, and it was a first-class strong soldier in the southwest region, with strict discipline and full of toughness.
Han Xu sighed secretly in his heart, still smiling on the surface, he entered the second gate under the guidance, took a detour next to the Yi Gate, and then passed through a corner door, which was where Xiong Tingbi met the guests.
"You don't have to say such clichΓ©s, Han Xu." Xiong Tingbi's attitude was as bad as ever, his voice was a little sharp, and his tone was not very impatient, Han Xu quickly raised his head and said with a smile: "Adults can not be particular, how dare the lower officials be negligent in etiquette." β
"Forget it, forget it." Xiong Tingbi muttered, he was wearing a green cotton robe, a square scarf on his head, and a white cloud copper brazier at his feet, the room was quite warm, but his face was not very happy, and if he looked closely, he seemed to be a little angry.
The big man in front of him who controlled the whole Liao was actually angry, Han Xu's face showed a look of surprise, he quickly covered up this look, lest Xiong Tingbi see it.
"Han Xu, you don't want to be like this." Xiong Tingbi laughed at himself and said, "I can probably tell you that the old man is depressed in his heart, and he is indeed angry." β
"Ha," Xiong Tingbi continued: "It is said that it is to study to nourish qi, but the old man is such a really hard temper, what can he do?" People like those in the DPRK and China, when they read the book of Sun Wu Bing, boast that they know the soldiers, how to manage the battalion, how to march the army, how to prepare the grain and grass, how to investigate and prevent the enemy's situation, what the general trend is, what the geography, mountains and rivers and water conservancy are, they don't care about it. β
Xiong Tingbi felt very indignant, his identity and status, he should not have said these words of grievance in front of a subordinate like Han Xu, but Xiong Tingbi's temper has always been like this, if he has something to say, he can't hold it back, he must squirt wildly to feel comfortable, Han Xu knows that this is inappropriate, but with his identity, he has no position to persuade, so he has to sit with his head bored at the moment, and let Lao Xiong squirt wildly in front of him.
In the end, Xiong Tingbi said: "Those nerds in the court are just talking nonsense, and Lord Shoufu doesn't know what he means, and he plans to send the engineering department to Yao Zongwen in the matter to come to Liaodong to inspect the military parade and horses, grain and grass in Liaodong, this junior doesn't know anything about soldiers, and he is completely wasted, and the old man has to be inspected by him, which is really unreasonable." β
It turned out that Lao Xiong was unhappy about this, and Han Xu woke up in his heart.
Xiong Tingbi is the periphery of the Chu Party, the core of a party does not have to be a big official, sometimes it is the opposite, can unite with the party to act together, speak with weight, and usually focus on party affairs, such a person is the right party leader or backbone, such a person is the right party leader or backbone, such as the core boss of the Donglin Party in the early years, the official position has not been high, but in the Donglin Party is a man of his word. Xiong Tingbi is only a periphery in the Chu Party, and now that the Chu Party is weak, he gradually has a plan to defect to the Zhejiang Party, and Chu and Zhejiang converge in order to fight against Donglin.
Liaodong here is now the center of gravity of the whole country, Xiong Tingbi has also become the target of the public, although he did not do anything wrong in Liaodong, on the contrary, under Xiong Tingbi's strategy, Liao's affairs are promising, and the DPRK's attack on Xiong Tingbi has already begun, the focus of the attack is that Xiong Tingbi is too serious and stable, and does not fight with the captives early, which causes the old man to be poor in wealth and waste the country's wealth is not abundantIn order not to fall into the hands of others, the first assistant party took the initiative to send Yao Zongwen from the party to inspect Liaodong, in order to share the pressure on Xiong Tingbi and reduce the firepower of the attack, Xiong Tingbi understood this in his heart, but in this case, he still couldn't help but squirt wildly.
After Han Xu understood, he was also wronged for Xiong Tingbi, but looking at the impassioned Xiong Tingbi, Han Xu still couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, if Lord Jinglu gave in a little bit in everything, and could be a little more with the light, maybe the end would not be so miserable, right?