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Yang Xi also took advantage of the opportunity of the main generals to go out of the city to greet him, and announced that a military meeting would be held immediately to arrange the next arrangements.

Before the meeting began, Yang Xi told the generals that he had pardoned their crimes to the emperor in front of him, and the emperor also promised to let the generals who had participated in the Battle of Lingbao continue to lead the army in Tongguan and give them the opportunity to atone for their crimes. At the court meeting, the emperor did not say that they must be held accountable for the defeat, and even the Geshuhan court, which bears the most important responsibility, has not been further convicted.

Although Yang Xi killed Bian Lingcheng in front of the soldiers guarding Tongguan, and attributed most of the blame for the defeat of Lingbao's army to Bian Lingcheng, he knew that the biggest sinner in Lingbao's defeat was not Bian Lingcheng, but Ge Shuhan. If Goshuhan had commanded it properly, 200,000 men would not have been able to be defeated in a day.

200,000 men and horses have an advantage over the rebels in terms of troops, and even if they are ambushed, they should not be defeated like this anyway. As the commander of the army, Ge Shuhan is of course the first person responsible and bears the most important responsibility. Whether it is Li Longji and Yang Guozhong, who single-handedly ordered him to fight, or Bian Lingcheng, who is bent on interfering in military affairs, he only bears secondary responsibility.

The culpability of these generals under Ge Shuhan's command is also not small, and they should all be severely punished. However, Yang Xi considered that the military morale of the Tongguan defenders must be revived at the current time of the great enemy, and at this time, these generals who fled back after defeat could not be punished, otherwise the morale of the army would be completely weakened. Ge Shuhan can't even abandon it, otherwise he won't be able to dominate the generals at all.

He, a person who did not have any prestige in the army, could only rely on the support of Ge Shuhan, deterring the generals through this veteran, and building up his prestige by killing Huo Ba Guiren and Bian Lingcheng.

Lingbao's fiasco, the generals must also have a sense of guilt in their hearts, Yang Xi felt that he could use this defeat to beat the generals from time to time, so that they didn't dare to make mistakes.

Yang Xi also admitted that although the Tang Dynasty officers and troops were defeated in the Lingbao Campaign, these generals who commanded the battle were not of a bad breed, they were all good generals, as long as they were given a good opportunity to play, they could still command the soldiers to win the battle.

He needs the support of these people and hopes that these generals will help him succeed in repelling and defeating the rebels.

No matter what crimes they committed before, he didn't want the imperial court to give them heavy responsibilities now and exempt them from the power to lead the troops, which would greatly damage the combat effectiveness of the Tang army. In the era of cold weapons, outstanding generals were the most important factor in achieving victory in the war, and Yang Xi did not want these very experienced generals to be punished by the imperial court now, so that the combat effectiveness of the officers and troops would decline.

His future military exploits need to be obtained by these generals for him, and he naturally wants to encircle these people and let them help him succeed.

Although the imperial court did not explicitly say that it would definitely pardon their defeat, but now it promised to let them continue to lead the army in Tongguan, which is already a more surprising signal, and the generals' favorability and admiration for Yang Xi have increased a little. Yang Xi did not break his promise, he really did it, and even Ge Shuhan was not further convicted, which is a good thing, and many people see the hope of being spared the punishment of the imperial court.

"Marshal Yang, the last general thank you for your plead for us in front of the emperor, in the next battle, the last general will fight to the death to kill the enemy, and strive to offset the defeat with military merits!" After hearing Yang Xi say this, Wang Sili, who was straight, was the first to stand up and express his gratitude to Yang Xi.

Pang Zhong also immediately stood up and thanked Yang Xi for his salute: "Thank you Marshal Yang for your presentation in front of the emperor, the last general is grateful." The last general knew that his guilt was difficult to eliminate, and the marshal was embarrassed, so he could only work hard to kill the enemy in the future battles, strive to make some military merits, and relieve himself of his guilt!"

After the two generals said this, Li Chengguang, Lu Chongben, Tian Liangqiu, and other generals who had participated in the Battle of Lingbao stood up and expressed similar meanings. In addition to expressing his gratitude to Yang Xi, he also expressed his determination in front of everyone that he would fight to the death at any time to obtain more military merits to offset his guilt.

Yang Xi was very surprised by the generals' expression, he knew that he was right to consider the problem from a realistic point of view, if he was willful, clearly accusing the generals of the Lingbao Battle for their mistakes, and putting the contradictions between some generals on the table, then he might not be able to reap the current effect.

"You can say this, Ben Shuai is very happy, Ben Shuai hopes to work with the generals to completely defeat the rebels and put down the rebellion!" Yang Xihuan looked at the generals in the room, and said with a little majesty: "His Majesty the Emperor has given us the greatest trust in the soldiers of Tongguan, and I hope that you can work diligently with me, train wholeheartedly, and strive to gain military merits in the future counterinsurgency battles." Ben Shuai hopes to see that no one will be punished by the imperial court by then, and your military exploits can completely offset the guilt of Lingbao's defeat, and you can even get a reward from the imperial court!"

"The last general must obey the marshal's instructions!" The generals responded in unison.

Yang Xi then also arranged the next arrangements. In fact, it was almost arranged before he left Tongguan, that is, military training. The next main task is to train the troops, and he will also select a number of non-commissioned officers from the army who are very good in all aspects, and establish a special detachment, which he himself will train in order to carry out some special tasks.

Not taking the initiative to seek out the rebels to fight, and seizing the time to train the army, this is the task that Yang Xi once again emphasized.

After the order was arranged, Yang Xi was also ready to let the generals disperse, and he himself went to rest.

However, a question raised by Gao Shi before the end of the military meeting surprised Yang Xi a little and made the generals wonder.

"Marshal, has His Majesty the Emperor announced a new candidate for the overseer?"

Yang Xi was stunned for a moment, and did not answer Gao Shi's question immediately.

When he returned to Chang'an, he did not discuss this issue with Emperor Li Longji and his father Yang Guozhong. Subconsciously, he didn't feel that the prison army was a candidate who had to be equipped, he felt that the current Tongguan Town army was fully staffed, and there was no need to add any more officials. But Gao Shi's question made him immediately understand that among the 100,000 horses in Tongguan, it was impossible not to have a supervising army.

As long as the military supervision system exists for one day, it is impossible for any army in the Tang Dynasty to be without a supervising army.

But Li Longji didn't talk to him, and Yang Guozhong didn't ask him this question, so Yang Xi didn't know how to answer Gao Shi's inquiry.

"His Majesty the Emperor didn't tell Ben Shuai about this, so Ben Shuai can't tell him!" Yang Xi could only use this to answer Gao Shi's inquiry.

Seeing Yang Xi say this, no one asked any more questions from the generals, and they dispersed.

What Yang Xi didn't know was that when he finished assigning the task and went to sleep with peace of mind, there were two very important people in Chang'an City, who were also discussing the issue of the candidate for the supervisor of the Tongguan Town Army.

It was none other than Emperor Li Longji and Prince Li Heng.