Chapter 242 The Four Great Envoys

"Yes, it is the Broken Army under Li Tingzhi, and this time I let the commander Jiang Cai personally lead it."

Yangzhou Broken Army is Li Tingzhi personally trained out of a brave division, the Broken Army was Li Tingzhi's personal guard attendants, all experienced soldiers, Li Tingzhi stationed in Yangzhou, swore to break the captive, so its personal guard battalion named "Broken Prisoner", and expanded to 3,000 people, it can be said that it is the elite of the Yangzhou Army and even the entire Song Dynasty army, its fame even the Mongolian soldiers know, the commander of the Broken Army Jiang Cai was taken to Hebei when he was a teenager, and then fled back to Huainan to serve in the army, because of his bravery and good fighting, loyalty and courage, deeply appreciated by Li Tingzhi, To become the commander of the Broken Army, I have heard Lu Xiufu mention Jiang Cai many times, so this time I asked him to personally lead his troops to assist Xia Gui in attacking Yangjia Town, so as to see his true ability.

"Your Majesty, with the help of General Jiang Cai and the Broken Army, the minister thinks that the surname of success can be more than eighty percent."

"Well, Xia Aiqing, what time is the attack time you set?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister intends to launch an attack on the evening of October 28 (11 o'clock)."

"Oh, what's the point of that?"

"Your Majesty, the 28th of next month is the Black Sulid Festival that the Mongols will only encounter once in 12 years, this day is the reincarnation advocated by shamanism, and the minister estimates that the Mongolian soldiers who are far away from home in Yangjia Town will celebrate their traditional festivals, and their precautions may be more relaxed, so the minister chose this day to launch, in addition, the minister's action is a sneak attack, and please keep it secret for your majesty."

"Well, the Mongolians are good at drinking, they will drink alcohol during the festival, and there is still more than a month to go, Aiqing will plan after he goes back, and can use this to strengthen the training of the team, as for the sneak attack that Aiqing said, I should keep it secret for you before the action."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the whole plan is only known to the minister and Wang Sheng, Xia Qing."

"Aiqing's specific plan is known to the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, and this time even the Military Affairs Yuan will not tell it, and the Yangzhou Army will only let Li Tingzhi know about it."

Xia Gui said in high spirits: "Your Majesty, wait for the good news from the minister." ”

I nodded and said, "Okay, I will replace wine with tea, and I wish Xia Aiqing success in advance." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Xia Aiqing, you need to pay more attention to your body in peace, just let Xia Qing and Wang Sheng do some small things, after all, time is not forgiving."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the minister is more inexpensive than that ancient, no meat is not happy, please rest assured Your Majesty."

"Haha, okay, you step down first, Xiao Qi, pass on General Gundam."

Among the four major envoys, Xia Gui is the oldest, nearly seventy, followed by Lu Wende and Gao Gao, both in their sixties, Li Tingzhi is middle-aged, in his forties, and belongs to the youngest one.

According to my plan, except for Li Tingzhi, the three old generals will not participate in the Northern Expedition three years later, after all, they are too old, in case of any mistakes, I also feel unbearable, so its successor is a question that should be considered, at the end of the conversation with Xia Gui, I consciously revealed the candidates for the future leadership of the army on Huainan West Road, that is, the next generation of Xia Qing and Wang Sheng,

Wang Sheng has no background in the army, all because of his combat bravery, not afraid of power and deeply loved by the soldiers, since the establishment of the dragon's tooth, Lu Xiufu in the name of the soldier's squire, often meet with the middle-level generals in the forbidden army, after in-depth understanding, two months ago absorbed Wang Sheng to join the dragon's tooth organization,

"Your Majesty."

"Gao Aiqing, don't be polite, sit down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Gao Aiqing, are you still used to it in Chengdu?"

Gundam sat up straight: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister is used to it." ”

"That's good, Gao Aiqing, tell me about the situation after you arrive in Chengdu."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Gundam sorted out his thoughts and said, "Your Majesty, after the four ministers arrived, the first thing was to stabilize the morale of the army, the ministers and General Zhang Jue walked through the forward positions separately to understand the local defense and the situation of the soldiers, and the two adults, Zan Wanshou and Peng Daya, were responsible for the internal affairs rectification, and after returning to Chengdu, the ministers and others held a military meeting attended by all the middle-level and above generals in the theater, and rearranged the deployment of the entire theater, and adjusted the powers of individual generals. It was decided that the minister and General Zhang Jue would be responsible for the deployment and training of the army, and Lord Zan and Lord Peng would focus on government affairs. ”

I nodded in agreement: "Well, Gao Aiqing, the Sichuan Theater has a vast territory, facing the two Mongolian armies in the west and north, the situation is more complicated than the other three theaters, the entire theater has jurisdiction over Chengdu Fu Road, Zizhou Road, Kuizhou Road, Tongchuan Fu Road, of which more than half of the Tongchuan Fu Road has been occupied by the Mongols five years ago, I will consider merging the four roads into one road, and reuse the original name for Sichuan Province. There is one more important matter. ”

"Your Majesty, please."

"Five years ago, Liu Cheng surrendered to the enemy and shocked the government and the opposition, that Liu Chuan is well versed in water warfare and is proficient in shipbuilding skills, and it will definitely become a big disaster for our dynasty in the future, so I ask you to form another marine corps of the Navy Division when strengthening the Naval Division."

"Marine Corps, what is its purpose."

"Gao Aiqing, the purpose of this special team is to destroy the Mongolian shipbuilding base on Tongchuan Fu Road, in order to slow down the development of the Mongolian Naval Division, because it may face a battle between water and land, so I named it the Marine Division, the soldiers of this team are a new type of troops, and they will also take on the task of crossing the river and landing operations in the future, you can explore while forming it."

"Yes, Your Majesty, Your Lordship." Gao Gao hesitated for a moment and then said, "Your Majesty, the minister plans to send someone to assassinate Liu Quan, I don't know if it is feasible." ”

I shook my head and said: "Liu Quan surrendered to the enemy, and anyone in my Song Dynasty can destroy him, but there are Mongolian Tianya people around him to protect him at night, these Tianya guards are strong in martial arts, and it is difficult to succeed, and ordinary assassins can only die senselessly, so there is no need for this matter for the time being." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Fang Ling's martial arts function was called the realm of the master by Yuan Jian, which is extraordinary, and his eldest brother once assassinated Liu Quan, but returned in vain, and he also died because of it, Fang Ling's eldest brother's martial arts were not under Fang Ling, and he also died in the hands of the Tianya guards, and ordinary people would only die in vain.

"Gao Aiqing, I am very relieved for the four of you, after the reform of the provincial system, you and General Zhang Jue will focus on military affairs, let Zan Wanshou and Peng Daya be in charge of government affairs, the military and the government will be divided into different families, and each will show its strengths, Gao Aiqing, you and General Zhang Jue are not young, and they should enjoy their old age in peace, but there is a great enemy of Mongolia outside, and I have to rely on two old generals, but you should also pay attention to cultivating young people, pass on your experience to them, and elect your successor as soon as possible."

"Your Majesty, the minister understands, and the minister recommends one person to Your Majesty."

"Oh, who."

"Your Majesty, that Lord Zhan Wanshou is really a rare person with all-round talents in civil and military affairs."

"Zan Wanshou, isn't he a literati?"

"Your Majesty, the minister has been in the army all his life, and has always looked down on the literati, but after these months of exchanges, the minister believes that Zan Wanshou is not only handy in handling government affairs, but also has extraordinary views on military affairs, although the Lord Zan himself only has the power to bind the chicken, but he is proficient in the art of war, and he is a young student, at this point, General Zhang Jue and the minister have the same view, Lord Zan is a talent to command the army, if he can experience the influence of war, he will become a handsome Confucian marshal of Meng Hui."

"Yes, good, very good, Gao Aiqing, after Zan Aiqing straightens out government affairs, let him also properly participate in military affairs, what about Peng Daya, what do you think."

"Your Majesty, Mr. Peng is also a knowledgeable elder, if he hadn't forcibly ordered the reinforcement of Yucheng City, it is estimated that Yucheng City would not be able to stop the attack of the Mongolian army, but Mr. Peng is in poor health and is old, otherwise he can hand over the affairs of the entire Central Sichuan Theater to him, so that Lord Zan will devote himself to the army."

I thought for a while and said: "Gao Aiqing, after you go back, you and Zhang Aiqing will want to recruit an assistant for Peng Aiqing, try not to work too hard, and the other is to look for talented people in the local area, there are many heroes in Sichuan since ancient times, if there is a suitable candidate, you can let Zan Wanshou share more military affairs." ”

"Yes, I obey."

"Gao Aiqing, did the Ouyang family send someone to assist you in training the soldiers?"

"Back to Your Majesty, before the minister set off for Lin'an, the Ouyang family master had already sent ten direct disciples to serve as sect leaders in the army."

"Okay, Gao Aiqing, I will hand over to the four of you in the Central Sichuan Theater, and I will play it at any time if there is something, and I will stop here today, Xiao Qi, pass on Li Tingzhi."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister retires."

This is the third time I have met with Li Tingzhi, who is the closest to me among the four major envoys, and is also the candidate for the future secretary of the military department in my planning.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty." Li Tingzhi sat down and said,

"Hehe, Xiangfu, I didn't expect things to go so smoothly."

Li Tingzhi praised: "Your Majesty is really a god, and even Lu Wende supports the reform of Your Majesty's army." ”

I smiled: "Providence is so, I should respond to the mandate of heaven, it seems to be true, Xiangfu, you come and look at the map, this is Yangjia Town on Huainan West Road, Xia Gui's next plan is to attack Yangjia Town, so that An Fengjun and Shouchun City can become a corner." ”

"Your Majesty, Yangjia Town is a nail left by the Mongols on the south bank of the Huai River, and it should have been pulled out a long time ago."

"Well, Xiangfu, Xia Gui's plan is a sneak attack, but he needs to personally lead the death squad, and I plan to let your Broken Army go out to help him."

"Your Majesty just as you command."

"Xiangfu, in the army of Lianghuai, about only your Yangzhou army has this ability, you let Jiang Cai lead the troops to Shouchun on the twenty-third and fourth of the next month, and obey Xia Gui's command after arriving, Xia Gui's specific plan is like this, Xiangfu thinks it is feasible."

"Your Majesty, there is this path that General Xia said, the minister thinks that he should be ninety percent sure, Your Majesty can rest assured, the Broken Army will do its best to ensure the safety of General Xia."

"Well, Xiangfu, I plan to transfer a thousand soldiers from your Yangzhou army to join the Imperial Forest Army, including Zhang Shijie's five hundred musketeers, and you select another five hundred loyal soldiers, I am ready to build all the 10,000 Imperial Forest Army into musketeers, and the thousand soldiers from your Yangzhou army and Wen Zhang's 1,000 young guards will become the main backbone of the Royal Forest Army."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers obey."

"Other affairs will follow the established policy, and when you come back at the end of the year to report on your work, you and I will talk about it again, Xiao Qi, pass on Lu Wende."

"Yes, official."

After Lu Wende entered the salute, I poured a cup of hot tea and said with a smile: "Lu Aiqing, the weather is getting colder, sit down and drink a cup of hot tea to warm up." ”