Han Jian did not have any communication with Su Tingxia beforehand, on the day Han Jian removed Zhang Xing, Su Tingxia confronted him in person, he knew very well that this was Su Tingxia's means of self-preservation, in order to gain a foothold in the army. Han Jian simply fulfilled him, he was alienating him, so except for some basic military meetings that Su Tingxia would attend, he had not had any kind of conversation or individual meeting with Su Tingxia these days.

Han Jian glanced at Su Tingxia, shook his head slightly, and said, "Su You's envoy is a strategist in the army, and there is something wrong with leading troops to garrison it. The king will not agree. ”

Originally, others thought that since Han Jian said so, Su Tingxia would definitely retreat. Although Su Tingxia is the right envoy of the army, this level is already very high among the civilian officials in the army, but he does not have the power to actually lead the troops, and his prestige in the army may not be as good as a deputy general. And Su Tingxia's military rank in the army is only a captain, which is very low.

Su Tingxia did not insist and said: "My subordinates think that they have the ability to do this. ”

"Oh?" Han Jian was slightly surprised and said, "Why did Su Youyou say this?" Do you know how many men this king is going to send to garrison? Do you know what kind of arrangements this king intends to make in the city of Luzhou? Or does Su You's envoy know who this king's heart belongs to to take on this responsibility? ”

Su Tingxia just shook his head and said, "My subordinates don't know anything. ”

"Then how do you say you have the ability to take on this role?" Han Jian asked in an interrogative tone.

Su Tingxia said calmly: "The subordinates know that leading the troops to fight is not just blindly charging ahead, the subordinates have served in the Dongwang army for a short time, and there are still many things that are not clear about the affairs in the army, but they also know that they are stationed in the city, and they are based on stability. Only in this way can we stabilize our position and keep one side stable. ”

Su Tingxia was openly contradicting Han Jian's words. Naturally, there was a lot of discussion from the people present.

Many people think that Su Tingxia is a little ignorant, Han Jianming said that he can't lead troops as a civilian official, but Su Tingxia still insists on saying this, as if he wants to find guilt.

Han Jian was silent for a moment, originally he was not going to send Su Tingxia, he was going to send Hu Yexian. Hu Yexian is a veteran of the East Wangfu, which can be regarded as brave, and such a veteran can be more stable to garrison. But it seems that Su Tingxia has clearly seen his intentions, and in this self-recommendation, he has already stated that he wants to give priority to stable defense, which makes him feel that Su Tingxia is not simple.

Since Su Tingxia took the initiative to ask for transfer, Han Jian could have refused, but now he felt that there was no reason to refuse. As Su Tingxia said, he should lead the general. There is no need to charge ahead, since it is to garrison an important pass like Luzhou City, and the city wall is not very steep, it is naturally more important to find a capable person than to be reliable.

"Hmm." Han Jian nodded suddenly, as if he had accepted Su Tingxia's request, but suddenly asked, "Then Su You's envoy thinks how many men and horses should this king send to you?" ”

Han Jian was originally going to send 10,000 soldiers and horses over. This is a big move, so the Hu Yexian he sent is enough to bring 10,000 soldiers. But since it was Su Tingxia going. Han Jian deliberately made a problem, since Su Tingxia took the initiative to ask for transfer, without knowing the details, Su Tingxia obviously did not dare to open his mouth, Han Jian estimated that Su Tingxia dared to recruit a thousand soldiers and horses. When the time comes, he will add some people appropriately and promote Su Tingxia to a deputy general, and it will be almost the same.

Who knew that Su Tingxia paused slightly, hugged his fists and said, "Twenty thousand soldiers and horses." ”

In a word, everyone present was in an uproar.

Soldiers and horses around Luoyang. Most have already withdrawn to Jiangdu. Originally, there were almost 100,000 Luoyang garrisons, but when Zhang Xing's headquarters was withdrawn and Lin Zhan's headquarters were also withdrawn by half, the total garrison of Luoyang was only about 40,000, including more than 20,000 newly recruited recruits from around Luoyang. As soon as Su Tingxia opened his mouth, it was 20,000, which was not only a lion's big mouth, but also a desire to eat the sky.

Han Jian was a little shocked in his heart, others thought it was ridiculous and this person was uninhibited, only Han Jian knew that Su Tingxia saw the specific situation after the change of the current situation, so he asked for the transfer of 20,000 soldiers and horses.

Luzhou City, although in the state and county Zhou occupied by the imperial court, is not a big county town, but it is the only county town in the north of Luoyang that can be defended according to the danger, and Luzhou City itself also has the natural obstacles of the county town, that is, the city wall and the moat, plus the barrier of the small river mouth, as long as it can be defended, the soldiers and horses of Beichuan will not dare to rashly go south to the Yellow River.

If the soldiers and horses of Beichuan want to capture Luoyang, they must cross the Yellow River, and once they say that the back road has not been cleared, they naturally dare not rashly send troops south. The counties north of the Yellow River could have been garrisoned by many cities, but because Luzhou City is behind Xiaochuankou, it can be said that there is no way out, so it is easier to defend the city without a way out. If there are fewer soldiers and horses stationed in it, and the Beichuan soldiers and horses go south, they can naturally send soldiers and horses to trap Luzhou City, and they can rest assured that they can cross the Yellow River and then attack Luoyang, after all, even if a small number of soldiers and horses are killed, they will not pose any threat to the Beichuan soldiers and horses.

But if there were 20,000 troops stationed in Luzhou City, the situation would be different.

The soldiers and horses that Beichuan can send now will not reach 100,000 when they are full. Originally, Luoyang was the capital of the Wei Dynasty, the city wall was high and the moat was deep, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses may not be conquered for a few months, such a city, if there are 20,000 soldiers and horses in the north as backup, Beichuan soldiers and horses dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool?

"Su You's envoy wants too many people, this king ......"

Han Jian had just finished halfway through his words, but Su Tingxia interrupted: "Your Highness, please listen to your subordinates, although your subordinates hope to transfer 20,000 troops to garrison, but these 20,000 soldiers and horses are not Jiangdu's elite soldiers, Your Highness only needs to give his subordinates 20,000 new troops." Subordinates can train new troops while garrisoning Luzhou City. ”

When Su Tingxia said this, no one present was talking casually. Many people are also cautious.

Su Tingxia said that he was transferring more than 20,000 recruits from the surrounding area of Luoyang to Luzhou City, and many people naturally thought that this was not Su Tingxia's own proposal, but Dongwang's own meaning. Thinking about it again, if Su Tingxia was really so bold, how could he survive to this day without being punished by the East King? And many people also said that the reason why Su Tingxia was reused by the East King was because of personal relationships, but this kind of rumor was much less after Su Tingxia openly contradicted Han Jian that day.

Han Jian sighed and said, "Since this is the case, then the king will allow you." ”

Han Jian's words deepened the suspicions of the people present, and many people were more willing to believe that it was Han Jian who was going to transfer more than 20,000 recruits to Luzhou City. Not because Luzhou City is important, but because Han Jian doesn't trust more than 20,000 recruits.

Some generals related to the imperial court were ready to present the news to the empress immediately, so that the empress would know the "wolf ambition" of the king of the east. Dongwangfu just said that it was the soldiers around Luoyang who relied on the soldiers around Luoyang to stabilize the situation, so when a large-scale conscription was launched, many people from the Luoyang faction chose to support it, but now Han Jian suddenly dropped these soldiers and horses to garrison a city that seemed insignificant to them, which would naturally make people misunderstand Han Jian. And the reason for the deepening of this misunderstanding is also related to Su Tingxia. A general with the right envoy of the army, a big fart, can suddenly bring 20,000 soldiers and horses, what is this not cronyism?

Han Jian would not explain these face-to-face, and soon, Han Jian issued the transfer order to the army, and Su Tingxia's position was also promoted, but he was promoted in general, and he jumped from a lieutenant to a general, one step away from a deputy general. A general can bring 20,000 soldiers and horses, which is also a precedent for the Eastern Prince's Mansion and even the Wei Dynasty. Although many people know that these 20,000 soldiers and horses are not worthy of the name, they are only 20,000 infantry, and the total number of horses is not more than 1,000, and they are all new soldiers, not to mention the experience on the battlefield, even the experience of local garrisons, there is no experience at all.

The meeting was disbanded, Han Jian stayed in Wu'an, and the other generals also went back separately, Su Tingxia, who was about to lead troops to Luzhou City, did not stay, and Han Jian didn't even have any explanation for him, so he let him set off the next day.

Han Jian knew that there were some things that he didn't have to explain, and Su Tingxia would also know it. It may be a good thing to have such a smart person under his hands when he conquers the world, but after the world is stabilized, it must be a big trouble. For the first time, Han Jian felt a kind of helplessness as a superior to the rabbit and the dog.

Lin Zhan was about to leave, but before he reached the door, he was called back.

When Lin Zhan returned to the hall of Wu'an, Han Jian was still sorting out the things that seemed inconsequential.

"Brother Lin, you won't blame me, will you?" Han Jian suddenly raised his head and asked.

"Why did the young boy say that?" Lin Zhan Dao.

Han Jian said: "Now there are only more than 40,000 soldiers and horses around Luoyang, but I transferred 20,000 to Su Tingxia, and all of a sudden, it seems that you have been put in the air." ”

Lin Zhan smiled lightly and said: "The young prince has a good eye, the right envoy Su sees the situation so thoroughly, and he is not from the shogunate of the Eastern Prince's Mansion, so the young prince can appoint him like this, how can his subordinates be strange?" ”

Han Jian smiled: "Could it be that Brother Lin, you noticed it?" ”

Lin Zhan sighed: "Originally, after learning that the West Wangfu had withdrawn its troops, his subordinates were also a little puzzled, but thinking about it, it should be some kind of consensus between the West Wangfu and the North Wangfu, and the Beichuan soldiers and horses may go south again at any time." Originally, his subordinates thought that His Royal Highness would send his subordinates to lead troops to garrison a certain city in Hebei, but he didn't expect it to be Luzhou. ”

Han Jian got up with a smile and said, "Brother Lin, you're complimenting me." What a visionary. I just think that Luzhou City is more easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the soldiers in the city have no way to retreat, so naturally they can only be stationed with one heart. Originally, I wasn't going to let Su Tingxia go to garrison, after all, he was a newcomer and it was difficult to convince the public, he seemed to be aware of this, and what I wanted was not a veteran soldier, but a new soldier, which made me impressed. After all, these 20,000 soldiers and horses stay in Luoyang, and it won't be of much help in case of war, so it's better to fiddle with him and see if he can turn stones into gold. (To be continued......)