Chapter 164: Advice before the horse
The Jin army went south, Ying Tianfu was under the front of the army, and now there are only three ways to go: one is to defend to the death, the second is to move the capital to the southeast, and the third is to resist the Jin by the Yellow River.
Sticking to the heavens is a dead end. Once Ying Tianfu is surrounded, the reinforcements on the periphery are powerless to rescue at all, and will only be annihilated halfway; And once the Jin army was ruthless, built trenches, and built fortresses to besiege for a long time, after a long time, the people's hearts would inevitably be shaken, and finally the city was lost, and the whole army was defeated.
And moving the capital to the southeast is also a dead end. Moving the capital means that avoiding the Jin army will deal a great blow to the morale of the whole army, and if you can't say a strategic retreat, it will become a strategic rout. And once the capital is moved, the reputation of the fleeing emperor will not be able to escape, and it will definitely be left behind for 10,000 years.
The only way out is to go north to guard the Yellow River, and then wait for the opportunity to move.
As the saying goes, the way of the soldier is deceitful, false and real, real and false, false and real, true and false, not only fooling the enemy, but also fooling one's own people. In the face of the real art of war, the so-called intelligence is often lagging behind and even wrong.
The Chinese military ministers of the dynasty, not all of them are Wen Tianxiang, all of them are Shi Kefa, killing themselves into benevolence, there are definitely spies of the Jin army, and soon after, the Jin army will definitely learn that the capital will be moved, that is, the matter of running away. If it's halfway, it's bad luck.
Attacking is for better defense, and when defending, for better attack, negotiating peace is for preparing for a sneak attack, arrogance is to prepare for lack of confidence, and arrogance is to prepare for running away when attacking. Running for the sake of running, without a little cover-up, will only die faster.
Now, if you retreat without a fight, it will be a great blow to the morale of the Bazi Army, and there may be a mutiny on the way, or this army will be completely abolished. Now there is only one war, and war can survive.
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"The dot will go!" Zhao Pu gave the order.
Riding on the war horse, Zhao Pu set off, without all kinds of honor guards of the emperor, and there were no all kinds of flashy decorations, so he set off quickly. In short, this time the troops were dispatched without the permission of the Ministry of War and the approval of the Privy Council, but with Zhao Pu's order, they set off quickly, and there was a bit of a taste of the Ministry of War and the Privy Council.
However, Zhao Pu didn't care.
If you continue to talk about it, after going through layers of procedures, it may be difficult to solve the problem in three or five days, it is too wasteful of time, and the soldiers are very fast.
This is not the time to argue with the bigwigs of the court, but the time to act.
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Zhao Pu set off cleanly, but he handed over all the affairs to Wang Boyan, Zhao Ding, and Fan Zongyin.
In Zhao Pu's memory, the civil officials only remembered Qin Hui, the big traitor, the military generals only remembered Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, and the other civil and military generals were not impressed, and as for how high the ability was, they didn't know. However, since he has become an official and has eaten this job, he must take responsibility and do his job well.
Wang Boyan controls the Chinese book, which is equivalent to the premier of the State Council; Zhao Ding controls the Privy Council and can be regarded as Minister of Defense; Fan Zongyin controls the three divisions and can be regarded as the Minister of Finance. These three are all big bulls in the imperial court, and relying on the power of the three of them, they are enough to control the court situation and deal with all kinds of troublesome things for him.
Otherwise, Zhao Pu doesn't mind changing people, as he said with later generations, being an official is like a forcible * rape, you can't do it for others, someone rushes to get on it.
Zhao Pu was very happy, patted his ass and left, but he left the three courtiers with a big problem.
"Your Majesty, he came impulsively, he just said to leave, and he didn't leave a chance to advise?" Wang Boyan said.
Zhao Ding said: "Your Majesty is easy-going, and he can tolerate many disobediences in peacetime, but only in the military, he will not give up an inch of land, and the decision he has made in his heart will not change at all!" ”
"Now, we can only follow Your Majesty's temperament and build a new capital for Your Majesty!" Fan Zongyin said.
Among the three ministers, Wang Boyan is the peace faction, Zhao Ding is the main battle faction, Wang Boyan is a neutral faction, and he is also the prime minister.
In order to prevent the appearance of ministers, the Great Song Dynasty divided the power of the prime minister, and several prime ministers in the court were jointly in charge of the power, but this was only theoretical. In fact, there are several prime ministers, and sometimes there is often one who is in charge, for example, Wang Anshi is only a political governor, only a deputy prime minister, but he acts with all the power of the prime minister, and empties the power of all the prime ministers, which can be described as a monopoly on power.
In the era of Huizong, Cai Jing also monopolized power and emptied the power of other prime ministers.
In the first year of Xingwu, Li Gang left the center and served as the Xuanfu envoy and the soldier and horse envoy of Jingdong East Road, and became the chief officer of the garrison side. And this majesty often entrusts most of the government affairs to the three of them on the grounds that they do not understand government affairs, and the three of them jointly decide, and only those issues that are pending and disputed need to be decided in person.
This made them extremely pleased, no courtier liked the king to be too tough, only in the military, this majesty did not give up an inch of land. Once they collectively objected, His Majesty the Emperor was not angry, but kept telling the military truth, constantly conducting sand table deductions, and constantly reasoning, and finally they had nothing to say.
"That's it, it's like this, we can only bear it for Your Majesty, and besides, Your Majesty has also been in battle for a long time, and we are worried that it is too much!" In the end, Wang Boyan said helplessly.
"Now, Your Majesty is on the march, the grain and grass must be prepared, and the uncles of the various departments must be notified to defend the emperor, and they can't afford to lose anymore!" Zhao Dingdao.
"Your Majesty has said that defense everywhere is equivalent to no defense everywhere. Defense to grasp the key points, now focus on building Yangzhou, Jiankang, as long as Yangzhou does not lose, Lianghuai will not lose, as long as Jiankang is not lost, Jiangnan will not be lost, now to do the worst psychological preparation! Fan Zongyin said.
There is no doubt that groups are divided into groups.
What the emperor is like, what the courtiers are like, and the prime minister is even more so.
The courtiers must keep up with the rhythm of the emperor, otherwise they will wait for the dismissal of the court, and there are people vying to be the prime minister. The three of them were scholars and did not understand military affairs, but in order to keep up with the emperor's style, in order to catch up with the emperor's rhythm, and even more to match the emperor's temperament, they had to change themselves to adapt to the emperor.
They are not unable to do so, and there is a lot less strife and more cooperation.
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"Your Majesty, don't be in danger! The king is the foundation of a country, once Your Majesty has a mistake, our dynasty will definitely be doomed! ”
At this time, in front of Zhao Pu's horse, there was a man kneeling, this man was handsome and handsome, with a strong bookish atmosphere, and he was a well-educated and talented person at first glance. He is none other than Chen Dong, a former Tai student, and today's deputy director of the Department of Military Justice.
When he learned that the whole army was going to go to the Yellow River to reward the three armies, Chen Dong immediately knelt in front of the horse, admonished him to death, and stopped the horse's head and did not let him go, unless he stepped on him.
But if he really stepped on him, Zhao Pu would definitely become a tyrant, and his reputation would definitely be rotten.
"What a-stirring stick!" Zhao Pu's eyes flashed with some hatred, now his brainwashing level is not as good as that of a mustache, but he also has a master-level level, brainwashing many people, relying on a mouth, a three-inch tongue, and many people have been defeated, even some old stubbornness, don't let him be shaken, there is only one exception - this Zhang Dong.
"Get up and speak!"
"Your Majesty, please go back!"
"Get up and speak!"
"If Your Majesty doesn't go back, I won't get up."
"Get up!"
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Zhao Pu was angry, what a-stirring stick!
Zhao Pu shouted, "Are you threatening me?" ”
"Weichen doesn't dare!"
"Then get up!"
Chen Dong felt that he had done almost it, and he also stood up.
"Talk as you go, don't delay the trip!"
"Then I won't get up!"
"Enough!" Zhao Pu couldn't stand it anymore, he felt that he was too tolerant of literati, and he had to learn from Zhu Yuanzhang and the Manchu government. If you can't digest it, you consume it, and if you can't conquer it, you will destroy it. "What is the first article of military law?"
"All actions are under command!"
"What happens if you violate Article 1?"
"Light is responsibility, heavy is beheading!"
"Now that you are leading your troops north, you don't listen to orders, how to deal with it?"
"Just beheading!" Chen Dong said proudly, "I stepped forward to ask for my life, and I was ready to die!" “
Zhao Pu said again: "Knowingly, how should I deal with it?" ”
"One more crime!" Chen Dongdao.
Zhao Pu sighed and said: "I originally thought that you were a material that could be made, but I didn't expect that you would deliberately violate military discipline and regard military discipline as child's play by relying on your identity as a scholar." I won't cut you, I won't kill you, you go! In the barracks, there is no place for you, the great god! ”
Several guards set up Chen Dong to get out of the way, and the army continued to move forward.
PS: There are so many problems with the starting point, but I think there are a lot of typos in the novel, and some sentences are not smooth, so I simply changed it, but it turned out to be a problem and was blocked