Chapter 223: Cheng Jie's Advice

Lin Bei and Wei Ran stopped Sun Yi and the others outside the tent and were not allowed to approach.

This is naturally what Fang Jue meant.

"The Lizhou battalion is so undisciplined, Sun Yi is derelict in his duties, and his crime is unforgivable!" Fang Jue muttered to himself angrily.

Cheng Jie waited on the side, did not answer, and smiled helplessly.

He knew that the Lizhou battalion was going to be unlucky, and he only needed Fang Jue to send a secret letter back to Beijing, and Sun Yi and his subordinates would be investigated and punished.

At least it is a dereliction of duty, and demotion is inevitable.

But there is nothing to sympathize with, since ancient times, discipline in the army has been important, and Sun Yi's negligence in governing the army has been so far, it can be seen that he is too slack.

"General, do you really want to send them all back?" Cheng Jie still asked.

The chief bookkeeper of the army records on the side, he will not make any suggestions, and is only responsible for the truth of history like a historian, not for right and wrong.

Today's events are so great that the chief bookkeeper is still struggling to write a clear and clear book, not like a few hasty things like recording military orders in peacetime.

There must be a follow-up to this matter, and when the time comes, this will be all evidence, so he naturally has to write carefully.

Fang Jue glanced at the master bookkeeper and saw that everything in his book was in line with the facts, but he didn't ask him to make any embellishments.

"The Lizhou battalion does not obey military discipline, and there will be big incidents on the battlefield, and they can't be allowed to become a hidden danger to the army, which will harm all of us at that time." Fang Jue's attitude was very resolute.

"......"

Cheng Jie was a little worried, but still said: "But general, if they don't leave, or if they mutiny, then you will be impeached by the imperial history even if you take advantage of it." ”

It's like Wei Ran.

He An secretly led the army to mutiny, and then asked Wei Ran to collect his weapons in advance, resulting in the inability of the Northern Liang army to fight back when it invaded.

Wei Ran did nothing wrong in this matter, but the court would still reprimand him and even condemn him.

Because of any change in the army, the commander in chief must be the first responsibility, otherwise whoever will govern the army rigorously will be slack.

In the same way, if the Lizhou camp mutinies today, no matter what the cause, Fang Jue will be held accountable by the imperial court.

"The military attachΓ©s of the Lizhou battalion are conceited, but the soldiers will not follow them, and which soldier is willing to fight, it is not forced by the military order."

Compared with military merits, the people of this era did not live so badly, and the soldiers were not very eager to get military merits, and did not hesitate to exchange their lives for them.

It's not that time yet.

In any era, civilian officials are more belligerent than military generals, and generals are more belligerent than soldiers.

Why?

Because it is not them who die, it is the lower-class soldiers, and they can still get credit for being high, so why not do it?

"That's the same reason, but I still have a layer of worry, if the ambition of the wolf son of Lizhou Camp will cut off our retreat after we go deep into Beiliang...... That ......"

Cheng Jie is most worried about this.

As soon as these words came out, Fang Jue was also shocked, and he was too angry to think about it.

"This has to be guarded against, we must send troops to stay in Shuangzhou, otherwise if the Lizhou battalion turns back......"

Whether the Lizhou battalion has the courage or not, there is no need to care, as a handsome, any possibility must be considered, Cheng Jie's reminder is very reasonable.

The generals of the Lizhou battalion are already very lawless, and if the army dies too many and fewer people on the return journey, they may not dare to speak out.

After finishing the matter, he extinguished his mouth and sent a military report to the imperial court, saying that both battalions were killed in battle...... No one can find anything wrong, and it is impossible to leave evidence.

"But general, we don't have many people, and we only have more than 16,000 people to expel the Lizhou battalion, and it would be even more insufficient to leave a few thousand more people to defend the city."

Cheng Jie said: "If it is the state capital near Rinzhou, the army rushes to help, even if we have firearms, can we block several times the enemy army?" ”

"Then you mean to endure all kinds of lawless sins in this Lizhou camp?" Fang Jue said coldly.

Cheng Jie: "The last general didn't mean this, what the last general meant, should the soldiers and horses of the Ganzhou battalion or the rest of the large battalions in the northwest be transferred to replace the Lizhou battalion?" ”

On the northwest line, there are several state capitals adjacent to Beiliang, with tens of thousands of soldiers.

Xianzhou, Xiongzhou and Beidu Daying.

The nearest is naturally the Beidu battalion on the west side of Liangzhou, which is stationed in the area of the Beidu River all the year round, and the Beiliang army has never broken through their defense line.

"You're right, there are less than 10,000 people, and if we encounter a large army of enemy troops, it will be difficult for us to be prepared."

Fang Jue frowned: "But Your Majesty ordered me to command the three battalions to go north, and did not authorize me to command the other battalions, won't this be encroachment?" ”

In terms of military power, Fang Jue was very cautious, for fear that the emperor would think that he was too ambitious.

Cheng Jie frowned.

"Then there is another way, break up the Lizhou battalion, integrate into the remaining two battalions, and only send back the generals of the two battalions, and our troops will not be reduced." Cheng Jie said.

"Regrouped?" Fang Jue didn't think about it, when he received the order of the three battalions, he thought about integrating the three battalions.

However, the time is too short, and there is no time for training after reorganization, and the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced without daily running-in.

It would be better to keep the current respective establishments.

"Young master, why is it so troublesome, just take down the generals of the Lizhou battalion directly, and send the military attache of the Yulin Army and the Liangzhou battalion to take over temporarily?" After listening to it for a long time, I felt that it was really a lot of nonsense, where did I need such trouble.

Isn't it okay to be simpler and simpler?

"Never!" Cheng Jie hurriedly said.

Fang Jue also glanced at him blankly: "You take care of my personal guard camp, don't horn." ”

Dianyi pursed his mouth aggrievedly, and stopped talking.

Regarding Dianyi's suggestion, not only Cheng Jie objected, but Fang Jue also understood that it was purely death.

In this way, the Lizhou battalion will be forced to mutiny if it does not mutiny, and it is taboo to change the general before the war, and it is simply unprecedented for the battalion to be changed for others.

No one with troops would be so stupid that a layman would dare to say so.

"This matter must be resolved, otherwise there are too many plains on the first line of Rinzhou, and the army will definitely be defeated if it encounters several times the enemy siege on the way......"

Even if there are firearms in hand, after all, there are too few, and when the people from the musket bureau have arrived, it will only be a thousand-household battalion.

Without enough cavalry and soldiers, and without a single-shot musket with a burst function, it was not possible to communicate vertically and horizontally in this era.

Enough cavalry charged into battle and was defeated.

Although there is a high probability that Luoyang will not leave so many soldiers and horses in these three states, he cannot but guard against several state capitals near Beiliang coming to support.

Luo Yang raised troops, causing the Beiliang border troops to be empty, this opportunity Fang Jue can see, and the people in the Beiliang army can also see it.

When they react, there may be loyal generals who will rush to the front line of Shuangzhou, Hanzhou and Rinzhou, and then the army led by Fang Jue will be in danger.

"Then let Sun Yi in." Fang Jue had completely calmed down, anger would sometimes get carried away, he would never put his personal emotions above the interests of the entire army.

"The general is wise and powerful!" Cheng Jie suddenly smiled and slapped his ass.

Then he ran out of the Shuai camp and came out just in time to see the generals of the Lizhou battalion, all of whom were following Sun Yi outside the tent.

"The general has an order and orders General Sun to enter the account." Cheng Jie shouted.

"Thank you, Brother Cheng!" Sun Yida was overjoyed, knowing that there was still room for maneuver in the matter, so he hurriedly instructed his subordinates a few words, and then ran towards the main camp.

As soon as he entered the camp, Sun Yi bowed and said:

"Sun Yi has no way to govern the army, please surrender the general......"

After all, it was a great salute.

Fang Jue said slowly: "Get up." ”

"Thank you, General, for your forgiveness."

Sun Yi originally thought that a young and vigorous person like Fang Jue, who was disobeyed in public by his subordinates, should put the Lizhou camp in an embarrassing situation in order to protect his face.

But he didn't expect that he would get out of the fire so quickly and be able to look at the problem calmly.

At the moment, he no longer dared to despise this young general.

Fang Jue said: "The generals of the Lizhou battalion have no military law, and you are the first responsibility as the main general. ”

"Yes, the last general has no way to discipline him, and he is willing to accept his sin." Sun Yi has a good attitude.

Seeing that he was so knowledgeable, Fang Jue didn't care about anything, and said: "Ben Shuai won't offend you for the time being, and the Lizhou camp doesn't have to go back, but after this time, the Lizhou camp can no longer be controlled by your people." ”

"What does the general mean?" Sun Yi chuckled in his heart, this is to cut his own power.

But he didn't care too much, anyway, after going back, the people of the Lizhou battalion would still be brought back to Lizhou, but they just lost their dominance in this battle.

If he doesn't let go, Fang Jue will not give up, nor will he give Lizhou Camp a chance. If you really get reprimanded, you will not only be embarrassed but also questioned afterwards, which is not a small sin.

It's good if you can stay, at least you have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and you can be less responsible by the court in the future.