Zhang Jun attaches great importance to Xie Ai.

Xie Ai was born in Confucianism, both civil and military, and was the main book at the beginning.

Shi Hu sent the generals Shi Jian, Ma Qiu, Liang Li, Sun Fudu and others to lead the army to attack Liang, in an attempt to annex Helong and unify the north. Shi Jian conquered Wujie and Jincheng one after another, and the soldiers pointed directly at Guzang, the capital of Liangguo. In the face of a strong enemy, Zhang Jun ordered the southern general Pei Hengtun to march to Guangwu to resist the Zhao army.

Pei Heng built a barrier in Guangwu, wanting to drag down the Zhao army with a protracted war. The great Sima Zhang Tan recommended Xie Ai to Zhang Jun, saying that Xie Ai had both civil and military skills, and knew strategy, and if he was made a military commander, he would definitely be able to defeat the Zhao army.

Zhang Jun summoned Xie Ai and asked him how to defend against the Zhao army, and Xie Ai asked for 7,000 soldiers to be able to defeat the Zhao army. Zhang Jun was very happy, appointed Xie Ai as the backbone general, and gave him 5,000 infantry and cavalry, and asked him to attack Maqiu.

Xie Ai led the army out of Zhenwu, and at night there were two owls whining in the barracks, Xie Ai said: "When playing Liubo chess, the person who gets the chess pieces decorated with the owl pattern wins." Now the owl whins in the barracks, which is a sign of victory over the enemy. ”

So Xie Ai marched to engage the Zhao army, defeated the Zhao army, and beheaded more than 5,000 people.

Zhang Jun named Xie Ai as Fu Lubo.

After that, the Zhao army counterattacked again.

Shi Jian led his army to the west and besieged the strategic place of Liangguo. Shi Hu also appointed Shi Ning, the secretary of the Central Committee, as the general of the expedition to the west, and led more than 20,000 troops from Bingzhou and Sizhou as Shi Jian's successor troops.

Liang general Song Qin and others led more than 20,000 families to surrender to Later Zhao. Zhang Jun also appointed Xie Ai as the envoy and the general of the army, and led 30,000 infantry and cavalry to march to Linhe.

Xie Ai rode in a light carriage, wore a white beanie, and marched forward with drums. Seeing it from afar, Shi Jian thought that Xie Ai was just a young scholar and despised him so much, so he was furious and ordered three thousand dragon soldiers armed with black spears to gallop against him, and the soldiers who followed Xie Ai were greatly alarmed.

Li Wei, the commander of the left war, persuaded Xie Ai to fight on horseback, Xie Ai did not listen, and after getting off the car, he sat on the chair and commanded the deployment. Don't lead Zhang Mao to lead the troops to cut off the back road of the Zhao army from the path, the Zhao army retreated, Xie Ai took advantage of the situation to attack, so he defeated the Zhao army, killed the Zhao army generals Du Xun and Jiyu, captured and killed more than 13,000 soldiers, and Ma Qiu fled to Daxia alone.

Xie Aiyin Gong was promoted to the left long history of Taifu, entered the Fulu County Bo, ate 5,000 households, and gave 8,000 horses.

Xie Ai twice defeated the menacing Zhao army with less, which is not insignificant.

"Good!" Zhang Jun said in a deep voice, "Xie Ai, how many soldiers and horses do you need?" ”

"Fifty thousand!"

Xie Ai said a number that was difficult for Zhang Jun and the ministers to accept!

You must know that the total strength of the entire Liang Kingdom is roughly no more than 200,000, and many soldiers and horses have to be stationed at the border passes, which cannot be dispatched, and many troops are scattered all over the place because of the frequent attacks of the Zhao army.

And now in Guzang City, the Liang army only has more than 60,000 soldiers and horses, Xie Ai opened his mouth and asked for 50,000 troops, how can this be made?

Zhang Jun knew that Xie Ai was not a person who would talk about it, and there must be a reason why he wanted so many troops.

"Xie Ai, why do you want so many troops?" Zhang Jun was a little unacceptable, so he asked more.

"Your Majesty, do you want to completely repel the Zhao army's attack, or do you just want to protect Gu Zang and Wuwei County?"

"Naturally, it is to completely repel the Zhao army's attack!"

Xie Ai bowed his head and said: "If the king just wants to protect Guzang and Wuwei County, he only needs to give the minister 20,000 or 30,000 troops, but if the king asks the minister to completely repel the Zhao army's attack, he must have more than 50,000 troops." ”

"Why?"

"Because the backbone of the Zhao army is Shi Min and the Han army under his command!"

"Shi Min is really so terrifying?"

"Fame is a non-existent thing. There are many good generals and talents in Zhao Guoneng to conquer and fight, like Pu Hong, Yao Yizhong, Ma Qiu and other Hu generals, who have been famous for a long time, why was Shi Min, a late-born junior, come to the top and be recognized as the god of war of Zhao State? ”

"Thinking about that Shi Min, at a young age, he has already worshiped as a general, ranking high as the Duke of Wei, and in the Zhao State, it can be said that he is above ten thousand people under one person! Its defeat of Yan, captivity, breaking the dynasty, pacifying the rebellion of Shixuan, in this series of wars, he has shined, the battle of Quliu today, within one day, I will go down to the Liangguo Jiancheng Quliu, you can see its ability! ”

And the Han army under his command has strict military discipline and strong combat power, and there are tens of thousands of people, and Shi Min commands this tiger and wolf division, which has few opponents in the world. The minister did not dare to exaggerate, nor did he dare to grow the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige, but the fact is that without an army of 50,000, the minister did not dare to guarantee that he could win the battle! ”

"This ......" Zhang Jun looked embarrassed.

Xie Ai's ability and personality Zhang Jun knows, there is no need for him to talk about it, in order to get more soldiers and horses to deceive Zhang Jun.

And Shi Min's reputation has long spread all over the world.

In the original history, in the face of the large-scale attack of the Zhao army, Zhang Chonghua (Zhang Jun's son) only gave Xie Ai and Suo Yao 20,000 foot horses, and Xie Ai was still able to defeat more than 100,000 Later Zhao troops.

But now Liang Guo is facing Shi Min and the Han army under his command, and Xie Ai has a glimpse of the combat effectiveness of the Han army and Shi Min's ability. After all, conquering the fortified city of Quliu in one day is not something that anyone can do!

The ministers were silent, not daring to speak.

Xie Ai can still guarantee to repel the incoming enemy, but they can't do anything about it, so at this time, don't go up and touch Zhang Jun's moldy head.

In the end, Zhang Jun still sighed and said, "Okay! Xie Ai, if you want 50,000 soldiers and horses, the lone king will give you 50,000 soldiers and horses! ”

"Xie Ai listened!"

"The minister is here!"

"The lone king ordered you to be the envoy and the governor of the military and the generals! Lead an army of 50,000 and set out to fight Quliu! ”

"Thank you, Lord Longne!" Xie Ai immediately received the order and thanked him.

"Suo Yao listens to the seal!"

"The minister is here!"

"King Lone ordered you to be the general of the army and assist Xie Ai in commanding the army!"

"Obey orders!"

When the country was in danger, Zhang Jun chose to believe Xie Ai unreservedly. At this time, Liangguo's troops were overstretched.

There are only more than 60,000 soldiers and horses in Guzang City, but Zhang Jun still took out 50,000 troops to command Xie Ai, and gave him the power to envoy the festival, which is not a big favor!

What is the Feast of Envoys?

Make the festival first, the second to the second, and the false festival to the bottom. The envoy may kill less than 2,000 stones, and if he kills a person without an official position, he must be the same as the envoy if he is in a military position, and if he is in a military position, he may kill a person who violates a military order. The permissions of the three sections are beginning to be clarified separately. The Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties all inherited its system.

"Jie" is a commonly used token in ancient China, and there are many kinds due to different uses. The envoys sent by the feudal emperor stipulated that they should hold the "festival" and return it after the mission was completed.

The Western Han Dynasty Festival is referred to as the festival, "to Mao for it, the top and bottom are heavy, take the image of the bamboo section", the holder of the festival is Qincha, the power is great. The imperial court ordered the generals to take the festival as the letter to command the army. It was also used for other missions, such as Jidian holding the festival to send Hanoi Cangsu to help the poor, Su Wu holding the festival to send the Xiongnu, and so on.

After the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to local instability and repeated military prosperity, the emperor wanted to strengthen the control of the central government, so he ordered the generals who supervised the armies in the local capital to add festivals.

In the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, the festivals of the governors were divided into three types: envoy festivals, festivals, and false festivals due to different ways of adding.

However, false festivals are sometimes used interchangeably, and false festivals are sometimes used interchangeably. It is difficult to tell which is more important than the other. Because the nature of the governor and the envoy are the same, the power of the governor at that time was heavy, and the power of adding the festival was more difficult to reflect.

The authority of the festival can only be demonstrated in the case of the addition of a festival rather than a governor.

For example, Xin Bi is the military division of the general Sima Yi, and the envoy holds the festival, "The six armies are all suppressed, and the quasi-Bi festival is measured, and you don't dare to violate it." Sima Yi wanted to go to war, but was stopped by the Xinbi Staff Festival.

As for Cao Shuang, who was the envoy of the Qing and Xu Zhu Military, ruled Pi (now northwest of Suining, Jiangsu), and fought with Zou Qi, the assassin of Xuzhou, and wanted to kill Zou Qi, which was only seen in the Three Kingdoms, but it was the forerunner of the Jin system.

Just when Xie Ai was dispatching troops, Zhang Jun received Niu Xuan's letter and couldn't help but be furious.

But now is the time to employ people, Zhang Jun is not good at killing Niu Xuan, so he can only order him to make meritorious contributions, and at the same time change Yang Kang to the chief general of the Liang Army on the Eastern Front, Niu Xuan to the deputy general, fake festival, cooperate with Xie Ai's army to wait for the opportunity to move, and flank the Zhao army.

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Chapter 0169: The Envoy Festival