Chapter 114: The Test

The carriage was shaky, and Duan Shao drank to himself, not caring at all about Gao Yanzong's broken thoughts behind. The cool breeze blew in from the window, watching the march outside, drinking the imperial wine, but also a little self-satisfied.

"The last general will see the Grand Governor!" Outside the carriage, several generals stepped forward to salute.

Duan Shao was the Dazai of Daqi, but in Jinyang, the army was still happy to call him the Grand Governor. This is the prestige that has been established for more than ten years. So Duan Shao stopped his wine glass, opened the curtain, and said softly, "What's the matter?"

"Eh, ......, the last general heard that His Majesty has appointed a deputy governor and has already arrived in the army, I don't know if there is such a thing?"

The general Duan Chang, who was the leader, twisted for a while and asked.

Duan Shao narrowed his smiling eyes and said, "Well, you guys knew so quickly?" Hehe...... yes, that's true! ”

"Your Majesty appointed His Royal Highness King Ande as the deputy governor, but I didn't expect that King Ande would directly find the ...... in the army, hehe, you asked about this, but is there something wrong?"

Duan Chang and the others were not very comfortable, and said, "It's nothing, the last general and the others just want to find an opportunity to visit and visit......

"Haha, His Royal Highness King Ande is also famous, and I have admired him for a long time, just right, this time His Royal Highness has become my colleague, I can't say it if I don't go to a visit......"

Duan Shao bowed his head and said: "Well, colleagues, it is also appropriate to go to the meeting and enhance the relationship......

"This, dare to ask the governor, what power does the deputy governor have in the army? At that time, if there is anything inconvenient for the deputy governor, we are familiar with the way, and we can help with it somewhat......"

Duan Shao smiled and said, "His Royal Highness King Ande is indeed a young man, and in the old man's opinion, there is absolutely no problem for him to be in charge of the army......"

Duan Chang and the others' hearts suddenly pinched.

"But ......" only listened to Duan Shao's words, and said: "However, His Royal Highness King Ande is still a little young, and he doesn't have much experience in the army, so the old man didn't give him much power, so he ...... For the time being, arrange to be a lieutenant by the old man's side...... Wait until he's had enough...... Let's listen to Your Majesty's arrangement! ”

Duan Chang and the others' faces softened slightly, and said, "Oh, the last general understands, we must cooperate well with King Ande's military affairs...... Governor, let's rest first, and we'll visit His Highness on the second day......"

When Duan Chang and the others were far away, Duan Shao lowered the curtain and muttered to himself: "What's the use of asking about these?" If you are not happy, can you still resist His Majesty's decree?"

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Even if His Majesty doesn't arrange for King Ande to take over as the governor of the capital, will it be your turn to Duan Chang? ”

Duan Shao shook his head and smiled, he had to face such and such a situation every day all these years, and he had already felt tired.

Duan Shao, as the son of Duan Rong, the founding minister of the country, and the nephew of Empress Wuming, has a natural advantage in the Great Qi army, he is the spokesperson of the Gao Emperor in Jinyang, and maintains the balance of the situation in Jinyang.

Emperor Gao only trusted Duan Shao, and only Duan Shao could suppress Jinyang.

Therefore, Duan Shao's status in the Great Qi was transcendent, and the emperors of all dynasties were polite to him. He is the pillar that now supports half of the world.

In his position, he sought his own government, and as the governor of the capital, he naturally had to carefully maintain the balance between the emperor and the six towns.

His Majesty appointed King Gao Yanzong of Ande as the deputy governor, what he meant, he also knew very well in his heart.

It's just that, looking at the attitude of Duan Chang and the others, they are not very blessed with this nameless and powerless deputy governor, and fortunately, His Majesty did not give him real power, otherwise I am afraid that it will attract more fierce opposition.

openly resisting the order, they don't have the courage, but they make a stumbling block for Gao Yanzong, so that he can't stay in Jinyang, there are too many means available.

To be honest, in fact, Duan Shao is not optimistic about Gao Yanzong, because although Gao Yanzong has a reputation for bravery, so far, there are not many merits that can be used.

If Gao Changgong came to take over as the governor of the capital, Duan Shao might happily announce his retirement, but who knew that His Majesty actually sent a little-known Gao Yanzong over......

[If Gao Yanzong can be cultivated, then it is nothing to support, if it is unbearable, hum, it is necessary to play His Majesty to be replaced! ] 】

[This Jinyang Six Towns, it's not like a paper appointment document will make them obedient......]

【Eventful Autumn......】

Duan Shao put away the flask and stopped touching it, feeling a sigh in his heart. However, compared to Gao Yanzong, he was more interested in His Majesty, who was said to be in Jinyang in November, and he endured it for a long time just now before he couldn't help but not ask Gao Yanzong about His Majesty's situation.

In recent months, he has also heard a lot about the movements in Yecheng, and the little emperor seems to be like a different person, vertical and horizontal, and clever means.

Killing traitors, forcing the queen mother to retreat, suppressing the rebellious party, supporting Han Chen, weighing the ...... of honors and nobles, and now they are trying to revitalize the national strength of Daqi, and various policies are frequently issued from Yecheng, and the court is almost completely new, and it has not caused much turmoil.

In the past, everyone said that the prince who was most like the first emperor was the most like the emperor, but now it seems that this is not the case...... Compared with the first emperor, His Majesty is obviously more like Emperor Xiaozhao.

Many of today's means of revitalizing national strength are very similar to Emperor Xiaozhao, but today's means are more sophisticated than Emperor Xiaozhao...... using strength to fight and oppress people, and every policy is in line with the interests of the majority of people, so the issuance of decrees is not as obstructive as Emperor Xiaozhao'......

In Duan Shao's opinion, this is a very measured emperor. Have the means, have the courage, work hard, and want to do a career.

Speaking of which, it was Duan Shao who personally gave him the crown of God, and he clearly remembered that His Majesty gave people the impression that this was not like this, he was a little timid, cowardly, and inferior...... Why did the first emperor change so much as soon as he died?

…… Could it be that the previous ones were all pretended to be shown to others?

Duan Shao's brows furrowed, and then gradually relaxed.

In any case, the emperor has the city, the courage, and the measure, which is the luck of Daqi.

He has lived for so long, and he has seen all kinds of heroes. When Emperor Wenxuan was in the palace, he was also obscure. If you don't make a sound, it's just a blockbuster.

Duan Shao has served Gao Qi for so many years, even if the emperor orders him to take someone to the knife mountain and the oil pot, he will not blink. He never worried about the invasion of foreign enemies, he only worried that there would be no successor to Daqi......

He rubbed his eyebrows and said to the guards outside the car: "Go, see if King Ande has rested...... If not, let him come to the old man's carriage......"

"Yes!" The guards were stunned for a moment, not understanding what Duan Shao was still tossing at such a late hour, but the absolute obedience to Duan Shao that he had cultivated for a long time still made him do it without hesitation.

"Boy, the old man will see if you have any goods in your stomach, if it is just a reckless man, the old man will immediately play to His Majesty and withdraw you......!"

"It's not that the old man is ruthless, the old man's time is really running out, so he can't spend a lot of time cultivating a hopeless person......

After a while, the guards spread the word again, saying that Gao Yanzong had arrived.

Gao Yanzong got into the carriage with a black face, he couldn't figure out what Duan Shao meant, and he called him around, thinking that he was his own little servant?

"Governor, I don't know what the governor wants to come to the last general?" Gao Yanzong looked at Duan Shao's serious face and felt very unhappy.

"Smack!" Duan Shao put the wine glass on the table expressionlessly, poured a glass of wine out, and Gao Changgong subconsciously reached out to take it.

"It's not for you to drink, the old man is of great use!"

Duan Shao gave him a blank look, and Gao Yanzong withdrew his outstretched hand stupidly, without saying a word. He'd just take a good look at what the old guy was up to.

I saw Duan Shao dip his fingers into the wine glass and draw a picture on the small case:

"It's not very convenient to use paper and pen in the car, since you are here to practice, you must have some real skills...... Then the old man will come to test you. ”

"If you can get by, the old man will let you stay, if you can't get by, you will go to Jinyang for the old man honestly, don't make trouble with the old man......"

Gao Yanzong said with a dark face: "The last general understands, even if the governor comes to investigate!" ”

In the face of this Shao's naked contempt, Gao Yanzong's stubborn temper also came up. He knew very well that Duan Shao was not joking with him, and if he couldn't answer, then he had to go to Jinyang, which meant that Gao Yanzong was out.

He finally won this opportunity from His Majesty, how could he easily miss it? This time, he must frustrate this old guy's spirit, otherwise he would think that he Gao Yanzong is easy to bully!

"Okay, the old man is waiting for you to ...... this sentence, don't worry, it will be fine soon......" Duan Shao raised his eyebrows, at this time Duan Shao looked not only not gentle, but very inadequate.

"In ancient times, Zhao Kuo talked about soldiers on paper, and today we will also talk about this military matter, if you can't even talk about soldiers on paper, then don't blame the old man for being ruthless...... When the time comes, Your Majesty, the old man will explain. ”

While he was provocative, he was not slow to write, and a sketch full of mountains, rivers and cities gradually became full and complete under his fingers.

"The governor and the question is!" Gao Yanzong's pair of tiger eyes narrowed, and he felt a little murderous. The old man spoke as if he were doomed......

"Okay," Duan Shao put the wine glass aside, took out seven or eight more glasses and put them on the side, and said, "Listen, the old man only asks you one question, how should the battle situation be deduced in the future?" ”

"These cups, standing one means our army, and the upside down one means Zhou army...... You come to deduce it for the old man, what will happen to this battle situation after that? ”

"......" Gao Yanzong secretly took a breath of cool air in his heart, this is a question, this is clearly a question of thousands and hundreds! Unless it is a battle-hardened veteran, who would dare to plan such a large-scale war so easily?

As a commander, bravery is secondary, and the most important thing is to have a clear vision of the overall situation!"

"If you can only fight locally and have the strength of bravery, then you should go directly to Jinyang to train your troops, and it will be good to fight with you in the future, and the position of deputy governor is not suitable for you......"

Duan Shao said lightly: "You come, just deduce it here...... But hurry up, or the diagram on the desktop will be dry. ”

Gao Yanzong saw the map on the table clearly, although it was simple, but the approximate location of the mountains and rivers was very accurate, it was hard to imagine that this was drawn by Duan Shao casually, the mountains and rivers, the enemy and the city, were clear and clear.

Gao Yanzong was not timid, stared at the picture and thought for a while, and picked up the first cup, "This is my fourth brother's camp, with more than 10,000 troops, stationed on the south bank of Fenshui, and confronting Yu Wenxian across the bank!" He turned the other cup upside down and placed it on the opposite side.

"Yu Wenxian, the intelligence said that the estimated strength is 30,000, with the support of Wei Xiaokuan, in fact, it is more than that, I estimate, excluding other Zhou army soldiers and horses, Yu Wenxian's strength is above 40,000!"

"As soon as Yu Wenxian came, he led his troops to drive straight in, obviously wanting to capture the walled city of our army and cut off the connection between the east of Luoyang and Jinzhou Road...... The fourth brother defeated Yu Wenxian under Baigu City, although Yu Wenxian collected troops, but the troops were insufficient, the grain road was controlled by the Zhou army, unable to take the initiative to attack, on the defensive, Yu Wenxian was still on the offensive, and Yu Wenxian would definitely not swallow this breath, the fourth brother's life would not be easy these days......"

"Forty thousand? Scold...... This is not Yu Wenxian's troops, this is Wei Xiaokuan and Yu Wenxian's troops after they joined forces, but in general, yes......" Duan Shao pinched his beard and nodded, "And then?" ”

"Next is Zuo Xiang, Zuo Xiang withdrew from Dinglong, this route ......" Gao Yanzong's fingers wandered over the map, and finally stopped, "Let Zuo Xiang's army attack the Fenbei Zhou army walled!" ”

"Take the path that Yu Wenxian has walked?" Duan Shao raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, they can cross the river from here and surprise our army, and we can also cross the river from here and attack the Zhou army......"

Duan Shao was a little disapproving, "Zhou Jun is on guard, what should I do?" ”

"I don't expect to have a big result like Yu Wenxian, the purpose of letting Zuo Xiang cross the river is to compress Yu Wenxian's strategic space for Wei Xiaokuan! Threaten their grain routes, and force Yu Wenxian and Wei Xiaokuan to fight with us! ”

Duan Shao smiled a little inexplicably, and said: "There are many walled cities in the Zhou army, and Wei Xiaokuan is very cautious in the use of troops, it is unlikely that he will fight a decisive battle with you, even if he fights you in a decisive battle, he will not have any losses......

"Of course, I didn't expect a decisive battle to destroy him, as long as he was defeated, he would retreat to Yubi......"

"And ...... you?"

"I just want to further compress the strategic space of the Zhou army, so that we can pull out all the cities around the jade, and we will fight the jade bi again, and see them poking there to be an eyesore!"

"Oh, I see, what do you mean is that you are entangled with our three armies, and you are pressing Yu Wenxian and Wei Xiaokuan all the way?"

Duan Shao smiled, and then came to a conclusion lightly, "You are fighting like this, you haven't thought about it enough, if you let you go now, you will definitely lose!" ”

He picked up the cup and smashed it on the table, "Do you think Yu Wenxian is wood, there is nothing to restrain Yu Wenxian, he will not fight and retreat, look for an opportunity, stay where you are and let you perish?" ”

"If we fight like this, Yuwen Hu in the same state will really watch us swallow Nanfen and be indifferent? What if he sends troops from Dinglong to support Wei Xiaokuan? He picked up another cup and put it upside down.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ There is also Yiyang, the fat ...... that has reached the mouth, Hu Lu Mingyue has retreated, Yuwen Hu must be itchy and will send troops to take it again, we are trapped in Fenbei and Yubi, save it or not? ”

Several cups were upside down on the table, and Gao Yanzong's forehead was already dripping with cold sweat.

"Young people just don't think things through...... Overall, though, the performance was barely passable......"

Duan Shao thought about it, and finally said: "This time, you take your soldiers as a post-military battle, and you have to go to the old man every day to order something, and you are not allowed to slack off!" ”

After hearing this, Gao Yanzong was a little dissatisfied, "Why is it the rear army?" ”

What opportunities are there for the rear army to participate in the war?

Duan Shao blew his beard and glared, and said, "You still want the front army, are you stupid?" You want to take your people to death with a hot head, and the old man doesn't want to be dragged down by you! ”

"Yu Wenxian, Wei Xiaokuan......, is that what you can deal with now? Praise you a few words, and you can't tell your own weight and two? Hurry up and roll over to the old man, and roll some Mao before dawn tomorrow, otherwise ......, hum! ”

Watching Gao Yanzong fall the curtain and leave, Duan Shao shook his head with a cold face and said, "It's frizzy, you have to grind it well!" ...... in the hands of the old man"