The soldiers hurriedly restrained their smiles: "Sent, Mr. Jian said that he wants to meet these two Tai students for a while, Mr. Jian is rich and rich, and he is a lifter, he goes to contact the two Tai students, and he should be able to win favor." ”

said that he was a gentleman, and he didn't seem to have an official position, but in fact, this Mr. Jian Qu Jian, who had secrets, was one of Qian Zhidong's staff.

However, he is in his thirties, still young, and has a good demeanor, and even Qian Zhidong has no objection to whether it is appropriate for Mr. Jian to go out.

He nodded in satisfaction and asked no more.

At this time, a stone's throw away, the Great Tent will be reached.

In fact, Cui Zhaoquan and Supervisor Zhao did not live directly in the big tent, but in the side tent, in order to have the same identity of the two, it is not good to change to who will live in the main tent, and the two of them live together, and they are not willing.

But this big tent can be used as a place to do business.

I have seen the soldiers standing on both sides of the column, all of them are lined with knives, Qian Zhidong settled down at the tent, and reported loudly: "The southwest begging general Qian Zhidong asks to see." ”

There was a sudden dead silence in the tent, no one answered, and Qian Zhidong's personal soldiers, although they had some resentment on their faces, they also held back.

Qian Zhidong didn't look like he was left out in the cold, he stood respectfully outside the tent, looking at it very respectfully, and if he didn't know, he was afraid that he would think that this great man with thick eyebrows and big eyes was a loyal and good general.

In terms of "appearance", he is really on par with Qin Fengliang.

"General Qian, the two Lords of the Qincha, please come in. After a long time, Cui Zhaoquan's personal soldiers came out and said to Qian Zhidong.

Qian Zhidong didn't use others to lift the curtain, but lifted it himself and stepped in.

This big tent is supported by wooden pillars, the size of a hall, as soon as you enter, you will see the top position, a person with a bit of civility, mixed with a little cold and hard, wearing a three-grade official uniform, sitting in the middle, is looking at him, with a cold attitude.

The right side of the face is white and beardless, medium stature, not too young, well-maintained, at first glance, it is pampered, in a high position, and then you will find that you are used to laughing, and it seems to be very kind.

This must be Cui Zhaoquan and Supervisor Zhao.

Qian Zhidong did not hesitate at this time, and bowed respectfully: "Please Saint Ann!"

The two Qincha didn't speak, and there were already some people sitting on the seats below, all of them were generals, and when they saw Qian Zhidong coming in, they immediately fidgeted a little, as if they wanted to get up to greet them, and found that the atmosphere in this big tent was not right, so they could only hold back.

"St. Ann!"

Finally, Cui Zhaoquan spoke, Qian Zhidong breathed a sigh of relief, got up and saluted again, apologetically: "Qian Zhidong failed to greet the two Qincha in time, and asked the two Qincha adults to cure me for the crime of neglect!"

Cui Zhaoquan coughed lightly and didn't speak, while Supervisor Zhao looked at it and said with a smile: "General Qian, please, I saw you two years ago, and now it seems that you have lost a lot, and your face is haggard." ”

"Although you are diligent in the king's affairs, you must also pay attention to your body and bones!"

Supervisor Zhao said to the left and right: "Aren't you going to help General Qian up?" And you, Xiao Dingzi, are you going to ask General Qian to sit down?"

Immediately, someone stepped forward, helped him, moved a chair and asked him to sit down, Qian Zhidong saw this, and could feel that Supervisor Zhao looked at him as if he was smiling, and his heart was slightly cold.

Compared with Cui Zhaoquan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, he is actually more afraid of this smiling tiger with a smile on his face, but the smiling tiger who can't smile against his eyes has always been difficult to serve the eunuchs, moody, and has won the trust of the emperor, which is even more difficult to deal with.

"Everyone has arrived!" Cui Zhaoquan swept his eyes, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, and he said unhurriedly: "I summoned you this time to inquire about the military situation in the southwest. ”

"General Qin is on duty today, guarding the side, I asked him to go back first, but before he left, he also mentioned some situations in the southwest, me and Zhao Gonggong, now I want to hear your opinion. ”

"The Battle of the Southwest seems to have only been two and a half years, but in fact, there were chaos at the founding of this dynasty, either soothed or suppressed, and it has not subsided until now. ”

"Although the emperor is in a high position, he can repeatedly inquire about the military situation in Beijing, and I have brought 800,000 taels of military salary this time, a lot of money, as well as armaments including heavy crossbows. ”

"The imperial court has repeatedly increased salaries and armor, just for the sake of the war situation, can this battle still be fought, and when will it be fought? The imperial court has been looking forward to your good news, and has invested so many military supplies and reserve supplies, you must always give the court and the emperor an explanation!"

The general couldn't help but look at each other and looked at Qian Zhidong.

"Lord Qincha, please allow me to carry it up to the sand table and discuss it again. Qian Zhidong got up and said.

This sand table was available before Wei Shi, Cui Zhaoquan nodded: "Accurate." ”

In a moment, there were a few pro-soldiers, carrying a rather large sand table, carefully placed on a large table, only to see the hills on the sand table, the road twists and turns, it looks like the mountains are high and the water is beautiful, the mountains and mountains are stacked with cockroaches, and the weather is thousands.

The two messengers, along with the generals, were surrounded by the sand table.

Qian Zhidong pointed to the sand table: "Two adults, please see, this is the southwest terrain, our army has repeatedly raised the army to conquer, costing more than 2 million taels, and there is no work to move an inch...... The lord is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, the lord humiliates the death of the ministers, as a general, a corpse living in a vegetarian meal, wandering in my heart, I am really ashamed and can't help myself, but I am not perfunctory to the court, and I refuse to contribute. ”

"It is really mountainous in the southwest, and the thief army is mostly entrenched in the deep mountains, not only occupies favorable terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but also in spring, summer and autumn, there are many poisonous snakes and poisonous insects, as for the winter, the heavy snow covers the mountain, and it is not easy to find the road, let alone enter the mountains to suppress the enemy. ”

"In the previous war, the casualties were all tug-of-war, and I also lured the thief chieftain to the plains, and occasionally gained something, but the thief chief could not be fooled again and again, and he refused to come out again after suffering hardship. ”

"And once they retreat into these mountains, how easy is it to force them out? ”

"Now there are 30,000 casualties, and I am incompetent, and I am ashamed of the emperor, the court, and my colleagues here. ”

After saying that, Qian Zhidong shook it, and his voice was a little choked, and the whole big tent was silent, so quiet that even a needle could be heard on the ground.

"What the general said is, the two lords of the Qincha, we and other garrisons do not have a big advantage in numbers, the thief army is all soldiers, familiar with the terrain, all of them are cunning, to end this battle as soon as possible, the imperial court needs to send tens of thousands of troops. ”

"Mark for reconsideration!"

"The last general also said, if it is not for our incompetence, the southwest is too big, there are mountains everywhere, mountains are connected, and in some places, there are even no people, and the thief chief can go, but if we send people in, most of them will be trapped and die inside. ”

"This sand table is just a big point, and there is no detailed map in fact, unless it is surrounded by a sea of people and tactics to trap the thief chieftain, it is already the result of the great general's hard work to maintain the status quo. ”

Cui Zhaoquan saw that the generals spoke again and again, almost speaking in one tone, and couldn't help but look even colder.

Supervisor Zhao watched coldly, and the more he understood Su Ziji's words, it was not that all the generals were in Qian Zhidong's camp, but it was indeed difficult to fight.

The court's blind persecution will only make them feel related, but sympathize with Qian Zhidong, who is familiar with military affairs and does his best.

But again, if it was two years ago, it would have been difficult for the military god to solve it quickly, but now, it is different.

Supervisor Zhao sneered, stood up, and said, "After discussing with Master Cui, our family has a strategy. ”

"Although the thief chieftain has one hundred and seventy villages, in fact, there are less than 80,000 men, women and children, and in the past two years, although the court has lost 30,000, what about the enemy chief?"

"There are only 80,000 enemy chieftains, how many young people are there now, how much grain and grass are there?"

As Supervisor Zhao's sharp voice echoed in the tent, gradually deepening, although they were pretending to be respectful, the generals who actually didn't think it was right listened to it, and gradually looked solemn, and couldn't help but look at each other.

Although this is a eunuch, it seems to make a lot of sense?

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