Tiantang Splendid

4294 - Uncontrollable
Outside the Chunming Gate and inside Li Jing's camp, various battle reports flew in like snowflakes. They were all news that the King of Jin led his army to Huaxu Mausoleum and then crossed the river and stationed on the west bank of Bashui under Yu Chigong's support. The most detailed one was Liang Jianfang battle report.

It reported in detail the number of Jin Wang's army, the composition of its arms, and the amount of ordnance. Even the camps stationed across the river had drawn simple drawings. Li Jing put it down and took a closer look. The distribution is reasonable, and the Chinese army tents are heavily surrounded in the middle. If you want to attack the Chinese army, you can only completely defeat the entire army, otherwise there is absolutely no chance of success.

Obviously, this was written by a famous general, and it must be Yu Chigong's handwriting for the talents of both civil and martial arts under King Jin's command...

Li Jing is not in a hurry, he knows all about His Majesty's plan, the most important thing is not where King Jin can hit, but whether and how many people will jump out impatiently when King Jin seems to be in power.

He also recognized the plan made by His Majesty and Fang Jun. It is indeed very risky to allow King Jin's army to approach Chang'an. After all, there is no absolute thing in the world. Who can guarantee that there will be no accidents?

But after several deduction, the probability of such an accident is extremely small, which means that you can let it go.

After all, compared with the risks, the benefits of bringing out those rebellious officials and thieves who are not loyal to His Majesty and the empire in one fell swoop to wipe out Chaogang...

Li Qi came in with a tray, on which was a teapot. Before coming to the desk, he put down the tray, took a cup, and poured a cup of strong tea for Li Jing and put it in a corner of the desk.

"Marshal, drink a cup of strong tea to refresh yourself."

Although he felt sorry for his uncle's body, he knew that this was an extraordinary time, and Li Jing had to sit here in charge of dispatching troops and dispatching troops. He could only sleep for a while every night, that is, in the middle of the night, and he had to cheer up all day long, and it was difficult to handle any military affairs. Be meticulous and dare not make any omissions, otherwise it is very likely to lead to extremely bad consequences.

"It's Dazhi...By the way, Xue Wanche's battle report arrived just now, why couldn't I find it?"

Li Jing raised his head, his eyes were a little dazzled by being attached to the copybook for a long time, and when he collected himself, he realized that it was his nephew who was serving as a secretary and joined the army by his side.

"Dazhi" is Li Qi's character...

Li Qi hurriedly said: "Commander, wait a moment, I will look for it later."

As he spoke, he stepped forward, rummaged through the thick stacks of battle reports piled up on the side of the desk, and then took out a book and handed it to Li Jing: "The commander-in-chief just finished reading this battle report, and ordered the general to send it to Li Jing. Classified according to the sender."

Li Jing took the battle report, opened it and read it, put it down, closed his eyes and rubbed his eye sockets, feeling a little lack of energy, took a breath, took a sip from the teacup, and said with a little emotion: "I'm getting older, my energy is not good , It’s okay to be old.”

Li Qi said with a smile: "Uncle was a famous general and a learned man at that time, so he grows stronger and stronger with age."

"Oh! You kid is good at flattering, but your skills are still a little short. It's great to learn this knowledge well. In the future, you can ask the Duke of Yue for advice. When Emperor Taizong was here, the reason why he loved Fang Jun the most Son-in-law, maybe it’s because he speaks the best, and those censor officials denounced him as a sycophant... What the sycophant said is pure nonsense, but how to speak in the officialdom is very important."

He is over seventy years old now, it is indeed a supreme honor to gain the trust of His Majesty at this age to lead the army to resist the rebels, but at the same time, he is also under a mountain of pressure, and he dare not slack off in the slightest.

Now facing the promising juniors in the clan, the tight string in his heart is also slightly relaxed, drinking tea, and making a rare joke.

Hearing Li Jing's extremely rude treatment of Fang Jun, Li Qi smiled and said, "It's not that the last general is belittling himself, it's really the Duke of Yue who is amazingly talented. Li also made the censors' officials talk about it, and I am afraid that I will never learn it in this life, so I feel ashamed."

"Ha ha!"

Li Jing laughed twice: "That guy is indeed a stick. No one is afraid of him. He is probably the only one who dares to stick his neck and shout 'I don't accept' in front of Emperor Taizong. If he was born, Emperor Taizong will eat him This way, if someone else had changed, I'm afraid they would have launched the Chengtian Clan owl to show off to the public a long time ago, and Fang Jun would be beaten..."

After a pause, he said meaningfully: "So, it's right for you to have self-knowledge. Not only can you not learn from Fang Jun, but also others can't. People are born in the world and have their own roots and minds. Everyone is different. If you have a strong hand, there are mountains and mountains high, never be arrogant, be open-minded, and be content with yourself. You must distinguish what you like and what you are good at, and take what you are good at as a career, and what you like If things are taken as hobbies, life will naturally be fulfilled, if they are perverted, they will only ask for trouble."

The philosophy of this speech is very deep. Li Qi didn't know whether his uncle was reminding himself, or he was expressing his feelings about King Jin's rebellion. After thinking for a while, he shook his head, but he didn't quite understand.

Even if Li Jing finished speaking, he didn't intend to continue the long talk. The professor's nephew, the young people nowadays have their own personalities, and they always regard the elders as the shackles that prevent them from soaring to the blue sky. Fly higher……

After reading Xue Wanche's battle report again, he pondered and said: "Xue Wanche is passive and sabotage. The mere [-] Cui family's private army was boasted by him as if they were masters of tigers and wolves, and the little bronze man was originally described by him as an iron wall... …Hmph, these guys only know how to preserve their strength, but they don’t take the overall situation into consideration, let alone the interests of the empire, this is a persistent disease.”

The older I get, the deeper my understanding of the art of war, and the more disappointed I am with the current military system.

The Tang Dynasty said that it was a mansion military system. Soldiers came from Zhechong Mansions from all over the country. They farmed in leisure time and served as soldiers in wartime. It seemed that the source of soldiers flowed like a river, and no one could fully grasp it.In fact, the source of soldiers for each of the sixteen guards is fixed from Zhechong Mansions from various places, and the soldiers may be replaced every year, but as the years go by, there are always these people, which naturally form the general's private army .

Years of accumulating prestige and benevolence, these soldiers and generals only know that there are generals, but they don't know that there is an emperor, let alone an empire... Thus, warlords gradually formed.

Throughout the history books, there will be a lot of warlords at the end of almost every dynasty. The country is strong and weak, and the imperial power cannot be reached.

On the contrary, Fang Jun's officer training program implemented in the lecture hall of Zhenguan Academy can completely eliminate this disadvantage.The lecture hall not only teaches the strategy of war and exercises the muscles and bones, but also pays more attention to its spiritual education. Every student is called an "emperor's disciple", and they are all supporters of the imperial power, putting the interests of the empire above everything else.

In this way, every student is deeply influenced by the thought of "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism", knowing how to do what is beneficial to the country and the people, and not to be ordered by the superior.

It is also suggested that the senior officers of the future imperial army implement a rotation system to eliminate the disadvantages of serving in one place for a long time...

Coughing, Li Jing withdrew his thoughts, handwritten a military order, put it in an envelope and handed it to Li Qi: "Have someone send it to Xue Wanche quickly, and order him to act according to the order without making mistakes."

"promise!"

Li Qi received the military order, turned around and walked out of the big tent, and ordered the school captain to cross the Baqiao and rush to Tongrenyuan to deliver the order to Xue Wanche.

……

The Tai Chi Palace was brightly lit for many days.

Li Chengqian and Li Ji, Li Xiaogong, Fang Jun, and Li Daozong were watching the battle report and discussing countermeasures in the study of Wude Hall.

Having learned the lessons from the past, now Li Chengqian seldom invites pure civil servants to be present when discussing the military affairs, otherwise the civil and military parties will often argue endlessly before the discussion reaches a conclusion, and the scene will become a mess...

Li Chengqian looked at the four military chiefs looking through the battle report, took a sip of tea, and asked, "The pheasant slaves commanded troops across Bashui, stationed in Bailuyuan, approached Chanshui frequently, and the soldiers pointed directly at Chang'an. What do you think?"

Li Ji also drank his tea and remained silent.

Li Daozong was still flipping through the battle report, reading word by word carefully without raising his head.

Fang Jun got up and stood in front of the map of Guanzhong hanging on the wall, his eyes shifted from Liang Jianfang's department near Boling to Cheng Yaojin's department in Shaolingyuan in the south, wondering what to think.

Li Xiaogong was a little speechless, although everything was as expected until now and did not deviate, but since His Majesty asked such a question, you can't stand in the cold, right?

Seeing that the other three had no intention of speaking, he could only cough lightly and said, "Does Your Majesty think that we should send someone to Zuo Wuwei to supervise the battle? After all, Zuo Wuwei's strategic position is extremely important. You can reach the city of Chang'an in a short time."

In view of Cheng Yaojin's previous performances, people are really not at ease about his position. Whether he is defeated by the rebels, or even reached an agreement with the rebels to retreat south to make way, it will directly affect the battle situation.

Although the initial strategy was to let the rebels advance to the city of Chang'an in the end, it must be when the strength of the rebels was greatly weakened, otherwise more than [-] people would attack Chang'an city, and some people might be killed. Rebellion and attachment, the degree of danger is greatly increased, which is absolutely unwilling to see above the court.

But now Cheng Yaojin has become the biggest variable...

Only then did Li Ji put down his teacup, and said: "If Cheng Yaojin is determined to join the rebels, even sending someone to supervise the battle will be of no use, that guy is the most reckless and reckless, cutting down a few supervisors is not a problem at all. "

Li Xiaogong's expression froze, and he also felt that he had said something nonsense, since he planned to attach himself to King Jin and betray the emperor, how could he be restrained by the supervising army?

Reluctantly said: "So, doesn't it mean that he can do what he wants, but he can't restrain himself?"

(End of this chapter)