"You don't know what the Song Dynasty has been most afraid of since Taizu."
"To emphasize culture and suppress martial arts, this has been done since the time of Taizu. This is the ancestral precept."
"It's okay to say that you are not confident, but this is one of the iron rules of the Song Dynasty. Military generals must use it and be on guard."
"Once there is a war and the role of generals becomes too obvious, it will not help them, but harm them."
"In all wars, victory is the credit of the civil servants, and defeat is the responsibility of the generals. This is also a habit formed over the years. No one can change it, let alone go beyond it. Otherwise, it will be provoking the authority of the official family and provoking the entire nation.
Imperial Court.”
"If you really do this, no matter who it is, there will be no good end."
Bao Heizi rarely said a lot, and he said things so straightforwardly that Su Shi's brows furrowed one after another.
"Well, Wang Deyong cannot be held accountable, but he is not given too much credit. If it were someone else, I am afraid that most of the honor of this victory will be placed on his head. If so,
In this way, the merits of other generals will be weakened, and it is not impossible that even meritorious deeds will become ineffective."
Bao Heizi said it more clearly.
What he means is that even if he was here this time, if it were someone else, there would be no room for negotiation.
"That's all, that's all, you can do whatever you want. Anyway, my black knights don't need to be written in the merit list, and they don't need any rewards from the court." Su Shi felt a little unhappy and impatient, and simply waved his hand.
, let Bao Heizi do what he wants.
When he mentioned the Black Cavalry, Bao Zheng's face instantly turned as dark as water, "These guys
Black Cavalry, what are your plans? If you don't include them in the imperial army, you will be raising your own private army. Once someone impeaches you over this matter, I'm afraid no one can protect you."
"I have money, can't I support Heiqi by myself?" Su Shi asked, his voice suddenly rising by three points.
"Of course not." Bao Heizi concluded.
"If you have money, you can hire more people to serve you. You can even buy land and property, and no one will care about you. But you can't raise an army. The army can only be used by the court, and the army can only be used by the Song Dynasty.
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"Anyone else who dares to raise an army privately will be suspected of rebellion and will be punished by everyone."
Bao Heizi said with great determination, then looked at Su Shi and said seriously: "Otherwise, you would assign the Black Cavalry to be used by the Northern Army. Of course, you are also a loyal general appointed by the imperial court. They can
Following you. But after the war, these troops must be returned to the imperial court."
"Otherwise, you should disband the Black Cavalry now and let them completely disappear from everyone's sight."
Bao Zheng opened his mouth and gave two options.
Obviously, Bao Zheng really thought about Su Shi when it came to the black knight.
It is impossible to disband the Black Cavalry, nor to hand them over to the imperial court.
Otherwise, once such a good army is handed over to the court and into the hands of mediocre people, it won't be long before the black cavalry generals no longer form an army, and they will not have the current combat effectiveness.
Besides, Heiqi is used to good food and drink, and no one except Su Shi can afford to support him.
Such an army can only be handed over to Su Shi's hands
, Only in this way can they exert their greatest combat effectiveness, and only then can they exert their strongest strength.
"Okay, they can follow me first and be included in the civilian army. They have no organization anyway." Su Shi thought for a while and answered like this, but he was thinking in his heart that he would wait until the war is over.
When the time comes, just think of ways to make them disappear.
Bao Zheng only touched on the matter of the black knight. He believed that Su Shi was a smart man and should know what to do.
What he was worried about was that Su Shi was too young and was used to doing things smoothly, so he would become arrogant and arrogant. If so, he would be in trouble.
In this battle in the north, Su Shi has shown his talent for commanding troops. The Song Dynasty is lucky to have such a person. What Bao Zheng needs to do is to protect such a person so that he can grow up and not be underestimated.
Harmed by people.
After talking about the Black Cavalry matter, Bao Zheng asked how to report the matter about Wang Miao to the court.
Wang Miao is the commander-in-chief of the Longwu Guard and the martial arts master of His Royal Highness King Jing. It can be said that his position is very critical. Considering that Su Shi has a very close relationship with King Jing, Bao Zheng naturally wants to listen to his opinion on this matter.
"Wang Miao is just a waste. Just report it truthfully. By the way, isn't there no one to pay for Wang Xin's mistakes? Just blame him." After thinking about it, Su Shi put forward his own opinion.
When he met Wang Miao for the first time, Su Shi had a pretty good impression of him, and because of Zhao Xi, he regarded him as one of his own.
But this time in the battle in the north, Su Shi could see clearly that this man not only did not share his heart, but was also extremely wary of himself. All he knew on the battlefield was that
Dao preserved his strength and did not achieve any real military exploits.
Once such a mediocre person really gained power, it would definitely not be a good thing for the Song Dynasty. For a long-term plan, Su Shi wanted to take care of him before he became big.
As for what Zhao Xi thinks, Su Shi will explain it after he returns to Bianliang.
"Yes." Bao Zheng has already made the decision privately on the matter of Heiqi and Wang Deyong, and is thinking about how to make up for Su Shi. Now he will naturally give priority to the other party's opinion.
After talking about the most difficult things, the next thing to talk about was the military merits of each army. On this issue, Bao Heizi fully respected Su Shi's opinion and reported it almost as he said.
The two of them chatted for more than an hour, until Lou Yang walked in outside the door and said that dinner was about to be served, and the two of them stopped.
"The sky is huge and the earth is big, and the belly is the biggest. I have long heard that the food here in Su Shi is the best. Haha, I am very lucky." Bao Zheng said with a laugh.
"Don't worry, Uncle Bao, the food will definitely satisfy you. Lou Yang, bring the food here and prepare some Maotai."
Since the opening of the supermarket system, Su Shi has more alcoholic beverages to choose from. Now he no longer drinks Shaodaozi, switching to Moutai.
"Yes, Master. It's just..."
Lou Yang's hesitant look caught Su Shi's eyes, which made him very puzzled. After capturing the Liao army camp, Su Shi exchanged a lot of good things and put them in the grain depot.
, could it be said that there is no more wine?
No, no one here is brave enough to take their own things.
"Master, General Wang Xin is asking for a meeting outside. He wants to
Those 20,000 captured soldiers originally had to go back." Lou Yang hesitated for a moment, and after seeing Su Shi's questioning look, he explained the matter again.
When Wang Xin lifted the siege of Xincheng and left to rescue Wang Deyong, he was in such a hurry that he only had time to take Wang Deyong and Wang Miao's four thousand dragon guards away. When the Liao army came after them, they captured him.
Twenty thousand Song troops did not have time to escape.
Later, Yang Wenguang, Di Qing and others arrived so quickly that the Liao army did not have time to take away the 20,000 prisoners. When the army began to search the military camp, they discovered them and these people were rescued. Now Wang Xin came to ask for
People are what they should be.
It's just because Wang Xin didn't come to help Shigu Mountain before. By the time he arrived later, the war was already over.
Before any success was achieved, Wang Xin felt a little shameless when he asked for help.
But as the former commander of Hebei Road, he had to do this. Otherwise, I am afraid that no one will believe in him in the future.
Although Wang Xin's ability has been questioned by some people after this battle, only a few people are discussing it privately. With his many years of military exploits and qualifications, no one dares to say anything publicly.
"People have to pay him back, otherwise someone will inevitably take advantage of it when it gets back to the capital." Bao Zheng stood beside Su Shi and said.
"Oh, Uncle Bao is also afraid of those officials?" Su Shi chuckled.
"It's not because we're afraid, it's because we can avoid something. Our officials are too soft-spoken. We're not in the capital, so we don't want to leave anything for others to criticize." Bao Heizi shook his head and refused to admit it.
Su Shi just smiled. He knew that Bao Zheng had already dealt with those court officials.
The princes at court felt a certain amount of resentment.
Su Shi also believes that as time goes by, this feeling of annoyance will become more and more intense, and one day, he will stand firmly on his side and be willing to contribute to the reform of the Song Dynasty.
"Okay, since Uncle Bao has spoken, let him go. Let's do this. The east side of the northern border is still safe now, and the aliens have no intention of invading, so just let him return there." Su Shi smiled.
Say it casually.
This time Wang Xin's performance disappointed Su Shi.
I thought that as a member of the military generals, they should rise up and resist if they knew that the civil servants were oppressing them.
Unexpectedly, Wang Xin had become accustomed to it. At critical moments, what he thought about was not to save himself, who could change the situation on the battlefield, but to save a civil servant.
If there was no flattery in this, Su Shi would never believe it.
Perhaps, Wang Xin thought that he had accomplished a great feat by being able to save Wang Deyong. If someone in the court really impeached him, someone would speak for him. Unexpectedly, Wang Deyong turned a blind eye.
Wolf, I forgot about him after he was safe.
At this moment, I don’t know if Wang Xin has regretted it.
But no matter what he thinks now, Su Shi will not give any trust to such a general who is willing to flatter civil servants, let alone let him stay under his eyes, which will only make him feel bad.
, which will affect his command of the army in battle.
Su Shi spoke. Considering that Su Shi, the real commander, is indispensable to everyone on the battlefield, Bao Zheng nodded and agreed. "Okay, I'll do as you say."
Bao Zheng said this without any pressure, Wang Xin was just a
He is just a warrior. Even if he was the commander of the Hebei Route Army, a warrior is still a warrior.
He will not be looked down upon by civil servants just because he has great power.
This is the overall opinion of civil servants towards military commanders in this era. Emphasizing civility and restraining military force is not just a joke.
Even a just person like Bao Zheng is not exempt from vulgarity.
