Chapter 381: Share the cake without me, right? (Please vote at the beginning of the month!)
The next day, morning.
A war preparation meeting was held in the Jiangzhou lobby.
King Lixian of Xunyang, Zhu Lingxu, the former military commander of Jiangzhou Road Marching Army,
Wang Lengran, the governor of Jiangzhou, and Ouyang Lianghan, the governor of Jiangzhou.
The female official in Caishang has a true and wonderful appearance.
All attended this meeting.
Everyone present at the meeting today had a talisman, a deed, or an imperial edict in their hands.
Because once the Great Zhou court elected the general manager of the march, the central political hall would issue a recruitment order and activate the Great Zhou mobilization system.
Mainly from the administrative and military lines, government orders were issued respectively, and they were called "Fu Deeds".
The talisman is the fish talisman.
It is a variant of the Tiger Talisman, with the same meaning.
A deed is a wooden official document, which can be understood as a special red-headed document.
The former is given to the army to charge the government, and the latter is handed over to the local government.
After the orders from the Government Hall arrive at the local level, the local government and the army will go to the government. They will each take the talisman and deed from their superiors and combine them to inspect the talisman and deed. Only after confirming that they are correct will they start local military mobilization.
The same is true for the Jiangzhou lobby now, and we must follow this procedure.
In the morning, in the main meeting hall.
Ouyang Rong, Wang Lengran and other Jiangzhou governors solemnly accepted the deed from Miaozhen and other officials in the palace, and handed over the fish talisman with Zhu Lingxu, the former military commander.
After some careful comparison, it was confirmed that it was correct.
Ouyang Rong and Wang Lengran handed over the power including Jiangzhou city defense and Zhechong government dispatch.
Jiangzhou has officially entered a wartime state.
At present, the general manager of Jiangzhou Road March and the heir of Wei Wangwei have not arrived yet.
The former military commander was present, the highest-ranking military officer.
Wang Lengran, Ouyang Rong and other state-level officials need to cooperate with Zhu Lingxu's next actions.
However, there is still King Li Xian of Xunyang, Jiangnan Road's pacification ambassador, which is nominally an official position equivalent to that of Jiangzhou Road's marching general manager.
It can be understood that one is responsible for united front propaganda and the other is responsible for military combat.
Therefore, Zhu Lingxu also needed to treat Li Xian respectfully and humbly ask for advice from His Highness.
In addition, Miaozhen, the female official in Caishang, is still the female official sent by the imperial court to "take care of" Xunyang Prince's Mansion. It has not changed. When King Xunyang left the palace, she followed him closely to "protect" him.
As for Rong Zhen, he broke away from it and got a new job, becoming the supervisor of the imperial conquest army that was about to arrive.
The position of military supervisor was usually held by eunuchs and eunuchs, who replaced the military attachés who were ordered by the emperor to supervise the military attaches outside.
It’s just that the empress Wei Zhao put more emphasis on female officials.
During her reign, the imperial court's female history system developed greatly, and women groups such as aristocratic widows, unmarried ladies from the gentry, and girls from good folk families were recruited into the Si Tianjian.
The female history can be regarded as overwhelming the eunuch.
Ouyang Rong thought that this time he would send Khufu to oversee the army.
Now it seems that the last time he persuaded the northern garrison to surrender, he was indeed implicated and was impeached by many censors.
However, this tall eunuch who loves to touch his beard even sent a letter to Ouyang Rong a few days ago to express his gratitude for the gift of a knife last time.
After chatting about Cai Qinjun's growing momentum, Hu Fu was quite sad in the letter, but it could be heard that he was quite optimistic about the current situation.
Ouyang Rong did have a good impression of Shun Bo's godson.
However, Ouyang Rong was not qualified to sympathize with others. Like Khufu, he was a fellow sufferer.
In the letter, Khufu mentioned Zhuangruo casually,
Originally, Confucius Di, Shen Xisheng, His Royal Highness the Prime Minister and others jointly elected him as the chief minister of the marching general manager's office.
The so-called General Manager's Mansion, also known as the Military Division, is actually the Chinese army's big tent often mentioned in novels.
It was the big tent where the commander-in-chief strategized and commanded the six armies.
This is actually the headquarters of the entire conquest army. It is not something that can be done with just one tent, but a huge system.
The long history established under his name is similar to the secretary-general, the leader responsible for the internal affairs of the entire military department.
Like in the novel, the general or the marshal waves his hand and says that so and so violates military law and handles things according to military law. This does not exist in reality.
In an army with tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people, if a mere soldier violates military discipline, the generalissimo must personally deal with it. Wouldn't it be exhausting?
These are all managed by a long history, including logistics, food and other matters.
The position of Army Chief Shi has a low official rank but great power.
Ouyang Rong happened to be nearby. He was the governor of Jiangzhou, and he was well-known and had outstanding political achievements.
Master, the separatist forces headed by the Prime Minister will naturally fight for him. After all, the most important post of marching general manager was taken away by the Wei family, so they must try their best to get a piece of the cake.
But I heard from Hu Fu that this proposal happened the day after Ouyang Rong was "praised" by Zhu Lingxu in a letter.
Liang Wang Wei Sixing objected and threatened that someone needed to avoid suspicion. The empress put the case on hold and has not responded yet.
Soon, Wei Jisi recommended a doctor from the Ministry of War named Lu, who had married a daughter of the Wei family and had sufficient qualifications, to serve as military director Shi.
Not long after, the Holy Spirit promised.
The Wei family easily kicked Ouyang Rong out of the game.
Want to have sex for free and share the cake? No way.
During the discussion in the study room last night, Li Guo'er teased, "Ouyang Lianghan, why don't you go ask the Wei family if they still need a son-in-law?" Naturally, the noble daughter of the Xie family sitting across from her threw a pear at her, and the two of them passed by. The two beauties had a quarrel.
Ouyang Rong shook his head.
The sun outside the door was approaching noon, and everyone at the war preparation meeting discussed some important matters.
After a while, I took a break to drink tea.
Wang Lengran put down the tea cup and took the lead in holding it in his hand:
"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Zhu, in handling the affairs of the front army. I and all the officials in Jiangzhou Hall will definitely cooperate wholeheartedly to live up to the expectations of His Majesty, King Wei, and His Highness King Xunyang."
The chief official took the lead in speaking nonsense, and the other Jiangzhou officials who attended the meeting had no choice but to stand up and clasp their fists together.
Ouyang Rong remained silent and slightly arched his hands.
Zhu Lingxu immediately lifted his butt off the stool a little, waved his hands, and then helped everyone across the void:
"Everyone, please take a seat. Hey, Mr. Wang, you are so polite, Mr. Ouyang. Those Li thieves and Cai thieves are rampant and stealing the southwest. They dare to peek into the cauldron and want to die. It is related to your majesty's majesty and the great Zhou Dynasty. We are bound to do it. Where can we come from?
Thank you for your hard work."
He turned his head again and looked at Li Xian, who was sitting high in the main hall, amiable and taciturn, and said with a serious face:
"This time, the war is complicated and dangerous, and the general is incompetent. It is not good to accompany the prince often. Please trouble the prince to stay in Xunyang City for a while and wait for news.
"At the end of the day, we will take back Hongzhou City and clear away the remaining evildoers. We will immediately welcome the prince to Hongzhou and appease the Hongzhou soldiers and civilians who are looking forward to it.
"At the same time, it is also a good start for His Royal Highness the King of Wei to come to the front line in the near future."
"Okay." Li Xian smiled and nodded.
Beside him, Ouyang Rong glanced at the Hongzhou Governor calmly when he heard Zhu Lingxu's confident tone.
He has been in contact with this Zhu Lingxu for a while.
The evaluation is like an old fox who will not let go of the hawk until he sees the rabbit.
Now he actually dares to brag directly in public about taking back Hongzhou in Haikou.
It seems that he has indeed made relatively complete preparations. It is impossible to say that there are many informants of his in Hongzhou City, and the chess pieces he laid before the defection were just for this day, this day that the Wei family may have secretly promised.
Yes, after all, he has been the governor of Hongzhou for several years. He probably knows the terrain and defense weaknesses of Hongzhou well, and he is more skilled than sleeping with his mother-in-law when he goes back to his own bed to sleep with his wife.
Not to mention, Zhu Lingxu had always been known for being good at using troops.
Therefore, such old foxes only dare to say this after deducing it countless times and thinking that it is 90% sure.
Facing this enemy who is as steady as an old dog.
Ouyang Rong frowned slightly.
He turned around and glanced at Wang Lengran and Zhu Lingxu, who were exchanging glances tacitly.
Currently, the imperial court and the whole world are staring at the upcoming Hongzhou War.
This battle is about taking the initiative and changing the offensive and defensive positions.
Compared with the previous Battle of Guling, this Battle of Hongzhou is of greater significance.
If Zhu Lingxu and his son successfully regained the lost territory of Hongzhou, it would indeed be a good start for King Wei and the conquest army led by him to fight against Li Zhengyan in the southwest to revive the army.
The reward given by the empress who spent thousands of gold to buy horse bones will definitely not be less.
The chance that the Wei family will reward Zhu Lingxu and his son is really not small.
No wonder the King of Wei, who was the general manager of Jiangzhou Road's march, quickly asked him to form a front army and dispatch it in advance before he arrived.
Cake delivered to your mouth is certainly a positive thing.
"Your Majesty, if you all work together, why worry about not being able to recover the lost territory of our Great Zhou Dynasty?"
Zhu Lingxu looked around, his eyes skipping over the low-key Ouyang Rong as if he were ignoring him. He sighed with relief, then clasped his fists towards the cold Rong Zhen and said politely:
"I may have to trouble Lady Shi when we go on an expedition next, so please be considerate."
Rong Zhen's face was expressionless, no nodding, no words.
The behavior was somewhat disrespectful.
In other words, she doesn't need to give face to anyone except the empress.
"Haha, the general will feel relieved now that the female historian is here."
Zhu Lingxu smiled and nodded, breaking the awkward silence, but frowned slightly in his heart, feeling a little confused about this woman.
However, this woman didn't look like she was nosy, and she didn't look like Ouyang, so he didn't care too much.
Supervise the army, just supervise the army. Anyway, Zhu Lingxu didn't do any disobedient and shameful things. Previously, Ouyang Lianghan had been so aggressive and humiliating, but he had endured it and restrained his subordinates.
Facts have proven that opportunities favor those who are patient and prepared.
This is called a light boat crossing the Ten Thousand Mountains.
Zhu Lingxu smiled lightly and stroked his beard.
Immediately, the tea break ended, and everyone discussed the matter of the former army's expedition again.
This time, the former army formed by Zhu Lingxu totaled more than 8,000 people.
They were the 3,000 elite troops originally led by Wang Lengran, the 2,000 defeated troops from the Battle of Guling and the 2,000 surrendered soldiers from Hongzhou, and the 3,000 reinforcements from the three Zhechong Mansion in the southeast that had arrived in recent days.
The Eight Thousand Mansion soldiers are all elite and good family members, and can be regarded as the largest regular army in Jiangnan Province.
Li Zhengyan's Kuangfu army in Guizhou was still in the southwest. It had just entered Jiangnan Road and captured cities and territories along the way.
The failure of the Jiangzhou War has spread throughout Jiangnan and Lingnan Road, which has increased the resistance in many places, causing the Kuangfu Army's advance speed to be slightly hindered.
The main force of Kuang Fu's army is expected to arrive in Hongzhou in more than half a month, but the front army may have been sent directly to Hongzhou for support, but the front army is not a large army after all.
Therefore, there is indeed a rare fighter opportunity at the moment, and Jiangzhou's eight thousand elites have a strength advantage.
However, although "the advantage lies with me", Zhu Lingxu made arrangements with a serious face, sitting in command, assigning tasks, and making arrangements carefully.
Ouyang Rong listened for a while and couldn't help but look at it more.
He found that this Zhu Lingxu was an old fox, but he did have something, unlike Wang Lengran who was just half a bucket full of water.
"By the way, Mr. Zhu, I have something to ask, but I don't know whether I should ask it or not."
Li Xian put down his tea cup and suddenly spoke.
Except for Ouyang Rong, everyone in the hall looked curiously.
Zhu Lingxu immediately said: "Of course I will speak, Your Majesty, please speak." He spread his palms to indicate.
"Have the forward generals who will be dispatched in advance to explore the path for the front army not been decided yet?"
"Yes." Zhu Lingxu nodded subconsciously, then asked calmly: "Does the prince have a suitable candidate?"
While speaking slowly, he glanced at Ouyang Rong not far away, who was lowering his head and calmly sipping tea.
Li Xian nodded and smiled sheepishly:
"In my opinion, Captain Guo Yi of Jiangzhou Zhechong Mansion, Qin Heng, is very good and a reliable young general."
Hearing the name, Wang Lengran, who was still curious a moment ago, twitched the corners of his eyes fiercely. He stared at Ouyang Rong, and after a while, he turned his head and snorted coldly.
If it weren't for Li Xianzai, he wouldn't be able to greet someone properly.
"Oh, I think this person must be a talented person, so the prince will take the initiative to recommend..."
Zhu Lingxu nodded and thought for a moment. Wang Lengran coughed. Zhu Lingxu did not look at him, but looked slightly apologetic and said respectfully to Li Xian:
"Your Majesty, the vanguard is involved in a major expedition. The general must go back and discuss it carefully before making an answer."
Li Xian nodded, and after a while, the meeting was over.
The next day, the meeting was held again, and Zhu Lingxu immediately gave an answer, with a look of embarrassment on his face:
"I'm sorry, my lord, the position of the forward is assigned to Quanzi by King Wei. King Wei said that Quanzi is from Hongzhou and is familiar with the terrain there, so he is most suitable to be the guide for the vanguard."
Everyone looked sideways.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that, but it's just an excuse.
Yesterday you said that there were no arrangements, but today you moved out to King Wei. He is probably still in Guanzhong. They are thousands of miles apart. How come the news of the appointment came so quickly?
It's full of loopholes and I'm too lazy to find excuses.
I just don’t want to share the cake.
There are some things that it would be disrespectful to ask again.
"Okay." Li Xian nodded, with a slightly disappointed look on his face.
Ouyang Rong also sighed lightly.
This made Wang Lengran next to him look at him,
Seeing his expressionless face, Wang Lengran was a little gloating.
But I don't know, someone is murmuring in his heart:
"The Governor of Hongzhou is not enough, why don't we have another former military commander? I am getting bigger and bigger, I am a little embarrassed..."
After a while, the meeting ended. Zhu Lingxu, who still followed the rules and only brought ten personal guards into the city for discussion, stopped at the door and sent everyone away with a smile.
Even if Jiangzhou city defense has been handed over to Zhu Lingxu according to the wartime status, he can change the city defense team and change the rules at any time.
But I don’t know if I forgot or if I did it on purpose.
At the east and west city gates, Ouyang Rong and Jiangzhou Hall had originally arranged manpower and rules. Zhu Lingxu did not move at all, and everything remained as usual.
It's like being humble and respectful, but it's also more like... disdainful of sarcasm.
Wang Lengran walked over and talked with Zhu Lingxu at the door.
On the corridor, before Ouyang Rong left, his ears faintly heard Wang Lengran's words behind him:
"The King of Wei heard that Brother Lingxu was being made difficult by villains and could only bring ten people into the city on a daily basis. His Highness was worried about Brother Lingxu's safety and sent some experts to protect Brother Lingxu. Li Li brought people here today..."
He turned back and glanced. Zhu Lingxu didn't squint his eyes and nodded gratefully. Wang Lengran turned back in time and glanced at him.
The two looked at each other from afar. Wang smiled coldly and waved his hand towards Ouyang Rong, as if he was explaining innocently that the villain he just mentioned was not him.
But who is he guarding against? Is it really necessary to ask?
Ouyang Rong nodded lightly.
Okay, okay, just share the cake without him,
Nowadays, gentlemen also take precautions, right?
"Why."
It's not easy for a gentleman, Liang Han sighed.
Leaving alone.
In the new December, I wish everyone all the best~ It would be better if I could vote for the gentleman at the beginning of the month or2 (eyesighted)