Wang Yan narrowed his eyes and looked at the angry Fu Xuan. Thinking of the hidden arrow he shot at his back, he had the urge to cut this man in two.
"General Fu, I don't understand what you are referring to?" Wang Yan asked, suppressing the anger in his heart.
"You know it very well. How can you hand over the Divine Arm Crossbow Army to Wu Jie without authorization? You know clearly that I have appointed Fu Moshan as the commander of this army. Are you deliberately targeting me?"
"General Fu is serious. I don't mean anything against you. This army is originally an army of the Wu class. It does not belong to us. It is just transferred to us for use. Now Wu Dutong asks me to go back. Of course I can't refuse.
"
"But now I am the commander-in-chief of the army. Even if it is to be returned to Wu Jie, it will be my responsibility to return it. How can you exceed your authority without authorization?"
"Fuck your motherfucker!"
Wang Yan finally fell out, stepped on the stool, pointed at himself and said: "I am the commander of the capital now, and I have not handed over military power yet, so go away and cool down!"
"you--"
Fu Xuan looked very ugly and said slowly: "Wang Yan, I'm warning you, the imperial court has appointed me as the commander of the Jingyuan military capital, and you have been appointed as the counselor of the Xuanfu Division. It's your business if you don't hand over the military power, but this
An army and the imperial court have been entrusted to me. If you want to fight against the imperial court, there will be no good results."
Wang Yan laughed, "Liu Qi is also the commander of the Jingyuan military capital. The commander of the Jingyuan military capital in Quduan has not resigned. I only served as the counselor of the Xuanfu Division, but the commander of the Jingyuan military capital has not been removed. Now that you are included, we have already
There are four Jingyuan armies under control, who knows which army you will take over? General Fu, maybe you will take over Liu Qi's army, what do you think?"
Fu Xuan was immediately speechless. This was also a characteristic of the official system of the Song Dynasty. There were several carrots in each pit. Only by formally obtaining military power could he prove that he controlled the army. This required Zhang Jun to preside over the handover of military power.
The handover of military power is scheduled for the day after tomorrow, so Wang Yan has arranged various arrangements for the aftermath in the past two days, including handing over 3,000 elite troops to Chen Qing, returning 500 divine arm crossbow troops to Wu Jie, etc. This can also be regarded as a token of gratitude to Fu.
A disguised form of revenge chosen.
Fu Xuan stamped his foot fiercely, "You are cruel!"
He stared at Chen Qing viciously again, turned around and left quickly with his nephew.
Wang Yan looked at Fu Xuan's back and sneered: "This person has a strong sense of revenge. Even if you don't provoke him, he will never make you feel comfortable!"
Chen Qing thought of Fu Xuan's vicious eyes when he left, and he said lightly: "In fact, I have already offended him."
"Maybe! This time I gave you some elite troops, and he felt a little uncomfortable, but what the hell? You are not his subordinate, so you are afraid of him."
Wang Yan took three military books and said: "I will give you Yang Yuanqing's one thousand troops and Zheng Ping's one thousand troops. Then I have one thousand direct troops of my own, which are the most elite troops of the Eight-Character Army. The most I can do is take away
Two hundred people, and then 800 people will be handed over to you, which will be 2,800 people. Then you ask Wu Jie for the 500 divine arm crossbow troops. With 3,300 people, your troop quota will be full.
"
"There are three hundred more people!"
Wang Yan laughed loudly, "How can it be so accurate? Zhang Jun said he would give you a quota of three thousand people, but in fact he would give you a little more. This is the practice of the Western Army. To be honest, as long as you can pay for the military salary yourself,
Military rations, even if you recruit five thousand troops, no one can control you. When fighting with the Jin soldiers, there is no upper limit on the number of troops. The number of soldiers under the command is 10,000 troops. Do you think any of them is controlled? So I will give you three thousand
Regarding the army, no matter how dissatisfied Fu Xuan is, there is nothing he can do. I just promise to give him 10,000 troops, and he doesn’t care how I arrange the extra troops!"
Speaking of this, Wang Yan patted Chen Qing on the shoulder and said seriously: "Zhang Jun just doesn't dare to talk nonsense, but you have to be good at adapting. You can increase the number of troops in the name of recruiting logistics personnel. This is allowed by the imperial court.
This is actually an expansion vulnerability."
Chen Qing also sighed, "No one teaches me these things. Can Du Tong give me a civil servant who knows these things?"
"I will arrange for you a few civil servants to manage supplies, account books, etc. They are all veterans of the army. If you have any questions, just ask them."
...........
Chen Qing knew that Wang Yan had a strong sense of urgency and would allocate troops to him in the afternoon. His top priority now was to have military camps and territory. He had to find Wu Jie for this. After Wang Yan came out, Chen Qing hurried to Wu Jie
's camp.
Coincidentally, in Wu Jie's camp, he happened to encounter Fu Xuan making a fuss. The five hundred divine arm crossbow soldier Wang Yan had been handed over to Wu Jie, and Fu Xuan wanted to take it back.
Chen Qing walked into the tent. Wu Jie nodded to him and motioned for him to wait a moment. Chen Qing sat aside and waited.
"Fu Dutong, it's not that I don't want to give it to you. This army was originally composed of elites from the Western Army. Everyone wants this army. Logically speaking, this army should be given to Wu Gao because he contributed three
Hundreds of people, but Wu Gao is my brother, and I don’t want to leave a reason for anyone to marry me. Liu Qi, Liu Ziyu, and Qu Duan also wanted this army, so I finally gave it to Wang Yan.
Now Wang Yan returns this army to me. If I give it to you again, it will be two times in a row. I can’t explain it to the other commanders, so don’t make it difficult for me."
"Wu Dutong, Wang Yan did something wrong in this matter. They handed over the army to you without my consent. I have been appointed by the court, but I haven't handed over the power yet. Besides, I am still his deputy general.
He should discuss such a major matter with me."
Wu Jie was silent for a moment and said: "According to military practice, there can only be one chief general, and there is no second commander in the army."
Fu Xuan was furious, "If that's the case, then I'll go to the Xuanfu Commissioner for comment. Should I respect my opinion?"
Wu Jie didn't want to make the matter a big deal, so he said: "Wu Gao, Liu Qi and the others have also approached me, but I have not agreed, so let's do it! Let's compete fairly, and the winner will take this army, how about it?"
Fu Xuan said that he went to Zhang Jun just to talk. He bypassed Zhang Jun and went to the court to file a complaint. In addition, he was Zhu Shengfei's man. Zhu Shengfei and Zhang Jun were not on the same page. Zhang Jun was also quite dissatisfied with him at present.
It took him half a month to complete the handover. How could Fu Xuan dare to go to Zhang Jun for real?
Fu Xuan borrowed the donkey from the slope, nodded and said, "Okay! But you have to wait until I hand over."
"Of course!"
Fu Xuan didn't even look at Chen Qing, turned around and left.
Wu Jie smiled and asked Chen Qingdao: "Are you looking for me for the military camp?"
"Exactly!"
Chen Qing was a little embarrassed and said: "The royal capital will allocate troops to me in the afternoon, and the army handover will be completed today, but I don't even have an army, so I can only trouble Wu Dutong."
"I have already made arrangements for you!"
Wu Jie walked to the map, pointed to an open canyon to the west of Dashan Pass and said: "You should be familiar with this place!"
Chen Qing nodded, "This is the West Valley, defending against the Jin soldiers on the West Road."
"Wanyan Wushu will definitely learn the lesson from last time and attack from the West Valley army. I am going to deploy two armies in West Valley. One is Liu Ziyu's Xihe Army, and the other is your Qinzhou Army. Your military camp will be stationed there.
Just at Jiwangpo at the southern foot of the West Valley, the military camp has been arranged, which is enough to station five thousand troops. You can directly lead the army to station, and I will allocate supplies to you later."
Chen Qing was overjoyed. He hesitated and said: "You don't know your humble function and can't you participate in the competition of the Five Hundred Divine Arm Crossbow Army?"
Wu Jie chuckled, "Are you interested too?"
Chen Qing smiled bitterly and said: "Beizhi asked Wang Dutong for this army this morning. He said that he had already returned it to you. In the end, he only gave Beizhi 2,800 people. He included these 500 troops.
It is said that a total of 3,300 people in humble positions were given."
Wu Jie laughed loudly, "It seems that I can't let you participate. Okay! Even if you are the only one, wait for my news on how to compete."
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West Valley is a canyon between Heshangyuan and Dashanguan. The canyon is about a hundred miles long. The widest part of the valley is more than twenty miles, and the narrowest point is ten miles. Jiwangpo is about thirty miles away from Dashanguan, with the Qinling Mountains at its back.
, is a strategic high ground. If the army wants to attack Dashan Pass, it must capture Jiwangpo, otherwise the logistics will be easily cut off.
There are many highlands like this in the West Valley, but Jiwangpo is called a strategic location because there is water here. With water, the army can be stationed for a long time.
Jiwangpo covers an area of about one square kilometer and is a highland with lush green grass. A small stream flows out from the depths of the Qinling Mountains and divides Jiwangpo into two.
The military camp was completed a month ago. It is a plank-shaped military camp with hundreds of large tents inside and a large open space used as a training ground. It is enough to accommodate 5,000 people for garrison defense. Currently, there are only more than a hundred soldiers responsible for guarding the military camp.
Wang Yan was indeed very efficient. He was afraid that Fu Xuan would make another mistake, so he allocated 2,800 troops to Chen Qing in the afternoon and went through the formal handover procedures. Zhang Jun signed and stamped the internal allocation letter of the army and approved it.
Internal deployment of this group of troops.
No matter how dissatisfied Fu Xuan was, there was nothing he could do. He never dared to confront Zhang Jun.
Although Zhang Jun could not avoid him, it was easy to move him away, but this was not in line with the intentions of his back-up, Zhu Shengfei. He was a pawn placed by Zhu Shengfei in the Western Army, and he was also Zhu Shengfei's capital in the competition for power.
At dusk, Chen Qing led the army to the Jiwangpo military camp.