Zhu Shengfei had already gone to Chengdu, but as soon as he arrived in Chengdu, he was forced to return to Hanzhong by an edict of accountability from the emperor.
The imperial envoy sent by the emperor was already on the way. Although he said he was just here to comfort Sichuan and Shaanxi, Zhu Shengfei knew in his heart that it must be because the Song army was defeated and Xihe Road and Fengxiang were lost.
He could imagine the anger of the ministers in the court, and how Zhang Jun would say bad things about him?
He was really helpless. Xihe Road was lost so quickly that he was unable to save it. He didn't even have any decent resistance and was defeated like a mountain.
At this time, Zhu Shengfei was pacing back and forth in the lobby of the Nanzheng County government office, feeling upset for a while. How should he explain to the court?
At this time, Fu Jingyi, an aide, reported in the hall, "To the envoy of Xuanfu, Fu Dutong has urgent matters to see you!"
"Let him in!"
Not long after, Fu Xuan hurried in and said, "For this humble post, please see the Xuanfu Envoy!"
"Excuse me, Fu Dutong, what do you need from me?"
"I heard the news that Wan Yanchang is negotiating with Chen Qing."
"What?"
Zhu Shengfei was stunned, "I don't understand what you are talking about. What can they talk about?"
"Informed the Xuanfu envoy, Chen Qing won a small victory in Ganquan Fort and captured some soldiers of the puppet Qi army. Now Wanyanchang is negotiating with him. It is said that he wants to use Guan Shigu's surrendered soldiers to exchange soldiers with him.
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"Nonsense!"
Zhu Shengfei's face suddenly darkened, "As a commander, what qualifications does he have to negotiate with the coach of the Kingdom of Jin?"
"That's the problem. I heard that they actually started talking. I felt strange because the Jin people were barbarians and didn't understand the rules. Could it be that Chen Qing didn't understand the rules either?
He could have asked Wan Yanchang to come to Hanzhong to negotiate, but why didn't he refuse? Did he not understand, or did he not take the Xuanfu ambassador seriously at all?"
Zhu Shengfei glanced at Fu Xuan and said, "Fu Dutong, how do you know about this?"
"This matter was brought by businessmen. It is said that the negotiation has been completed. Chen Qing and the other party exchanged prisoners of war, and many detained businessmen were also released. Some of them went south and mentioned this matter when they passed through Dashan Pass.
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"You mean, Wu Jie also knows about this?"
"He must know. He even knows about his humble position. How can he not know? He just pretended not to know and did not report it to the Xuanfu Envoy."
Zhu Shengfei's face became more and more gloomy. It seemed that the Shaanxi Army had a big problem. These people did not report anything. From top to bottom, from Wu Jie to Chen Qing, no one took him seriously.
Fu Xuan observed the words and expressions, and then pretended to hesitate and said: "Xuanfu Envoy, there is a saying that you don't know whether to say it or not because of your humble position!"
"If you say what you want to say, I won't blame you."
Fu Xuan sighed, "Actually, we all know that the defeat at Xihe Road can be completely avoided..."
Zhu Shengfei's eyebrows rose, "What do you mean?"
"The Xuanfu envoy also knows that he is stationed in Fengxiang Mansion, and Fengxiang is a part of Guanzhong. There is no danger to rely on. Tens of thousands of enemy troops are coming to attack. There is no other choice but to withdraw the troops to preserve our strength.
But Xihe Road is different. Could it be that Xihe Road cannot be defended? There are many mountains, a vast territory and sparsely populated areas. The enemy’s troops are far away and tired, and their logistics cannot be reached. As long as a surprise force is sent out to cut off the enemy’s logistics and food routes, the puppet Qi will be defeated.
The army will be defeated without a doubt.
But what’s the reality? The Song army on Xihe Road withdrew without even seeing the enemy’s shadow, which makes people have to doubt that Wu Jie didn’t want to defend Xihe Road at all.”
"Then what is he doing this for?" Zhu Shengfei asked in confusion.
"responsibility!"
"He followed the orders of the Xuanfu Envoy and sent troops to Xihe Road, and then fled back in panic. The Xuanfu Envoy took the responsibility. If the officials of the imperial court hold him accountable, the Xuanfu Envoy will be the first to bear the responsibility!"
Fu Xuan's words resonated with Zhu Shengfei. The emperor sent a special envoy Li Yuan to Hanzhong to investigate, but he knew nothing about it. He didn't deploy anything or did anything. The Song army was defeated in a ruthless manner. This responsibility can be passed on to himself.
On his own head? Or as Fu Xuan said, someone deliberately put the responsibility on himself.
Fu Xuan saw the anger in Zhu Shengfei's eyes, and he was secretly happy in his heart, and continued to fan the flames, "I have always been reluctant to speculate the worst on my colleagues, but the facts are here. If Zhang Jun was here, they would never do this.
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"Zhang Jun is here, what will they do?"
"If Zhang Jun were here, he would establish a wartime military intelligence station, and all the capitals would send people to stay in the military intelligence station, and they would be constantly informed every day. Then they would sort out the military information and report it all the time, so that the Xuanfu envoys would be able to do it all the time.
Understand the situation of the former enemy and then issue instructions. If the Xuanfu envoy had a military intelligence office, the negotiation between Chen Qing and Wan Yanchang would not require a humble report at all."
"Damn this!"
Zhu Shengfei punched the table hard. He just woke up now. No wonder he always felt that he was missing something. The former enemy didn't know anything and didn't know how to command?
It turned out that the military intelligence agency was missing, but Wu Jie refused to tell him, completely ignoring himself. It seemed that his guess was correct, Wu Jie did not take him seriously at all.
In fact, Fu Xuan is confusing the concept. The Military Intelligence Office is not a fixed organization, and it does not necessarily have to be established. Each Xuanfu envoy has a different style, and naturally has a different way of holding power. The Military Intelligence Office is just Zhang Jun's way.
So after Zhu Shengfei comes, he should quickly establish his own way of taking power. You can't expect the big future below to establish it for you.
If Wu Jie must be held responsible, then Wu Jie's only responsibility is that he did not remind Zhu Shengfei to establish his own way of taking power as soon as possible.
But if, as Fu Xuan said, he made the decision to withdraw the troops without authorization, and finally put the responsibility on Zhu Shengfei, it would be complete nonsense.
Fu Xuan may not know, but Zhu Shengfei knows very well that in this meeting hall, Zhu Shengfei summoned Wu Jie, Liu Ziyu, as well as Lu Fayuan, deputy envoy of the Xuanfu Department of Sichuan and Shaanxi Province, and Sima Wangsi, a total of five people in this room.
After discussing countermeasures, Zhu Shengfei made the decision to withdraw his troops immediately.
But Zhu Shengfei selectively forgot about this decision. He listened to Fu Xuan's slander. The reason why the current bad situation was caused was entirely because the generals made the decision without consulting him.
"I know what to do. Thank you General Fu for telling me."
"I resign from my humble position!"
Fu Xuan was secretly proud, bowed and left.
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Fu Xuan left, and Zhu Shengfei became even more upset. Fu Xuan only told him the reason, but did not tell him how to get out of the predicament.
At this time, another subordinate reported, "Prefect Liu Ziyu has something urgent to see you!"
It was an emergency again, Zhu Shengfei said impatiently: "Let him in!"
After a moment, Liu Ziyu walked into the lobby, clasped his fists and saluted, "See the Xuanfu Envoy!"
Zhu Shengfei restrained his inner impatience and said calmly: "Prefect Liu, please have a seat!"
Liu Ziyu sat down and said anxiously: "I just got the news from the eldest son from Xianren Pass. The Xixia army of 70,000 to 80,000 troops surrounded Ganquan Fort. The situation in Ganquan Fort is critical. We must take action here."
Liu Ziyu didn't know about Chen Qing's change of troops. He thought that Chen Qing only had 5,000 troops, while the opponent had 70,000 to 80,000 troops. Under the pressure, Chen Qing would definitely not be able to defend Ganquan Fort.
Zhu Shengfei raised his slender eyebrows. For some reason, this news made him feel an indescribable pleasure.
Chen Qing finally has this day? He can't deal with him, and now the Xixia people have come to do it for him.
Zhu Shengfei showed nothing on his face, and his tone was still very cold: "Chen Qing is in Ganquan Castle, but not in Xianren Pass. How can we rescue him?"
Zhu Shengfei knew about Ganquan Fort. It was in the northernmost part of Qinzhou, hundreds of miles away from Dashan Pass. In such a remote place, didn't Liu Ziyu know the word "out of reach"? Isn't it a joke that he asked himself to rescue it?
Liu Ziyu said quickly: "Of course it's not about sending out a large army to rescue. The humble position means that you can send a cavalry of more than a thousand people north to harass the Xixia army from the outside. The key is attitude. Let Chen Qing know that the Xuanfu envoy has not abandoned him.
Instead, we are fully assisting him, which will have a good effect on boosting morale."
Zhu Shengfei said coldly: "Now that he wants me to encourage him, why didn't he think of me as the Xuanfu envoy sitting in Hanzhong when he was negotiating with Wan Yanchang?"
Liu Ziyu was shocked, "Xuanfu Envoy, where do you start with these words?"
"snort!"
Zhu Shengfei couldn't bear it anymore. He snorted loudly, stood up and said with a cold look: "Does he think that if he doesn't report it, the superiors won't know? I can say the ugly things in front of him. I won't pursue his responsibility now. Once he comes back, I will definitely take it as his responsibility."
If you violate the above and commit the above crime, you will be executed!"
Liu Ziyu looked helplessly at the murderous Zhu Shengfei. He sighed deeply in his heart. It was very likely that Chen Qing would not be able to escape this time.
