Chen Jue's face turned extremely ugly when he heard the generals' attitudes when they received his orders.
I never imagined that there are so many people who are dissatisfied with themselves.
Moreover, the people who are the most capable and capable of fighting all have opinions about themselves.
This gave Chen Jue a small feeling of fear in his heart.
There are many examples of turning soldiers into killing supervisors. There are many in history, and there is one example right before our eyes.
When Chai Kehong attacked Wu Yue, his subordinate Li Zhenggu, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, was the supervisor of the army. He sent someone to convey the order and asked Chai Kehong to kill him.
When Chai Kehong killed the envoy, he was still shouting, "Privy Li is coming, I will kill him too!"
Li Zhenggu really arrived at the front line, whether Chai Kehong killed him or not, Chen Jue doesn't know now.
But what he knew was that Chai Kehong was now the General of Jinwu Guard and the Military Envoy of Zhenhai, while Li Zhenggu had been demoted and sent to Tingzhou to become the governor.
Chen Jue couldn't help but feel happy at this moment, thinking to himself: "Fortunately, I was smart and planted an informant secretly, otherwise I would have ended up like Brother Li, no, even worse than him."
As a privy envoy, Chen Jue originally had some connections in the army, but those who were close to him were either killed or became prisoners of the rank.
None of the generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty who counterattacked Huainan knew any of them, so when allocating troops from the rear to the front line, they placed a few confidants to monitor the situation of the generals.
Sure enough, it showed results today.
Although people like Zhu Yuan, Lin Renzhao, and Chen Decheng are all great generals in the world, but if you really want to say that they are naughty, they are completely different from scholars like Chen Jue who look stupid but are good at infighting.
No, we can't go on like this.
If this continues, even if you win in the end, you may not get a good deal.
They must know how powerful they are.
If Chen Jue wanted to defeat the enemy, his answer would be nothing but trembling.
But when it came to internal fighting, Chen Jue came up with a complete plan in an instant.
Kill the chicken to scare the monkey!
Promote cronies!
Show favors and win over!
Three steps to control the military’s voice.
Then who is the chicken?
Chen Jue didn't even have to think about it. Two words came to his mind: "Zhu Yuan!"
This thief repeatedly disobeyed his military orders and asked him to come to Haozhou to join forces.
He actually went directly to attack the Zhoukou defense line, and won the battle, pulling the battle line to the gate of Shouzhou City.
The best situation in Chen Jue's heart is for Zhou and Tang to face each other at the front line of Wukou in Haozhou, with a small fight and no conflict between the well and the river. Waiting for the Khitan reinforcements to move south, the Zhou army will naturally retreat on its own.
Safe and practical.
As a result, Zhu Yuan destroyed all of this, resulting in today's irreversible situation.
As the chief culprit, he did not repent at all. Instead, he made nonsense and blatantly violated his own military orders.
Everyone can be spared, except Zhu Yuan.
Chen Jue immediately stopped hesitating and personally wrote a letter to impeach Zhu Yuan, writing: Zhu Yuan was originally a Northern general and should not be trusted. He has recently disrespected military orders and may have rebel intentions, so it is not appropriate to give him military power.
He wrote three letters in one go and impeached him over three days to show that the matter was serious.
Faced with Zhu Yuan's call for counterattack, one man led his troops across the Huainan West Road and took the credit for breaking the vortex of the three states. Li Jing did not conduct any investigation and immediately sent Wuchang Jiedushi Yang Shouzhong to replace Zhu Yuan's position and issued an order.
Zhu Yuan returned to Jinling.
When Li Jingda saw Yang Shouzhong holding Li Jing's order, he was dumbfounded. He looked at Chen Jue and said: "Chen Jianjun, why is this happening? Zhu Dujian led his lone army north to capture Huangzhou and kill Qi Cangzhen, and defeated Qizhou's execution.
The traitor Li Fu defeated Si Chao and captured Guangzhou. He attacked Wokou at night and broke through the defense line set up by the northern thieves in Haozhou. Who else could compare with his achievements except General Chai? Isn't it wrong to treat him like this for such a meritorious hero?
Did it chill the soldiers’ hearts?”
Facing Li Jingda's heartfelt words, Chen Jue didn't even bother to defend him. He just said calmly: "This is the intention of the Lord. I am just following orders. If the king has any objections, just ask His Majesty."
Li Jingda was so angry that his chest kept heaving, but he didn't say a word anymore.
Li Jingda lacks courage as a commander. If he is given a general who can fight, he can achieve good results. But if he is given a supervisor like Chen Jue, he does not have the courage to resist.
You can only let it go.
Purple Mountain.
Zhu Yuan stood on a high place, looking at the Zhou army camp in the distance, thinking about how to transport food to Shouzhou City.
As long as they could get food in, there was no need for them to fight to the death with the Zhou army.
Although his nature is that he wants to fight Zhou Jun to the bitter end and gain full credit for his achievements.
But after more than two months of battles of wits and strength, one point has been proved.
The Zhou army was superior to them in every aspect, and the gap in strength could no longer be bridged by a few soldiers and generals.
If you want to force the Zhou army back, you have to rely on the power of the Khitan.
But if Shouzhou is lost, the gates of Jianghuai will be wide open. Even if the Zhou soldiers retreat, they will still be unable to stop them when they come back.
In this battle, they have lost hundreds of thousands of troops, and without more than five years of training, they cannot recover.
Holding the gate of Shouzhou and forcing the Zhou Dynasty to retreat with the help of Khitan is the best way out for the Southern Tang Dynasty at present.
"Captain!"
A man dressed as a scholar walked closer with a flustered expression.
Zhu Yuanqi said: "Mr. Song, what's wrong?"
The visitor's name is Song Bian, and he is his disciple.
The two met in Jinling and had a close friendship.
When Zhu Yuan was on an expedition on the West Road of Huainan, he realized that the more soldiers he had, the more details he could not handle, so he wrote a book and invited Song Bian to the army to help him deal with trivial matters in the army.
Song Bian quickly came closer and said, "Oh no, someone just came to invite the governor, saying that the King of Qi invited you to go to Haozhou to discuss matters."
Zhu Yuan smiled and said: "What's wrong with this? Your Majesty is the Grand Marshal, what's wrong with inviting someone to discuss military affairs?"
He hates Chen Jue, but he doesn't hate Li Jingda.
Song Bian shook his head and said: "It's very wrong. If the governor thinks about it carefully, we have been fighting for more than two months. How has the King of Qi ever recruited any generals to go to Haozhou? No, although the King of Qi is the marshal, the real power lies in
It is in the hands of Chen Jianjun, so he never interferes in frontline affairs, and all military orders come from Chen Jianjun."
"Du Jian is not on good terms with Chen Jianjun. This time he sent people to invite the supervisor to go to Haozhou. There is a high probability that there is fraud. Once Du Jian leaves, he will not be able to come back."
Zhu Yuan's face suddenly changed and he said in shock: "That's not true."
Song Bian solemnly said: "If the general doesn't believe it, you can ask the other generals to see if they have been summoned. If they have also been summoned, it means that the subordinates are suspicious. But there is really only one Dujian, so go here
Disaster is bound to happen."
Zhu Yuan did not dare to hesitate and went to the camps of Bian Hao, Xu Wenzhen, Lin Renzhao and Chen Decheng respectively, and found that he was indeed the only one summoned.
Zhu Yuan was so frightened that he did not dare to go to Haozhou. He pretended that the military situation was urgent and could not escape the blame, while sending people to Haozhou to inquire about the news.
Sure enough, he learned that the candidates to succeed him in the imperial court were already waiting in Haozhou.
Zhu Yuan was frightened and angry, thinking about his wife and children at home, and was so anxious that he even had suicidal thoughts.
Song Bian shouted: "Why don't a man invest himself in wealth? Why should he die for his wife and children?"