Take the system back to the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 157

Huang Wenbing returned to his temporary government office in a hurry after leaving the state government meeting place.

A follower came to report: "My lord, General Dong has returned to the city and wants to see you. In addition, General Qin Mingqin is also eager to see you."

"Immediately summon Zhao Cheng, and I will see no one else!"

Huang Wenbing waved his hands as if he had demolished the bridge before crossing the river.

Not long after, Zhao Cheng came in, before he had time to tidy himself up, his body was covered in plaster, and the smell of the trenches was strong, "My subordinate Zhao Cheng, I have seen the judge..."

"Excuse me, don't waste your time."

Huang Wenbing waved his hands impatiently, and said word by word, "Zhao Cheng, tell me honestly, what happened to the Battle of Xishan?"

Zhao Cheng said neither humble nor overbearing, "Your Excellency sees it clearly, what should be said, Zhao Cheng has said in the meeting that he dare not hide these issues. In the future, even if it comes to Zhongtang, he will not modify his words."

Huang Wenbing felt sweat on his forehead.

Feel a little shivering in the calves, because this is likely to form a political storm.Who cares about what the truth is, it is impossible to care in this life.

But if Zhao Cheng didn't change his rhetoric, according to the urgency and environment of the Song Dynasty, in the future, when talking about calf in the middle hall, people would of course believe the scholar's rhetoric, and they would not believe Dong Ping, a veteran in the army.Moreover, Zhao Cheng is from the Cai family, and now the Cai family is in power.

Besides, this kid has such a big public support now.Zhang Ji even added fuel and vinegar to support Zhao Cheng, Nima, and his surname is Zhao with the emperor.With Huanle Huanjun's pissing nature, even the gods can't beat Zhao Cheng in this matter.

The pill is that if Zhao Cheng does not change his rhetoric, he will really have to conclude the serious mistake of inaction.For this reason, Huang Wenbing will not die, and he can also blame Dong Ping to a certain extent.But since real mistakes have occurred, it is basically inevitable to change places to become officials or even be demoted.

Maybe there is still a little bit of medicine, that is, now that Zhao Cheng is known to be brave, resourceful and cohesive, he can rely on fighting to win the Battle of Chizhou!
Because of this, and because although Cai You supported Zhao Cheng, he did not care about the inside story of the Xishan War. In the meeting just now, Cai You and Huang Wenbin temporarily maintained stability after communicating. .

But to remedy this matter still needs Zhao Cheng's cooperation.This calf is now a cow, and if he doesn't want to, no one can persecute him.

"Zhao Cheng..."

Huang Wenbing twirled his short beard in embarrassment, "Although the Wuwei Army made some mistakes, he was raised by human beings. Those sergeants are all human beings, and the mistakes that should have happened are irreversible. This officer believes that the best thing for the moment is not to be entangled The Wuwei Army has been defeated. Don't talk about Dong Ping's problem anymore, just focus on defeating Wang Xiu in the end. In order not to cause too much impact, I think that Dong Ping's problem is that the bandits in the Xishan Battle are too strong. The militia and the imperial army cooperated to repel Wang Xiu, but the overall damage was extremely heavy. You see, this is good, and it will save a lot of people's face."

Zhao Cheng had a soft but stubborn attitude, shaking his head slightly, "Because they were raised by their biological parents, 600 people died in the Battle of Xishan. This means that thousands of women became widows, more than 1000 old people lost their sons, and more than 1000 children No father!"

Although seeing Huang Wenbing frown at this point, Zhao Cheng gradually raised his voice, "It's strange for the lower officials, how many people must dereliction of duty, how many corpses must be eaten without food, and how many wrong factors must be resonated to cause six hundred officers and soldiers to be murdered by murderers. Brutally murdered Yu Xishan?"

The more he talked, the louder he said, "This process is so simple that it can be filmed. But if this problem is not straightened out, those who should pay the price will not pay, and there will be no criticism that should be given. Then the lower official will assert that the Chizhou Battle cannot be won. The lower official refused. To command such a team to fight, please ask another master."

"you……"

Huang Wenbing's eyes were darkened, "Don't be emotional, don't threaten to resign and put down the pick. This official is so easy to resign, and the responsibility is so easy to shirk? Now Chizhou is in a state of war, it's really not that you want to let go Just let go."

"It's really hard to shirk responsibility, so... my lord, do you want to care about the inside story of the Xishan battle?"

Zhao Cheng said with a strange expression, "If you don't care, then I really don't care about the Chizhou battle."

Huang Wenbing took a deep breath, his back felt a little chilled, and he said hesitantly, "You are...a ruthless character who will get revenge, do you know this?"

Zhao Cheng nodded slightly.

Huang Wenbing sighed, sat down a little weakly, and said, "It seems that the inside story of the Battle of Xishan must have been cruel to provoke you so much. For this reason, with your personality, it is not reconciled not to make Dong Ping kneel down and beg for mercy." gone?"

Zhao Cheng hesitated for a while, and then thought of Zhou En who disappeared... I don't know the inside story of this matter for the time being, so I won't talk about it.But it was only Dong Ping's stick that broke the firework reminder opportunity that Zhao Chengbu sacrificed ten people in exchange for, ruining so many people...

Thinking about it, Zhao Cheng nodded with a strange expression, "Perhaps the subordinates are a little vengeful towards Dong Ping, but if these issues are not sorted out, the future battles will really be impossible."

"Are you finished..."

Lao Huang felt that this bastard was almost a robber, and it was hard to imagine that he would blackmail Shangguan so blatantly.

"You won't kill him, will you?"

Huang Wenbing had no choice but to worry about him.

Zhao Cheng shook his head and said, "I won't kill him. I just want to point out the mistake, deal with it and criticize it to shock the morale of the army, so as to prevent the army from going its own way in the future."

"It's strange to believe you... But if you don't believe you, there is no other way. You won this time, so go. I hope you don't mess up Chizhou even more."

Huang Wenbing waved his hands weakly and acquiesced, which was tantamount to stripping Dong Ping of his political armor.

"Farewell sir."

Zhao Cheng quickly left Huang Wenbing's place.

Just after leaving the temporary mansion, Zhao Cheng saw Tan Xiaolan holding a little boy about six years old.

"Daddy... where is my daddy, where did you hide my daddy, my lord?"

The little boy asked while playing with the rattle, which made Zhao Cheng half open his mouth.

Zhao Cheng knew this kid, and he often made soy sauce in the county government. He was Zhou En's son.His mother had already eloped with the wild man.Of course, this happened before Zhou En became a civil servant.

Later, Zhou En, a mud-legged boy, was recruited by Zhao Cheng by name and became a public servant. He had a dormitory in the county government, and the children were usually left to play in the county government compound when they were left alone.

Although Tan Xiaolan is a witch, she likes children even though she has no children of her own. After occupying Zhao Cheng's dormitory, she hangs out in the county government all day long, so she is quite familiar with this child.So when the child was crying to find his father, Tan Xiaolan pretended to say, "Leave it on me, I have known the county captain for a long time, and I know his strengths and weaknesses, and he also knows my depth."Came here to inquire about it.

That's how it all started.

Very helpless, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. His father was not included in the list of ten people killed by the police team earlier. Later, everyone praised Zhao Cheng's victory with zero casualties, so Tan Xiaolan planned to make the child happy and bring her to find him with confidence. .

But seeing Zhao Cheng's strange expression now, Tan Xiaolan knew that she might have caused trouble.

"Father... The other children's fathers are back, why hasn't my father come back yet?" the child asked again with tears in his eyes.

Zhao Chenggong didn't know how to answer.

Tan Xiaolan hurriedly hugged the child and planned to go back, "Don't look for it anymore, it will come when it's time, go to Beimenfang, and my sister will buy you a sugar man."

"I don't want sugar people, I want daddy..."

The child burst into tears.

Zhao Cheng hesitated for a while and said, "Come back."

So Tan Xiaolan took the child back again.

Zhao Cheng took a deep breath, knelt down and touched his head, "Your father...maybe he won't come back, I'm not sure, but there is a high probability that he won't come back."

"Daddy...where did Daddy go!"

The child cried and asked.

Zhao Cheng shook his head slightly with a livid face, "I don't know where he went, but if he wants to see a person or a dead body, I will find his body or his body back."

Then he said to Tan Xiaolan: "Take him back and look after him, don't run around. If the child is lost, I will look for you."

After explaining, Zhao Cheng took the people away.

Turning around the intersection, he hesitated for a while and stopped. Zhao Cheng approached a policeman beside him and said in a low voice, "Go to Xishan immediately, and carefully check the battlefield that is being cleaned up. No matter what, we must find Zhou En's body. You must be careful, don't Being harassed by anyone. If someone dares to collect money, cover up, conceal, and muddle through this matter, I will never be soft on killing people."

The confidants left quickly.

Now the Qin and Ming troops are clearing the battlefield. As for the defeated Wuwei Army, they have withdrawn their defenses from Xishangang after the new military meeting. According to Zhao Cheng's plan, they are deployed near Yongfeng Prison, waiting for instructions temporarily.

In addition, General Dong Ping, Deputy General Fang Zhong, and several commanders and deputy commanders have all left the barracks and have been summoned to report to the city.

Debriefing is a matter of honor. In fact, these people are feared by everyone now. Even Huang Wenbing looks like he has drawn a clear line and does not want to contaminate them.There is no debriefing at all.None of the officials wanted to hear from them.

Zhao Cheng's intention in transferring these main officers and calling them into the city was to prevent changes.

After such a defeat in an army, it is theoretically unusable for the time being.At this time, they are depressed, and they will look for various reasons. It is okay without a Shangguan, but with a Shangguan, it is easy to encourage each other in pyramid schemes, spread negative emotions to each other, and give birth to moths.

After the Shangguan was transferred, ordinary junior officers and soldiers didn't have much thought after all, and it wasn't their turn to bear the responsibilities.They don't know the real situation, they don't know what their "boss" is thinking and what he's doing, so it's relatively not easy to make trouble, on the contrary, it's easier to calm down the trauma of defeat in a low-key manner.

Regarding Zhou En's matter, Zhao Cheng always felt that something was wrong, and Dong Ping's attitude at that time was too abnormal.

So when a little boy was looking for his father, Zhao Cheng changed his original intention after careful consideration, and then ordered the other officers in a low voice: "Bring more people, take my official documents to see Liu Qishan, and immediately arrest and control the Wuwei Army." Not a single senior military officer who reported to the city was leaked. Don’t leak any news, and they will be held in secret.”

"what……"

The messenger was a little hesitant, "Your Excellency...you really did this. Now is the time to employ people. Although they have lost the battle, it is easy to say that we are persecuting and spreading salt to the wound."

"If you are told to go, you can go, why hesitate, now it is a state of war, what a bullshit."

Zhao Cheng said coldly, "They are not worthy to fight me in public opinion and politics. Even if it is really persecution, so what. They think I am good at fighting, right? , the military is my shortcoming! If there is something tricky in this matter, I want them to regret being a man without doing anything!"

"Um, yes, yes, my lord calms down first, the humble officer will arrest them and lock them up, regardless of the wrong arrest."

So all sent to work...

(End of this chapter)