Detective in the Red Chamber

"Exactly."

After receiving Lu Wenbin's affirmative answer, he slowly turned his attention to Zhao Hong again, "Master Zhao, you mean that the imperial court's finances are difficult and cannot afford to send an army into the mountains to suppress the bandits, right?"

"exactly."

Zhao Hong also hurriedly responded respectfully.

Elder He Ge nodded, turned his gaze to Sun Shaozong again, and asked with a grin, "As for Mr. Sun, the loyal and brave person who puts life and death aside and wants to share the worries of the country, I should have heard correctly."

This time, before Sun Shaozong could answer, Emperor Guangde became a little impatient, and scolded half-truthfully, "What are you playing tricks on, old bastard? I want to ask you, which opinion do you agree with!"

"His Majesty."

Seeing Mr. He Ge bowing, he said calmly, "In my opinion, what the three lords said makes sense, and I agree with all of them."

As he said that, he twisted his fingers again, and calculated in every possible way, "This magnificent soldier must be ready..."

"Ge Lao! On this salary..."

Hearing this, Zhao Hong couldn't help but want to refute, but he heard He Ge's old saying, "But it's not necessary to go to so many people, first let Mr. Sun choose a hundred elites..."

"Ge Lao! This is probably..."

This time it was Lu Wenbin's turn to change color suddenly, but he heard Elder He Ge say again, "Then act as the vanguard of the army. It is said that he wants to find out the nearby terrain so that he can clear the way for the [-] troops behind."

"If Master Xiaosun lives up to his mission and has truly accomplished extraordinary feats, naturally there is no need to work with the imperial army."

"Even if things are not in harmony, with Mr. Sun's intelligence and courage, coupled with the fact that his subordinates are all elites, it is not a problem that he must have killed several times the barbarians."

"At that time, let's find a way to mobilize the army. Not only will it not weaken the momentum, but it will make the thieves misjudge the strength of the officer's army—maybe they will surrender before the army arrives."

Having said that, he bowed his hands to Sun Shaozong again, and said, "It's just that, I'm afraid I will wrong Mrs. Sun, not only can't bring the king's order to control the place, maybe even demote that official rank, and act as an ordinary person." Five ranks, one thousand households."

Otherwise, the ginger is still old and spicy.

This He Tiren solved the crux of the problem with a few words.

The reason why Lu Wenbin strongly opposed it was mainly because he was worried that if the soldiers and horses surveyed by the imperial court were damaged again, the morale of the people in Huguang would be completely shaken, and the Wuxi barbarians would take the opportunity to grow bigger.

But if the soldiers and horses used by the imperial court to calm the chaos were changed to the outposts of the army, the form would be quite different.

Even if Sun Shaozong was really defeated and died, from Huguang's point of view, it was nothing more than the loss of an unknown young general and hundreds of stragglers. Compared with the tens of thousands of troops behind him, it was not worth mentioning at all.

What's more, with Sun Shaozong's bravery and the fact that his subordinates are all selected elites, even if the plan fails, it should not be a problem to kill two thousand enemies and lose five hundred.

In this way, instead of damaging morale, Huguang officials and people will have more confidence in the follow-up army.

Maybe because of this, the Wuxi barbarians misjudged the strength of the official army.

At that time, whether it is really sending a large army to conquer, or waiting for an opportunity to send people to recruit and divide, it will only add help and will not do any harm.

The only one who will be damaged by this plan is probably only Sun Shaozong-everyone else will be promoted to a higher level when they are released from Beijing.

As for things that cannot be restrained, there are advantages and disadvantages for Sun Shaozong-at least he doesn't have to share the responsibility of guarding the land.

But even if he was at a disadvantage, how could he take a half step back at this time?

Immediately turned over and knelt down, and generously promised, "Your Majesty, old man! Although the minister is careless, he still understands the principle of 'the life and death of the Gou benefit the country, and the wife avoids it because of misfortune and good fortune'!" The ministers are also happy to go to the military positions of the seventh and eighth ranks!"

"it is good!"

Emperor Guangde immediately went up against the case, and praised, "What a 'God benefit the country's life and death, and the wife avoids it because of misfortune and good fortune'. Just this sentence, Aiqing is enough to leave a name in history!"

uh~

It seems that I accidentally made a copy of the text.

Chapter 573 Plum Blossom Birthmark [2 in 1]

Prince Yizhong's 'National Funeral' treatment is still a bit short, not to mention the high-standard three months, not even the 27 days of the reduced version.

The emperor directly set a "first seven" for him, and after calculation, it happened to be the day when Liu Xianglian got married, so it would not affect the original wedding plan.

When Third Sister You found out about this, she was naturally lucky to pray to God and worship Buddha.

However, Liu Xianglian was not happy about it, instead she came to her door and talked about why the Xiongnu were still at home.

In short, this guy just wants to follow Sun Shaozong to the south to suppress the rebellion!

He wasn't the only one like this. After the news spread, people like Xue Pan and Feng Ziying came to his door one after another, clamoring to join the army—although they didn't move their pens a few times.

On the contrary, the officers and soldiers in the Fourth Battalion of Beijing Middle School responded indifferently to this matter-if they rely on self-consciousness alone, they may not be able to recruit 500 people.

It's all right to go out with the army, except for generals who want to fight for merit, who is willing to take the risk of being a pawn?

Fortunately, Sun Shaozong didn't need to worry too much about the matter of soldiers, horses, food and pay.

The imperial court has clearly issued a decree, and plans to transfer 300 elites from the Huben Camp, 500 soldiers from the Patrol Battalion and the City Defense Battalion, plus [-] soldiers from the Shenji Battalion, a total of [-] people, as the "pioneer of the army" Invade Wuxi barbarians.

In fact, on weekdays, even if you want to select the elite, it is enough to select from one of the battalions. However, the situation in Beijing and China is delicate now, who dares to break the balance randomly?

Helpless, I had no choice but to draw from various places and put together such a hodgepodge.

And these soldiers and horses seem to be more than double what Sun Shaozong requested, but how effective can the firearms battalion be in fighting in the humid mountain forest?

What's more, the Ministry of War also specially stipulated that once the cumulative battle damage exceeds [-]% of the total force, this so-called vanguard force must be transferred to the local sequence on the spot and stationed in nearby counties.

Obviously, the bigwigs in the DPRK did not expect that Sun Shaozong would be able to bring such a small number of soldiers and horses to deal with tens of thousands of barbarians once and for all.

The reason why he was sent to lead the army was first of all based on cost-effective considerations - these days, the imperial court has no surplus food.

Secondly, it is true that he wants to use Sun Shaozong's bravery to give the Wuxi barbarians a blow first, so as to prevent the chaos from spreading wantonly.

The purpose of setting the limit for the cumulative battle loss ratio is to ensure that Sun Shaozong will switch from offense to defense on the spot after using the first three axes, or encounter minor setbacks, relying on the prefectures and counties to continue to curb the outward expansion of the Wuxi barbarians .

At that time, the firearm battalion will naturally have a place to use.

In short, as long as the morale of the people in Huguang can be stabilized, and the imperial court is free to send a large army to attack, or offer conditions to recruit security, then Sun Shaozong's trip will be worthwhile.

tsk~

This feeling of being underestimated is really uncomfortable!

After figuring out these joints, Sun Shaozong held his breath—after all, we are also traversers with golden fingers, so how can we infer our combat power with common sense?

And as long as the combat power exceeds common sense, you can casually get involved with ghosts and gods these days, and use it to deal with superstitious and ignorant mountain barbarians, it can be said to be twice the result with half the effort!

As long as the strategy is adjusted properly, it may not be a fantasy to win more with less.

Of course, there are pros and cons to everything.

At least Brother Cheap and the concubines at home were greatly relieved after hearing these analysis.

The only dissatisfied person is probably Second Sister You.

Originally, Sun Shaozong's plan was to go out of Huguang Town as a civil servant—to get an official position such as a wind watcher, a patrol envoy, etc., who can do things cheaply.

But at the moment, he has changed to a military position, but according to the imperial court system, he cannot bring his family members with him.

How could this not disappoint Second Sister You?

Qingwen breathed a sigh of relief.

Less gossip.

For several days in a row, Sun Shaozong was handing over soldiers and horses in each battalion, he was very busy, but fortunately he had his elder brother to help him, so there was no negligence.

On this day, I finally got some free time, and sent away Xue Pan and others who usually came to ask for a fight, so Sun Shaozong hurriedly sent someone to invite Xu Shouye and Lu Jianxing to the house to discuss matters.

Xu Shouye had just been promoted to a higher level last month, and now he has already passed the fifth-rank test for the status of Qianhu, so Sun Shaozong simply proposed to the Ministry of War that he be his deputy.

As for Lu Jianxing, he was hand-picked as the captain of the personal army—of course, at present, Sun Shaozong's personal army is still in the womb, and it needs to be selected slowly after leaving Beijing.

After the three of them were seated as guest and host, seeing that half of Lu Jianxing's buttocks were hanging in the air, they couldn't let go.

Sun Shaozong laughed and said, "Today we are the only ones. If you have anything to say, you can speak freely. As for etiquette and so on, it will not be too late to talk about it when everyone arrives at the next military meeting."

In the Dazhou system, there are about 120 to 180 soldiers under the command of a hundred households.

There are a total of nine people from a hundred households transferred to Sun Shaozong this time, and Xu Shouye, a trial thousand households, just made up ten fingers.

In fact, according to the court practice, at least one thousand and five hundred people should be appointed as a general or deputy general to lead, and then two or three thousand households should be assigned as assistants.

But since Sun Shaozong was "demoted" this time, he could only act in a hurry.

And because Sun Shaozong had never really been in the army before, he was afraid of making some jokes in front of others, so he had this internal seminar, hoping to straighten out his thoughts with Xu Shouye and Lu Jianxing before formally calling the generals under his command discussion.

But Xu Shouye heard that he wanted to speak freely, but he didn't hide it, and said, "If you want me to say, the imperial court chose you to be the vanguard officer, you really have discerning eyes—otherwise you want to rub these arrogant soldiers in the middle of the road." In one place, it is much more strenuous than letting them fight with their lives with their heads up."

The Fourth Battalion of Central Beijing has long had grievances, especially recently the Shenji Battalion has become the top army, which has caused a lot of private fights.

They are at the feet of the emperor, and they are fighting each other with blushing faces and thick necks, let alone going to Huguang, where the sky is high and the emperor is far away?

If you were an ordinary person, you might not be able to suppress these arrogant warriors.

That is, Sun Shaozong, not only his personal bravery is the best in Beijing

, and all aspects are closely related.

The patrol battalion came from old family members; the Shenji battalion was dispatched from the eldest brother; as for the Huben battalion, who didn't know that Qiu Ying valued Sun Shaozong the most, and even entrusted his only son to him for training?

And if these three forces are all neutralized, the remaining patrol battalion will naturally be helpless.

Sun Shaozong naturally understood these details, so he just nodded slightly, and then turned his attention to Lu Jianxing.

Although Xu Shouye is kind and honest, he is inferior to Lu Jianxing in terms of ability.

Therefore, when Sun Shaozong summoned the two of them this time, he actually wanted to hear Lu Jianxing's thoughts.

"grown ups."

Lu Jianxing subconsciously got up and clasped his fists, and after Sun Shaozong raised his hand to signal, he sat back awkwardly, and said a little uncomfortably, "From the perspective of humble positions, since we are going into the mountains to suppress bandits, the morale of the army is second. The most important thing right now is First, find a few guides who are familiar with the local customs."

"Otherwise, no matter how brave we are, it may be difficult to display it in any mountain."

This is much more nutritious than Xu Shouye's words.

However, Sun Shaozong had thought of this a long time ago, nodded immediately and said, "Lu Baihu's words coincided with mine. When I was in the prelude to the army, I asked the Ministry of War to come forward and find a guide who is familiar with the local conditions. "

"Now the text of the Ministry of War has been rushed to Huguang six hundred miles away. Presumably, when we lead the army to arrive, the local government is already ready to stop."

After that, the three of them discussed the marching route, which prefecture and county in Huguang to camp, and where to get supplies, and other trivial matters.

He was talking about military affairs on paper, and suddenly the porter came in to report that there was a general banner of the Fusi of Beizhen who was asking for an audience outside the door.

The general banner of Beizhen Fusi?

Since he met Chen Xingzhi, Zhao Jiayi and others when he went to the palace to pay his respects two days ago, Sun Shaozong hadn't paid attention to the news of Beizhen Fusi for several days.

Could it be that something happened to Beizhen Fusi again...

This is really unstoppable!

But it's all here, so you can't close the door and disappear, so Sun Shaozong ordered the porter to invite the man into the living room.

When the person arrived in a hurry, Sun Shaozong discovered that he was actually an acquaintance—that Wang Zhen who was not a eunuch, but became a dragon guard in a daze.

Seeing this Wang Zhen stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, he said loudly, "Wang Zhen, a low-ranking officer, has met Lord Qianhu!"

"Get up."

Sun Shaozong raised his hand and asked casually, "You have come to ask to see me, but what does Master Zhenfu have to say?"

But Wang Zhen didn't get up, instead he cupped his fists and said, "My lord, I'm here this time not because I have any official business, but because I want to invite myself to go out with the army!"

got~

Feelings are another challenge!

That's right, this seems to be a militant in the history of positive experience, otherwise he would not have tried his best to encourage the emperor's imperial conquest to lead the civil war.

But then again, this fellow is an exciting person, and his martial arts are not bad, so he won't be slowed down if he is transferred.

So Sun Shaozong said, "Since you intend to kill thieves for the country, you can apply for a transfer order from above. Presumably Master Zhenfu will not stop your heart."

"grown ups."

Unexpectedly, Wang Zhen complained endlessly, "Three days ago, I heard that the lord was going south to quell the rebellion, and I submitted an application for a transfer order, but I waited and waited, but there was no response. Later, I searched for someone to inquire, but it turned out that the lord Zhenfu had already counted. Today, I haven’t been to the Yamen to deal with official business.”

Lu Hui has been out of work for several days?

Could it be that after entering the palace that day, he never came back? !

To deal with Prince Yizhong's follow-up actions, or to be implicated and convicted?

Thinking about Dai Quan's lonely look when he entered the palace that day, it seems that the possibility of the latter is much greater than the former.