Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

For generals, rational and necessary qualities, and emotional generals will never be good generals.

It's okay to lead dozens or hundreds of soldiers. Once you are in the position of Shi Congyun and Zhang Yongde, you will behave emotionally and act emotionally, which will often lead to disaster.

Zhang Yongde is obviously an emotional person, such a person is good at making friends, and he is also good as a fierce general who charges into the battle, but now he is the commander of the palace, one of the two highest-ranking generals in the Zhou Dynasty, so there is trouble.

He looked at the problem with emotion, so that his eyes were blinded by his sensibility, and he didn't understand why Guo Rong asked him to be the inspector in front of the palace.

Shi Congyun sat across from him, thinking about a lot of things, but they all flashed in his mind. In fact, it was only for a while. He then said: "This is all my own fault. Weird officials."

"What's the matter, besides Zhao Kuangyin, are there any men who are not good at women?" Zhang Yongde didn't care, but still shook his head, his face was full of shame.

Emotional people are the easiest to be used, not to mention that Shi Congyun opposite Zhang Yongde is not a good bird.

Shi Congyun was keenly aware of Zhang Yongde's guilt. As an old fritter, he immediately understood that the opportunity was rare.

So he poured a glass of wine, pretended not to care, and said, "Zhang Dianshuai and I fought together in Huainan, so there is no need for so many points.

A certain is your deputy, we still handle the matter of the front office, what's the difference, for me, rich and beautiful women are enough.

However, during the Huainan War, a certain man had more than [-] soldiers at most, and many of them made meritorious service. He served as security for them at that time. They shed blood and worked hard for the country. They should not be treated badly. I hope the commander in chief will give them a promotion. . "

Zhang Yongde nodded, and then seemed to think of something, "By the way, you commanded the entire Huainan battle. General Shi must be more familiar with it. If you don't want to directly handle this matter, you can just add a seal at the end. In this way, General Shi has the authority to inspect everything, whether it is all inspections or not, so a certain person can feel more at ease."

"No, no, no, what the Commander-in-Chief says, you are the one appointed by the officials to inspect it, so you should do this." Shi Congyun hastily declined.

"Hahaha, what's the matter, this matter was originally decided by us in front of the palace, you come to draw up the list, and a certain signature and seal are also done together.

Besides, people in the various armies are not that familiar with it, and it is inconvenient to do it. As for someone in the outside world, they will never tell it. "

"Success!" Shi Congyun smiled happily, "Since the commander-in-chief has already talked about this, I can't refuse. What else can we say about our friendship? Come, come, drink and drink."

........

After returning home that day, Shi Congyun immediately asked Luqiu Zhongqing to contact Wang Zhong, Shao Ji, Dong Zunhui, Luo Yanhuan, Si Chao, Li Chuyun and others, and said that they would go out of the city to Liuyuan together, organize an outing, and go to the Yellow River amusement.

In fact, he took this opportunity to ask for a list.

Chapter 175, Greedy and Lustful

The operation of arranging his subordinates to enter the middle and lower levels of the army, because of Zhang Yongde's guilt and admiration, went very smoothly.

At the same time, he sold Zhao Kuangyin's face and arranged for more than a dozen people from Zhao Kuangyin.

All the lists have been discussed with the subordinates. Of course, those who have clearly reported their merits still have to be promoted. After the promotion, there will be a large number of vacancies for officers at the middle and lower levels.

There are close to 600 people in the entire Dianqian Division, and at this time, you can let your cronies fill in the vacancies.

In the end, Shi Congyun and the others selected more than 280 people by walking horses outside the city and taking the opportunity to chat, and took the opportunity to place them in the middle and lower levels of the Dianqian Division. The list was drawn up by him, and the credits were all listed later. I glanced at it casually, and then reported it to the Privy Council.

In fact, Zhang Yongde is far less familiar with the troops of the Dianqian Division than Shi Congyun.

Although Shi Congyun joined the Forbidden Army after him, he had served in both the Guards Division and the Dianqian Division, and led the Dianqian Division's army to fight fierce battles. In Huainan, he even commanded the two divisions' [-] troops to dispatch for half a year. The staff and soldiers knew more about it, so Zhang Yongde didn't look at it too much. Shi Congyun handed it to him and immediately agreed.

After handing in, Shi Congyun returned home, swaggeringly took his three wives touring the mountains and rivers every day, and asked people to spend a lot of money to build a luxurious and spacious three-horse horse cart in Daliang.

You can do something you like on it with Zhao Shijian and others, and if you have nothing to do, you can drive to the road outside the city, go sightseeing in the mountains, and take the opportunity to do something indescribable.

Fu Liu is well-behaved, of course he listened to him, Zhou Xian scolded him with a blushing face, but gave in.Only Zhao Shijian was thin-skinned, stubborn and resolutely refused, but he had nothing to hide from Zhao Shijian.

"My prestige in the army is too high now. I led the national army to such a victorious battle in Huainan, and my reputation is known all over the world. You have studied so much. Think about the end of those people who were the commander-in-chief of a country in ancient times.

Bai Qi was bestowed to death; Han Xin was killed; Lu Xun was forced to death. Those who had a good end, most of them either defiled themselves or handed over military power to ignore the government, like Wang Jian and Li Jing.

You see, I am still inspected by the deputy in front of the palace, and the power is in my hands. The officials must not be at ease. "Shi Congyun explained seriously.

"Then...that doesn't have to be like this..." Zhao Shijian blushed and protested in a low voice.

"Isn't this just for publicity? It's in the wilderness, and there's no one outside. What are you afraid of? Come, come, it's for a big event, and I can't help it. Do you think I'm willing to do this?" Shi Congyun said. On the one hand, he hurriedly undressed Zhao Shijian.

.......

After the cloud and rain, Zhao Shijian, who was still blushing on his face, leaned against Shi Congyun's chest, looking at the rivers and mountains to the north. There are faint figures.

"Zhao Shijian, I'm very good now." Shi Congyun looked at the blood-red river surface, "It was difficult for me to meet the officials of the Privy Council before, but when I met them, they were all polite and repulsive. I, everyone was smiling, and even lowered their heads to see me.

In the past, those veterans in the army, especially those who were over forty years old and my father's generation, saw that my eyes were not straight, and they would ignore me when I spoke.

Now I went for a walk around the camp, but the people hadn’t arrived yet, and they all came out to wait for me outside the camp, and they didn’t even ride horses. "

Zhao Shijian listened to him quietly.

"But actually I'm very afraid, on the one hand I'm afraid of the officials, we only have so many troops in the Zhou Dynasty, and both of us father and son are in high positions, I'm also afraid of me.

Second, I am afraid of the Liao Kingdom. The officials are the masters in many places, but they are also eager for quick success and short-tempered people. I can feel it more and more. I am afraid that the successive victories will make him lose his judgment and rush to a decisive battle with the Liao Kingdom. , when the time comes, I may not be in charge. "Shi Congyun said worriedly.

Up to now, he has been experienced in hundreds of battles, but being experienced in hundreds of battles does not mean that he is sure of every battle.

In fact, Guo Rong's eagerness for quick success has become more and more obvious. It may be that the successive battles of Gaoping, Shu, and Huainan have made the officials feel that he is invincible.

In history, when Guo Rong conquered Liao Dynasty, many people thought that he could conquer Youzhou. In fact, when he attacked Xiongzhou and Bazhou, all the generals opposed to go north.

The reasoning is very simple and simple. The Liao Kingdom did not send troops to attack these places, but only ordered the Northern Han Dynasty to send troops to harass and harass them. There was no major war, and there was no decent resistance.

But further north is Youzhou, which is different. Youzhou is Nanjing of the Liao Kingdom, the gateway to the south.

In the north of Youzhou, the main force of the Liao Kingdom is hoarded, and they can go south to Youzhou at any time.

All the generals felt that they would accept it as soon as it was good, and save their strength to fight again in the future. If the main army of the Liao Kingdom was dispatched further north, the career of the Zhou Dynasty, which had just had a good look, might collapse in the middle of the road...

This is not alarmist talk. In the past few decades, civil strife in the south of the Central Plains has caused fratricide. The Liao Kingdom took the opportunity to clean up many countries and tribes from the Kuye Peninsula and the Sea of ​​Japan in the east to the Mongolian Plateau in the west. They gradually began Sinicization reforms, using Hanchen, according to the system of the Central Plains, integrated the power of the entire country and became stronger and stronger.

While weakening due to internal fighting, while annexing and growing, it is no longer what it used to be.

Many of the generals of the Zhou Dynasty had served several dynasties and fought against the Liao army, so they had a clear understanding, but Guo Rong decided to lead the army northward, and finally fell seriously ill on the front line.

Guo Rong’s eagerness for quick success and quick benefits was actually quite a lot in his life, such as fighting Taiyuan, such as the Huainan battle at the beginning of the division of troops to seize land, such as fighting Chuzhou and massacring the city in a hurry.

Generally speaking, the official family is a hero in terms of national politics, but he is deficient in martial arts, especially compared with the later Zhao Kuangyin.

But at the moment, what Shi Congyun is most afraid of is that the government's self-confidence is bursting, and suddenly, when the rear is not flat, they want to have a head-to-head, strategic decisive battle with the Liao army as in history.

He thinks this is not advisable. There are only four provinces in Houzhou, and there is no capital to lose once, unless he wants to gamble on the national fortune like Japan.

But the Liao State has it. With the current national strength of the Liao State, they can lose two or three times. It is impossible to bet that Zhou Guo can defeat the Liao State in two or three consecutive strategic decisive battles.

If the south of Youzhou loses, they can defend Youzhou. If Youzhou loses, there are still Taiyuan and Datong. The Liao army can still send troops out of Hebei and enter Heyang.

However, Zhou State currently only has four provinces. If the strategic decisive battle is lost, it is absolutely impossible to do it again like the prodigal car god later.

If you lose once, you will be stud, and it is very likely that you will wait for the Liao soldiers to enter Daliang like the emperor at the end of Jin Dynasty.

And the Jiedu envoys in the Tang, Shu, Jingchu and even the north with heavy troops are so well-behaved because the Zhou army has 10,000+ strong soldiers. If the Zhou army suffered a big defeat in the front line and the Liao battle, or After winning a disastrous victory, and the imperial army lost their soldiers, would they still be so obedient?

At that time, even if the king is well-behaved, the civil and military subordinates will not be able to sit still.

From a strategic point of view, the saying "the best defense is an offense" is wrong, and the consequences of launching a strategic offensive without adequate preparation are very serious.

However, it is feasible to attack the Liao Kingdom and collect the land south of Youzhou. As long as Youzhou is not moved, the reaction of the Liao Kingdom should not be so great.

Their ruler at this time should be the Sleeping Emperor, who is rather sleepy.

In addition, the south of Youzhou is not easy to defend, and the main force of the Liao Kingdom is far away, which is not the core interest of the Liao Kingdom.Liao's heavy troops and core are located in Shangjing and its western grasslands, and the southern important towns are Taiyuan and Youzhou. If these two places are not moved, there is room for maneuver, and it will not completely turn against Liao.

If you want to take back Taiyuan and Youzhou, you can't be impatient, you must fight steadily, just like the Han Dynasty's rejuvenation and the Tang Taizong's alliance under the city, the more impatient and hasty, the easier it is to ruin the future of a country.

When the energy is recharged, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, the worries about the future are relieved, and they are fully prepared to completely turn against the Liao State and prepare for a strategic decisive battle with the Liao State. At least they must ensure that they can afford to lose before they can send troops.

That is definitely not now, the biggest possibility is at least ten years later...

Just as he was thinking wildly, Zhao Shijian's voice came from beside him.

"What can I know." Zhao Shijian said in a low voice, "Of course I support the decisions you guys make, no matter whether they are right or wrong.

It's amazing that you can deal with these powers and honors so calmly.

Grandpa told me that in doing things, we must do our best, and God obeys orders. There is nothing in the world that can be achieved. "

Shi Congyun turned her face to the side and saw that Xiaguang dyed her cheeks red. Zhao Shijian's pretty face was full of seriousness and said, as if educating an ignorant junior, very beautiful.

Probably her grandfather taught her this way at the beginning, Shi Congyun couldn't help the bad taste.

"Then I will accept all the fifty beauties that the government rewarded me."

"......"

"Isn't it the full support you said? Why do you want to play tricks?"

"Hmph, whatever you want...... I didn't object."

"Hahahaha..." Shi Congyun laughed loudly, "I'm tired of serving you and my back hurts, so I'll pay for fifty more, and promise them to the meritorious soldiers who don't have wives."

Zhao Shijian knew that he was being teased, blushed but couldn't explain him, and angrily bit someone, Shi Congyun hid, and after a while, he lost his strength, and fell on the grass by the river, lying on his back, "Oh, before I never thought that one day I would think about such a major event in the world."

"For a while when I was young, I always thought that I wouldn't live to be 20 years old. I was very scared. I felt that the world was in turmoil. I was pretty good-looking..." Zhao Shijian squeezed his fingers and said in a low voice: Nice to meet you..."

Shi Congyun laughed loudly, and complacently pulled Zhao Shijian, whose face was dripping water, to his side, letting her rest on his arm, "It's not so beautiful, it's as beautiful as a fairy."

"Hmph..." Zhao Shijian lightly grabbed his big hand.

"It just matches me who is handsome and unrestrained..."

.......

In the side hall of the Chuigong Hall, Wei Renpu came in with a few documents, and the officials were discussing things with Wang Pu, the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture.

Wei Renpu was a little hesitant, but in all fairness, he liked Shi Congyun very much, he was always polite in front of him, polite and courteous, and he also strongly supported him when he was a prime minister.

But as a privy envoy, there are some things I have to say.

As a privy envoy, the chief who handles important affairs of a country's army, the dispatch and promotion of all officers, big and small, must go through the privy council before filing.

And Wei Renpu has a strong point, that is, his extensive knowledge and strong memory, and his memory is very good.

When Xianjun Guo Wei was there, he always regarded inspecting the army and paying attention to the military as a major event for him.

Once, the fairy king Guo Wei was resting with his eyes closed, when the weather suddenly changed and a strong wind blew up, he was worried about the soldiers in the army, so he summoned Wei Renpu to inquire about the situation of the soldiers.Wei Renpu then told the situation of the troops stationed in each state and the names of the generals one by one, and they were exactly the same as those in the list, which surprised even the immortals.

With such a memory, he can handle things in the army with ease.

Yesterday, Zhang Yongde, who was inspected in front of the palace, sent a list of promotions for middle and lower-level officers below the commander of the palace division. At first, he didn't think much of it. This was written by the three senior officials of the palace division, Zhang Yongde, Shi Congyun, and Zhao Kuangyin. , naturally there will be no problem.

But after a casual look, he found that something was wrong. He had a very good memory, and most of these people's names and positions were remembered.

He always felt that most of these people were the personal soldiers that Shi Yanchao reported, as well as soldiers from the first and second armies of the Crane Control Army.

So he quickly found the roster to match, and after a pair, he found out that this was the case.

On the list in the early 300s, nearly [-] belonged to Shi Congyun's personal soldiers, the first and second armies of the left wing of the Crane Control Army, and now the first and second armies of the first wing of the Crane Control Army.

Needless to say, Shi Congyun's personal soldiers, the first and second armies of the Control Crane followed Shi Congyun to fight against Shu, Zhengyang, and the Tang Dynasty. They followed Shi Congyun the longest, and they must have the deepest affection.

Suddenly he thought of Shi Congyun pretending to be a public servant to promote his own cronies!

But then I got tangled up again, should I report it to the officials?

He didn't think that Shi Congyun had any outrageous intentions, because there were too many people in the army doing this kind of thing, and the only way to command the army was to fight like this.

But this Shi Congyun has gone too far. It is normal for others to promote a few or a dozen of his cronies. He has replaced half of the middle and lower-level officers in the army with his cronies.

He has a good impression of Shi Congyun, and Shi Congyun also has kindness to him, and he doesn't want to report it.

But as a privy envoy, it would be dereliction of duty not to report to the officials, but if the officials were suspicious, wouldn't he have harmed his benefactor and friend by dealing with Shi Congyun...

After much deliberation, he decided to report, but discounted it, saying that Shi Congyun's subordinates were a bit too many, as for those who controlled the Crane Army and the first and second armies, he would not report, so it would be regarded as a normal promotion.

In this way, if the officials care about it, they will not be punished heavily, and if they don't care about it, then let it go.

After the official saw him saluting, he directly asked, "Why did Wei Qing come to see me?"

Wei Renpu cupped his hands, "Officials, the roster of promotions for officers below the commanders of the two divisions has been reported. I have checked it. There is no problem with the Guard Division, but there is a big or small problem with the Dianqian Division."

Guan Jia and Wang Pu stopped talking and looked over curiously, "What's the problem?"

"Officials, the deputy in front of the palace inspected Shi Congyun's personal soldiers accounted for a relatively large proportion."

The official asked, "How many?"

"About 42 of his own soldiers." Wei Renpu reported cautiously.

The official frowned slightly and asked Wang Pu, "What is Shi Congyun busy these days?"

Wang Pu is the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, and he knows what happened in Daliang City best.

"Reporting to the official family, Deputy Marshal Shi gave a feast to many friends in the army, and then went out for a walk outside the city with his subordinates, and then hired someone to build a luxurious carriage that could only be pulled by three horses, and snatched it with him from the Southern Tang Dynasty. It is well known that the wives and concubines of the family travel around the mountains and rivers all day long.

Moreover, he accepts gifts from various families, does not leave people to eat, and treats people with tea leaves that have not been filled with water. Many people are angry and call him stingy and greedy. He is famous in the capital.. ..." Wang Pu said in a bit of embarrassment, and finally added: "It's a pity, what a young talent, literary and martial arts, but still greedy for money and lustful, really a hero is sad for a beautiful woman. "