Fu Song

Chapter 195

"You're here, so I'm relieved!" In the flower hall, Xia Jie looked at Zhang Chao who was sitting opposite him, and said with a smile, "I can't eat or sleep well these days. , but it is the scene of the Liao soldiers approaching the city."

Zhang Chao laughed: "Grandpa Xia is too self-effacing, I know your courage."

Xia Jie sighed: "One moment is another moment. Now that I am getting older, I am becoming less and less courageous. And Taiwei, I will tell you that the whole Hebei Road is now described as panic, not at all. It’s not an exaggeration!”

Zhang Chao pondered for a moment, then said: "You mean that Privy Cui beheaded Qin Kuan from the Xin'an Army and Zheng Yu from the Ansu Army?"

Xia Jie nodded: "I'm ashamed, I couldn't stop him on top of this matter. The deaths of Qin Kuan and Zheng Yu made everyone feel insecure, and the morale of the army was in a slump. It's good now, Cui Ang's shit Never mind, this mess has been dumped on me, if it wasn't for you, Taiwei, I don't know what to do."

Zhang Chao took a long breath, Cui Ang's problem was obviously beyond his control.As a warrior, even if he is now in the top class, everyone will call him Taiwei when they see him, and he is unwilling to get involved.

Moreover, what Cui Ang is doing now clearly shows that the car driver is trying to drag a prince into the mud pit. Zhang Chao feels ashamed of such ingenuity and courage, so he doesn't want to pay attention to this matter even more.

"At such an emergency, the imperial court appointed you as the appeasement envoy of Hebei Road, so it naturally believes that you can turn the tide." Zhang Chao praised the other party, "It's a trivial matter, I think Duke Xia has a way to deal with it."

"When the Taiwei didn't come, I really didn't have a good idea." Xia Jie laughed: "But once the Taiwei came, there were more ways to do it. The Taiwei is my waist and courage, without you Back me up, I can't do anything."

"Duke Xia is serious!" Zhang Chao waved his hands again and again.

"It's really not exaggerating!" Xia Jie said seriously: "Although I have been in Hebei Road for a long time, I am really not good at military affairs, and I don't know much about it. Now the generals below are also suspicious, and Cui Ang The lessons learned from the past, everyone is afraid in their hearts!"

Zhang Chao smiled slightly, there was something in Xia Jie's words, it was accusing Cui Ang of leading blindly, harming the Fourth Army of Xin'an, and then framing, murdering and silencing a series of things!
"When the Taiwei came, he naturally wanted to arrest all military matters. You are an expert and have always been famous in the army. Naturally, the generals below are convinced." Xia Jie said: "So the Taiwei , This military matter, please. I will stand for you behind, weapons, luggage, food, labor, but whatever you need, just ask, do these things, I am very familiar with the road, and I can do it at my fingertips. "

This is to hand over the military command of the entire Hebei Road, which is naturally a great thing for Zhang Chao.On the way here, he was afraid that Xia Jie wanted to compete with him for the command.

Xia Jie is now the pacifier of Hebei Road, the supreme commander here, even if he came here under the imperial edict, this reality cannot be changed. It's really difficult.

Now it's all right, I can let go and do what I want, with the support of the great god Xia Jie, what I say on Hebei Road will not be discounted in the slightest.

This is the most basic requirement for defeating the Liao people!

As long as the generals are of one mind, the next battle will be easy.

Although Hebei looks like a mess now, in fact, the entire military strength has not suffered a fatal blow, and the basic situation is still there.After Xia Jie took over the position of pacifier from Cui Ang, the first order he gave was to gather all the soldiers and horses on Hebei Road to the Daming Mansion.

It seems that the new appeasement envoy is timid and fearful, and wants to gather heavy troops to protect himself, but he has effectively preserved the strength on the Hebei Road. Cui Ang's blind self-confidence earlier made all the troops on the Hebei Road basically in the same position. Under the circumstances of fighting on their own, how can they be invincible when they meet the Liao people who have been plotting for a long time?

Now it seems that the army on Hebei Road has been defeated like a mountain, and a large area of ​​the country has been lost, but all the soldiers and horses have been preserved. After they are gathered in the Daming Mansion, they will be re-armed, their morale will be revived, and then they will launch a counter-offensive. This is the truth.

Although Xia Jie claimed to be ignorant of military affairs, this person is definitely not bad at the strategic level. What he said he did not understand military affairs was only in terms of specific military affairs and on-the-spot command.

With all the work he has done before, Zhang Chao's next job will be simple.

As for the army horses from all walks of life in Hebei, with Zhang Chao, the Taiwei, as the pinnacle of Dinghai, the army will no longer be distracted.

"When I entered the city, I saw a head hanging on the city wall!" Zhang Chao thought about it and said, "I think it's better to take it down! Whether it is Qin Kuan or Zheng Yu, they are all veterans, and they are also famous on Hebei Road. The head, where is it hung, let the officers and soldiers who came to Daming Mansion see it, I am afraid it is not a shock but a feeling of cold lips and teeth. What's more, I heard that Qin Kuan's son Qin Min died in battle at Baigou Station .”

Hearing this, Xia Jie smiled and said, "I feel relieved when the Taiwei said that. Didn't I care about Cui Shumi's face earlier? Tell me, I just took over the post of pacifier from him, and I sent Qin The heads of these people are removed, isn’t it clear that they want to reverse the case for them? I’m afraid Privy Cui will not divorce me! Someone, send an order to remove the heads of Qin Kuan and others, and return them family!"

Zhang Chao was stunned for a while, and Zhang Cheng who was standing behind Zhang Chao even swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Get tricked by Xia Jie!Zhang Chao secretly groaned in his heart, but now, he couldn't help but regret it.There are advantages and disadvantages to this matter. The disadvantage is that Cui Ang will definitely hold a grudge against him, and troubles may arise in the future.The good thing is that the subordinate soldiers will know that it is because of themselves that Qin Kuan and others can avoid such humiliation, which is also good for the morale of the army.

Comparing the two, Cui Ang's resentment is nothing.

"Xin'an Army, Ansu Army, Guangxin Army, and Baoding Army are all strong frontier troops!" Zhang Chao said, "Although they suffered a big defeat, there are still many people who survived, right?"

"Taiwei still wants to use them?" Xia Jie shook his head again and again, knowing that since Zhang Chao had given these people a big favor, he wanted to keep them for his own use. "I advise the Taiwei not to think about it."

"Why is this?"

Zhang Chao narrowed his eyes. He didn't bring many people with him, and just like himself, these family members hadn't been on the battlefield for many years. If these people can be gathered together, they will be a powerful force.

He has seen Guangrui Army Xiao Ding's subordinates. Although the four frontier armies of the Xin'an Army are not as good as the Guangrui Army, even if they are a level behind, they are definitely better than ordinary people!

"Taiwei!" Xia Jie lowered his voice and said, "The surviving officers of these four armies have been caught by Special Envoy Cui. Now these people have been escorted to the capital as evidence or witnesses! These four armies are indeed Cong has hundreds of people who escaped back, but now, I dare not use them. I just detained them."

Zhang Chao's heart skipped a beat: "Witness? Evidence?"

"The Taiwei came from the middle of the capital. Could it be possible that he hasn't heard of anything?" Xia Jie asked.

Zhang Chao suddenly understood, and was startled in his heart.Cui Ang is pulling a certain person into the water now, and these frontier soldiers are the direct subordinates of that person. If he gathers all these people together at this time, I am afraid that there will be many obstacles at that time. It's not necessarily scary, but there are some troubles, so it's better to have nothing.With all of this, no matter how brave those people are, they are useless.

"Thank you, Mr. Xia, for reminding me. I, Meng Lang, are responsible for this matter!" He cupped his hands. "But it's not a problem to be detained. After a long time, I'm afraid there will be trouble!"

"I'm also suffering from a headache." Xia Jie said, "No one dares to take them. Next, I'm going to give them some severance pay and disband them. These people have no officers and leaders, so they can't make trouble .”

"That's the only way to go, it's a pity that some good guys are lost!" Zhang Chao sighed.

"The Taiwei is here. I'm afraid there will be as many heroes as there are stars in the sky in the future. It's nothing to be sorry about. Taiwei, the safety of Hebei Road is up to you!" Xia Jie smiled and picked up the tea bowl, lightly Take a sip lightly.

"With the backing of a pacifier, Zhang is confident that he will beat that majestic Yelujun to the brim!" Zhang Chao stood up with a smile. The meeting this time was better than he had imagined.Xia Jie is indeed a well-rounded and delicate boss. More importantly, he is very clear about his strengths and weaknesses. It is very pleasant to get along with such a boss.

He doesn't envy his subordinates' meritorious deeds, nor is he afraid of his subordinates making their mark. He knows exactly what he wants.

After seeing off Zhang Chao, Xia Jie also breathed a sigh of relief.

He regained the post of pacifier, and the arrival of Zhang Chao completed the last piece of the puzzle in the next defense battle on Hebei Road, and the rest of the things just need to be done step by step.

It is possible for the Liao people to come to Daming Mansion, but that's all. If you want to move forward, you will die or I will die.What's more, the intelligence collected from various places fully shows that the Liao army's attack has declined.

"Bachelor!" Xu Hong hurried over from outside.

Seeing his appearance, Xia Jie knew something was wrong.

"Changsheng, what happened again?" He frowned.

When Cui Ang was in power, he wished for more things to happen, but now, more things are worse than less things.

"Someone has obtained a lot of road guides and identity certificates through some improper means." Xu Hong said.

"Is there a big problem with the identities of these people?" Xia Jie knew it was not easy when he heard it. There have always been such incidents of obtaining identities through bribery or other improper means. It is not a big deal, but if even Xu Hong knew all about it and brought it up in front of him, the matter was absolutely no small matter: "Who is it?"

"It was also discovered by accident." Xu Hongdao: "The person who did this was the most useful staff member by Qin Kuan's side before."

Xia Jie frowned all of a sudden.

"What else?" He knew that Xu Hong was doing something, so there must be more to this matter.

"Because there are a lot of waypoints, there are more than a dozen copies in one place alone, so I asked someone to follow them to check, but I was surprised. Guess who the people who followed up found ?”

Before Xia Jie could speak, Xu Hong continued, "It's Qin Min, Qin Kuan's son, who was rumored to have died in battle at Baigou Station."

Xia Jie picked up the tea and took a sip, then asked calmly, "What else?"

"When I found Qin Min, I was naturally quite surprised. After following this line, I found something even bigger. Around Qin Min, many people from the Fourth Army gathered."

The four armies that Xu Hong mentioned naturally referred to the four frontier armies that Cui Ang took care of.

"Since Qin Min is not dead, logically speaking, he should come back to report. Now what is he going to do if he doesn't come back?" Xia Jie said slowly.

"Of course he won't come back, I'm afraid that when he comes back, Privy Cui will attack him again!" Xu Hong said.

"Then can you guess what Qin Min wants to do?"

"From my point of view, I'm afraid that Qin Min wants to go to Beijing to sue!" Xu Hong said: "This is also the reason why they want to obtain these guides and identities. Their original identities cannot go out. Qin Min Wide their death, after all.”

After drinking the tea in the cup in one gulp, Xia Jie said: "Don't bother with this matter, tell the person who investigates this matter, and let this matter rot in my stomach."

Xu Hong was startled and said: "Scholar, if Qin Min is really going to go to Bianliang, there will be trouble, and the bachelor's face will be dull."

"What's wrong with me!" Xia Jie snorted, "I'm really dull, that's because someone's face is dull."

"Bachelor, this matter involves King Jing, the one surnamed Cui. In order to protect himself, he is trying to kill King Jing. Why should we get involved?"

"Who said we got involved!" Xia Jie said leisurely, "We didn't know about it at all. Qin Min and the others really went to Bianliang, what did they do, and what does it have to do with us?"

Xu Hong was silent for a moment, and finally nodded.

He already understood Xia Jie's intention.

King Jing has been in Hebei for many years, and he still has some friendship with Xia Jie after all, or Xia Jie, deep down in his heart, hopes that King Jing Zhao Zhe will win?Now that Zhao Zhe is at an absolute disadvantage, Xia Jie wants to help.

Thinking about it, Xia Jie has no friendship with the King of Chu.

"Give more severance pay to those sergeants who have been detained, and let them disarm and return to the fields!" Xia Jie waved his hand: "I have already told Zhang Taiwei about this matter, you come to raise funds, and then give it to Zhang Taiwei , let him handle it, and we won't touch it!"

"Understood!" Xu Hong nodded.

It’s okay to help, but if you can avoid karma, don’t get involved in karma.

Anyway, the bachelor doesn't need these things to please some people.

(End of this chapter)