Fenghou

Chapter 117 The Iron Cage
Wu Jie found Zhang Jun, who had just finished his lunch and was about to take a nap.

After listening to Wu Jie's report with squinted eyes, Zhang Jun said with a gentle smile, "Qu Sima is a man of principles, and it is precisely because of this that the Commander-in-Chief chose him to be Sima. You must be considerate of each other!"

"How about the supply of food and grass for the Qinzhou Army? They can't last for a few days."

There was a slight hint of displeasure in Zhang Jun's eyes, and he murmured for a moment, "How about this! Take some of your army's grain, grass, and supplies for them to eat temporarily, and return them to you after his money, grain, and supplies are approved. This time, the situation is special. The commander-in-chief agrees to accommodate."

Wu Jie knew that Zhang Jun would not give special approval, so he pondered for a while and said: "Commander, Wanyan Wushu is already patrolling Monk Yuan, and the Jin soldiers may have entered the combat state, but our armies are still relatively lax, I beg the Marshal to agree The Song army has entered a wartime state."

Entering the combat state means that Zhang Jun will hand over power to Wu Jie, and he still needs to think about it.

"When Fu Xuan and Wang Yan hand over the military power tomorrow, the commander-in-chief will call everyone to discuss it. If everyone thinks it is necessary to enter a wartime state, the commander-in-chief will issue an order."

"I understand, I don't want to disturb the commander-in-chief's rest."

At this time, a soldier reported at the door: "Marshal, Chen Qing, the envoy of the Qinzhou government, is asking to see you!"

Zhang Jun glanced at Wu Jie, then smiled and said, "Let him in!"

Wu Jie retreated with his fists clasped, and when he reached the door of the tent, he happened to meet Chen Qing. He gave Chen Qing a wink, and then walked away quickly.

Chen Qing walked into the big tent, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See you for the humble post!"

Zhang Jun smiled and said: "How about it, the establishment of the Qinzhou Army is going well!"

"It's relatively smooth so far. Wang Dutong has allocated part of the army to the humble ranks. Thank you for the approval of the commander-in-chief."

Zhang Jun waved his hand, "It's nothing. You are from the Eight Character Army. Of course, your army should be transferred from the Eight Character Army. If you transfer someone else's army, they may not agree. It's just a little wronged. Fu Dutong, I will explain it to him."

Chen Qing took out a booklet and presented it to Zhang Jun with both hands, "This is the plan for the establishment of the Qinzhou Army by a humble official, please take a look at it."

Zhang Jun looked at it seriously, thought for a moment and said: "You have to change it later. The idea is correct, but the order needs to be changed. Instead of dealing with the Jin soldiers first, first clear the fortress separatist regime in Qinzhou, and then Then consider dealing with Jin Bing, only in this way, the emperor will officially approve your Qinzhou army plan, there are differences between inside and outside, this is very important."

"Humble job understands!"

Zhang Jun returned the plan to him and said with a smile, "Are there any difficulties now?"

Chen Qing bowed and said, "Reporting to the Commander, the lowly job is short of money, food and materials, and the army can only last for two days. Could you allocate the money and food earlier?"

Zhang Jun nodded, "According to the rules, it needs to be reviewed step by step, but your situation is special, so I will give you special approval."

He wrote a note to Chen Qing, "Take this note to Qu Sima, he will send the money, food and supplies there today, and if you need any special supplies, you can bring them to him."

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief!"

Chen Qing took out another letter, "This is a letter of safety from the humble official to Lu Xiang. I implore the commander-in-chief to deliver the official documents as soon as possible."

"I see, let's go! This handsome is going to take a nap."

Chen Qing put the letter on the table, bowed his fists and left. Zhang Jun thought for a while, and then said to a soldier: "Go and tell Qu Sima, the Qinzhou Army was specially approved by me this time, so don't make an exception!"

It's not that Zhang Jun is unwilling to give special approval, but he wants to take the favor, not Wu Jie.

Zhang Jun received a letter from Lu Yihao, asking him to support Chen Qing a little without losing his principles. The letter faintly revealed that Chen Qing might become his grandson-in-law, and this information was very important.

Lu Yihao is the prime minister of the imperial court, and he is a middle-of-the-road faction. He has won the trust of the officials and his position is very stable. Recently, he has thwarted Qin Hui's attempt to take advantage of Chen Qing's affairs, and his prestige in the court has further increased. If Zhang Jun wants to return to the court, he must get the support of Lu Yihao , Lu Yihao's entrustment, of course he will do his best.

Chen Qing first came to Wu Jie's big tent. Wu Jie read the note Zhang Jun wrote to him, and said with a wry smile, "I begged for this note, but I still couldn't get it. People are getting more and more uncomfortable with the officialdom.”

"This situation has been going on for hundreds of years, so why should Dutong worry about it?"

Wu Jie was very distressed and said: "Before it was not my turn, so I didn't feel it. Now it's my turn, and I have a deep understanding. This system of civilian officials restraining generals is like an iron cage, locking you in it. , not being able to stretch your arms and legs makes you extremely miserable, but you have to endure it.”

Chen Qing said coldly: "Since Dutong doesn't like this iron cage, he might as well break free and smash it!"

Wu Jie was taken aback, he just complained, but he didn't expect Chen Qing's thoughts to be so radical.

He didn't dare to continue, so he quickly changed the subject: "I came to you about the ownership of the five hundred god arm troops. I discussed with several commanders, and everyone agreed to compete in riding and archery. Of course you can't." Participate, if you participate, everyone will be out of the game, you can send a command envoy or general to participate in the competition, the time is on the ninth morning of October, and the place is at the Dasanguan school grounds, you'd better come one day in advance."

Chen Qing immediately thought of Yang Zaixing and sent him to fight for this army.

"Humble job remember!"

"Is there anything else going on at the barracks?" Wu Jie asked again with a smile.

"The humble staff found that the construction of the barracks was unreasonable and did not consider the protection of water sources. Once a war broke out, it was easy to be cut off by the golden soldiers."

Wu Jie understood what Chen Qing was talking about, and he asked solemnly, "Then what are you going to do?"

"Xiaozhi wants to expand the barracks to the foot of the Qinling Mountains, and build two more walls to protect the water source."

Wu Jie nodded and said: "I have an engineering army of [-] people under my command. You have to think about the plan clearly. I will send them to Jiwangpo the day after tomorrow to help you build the military camp. You don't need to prepare all kinds of materials, they will carry them by themselves! "

Coming out of Wu Jie, Chen Qing went to visit Wang Yan again, but learned that he was ordered to go to Hanzhong and would not be back until tomorrow. Perhaps Zhang Jun was afraid that something bad would happen in the last day, so he simply transferred Wang Yan away.

When Chen Qing finally came to Sima Daying, Qu Hongyuan had already been instructed, and when he saw the note, he immediately changed his face, smiled to accompany him, and repeatedly promised to deliver the money, food and supplies before dark. As for Chen Qing, he was special. He asked for two military doctors and a dozen mule carts, and he agreed.

Less than an hour after Chen Qing returned to the Jiwangpo camp, the first batch of supplies, [-] shi of grain and [-] dans of fodder, were delivered to two people according to the standard of [-] people. [-] month's rations, and [-] war horses for [-] months.

The barracks immediately became lively, and the soldiers rushed to carry the food. If there were no accidents, there would still be a large amount of meat and vegetables to be delivered today.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Chen Qing held the first military affairs meeting, and all the generals who were going to be generals and above participated in the meeting.

"Today is considered a day off for the brothers. The formal training will start tomorrow, and we will gather at [-] o'clock in the morning for roll call. Everyone knows my rules. You are allowed to be late for a while on the first day, and you will be late again on the second day. If you are late for three consecutive days from the beginning of the day, or five times in a month, you will be beheaded for public display!"

Chen Qing glanced at the crowd, no one had any objection, even Yang Zaixing did not speak, he continued: "Then there is training, running, squatting, saber and spear skills, bow and crossbow, and night battles, I know this The army is relatively elite, but it is far from enough. My requirement is that every soldier can fight a Jurchen cavalry alone, and can fight against the puppet army by one against three, or even one against five. This requires hard work and sweat. There are no shortcuts!"

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Chen Qing went on to the third point, "I need to make several personnel appointments. The commander of the first battalion is Yang Yuanqing, the commander of the third battalion is Zheng Ping, and the commander of the third battalion is concurrently my post. As the deputy commander, set up a scout battalion, with Zhao Xiaoyi as the commander, Hu Yanlei as the deputy commander, and set up a logistics battalion, with Hu Yanyun as the commander."

Huyanyun and Huyanlei are Huyanjia and Huyanding. One of their real names is Xie Yun and the other is Liang Lei. Chen Qing changed their names. Under Chen Qing's repeated persuasion, they also agreed to join the army for one year. , on the side of the Huyan family, Chen Qing wrote a letter to explain.

The two people, Hu Yanyun, are honest and patient. He is suitable to be in charge of logistics. Hu Yanlei is thoughtful and careful.

As for Yang Zaixing, with his martial arts and talent, he can be the commander, but he lacks qualifications. Chen Qing thought of a compromise method, and let Yang Zaixing be the deputy commander. In fact, Yang Zaixing holds the real power.

In the army, since seniority is important, talent is also important. Seniority alone is not enough, and talent alone is not enough. Only the combination of the two can convince the masses.

Of course, seniority does not refer to how many years he has been in the army, but military merit. Otherwise, Chen Qing would be promoted to commander after only one year in the army, wouldn't it be because of his outstanding military exploits?

After finishing the discussion, Chen Qing said to Yang Zaixing as he walked: "On the ninth day of October, all armies will hold a riding and shooting competition to compete for [-] crossbow troops. I will consider letting you represent our Qinzhou army."

"The commander's riding and shooting is better than mine, why doesn't the commander go?"

Chen Qing smiled wryly and said, "In order not to let me participate, they restricted their military positions. Only generals below the commander can participate, and if you participate in the competition, it will be easy for me to win the rank for you."

Yang Zaixing nodded, "Humble job will definitely do my best!"

(End of this chapter)