Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 466 Thanks to the Handsome (please subscribe!)

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At the pre-war meeting.

Li Yandao: "Before the official meeting, I will announce an important decision of mine."

All the generals, staff officers and all relevant personnel all looked upright.

Li Yan looked around for a week, finally resting his gaze on Liu Kai, and said, "Where is Liu Kai?"

Liu Kai heard the words and said: "The minister is here."

Li Yandao: "In this battle, you are in charge of the capital and are responsible for commanding the entire army."

As soon as Li Yan's appointment was announced, everyone was taken aback, including Liu Kai himself!

Immediately afterwards, everyone was puzzled and dissatisfied!

How could Liu Qi be the commander-in-chief of such an important battle?What virtue and ability does he have, he hasn't even fought a big victory, how can he be qualified for the post of commander in chief?Even if the Metropolitan Governor does not take command in person, he should find a more suitable person, such as Xu Guanzhong, the chief of the general staff, such as Yue Fei, Wu Jie, and Han Shizhong who have made great achievements in the past, or Zhu Wu and Qiao Daoqing who commanded the battle to open the capital...

Although puzzled and dissatisfied, no one dared to speak out, and no one dared to question Li Yan who had never missed him.

Li Yan didn't explain, but looked at Liu Kai who refused to accept the order, and asked, "What, no confidence? Then I will let Wu Jie, Han Shizhong, and Yue Fei replace you?"

Regardless of the fact that after joining the Liangshan Army, Liu Qi had nothing to show for it.

Before joining the Liangshan Army, Liu Qi was the most famous, most distinguished military officer, and the highest-ranking officer among the officers Li Yan traded with Zhao Ji.

Liu Kai's father, Liu Zhongwu, is a well-known contemporary general. He served as the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army for many years before becoming a teacher. Several of his elder brothers are also well-known generals.

However, Liu Kai's fame and military exploits have nothing to do with Liu Zhongwu and his brothers, but by himself.

In the battle against Xixia, Liu Kai was quick-witted and brave, and did not stick to the situation. He won nine out of ten battles and had very few defeats, so that Xixia people were afraid of Liu Kai. intimidate him.

Liu Qi also took the initiative to go deep into the tiger's den to be a hostage of Zang Zhengpu, the leader of the powerful enemy Qingtang and Qiang, which led to a peace negotiation.

This heroic deed of Liu Kai was passed on as a good story by the people in the army, and later spread to Tokyo, and it became an excellent step for Liu Kai to come to Tokyo later.

Moreover, Liu Kai also has the qualities of a literati, and his poems and songs are even comparable to outstanding contemporary literati.

Many people spoke highly of Liu Kai's "both civil and military weapons, and extraordinary skill".

Because Liu Kai was too good, and because Zhao Ji wanted to control Liu Zhongwu, who was in charge of the Western Army at the time, Zhao Ji later transferred Liu Kai to the Tokyo Imperial Army-in fact, he wanted Liu Kai to be a proton.

In just over two years after arriving in Tokyo, Liu Kai has been promoted to such a high position that few people at his age can reach such a high position as the commander of the guards, the army, the horse army, the dragon god and the four chambers. Therefore, everyone who knows Liu Kai cares about Liu Kai It is called "Liu Sixiang".

Liu Kai was also appreciated by Zhao Ji, and became Zhao Ji's trusted attendant, and in fact mastered the power of the four chambers of the bodyguard's army, Ma Jun, Silong Shenwei - other officers with higher positions than Liu Kai, such as Dianshuai The Taiwei Gao Qiu, the Deputy Commander-in-law, the Duwei Cao Sheng, etc. are all just names.

How could such an excellent Liu Qi not have the confidence to be the commander in chief?

Therefore, even though his heart was surging, Liu Qi still bowed and said: "I obey."

He is handsome, elegant in conversation, capable and flexible, not humble to his superiors, not arrogant to his subordinates, and able to deal with social affairs with integrity. Liu Kai's calm and unhurried demeanor is really liked by everyone, including Li Yan.

Of course, the reason why Li Yan chose Liu Qi as handsome was not for this reason.

Li Yan chose Liu Qi as handsome for three reasons:
First of all, Li Yan can't command this kind of general battle and decisive battle involving 20 million horses and horses. There are too many factors to consider in this kind of battle. To command blindly on the scalp may bring disaster to Shuibo Liangshan, which he has painstakingly managed for many years. Therefore, Li Yan must find an outstanding general who can command this kind of battle to replace him as the commander. The candidate is naturally one of Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Wu Jie, and Liu Qi who have commanded this kind of battle and achieved great victories in history.

Secondly, Li Yan has now consciously balanced the situation to prevent the emergence of a situation where one family dominates - there is no way to do it. If someone is allowed to dominate the family, it is difficult to guarantee that his ambition will not be stimulated, and then he will give himself this Power brings unforeseen catastrophe, and it's fine if there are no talents under him, why should there be troubles if there are so many talents under him?Now, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and Wu Jie have all come to the fore, but Liu Kai, who is not inferior to the three of them in talent, is actually out of luck by Yang Yizhong, Wang Yan, and Zhang Xiandu, who are slightly inferior to the four of them. Exceeded, how can this work?
Thirdly, and most importantly, this battle is a cavalry battle and a decisive battle with nomads in the plains, and it is a big battle and a decisive battle in which the opponent will invest [-] cavalry and your own side will have to invest at least the same amount of troops. However, none of Li Yan's generals had ever fought, not even a battle that could be used as a reference, but Li Yan clearly remembered that the Battle of Shunchang fought by Liu Kai in history created a great victory for the Jin army in the plain area. According to the records, the Jin army’s talk about Liu Kai’s expression changed, and it even turned into the fact that no general of the Jin army dared to fight Liu Kai again. That battle was one of the most important defeats suffered by the Jin army since its invasion of the South, and it shocked the country of Jin at that time. The ruler of Jin, Hong Hao, who was sent to the Kingdom of Jin, reported to Zhao Gou on this battle, saying: "The battle of Shunchang, the enemy was terrified, and all the treasures of Yan were taken to the north. I intend to donate them to the south of Yan and abandon them." Judging from the record, Liu Kai should be Li Yan's general who is best at fighting horses on the plains.

In short, Li Yan finally chose Liu Kai to command the battle.

Seeing that Liu Kai took over the burden, Li Yan rushed to Ruan Xiaoqi and said, "Go and move a chair and put it under my head."

In the entire big tent, there is only one chair, which is the chair Li Yan is sitting on, and everyone else is standing. This is the rule between the monarch and his ministers.

In fact, before the Song Dynasty, ministers could sit and discuss matters in the court hall, and they only visited when they went to court and retired from court.

The reason why it later appeared that only the emperor was sitting and the ministers could only stand was because Zhao Kuangyin did one thing. Since then, the ministers can only stand when they go to court.

After Zhao Kuangyin proclaimed himself emperor, he was very dissatisfied with the chancellor Fan Zhi (a former minister of Zhou Shizong Chai Rong) sitting and discussing matters, thinking that this could not demonstrate the imperial power, so he said: "Fan Aiqing, I am dazzled, please take the document and read it to me. listen."

After hearing this, Fan Zhi immediately got up and stepped forward.

When Fan Zhi finished reading and went back, he wanted to sit down, but found that the chair was gone.

Since then, ministers can only stand up to the court, until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

When Ruan Xiaoqi moved the chair and put it away, Li Yan pointed at the chair and said to Liu Qi: "I won't go on stage to pay homage to the commander. After all, this is not an expedition with troops. I will go out with you and watch the enemy for you... I I want to emphasize again, I only watch the enemy's raid, where, when, and how to fight this battle. In short, as long as it is related to this battle, it is up to you to decide. Only whoever does not obey your orders, I will help You killed him... come, sit down here, you are the commander in chief of this battle."

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(End of this chapter)