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Chapter 163 Fan Zheng: Overseeing the Pingxia City
"It was ordered that Jingyuan Road Jinglue envoy Zhang Wei immediately recruit civilians and things to build the city at any time, and build Pingxia City as quickly as possible."

"Order all the armies on the Yanyan Road to continue to lure the enemy deep. Once the Xixia army shows signs of retreating, immediately dig up the roads and destroy the bridges to delay the construction of Pingxia City."

"The rest of the edicts will be dispatched to the east and west to attract Xixia troops so that they can't stop the construction of Pingxia City."

"Assemble five thousand crossbowmen from the imperial army, and three thousand crossbowmen from each army! Collect the god-armed crossbows of the entire army, and prepare them with strong crossbows."

"Create a thunderbolt as quickly as possible and send it to Pingxia City."

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Zhao Xu was overwhelmed with excitement, and issued several orders in succession to gather the power of the whole country to support the construction of Pingxia City.

Zhao Xu understands that Song Dynasty has always been passive between Song and Xia. Once the construction of Pingxia City is completed, Song Dynasty will completely change the situation.

As long as Pingxia City is defended this time, more and more bastions will appear on the Songxia border in the future.

"I will obey your orders!" All the officials bowed to accept their orders one after another.

"I would like to report to the officials that Pingxia City is easy to repair. The most important thing is to defend Xixia's counterattack. I also ask the officials to send elite soldiers and generals to Pingxia City to repel the Song Dynasty." Zhang Dun suggested.

Zhao Xu nodded slightly and said, "Is there anyone to choose from, dear friends?"

Zeng Bu suggested: "Among the generals, the Zhong family is the most knowledgeable soldier. Among them, Zhong Pu, the son of Zhong Er, is a well-known sharpshooter in the army. It is most suitable for him to lead the troops to defend Pingxia City."

"Zong Pu is indeed the right candidate."

All the ministers nodded.

The most powerful weapon to defend Pingxia City is the Divine Arm Crossbow. Zhong Pu is the best at shooting, so he is naturally the best candidate. Moreover, he is a warrior himself. He often fights with Xixia and is familiar with Xixia's offensives. "

"As for the supervisor..."

Zeng Bu couldn't help frowning, all dynasties have eunuchs as supervisors, and the Song Dynasty was no exception, but civil servants have always disliked eunuchs, and before that, there was a precedent of supervisors fleeing in fear of battle, which made Zeng Bu I don't like to supervise the army very much.

Zhao Xu frowned. Supervising the army is a tradition in all dynasties, because only eunuchs are the most loyal to the emperor, and the Song Dynasty's system of supervising the army was relatively successful. For example, the eunuchs Qin Han and Li Xian had made great military exploits. Only one case of eunuch fleeing in fear of battle is not enough for Zhao Xu to shake this system.

At the moment Zhao Xu couldn't help turning his attention to Tong Guan, the personal eunuch beside him. Pingxia City is extremely important and cannot be lost. Tong Guan is the best candidate to be the supervisor of the army.

Seeing Zhao Xu's gaze, Tong Guan couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle. Pingxia City seems to be invulnerable in theory. The lessons learned from the past are in front of us, and the supervising army in Pingxia City must have narrowly escaped death.

However, as an eunuch, Tong Guan has all the powers from the royal family, so he naturally couldn't refuse. At that moment, he gritted his teeth and was about to respond, but he didn't expect Fan Zheng to take the lead and said: "I recommend myself, and I am willing to be the supervisor of Pingxia City."

"Ah!" In an instant, all the officials were startled, and they all looked at Fan Zheng in disbelief.

The eunuch has always been the supervisor of the army!But there has never been a precedent for an imperial physician supervising the army.

"Fan Taicheng!" Zhao Xu couldn't help being startled, he suddenly looked at Fan Zheng, he didn't expect that Fan Zheng would take the initiative to invite Ying to supervise the army in Pingxia City.

"Thank you Fan Taicheng for your kindness. Tong Guan is willing to die for the official family and go to Pingxia City."

Tong Guan gritted his teeth and said, although the risk of overseeing Pingxia City is quite high, the benefits are also huge, and it is worth his life.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said, "This minister Mao Sui's self-recommendation is not because of a scholarly spirit, nor is it for the sake of luck and fortune."

All the officials nodded slightly, Fan Zheng helped Zhao Xu to take charge of the government, he already had the merits of being a dragon, and he was a first-time doctor with brilliant writing and a bright future.

Naturally, there is no need to use your life to win a fortune like eunuchs and vulgar warriors.

"The tradition of doctors: If a doctor creates a new prescription, he will try the medicine himself. It is Pingxia City's strategy and it comes from Fan. Only Fan can maximize its power. The humble minister is The most suitable candidate for military supervisor." Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"Try the medicine yourself."

The officials couldn't help but wryly smiled. Although Fan Zheng's analogy was peculiar, it was not without reason.

Fan Zhengjin's strategy for Pingxia City is naturally the most familiar with it, and Fan Zheng will supervise the Pingxia City, so the chances of defending Pingxia City will be greater.

Moreover, Fan Zheng took the initiative to take the initiative to risk himself and supervise the Pingxia City, which made the officials have a little more confidence in Pingxia City. After all, no one would take the initiative to die.

"I naturally believe in Fan Taicheng's prescription, but Fan Taicheng is a genius doctor in the world, how can he take such a risk, why not let Tong Guan go through it." Zhao Xu hesitated.

The most important function of the supervising army is loyalty. Although Fan Zheng is an imperial doctor, his loyalty as a supervising army is naturally unquestionable, but Zhao Xu is quite dependent on Fan Zheng, so naturally he can't bear any mistakes by Fan Zheng.

Tong Guan couldn't help feeling sour, the personal eunuchs of the past dynasties are the most trusted people in the government today, but he has failed extremely, and in Zhao Xu's heart, he is not as good as the imperial physician Fan Zheng.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "Western Xia is nothing to worry about. The great trouble of the Song Dynasty has always been the Liao Kingdom. Only when the Song Dynasty defeats Xixia at the fastest speed and makes Pingxia City shocking the world can it be possible to frighten the Liao Kingdom and make the Liao Kingdom Don't throw the rat's weapon, otherwise the two countries will attack, and the Song Dynasty will win and suffer heavy losses."

Zhao Xu couldn't help but nodded slightly in his heart.

Both the Liao Kingdom and the Great Song Dynasty knew very well that the so-called Chanyuan alliance was just a paper agreement. At the beginning, the Liao Kingdom took advantage of the Xia-Song War to attack the Great Song Dynasty and tear up the alliance agreement. Once the Great Song Dynasty gained power, it would naturally attack the Liao Dynasty The country regained the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

Therefore, the Liao State did not give up any opportunity to weaken the Song Dynasty, so the Song-Xia War was at a stalemate, and the Liao State might take advantage of it.

"Fan Taicheng is righteous!"

Hundreds of officials handed over one after another, and it was indeed the best choice for Fan Zheng to be the supervisor of Pingxia City.

"The decree is to appoint Imperial Physician Cheng Fan Zheng as the supervisor of Pingxia City, and leave for Jingyuan Road tomorrow to prepare for Pingxia City." Zhao Xu said decisively.

Fan Zheng bowed solemnly and said, "I will definitely defend Pingxia City to the death!"

"I believe in you!" Zhao Xu nodded heavily.

It's not that Zhao Xu blindly trusts Fan Zheng, but that Fan Zheng's evil side has never been defeated. With this golden signboard, perhaps Pingxia City can really be defended.

Baiguan also looked at Fan Zheng in a complicated manner. Although Pingxia City is mainly defensive, its strategy is offensive.

Whether it is that Pingxia City will never fall as Fan Zheng said, or it will kill and injure the main force of Xixia before it falls, it is great news for Song Dynasty.

Of course, the defensive strength of the bastion has not been confirmed, and all the risks will be borne by Fan Zheng himself.

(End of this chapter)